AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 501 HON. ROBERT MACKEY, whose portrait accompanies this article, was one of the prominent men produced by Youngstown township, where the greater part of his long and useful life was spent. He belonged to a. prominent pioneer family of this section and was born in the historic old Mackey homestead in Mahoning County, Ohip, in October, 1832, and was a son of James and Margaret (Early) Mackey. The Mackey family history will be found in this work in the sketch of James Mackey, brother of Robert Mackey. After completing his education Robert Mackey became interested in developing the coal land on his own farm, but subsequently gave his main attention to farming and stock-raising. Following in the footsteps of his father, he became a factor in political life, and in 1877 he was elected a member of the state legislature and served one term, after which he resumed his agricultural pursuits and also gave attention to affairs of a public-spirited nature. In association with his brothers, James and David Mackey, he projected the first street railroad at Youngstown, it being constructed in 1875. It was operated by horses until the installation of electricity, and it marked the beginning of a large amount of Youngstown's prosperity. In many ways his intelligence, judgment and capital were used to benefit his fellow citizens, and he is recalled by them with consideration and esteem. On December 10, 1868, Robert Mackey was married to Kate M. Martin, daughter of Hugh R. and Dorcas (Blackburn) Martin, who were natives of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mackey's parents came to Ohio and settlers in Springfield township, Mahoning County, just across the line from Poland township, and there Mrs. Mackey was reared. Immediately following their marriage, Robert Mackey and wife settled on the old Mackey homestead, where Mrs. Mackey still resides. The residence was built several years prior to 1816, when the father of the late Mr. Mackey bought the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Mackey had four children, namely : Frank, who resides with his mother and manages the farm ; Emma, who also resides with her mother, and who is the widow of Fred C. McCombs, who was assistant superintendent of the Lowell furnace, and was accidentally killed six months after his marriage; Robert and George, both of whom died while their father was serving in the legislature, their deaths occurring from diphtheria, but three days apart. The death of Robert Mackey occurred November 11, 1893. Mr. Mackey was one of the pioneer movers in having the county seat moved from Canfield to Youngst0wn. He was also a member of the Mill Creek Park Commission and gave much of his time and attention to bringing the Park into public favor. GEORGE J. RENNER, JR., proprietor of the City Brewery, at Youngstown, is one of the city's capitalists and influential citizens. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 11, 1856, and is a son of George J. and Seraphina (Appleman) Renner. The parents of Mr. Renner came to. America from Germany in 1848 and settled at Cincinnati, Ohio, removing to Akron in 1888. The father of our subject, who was born in 1834 and still survives, has been a brewer all his business life and has been interested in plants at Cincinnati, Akron and Mansfield, Ohio. His wife was born in 1835 and died in 1893. She was a most worthy woman, a devoted wife and mother and a consistent member of the Catholic Church. She was the mother of 12 children, of whom the .survivors are George J., Lizzie, Rosa, Nora, Emma and William. George J. Renner, Jr., was reared and educated at Covington, Kentucky, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. He has been identified with the brewing business since he was a youth, and has been in the business on his own account for the last quarter of a century. His first location. was at Wooster, Ohio, Whence he removed in 184 to Youngstown, where he established, his present business. Six years 502 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY later Mr. Renner erected his present modern plant, equipping it with the best machinery. It stands on Pike street, enjoys excellent railroad facilities and is .the largest plant of its kind in the city, having a capacity of 100,000 barrels of beer, and porter, per annum. There are 60 people employed in the brewery. In 1880 Mr. Renner was married to Emma Weaver, who is a daughter of the late John Weaver, of Covington, Kentucky. Mrs. Renner was the eldest in a family of T0 children, the others being: John, Robert, George (who died aged 26 years), Mary, Pauline, August, Frank, Harry and William. Mr. and Mrs. Renner have had eight children, George, Emil A., Edna, Irene, Viola, Florence, Ruth and Earl. George, Irene and Earl are now deceased. The family home is situated at No. 209 Pike street. Mr. and Mrs. Renner are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Renner also belongs to a number of social organizations and is a well-known and popular man. CALEB B. WICK, one of the leading citizens of Youngstown, who for years has been closely identified with its most important commercial interests, belongs to one of the most honored pioneer families of the Mahoning Valley. He was born April 24, 1836, at Youngstown, and is a son of the late Colonel Caleb B. and Maria Adelia (Griffith) Wick. The early history of the Wick family may be found in the sketches of Colonel Caleb B. Wick and his brother, Hugh Bryson Wick, appearing elsewhere in this work. Mr. Wick completed his education in the schools at Youngstown and began his long and successful business career as a clerk in the Mahoning County Bank, when he was 17 years of age. By the time he was 23 years old he had risen to the position of cashier of this institution and served as such until 1862. His association as a member of the banking firm of Wick Brothers & Company, at Youngstown, gave him an acknowledged standing and he soon became interested in other financial enterprises, these including the founding of the first bank at Sharon, Pennsylvania, under the name of Wick, Porter & Company. In connection with his large financial operations, Mr. Wick early became interested in the building of railroads and was a very important factor in the organization and completion of what is now the Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad, having been one of the incorporators of the company. He still retains his position on the directing board of this road and is the only surviving member of the original board. He was the first president of the Youngstown & Sharon Steel Railroad Company. For the past half century Mr. Wick has been largely interested in real estate in this section, being a large. holder and the owner of iron and coal properties. His commodious offices are located at Nos. 404-405 Dollar Bank Building, Youngstown. His beautiful home is situated at No. 524 Wick avenue. JACKSON TRUESDALE, M. D., are tired physician and merchant, residing at Canfield, enjoys the distinction of being the oldest male resident of the village. Dr. Truesdale was born on his father's farm in Austintown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in the fall of 1820, and is a son of John and Mary (Reed) Truesdale. John Truesdale, grandfather of Dr. Truesdale, was born in Ireland and came to America with his father, also named John, in 1771. They settled in Pennsylvania, purchasing a farm in Perry County, on which the younger John (the grandfather) was employed at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He entered the Patriot army with the Pennsylvania contingent and was in Washington's immediate command. He was proud of the services he could perform not only for the land which had offered him a home, but for the great commander and would frequently tell of his detail to keep the fires glowing in the aban- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 503 doned camp on the memorable night on which Washington crossed the Delaware and surprised the Hessian garrison at Trenton, who supposed, from the lighted camp fires on the other side, that the enemy, like themselves, were holding- Christmas revels. The record of American soldiers in the country's archives, shows that John Truesdale was a brave and faithful soldier throughout the war. At the close of hostilities. he returned to Pennsylvania and shortly afterward was married to Hannah Robinson. Later he removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and in 1802 from there to Mahoning, then Trumbull, County, Ohio, and acquired land in Poland township, as he is listed with tax-payers, in 1802. In 1813 he sold his first farm and removed to Austintown township, where he died in 1819, his widow surviving many years. During a large part of this period her grandson, now Dr. Truesdale, was under her care. The children born to John and Hannah Truesdale were : John, James, Hugh, William, Alexander, Robinson, Joseph, Margaret, Mary and Jane, all of whom grew to maturity, but all have long since passed away. All the sons became more or less prominent in the localities where they lived. John, James, Hugh and William served in the War of 1812. William served in the artillery and was offered a commission in the regular army, but refused it. He was elected a justice of the peace in Austintown township, before he was 21 years of age and had to wait until his majority before receiving his commission he served in that office during the rest of his life. Robinson Truesdale, a man of military bearing, was elected a colonel of militia. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and in religious views was a stanch Presbyterian. He designed the Presbyterian Church edifice at Youngstown and did much of the work of construction. Hugh Truesdale spent his life, after returning from the war, in Poland township, where he was elected a justice of the peace and served in that office for 25 years. His 'grandson, James Kennedy, who was a son of his daughter Margaret and her husband, Walter Kennedy, is a member of Congress. All this family of Kennedy's have become noted in the iron and steel industries. John Truesdale, the third of the name in the ancestral line, and the father of Dr. Jackson Truesdale, was born in 1783, on the farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and accompanied his parents to Ohio. He assisted in the clearing of the wild land which had been selected by his father. Subsequently he married Mary Reed and they moved to Austin-town township. Both he and his wife died in 1825, their deaths occurring but three weeks apart. They had five children, namely, four sons, James, William, John and Jackson, and one daughter, Mary, who married William Bassett. Jackson Truesdale was the youngest of his parents' children and he was but five years old when he was left an orphan. He then went to live with his grandmother, who resided with her daughter, Mrs. Eastman, in Ellsworth township. In 1832 he was taken into the family of his uncle, Joseph Truesdale, at Poland, where he had the benefit of the best school instruction, both public and private, that the locality afforded, and as he was an ambitious youth, he profited by it and improved his time. In 1837, Mr. Truesdale came to Canfield, beginning to teach school when only 17 years of age. Subsequently he spent a short time at Oberlin College and later at Allegheny College, but did not remain long enough to graduate. In 1840, he moved to Kentucky, where he continued to teach for a number of years, teaching one year near Nashville, Tennessee. While thus engaged he spent all his leisure time in reading medicine, and after his return to Ohio, he continued his medical studies with Dr. Joseph Truesdale, of Poland. When thoroughly prepared, he entered a medical school at Cleveland and for ten subsequent years he practiced medicine in the western part of Mahoning County. In 1854, while residing in Jackson township, Dr. Truesdale was elected auditor of the new county organized a few years previously, the county seat then being at Canfield, and served in this office from 1855 until 1859. 504 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Jackson township was throughly Democratic and Dr. Truesdale was the first Republican who had ever received a majority of the votes. After the close of his term of office, Dr. Trues-dale considered resuming the practice of medicine, but he had never been an enthusiast in the profession, and after due consideration decided to engage in a mercantile business at Canfield in place of opening an office. Although he has been retired from active participation in business for the past 20 years, for over a quarter of a century he was one of Canfield's leading merchants. Dr. Truesdale was married (first) to Lola Maria Tyler, who at her death left two children, Henry and Lola. Henry enlisted in the Federal army for service in the Civil War, was taken prisoner by the Confederates and was one of the unfortunate Union soldiers who perished from privation and suffering at Andersonville, Georgia. Lola married Edgar Cummins, residing in Lorain County, Ohio, and they have one child. Luella. Dr. Truesdale was married (second) to Hannah Eckis, who died 16 years later, August 13, 1863. Dr. Truesdale was married (third) to Luceba A. Ripley, daughter of General Ripley, who died in February, 1906. They had two children, William and John. William Truesdale was a man of scholarly attainments, a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, and at the time of his death was a member of the Colorado State University faculty, having previously been a High School instructor in Cleveland, Ohio. He married (first) Hattie Belts, who was a classmate and co-graduate of his, and (second) Maude Orton. John Truesdale, a business man at Youngstown, with offices in the Realty building, married Clara Justice. For over 20 years, Dr. Truesdale has been a director and vice-president of the Farmers' National Bank at Canfield. Although so long retired from the cares of business, he has remained a busy man, turning his attention into the congenial channel of literary production. Through his careful .study and research concerning the War of 1812, many soldiers' records have been established, while his interest in the development of Canfield village and township, has resulted in a large amount of interesting local history, which is valuable to the historian as well as to all those who take pride in the achievements of their pioneer forefathers. These are all much indebted to the researches of Dr. Truesdale. CORNELIUS SIMON, whose valuable fruit farm of 25 acres is situated three miles south of Youngstown, in Boardman township, was born on his present farm, February 25, 1850, and is a son of Michael and Rosanna (Gentholtz) Simon. Adam Simon, the grandfather of Cornelius Simon, was the first householder of this section. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 26,1777, was reared on his father's farm and married Maria Margaritha, shortly afterward coming to Ohio and settling in the deep forest in Boardman township. He erected his log cabin in these wilds in 1800 and here his wife died in the following year. She was the first person buried in the old graveyard which lies near Mr. Simon's farm. Adam Simon lived until August 20, 1826, and he was also buried in the same place. One child was born to his first marriage and after the death of its young mother, Adam's father, Michael Simon, started on horseback to Washington County, carrying the infant in his hunting shirt, but it was unable to stand the exposure and soon died. He later returned to Mahoning County. Adam Simon's second marriage was to Rebecca Reinhardt, who was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, and died in 1862, in Boardman township. The children born to the second marriage of Adam Simon, were : Thomas, Andrew, Reinhardt, Cornelius, Michael and Amelia, the last named of whom married David Nei-dig. When the war of 1812 broke out, Adam Simon took up arms, believing it to be his duty. Strong and robust; nature had fitted him to bear hardship,. and, as illustrative of his kind and generous character, it was related AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 505 by old settlers, that on one occasion, on a long march, when a comrade had fallen from weariness, he carried him in his powerful arms. He returned safely from the war and spent the rest of his days in Boardman township. In the year following his settlement, his father, Michael Simon, came also to Mahoning County, about 1801 or 1802, and took up a section of land, the present farm of Mr. Simon being a part of it. As no roads had been cut through this part of the country, Indian trails had to be followed from Pittsburg to Cleveland. Michael Simon, father of Cornelius, was the youngest son of the family and was born in the log house on the home place, August 26, 1820, and died in B0ardman township, September 3, 1893, aged 73 years. He followed farming and fruit growing. In 1846 he was married to Rosanna Gentholtz, who was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and who at the age of six years, accompanied her parents, Frederick Gentholtz and wife, to America, settling one mile east of Girard. This venerable lady still survives, having reached her 82nd year. The children of Michael and Rosanna Simon, who reached maturity were : Lenora, who with her husband, Clark Hawkins, is now deceased ; Cornelius, whose name begins this article ; Catherine (deceased), who married D. G. Stemple; Rebecca, who married Robert Augenbaugh, and resides at Beaver, Pennsylvania ; Coroline, wife of C. H. Stambaugh; Julius; Elmer Ellsworth, wh0 died at the age of 20 years ; and Warren, who resides on the home place with his aged mother. In this family there were born twins, Lenora and Ezra, and triplets, who were named respectively, Elmer Ellsworth, Bishop Clinton and Ira Clayton. Cornelius Simon was reared on the old home place and obtained a district school education. After his marriage he moved to Youngstown and for four years lived on the south side of the city, working in different capacities for the Kyle Coal Company ; he has been interested in coal mining work for 20 years. In the spring of 1880, he bought his present farm from his father, and since then has devoted himself to the pleasant and profitable business of growing fruit, raising strawberries, apples, peaches and plums. His commodious eight-room frame dwelling he built himself and also set out the well-kept hedge, which extends in front of the house and adds so materially to its general attractiveness. He has made many improvements, has put in one mile of tiling, and has set out many shrubs and trees. He finds a ready market for his fruit at Youngstown. On November 9, 1876, Mr. Simon was married to Alice M. Oatey, who is a daughter of Jonathan and Louisa Oatey. They have two sons, Clarence and Elmer, the latter of whom assists his father on the farm. The former resides at Youngstown, where he is foreman of the electrical plant of the Ohio Steel Company. In September, 1898, he married Addie Summers, and they have one son, Lloyd. Mrs. Simon is one of a family of seven children, namely : Alice, William, Elizabeth, who married John Smith, Charles, Anna, who is the widow of James Allen, Howard,. and Samuel, the last named of whom is deceased. The father of Mrs. Simon was a well-known citizen of Youngstown, where he died in Sep tember, 1899, aged 73 years. His widow still survives at the age of 71 years. Formerly, Mr. Simon was identified with the Republican party but for the past 12 years he has been a Prohibitionist. Mr.. Simon has enjoyed several extended trips thr0ugh the West, in 1902 spending seven weeks in Southern California and Seattle, Washington, and in 1906 and 1907 he and his wife passed the winter in California. HENRY CLINTON HEINTZELMAN, president of the school-board of Boardman township and —identified with its agricultural interests for a number of .years, owning, 80 acres of well-improved land upon which he lives, within nine miles of Youngstown, was born on his: grandfather's farm in Beaver township, Ma- 506 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY honing County, Ohio, October 7, 1858. His parents were George and Hannah Heintzelman. Jacob Heintzelman, the grandfather of Henry C., was born April 2, 1796, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared on a farm and later learned the tailor trade. On May 18, 1823, he was married in his native state to Rebecca Lynn, who was born November 4, 1803, and they had 14 children, namely : Daniel, David, Polly, Catherine, Lydia, Israel, George, Elizabeth, Joseph, Maria, Cornelius, Sylvester, Enos, and William. Daniel, who died young; Polly and Maria each married a Mr. Hahn, Catherine married a Mr. Thoman, Lydia a Mr. Hinkle, Israel died young, Elizabeth is now Mrs. Elizabeth Thoman, Sylvester, who died young, Enos died at the age of 21 years. Of the union of Jacob and Rebecca Heintzelman there have been, up to the present time (1907), 160 descendants, a number of whom have settled in Mahoning County. Jacob Heintzelman died in Beaver township, Mahoning County, April 25, 1875, and his widow December 30, 1883. They came to this county between 1825 and 1830. George Heintzelman, father of Henry C., was born August 10, 1833, and grew up among pioneer surroundings. He was both a farmer and carpenter, and became well known all over the county for his mechanical skill. During the Civil War, when a draft was made for 20 men from Canfield township, his was the l0th name drawn. He remained in camp at Cleveland for a short time, but, feeling that it was almost impossible for him to leave his wife and little children, a babe having been born the very day he was drafted, he sold about all he possessed and sent a substitute in his place. In January, 1858, Mr. Heintzelman was married to Hannah Kaercher, who was born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, a daughter of Philip and Rebecca (Hahn) Kaercher. Her father was born in Germany and her mother in Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. George Heintzelman had four children, namely : Henry Clinton; Ella R., who married Monroe Beard, of Beaver township; Carrie M., who is the widow of Malcomb Clemons ; and Ada M., who married (first) Melvin C. Kile, and (second) Calvin Frye, and resides in Canfield township. For a year after their marriage, George Heintzelman and wife lived with his father, afterwards buying and clearing a farm of 20 acres in Canfield township. In the spring of 1869, having recovered from the setback occasioned by his paying of a substitute, George Heintzelman bought the present farm, from Andrew Arner, who had cleared it. For some 15 years Mr. Heintzelman also worked at his trade of carpenter. He died on this farm in May, 1893, and was survived by his widow until February, 1899. Henry Clinton Heintzelman attended the district schools, but while still a b0y was Obliged to assume heavy responsibilities on account of his father's poor health. He lived at home until his marriage, with the exception of one winter, when he worked at Youngstown, for his uncle Fred Kaercher, in the butcher business. After his marriage he lived for eight years with his father, and after the latter's death remained two more years on the homestead with his mother, but in the spring of 1895 he rented the Hartman farm in Boardman township. A year later. he returned to the home farm, which subsequently came into his possession. He has always carried on general farming and has been as well rewarded for his labors as any agriculturist in Boardman township. A log house still stands on his farm, one of the .four residences built on this property, the present one of nine rooms having been erected in 1877, by his father and later remodeled by the present occupant. On January 7, 1885, Mr. Heintzelman was married to Minnie E. Osborn, who was born in Youngstown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, January 1864, and is a daughter of Clark and Lai (Moore) Osborn. Her parents reside in A: tabula County, Ohio, where Mr. and Mr Heintzelman were married. She is one of fmily of ten children, as follows : Daniel and Isabella, both deceased; George S., Mrs. Sarah Zimmerman, Mrs. Adelaide Osb0rn, Mrs. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 507 Harriet Sweet, Minnie E., Mrs. Anna Lyman, Lillian, wife of Dr. Zimmerman, of Youngstown, and H. Manning, a physician at Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Heintzelman have had five children, namely : Laura Ruth, who is a graduate of the Boardman High School, Fayette C., H. Esther, John H.. and Kenneth E.. all residing at home. In political sentiment, Mr. Heintzelman is a Republican. He served as township assessor, census enumerator, and for a number of years has been a member of the school board, which he is now serving as president. It was largely through his efforts that the High School was secured for Boardman township, and in 1907 he had the pleasure of witnessing the graduation of one of his daughters therefrom. He belongs to the Grange and was a delegate from Mahoning County to the Ohio State Grange. for two years. one meeting- being held at Warren and the other at Mansfield; subsequently he attended the State Grange meetings at Canton and at Columbus. Mr. Heintzelman and family belong to the Lutheran Church at New Buffalo., of which he has been a trustee for the past three years. Mr. Heintzelman takes an interest in his family history and he justly prizes very. highly a German family Bible, which was handed down to him by his father, who had received it from his father. The old records in this holy Book reach far back and are entirely dependable. THEODORE OBENAUF, a public-spirited and substantial citizen of Beaver township. resides on a farm in section 9. and in the same house in which he was born, March 17, 1856, son of Francis and \Vilhelmina (Doerfer) Obenauf. The first of the Obenauf family to emigrate from Germany to America, was Trowgut Obenauf, an uncle of Theodore, who located at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was later joined by his brother Francis. The - 28 - brothers came together to Beaver township, Mahoning County, and purchased the second farm north of the one now occupied by Theodore, for their father, Christian Obenauf, who took possession of it two years later, in 1854, and continued to reside upon it until his death, in 1858. His children were : Trowgut, Francis, Christian, Herman, Edward, Ferdinand, Pauline, wife of David Dietzman, and a resident of Wisconsin, Lewis, and Huldah, who married Julius Siegel, and resides in Youngstown. Francis Obenauf was born in Saxony, Germany. November 26, 1830, and was about 22 years of age when he came to America. In 1855 he was married to Wilhelmina Doerfer, a daughter of Michael Doerfer and also a native of Saxony. She accompanied the Obenauf family to America. After marriage, Francis Obenauf settled on the farm now occupned by his son, which was fairly well cleared when he purchased it. He continued to reside on this place until Theodore was married and then moved to the farm now owned by Lewis F. Obenauf, on which he built a house and barn and made other improvements. He resided on that farm until the death of his wife which occurred November 13, 1878, when he moved to North Lima, where he subsequently (second) married Mrs. Elizabeth Hahn. He resided at North Lima, until 1890, when he removed to Melrose, Florida, residing there until within six weeks of his death, which took place at Augusta, Georgia, January 29. 1899. His remains were brought home for burial, as were those of his widow, who died in Georgia, December 16, 1900, and a son, Frank, who died there June 13, 1901. The children of Mr. Obenauf were all born of his first marriage and were : Theodore, sub- ject of this sketch ; Adeline, born December 25, 1859, wife of William Feicht, and a resident of Springfield township; Anna, born November 7, 1861, who died November 16, 1885 ; Lewis F., residing in section 15, Beaver township; and Frank, born March 5, 1873, who died in Georgia, as stated above. The last named was a prominent lawyer. His death was caused by typhoid fever. 508 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Politically, Francis Obenauf was a Democrat. He was a man of sterling character and took an active interest in public matters whereever he lived. At one time he served as trustee of Beaver township. Through life he was a consistent Lutheran. Theodore Obenauf was educated in the local schools and has devoted the greater part of his life to agricultural pursuits. In younger years, when not busy on the farm, he was engaged very successfully in selling organs through the country, but in later years has been mainly interested in raising fruit, potatoes and poultry as specialties in addition to general farming. On April 11, 1878, Mr. Obenauf was married to Louise Houk, who was born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry and Mary (Barth) Houk, and a granddaughter of Jacob Houk, who resided all his life in Trumbull County, and who married Christina Unkauf. Henry Houk resided in Springfield township until his death, on March 26, 1906. He was born April 25, 1831, and was married April I, 1853, to Mary Barth, who died October 22, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Obenauf have had four sons and one daughter, namely : Henry. Francis. born January 15, 1879, is a Lutheran minister located at South Sharon, Pennsylvania, married Mary Ota Lynch and they have one son, Paul Francis; Albert Myron, born December 12, 1881, resides in Cleveland; Henry Francis and Albert Myron were both educated at Wittenberg College; Emma Almeda born May 15, 1887, is a graduate of the North Lima High School and taught school during one year in Beaver township and one year in Springfield township; Homer Allen, born February 19, 1891, is attending Rayen School at Youngstown ; Maurice Samuel, born February 14, 1897, is still a student. The eldest son of Mr. Obenauf was educated at Wittenberg College and at the Lutheran College at Chicago. For a number of years Mr. Obenauf has been a member of the township school board, of which he is treasurer. With his family he belongs to the Lutheran Church. He has fraternal connection with the Home Guards of America. HUGH BRYSON WICK. In recalling the men to whom Youngstown is indebted for its material prosperity, the late Hugh Bryson Wick is immediately brought to mind, for he was a very important factor in its development for many years. His long and busy life was mainly devoted to this section, which benefited by his business sagacity and public spirit. Mr. Wick was born at Youngstown, February 5, 1809, and died April 22, 1880. He was a son of Henry and Hannah (Baldwin) Wick. The Wicks were of English origin, settling originally on Long Island, New York. Mr. Wick's parents came to the Mahoning Valley as pioneers from Washington County, Pennsylvania. For many years they were closely identified with the business and social interests of this section and when they passed away they left memories of honorable, useful and virtuous lives. They reared a large family and almost all of these became prominent in some walk of life. They were Caleb Baldwin, Thomas Lupton, Betsy, Lemuel Henry, Jr., Hugh Bryson, Hannah, Matilda Lucretia, John Dennick, Mary Ann, Thomas Lupton (2) .and Paul. The first birth was in 1795 and the last in 1824. The last survivor of this notable family was Henry Wick, Jr., who was a resident of Cleveland, Hugh Bryson Wick began his remarkable business career as a merchant in 1828. opening a store at Brookfield, Trumbull County, where he remained for ten years, during a portion of which period he had business interests also at Lima. In 1837 he removed to Lowellville, where he conducted a business for two years, coming to his native place in 1839 to enter into business competition here. In 1846, with his brothers, Caleb B. and Paul Wick, Henry Heasley, Dr. Henry Manning, William Rice and other capitalists, Mr. Wick built a AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 511 rolling mill and opened a store, the latter being managed by the late Paul Wick and continued as a business under the management of Paul and Hugh B. Wick until 1855. This rolling-mill enterprise was the nucleus around which developed the immense works of Brown, Bonnell & Company. Probably the late Mr. Wick was best known as a financier, having been prominently identified with the H. B. & H. Wick Banking Company of Cleveland, and, after 1857, with Wick Brothers & Company, Bankers, at Youngstown. He had large coal and other interests, was a director in the Mercer Mining Manufacturing Company, the Shenango & Allegheny Railroad Company and many other successful interprises. He was essentially a business man and seldom undertook responsibilities unless he clearly saw his ability to bring them to a successful issue. With other members of his family, and also individually, he stood for years at the head of great combinations of capital and industry, and during the many years of such prominence enjoyed unlimited confidence and universal esteem. On October 30, 1832, Mr. Wick was united in marriage with Lucretia G. Winchell, who was born September 5, 1813, at Wallingford, Connecticut, and was a daughter of -Orrin and Laura C. Winchell. Being left an orphan when young, Mrs. Wick was reared in the home of her uncle, Dr. Charles Cooke, at Youngstown. Her death occurred on April 27, 1892, when in her 79th year. Of the ten children of Hugh B. Wick and wife, four survive, viz. : John C., vice-president of the Dollar Savings & Trust Company, whose sketch appears in this work ; Lucretia H., wife of William Scott Bonnell, president of the Mahoning National Bank, of whom biographical mention will be found elsewhere in this volume; Henry, president of the 'Witch Hazel Coal Company, residing at No. 416 Wick avenue, and Emily W., residing at No. 315 Wick avenue, widow of the late John M. Bonnell, of whom a sketch may be found on another page of this work. From early manhood the late Hugh Bryson Wick was a consistent member of the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown. He was a willing and liberal contributor to all regulated charities. Although he belonged to a family which took a more or less important place in the city's varied interests and thus commanded a large measure of public attention aside from his individual prominence, he was notably simple and unassuming, to the close of his life being a practical business man who liker best to stand before his fellow-citizens on his own merits. He was a man who was devotedly loved in the domestic circle, was trusted and revered by a large number of personal friends and was admired and respected by his fellow-citizens. JAMES MACKEY, one of Youngstown's leading citizens, whose professional work as a surveyor has kept his name before the public for many years, was born at Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, February 7, 1829, and he is a son of James and Margaret (Early) Mackey. As the name indicates, the Mackeys originated in the Highlands of Scotland, and the founder of the family in America was the grandfather of James Mackey, who settled in Pennsylvania and there reared a family. James Mackey, Sr., father of James, was born in 1776, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and in 1805 he came to Ohio and settled in that part of Trumbull County which later became Mahoning County. He was a man of education, a mathematician and a surveyor, and. with other enterprises, he became associated with Robert Montgomery in the building of one of the first furnaces on Yellow Creek. He kept the accounts of the firm until the beginning of the war of 1812, when he joined the Fourth division of Ohio militia, in which he was paymaster and also adjutant, and was accorded the rank of major, by which title he was subsequently known. 512 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY In 1816 Major Mackey entered into partnership with Colonel William Rayen in a mercantile business at Youngstown, which continued for several years. Prior to 1823, when he was married, Major Mackey purchased a large tract of land northeast of the village, and on this he settled, making it his home during the remainder of his life, and carrying on farming and stock-raising. His death occurred August 15, 1844, when he was 68 years old. During the whole of his active life he had clone surveying, and his son's proficiency as a civil engineer may be a direct heritage from the father. September 10, 1823, he married Margaret Early, who survived until May 14, 1870. Her parents, Thomas and Jane Early, who were born in Ireland, settled in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio. Major Mackey and wife had eight children, three of whom died in childhood. There are but two survivors, namely : James and his youngest sister, Letitia, who is the wife of Andrew Kirk. Major Mackey was the type of pioneer whose value to a community cannot be overestimated. He served as township trustee, justice of the peace, township clerk, county commissioner, a member of the legislature and treasurer of Trumbull County, while in his immediate neighborhood there was no necessity to elect or appoint bylaw, for he was naturally fitted to be a leader and safe adviser. James Mackey, Jr., was afforded common school and academic training before he entered the Cleveland University. Here he prepared himself for the work for which he felt himself especially fitted, and proved himself so competent and accurate, that he had filled but a few contracts before he was invited to become a member of a commission made up of five representative engineers and surveyors of Ohio and Pennsylvania, to establish for all time the boundary line between the states. Mr. Mackey has probably had as much experience in the surveying of coal lands and mines as any man in his profession, his work being marked with the certainty and accuracy which precluded all kinds of litigation. About 1875 he began also to survey and plat town sites and his work in this line has been vast. With his brothers, the late David and Robert Mackey, he promoted and constructed the first street railroad in Youngstown, the old horse-car line, which was then an enthusiastically welcomed public utility. Of this enterprise he served for seven years as president. when the pressure of professional work made it seem advisable that he resign this office, as well as curtail his activities in a number of other directions. Mr. Mackey, like other members of his family, has always been identified with the Democratic party, but he has never been convinced that his duty as a good citizen necessitates his acceptance of public office. Neither has he accepted many positions on directing boards of business or 'other enterprises, his tastes lying more in the direction of a private life and close attention to his professional work. Large demands have come to him in this line, and these he has met with the efficiency which has made his name one of note in civil engineering all over the state. He spent upwards of fifty-three years in and about Youngstown in his profession. On October 30. 1862, Mr. Mackey was married to Mary H. Ruggles, who was born in Canfield, Ohio, a daughter of Azor and Adeline M. Ruggles. Mr. and Mrs. Mackey have had five children, namely.: Robert M.. who died in infancy, Charles L., Grace, Margaret H. and Nellie. The beautiful family home, which is the center of much .social life, is situated just east of the city limits, on McGuffey street. Mr. and Mrs. Mackey. are members of the Episcopal Church, worshipping with the congregation at St. John's, of which Mr. Mackey was a member of the vestry for a number of years. Mr. Mackey was a member of the original board of trustees of the Rayen School, and after serving continually for twenty years, he refused to accept the position longer on account of his professional duties. His portrait is published on a neighboring page of this volume. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 513 HENRY ISREAL, proprietor of Beaver Dale Farm, a magnificent tract of 206 acres of fertile land, extending through the best part of Goshen township, which he devotes to general farming and fruit-growing, is also an experienced railroad man, having been identified with various great transportation lines since he was 16 years old. He has been engine inspector at Alliance, Ohio, since the fall of 1899, for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Mr. Isreal was born June 30, 1838, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Greabing) Isreal. The parents of Mr. Isreal were born in Germany. When he was 11 years old his father died and he remained with his mother until her second marriage, when he started out to make his own way in the world, turning his attention to railroad work. For a number of years he worked as brakesman with the Ohio & Pennsylvania system ; then one year as fireman; then for 14 years as locomotive engineer for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, three years of the time as freight engineer, and 11 years as passenger engineer. On July 3, 1873, when the Ashtabula and Pittsburg Railroad opened service, he became engineer and yardmaster at Ashtabula, in which capacity he continued to serve until September I, 1862, when he was appointed road foreman of engines of Division B. on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, which position he filled for nine consecutive years. He then became assistant road foreman on the Eastern Division between Crestline and Pittsburg, a position he held for eight years. In the fall of 1899, he assumed the duties of his present office. In 1878, Mr. Isreal acquired Beaver Dale Farm, on which he settled in 1882, and resided there until the fall of 1900. when he removed to his present place of residence, which is known as the Ezra French farm on the Garfield road, near Damascus. Mr. Isreal had few educational opportunities in his youth, having never entered a school room after he was I 1 years old, but nevertheless his educa tion, of a thoroughly practical kind, has made him a well-informed man. On May 29, 1861, Mr. Isreal was married to Mary A. Hartje, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 13, 1838, and is a daughter of Lorenzo and \Vilhelmina (Herbst) Hartje. Her father was born in Germany and served seven years under Napoleon Bonaparte. He was in the campaign in Russia, also taking part in the battle of Waterloo. With pardonable pride he wore the decoration of the Black Eagle, which he had won by his bravery. Mr. and Mrs. Isreal have had six children, namely : Frank, deceased ; Charles A., residing in Smith township; Elizabeth, who married John King, residing at Salem; Wilhelmina, who married Louis Doane, residing at Alliance; and Frederick W., and Homer W., both residing at Alliance. Mr. Isreal cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln and has supported the principles and candidates of the Republican party ever since. He recalls a most interesting incident in his life, one which went far to make him an Abolitionist. This was at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, in 1853, when he was instrumental in securing the freedom of a slave woman and her six children, from her pursuing master. He was reared in the Lutheran faith and his wife is a member of the Society of Friends, both being consistent in their views. He is a member of the Masons, having united with the fraternity in 1873 at Allegheny City, and is now connected with the Blue Lodge at Alliance.W WILLIAM W. BONNELL, secretary of the Falcon Bronze Company, of Youngstown, and also treasurer and general manager of the Leather Shop Company, is one of the most progressive and enterprising young business men of this city. He was born at Youngstown, Ohio, in 1875, and is a son of W. Scott Bonnell, a full sketch of whom appears in this work. 514 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY William W. Bonnell was reared in Youngstown, but was mainly educated in Boston, Massachusetts. He entered into business with the Mahoning Valley Iron Company, with whom he remained for six years, and was then connected with the Finished Steel Company for about five years, after which he was with the Truss and Cable Fence Company of Cleveland, Ohio, for one year. Mr. Bonnell then built the. plant of the Concrete Sand & Stone Company, and for about one year and a half was with the Morris Hardware Company, which is one of the largest concerns of its kind in this section of Ohio. He is also interested in several other large business enterprises and is a stockholder in several of the Youngstown Banks. Mr. Bonnell was married in May, 1898, to Julia F. Garlick, a daughter of H. M. Garlick, and they have one daughter, Sara-Cree Bonnell. He is a member of the Youngstown club and Golf club and belongs to the First Presbyterian Church. WICK TAYLER, one of Youngstown's leading business men, who is prominently identified with insurance and real estate interests in the city and vicinity, was born at Youngstown, Ohio, October 2, 1855, and is a son of Hon. Robert Walker and Rachel K. (Wick) Tayler. The late Robert Walker Tayler, a separate sketch of whom may be found in this volume. was one of the distinguished public citizens of Ohio for almost forty years. He served Youngstown in many official positions, his county in responsible offices, his state in the halls of legislation, and his nation as -comptroller of the United States treasury. His whole life was passed in association with makers of history, and his services stand with those of the greatest for fidelity to the charges entrusted to him. He died February 25, 1878. His second marriage, to Rachel Kirtland Wick, united him to one of the most prominent families in the Mahoning valley, in point of wealth, age and culture. Of the seven children of this union, the subject of this sketch was the eldest born. During the period of the Civil War. Wick Tayler, then a child, resided at Columbus, where he enjoyed superior educational advantages. In 1876 he engaged in teaching, in which occupation he spent several years, but subsequently accompanied his father when the latter was called to Washington. There, for a number of years, he filled an important Government office, but when released returned to his native. city to pursue a business career and enjoy a home among the beautiful surroundings of his early childhood. After his return, he took up the study of law under the preceptorship of General Thomas W. Sanderson. Subsequently, in 1897, it was General Sanderson who nominated him for the state legislature, to which he was duly elected and served with distinction. Mr. Tayler is probably the best informed insurance and real estate man in Mahoning County, his close attention having been given to this branch of business for many years. He has the handling of a large amount of valuable property, both in city and country, and makes investments for outside parties. .A large amount of capital has been placed in this city through his representations. His commodious offices are located at No. 30 West Federal street, Youngstown. June 14, 1900, Mr. Tayler was married to Anna C. Canfield, who is a daughter of James Canfield, and they have one child, Elizabeth Rachel. Mr. and Mrs. Tayler enjoy a beautiful home .at No. 1356 Emma street, Youngstown. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Tayler has been a lifelong Republican and takes a very active part in politics. He has been very active in military affairs, having belonged to the National Rifles of Washington, D. C. Mr. Tayler is the author of the ballot voting machine law, which he introduced in the Ohio house of representatives in 1898. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 517 WILLIAM TOD. Among the prominent citizens of Youngstown, Ohio, none stood higher in public esteem than did the late William Tod, who not only reflected the virtues of an eminent parentage, but in his own personality displayed the noble qualities which Americans reverence in their public men. William Tod was born at Warren, Ohio, July 30, 1843, and was the youngest son of David and Maria (Smith) Tod and a grandson of George and Sally (Isaacs) Tod. The Tod family was already one of prominence in Connecticut as early as 1773, the date of the birth of Judge George Tod, the grandfather of the late William Tod. Judge Tod became an eminent jurist in the 'Western Reserve, and the father of Governor David Tod, one of the most notable in a long line of distinguished chief executives of Ohio. David Tod, father of the late William Tod, was born at Youngstown, Ohio, February 21, 1805. In 1827 he was admitted to the bar at Warren, Ohio, and there engaged in the practice of his profession until 1848, when he was appointed by President Polk. United States minister to Brazil. He remained in South America for five years, returning to his native land covered with diplomatic honors, and in 1861 was elected governor of Ohio. The larger part of his life was given to eminent services to his state and country at large, and when he passed away in 1868, at his quiet home, Brier Hill farm, he was a man of national fame. On July 24, 1832, David Tod was united in marriage with Maria Smith, and the children born to them were: Charlotte, who died in Mississippi, in 1868, and who was the wife of General Kautz, of the United States army; John, formerly a prominent resident of Cleveland, but now deceased ; Henry, who died February 20, 1905, and a sketch of whom will be found in this volume, who was prominent in the manufacturing world and was vice-president of the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company ; George, a sketch of whom will be found in this work, who is president of the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company; William, who is the subject of the present sketch; Grace, who is the wife of Hon. George F. Arrel, of the well-known law firm of Arrel, Wilson, Roland & Harrington, a sketch of whom will be found in this work; and Sallie, a resident of Youngstown. William Tod was mainly educated at Columbus, and after completing a collegiate course, entered the foundry business. This was the opening of an opportunity for the accumulation of a large fortune, and led to his becoming so closely identified later with the iron and steel industries of the Mahoning Valley. He was one of the original partners of the company which organized and built the foundry which stood on the present site of the Youngstown Steel Casting Works, and later he became a partner, with John Stambaugh, in the Hamilton foundry.' In 1900, when that business was incorporated, he withdrew from partnreship, but continued to be interested in the building of engines and in related industries, was a director in the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company and was president of the William Tod Company. His death occurred April 27, 1905. In 1869 Mr. Tod was married to Frances Barnhisel. Mrs. Tod has two sons, David and Frederick. Mrs. Tod and son Freiderick reside at the spacious old family mansion at No. 238 Lincoln avenue, Youngstown. David married Anna Stambaugh and they reside at their country home in Trumbull county. Although William Tod was first and foremost a business man, he found other avenues of enjoyment and usefulness, for he was a lover of books, fond of congenial social companionship and found pleasure in occasional travel. He was a valued member of the order of Elks and was in hearty accord with the objects of the Young Men's Club, with which he was long identified. To public affairs he gave the attention which an intelligent, public-spirited citizen deems his duty, and was a staunch Republican. His friends were legion and they knew him as a loyal, generous and considerate companion. A portrait of Mr. Tod may be found on a neighboring page of this volume. 518 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY THE KIRTLAND FAMILY. From that authentic source, Savage's Genealogy of New England, it is found that Philip Kirtland was first a shoemaker at Lynn, where, in 1638, he had ten acres of land allotted him by the town. His name was derived from the German Cortlandt or Lackland. He was born in Sherrington, in Buckinghamshire, England. His two sons were. Philip, born in 1614 and Nathaniel born in 1616, the latter of whom at the age of 19 years embarked on board the Hopewell of London, Captain Burdock, master, April I, 1635. It appears that he went to Long Island, but later returned to Lynn, where evidently he had first landed. He died in 1686. At Lynn, by his wife Parnell, he had children : Anna, Martha, John, Hannah, Mary and Elizabeth. John Kirtland, or Kertland, commonly called Kirkland, John of Saybrook, Connecticut, was married in 1679 at Saybrook to Lydia Pratt, daughter of Lieutenant William Pratt, born in 1659, and they had the following children : John, born January 11, 1681 ; Priscilla, born February 1, 1682, married Jones; Lydia, born October 1 1, 1685, married Guffin ; Elizabeth, born in 1685, married Conklin; Nathaniel, born in 1690, married Shipman; Philip, born in 1693; Martha, born in 1695, married Wills; Samuel, born in 1701 ; Parnell, born in 1704, married Tully. John Kirtland died January 20, 1716, heir to Wethall, except £100. The ninth of these children, Daniel, was the first minister to the Third Church at Norwich and had ten children. Samuel, the eighth child, was the celebrated missionary to the Six Nations. He was father of the still more distinguished John Thornton Kirtland, who became president of Harvard College. That the early members of this family were prominent in the military affairs of their communities may be proved by consulting the Colonial Records, where is found in 1736 the following statement : "This assembly do establish and confirm Philip Kirtland Lieutenant of North Company of Saybrook." In the same volume, on page 426, he found the following. "Appointed John Kirtland to be Captain of Troop of Horse in Seventh Regiment of this Colony, May, 1749." On page 274 of Colonial Records is found the statement that Philip Kirtland was appointed captain of the Eighth regiment of this colony, and on page 552, that Constant Kirtland, of Wallingford, was made conservator of the person and establishment of L. Brockett, this member of the family evidently being a man of prominence in the colony. John Kirtland, eldest son of John and Lydia (Pratt) Kirtland, married (first) Temperance Buckingham. He had twelve children as follows : Hester, born March 10, 1704, married Chapman; John, born July 5, 1708, died in March, 1787; Temperance, born March J0. 1710, married Southwarts. By his second wife, Lydia Belden or Belding (married March 29, 1716; died 1749), he had : Elias, born July 2, 1718; Elisha, born August 17, 1719, was killed at Fort Edward in March, 1756; Lydia, born October 28, 1721, died in Nova Scotia, June 3o, 1770; Parnell, born January 28, 1724; Constant (I), born January 24, 1726, died young; Constant (2), born December 24, 1729; Ezra, born October 11, 1730; Elizabeth, born October 13, 1732, and Dorothy, born September 21, 1735. Constant Kirtland, ninth son of John Kirtland, married Rachel Brockett, of Northford or Northfield, Connecticut, May 23, 1732. Constant Kirtland died February 3, 1792, and his wife died February 17, 1812. They had ten children : Isaac, born Mardi 9, 1754, married Sarah Ives; Turhand, born 1755, married (first) Mary Beech, (second) Polly Potter; Mary, born December 23, 1757, married Samuel Cook ; John, born December 20, 1759, married (first) April Jo, 1788, Lucy A. Burbank, and (second) June 7, 1829, Mary Tyler Beecham ; Billius, born June 29. 1762, married Sarah Potter ; Rachel, born July 9; 1764, married Colonel Edward Barker ; Jared, born August 8. 1766, married Lois Yale; George, born July 2, 1769, died at Wallingford. Connecticut. April 20. 1793: Lydia, born February 27, 1772. married Jonathan Fowler, of Guilford, Connecticut, died at Po- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 519 land, Ohio, August 16, 1850; and Sarah, born March 19, 1775, died at Northfield, Connecticut, September 28, 1842, married Captain William Douglass. Turhand Kirtland, second son of Constant Kirtland, was married (first) January 2, 1780, to Mary Beech. daughter of Moses Beech, and she died at Wallingford, Connecticut. November 24, 1792, Turhand Kirtland was married (second) January 19, 1793, to Polly Potter, born at New Haven, Connecticut, February 10, 1772, and died at Poland, Ohio, March 21, 1850. She was a daughter of Dr. Jared and Sarah Potter. The children born to this marriage were the following : Jared Potter, born at Wallingford, Connecticut, November 16, 1793, died at Cleveland, Ohio, December 0, 1877; Henry Turhand, born November 16, 1795, at Wallingford, Connecticut, died February 29, 1874, at Poland, Ohio ; Mary Beech, born September 12, 1798, married Richard Hall of Poland, died at Poland, November I I, 1825 ; Nancy, born January 1, married Elkanah Morse; Billius, born August 29, 1807, married Ruthanna Frame, died August 21, 1891; George, born November 5, 1809, married Helen Cook, of Wallingford, Connecticut ; and Charles die in infancy. In the Potter genealogy mainly may be found the following facts in regard to Jared Potter Kirtland : Jared Potter Kirtland, M. D., LL. D., was born at Wallingford, Connecticut, November 0, 1793, and died at East Rockport, Ohio, December 19, 1877. His literary education was acquired in Cheshire and Wallingford Academies. He studied medicine with Dr. Eli Ives and others of New Haven, and in 1812 entered the medical col- lege at Yale, being the first student to matric- ulate at that institution. In 1814 he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. Until 1817 he practiced meclicine in Wallingford, Connecticut. In the latter part of that year he removed to the town of Durham, Connecticut, where he practiced medicine until 1823. He then removed to Poland. In 1837 he removed to a farm five miles west of the city of Cleveland, on the lake shore. Here he made extensive studies in natural history, examining and describing all the fishes of the Ohio lakes and rivers, and collecting varieties of fresh water shells. He examined and classified the native wild plants, and also examined and studied the geological formation of the state. He also gathered specimens of birds, and investigated the habits of the honey bee, during all of which time he superintended his large farm. His discoveries in conchology and ichtology attracted unusual attention. In 1848 he was given charge of the natural history department of the survey of the state of Ohio, and his works on the subject were published in Boston and elsewhere. In 1827 he was elected to the Ohio legislature and was subsequently re-elected for several terms. He was elected professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the Medical College of Ohio; was offered and accepted the same position in Willoughby Medical School and afterward held the same position in the Western Reserve College at Cleveland, which he resigned in 1864. He was at one time president of the Ohio State Medical Society. Of a generous, unselfish nature, he freely distributed his new varieties of fruits and flowers among his friends. His fund of anecdote and information made him a most charming conversationalist, and so interesting were his remarks that even the children eagerly listened to him. He took great pleasure in extensive correspondence with people of culture and kindred tastes. Dr. Kirtland was first married, May 22, 1815, to Caroline Atwater, who died at Durham, Connecticut, September 18, 1823. He married (second) in 1824, Hannah Toucy, who died December 24, 1857. Of the first marriage there were three children, as follows : Mary. Elizabeth, born August 4, 1816, died in Washington, D. C., ; Jared Potter, born in September, 1818, died August 15, 1829: Caroline, born in 1821, died September 22, 1822. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Jared P. and Caroline Kirtland, married, July 24, 1832, Charles Pease, son of Judge Calvin and Laura 520 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY (Grant) Pease of Warren, Ohio. They had (1) Jared P. Kirtland, born July 18, 1833, died December 17, 1836; (2) Charles, born August 17, 1835; married Hester Hotchkiss, September -, 1859; died January 9, 1875; had two sons. (3) Caroline Atwater, born at Poland, 'Ohio, September 23, 1838; married October 5, 1859, William L. Cutler, son of Orlando and Sarah H. Cutler. (4) Frederick K., born at Warren, Ohio, March 17, 1843; died in infancy. Caroline Atwater Pease, daughter of Charles and Mary (Kirtland) Pease, was born at Poland, September 23, 1838; married William L. Cutler. They had (1) Kirtland Kelsey Cutler, now a prominent architect at Spokane Falls and Seattle, who married, first, Miss Corbin (one son by this marriage), late Mrs. Phillips. (2) Caddie, who is deceased. (3) Lulu, who married a Mr. Hoyt, of Cleveland. They have one son now in Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut. Mary Beech Kirtland, the third child of Turhand and Polly Kirtland, was born September 12, 1798, married Richard Hall, and died November 11, 1825. They had children : Mary Potter, Turhand and Lucy. Mary Potter, born May 2, 1816, married Hon. Edward Wade and still survives at the time of writing, 1907. Turhand Kirtland Hall, born January 25, 1818, married Elizabeth Stewart, at Poland, Ohio. He was a merchant at that place for many years, when he removed to Warren and engaged in banking. They had the following children : Fannie Corinna, born December 22, 1856 ; Richard Turhand, born September 2, 1858, deceased; Mary Kirtland, born March 5, 1860; Charles Stewart, born November 26, 1861; Lucy Boardman, born January 18, 1864, deceased; Elizabeth Matilda, born February 22, 1866, deceased; and Nellie, or Cornelia Wade, born in February, 1869. Lucy Hall, daughter of Richard and Mary (Beech) Hall, was born November 19, 1819, and died in 1906. She married Judge William Boardman, son of Elijah Boardman, of New Haven, Connecticut. He died, leaving a large property in her care, which she used for the good of many and with such wisdom and judgment as to meet with the commendations of those ably prepared to judge of such matters. Among her many objects of public benevolence was the building of the Boardman Memorial School at New Haven, a manual training school, and also a scientific building for Yale College as a memorial to her uncle, Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland. Nancy Kirtland, fourth child of Turhand and Polly (Potter) Kirtland, was born January 1, 1801, and married Elkanah Morse, and they had three children : Lois, Henry and Edwin. Lois Morse was born August 6, 1819, and was married to Isaac K. Mansfield, February 1, 1835, and they had two children : Ira Franklin, born June 27, 1842, at Poland, Ohio, and Mary Kirtland Mansfield, born November 18, 1845, also at Poland. Ira F. Mansfield married Lucy E. Mygatt, December 11, 1872, and they had : Kirtland M., born January 29, 1874; Mary L., born January 28, 1877; Henry B., born April 3, 1886, married in Beaver, about 1905. Mary Kirtland Mansfield became the wife of Col. Samuel Moody, and they have had children : Lucy Boardman, born June 16, 1877, and Olive Blakelee, born in October, 1881. Colonel Samuel Moody is general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad system west of Pittsburg. Hon. I. Franklin Mansfield, for many years has represented Beaver County at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is president of the board of trustees of Beaver College, is promi- nent in the Beaver Presbyterian Church and is largely interested in agriculture and fruit growing. His love of nature and its buried treasures has made him known among collectors of fossils which abound in various parts of his large possessions. He is also connected officially with business firms and financial institutions of Beaver County. Henry Kirtland Morse, eldest son of Elkanah and Nancy (Kirtland) Morse, was born May 4, 1822, and married (first) Mary L. Wick, widow of Henry Kirtland Wick, and (second) Eliza Blakelee, November 2, 1881, who for many years was a teacher in Poland Union Seminary. Edwin Morse, second son of Elkanah and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 521 Nancy (Kirtland) Morse, was born May 18, 1824, and died in June, 1853. He married Eliza Cook, who still survives him. She subsequently married Judge Charles E. Glidden, and since his death has resided in New Hampshire, with her son, Charles Erastus Glidden. Billius Kirtland, fifth child of Turhand and Polly (Potter) Kirtland, was born August 29, 1807, at Poland, Ohio, and died August 21, 1901. On April 16, 1829, he married Ruthanna Lindley Frame, born at New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1809, a daughter of William and Rebecca (Marsh) Frame. They had the following children : Caroline, born February 22, 1831, died June 27, 1836; Rebecca, born January 4, 1835, died June 15, 1842 ; Mary Potter, born February 5, 1837, died June 17, 1842 ; Turhand Kirtland, born March 9, 1839, died July 8, 1849; Emma Caroline, born August 16, 1841; Alfred Potter, born May 24, 1844; Edgar, born January 15, 1847, died May 30, 1849; Lucy Hall, born April 22, 1849; and Kate Frame, born November 10, 1851, died November 20, 1851. Emma Caroline Kirtland, the fifth member of the above family, married Samuel Hine, who was a son of Homer and Mary S. Hine. Alfred Potter Kirtland married Lucy Shields, daughter of Alexander and Caroline (Graff) Shields, October 12, 1876. She was born August 7, 1852, and died Easter day, April 13, 1887, while en route to her home in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, from Winter Park, Florida. They had two children : Ruth Caroline, born January 20, 1880, who attended Miss Baldwin's school. at Bryn Mawr, and later graduated at the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics; and John Shields, born January 3, 1886. Alfred Potter Kirtland, after preparing at Poland Union Seminary, entered Troy Polytechnic Institute and graduated in June, 1871. After some experience in surveying, he became resident engineer at Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on the West Pennsylvania Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, later .became superintendent, and after seventeen years of railroad life, became interested in stone guar- ries and coal lands, residing at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Lucy Hall Kirtland, daughter of Billius and Ruthanna F. Kirtland, married Dallas V. Mays, October 4, 1871. At that time he was a clergyman stationed at Paola, Kansas, and later filled pastorates at Fairview, North Benton, Ohio; Corry, North Sewickly, Springdale and Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, and during his last pastorate at Dell Rapids, South Dakota, his health failed. He died October 11, 1903. His. children were : Ruth Emma, born April 15, 1873; Kate Frame, born October 2, 1875, married October 19, 1891, James Harsch; Lucy Eloise, born January 25, 1880, died May 4, 1890; Charles Frederick Riggs, born September 15, 1882, died October 19, 1891, and Paul Kirtland, born October 4, 1887. Ruth Emma Mays was married June a>, 1896, to Dr. J. Hartley Anderson, a son of Edwin S. and ______ (Hartley) Anderson, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, born April 15, 1868. Dr. Anderson confines himself entirely to surgery, and is a member of the staff of the West Pennsylvania Hospital at Pittsburg, and is also a lecturer in the Carnegie-Institute. Billius Kirtland, son of Turhand and Polly Potter Kirtland, was sent by his father to Warren, Ohio, to a private tutor, later to Canonsburgh, and subsequently to Yale College. He was a close student and had such a retentive memory that later he was able to assist his children greatly in mathematics, Latin and Greek. His cheerful, happy Christian life was a constant benediction to all with whom he associated. Chemistry was his favorite study, and in order to pursue it he built a laboratory on his grounds, in which he spent much time; he also carried on experiments in horticulture. The study of astronomy was to him of lifelong interest. He accumulated great knowledge, but cared little for money and cheerfully responded to calls for contributions to philanthropic enterprises. William Frame, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. E. K. Hine, was born June 29, 1776, and died February 11, 1842. He married Rebecca Marsh, February 20, 1802, born Oc- 522 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY tober 22, 1775, died July 20, 1842. William Frame came to Struthers. Ohio early in 1800, where he erected a mill for Mr. Clendennin, which he first operated; later he operated a mill near Bloomfield. Before cowling to Ohio he had resided in both Pennsylvania and .Maryland, and was conducting a hotel in Baltimore, where he entertained General Lafayette when the latter revisited America. George Marsh, a brother-in-law, was a man who had great skill in machinery, and built a spinning jenny at Poland. where he lived at the time of his death. Thomas Frame, son of William and Rebecca (Marsh) Frame, was born at Poland. Ohio, January 5, 1811. and married Mary Brackin, of Kinsman, Ohio. They had three children : James B.. Rebecca and Clara. Rebecca Frame married Fred Swisher, and they have three children : Clyde, who has one child and resides in. Chicago. and Walter and Mary, both of whom live at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thomas Frame was a justice of the peace in Poland township, and from his books it would appear that his time was much broken in upon by the duties of this office. In association with Billius Kirtland he put fine improvements on the farm, including the planting of the best variety of fruit trees and vines. They established a nursery which contained almost all the varieties of fruit and ornamental trees to he found in this section. Thomas Frame was active in all public matters, no one doing more than he to arouse proper interest in the Civil War. His only son was wounded in the service. this wound still almost disabling one arm. Through his influence the first fine brick public school house was erected in this district. FRANK BARBER, president of the board of trustees of Goshen townships proprietor of Fruit Hill Farm, which is situated in section - 22 - and is one of the representative farmers, stock raisers and fruit growers of this part of Mahoning County. He was born on the farm where he 110 NV lives in Goshen township. Mahoning County, Ohio, September 26, 1854. and is a son of John and Nancy (Venable) Barber. The parents of Mr. Barber were natives of Goshen township. but the paternal grandfather, Jacob Barber, was born in New Jersey and accompanied his parents at a very early day, to Salem, Ohio, settling in that vicinity about 1810. Later, Jacob Barber came to Mahoning County and secured 160 acres of Goveminent land, on which he erected a cabin in the forest, where he engaged in clearing and developing his property until within a few years of his death, when he moved to near Salem. His son, John Barber, spent the greater part of his life on this same farm. But he also moved to near Salem, in his later years, where he died in 1892. Frank Barber was reared on the farm in Goshen township and attended the district schools, after which he learned the carpenter trade and worked at the same for a number of years. For eight years he was a member of the Youngstown Paving Brick Company. an incorporated organization, and during this time he was local manager of the plant. at Beloit. Ohio, residing at that point for that length of time. Mr. Barber owns a good farm of eighty-two acres and devotes twenty-five of these to apple orchards, giving special attention to growing the Baldwin variety, and since 1893 he has been engaged in storing and shipping apples. at Salem. His land seems particularly well adapted to the growing of fruit and his apple crop is abundant, close study and care having- made Mr. Barber well acquainted with the treatment necessary to ensure success in this industry. Blossoming time on Fruit Hill Farm is only equalled in beauty by fruitage time in the autumn. He owns also a farm of seventy acres situated in Berlin township, and is justly considered one of the substantial men of this section. On October 6. 1875, Mr. Barber was married to Sarah A. Cronick, who was born in Berlin township. and is a daughter of Michael Cronick. They have two children. namely: Nora. who married Rev. J. A. James, resid-