AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 525 ing at Limestone, Pennsylvania. where he is pastor of the Presbyterian Church; and Homer F., residing in Smith township, Mahoning County. Politically Mr. Barber is a Republican, and since 1903 he has been serving as township trustee and now fills the responsible position of president of the board. He is a member of Amity Lodge, No. 124, Odd Fellows, at Salem. HENRY TOD. For many years the late Henry Tod stood at the head of a number of the most important business interests of Youngstown. Ohio, and he was also a man of such sterling character and possessed such high civic and personal ideals. that his loss to his community was in every way a calamity. Henry Tod was born at Warren, Ohio, June 14. 1838, and died at his beautiful home at No. 152 Lincoln .avenue, Youngstown, on February 20, 19c5. He was the third of seven children born to his parents, David and Maria (Smith) Tod, the former Ohio's great war governor. Gov. David Tod was born at Youngstown, Ohio, February 21, 1805, and was a son of Judge George and Sally ( Isaacs) Tod, who were pioneers from Connecticut to .Ohio. In 1827 David Tod was admitted to the bar at Warren. where he engaged in practice until 1843. when he took up his residence on a property which his father had acquired, Brier Hill Farm, near Youngstown, and which subsequently came into his possession. Often called from its peaceful shades. this property remained his chosen home when he was permitted to retire from public life, and here he died on November 23, 1868, one of the most distinguished citizens of the Commonwealth. In 1848 he was appointed minister to Brazil, by President Polk, and there he remained an honorable representative of the United States Government until 1853. In all his diplomatic relations with the Brazilian government, he retained the personal regard of the ruler of that country, and the confidence of the people at home. At Warren, Ohio, on July 24, 1832, Mr, Tod was married to Maria Smith, who was a daughter of one of the early settlers of the Western Reserve. Their children were : Charlotte, who died in 1868, was the wife of General A. V. Kautz of the United States army; John, who died at Cleveland, in 1898; Henry, who is the subject of the present biography; George, a resident of Tod Lane, a sketch of whom will be found in this volume, is president of the Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company ; William, a sketch of whom will be found in this work, died April 27, 1905, one of Youngstown's most prominent men; Grace, who is the wife of Hon. George F. Arrel, a sketch of whom will also be found in this volume; and Sallie, who is a resident of Youngstown. The late Henry Tod was but ten years old when his father became United States Miniter to Brazil, and the family accompanied him to Rio Janeiro. After a year's residence there, however, the parents decided that in the interests of the children's education on the line of making them good American citizens, of which their father was .a type, the old home schools offered better advantages, and, this being the case, the mother brought them back to Youngstown. Henry Tod continued in school at Hiram and Poland, and he was also afforded private tutors, subsequently developing into just the young man of bright intelligence and untiring industry that met with his father's hearty approval. When but 21 years of age he was made manager of the Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company. Other successful business enterprises with which he was closely concerned were : the Biwabik Mining Company, of which he was president; the Youngstown Steel Company; the Youngstown Carriage and Wagon Company ; the Ohio Leather Company; the Republic Rubber Company, and many others, while his financial affiliations were : a director in the First National and the Mahoning National Banks, and for twenty-nine years he was president of the Second National Bank, until it was merged with the First National Bank in May, 1904. 526 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY In 1869 Henry Tod was married first, to Dillie Pollock, who died at Pueblo, Colorado, December 28, 1878, leaving two sons, John and Henry. John Tod is president of the American Belting Company, vice-president of the Falcon Bronze Company, and secretary of the Republic Rubber Company, with office at No. 35 Central Square, the same location being the office of the Henry Tod estate, of which he is one 0f the executors. The youngest son, Henry Tod, Jr., was killed on October 8, 1902, in an automobile accident. In 1891 the late Henry Tod was married, second, to Lucretia Van Fleet, who is a daughter of John Van Fleet, a sketch of whom will be found in this volume. Mrs. Tod still occupies the fam- ily home on Lincoln avenue. The late Henry Tod was largely instrumental in bringing to the vicinity of Youngstown, a number of its important industries. It was through his influence, to a considerable degree, that the county seat was removed from Canfield to the more central location at Youngstown, and the building of the court house resulted from his agitation of the subject. The history of the rise and successful development of one of the city's financial institutions, the Second National Bank, forms an interesting part of the story of- his life and is connected with the expansion of many of Youngstown's prosperous enterprises. He was elected its first president and for 29 years, as has already been mentioned, he continued to serve in that capacity. He was notably interested in the advancement of every project by which Youngstown could be substantially improved, and in this connection may be mentioned his activity in the building of the present large Opera House. The late Henry Tod was a man of Christian living, and although he never identified himself with any particular sect or advocated any one creed, he was confident that there was good in all and was ready to contribute to the benevolent enterprises of every denomination. He was charitable; lavishly so, but to him it was as a simple every day duty, nothing to herald abroad to make himself conspicuous among men. He was a man of personal cour age and of indomitable will. Long he controlled others and when mortal sickness came upon him, he no less was able to control himself, and calmly awaited a summons he was able to see before him in the immediate future. Henry Tod died as he had lived, a worthy son of a worthy father. Mr. Tod's portrait accompanies this sketch. JONAS GOODMAN, president of the board of trustees of Green township and one of the representative men of this part of Mahoning County, re- sides on his well-cultivated farm of 182 acres, which is situated in section 8. Mr. Goodman was born January 31, 1845, in Green township, Mahoning County. Ohio, and is a son of William and Julia A. (Smith) Goodman. The parents of Mr. Goodman were natives of Ohio and his father was an early settler in Green township, where he died in 1851. Of the children born to William and Julia Goodman, five survive, as follows: Hannah, who married Joseph Knauf, residing in Ellsworth township; Catharine, who married Jacob Dustman. residing in Berlin township; Amelia, residing in Ashtabula County. Ohio: Jonas, whose name begins this sketch : and Eli, residing in Green township. Jonas Goodman attended the public schools of Green township in his boyhood and enjoyed equal advantages with children of his own age in this. section. From youth he performed the tasks that usually fall to boys on a farm, and became thoroughly trained in all that pertains to practical farming. For a number of years following his marriage, he farmed in Butler township, Columbiana County, and then returned with his family to Ma-honing County, and settled on the farm on which be has resided for over a quarter of a century. On February 5, 1874, Mr. Goodman was married to Sarah M. Woolf, who was born July 5, 1853, in Columbiana County, Ohio. and is a daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Metz) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 527 Woolf, the former of whom was born in Columbiana County and the latter in Stark County, Ohio. Adam Woolf, the grandfather of Mrs. Goodman, was born in Butler township and was a son of Jacob Woolf, who was a pioneer in Columbiana County. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman have had five children, the four survivors being as follows : Hattie C., who married John Weaver, residing in Green township; Celesta B., who is a teacher in the public schools of Green township ; Belva M., who married Richard Godward. residing in Green township; and Rachel, residing at home. In his political convictions Mr. Goodman is a stanch Republican. He has always taken a prominent part in township matters pertaining to education and good government, has served on the school board and for some years has been a township trustee, at present being the presiding officer of the board. MASON EVANS, president of the Commercial National Bank of Youngstown, and formerly junior member of the law firm of Sanderson & Evans of this city, occupies a very prominent position in the business and social life of Youngstown. He was born November 27, 1849, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Owen and Sarah (Roe) Evans. Owen Evans, who came of Welsh ancestry, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and was a resident of Philadelphia for many years, where he was a man of substance and standing. He died in that city in 1859, when his son was Id years of age. He is survived by his widow, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, who still resides in the city of Brotherly Love. Mason Evans enjoyed excellent educational advantages in his native city. He read law with Aaron Thompson, a prominent practitioner of Philadelphia, prior to entering the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in the class of 1869. Mr. Evans chose Youngstown, Ohio, as a favorable field for the exercise of his profession, coming to this city September 19, 1871. In 1875 he was admitted to the Ohio bar, at Warren, and began practice. The law firm of Sanderson & Evans, composed of General Thomas W. Sanderson and Mason Evans, controlled during its existence a large part of the important business before the various courts. Mr. Evans now stands at the head of one of the largest financial institutions of Mahoning County, the Commercial National Bank of Youngstown. He is justifiably recognized as a most useful citizen, whose financial and professional ability, combined with his noted public spirit, have contributed largely to the upbuilding of the city and to bringing it to the favorable notice of the outside world. On June 8, 1876, Mr. Evans was married to Lucy E. Gerwig, a daughter of the late Frederick Gerwig, formerly a large iron manufacturer at Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have a beautiful home at No. 215 Lincoln avenue. They have three children living —Frederick G., Eunice and Mason, Jr. C. R. JUSTICE, M. D., physician and surgeon, vice-president of the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland, Ohio, is one of the leading men of this part of Mahoning County, and is a representative of one of its old and honorable families. Dr. Justice was born at New Middlepoint, Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, December 15, 1857, and is a son of James and Julia (Kirtland) Justice. The grandfather, David Justice, came to America from Ireland, and in 1802 crossed the mountains from Pennsylvania with a four-horse team, settling in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he bought a half section of land. James Justice, the Doctor's father, was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and was young when he accompanied his parents to what was then Columbiana, but is now Ma- 528 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY honing County. He was a farmer and a tanner and became a man of large substance and much importance in his community. For many years he served in the office of justice of the peace and was a member of the first board of commissioners of Mahoning County. He supervised, in person, the building of the old jail, and assisted in the erection of the first court house, at Canfield. He was married (first) to Ann Carson, a native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and they had eight children, all of whom are deceased. He was married (second) to Julia Kirtland, who was born in Middletown, Connecticut, a daughter of Frederick and Martha Kirtland. Dr. Justice is the only child of the second marriage. James Justice died .April 2, 1865, his wife passing away a few months later. She had been previously married to William Fitch, of Boardman township, and had two children (both deceased), one of whom, Julia Ellen, was the wife of Charles Kirtland, of Poland. Dr. Justice was a boy of 13 years when his parents died. He then came to Poland to make his home with his half-sister, Mrs. Kirtland. During the summer months he assisted on the farm, and in the winter time attended the district schools and the Poland Seminary, up to the age of 17, when he began to teach, alternating teaching with further attendance at school. In 1873 he began the study of medicine, entering what was then known as the 'Western Reserve College, but what is now the medical department of Adelbert College, at Cleveland, -where he was graduated in 1879, remaining one year longer as an instructor. When Dr. Justice started in to practice at Poland, he entered into partnership with an old established practitioner, of fifty years' experience, Dr. Eli Mygatt, and he also opened a drug store, which he still carries on in the same building. In 1886 Dr. Justice was married to Bertha Long, a daughter of John and Emma Long, who came to Poland from Pittsburg. Dr. and Mrs. Justice are members of the Presbyterian Church. Upon the death of Charles Kirtland, in 1901, Dr. Justice was elected vice-president of the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland. He is president and superintendent of the Poland Cemetery Association and is a member of the board of supervisors of elections of Mahoning County. He is also United States pension examiner, haying been appointed by President Harrison, through the influence of the Hon. William McKinley, when a member of congress. Fraternally Dr. Justice is a Mason. ELI T. SHREVE, a leading citizen of Smith township. Mahoning County, Ohio, who, for more than twelve years has served as township trustee, resides on a fine farm of 223 acres, which is situated in section 19. and owns other land in the same township. On this same farm, Mr. Shreve was born, April 28. 1844, and he is a son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Dille) Shreve. The Shreve family came originally from Holland, settling first in New jersey. where they prospered and were mainly engaged in agricultural pursuits. Subsequently the family became established in other sections, and as early as 1806, Stacy Shreve, the grandfather of Eli T., same with his wife. Vashti, to Goshen township. Mahoning County. Ohio, .building a log cabin home in the wilderness which then prevailed. They lived and died in Goshen township. Enoch Shreve, father of Eil T., was born in Goshen township, where he remained until 1841, when he came to Smith township and settled on the farm now owned by his son, Eli T. This section was mainly wild land at the time, and Enoch Shreve, in his new home, repeated the pioneer work which had occupied the life of his father in Goshen township. The Shreves have all been men of sterling character, one of their ancestors having served in the Revolutionary War, but they have been largely men also of peace, members of the Society of Friends. Enoch Shreve was one of Smith township's reliable and substantial men. He served in the office of township trustee and was noted for his good judgment and business sagacity. He died in 1865. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 529 Enoch Shreve married Elizabeth Kille, who 'was born in Pennsylvania. She still survives and has reached the unusual age of 90 years. Their three surviving children are : Eli T.; Binford T., residing at Bayard, Ohio; and Mary A., who married Asa Pim, residing at East Rochester, Ohio. Eli T. Shreve was reared on the home farm in Smith township, where he attended school in boyhood, completing his education in the Damascus Academy. Mr. Shreve was reared to an agricultural life and he has always taken interest and pleasure in his avocations which he has carried to great success. For many years he made dairying a leading feat- ure, keeping herds of beautiful Holsteins and Jerseys for the purpose, and for a quarter of a century operated a milk route at Alliance. He has not been interested in this industry for some years, but. with the assistance of his sons, continues his large agricultural operations. On April 5, 1870, Mr. Shreve was married to Anna V. Ladd, who is a daughter of Joshua Ladd, of Butler township, Columbiana County, and they have had five children, namely : Josephine. deceased ; Olin B., residing at Atwater, Ohio William H., residing at Alliance; and Arthur J.. and Enoch C., both residing in Smith township. Like his father, Mr. Shreve is a Republican in his political preference. He has faithfully and honestly served as township trustee, and has proven himself a valuable citizen. In addition to his residence farm, he owns a half interest in a tract of 32 acres. the other half being owned by his brother, Binford T. Eli T. Shreve is a member of the Friends Church at Alliance. GEORGE A. BAKER, the owner and the genial proprietor of the Tod Hotel, at Youngstown, has been a resident of this city since 1885, but he was born at Marion, Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of Horace W. Walker and Elizabeth (Thomas) Baker. The father of Mr. Baker was born in Ver- - 29 - mont, in 1818, and died in California; to which state he had gone in 1849, surviving less than one year. In 1842 he married Elizabeth Thomas, and they had four sons, three of whom died in infancy. In 1855 the mother of Mr. Baker married Andrew J. Crawford, and there were four children born to the second marriage, two of whom survive. Mrs. Crawford died in 1893. In large measure, Mr. Baker is a self-made man. Since 14 years of age, when he left school, he has been the director of his own fortunes. For three years he served as a messenger boy for the Western Union Company, at Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania, following which he accepted a position as ticket agent for the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, at Concord, Pennsylvania. One year later he returned to Corry, as night operator, beginning with a salary of $60 a month, but soon after was promoted and when transferred to Tidioute, Pennsylvania, his salary was increased to $75 a month. Mr. Baker then became freight and ticket agent for the Oil Creek Railroad, his services commanding $100 a month, avid this responsible position he held for three years, when he was transferred to what was considered an important point, Mayville, New York. This road was known at that time as the Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburg Railroad, and he was agent at Mayville for the following eight years, and then took another step forward, becoming freight agent at Buffalo. In 1883, after two years at Buffalo, he was made general freight agent for the whole system. his selection for this exceedingly responsible position having been made from a large body of competent railroad men. In 1885 Mr. Baker retired from railroad work and took over the management of the Tod House. a property he had previously purchased. Under his direction this hostelry has become the leading one at Youngstown and one of the very best in this section of the state. Mr. Baker owns also a fine estate in the country and has other business interests in this vicinity. In 1876 Mr. Baker was married to Julia Hurlbert, who was born at Forestville, New 530 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY York, and they have four children : Horace F., residing at Pittsburg, attorney for the Wabash Railroad, graduated at Harvard in both law and science; George A., residing at Youngstown, the efficient steward of the Tod House; and Marie E. and Crawford H., both residing at home, the latter being a student in the Rayen high school. Mr. Baker and family belong to the Episcopal Church. In 1890 Governor Foraker appointed 'George A. Baker a member of the board of elections of Mahoning County, on which the latter's services were of a most satisfactory character. He is one of the most prominent Masons in Ohio, belonging to Hillman Lodge, No. 481, F. & A. M.; Youngstown Chapter, No. 93; Royal Arch Masons, St. John's Commandery, No. 20, Knights Templar ; and Scottish Rite at Cleveland; Al Koran Temple, No.bles of the Mystic Shrine. NOAH S. KENREIGH, a prominent farmer and stockman, residing on his home farm of 160 acres, which is situated in section 17, Green township, owns a large amount of land in Mahoning County and stands as one of her substantial citizens. He was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, February 3. 1845, and is a son of Michael and Anna M. (Martz) Kenreigh. The father of Mr. Kenreigh was born in Lancaster County, and the mother in Berks County, Pennsylvania, both being of German extraction. Caspar Kenreigh, the grandfather of Noah S., was born in Germany, emigrated to the United States and became a farmer in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he resided until his son Michael was 15 years of age. When he came to Green township he was one of the earliest settlers in that part known as the Ridge. The Kenreigh family all belonged to the Lutheran faith and the log cabin of Caspar Kenreigh was often utilized in those early days for religious services. This family founded the Ridge Church and for a number of years it was known as the Kenreigh Church. It is now known as the St. John's Church. Michael Kenreigh continued to live in Green township until his death, which occurred April 25, 1880. In young manhood he learned the wagonmaking trade which he followed for a number of years, but subsequently gave his attention entirely to farming and stock-raising. In politics he was a Republican. Michael Kenreigh was married (first) to Elizabeth Dustman, who died, having been the mother of the following children : Lydia. deceased; Elizabeth, residing in Green township; is the widow of John Crockett ; Elias residing in Green township ; and Catherine, who married John P. Goodman, both deceased. Michael Kenreigh was married (second) to Anna M. Martz, who died May 25, 1881, and the four surviving children of this union, are : John M., residing in Missouri ; Isaac, residing at Tacoma, Washington ; Noah S.; and Mary A., who married Lewis Cramer, residing in Canfield township. Jacob. who was born in 1842. died in 1862. Noah S. Kenreigh attended the district schools of Green township during his boyhood, and on his father's farm was trained to the business of farming and stock-raising, and in these occupations he has been interested all his life. He has resided on his present farm for the past quarter of a century. On February 6, 1873. Mr. Kenreigh was married to Mary E. Ebersole, who was born October 18, 1851, in Carroll County, Ohio, and is a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Aberhims) Ebersole, the former of whom was born in Franklin County, and the latter in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and both were but seven years old when their parents moved to Carroll County, Ohio. George Ebersole was reared and married there, but later moved to Canton, Ohio, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Kenreigh have two sons: Albert V., and Elmer G.. both residing- at home. Albert V. was born July 31, 1875. Elmer G. was born March 31, 1877. and was married, June 12, 1906, to Blanche Blott. With his family. Mr. Kenreigh belongs to the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Republican. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 533 HON. JAMES KENNEDY, member of the United States Congress from the 18th Congressional district of Ohio, which is made up of the populous and wealthy counties of Columbiana, Mahoning and Stark, is one of Ohio's favorite sons, in that he has clone her honor, and his achievements bear the mark of her approval. Mr. Kennedy was born at Poland, Ohio, September 3, 1853, and is a son of Thomas W. and Margaret (Truesdale) Kennedy. both natives of Mahoning County. His Mother still resides on the farm in Poland township, on which she was born in 1826. The father, Thomas W. Kennedy, became widely known as an iron and steel manufacturer. He erected a blast furnace at Yellow Creek, in Mahoning County, in the pioneer days of the iron industry here, and was closely identified with its development. He and his wife had eight children, seven sons and one daughter. The daughter, Mrs. Rachel Becker, resides with her mother on the old homestead. The sons have all gained prominence, six of them in the mechanical arts, and the distinguished subject of this article in professional and public life. Julian, the eldest, surprised the ruler of the Russias by his feats of civil engineering in his dominions, and Hugh 'I. and Walter also became so proficient in the same profession as to attract notice in foreign lands. Walter Kennedy became chemical director of iron and steel, and also a mine inspector in the Chinese Empire, and subsequently was made first secretary of the Chinese. Imperial Railway. John Kennedy is superintendent of the great iron works operated at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, while Samuel is superintendent of the Iroquois Iron Works, located at Chicago, Illinois. Thomas W. Kennedy fills a similar position at Dubois, Pennsylvania. Of the seven sons of Thomas W. Kennedy, James was the second born. In early life his natural inclinations seemed to be similar to those of his brothers, but circumstances directed his ambition in another direction, and finally the law claimed him as her exponent. His literary education had been secured at Poland Seminary, where once William McKinley also was a student, and at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in the class of 1.876, with the distinction of being one of the best debaters and most finished orators ever turned out from that institution. Naturally he turned to the law, and in 1879 he was admitted to the bar of Mahoning County, his legal education having been obtained under General T. W. Sanderson. With steady strides he soon reached a high standing as a lawyer, and while he was yet a young man his availability as a political standard-bearer became a question of moment with his party. For some years he was associated in practice at Youngstown with William A. Maline and later with Thomas Connell. His law offices are located at No. 403 Federal Building.. As years passed Mr. Kennedy became more and more a prominent factor in the Republican party, and, as he was one of the party's most effective public speakers, he became personally known all over the state. Many notable occasions might be mentioned when his effective oratory changed the tide of public opinion. On July 23, 1902, Mr. Kennedy was nominated for congress, at Salem, Ohio, winning the honor from other able and popular candidates. The fight was a long and spirited one, but at no time during the balloting did Mahoning County recede from her quota of 89 votes. It was a proud day for Youngstown when, on the 208th ballot, James Kennedy was declared nominated. In the following fall election he was successful, carrying every county in the district by overwhelming majorities and Mahoning County by over 3,700 votes, obtaining in the district a plurality of 11,875 votes. In every way Mr. Kennedy was well equipped to take his place in the august body to which he was elected, and his subsequent career has been one which reflects credit and honor upon himself and his constituents. As in his profession, so in public life, he has made himself felt, holding ever dear the interests of his own community, yet gravely and carefully considering the import- 534 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY ant questions that in the past four years have made the laws of the congress of the United States object lessons to other lands and governments. In 1884 Mr. Kennedy was united in marriage with Phebe Irwin, a daughter of Henry Irwin, an old resident of Newton Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have a delightful home at No. 130 Madison avenue, Youngstown. They have one daughter, Grace, who is an accomplished young lady. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Ohio State and Mahoning County Bar Associations, of the Republican Club at Youngstown, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Kennedy's portrait accompanies this sketch. MARTIN A. KIMMEL, superintendent of the public schools of Poland and a director in the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland, was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning County. Ohio, August 1, 1854, son of Smith and Julia A. (Struble) Kimmel. Smith Kimmel, the father, was a native of Coitsville, Ohio. Tobias Kimmel came from Pennsylvania to Coitsville township, Mahoning Comity. He purchased a farm on which he continued to reside until a few years before his death, when he removed to Struthers. Smith Kimmel was reared and educated in Coitsville township and in early manhood was married, at Hubbard, to Julia Ann Struble, a daughter of David Struble, who had brought his family to Hubbard when Mrs. Kimmel was a child, from the old family homestead in New Jersey. They had the following children who reached maturity : Martin A., whose name begins this article; David, who is engaged in farming in Jackson township; Ella, who married Alexander M. Chapman, residing at Youngstown ; Frank E., who is a clerk in the offices of the J. H. Fitch Company, at Youngstown ; Charles E., who is in a grocery business at Struthers; Gilbert D., who resides on the home farm in Jackson township; and Arthur, who is yardmaster at Youngstown for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Martin A. Kimmel obtained his education in the schools of Coitsville township, and at the Poland Seminary, graduating from the latter institution in 1874. When about 18 years of age his father sold the Coitsville farm and subsequently, in 1874, moved to Jackson township, purchasing the old John Ewing farm, on which the family resided until 1903. He then moved to Youngstown. where he lived retired until his death, which occurred January 11, 1905. When but 17 years of age, Martin A. Kimmel began to teach school, his first experience being at the Flint Hill School in Youngstown township, Where he had seventy-two pupils. In the following spring he entered the Poland Union Seminary. during the summer assisting his father on the farm. This method of dividing his time he continued until 1880. In that year he came to Poland as superintendent of the village schools. He has since made many important changes and wrought much improvement in the system here. He taught during his first two years in an old frame building, but in 1882 the present commodious brick structure was erected, which has four rooms— none too many, as the superintendent has graded the school and introduced a high school curriculum, teaching the high school class himself. As an educator Mr. Kimmel is well and favorably known all over the county. Since 1886 he has been a member of the board of county examiners, serving as its clerk. His duties have pressed heavily upon him, as he is a faithful, conscientious worker, and he has formed a plan to visit Europe during the summer of 1907. for rest and recreation. In 1877 Mr. Kimmel was married (first) to Emma McNabb, who died in 1898, leaving two children : Jessie and Kerman K. The former married Dr. Edgar Tobey, of New Bedford, Pennsylvania, and has one child, Marian. Mrs. Tobey is a graduate of the Poland High School and was a student at Oberlin, when the fatal illness of her mother called her home, where she remained as housekeeper. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 535 Kennon K. Kimmel is employed in the purchasing department of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Mr. M. A. Kimmel was married (second), in 1900, to Lillie B. Haynes, who was born and reared at Poland, and who is a daughter of Charles S. Haynes. Mr. Kimmel is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and chairman of its board of trustees. He served for fourteen years as Sunday school superintendent. Mrs. Kimmel is a member of the Presbyterian Church. JOHN MEEK BONNELL, who for almost thirty years was closely connected with the iron and coal interests of Mahoning County, and who was one of the most prominent and valued citizens of Youngstown, was born November 12, 1848. in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His parents, Joseph Fearnley and Alice Elizabeth. ( Duffill) Bonnell, were lifelong residents of that place. The father, Joseph F. Bonnell, was a saddler and harnessmaker, who had succeeded his father and grandfather in the business, the old saddlery establishment of Bonnell having been a landmark at Bradford for three centuries. Joseph F. Bonnell lived to the age of 58 years, dying December I, 1875. He reared seven children, namely : John Meek, direct subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, Jane Ellen,. and Mary, who reside in England; Alice, who married T. J. Storey, general manager of the International Salvage Company, of London ; Harry. a prominent citizen of Youngstown, a sketch of whom will be found in this. volume and William Fearnley, one of the partners in the firm of Otis Bonnell & Company, iron agents at Cleveland, Ohio. John Meek Bonnell was afforded excellent educational advantages in his native place, and it is possible that his father looked to him to continue the old saddlery house of Bonnell. He could not forsee the brilliant business future which awaited his son across the Atlantic. After completing a liberal academic course of training, John Meek Bonnell came to America, and in 1865 joined his uncle, William Bon- nell, at Youngstown, where he found ample opportunity for the exercise of his natural and acquired ability, which resulted in making him one of the leading capitalists and prominent business men of this section. Dependent upon his own resources, he willingly accepted a position as shipping clerk in the rolling-mill of Brown, Bonnell & Company, making his home with his uncle. Subsequently he became traveling salesman for Cleveland, Brown & Company, of Cleveland, but in 1875 he was taken into the firm of Bonnell, Botsford & Company, as an active partner. From April, 1878, until August. 1883, Mr. Bonnell conducted a branch office of the business at Chicago, where he proved a useful factor in extending the trade of the Ohio concern. After his return to Youngstown, he became a member of the Ma-honing Valley Iron Company, and with these and allied interests he continued connected up to the close of his life. On August 26, 1875, John Meek Bonnell was married to Emily \Vick, a daughter of the late Hugh Bryson and Lucretia G. (Winchell) Wick, and a member of one of the most influential families in Northeastern Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bonnell had three children, namely: Joseph Fearnley, born at Youngstown, November 21, 1876; Hugh Wick, born at Chicago, Illinois, February 23, 188o; and Caroline, born at Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 1882. Mr. Bonnell died at Youngstown, November 2, 1884. In politics he was a Republican and at one time he served Youngstown as a member of the city council. In Masonry he was a Knight Templar, being a charter member of Montjoie Commandery, No. 53, of Chicago. Mrs. Bonnell still resides in the beautiful family home at No. 315 Wick avenue.E EMERY LAWSON McKELVEY, secretary and treasurer of The G. M. McKelvey Company of Youngstown, was born at Armagh, Indiana County. Pennsylvania, September 27, 1866. and is a son of Nathaniel W. and Mary (McFeaters) McKelvey, both parents being natives of that town. 536 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Nathaniel W. McKelvey was for many years extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He served nine months in the Civil War, in Company F, Second Battalion, Pennsyvania State Volunteers, taking part in some of the most bloody battles of that long protracted struggle. He lived to the age of 56 years, dying in Canton, Ohio. The mother of E. L. McKelvey, who now is the wife of Hugh St. Clair, a retired farmer of Vinton, Iowa, had eight children, of whom four are now living. Emery L. McKelvey remained on the home farm until he was 18 years of age, during, which time he attended, when farm duties permitted, the county and city schools of his neighborhood. At the age mentioned be entered the employ of The Andrews Brothers Company at Haselton, Mahoning County, Ohio, with which concern he continued for two years. He then engaged with the Morse Bridge Company of Haselton as clerk and assistant paymaster. Two years later he became an employee of The G. M. .McKelvey Company as salesman. He was subsequently advanced from time to time until he finally acquired a large interest in the concern, of which, upon its reorganization, he became secretary and treasurer, as well as a member of the board of directors. These positions he still holds. He is also president and director of the Peerless Laundry Company, vice-president and director of the Wheeler Mineral Springs Company, and secretary, treasurer and director of the New York Realty Company, all of Youngstown. On September 13, 1891, Mr. McKelvey was united in marriage with Mary Emma Vogan of Grove City, Pennsylvania. Three children were born of this union, namely : Emery Clarence, who died at the age of two years:, Mary Louise, now a bright girl of eight summers; and Helene, who passed away May 27, 1906. at the age of three years. Mr. and Mrs. McKelvey are members of the Tabernacle United Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, of which Mr. McKelvey is a trustee. He is also a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association, and belongs to the Youngstown Club, the Youngstown lodge of Elks and the Chamber of Commerce. In politics he is a Republican but has never held office. JOHN S. LLOYD, owner of a valuable tract of land consisting of 66 acres, known as the Lloyd homestead, which is situated in section 1, Goshen township, Mahoning County, Ohio, was born on this farm, April 4, 1841, and is a son of Benjamin and Keturah (Peterson) Lloyd. Benjamin Lloyd was born in Pennsylvania and his parents were pioneer settlers in Goshen township, locating on the farm now owned by John S. Lloyd. Benjamin Lloyd had much to do with the clearing and developing of this land and his. whole life was passed here, his death occurring in 1880. He married Keturah Peterson, who was born in New Jersey, and five of their children still survive : Joel C., John S., Abel P., William P., and James. John S. Lloyd has devoted his whole life to agricultural pursuits and has made of the homestead farm a property that would command a high price if ever put on the market. He was educated in the district schools of Goshen township, which, during his boyhood, were mainly devoted to teaching reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic, but the training was of the most practical kind and afforded a basis for further study when it was deemed necessary. That it was excellent is shown by the large proportion of intelligent men and women who have become the best residents and citizens of old Goshen township. Mr. Lloyd was married in young manhood, to Mary A. Reams, who was born in Logan County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry Reams, a former resident of Logan County. Of their five children. four survive : Cora, who married Curtis Walker, residing at Salem, Ohio ; Jesse. residing in Michigan ; Mary, who married Frank Kline, residing at Salem and Florence. who married James Hesler, residing in Berlin township. For several years, Mr. Lloyd has owned AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 539 the magnificent stallion, Dexter, who weighs 1.700 pounds and stands 16 1/2 hands high. This fine animal is half Percheron and half Belgian. Mr. Lloyd is a Republican in politics, but he has never consented to serve in any public capacity except that of school director. HENRY K. MORSE, a representative citizen of Poland township, residing on the old Morse homestead on which he was born May 4, 1822, belongs to a family which has been long and favorably known in Mahoning County. His parents were Elkanah and Nancy (Kirtland) Morse. As family records disclose, the founder of the American branch of the Morse family was John Morse, the great-great-grandfather, who came to New England, in 1635, and became prominent in e setItment of New Haven, Connectoyster trade Benajah Morse, grandfather of Henry K., served as captain of the Home Guards, which was an organization formed to protect the residents of Wallingford, Connecticut, from the depredations of the British raiders, during a part of the Revolutionary War. Although the Morse family has been prominent in many lines of activity, it has also been an agricultural one and the old homestead at Wallingford has been retained for a period of 185 yers, while the present home of Henry K. Morse has been a family possession for 104 years. Elkanah Morse, father of Henry K., was born at Wallingford, Connecticut, and was a young man when he came to Poland township, Mahoning County, in 1814. He was a man of energy and enterprise and his life was filled. with many adventures, much business success, and a few reverses ; its dramatic close came when he was stricken with cholera, on the great plains, while on his way to recover from business losses in the California gold fields, in 1849. In partnership with Henry Kirtland, his brother-in-law, Mr. Morse built a flat-boat on the Mahoning river and loaded it with.. flour, bear-skins, oil and other commodities,. proceeded down the river to Beaver, then. down the Ohio to the Mississippi, and thus on to New Orleans, where a ready market was found. A number of successful trips were made and for a time the business was very profitable. Almost all his life, Elkanah Morse was more or less interested in river and lake. traffic, owning vessels, commission houses and supply stations at various points. While Mr. Morse had business interests. all over the country, each year increasing their. scope, he continued to retain his home in Poland township. HeWallingfordstore at Poland village and for several years carried on a large commission and shipping business at Detroit. He was a man of advanced and progressive ideas and was the original promoter of several important industries of this section. He became interested in the growing of broom-corn. and in one year raised 400 acres having about. 20 men employed in broom-making a04encouraging others to follow his example. Itt was Mr. Morse who opened up the oyster-trade in this section, his first transaction of this nature being the sending out of a load of brooms which were disposed of at Baltimore, Maryland, a wagon load of canned oysters,. being received in exchange. When the wagon with its then very precious freight, reached Poland, Mr. Drake took charge and transported them, by sleigh loads, around Lake-Erie, to Detroit, where they were disposed of for from $4 to $5 per can, they being at that time an expensive luxury. In 1836 and 1837, Elkanah Morse met with serious business reverses. He was maintaining a business house at Detroit and owned vessels and boats on the lakes which were bringing him a large income, but which also entailed large expenses. At. the time above named he was depending upon disposing of a heavy cargo carried by one.. of his schooners, the Ben Barton, to pay off all his indebtedness. The vessel was loaded at Detroit and its destination was Buffalo, but encountering a heavy storm on the lake, it was shipwrecked near Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1849, when a company was organized to- 540 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY cross the plains to California and seek for gold, Mr. Morse, always ready for business adventure, joined a party, and his death followed, as noticed above. Elkanah Morse was married (first) to Nancy Kirtland, born at Wallingford, Connecticut, and who was a daughter of Turhand Kirtland. The latter was an agent for the Connecticut Land Company and came to Ma-honing County in 1798, making an annual summer visit up to 1803, when he brought his family and settled in Poland township. To this marriage three children were born, namely : Mrs. Lois Mansfield, residing at Beaver, Pennsylvania; Henry K., direct subject of this sketch, and Edwin, who died in 1853. Mrs. Morse died in 1825, while at Wallingford, Connecticut, where she g0negone on a visit to regain her health. Mr. Morse was married (second) to Comfort Eliza Waller, and they had one son, William. The latter enlisted for service in the Civil War, in 1862, from Illinois. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Stone River and subsequently died at Atlanta. Henry K. Morse was reared mainly in Poland township and attended the district schools. During one subsequent winter he attended school at Detroit, another winter was spent at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, and one year at Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. His time of youth on the farm was one crowded with many duties, including the clearing of land, attending to the broomcorn crop, and general agriculture. In 1840 he became a clerk in the general store of Kirtland Mansfield, at Poland, and in 1843-4 he was appointed postmaster of the village. He conducted a store of his own and kept the office until 1852, when he resigned the latter in order to embark promising business enterprise. He became a member of a company which erected a large flouring mill and which conducted a milling business successfully for 12 years, or until the Fort Wayne Railroad was completed. This road made transportation of wheat possible from wheat-growing regions and the milling business at Poland was no longer profitable. The mill was later sold. to 'William Powers and a company, was removed and rebuilt at Youngstown, and, until destroyed by fire, stood on the site of the present wholesale grocery house of John H. Fitch. For a number of years after retiring from the milling business, Mr. Morse engaged extensively in gardening and fruit-raising and was the first gardener in this section to see the advantages of raising produce for the Youngstown market. To a. small extent, Mr. Morse continues his gardening business in which he takes a great interest, having met with much success in raising very fine vegetables and fruit. Mr. Morse was married (first) to Mrs. Mary (Lynn) Wick, who died in 1878. She was the widow of Henry Wick. The four children born of this marriage were Henry G., Charles J., Edwin K. and Mary L. W. Henry G. Morse, of the above family, who died in 1904, was a graduate of the Rensselaerville Polytechnic School, at Troy, New York. He was the founder and president of the New York Shipbuilding Company, which occupies 45 acres of land at Camden, New Jersey. Charles J. Morse graduated from the Yale College Sheffield Scientific School, and is a capitalist at Evanston, Illinois. He has traveled extensively and is greatly interested in Japanese art, having a fine collection of Japanese art objects. Edwin K. Morse, residing at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and also a graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School, is engineer for the proposed subway. at Pittsburg and consulting engineer for Jones & Laughlin of Pittsburg. Miss Mary L. W. Morse, after graduating from the Poland Seminary, spent one year at St. Margaret's School, Waterbury, Connecticut, afterwards taking a two-year course in chemistry, at the Boston Technical School, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1881, Mr. Morse was married (second) to Eliza Blakelee, who is a daughter of Jotham Blakelee. Mr. Morse and family belong to the Presbyterian Church. His portrait may be seen on an accompanying page of this volume. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 541 HON. DAVID TOD. Few men in American public life have attained to a nobler fame than that which history accords to the late Hon. David Tod, Ohio's great war governor, whose death took place November 13, 1868. Throughout a public career which had its be: ginning when he was comparatively young and which continued through the trying years of the Civil War, he continued to be a type of American statesmanship at its best. David Tod was born at Youngstown, Ohio, February 21, 1865, and was a son of Hon. George and Sally (Isaacs) Tod, and a grandson of David and Rachel (Kent) Tod, of old New England stock. His father, Judge George Tod, was born at Suffield, Connecticut, December 11, 1773, was graduated from Yale College in 1795 and subsequently studied law at New Haven, Connecticut. He was there admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1800 he accompanied a party .of prospectors to the Western Reserve and formed so favorable an opinion of the great opportunities for business and professional development in Ohio that he made plans, which he later successfully carried out, to be- come a resident of this beautiful state. In 1801 Judge Tod removed, with his wife and two children, to Youngstown, and in the same year was appointed secretary for the territory of Ohio, by Governor Arthur St. Clair. In 1802 Ohio became a state and at the first election held thereafter at Youngstown, George Tod was elected clerk of Youngstown township, to which office he was subsequently re-elected. He continued in the practice of his profession but was soon called into active public life, being elected state senator from Trumbull County, serving in the session of 1804-05, and again, in the same capacity, in 1810-11. In the interim between these two terms of service, he filled for four years an important position on the bench, serving for four years as a judge of the supreme court of Ohio. which service was terminated in 1810. At the opening of the War of 1812, Judge Tod signified his intention of taking an active part in military operations and was first commissioned major of the 19th Ohio Regiment, later serving as colonel. On the field Judge Tod distinguished himself, participating in the battles of Fort Meigs and Sackett's Harbor. At the close of the war he returned once more to the practice of the law, but in 1815 he was again honored by his fellow-citizens, being elected presiding judge of the court of common pleas, an office he held until 1829. With the exception of one term as prosecuting attorney of Trumbull County, this closed Judge Tod's public career. Upon the retirement from the cares and duties which had so completely filled so many years of his life, the aged jurist sought recreation in looking after his farm, to which he had given the name of "Brier Hill." This was appropriate on account of the abundance of briers then found there. The name remains, but in these latter days it represents a wealth of coal, and its material products are carried over a large part of the world. At a later date the farm passed into the more practical hands of his son David, and it still remains a possession of the family. It is now owned and occupied as the residence of George Tod, one of the sons of David Tod. Judge Tod was married in 1797 to Sally Isaacs. who was a daughter of Ralph and Mary Isaacs. Their long and happy companionship lasted for forty-four years, broken by the death of Judge Tod, in 1841. The wife survived until 1847. Like many other distinguished American statesmen, David Tod graduated from no old-established institution of learning. His inheritance (-4 mental ability was great but to himself. alone, was due the wide knowledge and broad culture which made him the equal of the highest in his own or other countries, and the inherent manliness, integrity and devotion to country that gained him the admiration, esteem and affection of his fellow-citizens and installed forever his memory in their hearts. In 1827 David Tod, after completing what was little more than an elementary education and spending some time in the study of the 542 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY law, was admitted to the bar and entered into practice at Warren, when 22 years of age. A contemporary, in considering the almost immediate success which met his efforts, analyzed the situation as follows : "His success at the bar was, in the main, due to his unsurpassed ability in the examination of witnesses and to his power in gaining and holding the confidence of the jury, which he did by a manifest frankness, fairness and earnestness, together with his clear statement of the argument." For about fifteen years Mr. Tod continued in the active practice of his profession and during this period he demonstrated that it was in him to become a great lawyer and that, with his large legal knowledge, wide experience, high sense of honor and unsullied integrity, he would have been eminently successful on the bench. Other elements entered into his life, however, and in other avenues he became distinguished, political affairs claiming many years of his life. In the campaign of 1824 Mr. Tod first became an enthusiastic politician, following in the train of that popular hero, Andrew Jackson, and he remained an ardent Democrat until the secession movement of 1861. In 1840 he campaigned through the state, using his powerful oratory in the attempt to defeat General Harrison. The first political office to which he was elected was that of state senator, in 1838, and he grew so rapidly in public favor that in 1844 he was unanimously chosen by the Democratic party as its candidate for governor. Hon. Mordecai Bartley, the Whig candidate, defeated him with a majority of about 1,000 votes. So prominent was his position by this time, that President James K. Polk, in 1847, felt justified in appointing him United States minister to Brazil. During his five-years' residence in that country he won many a quiet, diplomatic victory which brought about a much better understanding between the two countries and reflected nothing but added honor upon him as the representative of the United States. It is a matter of record that upon his departure for his own country, the ruler of Brazil, in a parting address, took oc casion to speak in the highest terms of Mr. Tod both as an individual and as a public official. For the succeeding ten years Mr. Tod gave his attention mainly to business. He had taken charge of the family estates in 1841, and with remarkable business sagacity he entered into negotiations which later resulted in the developing of the great coal fields which have made Youngstown one of the noted industrial points in Ohio and incidentally brought about much of the prosperity of the Mahoning Valley. Mainly through his enterprise, the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad was constructed, and he remained its president as long as he lived. The next period of Mr. Tod's political activity belongs to the country's history. Secession was brought to light in 1860. He was made. vice-president of the National Democratic Convention that met at Charleston, April 23d of that year, of which Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, was chairman. Every state was represented, there being 303 delegates. equaling the electoral vote. The strongest candidate was Stephen A. Douglas. The two-thirds rule for nomination prevailed. By a plank in the Douglas platform it was agreed to abide by the decision of the supreme court judges on the subject of the slave-code. The minority, or Douglas platform, was substituted and adopted, whereupon the Alabama delegation withdrew, and a majority of the delegates from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Louisiana and South Carolina also retired in the same manner. After a week so spent the remainder of the convention proceeded to ballot under the two-thirds rule, and Douglas was by far the strongest candidate, receiving as high as 15 1/2, votes several times, while 202 votes were necessary to a choice. The convention composed of those left after the seceders had withdrawn voted to adjourn to meet in Baltimore, Maryland, June 18th. The seceding delegates met in a separate convention, elected James A. Bayard. of Deleware, their chairman, and after adopting the majority platform of the committee, postponed AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 543 further action to June l0th, at Richmond, Virginia. When the convention met at Baltimore, pursuant to adjournment, trouble arose about admitting delegates who had seceded at Charleston, or others who had been chosen in their place. During the discussion of this issue many delegates withdrew, among them being the chairman, Caleb Cushing. At this point .Mr. Tod, with great presence of mind took possession of the deserted chair, and after an earnest appeal succeeded in restoring order. He was confirmed as chairman and the convention proceeded to its legitimate business, which resulted in the nomination of Douglas. The members who had recently seceded invited the seceders at Richmond to join them, and John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, was nominated for president by them, and Joseph Lane of Oregon, vice-president. A "Constitutional Union Convention" met May Toth, also at Baltimore, and nominated John Bell of Tennessee, for president, and Edward Everett of Massachusetts, for vice-president. Later Mr. Tod supported the "Little Giant," giving him his unqualified support all through the heated campaign that followed. Mr. Tod made no secret of bitterly opposing secession and when the test came he preferred the election of Lincoln to that of Breckinridge. He was quick to see the disasters sure to follow the policy of secession and when he saw that Civil War was inevitable, he made the choice that only a man of his integrity, loyalty and devotion to what he felt was duty, could possibly have made. There came that time in the history of Ohio when, amid the beating of drums and the marching of troops. every bearded man or callow youth was a possible hero, for then patriotism was a flame and loyalty the torch. Far beyond physical heroism was the moral heroism which inspired David Tod in those memorable days. Cutting loose from old party associates, severing ties which long connection and earnest conviction had cemented, he came forward and announced his principles —an unswerving devotion to the Union. Thus he became known as a War Democrat. The times were ripe for just such a man, and when the Republicans themselves suggested Mr. Tod as a candidate, enthusiasm ran high. He was unanimously nominated by the Union Party, made up of Republicans and War Democrats, and was gloriously elected, with a majority of 55,000 votes, governor of the state of Ohio. Governor Tod came to the capitol in 1862, succeeding Governor Dennison, and upon him fell the great responsibilities that made Ohio take so prominent a rank among the Northern States during the Civil War. After the first enthusiasm passed and war, grim war, made itself manifest in every town, hamlet and country side, troops still had to be enlisted and hurried to battle, discouragments of those at the front and at home had to be over comer seditious political influence had to be combatted, the state had to be saved from invasion and the public treasury had to be preserved from depletion. In Governor David Tod was found the man of the hour. It is admitted that his administration as governor won for him justly illustrious fame. Every emergency was met with the calm, judicial mind that would have given him distinction as a judge, as we have intimated. He met difficulties of every kind, and firmly, promptly and rigorously he administered the remedy. His devotion to the soldiers was so well known that his name was an inspiration to them. They learned of his constant efforts on their behalf, not only to secure for them their rights of suffrage while away from home, but to obtain food, clothing, medicine and care, all that he would have labored to obtain for his own sons. When he was approached in 1863 with the urgent request that he seek renomination he positively declined to again assume the responsibilities which his acceptance would entail. When his attention was called to the fact that thousands of his fellow-citizens were not only bearing heavy responsibilities, but were endangering their lives on the field of battle, Governor Tod replied, "Then, looking at it in that light, I am also willing to sacrifice my life." He was not renominated. He had made many enemies, as any man with the courage to 544 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY face such stern responsibilities necessarily will; the state had the year before gone Democratic; and C. L. Vallandigham, whose arrest for seditious utterances had been approved of by Governor Tod, had been placed in nomination by the Democratic party, and was making stirring appeals for his vindication at the polls. Under these circumstances the Republican managers thought it best for the interests of the party to place in nomination some man who had aroused fewer and less fierce antagonisms, and although eighty-eight counties had instructed their delegates to vote for his nomination, the political wires were manipulated in favor of Hon. John Brough, who was accordingly nominated. In January, 1864, Governor Tod retired from office, bearing with him the approval of the majority of his fellow-citizens, the love of the army, and the confidence and personal esteem of the public men with whom the exigencies of the times had so closely associated him. Failing health caused him to decline further honors proffered him. It was a disappointment to President Lincoln that he was unable to induce him to accept the portfolio of Secretary of the Treasury which was tendered him. His fellow citizens soon realized that his health in their behalf had indeed been broken, and when the news of his death, November 23, 1868, came to them from his Brier Hill Farm, to which he had retired, their grief was as that of a child for a parent. Governor Tod was a man of unaffected manner, and a keen judge of men in all the changing elements of political and social conditions. Full well he knew the mettle of both friend and foe. His personal loyalty to his friends was unshakable, save when it conflicted with the higher duties of an exalted patriotism ; and none of his political enemies could ever say that he was aught but a fair and open foe. Resolutions deploring his loss and speaking in appreciative terms of his high character as statesman and citizen were passed by the senate and house of representatives of the state, and the press throughout the country announced the sad news in words of sorrow and respect that found an echo in the hearts of all who knew him as he was. His name still remains one of honor in the great state he served so well, and although long years have passed away since his mortal presence has been removed, the principles he labored to sustain remain, and the country he loved is still united. At Warren, Ohio, July 24, 1832, Governor Tod was married to Maria Smith, who came from a family of early settlers in Trumbull County. The seven children of this marriage were : Charlotte, who married Gen. A. V. Kautz, of the United States army and died in 1868, in Mississippi ; John, a prominent citizen of Cleveland, Ohio ; Henry, deceased, formerly president of the Second National Bank of Youngstown. of whom an extended sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; William, deceased, a prominent manufacturer at Youngstown, a sketch of whom will also be found in this volume; George, vice-president of the Mahoning National Bank of Youngstown, and president of the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company, who is also represented in this work ; Grace, who is the wife of Hon. George F. Arrel, a prominent attorney at Youngstown, a sketch of whom will be found in this volume; and Sally, the youngest of the family. HENRY HAMILTON STAMBAUGH, secretary and treasurer of the Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company, is one of the best known citizens of Youngstown, where he was born November 24, 1858. He is a son of John and Caroline ( Hamilton) Stambaugh and a grandson of John and Sarah (Bower) Stambaugh. Mr. Stambaugh's father was born at Brier Hill. Mahoning County, Ohio, March 8, 1827. Early in life he became interested with the Tod family in the coal and iron industries and so continued until his death, which occurred at New York City, March 5, 1888. On Sep- tember 12, 1854, he married Caroline Hamilton, a daughter of Mary and William (Hull) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 547 Hamilton, the former a native of New Jersey, of English parentage, and the latter of Berlin township, Mahoning County, Ohio. Children were born to John and Caroline (Hamilton) Stambaugh as follows : Grace G., Henry Hamilton, John, Jr., who is president. of the William Tod Company and treasurer of the Youngstown Steel Company, and George, who is extensively engaged in stock farming. Henry H. Stambaugh was educated in the Youngstown public schools, after which he completed a course at Cornell University. When a young man he engaged in the iron and coal business and has continued to be so interested ever since. He is a Republican and takes an active interest in political affairs in Youngstown and in the county generally. He resides at No. 1051 Belmont avenue. WILLIAM T. GIBSON, president of the Youngstown Savings & Banking Company, and senior member of the law firm of Gibson & Lowry, with offices at Nos. 701-3 Dollar Bank Building, Youngstown, is one of the leading men of this city, which he formerly served as mayor. Mr. Gibson was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, December 20, 1850, and is a son of Samuel and Nancy J. (Gault) Gibson. His paternal grandfather, Robert D. Gibson, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was a son of James Gibson who served in the Revolutionary War. The Gibson family has been settled in Ohio for more than 100 years, James Gibson, the pioneer, bringing his family from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1799, and settling in the Mahoning Valley. Later James purchased the farm on which the subject of this sketch was born. Robert D. Gibson, the grandfather of William T. Gibson, was born in Pennsylvania in 1783. In Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1818, he married Lydia Marshall, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1799, and who bore him five children. Samuel Gibson was born March 19, 1819, on his father's farm in Mahoning County, Ohio, and his whole life has been spent in this county. He was one of the pioneers in the growing of broom-corn in this locality and for a number of years was engaged extensively in its culture. He was first married in 1843, to Ann Irwin, who died in 1846, leaving one son, James D. On June 11, 1847, he married (second) Nancy J. Gault, daughter of Major James Gault, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Of the six children of this second marriage—William T., Benjamin, Robert A., Harry G., Minnie A. and Ella G.—four are now living. Samuel Gibson still survives and resides upon his farm in Youngstown township, hale and hearty at the age of 88 years. All of his brothers and sisters are living except one brother. William T. Gibson was educated in the Youngstown Schools and at the Western Reserve College, where he graduated in 1876. He read law with Judge Arrel, of Youngstown, and was admitted to practice in the fall of 1878. He has been a member of the Youngstown bar for over 28 years and has made a professional reputation which extends throughout the Mahoning Valley. Since January 1, 1906, he has been associated in practice with L. E. H. Lowry. In addition to his professional prominence, Mr. Gibson has been identified with public affairs and with many of Youngstown's most important commercial activities. From 1896 to 1899 he served as city solicitor which office he resigned in December, 1899, having been elected prosecuting attorney of Mahoning county. He then served as such for three years. In April, 1903, he was honored by his fellow-citizens by election to the highest municipal office in their gift and he gave the city a good business administration, acquitting himself wisely with all regard to the important interests placed in his hands. As the head of one of the great financial institutions of the city, he is also well and favorably known. Mr. Gibson's residence is located at No. 039 Poland avenue. Youngstown. He is a strong Democrat in politics. His portrait is published with this sketch. 548 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTYG GEORGE BALDWIN, a representative agriculturist and sterling citizen of Boardman township, residing on his magnificent farm of 200 acres, which is situated four miles south of Youngstown, was born in Boardman township, Mahoning County, Ohio, September 30, 1825, and is a son of Garry and Harriet (Meeker) Baldwin. Amos Baldwin, the grandfather of George, was one of three brothers—Eli (who later became a judge in Trumbull County) ; Amos and Asa—all of whom came to Mahoning County in pioneer days. Amos settled in Boardman township, where he acquired a wild tract of land, which he subsequently converted into a productive farm. He and wife Sallie had their share of hardships and successes and both died at the home of their eldest son, at Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio. They had eight children, namely : Hicks, Asa, Garry, John, Ozro, Eli, Amander and Amanda. The last named, who married Ira Woods, lived to be about 90 years of age. Garry Baldwin, father of George, was born in the log-house—the pioneer dwelling of the family—in the year 1800, the date being preserved in a letter written at that time. He assisted his father in clearing the wild farm, and in early manhood took to wife Harriet Meeker. She came to Ohio with her parents, from New .Milford, Connecticut, they settling on the road on the side of which Mr. Baldwin's land lies. A very industrious man, Garry Baldwin acquired some 200 acres of land, the most of which he cleared and put under cultivation. He died about 1869, being survived by his widow until she was 92 years of age. They had but two children—George and Louisa—the latter of whom became the wife of C. H. Andrews of Youngstown. George Baldwin was aged three years and six months When the family moved from a farm at Boardman Center to that now owned by Mr. Baldwin, making the purchase from Harmon Stilson, one of the earliest settlers. George Baldwin attended first the district school, later an academy at Ellsworth, and still later Atwater Academy. Then for a num ber of winters he taught school in Boardman township, and at Flint Hill in Youngstown township. His summers were devoted to farming. On January 31, 1856, he was married to Eliza Detchon, a daughter of William and Hannah (Jones) Detchon. As Hannah Jones, Mrs. Baldwin's mother, was the first white child born in Austintown township (then in Trumbull County), she was entitled to a "bounty" that had been offered in such cases, but the bounty was never collected. She was the eldest born in her family, her husband, William Detchon, being the eldest born in his family, his birth taking place in 1790, in England. He died in 1860, in Boardman t0wnship. He survived his wife many years, her death occurring in 1839, when she was in her 39th year. They had a large family, those living to maturity being as follows : Horace, who is deceased; Mary, who married Silas Fankel, both being now deceased; Jerusha, who with her husband, Ben Tait, is also deceased Eliza, who was born in Boardman township, January 11, 1833: Julia, deceased, who married Josiah Wirt. The Baldwin and Detchon families were neighbors and friends and Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin can remember hearing it related that when their most estimable mothers would visit each other they would carry their spinning wheels with them in order to lose not a moment of time. Their cheerful industry was reflected in the comfort in which their children were reared. The father of Mrs. Baldwin left her a farm of 100 acres of well-improved land in Boardman township. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have three children, Harriet, Henry and Stanton. Harriet married Joseph Smith, a prominent citizen and formerly deputy sheriff of Mahoning County, now residing at Long Beach, Mississippi. She and her husband have two children, Karl and Guy. Henry Baldwin, who resides on a farm adjoining his father, served as township treasurer for three terms owl at present is a member of the school board. He married Louie Smith and they have two children, Esther Louisa and George Smith. Stanton Baldwin, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 549 residing next to his father, in Boardman township, is, like his brother, engaged in dairying. He has one son, Howard Mack. Mr. Baldwin is identified with the Republican party as are also his sons. He has served as school director and as township trustee and has always done his part in the futhering of the best interests of Boardman township. He is a trustee in the First Christian Church at Youngstown, to which he and his family belong. MRS. ELIZABETH KISTLER, wife of Levi F. Kistler, is a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where she was born October 21, 1833. She is a daughter of Michael and Catherine Kronich. The parents of Mrs. Kistler were born in Germany. After their marriage they came to America and were early settlers in the vicinity of New Albany, Green township. They lived in their pioneer log cabin until a fine new house was erected, other farm buildings also being constructed. After a number of years they removed to Berlin township, where they died, the father in his first year and the mother in her 84th year. They were good Christian people, kind neighbors and charitable to all who were in need. Of their children three survive, namely : Mary, residing in Green township, the widow of Christian Shawl; Elizabeth, Mrs. Kistler, and Annie C., residing in Berlin township. This family originated in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came directly to Ohio, bringing many of their German customs with them. Mrs. Kistler was reared in the good old German way and was taught to be a capable housewife by her excellent mother, while she obtained a book education in the district schools. All her life she has been bright and intelligent, and has always enjoyed keeping posted on the general events of the day. On November 19, 1850, she was married (first) to Christian Schaffer, who was a native of Germany. After a number of years of widowhood, Mrs. Schaffer was married, October 26, 1886, to Levi F. Kistler, who was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1829, and is a son of Charles and Rebecca (Sechler) Kistler. When he was three years old his parents moved to Mahoning County, Ohio, soon after to Trumbull County, where he was educated and grew to manhood. He engaged in farming in Trumbull County until 1886, when he removed to Salem, residing there until 1901, when he and Mrs. Kistler settled on the present farm in Green township. During his residence in Trumbull County, he served as trustee of Lordstown township. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. For forty years prior to returning to Green township, Mrs. Kistler resided at Salem, Ohio, where they are held in great esteem by a wide circle of friends. Both she and her husband are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Salem. JOHN TOD, president of the American Belting Company, vice-president of the Falcon Bronze Company, and secretary of the Republic Rubber Company, is one of the leading young business men of Youngstown, Ohio, and is noted for his enterprise and public spirit. He was born at Youngstown, Ohio, November 29, 1870, and is a son of Henry and Dillie (Pollock) Tod, and a grandson of Ohio's great war governor, David Tod. Henry Tod, who was born June 14, 1838, at Warren, Ohio, was a child of 10 years when he accompanied his parents to South America, his father having been appointed Minister to Brazil. After a year spent at Rio Janeiro, he returned to the family home at Youngstown, where he was mainly reared and educated and where his many business interests were generally located. He was one of Youngstown's most prominent citizens for many years and was closely identified with almost every line of its development. He died. February 20, 1905. An extended sketch of this distin-