AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 625 has shown both ability and fidelity to the public duties imposed upon him. In October, 1879, Mr. Henry was married to Minnie Barth, of Coalberg, Trumbull County, and they have four children, viz : Florence, wife of Albert Wethers, a farmer in Mahoning County, who is also engaged in a dairy business: William j., in the employ of the Adams Express Company at Youngstown, who married Josephine McCandlas of Belmont street, that city Idora Belle. wife of Irvin Tucker of Youngstown: and Stewart E., residing at home. Mr. Henry is well known in several fraternal organizations, having been a member of the Knights of Pythias for twenty-nine years and of the Mahoning Lodge for a quarter of a century: he is also a Knight of the Golden Eagles. He is a liberal supporter of the city's various public-spirited and benevolent movements and is recognized as a representative citizen in every way. WILLIAM .H. ECKERT, secretary of the Home Telephone Company, of Springfield township, Mahoning County. Ohio. a substantial citizen. residing on the old home farm in section 24, has been engaged all his life in farming and stock-raising. He was born on the present farm. January 18, 1862. and is a son of John M. and Paulina Hofmeister Eckert. John M. Eckert was born February 22, 1817, in Wittenberg. Germany, and came to America in 1832. He located first in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. moved from there to Massillon, Ohio. and thence to New Springfield, where he lived at the time of his marriage. Up to and for one year following his marriage. he followed wagonmaking, and then came to the present homestead, after which he followed farming, stock-raising and distilling until his death, January 30. 1888. His father, John Ludwig Eckert, came to America with his family at the time his son John M. came. About 1880, in association with Dr. J. M. Floor, John M. Eckert built a still on the latter's farm, and they carried on distilling as partners until 1885, when William H. Eckert bought Dr. Floor's interest and the business was carried on under the firm name of Eckert & Son, until 1887, when it became Eckert I Brothers until 1900, at which time the business was purchased by Wire. Welsh & Company. John M. Eckert was a well known citizen. He was not willing to take upon him the duties of office, but he was always interested in politics from the time when he cast his first vote for the Whig candidate. William Henry Harrison, to the support he gave to members of the Democratic party who upheld its old principles, many years later. On July 16, 1848, John M. Eckert was married to Paulina Hofmeister, who was born on the present homestead, February 18, 1828. She is a daughter of Jacob and Dorathea (Buerk) Hofmeister. Jacob Hofmeister was born September i8, 1784, in Wittenberg, Germany, and was a son of David Hoimeister, who lived and died in Germany. In 1804 Jacob Hofmeister came to America and settled first in the city of Philadelphia, where he soon secured employment as a coachman for a very wealthy man, named Haga, with whom he remained in service until 1821. During this time, as proof of the esteem in which Mr. Haga regarded his efficient German helper, he presented the latter with an English silver bull's-eye watch, of considerable intrinsic value and which is now a valued possession of his daughter. Mrs. Eckert. At some time in the year 1821. Jacob Hofmeister came to Springfield township and bought a farm of 120 acres of land, which cost him $2,100. which included stock and machinery, everything but household goods. He never sold this land, but subsequently added five acres to the original tract, and here he lived a long and busy life, dying in June, 1874, at the age of 90 years. His three daughters were : Anna, who married Henry P. Mueller and lived at Glenfield, Pennsylvania, at the time of death; Louisa, who died aged 14 years : and Mrs. Eckert. The 626 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY mother of Mrs. Eckert was born at Willsbach, Wittenberg, Germany, January 19, 1798, and was married to Jacob Hofmeister March 28, 1821. There were seven children born to John M. Eckert and wife, as follows: Charles Edward, who was born February 23, 1849, died August 21, 1898 ; Jacob Theodore, who was born August 7, 1851, died May 20, 1853; Louisa Anna, who was born July 26, 1854, married Dr. J. M. Floor, of Petersburg; Wil- Liam Allen, who was born July 5, 1858, died August 23, 1861 ; William Harvey ; George Bion, who was born March 16, 1864, and died October 23, 1902 ; and Henry Augustus, who was born August 18, 1867, residing at New Lisbon. Although Mrs.. Eckert has almost reached her Both birthday, she presents the appearance, of a lady much younger. Her mental faculties agree with her physical health and her great memory enables her to recall events of long ago and relate them with much interest. She is very highly, esteemed all through this community. For many years she has been a member of the Lutheran Church. William H. Eckert attended school until he was 15 years of age, since which time he has devoted himself closely to his agricultural affairs. He is identified with the Horne Telephone Company as a stockholder and as secretary. Politically he is a Democrat and has served on the school board for some five years. Fraternally he belongs to the Maccabees, at New Middletown, and to. the Knights of Pythias, at Petersburg. ISAAC BEIGHT, who has been engaged in business at North Benton for the past forty years, carrying on a wheelwright business and acting as agent for various manufacturing firms in his line, is one of the most highly respected residents of this section, where he is held also in esteem as a veteran of the great Civil War. Isaac Beight was born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, October 16, 1837, and is a son of John and Mary (Klitz) Beight. The Beight family was of Maryland origin, the grandfather of Isaac bringing his family from that state to Mahoning County when Springfield township was but one vast, unsettled wilderness. The father of Isaac Beight was born in Maryland, but his mother was a native of Springfield township, where both parents died. When Isaac Beight was a boy the only educational opportunities offered in Springfield township were in the district schools. When 16 years of age he learned the wheelwright trade, serving an apprenticeship with William Whittenberger, of New Middletown, and he has continued to make this his leading business up to the present. He became an excellent workman and was in a prosperous condition when the Civil War was precipitated, and during its second year, on August 6, 1862, he closed up his shop and entered the service to assist in suppressing rebellion. He enlisted in Company B, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which became a part of the Army of the Cumberland. which took such an important part during the subsequent years of strife. Mr. Beight saw much hard service, participating in the Atlanta campaign, from Dalton, Georgia. to the fall of the former city, was in the battle of Jonesboro, of Franklin and of Nashville, and only escaped the later engagements because of a serious illness which confined him to a hospital cot at Wheeling, West Virginia, for a number of months. He was honorably discharged from the service in June, 1865. He is a valued member of Kirkbride Post, No. 600, G. A. R., at Berlin Center. After the close of the war Mr. Beight returned to Mahoning County, and in 1867 he opened up his present business at North Benton, which he has conducted ever since, meeting with success that naturally comes as the result of industry and capacity. On many occasions he has been elected to local offices and has efficiently served several terms as clerk of Smith township, as a member of the school board, during a part of the time being its president, and in 1890, and again in 1900, he was census enumerator. On October 11, 1867, Mr. Beight was mar- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 629 ried to Ella Morris, who is a daughter of James B. Morris, who was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, being sergeant of Company A, 125th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Beight have one son, James W., residing at Youngstown. In politics Mr. Beight is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. GEORGE M. McCLURE, a well-known resident of Poland, who has for a number of years followed the profession of surveying, which he learned while a cadet at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, owns a valuable farm of 52 1/2 acres, which is situated in Boardman township. Mr. McClure was born at Homestead, near Pittsburg, February 1, 1842, and is a son of William Dennys and Elizabeth W. (Irwin) McClure. In 1783 the great-grandfather of Mr. McClure removed from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to the vicinity of Pittsburg, where he acquired a tract of 500 acres of land which was known for many years as the McClure homestead. After the property had passed out of the hands of the McClures, the name of Homestead was retained and thus the great steel-plant city is known today. William D., the father of George M., was born on that land. He married Elizabeth W. Irwin, who was a daughter of Boyle Irwin, a native of Pittsburg, where he was a man of wealth and prominence, being a merchant and manufacturer of rope cables. Mrs. McClure was a granddaughter of Major McCullough and of Nathaniel Irish, both of whom were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, the latter being a very early settler at Pittsburg. George McCullough McClure, who was named for his distinguished great-grandfather, was primarily educated in the old Franklin school at Homestead. In September, 1859, Mr. McClure entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis, to which he had been appointed by Congressman Purviance, and was pursuing his studies there when the Civil War broke out. The cadets of that period had experiences which have never since occurred in that great government institution, and Cadet McClure took an active part, first in assisting to guard the Academy from any Confederate attack and later as a member of the body of cadets who sailed on the old Constitution ("Old iron-sides"), which was then being used as a training ship, from Annapolis to New York and thence to Newport, Rhode Island. There Mr. McClure was graduated with the rank of ensign in 1863. He was placed on the United States sloop Housatonic, which was blown up by torpedo boats in the following winter, Mr. McClure escaping death because of. his absence at that time on a cruise up the coast. Ensign McClure was then ordered to the Wabash, which was blockading Charleston, South Carolina, and on one occasion, while on a cruise in an open boat through the swamps, fell a victim to the almost deadly miasma, and while it did not result as fatally to him as to a number of his comrades, it so incapacitated him that he was obliged to go to the naval hospital at Norfolk, Virginia. After a short time in the hospital he was sent home to Homestead to recuperate, but for a number of years he continued to suffer as the result of that attack. In a few months orders came for him to proceed to Erie, Pennsylvania, to act as judge advocate at a court of investigation, and his duties calling him all over the country, he visited Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville, examining naval recruits. Ensign McClure was then ordered to the sloop-of-war Juniata, on which he served until the close of the war, mainly around Charleston, and he subsequently took the cruise to Brazil and the coast of Africa. In 1868 he retired from the naval service with the rank of lieutenant. In the meanwhile, his parents had removed to Youngstown and Lieutenant McClure joined them and shortly afterward associated himself with his brother John in the lumber business. With many others, the firm became embarrassed in the panic of 1873. Mr. McClure then resumed surveying, in which he had received a practical training at the Naval Academy, and he has continued to 630 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY follow this profession more or less ever since. In 1897 Mr. McClure bought his present farm and moved to it, his residence being just within the corporation lines of the village. In 1878, in New York, Mr. McClure was married to Charlotte M. D'Arcy, and they have had six children, as follows : Gertrude, who married Albert Benkart, residing at Pittsburg; Carolyn I., residing at home with her parents; Madeline D'Arcy, who married John Zedaker, of Poland; Rowena and Elizabeth, both residing at home; and Muriel, who died in infancy. Mr. McClure and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. A portrait of Mr. McClure will be found on another page. B. P. BUSH, proprietor of Chestnut Ridge Stock Farm, a tract of 172 acres of fine land situated in section 22, Green township, is one of the representative men of this part of the county. He was born in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, February 18, 1827, and is a son of John and Mary (Hoeflich) Bush. The Bush family is one of the early pioneer families of Green township, the first one of the name to settle here being Burkhardt Philip Bush, the grandfather of B. P. Bush. Both he and his son John were born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and the latter was 20 years of age when he came to America. He lived for two years in Eastern Pennsylvania before coming to what was then Columbiana County, but which is now included in Mahoning County, where he secured a farm in section 22, Green township, on which he erected a log cabin, in the depths of the green woods, and there he spent the rest of his life, dying in the fall of 1881. Mr. Bush was a solid, reliable man and his sterling character was recognized by his neighbors, who elected him to every office they could prevail upon him to accept. He served the township faithfully as trustee for many years and was one of the early justices of the peace, holding court at first in his log cabin. He assisted in establishing the first church and school and remained a valuable citizen to the close of his life. He married Mary Hoeflich, who was born in Pennsylvania. B. P. Bush was educated in the district schools of Green township and Mt. Union College. For twenty-three winters he taught school, devoting his summers to farming and stock-raising, and for a number of years has been mainly interested in developing fine cattle and stock. His present specialties are Belgian thoroughbred horses and Shorthorn cattle, but formerly he raised Merino sheep extensively. For over forty years he has been engaged in the live-stock industry and probably is as well posted along this line as any stockman in Mahoning County. His farm is widely known and its products are in constant demand. On December 7. 1873. Mr. Bush was married to Christina Wietmayer, who was born February 8, 1831, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and is a daughter of Henry and Barbara (Driver) Wietmayer. In 1832, when she was 13 months old, her parents emigrated to America, settling near Petersburg, Pennsylvania, where she was reared and married. Mr. and Mrs. Bush are members of the Lutheran Church at Leetonia, in which Mr. Bush is an elder. For nine years Mr. Bush served as a justice of the peace in Green township, following in the footsteps of his worthy father. He has always been ready to cooperate with his fellow citizens in promoting educational progress, served as one of the directors of the High School of the township, and it was largely through his efforts that this school was located at Greenport. D. J. MORGAN, president of the board of trustees of Youngstown township, Mahoning County. Ohio.. has held this honorable position for the past five years and has served as a member of the board for seven years. Mr. Morgan is a native of Youngstown, born here in 1868, and is a son of William T. Morgan, who was born in Wales, but has been a resident of Youngstown since 1860. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 631 D. J. Morgan attended the district school until he was about 16 years old, during the summers, for some years, working on a farm. Later he became a trapper in the coal mines, working as such for two years, and afterwards worked as puddler in the rolling mills for eleven years. His industry .brought him a competency and since 1898 Mr. Morgan has given his attention mainly to the duties of public office. Politically he has always been identified with the Republican party and has frequently served as delegate to both county and congressional conventions. In March, 1898, he was first nominated for the office of township trustee, over thirteen competitors, but in the subsequent election he failed by just seven votes. In the following September he was appointed to fill out an unexpired term, and in March, 1899, he was elected trustee by a majority of 876 votes. He was elected to his second term by 1,682 majority,. and at the last election he carried every ward in the city, and was elected by a majority of 2,662 votes. This record tells its own tale of Mr. Morgan's efficiency and of the confidence which he has inspired in his fellow citizens. On December 22, 1892, Mr. Morgan was married to Mary Morgan; a daughter of Samuel Morgan. She was born at Youngstown but reared at Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have two daughters, Irene and Doris, both attending school. Mr. Morgan is a popular member of numerous fraternal organizations —including the Odd Fellows, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Owls, the Muskrat Club and the Foraker Club. CRAIG BROWN WILSON was formerly one of Springfield township's large landowners, substantial agriculturists and representative citizens. He was born in Zelianople, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, December 14, 1827, and was a son of Thomas and Nancy (Hemphill) Wilson, and a grandson of Hugh Wilson. Craig Brown Wilson died October 31, 1900. The parents of the late Craig B. Wilson reared a family of eleven children, namely : James, residing at Hoytdale, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Nancy Frew, residing at Princeton; Jane, residing at the old home; Mrs. Elizabeth Fullerton, residing in Pennsylvania; Thomas, residing at Centerville, Pennsylvania ; Mary A., residing at home; William, farming the old homestead; Joseph, who died of typhoid fever during the Civil War, while serving as colonel of the 101st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and who was a lawyer by profession ; John H., residing at North. Sewickley, Pennsylvania ; Frank S., residing on the old homestead in Butler County; and Craig B. For thirty-two years the late Craig Brown Wilson was a resident of Springfield township. He was a tanner by trade and owned and conducted a large tannery in his native place. After he came to Ohio he followed agricultural pursuits and owned 200 acres of valuable farm land, having acquired the rich old Pontious place adjoining Petersburg. He was married to Elizabeth Pontious, who was born on this place, August 4, 1829, and died January 26, 1892. She was a daughter of John and Mary. Ann (Crawford) Pontious, and a granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Root) Pontious. John Pontious located in 1803 on the farm on which Edward C. Brungard now resides, and in 1812 he came on the present place and subsequently acquired other valuable sections of land. He married Elizabeth Root, who came from Maryland. There were two children born to John and Mary Ann Pontious : Elizabeth, now Mrs. Wilson and Nancy, who is the widow of the late Prof. M. C. Butler, of Poland. There is no more prominent family in Mahoning County than that of Pontious, and it has been closely identified with the developing of Springfield township. To Craig B. Wilson and wife were born the following children : Alice E., who married Robert Brewster of Mt. Jackson, and has three children, Wylie, William and Elizabeth; Mary L., who married John Cain, residing at Port Angeles, Washington, and has one son, John W. ; John P., residing in Beaver County, Penn- 632 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY sylvania, who married Angeline Cunningham, and has one daughter, Mary E. ; Nancy Hemphill and Joseph H., both residing at home; William S., residing at Bellingham, Washington, who married Alice R. Kridler, and has one daughter, Lois; Robert F., a resident of Mahoningtown, who married Mary O. McWilliams, and has three children, Helen, Frederick Craig and Keith; Edith M., residing at home ; and Frank S., who resides in Skagway, Alaska. In politics .Mr. Wilson was identified with the Republican party. PHILIP HAGAN, one of the public officials of Youngstown, Ohio, a member of the board of public service and hence a valued and reliable citizen, was born at Belfast, Ireland, Sep- tember 6. 1847, but was educated at New Castle, in the north of England. Mr. Hagan was 24 years of age when he came to the United States. He was engaged in coal mining in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, for one year, and then went to Buffalo, New York, where he was employed for five years in the Union mills. From there he went to Chicago, where he was employed for two years by Orrin W. Potter. His next employment was in St. Louis, where he worked for two years as a moulder for the Carondolet Iron Company, after which he returned to the Union mills at Buffalo, where he remained for a short time before coming to Youngstown. Arriving- here Mr. Hagan entered the employ of the Valley Iron Company, where, for twenty years he was a foreman. During this time he was called to testify before the ways and means committee, in the legislature, when the Morrison and Wilson bills were under consideration. In May, 1903, on being elected to his present office, Mr. Hagan severed his connection with the Valley Iron Company ; he was reelected to the same office in the fall of 1905. He was the first Republican ever elected a member of the city council from the seventh ward. For many years he has been a prominent Republican and was a delegate to the state convention that nominated Nash for governor. Mr. Hagan was united in marriage with Mary Munn, of New Castle, England, and they have had a family of thirteen children, eleven of whom still survive. With his family he belongs to the Immaculate Conception Church, and is a member of the church council. He is a member of the C. M. B. A., and has been its financial secretary since its organization. Mr. Hagan is prominent in all that includes good citizenship. L. A. ROBISON, general passenger agent of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was formerly a resident of Youngstown, in which city he acquired his early training in railroad work. Born in Southington, Trumbull County, Ohio, son of John and Artimicia Robison, and grandson of William Robison, one of the original pioneer settlers in Liberty township, near the Mahoning County line, this grandson, after completing a commercial course at Oberlin College, came to Youngstown at the age of eighteen, as operator for the Lake Shore Railway. In this capacity he showed such natural aptitude that three years later he was promoted to the responsible position of train dispatcher. This, however, proved but a stepping stone to one of more importance, as within about two years he was called to accept the position of general passenger agent of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad. From this time on his rise in the railroad world was assured. In 1906, he was elected president of the Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway, an interurban electric line of 34 miles. When Mr. Robison assumed the duties of his present position, as general passenger agent of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad Company, he was the youngest general passenger agent in the United States, and in this position has AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 633 proved his capacity to successfully handle a large volume of business. Mr. Robison married Miss Mira Greenough, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and has one child, a daughter, Ruth, born at Pittsburg June 8, 1905. THEODORE CAMPBELL, who has been a resident of Goshen township for more than a half century, resides in section 23, where he is engaged in farming and stock-dealing. He was born January 12, 1841, and is a son of William and Rachel (Welch) Campbell. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Campbell. Robert and Mary Campbell, were natives of Scotland. who came to America at a very early clay. During the voyage, a son was born to them on the Atlantic Ocean, whom they named William. and he subsequently became the father of Theodore. Robert Campbell established a woolen mill at Salem, Ohio, which he operated for a time, and then moved into Goshen township, settling among the pioneers. His son, William Campbell, became a man of considerable substance, through dealing extensively in cattle, and his life was spent in Goshen township, where his death took place in 1869. His surviving children are : Benjamin F., residing in Green township ; and Theodore. Theodore Campbell has spent the greater part of his life in Goshen township, but for eight years was engaged in farming in Berlin township. When his country called for defenders, at the outbreak of the Rebellion, he left the comforts of home and his peaceful surroundings and shouldered a musket and from 1861 to 1865 faced the dangers and hardships of war. He enlisted August 27, 1861, in Company E, Second Ohio Regiment, Volunteer Cavalry, which became a part of the Army of the West, and was with the 25th Ohio Battery much of the time of his service. He participated in numerous battles, notably those of Prairie Grove and Little Rock, and in skirm ishes, raids and small engagements without number, at all times displaying the cheerful courage which marks the valued soldier. He was wounded on one occasion, being shot in the left foot, while on duty, but not to permanently disable him, and he was honorably discharged December 25, 1865. After the close Of his military service, Mr. Campbell returned to Mahoning County and resumed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. He was married April 6, 1876, to Mary C. Scroggy, who was born February 12, 1847, in Goshen township, Mahoning County, and is a daughter of John and Harriet (Callahan) Scraggy, the former of whom was born in New Jersey, and the latter in Green township, Mahoning County. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have two children : Lewis S., residing in Green township, and Helen, who married Perry Robb, residing at Salem, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are well known residents of this neighborhood and their comfortable, hospitable home is often the scene of many pleasant gatherings. CHESTER W. HARTZELL, a leading citizen of North Benton, who is largely interested in the buying and selling of live stock, principally horses and mules, and is identified with the North Benton and Deerfield Telephone Company as treasurer and a director, belongs to one of the old and substantial families of this part of Ohio. He was born at North Benton, Mahoning County, Ohio, May 8, 1847, and is a son of Solomon and Clarinda (Loomis) Hartzell. The Hartzell family came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, many, many years ago, when Portage County, where settlement was made, was still practiclaly a wilderness. There the grandfather, William Hartzell, located and reared his family, and in the course of nature, passed away. Solomon Hartzell, father of Chester W., was born and reared in Deerfield township, Portage County. While still un- 634 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY married he came to North Benton, where he engaged for many years in a. general mercantile business, during a part of this period being in, partnership with Dr. Hanna, who was the father of the late distinguished Senator Hanna, of Ohio, under the firm name of Hanna & Hartzell. He was postmaster at North Benton while in the mercantile business. Later he became interested in stock-raising to a large extent. He was a capable man of business and was one of the organizers of the First National Bank at Alliance and served on its board of directors from its organization until his death, in November, 1897. He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church at North Benton and for many years was a deacon in the same. He took much interest in local politics and was active in his support of the Republican party. He married Clorincla Loomis. who was also born in Portage County, and they had five children, namely : Chester .W.; Sophia M., who is the widow of the late James Dickson. who was formerly superintendent of the Mahoning County Infirmary, residing . at Canfield ; Stratton L., residing in Atwater township, Portage County ; Daniel H., residing at Alliance; and Emma Detchon, deceased. Chester W. Hartzell was reared at his home in North Benton, where he obtained his early education, which was supplemented by a number of terms at Mt. Union College, at Alliance, after which he taught for a time in the schools of Smith township. He has always been interested in agricultural pursuits and has made a specialty of the live-stock industry, paying much attention to the buying and selling of fine horses and mules. He has always taken an active part in public movements which have promised to be of general welfare, and he was one of the promoters and is now a director and the treasurer of the North Benton and Deerfield Telephone Company. He is also one of the stockholders in the First National Bank at Alliance. Mr. Hartzell married Gertrude Diver, who was born in Portage County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Joseph Diver. Politically Mr. Hartzell is a Republican.J. EDGAR RUDGE, member of the board of public service, at Youngstown, Ohio, is one of the city's most valued officials. He was born in Boardman township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1861. He is a son of George Rudge, who was born in England and who came to Youngstown in 1852, engaging first in farming but later establishing himself in a real estate business. For some twenty years George Rudge was secretary of the Youngstown Water Works, being the first to serve in that office, and he also was one of the early members of the city council. He still resides at Youngstown. at the age of 83 years, a Most highly respected citizen. When J. Edgar Rudge was about five years old, his parents moved to Youngstown. where he was reared and received his preliminary education. In 1881 he became a student at Notre Dame. Indiana. where he remained for two years, completing the classical as well as the commercial course. He then entered into business with his father under the firm name of George Rudge & Son. real estate and insurance, which firm continued until 1901, when that of Rudge & Johnston. was organized. The business is concerned with fire insurance and real estate, the latter being mainly city property. The firm does a large amount of selling, platting and building, and has handled some of the finest sub-divisions in and adjoining the city. Mr. Rudge was united in marriage with Julia O'Connell. of New York City, a lady who has almost a national reputation as a vocalist. She has been a pupil under some of the most distinguished instructors in both London and Paris, and formerly was connected with the choirs of both Dr. Parker's and Henry Ward Beecher's church in New York. At present Mrs. Rudge is residing in London superintending the musical education of their daughter. Olga, who inherits a large measure of her talented mother's gift of song. It is the parents' intention to give their daughter every educational advantage, both at London and Brussels. The two sons, Edgar and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 637 Arthur, are students at Mrs. Stevens' private school at St. Leonards. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rudge cross the Atlantic almost yearly. THOMAS B. JONES, formerly county commissioner of Mahoning County, for two terms, was born in August, 1836, in Wales, but from the age of 20 years until his death, on September 28, 1906, he had been a resident of America, and for more than half a century a valued citizen of Youngstown. Mr. Jones came to the United States in 1856, equipped with a good common school education and skilled in the trade of shoemaker, having learned the same in his father's shop. in his native place. He immediately located at Youngstown, and he prospered with the prosperity and growth of the city. For some twenty-five years he conducted a large shoemaking establishment, giving employment to from 12 to 14 hands. He may be named as one of the pioneer manufacturers, for few of the great industries which are now the city's glory were projected then or even thought of. After 35 ycars in the shoe business, he retired from that line, taking with him an unblemished reputation as a business man. Mr. Jones served on the board of education for seven years, and served twice as decennial appraiser, being elected both times without a dissenting vote, the first time on the Democratic, and the second time on the Republican ticket. He was subsequently elected and reelected county commissioner, his majority at the second election being 5,000 votes, the normal majority being about 2,000. His public services were always of such a character as to but add to the confidence and esteem in which he had previously been held by his fellow citizens. Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Mary Ann Davis, of Youngstown, and they had five sons and two daughters, namely: Thomas B., residing at Cleveland; Richard M., residing at home; Ellen, who is the wife of Louis Jones, of Washington, D. C.; Arthur residing at Washington; James E., residing at Washington, where he is chief clerk in the bureau of Plant Industry; Anna, who died aged 15 years; and William, who died aged 37 years. Mr. Jones was a member of the Congregational Church, and one of the trustees. A portrait of Mr. Jones accompanies this sketch. OBEDIAH PETERS, one of New Springfield's best-known and most highly respected citizens, who has filled the office of justice of the peace continuously for the past thirty years, and is identified in a clerical way with the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Springfield township, and other organizations, was born at New Springfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, May 22, 1844. His parents were Daniel and Eliza (Hoffman) Peters. The founder of the family at New Springfield was John Peters, the grandfather, who came to the site of what is now New Springfield in 1821, being one of the very first settlers. He conducted the first inn in the hamlet. He married Catherine Lower, who lived to the age of 94 years, and he died in 1876, also in advanced age. Daniel Peters, father of Odediah, was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and was six years of age when he accompanied his parents to Ohio, and he died in New Springfield, in 1898, aged 83 years. He married Eliza Hoffman, who was born one and one-half miles from New Springfield, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was a daughter of John Hoffman, who settled in that section prior to the war of 1812, in which he was a soldier. He owned a farm in Unity township, Columbiana County, and also farming land in Springfield township. Five children were born to Daniel Peters and wife, namely : Reuben H., residing in Chicago, was a soldier in the Civil War; Obediah ; Minnie, residing in New Springfield, married J. P. Troxel; Caroline, who married John Funkhouser, residing in New Spring- 638 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY field; and Simon, also residing in New Springfield. Obediah Peters was reared and educated at New Springfield. For a number of years he was a carpenter and house mover. During the Civil War he was employed by the Government in the commissary department, and ,for eight months was on a boat on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, being at New Orleans at the time President Lincoln was assassinated. His home has always been retained at New Springfield, and his relations with public affairs and with private interests have been so intimate that he is personally knoWn to all the older residents. As justice of the peace for thirty years and a notary public for almost the same period, he has been long before the public. He has been appointed administrator of numberless estates and has served as executor and guardian for many minors. For the past twenty years he has been secretary of the Springfield Township Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and since 1895 he has been bookkeeper for the Reesh Basket Works. In 1894 he was appointed gauger in the internal revenue service at New Springfield. In June, 1871, Mr. Peters was married to Amanda Troxel, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Felger) Troxel. They have four children, namely : Lulu and Maude, residing at home; Elsa, who married Allen Seidner, residing in New Springfield ; and Mabel. residing at home. In political sentiment Mr. Peters is an active Democrat. He served one term as infirmary director. He is a Knight of Pythias and is affiliated with Starlight Lodge, No. 224, at Petersburg. HENRY WICK. president of the Witch Hazel Coal Company. at Youngstown, is an old and experienced man in this line of business, one with which he has been identified for about forty years. Mr. Wick was born at Youngstown, Ohio, May 13, 1846, and is a son of Hugh B. and Lucretia G. (Winchell) Wick. After completing his education, passing through the common and High Schools at Youngstown, Mr. Wick, at the age of 22 years, entered into the coal business as the owner of a coal mine in Youngstown township. During the whole period of active business life he continued to be connected intimately with coal interests, and still retains the presidency of the Witch Hazel Coal Company, although practically retired. On November 4, 1869, Mr. Wick was married to Mary Arms, who is a daughter of Myron I. Arms, and they have three children, viz : Hugh B., Mrs. W. J. Sampson, of Youngstown, and Myron Arms. The eldest son, Hugh B., is vice president of the Elyria Iron and Steel Company, of Elyria, Ohio, and resides with his family at that place. The youngest son, Myron Arms, is secretary and treasurer of the Youngstown Furnace and Supply Company. In addition to his coal interests, Mr. Wick is a director of the Dollar Savings and Trust Company, of Youngstown; treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Washington, Ohio, Lumber Company ; and a director of the National Lumber and Box Company, of Hoquiam, Chehalis County, Washington. Having spent his whole life at Youngstown, Mr. Wick has been more or less prominently connected with the various beneficial agencies which have brought about the progress and prosperity of his native city. GEORGE H. MONTGOMERY, a representative citizen of Youngstown, has been county surveyor of Mahoning County, Ohio, since 1897, being his own successor in the office and now serving in his third term. Mr. Montgomery was born in Youngstown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1873. His father, Lewis Montgomery, has resided here all his life. He was the son of Robert Montgomery, one of the early settlers in this section of the state. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 639 George M. Montgomery, after completing the common school course at Youngstown, entered the Northern Normal University at Ada, Ohio, and completed his course in civil engineering at the Ohio State University in 1896. He located immediately at Youngstown and became a member of the firm of Haseltine Brothers & Montgomery, succeeding that of Haseltine Brothers. On the death of Robert Haseltine in 1905, the firm became Haseltine & Montgomery, general civil and mining engineers. This is at present the leading firm of its kind in the city. Mr. Montgomery married Ella Robinson, daughter of James Robinson, of Niles, Ohio. They have two children, Mary Louisa and Robert Morris. The family belongs to the First Presbyterian Church at Youngstown. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias. As a good citizen he takes an interest in politics and invariably gives time and attention to secure the election of first-class men, with good records, to positions of responsibility in both local and national affairs. HENRY J. WINDLE, a prominent citizen of Smith township and a veteran of the Civil War, resides on his highly cultivated fruit farm, which consists of eighteen acres in section 36, on which he settled in 1890. Mr. Windle was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, March 12, 1841. and is a son of Joseph J. and Phebe (Dutton) Windle. Benjamin Windle, the grandfather of Henry J., was a native of Pennsylvania, and from there he came to Columbiana County, Ohio, at an early day, settling first in Butler township, but moving soon afterward to the vicinity of Salem, where he died. Joseph J. Windle spent the greater part of his life in Columbiana County, but prior to his death, in 189o, he had located at Garfield. The surviving children of his first marriage are : Henry J.; Anna M., residing in California, who married Christopher Conard ; Benjamin - 34 - B., residing in Columbiana County; Edwin D., residing at Salem ; Alpheretta, residing at Winona, Ohio, who married James Hoops; and Ida, residing at Winona, who married. George Woolf. Henry J. Windle was reared in Butler township, Columbiana County, where he obtained a good district school education. He was his father's helper on the home farm until he enlisted in the Union army, for service in the Civil War, then in progress, August 11, 1862, in Company G, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was first attached to the Army of Ohio, and later to General Sherman's command. Mr. Windle remained in the service until the summer of 1865, when he was honorably discharged, at Raleigh, North Carolina. During his long term of service, he participated in many important battles, including: Knoxville, Missionary Ridge, all the fighting around Chattanooga and on the way to Atlanta, Georgia, taking part in the siege of that city, later was in the terrible battle at Franklin, and also the siege of Nashville. He was a brave, gallant and faithful soldier. For a number of years, Mr. Windle was a member of the John C. Fremont Post, G. A. R., at Alliance. When he had done his full duty to his country, Mr. Windle returned to Butler township, Columbiana County, where he lived until 1890, when he settled on his present farm, where he has developed some of the finest berries, apples, plums and pears, to be found in all this section of Ohio. He has ready sale for all his surplus. On October 21, 1866, Mr. Windle was married to Adaline Burns, who was born in Butler township, Columbiana County, and is a daughter of George and Lydia (Stratton) Burns. Her parents were born and reared near Salem, her maternal grandfather, David Stratton. having been a very early settler there. Her paternal grandparents were Hugh and Sarah Burns, who settled near Salem so early that Indians were still numerous in this section. Mr. and Mrs. Windle have three children : George J., residing at Sebring; Elmer A., residing at Alliance; and Minnie, 640 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY residing in Columbiana County, who married Harvey Bartges. In politics Mr. Windle is a Democrat. While a resident of Butler township he served as judge of elections, but has taken no active part in political matters since coining to Smith township. DAVID ELDORADO STOUFFER, who formerly served as mayor and also as postmaster, at Washingtonville, passed out of life November 2, 1906, leaving behind him a record of fifty-four useful years, and a name which had long stood for sterling business qualities, good citizenship, and private benevolence. Mr. Stouffer was born March 7, 1852, in Beaver township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and was a son of John and Susannah Stouffer. The Stouffers probably came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and were pioneers in Beaver township prior to 1828, for there are records in. existence that show that Henry Stouffer was a leading minister of the Mennonite faith and assisted in building the first log church in Beaver township in the above year. In 1849 the grandfather of the late David E. Stouffer visited the gold regions of California, settling in Eldorado County, where he probably prospered, and perhaps for this reason, favored the naming of his grandson after that rich region. The parents of Mr. Stouffer were both born in Ohio, and the father died on his farm in Mahoning County, in 1853. His widow then removed to Columbiana, where her death occurred in 1885. Both were worthy and valued members of the German Reformed Church. Among their surviving children are the following well-known people : H. C., residing at Mineral Ridge; Mrs. William Slut-ter, residing at Canton ; Mrs. Jerry Groner and Mrs. Del Wismer, both residing at Columbiana. David Eldorado Stouffer was left fatherless in infancy, but had a wise and careful mother, by whom he was reared and with whom he remained until he was 22 years of age, taking the task of managing the :arm from her shoulders. His book education was acquired in the district schools, but necessity taught him self-reliance and the ability to put into practice habits of industry and frugality which assisted him through life. After farming for himself for two years in Beaver township, he moved to Washingtonville, and in 1881, in partnership with a brother, and William Warner, opened and began operating the Fairview coal mine, of which he later became superintendent. For four years the original owners of the mine worked it and then disposed of the property. On June 2, 1874, Mr. Stouffer was married to Hannah E. Myers. who was born in Beaver township, Mahoning County, Ohio, May 23. 1853. and is. a daughter of George and Rosanna B. Myers, who were early settlers in the township. George Myers and wife were born in Germany and when they came to Beaver township they found the country wild and unsettled. They lived in their log house. which they built in the green woods, until they built a more commodious dwelling, and in this they lived until their death, the father surviving to the age of 88 years. Mr. and Mrs. Stouffer had four children, namely : Harry A., Charles A.., George R., and William E. Mrs. Stouffer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Washingtonville, of which Mr. Stouffer was also a member and a liberal supporter, and for some years served as superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Stouffer was very active in political life and was prominently identified with the Republican party. On August 1. 189o, he was appointed postmaster at Washingtonville, and during his term of service paid faithful attention to the duties of the office. He always was willing to co-operate with his fellow. citizens in public matters and he was so generally recognized as a public-spirited and reliable citizen, that he was elected mayor of Washingtonville, and his period of administration was marked with progress and civic improvement. He creditably held a number of other public offices, and at the time of his AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 641 death was treasurer both of the village and of the school board. He had honorably acquired property and left to his family valuable land aggregating over 140 acres. He was fraternally associated with Welcome Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Washingtonville, and the Junior Order of United American. Me. chanics, of Leetonia. In the death of Mr. Stouffer, Mahoning County lost a valuable citizen. He was a man who was always loyal to his friends, who was conscientious in the performance of every duty, who was honest in his religious convictions and so lived that he is remembered with respect and affection. SOLOMON J. HECK, a well-known and progressive farmer of Beaver township, residing on a tract of fifty acres located in section 28, was born in Unity township, Columbiana County, Ohio, August 9, 1857, and is a son of John and Eliza (Greenamyer) Heck. John Heck was born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, March 1, 1822, and was a son of Jacob and Nancy (Chapman) Heck, who came from Pennsylvania to Springfield township, where they owned a farm of 125 or 130 acres; they also owned another tract of loo acres in Columbiana County. Jacob Heck, great-grandfather of Solomon J., resided in Columbiana County, and probably came to this country from Germany. John Heck was married in 1851 to Eliza Greenamyer, who was born in Unity township, Columbiana County, and was a daughter of Solomon and Anna Maria (Geiger) Greenamyer. Her parents resided in Unity until their death. Her mother was reared in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Her father, reared in Maryland, came from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with his father, Jacob, who, with three or four sons, located in Columbiana County, Ohio. Two children were born to John and Eliza Heck : Tillie, who died in infancy ; and Solomon, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Heck died at the home of the latter, November 3o. 1895. His widow resides with her son, Solomon Heck. Solomon Heck was about four years old when he left Columbiana County and came to Beaver township, Mahoning County, where his father located on a farm, which is now owned by David Whispel. He was reared there and obtained his education in the district schools, also attending one term in Columbiana. His father, after residing on this farm for about ten years, retired to a small tract of five acres in this township, about two miles west. Mr. Heck worked for some time at carpentering before his marriage, and also worked for about five years on his uncle Peter Heck's farm. In 1890 he moved to his present farm of fifty acres, where he is extensively engaged in raising strawberries. Two years after settling here he built a saw mill, a six-roller feed grinder, cider mill, evaporator and apple-butter cooker. He makes a specialty of custom sawing, and does a large business in apple-butter, cider, and other farm products. His fine home, which was built in 1902, is finished throughout in oak, and he is now building a large barn, 50x68 feet in dimensions. Mr. Heck also has other business interests in this locality. He is a director in the Beaver Telephone Company, of which he was one of the originators, and is also a director in the Columbiana Bank and Savings Company. Mr. Heck was united in marriage October 20, 1885, to Emma Rapp, who was born in Beaver township and is a daughter of Noah and Anna Rebecca (Sponseller) Rapp. Her father was born and reared on the farm, and died there May 19, 1900, aged 58 years, 6 months and 15 days. The grandfather, Henry Rapp, was born in Ohio, but his father came from Germany, and lived until his death in Beaver township. The grandfather Rapp is buried at North Lima. The following were the children of Noah and Anna R. Rapp: Emma, now Mrs. S. J. Heck; George Sylvanus, who lives on a farm near North Lima ; Harvey, who resides at Columbiana ; Albert, a resident of Springfield township; and Edna, who died, aged 16 years. Mrs. Noah Rapp 642 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY still resides on a farm of 200 acres in Beaver township. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Heck : Clarence Raymond, born June 7, 1887, who lives at home; Grace Morie, born November 10, 1889 ; Stella Beatrice, born May 20, 1892 ; Irma Lauretta, born August 30, 1895, and Mildred LaRue. born June 1, 1906. Mr. Heck is a Democrat in politics, and has served two terms as township trustee. He is a member of the Mt. Olivet Reformed Church at North Lima. TOBIAS PALMER, who is engaged in general farming on his well improved farm of 75 acres, located in section 43, Youngstown township. was born June 23, 1831. in Germany, and is a son of Tobias and Catherine (Specht) Palmer, farmers and wine gardeners of Germany, where they both died. Ludwig Specht, the maternal grandfather of our subject, came to America in 1835 or 1836. and settled on a farm two miles east of Middletown. Tobias Palmer grew to manhood in Germany, attending school until 14 years of age, when he began assisting his father in wine gardening. His father was a general farmer, raising wheat and cattle, and also had a vineyard and an orchard. In 1854. at the age of 22 years he came to America, with two friends, from the same town in which he resided, settling first near Middletown, Ohio. with his uncle, Frederick Mack. He subsequently worked for Mr. Henry Kirtland of Poland, remaining on his farm for eighteen years, during which time he was married to Dorothy Knauer, a daughter of Ludwig Knauer, and also a native of Germany. She was born about one mile from the birthplace of her husband. and came to this country in 1855, her brother having come with him in the previous year. Four children have graced this union : Lewis. who was born November 10. 1863, lives at home; Mary C. is principal of the Fairmont Avenue School of Youngstown; Lydia lives at home: Caroline, the wife of Frank Agnew, resides in Boardman and has three children : Ralph, Norman and Myron. Mr. Palmer, after purchasing his present farm in 1869, rented it out for two years, after which he located on the land, which he has greatly improved and placed in a high state of cultivation. He carries on general farming. but was formerly engaged in gardening. Mr. Palmer is a member of the Lutheran Church, and has been an elder therein for the past twenty years, having formerly served as deacon. Mr. Palmer gave the ground on which the church stands, on the corner of his farm. GEN. JAMES LAWRENCE BOTSFORD, formerly a large iron manufacturer at Youngstown. and also a distinguished officer in the Civil War, was born April 16, 1834. at Poland, Mahoning County. Ohio, and was a son of Archibald Grant and Eliza (Lynn ) Botsford. He died October 6, 1898. Major Botsford was the third member of his pareits' family of six children, the only survivor of whom is Mary Julia, who is the widow of H. O. Bonnell, of Youngstown. The schooldays of James Lawrence Botsford were spent at Poland and his early youth and manhood were employed in assisting his father, who was engaged at Poland in the manufacture of combs. In 1858 he went to California and was there engaged in mining until 1861. Returning, he reached Poland just as a company was forming for service in the Civil War. Of this company he became a member, and was mustered into the service at Camp Chase, in May. 1861. as second lieutenant of the 23rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was justly distinguished as being the first to enter the service from Ohio, under an enlistment of three years. Inured to hardships as a consequence of his western mining experience, he was able to bear army life somewhat better than many AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 649 of his comrades. Through the whole continuance of the war he was at his post and as a reward for able and valiant service, was constantly promoted. His first service was in West Virginia, where he was made aide-de-camp to General Scammon, and on January 17, 1862, he was commissioned first lieutenant. He was again assigned as aide-de-camp to General Scammon, who was in command of the First Brigade of the Kanawha Division, and in all the battles, defeats and victories of the Army of the Potomac during its subsequent years in West Virginia, Major Botsford participated. On October 27. 1862, he was commissioned captain and was made assistant adjutant-general of .United States volunteers. He was next assigned to service under Major General Crook, and took part in the battles of Cloyd Mountain, New River Bridge, Blakesburg, Panther's Gap. Buffalo Gap and Lynchburg, and in the series of engagements in the Shenandoah Valley, among which were the battles of Sinker's Ferry, Cabletown, Stevenson's Depot, Winchester and Martinsburg. He reached Cumberland in November, 1864, and here was detailed as assistant inspector-general of the Department of West Virginia. This long and faithful service did not go. unrecognized. His commission "for meritorious and distinguished conduct'. as brevet-major, dated from March 13, 1865. After his return to private life, Major Botsford was engaged until 1872 in a general produce business at Louisville. Kentucky. Removing in this year to Youngstown, he subsequently devoted his attention to the great iron industry, and in 1879 became treasurer of the Mahoning Valley Iron Company, a responsible and honorable position which he held until the close of his life. In 1864 Major Botsford was married to Ellen E. Blaine, a daughter of Samuel L. and Anna Blaine, of Kentucky, and a first cousin of Hon. James G. Blaine. Two children were born of this marriage : Ella Kirtland and James L. Ella Kirtland married Frederick H. Wick, a member of one of Ycungstown's most prominent families. treasurer of the Ohio Iron & Steel Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Paul Wick Real Estate Company of Youngstown. James L. Botsford, who bears his honored father's name, is a resident of Tucson, Arizona. In politics Major Botsford was a Republican and his personal friendship for both Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley, who were comrades in the same regiment, made it a pleasure for him to give them political support. On January 14, 1892, Governor McKinley appointed Major Botsford quartermaster-general of the state. In local politics Major Botsford was never very active, although he was elected a member of the City Council and served for a short period. For many years both Major Botsford and his wife have been valued members of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Youngstown; he served as one of the vestrymen and was treasurer of the church for 20 years. He was always ready to promote the usefulness of the church and his quiet assistance helped to make many of its benevolent objects prosper. Mrs. Botsford, whose residence in Youngstown is located at No. 664 Wick avenue, is ex-state regent of the Ohio Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, having served as state regent two terms. THE SHEEHY FAMILY. One of the old and honorable pioneer families of Youngstown and vicinity is that of Sheehy, a prominent representative of which is found in Mrs. George C. Wilson, who is a Daughter of the American Revolution, through her paternal grandfather and grandmother. and also president of the Fortnightly Reading Club, an exclusive organization at Youngstown. Daniel Sheehy, the grandfather of Mrs. Wilson. was the founder of the family in America. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland. and was educated at Dublin for the Catholic priesthood. For generations his family had been closely identified with the Roman Catholic Church, and family annals tell of an ancestor who was beheaded by an English