AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 679 her parents settled at Salem, where her father conducted a livery business for a number of years. She was educated in the Salem schools and grew to womanhood in that city. On May 25, 1860, she was married to William Dunn, who was born at Buffalo, New York, November 15, 1831, and was a son of Robert and Ellen Dunn, both parents being natives of England. William Dunn was mainly reared at Salem, and after his marriage he engaged in farming near that city until about 1880, when he removed to Green township, Mahoning County, settling on the farm which Mrs. Dunn now owns, on which he died two years later. There were seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, the six survivors being : Robert, residing near Salem, engaged in farming; Clara, who married Van Dunn, residing near Wellsville; Homer, residing near Alliance; Ella, who married George Carlisle, residing at Youngstown ; May, who married George Crutchley, residing at Millville; and Nora, who married Leonard Barber, residing near Millville. Mrs. Dunn has eleven grandchildren. The death of Mr. Dunn removed from this section a good citizen, a kind husband and an affectionate father. He was a man of upright character and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him, and he is affectionately remembered by his family and by his neighbors, to whom he was all that was kind, generous and just. Mrs. Dunn enjoys a wide acquaintance and has the love of her large family as well as the respect of all who have business or social relations with her. Her farm is well managed and is one of the most productive in this section. DAVID G. STEWART, who is serving in his tenth year as trustee of Coitsville township, resides on his well improved farm, the old Stewart homestead, situated in section 6, where he was born, September 3, 1858. He is a son of David and Elizabeth (Houston) Stewart. William Stewart, grandfather of David G., was born December 20, 1765, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and in 1803, accompanied by his wife and several brothers, came to Mahoning County and with the latter bought land in Coitsville township, aggregating moo acres. One year later, in 1804, William Stewart bought 200 acres of land and it is a part of the purchase that David G. now owns and occupies. There was a time when William, John, James, Robert and Joseph Stewart owned all the land in this part of Coitsville township. In 1799, William Stewart married his cousin, Mary Stewart, who was a daughter of Elijah Stewart, who was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She died in Coitsville township, October 16, 1851. William Stewart died May 5, 1841. He had seven children, namely : Sarah (Mrs. Lowery), Elijah, Robert, William, Samuel, Mary (Mrs. McKee) and David. David Stewart, father of David G., was born September 30, 1814, on the farm now owned by his son, in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and died April 8, 1891. His life was one of useful activity, devoted entirely to farming and stock raising. He married Elizabeth Houston, who was born and reared in Coitsville township, and who was a daughter of John and Grace (McCall) Houston. Her father was born January 9, 1783, in Lancater County, Pennsylvania, and died in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1861. Mrs. Houston was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1790, and died May 10, 1879, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. There were seven children born to David Stewart and wife, namely : William Walker, born June 17, 1840, enlisted in Company A, 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, and died at Camp University Heights, Tennessee ; Anna Elizabeth, wife of Rev. J. A. Collins, a retired United Presbyterian minister, who now is engaged in a publishing business at Philadelphia; John Houston, who is a resident of Kansas City; Eusebius, who was born. May 2, 1850, died June 23, 1866; Watson Henderson, who was born May 19, 1853, lives at Ironton, Colorado ; David G., subject of this sketch ; 680 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Frank E., who was born March 31, 1862, died March 1o, 1904, at Westphalia, Kansas. William Stewart and John Houston, grandfathers of the above family, were both men of good judgment and solid virtues, and they were two of the first trustees of Coitsville township. David Stewart was a man of like character. For 50 years he was elder in the Liberty United Presbyterian Church. David Goodwillie Stewart perpetuats the name of Rev. David Goodwillie, who for many years was a noted preacher at the Liberty United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Stewart attended the townShip and Youngstown schools and Cook's Business College at Youngstown, after which he made several trips to the West, party for pleasure and party for investigation. Later he engaged in a cattle business for three years, in Colorado, with his brother, Watson H. Stewart, but the death of his father recalled him to Coitsville township. He has resided on the old farm ever since, engaging in general farming. He has become interested also in the contracting business and has done a large amount of pike-making, leveling and grading. In 1896, Mr. Stewart was first elected township trustee and served two terms but when the time came for a third election he was suffering from a severe attack of typhoid fever and was compelled to decline a re-election. After a retirement of three years from public life, Mr. Stewart was again elected township trustee and, as stated above, is serving out his tenth year in the office. On January 9, 1890, at Youngstown, Mr. Stewart was married to Alice Mars, who died April 22, 1899. A view of Mr. Stewart's residence, with portraits of his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. David Stewart, are published herewith. W. H. LOLLER, who for the past six years has been chief of the Youngstown Fire Department, was born in Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey, in 1863. When still a child his parents moved to Clayton, New Jersey, where he was reared, being educated in the Clayton Academy. In 1880 they moved to Ravenna, Ohio. In 1881 Mr. Loller came to Youngstown and found employment with the Mahoning Gas & Fuel Company, for whom he worked about two years and a half, during which time he joined the Volunteer Fire Department. When the present paid department was organized he became a member of the hook and ladder crew, afterwards being promoted, first to hoseman, and in 1900 to captain, finally being made chief of the department, all of these promotions being made without any solicitation on his part. Mr. Loller was married in 1890 to Sarah Edwards of Youngstown, Ohio. He is a 32nd degree Mason and is also a member of the order of Elks. He is one of the oldest members of the Youngstown Fire Department. SAMUEL DAWES, formerly a highly respected resident of Green township, was born in Butler township, Columbiana County, Ohio, January 3, 1866, and died in Green township, Mahoning County, June 21, 1905. He was a son of Benjamin and Martha (Ulery) Dawes. The parents of Samuel Dawes were born in Ohio, and the father still carries on agricultural pursuits on his farm, which is situated about five miles south of Salem. There Samuel Dawes was reared, obtaining his education in the district schools of the neighborhood and following farming as an occupation. In the spring of 1901 he removed to Green township, renting a large tract in its southern part, and continued the operation of that farm until his death. Mr. Dawes was a Republican in his political views, but he never was willing to accept any office. He was a man of quiet tastes and was devoted to his farm work and to promoting the welfare of those nearest to him. On September 5, 1895, Mr. Dawes was married to Anna B. Davison, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, not far from Franklin Square, and is a daughter of Elias AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 681 and Jane (Kyle) Davison. The mother of Mrs. Dawes was a daughter cif John and Lydia (Mottinger) Kyle, who were residents near Youngstown for many years, and a granddaughter of Joshua Kyle, who was one of the early settlers of Mahoning County, where he entered 700 acres of Government land. The father of Mrs. Davison died when she was 17 years of age. In 185o she married Elias Davison, in Columbiana County, and they had twelve children born to them, the survivors being: Leander H.; William H., residing in Oklahoma ; Jeremiah B., residing in Hancock County, Iowa ; Harry W., residing at Marshalltown, Iowa ; Sarah A., who married David M. Harris, residing five miles south of Salem ; Anna B., and Elmina, who married Wade Fesler, residing in Iowa. Elias Davison died in Oklahoma in March, 1903. His widow still survives, having passed her 75th birthday. After the death of her husband Mrs. Dawes removed to Salem, and now resides at No. 69 Woodland avenue in that city. She owns a fine farm of 98 acres in Green township. She is well known socially in Salem and is a member of the Disciples Church in that place. LEWIS E. DAVIS, one of Youngstown's most efficient public officials, whose zeal as president of the board of public safety has made him a most useful citizen, was born in Wales, November 5, 1838, and was about 16 years of age when he came to America and settled at Carbon, Pennsylvania. Although so young, he had been instructed in the tailoring business in his native land and had become an expert cutter. In 1863 he made his way to Pittsburg, and there he was put to work on the fortifications which were being constructed about that city. Although unaccustomed to such labor, he faithfully performed it for one month. Then, in partnership with Thomas D. Thomas, he opened a tailoring shop at Pittsburg, where he carried on business for six years, subsequently removing to Johns town for a stay of six months. After dissolving partnership with Mr. Thomas, he became associated with Jones & Laughlin in the American Iron Works, where he remained three years and then came to Ohio, working at his trade in various places when opportunity offered. He then became connected with the house of G. M. McKelvey & Company, at Youngstown, with which he remained for twenty-five years, after which he retired from business activity. Although Mr. Davis is no longer concerned in business affairs, he by no means has become a retired citizen in the usual acceptance of the word. He has always taken an intelligent interest in politics, though not an office-seeker, and when he was appointed on May 16, 1905, by Mayor Baldwin, as a member of the board of public safety, the honor came entirely unsolicited. As indicative of the attitude of his fellow citizens and of other. members of the board, he was immediately elected president, and has proved to be the right man in the right place. In 1859 Mr. Davis was married to Eleanor Powell, who was born in South Wales, and they have had four children. The eldest son, now deceased, W. H. Davis, was a man of exceptional ability and a most popular citizen of Hubbard, where he served through three terms as mayor. Mr. and Mrs. Davis's only surviving child is Rev. U. S. Davis, Ph. D., who is now one of the most scholarly divines of the Baptist Church in the United States. He spent seven years at the University of Ohio, two years in the University of Chicago, and one year at the Baptist University at Boston, where he received his advanced degree. He is now in charge of the First Baptist Church at Bloomington, Illinois, and he has been one of the church's lecturers and has traveled extensively in Europe. Mr. Lewis E. Davis is one of the leading Welsh citizens of Ohio. For fourteen years he served as treasurer of St. David's Society, and he also has been treasurer of the Welsh Pioneer Society of the Western Reserve since its organization. Mr. Davis belongs to the 682 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY First Baptist Church, and for years was a member of the financial board. His fraternal associations are with the Knights of the Golden Eagles, St. David's Society, and the Odd Fellows, to which last-mentioned order he has belonged since 1866. ALONZO B. COVER, senior member of the firm of Cover & Haynes, which conducts two separate stores at Poland, dealing in dry goods, boots, shoes, groceries, flour, feed and all commodities except hardware and drugs. is one of the representative business men of this place. He was born in Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, September 14, 1872, and is a son of William R. and Amy A. (Davidson) Cover. William Ramsey Cover, father of Alonzo B., was born at. Fannettsburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1845, and is a son of Jacob and ;Margaret (Dunkle) Cover. Jacob Cover was a son of Abraham Cover and was born and reared in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1852, when he moved to Poland, Ohio, .where he ran a blacksmith shop for many years. Jacob Cover died at Poland in 1884. In May, 1862, William R. Cover, although but little over 16 years of age, enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company D, 88th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the army for four months. Aftet he returned to Poland he clerked in a store for a short time and then decided he would visit some parts of the country he had never seen, and as means to an end, in one summer he assisted in driving 1,000 head of sheep from three miles east of Poland to Rock Island, Illinois. In 1864, he re-entered the army, enlisting in Company D, 155th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served four months. His regiment was at Petersburg, marched through the Shenandoah Valley, and then to Norfolk, Virginia, and City Point, where Mr. Cover was detailed to care for wounded soldiers. After his final retirement from military life, he entered into the oil business at Poland, and two years later accepted a clerical position with Andrew Dickson, whom he bought out in 1872. He ran a general store for the next five years, but as his health failed, he rented and moved upon a farm. Six years later he entered into partnership with J. C. Marshall in a grist mill business, and they ran the Poland mill for three years. Mr. Cover then took the mail route between Poland and Struthers, which he operated for three years, and also hauled freight, passengers and express. In September, 1866, Mr. Cover was married to Amy Ann Davidson, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was reared near Achor. Mr. and Mrs. Cover had four children : Charles D., residing at Poland, married Elizabeth McGill, and they have three children, Nellie Arrel, Blanche and Amy ; Norah L., who married Frank E. Kimmel', residing at Youngstown, has one child, Cecil ; Alonzo B. ; and Clement, who died aged eight months. William Ramsey Cover is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of Lodge No. 403, Odd Fellows, at Youngstown. He has served in almost all the local offices at Poland. Alonzo B. Cover completed his education in the High School at Poland, and then became a clerk for the Brick Store Company, a local enterprise carried on in the same building in which he now has one of his own stores. In 1893 he became a clerk for the Panhandle Coal Company, near Carnegie, Pennsylvania. but returned after one year, to Poland, and soon entered the employ of Fordyce & Company, at. Youngstown, where he remained for almost three years. In 1898 he came to Poland and bought out the Dill & Hultz grocery store, which was in the building now occupied by the postoffice. Mr. Cover carried on business there for one year and then moved to a better location across the street, and continued alone in business until May I, 1905, when C. T. Haynes was admitted to partnership. Both men are practical merchants and they do a very satisfactory business, as is evi- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 683 denced by their owning and operating two stores. The firm of Cover & Haynes, in addition to their other business, do a large amount of teaming, keeping five teams steadily employed and give work to seven men. They also put up about 200 tons of ice during the season, which is consumed in and around Poland. Alonzo B. Cover was married June 24, 1896, to Margaret Kennedy, who is a daughter of James Kennedy. They have four children : William Robert, Maud May, Margaret Elizabeth and Charles Alonzo. Mr. Cover is one of Poland's substantial citizens and with other property, he owns the residence formerly. the home of the late beloved President McKinley. Mr. Cover is a Knight Templar Mason and is also a member of the order of Maccabees.J JAMES K. MIDDAGH, cashier of the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland, and one of the most influential citizens of the village, was born October 10, 1863. in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Samuel W. and Margaret J. (Kidd) Middagh. Samuel W. Middagh and his wife were both natives of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and were the parents of six children : James K. ; Sadie H., who married James Hughes of Poland ; Attie, who married Alvin Phillips, of Goshen township, Mahoning County ; John \V.. a farmer residing at North Benton ; and Annie and Burt W., the latter of whom is teller and bookkeeper of the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland. Samuel Middagh is still living at North Benton, at the advanced age of 82 years. His wife died in April, 1906. James K. Middagh was less than one year old when his parents came to Mahoning County, in 1864, and located on a farm near North Benton for a short time, after which they removed to the village of North Benton. There he was reared and first attended the district schools, and later a special select school, after which he taught school one term in Smith township, and one in Washington township, Stark County. At the age of twenty years, he came to Poland and entered the seminary, attending for about two years, after which he taught the district school in Boardman township for one year and then two years in the Normal Department of the Poland Union Seminary. After leaving the seminary, in 1890 he entered the employ of the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland, first as teller and bookkeeper, serving first under Cashier Clark Stough and later under Cashier M. H. Liddle, and after the resignation of the latter he was elected cashier. Mr. Middagh was married June 14, 1893; to Sannie M. Hughes, a daughter of James Hughes, Sr., of Boardman township. She died May 20, 1894, when their only child, Margaret Esther, was but two weeks old. Mr. Middagh is a director of the Poland Hardware Company of Poland, which was incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Masons. For many years he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church of Poland, in which he is an elder. ROBERT BENTLEY, president of the Ohio Iron and Steel Company, and also of the Carbon Limestone Company, is one of the leading business citizens of Youngstown. He is closely identified with many of its important interests and may be taken as a typical representative of its commercial integrity. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, August 30, 1854, and is a son of Martin and Mary (McCurdy). Bentley. Extended mention of the McCurdy family will be found in this volume, in the sketch of the late Robert McCurdy, a brother of Mrs. Bentley. The late Martin Bentley, father of Robert Bentley, was the only son of Martin Bentley, cashier of the Western Reserve Bank, of Warren, Ohio, and his wife, Elizabeth Fitch, of New York City ; he was born July 16, 1832, and died April 11, 1862. Like his father, he 684 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY was a man of marked business ability. For a time he was assistant cashier of the Mahoning County Bank, and then a partner in the banking. firm of Wick Brothers, of Youngstown. The mother of Robert Bentley, who was reared and educated in Youngstown, Ohio, is a woman of superior qualities of mind, identified with the various charities of the city, and one of the first promoters of the City Hospital; she was also the founder of the first Woman's Club of Youngstown. She resides at No. 725 Bryan street. Her parents, Dr. Robert and Eliza McCurdy, were born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Dr. McCurdy came to the United States in 1843, and settled on a small farm near Crab Creek, Mahoning County. By his first marriage he had three tlaughters, Isabella, Catherine and Elizabeth, all of whom are now deceased. By his second marriage his children were : Mary, mother of the subject of this sketch; John, a prominent physician at Youngstown; Robert, deceased, a sketch of whom will be found in this volume; William and Thomas H., both deceased ; and Samuel H. The mother of Mrs. Bentley died at the age of 35 years. Four children were born to Martin Bentley and his wife : James, who died in infancy, Robert, Eliza Henry, and John Martin. Robert Bentley was married October 16, 1895, to Augusta F. Zug, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. They have two sons, Robert Bentley, Jr., and Martyn Zug Bentley. Eliza Henry, the only daughter, is a graduate of Vassar College, and for two years was a teacher in the Rayen School at Youngstown. She is identified with the development of institutions connected with the welfare of the city. She married Rev. 0. V. Stewart, a prominent Presbyterian minister, who died November 12, 1894. Their two sons are : Robert Bentley Stewart and James Wilbur Stewart. John Martin, the youngest son, is assistant auditor of the Carnegie Steel Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and resides in that city, together with his wife and two children, Harry Bentley and Josephine Bentley. The family belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Socially prominent, their beautiful home at No. 718 Wick Avenue, is one of the most hospitable in the city. In political sentiment, Mr. Bentley is a Republican. JOHN ALFORD DAWSON, who fills the important position of butter-maker for the Petersburg Creamery Company, one of the most successful industries of Mahoning County, in its line, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania; January 8, 1875, and is a son of Daniel D. and Sarah J. (Cochran) Dawson. Robert Dawson, the grandfather of John A., was born in England and with his three brothers emigrated to America, settling first in Maryland and later removing to Smith's Ferry, on the Ohio River. in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Daniel D. Dawson was a farmer in Beaver County. He married Sarah J. Cochran, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of the following children : Robert, residing in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Jennie Speerhas, residing at Industry, Pennsylvania ; John A.; Reed R., residing at East Liverpool, Ohio and Howard and Eva, both residing at home. John A. Dawson was reared on his father's farm, and obtained his education in the public schools. When about 22 years of age he went to work at butter-making at Goldendale, Lawrence County, where he remained for about two and one-half months, and then decided to adopt this calling as a profession, and with this end in view he took a six-weeks' course in a dairy school connected with the Pennsylvania State College. He then returned to Goldendale for four months more, when he accepted a similar position at Neshannock Falls, Where he remained four and one-half years, going then to the Poland Creamery Company, as chief butter-maker, remaining with that organization until April 1, 1903, when he came to Petersburg as butter-maker for the Petersburg Creamery Company. The Petersburg Creamery Company has been in business since about 1897, and has AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 687 been a successful enterprise from the beginning, paying a dividend of 4 per cent the first year, and subsequently has paid as high as 40 per cent. The creamery has at present ninety-two patrons, and the product is sold at Beaver Falls, Sewickley, Allegheny City and Pittsburg, while the buttermilk is sold at Youngstown. The creamery has a record of disposing of 18,492 pounds of butter in a single month, and in 1906, at an average price of 28 cents, the output was 114,265 pounds. During the same year 2,392,900 pounds of milk were received. The receipts are correspondingly large. one shipment to one firm in July, 1907. bringing- in $2,073.35. The officers of this successful industry .are: William Strohecker, president William Johnston, vice-president; William McCalla, secretary and manager and John Hope, treasurer. The board of directors is made up of the officers and three other capitalists : William Schnabel, Charles Seiter and E. C. Brungard. John A. Dawson is butter-maker. On November 8, 1899, Mr. Dawson was married to Mary Kauffman, who was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Joseph and Susan (Headings) Kauffman, the former of whom is deceased. They have three children : Sarah Gertrude, born June 11, 1901 ; Edna May, born June 29, 1903: and Jessie Myrtella, born January 21, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Dawson is a Republican. JOSEPH ARREL SMITH, formerly the largest landowner in Poland township. died at his beautiful new home at Struthers, July 17, 1903. Mr. Smith was born September 23, 1838, on a farm in Poland township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and was a son of Robert and Margaret (Smith) Smith, cousins. Robert Smith, the grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, in July, 1765. In 1802 he came with his family to Mahoning County, securing 400 acres of land, a large part of which he retained and deeded to his children. He married Keziah Stewart and they reared ten children. They were typical pioneers and led sober, virtious and industrious lives until they died. Robert Smith the second, the son of Robert and the father of Joseph Arrel, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1802, just prior to the coming of the family to Ohio. He was reared in Poland township, was educated in the pioneer schools and in early manhood was married to his cousin, Margaret Smith, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1808, and who was a daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Arrel) Smith. They had three children, namely : Robert Stewart, who died October 5, 1838; James Clark, who died April io, 1849 ; and Joseph Arrel. The father, Robert Smith, died in Poland township, July 26, 1860, and was survived by his widow until January 3, 1889. The educational advantages afforded J. Arrel Smith in his boyhood were taken advantage of, including some years of attendance at the district schools of Poland township. He was reared to be a practical farmer although he had scarcely reached his majority before he lost his father, and on this account heavy responsibilities rested upon him at the outset of his career. This included the management of the large estate which had been left to his mother by her brother, James Smith, who had been a heavy landowner in Poland township and who had died unmarried. At the death of his mother Mr. Smith came into entire possession of the large property he had managed for years. He was an extensive agriculturist and a very successful stock-raiser, although he confined his efforts mainly to the management of the different farms, employing skilled labor to operate them. He continued to reside in Poland township until 1900, when he removed with his family to Struthers, taking possession of a commodious and comfortable residence there. Mr. Smith was identified with a number of Struthers' enterprises, being vice-president and a director of the Struthers Bank, and had longer life been given 688 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY him, would have undoubtedly still further demonstrated his business ability in the promotion of many other commercial concerns. On May 22, 1862, J. Arrel Smith was married to Mary A. Gault, who is a daughter of Robert Gault and a sister of John Gault, of whom a sketch will be found in this work. Having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Smith adopted a son, John Galbraith, at the age of five years, giving him their family name. John Galbraith Smith attended the. Wood street school at Youngstown and subsequently was graduated at the Rayen High School, from there being sent to Westminster College, Pennsylvania. He then entered Amherst College, Massachusetts, and after graduating from that old and honored institution of learning, completed his law course at Columbia University, at New York, and is now a prominent practicing attorney at -Warren, Pennsylvania. He married Kate Brown, Who is a daughter of Judge Brown of Warren, and they have two children. William Galbraith and Richard Galbraith, both sons perpetuating their father's former name. Mr. Smith's large landed interests as well as business connections had made his name a familiar one all through Mahoning County, while her sterling qualities of mind and heart. as shown in domestic life and social intercourse, had secured him the respect as well as the esteem of all with whom he was brought into contact. He was a liberal member of the United Presbyterian Church at Struthers and at the time of his death was serving as church treasurer. A portrait of this worthy citizen accompanies this article. HARRY BONNELL, one of the well-known citizens of Youngstown, who for many years has been identified with the iron and coal interests of this section and has been secretary of the Gomersal Coal Company, Limited, belongs to a family which has been very conspicuous for its connection with the great industries of this locality. He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, September 19, 1855, and is a son of Joseph Fearnley and Alice Elizabeth (Duffill) Bonnell. Further mention of this prominent family may be found elsewhere in this volume. Harry Bonnell was given a good literary training in the excellent schools in Yorkshire, and then learned the textile-fabric trade. He continued with his father, managing his interests for some time prior to the latter's death, after which he came to the United States. Settling at Youngstown, in 1881, he here found no opening in his trade, but succeeded in obtaining employment with an iron company at Girard. Ohio. Soon after he became connected with the Mahoning Valley Iron Company, with which he remained until it was absorbed by The Republic Iron & Steel Company, and for several years thereafter. Mr. Bonnell, in addition to his other interests, represents the Securities Corporation, Limited, of Mexico and the United States. Mr. Bonnell was married in June 1880, to Isabel Storey, a daughter of Captain Storey of the Merchant Marine Service, of Great Britain, who died shortly afterward, aged 23 years. After locating at Youngstown and becoming identified with its social life, Mr. Bonnell was married (second), on February 24, 1886, to Annie Mary Arms, a daughter of Charles Dayton and Hannah M. (Wick) Arms. He and his wife have one son. Charles Arms. Their beautiful home is at No. 626 Wick avenue, Youngstown. Politically Mr. Bonnell is identified with the Republican party. With his wife he belongs to the Memorial Presbyterian Church, of Youngstown. JOHN H. SCHILLER, who is the owner and proprietor of the leading drug store at Petersburg, was born on the old homestead in section 35, Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Israel and Helen (Hahn) Schiller. Israel Schiller was born in 1809, in Ger- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 689 many, and was nine years of age when he left his native land to accompany his father, John Schiller, to America. The family took passage on an old sailing vessel that was wrecked on the voyage and touched the coast of Norway, not reaching Philadelphia, their proposed destination, until six months after leaving Germany. The family lived in that city for several years and then came to Springfield township, locating on what is now the Samuel Schiller place, later moving to the Ezra Cipp farm, on which farm John Schiller died. Israel Schiller grew to manhood on that farm and after the death of his father, located on a farm of 8o acres in section 34, which he subsequently sold and bought what is now the Kebler place, but never resided there. He however purchased 8o acres in section 35, which continued to be the Schiller home until the father of John H. retired to Petersburg, where he died in 1892. He married Helen Hahn, who was born in 1815, in Springfield township, she being a daughter of Abner Hahn, who had settled here at an early time. They had the following children : Mrs. Maria Harding, residing in Beaver township; Gideon, a druggist, residing at Pittsburg; Mrs. Kate Penn. residing at Braddock, Pennsylvania; Sevilla, residing at Petersburg; Silas, a physician, residing at Youngstown ; Mrs. Eliza Beight, residing at Petersburg; Ira, who died aged 25 years: Odelia, residing at Petersburg; Tobias, residing in Springfield township ; John H. ; Andrew William, a physician, residing at Salem: and Martha, who died in infancy. As will be noted, a number of the sons chose a professional career. John H. Schiller was reared on his father's farm and attended the local schools and later spent two years in the New Castle schools. When he came to choose a calling in life, he decided to adopt that of a pharmacist, and with that end in view he was thoroughly educated in that line at the Chicago Institute of Pharmacy, following which he entered the drug store of his brother Gideon, at Petersburg. This drug business is one of the oldest in this section, having been established by Martin Van Buren King, now a resident of - 36 - Canfield, who disposed of it to other parties prior to its purchase by Dr. Gideon Schiller. John H. entered the store as his brother's clerk, in 1875, and three years later became his partner, and in 1898 he became the sole owner He has given his sole attention to the drug. business and enjoys the confidence which he is. entitled to by his experience as a pharmacist. On February 18, 188o, Mr. Schiller was married to Elizabeth Knesal, who was born at Petersburg, and is a daughter of J. G. Knesal. They have had three children : Gertrude L., deceased, who was born April 4, 1881 ; Carl S., who was born June 7, 1884; and Richard H., who was born August 27, 189g. Mr. Schiller and family belong to the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Democrat. SETH H. TRUESDALE, M. D., or, as he is known to many of the older residents of Mahoning County, Captain Truesdale, was born in the village of Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he resides, June 20, 1843, and is a son of Joseph and Eliza (Hayes) Truesdale, the latter of whom was justly proud of being a cousin of that distinguished statesman, the late President Rutherford B. Hayes. The father of Dr. Truesdale was born in Poland, Ohio, being the youngest member of a family of ten children, born to John Truesdale, who came to America from Ireland, prior to the Revolutionary War. He settled near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and after serving through a part of the Revolution, in the Patriot army, came to Poland at a very early time. He bought land in Poland township on which he lived for several years, when he moved to Austintown, where he spent the remainder of his life. The birth of Joseph Truesdale took place in 1804, and he grew up in this section and subsequently became one of the best known physicians of his time in this locality, practicing in Poland for forty years, from 1831 until his death, in 1871. Two of his brothers, James and John, went from Mahoning County into the War of 1812. 690 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Dr. Seth H. Truesdale enjoyed as good educational advantages as were available at the time of his boyhood, and was a classmate at the Poland Seminary, of. that beloved Chief Executive of the Nation, the late William McKinley. Dr. Truesdale owns the house in which Mr. McKinley's parents lived in those days, and his own home stands next to the residence in which Mr. McKinley lived when he enlisted to enter the Union army. In 1862, Dr. Truesdale also enlisted in the army, entering Company B, 84th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and when he was honorably discharged at the end of his term, three months later, he was but 19 years of age. On June 16, 1863, Dr. Truesdale reenlisted, entering Company A, 86th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as first lieutenant, and on his birthday, June 20, 1863, he was promoted to be captain of this company. His regiment was connected with the Ninth Corps, under General Burnside, and its service was mainly in the vicinity of Cumberland Gap, including its. siege. On February, 1864, he was discharged from his second term of service with honor, and returned to Poland. For several years following, Mr. Trues-dale clerked in the general store of William McCreary, and then moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he lived for eight years, filling the position of cashier of a large wholesale crockery house of that city. While in Chicago `he took advantage of its many educational opportunities and studied medicine at Rush Medical College for one year. Upon his return to Ohio, he entered the Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, where he was graduated in 1876, entering upon practice at Mt. Jackson„ Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He remained there for eight years, but in 1883 he returned to Poland, where he has been actively engaged ever since. He is medical examiner for the order of Maccabees at this point. In September, 1864, Dr. Truesdale was married to Amelia McCreary, who is a daughter of William and Mary McCreary of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. Two children were born to them, Harry and William J., the former of whom died in infancy. William J. Truesdale, whose lamented death occurred May 25, 1895, when but 25 years of age, was a graduate of the Western Reserve Medical College, and was practicing with his father. He was a young man of brilliant parts and attractive personality. The family has belonged to the Presbyterian Church from far back. RALPH URMSON, a representative citizen of Smith township, whose farm of 98 acres is valuable coal land, has been identified with coal mining ever since he has settled on this place. Mr. Urmson was born May 1, 1840, in Brooke County, West Virginia, and is a son of Ralph and Nancy ( Platt) Urmson. The parents of Mr. Urmson were born in Lancastershire, England, and they came to America, with their three children, in 1830, settling in Brooke County, West Virginia. The father there engaged in the coal industry for a time and then moved with his family to Sharon, Pennsylvania, and subsequently some years, was superintendent of a coal bank near Youngstown, Ohio. Both he and wife died at Clarksville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Their surviving children are: Mrs. Hannah Powers, residing in Iowa ; Mrs. Mary Elliott, residing in Iowa; Sarah, Mrs. Amos Loveland, residing in Canfield township, Mahoning County; Mrs. Nancy Thompson, residing at Youngstown; Abigail, Mrs. Dennis Ferguson, residing in Mercer County, Pennsylvania ; George W. and William, both residing in Mercer County ; and Ralph, residing in Smith township. Ralph Urmson was a child when his parents lived at Sharon, for a short period, and later he accompanied the family when his father settled on a farm in Mercer County, where the latter also superintended a coal bank. When 12 years old the family removed to Youngstown township, Mahoning County, where he completed his schooling and grew to man's estate. After his marriage he moved to Clarksville, Pennsylvania. but remained for AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 691 a short time only, returning to Mahoning County and locating in Goshen township. Mr. Urmson remained there for a number of years awl then came to his present farm in Smith township. This land has proved to be of great value on account of the wide vein of coal underlying it, from which is obtained nut, lump and slack coal, of the best grade in each kind that is found in any Ohio field. Mr. Urmson has been mining it ever since he located here and sells at Alliance, Sebring and Beloit. On December 24, 1861, Mr. Urmson was married to Eliza J. Everhart, who was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of George Everhart, formerly a well known citizen of that locality. Mr. and Mrs. Urmson have had six children, namely : Mrs. Olive Thompson, residing at Beloit ; Amelia, wife of Epie Hockenberry, residing at Beloit; Abigail, deceased: Herschel L., residing at Beloit ; Franklin. residing in Smith township and Galileo, also residing in Smith township. Politically Mr. Urmson is a Republican. Although he is now a man of large capital, he has been the architect of his own fortunes and can attribute a large measure of his success to his own industry. He is a man of social instincts and has a wide circle of warm friends. Although a man of business and closely attentive to the same, he greatly enjoys a quiet game of checkers as a recreation, and in. his community has gained a reputation for expertness in this innocent amusement. FRANK L. OESCH, city solicitor for Youngstown, Ohio, and a well known member of the Mahoning County bar, was born in 1870, in Columbiana County, Ohio, a . member of one of the old families of this section. Mr. Oesch was graduated at Mount Union College in 1893 and then taught school for some nine years, utilizing his vacations to advance his knowledge of the principles of law and thus completed his law course. He was admitted to the bar in 1897, and entered into practice in association with the firm of Moore & Kistler. continuing with them until 1901, when the firm became Kistler & Oesch. Ever since attaining manhood, Mr. Oesch has taken a lively interest in politics, voting with the Republican party, and in the fall of 1905 he was elected city solicitor of Youngstown. His administration of the office has been eminently satisfactory. Mr. Oesch is a member of the Mahoning County Bar Association. He is more or less prominent in a number of fraternal organizations, being a Chapter Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. He was reared in the faith of the Reformed Church. JOSEPH LIPPIATT, the senior member of the firm of Lippiatt & Sons, is a prominent and substantial citizen of Green township, who is engaged in farming and also in coal mining at Millville. He was born in the parish of Dunkerton, Somersetshire, England, September 16, 1844, and is a son of Jacob and Hannah (Richardson) Lippiatt. The Lippiatt family is an ancient one in England and can trace a clear ancestral line back 400 years. The parents of Mr. Lippiatt resided through life in Somersetshire, where the father was concerned in the coal industry. Joseph Lippiatt was only nine years old when he began work in the coal mines of his native shire, but later he engaged in newspaper work, eventually owning and operating his own publication, selling out before he came to America, in the summer of 1891. For a short time he was located at Salem, Ohio, but in 1892, accompanied by his family, he came to Millville, where he and sons have become identified both with the coal industry and agricultural development. On March 28, 1865. in England, Mr. Lippiatt was married to Caroline Ashman, who was also born in Somersetshire, England, December 23, 1846, and is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Plummer) Ashman. The seven survivors of the children born to this 692 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY marriage are : Kate, who married Isaac Ford, residing in County Durham, England; Herbert, residing near Denver, Colorado; Ara C., who married John Howells, residing at Millville; Gerald A., residing near Denver ; Jacob R., William A. and Gilbert J., all residing at Millville, associated with her father in business. Mr. and Mrs. Lippiatt united with the Primitive Methodist Church in England, where he served as class leader, steward and superintendent of the Sunday school. In his political sentiments Mr. Lippiatt is in sympathy with the Republican party. He is a man of practical ideas, level-headed in business and frank in his intercourse with those he meets socially or otherwise. SOLOMON LIPP, residing on his home farm of 51 acres of very valuable land, which is situated in section 20, Springfield township, owns also the old John Metzler place, in section 19, which contains about 84 acres, and on both properties he carries on general farming. Mr. Lipp was born September 26, 1850, in Unity township, Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of Philip Adam and Elizabeth (Treiber) Lipp. The father of Mr. Lipp was born in Fellsbach, Wittenberg, Germany, in 1816, and died in Columbiana County, May 29, 1883. He was about 16 years of age when he accompanied his parents, Gottlieb and Argitha (Hite) Lipp, to America. They settled first near New Middletown, but later moved to where Cowden Beight now lives, from which farm they moved on the old Marks place and from there to Unity township, Columbiana County, where the grandparents died. Philip Adam Lipp married Elizabeth Treiber, who was born October 11, 1822, in Staden, Wittenberg, Germany, and was a daughter of Gotfreid Treiber, who came to America in 1832. The children born to Philip Adam and Elizabeth Lipp were the following: John F., born January 2, 1844, who lives in Unity township; Paulina, residing in Unity township, who mar- ried Reuben Yerian; Noah, residing at Youngstown, who was born May 31, 1848; Solomon ; David B., born January 15, 1853, who resides at Malta, Illinois ; Ezra, born March 3, 1855 Anna Dora, residing in Springfield township, with her brother Aaron, was born September 7, 1857; and Aaron, residing near Petersburg, who was born June 23, 1860. Solomon Lipp attended school in Unity township, through his boyhood and has always followed farming as his occupation. When he was 16 years of age he hired his services to the neighboring farmers during the summers and worked at home during the winters and later took charge of the home place, which he farmed for his father for three years, then, after a lapse of two years, farmed the home place another year for his father, and in 1880 he bought his own home place of 51 acres, from George Uebele, his father-in-law. That in far back times this farm was the abode of Indians there is little doubt, as each year Mr. Lipp's modern plow turns up the rich soil, bringing to light relics of either Indian settlement or battle field. He has an interesting collection of arrow heads, skinning knives and other implements known to have been used by the aborigines. On January 1, 1880, Mr. Lipp was married to Fredericka Uebele, who was born on what is now the George Uebele place, and is a daughter of John George and Mary Elizabeth Uebele. They have had three children, namely : Nettie Elizabeth, who was born February 14, 1882, died December 1894, aged 12 years, her death being a' great blow to her parents; Harvey Elmer, who was born September 22, 1887: and Paul Philip, who was born March 18, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Lipp are members of and give liberal support to the old Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, but has never found time to serve in any office except that of school director, and has done that as a public duty. He is one of Springfield township's representative citizens. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 695 WALLACE K. HUGHES, M. D., who is engaged in the practice of medicine at Berlin Center, is one of the surviving professional men who saw long and hard service in the Civil War. Dr. Hughes is well known in this village, for he was born July 18, 1835, and is a son of Dr. James Williams and Paulina Snowden (Brooke) Hughes. The father of Dr. Hughes was one of the pioneer physicians of this section of Mahoning County. Married February 20, 1834, he and his wife reared children as follows: Wallace K., born July 18, 1835 ; Adeline Virginia, born April 2, 1838 ; Elizabeth Hester, born August 23, 1840, and James Brooke, born January 5, 1846. Wallace K. Hughes attended the local schools in boyhood and began the study of medicine with his father. Subsequently entering the Cleveland Medical College, he was graduated from that institution in 1859, and began practice in association with his father at Berlin Center. In the fall of 1862 he was appointed assistant surgeon of the 38th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which he started to join at Nashville, Tennessee, but owing to obstructions on the railroad between Louisville and Nashville, he was unable to do so, and instead reported to General Wright, at Covington, Kentucky, where he was placed on detached duty. During the five months he was stationed at this point he organized what was named the Greenup Hospital, located at the corner of Greenup and Front streets, Covington, Kentucky. From here he was transferred to Camp Dennison, but the situation caused his health to fail and three months later he resigned, and returned home in the spring of 1863. In the following fall, however, he returned to the service and was appointed assistant surgeon of the 12th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, later being made surgeon of the same regiment, and he served in. this position until the close of the war, being mustered out November 25, 1865. He was a member of the command that captured Salisbury Prison, and was with the force under General Stoneman that followed and captured Jefferson Davis. Upon the discharge of the 12th Ohio Regiment at Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Hughes was honored by having some 30 or 35 officers of the regiment present him with a handsome sword, encased in a gold scabbard, as a mark of their appreciation of his services and of their regard for him as surgeon and as comrade. The Doctor values this token of bygone days far above anything in his possession. He has a souvenir of the battle of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in the shape of a tattered green scarf, given him by the woman whose home he turned into a field hospital, which he used as a sash to distinguish him as a surgeon. After his return from the army Dr. Hughes resumed practice with his father until 1870. Dr. Hughes is a valued member of Asher Kirk-bride Post, No. b00, G. A. R., which was organized through the efforts of the late Mrs. Hughes. On May 21, 1863, Dr. Hughes was married to Martha F. Smith, who was born in Berlin township, Mahoning County, Ohio, November 22, 1834, a daughter of Dr. and Louisa Smith. This estimable lady, who was beloved by all who knew her and honored by every old soldier of this section, died in 1890. He has been in the active work of his profession for 49 years. He is a member of Diamond Lodge, No. 136, K. of P., at Palmyra, Portage County, and of Perry Lodge, No. 185, F. & A. M., at Salem, Ohio. A portrait of the Doctor is presented herewith. PYATT W. HUBLER, who has been city clerk of Youngstown, Ohio, since 1903, was born in this city in 1866, son of Abraham. Hubler. He is a grandson of Moses Hubler, who was a native of Pennsylvania and one of the earliest settlers of Mahoning County. Abraham Hubler, father of Pyatt W., was born in 1834, in Mahoning County, Ohio, and was for many years one of the leading insurance, real estate, and loan men of Youngstown. He also took some part in public affairs, serving several terms on the city's board of health. 696 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Pyatt W. Hubler was reared and educated in Youngstown, and early in life engaged in the fire insurance business in his native city. He was also engaged in the fire insurance, real estate and loan business with his father for about fifteen years, subsequently entering the internal revenue office, where he remained employed for about eight years. In 1898 he enlisted in Company H, 5th Ohio Regiment, for service in the Spanish-American War, and was in camp at Tampa, Florida, and later at Fernandina. He was mustered out of service at Cleveland, Ohio, November 5, 1898, and shortly afterwards became assistant to the city clerk under Mr. Davies. On the reorganization under the new code, he was elected city clerk by the city council, and was subsequently reelected for the second term. Mr. Hubler be-belongs to the order of the Knights of Pythias, and was a member of the Spanish-American War Veterans. WILLIAM HOWARD WELKER, a highly esteemed citizen and representative agriculturist of Springfield township, resides on his well-improved farm of 114 acres, which is situated in section 13. Mr. Welker was born on the state line, in North Beaver township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1848, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Davis) Welker, and a grandson of Philip and Kate (Shoemaker) Welker. Philip Welker came across the mountains of Pennsylvania to Ohio and located in Springfield township, on a farm in section 13. now owned by William Howard Welker, his grandson, and adjoining the latter's home farm on the southwest. Philip Welker lived on that property until his death, when aged 8o years. Of his children, the following reached maturity : Peter ; Jacob, residing at Kansas City, Missouri ; John; William ; David : George ; Apeline, residing on the state line in Springfield township, who is the widow of Jacob Fosnot ; and Rebecca, who is the widow of Barnum Pitts. David Welker, father of William H., was born on the old home farm. October 12, 1811, and there grew to manhood. For a brief period he lived in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, just across the line from the home place, but returned when William H. was less than one year old. He was a carpenter by trade and built the house and barn on the old place, on which he resided the rest of his life, his death occurring August 15, 1894. He married Elizabeth Davis, who was born February 4, 1822, and died March 18, 1898. She was born on the same farm as was her son, William H., on which her father had settled in pioneer times. David and Elizabeth Welker had three children : William Howard; Perry W., residing at Alliance, where he is a practicing physician, was born December 22, 1852 and Amelia J., who died September 6, 1896. The latter was born January 30, 1861, and married Frank Z. Sherer. William Howard Welker was reared on the old home farm and was educated in the neighboring schools. He remained on the homestead until 1872, when he purchased 51 acres of his present land, on which he built a substantial two-story house and good barn, and has carried on general farming and stock-raising here ever since, The old home place was owned by his brother and sister for some years after the father's death, but in the course of time it came into the possession of William Howard, by purchase. Mr. Welker takes a great deal of pride in his farming operations and devotes the main part of his attention to them. On December to, 1874, Mr. Welker was married to Emma Martin, who was born in North Beaver township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, about one mile from the present home. She is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Emery) Martin, and a granddaughter of Hugh Martin. who came from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania to Lawrence County, and was a native of Ireland. Samuel Martin was born April 27, 1812, and died at his home in Lawrence County, December 5, 1889. The mother of Mrs. Welker was born October 15, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 697 1816, and died November 30, 1886. She was a daughter of William Emery, who owned a farm adjoining that of the Martins. Samuel and Elizabeth Emery had the following children : Elizabeth, residing at New Castle, Pennsylvania, who is the wife of Jesse Cornelius; James, who died at Mt. Jackson, Pennsylvania, in middle life; Mrs. Mary Dunnon, who died in the same year as her mother and brother; Clark, deceased, who formerly resided in Missouri; Emma; Albert R., residing at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania ; Wesley, residing- at Aberdeen, Washington; and Perry, residing at Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Welker have six children, as follows : William Curtis, residing at New Castle, Pennsylvania, was born September 3, 1875, married Margaret Livingstone, July 3, 1900, and they have one son, William Howard; Perry Howard, who was born November 1, 1876; David Clyde, residing at Los Angeles, California, was born November 23, 1880; Ruby Jane, who was born July 9, 1884; Maurice Eugene, who was born August 3, 1886; and Elizabeth Marie, who was born August 2, 1888. Mr. Welker has always been an active citizen, interested in all that concerns the prosperity of his locality. In politics he is a Republican, but he 'has never accepted any office except that of school director. With his family he belongs to the Westfield Presbyterian Church. WILLIAM A. MORRISON, M. D., the oldest physician and surgeon, in point of service, at Struthers, is one of the leading citizens, being also president of the village council and a director of the Struthers Savings and Bankin g Company. He was born in Lawrence County , Pennsylvania. February 14, 1857, and is a son of James F. and Anna (Mehard) Morrison. Dr. Morrison assisted his father in his general store in the village of Wittenburg, during his boyhood, while attending school, first in the district and later in the local academy, going from the latter to the Washington and Jefferson University, where he was graduated in the class of 1879. Having decided upon the profession of medicine, he then entered a medical college which was a branch of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, where he was graduated in the spring of i881. He came directly to Struthers and entered upon his professional duties which he has continued to perform until the present. He has always been a progressive and enterprising as well as public-spirited citizen. For some years after locating here he operated a drug store in connection with his practice and was appointed postmaster and served as such during the administration of President Harrison. In 1881 Dr. Morrison was married to Mary E. Hazen, who was born at North Sewickly, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. They have two children, Gertrude and Homer. The former married Dr. Charles E. Spring, a rising young physician of Struthers, who is a graduate of the Cleveland Medical College. They have one daughter, Mary Ellen. Homer is a student in the Struthers schools. Dr. Morrison is a member of the Knights of Pythias and is a 32nd degree Mason. MICHAEL DURR, formerly one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Green township, where he died September 6, 1906, was born in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, January 8, 1831, and was a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Snyder) Durr. The father of the late Michael Durr was born in Maryland. In 1804 he came to Ma-honing County, accompanied by his two sisters, and they settled in Green township on the farm of 133 3-5 acres, on which his son Michael died, and which is still owned by his family. The green woods then covered all this land, many Indians still remained in this section of country, and game was abundant. The two sisters of Mr. Durr lived in the 698 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY wagon which had carried them and their effects from Maryland, until the brother could put up a log house, in which they subsequently resided until it was replaced by a substantial frame one. Michael Durr, the elder, married Elizabeth Snyder, who belonged to a pioneer family of Mahoning County. Of their children, two survive, namely : George M., a nonogenarian, residing in Green township, and David, a septuagenarian, living in Goshen township. The late Michael Durr was reared in Green township and during boyhood attended the district schools. He devoted his attention industriously to farming and stock-raising, and left a valuable property to his widow and children he was a man of honest purpose and won the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. On May 18, 1865, he was married to Mary A. Crowl, who was born in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, August 17, 1848, and is a daughter of Emanuel and Polly (Lynn) Crowl. Her father was also a native of Green township and was a son of John Crowl, who was one of the pioneers of this section. The mother of Mrs. Durr was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Durr had four children, as follows : Samuel A., residing in Green township; Lulu R., who married Gideon Klingeman, residing in Milton township; Charles L., deceased and Bert E., who resides with his mother. He was married June I, 1907, to Jennie Mae Carrier, of Deerfield township, Portage County, Ohio, a daughter of Jacob and Jennett (Young) Carrier. Jacob Carrier was a native of Wisconsin and his wife was born in Scotland. He came to America at the age of 12 years and moved into Ohio some thirty years ago. In politics Michael Durr was a Democrat and he served as assessor of Green township. He was a good farmer, one who took pride in improving and tilling his land, a representative citizen, who performed every public duty to which his attention was called, and he was also a kind husband and father. and a helpful neighbor. DAVID HEINSELMAN, president of the board of public service, at Youngstown, an office he has held almost continuously since May, 1903, is one of the reliable and representative men of the city. He was born in 1858, in Trumbull County, Ohio, but has been a resident of Youngstown since he was nine years At an unusually early age Mr. Heinselman became a workman in the rolling mill, where he continued for six months, afterwards resuming his studies in the public schools, and later taking a course in bookkeeping with Miller & Noble. He was then a clerk in the grocery store of Harry H. Hall for several years, subsequently returned to rolling mill work, and for a year was in the employ of Daniel Reeble. After another season in the grocery line, Mr. Heinselman worked for Cartright, McCurdy & Co., in the rolling mills, and from there went to railroading, accepting a fireman's position on what is now the Erie Railroad. Here he remained for six years, being promoted at the end of that time to the position of engineer. He continued in railroad work for about 23 years. From 1894 until 1898 he was a member of the city council, being elected from the Sixth Ward, and for one year he was president of the council. In 1903 he became a member of the board of public service. Thus step by step, through his own industry, energy and perseverance, Mr. Heinselman has climbed to an important position in city affairs, has attained prominence as a railroad man of reliability, and has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. In 1880 Mr. Heinselman was married to Mary A. Gundry, of Trumbull County, Ohio. They have five children, namely : William David, employed in the city engineering department at Youngstown : Frank Albert. who is in the city water works department ; and Ma sena. Charles Samuel and Mary Elizabeth. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. For eleven years Mr. Heinselman was a