800 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY mained for seven years. During all this time he had been quietly laying a foundation for .a business of his own, by frugally saving his money, and in 1897 he bought his present meat business of Frank Leish. That Mr. Frech has met with great prosperity all his fellow citizens know and they unite in saying that it is deserved. There are few men in the town of Loweliville who are better known.. It has always been his custom to look personally after his business. He owns his own slaughter house in Poland Center, and makes a practice of killing and dressing his own meat. His attractive market, with its wholesome cleanliness, invites custom and inspires confidence. In addition to all kinds of fresh and prepared meats, he sells jellies, pickles, fine groceries and canned goods; also flour, feed and hay, the last mentioned products being purchased in carload lots. In 1895 Mr. Frech was married to Ida Baker, a daughter of Lawrence Baker. He and his wife have three children : Annie, John Lawrence, and Oliver. Politically Mr. Frech is a Republican, but has always declined public office. In noting his present position in the business world of Loweliville, it must be remembered that he landed on the American shore almost penniless less than twenty years ago, and that now, through, his own industry, energy and integrity, he has amassed a fortune of not less than $30,000. He is identified with a number of important business enterprises, being one of the leading stockholders in the Cunningham Furniture and Undertaking Company of Lowellville; a stockholder in the great Dold Packing plant at Buffalo, in addition to his banking and private business. He owns the fine block in which his market house is located, several valuable residence properties, together with a number of valuable building lots, at Lowellville. He is a man of public spirit and is always ready to further anything promising to benefit the town or community. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. This biographical article is fittingly supplemented by Mr. Frech's portrait. which appears on an .adjoining page. JACOB HELSEL, residing on a fine farm of 105 acres in Milton township, near the old Blanco postoffice, was born in Berlin township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1862, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Flickinger) Helsel. The grandparents of our subject were Peter and Margaret (Hull) Helsel, who came to Berlin township during the early days, when there were no roads and game was so plentiful that 37 deer were killed by the family in one winter. Peter Helsel died in Berlin township April 6, 1871. Peter and Margaret Helsel reared a family of nine children, all of whom are now deceased. Jacob Helsel, father of subject, was born September 23, 1825, in Green township. Mahoning County, Ohio, and died October 20, 1895, in Milton township, where he located in 1865, and engaged in farming. He was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of Company G, 155th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. and followed the fortunes of the regiment during its four months' term of enlistment. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio. He was a Democrat in politics. Elizabeth Helsel, mother of our subject, was born February 7. 1826. in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is the only living member of a family of to children born to John and Elizabeth (Barnhardt) Flickinger. Her parents were both born in Springfield township, where they were always engaged in farming. Jacob and Elizabeth Helsel had three children : Levi, residing in Michigan; William, deceased, and Jacob. Jacob Helsel was reared on the old home farm, on which he resided all his life. He was married in 1896 to Emma Renkenberger, a native of Mahoning County, who is a daughter of Lewis and Susan (Felnogle) Renkenberger, the former of whom was born February 5, 1827, in Beaver township. Mahoning County, Ohio, and died in Milton township, January, 1894. The mother of Mrs. Helsel was born in December. 1829, and died August 3o, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Helsel have four children : Homer, Oliver, Theodore and Clyde. Politically. Mr. Helsel is a. Democrat. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 801 M. OBENDORFER, president of the M. Obendorfer Company, merchants, at Youngstown, was born in 1859, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Tobias and Elizabeth (Maier) Obendorfer. Tobias Obendorfer, whose death occurred in 1899, was for years one of the leading grocers of Youngstown, his active life covering from 1871 until 1894. He was born in Germany and came to America in 1852, soon locating at Youngstown, where he lived until his death with the exception of two years spent in Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Maier, who was also born in Germany, and they reared a family of nine children, the survivors of the family being: M. O.; John, residing at Central City, Kentucky; William, whose home is in Youngstown ; Mary, who is a widow ; and Catherine, who is the wife of P. J. McFadden. Mr. Obendorfer was just two years old when his parents settled at Youngstown, and when he was 12 years old he went into a grocery store to learn the business, where he remained for three years. In 1874 he entered a printing office and learned to be a compositor, both in German and in English. He worked for six years at this trade, three years. in German offices and three years in English offices. In 1882 his father invited him to enter into business with him and the grocery. firm of T. Obendorfer & Son was organized. The business continued under this management until 1894, when the father retired and the subject of this sketch and his sister, Mrs. Catherine McFadden, ran the business until 1905, when a stock company was organized and incorporated, with a capital stock of $10,000, with M. Obendorfer as president, M. Obendorfer, Jr., vice president, and Mrs. C. McFadden as secretary and treasurer. In addition to this large business, Mr. Obendorfer has been identified with the Youngstown Savings and Banking Company, since its incorporation. He is largely interested also in Youngstown real estate, having many houses and lots, and the company owns its place of business. It is one of the most reliable firms of Youngstown and its members stand very high commercially as well as personally. In 1883 Mr. Obendorfer was married to Margaret Adams, and they have seven children. With his family he belongs to St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He has always taken a good citizen's interest in politics and public affairs and has twice represented the Seventh Ward in the city council. FREDERICK KEELER, formerly one of the best-known citizens of Goshen township, died on his farm in section 7, March 18; 1906. He was born in Middleton township, Columbiana County, Ohio, May 7, 1844, and is a son of George and Tabitha (Addis) Keeler. The parents of Mr. Keeler were natives of Pennsylvania, and from there they came to Mahoning County when Frederick was young, locating on a farm near Damascus, in Goshen township, where they subsequently died. Frederick Keeler was reared in Goshen township and attended the district schools through boyhood. From early years he was accustomed to farm work and grew to understand all its difficulties. He considered the handling of stock a very important and profitable branch of agriculture, and for many years shipped live-stock to different parts of the country. He was also interested in a butchering business, raising and buying fine cattle and stock, and combined his various interests with very satisfactory results. He was probably one of the most extensive stock-buyers of his locality, and he also conducted one of the largest dairies in Goshen township. These varied interests brought him into contact with many people, giving him plenty of opportunity for making business associates, and competitors to weigh him as a man. Their universal verdict was that they desired to do business with him, finding him honest, upright and reliable. On June 7, 1865, Mr. Keeler was married to Sarah Hinchman, who was born January 31, 1846, in Goshen township, and is a 802 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY daughter of Henry and Hannah (Hickman) Hinchman, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey and the latter of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Henry Hinchman came to Mahoning County with his parents, when he was small, they being very early settlers in Goshen township. Mr. an.d Mrs. Keeler had one son, Howard, who was reared and educated in Goshen township, and who now operates the home farm of 80 acres, for his mother. Howard Keeler was married September 26, 1890, to Effie Rakestraw, and they have one son, Loren F., whom his grandfather lived to see, the bright little child having been born August 20, 1902. In his political opinions, the late Frederick Keeler was a Democrat, as is his son. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is his wife, and was always a liberal supporter of the same. As said above, Mr. Keeler was an honest man in business. In his personal relationss, as husband, father and friend, he fulfilled every demand and his death left a blank that can never be filled. JAMES M. McKAY, attorney-at-law, at Youngstown, secretary of the Home Savings and Loan Company, and one of the city's prominent and prosperous citizens, with offices at No. 129 West Federal street, was born in Brookfield township, Trumbull County, in 1859, and is a son of Wyatt and Eliza (Montgomery) McKay. The father, Wyatt McKay, was born in Pennsylvania, but the greater part of his life was spent in Trumbull County, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was considered one of the most successful cattle and sheep men of that county. He died in 1874. His father, Samuel McKay, was born in 1783, in Maryland, but settled in Mercer County. Pennsylvania, in young manhood, and subsequently acquired the farm which became the site of the town of Sharpsyille. The family came to America, originally, from Scotland, settling about 1745, in Georgia. The mother of James M. McKay was born on the old Montgomery farm in Trumbull County, where she died in 1898. She was a daughter of Robert Montgomery, who was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania. His was the second family that settled in Brookfield township, Trumbull County, and the land which he took up now belongs to the McKay family. He served a short time in the War of 1812. The Montgomery family came from Scotland about the Revolutionary period. James M. McKay was reared in his native township and completed his education at what is now the National Normal University of Lebanon. Ohio, where he was graduated with the degree of B. S., in 1880. For several years he engaged in teaching, but in 1882 he entered upon the study of law, with an Illinois firm, but soon afterward came home, purchased his own text books, applied himself diligently and completed his studies with the firm of Jones & Murray, of Youngstown, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1884, and began the practice of law in the following March. For some years Mr. McKay devoted himself entirely to the practice of his profession, but in 1889 he became interested in the organization of the Home Savings and Loan Company. He was one of the incorporators of the company and was elected its first secretary, which position he has held ever since. After the first year he also became attorney for the company. At first the business of the Savings and Loan Company was small and was merely incidental to his general law practice, but gradually it grew until the general law practice was entirely crowded out, and for the past io years Mr. McKay has devoted himself exclusively to the interests of the company. He is also interested in real estate on his own account. In 1885 Mr. McKay was married to Alice Ray], who is a daughter of Isaiah Rayl, of Wayne County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McKay have two sons, viz. : Russell J., who was graduated from the Rayen High School, in 1907, and Raymond C., who is a student in the same institution. Mr. McKay was reared in the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 803 faith of the Presbyterian Church, the Clan Mackay, from which he is descended, having been the first of the Highland clans to embrace Protestantism, at the time of the Reformation. After his marriage, Mr. McKay united with the First Baptist Church at Youngstown, and is a member of its hoard of trustees. He is a member of Clan McDonald, a noted Scotch organization. JO V. CALVIN, manager of the Canfield Milling Company, at Canfield, is one of the representative business men of this city. He was born at Annapolis, Crawford County, Illinois, March 27, 1874, and is a son of Allen and Julia (Reese) Calvin. Aaron Calvin, the great-grandfather of Jo V., was one of the first settlers in Greenford township, Mahoning County, where both he and his son, Robert Calvin, became men of substance and left numerous descendants. Allen Calvin, son of Robert and father of Jo V., was born in Greenford township, Mahoning County, Ohio, October 1, 1843, and died at Canfield, November 19, 1905. He continued to assist his father on the home place until about 20 years of age, when he went to Crawford County, Illinois, and after working for a short time in a grist mill at Annapolis, he acquired the ownership of the mill, which he continued to operate for Jo years. After selling his milling interests in Illinois, he removed to Canfield, where he entered into partnership with Joseph Stafford and subsequently purchased Mr. Stafford's interests and conducted the mill alone for a number of years, retiring from business about two years prior to his death. Allen Calvin was married (first) in Illinois, to Julia Reese, who died in 1874, having been the mother of three children, namely : Cora. who died aged five years; Eva L., who married Judge J. C. Ewing. of Youngstown; and Jo V. Allen Calvin married (second) Mrs. Mary E. (Frethey) Fowler. who was the widow of John Fowler. She still survives. Jo V. Calvin was but eight months old when his mother died and he lived with his paternal grandparents until he was six years old. The death of these relatives at this time, within two weeks of each other, placed him again under the care of his father, who settled then in Canfield township. He was educated in the Union School and the Northeastern Ohio Normal College, and then entered into business, first with the firm of Weil & Heiney, merchants, at Youngstown, and later was in the office of the Brown-Bonnell Company for one year. From there he entered the employ of the Bessemer plant of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, on its first day of business, as a scaler, and was gradually promoted until when he resigned he was head shipping clerk. He then went to Ensley, Alabama, near Birmingham, and worked three and one-half years for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company, having charge of both the shipping and production. In the fall of 1906 he returned to Canfield, called here by the death of his father, and took charge of the mill, of which he is part owner. The Canfield Milling Company took the place of an old mill business which had been operated here for a number of years before Mr. Allen Calvin purchased it and to the latter belongs the credit of its present fine equipment, including the roller process machinery. The output of this mill bears the Purity brand, and includes flour, graham flour, whole wheat flour and corn meal, and its capacity is 6o barrels every 24 hours. The head miller, Andrew M. Harroff, was born in Ellsworth township, Mahoning County, September 26, 1854, learned the milling business with Allen Calvin and has been with this company for 15 years. On April 12, 1889, Mr, Calvin was married to Mary Arnold, who is a daughter of William and Sarah (Armstrong) Arnold, and they have one child, Lee Edwin. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin belong to the Presbyterian Church. In addition to his milling interests, Mr. Calvin owns a large farm and stock in the Calvin-Ewing Oil Company, of Illinois. Politically he is a Democrat and fraternally is an Odd Fellow and an Elk. 804 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY S. G. PYLE, a director of the Home Savings and Loan Company of Youngstown, and one of the city's most prominent citizens, was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Mr. Pyle was reared in Pennsylvania where he remained until 17 years of age, when he came to Youngstown and served a four-year apprenticeship to the pattern making trade. He then worked in Cleveland for about one year, returning to Youngstown in 1877, where he was engaged as pattern maker for the Brown & Bonnell Company, and had charge of the pattern department until 1905. Since that time he has been employed by the William Tod Company. For 15 years Mr. Pyle has been a director of the Home Savings and Loan Company, and is a member of the board of appraisers of Youngstown. Mr. Pyle was married, in 1875, to Pluma Combs, a daughter of Moses Combs, one of the pioneers of Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Pyle have the following children : Clarence R., Florence, Harvey H., Herbert, Bessie, Ralph, Lloyd, and Wilbur. Mr. Pyle is a member of the First Baptist Church of Youngstown. HENRY M. GUNDER, who owns an excellent farm of 65 acres, situated in Goshen township, near Patmos, carries on a successful blacksmith business in the village, where he is one of the representative men. He was born April 6, 1860, in Goshen township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Nelson K. and Elizabeth. (McKim) Gunder. Nelson K. Gunder, father of Henry M., has been engaged in the blacksmith business at Patmos for over a half century, and although he is now in his 72nd year, can still operate his forge and attend to the work of the shop with more efficiency than many half his age. He served three years as a soldier in the Civil War, and had five brothers who were also in the Federal army. Taking the sum of their years of service, it amounts to full 20 years, proving the loyalty of the Gunder family without chance of dispute. Nelson K. Gunder is a Republican in politics and has served as a trustee of Goshen township, and for a period of six years was an infirmary director in Mahoning County. He is one of the most highly respected citizens of Patmos. Henry M. Gunder was taught his business in his father's shop, beginning to work at the forge while still a boy, going to school. He and one sister, Edna M., who is the wife of Joseph Henry, residing at North Benton, Ohio, are the only survivors of his father's family. For a number of years he has been proprietor of his own shop at Patmos, and is known to almost all citizens for miles around. In addition to working at his trade, he keeps his farm well cultivated. Henry M. Guilder married Sarah Williamson, who is a daughter of the late Mahlon Williamson, of Salem, Ohio. They have four children, namely : Zella E., who married Joseph P. Maris, residing in Goshen township; Lena F., who married Raymond Hack, residing at Berlin Center ; Edith M., who is a student in the Canfield Normal School; and Helen E., residing at home. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen township, in which Mr. Gunder has been a class leader for the past 18 years, and is also a member of the board of trustees. In politics, he is identified with the Republican party, and has been a useful member of the Goshen Board of Education, and for two years served the township as assessor. JAMES H. BENNETT. The excellent farm of 106 acres, which is owned by that well-known citizen of Goshen township, James H. Bennett, lies in section 17 and is a valuable property, on the improvement of which Mr. Bennett has expended considerable money. He belongs to an old Ohio family and was born in Columbiana County, April 9, 1830, and is a son of Elijah and Susanna (Ekert) Bennett. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 805 The parents of Mr. Bennett were born in New Jersey, and they came to Columbiana County and settled as pioneers, at a time when the present beautiful little city of Salem consisted of but a few straggling log houses. Of their children, the two survivors are : James H. and Lucy E., the latter of whom is the widow of John Patterson. She is now in her 87th year and resides at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Jolly, of Goshen township. James H. Bennett was reared to maturity in Columbiana County, and received the usual district school education of his clay. He grew up on a farm and from boyhood was trained to agricultural pursuits, which, from choice, he has followed ever since. He remained in his native county until some time after marriage and then moved to Wisconsin, but one year later returned to the vicinity of Salem. Mr. Bennett remained in Columbiana County until 1876, when he settled on his present farm in Goshen township. On May 6, 1852, Mr. Bennett was married to Mary Mathias, who was born January 9, 1832, in Cumberland County, Maryland, and is a daughter of Henry and Barbara (Hyser) Mathias. Her parents were both born in Maryland, but her grandfather. Frederick Hyser, was born in Germany. Thy. Hyser family has a fine military record. During the Revolutionary War the grandfather of Mrs. Bennett fought in the Patriot army, under General Washington ; an uncle, Frederick Hyser, was a soldier in the War of 1812; and a brother, Edward Hyser, residing at Springport, Jackson County, Michigan, fought through many battles in the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have four children, namely : Susanna, who married John Jolly,• residing in Goshen township; James E., residing at Akron; Ernest A., deceased; and Eva, who married George H. Chamberlain, residing in Allegan County, Michigan. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Bennett is a Democrat. He has always been a man of great industry and what he owns he secured through his own efforts, ably assisted by his estimable wife. HENRY D. SMITH, a well-known general merchant of Lowellville, and president of the Lowellville Savings and Banking Company, was born April 14, 1856, at Lowellville, Ohio, and is a son of Henry and Anna M. (Dutterer) Smith. Henry Smith, father of Henry D., was. born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and was a son of Peter Smith, who came from Eastern Pennsylvania to Springfield township. Henry Smith was reared on his father's farm and assisted with the work for many years, after which he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until he removed to Lowellville, where he engaged in the grocery business, occupying half of the building in which. Henry D.. Smith is now located, 'and was operating a general store at the time of his death, in 1871. He was postmaster of Lowellville. some time between 1856-60. Henry D. Smith was reared in Lowellville, where he obtained his education in the common schools. In 1874, after the death of his father, he took a course in a business college at Cleveland, after which he worked for eight years in a wholesale shoe house, but returned to Lowellville in 1882, and purchased the general store which his mother and sister, Mrs. Mary E. Erskine, had established during his residence in Cleveland. He has since been engaged in operating this, carrying a full line of merchandise, including groceries, boots and shoes, dry goods, etc. He is also president of the Lowellville Savings and Banking Company, which was first established in 1905, by capitalists of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and was then known as the Lowellville Bank. It was reorganized into a stock company in 1906, with the following officers :. H. D. Smith, president; John Frech, vice president; and John F. Taylor, cashier. Mr. Smith was postmaster of Lowellville for four years. during President Cleveland's first administration, and was mayor of this enterprising little-city for one year, the first incumbent of the office, and was elected in 1890 on an independent ticket, although politically he is an adherent of the Democratic party. He served two 806 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY terms as village treasurer, and was also a member of the town council for one term. Mr. Smith owns a fine farm of 8o acres in Mahoning township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, which he rents. Fraternally, Mr. Smith is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Smith was united in marriage, in 1887, to Edna A. Miller, a daughter of F. C. Miller, a prominent farmer residing near Edinburg, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Frieda M., who graduated from the Lowellville High School in 1905, and at the Rayen High School of Youngstown, Ohio, in the class of 1907; Julia Grace, who graduated from the Lowellville High School in the class of 1907; Henry M., and Anna E. RICHARD LLOYD, JR., residing on a well-improved farm of 146 acres, in Austintown township, owns also 34 acres of the old homestead farm at Mineral Ridge. He was born May 25, 1866, in the log house still standing on the township road, between Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Ohio, and is a son of Richard and Anna (Davis) Lloyd. The parents of Mr. Lloyd were born in Wales, but they were married in Pennsylvania. The father worked in the coal mines in his native land, and for some years followed the same occupation in the coal fields of both Mahoning and Trumbull counties. He settled at Mineral Ridge, on the county line, before the railroad was built, and both he and wife still reside in their home there. They had eight children and the following reached maturity : James, deceased; Richard; Mary, who married George Tompkins; and Elizabeth, who is a teacher in the High School, at Niles. Richard Lloyd, Jr., is one of the self-made men of this section, who through energy and industry has acquired property and become a representative man of his township. He enjoyed few educational advantages in his boyhood, as he entered the mines when very young, where he continued to work until he was 19 years of age, when he entered the butcher shop of J. B. Whiteman, at Mineral Ridge. During the time he remained with Mr. Whiteman, learning the trade, he went to school a part of each week. Mr. Lloyd worked at the trade in Pennsylvania for a time and then returned to Mineral Ridge, and shortly afterward entered into business for himself. He already owned a horse and easily borrowed a wagon, and with his capital of $14, he bought a side of beef and peddled his meat through the country. He proved to be a good business man and in a short time began to buy cattle, purchasing from his neighbors in the county, and after his marriage, when he turned his attention to farming. he disposed of his meat shop at Mineral Ridge, but for a considerable period continued to run his wagon through the neighborhood, where he had many customers. Mr. Lloyd still owns "Fan," the faithful and intelligent little mare with which he went into business, but her day of usefulness is over and she has an easy time in the pasture. Not only Mr. Lloyd, but also his neighbors. consider her a very remarkable animal. In the days when Mr. Lloyd did a great deal of cattle-buying, all he had to do was to fasten his purchase to the intelligent animal and she would conduct it safely to his home without his attendance or guidance. Mr. Lloyd's first purchase of land was 34 acres of his present farm, which he secured from Alexander Mowery, and to this e confirmed to add at various times as his means permitted. In July, 1905, e bought m00 acres from Mrs. Ann Herbert. He carries on general farming, having a contract with a practical farmer, who does the actual work. On December 18, 1889, Mr. Lloyd was married to Margaret Paynter, who was born December 2, 1864, at Mineral Ridge, and is a daughter of George and Anna (Williams) Paynter. George Paynter was born in England and lived to the age of 84 years. He was an early settler in the township and for many years followed market-gardening, making a specialty of onions, succeeding in raising more to the acre. according to the statistics of the American Agriculturist, than any other farmer in this section, at that period. He married Anna Williams, who was born in Wales, and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 809 lived to the age of 74 years. They had seven children, namely : Joanna, who married David James; Elizabeth, who married Isaac Wilcox; Jennie, who married Morgan W. Jones ; Mary Ruth, who became the wife of William Bowman; Margaret ; Rachel Vanceline, who married Walter Thornton; and Robert George. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have had six children, as follows : Anna May, Philip Armour, George Richard, Josephine, deceased; Paul Dewitt, and Kenneth Merlle. Mr. Lloyd is one of the leading Republicans of his township and has taken an active interest in public matters and has frequently served on the school board and as road supervisor. He belongs to Lodge No. 497, Odd Fellows, at Mineral Ridge, of which his father is a charter member. GUSTAVE V. HAMORY, president and sole owner of the International Bank, at Youngstown, Ohio, and also proprietor of the steamship agency which represents all the leading lines to all the maritime ports of the world, is a prominent and valued citizen of Youngstown. He was born in Hungary, on June 2, 1869, and is a son of Paul and Clements (Kacziany) Hamory, who had a family of five children. Mr. Hamory remained in his own country until 1885, when he came to America and located at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. His educational ability secured him a position as clerk in a bank in that city, where he learned American methods, and where he continued until 1894. He then removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in business as a coal operator. In 1900 he came from there to Youngstown. Shortly after arriving here Mr. Hamory organized the International Bank, which issues drafts and money orders to all parts of the world, buys and sells foreign money, steamship and railroad tickets at lowest rates, and makes collections of estates and other claims a specialty. Mr. Hamory also established a steamship agency and represents these leading lines of ocean travel : Hamburg-American, Red Star, American, Holland-American, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique and North German Lloyd, Mediterranean Express Service, Navigazione Generale Italiana and La Veloce. The main office of Mr. Hamory is at No. 17-19 North Phelps street, Youngstown, he having a branch office at Sharon, Pennsylvania. Here he is at present erecting the most elaborate office building in Sharon, with fifty-four office rooms, in addition to his bank, and two store rooms, it being on the corner of State and Dock streets. He is also erecting at East Youngstown a handsome, two-story building of brick and stone, to be used as the People's National Bank. His business requires the employment of twelve clerks in his establishments. Mr. Hamory married Mary Belzer, and they have three interesting children : Theodore, Julia and George. The handsome family residence is situated at No. 403 Madison avenue. The family belongs to the First Presbyterian Church, and also the Hungarian Presbyterian Church on Mahoning avenue. Fraternally Mr. Hamory is an Elk, and politically he is identified with the Republican party. The publishers take pleasure in presenting with this sketch a portrait of Mr. Hamory, and also a view of his bank on North Phelps street, Youngstown. MYRON E. DENNISON, cashier of the First National Bank of Youngstown, with which institution he has been identified since 1880, is one of the city's prominent and influential business men, and was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1862. Mr. Dennison came to Youngstown with his parents, when three years of age, and he has been connected with the banking interests ever since the beginning of his business career. In 1880 he entered the employ of the 810 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY First National Bank as messenger boy, two years later he became teller, and had charge of that work until June, 1896, when he became cashier, which position he has since retained. Mr. Dennison is also director and vice president of the Wilkins Leonard Hardware Company, is secretary and treasurer of the Central Store Company, and is also interested in other business enterprises. Mr. Dennison was married in 1888 to Anna C. Slosson, of Youngstown, and they have two children : Martha and David. He is connected with the Westminster Presbyterian Church and is a member of the Session of that church. Mr. Dennison. was a member of the city council for four years, elected from the First Ward. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association, the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, the Youngstown Association of Credit, the Youngstown club and of the Ma-honing Golf club. ELMER RUSH LYNN, who is engaged in general farming and dairying in Canfield township, owning 250 acres of land, was born November 23, 1865, on his present farm, and is a son of Hiram and Rachel (Mocherman) Lynn. The great-grandfather of Elmer R. Lynn was born in 1802, and came from Pennsylvania to Ohio after his marriage, settling in the wilderness, in Canfield township. He erected a log cabin and began clearing the land, residing here until his death. He was the father of seven children : David, John, Mary, Betsy, George, Levi and Philip. The only survivor of the family is Mary, who is the widow of Nathan Hartman, and is one of the oldest residents of Canfield township. Capt. John Lynn, grandfather of Elmer R., was born on the home farm, on which he passed all his subsequent life, clearing the greater part of the land, and becoming a well-known farmer and stock-raiser. He married Sophia Nickum and they reared two children : Hiram and Anna Mary, the latter of whom married Noah Lynn, and resides at Youngstown, Ohio. John Lynn died on this farm, March 24, 1885, at the age of 74 years. Hiram Lynn was born on the old family homestead, February 7, 1837, and, with the exception of two years, spent his entire life on this farm. He obtained his education at the Canfield Academy, after which he taught school for many terms in Canfield township, and then settled down to farming. He was a stanch Democrat and served for several years as township trustee and as justice of the peace. He married (first) Rachel Mocherman, who was born August 7, 1842, in Jackson township, and died January 5, 1876. Her father was Abraham Mocherman, who was an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of Jackson township. There were four children born to the parents of our subject : Elmer, Ward D., Jay Elwood, and Orman Allen. Hiram Lynn married (second) Catherine Kyle, a daughter of Robert Kyle. There were no children born to the second union. Hiram Lynn died March 1, 1888, but his. widow still survives. Elmer Lynn attended the district schools of Canfield township and continued to live at home, and as he was the eldest son, the greater part of the overseeing of the farm work fell to him. Subsequently he purchased 16o acres from his father's estate, and resides in the large eight-room residence which was erected by his father and grandfather. The large barn and other buildings Mr. Lynn erected himself, the old barn which was on the place when he bought it, having been destroyed by lightning. His second farm, which he purchased from the Canfield heirs, lies about one-. half mile from Canfield, and is used for pasturage, as he keeps between 35 and 4o head of cattle, operates a large dairy and retails butter in Youngstown. Mr. Lynn was married May 20, 1891, to Emma Kyle, who was born August 20, 1870, in Youngstown township, a daughter of Joshua and Candace (Loveland) Kyle, both of whom were born in Mahoning County, and died in Canfield township. She is one of a AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 811 family of four children : Robert, Lulu, Mrs. I. Goodman; Emma. and Charles Clayton. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lynn : Ralph H., Edith and Ward. Mr. Lynn is a Democrat and was elected township trustee in 1902, in which capacity he is still serving, and he is also a member of the school board. Mr. Lynn and his family are all members of the Disciple Church, of which he is an elder. He has always taken an interest in educational matters and was one of the incorporators of the Northeastern Ohio Normal School at Canfield. SAMUEL WEAVER, who has resided on his present valuable farm of 66 acres, which is situated in section 15, Goshen township, for the past 31 years, has been prominently identified with the agricultural, educational and religious progress made in this neighborhood during this period. Mr. Weaver was born in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, October 22, 1841, and is a son of James and Polly (Smith) Weaver. The parents of Mr. Weaver were born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and in 1837, with their two children, came to Columbiana Ccunty. For a short time they lived in the vicinity of Salem, but later settled in Green township, Mahoning County. They continued to reside on that farm for a number of years and then removed to Goshen township, where the father died in August, 1875. Of the children born to James Weaver and wife, the following survive : Caroline, who is the widow of the late Eli Diehl, of Ellsworth township; Elizabeth, who is the widow of the late W. R. Shreve, of Goshen township; Thomas, residing in Green township; Samuel, Peter and Lewis, residing in Goshen township ; and John and Frank, both residing at Dayton, Ohio. James Weaver followed the carpenter trade, making that his main occupation through active life. In politics. he was a' Democrat. He was a man of sterling character and in his death, his community lost a good citizen. Samuel Weaver was reared in Green township and to the public schools there he .is indebted for his education. In large measure, Mr. Weaver is a self-made man, having acquired his property through his own efforts. On March 17, 1867, he was married to Elma E. Stratton, who was born in Goshen township, Mahoning County, Ohio, December 18, 1839, and is a daughter of William C. and Julia A. (Woolf) Stratton, the dormer of whom was born in New Jersey, and the latter in Columbiana County. William C. Stratton was a son of Stacy Stratton, who came to Ohio from New Jersey and settled in Goshen township nearly a century ago. He was one of the earliest pioneers, finding a wild country covered with heavy timber, forests filled with untamed animals, and his only neighbors the Indians, whose wigwams still stood on the borders of civilization. The name of Stratton is found in all the early annals of Goshen township. The children of William C. Stratton and wife were numerous and the following still survive: Elma E., Mrs. Weaver; Mar, tha C., who married David Venable, residing at Salem; Rev. Job L., residing at New Castle, Pennsylvania, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church; George W., residing at Alliance; Preston D., residing at Akron; and Walter S., residing at Sioux City, Iowa. William C. Stratton died May 30, 1875, having been one of the township's most useful men. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a trustee of the Goshen Methodist Episcopal Church for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver have one daughter, Dr. Elizabeth M. Weaver, the well-known oculist, who is in active practice at Akron. She is a graduate of a medical college and has made a specialty of diseases of the eye. Her practice is large and her success unquestioned. Mr. Weaver votes with the Prohibition party. Both he and wife are very active members of the Goshen Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is one of the stewards. He has also been a trustee of the church, class leader, superintendent of the Sunday-school and is a popular teacher in the same. 812 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY HARVEY O. BROWN, general merchant at New Springfield, is one of the leading men of this place, where he has been established in business since 1896. He was born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, July 28, 1871, and is a son of Jeremiah and Sophia (Miller) Brown. Harvey O. Brown was reared on his father's farm and in boyhood attended the district schools. Later he went to school in Canfield and then engaged in teaching in Mahoning County, for four years. He also took a commercial course in Duffy's Business College, at Pittsburg, after which he went to New Cumberland, West Virginia, where he worked for one year in a pottery. After his return to Springfield township he taught school for two more years and then embarked in his present enterprise at New Springfield. Mr. Brown has an immense store, one that would do credit in every way to a large city and does an approximately large business. He began with quarters but one-third the size of his present commodious two-story building, the latter of which he erected in 1905, forced to do so by his rapidly increasing trade. Here he has 55 by 6o feet of space on the ground floor and 36 by 35 feet on the second floor, while in the rear he has a store room for farm machinery which gives 60 by 40 feet of space and in addition he has a large warehouse. All this space is needed to accommodate his large and varied stock of goods, which include dry goods, groceries, hardware, farm implements, buggies, wagons, paints and oils, in fact about everything a rich surrounding agricultural community requires and a critical town taste demands. He runs a delivery wagon and in addition to his own services, requires the assistance of three capable clerks. On August 25, 1898, Mr. Brown was married to Jennie Rinkenberger, who was born on a farm in Springfield township, one-half mile from New Springfield. Her father, William Rinkenberger, resides with Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have five children, namely : Harvey Guy, aged seyen years; Helen, aged five years; Pauline, aged, three years, and Burton Jeremiah and Elbert William, twin sons. Mr. Brown is identified with the Democratic party. For .four years he was township clerk and has served two years as school director. He is treasurer of the New Springfield Butter Manufacturing Company, and is one of its directors. His fraternal connection is with the Knights of Pythias, being a member of Manitou Lodge, No. 383, at North Lima. WILLIAM A. MALINE, senior member of the law firm of Maline & Carew, well-known attorneys at Youngstown, and one of the directors of the Youngstown Savings and Banking Company, was born at Canton, Ohio, September 1, 1852. Mr. Maline was reared at Canton and educated in the public and parochial schools, and spent his earlier years of maturity in clerking and teaching school. In July, 1875, he began the reading of law- with Henry Wise at Canton, and in December of that year was engaged to teach in St. Joseph's parochial school at Youngstown, but the summer of 1876 he resumed his reading law in the office of M. W. Johnson of Youngstown. On March 17, 1877, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of his profession in this city, subsequently forming a partnership with Hon. James Kennedy, the present Member of Congress from this district. In 1882, Mr. Maline was elected city solicitor, and in 1886 was reelected, and served out two terms of four years, during which he proved himself an able advocate of the city's interests. For some time past he has been associated in legal work with George J. Carew as a junior partner. In the summer of 1904, Mr. Maline assisted H. W. Grant in promoting and subsequently organizing the Youngstown Savings and Banking Company and his firm are attorneys for the same. On June 24, 1880, Mr. Maline was married to Mary Louise Rudge, who is the eldest AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 813 daughter of the late George Rudge. Mr. and Mrs. Maline have nine children, namely : Mary Louise, who is a member of the order of School Sisters of Notre Dame; John F. and Paul S., who are civil engineers ; William E., who is a student at Buffalo, New York; Helen, Ruth, Julian, Eugene and Jane C. The family belong to the congregation of St. Columba, at Youngstown. Mr. Maline belongs to the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association and is prominent in the order of Knights of Columbus, being the first grand knight in the State of Ohio: He organized the councils at Cincinnati, Columbus and many other Ohio points, as well as at Wheeling, West Virginia, Louisville, Kentucky, and Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a man of literary tastes and abilities and frequently writes verse which is of a high standard of excellence, many of his productions finding their way to the pages of the magazines. He is one of the trustees of the Reuben McMillan Public Library. BRUCE R. CAMPBELL, cashier and one of the directors of the Struthers Savings & Banking Company of Struthers, Ohio, has been identified with this bank since its organization, July I, 1902. He was born July 13, 1876, in Hazelton, now known as Youngstown, Ohio, and is a son of William and Mary (Pothour) Campbell. William Campbell was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and when a young man came to Youngstown. Ohio, with his father, Peter Campbell, and located on the farm now owned by Bruce R, and other heirs, which is located near Lansingville, in Youngstown township. William Campbell married Mary Pothour, and they had two children : Prosser S., who is manager of the Campbell Brothers Co.. dealers in coal, feed, builders' supplies, stone. etc., who are located on Wilson Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio; and Bruce R., who is part owner of the Campbell Brothers Co., just mentioned. William Campbell died in June, 1903, his wife having died in 1894. Bruce R. Campbell was reared at Youngstown and Hazelton, and attended the schools of Hazelton, and the Rayen High school, of the former place. He assisted his father for some time in the post-office at Hazelton, and later worked in the Youngstown post-office. In July, 1902, he became the first bookkeeper of the Struthers Savings and Banking Company,. of Struthers, from which position he advanced first to teller, and in April, 1905, was appointed cashier, which position he has since, continued to hold. Mr. Campbell was married to Georgia M. Edwards, a daughter of Benjamin. Edwards of Youngstown. Fraternally he is a member of the Masons and the Elks. CHARLES R. WETMORE, whose fine farm of 125 acres is situated in Canfield township, a little more than one mile from the village, was born at Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, December 5, 1852, and is a son. of George and Caroline M. (Crane) (Fales) Wetmore. The grandfather of Mr. Wetmore was Ezariah Wetmore, who was born in Connecticut. In 1798, with General Wadsworth, he came to what is now Canfield township, where they immediately began the survey of the land. He helped to cut down the native forest trees which then stood where the town pump of Canfield is located, and he raised his first crop of wheat, growing it among the-stumps on the present farm of his grandson, Charles R. The family lived in the little log. cabin he erected in this wilderness, subsisting at first on wild game, which was then abundant. In 1820 his taxes, assessed at one cent per acre, amounted to $1.25. On December 23,. 1808, he was appointed by Gov. Samuel Huntington, a lieutenant in the Second regiment, First brigade and Fourth division of Ohio, Militia. His grandson prizes his commission very highly, which was signed and sealed by-the governor, at Chillicothe, which was then the capital of Ohio. When called into action 814 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY in the War of 1812, Lieu tenant Wetmore was chosen as flag-bearer. He married Belinda Sprague, whose grandparents were among the first settlers in Canfield township. She died in March, 1857, Ezariah Wetmore having died in September of the previous year. They had eight children, as follows : Caroline, Harriet, Cornelia, William, Betsey, Sarah, Henry and George, all of whom have passed away. George Wetmore, father of Charles R., was born on the present farm and in the house in which his son resides, January 2, 1822. He carried on agricultural pursuits during his earlier 'years and later, with his brother William, owned and operated an oil refinery in Canfield township, manufacturing oil from cannel coal. They sold their first oil for $1 per gallon and Mr. Wetmore has the primitive lamp in which it was first utilized. The discovery of oil in the ground prevented George Wetmore from making a great fortune, but it in no wise lessens his reputation for enterprise. He was interested also, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Ralph Crane, in the operating of a foundry. He died April 14, 1891. On October 3o, 1851, George Wetmore married Mrs. Caroline M. (Crane) Fales, who was the widow of Orange B. Fales and daughter of Harmon and Harriet (Stilson) Crane. She was born April 16, 1821, in Boardman township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and resides with her son, Charles R. Her parents came to Ohio from Connecticut, in 1800. Her first husband died 20 months after marriage, leaving one child, Orange B., who now resides at Salem, Ohio. George and Caroline Wetmore had two children : Charles R., and Mrs. Hattie B. Kaercher, of Youngstown. Charles R. Wetmore was six weeks old when his parents located permanently on his present farm, on which he has lived ever since. A school-house was situated on the farm and this he attended during his boyhood. He has always carried on agricultural pursuits. In addition, he owns a sawmill and he and son own a threshing outfit. He believes in modern methods of farming and the use of first-class machinery and also in the raising of fine grades of horses and cattle. On his meadows may be seen many beautiful Jersey cattle as well as good horses, it being his custom to winter as many as 19 head of the latter. He has spent a large amount of money in improving his property. His residence was built by his grandfather and he owns the original deed to the land, bearing the date of 1802. On October 2, 1875, Mr. Wetmore was married to Julia Edsall. who was born in the village of Canfield, March 16, 1854, and is a daughter of Orville and Lydia (Ritter) Edsall. Oryille Edsall was born in Canfield township. January I. 1825, and his wife in 1832. They both survive. The children were as follows: Julia, Hiram, Charles H. and Edwin E. Mr. and Mrs. Wetmore have one son Frank Edsall. He married Mabel Haroff, who died April 15, 1903, leaving one son, George O. The latter lives with his grandparents and is a very fortunate youth, having two grandfathers, two grandmothers. two great-grandmothers, one great-grandfather and one great-great-grandfather. This is certainly very unusual and indicates a sturdy race. Mr. Wetmore is a Republican in politics. He has frequently served as school director and for some 23 years has been a member of the Mahoning County Agricultural Society. Occasionally he takes some weeks of recreation in the forests of Northern Michigan and upon his return brings deer and other game as proof of his prowess as a sportsman. GUS A. DOERIGHT, one of the most active business men of Youngstown, Ohio. president and general manager of the Falcon Bronze Company. president of the Youngstown Transfer Company, and closely identified with many other prospering enterprises of this city, was born here, October 26. 1870. From the age of fourteen years Mr. Doeright has been connected with the foundry in- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 815 dustry and he is an expert in brass foundry work. Prior to that age he attended the public and German Lutheran parish schools at Youngstown and thus acquired a good, common school education. He displayed a particular aptness for brass foundry work, and until 1888, he was in the employ of a number of large foundry firms of this city, Claypool & Jones, the Vinton Steel Casting Company, and the Vinton Brass Works. In 1888 he was one of the founders of the Youngstown Brass Works, now the Youngstown Brass and Iron Foundry. On April 2, 1893, in association with the late G. B. Booth, he established the Falcon Bronze Works, on South Phelps street, and on October 1, 1895. the business was incorporated. with John Tod. G. B. Booth, Richard Garlick, W. W. Bonnell and G. A. Doeright. The capital stock at the beginning of the business was $10,000. which. was subsequently increased to $25,000, and the first officers were : G. B. Booth, president; John Tod, secretary and treasurer ; and G. A. Doeright, general manager. On April 1, 1901, the officers were : Richard Garlick, president; John Tod, vice-president ; W. W. Bonnell, secretary ; and G. A. Doeright. treasurer and general manager. On January 1, 1907, Mr. Doeright purchased the interests of Richard Garlick, John Tod and W. W. Bonnell, and has been president and manager of the concern since that date. The Falcon Bronze Company manufactures bronze and brass castings for every kind of machinery, rolling mill brasses, Falcon bronze sheet and tin, mill bearings, vats, rods, bolts, braces, etc. The company requires some 18 skilled employes. In addition to his large interests as mentioned above. Mr. Doeright is .a stockholder in the Morgan Spring Company ; is secretary and treasurer of the Elks Building Company, and is the largest individual stockholder in that fine building; president of the Youngstown Transfer Company ; a stockholder in the People's Amusement Company ; of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, and many others. In 1892 Mr. Doeright was married to Anna L. Evans, who is a daughter of Henry Evans, of Girard, Ohio, and they have one son, Gilbert A. For many years Mr. Doeright has been very prominent in the order of Elks, In 1896 he was the representative of the local lodge to the Denver convention and is past exalted ruler of the Youngstown lodge. He was chairman of the committee and made the first design for the building of the beautiful structure owned by the Elks in this city. His fraternal and social connections in addition to the above, include: a directorship in the Humane Society, membership on the manufacturing committee of the Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the Youngstown Manufacturers' Association, and membership in the Youngstown and the Foraker clubs. GEORGE E. TOBEY, chief butter maker for the New Middletown Creamery Company, of Springfield township, was born in Clarke County, Iowa, January 10, 1876, and is a son of Samuel W. and Sarah Frances (Grover) Tobey. Samuel Tobey, father of George E., was born and reared in Indiana, where the grandfather, David Tobey, resided until middle life, and then moved to Pawnee County, Kansas. Early in the progress of the Civil War, Samuel Tobey enlisted for service in the Union army, entering the 71st Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, later being transferred to the Ninth Cavalry, and after two and one-half years of service was taken prisoner in southern Kentucky, but was released three months later. He subsequently moved to Clarke County, Iowa, where he engaged in farming for some years. He assisted in the operating of the first creamery in Iowa, but an accident, by which he lost a leg, retired him from active life. He married Sarah Frances Grover, who is a daughter of Jacob Grover, who resided in Illinois until early in the 50's, when he started as a pioneer to Iowa. His wife died on the journey. 816 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Samuel Tobey and wife had eight children, as follows : Isabel, who died aged six years; Frank M., residing at Youngstown; Shepard, who died in infancy; Edgar A., a physician, residing at New Bedford; George E.; Effie May, who married Dr. G. I. Armitage, residing at Murray, Iowa; John R., a postal mail clerk, residing at Murray, Iowa; and Arthur J., also residing at that point. George E. Tobey was reared on the home farm in Clarke County, Iowa, and obtained a good, common school education. He assisted his father on the farm and at other work and before he had reached his majority, worked for three years in a drug store, probably with some idea, at that time, of becoming a physician, like his elder brother. However, when 21 years of age, he visited Mountair, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and there worked at butter making until he became an expert. The outbreak of the Spanish-American War changed his future for a time. He enlisted in Company B, 16th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and accompanied his command to Porto Rico. In that tropical island he was attacked by typhoid fever, was sent first to a hospital and then was shipped home on the hospital vessel, the Relief, which landed him safely at Philadelphia. Only those who have endured an experience like this, can fully realize what the fresh air of the North can do in the way of curing tropical fever, and as soon as Mr. Tobey was able he came to Springfield township and accepted his present position, with the New Middletown Creamery Company. Mr. Tobey's knowledge of this industry being both scientific and practical, he is a valuable man to the company. The New Middletown Creamery Company was organized in the spring of 1899, and in its incorporation some thirty-three of the leading men of capital, in this section, were interested. Its present officers are: William Beight, president, treasurer and manager ; and F. E. Faust. secretary. The board of directors include the following well known men : John Zeiger, Frank Myers. Fremont E. Faust, William Welker, William Beight, John Ilgenfritz and W. H. Feicht. George E. Tobey is chief buttermaker and John Ulmer is assistant. The present creamery equipment has a capacity of 125,000 pounds of butter annually. There are some eighty patrons who deliver milk to this creamery. Great care is taken in the handling of the milk and in every part of the building the utensils and apparatus are so constructed that they can be kept in perfect sanitary condition. Mr. Tobey was married at Petersburg. to Bertha Irene Witzeman, who was born at Middletown, and is a daughter of Zachariah and Adelia (Smith) Witzeman. Her father died when she was young and she was reared by her grandparents Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Tobey have four children, namely : Richard J., Gladys, Lillian and Irma. In politics Mr. Tobey is a Republican. In 1906 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace and is still in service, giving satisfaction by his judgments. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Hillsville, Pennsylvania. FRANK JACOBS, a well known attorney at Youngstown. Ohio, was born in this city in the old family home on East Federal street, and is a son of Philip and Sally (Kimmel) Jacobs. The Jacobs family is an old one in Ohio, and was founded by the grandfather, Abraham Jacobs, many years ago. Both parents were born at Youngstown. After graduating from the Youngstown High School, Frank Jacobs entered Hiram College and took a course in general surveying, after which he worked in that profession for some time. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in Ohio, but subsequently entered the Albany Law School, at Albany. New York, where he was graduated in 1877, and was admitted to practice before the New York courts. Not taking advantage of this permission. however, he returned to Youngstown and entered upon the practice of law in his native city, where he has continued atone AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 819 ever since, with the exception of one year. He is widely known in all the courts of city and county and stands with the representative professional men of this section. Mr. Jacobs is a popular member of the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and of the Order of Golden Eagles. He is located at No. 120 Wick avenue. GEORGE WARHURST, residing on his farm, located in section 27, Coitsville township, is one of the well-known and highly respected citizens of this township. He was born September 4, 1836, in Derbyshire, England, and is a son of James and Mary (Pearson) Warburst, both of whom lived and died in England. Mr. Warhurst was reared and educated in his native land, and worked there for some time—at New Mills, near Manchester—as engraver in a calico printer's establishment. He was married in England February 4,1861, to Zilla Godward. In 1868 he came to this country, settling in Poland township, Mahoning County, Ohio. He first worked for four years on a farm for Edward Godward, an uncle of his wife, after which he removed to Coitsville township, residing there seven years. He then returned to Poland township and purchased the farm on which he had worked for four years. It consisted of l00 acres, which he cultivated for three years. after which he sold out and located in Coitsville township on a farm of 77 acres. He remained there until 1905, when he removed to his present home on the Warhurst road. This farm consisted of 77 acres, of which Mr. Warhurst has sold several lots, 67 acres of the tract having been platted into town lots. Mr. and Mrs. Warhurst have had six children, namely : Mary Elizabeth, who married John Siefert of Youngstown and has one child, George. who is also married ; Matilda, who married Reuben Chapman, and has five children; Hannah, who married William Chapman, resides on her father's farm, and - 42 - has five children ; Harriet Ann. who married Harry Diller, died November 16, 1906, leaving one child; Emma, wife of William R. Holland, has two children ; Charlotte, who married R. F. Frutchoy, has one child. Mr. Warhurst is now serving the second of two consecutive terms as trustee of Coitsville township, having several years ago also served two terms in that capacity. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Warhurst accompany this sketch. JONATHAN JACOB MARKS, undertaker and liveryman of North Lima, was born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, April 14, 1873, and is a son of Christian and Caroline ( Rukenbroad) Marks. Jacob Marks, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Germany and after his marriage came to Pennsylvania, and moved from there to Columbiana County, Ohio. He died at the home of his son, in Springfield township. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. One of his sons. Jonathan Marks, was killed in the battle of Murfreesboro during the Civil war. Our subject, in his travels through the south, visited his uncle's grave. Christian Marks was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was there reared to maturity, and then moved to Petersburg, Mahoning County, where he acquired an interest in a saw and grist-mill. He later located on a farm, two miles northwest of Petersburg, living there until his death, in 1895. He married Caroline Rukenbroad and they reared four children : Lillian, deceased, wife of J. M. Felger, residing at Columbiana ; Mary, residing at Columbiana ; Charles T., residing one-half mile north of North Lima ;and Jonathan J. Jonathan J. Marks was reared in Springfield township and there attended the public schools. Early in life he learned the trade of carpenter which he followed some years, a part of the time being located with his brother-in-law at Columbiana. Subsequently he made a trip through the West, residing at Los Vegas, New Mexico, and later on the Apache 820 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Reservation, in Arizona, where he assisted in the erection of the government building at the military post. After traveling through California and Washington, e returned to Columbiana, and in 1901, he came to North. Lima, having in the meantime completed a course in the Champion College of Embalming at Buffalo, New York, under Dr. E. Myers. receiving- a diploma. From the Ohio Board of Examiners he obtained a Class A license to follow his profession, and started up in North Lima, where he commands the larger part of the business in his line. For some years he was interested in dealing in terra cotta building blocks and drain tile, and for one year he was engaged in the manufacture of cement blocks, making- those used in the construction of his fine building, but gave this up, in 1907, in order to engage in a livery business as a side line. He has a finely equipped stable with good horses and up to date vehicles. He is one of North Lima's most enterprising citizens. In February, 1902, Mr. Marks married Minerva Alice Elser, who was born in Beaver township, and is a daughter of Jacob and 'Sarah Ellen (Hadley) Elser, residents of North Lima. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Marks; Raymond Elser, Dorothy Alice, and Florence Roenna. Mr. Marks is a Democrat in national affairs, but is independent in local politics, voting for the man rather than the party. He served as township treasurer for one term. *He is a member of the Mt. Olivet Reformed Church at North Lima. LUTHER EDWARDS WETMORE, a trustee of Canfield township, in which e resides on his well improved farm of 95 acres, is one of the substantial and representative men of this locality. He was born in his present house, in Canfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, April 3o, 1846. and is a son of William and Susan (Edwards) Wetmore. Ezariah Wetmore the grandfather, was the pioneer of the family in Ohio. He came to Canfield township in 1798 and was one of the first to start the clearing of the native forest where the village of Canfield now stands, cutting down the trees where now is located the town pump. He erected a cabin where the well is placed, and the site of the present Disciples Church is where he raised his first wheat crop. among the stumps. His grandson, Luther E., still preserves the sickle with which it was cut. After locating and surveying his land, he returned to Litchfield County, Connecticut, and there was married to Belinda Sprague. whose parents came with Mr. Wetmore and took up land in Canfield township, including the farm which Mr. Wetmore owns. In 1802 the grandparents covered the long distance in a wagon, bringing with them all the household necessities they could. and their whole lives were passed in these wild regions. Ezariah Wetmore was a lieutenant of militia and during the War of 1812, he was flag-bearer of his regiment. The children of Ezariah and Belinda Wetmore were: Caroline, Harriet, Cornelia. Sarah, William, Betsey, Henry and George, none of whom survive. William Wetmore was born December 16, 1814, on his father's farm in Canfield township, where he was reared and which he later assisted to clear. He grew up with strong anti-slavery opinions, and was a trusted assistant in the workings of what was then known as the "underground railway." On one occasion. as he often recalled, a lecturer who was pleading the cause of freedom, at Canfield, was tarred and feathered by those who were not in sympathy with his sentiments. It was William Wetmore who rescued the unfortunate speaker. assisted him in removing the evidence of the mob's violence, and the next day, clad in Mr. Wetmore's best suit of clothes, the unhappy man was taken 1w his rescuer to the Congregational Church. There Mr. Wetmore had the courage to show that he was not afraid to protect the weak and helpless. sand the man was not further molested. William Wetmore. in addition to farming. became interested in leasing coal lands and in manufacturing an illuminating oil from AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 821 cannel coal. This enterprise would have been a successful one had not oil been discovered in the ground about this time. On August 29, 1838, William Wetmore was married to Susan Edwards, who died August Jo, 1890. Mr. Wetmore died May 30, 1892. They had three children : William Waldon, Luther Edwards and Henry P. Luther Edwards Wetmore is the only survivor of his father's family. He was educated in the district schools and at Canfield Academy and was trained to practical farming on the homestead. In addition to general agriculture, for the past nine years. Mr. Wetmore has operated a fine dairy. keeping eleven head of Jersey cows and selling his choice butter to private customers at Youngstown. Mr. Wetmore takes justifiable pride in his well improved farm and fine stock. On April 25, 1883, Mr. Wetmore was married to Harriet Sackett Turner, an accomplished teacher in the township. who is a daughter of Charles R. and Flora J. (Sackett) Turner. They have one son, Phill, who was born April 29. 1884. He has been given excellent educational advantages and is a graduate of the Normal College at Canfield and also of the Ohio State Normal School dairy department. receiving his diploma March 16, 1907. He resides at home and assists his father. Politically Mr. Wetmore is a Republican and since 1904 he has been an efficient member of the board of trustees of Canfield township. In addition to the home farm Mr. Wetmore owns also a farm of 50 acres in Green township. JESSE COOK. whose excellent farm of 42 acres is situated in section 15, Goshen township, has resided in his present comfortable home for over a quarter of a century and is one of the representative men of his neighborhood. He was born November 18, 1844, in Ellsworth township. Mahoning County. Ohio, and is a son of Joel and Keturah Cook. Joel Cook, father of Jesse, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, but the Cooks were originally from New Jersey, where his father, Job Cook, was born and he was a son of a Cook who came from England, possibly before the Revolutionary War. Job Cook was the founder of the family in Ohio, and he came when Salem was but an outpost of civilization and was the home of the wandering Indian. Grandfather Cook acquired 8o acres of good land in Ellsworth township, entering the same from the government, and his son Joel Cook, resided on this place for fourteen years before he moved to Goshen township, subsequently settling on the farm on which his son, Jesse Cook, still resides. Joel Cook continued to live on this property until his death, May 6, 1873. when in his 64th year. He was twice married and of the children of his first union. Jesse is the only survivor. He was married (second) to Esther Mead and there are three survivors of this marriage, namely: Mary E., who married Jeremiah Clark, residing in Smith township; William R., residing at Virginia, Minnesota ; and Elizabeth, who married Charles Blondhem, residing near Alberta, British Columbia. In politics, Joel Cook was a Republican. In religious belief he was united with the Christian Church. Jesse Cook was reared on the home farm in Goshen township and obtained his education in the district schools. From boyhood he was trained in the details of farming and gave his father his help as long as the latter lived. Mr. Cook has spent almost his entire life on his farm, his main interests having always been centered here, but when occasion demanded that he give up its comforts for a time, he did not shirk the duty. In May, 1864, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company D, 143rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during the four months of his enlistment, he did guard duty at City Point and took part in the siege of Petersburg. After his honorable discharge he returned to his home in Goshen township. He is a member of Trescott Post, Grand Army of the Republic. No. 10, at Salem. Mr. Cook was married to Ellen J. Oving- 822 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY ton, who was born in Goshen township, Ma-honing County, Ohio,. where she died April 14, 1905. She was a devoted member of the Bunker Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a woman of beautiful, Christian character, and her death was not only a great bereavement to her husband and children, but to the whole community, where she was universally esteemed. She was a daughter of Bryan and Ann (Mead) Ovington, the former of whom was born in England. Mr. and Mrs. Cook had three children born to them, namely : Howard R., residing at Beloit; Abbie, who married Warren E. Townsend, residing in Goshen township; and Mary C., who married Robert Boyd, residing in Goshen township. In political sentiment Mr. Cook has always been affiliated with the Republican party, but he has never consented to hold any office except that of director of School District No. 5. He is one of the leading members of the Bunker Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. WILLIAM G. CASSADAY, whose fine farm of 106 1/2 acres is situated in Canfield township, about three miles south and west of the village, is one of the representative agriculturists of this section as well as a leading citizen. Mr. Cassaday was born December 5, 1833, in his father's farm-house, which then stood on the present site of the new Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance. Ohio. He is a son of Samuel and Hannah (Scott) Cassaday. The Cassaday family came originally from England to America and the grandfather of William G. Cassaday settled in New Jersey, where his son Samuel was born. The latter engaged in farming and teaming until several years after his marriage, when he decided to migrate with his wife and two children to Stark County, Ohio. The journey was made in a gerat covered wagon and at its termination, a home was founded on the present site of Alliance. right in the midst of the green woods. The family lived in .the wagon until a rude log cabin could be erected, in which they lived for many years. At first Mr. Cassaday supplied his family with wild game with little exertion, but afterward each year found fewer and fewer deer and wild turkey, and in time as the country was settled and cleared, they even became so rare that the sight of a wild creature was a matter of general comment. Mr. Cassaday, in the early clays. made a large amount of maple sugar. In 1850 he moved to Mahoning County, settling on a partly cleared farm of 255 acres, on which he died in May, 1874, aged 75 years. The mother of Mr. Cassaday lived first with her son Joshua a number of years and then with William G., after which she went to the home of another son, Abraham Cassaday, at Alliance, where she died aged 84 years. There were six children born to Samuel Cassaday and wife, namely : Elizabeth, who married William Naylor, both being now deceased ; Mercy, who married Dr. Brenton, both of whom also are deceased; Joshua, residing at Alliance; William Garwood ; Abraham, residing at Alliance, engaged in a drug business; and Sarah Jane, who married Dr. John M. Jennings, of Indiana. William Garwood Cassaday still has very lively recollections of his boyhood which was passed in Stark County. and on many a hot day has ploughed where the railroad station and many of the finest business blocks of Alliance stand. His father at one time owned 255 acres of land which is now of great value, being right in the heart of the city. Like many other early settlers he could not be persuaded that a railroad cut through his land would ever enhance its value, and when he was compelled to submit, he sold his property for a trifle and again made a pioneer beginning in Mahoning County. Before the removal to Canfield township. when William was about 16 years of age, he had attended the old log school which long ago passed out of existence, and later went to school in this section, completing his education at Mt. Union College. Mr. Cassaday then taught school through ten winters and also several summer terms, one winter in Indiana, but mainly in Mahoning AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 823 County. Following his marriage he rented the present farm for several years from his father, later purchasing it by degrees until e came into possession of about one-half of his land. He carries on general farming and raises horses, cattle, hogs and sheep and has been very successful with poultry. keeping some 15o chickens and doing a good business in eggs. The buildings were here when he came but he has rebuilt the residence and added many modern comforts. Mr. Cassaday was married May 21, 1863, to Mary A. White, who was born in Yorkshire, England. 'January 29, 1838, and is a daughter of Joseph and Jane (Mead) White. They came to America in 185o and settled in Goshen township, Mahoning County. Joseph White was married (first) to Sarah Robinson and they had five children : John, Mary, William, Edward and Joseph. He was married (second) to Jane Mead, of which union also there were five children, namely: Matthew, Richard. Frank, Mary A. and Henry, all of whom live in America. He died in Goshen township, in February, 1873, at the age of 87 years. The Mother of Mrs. Cassadav died June 3o. 1895, aged 88 years. Mr. Cassaday has an excellent tenant in Roy E. Williams, who manages the farm. Mr. Williams married Ella Sauerwein and they have one child. Politically Mr. Cassaday is a Republican. Both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Canfield, of which he is a trustee. JAMES E. NEVIN, a leading member of the bar of Mahoning County, and a substantial citizen of Youngstown, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, May 28, 1858. Mr. Nevin was educated in the public schools of Columbiana County. at Mount Union College. Alliance, Ohio, the National School of Elocution and Oratory, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington University, of St. Louis, Missouri. For three Years Mr. Neyin was a successful educator in Columbiana County, principal of several schools, and prior to coming to Youngstown, in 1899, he practiced law at Omaha, Nebraska. He is a man of capital and is interested in a number of mining and producing combines, operating in coal, oil and other minerals. On September 3, 1890, Mr. Nevin was married to Elizabeth Beattie, of St. Louis, and they have three sons, Kirkwood Scott, Robert Beattie and James Edmondson, Jr. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Nevin is a conservative Republican. He retains membership in his college Greek letter society, the Phi Delta Phi. WIRE, WELSH & CO., distillers, at New Middletown, widely known throughout this section of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania., conduct the largest business enterprise in the southeastern part of Mahoning County. This distillery was first started, in 1888. by Solomon M. Wire, William H. Rummel, Francis Marin and Elias Collar, and it was conducted under the firm name of Wire, Rummel & Co., until 1889. It was then changed to Wire & Welsh, with Solomon M. Wire and E. C. Welsh, as owners. It remained such until Duncan Livingstone became a partner, when the firm style was changed to Wire, Welsh &.Co.. under which: it has since operated. although Mr. Wire died in 1903. Mr. Welsh and Mr. Livingstone are sole Owners. The business was started in a small way, being a twelve-bushel capacity a day. When Mr. Welsh became connected with it, it was increased to twenty-five bushels a day, later was advanced to forty-three bushels a day, still later to 85 bushels a day. and it is but a question of still more enlargement, when it will be one hundred bushels a day. Under Wire, Welsh & Co., many improvements were made and improved machinery, in the way of steel worms and other apparatus, was installed. In 1902, the building occupied at present was erected, new warehouses were built and still 824 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY more improved machinery was introduced. The plant is taxed to its utmost capacity at present, but plans are on foot for further expansion. This distillery has fine equipments. It uses a natural gas engine and a 100-horse power boiler and their prouct is double copper distilled. Although many firms falsely advertise their products as so prepared, in fact, this is one of the few firms in this part of the country which employ the double copper distilled process. They have an elevator with 10,000 bushels capacity, and two warerooms, one 76 by 175 feet and another 36 by 105 feet, with a capacity of 5,00o bushels. The brand, Middletown Golden Rye, is well known to the people of this part of Ohio, and is sold within a radius of twenty miles of New Middletown, the demand being so much greater than the supply, precludes the possibility of their extending their territory at the present itime. The fact that Springfield township is the only one in the county not voted dry, speaks well for the manner in which this plant has been conducted. and its importance to the prosperity of the community. JOHN SANZENBACHER, a retired tanner and belt manufacturer of Canfield, Ohio, was born May 5, 1827, in Wittenberg. Germany, and is .a son of Jacob and Barbara (Sugar) Sanzenbacher. Jacob Sanzenbacher was born and reared in Germany and served for four years in the German army. He subsequently became proprietor of a hotel and later emigrated to America with his wife and family. In 1833 he first located in Unity township, Columbiana County, Ohio, and engaged in farming, after which he moved to Beaver County. now Lawrence County, residing there from 1838 until 187o. He then retired from farming, resided with his daughter in Girard a few years. after which he settled in Springfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he and his wife both died, his death occurring April 17. 1882, and that of his wife, December 24, 1878. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom died in Germany, and one, George, died on the ocean and was buried at sea. Those reared in America were : Jacob, John, and Barbara, John being the only survivor. John Sanzenbacher was about six years old when his parents located in Columbiana County, Ohio. The little education he received was obtained in a German school, held in an old fashioned log building with slab benches which had wooden pins for legs. Large four-foot whips were in evidence, as a reminder to the children to be good. Mr. Sanzenbacher remained on the farm until 18 years of age when he served an apprenticeship of three years and six months in the tanning business, with Robert Fullerton of Lawrence County. During this time he received his board and washing together with $100. He then engaged at journey work for William Moore of Boardman, and then for Mr. Miller of New Middletown, Whom he later bought out, but one year later returned to Boardman, where he worked six months for William Moore. On. April 9, 185o, he came to Canfield, Ohio, and opened a small tannery for himself, starting with a capital of $400, and one horse. He later entered into partnership with Pierpont Edwards and Franklin Showaker, and they, under the firm name of The Buckeye State Tannery, built a larger plant nearer the railroad, giving employment to 30 men, tanning leather and working it into belting. Mr. Sanzenbacher later bought out his partners and took his son David into the business, and in 1892 he retired from the business. For sometime he engaged in buying and selling leather, but is now living in retirement in an elegant home on Lisbon street in Canfield, where he has been a resident longer than any other man, with but one exception. Mr. Sanzenbacher still owns a small farm at the edge of Canfield, but gave his well improved farm of 120 acres to his son David, and his farm of 67 acres to his son Charles. Mr. Sanzenbacher was married (first) December 24, 185o, to Sarah Jane Oswalt. who died November 5, 1898, and they had six children : Harriet, who married John Neff ; Re-