AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 825 becca, who married Irwin Callahan ; Charles, who married Mollie Kohler; John H., who married a Miss Dodge ; David, who married Sarah Carrol, and Luther, who is unmarried. In 1904 Mr. Sanzenbacher married (second) Elizabeth Marrow, who was born in 1830. Politically Mr. Sanzenbacher was formerly an adherent of the Free Soil and Anti-Slavery party, and is now a Republican. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Canfield. He was the founder of the Farmers National Bank of Canfield, of which he was a stockholder and director for seventeen years, but from which he has now retired. S. H. LIGHTNER dealer in pianos, music and musical instruments, also musical author and publisher, has been identified with the interests of Youngstown, Ohio, for the past twenty-eight years. He was born and reared in Pennsylvania. Mr. Lightner has been musical from his youth and possesses not only mechanical skill but a decided talent for composition. He taught school in his native state and also in Ohio. for some eight years, and in 1878 he accepted the position of supervisor of music in the public schools at Youngstown. This he retained for twenty-four years, only resigning in 1902. after a faithful service of almost a quarter of a century. He compiled a course in music which was adopted by the Ohio Normal Music School. He is the author of a series of music books, three in number, known as the Melodic Music Course, which have proved very popular and being in use all over the state. Since retiring from the educational field, Mr. Lightner has been engaged in his present business, which to him is a thoroughly congenial one. In 1879 Mr. Lightner was married to Jennie Hopkins. of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, and they have four children—Allan, Dean, Marjorie and Bernice. Allan. the eldest son, completed the public school course at Youngstown and graduated from the classical department of Oberlin College, in the class of 1903. He is married and has the general agency of the New York Lumber Insurance Company. The second son, Dean, graduated from Oberlin in the class of 1906. He also is now with the New York Lumber Insurance Company. Marjorie possesses great musical gifts and is a student in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The youngest daughter is a student in the Rayen High School. The family are members of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. JOHN L. BECKER, one of the well known citizens of Poland township, who owns a farm of 51 acres and operates the Kennedy farm of 135 acres, was born at Lowellville, Mahoning County, Ohio, June 29, 1859, and is a son of Lorenz and Veronica (Dahringer) Becker. Lorenz Becker was a native of Alsace Loraine, France, and came to America with his father, Lorenz Becker, who settled at Syracuse, New York, where the son, Lorenz, was reared. After coming to Lowellville, he operated a coal bank located at Mt. Nebo, Mahoning County, for many years, after which he engaged in house painting. He marred Veronica Dahringer and both are still living in the village of Lowellville. She came from Germany with her parents when 16 years of age. John L. Becker was reared in Lowellville and for a number of years followed painting and paper hanging. Since his marriage he has resided with his wife's parents and farmed the Kennedy farm of 135 acres, and for seven years he also operated the flour mill at Lowellville. Mr. Becker was married October 4, 1888, to Rachel Kennedy, who is a daughter of Thomas W. and Margaret (Truesdale) Kennedy. Thomas Kennedy was born in Coitsville in June, 1824, and was a son of James Kennedy, who came with his father, John Kennedy, from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, where he was one of liest settlers of Coitsville. Thomas Kennedy died June 4, 1896. His widow, who was 826 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY born on the old Truesdale farm, is a daughter of Hugh Truesdale, who was also born on the old Truesdale farm, near Portland. James Kennedy, member of Congress from this district, is a son of Thomas and Margaret Kennedy, and is a brother-in-law of Mr. Becker. Six children have been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Becker : Walter, who attends the Lowellville High School; Frank; Margaret, who died aged seven years; Hugh. Truesdale; Rachel Erskine; and Ruth. SAMUEL E. BRADSHAW, one of Goshen township's native born and substantial and prominent citizens, resides on a tract of 4o acres, which is situated in section 4, and owns an additional 37 1/2, acres, which is also located in Goshen township. Mr. Bradshaw was born on his present farm in Mahoning County, Ohio, June 30, 1849, and is a son of William and Jane (Shinn) Bradshaw. The father of Mr. Bradshaw was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and the mother in New Jersey. The founder of the family in Goshen township, was the grandfather. James Bradshaw, who was a pioneer settler- in this locality, coming when his son William was about seven years of age. For a short period he lived at Salem, Ohio, and then settled on his pioneer farm in the dense woods that then covered what is now one of the finest sections of farming land in Goshen township. William Bradshaw, father of Samuel, became a man of prominence in this community and served a long time as a justice of the peace, in which office he won the confidence and regard of his fellow citizens on account of his just and careful decisions. He was a supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He married Jane Shinn, and of their children, four survive, namely : Samuel E. Lewis C., residing at Cleveland; Margaret E., who married William Stratton, residing in Columbiana County ; and James A., residing in Berlin township. Mahoning County. Samuel E. Bradshaw was reared on the farm he now occupies and through boyhood he attended school at Patmos. He has always devoted himself to the care and cultivation of his land and raises a fine line of agricultural products. He married Eliza J. Middleton, a daughter of the late Levi S. Middleton, of Goshen township, and they have three children. namely : Nellie I.. who married William A. Mather, residing in Goshen township; Rebecca E.. who married Lewis Stratton, residing in Goshen township ; and Mary E., who resides with her parents. In politics Mr. Bradshaw is a stanch Republican. He is no seeker for public office, but takes a deep interest in all that concerns Goshen township and the permanent welfare of the public. and votes often, in local matters, for the candidate he knows will best carry out the wishes of the people. He believes in the benefits which come from good roads and first class schools. WILLIAM FREDERICK MAAG manager of the Youngstown Vindicotor, was born in Ebingen, in the state of Wurtemberg. Southern Germany, February 28, 1850. He attended the Ebingen schools and at the age of fourteen was apprenticed to a printer. The full term of apprenticeship was six years; he left, however, at the end of three to come to America. In 1867, directly after his arrival in the United States, he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. where he secured a place on a German paper, the Daily Herold. Shortly afterwards he went to Watertown, Wisconsin, which had become the new home of a great many Germans, and while employed on a paper there met Miss Elizabeth Ducasse, who, in 1872. became his wife. In 1875, after four years with the Indiana Staats-Zetung in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mr. Maag came to Youngstown, which has ever since been his home. Upon his arrival he bought the Youngstown Rundschou. a weekly German newspaper, winch he still conducts. Until 1887 his experience had been only in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 829 the German field. The Youngstown Vindicator being for sale in that year, he bought it, published it for a year by himself and then entered into partnership with the late John M. Webb. Mr. Webb acting as editor, Mr. Maag having charge of the business side. A year later, in 1889. Mr. Maag undertook the publication of the Daily Vindicator, organizing a stock company of which he. has, from the beginning been, manager business manager and treasurer. Though actively interested in the affairs of the city, he did not hold political office until 1901, when he was nominated by the Democratic party for state representative and elected by the substantial majority of 643, though the rest of the ticket was Republican. He served but one term. His chief care has always been the Vindicator, which, under his direction, has become one of the leading papers of the state. GEORGE WASHINGTON MILLIKIN, a prosperous farmer of Youngstown township, who operates a dairy farm of 93 1/2, acres, was born June 5, 1845, in Ontario, Canada, and is a son of Alexander and Mary (Miller) Millikin. The father, Alexander was born in Ireland, and when a lad of four years his father, also named Alexander, died. One year later his mother. Mary came to this country with six sons. and settled in Canada, where he was reared and married. Shortly after his marriage he moved to Trumbull County. Ohio, purchasing a farm of 100 acres in Bloomfield township, on which he resided for many years. He subsequently sold this farm and purchased a tract of 285 acres in the same township, which in 1897, he sold, removing to Burghill, Trumbull County. Ohio. where he and his wife are still living at the advanced age of 91 and 81 years respectively. Nine children completed their family, namely : George Washington, the subject of this sketch ; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of Frank Stambaugh; H. A. Millikin, who resides in Brooklyn, New York; Robert, a farmer residing in Burghill, Trum bull County ; William, who is engaged in farming in Trumbull County; Nettie, who died aged five years ; Mary, who died in 1906, was the wife of James T. Minehart; Frank, who resides in Burghill; and Harvey, who follows farming in New York State. George W. Millikin was reared in Bloomfield township, Trumbull County, and attended the district school, after which he spent three terms at the Western Reserve Seminary at West Farmington. On leaving school he returned home and was engaged in farming for some time. He also conducted a meat market in Bloomfield for one year, and one for two years in Youngstown. He then took up farming for one year, when he bought his present farm, where since 1883, he has made a specialty of raising thoroughbred Hereford cattle, which for twenty years he has had on exhibition at county and state fairs from Illinois to Maine, receiving many first premiums and sweepstakes. Since 1906 he has devoted his time exclusively to his dairy. Mr. Millikin was married January 1, 1872, to Mary J. Creed, a sister of John A. Creed, of whom a full sketch may be found in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Millikin have three children, namely : Maud, who married P. B. Riblet, a farmer of Youngstown township, of whom a sketch appears in this work; Ray C., a resident of Youngstown, who married Nina Crum of Frederick, Maryland, and has one child, Madeline; and Bert, who resides at home. Mr. Millikin is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. He belongs to the Methodist Church. Portraits of himself and wife appear with this sketch. FRED B. KING, funeral director and licensed embalmer, at Youngstown, was born in Mercer County, Ohio, in 1868, and is a son of B. G. King. Mr. King's father was a member of the undertaking firm of Drake & King, which was established in 1897. His death occurred at Youngstown in 1902. Fred B. King completed his education in 830 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Mercer County and then was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad offices at Lawrence Junction for seven years, and for four years was in the purchasing department of the Ohio Steel Company. On the death of his father in 1902 he assumed charge of the business, and he is now manager of the Fred B. King Company. He is also a member of the firm of King Brothers, funeral directors and furniture dealers, at Girard. He was married on December 31, 1903, to Mary P. Gibner of Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. King is very prominent in Masonry and has served in many official positions in the order. He filled every chair in the Blue Lodge, for two years was an officer in the Chapter, and at present is the recorder in the Commandery. He belongs also to the Odd Fellows, the Protected Home Circle and other societies. For some time he has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the State Embalming Association. He belongs to Westminster Presbyterian Church, of which he has served as a trustee. His business office is located at No. 29 South Champion street. EDWARD B. LIDDLE, who is engaged in general farming on a tract of 129 acres, in Poland township, which he owns in partnership with his mother, was born August 15, 1861, on his present farm, and is a son of George and Mary E. (Kennedy) Liddle. George Liddle, grandfather of Edward B., was a native of England, and came to America in 1804. He settled on the land which has remained the family home ever since, on which he spent the rest of his life. George Liddle, father of Edward B., was born on this farm, in 1812, and during his boyhood days assisted with the work of clearing, which had been partly done before his father came to it, and after his marriage, in 1841, continued to reside on the farm the remainder of his life, his death occurring in October, 1884, at the age of 72 years. He was a general farmer and lumber man, and operated the first steam sawmill in this county, building the same in 1843. He married Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, who was born in Coitsville, and was a daughter of James Kennedy. A family of twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Liddle: George, who died in 1853, was accidentally killed in a sawmill ; a babe died in infancy ; Sarah C., deceased, who was the wife of James B. Mc-Crone; and William, James, David, John B., and Charles Fowler, all deceased; Margaret Jane, who married Frank Bradley, of Buffalo; Edward Baker, Lorena E., and Leonora, twins, the former of whom resides with her mother, at Struthers, and the latter of whom is deceased. Edward B. Liddle was born and reared on his present farm and as a boy was employed in his .father's saw mill. After the latter's death, he continued to operate the mill until about 1886. Since 1901 he has been engaged in a wholesale meat business, having a slaughter-house on his place, and for three years, from 1903 until 1906, he conducted a meat market in Struthers. He still owns the shop and building, but rents it to Kuhn & Allen, who now conduct a market there. The family residence was formerly situated back in the central part of the farm, but George Liddle, built the large frame house in its present desirable location. Mr. Liddle was united in marriage in April, 1895, to Virginia B. Duncan, who was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania. and is a daughter of William and Cornelia (Carrol) Duncan, the latter of whom was born and reared near Little Mountain, Lake County. Ohio, and died when Mrs. Liddle was eight years old. William Duncan was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and his second marriage was to Matilda Fowler. In 1884, when Mrs. Liddle was about 17 years old, Mr. Duncan moved to Poland, where she was subsequently married to Mr. Liddle. They have five children, namely : Eleanor, George, Frank, Mary, Elizabeth, and William. Mr. Liddle is a member of the United Presbyterian, Church. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 831 WILLIAM H. STRATTON, an honored veteran of the late Civil War and a prominent citizen of Goshen township, resides on his excellent farm of 48 acres, which is situated in section To. Mr. Stratton was born in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1845, and is a son of Daniel S. and Angeline (Phillips) Stratton, the former of whom was born in New Jersey, and the latter in Pennsylvania. Stacy Stratton, grandfather of William H., was a native of New jersey, and he came to Goshen township among the early pioneers and lived on the land on which he settled, until his death. Daniel S. Stratton continued to carry on agricultural pursuits, in Goshen township, until his death, which took place about 1880. William H. Stratton was reared in Goshen township and was educated in the schools of Patmos. When 19 years of age, April 18, 1864, he enlisted for service in the Federal army, entering Company L, Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, the commanding officer being the gallant Philip Sheridan. Mr. Stratton took part in the siege before Petersburg and Richmond, and was one of General Sheridan's cavalrymen on the field of Appomattox, when General Lee surrendered, an occasion never to be forgotten by those who were a part of it. Subsequently. Mr. Stratton did guard duty around Petersburg, and finally was honorably discharged July 11, 1865. After the close of his military service, Mr. Stratton returned to Mahoning County, since which time his main occupation has been carpenter work. He has done a great deal of business all through this part of Mahoning County. He received his farm from his father and cultivates that with good results, but gives the larger part of his time and attention to work at his trade. On August 8, 1867, Mr. Stratton was married to Edith T. Townsend, who was born in Mahoning County, and is a daughter of the late Jonathan Townsend, of Goshen township. M. and Mrs. Stratton have had six children, as follows: Charles D., deceased; Jonathan T., residing at Alliance; Henry L., residing in Goshen township; Sarah A., who married Freeman Hively, residing in Goshen township; Marion F., residing in Goshen township; and Mary F., who married Delmer Baird, residing at Patmos. Mr. Stratton is a trustee of the Bunker Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, to which. both he and wife belong. In politics he is a Republican and cast his first yote for Abraham Lincoln. He is a man of high standing in his community. W. B. JONES, auditor of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, at Youngstown, was born at Youngstown, Ohio, in 1854. His father, Thomas Jones, was a well known builder at Youngstown, for many years. He came to this city from Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1832 and was concerned in the construction of the locks on the canal. He also built a number of the furnaces used in the large plants here. His death occurred in 1872. W. B. Jones has spent his life in this city and has been connected with the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company ever since it began business here. and for the last year has been auditor of its affairs. He is also financially interested in the business as a stockholder. In 1875, Mr. Jones was married to Mary Harris, of Lisbon, Ohio, and they have four children, viz : Helen, Paul Jones, George C. and Robert M. The youngest son is a student at the Rayen School. George C. is a mechanical engineer in the office of the Carnegie mills, and is attending the mechanical department at Princeton College. Paul J. Jones, the eldest son of W. B. Jones, was born in 1880, at Youngstown, graduated from the Rayen High School in 1899, and for about two and a half years was engaged as civil engineer in the construction of railroads and steel plants, work he performed during his school vacations. In the fall of 1901, he entered the University of 832 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Michigan, and was graduated from the law department in 1904, and immediately admitted to the bar. His first field of practice was Cleveland, but in December, 1905. he formed a partnership with Mr. Hahn, under the firm name of Hahn & Jones, attorneys. He is a member of the Mahoning Golf Club and of his college fraternities. W. B. Jones has always been concerned in the proper administration of civil affairs, but only as becomes a good citizen. He is a member of the first Presbyterian Church. He is representtive man of this city, capable and successful, upright as to character and genial in manner. JOHN F. FINK, a retired farmer and stock-raiser of Canfield township and one of the most prominent citizens of the little village of Cornersburg, was born April 10, 186, on his father's farm in Canfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio. and is a son of Samuel and Catherine (Lynn) Fink. Samuel Fink was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and came to this county with his parents, John and Catherine (Deis) . Fink, when a small child. He was one of a family of four children : John, Samuel, Elizabeth. and Catherine, all now deceased. John Fink, who was a farmer of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, brought his family to Ohio in old-fashioned covered wagons and bought a tract of virgin timber land in Poland township, Mahoning County. On this he resided the remainder of his life, engaged in clearing and cultivating his farm. For many years he made frequent trips between Pennsylvania and Ohio, with salt, sugar, etc, with a six-horse team, often riding one of the horses. Samuel Fink, father of John F., was reared on his father's farm in Poland township, and worked in the old water-wheel saw-mill. which was one of the first mills operated in this section. After the breaking of the dam, it was run by steam. Samuel received but little schooling and lived at home until he was married to Catherine Lynn, a daughter of Adam and Rachel (Fuliwiler) Lynn. The Lynns came from Pennsylvania, and were among the earliest settlers of Canfield township. Adam Lynn followed farming and was one of the first postmasters of the county, there having been a post office at that time at Cornersburg. He served as justice of the peace for 42 years. and was a stanch Democrat. Our subject still has the old ink-stand used by Squire Lynn, who was an expert penman and use a quill pen, as is shown by the records kept at Warren, Ohio, where the Court House was then located. He and his wife were the parents of three children : Peter, Catherine, and Ferdinand, the latter of whom is the only one living. Samuel and Catherine Fink were the parents of seven children : Urias, deceased ; Emma, who died young; John Ferdinand ; Rosetta. who died young; William, residing in Canfield township ; Rachel (Mrs. Peter Yager). of Canfield township; and George, of Youngstown township. The parents of our subject started housekeeping on the old Lynn farm near the sawmill race, and Samuel continued to operate the mill during the winter months and farmed in the summer. He was one of the most prosperous and successful farmers of the township and at the time of his death was the owner of 100 acres of valuable farm land. He died April 15, 1903, aged 75 years. his wife having died in 1893 aged 70 years. John F. Fink was reared on his father's farm in Canfield township and attended the district schools. He has always devoted his time to farming and when just a mere boy assisted with the work in the field, using the farm tools of his day, the cradle, sickle and scythe, and he well remembers when the first mower and binder were operated in that section. He subsequently engaged in threshing, for a number of years, having an interest in an old-fashioned horse-power machine, which required eight horses to operate it. His partners were Allen Peters and Homer Strock. They owned six horses and the farmer for whom they worked furnished one team of horses. Mr. Fink has a team of mules which he raised and broke when colts, one 27 and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 833 the other 28 years old, and they are now doing service on the telephone line and are pensioned by him. They had the distinction of participating in the parade at Youngstown, Ohio, at the time of President Cleveland's first nomination. when all the men turned out with hickory brooms. On one occasion, before the advent of the automobile, a carriage was rigged up for a parade and the mules were hitched to the back of it to, push it, and this was the first horseless carriage which appeared in Youngstown. Mr. Fink has 134 acres of land in Canfield township besides other property in Youngstown. His farms are well improved in every way and he has laid 1,000 rods of tile, besides erecting all his substantial buildings. In 1899 he retired from the farm, since when he has been engaged in business at Cornersburg, a little village about five miles from Youngstown. for the past six years dealing in wool, and shipping about one car-load a year. Mr. Fink is one of the leading citizens of this little village, and Lecause of his prominence, is jokingly called, "the Mayor of Cornersburg." Politically he is a Democrat and has served for many years as school director and was a member of the committee at the time the school was built near his home. He also served as road surveyor and ran for infirmary director, and was defeated for the latter office by only a small majority, although the county is Republican. Fraternally he is connected with Eagles. at Youngstown, and of the Foresters of America of Which he has been treasurer for 13 years. He is a member of the Zion Reform Church. at North Canfield, and has served in all the offices of that church, and was chairman f the building- committee at the time of the erection of the church edifice. Mr. Fink was married November 11, 1877; to Rosetta Lynn, a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth ( Vohler) Lynn. She was born March 10, 18;4. in Beaver township, Mahoning Countv. Her mother died when she was but nine days old and her father subsequently married Mary Beaver. He followed farming in Beaver township all his life. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fink : Ward, who married Bertha Lentz, has one child, Lucetta. Catherine, engaged in farming and stock-raising on the home farm of 100 acres, in Canfield township; Netta Viola, who married. Joseph Deckon of Youngstown; Jesse Floyd,. who married Edna Campbell, has one child,. John Edward, and resides on a small farm in Canfield township, which is owned by his father ; and Oliver Francis, who lives at home. VIRGIL E. JONES, a well-known cement contractor of Youngstown, was born in 1851 in Austintown, Mahoning County, and is the son of Seymour A. and Martha (Burnett) Jones, and the grandson of Edward and Mary (Price) Jones, of Virginia, who were early settlers of Trumbull County, Ohio, their daughter being the first white child born in that county. Seymour A. Jones was born on the same farm in Austintown on which his son Virgil subsequently first saw the light, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. Virgil E. Jones was reared on his father's. farm near Austintown, and after leaving it was engaged in drilling for coal until 1884. He then went to LaPlata County, Colorado, where he located on a cattle ranch and also engaged in contracting for railroad ties. In 1888 he went to Kansas City, and entered the employ of the Western Sash and Door Company, learning the cutter's trade. He afterwards went to Denver and worked as head cutter in a planing mill until 1893, when he returned to Youngstown and for two winters was coal weigher for the Witchazel Coal Company. Later he was engaged in the same business in Columbiana County, Ohio, until 1898, when he returned to Youngstown and entered into the cement business and for the past seven years has been successfully engaged in contracting for cement work. Mr. Jones was married in 1878 to Ida M. Gilmore, of Geauga County, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Fannie Gilmore. Mr. Jones is, a stanch Republican, but does not care 834 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY to enter actively into politics. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. Lodge and is a member of the Hillman Street Christian Church, having been a member of the official board of that church for some time. He resides at 44 Ellenwood avenue. JAMES W. VAIL, a leading farmer of Coitsville township, residing in section 17, was born February 26, 1847, in Poland, Poland township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a. son of William and Elizabeth (Got) Vail. William Vail was born in Coitsville township near what is now known as Marion Heights. His father, Jacob Vail, came to Mahoning County from Dayton, Ohio, and settled on a small farm near Hazelton. William Vail was reared on his father's farm in this township, and in later years engaged in a blacksmith business in Poland township, where he bought and resided on a farm for several years. In 1859 he purchased l00 acres of land in Coitsville township, which is part of the farm now owned by James W. Vail, and here engaged in farming during the remainder of his life. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Got, and they became the parents of 10 children, of whom five are living, namely: Mary J., who resides at Bedford, Pennsylvania; James W.; Mrs. Martha Moore; Edward, who resides in Coitsville township; and Elizabeth, who resides at Bedford, Pennsylvania. James W. Vail was about 12 years old when his parents moved to Coitsville township, and he was reared to maturity on his father's farm, where he remained assisting with the work and engaging in the buying and selling of stock until 1873, when he purchased and located on a farm of 43 acres just opposite his present farm, residing there for 20 years, removing then to his present property. Mr. Vail was married April 2, 1874, to Jane Miller, who was born in Canada and came when quite young to Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, with her father, Hugh Miller. There have been four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Vail : Anna, who married Andrew D. Fankle, of Youngstown; George, who married Mildred Shipton, has one child, Mabel; Nettie, who teaches in East Youngstown ; and William, who assists with the work on the farm. Mr. Vail is a Republican in politics and has served by appointment, as township trustee for one term, as a member of the board of education for 15 years, and was justice of the peace for three years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is also a trustee.G GEORGE E. MEITER, who has large farming and dairy interests in Goshen township, where he owns a fine farm of over 128 acres, is one of the progressive and substantial men of this locality. He was born October 20, 187o, in Transylvania, Austria, and is a son of George and Agnes Meiter, highly respected residents of Goshen township. George E. Meiter had good educational privileges in his own land and is a well-educated man in the German language. He learned the trade of wagonmaker, which e followed for six years. When about 19 years of age, he came to America, and on reaching Salem, Ohio, found employment with the Salem Wire and Nail Company. He worked for that business organization for eight years, providently saving his money and later wisely investing it. In the fall of two he purchased his present excellent farm, on which he has since resided. He keeps 15 cows for dairy purposes and has a milk route at Salem, his wagon daily distributing milk, cream and buttermilk to many patrons in the neighboring city. He devotes careful attention to the growing of grains and fruits and, while he has had to make his own way in the world, he is as prosperous as almost any man of his age and opportunities to be found in Goshen township. As a business man he enjoys the full confidence of his fellow citizens. On July 4, 1896, Mr. Meiter was mar- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 835 tied to Catherine Crouse, who was born in Transylvania, Austria, a daughter of George and Mary (Binder) Crouse. Her father came to America, settling at Salem, where he still resides. The mother of Mrs. Meiter is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Meiter have three children, Edward G., Carl A. and William.. Politically, Mr. Meiter is a Republican. With his wife, he belongs to the German Lutheran Church at Salem. SETH LUCIAN BAILEY, a representative citizen of Coitsville township, residing on a well-improved farm of 93 acres, in section 19, was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, January 19, 1833, on his father's farm of several hundred acres which lay in both Mahoning and Trumbull Counties. His parents were David and Elizabeth (Early) Bailey. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Bailey, David Bailey, was born in Connecticut, and came to Ohio with his family, in 1800, taking up several hundred acres of land lying in Coitsville and Hubbard townships, in both Mahoning and Trumbull counties. The grandfather died on his farm near Hubbard, aged about 40 years. His son David, father of Seth L., was also born in Connecticut and was eight years old when his parents moved to Ohio. He married Elizabeth Early, who was a daughter of Thomas Early, a sketch of whom will be found in this work. There were 10 children born to this marriage, all of whom reached maturity, and seven of whom still survive. Both parents died on the farm near Hubbard, full of years and high in the esteem of those who had known them well. Seth L. Bailey was reared on the home farm and obtained his education in the schools of the neighborhood before he left home and later spent one term at the High School at Pulaski, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. On the home farm in early manhood, he did a large amount of stock and wool-buying, and was much interested in raising stock. When 23 years old he went to Champaign County, Illinois, where he remained on a farm for a time and then accepted a position as deputy for the county clerk of Piatt County, Illinois. He remained in that State for three years and then went back to the home farm for two years. After his marriage, in 1860, he moved to Sandy Lake, Mercer County, and during a residence there of nine years, he bought and sold three farms and was extensively interested in buying and selling wool and also in the oil business. Mr. Bailey had a fine opening for business in Tennessee, about this time, but he did not accept on account of his wife's people wishing her to remain nearer the old home. In 1870 he purchased the place on which he lives and he owns also a valuable tract of 10 acres situated about one mile west. He has made many improvements on his land here and has a very valuable property. He does little farming, devoting his attention to the raising of fine stock. At one time he made a specialty of white-faced cattle, known as Herefords, and he has owned some very valuable herds. Prior to going to Illinois, he was in business for himself, buying and selling cattle and also did business for Milton Powers. His extensive dealings made necessary many trips to New York, Chicago and other points, and he is well posted concerning all kinds of stock and their markets. On March 8, 1860, Mr. Bailey was married to Marilla Stewart, who is a daughter of William Stewart, and they have had five children: Blanche, Inez, William Orrin, Clyde Lester, and one deceased. The eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey was educated in the local schools and the Rayen High School at Youngstown, and was a successful teacher in Coitsville and Hubbard townships. She married David Black and they have one son, Lucian. Inez, the second daughter, was educated at Grove City and Poland and taught school in Poland and Coitsyille. She married William G. Cowden. William Orrin, who is a farmer in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, was educated at Grove City. Mercer County, and subsequently graduated at Valparaiso College, Indiana, and for a number of 836 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY years taught school at Hazelton, Ohio. For some time he was bookkeeper and treasurer for Black Brothers Milling Company, at Beatrice, Nebraska. He married Anna Moore. of Lawrence County, and they have four children : Lloyd Lester, Harold Moore, Russell Dale and Cecil. Clyde Lester, who is a commercial traveler, representing Darling & Company, of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, was educated at Grove City and later taught school at Thorne Hill and New Bedford. He married Brittomarte Roatch, who is a daughter of Col. David E. and Alice D. (Sala) Roatch. During the Civil War, Colonel Roatch enlisted as a private, serving three months in the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, subsequently re-enlisting, in 1861, in Company I, First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he became a first lieutenant. His next enlistment was in the 98th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, after the battle of Perryville, in which he was promoted to a captaincy, later was made major and still later, lieutenant-colonel. He served two months on General Beatty's staff. After the close of the war he became a prominent citizen of Carroll County, where he served two terms as sheriff. His death occurred there in 1897. Mr. Bailey and family belong to the Hopewell Presbyterian Church at New Bedford. SMITH CRAWFORD, a wholesale and retail dealer in flour, feed and grain, at Youngstown, is one of the representative business men of this city. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1852 and came with his parents in early youth to Mahoning County, where he was reared and educated. Early in life he entered the office of Andrews & Hitchcock, where he remained for a while, after which he worked for a number of years in his father's lumber-yard. He then engaged in the flour and feed business, opening a small feed store on Federal street. Subsequently he built his present place of business on the corner of Decker and Commerce streets, and has lately completed the erection of a fine warehouse on Wilson avenue near the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway depot. The new warehouse will hold about 30 car-loads of feed and grain, and Mr. Crawford will operate this in connection with his present grain elevator which he is moving to the site of the newly erected warehouse. Mr. Crawford is one of the stockholders in the First National Bank, and is also a stockholder in the Dollar Savings & Trust Company. Mr. Crawford was married in 1878 to Amy Houston, and they have three children : Clyde, who is in business with his father, Grace and Helen. He is a member of the Masonic order and attends the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. JACOB DUSTMAN, a prosperous farmer and well-known citizen of Goshen township, resides on his well-cultivated farm of 93 acres, which is situated in section 4. having located here shortly after the close of the Civil War. He was born in Ellsworth township, Mahoning County, Ohio, December 2, 1835, and is a son of Christian and Susan (Frank) Dustman. The Dustmans were very early settlers in Ellsworth township and they have always been among the best citizens. Christian Dustman was a potter by trade and he followed this for about 20 years. On account of failing health, he decided to engage in farming and thus faced the dangers and hardships of pioneer life, in a log cabin he built on his wild land in Ellsworth township. The out-door life benefited him to such an extent that he lived to be 78 years of age. Two of his sons still survive, Jacob, of Goshen township, and Christian, residing at Salem. Jacob Dustman was reared in Ellsworth township and attended the early schools near his home. In December. 1863, he was married to Catherine Goodman, who is a sister of Jonas Goodman, a prominent citizen of Green township, Mahoning County. They AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 839 had one daughter, Susan A.. who died in her loth year. From Ellsworth township. Mr. Dustman moved after his marriage to Green township, where he lived about 14 months and then came to Goshen township and has lived on his present farm ever since. It is a good property and Mr. Dustman has put many improvements on it. He grows grain and stock to some degree and enjoys the blessings which are the lot of the independent farmer. He has always been interested in the affairs of his township, especially in the public schools, and has consented at various times to serve as school director, and before leaving Ellsworth township, he served one term as township trustee. ADOLF HELLER, vice-president of the Heller Brothers Company, lumber dealers, planing-mill operators and large contractors, owning the largest and finest equipped plant of its kind at Youngstown, Ohio, was born and educated in Switzerland. Mr. Heller was trained in the contracting and planing mill business in Switzerland, by his father, who was largely interested in that business there, and he came to America several years before his brother Louis, with whom he has been in partnership at Youngstown, since 1880. In that year the two brothers established a general contracting business, and in 1888 they bought out the mill and lumber plant of Ellis & Cunningham. In 1891 they had their business incorporated under the style of the Heller Bros. Company, with a capital stock of $40,000, which prosperous business conditions have caused them to increase to $200.000. Of this business, Louis Heller is president. Adolf Heller, vice-president, and Joseph T. Murphy, secretary and treasurer. About 1898 the company bought the old Youngstown Lumber Plant, but subsequently sold it, and in 1902 they came into possession of their present ground at the west end of Rayen street, where they occupy some five acres and have a planing mill and lumber plant - 43 - that is not equalled in Youngstown. They do the largest contracting business in the city and give employment to from 100 to 120 men. Adolf Heller is at present looking after a large body of undeveloped land owned by The Hiwannee Lumber Company in the South, of which his brother Louis is president. A railroad runs through this territory known as The Hiwannee & Tombigbee Railroad, of which Mr. Heller is president. Adolf Heller was married in America to Marie Hoffmann and they have four children, namely : Adolf, who is with the Heller-Bros. Company: Herman, Leo and Elsie. Mr.. Heller is a director in the Youngstown Savings and Banking Company, and is serving on the executive committee. Like his brother, Louis, he stands very high among the representative business men of this city. A portrait. of Mr. Heller accompanies this sketch. CYRUS DETCHON, a prominent citizen of Poland township, residing on his well-improved farm of 104 acres, was born in Boardman township. which was then in Trumbull, but is now included in Mahoning County, Ohio, October 24. 1834, and is a son of Solomon and Anna Diantha (McKee) Detchon. Solomon Detchon was born in Boardman township and was a son of Oswald Detchon, who was a son of William Detchon, a native of Northumberlandshire, England. The latter owned an estate there upon which he died in 1789. Oswald Detchon, the grandfather of Cyrus Detchon, was the pioneer of the family in America. The Detchons came originally from France. After the massacre of St. Bartholomew, Colonel Detchon, then of the French army, fled with his family and found a home in England, buying a large estate near the town of Elsdon. Oswald Detchon married Ann Carr, who belonged to one of the old and aristocratic families of England. Many of the Carr family hold high positions in the church and government there to the present day. With his 840 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY wife and five children, Oswald Detchon left England for America, and during the voyage two of the children, twins, died and were buried at sea. Seven more children were born .after the family had settled in Boardman township, making 12 in all, all of whom have passed away, their names having been preserved as follows : William, who was the grandfather of the noted actress and vocalist, Adelaide Detchon, who was born in Boardman township and gained great fame as an actress in England, France and Germany ; Oswald; Nancy ; John, who was born in 1800, in Boardman township; George; Elijah; Solomon ; Thomas ; Mary Ann, who married William Totten ; Betsey, who married Robert Gilmore, and the twins who died at sea. Oswald Detchon came to America as a farmer, although he was a skilled joiner and wagon-maker, the law of the land being such at that time as would have prevented his leaving in the capacity an artisan. He located at Jersey City, New Jersey, where he lived for two years and then through the agency of Elijah Boardman, a native of Connecticut, who then resided opposite Long Island and was interested in Ohio lands, he came to the Western Reserve, where he bought about 400 acres. He was considered a man of wealth in his day. He was drafted for service in the War of 1812, and served on guard duty but his company was never called into action. He lived in Boardman township until his death, in 1836, carrying on large farming operations, but also giving attention to work at his trade when opportunity offered. He built the two-wheel carts then in use to a large extent, and also what was known as the bull plow. This implement was a wooden mold-board, with a wrought-iron point and shield. As a joiner his skill was unequaled and he could make joints so perfect that they were impervious to water. Solomon Detchon, with his brothers, was reared on the home place and when the father's estate was divided at his death. each son received his just portion. Solomon continued the manufacture of the bull plow until 1840, when the invention and introduction of the iron plow made the business no longer profitable. He also followed farming and stock-raising and became a man of substance like his father. He had 300 acres of land and built a comfortable home on it. in which he died in 1869. Solomon Detchon married Anna Diantha McKee, who was a daughter of William McKee, a native of Connecticut and an early settler in Trumbull County, where Mrs. Detchon was born. For six years she was a successful teacher, taking her first school when 18 years of age and continuing to teach until her marriage, the greater portion of the time in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. east of Orangeyille. After the death of her husband she sold the farm and removed to Poland where she resided with her daughter Elmira until her death in 1898, when over 89 years of age, having survived her husband for 29 years. They were the parents of the following children : Cyrus; Elmira ; Alfred, residing in Milton township, Mahoning County, engaged in farming, who is a veteran of the Civil War; Minerva A., deceased, who married Rev. A. T. Copeland, also deceased, who was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church; Wilbur F., who died at Washington City, D. C., during the Civil War, from wounds received in the battle of Fredericksburg; and Lucy J., who married Charles A. Fisk. residing at Girard, Pennsylvania. Cyrus Detchon was reared to manhood on the homestead and he was educated in the district schools and at the Poland Institute. He began to teach school when 20 years of age and continued in the profession for the following 12 years, filling positions in both Ma-honing and Columbiana counties. In 1865 Mr. Detchon bought his present farm on which he has resided until the present, making all the excellent improvements himself. When he came here the residence was a house that had been built in 1811. It was renovated and made habitable, but in 1886 was torn down to make away for the present commodious and attractive home. In 1906. Mr. Detchon AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 841 further improved his property by building a substantial barn, 62 by 70 feet in dimensions. He has always carried on a general line of farming, devoting his land to wheat, corn, oats and hay. He is a believer in the use off first-class machinery and the adoption of modern methods of agriculture. Mr. Detchon was married (first) in 1856, to Martha J. Poulton, who died in 1863. She was a daughter of Alfred Poulton and at that time was, like himself, a teacher in Columbiana County, having previously taught at Poland. There were four children born to this marriage, namely : Anna Belle, Alfred Otho, Charles Almar and Cyrus Franklin. Anna Belle Detchon, who died aged 25 years, resided for six years with her maternal grandparents at Canton, Missouri, where she attended the High School, subsequently becoming a successful teacher in Poland township. Alfred Otho Detchon, the eldest son, attended the Poland institute and a Normal School in Worthington, Ohio. He then engaged in teaching in Poland, but for some years has been in the real estate business at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He married Jennie Elliot, who is a daughter of B. A. Elliot, a well-known florist of Allegheny City, and they have three children, Benjamin Cyrus, Margaret and Charles Poulton. Charles Almar Detchon, residing on the home .farm and managing it for his father, attended the Poland Institute and also taught school in Poland township for some eight years. He married Julia Hunt, who is a daughter of Alfred Charles Hunt, and they have two children, Almar Hunt and Martha Anna. Cyrus Franklin, a traveling salesman, attended Poland Union Seminary and the Ohio Wesleyan University for three years and then taught in the public schools of Youngstown for two years. In 1865 Cyrus Detchon was married (second) to Hattie Shelton, who died in 1883. Mr. Detchon is one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Poland, in which he served as one of the stewards for 38 years. For 42 years he has been a teacher in the Sunday-school and formerly served many years as its superintendent. GEORGE CAMPBELL FENTON, trustee of Poland township and the owner of a fine farm of 76 acres, which is situated about one-half mile north of Lowellville, was born at Austintown Center, Mahoning County, Ohio, April 15, 1836, and is a son of Abner Cone and Barbara (Campbell) Fenton. Abner C. Fenton was born in Vermont, came to Ohio in young manhood, and worked first at the old Eaton furnace at Niles, where he learned the blacksmith trade. He then moved to Austintown Center and then to Mineral Ridge, settling then on a farm in the southeastern part of Youngstown township, which subsequently became the property of Hamilton Harris. At the time of this transaction, George C. Fenton was 18 years old, and as his father then went into a coal business, with Henry Manning and O. H. P. Green, of Youngstown, in the vicinity of Homestead, Pennsylvania, George C. became employed in the enterprise to which his father had devoted his attention and capital. After five years at this point, Abner C. Fenton removed with his family to Edinburg, Pennsylvania. At Niles, Ohio, he married Barbara Campbell, who was born in Liberty township, Trumbull County, Ohio, and was a daughter of George Campbell, who was born in the north of Ireland. One year prior to moving to Edinburg, George C. Fenton had purchased a canal boat, which he operated until the canal was abandoned. He worked his boat from Brier Hill and Girard, loading with pig. iron for Pittsburg, and sometimes made a trip that extended down the Ohio River as far as Steubenville and even to Wheeling, West Virginia. When boating could no longer be carried on, Mr. Fenton turned his attention to merchandising and bought an interest in a. dry-goods store at Edinburg, which he carried on for about six years, when he became interested in farming. For several years he remained in the yicinity of Edinburg and then took possession of what was known as the Humm farm. in Poland township, which he operated two years, then moved to the Batteiger farm for 842 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY three years, and in 1889, he purchased the farm on which he has resided ever since. He here owns a very valuable piece of property, which is kept in fine condition, and although Mr. Fenton has reached the age of 71 years, he is hale and hearty and still enjoys his farm work, which he carried on without any assistance. On June 18, 1876, Mr. Fenton was married to Rebecca Hill, who is a daughter of John and Maria Hill, of Hillsville, a town that was named in honor of the Hill family. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton have had eight children, five di whom survive, namely : John, residing at Muncie, Indiana, where he is assistant manager of a rolling mill; Thomas, residing in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where he is a master mechanic in a blast furnace; Richard, residing in Poland township, operates a dairy; Maud, who married Rev. William Barnes, who is pastor of the Disciples Church, near Newcastle, Pennsylvania; and Chauncey L. The latter, after graduating from the Lowellville schools took the severe competitive examination required and was appointed by Congressman Taylor. a cadet to West Point, where he was graduated June 15, 1904, with the rank of second lieutenant of artillery. For a short time Lieutenant Fenton was stationed at Portland, Oregon, then at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and then accompanied his battery across the Pacific Ocean to Manila. After six weeks there he was ordered to report at West Point, in August, 1906, where he has since been instructor in mathematics. He is a young man of brilliant gifts. The three children of Mr. Fenton whose death he has been called upon to mourn were two sons, Orus C. and Joseph, and one daughter, Nellie, the latter of whom died aged 12 years. Orus C. Fenton and his brother were both railroad men and both were killed within a mile of Niles, on the same road, the Baltimore and Ohio line, but at different times. Politically, Mr. Fenton is identified with the Republican party and in 1893 he was elected on that ticket. township trustee, in which office he has faithfully served ever since. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the order of Knights of Pythias. He belongs to the Disciples Church. R. B. MURRAY, who has attained much prominence in the practice of his profession, is one of the leading attorneys of Youngstown, in which city he was born, and is the son of Ira and Hannah (Carothers) Murray. Ira Murray was born in New York in 1806, and came to Wayne, Ashtabula County, in 1821, but subsequently located in Youngstown in 1826, where he practically passed the remainder of his life, engaged in following his trade as a tanner. R. B. Murray was reared in Youngstown, attending the public schools of the city and later attending Allegheny College, of which he is now a trustee, and the University of Michigan. After leaving the latter institution he opened an office in Youngstown in 1868 and embarked in the practice of his profession, and has been in continued practice since that time. For a period of 16 years, from 1870 to 1886 inclusive, he was associated with the Hon. A. W. Jones, but since then has been alone the greater part of the time, and has long enjoyed one of the most extensive and lucrative practices in the city. Mr. Murray was married in 1872 to Sophia Bond, of Geneseo, New York. She died on November 19, 1885, leaving no children. Mr. Murray's second marriage occurred on June 30, 1897, to Wealthy A. Darby, of Meadville, Pennsylvania. While never seeking political preferment, Mr. Murray has always been an active party man, and has always worked for the success of his party without any expectation of personal reward. He is a member of the following fraternities : Phi Beta Kappa, a Greek fraternity, which was founded in 1775, by Washington, Jefferson and others, at William and Mary College, Virginia, and of which he is one of the two members now in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 843 daughter of Michael Harmon. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Werren, Clara E. and Bertha A. Mahoning County; a member of the Masonic order for many years. He is now and for most of his life has been an active member of the Trinity M. E. Church, of which he has for a number of years been a member of the board of trustees. CHRISTIAN WERREN, who owns an excellent 'farm of 6o acres, situated in Goshen township, on which he successfully carries on general farming and dairying, is a well-known citizen who stands very high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens. He was born December 3, 1865, in Berne, Switzerland, and is a son of Jacob Werren. The father of Mr. Werren was born also in Switzerland, and he came with other members of his family to America about 1881, settling in Smith township. Mahoning County, where he still resides, carrying on agricultural pursuits. He was twice married and eight of his children still survive, as follows: Christian, residing in Goshen township ; Maggie. residing in Alliance. Ohio: Jacob, residing in Goshen township: Catherine, residing in Stark County, Ohio : Sophia, residing at Alliance : Elizabeth, residing at Salem : and Louis and Emma, both residing in Smith township. Christian Werren was 16 years of age when he accompanied the familv to America, and a course in the public schools of his native land. had afforded him a fair education. ITe remained with his father in Smith township and then moved to Stark County. Ohio, where e continued to follow farming until 1896. when he came to his present place in Goshen township. He has a well-cultivated farm, raises the usual grains of this section and devotes a portion to pasturage, as he keeps a number of cows for dairy purposes. He is a good farmer and excellent manager. He learned the English language while attending- school for two winters in Stark County. In Stark County he married Mary Hu. mon, who died in June, 1905. She was a JOHN S. MILLER, a leading citizen of Ellsworth township, residing on his finely-improved farm of 276 acres, was born on this place, December 12, 1861, and is a son of Emanuel and Margaret (McNeilly) Miller, and a grandson of James McNeilly. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Miller were born in Ireland and emigrated to America, settling in Jackson township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1827 and coming to Ellsworth township, in 1830. The paternal grandparents came to Ellsworth township from Pennsylvania. Their children were: four daughters, and the following sons, Eli, Jesse, Josiah, David, John, E. P., and Abraham. The paternal grandfather died at the age of 90 years. Emanuel P. Miller, father of John S., was born in 1829 on his father's farm in Ellsworth township, on a part of which he still resides. He married Margaret McNeilly, who died in March, 1895, aged 62 years. John S. Miller attended the district schools of his native township and select schools at Ellsworth, and spent some time as a student at Oberlin College. He has resided on his present farm all his life, like his father, following agricultural pursuits, but devoting especial attention for the last 18 years to breeding registered Jersey cattle. Up to 1890 he was in the sheep and cattle business to some extent. but in this year he began his present enterprise, with four head of Jerseys, and now has the finest herd of registered cattle in Mahoning County. He keeps from 35 to 45 head of milkers, and in 1906 he put on the market over 12,000 pounds of Jersey butter. He supplies some 5o families at Youngstown with his farm products, for which he receives the highest market price paid. He looks after his deliveries himself, going to the city every Friday and returning home on the following day. 844 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Mr. Miller brought the first registered imported male Jersey to Mahoning County, and much of the improvement in cattle in this section may be directly traced to his enterprise, as he raises stock to sell for breeding purposes. Formerly he has bred only the St. Lambert Jerseys, but is now making the experiment of crossing the same with what is known as the Island-bred. He has tried various other breds but finds that the Jersey cattle are decidedly the most economical and by 'far the best for dairy purposes. He has made this business a scientific study. High prices do not prevent his buying such stock as meets his requirements, and he is justly proud of a beautiful heifer for which he recently paid the sum of $225. On his fertile and well-cultivated farm Mr. Miller grows just enough for his own use in taking care of his cattle. He has erected all of his barns and his residence, and they are substantial in construction and modern and sanitary in their equipments. On October 5, 1880, Mr. Miller was married to Jessie May Smith, who is a daughter of Walter and Judith P. Smith, and a granddaughter of Walter Smith, who was a pioneer from Connecticut to Ellsworth township. Mrs. Miller traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mrs. Miller, like her husband, was the only child born to her parents. Her father was a soldier in the Civil War, a member of Company F, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died from fever, in 1862. The mother of Mrs. Miller still survives. She is a daughter of Henry Ripley and a granddaughter of Gen. William Ripley, of Connecticut, who married a Miss Susan Bingham. General Ripley came to Ohio on horseback, one of the early settlers in the Western Reserve. He became a man of great prominence and served twice as member of the Ohio Legislature. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had four children, namely : Walter Waldo, Lulu May, Lester and William Ray. Lester is deceased. Mr. Miller and family belong to the Presbyterian Church at Rosemont. Politically, Mr. Miller is a Republican. He has shown his continued interest in educa tiunal matters by consenting to serve on the school board for a long time, and during two years was its president. He belongs to the fraternal order of Maccabees. WILBERT MARINER, proprietor of Tanglewood Farm, consisting of 62 acres located in section 14, Coitsville township, was born November 30, 1847, in Youngstown township, Mahoning County, Ohio. near Central Square. Youngstown, and is a son of Ephraim W. and Martha J. (Wilson) Mariner. Ephraim W. Mariner was born on the same farm and in the same house in which his son resides, and was a son of Asa Mariner, who was a native of Connecticut, and a surveyor by trade. He came to this county in 1800 with a party of surveyors and located on a tract of i 6o acres, and then returned to Connecticut, but came again to Mahoning County, in 18o1, and settled on his land in Coitsville township, on which he resided during the remainder of his life. He engaged in farming and also operated a saw mill and a grist mill which he built on the place. He married Sarah Beggs, who came of one of the old pioneer families of Coitsville. Ephraim W. Mariner, father of Wilbert, was reared on his father's farm in Coitsville township. He was a large, powerful man, six feet seven inches tall. He learned the blacksmith trade with Cyrus Jackson, after which he moved to Youngstown and started a blacksmith shop, in partnership with his brother-in-law, B. L. Wilson. He married Martha Wilson, who was born at Brier Hill, on the line between Trumbull and Mahoning counties, who was a daughter of Andrew Wilson. They had but one child, Wilbert. Ephraim Mariner died at the age of 22 years from brain fever when his son was but 18 months old. His widow subsequently married his brother, Major James Mariner, who was an officer in the State militia. They had two children : Lois, who is the widow of Lemuel Treester, resid- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 845 ing on part of the home farm; and Edith, who married Myron Clark. Major James Mariner died in 1887, and his widow in 1897, aged 74 years. Wilbert Mariner was reared on the farm where his grandfather located in 1801, his mother and step-father removing there when he was a small child. He has lived on this farm all his life, and has always been interested in farming, and owns 77 acres of farm land in Coitsville township, having another tract of 15 acres besides the farm on which he resides. In connection with his farming he runs a small dairy, disposing- of the milk at wholesale. Mr. Mariner for 10 years worked during the winter months in a saw mill for Joseph Jackson, and for three years for the Mahoning Coal Company as weigh master. Mr. Mariner was married in 1886 to Cora A. Stacey, a daughter of James A. Stacey. Nine children were born to this union, the following surviving: James S., Genevieve, Martha Virginia, Wilbert Judson, Marguerite and Ephraim Minola. Those deceased were: Catherine Jane, Joseph. K. and Florence R. Mr. Mariner is a Republican and in 1903 he was elected treasurer of Coitsville township. DAVID HAMMOND STEWART, an extensive peach-grower and farmer, of Poland township, residing on his 83 acres of valuable land, which is situated in lots 6 and 16, adjoining the corporation line of the village of Poland, is a member of one of the oldest settled families of Mahoning County. He was born at Thorn Hill, in Coitsville township, in the historic old house built by his grandfather, which is now the home of Isaac Rush. His parents were Alexander and Mary (Hammond) Stewart. Probably there are few families in Ohio that can more clearly traee their line of ancestry than can the Stewart family. It reaches to John Stewart, a Scotch Covenanter who fled from Scotland to County Down, Ireland, in 1665, to escape penalties incurred for noncompliance with royal edicts respecting forms. of religious worship. John Stewart died in 1720. Robert Stewart, son of John, was born at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1665, and died in Ireland in 1730. Samuel Stewart, son of Robert, was born near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1698, and died in 1770, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1720, with his brother Hugh, he went to. Ireland, and together they came to America in 1735, landing in the city of Philadelphia.. They settled in Drumore township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Chestnut Level, where there was a Scotch-Irish colony. Robert Stewart, son of Samuel and great-grandfather of David Hammond Stewart, was born in Ireland in 1732, and died on his farm in Liberty township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, November 1, 1811. He bought ma acres of land in what was then York, but is now Adams County, May 3o, 1765, and as his. first child was born December 20, 1765, he was probably married in the early part of that year to Sarah Stewart, of Chester County, a cousin, who was born in 1737 and died March 31, 1796. James Stewart, son of Robert and grandfather of David H., was born in Pennsylvania,. October 27, 1768. He came from. Adams County, Pennsylvania, to Mahoning County in. company with his brother John, in 1802, selecting 374 acres of land in Coitsville township. He went back to Pennsylvania, but in 1803 he returned to Coitsville township with his family and built the old log cabin which is still standing. He was married (first) to Jean. Smiley, who was a daughter of John and Ann Houton (Stewart) Smiley, a cousin, who, was born in 'Washington County, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1771, and died in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, September 5, 1812. James Stewart was drafted for the War of 1812, but on account of the serious. illness of his wife at that time, he hired a substitute, paying him the sum of $100 and a gun. He had six children by his first mar- 846 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY riage. He was married (second) to Jean Buchanan, who was born October 11, 1785, and died March 30, 1871, at the home of her son Alexander, in Poland township. Alexander Stewart, father of David H. Stewart, was the 13th child of James Stewart and the seventh of his second marriage, and he was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, September 3, 1825, and died in Poland township, December 14, 1903. He married Mary Hammond, who is a daughter of John and Margaret (Neilson) Hammond. They continued to live on the old Stewart homestead until 1863, when Mr. Stewart sold the Coitsville farm and moved to Poland, where he resided during the remainder of his life. His widow still survives. David Hammond Stewart was about one year old when his parents moved to Poland township, and he was reared on the farm now occupied by his brother, James Stewart. He was educated in the Poland schools and Poland Seminary. He has always devoted himself to agricultural pursuits and has been so successful in raising peaches that he is designated "the peach man" of Mahoning County, a very honorable title, showing that he possesses much scientific knowledge, to make the growing of this desirable fruit one Of such importance in this section. He has an orchard of 700 peach trees. On June 30, 1886, Mr. Stewart was married to Sarah Frances Giesy, who is a daughter of Jacob H. and Julia Ann (Wolf) Giesy, natives of Fairfield County, Ohio, where Mrs. Stewart was reared and carefully educated. She, with H. T. Stewart and Miss Alice Caroline Stewart, compiled the exhaustive history of the Stewart family, which was brought out in 1900 in book form. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have two children, Bertha Minnetta and Mary Edna. The former was born January 25, 1889. In June, 1907, she was graduated from Poland Seminary, after graduating from the Poland High School, in the previous year, and is to enter Wilmington College. in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The second .daughter was born January 5. 1893. The family home is a handsome frame residence which was erected in 1894. The family belong to the United Presbyterian Church at Struthers, in which Mr. Stewart is an elder. He has never taken any very active part in politics, but has consistently acted the part of a good and public-spirited citizen. He is a member of the Poland Union board of education. JAMES PARK, a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of Canfield township, and owner of Ito acres of well-improved and highly cultivated farm land. was born April 16, 1842, in Ireland and is a son of David and Mary (Meharg) Park. David Park, a native of Drumlee District, County Down. Ireland, was a farmer by occupation. He was one of a large family of children, but he and his sister, Mrs. Jane McKnight, were the only members who came to America, the latter of whom settled in Philadelphia, and is now deceased. David Park married Mary Meharg, whose father, James Meharg, was of Scotch-Irish descent. Seven children were born to David and Mary Park, four of whom were born in Ireland and three in America. In 1840. David Park started for the United States, with his wife and children, taking passage in a sailing vessel, which required six weeks to make the voyage. Having friends in Mahoning County. Ohio, he at once came here and settled in Canfield township. After staying with friends at Canfield for a short time he bought and located on the farm now owned by Issac Clay. The land was partially cleared and they moved into a log house which was on the place, in which they resided for several years, and after Mrs. Park's parents came to this country. they they bought land in partnership. David was killed in an iron ore bank when our subject was but 12 years old. He left a family of seven children : Jane. who married William Braden, both deceased James. Edward. deceased: Margaret, who married James Wal- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 849 lace; Sarah, deceased wife of A M. Templin; Marv, deceased; and Betty, who became the second wife of A. M. Templin. Mrs. Park remained a widow for some time and then married James Dickson, and both are now deceased. James Park was about six years old when his parents came to this country. He was reared in Canfield township and attended the district schools a short time, having also attended school about one year or less in Ireland. The greater part of his time, however, was devoted to working on the farm, as the family was large and of limited means. In 1862. he enlisted in Company H, 105th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Wilson, for service in the Civil War., and participated in many important battles and endured many of the hardships of army life, remaining until the close of the war. Among the most important in which he fought were Chickamauga and Perryville, and he was with Sherman on his march to the sea, which included many serious engagements. At the close of his service he returned to Mahoning- County, Ohio. and settled in Canfield township. Mr. Park was married, in 1870, to Mary A. Kirkpatrick (now called Kirk), a daughter of Matthew and Mary (Wilson) Kirkpatrick, who originally owned our subject's farm. After his marriage Mr. Park located on his present land which he purchased from his father-in-law, and it is a valuable property. Mrs. Park is one of a family of four children : Mary A.. Elizabeth j., who married George Barnes: H. R.; and John, deceased. Mr. Park has always followed agriculture as an occupation and is recognized as one of the most successful farmers of the township, and what he has acquired has been entirely due to his own efforts, he having started in life dependent upon his own resources. He is well known as one of the township's most progressive and public spirited men, one whose interests are identical with those of his community. Politically he is a Republican. He is one of the directors of the Farmers' National Bank of Canfield, Ohio. ELMER COWDEN ROBINSON, a well known retail dealer in lumber and building supplies of Lowellville, was born August 18, 1863, in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of John F. and Hannah ( McWilliams) Robinson. His parents were both born and reared in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where they were subsequently married, after which they removed to Poland township, Mahoning County, Ohio, residing for one year on a farm. They then moved to Coitsville township and purchased a farm of 115 acres on which Mr. Robinson was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred June 29, 1887. His widow, who still survives, is a resident of Lowellville, Ohio. They were the parents of six children: Almina, who died June 12, 1887, aged 32 years; George, who is engaged in farming in Poland township on a farm of 75 acres which he inherited from his father's estate; 'William, who died in November, 1888 ; Edward, twin brother of Elmer C., who is engaged in farming in Poland township ; and Audley O., who is also a dealer in building supplies, and has an office in the same building in which the subject of this sketch is located. The three sons. Edward, Audley, and Elmer C., own the home farm in Coitsville township. Elmer C. Robinson was reared in Coitsville township, working on his father's farm for many years, after which. He was engaged in threshing for ten years, operating his own thresher. In 1897 he entered into the lumber business, locating on the opposite side of the street from his present location. Erecting a building-. he continued in business there until the Traction Company put double tracks through the village, which reduced his lot from 55 to 3o feet. He then purchased his present lot and during the winter of 1903-4 erected a building in which he has since been engaged in retailing lumber and building supplies. He continues to use the old lot as a lumber yard. Mr. Robinson is also interested in other business enterprises, having considerable stock in the Hiawanna Lumber Com-