AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 925 Laura, deceased ; Dorothy Alice. aged 4 years; William Nicholas, a sturdy boy of 2 years; and an infant. Mr. Knauf has been active in township politics for a number of years and has served for a considerable period as trustee, being elected on the Republican ticket. He is a valuable member of the township school board and takes a deep interest in all that pertains to the advancement of education in his community. He is a member of the F. & A. M. at Canfield. A. B. GILMORE, whose extensive operations in real estate at Youngstown have covered some fifteen years, has been identified with the interests of this city for almost a half century. He was born at Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1846, and is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Detchon) Gilmore. The mother of Mr. Gilmore was of English ancestry. Her family settled in Boardman township, Mahoning County. prior to 1803. She died when her son was but four years old, and was survived by Mr. Gilmore for but little more than a year. The subject of his sketch was thus left an orphan at a tender age. He was taken into the borne of an uncle, Elijah Detchon. of Boardman township, where he remained until the marriage of one of his cousins, now Mrs. Joseph Williamson, when he went to live with her in Youngstown. There he was reared and educated and was a pupil in the High School at Youngstown. As soon as he was old enough he made himself useful in many ways, working at the kinds of employment then open to industrious youths and thus providing for his own support. He then made his way to Kansas, where he was employed for two years in a restaurant and bakery business. Upon his return to Youngstown. he embarked in a grocery business for some three years. Mr. Gilmore then began to deal in stock and for about 20 years was a large buyer and seller. Since closing out his stock business he has given his ex clusive attention to real estate and for the past 15 years has been one of the largest dealers in this locality. He has. platted a number of streets in this city, and one place of 28 lots on which he built seven houses, and has disposed of the larger number of the lots. He handles only his own property and superintends its improvement. In 1872, Mr. Gilmore was married to Mary J. McKinnie, of Youngstown, who is a daughter of James and Hannah McKinnie, who were among the early settlers of this section. They have two children, Ellen D., and Nettie H., young ladies residing at home, who are prominent in the city's social life. For the past 20 years Mr. Gilmore and family have been members of the First Christian Church, in which he is an elder, having at various times been trustee- and treasurer. He has fraternal connections with the United Workmen and the Heptasophs. About 1798, the Detchon family came to America. JOHN S. FORD, who for a number of years was prominently identified with many of the leading business interests of Youngstown, was born September 5, 1856, at Omaha, Nebraska, and died April 8, 1893, in Florida, whitcher he had gone in the hope of regaining his health. His parents were Gen. James H. and Arabella (Stambaugh) Ford, and his grandparents on the maternal side were John and Sarah (Bower) Stambaugh, early pioneers of Mahoning County. After completing his education in the public schools of Youngstown, where he acquitted himself creditably, John S. Ford learned business methods with his uncle, the late John Stambaugh. He possessed the natural ability to successfully apply these business methods in his own business life. In the course of events he became interested in the commercial life of Youngstown. where he was one of the original promoters of what is now the, Youngstown Dry Goods Company, formerly the firm of 926 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Stitt & Schmidt. He became a prominent factor of this company and was president of the Opera House Company. He was also largely interested as a stockholder in the Union Iron and Steel Company and the Falcon Nail & Iron Company, both of Youngstown, and in various mining enterprises of the far West. He was unusually successful in business and had a particularly bright future before him, but was removed from the scene of his labors. in the prime of life. Mr. Ford. was deeply interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association and was always ready to contribute time, money and effort for the purpose of advancing the usefulness of this organization. It was mainly due to his efforts and assistance that the present beautiful building of the association was erected at Youngstown. There are other monuments to his memory, not less enduring though not built of stone or marble, but they are enshrined in the hearts of hundreds to whom, quietly and unostentatiously he gave encouragement, sympathy and material benefits, as the occasion demanded. Personally he was beloved, respected and admired, for he possessed the engaging qualities which inspire affection and regard. Although primarily a business man, travel in his own and foreign lands had broadened his outlook and brought about an appreciation of art, literature and music. To intimate friends and those who enjoyed the hospitality of his home he was known as a man of refined culture and engaging personality. On June 8, 1887, Mr. Ford was married to Harriet Wick, a daughter of the late Paul and Susan A. (Bull) Wick, of Youngstown. Her father was born October 1, 1824, in Ma-honing County, Ohio. He was a son of Henry and Hannah (Baldwin) Wick, who were married December 11, 1794, and soon thereafter took up their residence in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where Henry Wick engaged in mercantile business until 1801, when he removed to Youngstown, Ohio, his father-in-law, Caleb Baldwin, having preceded him. He re-embarked in business here and in the follow ing year brought his family. His store on the southeast corner of the Diamond on the corner of Federal and Phelps streets, was a land-mark for over 40 years. Henry Wick died November 4, 1845, and was survived by his wife until 1849.H HENRY J. LEEWORTHY, general contractor, who is located at No. 16, Marion street, Youngstown, was born in England, February, 1867, and was five years old when lie accompanied his parents to America. They located in Trumbull County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. Mr. Leeworthy was engaged in mill work until about 22 years of age and then learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until he took up contracting, for a time being connected with the Valley Lumber Company. He has been in business at Youngstown for the past seven years, and has been interested in a large amount of the important building operations going on in the city, working as a general contractor. In 1889, Mr. Leeworthy was married to Susie E. Swift, of Warren, Ohio, and they have one child, Mabel E. Mr. Lee-worthy belongs to the order of Foresters and the American Insurance Union. He is a prominent member of the Third Christian Church, being chairman and secretary of its official board. Both as a business man and a private citizen, he stands very high in the community. JACOB WARREN, JR., a well-known citizen and representative farmer of Goshen township, who also conducts a modern dairy business on his fine farm of 90 1/2 acres, which is situated in section 4, has been established on his present place since the spring of 1896. He was born May 5, 1870, in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, and is a son of Jacob and Magdalena Warren. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 927 The mother of Mr. Warren died in Switzerland when he was an infant, but his father still survives, having passed his 60th year, and resides in Smith township, Mahoning County. He brought his children to America, when Jacob was 14 years of age, and settled in Stark County, Ohio. There the youth grew up to. manhood, and obtained his English education. He has always carried on agricultural pursuits and has given much attention to dairying. His farm is well stocked and his Holstein. cattle are of the best blood. He gives them much care and takes a justifiable pride in them. In March, 1896, Mr. Warren was married to Mary Warren, who was born near his old home in Switzerland. This estimable lady is a great help to her husband in carrying on his large business, she having been reared by a careful mother to be a good housekeeper. Mr. Warren takes no active interest in politics, but he may always be counted on to support measures in his township looking to the improvement of the public schools, the establishing of churches and the building of good roads. He believes in the growing of the best cattle and the use of good machinery and his example is followed by a number of his fellow farmers and dairymen. From his dairy many residents of Salem are supplied. W. J. SCHOLL, president of The W. J. Scholl Company, at Youngstown, plumbers and gas fitters, was born at Youngstown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was seven years of age when he accompanied his parents, by way of the canal, to Youngstown, Ohio. Until he was 13 years old, Mr. Scholl attended school, but then he was deemed old enough to earn his own living and he began work for John Manning, in a nursery. Later he worked for a year in the nail mill and then operated an engine in the Turner Spike Works for 18 months. In 1873, he first entered into the plumbing business in which he has been interested ever since. After one year alone, he admitted Jack Semple to a partnership and later William Semple took the latter's place. In 1906, the latter sold his interest to Mr. Scholl. In 1900, the business had been incorporated as the Scholl-Semple Company and capitalized at $60,000. W. J. Scholl became president ; T. A. Harris, vice-president ; and E. G. Cronick, secretary and treasurer. In the current year the name of the firm was changed to The W. J. Scholl Company. This company does a large business, having a plant at No. 116 Market street. It operates a machine shop and makes a specialty of high pressure heavy pipe fitting. In 1885, Mr. Scholl was married to Della Davis, a daughter of Abraham Davis, of Sharon, Pennsylvania. They have one daughter, Mary, who is the wife of Morgan Whitehead, who is a grandson of Owen Evans, one of the Welsh pioneers of Mahoning County. Mr. Scholl is connected with the Masonic fraternity and is also an Elk. SAMUEL W. ROLLER, formerly an extensive farmer and successful fruit-grower, of Green township, was one of the most highly esteemed residents of this section, in which his long and useful life of 77 years was passed.. Mr. Roller was born in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, April 30, 1825, and died in the same place, March 30, 1902. His parents were Michael and Isabel (Calvin) Roller, the former of whom was born in Tennessee and the latter in Virginia. Michael Roller, father of Samuel W., probably accompanied his parents to Green township as family records say that his brother Isaac was the first white male child born here. Samuel W. Roller was .reared in Green township and obtained a district school education, after which he devoted himself exclusively to agricultural pursuits. In addition to farming and stock-raising, he was much interested in the growing of fruits and was one 928 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY of the best informed horticulturists in this section. On November 3, 1855, Mr. Roller was married to Sarah E. Hole, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 29, 1832, and is a daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Armstrong) Hole. Her father was born in Virginia and her mother in Delaware. In their youth they had accompanied their respective parents to Columbiana County, where the Holes and Armstrongs are listed with the earliest settlers and most respected pioneers. There were nine children born to Samuel W. Roller and wife, the seven surviving being as follows : Elvira J., who married Oliver S. Walter, residing at Greenford; Melissa M., who is the. widow of Dr. J. H. Calvin, who was a prominent physician of Salem; Arthur C., residing in Columbiana County ; Anna L., who married Jacob Cook, of Salem; Ida I., residing with her mother at Greenford ; and Charles J. and Ernest I., both residing in Green township. In political views, Mr. Roller was a Republican, and was elected to the office of township trustee on several occasions. Mrs. Roller resides with her daughter, at Greenford, where she has a wide social acquaintance and many friends. She is a member of the Disciples Church. H. W. DAVIS. Prominent among the business men of Youngstown is H. W. Davis, who has, perhaps, been more extensively engaged here in handling valuable real estate than any other individual. He is manager of the South End Lumber Company and other important business connections. Mr. Davis was born at Youngstown, Ohio, in 1843, and is a son of Ebenezer Davis. Ebenezer Davis died in 1876. He had crossed the plains to California. in 1849, met with good success and on his return, located at Youngstown, where he was a coal operator for a number of years. H. W. Davis was reared and educated in his native city. He entered the Brown-Bonnell rolling mill when little more than a boy, and remained with that firm for 11 years. Mr. Davis then embarked in an insurance and real estate business, the former branch of which he has discontinued. He deals mainly in city property, buys large tracts and plats and after improving, sells to great advantage. He has erected fully 150 residences in this city and has done much to add to the beauty and value of every tract of land that he has handled. Aside from his personal business he has been one of the. city's most progressive and enterprising men. He promoted and organized the Mahoning Abstract Company ; promoted and helped organize the Banner Electric Company, of which he is still a stockholder ; was one of the reorganizers of the Mineral Ridge Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of coal mine supplies, a very successful enterprise, of which he is a director and stockholder ; he also promoted the South End Lumber Company, of which he is the manager. On September i o, 1887, he was married to Lenora Thulen, who is a daughter of Henry Thulen, an old resident of this city. They have two children, Helen and Fred. Politically. Mr. Davis is a Republican and a prominent member of the party in this section. In 1889, he was elected recorder of Ma-liming, County, and in 1895, he was again elected to the same office. At the late Republican State convention held at Columbus, he was sent as a delegate from this section. REV. CHARLES F. MIDDLETON, who belongs to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is also one of the representative business men of Goshen township, largely interested in the sawmill industry. Mr. Middleton was born December I, 1862, on the farm of 35 acres on which he resides and owns, which is situated in Goshen township, not far from the village of Patmos. He is a son of Levi S. and Elizabeth (Meridith) Middleton. The parents of Mr. Middleton were born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and came to Mahoning County some 60 years ago, settling AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 929 on the farm in section 4, on which their son resides, when all this land was covered with forest. Levi S. Middleton became one of the township's most useful citizens and when his death occurred the whole community felt the loss. His widow still survives, having reached her 86th year. Of their children, six survive, namely : Elwood O., residing in Montcalm County, Michigan; Beulah, wife of George Hinchman, residing in Goshen township ; Conley T., a resident of Marshall County, Indiana ; Eliza J., wife of Samuel E. Bradshaw, residing in- Goshen township ; William L., residing at Patmos, Ohio, which is the home also of his venerable mother ; and Charles F. Levi S. Middleton was a member of the Friends Church. Charles F. Middleton was reared in Goshen township and all his early associations center around his present home, on which he has lived all his life. His education was obtained in the public schools at Patmos, and his theological training has been secured through a thorough course of religious reading and a close study of those subjects which pertain to the advancement of the human race. During his younger years he lived on the farm and assisted in its development, but later found himself better fitted for work in other directions. He learned the carpenter's trade and for a time engaged in contracting for stone culvert work, afterwards becoming interested in lumbering. For several years he bought timber and cut and hauled logs, and for the past four years has been operating a portable sawmill. He is a man of excellent business ability and through his honorable and upright methods, has established a wide reputation for sterling integrity. Mr. Middleton was married (first) to Wilma A. Templin, who was a daughter of James W. Templin, formerly of Goshen township. To this marriage two children were born : Mary 0., who married Clyde Owens, residing in Goshen township; and Carrie E., who married Homer Greenamyre, residing in Goshen township. Mr. Middleton was married (second) to Rilda Stallsmith, who is a daughter of the late Allen Stallsmith, of Ellsworth township, and they have had three children, the two survivors being: Florence B. and Paul M. The family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. WILLIAM POWELL, general superintendent of the sewerage system, at Youngstown, is a careful and efficient public officer.    He was born in Wales, in 1858, and he was four years of age when his parents brought him to America and to Youngstown. Mr. Powell was reared and educated in this city and as soon as his age permitted, he entered the rolling mills of the Brown-Bonnell Company. He remained with that concern from 1869 until 1893, when he was appointed to his present position, one of large importance in a city the size of Youngstown. On August 26, 1887, Mr. Powell was married to Kate Francis, who died on February 8, 1905. She is survived by three children, namely : Francis M., William Edward and Hannah. Mr. Powell has been a very active member of the Republican party for a number of years and he was present at both National conventions which nominated the late President McKinley. He is a member of the Foraker Republican Club. Fraternally he is a Master Mason and an Odd Fellow. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. THOMAS J. HELRIGLE, foreman of the Youngstown Carriage and Wagon Company, an important business concern at Youngstown, has been identified with the interests of this city for the past 21 years. He was born at Dayton, Ohio, October 5, 1850. Thomas J. Helrigle was reared and educated at Dayton, where he resided until he was 21 years of age, in the meanwhile having learned the trade of carriage trimmer. This 930 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY he worked at up to .1885 in different parts of Ohio and in Indiana and Kentucky, but in the latter year he came to Youngstown and entered the employ of the Youngstown Carriage and Wagon Company, taking charge of the trimming department. He was made foreman and has filled this position ever since. Mr. Helrigle has some investments in other industries at Youngstown and has manufacturing interests in the West. Since taking up his residence in this city, he has proven himself a first-class citizen, at present is a member of the board of education and has served for two years as a member of the city council. In August, 1874, Mr. Helrigle was married, at Xenia, Ohio, to Nellie Clevell, and they have two sons, Thomas E., who is a traveling salesman, and Emil B., who is a student at the Raven High School. For many years Mr. Helrigle has been a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Shrine. He is past master of Western Star Lodge of the Youngstown Chapter, and has been secretary since 1893. He is also an active member of the Elks. JOSEPH F. REDMAN, whose progressive methods and excellent agriculcultural management, have made his 100 acres of fine land in section 33, one of the best farms in Goshen town. ship, is a native of Smith township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he was born December 25, 1867. His parents were .Daniel D. and Emma (Fuhr) Redman. The father of Mr. Redman, who died when Joseph F. was a child, was a native of Pennsylvania. He married Emma Fuhr, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and after the birth of Joseph F., the family settled in Knox township, in the above county. The mother still resides there, having. contracted a second marriage, with John Wagner. Mr. Wagner has one sister, Mary A., who married B. B. Lewis, and resides in Smith township. Joseph F. Redman was reared to maturity in Knox township and there secured a common school education. His business training has been entirely along agricultural lines and he has made farming his main occupation. He has many progressive ideas which lie has put into practice and his land is thus made more valuable. He carries on general farming and stockraising. On January 26, 1903, Mr. Redman was married to Anna C. Oesch, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, September 20, 1874, and is a daughter of Ulrich and Elizabeth (Denny) Oesch. Her parents were natives of Switzerland and were early settlers in Columbiana County. Mr. and Mrs. Redman have five children : Elsie M., Ernest O., Leonard D., Sarah E., and Arthur L. Mr. and Mrs. Redman are members of the Reform Church. In politics, Mr.. Redman is a Republican. He has never accepted any office except that of school director, serving as such because he is much interested in the public school system. He is a man of sterling character and has the confidence and esteem of his neighbors. CHARLES F. MATTESON, who has been a resident of Mahoning County for the past 25 years, is engaged in the real estate and insurance business at 205 West Federal street, Youngstown, Ohio. He was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1856, and was reared and educated in that county, after which he worked for a time in his father's store. His father, Horace E. Matteson, was the first agent of the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company which was organized in 1848, and from 1865 to 1881 he had the agency for Mahoning County, but in 1881 he gave it up to his son Charles, the subject of this notice. After Mr. Matteson took the agency for the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company he first located in Canfield, Mahoning County, but soon after moved to Youngstown, where he has since been the representative of that company, and. is also engaged to some extent in the real estate business. Mr. Matteson is perhaps acquainted with more men in Mahoning County AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 931 than any other man in the county. He is vice-president of the Las Tunas Citrus Fruit Company, of Cuba, of which his son Clark H., is superintendent. The latter is now located in Cuba. Mr. Matteson was first married in 1882 to Miss Florence Stone; she died in 1902 leaving one son, Clark H., above mentioned. He married, second, in 1904, Fidelia Fraternally, Mr. Matteson is connected with Youngstown Lodge No. 403, I. O. O. F., of Youngstown, and is also a member of the Camp and Canton, and a past grand of the order. He is a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. H. F. DUESING, one of the old established merchants at Youngstown, who has been identified. with mercantile life here for the past 35 years, was born in Germany and is a son of Frederick Duesing, who still survives and resides at Youngstown. Mr. Duesing was two years old when he accompanied his parents to America. They lived for three .years at New Castle, Pennsylvania, and then came to Youngstown, when H. F. was reared to manhood and was given a good education in the public schools. After serving for about a year and a half, with the firm of E. M. McGillen Company, in 1890 he engaged in mercantile business at No. 2246 West Federal street. In addition to this business, Mr. Duesing operates a branch grocery store on Highland street. He has various other interests, being a stockholder in a number of successful enterprises. In 1893, Mr. Duesing was married to Bertha Bayer, who is a. daughter of Capt. John Bayer, and they have two children, Vera May and Frederick H. The family belongs to the First Lutheran Church. Politically Mr. Duesing has always been an active Democrat and on numerous occasions has been signally honored by his party. He has filled a position on the board of education as the choice of both Democrats and Re- publicans. He is president of the State board of Retail Grocers' Association. Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason and belongs also to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. PERKINS BROTHERS, proprietors of The Perkins Hardware & Roofing Co., one of the leading business firms at Youngstown, in the general hardware and roofing line and located at No. 2250 West Federal street, was established May 15, 1899, by George R., Joseph R. and John R. Perkins. The business includes general hardware, slate and tin roofing and furnaces. George R. Perkins, the oldest member of the firm, was born at Youngstown and is a son of Richard Perkins, who was engaged here in a coal business for years. George R. was reared and educated in this city and began business in the tobacco line, but later became connected with the iron interests of this section and for 20 years has been identified with the Youngstown Steel Company, for the past io years having been superintendent of furnaces. He is one of Youngstown's most reliable citizens. Joseph R. Perkins, the second member of the firm, was formerly shipping clerk and paymaster of the Port Royal Coal and Coke Company. He now takes care of the tin roofing business for the firm, all over the State. John R. Perkins, the youngest member of the firm, was born at Wethersfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, and was about io years old when he came to Youngstown. He was connected with the Stambaugh-Thompson Hardware Company before entering into his present business. All three brothers are practical, experienced men and they control a large concern. In 1901, John R. Perkins was married to Rachel Wooley, and they have one son, Jere Richard, named for his paternal grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins belong to the First Presbyterian Church. The directors and officers of The Perkins Hardware and Roofing Company are. as fol- 932 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY lows : President, John R. Perkins; vice-president, George R. Perkins; secretary and treasurer, Joseph R. Perkins. Directors : James Perkins, George Perkins, Joe Perkins, John R. Perkins and J. R. Wooley. URIES BAIRD, a prominent citizen of Goshen township, has many business interests in this locality. In addition to extensive farming and sheep-growing, he is proprietor of a sawmill and for many years has been identified with bee culture. He was born in Canfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, June 25, 1850, and is a son of Jacob and Sarah (Fulweiler) Baird. The Baird family can trace its history beyond the Casper Baird, who was the great-grandfather of Jacob Baird. Casper Baird was born in Germany and emigrated to Pennsylvania, where he lived for 36 years and then, in old age, came to Mahoning County, and died in Green township, having lived there only one year. His son, John Baird, succeeded him, having accompanied his father from Pennsylvania, and in turn, he was succeeded by his son, Henry Baird, who was the first head of the family born in Green township. The uncle of this Henry Baird, also Henry Baird, was one of the first men in Green township to utilize the water power to run a sawmill, and the second Henry was the successor in that line, and he was the introducer of steam. power. Uries Baird was the third of the name to continue the industry in Green township, his mill being equipped with modern steam machinery. Grandfather Henry Baird became a man of large possessions and at his death left to his family over I Too acres of land. Jacob Baird, father of Uries Baird, resided all his life in Green township, except a short period spent in Canfield township. He carried on agricultural pursuits, was a large farmer and successful stock-raiser and operated Boo acres of land. He died March 5, 1901. Uries Baird was reared in Green township and from his youth has been interested in all that pertains to agriculture. In May, 1879, he settled on his present farm in Goshen township, and since 1890 he has been operating a sawmill in connection with his other enterprises. For many years Mr. Baird has made a study of bee culture and probably is the best informed man on this subject in Mahoning County, where he is recognized as a leading apiarist. He is the inventor of the celebrated Chaff Bee Hive, which is in general use with apiarists all over the country. Mr. Baird married Harriet Messerly, who was born in Beaver township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and they have one son, James H., who was born March 16, 1880. The latter married Helen S. Bowman, who is a daughter of Charles Bowman, of Goshen township. As may be judged, Mr. Baird is a very busy man, but he is never too much occupied with his own affairs to recognize the duties of a good citizen. He is a stanch friend of the public schools and readily gives support to public-spirited enterprises which promise to be of permanent benefit to the community. Politically he is a Democrat. For nealyy a half century he has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows, at Canfield. He is a member of the German Reformed Church. GEORGE L. DINGLEDY, of the firm of Dingledy Brothers, wholesale and retail hardware merchants, is one of the representative business men of Youngstown. A valued member of the Chamber of Commerce and actively interested in all that concerns the welfare of the city, he has been identified here since 188i. Mr. Dingledy was born in November, 1860, at Buffalo, New York. After completing his literary education, which was obtained in both private and public schools, Mr. Dingledy became a clerk in a shoe store at Buffalo, but after this he had spent his vacations for one year as a clerk in Fulton Market. He then became associated with Dudley Brothers of Buffalo, engineering supplies and belts, with which firm he remained AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 935 from 1878 to 1881, and when he severed his connection was acting in the capacity of bookkeeper. In the. latter year he became bookkeeper for his uncle, G. H. Dingledy, Sr., in the lumber business, and remained with him until 1887, when, with his brother, John Dingledy, he established a hardware store at Youngstown, locating at No. 448 East Federal street. Increasing trade soon demanded larger accommodations, and the business was moved to the Davis building on East Federal street, where they leased their present cornmodious quarters and now occupy No. 220-222. Since locating here they have added two large rooms, the main store room being 90 feet long and the warehouse Too feet long. They occupy also the second floor and basement. Their business is a very extensive one, as they deal both wholesale and retail. In addition to. his interests here, Mr. Dingledy is also a director in the Equity Savings & Loan Association. In 1884, Mr. Dingledy was married first, to Nettie Ludt, of Youngstown, who died in 1887, leaving two children, Edward J. and Tena C., both of whom are now deceased. In 1903, Mr. Dingledy was married second, to Antoinette Boehme, who is a daughter of Rev. A. E. Boehme. Mr. and Mrs. Dingledy are members of the German Lutheran Church, of which he is an official member. RICHARD GARLICK, a very prominent business citizen of Youngstown and identified with many of its leading interests, is treasurer of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Mr. Garlick was born in this city. in 1871, and he is a son of H. M. Garlick, extended mention of whom. will be found elsewhere in this volume. He was reared in his native city and after completing his course at the Rayen High School, spent two years at Yale College. Upon his return to Youngstown he was connected with the Lloyd Booth Company until 1900, when he accepted the position of treasurer of the Youngstown Sheet - 48 - and Tube Company. Mr. Garlick is also connected with a number of other successful enterprises, being a director in the Dollar Savings and Trust Company ; a director in the First National Bank ; a director in the American Belting Company ; president of the Concrete Sand and Stone Company, of Youngstown, and owns stock in other large concerns. He is a valued member of the Youngstown. Chamber of Commerce. In 1901, Mr. Garlick was married to Mary Holmes Wells, who is a daughter of. the late Thomas H. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Garlick are members of the Presbyterian Church, He belongs to the social organization known as the Youngstown club. His offices are situated in the Federal Building. THOMAS P. DECAMP, a prosperous farmer and stock-raiser of Youngstown township, residing on his farm of 107 acres, situated in section 9, was born April 3, 1829, in Board man township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Parkis and Pleasant (Thornburg) DeCamp. Louis DeCamp, grandfather of our subject, a native of New Jersey, came to Mahoning County in about 1803, from Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resided for several years. He was among the earliest pioneers of this county and located on a farm of 100 acres in Boardman township and here remained the rest of his life, engaged in clearing and cultivating this land. A blacksmith by trade he built a forge on a small stream known as Cornersburg Run. He made a small trip hammer and engaged in general blacksmithing, also making edged tools. Subsequently he erected a saw-mill in which he manufactured the greater part of the lumber from which the first frame houses in that locality were built. Parkis DeCamp, father of Thomas P., was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was a small boy when his father moved to Boardman township. He was the eldest son and for many years operated his father's saw- 936 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY mill, as well aspending one yearwith the work on the farm. He married Pleasant Thornburg and they became the parents of three children: Thomas P., the subject of this sketch; John W., deceased; and Sarah Ann, who died aged 25 years. Thomas P. DeCamp has been a resident of this township since a child of two years, when his parents came from Boardman township. After leaving school he taught for six terms, his first term being in Bears' Den district, and two terms in the Ross district, Austintown township, and three terms in the Cornersburg district. Since his first marriage Mr. DeCamp has been engaged in farming, and came to his present farm during the latter part of April, 1852, having lived previously with his father in section u. Mr. DeCamp owns about 155 3/4 acres of farm land in Youngstown township, 107.54 in section 9, 22, 15 in section 11, and 26 acres in section To. Mr. DeCamp was married on April 22, 1852, to Sallie Ann Price, a daughter of Jesse Price. They had three children : Laura J., widow of Almedas Wehr ; Mary Ellen, who married Robert Wallace of Youngstown; and Warren, who died aged seven years. Mrs. DeCamp died in 1867, and on March 5, 1868, he married Melissa Calhoun, a daughter of Andrew Calhoun, who was a resident of Jackson township, Maboning County. Mr. DeCamp is the grandfather of three children, Norman and Mark Wehr, and Wayne Wallace. He also has five great-grandchildren—Howard, Roy, Frank and Kenneth Wehr, all children of his grandson, Norman Wehr, and Verne Wehr, son of his grandson, Mark Wehr. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. DeCamp accompany this article. FRED M. ORR, of the undertaking and embalming firm of John S. Orr & Son, leading undertakers at Youngstown, was born here March 6, 1874, and is a son of John S. Orr, who has conducted an undertaking business here since 1870. He was reared at Youngstown, and was educated here and at Peekskill Academy, on the Hudson river, spendingone•year in the Rayen School and graduating at Peekskill in 1892. He is a well qualified man in his business, being a graduate both of the Champion and the Massachusetts Colleges of Embalming. He became a partner with his father, in 1900: The firm is well equipped for all possible demands that could be made on them, .in their line. On October 7, 1902, Mr. Orr was married to Harriet L. Sims, of Youngstown, who is a sister of Superintendent Sims, of the City Hospital. They have one child, Sarah Montgomery. Mr. Orr belongs to a number of business organizations and social societies. He is quite prominent in Masonry, being a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 21, A. P. & A. M. Youngstown Chapter, No. 9 ; St. John's Commandery, No. 20 ; Hiram Lodge of Perfection, all of Youngstown; also of the Lake Erie Consistory of Cleveland ; Al 'Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Cleveland : and Warren Council, of Warren, Ohio. He belongs also to the Elks, the Odd Fellows and the Protected Home Circle, and is a member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce. HOMER S. WILLIAMS, president and manager of the Homer S. Williams Company, handlers of a complete line of house furnishing goods, located in the Wick building at No. 100 Market street, Youngstown, is one of the enterprising and representative business men of this city. Mr. Williams was born in 1875, on a farm in Bedford County. Pennsylvania. He obtained his education in the country schools near his home, but having no inclination for an agricultural life, at the age of 16 years he began to interest himself in other pursuits. He started out as a solicitor and then entered the employ of the United States Express Company, with which he remained for three years. He then became express messenger forthe Adams Express Company, continuing with that concern for three years, being the young- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 937 est messenger in the employ of the company. He looks with pardonable pride on this part of his life, because he can truthfully assert that he never lost a single day's salary during this long period. Thus, by the time he was 23 years old he had accumulated enough capital to engage in business for himself and he accordingly embarked in a wall paper business at Hagerstown, Maryland. He began, necessarily, in a small way, but greatly increased his facilities during the four years he remained in that place. On August 1, 1902, Mr. Williams came to Youngstown and entered into business here. In 1904 the Homer S. Williams Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000, which, on account of greatly increased business, has been advanced to $75,000. This company possess the finest business rooms in Youngstown. They occupy the Wick building, at No.100 Market street, which gives them 37,000 square feet of floor space, much more than is used by any other concern here. Their large and varied stock of furnishing goods offer the best opportunities for choice and purchase in northeastern Ohio. In 1898, Mr. Williams was married to Nora M. Lantz, of Cumberland, Maryland, and they have two children, Homer H. and Bradley W. Mr. Williams is a member of the order of Odd Fellows. DAVID BATZLI, a valued and useful member of the school board and a prominent agriculturist of Goshen township, who has resided on his present farm in section 33, since the fall of 1897, was born November 11, 1851, in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. His parents were David and Susanna (Weismuther) Batzli. The parents of Mr. Batzli were natives of Switzerland. The father, David, died in 1865; his wife survived him 30 years, dying in 1895. In the schools of his own land, Mr. Batzli received sufficient education to fit him for the duties he was called upon to perform in and around his home, but he was ambitious and had a strong desire to emigrate to America and seek his fortune there, consequently in 1874. he crossed the Atlantic ocean and landed on the shores of the United States, coming directly to Ohio. After passing some time in Columbiana County, he visited Missouri, but came back to Columbiana County, and spent several. years in Knox township. In 1888 he came to Mahoning County, since when he has been a resident of Goshen township. He owns a good farm of 48 acres, which is well cultivated and comfortably improved. On December 25, 1883, Mr. Batzli was married to Mrs. Louisa Egger, widow of Arnold Egger. She was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Ulrich and Margaret (Denny) Oesch. Her parents were born in Switzerland and were early settlers in Columbiana County, where both died. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Batzli, there are four survivors, David E., Minnie B., Elizabeth M. and Anna M. By her previous marriage, Mrs. Batzli has one surviving son, Arnold F., residing in Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Batzli are members of the Reformed Church. He is a man of public spirit and good judgment, and the confidence his fellow)-citizens feel in him is shown by their electing and reelecting him a member of the school board ever since 1900. EMIL J. ANDERSON, who is engaged in the practice of law, at Youngstown, Ohio, and who has won his way through his own efforts to his present creditable position at the bar, has been a resident of America since he was nine years of age, though a native of Sweden. The parents of Mr. Anderson came to Youngstown and thus chance provided a citizen whose whole career has been one to reflect credit upon his adopted home. Mr. Anderson, proved a studious youth and took advantage of every opportunity afforded by the excellent public schools, spending three years at the Rayen School and then taking a business course 938 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY at Brown's Commercial College. During this period he practically paid his own way, selling papers, working at odd times in business houses and being employed for awhile in the Andrews Brothers establishment at Hazelton. With his mind set on a professional career, he studied law for a short time with R. B. Murray and Charles Koonce, but necessity compelled him to put aside his books for a time.. Consequently he served in the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad for about two and a half years, during which time he devoted as much attention as he could to evening study of his chosen profession. After leaving the railroad he was in the office of W. T. Gibson, prosecuting attorney, for three months and then continued his reading under General T. W. Sanderson. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1903, and subsequently was in partnership with General Sanderson for 18 months, and, later, with A. M. Henderson. He has made a specialty of. handling damage suits and has been particularly successful. June 1, 1907, he entered into partnership with D. F. Anderson, the firm to be known as Anderson & Anderson, with offices in the Dollar Bank building. Mr. Anderson for a number of years has been active in politics. He is a member of the city Board of Education, to which he was elected for a term of four years, and by action of the Legislature will serve an additional year. Fraternally, Mr. Anderson is a Mason, Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. He is a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church. He has well acquitted himself with credit in his business and professional capacities,. and has won the respect, confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens in a high degree. GEORGE YAGER, a prosperous farmer of Austintown township and an extensive land owner in Mahoning County, resides on a fine farm of 80 acres located in section 21. He was born February 17, 1846, on the home farm in Canfield township and is a son of Christian and Catherine Miller. Christian Yager was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, a son of John Yager, who was one of the early settlers of the county. He was one of a family of eight children : John ; Henry ; Christian; Daniel ; Samuel ; Elizabeth (Mrs. P. Stitel) ; Catherine (Mrs. Bearer), and Polly. Christian Yager was born in an old log house in Canfield township, where he was reared to maturity and subsequently engaged in farming. After his marriage he continued to live in Canfield township, and became a large land owner, having at one time 350 acres, which were acquired after much hard work and by honest and conservative business methods. During those clays the work was all done by hand, and there were no farming implements made but the sickle, scythe and cradle. He married Catherine Miller, who was born on the Four Mile Run in Austintown township, and who was a daughter of John Miller, also one of the early pioneers of the county. They became the parents of five children, among them two daughters who died in infancy of the whooping cough. Those reared were as follows : William, a resident of Ellsworth; Nathan, a resident of Canfield township; and George, the subject of this sketch. Christian Yager died in January, 1895, at the advanced age of 82 years. His wife died aged 45 years. George Yager was reared on his father's farm in Canfield township. The school he attended was located on the land on which his grandfather resided. He continued to remain at home assisting with the work until June, 1885, when he was united in marriage with Lucy Everett, who was born on the present farm of her husband, on November 30, 1863, a daughter of Steyman and Mary (Nire) Everett. Her parents came from. Pennsyl- vania in wagons and were among the early pioneers of Austintown township, where they lived until an advanced age, the father dying when in his 79th year, and his wife at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Yager was one of a family of five children : Edgar, Charles, Pricilla (married William Crum, both now deceased) ; Lucy (Mrs. Yager) ; and Sarah, widow of John Crum. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 939 Mr. and Mrs. George Yager have had two children, namely : Magdalene (Mrs. Elmer Carn), a resident of Canfield township; and Thomas, who married Bertha Shiffler, and resides with his father. Mr. Yager has always made farming his occupation and has always resided in Mahoning County. He and his family live in a fine, modern, eight-room residence, which was built in the fall of 1906. Politically Mr. Yager is a Democrat, and he is religiously connected with the Reformed Church. SAMUEL R. SHAFFER, whose well-cultivated farm of 120 acres is situated in section 12, Goshen township, is a very successful farmer and one who has done much to raise the standard in the growing of first-class cattle, his herd of Holsteins and Jerseys being among the finest in this section of Mahoning County. Mr. Shaffer. was born September 28, 1849, in Medina County, Ohio. and is a son of Michael and Sophia (Rickle) Shaffer. The father of Mr. Shaffer was born in Germany and the mother in Pennsylvania, and they were among the early settlers in Medina County, Ohio, where they lived until Samuel R., was about six years of age. when they moved to Sandusky County. Ohio. They died in Mahoning County. Samuel R. Shaffer was reared in Sandusky County. He attended the schools near his father's farm. Early in the 70's the family removed from Sandusky County to Mahoning County and settled in Berlin township, where he lived until 1898, when he settled on his present valuable farm in ,Goshen township. Mr. Shaffer was married (first) in Berlin township, to Alice Hull, who died 14 years later. He was married (second) to Laura Beardsley, who was born in Ellsworth township, and is the daughter of Henry Beardsley. Two children have been born of this marriage, namely : Ruby 0., and Mary M. Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Salem. They have a pleasant social circle in their neighborhood, and enjoy the esteem and friendship of all who know them. DAVID G. MORRIS, president of the Valley Lumber Company, lumber dealers and general contractors, whose plant is situated at the corner of Holmes and Wood streets, Youngstown, has been a resident of this city for 27 years. He was born in Wales, in September, 1.857. Mr. Morris was 22 years of age when he came to America, having previously secured a good education and learned a useful trade. He soon located at Youngstown, where he found work as a carpenter, and shortly afterwards entered into general contracting. In 1903 he became associated with John W. Jones in the purchase of the Valley Lumber Company's plant, and they now operate a planing mill and do a large business in general contracting, being among the reliable, prosperous business men of the city. In 1884, Mr. Morris was married to Eliza Morris, and they have three children, namely : Gommer, who is clerk for the L. & Southern Railroad; Charles, who is a student in the Rayen School, and David G., Jr. Mr. Morris is a member of the Welsh Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the fraternal order of Knights of Pythias. M. V. CUNNINGHAM, M. D., general medical practitioner, who enjoys a large practice at Youngstown and is the physician and surgeon for both the police and fire departments of the city, was born in: 1869, at Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. After completing the public school course, Dr. Cunningham entered Grove City College and was subsequently graduated from that institution, in the meanwhile having taught a number of terms of school. He then took up the 940 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY study of medicine and in 1894 was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Chicago. He at once located at Youngstown,. where he has been practicing for the past 12 years. For a short time he was in partnership with Dr. John Woodbridge and later, also for a limited period, with Dr. Dick' inson. He is a member of the Mahoning County and the Ohio State Medical Associations. Dr. Cunningham belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and also to the Youngstown Club. He was reared in the religious faith of the old Scotch Presbyterian Church. H. M. KELLY, assistant manager of the Lloyd Booth Co. Department of the United Engineering & Foundry Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, was born in Greenford, Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1867, and is a son of David Z. and Ann Eliza (Griffith) Kelly. David Z. Kelly, who died in 1873, was one of the early settlers at Youngstown, where he followed the tailoring business. During the Civil War he was a soldier in an Ohio regiment, and the hardships he was called upon to bear, seriously undermined his health and caused his comparatively early death. He married into one of the pioneer families of Mahoning County and his widow still survives. Mr. Kelly was reared and educated here and had worked in a store ever since he was 11 years of age. When at the age of 19 he entered the employ of Lloyd Booth & Co., starting as office boy and continued with this firm, all through various positions until in October, 1902, he was made assistant manager. Since 1901 the business title of the house has been the Lloyd Booth Company Department of the United Engineering and Foundry Company. Mr. Kelly has some other business interests and stands very high in commercial circles in this city. In 1893 Mr. Kelly was united in marriage with Mary Lillie Coale, who is a daughter of Garrison Coale, of Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have one child, Ralph L. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, of Youngstown. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk. KNESAL BROS., a prominent business firm at Petersburg. dealing in hardware, roofing, farm implements, furnaces, bath equipments, etc., is made up of James A., George E. and John M. Knesal, all men of high personal standing, in this community. The business was established December 26, 1893, on North Market street, where it was conducted until in April, 1905, when the brothers bought the present desirable location, on the corner formerly occupied by Lipp Bros. & Miller, where Knesal Bros. have done a large business ever since. John M. Knesal, of the above firm, was born on his father's farm adjoining Petersburg, January 1, 1868, and is a son of Andrew and Sarah E. (Moore) Knesal. Andrew was born May 6, 1828, in Wurtemberg, Germany. and accompanied his parents, Andrew and Catherine (Schwartz) Knesal, to America in 1832. In 1856, Andrew Knesal (second) married Sarah E. Moore, who was born over the Pennsylvania line, about three miles from Petersburg, Ohio, and they had 11 children, four of whom survive, John M. being the loth in order of birth. In August, 1855, Andrew Knesal purchased the farm of 136 acres, in Springfield township, on which he has lived ever since. On October 9, 1906, he and his estimable wife celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary. In the district school of Springfield township and at Petersburg, John M. Knesal obtained an excellent education and he remained on the home farm until he was 21 years old. His mind turned rather to business than agriculture, and about this time he had an opportunity offered him of learning the hardware business with Kridler & Warner, at Petersburg. Becoming interested in the business he one year later bought the half interest of Mr. Warner and the firm became Kridler & Knesal, which continued until December 26, 1903, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 941 when the three brothers above mentioned bought into the firm and its style became Knesal Bros. The firm was financially interested in the organization of the Petersburg Creamery Company, and personally, John M. Knesal is identified with the First National Bank of East Palestine, and for several years he has been a director of the Unity Township Telephone Company. Both he and brother, George E. Knesal, have been more or less interested in the Harvest Home Picnic and Race Association since its organization. On January 29; 1896, John M. Knesal was married to. Abbie Heldmann, who was born in North Beaver township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, June It), 1873, and is a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Best) Heldmann, and a granddaughter of John Heldmann, who came to this section from Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Knesal have two children : Raymond Evelyn, who was born June 17, 1898, and Elizabeth Marie, who was born May 28, 1901. Mr. Knesal is a member and one of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Petersburg. Fraternally, he belongs to the order of Maccabees. Ever since its organization, Mr. Knesal has been an active member of the Petersburg orchestra and of the Petersburg band. While he is a stanch Democrat- in political views, he never permits party feeling to interfere whith his public-spirited efforts to advance the interests of Petersburg. N. L. NORRIS, secretary and general manager of The Banner Electric Company, at Youngstown, has been identified with the business interests of this city for the past twelve years. He was born November 25, 1863, at 'Windsor, Ashtabula County, Ohio. When Mr. Norris was about six years old, his parents moved to Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio, and there he was reared and educated. For six years after completing his education, he taught school and then spent three years clerking in a country store, subsequently becoming bookkeeper for The 'Warren Manufacturing Company. He remained four years in this capacity, with this firm, and then embarked in the lamp business and became connected with The Orient Electric Company. Following the sale of that plant, he was connected for two years with the auditing department of the Ohio Steel Works. Mr. Norris was the main organizer of The Banner Electric Company, which was incorporated on June 1, 1901, with a capital of $100,000. The officers of the company are : Thomas Carr, of Youngstown, president ; C. S. Crook, of Youngstown, Ohio, vice-president ; E. N. Beach, Youngstown, Ohio, treasurer, and N. L. Norris, secretary and general manager, and F. C. Kirchner, superintendent. The Banner Electric Company have a finely equipped plant, an immense brick building running from No. 646 to 652 Market street. It is four stories high, is 40 by 200 feet in dimensions and gives 32,000 feet of floor space. The business is the manufacturing of incandescent electric lamps and they give employment to 225 workmen. In 1885, Mr. Norris was married to Josephine M. Swager, of Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio, and they have three children, namely : Alta Mae, George Elton and Norman L. Mr. Norris is a member of the Youngstown Club. HERMAN F. KLING, architect, and a resident of Youngstown for the past quarter of a century, was born in Germany in 1858 and came to America and directly to Youngstown, in 1881. Mr. Kling had not only secured a good education in the schools of his native land, and was a student of architecture, but he had also learned the trade of stone cutter, at which he worked for eight months, after coming to Youngstown. He had a greater liking, however, for the pencil than for the chisel, and he therefore engaged in architecture with Adolph Kannengeiser, with whom he remained for five years. After the death of his teacher and partner, he continued alone in the business for fifteen years, but subsequently entered into 942 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY partnership with Mr. Zink, in 1903, under the firm name of Kling & Zink, which is now the leading architectural firm in this city. They have done a large amount of important work and their designs are noted for their beauty and utility. In 1887, Mr. Kling was married to Ida Bertram, also a native of Germany. She died in 1899, leaving four children, as follows : Margaret, Freida, Frederick and Otto. Mr. Kling was married (second) to Ida Friebertshauser, of Wheeling, West Virginia, of which union there are two children, Herman and Virginia. Mr. Kling is a member of the German Lutheran Church. He belongs to the Rayen Club at Youngstown, and owns a beautiful home in this city. His business location is at No. 115 West Federal street. ANDREW W. MEITER, residing on an excellent farm of 100 acres situated in section 34, Goshen township. devotes himself to general farming and dairying. Mr. Meiter was born June 16, 1875. in Transylvania, Austria, and is a son of George and Agnes Meiter. The parents of Mr. Meiter were also born in Austria. They emigrated to America and both reside in Goshen township. Andrew W. Meiter remained in his native land until 1893, obtaining his education in the schools near his home. After reaching the United States, he came directly to Salem, Ohio, where he obtained employment in the Salem Wire and Nail Works, where he remained until the spring of 1902, when he came to his present farm. Mr. Meiter has a nice home and a good business. He raises grain and other products of this section and devotes much of his attention to dairying, keeping eighteen cows and running a daily milk route through Salem. He has a fine line of reliable customers, who depend upon him for their dairy supplies. Mr. Meiter has every reason to be proud of his success since coming to America, for it is due to his own industry and energy. On March 14, 1900, Mr. Meiter was married to Catherine Krause, who is a daughter of Michael and Mary Krause, who reside on their farm in Columbiana County, four miles south of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Meiter have three children, namely : Emma P., Andrew W. and Matilda K. Both Mr. Meiter and his wife belong to the German Lutheran Church, at Salem. TIMOTHY BEHAN, manager of the Youngstown Artificial Stone and Construction Company, at Youngstown. Ohio, a prosperous business enterprise, was born and reared in England, and was 20 years of age when he came to America. In his native land he had learned the stone cutter's trade, and, on arriving in this country, settled first at Philadelphia, where he worked for some ten years. Wishing to see something of the country, he then traveled to various points in the West and South, finding plenty of work at his trade up to 1899, when he came to Youngstown. For one year he was connected with the Broadhead Construction Company, and was then with the Niedermeier & Restle Company until he organized the Youngstown Artificial Stone and Construction Company, on January 1, 1905. The company was incorporated at the same time, under the laws of the state of Ohio, with a capital stock of 25.000. A. J. Lottus is president, and T. Behan, secretary and treasurer and general manager. The board of directors includes the two gentlemen named, with Thomas F. Welsh and John Gallagher. They are engaged in all kinds of artificial stone work, a large part of their business being manufacturing. The company is made up of capable. alert business men, who control a large amount of capital. In 1901. Mr. Behan was married to Melia A. Welsh, of Youngstown. He is a member of St. Columba's Catholic Church. He belongs to the Knights of St. John, being Sir Knight, and is colonel of the 14th District. He is also affiliated with other organizations. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 943 H. G. GIBSON, one of the representative business men of Youngstown, secretary and treasurer of the Millikin-Gibson Company, also secretary and treasurer of the East End Piano Company, was born in this city. He is a son of Samuel Gibson, who enjoys the distinction of being the oldest resident of Youngstown, and of whom an extended sketch will be found in another part of this work. After creditably graduating from the Raven School, in 1886, H. G. Gibson immediately entered the employ of the large mercantile firm of the Haseltine Store Company, and remained with that house for eleven years, when, with Mr. Millikin, he bought the controlling stock of the concern. They organized and incorporated the Millikin-Gibson Company, articles being taken out in 1901, with A. Millikin, president ; H. G. Gibson, secretary and treasurer, and T. E. Millikin, manager. The firm does a general mercantile business with commodious quarters on the corner of Wilson and Center streets. Mr. Gibson was one of the organizers of the East End Piano Company, which is also capitalized, and he remains its treasurer and secretary. On October 31, 1899, Mr. Gibson was united in marriage with May J. Kirtland, a daughter of the late Charles U. Kirtland, who was an old resident of Mahoning County. They have one child, a daughter named Martha Ellen. Mr. Gibson and wife belong to the Memorial Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. GEORGE H. GLAZZARD, a representative member of the Mahoning County bar, and an active Republican politician, was born October 31, 1864, in England, and is a son of the late George Glazzard, whose life was devoted to coal interests. George H. Glazzard accompanied his father to America and settled at Youngstown in 1866. His education was secured in the local schools and at the Northeastern Ohio Normal School, of Canfield, Ohio, after which he taught school for a short time. Mr. Glazzard is a self-made man, and during his whole collegiate career earned the means to pursue his studies by working in the coal mines and by teaching. He was an employe at the Brown-Bonnell Mills for a short time and then worked for three years in a blast furnace, during this time losing but three or four days of the whole period. His last connection with the iron industry was at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, where he spent about one year. Mr. Glazzard then turned his attention to the study of law and after sufficient preparation under Attorney J. P. Wilson was admitted to the bar on March 11, 1897, and immediately began the practice of his profession at Youngstown, meeting with flattering success. He has always been zealous in his support of the Republican party and has been a party worker for the candidates on its ticket, although he has seldom permitted his name to be used in connection with political advancement. However, at one time, without any solicitation on his part, he received 1350 votes in the Republican primaries for city solicitor, and it is the declaration of his friends that he will be put forward for the position of prosecuting attorney in the coming Republican primaries. Both politically and professionally it would seem that he has a bright future before him. On August 31, 1887, Mr. Glazzard was married to Mary Luella Humm, who belongs to a prominent family of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. Mr. and. Mrs. Glazzard are members of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Anglo-American Society of Youngstown. A. W. CRAVER, of the firm of Moore & Craver, attorneys at Youngstown, was born in 1872, at North Jackson. Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of William Craver and Mary (Wanamaker) Craver, his mother being a daughter of Nathan Wanamaker, of North Jackson, Mahoning County. William Craver, whose death occurred in 944 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY 1901, was a native of Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio in the 40's, settling in Trumbull County, but removing to Mahoning County in 1872, where he became a prominent man of his community and one of the leading farmers. A. W. Craver was reared on his father's farm and after completing the common school course in his locality, entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, where he alternately attended and taught school for about eight years, graduating from the law department of the University in 1897. He was admitted to the bar in the same year and entered into practice at Youngstown. On January 1, 1904, he formed a partnership with Hon. E. H. Moore, formerly mayor of Youngstown, which still exists. The firm stands very high in professional circles and successfully handles a large part of the important litigation of the Mahoning courts. In 1901 Mr. Craver was married to Jeanette Noble, who is a daughter of Albie Noble, of St. Mary's, Auglaize County, Ohio. Mr. Craver is a member of a number of fraternal organizations, including the Masons, the Elks, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. THOMAS E. CONNELL, attorney, at Youngstown, Ohio, was born here in 1871, and is recognized as one of the rising young professional men of the city. He is a son of the late Thomas Connell, who, at one time, was probably the most prominent contractor of Youngstown and vicinity. Mr. Connell completed his literary education in the excellent schools of his native city, and then studied law with the Hon. James Kennedy, member of Congress from this district, being admitted to the bar in 1895. At one time he was the junior member of the well-known law firm of Kennedy, Moore, Williams &. Connell, but in recent years has practiced alone. He is an active member of the Mahoning County Bar Association and has been prominently connected with a great deal of the important litigation in the courts of Mahoning County for the past ten years. Mr. Connell has taken a very active part in political life, and is well and favorably known all over the county. He is a popular member of the Elks and the Knights of Pythias at Youngstown. ROBERT SAMUEL TAYLOR, superintendent of the infirmary at Canfield and owner of 100 acres of farm land in Ellsworth township, on which he resided until he accepted his present position, was born January 26, 1837, on his father's farm in Smith township. Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Hugh S. and Catherine (Shaffer) Taylor. Hugh S. Taylor was born February 17, 1820, in Smith township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where his father, Robert S. Taylor, settled at a very early period. Robert S. Taylor was of French descent and came to Ohio from New York state, shortly after his marriage. He settled in the timber lands of Smith township and resided for some time in a log house which he built. They often had trouble with the Indians, who still inhabited this section, and for meat had to depend on the wild game, which was then very plentiful. He cleared the land and at the time of his death .had it in a state of cultivation. He was the father of five children: Margaret Ann ; Nancy ; Harriet ; Alicia ; and Hugh S., the father of the present Robert S. Taylor. Hugh S. Taylor was reared on his father's farm, which he inherited and on which he is still living. He married Catherine Schaffer and reared a family of eight children : Robert Samuel, the subject of this sketch ; Enloe C., Hugh Martin, Emlon, Marion, Margaret, Walter, a physician, and Franklin, an attorney. Robert S. Taylor was reared in Smith township, assisting with the work on his father's farm and attending the district schools. He remained at home until 20 years of age, when he went to Ellsworth township and worked four years for M. G. Kirk, a farmer of that township. He then married Isabell Fox-all. who was born in Providence, Rhode Island AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 945 January 20, 1855, a daughter of Henry and Mary Foxall, both of whom died when she and her sister were quite young, after which they found good homes with different families. Her sister, Mary Jane, was born July 1, 1859, in Youngstown and married Peter Foulk, of North Jackson. After his marriage Mr. Taylor purchased a farm of 100 acres in Ellsworth township from the Robert Kirk heirs, and resided there until March 15, 1906, when he was appointed superintendent of the infirmary of Mahoning County, and now farms his land on shares. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias of the North Jackson Lodge, and has served through all the chairs of that order. He is also a member of the Maccabees at Rosemont. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have no children. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church. HOWELL C. DAVIES, M. D. Among the rising young professional men of Youngstown, who has been established here for the past eight years, is Dr. Howell C. Davies, physician and surgeon, who was born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in July, 1875. Dr. Davies was reared and educated in his native city, was graduated at the Pittsburg High School, and then entered upon the study of medicine. Subsequently he entered the Western University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1897, later taking a post-graduate course in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and at New York Polyclinics. After spending two years in this way, in 1899, he located at Youngstown, where he has since practiced. His thorough professional knowledge, his surgical skill, and his pleasing personality have all had weight in making him a popular citizen. In addition to his profession, he has some business interests here. He is a valued member of the Mahoning County and the Ohio State Medical Societies. In 1902, Dr. Davies was married to Elizabeth Tarr, of Lisbon, Ohio. Fraternally, Dr. Davies is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. HARRY G. HAMILTON. Probably no citizen of Youngstown has clone more for the development or building up of this city and vicinity than Harry G. Hamilton, who was born at Youngstown in 1866, and has devoted the greater part of his life to the various interests and industries of the Mahoning Valley. Mr. Hamilton was reared and educated in his native city. After completing his education, he entered into the railroad business and worked for two years as locomotive fireman for the late C. H. Andrews. Subsequently he entered into the journalistic field, becoming associated with what is now the Youngstown Vindicator, but which at that time was the old Independent, and for one year lie was the capable editor of that journal. From the editorial chair he entered the rolling mill of Richard Brown, and. after spending two years learning the work of the different departments, he was made superintendent, and continued in that position for several years. After leaving the rolling mill, he established, in association with Bales Campbell, a mill at Tacoma, Washington, and its operation there proved to be a very successful venture. Later, disposing of his interests in Washington, Mr. Hamilton returned to Youngstown and immediately became identified with the extension of several railroad systems. He promoted and built the Youngstown Park & Falls Street Railway; bought the Youngstown Electric Light & Gas plant, and in connection with W. H. Park consolidated them with and promoted the Youngstown & Sharon Railroad, which Mr. Hamilton built and which is pronounced by expert railroad men to be one of the finest constructed electric lines in this section of Ohio. Another enterprise in which Mr. Hamilton was concerned with Mr. Park was the building of the handsome Park Theatre of Youngstown. Recently he has disposed of all of his railroad interests, and devotes the greater part of his time at present to large dealings in real estate. Undoubtedly Mr. Hamilton has bought, platted and improved more real estate in Youngstown than any other man in the city, and during the past fifteen 946 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY years has brought an immense amount of capital which has been invested here from the East. Another successful enterprise in which he is at present interested is the Mahoning Valley Water Company, which is establishing a very complete. and extensive system at Struthers. His last success was the purchase of The Iola Portland Cement Company, of Kansas and Texas, and the consolidation of these with other Western cement plants, the combined plant controlling the Portland cement industries west of the Mississippi river.. In 1891 Mr. Hamilton was married to Elizabeth Thompson, of Toronto, Canada, and they have three children, namely: Harry, Fred and Alice. They enjoy one of the beautiful homes of this notably beautiful city and are prominent in social circles. Mr. Hamilton is associated with and promoted in 1903 the Hamilton Realty Company, whose offices are on South Market street, Youngstown. SILAS SHOOK was born June 11, 1850, on the old Tod farm, and is a son of Calvin and Julia (Stambaugh) Shook, who were well known and prominent farmers of Youngstown township. Mr. Shook passed his boyhood days on his father's farm, and his education was received in the district schools and the high school of Youngstown. He was the first to bring Jersey cattle into Mahoning County. Mr. Shook has a strictly up-to-date dairy, using all of the modern scientific appliances in the business, and keeps on an average about ninety head of cows, besides a great many valuable horses. Mr. Shook is a man of great business ability, and when still quite young, began to appreciate the future growth of the city of Youngstown, and entered into the real estate business. He is one of the most prominent real estate men in the city and besides managing his own large farm and dairy, operates in partnership with H. H. Stambaugh, between 1,200 and 1,500 acres of land in Trumbull and Mahoning counties. Mr. Shook's farm is one of the most modern and well improved farms in the township, with large sanitary barns for his cows and horses. He has met with severe loss on two occasions when his fine large barns were struck by lightning and burned, but they were immediately rebuilt. Mr. Shook was married, in 1871. to Catherine O'Connor, and has three children, Mrs. A. E. Adams, George R. and Raymond C. GEORGE TOD, president of the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company. at Youngstown, Ohio, and one of the best known and most prominent citizens of Mahoning County, is a worthy representative of the distinguished family whose history has been so closely and beneficially interwoven with that of the city, county and state. He was born at Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1840, and is a son of the late Governor David and Maria (Smith) Tod, and a grandson of Judge George and Sally (Isaacs) Tod. Though more than a generation has elapsed since David Tod passed from life's activities, so great was the impress he made on the minds and hearts of his fellow-citizens, that his name still remains fresh in the memories of those who love their country and delight to honor its great men. He was born at Youngstown, Ohio, February 21, 1805. son of George and Sally (Isaacs) Tod, who were among the earliest settlers in the Western Reserve, coming hither from Connecticut. Choosing law as his profession, he was admitted to the bar at Warren, Ohio, in 1827, and in the space of fifteen years had become one of the most noted advocates in the state. In 1847 he vas chosen by President Polk as a man eminently fitted by education, social polish, dignified bearing, and lofty public spirit, combined with diplomatic courtesy and ability, to fitly represent the United States at the court of Brazil as minister. There his wisdom, sagacity, and faithful performance of duty resulted in the satisfactory adjustment of all AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 947 state matters between the two countries and the further cementing of cordial relations. In 1852 Minister Tod returned to his own country and resumed his business relations. The exigencies of the times, however, called him again from private life, and in 1861 he was elected governor of Ohio. History records his great services to the state during the War of the Rebellion, and he is still called the Great War Governor. An extended sketch of this distinguished statesman and beloved citizen may be found elsewhere in this volume. He passed peacefully away at his home, the Brier Hill farm, near Youngstown, on November 23, 1868. On July 24, 1832, at Warren, Ohio, David Tod was married to Maria Smith, and their children were as follows : Charlotte, who died in 1868, was the wife of General A. V. Kautz, of the United States army; John was a prominent citizen of Cleveland, Ohio, now deceased; Henry, who is now deceased, and a sketch of whom may be found elsewhere in this volume, was president of the Second National Bank at Youngstown ; George, who is the subject of this review ; William, deceased, whose biography appears on another page of this work, was a prominent manufacturer and leading citizen of Youngstown; Grace, who is the wife of Hon. George F. Arrel, of the well known law firm of Arrel, Wilson & Harrington; and Sally, of Youngstown. George Tod was about three years old when his parents settled on the Brier Hill farm, which was so called from its original abundance of briers, whose extermination provided him with frequent if not congenial occupation in his boyhood days. His education was secured in the local schools and he grew up accustomed to working on the home farm. In April, 1861, in response to the call of President Lincoln for volunteers, he enlisted as a private in the Mahoning Rifles, which was one of the first companies to report to the Governor. In the following March, at Cleveland, the Rifles became Company B of the Nineteenth Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, and Mr. Tod served with the organization until the close of his term of enlistment. Upon his return to Youngstown he entered upon the study of law, and in 1865 was admitted to the bar at Canfield. While possessed of every qualification necessary for advancement in his profession, Mr. Tod has not chosen it as his vehicle to business success, his interests for many years having been absorbed by the gigantic coal and iron industries which have made Youngstown and the vicinity world-famous as a great manufacturing center. In 1889 he succeeded Mr. John Stambaugh as president of the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company, one of the largest and most important of these enterprises, of which his father was the first president, and one of the chief founders, and he still holds that position. He is also connected with other large and successful business ventures in the Mahoning Valley. A part of Mr. Tod's time has also been taken up with the care of his father's estate, of which Governor Tod's four sons were made executors, but the principal care of which has devolved upon him. He became the purchaser of the homestead which he has made his residence, and which he has improved until it is now one of the most valuable estates in Ohio. In these varied activities he has found full scope for that inexhaustible energy and success-compelling qualities which were the chief characteristics of his honored father, and which he himself possesses in fullest measure. JOHN GIBSON, a prominent farmer of Youngstown township, residing on a fine farm of 125 acres, located in section 43, was born on the farm on which he resides July 27, 1829, and is a son of Robert Dixon and Lydia (Marshall) Gibson, who were among the early pioneers of Mahoning County. James Gibson, grandfather of our subject, came from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, in 1799, and settled on the farm now occupied by Samuel Gibson, the brother of John. It was his intention to locate at Warren, Ohio, and while on his way there he 948 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY stopped over night on the farm on which he later settled. There is a fine spring on the farm, the water of which so pleased Mr. Gibson, that after going to Warren and looking over the town, he decided to return and settle on the farm in Youngstown township, a part of which is now owned by the subject of this sketch. Robert D. Gibson, father of John, was but 16 years old when his father settled on this farm, and he here spent the remainder of his life, passing away in 1862, at the age of 78 years. His widow, who was eleven years his junior, survived him eleven years and also died in her 78th year. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom grew to maturity, and but four of whom are living, namely : Samuel, who is now 88 years old; Nancy (Mrs. Skinner Hine), of Boardman township ; John, whose name begins this sketch; and Mrs. Eliza E. Nielson. James Marshall Gibson died in 1846 aged 23 years. John Gibson was born in a log cabin on the farm on which he still lives. He was educated in the district schools of. the township, after .which he taught for one term at the Flint Hill school, located on a corner of his father's farm. He then assisted his father on the farm until his marriage, which occurred when he was 27 years old. He first lived in the central part of the farm. He resided for some time in the old stone house which his father built when he was a lad of nine years, and which is still standing, remaining there with his parents for five years after his marriage, when he built, in 1861, his present home. On his father's death in 1862, he inherited 125 acres of the land, the remaining 75 acres going to his brother. Mr. Gibson was married in 1856 to Amelia L. Eckles, a daughter of James Eckles. They have had four children, all of whom are living: Cora Dell, who is now Mrs. Nicholas L. Rees, and has three children, resides in Youngstown ; Charles R., resides with his parents and has charge of the farm ; Sarah E., the wife of Frank L. Head, resides in Pittsburg, and has two children; Marshall C., who is assistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A., of Youngstown, also resides at home. Mr. Gib- son has been engaged in agricultural pursuits since locating upon his present farm, and is one of the most influential and prosperous farmers of the township. He is a charter member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, and was elected an elder of this church much against his wishes. Previous to this he was a member and an elder of the First Presbyterian Church. HOMER HAMILTON, born at Youngstown, Ohio, February 29, 1836, died in his native city, November 29, 1886. Given but 50 years of life, this master in the mechanical world built for himself and the Mahoning Valley a name which is linked today with others whose achievements have totally revolutionized modern living. His parents, Emanuel and Catherine (Deeds) Hamilton, were in what may be termed humble circumstances, in that they were not able to further their son's fortunes, nor assist him in those early accomplishments which really proved his genius. Homer. Hamilton, however, was favored in being thus obliged to depend upon his own resources. At the age of 16 years he laid aside his school books and apprenticed himself to the trade of machinist, with the firm of Reid & Wells, of Youngstown, contracting to perform almost the duties of a man from the first, for which he was to be taught the trade, and receive board and laundry, and the sum of $25 for the first year, on a rising scale of $5 for the three necessary years of service. His part of the contract was faithfully performed, but before his third year in the shops the firm failed. He then went to the neighboring town of Warren and .entered Hull's machine shop, where he completed two more years of work after which he returned to Youngstown and entered into business with James Predmore, on East Boardman street, under the firm name of Predmore & Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton at this time was little more than 20 years of age, but he was a skilled machinist even then. The firm had little capi- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 949 tal and their crying need was more machinery, but tools were clear and were slowly added to the equipment of the shop. Wonderful results were produced by Mr. Hamilton with his one lathe and a few other indifferent tools, but he was greatly hampered all through those early clays. Among the first work he turned out was the building of portable steam engines for use in the Mecca oil field, in Trumbull County, the boilers for which were purchased in Pittsburg and brought to the shop in Youngstown, where these engines were attached. The first one completed by Mr. Hamilton was to fill an order for Edwin Bell, Sr., of Youngstown, and the work was of such a satisfactory character that the young machinist's ability was immediately recognized. His second engine was built for Brown, Bonnell & Company, and so thoroughly was the work done that it was still in running order after its builder had passed away. The firm of Predmore & Hamilton continued until 1861, when Mr. Hamilton, with John Stambaugh and Fred Gerwig, purchased the interest of James Predmore and the business name of the new organization became Homer Hamilton & Company. This firm was succeeded by the style, The Hamilton Works of William Tod & Company, Mr. Hamilton becoming manager. Between 1861 and 1872 the firm prospered exceedingly, the needs of the government requiring the products of foundry and forge to an unusual extent, but the panic of 1872 effected this business as it did almost every other, and the company suffered severe loss. However, with the general resumption of ordinary business and under the able management of Mr. Hamilton, the company again took its place among the leading industries of the section. The plans and specifications from which the new works, made necessary by the steady expansion and healthy growth of the business, were constructed, were prepared by Mr. Hamilton and what they are and what they accomplish has been called "the life-work of Homer Hamilton." These works constitute a mechanical world, where mechanism for almost every conceivable purpose is made, and from which it is sent all over the civilized globe. They show the evolution of invention and many of them are of so unusual and daring a nature, that at one time, Thomas A. Edison, examining the diagrams of Mr. Hamilton, declared that they were remarkable and were zoo years in advance of the times. The general public and even the mechanical world never had even a faint idea of the magnitude, scope, number and practical value of the ideas Mr. Hamilton was able to call forth from his fertile brain and put into shapes of utility. From the great works which he managed up to the time of his death, was sent the engine which propelled the Ferris Wheel, at the World's Fair at Chicago, and from the same source, other machines as substantial and of equal utility, have been devoted to similar purposes in various sections of the land. He was justly proud of that combination of mechanical power, the Porter-Hamilton engine, many of which are still constructed, and he was financially interested in their manufacture, and had still other business interests. In 1876 the business men of the Mahoning Valley formed an association to represent at the Centennial at Philadelphia, the coals, ores and iron products of this region, and they wisely made Mr. Hamilton president of this body. His efficiency was recognized at subsequent exhibitions, notably the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, which he attended as commissioner of Ohio, under appointment of President Arthur. His complete grasp of the principles of mechanics and his thorough knowledge of everything pertaining thereto, made him a valuable representative of his great state and he fulfilled her every expectation. In his home life, Mr. Hamilton was deeply blest. On September 27, 1859, he was married to Adeline Roberts, who is a daughter of William and Mary Ann (Moore) Roberts. They became the parents of six sons, namely : Grant, residing in the city of New York, where he has made a name as an artist; Frederick, Harry and John, residing at Youngstown, partners in the Hamilton Realty Company ; Nicholas, residing at Youngstown, fol-