950 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY lows the profession of engineer; and Scott, residing near Poland, who is engaged in farming. Although he never took any active part in politics, at various times, as the pressing demands of his business permitted him, he accepted civic offices at the hands of his fellow-citizens, as he was ever a man of public spirit and in every laudable way he strove to promote the city's prosperity and help in her substantial advancement. He lived to see many changes brought about and to realize that his efforts in various directions. were bearing fruit. Springing from. the lower walks of life and from boyhood reared in a school of adversity and stern experience, through his own indomitable spirit he was able to surmount all difficulties and win enduring remembrance. The tunes, nor assist him in those early accomplish-record of both his private and business life, is written as that of an honorable, able man of genius, whose virtues were those of a good citizen who loved family, friends, home and country. JOHN W. KUHNS, one of the prominent business men of Youngstown, a member of the firm of Kuhns Brothers, carriage and wagon manufacturers, whose plant is located at No. 23 North Walnut street, has been identified with this city for the past 25 years. John W. Kuhns was born in 1864, in Pennsylvania, a son of Emanuel Kuhns, of Youngstown. Mr. Kuhns attended school in his native locality and also learned the trade of carriage painting and was 17 years of age when he came to Youngstown and worked for Sheldon Jacobs during the first year. Mr. Jacobs was located on West Boardman street, on the present site of the Vindicator building. Following this Mr. Kuhns worked with the firm of Kallenbaugh & Robinson, for nine years and then bought out Mr. Robinson. In the fall of 1892, in association with his brother, H. J. Kuhns, he established the firm of Kuhns Brothers, and since that time the firm has continued, doing a large business in the manufacturing of carriages and wagons. Employment is given to 20 skilled workmen at their well equipped plant and the product goes all over the country. Mr. Kuhns is additionally interested in other important enterprises. He is a large dealer in real estate and is secretary and treasurer of the West Side Land Company. In 1889 Mr. Kuhns was married to Effie Bayer, who is a daughter of John Bayer. of Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhns have three children, Carl William, Caroline Elizabeth and Helen Mary. The family belongs to the English Lutheran Church. Fraternally Mr. Kuhns is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Golden Eagle.W WILLIAM ALLEN CHUBB. residing on a farm of 97 acres located three miles southeast of Canfield, was born March 22, 1875, on his present farm, and is a son of Ensign and Marietta (Flickinger) Chubb. Henry Chubb, his great-grandfather, was the first of the Chubb family to locate in Ohio. He came from Pennsylvania and settled in the timberlands of Canfield township, Mahoning County. He erected a log cabin and spent the remainder of his life here. He reared one son to maturity, William, grandfather of William A., who was reared in Canfield township and helped to clear the land. William married Frederica Renkenberger, a native of Germany, who came to this country when a child of three years. She was one of a family of 13 children. Her parents were very poor and when they emigrated to America, the children were sold out to pay their steerage passage and became separated. Four children were born to William and Frederica Chubb: Catherine married David Deitrick ; Lydia Ann married William Heckman, of New Buffalo ; Ensign, father of William. A. ; and Henry, who died at .the age of five years. William died in 1868 and his widow survived AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 955 him until 1890, passing away at the age of 75 years. Ensign Chubb was born in a log cabin on his father's farm in Canfield township in 1845, and was there reared and spent his entire life in improving and cultivating the farm. He married Marietta Flickinger, who was born at East Lewiston, Mahoning County, Ohio, in January, 1855, a daughter of Aaron and Mary Ann (Messerly) Flickinger, who came from east of the mountains in Pennsylvania and located in Boardman township, where they are still residing. Marietta Flickinger was the oldest child of a family of seven children, namely : Marietta; Jain ; Sylvanus ; Lydia; Cora ; Lucy, deceased; and Henry. Ensign Chubb died April 22, 1897; his widow is still living and resides with her son, the subject of this sketch. She is the mother of three children: William Allen; Mary Eldora, who married Frank Lynn, resides at Canfield, and has three children, Leland, Blanche and Catherine; and Blanche, a resident of Woodworth, who married Park D. Coler, and has one child, Evelyn. William Allen Chubb was reared on his present farm, attended the district schools of the township and later the Northeastern Ohio Normal College at Canfield. He has spent the greater part of his time on the farm, but dealt in trotting horses for two seasons previous to his marriage. This event occurred December 24, 1895, and united him to Maude R. Lynn, who was born October 17, 1876, on the old Lynn farm, and who is a daughter of Walter J. and Ella (Norton) Lynn, residents of Canfield, the former being constable of that village. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn are the parents of five children : Maude. Frank, Ray, Ross and Ethel. Mr. and Mrs. Chubb are the parents of six children, namely : Willard E., Wilmer, Russell A.. Harland, Thalia and Thelma, the two last mentioned being twins. Mr. Chubb is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the school board. He belongs to the Grange at New Buffalo, and he and his family are member.; of the Reformed Church, in which he has served as deacon for seven years. - 49 - RUDOLF KURZ, a successful business man of Youngstown, proprietor of a large carriage and wagon manufactory, located at No. 414 East Federal street, was born in Prussia, Germany, February 26, 1855, and is a son of August and Caroline Kurz. The parents of Mr. Kurz came to America in 1866. settling- at Youngstown in the same year. The father had learned the cabinetmaking trade in Germany and worked at it for a short time in Youngstown. Rudolf Kurz attended school until he was 11 years of age and then began working in the rolling mills. At 15 years of age he began to learn the carriage-making trade and also blacksmithing, and the past 32 years of his life have been devoted to these industries at Youngstown. He also buys and sells factory-made vehicles and is the largest dealer of this kind in the city. In 1906 he erected a fine fire-proof building of brick and iron, three stories high, 38 by 90 feet in dimensions, on East Federal street, and he has in contemplation a still greater enlargement of his business. At the present time (1907) he is erecting another brick block adjoining his new building 19 by 90 feet, three-stories high, at 410 East Federal street. He is one of the city's substantial men, owns a large amount of real estate, is a director in the Equitable Building and Loan Association and in the Youngstown Sayings and Banking Company. On December 25, 1880, Mr. Kurz was married to Amelia Krum, a native of Springfield township, and a daughter of John Krum, of that township, who was born in Germany and was an early settler in Mahoning County. Mr. and Mrs. Kurz have five children, namely : Charles, who is with the Morris Hardware Company ; Clara ; Edward, in business in Youngstown Harry and Carrie, twins, who are attending school. Mr. Kurz has been a voting member in the German Lutheran Church since he was 21 years of age, and has been on the auditing committee for a long time. Politically he is a Democrat, and he has served as a valued and useful member of the city council for four years. He is a man of 956 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY enterprise and public spirit and is active in promoting all movements looking to the advancement of his city and fellow citizens. Mr. Kurz's portrait and a view of his brick block above described are presented with this article. THE HINE FAMILY. Pride of ancestry has its place with other family virtues. To know not only one's grandfather, but to be able to trace an unbroken ancestral line for centuries back, its generations being marked by men and women whose existence left an impress, arouses a noble sentiment that makes a still further record of their lives a matter of deep moment, a fitting tribute from their grateful descendants. The Hine family, of Mahoning County, identified as it is, by marriage connections, with other old and honorable families, in various sections of the country, occupies a very conspicuous position as to ancestry, and to noting its direct line with its. resulting branches, the following pages are dedicated. The present representatives of this family trace back, through Samuel, Abraham Skinner and Homer Hubbell Hine, to Homer, to Noble, to James, to Samuel, to Thomas Hine, the founder. The first record of the Hine family in America is found at Milford, Connecticut, the name being variously spelled Hinde, Hinds and Hine. Thomas Hine is recorded as being a resident at Milford, January 28, 1646, and his name may to this day be read on the memorial bridge at that place. Thomas Hine, in all probability, came from England, as Milford was an English settlement, and it doubtless was this same Thomas Hine, whose humane rescue of an Indian captive won the gratitude of the Mohawks and proved to be the savior of the village from further attacks of the savages. This incident is related in Hollister's History of Connecticut in the following words : "A company of Mohawks came within the borders of the town and secreted themselves in a swamp, where they waited to make an attack upon the Milford Indians, the Pequots. Some Englishmen saw the Mohawks and were friendly enough to inform their swarthy neighbors of their danger. They immediately rallied in great numbers, raised the war whoop and rushing suddenly upon the Mohawks, gained complete victory. Among the prisoners was a stout Mohawk warrior whom the captors decided to kill by famine and torture. They stripped him naked, and having tied_ him to a stake, left him in the tall grass of the salt meadows to be eaten up by the mosquitoes. An Englishman named Hine, who found the poor wretch in this deplorable condition, shocked at the barbarous node of torture, cut the thongs from his limbs and set him at liberty. He then invited him to his house, gave him food and helped him to escape. This kind act was never forgotten by the Mohawks. They treated the English of Milford ever after with marked civility and did many kind and friendly acts that testified their gratitude towards their deliverer and his family." Another authority records that for this good act "the Indians believed the Great Spirit would always watch over and protect the good white face- and his posterity." The will of Thomas Hine was made in 1694. The name of Thomas Hine's wife was Elizabeth and they had ten children : Thomas, born October 31, 1653 ; John, born March 7, 1656; Samuel (1), born December 3, 1657; Samuel (2), born January 26, 1659-60 ; George, born June 22, 1662, buried January, 1673 ; Stephen, born October 25, 1663 ; Ealos (Alice), born December 16, 1667, married Canfield; William, born August 15, 1670, baptized September 24, 1670; George (2), born June 29, 1673, baptized July 6, 1673; and Elizabeth, born November 21, 1669, married Simkins. (II) Samuel Hine, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hine, was born January 26, 1659- 60, was on the tax list of Milford in 1712, and deeded land there to his son William in 1729, and purchased land in New Milford, but made AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 957 it over to his son Daniel. He married Abigail, who joined the First Church of Milford January 9, 1703-4. They had children Samuel, baptized January 9, 1703-4; Abigail, baptized January 9, 1703-4; Mehitable, baptized January 9, 1703-4; James, born October .16, 1696; Rebecca, baptized January 9, 1703-4; William, baptized March 17, 1703-4; Daniel, baptized January 4, 1707-8; and Ann, baptized February 19, 1710. Ann Hine was married May 23,. 1733, to John Down, and they had : Ann, born November 27, 1734; Elizabeth, born February I, 1742 ; John, born June 5, 1745; and Rebecca, born December 6, 1746. She married Joseph Treat, born at Milford in 1747, a son of Joseph and Mary (Mervin) Treat, who died October 24, 1828. She died December 9, 1829. They had : Rebecca, born May i5, 1770, died June 3, 1844, married Capt. Jonah Treat ; Anna, born in 1774, died September 1, 1854, married John Welsh December 3, 1795; Joseph, born December 21, 1778, died July 7, 1812, married Eunice Newton ; Polly, born in 1785, died January 5, 1867, married Jonathan Rogers on October 20, 1803 ; and Julia, born in 1788, died December 14, 1795. (III) James Hine, son of Samuel and Abigail Hine, born at Milford, Connecticut, October 16, 1696, probably settled in New Milford in the autumn of 1723. He was called Lieutenant Hine. On December 23, 1736, he was married to Margaret, daughter of John and Mary (Goodman) Noble (second wife), both of Milford. She was born April 3, 1704, and died September 2, 1796, aged 92 years, four months. He died April I, 1774, aged 77 years. He came to New Milford a blacksmith, but eventually became a large land owner and farmer. In 1740 he paid Rev. Samuel Boardman 120 pounds, and in 1743 145 pounds for salary as pastor. In 1741 he was on the committee to take charge of the government bridge across the Housatonic river. and to order the affairs. He was a delegate to the General Assembly from New Milford in 1748. In the History of New Milford, Connecticut, is found the statement that Lieut. James Hine was the first white man to come to New Milford, with a young daughter, his eldest child. He left her with the Indians while he went for his wife and other children. The child was cared for and he had no reason to regret his trust. His children were : Noble, born September 26, 1727, baptized October I, 1727, died March 29, 173031 ; Ann, born March 14, 1728-9, baptized March 16, 1729, married Israel Camp, on June 13, 1747-8, a son of Enos and Martha (Baldwin) Camp. He died in his 82nd year in 1804. She died December 30, 1797. They had : Eunice, born November 7, 1748, married December 29, 1768, Asa Warner, of New Milford, and they had : Annie, born October 20, 1769 ; Thale, born March 24, 1772; and Ophelia, born August 25, 1774. Abel, third child born to Lieut. James Hine, March 4, 1730-31, baptized March 7, 1731 ; Rachel, born February 12, 1733-4, baptized February 7, 1733-4, married Joseph Northrup, June 7, 1753, and (second) a Mr. Clements, of Litchfield, Connecticut; Mabel, born December 14, (7), 1740, baptized December 14, 1740, married John Brownson, August 29, 1765. He was born July 3, 1736. She died August 28, 1767, twelve days after the birth of her son, Hine Brownson, born August 16, 1767; and Noble, born August 12, 1744, baptized August 26, '744. (IV) Noble Hine, son of Lieut. James and Margaret (Noble) Hine, was born at New Milford, Connecticut, August 12, 1744. He was an ensign in Colonel White's regiment, Captain Cowle's company, and in the spring of 1776 went to New York, according to Orcutt's History of New Milford. He, as well as Captain Hine, took the oath of Freemanship, September 16, 1777, and of Fidelity, September 21, 1777. He was prominent in church and was many times a member of the state legislature. He married Patience Hubbell, February 2, 1768, and he died October 1, 1796, on his 53rd birthday: His widow was prominent on the tax list. She died March 5, 1829, aged 84 years. They had children Mabel, Urania, Bildad, Homer, Abel and Thalia. Mabel, born 958 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY November 11, 1769, baptized December 24, 1769, was married in the spring of 1791 to Ferdinand G. Northrup, and died September 24, 1832. Urania, born February 11, 1772, baptized March 29, 1772, married Capt. Deliverance L. Painter, of Roxbury, Connecticut, January 13, 1802, and died February 23, 1829. Bildad was born March 18, 1774. Homer, born July 25, 1776, was baptized October 6, 1779. Abel was born January 30; 1779. Thalia, born August 12, 1781, baptized October 7, 1781, died July 18, 1807. She married Deacon Dobson Wheeler McMahon, son of Cornelius and Mary (Wheeler) McMahon, as his second wife. After the death of Thalia, in her 26th year, Mr. McMahon married (third) Minerva Mygatt, May 22, 1809. By his first marriage he had : Thalia Maria, baptized July 30, 1809, married Alectius (or Alexis) Painter, of Westfield, Massachusetts, April 24, 1826; Sophia Phronese, baptized July 30, 1809, married Charles A. Randall; and Henry Cornelius, baptized May 26, 1809, married Mary Taylor. The children of the second wife were: Julia, baptized October 23, 1814, died young; Bulah Moulton, born June 11, 1783, baptized August 17, 1783, married May 22, 1805, Orin Mallery Armstrong, of Washington, Connecticut. He died in 182-, and she married (second) Cyrus Northrop in 1832. She died of old age September 11, 1867, aged 84 years; Polly, born September 19, 1785, baptized November 13, 1785, married Abijah G. Hatch, of Woodbury, Connecticut, July 29, 1809, died in 1866, aged 81 years, a resident of Poughkeepsie, New York ; Sophia, born December 2, 1787, married Rev. Charles Adolphus Boardman, son of Homer and Amaryllis (Werner) Boardman. He was born November 19, 1788, settled in Ohio as a merchant, then returned to Connecticut, and entered the ministry, was pastor at New Preston, Connecticut, from 1818 to 1830, of the Third Church at New Haven from 1830 to 1832, at Hudson. Ohio, from 1838 to 1854, then went to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he lived with his daughter until his death, about 1867. His wife died at Youngstown, Ohio, August 4, 1851. They had four children : Homer died unmarried, Sarah married George King, Orinda married J. Baxter McEwen and visited in Ohio in 1890, and Laura V., who married Dr. Armstrong; and Fannie, born October 15, 1790, died May 20, 1866, married Constantine, son of Cornelius and Mary (Wheeler) McMahon, of 'Washington, Connecticut, November 28, 1822, as his second wife, his first having been Laura, daughter of Gen. Brinsmade, of Washington, Connecticut. The two children were : Frederick and Lydia. (V) Homer Hine, son of Noble and Patience (Hubbell) Hine, born at New Milford, Connecticut, July 25, 1776, entered Yale College and graduated in the class of 1799. He taught an academy at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He 'studied law with P. Ruggles, of New Milford, Connecticut, and at a law school at Litchfield, Connecticut, was admitted to the bar in 180 1, and then removed to the Western Reserve. He settled at Youngstown, where he entered upon the practice of his profession, and from 1804 to 1834 he was almost constantly a representative in the Ohio legislature. In his class at Yale College were such distinguished men as Horatio Seymour, and Dr. Lyman Beecher, who was the father of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was married October 18, 1807, to Mary Skinner, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Ayers) Skinner, of Painesville, Ohio, who had come from East Hartford, Connecticut, in 1805. She was born September 20, 1789, and died December 18, 1882, aged 93% years. Homer Hine died July 14, 1856. He took the oath of Freemanship at New Milford, September 17, 1798. His children were : Mary Sophia, Henrietta Maria, Samuel, Abraham Skinner, Homer Hubbell. Augustus, Junius and Julius, twins. Mary Sophia Hine. born February 19. 1809. died November 23. 1896, was married December 10, 1828. to Henry Wick. a merchant of Youngstown, Ohio, who was born February 28, 1807, died. May 22, 1895, a son of Henry and Hannah (Baldwin) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 959 Wick. Mr. Wick later removed to Cleveland, where he engaged in banking, and his sons organized the Wick Bank. The children of Mary Sophia and Henry Wick were : Henrietta Matilda, born June 18, 1830, married August 17, 1853, Frederick W. Judd, of Flint, Michigan, and their children were: Henry Wick, born. September 1, 1855, and M. Helen, born February 21, 1860, married October 17, 1888, Allred H. Brainard ; Florence, born April 7, 1869, married June 29, 1893, Doctor George E. Upson. Alfred Henry Wick, born January 4, 1838, married December 11, 1866, Mary Tennis, daughter of John Tennis, and they had : Mary Wick, born February 19, 1868, married June 23, 1892, James Saxe; Henry Wick, born May 15, 1870, married September 18, 1894, Florence W. Bissell; and Alfred Tennis Wick, born May 26, 1880. Mary Helen Wick, born May 24, 1841, married December 7, 1864, Warren H. Corning and they had : Leslie. Solon Corning, born December 27, 1866, died March 26, 1889; Henry Wick Corning, born January 13, 1868, married November 2, 1897, Edith Warden; Mary Almira Corning, born April 1, 1871; Adele Corning, born July 17, 1874; Helen Corning, born May 20, 1878; and Olive Payne Corning, born February 4. 1882. Florence 'Wick, born May 4, 1844,- married September 25, 1872, Dexter B. Chambers, died September, 1906, and . they had Henry Wick Chambers, born December 31, 1874. Dudley Baldwin Wick, born October 3, 1846, married July 28, 1875, Mrs. Emma (Steele) Hills, widow of Horace Steele, and they had three children : Dudley Baldwin, born July 23, 1876; Helen Almira, born November 8, 1880; and Warren Corning, born November 23, 1885. Henry Clarence Wick, born November 23, 1853, married October 22, 1884. Florence Cobb, and they had two children : Henry Clarence, born November 1, 1885, and Kenneth Bryant, born January 17, 1887. Henrietta Maria Hine, born October 11, 1810, died October 30, 1896. She was married November 27, 1833, to Dudley Baldwin, a merchant of Cleveland, Ohio, who was born at Ballston, New York, August 23, 1809, son of Seth Cogswell Baldwin, died July 4, 1896. They had seven children : Mary, born December 13, 1834; Homer Hine, born in September, 1837, died June I I, 1870; Anne Weddell, born in September, 1839, married in October, 1872, .Philo Schultze, and died October 5, 1874, and had one son, Philo Baldwin, born in September, 1874; Martin, born in 1841; Henrietta, born in 1844, married in 1872, Gouveneur Morris, of New York, who died in March, 1897, and left two children : Henrietta Colfax and Gouveneur Henry Wick, born 1847, died 1891; Dudley, born in 1850; and Sherman Finch, born in 1853, died in 1875. Samuel Hine, born March 31, 1816. Abraham Skinner Hine, born February 28, 1818. Homer Hubbell Hine, born February 15, 1823. Augustus Hine, born March 21, 1827 ; and Junius and Julius, born August 27, 1832, died in July, 1833, of measles. (VI) Samuel Hine, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner) Hine, was born March 13, 1816, was married June 26, 1844, to Ellen Louisa Montgomery, who was born in 1819, daughter of Gen. William (or Gen. Robert) and Louisa Montgomery, her second husband, the first having been Col. John S. Pierpont, or Col. John S. Edwards, son of Pierpont Edwards. Ellen L. was of Coitsville, Mahoning County, Ohio, and died in May, 1865. He married (second) Emma C. Kirtland, daughter of Billius and Ruthanna (Frame) Kirtland, of Boardman township, Mahoning County, October 18, 1866. Ruthanna Frame was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1809, at New Garden. Samuel Hine was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and his parents later removed to Crab Creek, then a suburb, but which is now the site of the Lake Shore depot. e studied at Kinsman and Hudson College. For two years he was employed by his brother-in-law, Henry Wick, in a mercantile business, after which he was a partner in a business at Brookfield for two years, and then decided to open a store in Hubbard. The close confinement, however, did not agree with his health, and he closed out his mercantile in- 960 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY terests, and turned his attention to farming and coal lands. In 1864 he removed to Poland and confined his attention to the same pursuits and with an official connection with the Mahoning National Bank and the Poland Farmers' and Deposit Bank. Although he was very fond of literary pursuits, he never neglected his business to indulge in them. He was known to be a man of strict integrity and very charitable, but led a quiet, unostentatious life. A fall upon the ice broke his hip and from this injury he never recovered, dying May 19, 1893. He had united with the Poland Presbyterian Church, after locating in that village. He had two children by his first marriage : Mary Wick, born June 19, 1846, and Cecil Dwight, born August 3, 1849. The children of his second marriage were : Samuel Kirtland, born August 4, 1867; Ellen Louise, born February 2, 1869 ; Alfred Blakelee, born May 23, 1872; Homer Henry, born March 17, 1874; and Charles Potter, born September 5, 1877. Mary Wick, the eldest daughter of Samuel Hine, was married October io, 1871, to Allen Cameron, of New York, after completing her education in the Cleveland Female Seminary. Mr. Cameron had served with the rank of Captain in the Civil War, and then engaged in business at Titusville, Pennsylvania, but later removed to his farm in Henry County, Missouri, where he died. They had six children, three dying in infancy : Cecil Dwight Cameron married Jessie Hazard, born December 2, 1880, daughter of William and Sarah (Sacroy) Hazard, of Fayette County, Kentucky. had two children: Hine Cameron, born December 19, 1899, and Howard Cameron, born December 28, 1900; Edith Cameron married William Guttridge, son of John W. and M. E. Guttridge, the former of whom was a native of Calhoun, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Guttridge have one child : Mary Shiriey, Dorn January 28. 1900: and Arthur Cameron, who was born at Lewis, Henry County, Missouri. Mary (Wick) (Hine) Cameron married ( second) James Phelps, of Missouri. Mr. Phelps spent some time in the Alaska gold fields, but is now a resident of Seattle, Washington. Cecil Dwight Hine, son of Samuel and Ellen (Montgomery) Hine, is now engaged in the practice of law at Youngstown, Ohio, where he has gained an enviable reputation in his profession. He spent three years at Hudson College after leaving the Poland Union Seminary, and read law at Warren, Ohio. On October 10, 1872, he was married to Elizabeth Woodruff, daughter of George and Sarah Woodruff; of Poland, Ohio, a descendant. of Governor Woodruff, of English extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Hine have had two children : Ella, deceased, and Elizabeth. who married Henry Cates, who is engaged in the rubber business in New York city. Mr. S. Kirtland Hine, son of Samuel by his second marriage, is now general manager of the Girard Iron Works, of which he was formerly superintendent. He prepared for college at Poland Union Seminary, and was graduated at Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, in 1892, following which he was chemist for H. 0. Bonnell at Youngstown, at the Leetonia Furnace and for a short time was in Cleveland. Ellen Louise Hine attended school at St. Margaret's, Waterbury, Connecticut, and since then has been interested in art and architecture. Alfred Blakelee Hine, civil engineer and a partner with William McKelvey, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the firm operating as civil engineers and contractors, was graduated in his profession in June. 1895, at the Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, New York, for which he prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. He married Marguerite Hull Gibson. daughter of Dr. Joseph Thompson and Isabel A. (Brown) Gibson, of Pittsburg. They have two children : Elinor Louise. born August 28, 190o, and Marguerite Gibson. born in August, 1906. Homer Henry Hine, superintendent of the Independent Telephone Company, at Seattle, Washington. for the past five years, prepared at Cheshire. Connecticut, remaining three years, at Oberlin College. remaining one year, and at the Case School at Cleveland, where he studied four years. His first work was with AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 961 the Westinghouse Electric Co., at Pittsburg, again for a short time in Youngstown, Ohio, and subsequently for a year and a half at Birmingham, Alabama. Charles Potter Hine prepared for Yale College at Cheshire, Connecticut, and was graduated from the Yale Law School in June, 1898. This was nearly an even century after his grandfather, Homer Hine, had graduated from Yale, and in his possession is his grandfather's diploma. In the same class with Charles P. Hine was Gouveneur Morris, who is a great-grandson of Homer Hine. He first practiced his profession for two years in the office of Brewer, Cook & McGowan, at Cleveland. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Wilbur of Cleveland, which city he considers his home, although he is now serving as second assistant attorney general to Attorney General Wade Ellis. (VI) Abraham Skinner Hine, son of Homer, was born February 28, 1818. On October 19, 1848, he married Nancy Adaline Gibson, who was born May 21, 1827, daughter of Robert and Lydia (Marshall) Gibson. He was a farmer in Boardman, Ohio, and died March 9, 1866, aged 48 years. While tearing down an old building he was injured so seriously he did not recover. He had started .fine fruit trees on his place which stand yet to testify to his enterprise and energy. His widow still survives and to her the highest meed of praise should be given for the care she took to educate her children, the most of whom became educators themselves. They were: Thalia, Henrietta Emma, Adaline Gibson. Mary Avers, Alice, Anna Belle and Oliver Skinner. Thalia Hine, born August 29, 1849, married Rev. Hugh Porter Wilson, September 10, 1873, son of Samuel and Mary (Porter) Wilson, of Canfield, Ohio. He was a student at Poland Union Seminary and married before he completed his theological studies. He died November 15, 1896. at Pond Creek. Oklahoma, and was buried at Effingham, Kansas. His children were : Chalmers Blakelee, born at Homeworth, Ohio, June 22, 1874, married Nellie Love, of Sheridan, Oklahoma, October 16, 1897, and resides at Hennessy, Oklahoma; Homer Hine, born at Homeworth, Ohio, September 15, 1875 ; Hugh Curtis, born at Mt. Ayr, Kansas, in April, 1878; Oliver Samuel, born in Kansas, in September, 1880 ; Dudley Wilson, born at Effingham, Kansas, July 8, 1885; and Alice Thalia. born at Effingham, Kansas, February 22, 1887. Henrietta Emma Hine, born March 4, 1851, married George Edwards, of Canfield, Ohio, August 22, 1872, son of Pierrepoint Edwards, of Milford, Connecticut, and his wife, Mary (Patch) Edwards, of Groton, Massachusetts. He was a very energetic and enterprising man and was succeeding well in business when he died, when a few days past 39 years of age. He left four children : Albert Ray Edwards, born May 30, 1876, died March 6, 1892 ; Mary Ada, born June 20, 1881, graduated at Oberlin College and was at once asked to teach at a girl's collegiate school at Los Angeles, California, where she is still engaged; Clyde Hine, born February 6, 1878, residing at Washington, D. C., where he follows piano tuning, defective eyesight having prevented his taking a collegiate course ; and Howard Pierre-point, born October 19, 1885, and is attending school at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Adaline Gibson Hine, born January 8, 1853, graduated at Poland Seminary and later taught there with Miss E. M. Blakelee and Professor Clark. Later she became an instructor at Oberlin College, with her sister Mary, and she has been advanced in the educational field until at present she is the principal of a 10 department school at Cleveland. Her unselfish devotion to her family and her work both deserve recognition. She is an able, capable, accomplished and charming woman, and in large measure possesses the qualities for which the woman of her family have been noted for generations, admirable in every position in life to which duty or pleasure calls her. Mary Ayres Hine, born November 9, 1854, died March 31, 1898. All her life she was hindered by a frail body caused by an accident in childhood, but she graduated at Poland Semi- 962 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY nary and taught as long as possible, leaving the school-room followed by the affection of all who had been brought into contact with her. Alice Hine, born October 16, 1857, was married July 8, 1886, to William Brainard McCarthy, his second marriage. She died at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1897. Both she and husband had been teachers at the Poland Union Seminary prior to their marriage. She is survived by four children : Thalia Veda, born July 20, 1887 ; John Russell, born November 16, 1889; Alice Hine, born July 30, 1891 ; and William Vernon, born December 18, 1893. Anna Belle Hine, born December 5, 1860, was married March 30, 1891, to Rev. Charles Fremont Hook, son of John W. and Mary C. (Winters) Hook, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, now of Smyrna, New York. They have two children, Charles Homer, born October 24, 1894, and Marshall Ward, born June 17, 1896. Oliver Skinner Hine, was born July 8, 1865, has always remained on the home place, being his mother's companion and protector. He is a real Hine, having the marked characteristics of the family. He keeps the hospitable roof-tree under which every one of the kindred is sure of a welcome. (VI) Homer Hubbell Hine, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner) Hine, was born February 15, 1823. On April 3, 1845, he married Julietta Rue, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where she was born December 25, 1824, her parents being Jonathan and Cynthia (Boise) Rue. He was educated at Hudson College, Ohio, became a lawyer at Youngstown, but died at Painesville, Ohio. His disposition was social and his knowledge of all the family most intimate. He was one of the few men who found pleasure in visiting. His children were: Mary Baldwin, born April 15, 1846, married Horace Bacon, December .23, 1874. a son of William Lonson and Mary Esther (Race) Bacon, and resides at Painesville, Ohio,. having had two children, William Lonson, born May 23, 1880, died May 26, 1886. and Homer Hine, born October 29, 1882 ; Samuel Nelson Hine, born March 27, 1848, died at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, February 22, 1849. Washington Hine, third child of Homer Hubbell Hine, was born October 16, 1850, and was married October 14, 1876, to Lu Virginia Hill, whose parents removed from Williams County, in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Hine reside in Texas, where Mr. Hine is engaged in farming and stockraising about 50 miles northeast of Austin. Their children were : Clarence, Augustus, born July 12, 1877 ; Paul, born January 25, 1879, died August 17, 1879 ; Mary Chamberlin, born November 29, 1881 ; Anna Louisa, born September 5, 1885; Henrietta Helen, born September 25, 1887; Juliette Lee, born October 2, 1883, died October 5, 1888; Homer Horace, born November 10, 1890 David Dwight, born September 26, 1892; and a son, born September 28, 1897. Cynthia, daughter of Homer and Juliette Hine, born June 30, 1853, and married William Doran, November 17, 1875, son of Hugh and Eliza (Hulitt) Doran, of Concord, Ohio, now residing at Dallas, Texas. For several years she made her home with her grandmother prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Doran enjoy a beautiful home in the enterprising southern city, where Mr. Doran is a prominent business man. Their children were : Homer Hine, born August 15, 1876; Elsie, born April 11, 1878; Jessie, born October 25, 1879; Esther, born July 14, 1882, died November 23, 1887; William, born September 20, .1885; Robert Clarence, born November 13, 1888; Cynthia Dorothy, born March 4, 1891; Mary Kathleen, born September 4, 1895 and Agnes Lincoln, born February 12, 1897. Anna Louisa Hine, daughter of Homer H. Hine, was born March 7. 1855, and married Charles W. Field, January 16, 1884, son of Charles. S. and Eliza (Warner) Field. of Warren, Ohio. They reside in Cleveland and have two children, Dorothy, born July 10, 1891, and Helen Cornelia, born December 12, 1894. Agnes Hine, daughter of Homer Hine, was born July 27, 1857, and was married August 5, 1885, to Minor Gibbs Norton, son of Rowland Minor and Eliza (Gibbs) Norton, of Jef- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 963 ferson, Ohio. He is a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and has served as city attorney. His children are : Rowland Minor, born May 21, 1886, died June 14, 1890; Homer Hine, born December 20, 1887; Henrietta Maude, born February 28, 1890: Edward Emerson, born August 24, 1891; Elizabeth Julietta, born December 25, 1894; and Edith, born December 10, 1896. Clarence Augustus, son of Homer H. Hine, was born May 16, 1860, resides at Painesville, Ohio, and April 6, 1881, was married to Annie Doran. They have these children : Marie Agnes, born March 3, 1882; Homer Hubbell, born November 1, 1883; Eliza Hewlitt, born January 29, 1885; Felix Doran, born April 5, 1886; Edward B., born October 4, 1887, died March 11, 1888; Cynthia, born October 26, 1888; Noble Nelson, born May 9, 1890, died December 7, 1891; Clarence William, born January 7, 1893, and Esther Eva, born February 3, 1896. Henrietta Maria Hine, daughter of Homer H. and Julietta Hine, was born September 12, 1862, and married Nathan Breed. (VI) Augustus Hine, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner) Hine, was born March 21, 1827, and September 25, 1860, married Elizabeth Loughridge. He married (second) at Painesville, Ohio, and later removed to Los Angeles, California. He has four children, one daughter, Mary Helen, who married a Mr. Alford, of Painseville; Augusta Mabel and Dudley Baldwin, all born at Youngstown. MARTIN NEFF, whose fine residence farm of 210 acres is situated in Canfield township, a mile and three-quarters east of Canfield, on the Boardman and Canfield road, owns also a farm of 75 acres on the other side of this highway and 86 acres south and east of the agricultural fair grounds. Martin Neff was born March 25, 1827, on his present farm, in Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son . of John and Elizabeth (Kline) Neff. Conrad Neff, the grandfather of Martin, was the pioneer of the Neff family in the Western Reserve, to which he came, from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1802. The Pennsylvanians who accompanied him numbered .16 souls and they made the journey in the strong old Conestoga wagons, which were built to traverse forests and cross unbridged streams, as was necessary in traveling through this section of Ohio in those early days. The travelers found a little settlement of 16 log houses where now stands the flourishing town of Canfield. Conrad Neff purchased 140 acres of land in the adjacent wilderness and erected a small log cabin near the site of the present comfortable home of his grandson. It took hard work and considerable time before any crops could be raised and in the meantime, the (family subsisted on wild game, which was very plentiful, deer and wild turkey being easily secured. Conrad Neff was a mason by trade and he did a large part of the mason work for his neighbors in those days, his sons doing the larger amount of clearing and land cultivating. Both Conrad Neff and wife died on this place, having reached the age of 70 years. The children of Conrad Neff and wife were: Conrad; John; Henry; Mary, who married Henry Crum; Margaret, who married Henry Peatry; and Mrs. Henry Brunstetter. John Neff, father of Martin, was born in 1795, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and thus was seven years of age when he came to Ma-honing County. His early educational opportunities were meager but he was reared with the practical ideas which resulted in his becoming a man of ample fortune and a highly respected citizen of his community. His first land was purchased for $2.50 an acre and he accumulated a large amount, at one time possessing 600 acres. He sold a portion. of this to advantage and utilized the rest in general farming and stock-raising. He was a man of sound judgment and on a number of occasions was selected to hold township offices. Politically, he was a strong Democrat, but he (lid not approve of the War of the Rebellion. He 964 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY died one week after the first gun was fired at Fort Sumter, aged 64 years, nine months and seven days. John Neff married Elizabeth Kline, who was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and died in Mahoning County, aged 79 years, surviving her husband for 16 years. She was a daughter of Abraham Kline, who settled at an early day in Youngstown township, Mahoning County. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy during an epidemic of scarlet fever, the others being: Eli, residing in Kansas, having reached his 86th year ; Mary, deceased, who married Russell F. Starr, also deceased ; and Martin, the youngest of the family. Although his family had been settled many years in Canfield township, when Martin Neff came on the scene of life, many pioneer conditions still prevailed and his educational opportunities were limited to a Mort period of school attendance in the old log school-house near his home. His father was greatly interested in raising and dealing in cattle at this time and a large part of the hard work of the farm fell on young Martin and his brother. As his father drove his own cattle over the mountains and disposed of them in the eastern markets, he was away from home a great part of the time. The sons, especially Martin, developed good judgment in cattle, and he also became a dealer and on his own account drove stock as far as Pittsburg. The business was very profitable as long as no lines for cattle transportation had been built and no great cattle ranches had yet been established in the West. Mr. Neff has lived on this farm all his life, but has traveled on horseback all over the country and on one occasion was in the saddle for 31 days. He started out with a farm of 73 acres and when he went into the stock business was obliged to rent pasture land, but gradually acquired field after field until, at one time, he owned more than 600 acres. He has been very generous to his children, but still retains 333 acres. With the assistance of Thomas G. Stradford, whom he reared from childhood, Mr. Neff still carries on farming and stock-raising. Mr. Neff was married April 5, 1848, to Catherine Wilson, who is one of the first children born at what is now the town of Dublin, Mahoning County, Ohio. Her parents were John and Jane (Trimble) Wilson, who were natives of Ireland and were early settlers at Dublin, this county. Mrs. Neff was reared and educated in that village. Elizabeth, the last named dying at the age of Mr. and Mrs. Neff have had five children, as follows : John, Caroline, Mary, Lois and seven years. John Neff, residing at Canfield, is engaged in a dry-goods business. He married Hattie Sanzenbacher and they have six children, namely : Sadie: Ensign, who married Mary Porter; Martin, who married Ann Fithian, has two children ; Calvin; Silas, who married Miss Waters, has one child; and Roy. Caroline, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neff, married G. S. Beard, and they reside in Beaver township and they have two children : Bert, who is married and has three children; and Alexander, who is engaged in the milk business at Youngstown. Mary Neff, the second daughter, who married Floyd Blackburn, died in 1900. Lois Neff, the third daughter, married Charles Edsall and they reside near the parental home and have two children, Julia and Bertha. Politically Mr. Neff has always been in sympathy with the Democratic party. He has been elected to almost all the township offices at various times and has served with the greatest efficiency on the township board of trustees, on the board of education and as supervisor, and his advice and counsel is considered valuable by his fellow-citizens whenever any important township matter is under consideration. Mr. Neff and family have enjoyed the benefits and pleasure of travel and are most entertaining in recalling what they have seen with their own eyes. Mr. Neff, himself, has seen a large portion of his native land west of Ohio, and in 1902 he was accompanied by his wife and some of his children on a delightful trip which extended through a large part of the most enjoyable regions of a number of States. The party started from Canfield and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 965 went west to Chicago, remaining one night in the famous Windy City, going on from thComo Denver, Colorado, and then through the great mountain ranges to Sacramento and viewing the beautiful city of San Francisco before the great calamity of 1906. From there they went to Los Angeles. then covered 750 miles to Junction City. Oregon. going from there to Salem and Portland and thence to Seattle and through the great pine timber country to Spokane, Washington. On their return they visited St. Paul and other interesting cities. The enjoyment and advantages of such an extended trip can scarcely be over- estimated. FRENCH F. CLINGAN, one of the leading business men at Youngstown, is secretary and treasurer of the Mahoning Builders' Supply Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Lowellville Coal Mining Company. He was born in 1873, at Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio, and is a son of C. N. Clingan. The father of Mr. Clingan was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, but for the past 30 years he has been engaged in the wholesale and retail flour and feed business at Hubbard. After completing his education, French F. Clingan assisted his father in his business for several years. He then accepted the positioFRENCHsecretary and treasurer with the Youngstown Ice Company, remaining with them for three years. In 1903, in association with James r D. Gibson and William Tod, Mr. Clingan organized and incorporated the Ohio Stone Paving Company, with William Tod as president and French F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. In the following year. the same parties. with S. B. Clegg. L. D. Gibson and J.30. Home, of Struthers, organized and incorporated the Mahoning Builders' Supply Company, with a capital stock of $25.000. Of this company, S. B. Clegg is president ; J. K. Home, vice president, and F. F. Clingan, secretary and treasurer and is also manager. This company deals in all kinds of builders' supplies, with the exception of lumber, and in connection with this business, have built a hard-wall plaster plant, for the manufacture of hard-wall plaster. The company has also large coal interests, owning a coal bank at Lowellville. The Lowellville Coal Mining Company was incorporated and capitalized at $3,000, with Jacob Stambaugh as president and F. F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. These different business combinations represent immense capital and give work to 100 employes. In 1898 Mr. Clingan was married to Josephine Jacobs, who is a daughter of Millard Jacobs, of Hubbard, and they have one son, Millard Calvin. Mr. and Mrs. Clingan belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hubbard. D. L. ROSE president of The Rose & Johnson Company, wholesale grocers, located on West Front street, Youngstown, was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1855, and was years of age when his parents moved to Ma-honing County. Until he was 27 years of age, Mr. Rose remained on the home farm and then embarked in a mercantile business at Rosemont, where he continued in business for 17 years. In 1895 Mr. Rose came to Youngstown in the capacity of city salesman for the Baldwin-Carnahan Company, wholesale grocers, and remained associated with that firm until it was absorbed by the J. H. Fitch Company, a period of six years. In 1901 Mr. Rose, in partnership with Alfred Johnson, engaged in the produce business, under the firm name of Rose & Johnson, later drifting into the wholesale grocery trade. On June I, 1905, their business became an incorporated concern, The Rose & Johnson Company, capitalized at $50,000. The officers 'are : D. L. Rose, president ; N. P. Johnson, vice president, and Alfred Johnson, secretary and treasurer. In 1905 the company erected a fine brick building for business purposes, locating it on 966 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Front street, having three stories and basement, its dimensions being 40 by 154 feet. This gives them 25,000 feet of floor space. The company keeps four men on the road, covering western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. Mr. Rose was first married, in 1875, to Miss Rebecca W. Smith, who passed away in February, 1900, aged 44 years, leaving one child, Minna, now Mrs. Minna E. Leedy, a resident of Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Rose was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. In 1902 Mr. Rose was married to Emma Wickline, of Salem, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rose belong to the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Politically, Mr. Rose is a Republican. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to Council No. 233, Protected Home Circle, and is a charter member of the United Commercial Travelers' Association of Mahoning County. ALFRED JOHNSON, secretary and treasurer of The Rose & Johnson Company, mentioned in the preceding sketch, was born in 1874, in Sweden, and came to America at the age of 16 years. He located immediately at Youngstown and began work for D. B. Stambaugh, with whom he remained for two years, in the meantime attending the public schools and graduating from the Front street school. In 1892 he began work with Baldwin, Morgan & Company, wholesale grocers, and remained with them until that firm sold out to the John H. Fitch Company. As noted above, in 1901, he engaged with D. L. Rose in a grocery and produce business, on a small scale, being located then in the Park Theater building. One year later removal was made to larger quarters on account of rapidly increasing business. In 1899 Mr. Johnson was married to Augusta Kell, of Youngstown, and they have four children. He is a member and one of the trustees of the Swedish Mission Church of Youngstown, and is assistant superintendent of. the Sunday-school. Mr. Johnson belongs to the executive committee of the Youngstown Credit Men's Association, and the firm belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. WILLIAM D. SHIREY, who is engaged in general farming on a tract of 90 acres located in Canfield township, was born April 29. 1846, in Austintown township, and is a son of John and Maria (Brobst) Shirey. Adam Shirey, his great-grandfather, was a native of Germany and at a very early period came to this country, settling in Pennsylvania. He was taken prisoner during the Civil War and died from starvation, leaving a family of three children, namely : George. grandfather of 'William D. Shirey; Samuel. who settled in Indiana; Adam settled in Columbiana County, Ohio. George Shirey was a cooper by trade and conducted a shop in Pennsylvania for many years. He was 60 years of age and his wife was 66 years old when they came to Ohio. They walked the entire distance from Pennsylvania to Ohio and came with three other families, including the parents of the subject of this sketch, and six children, Samuel. Roof, wife and six children, and John Houser and wife, young people. George Shirey came to Mahoning County on October 13, 1835, and settled where the infirmary farm is now located. He cleared about 50 acres of timberland and also followed his trade for many years. His death occurred in Canfield township at an advanced age. John Shirey, father of William D., was born December 25, 1800, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and died in April, 1879. He learned the cooper's trade from his father and was married in Pennsylvania to Maria Brobst. They were the parents of 11 children : Jona- than, deceased ; John, deceased ; David, deceased ; Polly, deceased ; Lydia, widow of Levi Shissler ; Peggy, married Benjamin Berringer, both are deceased ; Mary Ann, marred John AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 967 Sisco, who was killed in the Civil War ; Sarah (Mrs. Cornelius Miller) ; Susan, married James B. Moore, member of the Grand Army of the Republic; Elizabeth, married Eli Stitle; and William D., the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Shirey died in 1879. William D. Shirey passed his early boyhood clays in Austintown township and when a lad of 11 years his father sold his farm and removed to a farm near the county infirmary, where he was reared to manhood. What little schooling he obtained was received at the old Stone Pile school on Turner street, but the greater part of his time was devoted to farm work. When quite young he learned the carpenter's trade with his brothers, working with them for eight years, when he bought an outfit for moving houses and buildings, and still follows that business in connection with his farming. Mr. Shirey bought his present farm in 1902 from James Mackey after selling his farm in Beaver township. He was married March 16, 1874, to Lydia Snyder, a daughter of David and Catherine (Hollabaugh) Snyder. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shirey : Esther Viola, who married Benton Tressle, overseer of the Buckeye Machine Company of Salem, Ohio, and has three children, Ralph, Ornan and Leonard; and Willis Ensign, who married Anna Collar, and is engaged in business with his father, moving houses, buildings, etc. Mr. Shirey is a Democrat, politically, and he and family are members of the Reformed Church. HARRY A. ERNST, attorney at law at Youngstown, Ohio, and one of the active politicians of this section of the State, was born in Greenford, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Jonathan and Margaret (Crum) Ernst. The Ernst family is one of the old families of Mahoning County, having been founded by Abraham Ernst, who came to Mahoning County from. Maryland in 1820 and became prominent in the county. While a resident of Maryland he had served in the War of 1812. Jonathan Ernst .was born on the farm in 1827, at New Middletown. He entered the mercantile business as a boy and at the time of his death was established at North Lima. He married Margaret Crum, who was also born in Mahoning County. Harry A. Ernst obtained his education at the Northeastern Ohio Normal School at Canfield, at Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio, and at Buchtel College at Akron, Ohio, and then studied law in the office Of Green, Grant & Seiber at Akron. He completed his legal studies in the office of A. W. Jones and W. S. Anderson, of Youngstown, and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He entered immediately into practice at Youngstown and enjoys the distinction of not only being one of the most successful but one of the youngest attorneys here. He is a member of the Mahoning County Bar Association. Political life has also attracted him and he is a hearty worker for the Republican party. IRVING CALLAHAN, senior member of the firm of Callahan & Neff, dealers in grain, mill feed, hides and building supplies, at Canfield, represents one of the early pioneer families of Green township. Mr. Callahan was born at Greenford, Ohio, October 26, 1853, and is a son of Lewis and Catherine (Zook) Callahan. John Callahan, the founder of the family in America, was married to a Miss Eleanor, whose family name has not been preserved. Born in Ireland in 1702, he emigrated to America and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The children of this union were Jesse, William, James, Jeremiah and Nancy. John Callahan moved from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, to Green township, Mahoning County, in 1804. His son Jesse married Susan Stewart and of this union were born Thomas, Barbara, James, William, Elizabeth, Jesse, Sarah, Jeremiah and Susan. James Callahan of this family married Catherine Baker and they had the following children : Christina, John Lucy, Ann, Isaiah, Lewis (father of the 968 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY subject of this sketch), Mary, Mandy and Catherine. Lewis Callahan was born in 1825, in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. When old enough he went to Salem, where he learned the trade of brick-making. In the fall of 1857 he came to Canfield and opened a brick-yard of his own, continuing in the business for a number of years, furnishing building material for a large number of the school-houses, churches and other buildings in the village and vicinity. Prior to his death he returned for a season to the farm, but subsequently came back to Canfield and continued to make himself useful in his son Irving's business until his death in 1898. He married Catherine Zook, who died in 1892. They had seven children, namely : Lenora, widow of H. H. Harter, who resides at Canfield; Preston, residing at Canfield, a blacksmith; Irving, whose name begins this article; Henson, who died aged eight years; John L., residing at Canfield; Ida, who married Henry Beard and resides in Jackson township; and an infant, deceased. Irving Callahan was educated in the schools of Canfield and learned the trade of wood-worker, serving an apprenticeship of three years in the carriage shop of William Correll, his wages being $180, with no provision being made for his clothing. As an indication of Mr. Callahan's thrift and good management, it may be stated that when he left Mr. Correll he still had $100 of his wages left. Mr. Callahan then went into the tannery business with his subsequent father-in-law, April 1, 1875, under the firm name of John Sanzenbacher & Company. Later, with George Edwards, one of the company, Mr. Callahan bought Mr. Sanzenbacher's interest, the name becoming Edwards & Callahan, and he thus continued for three years, when Mr. Sanzenbacher returned to the firm, and its style became J. Sanzenbacher & Company. When Mr. Callahan decided to go into his present business he sold out his interest in the other firm. In 1900 Mr. Callahan took his nephew, C. H. Neff, into partnership and the firm began dealing in feed. Mr. Neff has re sided with Mr. Callahan since he was five years old and is manager of the firm, which does a large business. The firm's sheds, warehouses and offices cover an acre of land, very conveniently located near the Erie Railroad, thus facilitating transportation. The partners divide their labors, Mr. Callahan giving his attention to dealing in hides, while Mr. Neff, besides being general manager, attends to the grain business. Three men are given employment. On May 20, 1875, Mr. Callahan was married to Rebecca Sanzenbacher, who is a daughter of John Sanzenbacher. Both Mr. and Mrs. Callahan are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he united when he was 15 years of age, and in which he is steward and trustee. Mr. Callahan. still owns 137 acres of valuable land on North Broad-street, a part of which is situated within the corporate limits of Canfield. His spacious residence, containing 10 rooms, was formerly the old Judge Newton residence, but it has been thoroughly modernized. Cyrus H. Neff, the junior member of the firm of Callahan & Neff, was born February 28, 1881, at Canfield, and is a son of John and Hattie (Sanzenbacher) Neff. On August 20, 1903. he was married to Melva Waters., and they have one child, Marjorie. Mr. and Mrs. Neff reside in an elegant home on North Broad street, Canfield. FRANK E. PROBST, who fills an important position with the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway and Light Company, being in charge of the collection department, with offices on East Boardman street, Youngstown, was born in this city, in 1859. and is a son of John S. Probst. The father of Mr. Probst was born in Pennsylvania and came to Youngstown in 1854. Here he engaged in a harness and saddlery business for many years, one of the old and representative business men of his day. Frank E. Probst went to work for his fa- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 969 ther after completing his schooling, but after a trial of eight years, decided to go into some other line of business. Just then he was appointed deputy clerk of the courts and served for the following 13 years. From this public office he entered the employ of the Mahoning Valley Railroad, as claim agent, and he is now the efficient manager of the collection department of the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway and Light Company. In 1881 Mr. Probst was married to Clara E. Kaiser, who is a daughter of Frank J. Kaiser, who, for years, was connected with the lower mills of the Carnegie Company, but is now retired. Mr. Probst is a member of the Protected Home Circle. Since 1875 he has been a member of the Belmont avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and for 25 years was on its official board. Mr. Probst has been closely identified with the Young Men's Christian Association, for I years being a trustee and has held the office of recording- secretary for a number of years. He is a man who stands very high in the regard of his fellow-citizens. A. F. JUDD, architect, at Youngstown, where he has been established in his profession since 1900, was born in 1853, at Rush, Monroe County, New York. Mr. Judd was left an orphan at the age of 12 years and since that time has practically taken care of himself, has succeeded in a material way and has risen to a prominent place in a very exacting- profession. Until he was IS years old he worked on a farm in New York, and then learned the carpenter's trade. In the spring of 1874 he began contracting, locating at Warsaw, and was thus led into the study of architecture. He continued in business at Warsaw for i8 years, during which time he built many of the finest residences and best business blocks there. In 1879 he opened an architect's office, and in connection with contracting and building, did his own designing. In 1892 he moved to Conneaut, Ohio, where he remained two years, and for the next seven years he followed his profession at Buffalo. He then came to Youngstown, where his fine architectural work speaks for itself in many handsome business blocks and residences, and in the beautiful, graceful simplicity of Grace Church. He has superintended in the past summer, the construction of the magnificent residences on aristocratic Park avenue, which are conceded to be the most modern and stately of all the many delightful homes at Youngstown. In 1873 Mr. Judd was married at Warsaw, New York, to Addie A. Collins, and they have two children, viz : Mildred, who is the wife of P. E. Lewis, of Hamburg, New York, and Ida M., who resides with her parents. WILLIAM H. KYLE, a surviving officer of the Civil War and a substantial farmer of Canfield township, resides on his valuable farm of 85 acres and in connection with his wife, owns 167 acres, a part of which is traversed with valuable veins of coal. Mr. Kyle was born October 8, 1836, in Youngstown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, on his father's farm, the place now being known as Kyle's Corner, or South Heights. His parents were Robert and Dinah (Phillips) Kyle. Joshua Kyle, the grandfather of William H., was probably born in England, and certainly was one of the first settlers in Youngstown township, making his home in the green woods when Youngstown was a mere frontier settlement of a half dozen log- huts. He prospered probably on account of great industry, and accumulated a large body of land on which he subsequently built a substantial stone house. Both he and wife lived to old age, having reared a family of 0 children, none of whom survive. They were : Joshua, James, Robert, William Henry Harrison, Alexander Stewart, Joseph, Anna, Jane, Hannah and Ella. Robert Kyle, father of William H., was born in Youngstown township, where his 970 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY whole life was spent. He acquired a large farm adjacent to. the rapidly developing town of Youngstown, and was numbered among the substantial citizens and successful .farmers of the locality. He married Dinah Phillips, who died in March, 1895. She was born in Pennsylvania and accompanied her father,. Eli Phillips, to Ohio, in, her childhood. Robert Kyle died December .2i, 1889, aged 85 years. They had 0 children, .namely : Eli, who went to the South in 1852, and when the Civil War broke out, was pressed into the Confederate army, where he probably died; Mary Ann, who is the widow of John M. Osborn ; Cath- erine, who is the widow of Hiram Lynn; Joshua, who died August 5, 1904; William Henry Harrison; Leffard T.; Alice B., who married David S. Loveland ; Amanda, who is the widow of John Emory Knox; Quincy, who died aged three years; and Ira M. Until he was 15 years of age, William H. Kyle attended the district school with fair regularity, and then went to Warren, where he worked for three years with a Mr. Truesdale, learning the cabinet-making trade. After his return home he attended the Flint Hill School for one year and then spent a summer in the Pennsylvania oil fields, drilling near Oil City. Mr. Kyle then found employment as .a carpenter at 'Bluffton, Ohio, where he worked steadily ,for two years, or up to 1862, when he entered the Federal army, enlisting under Captain Stanley, in Company I, 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He remained in the army for three years and received de-. served promotion to the rank of corporal, participating in many of the great battles and famous marches of the war. He took part in the battles of Atlanta, Knoxville, Nashville, Resaca, Jonesburg, Georgia, and Bean Station, Tennessee. He had many narrow escapes from death and through sickness and exhaustion, was incapacitated for a short time. He was confined for one month in the field hospital, suffering from fever. For 15 months of his term of service, Mr. Kyle was in the mounted infantry. On one occasion, while out on service, he was taken sick, and was so miserable that he crawled alone into an old de serted barn. Probably the sight of his horse with empty saddle caused his companions to fear he had been killed and after a thorough search they found him in time to save his life. After the, close of the war, Mr. Kyle returned to his home in Youngstown township, where he. worked both at his trade and on the farm for a time, and then went. to Youngstown, where lie followed the carpenter's trade for nine years. On April 30, 1878, he purchased his first farm, of Eli Neff, subsequently buying his second farm, of Joseph Mathew. His residence property is situated about one and one-half miles east of Canfield, on the Canfield and Boardman road. The other farm is situated on the township line between Boardman and Canfield townships. Mr. Kyle has delegated the larger part of the active farm work to his son, who looks after his father's interests in a very efficient manner. On May 16, 1867, Mr. Kyle was married to Mary H. Hill, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, not far from Bellville, September 8, 1842. Her parents were Eli and Lydia. A. (Hawkins) Hill, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania and came to Youngstown township, Mahoning County, April 12, 1848. The father died in July, 1890, aged 77 years, and the mother in August, 1895, aged 78 years. They had seven children, as follows : Sarah, deceased, who married J. Simon; Mary H.; Jerome F., who was a soldier in the Civil War; William, deceased; Ruth, deceased, who married Julian E. Simon, also deceased; Aurelia L., who married L. M. Eckman; and Anna N. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle have had two children, Melvin C. and Arthur E. The former was married to Ada M. Hientzelman, September 27, 1892; and at the time of his death, December 22, 1900, left three children, Lottie B., William Ray and Howard H. The second son, Arthur E., residing near his father and assisting on the home farm, was married October 9, 1902, to Ina L. Warrick, of Elkton. They have one child, Josephine S. Politically Mr. Kyle is a stanch Republican. On several occasions lie has held official position in the township and has served as road AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 973 supervisor and as a member of the school board. He is one of the active and deeply interested members of Tod Post, Grand Army of the Republic. and is a member of the committee appointed to look after the indigent soldiers of the Civil War in this locality and to provide for their widows. With his family, Mr. Kyle belongs to the Christian Church. MRS. SALLY ANN LANTERMAN. residing on her valuable farm of 150 acres, situated in section 4. Youngstown township, is the widow of the late German Lanterman, who was a very prominent citizen of this section. Mrs. Lanterman was born on the old Woods home farm, in Youngstown township. Mahoning County, Ohio, July 12, 1822. and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Berry) Woods. With the exception of two years following her marriage. When she resided in Austin-town township. Mrs. Lanterman has spent her whole life in Youngstown township. She attended the district schools as they were some eighty years ago, and was reared to useful and capable young womanhood by parents who were people of substance. On February 3, 1842, she was married to German Lanterman, who was a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Logan) Lanterman, and was born in Austintown township. Mahoning County, Ohio, February 6, 1814. He died on the present farm in January, 1889. In 1844, Mr. and Mrs. Lanterman moved to the farm the latter still occupies, which then comprised 196 acres. 46 of which now form Mill Creek Park, of Youngstown. In partnership with his brother-in-law, Samuel Kimberly, German Lanterman built the historic old mill which is retained as a great attraction by the park commissioners. The erection of the mill was commenced in 1844, but three years elapsed before it was completed. The partners at the same time built the frame residence in which Mrs. Lanterman now resides. Mr. Lanterman, Who was an extensive farmer and - 50 - large stock-raiser, later purchased Mr. Kimberly's interest and the mill was successfully conducted for many years by a practical miller in Mr. Lanterman's employ. Mr. and Mrs. Lanterman had two children, Florence and Ai John, both of whom are deceased. The daughter, born in 1843, married Col. L. T. Foster, leaving at her death two children—Una and Ina—the younger of whom was then but two years of age. Airs. Lanterman took her little grandchildren to rear. Una Foster married the late Hosea Simon, who left two children at his decease, Florence and Willard. Ina Foster married John Kennedy and they have two children, Vera and Frank, and they also reside with Mrs. Lanterman. Mrs. Simon later married (second) William Bakody and they operate a successful dairy on a part of Mrs. Lanterman's farm. Mrs. Lanterman's only son, Ai John, was born in 1844, and died December 2, 1898. He was a man widely known as an educated and able physician, having studied his profession both in New York and in Germany. He never married and did not practice extensively, as he acquired gold mines in Colorado and became interested in their development. He died in Colorado. Although Mrs. Lanterman has been denied the companionship of her children, in her old age, she has loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as a wide circle of friends, many of whom have known her for over a half century. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Lanterman on a neighboring page add interest to this notice. C. C. LANCE, a member of the Youngstown Candy Company, the successors to the D. L. Clark Company of that city, has been a resident of Youngstown for three years, and was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1879. He was reared and educated at Beaver Falls, that state, and at the age of 16 began work in a grocery store, where he remained until about 19 years of age. He then became a traveling salesman for the D. L. Clark Com- 974 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY pany of Youngstown, wholesale confectioners, cigars and grocery sundries. He remained on the road for that company for about six years, when he was sent to Youngstown as manager of the branch in that city and later became a member of the firm, having been a stock holder of the company for the past five years. The firm employs five traveling salesmen who cover a radius of 100 miles out of Youngstown. Mr. Lance is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. ALBERT J. MILLER, a leading merchant, at Youngstown, Ohio, whose place of business is at No. 1329 Market street, has been a resident of this city for a quarter of a century. He was born at Washingtonville, Mahoning County, Ohio, June 5, 1866. He is a son of George L. Miller, who was born in Pennsylvania, and who, on coming to Ohio, settled in Washingtonville. During the infancy of his son Albert, George L. Miller removed to Canfield, where he was engaged in business for some years. He afterwards removed to Niles, which was his place of residence at the time of his death. Albert J. Miller was reared and educated at Canfield. He first entered into business as a butcher and conducted a meat market at Youngstown for eight years, gradually expanding until now he carries on a considerable general mercantile business. He has excellent accommodations, occupying the entire first floor of a two story building, the dimensions of which are 40 by 123 feet. In addition to successfully conducting his large business, Mr. Miller takes an interest in all that particularly concerns the city, exhibiting a laudable public spirit and taking part in various movements for the general welfare. In 1892, Mr. Miller was married to Rachel Jones, who comes from Welsh ancestry. They have five children, namely : Lloyd, Allen J., Howard, Verna and Bertha. Fraternally, Mr. Miller is connected with the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen, the Maccabees and the Pathfinders. ALFRED SMITH, one of the old and highly respected residents of Youngstown, now living retired at his home, No. 802 Belmont avenue, has .lived in this city since 1846, watching its growth from a village. He was born in 1845, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John Smith, an old business man of Youngstown. The father of Mr. Smith was born in England and there...learned the brewing business. When he came to Youngstown, in 1846, he established the Smith Brewery, the first business of its kind started here. The capacity of his plant was small, not exceeding two barrels of brew a clay, but lie created a demand by the excellence of his product and gradually increased his facilities, until his works turned out 125 barrels a day. He died in 1870, at which time his son Albert took charge and operated the brewery until 1900, when he sold it and has been retired from business life since. Mr. Smith has twice been married. His four children, Alfred, Mary, Martha and Leslie, are of the second marriage, the mother formerly being Elizabeth Williams. As one of the old settlers, Mr. Smith can recall many most interesting events in the growth and development of Youngstown. JOHN STAMBAUGH, JR., president of the William Tod Company and secretary and treasurer of the Youngstown Steel Company, a large business enterprise at Youngstown, occupies a prominent position in the city's business and social life. Mr. Stambaugh was born in this city, February 15, 1862, and is a son of John and Caroline ( Hamilton) Stambaugh. The parents of Mr. Stambaugh were early settlers at Youngstown, where for years the father was one of the prominent business factors. He was born at Brier Hill, March 8. 1827, and died in the city of New York on March 5, 1888. An extended sketch. of the elder Mr. Stambaugh will be found in this volume.