OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 325 Cole, are both deceased. She died in 1858, leaving one daughter living, Mrs. Mercy Fink, of Mahoning county, Ohio, and two, Emiline and Sarah, deceased. November 10, 1858, Mr. Cook was married, in Hancock county, Indiana, to Miss Mary Poole, a native of Mecca township, this county, and a daughter of Robert and Margaret (Kissicker) Poole, her father a native of Maryland and her mother of Virginia. Her mother died January 23, 1892, at the age of eighty-six years, her father having passed away some years ago in Hancock county, Indiana, aged seventy-two. Mr. and Mrs. Poole had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters. Two of the sons were soldiers in the Civil war. Mrs. Cook has one brother, Frank R. Poole, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have children as follows: Frank, a resident of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Gertrude, wife of W. Obrien, of Knoxville, Tennessee; and Fred, a book-keeper in Chicago, Illinois. Politically, Mr. Cook is a Republican. He has served as Township Trustee, and for the past fifteen years has been a member of the School Board. He is an Elder in the United Presbyterian Church. Few men in this vicinity are held in higher esteem than James Cook. BERT CASE, one of the prominent and well-to-do men of. Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, has been identified with the interests of the county since 1837. He was born in Canton, Hartford county, Connecticut, February 25, 1827, son of Solomon Virgil Case, a native of Simsbury, Connecticut. The Case family originated in England and were among the early settlers of the New England States. Solomon Virgil Case married Lois L. Case, a second cousin of his. She too was a native of Connecticut. Her father and grandfather were both in the Revolutionary war, the former being a boy in his 'teens at that time. Mr. Case emigranted with his family to Ohio in 1837, making the journey by wagon, and upon his arrival here located in Mecca township, where as the years rolled by, he developed a fine farm. He and his wife had the following children: namely: Lois L. (deceased), Coey, Jennette, Asa L., Bert, J. C., Jane Florrilla, Faithy (deceased), Solomon, and William N. The mother of these children died twenty years before the father, who, by a subsequent marriage, to Sarah Newton, had one child, Mary Case, a resident of Gustavus. Solomon Virgil Case was by trade a plow-maker and cooper, at which trade he worked in Connecticut. After coming to Ohio, however, he devoted his time and energies to agricultural pursuits. He died at a good old age, honored and respected by all who knew him. Bert Case was a lad of nine when his father settled in the woods of Ohio, and here on the frontier he grew up, helping his father to clear their farm and during the winter months attending the district schools. He was married June 24, 1852, on the farm where he now lives, to Miss Emma Holmes, a woman of many good qualities of both heart and mind, who for forty-one years has been the sharer of his joys and sorrows. She is a daughter of C. B. and Mary (Brown) Holmes, of Trumbull county. Her mother died hero at the age' of sixty-one years, and her father lived to be seventy-four. She was their only child. Her parents were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Case have two children: Ella, wife of F. N. Kisner, a well-known citizen of Mecca township, has 326 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY two children, Ethel and Hazel; and H. Case, also of Mecca township, married Lida Gains, and has one son, Floyd. Mr. Case has 250 acres of fine farming land, all nicely improved, devoted to general farming and stock-raising. Formerly he for many years kept a dairy. In politics, he is a Republican. He takes a commendable interest in public affairs and has served as Township Trustee and as a member of the School Board. He is identified with Erie Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., and both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church of Mecca. Mr. Case is one of the substantial men of this vicinity and is as popular as he is well known. GEORGE E. LYNN, a large land owner and one of the prominent men of Cortland, Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native of Canfield, Mahoning county, this State. Ile was born January 9, 1841, son of David Lynn and grandson of George Lynn. Grandfather Lynn was the fourth settler in Canfield and was ranked with its prominent pioneers. Canfield at the time he settled there was composed of three log cabins and was surrounded on all sides by a dense forest filled with wild animals and there were also plenty of Indians in this region. George Lynn was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John G. Lynn, who was born in Holland, and came to America in early colonial times, and took part in the Revolution, and after' independence was established, located in Pennsylvania. He was married in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and came soon afterward to eastern Ohio, having only half a dollar in money when he landed in Canfield. His life was characterized by industry and integrity. He died at the age of fifty-five years. David Lynn, his son and the father of the subject of this sketch, first saw the light of day in a log house in Canfield, and amid pioneer surroundings he was reared and educated. He married Miss Mary A. Harding, daughter of John A. Harding, a veteran of the war of 1812, and a native of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. David and Mary A. Lynn had seven children, four sons and three daughters, all of whom are living. The father is still living at Canfield, having passed his eighty-seventh birthday, the mother departed this life October 12, 1893. George E. Lynn grew up in Canfield, receiving his education there. In 1861 he went to Kansas, where he remained one year. He then returned to Ohio, and was for some time in the employ of the United States Government, engaged in shipping horses and cattle. In 1867 he came to Bazetta township, Trumbull county, Ohio, and turned his attention to farming and stock-raising. Mr. Lynn was married June 7, 1866 to Miss Mary J. Bole, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of William and Jane (McCleary) Bole, both of whom died when she was a little girl. She was reared as an adopted daughter of Solomon Kline, a prominent citizen of this township. Mr. Kline was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, and was married there to Elizabeth Harding, sister of John A. Harding. He came to Bazetta township in 1853, and up to the time of his death was ranked with the most successful farmers and stock men in Trumbull county. He died in 1884, at the age of eighty-four years, his wife, in 1886, aged eighty-six. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. George E. Lynn and wife have four children, viz.: OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 327 Kline W., a graduate of Mt. Union College, with class of 1884, is now engaged in the practice of medicine at Cortland ; David B., also a graduate of Mt. Union College; Fred N.; and George H. Mr. Lynn owns 800 acres of land in the vicinity of Cortland. He has for a number of years carried on farming and stock operations on an extensive scale, and financially, is classed with the solid men of the county. Politically, he is a Democrat. He and his son, Dr. K. W. Lynn, are members of Cortland Lodge No. 529, F. & A. M. Mrs. Lynn is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is an active worker in the same. GEORGE F. TROXEL, of West Mecca, Trumbull county, Ohio, is a successful merchant and a popular man. He started in business in a small way, and by his good management, his fair dealing and his obliging manner, he has built up a large trade and is doing a successful business. He occupies a storeroom 22 x 64 feet, arid carries a fine assortment of dry goods, boots and shoes, staple and fancy groceries, notions and glassware and queensware. Of Mr. Troxel's life we make the following brief record: George F. Troxel was born in Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, November 16, 1863, and was reared and educated in Mecca. His father, A. J. Troxel, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in 1833, son of Isaac and Esther (Unger) Troxel, who removed from Pennsylvania to Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1848, and settled in Howland township. A. J. Troxel was for some time engaged in the grocery business at Warren. He put down one of the first oil wells in Mecca. That was in 1860. He was married in 1860 to Nancy Heaton, who died in 1869. She had four children, Esther, Mary, Nancy and George F. All are living except Mary. For his second wife he married Miss Kate Smoyer, and by her has four children, Kate, Susie, Harry and Algy J. Mr. Troxel was married April 19, 1888, to Miss Tillie Fee, daughter of John Fee, and their only child, Lettie, born June 9, 1890. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as also is his father. He is now filling his second term as Postmaster of West Mecca. Of Mrs. Troxel's father, John Fee, we further record that he was born in Ireland sixty-five years ago, son of. William Fee, and when a small boy was deprived of a father's care and support. His widowed mother and her family of three sons and five daughters, emigrated to this country, and in Ohio John Fee married Mary Parks, a native of Ireland. Mr. Fee is one of the prominent and well-to-do men of Mecca township, and he and his wife have four children, William, D. R., F. A. and Tillie. J. G. CHAFFEE is one of the best-known men in Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio. For over seventy years he has been a resident of this place, and he is consequently well versed in its early pioneer history. Of his life we present the following brief sketch: Joseph G. Chaffee was born in Bristol, Ohio, July 6, 1818, one of the first children born at that place. His father, Rev. Jose Chaffee, a native of Massachusetts, was on his way to the Western Reserve at the time the British burned the city of Buffalo, New York. He settled at Bristol, Ohio, in 1813, and in 328 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 1823 removed with his family to Mecca township, where he spent the most of his life. His wife, nee Thedosia Fletcher, was a daughter of John Fletcher, a veteran of the Revolutionary war. Jose and Thedosia Chaffee had the following children: Sally Shery, deceased ; Martha Davidson, a resident of Bristol; Joseph G., the subject of this sketch; Eunice McCullaur, deceased; Mary Cook, deceased; Betsey Scoville; and Jemima, who died at the age of seventeen years. Rev. Jose Chaffee died at the age of seventy-nine years, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-four. Both are buried in the old cemetery at Bristol. He was first a Christian preacher, and subsequently was identified with the Disciple Church. J. G. Chaffee was five years old when his parents moved to Mecca township. He settled in the eastern part of the township in 1848, and eight years later removed to a point near where he now lives. Here he owns 128 acres of well-improved farm land, and in connection with his fanning operations he has also for many years been engaged in contracting and building. Many of the best houses and barns in the township were erected by him, and he has helped to build all the churches in the township. Mr. Chaffee was married December 24, 1838, to Miss Wealthy Cook, a native of Locke, New York. Mrs. Chaffee is distantly related to Mrs. Hayes, their grandfathers being brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have three children, namely: John A., of Bristol, Ohio, was a member of Company H, Seventh Ohio Infantry, and spent three years in the Civil war, during that time participating in twenty-two battles; James, a member of Company I, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, was wounded in the leg during his service, and is now the recipient of a pension; and Anna E., widow of Charles Jackson, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee also adopted a son, Charles Cook Chaffee. Mrs. Chaffee departed this life September 1, 1891, two years after she and Mr. Chaffee had celebrated their golden wedding. She was a woman whose loving disposition and pure Christian character were the admiration of all who knew her. She was active in mission work, was a life member of the Ohio Christian Missionary Society, and one of the most active workers of the Disciple Church. The Wealthy Rebekah Lodge, at Mecca, was named in honor of her. Mr. Chaffee is also a member of the Disciple Church, in which he has served as Deacon for many years. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 707, of Mecca, and has filled all its chairs up to Noble Grand. In politics he is a Republican. Time has dealt gently with him. He is now seventy-five years of age, weighs 185 pounds, is six feet tall, and is as straight as an Indian. FREDERICK REGULA has been a resident of Johnston township, Trumbull county, Ohio, since 1886. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 5, 1835, son of Conrad Regula, a native of that same province and a soldier under Napoleon. The Regulas are of French origin. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Metal, was born in Germany, passed her life and died there. The father came to America and located in Stark county, Ohio, where he passed the residue of his life and died. He was a blacksmith. Frederick Regula attended school in Bavaria until he was fourteen. When he was OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 329 fifteen he came with his father to Stark county, Ohio. In 1855, at the age of twenty, he entered the United States Regular Army, becoming a member of the Ninth Infantry. He spent some time on the Pacific coast and was in several engagements with the Indians, and after a service of five years was honorably discharged. While he was in the army he contracted chronic disease which has disabled him for manual labor. He owns and occupies a farm of seventy-eight acres, and although he is unable to do hard work himself he has a general supervision over the place. He gives considerable attention to the raising of horses and cattle, and is engaged in -the dairy business. Mr. Regula was married at the age of twenty-six, in Stark county, Ohio, to Phoebe Axle, who was born and reared in Germany, daughter of A. and Margaret Axle. They have eight children, William, Carrie, Flora, Tillie, Fred H., Louise, Lilly and Harry. William is married and settled on a farm, and Carrie is the wife of a Mr. Bowers, of New York. The other children are at home. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.   THOMAS LOUTZENHISAR, a veteran of the Civil war, and a highly respected citizen of Johnston township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born at Kinsman, this county, February 4, 1835. Daniel Loutzenhisar, his father, was born near Greenville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, the son of a wealthy miller, who was a native of Germany and who was one of the pioneer settlers of Mercer county. Grandfather Loutzenhisar built the first gristmill on Chenango creek. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Nancy Calvin. She was born near Greenville, Pennsylvania, daughter of John Calvin, a veteran of the war of 1812. The Loutzenhisar family came to Kinsman, Ohio, in 1830, and there the parents of our subject passed the rest of their lives and died, both reaching the advanced age of seventy-two years. They had a family of ten children, six of whom reached .adult years, namely: Jacob, a resident of Gustavus, Ohio; Mary Ann, wife of John Logan, of Washington county, Pennsylvania; Sarah, who lives in Shields, ColoalvinPal-vin lives with his brother Thomas; Eunice, wife of Charles Marvin, Andover, Ohio; and Thomas. The father of this family was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he was a Republican. Thomas Loutzenhisar was reared on his father's farm, and was engaged in farming when the Civil war came on. September 2, 1862, in response to President Lincoln's call for " 300,000 more" he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B. This regiment made a brilliant record during the war. To give an account of all the engagements in which Mr. Loutzenhisar participated would be to write a history of most of the war. Suffice it to say that he took part in many of the most important battles of the South, and that in all his service he acted the part of a brave, true soldier. He was never wounded, but while he was in the Atlanta campaign, July 16, 1864, he received a sunstroke, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. Mr. Loutzenhisar had a narrow escape at the battle of Chickamauga, where he was knocked down by a bullet, but not seriously injured. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865, and is now the recipient of a pesion. 330 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY After the war Mr. Loutzenhisar spent two years in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. He then came to Trumbull county, Ohio, acid has since resided here. He has a comfortable home and owns some land. He affiliates with the Republican party, and with Mecca Post No. 435, G. A. R. DR. ANDREW J. BROOKS, a physician and surgeon of Girard, was born in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, September 11, 1844, a son of Thomas and Mary (App) Brooks. The father was also born and reared in Weathersfield township, a son of McCajie and Elizabeth Brooks, who came from Maryland to Weathersfield township, where they were among the pioneer settlers. While digging a well they discovered the first coal in this part of the county. They reared a family of five children, and both died in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brooks also had five children: Charles N., deceased; Andrew J., our subject; Henry N., on the old home farm; Samuel T., deceased; and Olive A., wife of Benjamin Morris, of Youngstown. The father, a farmer by occupation, is now deceased, and the mother resides on the farm near Niles. Both were members of the Disciple Church. A. J. Brooks, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the old home farm, and attended both the public and select schools, also spending one year at Hiram College. He was then engaged in teaching school for five winters, spending the summer months at farm work. At the age of twenty-six years Dr. Brooks began reading medicine with Dr. F. Casper, of Niles, and was graduated at the Cleveland Medical College in the class of 1871. For the following two years he was engaged in the practice of medicine at Niles, spent one year in Youngstown, four years at Church Hill, and since 1881, has followed his profession at Girard, Trumbull county. The Doctor is a member of the Trumbull County Medical Society, and also of the State Medical Association. June 25, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Sylvia J. Van Horn, a daughter of Abraham and Harriet Powers (Rodacker) Van Horn. To this union have been born two children: Hattie A. and Harvey T. Dr. Brooks and wife are members of the Christian Church. In politics the Doctor is Republican. MILLARD F. JACOBS, a farmer of Mahoning county, is a son of Philip Jacobs, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1811. He afterward removed with his parents to Ohio, and remained at home until after his marriage. While at home, and engaged in the lumber business, he broke his leg, and amputation afterward became necessary. He then took up a course of study in the country schools, later taught school and studied law under the father of Governor Tod for about three years, and then engaged in the mercantile business at Youngstown, on east Federal street. In 1873, Mr. Jacobs embarked in the coal trade, in company with his two sons, Orin and Millard, first operating the Thornhill bank, and afterward five banks in Hubbard. He was thrown upon his own resources at the age of about seventeen years and at his death he owned 250 acres of land, 200 acres cultivated, a store house, a dwelling on Watts street, and another on Sumner avenue, his entire property being estimated OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 331 at $50,000. In political matters, he was a. Republican, and at one time held the position of Councilman. Mr. Jacobs was a son of Abram and Elizabeth (Kimmel) Jacobs, natives of Pennsylvania. They subsequently came to Ohio, locating on the farm which our subject now owns. Abram Jacobs was a farmer by occupation, and his death occurred in 1858. He was a son of Daniel and Polly Jacobs, natives of Pennsylvania. The family came originally from Germany. Elizabeth Kimmel was a daughter of Isaac and Ann Kimmel. Isaac Kimmel was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The Kimmel family came to this country from Germany, and after coming to Ohio located on Mahoning river, near Haselton. The mother of our subject, nee Sally Kimmel, was born in Youngstown, in 1819, the only child of John and Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Kimmel. The father, a blacksmith and farmer by occupation was a son of Isaac Kimmel. Elizabeth Kirkpatrick was a daughter of Thomas and Phoebe (Baldwin) Kirkpatrick, natives of Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jacobs were married in 1835, and were the parents of eleven children: Amanda, died in infancy; Betsie, deceased, was the wife of John Thorn, of Seattle, Washington, and they had three children, Sallie, wife of Charles Wick; Sammie, of Seattle; and Mabel, who resides with her grandmother; Orin married Melvina Gerwig, a native of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and they have five children, Minnie, Oscar L., Edward G., Robert T. and Betsie K.; Millard is the subject of this sketch; Emma married John Nash, plumber of Youngstown, and they have one child, Jay; Abram was drowned in the Mahoning river when seven years of age; Flora is the wife of James H. Thompson, a member of a hardware firm in Youngstown, and they have three children: Philip, George and Florence; Frank is an attorney of Youngstown; Jennie is the wife of Charles Ensign, a druggist, and they have two children Emily and Alice B. (ten and eleven); Berne and Bell, (twins) and the former, a farmer by occupation, married Ella Brothers ; they have one child, Mason; the latter is at home. Millard F. Jacobs, the subject of this sketch, was born on Federal street, Youngstown, September 25, 1844. When one year old he went to the home of his maternal grandfather, and at the age of seventeen years went to Watseka, Illinois, where he worked on a farm. Two years later Mr. Jacobs returned to this city, and engaged with his father and brother in the coal business. He now has about 235 acres of land, and owns sheep, horses and cattle to the amount of $20,000. In political matters, he affiliates with the Republican party, and has served as a member of the School Board. Mr. Jacobs was married October 18, 1871, to Unice Viola Bentley, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Bentley. To this union have been born two children: Josie and Dale R., both at home. Mr. Jacobs and son are members of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JESSE HALL, deceased, formerly a resident of Hubbard township, Trumbull county, was a son of Jesse and Christianna (Roof) Hall, natives of New Jersey. The parents came to Hubbard township when it was but sparsely settled, and the farm on which they located about ninety years ago is still owned by the family. The progenitors 332 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of the Halls were sturdy, honorable and substantial citizens of German and French extraction, but emigrated from England to -America. Jesse Hall, Jr., possessed the sterling qualities of his ancestors to a marked degree, and his good qualities far outnumbered his faults. While actively engaged in business he was connected with gigantic enterprises, and assumed large obligations, but while many of them were very important, no man was allowed to suffer an iota of loss. He was literally a self-made man, having started in life with comparatively nothing, and with but limited educational advantages, but good luck was his fortune. At times his wealth approximated $500,000. At his death he was the owner of about 1,500 acres of land, 1,000 acres of which was under cultivation, and he was recognized as the leading farmer of Hubbard township. Mr. Hall was also the owner of a coal mine in Grove City, Pennsylvania, which he opened at a cost of about $40,000, and it has been operated by Evan J. Morris. It now yields about 700 tons daily. In 1829 he was married to Hannah J. Sheline, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, and a daughter of David and Jane (Foulks) Sheline. Her mother died when she was quite young, and she afterward made her home with William Long, with whom she came to Trumbull county. Mr. Hall departed this life March 3, 1891, and to his memory has been reared a beautiful monument, commensurate with the esteem in which he was universally held. He was an active member and liberal supporter of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Hall had nine children, viz.: Carolino, wife of Aaron Hibler, of Hubbard township; Myrum, wife of Lewis Burnett, also of this township; David, the 'next in order of birth; Christian, wife of Newton Oliver, of Vienna, Ohio; Nancy, wife of I. D. Price, a farmer of Braceville, Trumbull county; William, of Hubbard township; Clara, widow of Theodore Miller; Harriet, wife of T. A. Thomas, of Erie, Pennsylvania; and Jesse A., of Hubbard. David Hall was born on the farm where he now resides, in Hubbard township, February 26, 1829. In 1861 he married and took charge of his place, and continued to farm exclusively until 1870, when he became a silent partner and superintendent of the Hubbard Rolling Mill, then known as the Hall Iron Company. Since 1878 he has given his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Hall was married in 1861, to Margaret Waldorf, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Jones) Waldorf, natives. of New Jersey and Ohio respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have one child, Emma J., now the wife of A. W. Johnson, of Hubbard. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Christian Church. William Hall was born in Hubbard, December 21, 1844, and remained with his parents until 1868. In that year he married and located on his present farm, where his grandfather had settled in about 1793. In 1880 he moved to his present home. Mr. Hall tnarried Jennie Dunkerly, a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, but afterward came to Trumbull county, Ohio, with her parents. She is a daughter of James and Alice (Whiteaker) Dunkerly, natives of England. They came to America in about 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have had four children: Denver J., deceased; Alice, wife of Albert M. Albright, of Coalburgh, Ohio; and Eva and Jesse, at home. The family are members of the Christian Church. Jesse A. Hall was born in Hubbard township, October 3, 1851, and remained at home OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 333 until 1876, when he moved to his present home in Hubbard. He was married in that year, March 15, to Mary I. Flaugher, a daughter of Amos P. and Rebecca (Krons) Flaugher. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have six children: Carrie B., Arthur G., Blanchard B., Jesse H., Mary. M. and Hazel H. Mr. Hall affiliates with the Republican party. HUGH McINTYRE, a farmer of Liberty I township, Trumbull county, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, November 4, 1824, a son of James McIntyre, a native of Scotland and a tailor by trade. He was married in his native country, to Nancy Lee, a native of Edinburg. Both died in Tyrone, Ireland. They had ten children, namely: William, James, Eliza, Hugh, Ann, Robert, Wilson, Samuel, Matilda and Mary Ann. The father was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Hugh McIntyre, our subject, followed the shoemaker's trade for many years. In 1845 he came to the United States, spent the following four years in New York, and then came to Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he purchased a farm. He has a good dwelling, 20 x 26 feet, with an L 20 x n. feet, a barn 25 x 70 feet, fine fields, and his farm also contains coal. Mr. McIntyre has a number of the finest draft horses in Trumbull county, among them being a Suffolk, Punch, Burgh, imported, Duke, a chestnut weighing 1,745 pounds, and Black Victor, a horse of wonderful style and beauty, weighing 1,535 pounds. At the age of twenty-one years he was united in marriage with Mary McMerny, a native of Tyrone, Ireland, and a daughter of Robert and Abigail (King) McMerny, natives - 23 - of that country. The father died in Ireland, and the mother in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre have had ten children, viz.: Eliza Jane; Robert F., in Parke county, Indiana; James F., of Clay county, Indiana; Mandy E.; William W., who was killed by lightning in 1892, leaving a wife and three children ; May Riddle; Hugh E.; John K., a popular and successful teacher of Trumbull county; George N., who was engaged in teaching at the early age of sixteen years, is now a minister in the Presbyterian Church. The oldest child died at the age of seven months. Mr. McIntyre is a man of intelligence, favors education, religion and temperance, and is esteemed by all who know him. He supports the Democratic party. HON. WILLIAM RITEZEL, the able and popular editor of the Warren Chronicle, was born in Claysville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1828. His father was John Ritezel, a native of Pennsylvania, who in his youth removed to the western part of that State, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1872. He was of German descent, and much respected. His good wife, whose maiden name was Martha Hodgens, was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. They were the parents of nine children, all of whom have passed away save the subject of this memoir. He studied in the common schools of that day, and at the age of seventeen entered a printing office in Washington, Pennsylvania, with the avowed purpose of mastering all the details of the business. His rise became rapid, and in 1851 he established the Review at that place. In 1854, he sold out the Review and removed to Warren, Ohio, where he be- 334 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY came editor and publisher of the Trumbull Democrat. He conducted this paper until 1862, when it was merged into the Western Reserve Chronicle. With this journal Mr. Ritezel has since been continuously connected. Associated with him now are F. M. Ritezel, his son, and B. J. Taylor (see sketch of the latter in this volume). The Warren Daily Chronicle is a nine-column' evening paper, handsome in its dress, strong in its advocacy of Republican principles, devoted in its championship of worthy private and public enterprises, and of American ideas. The weekly is the Western Reserve Chronicle, the first paper printed on the Connecticut Western Reserve. Mr. Ritezel is eminently qualified to conduct one of the leading journals of Ohio, is keenly alive to the proper demands of the times, wields a facile as well as a pungent pen, and his editorial columns are potential in their influences for good. In 1861, Mr. Ritezel was elected Treasurer of Trumbull county, and re-elected in 1863. In 1868, he was brought forward by the Republican party as a candidate for the Legislature and was elected, and was re-elected in 1870. His legislative career was marked by sound judgment, efficient service and devotion to the principles of his party. In 1892, he was chosen delegate from the Nineteenth Ohio district to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis. Since he and his paper espoused the principles of the Republican party he has been one of its able counselors and active leaders in Trumbull county. Mr. Ritezel was united in marriage, at Washington, Pennsylvania, in May, 1851, to Miss A. E. White, of that place. Three children were born to this union: Franklin M., Mary, now Mrs. Smith, and Annie E. now Mrs. Hoefgen. Franklin M. is associate editor of the Chronicle and enjoys a fine reputation. He was appointed Postmaster of Warren by President Harrison, and discharged his official duties with satisfaction to the people. Mr. Ritezel is a man of genial nature, social and open-hearted, and warm in his friendships. As a public man he has won an enviable reputation, and also as a private man and citizen. By those among whom he has dwelt for the generation past he is honored and respected. DR. HERBERT A. SHERWOOD, physician and surgeon, Warren, Ohio, has been in constant practice since March 1, 1876, which was immediately after his graduation at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, of Cleveland. He had taken a three years' course there, and had spent one year as house physician in the hospital. He is thoroughly posted in his profession, and has by his skill built up an extensive practice in this city. Dr. Sherwood is a native of Knox county, Ohio, born on a farm near Fredericktown, March 27, 1851. He was reared to farm life, attended the district schools and the high school at Fredericktown, and in the winter of 1872 began reading medicine under the instructions of Dr. E. M. Hall, of that place. He is the son of Stephen H. and Lucy (Manley) Sherwood, both deceased, his father having died in January, 1880, at the age of seventy years, and his mother in 1884, at the age of seventy-four. They were natives of Vermont, and were among the early settlers of Knox county, Ohio. The father improved a farm there, and was for many years engaged in farming and stock-raising. At an early OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 335 date he dealt extensively in sheep. He was an ardent Republican, and frequently served as delegate to conventions. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of four children, a record of whom is as follows: Julia M., wife of J. H. Wilhelm, died in 1861; Horace H., a hardware merchant, died in 1882, at the age of thirty-four years; Herbert A. was the second born; and Lucy M. Love, widow of Sheldon T. Love, is a music teacher of Chicago, Ohio. April 15, 1878, Dr. Sherwood married Miss Acelia J. Thompson, a native of Trumbull county; Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel C. and Minerva (McMahan) Thompson. Their only child is named Herbert M. Dr. Sherwood is a member of the national, State and district medical societies. He has served as president of the district society. He is a member of the A. F. & A.M., Mahoning Chapter and Warren Corn mandery ; Mahoning Lodge, No. 29, I. O. O. F.; Western Reserve Council, No. 386, Royal Arcanum, in which he has passed all the chairs. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and for several years has served as one of its Vestrymen. In politics he is a Republican. Dr. Sherwood's residence is located at No. 320 Mahoning avenue. GEORGE H. TAYLER, secretary, trea surer and superintendent of the Warren Gas Light Company, Warren, Ohio, is one of the enterprising business men of this town. He has filled the above position with the Gas Company since February 1, 1881, and since that year has been one of the directors of the First National Bank of Warren, has served as one of the directors and as secretary and treasurer of the Warren Opera House Company, since its organization in 1885. He is also identified with other enterprises here. Mr. Tayler was born in Warren, May 5, 1847, son of Matthew B. and Adaline (Hap-good) Tayler. He is a graduate of the Warren high school and of Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pennsylvania. After completing his studies, in 1869, he clerked for about one year in the dry goods stores of Hapgood & Brown and S. R. Brown. In the spring of 1870 he went West, and engaged in civil engineering on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, with which company he spent four years, the first three months as axman and rodman, the remainder of the time as division engineer, most of the time in charge of construction, After the panic of 1874 he returned to Warren, and served as a clerk in the shoe store of S. L. Hunt & Son, and later with the Warren Gas Light Company. In 1879 he again went West and engaged in civil engineering on the central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, and on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. After the death of his father November 23, 1880, he returned to Warren to take charge of his father's estate, accepted his present position soon afterward, and has since remained here. February 23, 1888, he married Miss Roxa Wilcox, of St. Louis, Missouri. Their comfortable and attractive residence on Park avenue is the Tayler homestead. Mr. Tayler is a man of sterling worth in the town, and his efficient services have been recognized and are highly appreciated by the various corporations with which he is eon. netted. 336 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Politically, Mr. Tayler is a stanch Republican. He enlisted, and on May 5, 1864, was mustered in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio National Guard, for 100 days' service; was stationed most of the time at Johnson's island, and was at the battle of Keller's bridge, near Cynthiana, Kentucky, where, with his regiment, he was captured by General Morgan. He is a prominent Mason, and is a member of all the Masonic bodies of Warren and of Lake Erie Consistory, and has passed the chairs in Old Erie Lodge, No. 3, and Warren Connandery, No. 39. He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is one of its trustees. JOHN H. PARK, an old settler and proprietor of a large and flourishing farm one mile west of Niles, in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Vermont, May 22, 1822. He comes of good old New England stock,, of English descent, the founders of the family in America having come from the " tight little isle " in early colonial times and settled in Rhode Island or Connecticut, whence members removed to Vermont. The grandfather of the subject of tliis sketch had eleven children: Joseph, Elijah, Simon, Loren, Almon, Royal, John B. (father of the subject of this sketch), and another son whose name is forgotten; Eunice, Sarah and Polly, who married John Clark. John B. Park, father of Mr. Park of this notice, was born in Rutland, Vermont, May 22, 1794, and grew up a strong, muscular, active man, honorable in his dealing and remarkably industrious. He was, politically, a Whig and an ardent patriot. At the time of the war of 1812 he was called into the army during the battle of Plattsburg, which took place on Lake Champlain, September 11, 1814, Commodore McDonough commanding the United States troops, but on that engagement resulting so favorably for the patriots and so disastrously for the British, the militia was sent home without taking part, and no further call was made for it. About 1825 John B. Park emigrated from Vermont to near Moriah, Essex county, New York, where he purchased a tract of land and engaged in farming and lumbering. Induced, however, by the general emigration to the West and the favorable reports of that country, he in 1831 loaded his family and household effects into a wagon, and thirty days later arrived in Trumbull county, Ohio. Here he contracted for one-third of a 500-acre tract in Weathersfield township, owned by Benjamin Tappan, the price being $5 an acre. On this he labored most assiduously, as only an energetic man can, grubbing, plowing and ditching, thus reducing the wild, forest-covered land to a productive farm. In this improvement he was assisted by his sons, but by none so much as by John H., the subject of this sketch, who remained under the parental roof after attaining his majority, instead of deserting it, possibly to fall into the hands of other persons, thus depriving the descendants of the old homestead which was so laboriously reclaimed from the wilderness. In consequence of this fact, he was selected as the one who should buy the homestead when the father and mother had no further need for it, which he accordingly did and at present reisdes thereon. John B. Park's first wife was Sophia Broughton, daughter of Samuel Broughton, whose ancestors five generations back were subjects of the British crown. The children of this marriage were: Samuel, a machinist, who was OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 337 killed in 1862 by Iris sawmill in Spencer county, Indiana; Cephas, a doctor in Illinois; John H., the subject of this sketch; Rachel Ann, who married C. W. Smith, a Captain in the Federal army and a Virginia Judge during the reconstruction period, both of whom are now deceased; and Servetus W., a leading hardware dealer in Warren, Ohio. In 1850, the family was called upon to mourn the death of the devoted wife and mother whose life had been one of subordination to the interests and welfare of her loved ones. In 1851, the father remarried, his second wife being Mary A. Kline, and they had three children: Mary, married first to Edward Gordon and afterward to W. W. Wehr; Seth, who married Elizabeth Davis; and Cora, wife of Cyril Harshman, of Mineral Ridge, Ohio. John H Park, whose name heads this sketch, was only about three years of age when his parents removed to New York State from Vermont, and about eleven years old when they once more turned their faces toward the setting sun to make a home in the wilds of Ohio. He received such educational advantages as were afforded in the district schools on the frontier and was further assisted by his mother, a woman of rare intellectual ability, and the older children. He resided constantly on the old homestead, where he now lives, and was to be relied upon at all times and under all circumstances. His father's industrious efforts in the cultivation of the farm were ably supplemented by his own energy and perseverance, until from a tract of wild, wooded land, it became a thrifty, productive farm, and is now numbered among the best and most valuable in the county. During the late war, at the time of the last call for 75,000 men Mr. Park of this notice enlisted in Company A, under Captain E. Hutchins, of the One Hundred and Seventy first Regiment, commanded by Colonel J. F. Asper. This company was ordered to Johnson's island to guard prisoners, when shortly afterward the One Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment was ordered south to intercept General Morgan. Mr. Park was not at the time of capture with the regiment, and thus escaped confinement in a Confederate prison. After 120 days of service, Mr. Park was honorably discharged, and returned home an invalid. Here he resumed his work where he left it and in the profitable prosecution of which he has ever since continued. Besides his fanning interest,, he is now the Vice- President and second largest stockholder in the First National Bank of Niles, to which his sound business judgment and energy have contributed much of its present prosperity. His well known integrity at once insures the confidence of the people in any institution with which he may be connected, and thereby assures success May 1, 1845, Mr. Park was married to Mary L. Weisell, an estimable lady and daughter of M. G. Weisell, a prosperous farmer near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. They had six children: Edwin, a manufacturer of Newton Falls, Ohio; John C. E., operating a planing-mill in Lordstown township; Minerva, deceased, was the wife of L. S. Cole; Rachel Ann, wife of James E. Fisher, of Columbus, Ohio; Mary Rebecca, wife of F. R. Adams, of Trumbull county; and Samuel H., unmarried. In 1879, the faithful wife and loving mother died, greatly lamented by her friends, who knew and appreciated her many excellent qualities. In 1881, Mr. Park was married again, his second wife being Louisa C. Atwater, daughter of Daniel Atwater, a well known and highly respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic order. 338 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY In politics, Mr. Park is a Republican, and although not notably active in public affairs, takes a commendable interest in all matters affecting the welfare of his country. He has served his township as Trustee and represented his party at several State Conventions, in all of which capacities, it is needless to say, he has discharged the duties incumbent on him with his customary efficiency, thereby strengthening the already high regard universally entertained for him by his fellow man. WILLIAM STAMBAUGH, deceased, was prominently identified with Trumbull and Mahoning counties nearly all his life. He was born in Pennsylvania, in the year 1818, of German parents, and when a mere child came to Ohio. His whole life was spent in the above-named counties, with the exception of six years, when he was a. resident of Iowa, and his occupation was that of a general farmer. Politically, he first gave his support to the Whigs, and subsequently to the Republican party. For many years he served as a Justice of the Peace. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his life was, in every respect, worthy of emulation. He married Sarah Wise, a native of Ohio, who has long since passed to her reward. They had a family of eight children, namely: The oldest died in infancy; John, a merchant, of Crab creek; Jacob, a resident of Tacoma, Washington; Samuel, deceased; Calvin, also deceased; C. Homer, of whom further mention is made in this sketch; Milton, a resident of Youngstown, Ohio; and Charles, who resides in Demorest, Georgia. Calvin Homer Stambaugh was born September 8, 1851, and was reared to farm life, receiving his education in the public schools and at Hiram College. He was married July 29, 1874, to Miss Caroline Simon, daughter of Michael and Rosannah (Gentholtz) Simon, residents of Boardman, Ohio. After his marriage Mr. Stambaugh settled at his present location, where he owns twenty-three acres of land and devotes the same to the production of small fruits. In this business be is meeting with excellent success, his annual berry crop being from 500 800 bushels. Mr. and Mrs. Stambaugh's family is composed of four children: Ada, Edward, Lillie and Richard. Mr. Stambaugh is one of the leaders in the Prohibition party in Trumbull county. He cast his first vote with the Prohibitionists and has been an active worker in the temperance cause ever since. On various occasions he has served as delegate to Prohibition conventions, and the past two years has been a member of the State Committee. He is identified with the American Mechanics and also with the Good Templars, having been a prominent worker in the latter organization for a number of years. He and his family belong to the Disciple Church. They are among the most worthy and highly respected people of their community. CLARK AND RADER, undertakers and funeral directors, are one of the leading business firms of Warren, Ohio. This firm is composed of W. N. Clark and James Rader, successors to G. T. Townsend, are located at No. 7. Park avenue, and have been in business here since 1886. Their establishment is well equipped with hearse, ambn- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 339 lance, etc., and is first-class in every respect. Mr. Rader has been in this line of business in Warren for the past twenty years, while Mr. Clark's experience covers a period of fifteen years. W. N. Clark, the head member of the above firm, was born in Lorain county, Ohio, June 1, 1860, son of Warren Clark, who was reared near Poland, Mahoning county, this State, and who is now a resident of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The senior Mr. Clark is a carpenter by trade. His wife, whose maiden name was Clarissa Eno, was born and reared in Trumbull county, Ohio, and died in Florida, in 1890. They had a family of four children, as follows: Charles B., engaged in the practice of law at Altoona, Pennsylvania; Lenora, a professional nurse in Trenton, New Jersey; Hattie, wife of John C. Leech, Pittsburg; and W. N. Mr. Clark spent his boyhood days on farms in the States of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and at the age of seventeen entered upon an apprenticeship to the undertaking business. He also attended lectures and took advantage of every opportunity to thoroughly inform himself in every department of the work, being at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, under the instructions of the best undertakers of the State. He served one year as journeyman in Pennsylvania, and during the time he was engaged in undertaking there he also picked up the trade of upholstering. In 1881 he came to Warren and accepted a position with Mr. Townsend, with whom he remained until he and Mr. Rader became partners in business. Mr. Clark is a self-made man, his success in life being due to his own pluck and perseverance. He was married in Warren, May 4, 1888, to Miss Fra Pond, daughter of George W. Pond, and they have one child, Georgie K. Mr. Clark and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of the following fraternal organizations: I. O. O. F., A. F. &. A. M., A. O. U. W. and P. H. C. His residence is located at No. 222 East Market street. He believes in the Republican party. JOHN J. SULLIVAN was born in New York city October 25, 1860, and, his parents having died, he came to Trumbull county when nine years of age, and was adopted by Lewis Pelton and wife of Gustavus. He received a common-school and classical education at the Gustavus Academy, and taught school until he was twenty-one, when he entered .the law office of Senator John M. Steele at Warren. To assist him in his studies, he spent two years on the Warren Daily Chronicle, as local reporter. In 1885 he was admitted to the bar, and since then has been in constant, lucrative practice. At the present time he is filling the office of Prosecuting Attorney, and has been nominated for a second term. In politics, he is an ardent Republican, and in the campaigns of that party is constantly on the stump. He represented the Nineteenth District of Ohio at the National League clubs in New York city, in 1886. In religion he is a Methodist. In fraternal relations he is identified with the Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons: he is president of the thirty-second degree class of 1893. He is a strong Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow. As a speaker, and an after-dinner talker, he ranks high. At present he is vice-president of the Ohio Republican League. In 1886, he was married to Olive S. Taylor, and from the union one child is living, Ada. 340 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY line. His wife is a daughter of M. B. Taylor, deceased, who in life Was a prominent banker. Mr. Sullivan is vice-president of the First National Bank of Girard and director of the First National Bank of Cortland. In disposition he is genial, and he is a warm supporter of all worthy causes. WILLIAM DABNEY owns one of the best farms in Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio. He is prominently identified with the agricultural pursuits of the county, and of his life we present the following biography: William Dabney was born in Bristol, Trumbull county, Ohio, June 19, 1839, son of Ebenezer Dabney, a native of Youngstown, Ohio. His grandfather, Gardner Dabney, was one of the first settlers of Youngstown, having come from Rochester, New York, to that place and settled on 200 acres of land. There Ebenezer Dabney was reared and educated, and at that place he was married to Martha Kincaid, also a native of Youngstown. Both are now deceased. They had nine children, five sons and four daughters. Three of the sons were soldiers in the late war. Gardner and Robert were members of the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and Chauncy was in the Second Ohio Cavalry. Robert was wounded while in the service, and afterward died in Farmington, this county. Gardner is a resident of Defiance, Ohio. Following are the names of the other children: William, John, Mary, Wade, Eliza Jane (now Mrs. William Harklerode); Margaret, Eveline (Mrs. Isaac Hawsel); and Emma Jane, who was married to Charles Griffen. William Dabney was reared on a farm near Bristol, and since 1865 has been a resident of Mecca township. He owns 200 acres of fine fanning land well improved with commodious barns, attractive residence, and everything pertaining to a well-regulated country home. About the time he reached his majority, Mr. Dabney married Miss Lorinda DeCamp, a native of Champion, this county, daughter of Harvey and Isabelle DeCamp. Her parents are both dead. Mr. and Mrs. Dabney have two sons: Charles H., married Julia Park, and had three sons, Rolla, Bert and Jay; and William, who is interested in gas wells and is one Of the successful business men of Cleveland. Personally, Mr. Dabney is a man of fine physique, weighing 215 pounds. He is of a frank and jovial nature, is a man of the strictest integrity, and wherever he goes he has the happy faculty of making friends. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat, an active and earnest worker and radical in some of his views. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. He has served most acceptably as Township Trustee. Mrs. Dabney is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOSEPH ROGERS, deceased, was one of 1 the early settlers of Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio. He was born on Long Island, and learned the trade of tanner and shoemaker there, serving an apprenticeship of seven years. As soon as he had completed his trade he started afoot to Ohio, and upon reaching this State located in Vienna. Here he established a tannery and also engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, conducting a successful business here for many years, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 341 and employing a force of from eight to ten men. This was the first tannery in Trumbull county. He also owns and cleared up a fine farm near Vienna. In the various public affairs of the county he took a prominent and active part, his political views being those advocated by the Whigs. He was also one of the prominent Masons in Ohio at that early day. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Lowry, had six sons and three daughters, a brief record of whom is as follows: Loren, the oldest, is more fully referred to in the conclusion of this sketch; Royal, a resident of Warren, Ohio; Minerva, wife of John Levitt, is deceased; Austin, also deceased; Dr. Gilbert Rogers, deceased; Addison, a resident of Warren, Ohio; Charles, who died in Bowling Green, Ohio; Lucy, wife of G. Andrews, is deceased; and Lucy, died in infancy. Loren Rogers was born in Vienna, Ohio, May 1, 1827, and was reared in Trumbull county, assisting his father in the tannery, and also learning the trade of broom-maker. He was engaged in the manufacture of brooms for several winters. When a young man, and previous to his marriage, he took charge of the hotel at Vienna, having a family move into the hotel and do the cooking for him, and remaining for about two years. He continued in this business for seven years. In the meantime, in 1840, he married Betsey Chamberlain, by whom he had five daughters and three sons of his family we record that William is a resident of Cortland, Ohio; Joseph lives in Niles, this State; Zachariah, who was a member of the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war, died afterward from the effects of disease contracted while in the service; Laura, wife of Lewis Kerr, of Brookfield, Ohio; Ella, widow of N. B. McKinley, resides with her father in Vienna; Mary, wife of William Smiley, of Kansas; Martha, wife of Eimer Dunlap, Vienna; and Lucy, wife of I. H. McGaughey, a druggist of Bedford, Ohio. Mr. Rogers has been engaged in farming the greater part of his life, ever since he retired from the hotel business. He owns 114 acres of land near Niles, seventy-five acres at Vienna Center, and 160 acres in the southern part of this township. When he left home to make his own way in the world his father gave him $100, and with this exception he has made every dollar he has. He has been an earnest temperance worker all his life, and now gives his support to the Prohibition party. A. G. MINER, M. D., Niles, Ohio, is a very skillful and successful member of the medical profession, and has a high reputation throughout the State. He was born in Hartford township, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the Roe farm near Brockway's mill, November 3, 1836. His father, Julius Miner, emigrated at an early day with his wife and three children to the western frontier from Connecticut, making the journey with an ox team and a one-horse wagon; he was a blacksmith by trade, and erected a shop at Burgh Hill, Trumbull county, where he followed his vocation for some time; later he built a shop on the Roefarm where he manufactured the old Bull plow for a great number of years, adding the wooden mould board as an improvement to the original invention. He was a good business man and accumulated a modest estate. Be enlisted for service in the war of 1812, but at Erie it was decided to disband the new recruits, so he returned to his home. When the question of slavery became a po- 342 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY litical one, he expressed his sentiments for abolition in no uncertain terms, and aided the movement as a conductor in the underground railway. He was a stanch supporter of Giddings and Wade, and at the time of his death was an ardent Republican. His death occurred in 1869. Julius Miner's mother was a Miss Ackley; she reared a family of six children: Christopher, Temple, Joel, 'Hurl, Whiting and Julius. Julius Miner married Lura Roe, a daughter of Titus Roe, a pioneer settler of Ohio who emigrated from Connecticut; he was twice married, the second wife being a Miss Bushnell; the children of the first marriage were Lura, Rudolphus and Albert; there was one son of the second marriage, Willis. Julius and Lura (Roe) Miner were the parents of eleven children: Titus R. died at the age of nine years; Ursula married Obed Jones; James A. died in 1872, he married Alcina Vinton, also deceased; Rudolphus R. resides at Payne's Corners; Brookfield married Paulina Lewis; Eliza J., deceased, married William McDowell; L. Lucinda is the wife of James Fowler; Plurna Maria is the wife of John Potter of Iowa; Ancil J., deceased, married Emma Bartlett; A. G. is the subject. of this biographical sketch; Lucy D. is the wife of Robert C. Jones of Burgh Hill, Ohio. Dr. Miner received his elementary educacation in the primitive pioneer schools of his district; at the age of twelve years he had the good fortune to be sent to the high school in Hartford township that was conducted by Prof. John Lynch, an educator of national reputation who had the honor to be appointed to the presidency of the Department of Education at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. The Doctor made the most of this opportunity, and was student and teacher by turn until he had at- tamed his twenty-first year. At that age he went to Iowa, but six months sufficed to satisfiy his desire to "grow up with the country." He returned to his home, and then went down into Kentucky for the purpose of securing employment as bookkeeper; this effort was unavailing so he tried to get a school but in that also failed. He then went to Louisville with the intention of going within a few days to St. Louis. While waiting at the Gault house some one proposed to go down to the wharf to see a certain vessel come in; the Doctor went and there found a number of his boy acquaintances bound for Pike's Peak; he was soon induced to take the same vessel. Here he made the acquaintance of Horace Stephens and they were from that time boon companions. At Linn Creek the Doctor once more made an effort to secure a position as bookkeeper, and although he did not succeed in this endeavor he did secure a school; for ten months his scepter was the ferrule; the length of the school-day was from eight to six, being regulated not by law but the teacher's powers of endurance. The little leisure time he had here was diligently spent in the study of medicine. When the school closed he left Linn Creek and entered the office of Dr. L. Moore, at Lebanon, for the purpose of continuing his studies in medicine; in six weeks he left his preceptor, declaring in vigorous language against the conduct of the members of the profession towards each other. He was then induced to buy a third intrest in the drug business of Dr. Thrailkill, who was afterward a famous physician of St. Louis. At the end of the year the people of Linn Creek made him a flattering offer to take their school again, and he accepted the proposition. In the fall of 1860 he decided to return to the East, and on the journey to Raleigh, Missouri, there OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 343 was a runaway which resulted in injury to some of the party, where the Doctor performed his first operation. Arriving in St. Louis he visited the World's Fair, and saw H. R. H. the Prince of Wales and suite; he then started to Philadelphia, stopping at Indianapolis where he heard Douglas and Johnson speak.; he stopped again at Harper's Ferry, visiting the old John Brown fort. He entered the Eclectic College of Medicine in Philadelphia and was graduated in the summer of 1861; the following autumn he located in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, and thence removed to Mineral Ridge, Ohio, practicing there until he entered the service of the United States Government eighteen months later; he was first hospital steward but was soon made assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Johnson island; he was later on detached duty at Cleveland, and was then ordered to Camp Denison; he saw no service in the field; he was honorably discharged August 20, 1864. In May, 1865, he came to Niles, where he has since resided. Ambitious to stand at the head of his profession Dr. Miner .has not neglected any opportunity that has been offered to broaden his understanding of the science of medicine. In 1873 he went to Philadelphia and entered Jefferson Medical College from which he was graduated. He has a large practice in this community and is the leading consulting physician in the majority of critical cases in Niles and neighboring towns. He has never lost the " student attitude," being a diligent reader of the scientific and medical publications of the day. Dr. Miner has also some aptitude for commercial transactions; he is owner of the grist mill of this place, and was largely instrumental in securing to Niles public water-works and street lighting by electricity. He has been a member of the Board of Education and has done service on the City Council. In politics, he is a Republican; is a member of the American Medical Association, of the Masonic order and the Grand Army of the Republic. On September 29, 1869, the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Van Liew at Conneautville, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Miner is a daughter of Wycoff Van Liew, a descendant of Dutch ancestors. They have no children. JOHN S. DENNISON, a leading citizen of Liberty township, Trumbull county, is one of the oldest living representatives of his family in this county. His grandfather, John Dennison, was one of the very first settlers of this part of Ohio, locating here in about 1800. He was a native of county Down, Ireland, came to America in about 1780, when a young man, at the time of the persecution; later moved to Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and shortly afterward located on 640 acres of timber land in the eastern part of Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio. He was one of those sturdy pioneers who had no fear of settling in a dense forest. Mr. Dennison was a stanch and faithful follower of the Presbyterian doctrine of the seceders, and was one of the first to organize that church in this section, of which he was an Elder. His wife, nee Mary McCullough, was a native of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Dennison had six children: Samuel, James, John, (father of our subject), Henry, David, and Peggy. The father died in 1821. David Dennison was born in eastern Pennsylvania, about 1794, came to Trumbull 344 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY county, Ohio, with his parents when about. five years of age, his boyhood days having been spent in the woods. He owned a farm when a young man, but afterward disposed of the same and turned his attention to various pursuits. He served six months in the war of 1812, as Second Lieutenant, and was a stanch Democrat in his political views. Religiously, he was an active member of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Dennison was married January 15, 1818, to Miss Rachel Scroggs, a daughter of Reverend Joseph Scroggs, of Ligonier, Pennsylvania. To this union were born twelve children, ten of whom grew to years of maturity: Margaret C., deceased, was the wife of A. J. Miers, of Iowa; Mary E. married David Applegate, both now deceased; J. S., our subject; David G., a resident of this county; Lemuel M., also of Trumbull county; James, of Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa; Aaron S., of that county; Robert H., deceased; Rachel, wife of John W. Stewart, of Red Oak, Iowa; and Arabella, deceased, was the wife of Philip Mosier, who resides near Topeka, Kansas. The father died March 15, 1875. John S. Dennison, the subject of this sketch, was born in Liberty township, Trumbull county, October 28, 1824. At the age of twelve years he began working by the month, which he continued five years, for the following five years worked at the blacksmith's trade in Youngstown, and during the next nine years conducted a shop of his own at Cedar Corners, Liberty township. Mr. Dennison then bought forty acres of land one mile west of his present home, made many improvements of the place, and was engaged in farming and blacksmithing twelve years. About 1866 he purchased 110 acres of land, where he has devoted his time to farm ing and stock-raising. Mr. Dennison has bought and sold several tracts; but still owns 110 acres in Weathersfield township, as well as his home farm. December 5, 1848, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hood) Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Dennison have two children: Rosalia, wife of Charles Tibbits, of Weathersfield township; and William N. married Miss Ella Warren, of this county, and they reside at the old home farm. In political matters, Mr. Dennison was identified with the Democratic party until about 1872, since which time be has cast his lot with the Prohibition party, having been the first to vote with that party in Liberty township. He has held the office of Township Trustee, etc. Our subject and wife have been life-long members of the Methodist Protestant Church, and have been one of its most stanch supporters. He gave $500 toward the erection of the church at Sodom, in which he has been one of the officials for the past thirty years. DAVID G. DENNISON, a farmer of Hubbard township, Trumbull county, is a son of David Dennison, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1794. In 1801 he removed with his parents to Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he remained until his death, in 1864. He was a farmer and mechanic by occupation, was a Democrat in 'his political views, was a member of the Seceder Church, was a man of good habits, and was respected by all who knew him. Mr. Dennison was a son of John and Mary Dennison, natives of Ireland and Scotland, respectfully. They subsequently located in Westmoreland county, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 345 Pennsylvania. In 1801, John Dennison sold his farm in that county, receiving one-half of the proceeds in cash, which he deposited with a friend, and then bought a section of land in Ohio. On returning for his money he found his friend had gone, and he then persuaded a Mr. Giddes to come to this State and take one half of his section. Mr. Dennison came to Youngstown when it was a small village, and after reaching a place owned by McClure, four miles from the town, he was obliged to cut his road through the timber for about one and a half miles to the place where he had settled. He cleared his entire farm. During the first summer here the family lived in a wagon, and in the following fall he and his sons built a house out of posts and bark, where they lived two years. Indians were frequent visitors at their home, and wolves and bears were also plentiful. On one occasion Mr. Dennison was obliged to remain in a tree all night on account of wolves, and was found by his neighbors in the morning. David Dennison, the father of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his uncle, Samuel Dennison, served as Captain during that struggle. The family are of Irish descent. Three brothers, who were to be forced into the British service, ran away from that country and came to America. After reaching New York they separated, and nothing further is known of them. The mother of our subject, nee Rachel Scroggs, was a daughter of Elijah Scroggs. The Scroggs family also came from Ireland to America, locating in Poland, Mahoning county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. David Dennison were married in 1818, and were the parents of ten children, namely: Margaret, deceased, was the wife of A. J. Mears, of Adair county, Iowa, and they had eleven children, all now living but one; Mary Ellen, wife of David Applegate, of Madison county, Iowa; John S., a resident of Liberty township, Trumbull county; David G., our subject; Lemuel, of Green, Trumbull county; James, of Iowa; Aaron, also of that State; Robert, deceased; Rachel, wife of John Stewart, of Iowa ; and Arabella, deceased, was the wife of Phillip Mosier, of Kansas. David G. Dennison, the subject of this sketch, was born in Liberty township, Trumbull' county, Ohio, October 27, 1826, where he remained with his parents until 1846. In early life he worked in a sawmill for a Mr. Geddes, to pay rent for their house, and was denied educational advantages. At the age of eighteen years he came to the home of John Dennison, a cousin, and learned the wagonmakers' trade in the house where he now resides. One year later he obtained a horse and worked one year for Steward Dennison, in 1847 bought one acre of land on time, later purchased a log house, next worked at the wagonmakers' trade one and a half years, and then sold his shop for $600. In 1850 Mr. Dennison bought five cares of his present farm, to which he has since added until he now owns 280 acres, and a residence worth $4,000. He paid $60 per acre for a part of his land, and $100 per acre for the remainder. Mr. Dennison served as Vice-President of the Hubbard rank from its organization until one year ago, since which time he has served as its President. In political matters, he is a Prohibitionist, and religiously is a member of the Christian Church, in which he held the position of Deacon for about twenty five years, resigning that position on account of ill health. Mr. Dennison was married December 7, 1848, to Mary Ann Hassan, who was born in Hubbard township, April 17, 1828, a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Lyal) Hassan, natives of Pennsylvania. They afterward re- 346 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY moved to Ohio, and bo th are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dennison had three children: Florence, wife of Elder C. C. Smith, traveling in the interest of the colored people of the South, and they have two children, Edith, deceased when about one and a half years old, and Gertrude F.; Lemuel A., who married Charlotte Hornicle, and they have one child, Grace; and George E., who married Mollie Higham, and their two children are Winnefred and Laura. Mrs. Dennison was a member of the Christian Church. WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN.—Among the successful and prosperous farmers and millers of Mesopotamia, William J. Griffin occupies a leading position, having worked his way up from the bottom of the ladder until he now occupies a topmost position among the citizens of his native town. Mr. Griffin was born June 14, 1843, in Mesopotamia, a son of Jesse and Edra (Wilcox) Griffin, natives of England. The father crossed the ocean about 1840, and upon landing purchased land in the eastern portion of Mesopotamia, where he remained until 1868, when he removed to the center of the town and here resided until his death, which occurred February 8, 1893. His wife, a daughter of John Wilcox, who brought his family to this country about the time Mr. Griffin made the journey, died April 1, 1890. Although an uneducated man, not having enjoyed any educational advantages, Mr. Griffin was possessed of exceptional business ability and sagacity, and by his energy and industry was enabled to amass a comfortable competency. In all of his labors he was ably assisted by his wife, who was much better educated than he, and who nobly bore her portion of life's burdens, proving herself a true helpmate of a worthy, good husband. Four children were born of this marriage, namely: Elizabeth, who married James Gilling, a prominent farmer, residing near the center of the town; William J., our subject; Mary J., who resides on the old homestead, which she manages; and Emma E., who married John M. Wilcox, a prominent farmer residing in the northern part of the town. After availing himself of the advantages offered by the common schools of his locality, our subject began the struggle of life upon his own account, upon attaining his majority, by working by the day for some time, and then formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, J. M. Wilcox. For four years the firm conducted a sawmill business at the center of Mesopotamia, doing custom sawing. At the same time Mr. Griffin conducted a small livery establishment in connection with his other interests, for about a year making a specialty of horses for sale, and during that time began training the horse Allie Clark with a record of 2:40, which they afterward sold for $500. He then purchased a farm in the eastern-portion of the town, consisting of 180 acres of partially improved land, and since that time he has devoted a good portion of his time to clearing it. Upon this land he planted fifty acres of corn, which produced 3,500 bushels the first year, and in 1880 he purchased 100 acres adjoining his original farm. Since that time he has added land until he now owns 474 acres of well-improved land, all of which he has obtained by his own exertions. In addition to general farming, Mr. Griffin has given special attention to stock-raising, one year raising about sixty-three calves, and receiving about $200 from the sale of milk received from seven cows. Four years ago he raised OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 347 about 100 hogs, and one year he planted fifty acres in potatoes, but this crop was nearly destroyed by the flood. In addition to his farming interests Mr. Griffin operates a mill, manufacturing hoops and handles, which he sells to coopers and tool establishments, having been engaged in the production of the latter for the past five years, the annual capacity of the mill being 100,000, which are shipped by the car load. The first marriage of Mr. Griffin occurred March 5, 1879, to Miss Almeda Noble, who was the daughter of Hiram and Ursula Noble, of Mesopotamia, and who died in this township on October 19, 1882. The second marriage of Mr. Griffin occurred April 19, 1893, to Ellen Gooding, of Orwell, a daughter of John and Caroline Gooding, who has .proven herself an excellent wife and a kind neighbor_ Politically, Mr. Griffin is a Republican, but does not take an active part in party measures, devoting his entire time and attention to his own affairs. By the pursuance of honorable and upright measures Mr. Griffin has been enabled not only to build up his financial reputation, but also, and more especially, has gained the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has been brought in contact, and is most justly regarded as one of the leading and representative exponents of the farmer residents of Mesopotamia. HENRY O. BYRNES, proprietor of a I livery, board and feed stable, No. 9 Franklin street, Warren, Ohio, has been engaged in business here since 1887. Mr. Byrnes was born in Champion, Trumbull county, Ohio, January 4, 1849, a son of H. H. and Sarah M. (Bronson) Byrnes, both natives of New York, and both having died in this county. He spent his boyhood days at home, assisting his father in the blacksmith shop and working on the farm, and later was employed in a cheese factory. After that he engaged in selling buggies, and for eight years was engaged as traveling salesman, after which he spent four years in Bartlett's carriage repository. Then he engaged in the carriage business for himself, but this enterprise proved an unfortunate one, and from it he turned to the livery business, in which he has since been successful. Mr. Byrnes was married in February, 1880, to Miss Stella Herrig, a native of Garrettsville, Portage county, Ohio. They have three children: Nellie M., H. Clyde. and Earl, besides one, Lawrence K-, deceased. Their family residence is at No. 28 Franklin street. He supports the Republican party. GRANT DRENNEN, of the firm of Grant Drennen & Co., proprietors of a livery, sale and feed stables, located at No. 118 East Market street, Warren, Ohio, is one of the enterprising young business men of the town. This establishment is the most central and popular livery in Warren, it being known as the old Bassett barn, Mr. Bassett having done an extensive and profitable business herd for many years. The present firm keeps a stock of first-class driving horses and a large number of carriages, hacks and other vehicles. Mr. Drennen was born at Warren, September 6, 1865, the fourth in a family of seven children. His father, David D. Drennen, proprietor of the Drennen Carriage Works, has been in business in Warren for thirty years. Grant was reared and educated 348 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY here. At the age of twenty-one he was married to Millie Hoelz, a daughter of Anton Hoelz, and they have one child, Paul, now in his sixth year. Mr. Drennen served as a member of the Warren Fire Department two years. For the past three years he has been a member of the Police Department. He belongs to the I. 0. 0. F., Lodge No. 29, the Trumbull Encampment No. 147, and the Royal Arcanum, and in politics is a Republican. JACOB H. EWALT, a member of the Winfield Manufacturing Company, Warren, Ohio, was born on the old Ewalt home place in Bazette township, Trumbull county, Ohio, son of Jacob and Lydia Maria Ewalt. Jacob Ewalt was born February 26, 1810, and died August 11, 1891. His parents were John and Rebecca Ewalt, the former from near Camden, New Jersey, and the latter from Pittsburg. They settled in Howland, Ohio, in 1802, on the farm now owned by Harris Ewalt, and were among the earliest settlers of the county. Here these early pioneers reared a family of ten children, named respectively: Samuel H., Sallie, Abigail, Jacob, John, Rebecca, Hetty, Zachariah T., Harris and Hamilton. Half of this family died under thirty years of age, only two of whom were unmarried. The others lived to ripe old ages. Abigail Wain wright passed away at the age of seventy-nine, Jacob past eighty-one, while John, Z. T. and Harris all over seventy. When twenty-seven years of age Jacob Ewalt was united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia Maria Leffingwell Ewalt, widow of his oldest brother. With this noble woman he was permitted to live nearly fifty-four years, surviving her only eight months. The day after their marriage this happy couple made their wedding tour, not in a palace car or ocean steamer, but in a common ox cart, with their household effects, from the parental roof of the Ewalt home to a log cabin on their forest farm, where they spent the rest of their lives. Five children were born to them, only two of whom, Grace and Jacob, survive. The others died, Lydia when five, Abbie when thirteen, and John L. at the age of twenty nine. At the time of his death Mr. Ewalt was one of the oldest citizens of the township, having resided here for more than half a century. He was a man of simple and quiet life, was industrious and economical, and had the respect of all who knew him. -He united with the Presbyterian Church of Warren, August 4, 1861, and his consistent Christian life adorned the profession he made. J. H. Ewalt was reared on his father's farm, attending the district schools and Warren high school, and at the age of eighteen was employed as clerk in a drug store at Warren, in which he remained eight of nine years. He then accepted a position as bookkeeper with the Winfield Manufacturing Company, and not long afterward became a member of the firm. He still, however, has charge of the books. Mr. Ewalt is one of the most enterprising business men of Warren. He is treasurer of the Trumbull Building and Loan Association here, having occupied this position since the company was organized.; Mr. Ewalt and his family reside at No. 314 Park avenue. He was married May 18, 1881, to Florence Tayler, a daughter of M. B. and Adaline Tayler. They have two children: J. H., Jr., and Charlotte T. He and his wife are members of the Methodist OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 349 Episcopal Church, and he is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, in which he has passed all the chairs, and in which order he has for the past three years represented the State. He is a stanch Republican in politics. HOMER J. BATES, a prominent farmer of Vernon, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in the township in which he now lives, January 13, 1835. His father, Horace Bates, first saw the light of day in Hartland, Connecticut, August 29, 1801. The year following his birth his parents emigrated from Connecticut to Ohio, and the earliest recollections of Horace Bates were those connected with his father's pioneer home. He early became inured to the trials and deprivations of life on the frontier. He was married on Christmas Day, 1825, to Eliza C. Perkins, daughter of Seth Perkins, of Kinsman, Ohio. They became the par, ents of three daughters and one son, this son, Homer J., being the youngest. The eldest daughter, Sarah, is now the wife of Philo Lowry, of Victor, Iowa county, Iowa. Lucy, wife of Irwin Black, died at Williamsfield, Ohio. The youngest daughter, Emily, is the wife of Charles H. Reed, a prominent farmer of Vernon township, this county. Horace Bates secured by purchase his sisters' interest in the old homestead and became its sole owner. He was highly esteemed by all as a quiet, unobtrusive citizen, never seeking political preference, a man of incorruptible integrity. He died in January, 1883, his wife having passed away February 4, 1865. Some time before his father's death, Homer J. purchased the old homestead, where he has spent the greater part of his life. In 1856 he assumed possession of a tract of - 24 - Government land in Minnesota; but, his Ohio interests imperatively demanding his attention, he disposed of his claim and returned to his native State. Here he has since devoted himself to agricultural pursuits and stock-raising for a number of years, giving especial attention to the dairy business. Mr. Bates was married October 21, 1857, to Sarepta Ward, daughter of Sylvester Ward, a prominent farmer of Wayne, Ohio. Their only child, Carrie E., born March 26, 1860, is now the wife of Jesse Case, a successful young farmer of Burgh Hill this county, March 30, 1892, Mr. Bates suffered a great bereavement in the loss of his estimable wife, Mrs. Bates had long been an invalid, and on that day her spirit quietly took its flight, She was a faithful member of the Free-will Baptist Church, of which Mr. Bates is also a member. He is a conservative Republican, and a member of the Grange. GEORGE S. CASE is one of the most prominent and highly respected citizens of Burg Hill, Trumbull county, Ohio. His father, Ira Case, a, native of Barkhamsted, Connecticut, was born March 15, 1782. He removed to Vernon township, Trumbull county, Ohio, about 1805, and purchased a large farm here. He married Ursula Hyde, daughter of Uriah Hyde, also a native of Connecticut, who removed to Ohio a few months before the arrival of Mr. Case. Mr. and Mrs. Case were among the most highly respected and influential citizens of Vernon township and did much to mold the character of this section of the country. Their family consisted of seven children, only three of whom are still living. Their names are