450 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY sold his interest in the store and went to Tennessee, where he was engaged in the lumber trade for two years and a half. At the end of this time, he accepted the principalship of the public schools in Hubbard, in which three teachers besides himself were then employed. Later, in company with W. C. and T. A. Winfield, he engaged in the hardware business at Hubbard, in which he continued for three years. In 1876, he was appointed secretary of the Hubbard Savings Bank, and ever since that time has been connected with this institution, having served, since 1886, as its cashier, and been a stockholder and director in the bank since his first connection with it. Indeed, much of the present prosperity of this institution may be attributed to his unfailing insight and judgment in financial matters and his unimpeachable business integrity and high sense of individual honor, sustaining and strengthening the confidence of the people. During the recent financial stringency leading to panic in many localities no deposits were withdrawn, and all the bank's customers were accorded their usual business accommodations. February 14, 1871, Mr. March was married to Caroline Jackson, a native of Hubbard and a daughter of Cyrus and Rebecca M. Jackson, well known and esteemed residents of that place. This happy union was destined to be of short duration, for in 1874 Mr. March was deprived by death of his loving helpmeet and companion. Mrs. March was a member of the Presbyterian Church and an active worker in the Sabbath-school. December 30, 1879, Mr. March was married to Amy L. Applegate, a native of Ohio and daughter of Calvin and Sarah J. Applegate; prominent residents of the State. Mrs. March is a lady of refinement and culture, possessed alike of domestic and social accomplishments. Politically, Mr. March is a Democrat and has been prominently identified e with his party's interests in the county. He was elected the first Clerk of Hubbard, in 1868, and has also served as Township Clerk, Trustee, Treasurer and Councilman, as well as having been an efficient member of the School Board. Fraternally, Mr. March is Recording Secretary of the I. O. O. R, Hubbard Lod No. 495. Both he and his worthy wife are useful members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. March is Treasurer. SANFORD L. STEWART was born on the old Stewart farm in Fowler township, Trumbull county, Ohio, October 5, 1819, and is one of the prominent men of this township. His father, Sanford Stewart, was born in Tolland, Massachusetts, and was married to Bridget Tew, also a native of that place. They emigrated to Ohio in 1815, and settled in Fowler township, Trumbull county, where Mrs, Stewart's father had a large tract of land. Their settlement here was before there were any roads in this section of the country, when settlers' cabins were few and far apart, and when wild animals and Indians were the chief inhabitants of eastern Ohio. Sanford and Bridget Stewart passed the residue of their lives and died on their farm in this township. Both were about forty-five years of age at the time of death. They left a family of five children: Malissa, Belinda, Caroline, Sanford L. and James, all having passed away except the subject of this sketch. Sanford L. Stewart was reared amid pioneer scenes, and was educated in a log schoolhouse. He is now the owner of a fine farm, comprising 191 acres, well improved and well OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 451 cultivated. His comfortable cottage home is located on a natural building site, and is surrounded with an attractive lawn and orchard. Mr. Stewart was married at the age of twenty-one, to Clarinda Hall, a daughter of Linues Hall, a prominent early settler of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have three children, as follows: Lucy, wife of Austin McClarry, has one daughter, Nettie; Pluma, deceased; and Eliza, at home. They also reared and educated Frankie Squires. Mr. Stewart affiliates with the Republican party, and has been a member of the School Board. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church. His father was a Presbyterian. PROF. EDWARD J. SOUTHWICK.— The educational interests of Gustavus are in the hands of a thoroughly competent and reliable person, as his success in this calling indicates, namely, Prof. Edward J. Southwick, who for the past two years has been in charge of the schools of the the town, during which time they have improved in quality and increased in the volume of attendance. Prof. Southwick was born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, November 29, 1857, a son of Erastus and Susan (Haskins) Southwick, who removed to Iowa about 1869, where occurred the death of the latter, of small-pox, about twenty years ago. Mr. Southwick died at North Madison, Ohio, in June, 1891. He served in the late war with the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, with which he saw some very severe service. Prior to his marriage to the mother of our subject, Mr. Southwick was married to Eliza White, by whom he had three children, two of whom, Eugene and Eliza Day, still survive. By his second marriage he had five children, three of whom still survive, and of them our subject is the youngest, the others being: George, Who died in Dubuque, Iowa, over twenty years ago; Frank, who now resides in Columbus, Ohio; Charles, who is a merchant at North Madison, Ohio; and Herbert, who died in Massachusetts over twenty-five years ago. Edward J. received his early education in the district schools of his section, later attending Orwell Academy, which was then under the charge of R. P. Clark. After graduating he accepted the position of superintendent of the Mesopotamia schools, which position he retained with signal success for six years, giving the most entire satisfaction. At this time ill health compelled him to abandon school-teaching and he then engaged in farming. After recovering his health he resumed his occupation of teaching, accepting the position of principal of the high school of Gustavus, and the following year was made superintendent of schools in Green, a position which he resigned to assume control of the schools of Gustavus, where he has since remained, giving entire satisfaction to all parties. Making a specialty of philosophy and natural science, Prof. Southwick has collected considerable apparatus, and his class work in these branches of study is very interesting and instructive. His library, which is freely thrown open to all his pupils, is a large and constantly increasing one, and contains many valuable volumes relative to the branches of study in which he is particularly interested. In addition to his duties as a teacher, Prof. Southwick is managing in Gustavus township a fine farm of 100 acres, which he acquired in 1893 by trading off two other pieces of property. Politically, he is Et 452 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY staunch member of the Prohibition party, and upholds its platform upon any and all occasions. Prof. Southwick was married March 9, 1887, to Laura A. Gardiner, of Mesopotamia, Ohio, by whom he had one child, Herbert, born February 13,1891. In all the relations of life Prof. Southwick has proven himself a loyal, true-hearted and public-spirited man, and his pleasant, genial manner and accommodating spirit have gained for him a wide circle of friends, by whom he is most highly esteemed. JOSEPH K. WING.— The Wings, of Bloomfield—as probably of other localities in America—are all of direct descent from- John Wing, whoa with his wife, Deborah Batchelder (a daughter of the Rev. Stephen Batchelder), and their four sons, arrived at Boston from England in the ship, William Francis, June 5, 1632. John Wing first settled at Saugus, now Lynn, Massachusetts, but soon thereafter migrated to the region known as the peninsula of Cape Cod, a district which could offer to the home-seekers of the day a larger proportion of acres ready for the plow and a less inclination on the part of the savage aborigines to interfere with the plowman than could other portions of the colony. As early as 1637, a patent was accordingly procured to "the men of Saugus"—composed of Edward Freeman and nine others—to erect a town at Plymouth. With them were afterward associated, as a part of the original company, fifty others, who together prescribed the qualifications of those who should thereafter enter the settlement. John Wing's name occurs as the forty-fifth in the list of "the first associates" to the nine "Men of Saugus." The spot they chose for their purpose was at the point on Cape Cod bay, where the shore first curves outward from the mainland, about sixty miles from the site of Boston. The name of Shaw-e, which was given to their town when they first took possession thereof, in 1638, was, in the year 1639—after the final act of incorporation—exchanged for that of Sandwich. By act of the general court, Mr. Alden and Captain Miles Standish were deputized " accurately to define the limits of each man's allotment of land with all convenient speed," and in due time, all the civil and personal relations of the little community became suitably adjusted. The individual fortunes of John Wing, of Sandwich, as of most of his fellow colonists, were but lightly chronicled. Casual mention of him occurs in the meagre records of the time, chiefly in connection with matters affecting the general concern, but, as has been reasonably assumed, he was doubtless a man never much seeking public distinction, and only ambitious to cultivate his land and to decently bring up his family. The place in Sandwich where John Wing resided, and the home of the elder branch of the family for subsequent generations, was about a mile from the present village of Sandwich, near a stream of water between two beautiful ponds, and on a highland overlooking the lower sheet of water and the town. No more attractive location could be found in the vicinity. The farm connected with this homestead consisted of two or three hundred acres of valuable land up the stream and along the borders of the lower pond. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 453 John Wing died about the year 1659. His second son was also named John, and, to-. gether with his brothers, Daniel, Stephen and Matthew, had accompanied their father, in 1632, to America. John, the second son of John and Deborah (Batchelder) Wing, married Elizabeth, of Saugus. He died at Yarmouth in 1699, where he had been a large land owner, and had lived for forty years to the time of his death. Ananias was the eldest living child of John of Yarmouth at the latter's death. He was an inhabitant of Brewster, which had been set off from Yarmouth, and died on August 30, 1718. He figures in the records of the period as actively participating in the troubles with the Narragansett Indians, going out against King Philip in the second expedition, and, long after his death, was mentioned, in the grant of public land in 1733, as among those who were entitled by virtue of service in the Indian wars. His will, dated March 5, 1717, shows him possessed of a large estate in lands. His widow, Hannah, survived him many years. John, a son of Ananias and Hannah Wing, was born on April 3, 1702, and died in or near the year 1773. In 1728 he married Mary, the daughter of Richard Knowles, early at Plymouth, but, before 1655, a legal voter at Eastham. They had twelve children, the second of whom was born May 8, 1732, and was also named John. John, the son of John and Mary (Knowles) Wing, first settled in Harwich, in the part now called Brewster, where he married Abigail, the daughter of John Snow, of the same town. He removed to Conway, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, at or very near its earliest settlement, probably between 1763 and 1767. Soon after his removal here his wife, Abigail Snow, died. Seven children were born to them of whom the fifth, Bani, was born on August 10, 1763. John had a second wife, Abigail Isham, by whom he had eight children and three who died in infancy. By a third wife, Jane Trescott, he had three other children, the youngest having been born January 12, 1800. His death occurred December 12, 1822, when he was aged ninety years and seven months. He is said to have possessed extraordinary health and activity through his entire life, and, to his last day, was able to be about in the severe winter weather of the year. His sons James, Isaiah and Bani were Revolutionary soldiers, and John (by his second wife) was a Captain during the war of 1812. Peter, the first born of John, was lost at sea December 29, 1783, while trading with the West Indies. He was a resident of Baltimore, and left a considerable property to be disposed of by his father as his executor. The latter duly empowered Bani, his son, to act in his stead in the matter, and Bani accordingly visited Baltimore and Havana upon the business. Letters of administration were granted to Bani—in the place of his father—in Baltimore county on June 16, 1784, and a formal power of attorney from John to Bani Wing regarding the estate of Peter appears upon the records of that county in Liber W. C. No. 1, folio 80. An existing deed of indenture shows the sale by Bani under this power for £400 current money, of a lot of ground in Baltimore, for which Peter appears to have paid £200. Bani married Lucy, a daughter of Lieutenant John Clary, of Conway, in 1788, and by her had nine children, of whom Joseph Knowles was the youngest. In June, 1795, Bani bought 100 acres of land on the Deerfield river in Wilmington, Windham county, 454 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Vermont, to which he subsequently made several additions. Here all his children, except the first two, were born and reared, and here his wife, Lucy, died on November 15, 1819. October 9, 1821, Bani married Thirza, a daughter of Benjamin and Olive Flint, of North Reading, and by her had Lucius Bliss Wing. In 1837 he removed to Charlemont, Massachusetts, where he died April 2, 1847, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Bani's Revolutionary service began in his seventeenth year on his enlistment in Colonel Chapin's regiment. He subsequently served in a regiment commanded by Colonel Weston, which was principally engaged in the defense of the Hudson river. He was present with his company at the execution of Major Andre, October 2, 1780. A pension was regularly awarded him as a Revolutionary soldier, and continued to his widow. For more than half a century Bani was a communicant in the Congregational Church. He was fond of reading, had acute perceptive powers, and was full of genuine good humor. His authority in the family and his temper in general society were mild, and his judgment of others was always charitable. Joseph Knowles Wing, the youngest child of Bani and Lucy (Clary) Wing, was born at Wilmington, Vermont, July 27, 1810. When sixteen years old he left his parental home to take a clerkship in a store at Rennselaerville, Albany county, New York, where he remained for the next five years. While here he was appointed Quartermaster for the Twenty-fifth Regiment of New York State Infantry, and served under his commission on General DeWitt's staff for three years until March 31, 1831, when he resigned to go to Ohio. The occupation and development of the territory northwest of the Ohio, was at that time engrossing the enterprise and resources of the East, and, already the fertile region comprising the Western Reserve had been taken up in large tracts by original proprietors for the purpose of resale to the newly arriving settlers. As early as 1815 Ephraim Brown and Thomas Howe, with this view, jointly purchased the 16,000 acres of land that constitute the township of Bloomfield. In the following year Mr. Brown with his family removed to this home. Aside from the agricultural superiority of the land, this range of townships had further possibilities of advantage that were not to be overlooked. It is difficult at this distance of time to fully appreciate how closely early emigration was limited to the lines of least resistance. We of a later generation have beheld a vaster numerical movement of population and across the same sweep of continent, but a movement that was deterred by no natural obstacles, and followed only the direct route of the engineers. In 1815, however, the mighty agency of steam in transportation, which made this later movement possible, had not been even dimly visioned, and was not for years to receive any real attention among men. Water and wagon-roads were the only highways; wind and muscle the only motive power. Those stretches, therefore, on the world's surface, which best met these natural conditions of travel, would first become known and in demand. Already was this manifest through central and western New York, along the favored route to Detroit by way of Buffalo and the lakes, and, the increasing importance of the market, thus chiefly monopolized by Boston and New York, was soon to attract thereto the trade of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. To reach this market, however, from the latter points the portage must be made from OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 455 the Ohio river to the lake—from the one navigable point to the next—and by those easy gradients on the right bank of the Grand river which attain their highest altitude at Bloomfield itself. On the other hand the magnificence and mystery of Burr had fired the imagination and youthful ardor of an entire generation toward the boundless empire in the South that only waited possession. Thither, through a long _future, would the steady transit of men and merchandise tend, but, just as the waterways of the lakes were the destined highway to the North, so the one great course to the South would always be sought near the upper waters of the Ohio. This latter highway, therefore, must also draw patrons down the same portage tract which spanned from lake to river, and doubly certain seemed Bloomfield's favored site, thus standing at the parting of the ways. Such the conditions; and such, it may be presumed, the predictions therefrom by the early proprietors and settlers in this vicinity. That no lasting realization of these expectations was in any degree experienced, was unquestionably due to the application of the then undreamed-of power of steam. In the lights at hand, however, the conception was none the less eminently correct and far-seeing, and those who were moved thereby are entitled to our own unqualified respect. By the year 1830 all the conditions above sketched seemed fullest developed and assured. Ashtabula and Fairport had steadily grown to be the only considerable ports in eastern Ohio, and were rapidly increasing in tonnage. From each of these points finely-constructed thoroughfares, following the natural courses of the country, led through Bloomfield, by the shortest route to the Ohio, and, on their paths, in perpetual procession, the many-horsed wagons of the Alleghenies moved their slow freights along. The Trumbull and Ashtabula turnpike was constructed by a substantial stock company, and, under the active presidency of Mr.Brown, was, for years, maintained in a degree of excellence that can be but illy judged of by a present view. Up and down its length fast packet coaches of the most approved type daily plied, and kept their. changes at the Blootnfield tavern with a precision that was scheduled there to all the finer fractions of an hour. As to the community itself—arrivals were frequent in those days—and few who were looking for a home would depart. These, with other considerations, in 1830, doubtless determined Mr. Wing's future home. He accepted an advantageous offer by a merchant of Albany county, who had discerned his integrity and fitness, to join him in a general mercantile business at some favorable point in the West, and Bloomfield was selected for the purpose. Thereupon, being then in his twenty-first year, Mr. Wing immediately visited New York city and bought and paid for a full stock of goods for shipment to Ohio. In May, 1831, he proceeded to Bloomfield to there await the slow arrival of their stores and to take up the residence which was not thereafter to be permanently changed. Early as was this period, the town had nevertheless, within its limits, not a few congenial families and friends, and as the years went on it was found that Bloomfield's early advantages in this regard were not wholly to depart. Mr. Wing's estimate of the business advantages and possibilities of his new home was fully justified through the years preceding the development of the railway and canal systems in the State. Thereafter, however, 456 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY he gradually withdrew from all mercantile interests, and, for the past forty years or more, his chief local concerns have been agricultural. In October, 1842, he married Mary, a daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Huntington) Brown. At the outbreak of the Civil war President Lincoln appointed Mr. Wing as Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain. Afterward he was successively commissioned Major and Lieutenant-Colonel by brevet. From the first his duty was with the advanced armies in Tennessee and Mississippi. Upon the concentration of General Rosecrans' army within and around Corinth, he was ordered in charge of the cavalry division of the Quartermaster's department at that point, and soon thereafter assigned as Chief Quartermaster of the district. He was in the battle of Corinth, October 2 and 3, 1862, and the desperate hand-to-hand struggle for the mastery, that turned the fortune of war against the assaulting forces of the rebels, was enacted in the very yard of General Rosecrans' headquarters and around Colonel Wing's adjacent tent. The following year General Rosecrans was relieved, but Colonel Wing remained at Corinth on the same duty, attached to the staff of General Grenville M. Dodge, who succeeded to the command. In 1864 the post was reduced and the armies of the West finally crossed the Tennessee for the Atlanta campaign, whereupon Colonel Wing, as Chief Quartermaster of the Sixteenth Army Corps, participated in all the movements of that body until Atlanta was reached and taken. During the campaign the command marched 500 miles, was engaged in thirteen distinct engagements, and was under fire almost the entire time. In his official report to the War Department at that time, General Dodge ex pressly mentions and commends Colonel Wing for efficiency during this campaign. (See Report No. 524, by Major-General G. M. Dodge, of operations of left wing Sixteenth Army Corps between August 19 and September 18, 1864, published in Vol. XXXVIII., Series 1, War of the Rebellion, Record of Union and Confederate Armies.) In November, 1864, by special order No. 51 of the War Department, he assumed control of the Quartermaster's department in the district of Beaufort, North Carolina, where he remained until the close of the war. August 10, 1865, he was honorably mustered out of the service. The following copy of a letter, on file in the War Department, indicates the character of his services during the war, and the estimate thereof by his corps commander and fellow-officers: "No. 26 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, December 9, 1866. " HON. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. "Sir:—I have the honor to recommend for Brevet Brigadier General, Captain J. K. Wing, A. Q. M. "Captain Wing served in my command for three years, first as Chief Quartermaster for the district of Corinth, and finally as Chief Quartermaster of the Sixteenth Army Corps. For four months, while I was in middle Tennessee, we were entirely dependent upon his energy to supply the command of 15,000 men and 10,000 animals with forage from the country; and I desire to say that in his department he received the commendation of all the officers for the ability with which he discharged his duties, and for his integrity and excellent habits. For his services as Chief Quartermaster of the Sixteenth Army Corps during the Atlanta campaign, he was specially recommended for OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 457 promotion, but could not attain it, as the command was not a full corps. After leaving the Army of the Tennessee he was assigned to the Department of ' North Carolina, in which he served until the surrender of Johnston and the close of the war. " I desire to most earnestly and emphatically recommend him for the promotion asked for, and trust his valuable services will now be acknowledged. I am confident it would have been done heretofore had his case not been overlooked. " I am, sir, respectfully, " Your obedient servant, " G. M. DODGE, " Late Major-General U. S. Volunteers." In 1869 Colonel Wing was elected by the Republicans of Trumbull county as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and upon the expiration of his term of service in 1871, was returned for a second term. He served as a member of the committees respectively, of Finance, Penitentiary, Revision of the Laws, and Redistricting the State. Otherwise than as above narrated Colonel Wing's life has often been varied by duties or interests that have taken him from home and amid scenes and situations of more than ordinary moment. His breadth of sympathies and tastes has always enabled him to derive a wholesome enjoyment from these changes, but the companionship of his wife and children and the accustomed surroundings of home have been the reliance for his chiefest happiness and contentment. Among his immediate townsmen Mr. Wing has always received the consideration and regard which his high character merits, and his words of wisdom, sympathy or cheer have been, in turn, timely and free. His accepted standards for the conduct of life are elevated and never confused by half-understood or fanciful ideas. His views on all practical questions, whether of individual or public concern, are sure to be genuine and broad. While he has been a wide reader, both for entertainment and instruction, his habit of reflection has been commensurate—and his judgments comprehensive and just. His wife died at her home on the 15th day of December, 1887. She was born at Westmoreland, New Hampshire, May 28, 1812, and at the time her parents removed to Bloomfield she was in her fourth year. She early manifested superior intellectual endowments and an unusual force of character. At fourteen she was sent to school at Brattleboro where she remained for two years. Later she attended the Troy Female Seminary, at New York, then presided over by the eminent Mrs. Emma Willard, and, thereafter, she was at school at the Female Seminary at Steubenville, Ohio. During her school life not only did she confirm her literary tastes but became especially accomplished in music, and hers was the first piano that came to Trumbull county. Her intellectual inclination and culture distinguished her through life; reading was a constant gratification and, with her, it embraced especially all topics which involved a human interest. She gave great attention to the affairs of the country and the long struggle against slavery that preceded and ended with the Civil war, enlisted her intense sympathy and concern. Although her sympathies and interests abroad were wide, they were unbounded in her home and immediate family. Through her long and responsible life she gave immeasureably to these—and devotedly discharged the manifold duties of her place. There were born to Joseph Knowles and Mary (Brown) Wing the following named 458 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY children, namely: Mary Huntington, Elizabeth Brown, Virginia Passavant, George Clary, Francis Joseph, Julia King, and Annie Margaret. AUSTIN ANDREWS was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, September a 25, 1823, a son of Daniel and Polly (Hotchkiss) Andrews, natives of the State of Connecticut; the parents grew to maturity in their New England home, and were married there; they reared a family of eight children: Lucy Ann, born February 12, 1801, was married October 19, 1820, to Julius Baldwin; she died at the age of seventy-five years; Upson, born July 11, 1803, was married, October 10, 1832, to Alvira Spencer: he died October 15, 1854; Sabra, born February 15, 1806, was married September 2, 1835, to Alfred Wheeler, she died in 1893; Miranda, born October 4, 1808, was married, in 1825, to Allen Humason ; she died January 29, 1848; Samuel, born August 15, 1812, was married, November 16, 1835, to Lorena Hutchins: he resides in Warren, Ohio; Rachel, born January 20, 1814, was married, in November, 1837, to E. N. Brown, now dead; they lived in Trumbull county, Ohio; Francis N., born June 28, 1818, was married, October 22, 1840, to Ann King: she died at the age of thirty-three years, and he married a second time, May 18, 1854, this union being with Esther Kennedy; Austin, the subject of this sketch, is the eighth born. The father and mother both died at the age of seventy-five years; they emigrated to Ohio in 1815, and were among the most worthy pioneers of Trumbull county. Mr. Andrews traded his property in Connecticut for ninety acres of wild land that he had not seen until he came to make a settlement. He was a blacksmith by .trade, and followed this most useful vocation in connection with agricultural pursuits. Austin Andrews received his education in the old log schoolhouse at Payne's corners, and assisted in the cultivation of the home farm until 1840. He then went to Mississippi and was engaged in cutting cord-wood for six months, going at the end of that time: to New Orleans; he then returned to his home, and for a year attended to the farm. His next objective point was the lead mines of Wisconsin, and arriving there he remained three years; he again returned to his home and settled into the quiet of agricultural life. In October, 1846, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Waters, a daughter of John Waters, of Trumbull county, Ohio; the two years following this were spent on the farm, and then he operated a cheese factory a: Windsor about two years. Joining the vast throng bound for the gold mines of the Pacific coast, he sailed from New York in 1852, went to Aspinwall. crossed the isthmus on foot, and thence by water to California. While at Panama he witnessed a bull fight, the first entertainment of this barbaric character he had ever attended. He spent four years in digging the yellow dust in the Golden State, and was quite successful, but concluded to come back to Ohio. He rented a farm, which he cultivated two years, and then bought the old John Kinsman dairy farm at Kinsman. It was while residing here that his wife died, April 4, 1860, the first and only death in the family to 1893. In 1861 Mr. Andrews sold this farm, and went to the Perkins place, a tract of 600 acres east of Warren. In 1875 he removed to Youngstown and bought the hotel and a feed and coal business which he still owns; the firm controlling this establish- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 459 went is Andrews, Hill & Company. He also has an interest in the Wampum Run Coal Company. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews had three children born to them: Frank, born May 19, 1849, married Florence Ryan, and they have two children, Daisy and Rachel; Upson A., born May 30, 1851, married Hattie Warrington; they have three children, Austin W., William M. and Alice; Daniel, the third child, married Sarah A. Packard, who died in 1882, leaving one son, Peter A. Mr. Andrews is justly regarded as one of the pioneers of Mahoning county. VEEDER HEASLEY, Commissioner of the city of Youngstown, is a native of the State of Ohio, born in Mahoning county, May 4, 1857. His parents, Henry and Rachel (Adair) Heasley, were born in Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. The father was a farmer in the latter years of his life, but when a young man followed the cabinet-maker's trade. He was Infirmary Director for several years, and was widely and favorably known as a pioneer of Ohio; he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Poland, Ohio. He died at the age of sixty-four years, June 22, 1870; his wife survives him, at the age of seventy-three years; she belongs to the Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of eight children, four sons and two daughters now surviving. Veeder Heasley is the seventh-born of this family. He attended the Poland Seminary, and during the summer season assisted his father on the farm. When he embarked in business for himself he engaged in the flour and feed trade under the firm name of Crawford, Semple & Co. For five years they did a thriving business, and at the end of that time dissolved partnership. Mr. Heasley then went to Girard, Ohio, and there invested in the Girard Milling Company, in which he still retains his interest. In 1882 he removed to Youngstown and has since resided here. He was elected a member of the City Council in 1890, and resigned the office to accept the position of Commissioner; he has also served as Township Trustee, and has discharged his official duties with a promptitude and dispatch that have won him the highest respect of the community. He was married in 1880, to Miss Mary L. Crawford, a daughter of William Crawford of this city. Four children have been born to them: Mary Josephine, Florence Adair, Elizabeth Crawford and Dorothy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Heasley are consistent members of the First Presbyterian Church. Our worthy subject is also a member in high standing of the Masonic fraternity. Politically he is identified with the Republican party, whose issues he supports with great zeal. EDWARD L. FORD.— Possessing the necessary qualifications to success, the subject of this sketch, Edward L. Ford, although still a young man, has already engraved his name upon the pages of commercial history and is regarded by all who know him as one of the leading and progressive young business men of Youngstown, Ohio. Mr. Ford is now general superintendent of the Youngstown Steel Company and a director in. the Ohio Steel Company, of Youngstown, and is prominently connected with all movements in the city tending toward a bet- 460 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY terment of trade or advancement of the material interests of the place. Mr. Ford is a native of Albany county, New York, where he was born in 1856, a son of John W. and Frances (Rudd) Ford, both natives of New York. Mr. Ford, Sr., was a prominent attorney of Albany, New York, where he resided all his life, his practice extending throughout the entire State. Devoting his entire attention to his profession, he took but little interest in the politicalissues of the day, and died in 1870 at the age of sixty-five years, his wife surviving him until 1886, when her death occurred, at the age of fifty-nine. Their children were two in number: a daughter, Reinette, who married Dr. A. M Clark, of Youngstown; and our subject. Mr. Ford graduated from Yale College in the class of 1876 as a civil and mechanical engineer, and after completing his course at that institution of learning followed his profession in different portions of the country until 1882, when he located in Youngstown, taking charge of the works of the Youngstown Steel Company, as general superintendent, in which capacity he has remained ever since, giving the most entire satisfaction to all parties concerned. The marriage of our subject occurred in 1887, to Miss Blanche Butler, a daughter of J. G. Butler, Jr., one of Youngstown's most prominent and progressive citizens. By this marriage two children have been born, John W. and Josephine. Mrs. Ford is a faithful and consistent member of the First Presbyterian Church, in which body she is an earnest and steadfast worker. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Ford is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Institute of Mining Engineers and the British Iron and Steel Institute. The various enterprises in which he is engaged engrossing all of his attention, Mr. Ford gives but little thought to political matters, but votes the Republican ticket, especially in national elections. With so fair a record behind him and so bright a future before him, Mr. Ford's lot in life is one to be envied, and he is, without doubt, destined this become one of the leading iron men of this section of country before time shall have silvered his locks. L. A. REDDY, of New Springfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, has for the past k four years been in the employ of the Government as storekeeper and gauger in the Revenue Department. Some personal mention of his life is herewith presented. L. A. Reddy was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, i4 the year 1842, a on of Captain George and Caroline (Mickle) Reddy. His parents had a family of four children, two of whom are living. Louisa J. is the wife of W. P. Tuttle, a member of the Board of Trade in Chicago. The other two died in infancy. Mr. Reddy's father was Captain of a steamship for thirty years. He was lost in a wreck on the Atlantic in the year 1847. Some years before this he was attacked by pirates while at sea and was seriously injured, his injuries leaving a mark which he carried to his watery grave. Captain Reddy's wife died in 1848, in Chicago, Illinois. Both were people of education and refinement and were members of the Lutheran Church. L. A. Reddy was married in the township in which he now lives, to Isabella Macklin, in 1870. Her father came to Mahoning county, Ohio, as early as 1804, and was one of the prominent pioneers of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Reddy have two children, Byron H. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 461 and Robert T., the former born in 1874 and the latter in 1886. Byron is a mechanical engineer and bridge builder. In connection with his other business Mr. Reddy travels in the interest of the American Sewing Machine Company. For a nutnber of years he was located at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was superintendent of the company's office for eighteen years. He affiliates with the Republican party and takes an active interest in political affairs. He is a member of the R. A. M., I. 0. 0. F., Jr. O. U. A. M., and the G. A. R. April 20, 1861, Mr. Reddy enlisted in the Union army, becoming a member of Company H, Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, under J. S. Wines, and rendered efficient service in the ranks until May 12, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He participated in the seven days' fight before Richmond, was at Culpeper, South Mountain, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and a number of other engagements. Mr. Reddy is a man of more than ordinary business ability. He has met with success in the various enterprises with which he has been connected, and is regarded as one of the leading and most highly respected men of the county in which he lives. COLONEL CALEB B. WICK.—No family has been more closely identified with the settlement, growth and development of Youngstown, Ohio, than that by the name of Wick. One of the first ministers of the gospel of any denomination, if not the first, to hold religious services in the infant settlement of Youngstown, and who was for many years pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in which he solemnized a marriage - 31 - as early as November, 1800, was Rev. William Wick, an elder brother of Henry Wick, father of the subject of this sketch. Henry Wick was born on Long Island, March 19, 1771, and was a son of Lemuel and Deborah (Lupton) Wick. Lemuel was born at Southampton, Long Island, New York, April 16, 1743, and was the ninth of eleven children of Job and Ann (Cook) Wick, of Southampton. The remote genealogy of Job Wick is not well authenticated, but the Wick family is said to be of English origin. Henry Wick went, when a young man, from his native town to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he was married, December 11, 1794, to Miss Hannah Baldwin, daughter of Caleb Baldwin, a prominent resident of that county. They had eleven children, of whom Caleb Baldwin, the subject of this sketch, was the oldest. Henry Wick was engaged in the merchandise business in Pennsylvania until 1801, when he came alone to Youngstown, probably at the instance of his father-in-law, Caleb Baldwin, who removed to this pioneer town in 1799. Here, Henry Wick purchased land, erected buildings for resi- dence and store, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. After getting a home for his family, he removed them to Youngstown in the spring of 1802. He continued to be in merchandising on the corner of Federal and Phelps streets, and on the southeast corner of the Diamond, until the date of his death, November 4, 1845, his demise being greatly lamented by all who knew him. His wife survived him some years, her death occurring April 10,, 1849, to the regret of many friends. They had six sons: Caleb B:, of this notice, Lemuel, Henry, Hugh B., John D. and Paul. But one now (1893) survives: Henry Wick, a prominent banker of Cleveland, Ohio, esteemed for his business ability and exalted 462 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY character. This worthy couple had also several daughters, who are all now deceased, leaving no children. Caleb B. Wick, whose name heads this sketch, was born in 'Washington county, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1795, and was in his seventh year when his parents removed to Youngstown. He received such instruction in the common branches of learning as was afforded in the schools of his day, much of his youth being spent in assisting his father in the latter's store and in other business. In the fall of 1815, Caleb B. Wick and Dr. Henry Manning opened a general store at Youngstown, conducting in connection with it a drug store, the first in that part of .the Western Reserve. This partnership was continued about ten years, after which Mr. Wick followed mercantile pursuits alone until 1848, his experience as a merchant having covered a period of more than thirty years. He then retired from active put suits, being then the oldest merchant in business in Youngstown. In 1846, Colonel Wick, with a few other citizens, erected the first lolling mill in Youngstown, which, with the additions since built, are now the immense works of the Brown-Bonnell Iron Company. His activity was not confined to his business alone, as his fellow citizens several times elected him to positions of honor and trust, all of which he fulfilled with ability and integrity. In 1817, he was commissioned Lieutenant of the Third Company, First Battalion First Regiment, Fourth Division of Ohio Militia, and, in 1818, was made Captain of the same company. In 1822, he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Regiment, and in the fall of the same year was promoted to the rank of Colonel of the same regiment, which position he retained for several years. He served as Township Clerk and later as Trustee of Youngstown township. In 1840, he was an active supporter of General Harrison for the Presidency, and, November 17, 1841, he was commissioned Postmaster of Youngstown, which office he retained until March 10, 1843, when, not being a supporter of President Tyler, he was removed. After his retirement from mercantile pursuits, in 1848, Colonel Wick devoted his attention to the management of his large estate until his death, which occurred June 30, 1865, aged nearly seventy years, followed by the universal regret of his fellow men. The Colonel was twice married. January 1, 1816, he was united to Rachel Kirtland, daughter of Jared Kirtland, an early settler of Poland, Ohio. They had two children: Henry K., for some time a merchant of Youngstown, died aged twenty-two; and the second child died in infancy. In 1820, the Colonel was called upon to mourn the death of his devoted wife, whose amiable qualities had rendered her a favorite with a large circle of friends. November 3, 1828, Colonel Wick was remarried, his second wife being Miss Maria Adelia Griffith, of Youngstown, formerly of. Caledonia, Livingston county, New York, who died in 1887. They had ten children, five of whom survive in 1893. Seven of the ten attained Maturity, viz.: Rachel K., wife of Robert W. Taylor; Hannah M., married to Charles D. Arms; Laura E.; Caleb B.; Henry K.; Charles E. died in 1893; and Eliza M. died in 1890. In social life, as a neighbor, friend and citizen, Colonel Wick was warm-hearted, generous and progressive. His hospitality was unlimited and in his house every one felt at home. He was indulgent to his family and to the young in social joys, and took OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 463 great delight in the society of old and young. He united with the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, on profession of faith, April 6, 1835, and for more than thirty years was known as a Christian man, giving liberally of his means to the church of his choice. He remained steadfast in the faith, and though death came to him rather suddenly he had long awaited the summons from high and peacefully fell asleep. Caleb B. Wick, son and namesake of the subject of this sketch, who is a prosperous and esteemed business man of Youngstown, was born in that city, April 24, 1836. He received his education in the schools of his native city, where, at the early age of seventeen, he began his successful business career as a clerk in the Mahoning County Bank. 111.1859, he was promoted to the position of cashier, in which capacity he continued to act until 1862. During this time he was a member of the banking firm of Wick Brothers & Company, of Youngstown, and, in the spring of 1865, in company with William Coleman and S. Q. Porter, he started the first bank in Sharon, Pennsylvania, under the firm name of Wick, Porter & Company. These multitudinous duties, however, did not absorb all of his time or attention, for he became prominently identified with the development of the railroad interests of the country. He was one of the organizers and a director of the Lawrence Railroad, which was completed to Youngstown in the spring of 1867, and which was then the only railway connection between Youngstown and Pittsburgh and the East. He was also one of the incorporators of the Ashtabula, Youngstown & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, in 1870, which line was completed in 1873. Mr. Wick has always been a director of this road, and out of the thirteen original directors he and one other are the only survivors. The latter road, with the Lawrence Railroad and a branch from Niles to Alliance, constitutes the Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad. Since 1862, Mr. Wick has been largely interested in the iron, coal and real-estate industries. He owns much of the best property in Youngstown and vicinity, and does a large and profitable business. He is a liberal- minded, progressive and popular citizen, interested in all that concerns the welfare of his community, to the development of which he and his illustrious father have greatly contributed, and their names deserve to be perpetuated in the memory of all future generations. CHRISTIAN LIPPLY, one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Beaver township, Mahoning county, Ohio, was born here in the year 1836. His parents, Christian and Barbara (Hallor) Lipply, had a family of twelve children, eleven of whom are still living. Our subject's grandfather owned 200 acres of land in this township. and was for many years ranked with the leading farmers and stock-raisers of Mahoning county, he having located here as early as 1805. He was a Democrat in politics, and took an active part in the public affairs of his day. Both he and his wife were active church members, and were noted far and near for their Christian acts of kindness. The subject of our sketch is the owner of a fine farm of 127 acres, devoted to general farming and stock-raising. His whole life has been characterized by industry and economy, the success he has attained being the result of his own good management: 464 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Mr. Lipply was married in 1858 to Harriet Sponseller, a native of this township. They have nine children: Henry, George, Wilson, Melissa, Louisa,- Selvina, Edward, Oscar, and Charlie. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church, in which they are earnest and active workers, and to the support of which they give liberally. WILLIAM T. GIBSON, attorney at law, Youngstown, was born in Ma-honing county, Ohio, December 20, 1850, a son of Samuel and Nancy J. (Gault) Gibson. Samuel Gibson, a representative pioneer of Ohio, was born on the farm which is still his home, March 19, 1819, a son of Robert D. Gibson, who was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1783. Robert D. emigrated with his father to Ohio in 1799, and came to Mahoning county; one night they camped near the spring on the land now owned by Samuel Gibson; afterward they went to Warren, Trumbull county, but at the end of two weeks came back to Mahoning county and purchased the farm on which Samuel Gibson now resides. There, Robert D. merged from youth into manhood, and was married to Lydia Marshall of Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1818; he remained on the homestead with his father two years, and then removed a distance of three quarters of a mile, and located on land on which he passed the remainder of his days. His wife, Lydia Marshall, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1799, and at the age of eleven years was brought by her parents to Ohio; they settled in Trumbull county, where she grew to womanhood, receiving the education that was afforded in the primitive schools of the frontier. Robert D. and Lydia Marshall Gibson had a family of nine children, five of whom grew to mature years, and four of whom still survive. They were mtnoet exemplary people, aostbored earnestly and zealously for the welfare of their children: their means were limited, and the assistance of the boys was required on the farm at an early age. When twelve years old Samuel followed the plow, and at the age of fourteen he did all the plowing on the farm; he attended school only six months in his boyhood, but he studied at home, and received instruction in mathematics from his father. At the age of fifteen years he took up the study of grammar. At the age of twenty-one years a coveted opportunity offered, and he entered the select school at Youngstown; the following year he began teaching, and had charge of the school on the Salt, springs road; one term, however, ended his career as a pedagogue, and he next engaged in the cultivation of broom-corn, and for fourteen years he devoted himself to this industry. He was first married in 1843, to Ann Irwin, who died in 1846, leaving one child, James D. Gibson. He was married a second time, June 11, 1847, to Nancy J. Gault, a daughter of Major James Gault of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Major Gault was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was a prominent man in his community, serving many years as Justice of the Peace. There were eight children born of this second marriage, six of whom lived to mature years: William T., whose name heads this sketch, Benjamin, Robert A., Harry G., Minnie A. and Ella G. Gibson. In politics Samuel Gibson is an ardent Democrat. He has witnessed the development of the Buckeye state from a wild wilderness into one of the most fertile and populous members of the Union, and is deserving OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 465 of that portion of credit due every pioneer who has endured the hardships and privations of the frontier. William T. Gibson received his literary education in the Rayen school of Youngstown and the Western Reserve College, from which he was graduated in 1876; he began the study of law under the direction of Judge Arrel of Youngstown, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1878. He has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, and has met with gratifying success. He is well read in the law, and is a thorough student of the code of his State and the constitution of the United States. He is highly respected by his brothers of the bar, and enjoys the confidence of the entire community. ABRAM VAN WYE, a farmer of Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, was born on the place where he still resides, November 19, 1845, a son of Charles and Catherine (Draper) Van Wye. The mother was a daughter of Elihu and Rachel (Dunlap) Draper, prominent and early settlers of this township. Charles Van Wye was a son of Abram Van Wye, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and his father, Arthur Van Wye, was a native of New Jersey, of Holland Dutch descent. He was a soldier in she war of 1812. Arthur came to Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1806, and died in middle life. His widow afterward married and went to Indiana, where she subsequently died. Abram Van Wye was reared in Washington .county, Pennsylvania. He was there married to Charity, a daughter of John and Lydia (Wright) Laird, early settlers of that county. In 1834 Mr. and Mrs. Van Wye came to Trumbull county, Ohio, where the former died in 1854, at the age of fifty-seven years. His widow departed this life several years afterward, dying at the old home farm in Weathersfield township. They had twelve children: Charles, John, Lydia, Mary, Catherine, N ancy, Amanda, Darthula, Elmira, Sabina, William and Joseph. William was a soldier in the Seventh Ohio Infantry during the late war, and was killed at Ringgold, Georgia. The parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Charles and Catherine Van Wye had eight children,—four now living,—Abram, William, George and John. The deceased children were; Elihu, Alice May, Charles and Kittie. The mother died in 1873, and the father in 1886, at the age of sixty-six years. He was a farmer by occupation, having left a good farm of 360 acres at his death; was a Republican in his political views, and was a member of the Disciples Church. Abram Van Wye, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in this county. February 27, 1864, he enlisted in the late war, entering the Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, and served twenty-one months. He participated in the battles of New Hope Church, Pickett's Mills, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Franklin and Nashville. During his service he contracted catarrh of the throat, from which be has never fully recovered. Mr. Van Wye now owns eighty-seven acres of fine farming land, where he has all the conveniences necessary for a well regulated place. In 1868 he was united in marriage with Sarah Leach, a daughter of Benjamin Leach, a prominent citizen of Trumbull county. Mr. and Mrs. Van Wye have three children: Warren H., Frank R. and Anna M. In political matters our subject affiliates with 465 - BlOGRAPHICAL HISTORY the Republican party, and socially is a member of the G. A. R., McPherson Post, No. 16, of Niles. Both he and his wife are members of the Disciples Church, in which he is a Deacon. L. FRANK MERRILL, a farmer of Newton township, Trumbull county, Ohio; was born at this place, January 10, 1854. Of his life and ancestry we present the following sketch: Luman H. Merrill, the grandfather of L. Frank, was born in Connecticut, and came to Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1830, first settling in Braceville township About fouryears later he came to Newton township and bought a few acres of wild land. Here he built a log "Cabin, cleared up a farm, and died in 1863, at the age of sixty-six years. His wife, whose maiden name was Abigail Johnson, was born in Connecticut, and died on the old farm in this township in November, 1863, aged sixty-nine years. They had two children, Auren B., the father of our subject, and Lauren C. They also had one daughter, who died early in life. Auren B. Merrill was a Whig until the birth 'of the Republican party, and after that he was identified with it. He was a man of local prominence, tilling many of the township offices, such as Justice of the Peace, Trustee, and County Commissioner. His brother, Lauren C., also took a commendable interest in public affairs, and was prominently identified with the history of this county. They were associated together in their business undertakings, making a specialty of stock-raising and also carrying on farming extensively. During the war Auren B. was largely instrumental in securing the location of the railroad at Newton Falls, this road being then known as the Like Erie & Alliance Railroad. he was one of time first directors of the road. Of him, the subject of our sketch says: "My father would always put his shoulder to the wheel of any enterprise that was for the good of the county ;" and all who knew Mr. Merrill will verify the statement. Auren B. Merrill was married May 26, 1846, to Clara Tribby, who was born in Brookfield township, this county. Her parents, George and Lydia Tribby, were natives respectively of New Jersey and Rhode Island. Her father died at the age of thirty-six years, and her mother lived to be eighty-four. They were among the earliest settlers of Brookfield township. L. Frank Merrill was reared on his father's farm, aud was educated in the best schools the county afforded. He was married December 20, 1881, to Miss Amanda Erwin, who was horn in Newton township, this county, daughter of Henry and Eliza Jane Erwin. She is one of a family of three children.. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill have two children: Manta, born October 11, 1883, and Auren September 11, 1887. They also lost one child. Mr. Merrill's mother makes her home with her son, his father having passed away some years ago. After his marriage Mr. Merrill brought his bride to the old farm which his grandfather had bought at an early day, and which has already. been referred to. At his grandfather's death this land passed into the hands of his two sons and was held in common by them all their lives. At the death of his father and uncle, L. Frank, being the only heir, came into possession of the estate, a fine tract of land, comprising about 800 acres. Six hundred and seventy acres of this land are iu Newton township, and the rest is OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 467 located near Windham. Auren B. Merrill began the erection of a fine residence on the home farm, but died before its completion. Tin house was subsequently burned down and the subject of our sketch rebuilt it, and now has a comfortable and attractive home. He carries on farming on a large scale and gives special attention to the breeding and raising of fine horses. He also buys and sells a large amount of stock. Mr. Merrill has been a Republican ever since he has been a voter, and he has served as Trustee of Newton township. J. G. BUTLER, JR. - One of the names which is destined to go down to posterity connected with the industrial iron world is that of J. G. Butler, whose energy and enterprise have greatly aided in the upbuilding of Youngstown and the entire Mahoning valley. It is to such men as he that the great corporations which are now in so prosperous a condition here owe their success, and it is proper that a record, however short, be preserved of the life of so important a factor in the city's history. Mr. Butler is a native of the Keystone State, having been born in Mercer county, that State, December 21, 1840, a sort of J. G. and Temperance (Orwig) Butler, both natives of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Prior to leaving Pennsylvania in 1842, the father of our subject was connected with the iron works in Mercer county, and pursued the same business in Trumbull county, but retired from active business several years ago, having attained the advanced age of eighty years, his wife being seventy-seven years old. After coming to Ohio Mr. Butler was elected Sheriff of Trumbull county, from 1861 to 1865, iu which capacity he served his constituents most acceptably. Coming to Illinois with his parents in 1842, our subject has remained here ever since, gradually rising from the bottom of the ladder to the topmost rung, from which proud eminence he can now look back with pride upon the weary ascent. In 1863 he removed to Youngstown and engaged in the iron works of Brown, Bonnell & Co., repre- seating Hale & Ayer, large owners in the enterprise, with whom he remained until 1866, when he became partner in the Girard Iron Company, of Girard, Ohio, with Governor David Tod, William Ward and William Richards, and continued this association until 1878, when he became the general manager of the Briar Hill Iron and Coal Company, in which capacity he has continued ever since. He is also interested in the Ohio Steel Company, of which he is vice-president, which will employ more than 1,000 operatives; and is president of the Bessemer Limestone Cotnpany, which company was incorporated April 26, 1888, with a capital stock of $60,000, the following officers being elected: J. G. Butler, President; Charles M. Crook, Secretary and Treasurer; and J. D. Shilling, Superintendent. The company at present operates three distinct quarries, which now have an anuual output of 250,000 tons, which could be increased to nearly double that amount if necessary, and at press ent 150 operatives are employed. He is also president of the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Iron Manufacturers' Association and a member of the British Iron and Steel Institute. The marriage of Mr. Butler occurred in 1866, when he was united with Miss Harriet V. Ingersoll, a daughter of Jonathan Inger- 468 - BIOGRAPHICAL BISTORY soil, a Lieutenant in the United States Navy and a resident of Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Three children have been born of this marriage, namely: Blanche, wife of E. L. Ford, superintendent of the Youngstown Steel Company, a resident of the city; Grace, wife of Arthur McGraw, cashier of Park, Davis & Co., a resident of Detroit; and Henry A., a graduate of the Rayen public school, now attending Harvard University. Mrs. Butler and her children are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, in which body they are esteemed and valued factors. Having devoted his entire life to the pursuit of this particular line of business, Mr. Butler is an authority upon all matters pertaining to iron, and the honorable methods upon which he has always conducted all his transactions have commended him to the favor and patronage of a large circle of friends, while to his energy and foresight is due much of the prosperity of the mammoth concerns with which he is connected. Possessing the qualifications necessary to success, combined with the strictest sense of honor, Mr. Butler has won for himself the confidence of all with whom he has had business relations, and he is most justly regarded as a leading and representative exponent of the great iron interests of Youngstown and the Mahoning valley. Although not active in political matters, he is a strong Republican, and embraces every opportunity to further the interests of that organization. His home, which is a model of elegance and refinement, contains the finest private collection of paintings in the State, Mr. Butler being an authority' on the fine arts, and the exquisite taste displayed in its furnishings and appointments render it one of the finest residences in the entire city. Mr. Butler is a man of whom it would be difficult to say too much in praise, as he possesses- all the qualities which make a noble and perfect man, while his pleasant, genial manner and address have gained for him friends wherever he is known. To such men as Mr. Butler is due the prosperity of a community, and Youngstown has reason to congratulate itself upon its good fortune in possessing so public-spirited and enterprising a citizen within its limits as J. G. Butler. IRA SMITH, one of the successful business men of New Springfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, was born here in the year 1858, son of Jesse and Sophia Smith, both natives of this township. His father was born in 1818, and is a carpenter and joiner by trade. He gives his vote and influence with the Prohibition party, and is an active . member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had a family of six children. Of them we make the following brief record: Ephraim, the oldest, served thi-ee years in the CivilthreeMolly is the wife of Simon Runnel; Mannassa married M. May, and is a resident of. New Springfield, Ohio; Myra resides with her uncle; Sadie is the wife of D. S. Pfau; and Ira, the youngest, is the subject of this sketc.h. Ira Smith learnesketchrade of firmer in early life, which trade he followed for seventeen years. In 1889, he engaged in the mercantile business, has since been dealing groceries, medicine and hardware, and holds a prominent place among the business men of the town. Mr. Smith was married in 1885, to Miss Ida May Jamison, of New Waterford, Ohio. She is one of a family of six children of T. E. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 469 Jamison, a well-to-do farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have three children: Jessie, born in 1886; Nora M., in 1889; and Forest, in 1893. He and his wife are members of the Evangelical Church. Politically, Mr. Smith affiliates with the Republican party; fraternally, with the Jr. 0. U. A. M. In connection with the history of Mr. Smith's parents, it should be further stated that his mother died in 1874, aged fifty-four years. JOHN F. EICHHORN, of Boardman township, Mahoning county, Ohio, was one of the first Germans to settle in this part of the county. He landed here without means, and to-day he is in well-to-do circumstances. Of his life we make the following brief record: John F. Eichhorn was born in Germany, June 17, 1830, and came to America in 1853, first settling in Youngstown, Ohio. He worked at his trade there, that of shoemaker, for one and one. half years, and in 1861 moved to Coitsville. In 1871 he came to Boardman township, and bought the Elliott farm, seventy acres, upon which he lived four years. He then sold that property and bought his present farm, 120 acres, all available farming land. He raises a diversity of crops, and also runs a dairy. Mr. Eichhorn was married 1852, to Barbara Bartline, and they have two children: Elizabeth, wife of M. Burrows; and Mary, wife of John Kistoler. Mr. Eichhorn has two grandsons living with them, John B. Kistoler and Robert Kistoler. Mr. Eichhorn's parents came to America in 1871, and his mother died here December 15, 1891, aged eighty- six years. His father is also a shoemaker by trade. John F. is their only child. Ever since he located here Mr. Eichhorn has affiliated with the Democratic party. He served as Supervisor four years. Both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, in which they are earnest and active workers. NELSON CRANDALL, a most worthy and highly respected citizen of Youngstown, Ohio, has resided in this city for fifty years and more, and is entitled to the space accorded him in this history. He was born in Chenango county, New York, January 4, 1826, a son of Israel and Permelia (Cook) Crandall, also natives of the Empire State. His father was a wagon-maker by trade, and also followed agricultural pursuits. He emigrated to Ohio in 1856, and here passed the remainder of his days; he was an old soldier in the war of 1812, and at the time of his death was the oldest member of the Masonic order in the State of Ohio. He died in 1871 at the age of ninety-five years; his wife died at the age of seventy years. There were born to them a family of nine children, three of whom are now living: Mrs. Abigail Percival, died August 16, 1893; Joseph C., Mary and Nelson, the subject of this sketch. When a lad of eleven years Nelson Crandall came to Youngstown, Ohio; he attended school and during his leisure hours clerked in the store of his brother-in-law, Francis Barclay; he was employed as clerk for a number of years, and then went to Girard, Ohio, where he embarked in the dry-goods trade under the firm name of William S. Crawford & Crandall; this business was carried on successfully for four years, and then came a fire 470 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY which destroyed their stock, causing heavy loss. Mr. Crandall then entered the office of Governor Tod as bookkeeper and weigh-master, remaining until the coal vein was exhausted. He then went to Briar Hill, and for twenty-eight years was bookkeeper for one of the large furnace companies; he retired in 1883, and since that time has not been actively engaged in business; he owns an interest in the furnaces at Briar Hill, which he acquired some years ago. Mr. Crandall was united in marriage, February 18, 1851, to Miss Sarah Stambaugh, a daughter of John Stambaugh, whose history appears on another page of this volume. Of this union four children were born: Julia died at the age of two and a half years; J. Ford; Arabella is a teacher in the Art School of Cleveland, Ohio; Charles N. is engaged in business at Briar Hill. The mother died at the age of forty-eight years, June 1, 1877. She was a most estimable woman, greatly beloved for her many admirable qualities. The political issues of the day claim but little attention from Mr. Crandall, but he never neglects his duty as an American citizen, depositing his vote with faithful regularity; he affiliates with the Republican party. He has witnessed the growth and progress of Youngstown from the time it was a straggling hamlet until now, and is well-known throughout the thriving city as a man of sterling worth and unquestioned integrity. HOWARD B. HILLS, M. D., Youngstown, Ohio, is one of the leading specialists of the State, and is held in high esteem by his medical brethren. He is a native of the State, born at Cincinnati, June 29, 1849, a son of Townsend and Eliza (Cochran) Hills; the father was born in Hartford, Connecticut, March 6, 1808, and the mother in Abington, Virginia, November 8, 1822; they were united in marriage in 1839. Townsend hills was a man of excellent business qualifications, and accumulated a handsome competence; he was at the head of the firm of Eckstein, Hills & Company, manufacturers of white lead, Cincinnati, Ohio; they were the oldest and most important dealers in this line west of the Alleghany mountains. Mr. Hills was a member of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Church, and an abolitionist; he was an active worker on the 'underground railway, and favored a vigorous prosecution of the war. He died iu September, 1891; his wife survives him, an honored resident of Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio. The maternal grandparents of our subject were John and Mary J. Cochran. Mr. Cochran was the proprietor of the largest flouring mill in the State of „Virginia, but was compelled to leave there as early as 1830 on account of his avowed abolition principles; he removed to Cincinnati, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was the father of four children, all of whom are living. Howard B. Hills is the third of a family of five children : Mary J., wife of Joseph H. Harmony of the United States Navy; Rebecca J., wife of H. G. Hunnewell of Cincinnati; Henry M.; and Rhoda H., wife of E. H. Booth of Plainfield, New Jersey. Dr. Hills received a thorough literary education, and in the mental discipline necessarily acquired laid the foundation for a scientific training; he was graduated from the Pulte Medical College (Homoeopathic) with the class of 1888, and began the practice of his profession in Cincinnati; he remained there three years, first as a partner of Dr. William Owens and later associated with Dr. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 471 McDermott. It was during this time boat he was adjunct professor and surgeon in charge of the eye, nose, ear and throat clinic of Pulte Medical College. He made a specialty of these diseases in his private practice, and since coming to Youngstown in 1801 has continued this work; he has met with very great success, and established a line reputation. Be writes for several medical journals the results of his own observations and experience. He is a close student of the science of medicine and all that pertains thereto; and while he is a graduate of a homoeopathic school he recognizes no lines separating the systems, but appropriates from all the discoveries that will in any degree alleviate the sufferings of mankind and reduce the ills to which human flesh is heir. Dr. Hills was married February 17, 1881, to Miss Alice D. Smith, a daughter of George A. Smith of Mount Auburn, Ohio. Two children have been born to them: George Townsend and Henry Clark. Mrs. Hills is a graduate of Wesleyan Female Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, also a member of St. John's Episcopal Church of this city. The Doctor gives little thought to politics, but supports the Republican ticket in elections. A. B. CORNELL.—Among the prominent and enterprising business men whose names are connected with the wonderful progress and growth of Youngstown is A. B. Cornell, who was born in Albany county, New York, January 24, 1830, a son of Gideon and Julia Ann (Backus) Cornell, both natives of New York. For many years the father was engaged in a foundry plant and a wagon manufactory at Rensselaerville, New York, spending almost his entire life in that village. He was al Elder in the Presbyterian -Church for many years, while his wife was an Episcopalian. His death occurred in 1877, at the age of seventy-eight, his wife having died in 1871, aged sixty-five. Our subject is the second in a family of four, namely: S. Parsons, who died in 1857, aged twenty-eight years; our subject; Dr. George, who was assistant surgeon for several years during the war, died in 1885, aged fifty-three years; and Julia, wife of P. T. Caldwell, of whom a lengthy biography is given elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was educated at the Rensselaerville Academy in New York, and after gradu ating from that institution of learning he taught school for twelve years, beginning before he had completed his seventeenth year iu the district schools and later was an instructor in a boarding school at Sing Sing. Upon his being offered the principalship of the Rensselaerville Academy he taught there for some time, but later came to Ohio and accepted the position of principal of the Monroeville union schools, and afterward of the union schools of Putnam, now a part of Zanesville, Ohio. His next removal was to Youngstown, where for two years he served as superintendent of schools, but then engaged with the Himrod Furnace Company, as bookkeeper; and so capable was he that later he was made treasurer and manager of the concern, remaining in that position for twenty-five years; but in 1885 he accepted a position as manager of the Youngstown- Gas & Electric Company, with whom he remained two years, and then became the manager of the Ohio Gas & Fuel Company, and the Home Gas & Fuel Company. A Republican in politics he takes an active part in all party measures) and has been a delegate to State conventions upon several occasions. So pop- 472 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ular is he with his fellow citizens that he has served for eight or ten years in the City Council, and has also been a member of the Board of Education, and has served as president of it for eight years. A member of the Rayen School Board, he has been its president for over twelve years. Mr. Cornell was married in 1855, to Miss Roselia M. Prentiss of Monroeville, a daughter of John S. and Margaret (Fulton) Prentiss, both of whom are now deceased. Five children have been born to this union, namely: Amy A.; Clara P., wife of Reed Carpenter of Mansfield, to whom she has borne two chil- dren, Helen and Jeannette: Mary N., a teacher in the Poland Union Seminary, is a graduate of the Wooster University; Helen R., a teacher in the Mansfield high school, is also a graduate of Wooster University; and Alice, at Smith College at Northampton, Massachusetts. Both the parents and their children are faithful members of the Presbyterian Church, in which the father is an Elder and has held the position of Clerk in the session since 1865. During the late war Mr. Cornell enlisted for 100 days in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being made First Lieutenant. The regiment was stationed at Martinsburg, and here Mr. Cornell was detached acting as Aid-de-camp to the commander at the post, but later was made Judge Advocate of a military commission. Although not in active service, Mr. Cornell endured many hardships, yet he emerged from his term of service none the worse and was honorably discharged at the close of the hundred days. For many years Mr. Cornell has been one of the leading business men of the city, although during the later portion of that time he has been most sorely afflicted with a cancer in the face, which has necessitated his retirement to some extent from active business life. Owing to many noble qualities, Mr. Cornell is highly esteemed throughout the community where he has labored for so many years. SAMUEL SMITH, who owns 100 acres of land and operates a sawmill and handles a shingle factory, is one of the prosperous and well-known men of Mahoning county, Ohio, his location being in Poland township. Mr. Smith was born in the township where he now resides, September 17, 1820. He is a son of Robert and Kizia (Stewart) Smith, and is the only survivor in a family of ten children. His father came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, as early as 1802 and settled in Mahoning county, where he owned 300 acres of land, and where he was engaged in farming and stock-raising. He also operated a distillery and sawmill, the sawmill being the same one now run by his son. He was a Democrat, took an active interest in the public affairs of his day, and was well known throughout this section of the country. For some time he served as Township Trustee. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was an Elder in the Church for many years. He gave freely of his means to the support of the gospel, and indeed any public enterprise that he deemed for the good of the people was sure to receive his hearty support and material assistance. After an active and useful life, he passed to his reward, March 17, 1835. His wife survived him until March, 1847. Samuel Smith grew up on his father's farm and in the sawmill, and has all his life been OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 473 more or less interested in farming and milling. He was for four years engaged in the manufacture of threshing machines. Mr. Smith was married in 1847, to Margaret Blackburn, and to them were born two children, Joseph S., in 1850, and Robert F., in 1852. The latter died in 1854. Joseph S. married a Miss Allen, and has one daughter. The Smith family are among the most prominent people of the county. In connection with Mr. Smith's family history it should be further stated that his grandfather James Stewart came to Mahoning county some time after Robert Smith located here, and here he past the rest of his life and died. The subject of our sketch had two great-uncles in the Revolutionary war. Their names were Montgomery. Mr. Smith's political views are in accord with Democratic principles, and in the cam.. paigns of his party he takes a lively interest. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has served as Trustee fifteen years and as Elder six years. DR. JAMES E. VOGAN, an honored member of the medical fraternity of Mahoning county, Ohio, is a son of William P. Vogan, who was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and died in Worth township, Butler county, February 22, 1878. He had a liberal education and was for several years a teacher in the public schools of his native county. He possessed a good mind and sound judgment; was a mau of strict integrity, an earnest Christian and a profound anti. slavery mau. He served in the Union army, a member of Company H, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Jack; this regiment was known as the " walking regiment," having crossed Kentucky and Tennessee, and Alabama more than once on foot; after a long illness following the -battle of Stone River he was placed on guard duty, . which he continued until his discharge at the close of the war. He returned home much broken in health, and never fully recovered from the effects of army life. His parents were Jonathan and Julia (Emery) Vogan, natives of Pennsylvania, and he was the eldest of their nine children. He married Keziah Trevitt, a native of Birmingham, England, a daughter of John and Emma (Bevan) Trevitt, natives of Birmingham. She came to America when nine years old. Mr. Trevitt settled in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in mechanical pursuits in his own country, but after coming to America devoted his spare time to preparing for the ministry; his first charge was a South Pittsburg Baptist Church, and afterward he went to Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he was pastor of Zion Baptist Church for seven years. From here he removed to North Sewickly, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where his wife died in 1866. After the death of his wife he went to Lee county, Iowa, where he did ministerial duty until his death in 1872. At the time Louis Kossuth visited this country Mr. Trevitt was employed in the Novelty Works at Pittsburg; he was called upon by his fellow workmen to make an address of welcome when the distinguished foreigner visited the works; the great Kossuth afterward shook him by the hand, remarking that he was glad to meet a workman able to make so good an address. William P. Vogan and Keziah Trevitt were united in marriage in 1859, and there were born to them seven children: James E., the subject of this notice, 474 - BIOGRAPHICAL hISTORY John W., decease], Herbert N.; Ulysses G.; Mary Emma, wife of E. L. McKelvey; Eva; and Anna. Dr. Vogan was born in Worth township, Butler county, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1861, and there resided until 1883. He attended the common school and during the summer aided in the "work of carrying on the faun. When his school days were ended he began to earn money in the lumber region. As soon as he had saved a small sum he entered the Edinboro State Normal School, and studied and taught alternately until he completed the course in 1887. At this time he went to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and after teaching two terms of school there began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. William T. Philips, of Library, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1889 he entered the Western Pennsylvania Medical College and was graduated with the degree of M. D. on March 26, 1891, being one of the seven who took the highest tirades in a class of fifty-three. The year of his graduation he located in Lowellville, Ohio, and his first practice was done in partnership with Dr. R. H. Montgomery, although this relationship terminated at the end of three months. Dr. Vogan was married March 28, 1891, to Ella Belle Boyer, Who was born August 4,• 1869, in Bethel township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, being a daughter of Peter B. and Matilda (Philips) Boyer; Mrs. Vogan's parents are natives of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and still reside there. The Doctor and wife have one child, Hilda, born May 6, 1893, at Lowellville, Ohio. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. He is a charter member of Lowellville Lodge, No. 537, K. of P., and was the first representative of this body to the Grand Lodge at Columbus, Ohio, in May, 1892. He is a member of the Mahoning County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society, and is well up with the times on all subjects pertaining to the science and practice of medicine. He and. his wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church, at present holding their membership in the Hillsville Church. HOMER HAMILTON, an honored, industrious and useful citizen of Youngstown, Ohio, now deceased, was born in what is now Mahoning county, Ohio, February 24, 1836. His parents were Emanuel and Catherine (Deeds) Hamilton, the father a native of Ohio, the mother of Pennsylvania. Emanuel Hamilton's father, William Hamilton, was a native of Connecticut, while his wife, the mother of Emanuel, came to this country from Germany. Emanuel Hamilton was a miller, and at different times ran almost all the flouring mills in this part of the State. For many years he was a miller at Landerman Falls, and was afterward at Girard, doing custom and mercantile milling at both places. He was also for some time a miller at Youngstown, holding an interest in the mill with Mr. J. Baldwin and others. This mill was burned, but was afterward rebuilt by Homer Baldwin. Emanuel Hamilton held the office of Township Trustee before, during and after the war. He held the office of Infirmary Director also, and filled other positions of trust and importance, in all of which he discharged his duties with honor to himself, looking well to the best interests of all those who intrusted their rights in his keeping. He died August 27; 1889, aged seventy-eight years. His