500 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Colonel. Soon afterward the regiment was ordered to western Missouri, and Colonel Ford was placed in command of the fourth sub-district of the district of central Missouri, which comprised the counties of Jackson, Cass and Bates, the very worst bushwhacking district in the West. During the spring and summer of 1864, by his energy and judicious management Colonel Ford met with better success than any of his predecessors. In the celebrated campaign known as Price's raid, he commanded a brigade of the Army of the Border, and for gallantry and meritorious services in this campaign he received the rank of Brevet Brigadier-General. After the close of this campaign he was ordered to Fort Riley and placed in command of the district of the Upper Arkansas; he held this command until the regiment was mustered out in the fall of 1865. We feel that this brief sketch of the military career of General Ford illy does him justice. He leaves a fond wife to mourn the loss of a kind husband, four children the loss of a devoted father, and a regiment of men who loved him as a brother. May he receive the reward of a brave soldier and patriot." General Ford was married at Briar Hill, Ohio, May 22, 1850, to Miss Arabella Stambaugh, a daughter of John and Sarah Stambaugh, whose history will be found on another page of this volume. The General and his wife reared a family of four children: Sarah, wife of H. M. Garlick; David Tod, who married Miss Carrie Arms, deceased; James R, deceased; and John S., deceased, who married Harriet Wick, a daughter of Paul Wick. Mrs. Arabella Ford, widow of the General, is still living, a highly esteemed resident of Youngstown; she is a woman of much .force of character, and during the war was a sister of mercy to many a suffering soldier. General Ford died at Akron, Ohio, in 1867, deeply lamented by the entire community. Strongly in sympathy with all progressive movements he identified himself with the advancing element of society, winning the highest regard of all who prize good citizenship. JAMES B. KENNEDY.—Few men are more deserving of mention in the history of Ohio than the subject of this sketch, not only on his own account, but because his ancestors came to this State in its earliest days, and contributed by their energy and ability to start that civilization which has attained to its present remarkable growth. The founder of this family in America was James Kennedy, who emigrated from Ireland some time in 1700 and settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. His wife was the daughter of a nobleman, Lord Stewart, and she was married to Mr. Kennedy after her arrival in America. They had one son and three daughters. This son, who was named after his father, after arriving at the age of maturity, was married to a lady by the name of Clark, whose parents, with herself, also resided in Cumberland, Pennsylvania. They had four sons and one daughter. Of these, John Kennedy was the oldest, and served with distinction in the war of 1812 on the side of American independence. The other sons were James, Joseph and Thomas Kennedy, the name of the daughter being unknown to the writer. These four sons emigrated with their father, James Kennedy, to the Western Reserve in Ohio in 1808, and settled in. the township of Coitsville, Trumbull county, where the father resided until his death. He OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 501 was a man of strong physical constitution and survived to the ripe old age of eighty-nine years, a patriarch of imposing appearance and genial personality, whose influence is still felt for good in the community where he passed so many years of his useful life. Some time after the father's arrival in Trumbull county his oldest son, John Kennedy, _returned to the East and again settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, the early home of the original American ancestor of the family. The other three sons of the Ohio patriarch, James, Joseph and Thomas, remained in Coitsville township, Trumbull county. Of these, James and Joseph, on attaining majority, married sisters, respectively, Sarah and Betsy Reed, whose father, John Reed, was also a pioneer of Ohio, having emigrated from Washington county, Pennsylvania, to the township of Coitsville in 1804, his arrival antedating that of most of the other early settlers. The paternal grandparents of these two girls were descendants of Irish parentage, while those on their mother's side were of Scottish ancestry. Of these brothers, James Kennedy is the one who particularly engages the attention, as having been the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He remained a resident of Coitsville township all his life, and, like his father, was a citizen of prominence and moral worth, ever ready to advance his county's interests, and is held in respectful remembrance by the older inhabitants of his vicinity and by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. His children were ten in number, and in order of birth are: James Bailey; John R., father of Mr. Kennedy of this notice; T. W., W. H., J. C., D. S., H. G., Mary Elizabeth, Margaret Jane and Nancy Matilda. Of these, W. H., J. C. and H. G. Kennedy emulated the example of their brave forefathers, giving their services to their country in her hour of need and in the cause of liberty in the war of 1864. James Bailey Kennedy, the eldest, is a citizen of Liberty township, Trumbull county, his occupation being that of a farmer. He has two children, a son and daughter: Leon Adison and Sally. John R. Kennedy, the second son, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Coitsville, Ohio, in 1820. He was an early pioneer in the iron business at Youngstown, Ohio, being master mechanic of the first Nimrod furnace, and was identified as a builder and manager of furnaces the remainder of his life. He was also engaged in Youngstown, for a number of years before his death, with his brother, J. C. Kennedy, in the furniture and undertaking business. Mr. John R. Kennedy was several times honored by his fellow citizens with official positions of importance and responsibility, serving at one time for a number of years as County Commissioner. His duties in these public capacities were discharged with the same rigid uprightness and wisdom which distinguished his actions as a private citizen, and he enjoyed in full the confidence and esteem of the people. In politics he was originally a Democrat and later a Republican, and, with the blood of Revolutionary patriots in his veins, always a stanch supporter of the cause of liberty. He married Elizabeth Bird, born in Shropshire, England, in 1823, who emigrated from that country with her sister. Both he and his wife died in Haselton, Ohio, the former in 1869 and the latter in 1870, followed by the regrets of all who knew them. They were the parents of two children: David S. and James B., of this notice. David S. engaged, soon after 502 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY his majority, in the iron business, and became distinguished as a steel man in the mills- of Carnegie, Phipps & Company, at Homestead, Pennsylvania. Of the second son we shall speak more at length further on. T. W. Kennedy, the third son of James Kennedy, married Margaret Truesdale, and they had eight children: Julian, James, Hugh, Rachel, Walter, John, Sam and Thomas, all of whom, except Rachel and James, are engaged in the iron business. W. H. Kennedy, the fourth son, married Helen Ramsey, of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and they had seven children: William, Carrie, Luella, Nellie, Charlie, Kitty and Helen. J. C. Kennedy, the fifth son, married Sarah Henry, and. had six children: Ellie, Jessie, Nannie, Lilian, Frank and Helen. J. C. Kennedy was a partner with his brother, John R. Kennedy, in the furniture and undertaking business, and, later, became a builder and manager of furnaces. Rev. D. S. Kennedy, the sixth son, married Nannie Kelly, and they had eleven children: Sarah, Bell, Harry, Reed, Archie, Matilda, James, Annie and Thomas, and two more whose names are unknown. The youngest son, H. G. Kennedy, married Esther E. Stewart, and they had three children: Edward, James P. and C. H. H. G. Kennedy was an infantryman in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Regiment. He was taken sick with camp fever at Norfolk, Virginia, and died in the hospital at Washington, District of Columbia, while being transported home, thus swelling the list of those martyrs who gave their lives for the cause of justice and liberty. Mary Elizabeth, the eldest of the girls of this family, married George Liddle, and they had five children, all living. Their names are: Sarah, Jane, Edward, Helen and Lilian. Margaret, the second daughter, married William Baker and has no children. Nancy Matilda, the youngest of the girls, married William Crossman, and they have seven children: Kennedy, Hall, Sarah, Margaret, David, Maud and William. James B. Kennedy, whose name heads this memoir, was born on his father's old homestead, at No. 236 East Federal street, Youngstown, Ohio, November 20, 1862. In 1867 he removed with his parents to Haselton, where his father served as superintendentof the Andrews Brothers' furnace until his death. After the mother's death James B. and his brother were taken to the home of their grandfather, James Kennedy, at Coitsville. After the grandfather's death, three years later, James made his home at different places, principally with relatives,. until he started in life for himself. He gained a fair education at Poland, Ohio, and later entered the classical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where, on account of ill health, he remained only one year. He next took a course in penmanship and bookkeeping at Duffy's Business College in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. During the winter of 1882—'83 he taught school and read law, and in the summer of the latter year began in earnest to apply himself to the study of law as his chosen profession, prosecuting his studies for more than two years. At the end of that time, in March, 1885, he was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, and immediately began practice in Youngstown. By attention to business and honorable methods he advancedi in his profession, and now enjoys a liberal patronage. Essentially a man of keen interest in public affairs and characterized by activity and progressiveness, he soon became a prominent factor in local OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 503 politics, and in November, 1890, was elected on the Republican ticket to the office of Prosecuting Attorney for Mahoning county, which position he now (1893) holds, discharging his duties in that capacity with the same uprightness and judgment which has characterized his former actions, gaining alike the esteem of all citizens, irrespective of party. Fraternally, Mr. Kennedy is associated with several secret societies, among which are the I. 0. 0. F., the K. of P. and the Elks. March 4, 1884, Mr. Kennedy was married to Miss Roxannie Rice, a daughter of Chancey 0. Rice, of Board man, Ohio, and they have three interesting children. Immediately after marriage they began housekeeping in the house in which Mr. Kennedy was born, but have recently removed to a handsome new residence at No. 270 Madison avenue. Thus, surrounded by his family and numerous friends, successful in business and with good health, fortune indeed seems to smile benignantly on him, with rich promises of continued prosperity and happiness. SOLOMON R. CHRYST, who has been prominently identified with Trumbull for many years, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, December 26, 1833. He is eminently a self-made man, and it is appropriate that more than a passing notice be accorded him in this volume. Jacob and Lydia (Regal) Chryst, the parents of Solomon R., were born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and when young came to Trumbull county, Ohio, and settled on a tract of wild land, where they built a cabin and where they lived until the subject of our sketch was three years old. They then moved to the township where Mr. Chryst is now located, bought a partly improved farm and built another log cabin, and here Jacob Chryst lived for twenty- seven years. Then, with the assistance of his son Solomon, he bought a farm near Lordstown Center, and on it spent the closing years of his life. He was eighty years old at the time of his death. For many years he was an active church worker, and his life was one worthy of emulation. The mother of our subject died when lre was -five years old. He was the fourth-born in her family of five children, and is one of the three who are still living. Nearly all the Chrysts have been farmers. Solomon R. Chryst remained at home until he was sixteen years old, going to school in winter and working on the farm in summer. When he was sixteen he was examined by Governor Cox and General Leggett and received a first-grade certificate as teacher. At the age of seventeen he entered Hiram College, where he received instructions under the late lamented Garfield. He taught school in Mahoning county for three winters. During. this time his summers were spent in driving cattle to Allegheny. Mr. Chryst was married May 24, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Johnson, a native of New York State, who died some years after her marriage, leaving three children: Charles C., Frank S. and Blanche E. Miss Blanche, an accomplished and amiable young lady, died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. Chryst's second marriage occurred in December, 1886, the lady he wedded being Emma J. Gifford, a native of Somersetshire, England. They have two children: May E. and Solomon R., Jr. After his first marriage Mr. Chryst settled in Weathersfield on fifty acres of land, for 504 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY which he paid $1,100. There he lived until 1857, when he came to Lordstown township and bought a village home. Following his location here he was for some time engaged in the stock business. Subsequently he sold his first fifty acres and bought two farms in this township, on to one of which he moved. Not long afterward he purchased another farm, and then traded his village home for fifty acres more, making in all about 300 acres. The whole of this property he accumulated by his own energy and good management. Indeed, everything lre has since acquired has also been the result of his own efforts. In 1868 he went security for a friend, and had to pay a sum of $2,700. In settling this claim he took a meat market, which he conducted for some time afterward. In the meantime, having business at the county seat, he bought fifty acres of land near Warren, to which he moved his family. He rebuilt the house upon that property, making a fine country seat, and there he resided until 1875, when he sold out. He then moved into the city of Warren. During these years he was engaged in various enterprises. He continued his meat market and stock and provision business, having interests at various places until 1875, when he sold out. He erected a store-room in Warren, and also built a fine business block in Niles, the latter at a cost of $37,000. From time to time he invested in land until he became the owner of 600 acres, one of the largest and finest farms in the county, and all these years he has been interested in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Chryst's business career has indeed been a remarkable one. When he was a boy the first money he ever earned was with a rake after cradle, and with the money thus earned—a five-franc piece—he bought a calf. In this way he secured his start. While he has been a hard-working man and has accumulated a competence, Mr. Chryst has all his life been free from anything like a sordid nature. On the other hand he has been generosity itself, providing well for his family and giving liberally toward the support of all worthy causes. He educated his sons at Allegheny College, where both graduated with honor. His motto is, 66 Do right and be right." Mr. Chryst has been a Republican since the party was organized, has held various local offices, and has been a prominent worker for his party. J. E. BRADY is one of the prominent hardware merchants of Warren, Ohio, and as one of the representative business men of the town we make biographical mention of him as follows: Mr. Brady is a native of Geauga county, this State, born July 3, 1842, son of Barney and Jane (McLin) Brady, natives respectively of Ireland and Pennsylvania. His father died in March, 1886, at the age of eighty-eight years, and his mother, now eighty-eight years of age, resides with her son J. E. Barney Brady was a farmer all his life. He and his wife had a family of eight children, as follows: Polly, wife of Edwin Chase, of Wayne county, Nebraska; William, a resident of Rowley, Buchanan county, Iowa; Jerome, Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania; Sarah J., wife of James Gray, Leroy, Lake county, Ohio; James, Sanborn, O'Brien county, Iowa; John E., whose name heads this sketch; Ezra M., Sanborn, O'Brien county, Iowa; and Wealthy, wife of Wallace Loomis, Golden City, Barton county, Missouri. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 505 John E. Brady was reared on his father's farm in Geauga county, and was early in life inured to hard work. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and secured a position as clerk in a hardware store. He was thus occupied for ten years. Then, he moved to Orwell, Ashtabula county, and opened a hardware business, which he conducted three years. At the end of that time he came to Warren, where he has since been identified with the hardware business. It was in 1877 that he located here. He does both a wholesale and a retail business. His salesroom at 39 Main street is filled with stoves, tinware, -shelf hardware, etc., and he also has large warerooms located on East Franklin street. He runs a line of wagons through the country, and in the various departments of his business he employs no less than ten men. His establishment is one of the largest of its kind in Warren. Ever since Mr. Brady located in Warren he has been thoroughly identified with the best interests of the town. He is now serving his second term as a member of the Board of Aldermen. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mr. Brady was married in Orwell, June 18, 1878, to Martha Williams, who was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, daughter of Joseph Williams. Their residence is at No: 207, East Franklin street. ADDISON F. OSMER, a prominent citizen of Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native of this place, born September 7, 1844, son of Alonzo and Lydia (Foulk) Osmer and one of a family of eight children, four of whom are living. Having been identified with this part of the county all his life and being one of the representative men, the following sketch of him and his ancestry is therefore of interest in this connection. Mr. Osmer is not only a native of Ohio himself, but his parents were also both born in this State, his father in Chardon, Geanga county, August 21, 1821; his mother in Portage county, October 14, 1823; the former died at Farmington, January 10, 1889; the latter is still living on the old farm. Mrs. Lydia Osmer is a daughter of Henry and Betsey (Bird) Foulk, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day, and died in Michigan, to which State they have moved later; both were over sixty at the time of death. Alonzo Osmer was a son of Ephraim and Eleanor (Flemmings) Osmer, who located in Ohio at an early period, here spent the rest of their lives and died at advanced ages. Alonzo was about four years old at the time his parents came to Ohio, and here he was reared, and November 17, 1842, was married to Miss Foulk. After the death of his parents he moved to a farm near where the subject of this sketch now lives. Addison F. Osmer was reared on his father's farm. He was on the verge of manhood when the Civil war burst upon the country, and January 20, 1862, he entered the Union service. For nine months he was a member of Company G, Eighty-sixth Ohio, under Captain William F. Milligan, after which he re-enlisted, this time in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio, under Captain H. H. Hatch. Being in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, and ever acting as a true soldier, he rendered efficient service during the war. After the war was over he returned to the old farm. He soon bought some land and 506 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY subsequently added more to it, and at this writing is the owner of 210 acres. He has devoted his energies all these years to general farming, and has been fairly successful. November 18, 1869, Mr. Osmer married Miss Rosetta Bower, who was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, April 7, 1847. She died at the age of forty years, leaving five daughters, namely: Alice M., Belle A., Edith E., Carrie E. and Hattie, all at home, the oldest daughter being a widow. September 24, 1890, he married Mrs. Lettie McCaslin, a widow with one child, Kingsley McCaslin. She now has two sons by Mr. Osmer: Addison Y., born March, 5, 1892; and Albert W., born September 22, 1893. Mrs. Osmer was born June 1, 1857, daughter of Sylvester and Lovina Harshman. The Harsh mans belong to an old and highly respected family of pioneers in this State. Sylvester Harshman was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, December 3, 1825, son of Matthias Harshman, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1801, and died in Ohio, December 16, 1876. Matthias Harshman was a son of Matthias, Sr., and Mary Harshman, both natives of Pennsylvania, and both died at Lordstown, Ohio, having attained to ripe old age. The younger Matthias Harahman married Phoebe Deneen, who was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, September 20, 1805 and died July 1, 1885. Her people descended from the French, the Harshmans from the Germans. Sylvester Harshman was twice married, his second marriage, to Mrs. Lovina C. Hanks, occurring November 14, 1855. She was born in Geauga county, Ohio, December 29, 1823, daughter of Frederick and Betsey (Kibbee) Vrooman, the former a native of New York and the latter of New Hampshire, both having long since passed away. Mrs. Osmer is one of the two children born to her parents. She had good educational advantages, and was for several years a popular and successful teacher. Both the Osmers and Harshmans are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Osmer is a Republican. He has been Chaplain of Hall Post, No. 426, G. A. R., for six years, and his wife has served as presiding officer of the W. R. C. here for one year. They are among the leading citizens of their community and are highly esteemed by all who know them.   WILLIAM SHILLING was born in Sharon, Mercer county, Pennsylva- --1 nia, December 30, 1816. He was united in marriage May 5, 1842, to Miss Mary Stambaugh, daughter of John and Sarah (Bamer) Stambaugh, whose history is fully given elsewhere in this volume. In 1855 Mr. Shilling moved to Delaware county, Iowa, where he located on a farm, where the family lived and toiled until the death of Mr. Shilling, which occurred December 18, 1889. He was a man of honor and integrity, and lived a useful and industrious life, aiding in making the way for the tide of emigration which has now pushed the western frontier to the sea. Mr. and Mrs. Shilling had born to them a family of five children: John, died at the age of twenty-seven years, in 1876; James, married Mary Myers, and they have four children, Mary J., Laura A., Kate and Grace Belle; Samuel is unmarried and resides in Iowa; Sallie is the wife of W. H. Stuart and the mother of one child, Harold W.; Laura, married W. H. Trout and has four children, Ralph S., Nellie, Marguerite and Alva J, Mrs. Shilling is a native of Mahoning county, Ohio, and now resides with her daughter in OF NORTHEASTERN. OHIO - 507 Colorado. She grew to womanhood surrounded by the wild, rude scenes of pioneer life, and gained her education in the primitive log schoolhouse that stood near Governor Tod's residence, in Briar Hill. She is a woman of rare force of character, and has nobly done her duty in the rearing of her family to positions of honor in the communities in which they reside. JOHN W. MORRISON.—Resting upon I laurels won by a life of unremitting toil, our subject, John W. Morrison, is now enjoying a well-earned prosperity, living retired from all active business. Mr. Morrison was born in New Castle county, Delaware, September 26, 1826, a son of Robert and Agnes (Carter) Morrison, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania,' respectively. The father was a farmer and fruit-grower of Delaware, owning a peach orchard in the center of the peach belt, and was very successful in the cultivation of this fruit. He was born in 1790, and died upon his peach farm in 1865, his wife surviving him until 1872, when she 'died, aged seventy-two years. Both parents were devout and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which body they were earnest and conscientious workers. Mr. Morrison, Sr., was a fifer in the United States army, and his regiment was stationed at Marcus Hook during the war of 1812, and his fife is now in the possession of J. W. Morrison, Jr., son of our subject. On the paternal side of the family, the ancestry is of Irish extraction, and the father of Robert Morrison, John Morrison, was a ditcher, and followed that occupation in New Jersey. The maternal side of the family sprang from Swedish progenitors, who emigrated to this country in 1642, and were the projectors and builders of the Swedish church in Wilmington, Delaware, which, although erected in 1642, is still standing in an excellent state of preservation. In the little cemetery surrounding the church are interred the bodies of those who played so important a part in the early history of, that section of country, and the quaint inscriptions to be found upon the tombstones are of the greatest interest to to the antiquarian. Our subject is the fourth child in a family of thirteen children, eight of whom are still living, although he is the only member of the family that came West, the journey having been performed in 1858. Having learned the trade of a machinist in the employ of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and later with Harlan & Hollingsworth, of Wilmington, Delaware, he proceeded to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1852, and engaged in the employ of the Steamboat Transportation Company, of the Northern Line, which was stationed at St. Paul. At this time Minneapolis had not yet been incorporated as a town, still belonging to Fort Snelling. One house, near Lake Harriet, was the only one in what is now this most flourishing city, and it still stands, a memento of those early days. This house was seen by Mr. Morrison while attending the Republican convention held in that city in 1892. Following this line of work until the fall of 1860, he removed-to Youngstown, where he engaged in farming, and later purchased a coal bank at Briar Hill, but in 1868 removed to Brazil, Indiana, where he engaged in extensive coal mining, and remaining until June 20, 1878, when he returned to Youngstown, where he has since remained. Enlarging his business from time to time, Mr. Morrison soon became one of the leading coal and iron merchants of the 508 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY city, making a specialty of buying and selling scrap iron for mills and maintaining his interest in the coal district of Brazil, Indiana. Mr. Morrison was married February 24, 1858, to Miss Kate Everett, a daughter of Peter Shearer and Mary (Dabney) Everett, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Youngstown, Ohio. He returned with his young bride to St. Paul, where they resided nine months. Mrs. Morrison is descended on her father's side from the same stock as Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, and on the mother's side from Huguenot ancestors, traced back to Theodore Agrippa D'Aubigne, the French historian, the name being changed at Boston to Dabney. Peter Everett was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1847, aged fifty-two years, his wife surviving him until 1860, when she died, aged sixty years, having been born March 10, 1800. Both were faithful members of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which they were most highly esteemed. Nathaniel Gardner Dabney, father of Mary Dabney Everett, came to this county in 1796, having been born in Boston. His father was Dr. Nathaniel Dabney, and his mother Elizabeth Gardner Dabney, and her father, Samuel Gardner, graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1732. Nathaniel Dabney was one of the nine earliest settlers of Youngstown, and his oldest daughi ter, Betsy, now the wife of Ramsey Curtis, was one of the first white children born in Youngstown, having been born in 1798; while Mrs. Mary Everett, wife of Peter Everett, was the second child, her birth occurring in 1800. Mrs. Morrison is the seventh child in a family of ten children, four of whom are still living, namely: John, residing at Briar Hill; Susan, wife of Ashael Shook, a resident of Coitsville; Mrs. Morrison; and Mary, the youngest child, the wife of William McGoun, a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio. Nathaniel Gardner Dabney descended from Huguenot and Puritan ancestors, and his upright life showed that he combined the virtues of both sides. Mrs. Morrison, prior to her marriage, taught in the union school of Youngstown, for several years, being a most successful teacher, rendering the highest degree of satisfaction. She is a lady of much refinement and culture, and is numbered among the leading pioneer settlers of the county. She still owns a portion of the farm owned by her grandfather, Nathaniel Gardner Dabney, which is now included in the corporate limits of Youngstown. Among the other early settlers contemporaneous with the latter was Judge Tod, faqir of David Tod; John Young, Colonel Hilman, Mr. Thorne, and Colonel, later Judge, William Rayen. Mr. Morrison has in his possession a pipe of peace given him by the chief of the Sioux Indians as a treaty between that tribe and the Government, October 14, 1854. The stem is two feet long and the bowl three inches long, having been made of red stone by an Indian. Four children have been born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison: John W. Morrison, Jr., Sallie, Kate and Agnes, the former being among Youngstown's most enterprising young business men. He owns and operates the Morrison Foundry & Machine Works and the Youngstown Brass Works, which extensive concerns are located at 111 North avenue, near the street railway power house. Mr. Morrison, Jr., first started in business in 1889, on South Market street, but a constantly increasing trade demanded a more commodious plant, and he removed to his present location, the building being 140 x 150 feet in dimensions, and is thoroughly equipped with all the necessary machinery, tools and appliances for the proper prosecu- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 509 tion of the business in hand. An ample force of experienced workmen is employed, and all kinds of iron, brass and bronze castings, soft metal and light iron castings are manufactured, a specialty being made of castings for scale mountings. The workmanship and material are always of the best, and he finds ready market for his wares all over Pennsylvania and Ohio. The plant is eligibly located on the main lines of railroad, affording extraordinary facilities for shipping, and all orders are most promptly and carefully filled. He married Adrie Hyde, of West Farmington, Ohio, June 14, 1893. Sallie and Kate died in infancy. The youngest child, Agnes, is the wife of Samuel W. Luce, of Boston, who succeeded to the business of his father-in-law, to which he has added tiling, flour, feed, hay, lime, cement, etc. Mr. Morrison has played an important part in the upbuilding of the city, and in the promotion of his branch of trade throughout this section of country, and the success attained by him is not entirely due to his business sagacity, but also and more especially to his courteous, gentlemanly bearing and his high and honorable methods of conducting business. He is thoroughly alive to the best interests of the day, keeping fully abreast of the times, and advocates and upholds the principles of the Republican party, to whose actions lie is a most faithful adherent. I. A. JUSTICE, the able and popular City 1 Solicitor for Youngstown, Ohio, was born --1 in Mahoning county, this State, March 16, 1837. His parents, John and Nancy (Sexton) Justice, were pioneer settlers of Ohio, and active participators in its early development. His mother was a relative of - 34 - Mr. Sexton, the great Irish lawyer of to-day. Tier father, Stephen Sexton, was a native of Pennsylvania, of pure Irish parentage, and a farmer by occupation. In 1818, he joined the western tide of emigration, removing to Mahoning county, Ohio, where he settled on new land in the woods, which he transformed by industrious cultivation and valuable improvements into one of the best farms in the county. He was of the Protestant faith in religion, and he and his worthy wife died in their Ohio home, he at the age of ninety-six years, and both followed by the regret of many friends. John Justice, father of the subject of this sketch, a man of upright char, acter and kindly disposition, was a tanner and currier by trade, which he learned in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He operated a tannery in Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, for six or eight years, when, about 1823, he removed to Austintown, then in Trumbull, but now in Mahoning, county, Ohio, where he resided until his death, in 1883, at the age of eighty-nine years. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for more than forty years and Treasurer of the same for more than twenty-five years. He was a modest, unassuming man and worthy citizen, not aspic- ing to public office and declining to hold a position of trust except in the church, in which he was a devout and earnest worker. His genial, kindly spirit drew friends from far and near, for all of whom he had a warm hand and generous heart. He and his worthy wife lived happily together for more than sixty-four years and celebrated their golden wedding. The devoted wife and mother died ninety days before her husband, the latter of whom so shortly followed as if unable to endure a separation after so many years of close companionship. She was a generous, noble, Christian woman, a consistent member 510 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of the Presbyterian Church, in which she was an active worker. The influence of her quiet, earliest life, and thoughtful care for others, still lingers to bless those of her household and the community where she led a long and useful life. Eight out of thirteen children reached maturity and four survived the death of the parents: Morrison, a prosperous farmer of Goshen township, Mahoning county, Ohio; Sarah Jane, wife of A. P. Taylor, a prominent citizen of Denver, Colorado; the gentleman whose name heads this sketch ; and Eliza, since deceased, who was the wife of John Thompson, a well-known resident of Austintown, Ohio. Mr. Justice, of this notice, enjoyed the advantages of a common-school education until he reached the age of nineteen, and learned his father's trade of tanning, which work, however, he abandoned on account of ill health. He then entered a Presbyterian Academy at Poland, Ohio, remaining there two terms, after which he attended Mahoning Academy, in Canfield, this State, without, however, completing any specified course. He then taught school five winters, attending the academy during the summer, and is essentially self-made, the only assistance to ward attaining a higher education which he received having been three months' board. He enjoyed teaching, but his ambition led him to abandon that occupation for the more lucrative one of law. He commenced reading law by himself at night while teaching and engaged in other pursuits, and then spent six months in the law office of Hon. S. W. Gil, son, of Canfield, being admitted to the bar in the fall of 1867. In the spring of 1868, Mr. Justice entered into partnership with his preceptor, Mr. Gilson, under the firm name of Gilson & Justice, with whom he continued to practice for three years. At     and of this time, the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Justice remaining in Canfield. The first suit which he tried alone was a land case, in which his former partner was opposing counsel; and Mr. Justice won the case, of which victory he was justly proud. In 1870, Mr. Justice was elected Justice of the Peace of Canfield and Clerk of the Union School Board, and through his efforts and those of J. W. Canfield, still living, a new and large union school building was erected. This action was taken because Mr. Justice had learned that the administrators of Simeon Jennings, a millionaire, who had just died, had in their possession several hundred thousand dollars, which could be used for that purpose, and in this manner procured a first-class school building at small cost to the remaining tax payers. In 1872, Mr. Justice removed to Youngstown, where he continued to practice his profession, and took an active part in securing the removal of the county seat from Canfield to Youngstown in 1876. In the fall of 1873, county officers were nominated irrespective of politics, on what was known as the " removal ticket," and Mr. Justice was nominated for Prosecuting Attorney, against William Osborn, the former Mayor of Youngstown, by a vote of 125 to fifteen, and was elected by a majority of more than 2,500. While Mr. Justice was Prosecutor, he sent for a young man in Indiana, who became his partner, and is now ex-Civil Service Commissioner and practices law in Chicago, his name being Hon. L. D. Thoman. In March, 1888, Mr. Justice formed a law partnership with M. W. Johnston, a personal friend, with which gentleman Mr. Justice had tried many cases at the Mahoning county bar, and when engaged on the same side they were never beaten but twice. Mr. Justice's present partner is Thomas Mc- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 511 Namara, Jr., a capable lawyer, a graduate of the Law College in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the spring of 1892, Mr. Justice was nominated for City Solicitor by the Democrats and elected, notwithstanding the fact that the city was 600 majority for the Republicans, and he still. holds that office. Mr. Justice has given much attention to fro,' ternal beneficiary societies, in the affairs of which he has taken a prominent part. He has been Representative three times to the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias, also Past Grand Master of the A. 0. U. W. He has been Representative four times to the Supreme Lodge of A. 0. U. W., and has just been elected Supreme Representative to that supreme body, which meets in San Francisco, California, next June. He is also now Chairman of the Supreme Committee on Laws and Appeals for the Heptasophs. He is a member of the People's Five Year Benefit Order of Solon, the International Progressive Association, the International Fraternal Organization, and the Royal Templars of Temperance. He has been prominently identified with local musical matters for many years, having served as choir leader in the Presbyterian Churches of Canfield and Youngstown for twelve years, and was once offered the position of teacher of vocal music in the Youngstown public schools. Mr. Justice was first married to Dorcas Hitchcock, an estimable lady of Canfield, an old classmate of his, and they had two daughters: Flora, wife of J. W. Mansell, a successful carpenter of Youngstown; and Lilla, wife of George Morrison, a prosperous farmer of South Dakota. Mr. Justice was called upon to mourn the death of his devoted wife in 1872, in which sorrow he had the sympathy of numerous friends, who knew and appreciated her Christian virtues. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church and prominent in all good works. In 1874, Mr. Justice was married to Miss Helen Warner, also an academic classmate of his and for many years a successful teacher. They had four children: Charles W., a stenographer, now in Mr. Justice's office; Clara, a student of stenography; Frank and Nettie, at school. In March, 1883, Mrs. Justice died, leaving an infant four weeks old. She was a woman of superior ability and rare worth of character, an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a devoted wife and mother. In 1885, Mr. Justice was married to his second wife's sister, Miss Rose Warner, an educated and refined .lady, of Lorain county, Ohio. Both Mr. and Mrs. Justice are prominent and useful members of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church of Youngstown. In politics, Mr. Justice is a Douglas Democrat, deeply interested in public affairs and the good of his country. He is genial, courteous, enterprising and progressive, of commendable public spirit and the highest integrity and morality, and reflects credit on, his community, which has often sought to honor him. JAMES CLARK, another one of the representative citizens of Brookfield town-, ship, Trumbull county, was born at this place May 5,,1831, son of Samuel and May (Smith) Clark. He is the oldest of three children, his brothers being John D. and Peter S. The former died in 1851, at the age of twenty years. Samuel Clark was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1801. He was a carpenter by trade, at which occupation lre 512 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY worked in early life, but later settled down to farming and stock-raising and -became a prominent and wealthy man. He and his wife were members of the Disciple Church, and in politics he was a Democrat. Grandfather Clark was born in Dungannon, Tyrone county, Ireland, and in 1784 came to America and located at Pittsburg. When a young man he was a brewer, but the later part of his life was devoted to agricultural pursuits. Grandmother Clark was born in the northern part of Scotland. They were among the early settlers of Trumbull county. He died at Warren in 1834, and she passed away at Hubbard. James Clark was reared on the farm and at an early age was engaged in driving stock on the road. He farmed and dealt in stock, and later carried on merchandising in connection with his farming operations. He now has an undertaking establishment at Brookfield. At one time he owned 120 acres of valuable farming land, and gave considerable attention to the raising of sheep. In June, 1851, Mr. Clark married Elsie Ann Waldorf. Her mother was born in Ireland, June 10, 1802, and died February 26, 1841, and her father, a native of New Jersey, was born October 25, 1795, and died October 25, 1836. The latter was by trade a gunsmith and blacksmith. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have six children, a record of whom is as follows: Temperance A. was married in December, 1872, to John H. VanSlyke; Florence G. is the wife of Edward H. Fussleman ; Samuel W. married Kate McMullen, in March, 1876; John D. married Martha F. Welch, August 26, 1880; Ellen L. married V. J. Groves, June 17, 1879; and James C. married Alice C. Taylor, February 6, 1889. Samuel W. Clark is extensively engaged in the fruit business on his father's farm, making• a specialty of strawberries. This year, 1893, his strawberry crop amounted to 300 bushels. Mr. Clark is an active politician and is identified with the Democratic party. For twenty-one years he has served as a Justice of the Peace. He has on different occasions been the choice of his party for Representative and Senator, but each time was defeated by his Republican opponent. ALBERT C. BURNETT, who is engaged in the insurance business at Warren, Ohio, has his office in room No. 1, in the Franklin Block. Mr. Burnett has had an experience of fifteen years in the insurance business and for the past five years has been at his present location. He represents no less than eighteen companies, fire and tornado, and prominent among these companies we mention the following: North America, Northern, Lancashire, Ohio Farmers', Milwaukee Mechanics', American of Philadelphia, Phoenix of Hartford, Phenix of Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, West Chester, and Western, of Toronto. He first engaged in the insurance business in 1877, in the little town of Hartford, this county, and in 1883 he moved from there to Cortland, where he remained until coming to Warren. A. C. Burnett was born near Niles, Ohio, June 8, 1847, son of Joseph and Casandria (Courtney) Burnett. His father is still living in Hartford, Ohio, at the age of 86; and his mother died in May, 1892. He moved to Hartford with his parents when he was nine years old, and there grew to manhood, working on a farm and in a sawmill until he was sixteen. His parents still reside at Hartford. He received his education in the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 513 common schools, the academy at Hartford, and the Edinboro (Pennsylvania) Normal School. When he was sixteen he began teaching school, and taught for fifteen terms, being engaged in teaching up to the time he engaged in the insurance business, with the exception of three or four years when he was farming with his father. Mr. Burnett is especially adapted for the business in which he is now engaged, and probably does a larger insurance business than any other man in the county, his operations extending over Trumbull county and into the southern part of Ashtabula county. Politically, Mr. Burnett is a Democrat. He has been placed in nomination for various offices by his party, but, being with the party which is largely in the minority here, he has failed of election. Personally, he is affable and courteous, and makes friends wherever he goes. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Mahoning Lodge, No. 39, and also of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Burnett was married in 1868, to Miss Florence Townsend, of Brookfield, daughter of Coles and Fannie Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are the parents of six children: Della, Mary, Fannie, Josie, Cassie, and Albert. Della is the wife of E. L. King and resides in Los Angeles, California, and Mary is the wife of Charles Lewis, of Warren, Ohio. The other children are at home. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 'Their residence is located at No. 133 Belmont street. FRANK WHITE is one of the well- known and highly esteemed citizens of Berlin township, Mahoning county, and a loyal citizen of the commonwealth of Ohio. He was born in Yorkshire, England, August 4, 1835, a son of Joseph and Jane (Mead) White; his parents were born, reared and married in Yorkshire, and in 1848 emigrated to the United States; they settled in Goshen township, Mahoning county, Ohio, where the father died in 1873, leaving a widow and four children; Mrs. White survives, at the advanced age of eighty-six years, and resides in Goshen township, Ohio. Her children are: Matthew; Mary, wife of William Casidy; Henry; and Frank. Joseph White was a Republican in his political views, and in his religious faith was a Methodist; he was a farmer by occupation, and was one of the worthy pioneers of Mahoning county. Frank White was a lad of thirteen years when his parents came to the United States, and located in Mahoning county; in his own country he had attended the common schools of Yorkshire, and also the common schools of this land. During the late war when Lincoln called for 300,000 men, Mr. White responded, joining Company II, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 1, 186'2; he served in this regiment until June 3, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He took an active part in the battle at Perryville, Kentucky, as a member of Captain Parsons' battery, and was there taken prisoner; he was paroled, sent to Camp Chase, and in March, 1863, joined his command at the front; he participated in the engagement at Hoover's Gap, Murfreesborough, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and with General Sherman through the Atlanta campaign on his march to the sea; he returned through the Carolinas and on to Washington, District of Columbia, where he was present at the grand review after the establishment of peace. Making a desperate effort to escape at the battle 514 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of Perryville, leaping from his horse, Mr. White injured his wrist and has never fully recovered from his hurt. Returning to his home he resumed the peaceful occupation of agriculture. In 1872 he purchased the farm on which he now resides; he has a fertile tract of forty-seven acres, which is well improved in every particular; the land is under good cultivation and the dwelling, barns and cribs are most substantially built. The chief feature of the live-stock is a herd of Jersey cows, that produce as fine butter as any graded animals in the county. Mr. White was married June 4, 1868, in Goshen township, Mahoning county, Ohio, to Lydia Davis, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Silver) Davis, residents of Goshen township. Of this union one daughter has been born, Clara M. Politically, Mr. White affiliates with the Republican party; he has served as Trustee of his township, and in 1886 was the choice of his party for County Commissioner; he was elected to the office, and served two terms. He discharged his duties with rare fidelity, winning the confidence of the entire community whose interests he represented. He is a member of Kirkbride Post, No. 600, G. A. R., and for the first three years of its organization. was Commander, a position for which he is peculiarly fitted by a wide experience. He is now Quartermaster. WILLIAM I. HAHN is a member of the firm of J. Hahn & Son, dealers in general merchandise, Greenford, Ohio. His father, Jesse Hahn, was born in Springfield township, Mahoning county, Ohio, March 10, 1819; he remained under the parental roof until twenty-seven years of age; after he had attained his majority he worked for his father for $50 a year, and at the end of six years had saved the most of his earnings. After his marriage he managed his father's farm until 1851, when he embarked in mercantile trade with his brother Tobias, at New Middleton; they conducted the business six years, and he then removed to Orangeville, Ohio; at the end of nine years the business was closed out, and Mr. Hahn came to Green-ford and entered into partnership with Jonathan Ernst, under the firm name of Ernst & Co.; they carried on a dry-goods business until the spring of 1875, since which time the firm has been J. Hahn & Son. Politically Mr. Hahn affiliates with the Democratic party, and for many years served the people of his township as Treasurer. His parents, Joshua and Catherine (Martin) Hahn, were natives of. Maryland, descended from German ancestors, who first settled in Maryland after emigrating to the United States, Jesse Hahn was married in 1846, to Elizabeth Seitner, who was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1824, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rummel) Seitner. Three children were born to them: Sarah, wife of E. R. Fell; William I., the subject of this biographical sketch; Alvena, wife of A. W. Thompson, of Orangeville, Ohio; they have two children: Hattie E. and Sadie. William I. Hahn was born February 28, 1851, in Mahoning county, Ohio, and until six years of age lived with his parents in Springfield township; thence they removed to Orangeville, and afterward to Greenford. In 187.5 he became a partner of his father in the general mercantile business at Greenford, having been employed as a clerk previous to this time. He was married in 1871, to Caroline E. Schroy, a native of Mahoning OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 515 County and a daughter of Henry and Charlotte (Robins) Schroy, who were also horn in this county; they reared a family of two sons and four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Hahn are the parents of four children: the eldest died in infancy; Estella Z. is a student of music; Alvena M. died January 19, 1893, at the age of fifteen years: she was a pupil in the Canfield Normal School; Jesse H. died in March, 1880, aged seven months. Mr. Hahn supports the issues of the Republican party, and for ten years has served the people of his township as Treasurer; he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1893, and in December, 1889, was appointed Postmaster. He is a man of good business ability, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the entire community. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Greenford Lodge, No. 514, and he and his wife belong to the Lutheran Church, of which he is a Trustee. LAURIN D. WOODWORTH, an attor¬ney of Youngstown, was born Sep' tember 10, 1837, in Windham, Portage county, Ohio. He was the second son of William and Lurannah M. Woodworth. Mr. Woodworth's parents emigrated to Ohio, in 1835, from Madison county, New York. Upon both sides of his house he is of Anglo-Saxon lineage and his ancestry were American since early in Colonial days. His grandfather, Joseph Woodworth, was a Revolutionary soldier, serving for five years, chiefly in the Continental line. Several of his mother's relatives were also soldiers in that war. The boy life of Mr. Woodworth was passed upon a farm among " the clearings." His school education began in a country district school. At the age of thirteen years he be- came a student in Windham Academy, where he remained two years, after which he entered the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, now Hiram College, where he remained, occasionally omitting a term to teach, as a means of paying his way, until the age of twenty. In one particular at least, he was fortunate in the matter of education: his mother, whose maiden name was Ensign, having been a teacher in a Connecticut seminary, was well prepared to superintend the early education of her children. Mr. Woodworth has been often heard to say that to his early home training he was largely indebted both for the desire for and the foundation of such an education as he was afterward able to obtain. Upon the completion of his course at Hiram he entered upon the study of the law in the office of Hon. O. P. Brown, a very prominent lawyer, abolitionist and politician of Ravenna, Ohio. While a law student at Ravenna he was a member of the County Board of School Examiners, serving with James A. Garfield, afterward President of the United States, with whom he had been a student for a short time at Hiram. After his admission to the bar, Mr. Woodworth, to better qualify himself for the practice of his profession, took a course of study in the Ohio State and Union Law College, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was married, October 6, 1859, to Miss Celia A. Clark, of Windham, Ohio, who is still living. A short time before this event he had entered into a partnership for the practice of his profession with his former preceptor, Mr. Brown, which business relation continued until interrupted by the war. In politics, Mr. Woodworth was a Republican of the Abolition school. The extreme 516 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY anti-slavery men of his section upon the day of the execution of John Brown held a meeting of conference and sorrow at Charleston, Ohio, at which he was the speaker. A large mob of men, who thought otherwise, gathered, and a little distance from the stand rang bells and fired guns in token of rejoicing and for the purpose of breaking up the meeting, which, however, they did not succeed in doing. In the campaign of 1860, which resulted in the election of Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Woodworth took an active part as a campaign speaker. When the war broke out in the spring of 1861 he at once placed himself at the service of Union leagues and committees, and so large a share of his time was given to attendance at meetings in various localities that he, in justice to his law partner, withdrew from the firm. He enlisted in Cotter's Battery, afterward Battery A, First Ohio Light Artillery, for the three months' service, but was rejected by the examining surgeon for total blindness of right eye. In July, 1862, he was appointed Major of the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then a paper regiment, but which was so rapidly recruited that early in August it went into camp of rendezvous at Massillon, Ohio, with 1,800 men. This was more than the number required, and from the overplus the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was formed. In the latter part of August the regiment was ordered to join General Nelson, who was then in southern Kentucky. Near Covington, Kentucky, it was met by the advance column of Smith & Heath's Rebel Division and driven back behind the works at Fort Mitchell. Here on the 10th of September the first engagement took place. That night the enemy retreated, closely followed by the Union forces, a part of which was the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio. This retreat continued until a junction had been formed between Heath & Smith's division and Bragg's army, when the battle of Perryville was fought. In this battle, however, Major Woodworth's regiment was not engaged. From this time until winter put a stop to further operations he was engaged with his command against guerrilla forces under PePegram the noted John Morgan. As the enemy were generally mounted this involved severe and incessant marching, frequent attacks, and often shortage of supplies. The result upon Major Woodworth was the incurrence of a disease from which he has never fully recovered. He was • ffered a transfer into the invalid corps then proposed for an army of occupation, but this he dedeclinedpon recommendations of the surgeons of his regiment, upon whose certificate of disability he was honorably discharged De.. cember 26, 1862. From this time until the autumn of 1864 liheas in Cincinnati and other places, under treatment of specialists. In the spring of the year 1865, not yet being able for professional work, he engaged as associate editor of The Mahoning Register at Youngstown, Ohio, in which employ he continued for several months, after which he resumed the practice of the law at the same place, where liheas since resided. He very soon acquired a very extensive clientage in his own and surrounding counties. In the year 1867 he was elected to the Ohio Senate and was re-elected in 1869. He was also a member of the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses. In the Senate he became distinguished for his opposition to the " Visible Admixture Bill" and his championship of the mining law. In his second term in the Senate he was President pro tempore of that body. His career in Congress was also nota- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 517 ble. He was, both in the State Senate and in Congress, the author of many measures that became laws, and his speeches were widely read and quoted throughout the country. He has always been regarded as one of the most able and eloquent speakers of the country. Upon retiring from Congress, he resumed his law practice, in which be is still engaged. His family consists of his wife, one son, Carl C., and two daughters, —Mrs. Jessie J. McClure and Miss May Woodworth. PERRY WEHR, one of the representative farmers and stock-raisers of Mahoning county, Ohio, was born here in Youngstown township, August 22, 1833. He was reared on his father's farm, and was educated in the district schools, being for some time a pupil of Colonel Foster, and when he reached his majority he went West. He crossed the Mississippi river at Keokuk, Iowa, November 4, 1856, the day on which James Buchanan was elected President of the United States. He engaged in the lumber business in Iowa, being employed as sawyer, and remaining there one year. At that time the death of his father called him back to Ohio, and upon his return home he turned his attention to farm work. In 1860, Mr. Wehr was united in marriage to Miss Margaret J. Price, daughter of Samuel Price. She was born June 1, 1840. They have three children: Myron 1., Paul H. and Randall M. Myron I. was born January 7, 1866. He married Miss Maggie E. Stambaugh, and they are residents of Warren. Paul H. was born May 28, 1868, was married to Miss Edith McCollum, March 30, 1890, and they have one child, Ralph. They reside in Youngstown, and he is in the railroad employ. Randall M., born September 25, 1888, resides at home. Mr. Wehr built his present residence in 1871, and here he has since resided. During the war he entered the Union ranks and acted well his part. He enlisted in May, 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went out as a private assigned to the Army of the Potomac, Eighteenth Corps. He was honorably discharged in August, 1864. Mr. Wehr is identified with Tod Post, G. A. R., at Youngstown, and since 1868 has been a Mason. He is a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., of Mahoning Chapter, No. 93, and is also a Knight Templar. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Democrat. JAMES A. COOPER, a member of the J. A. & D. P. Cooper Company, is a son of David Cooper, who was horn in Coitsville township, Mahoning county, in 1819; here he passed his life, which ended in 1885. He was a man of strict integrity, and enjoyed the confidence of the entire community. His parents were David and Rebecca (Armstrong) Cooper; the father was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He removed from his own State to Maryland, and in 1800 came to Ohio, purchasing four hundred acres of Government land. Rebecca Armstrong was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where she was married to David Cooper in 1809. They endured the dangers and hardships incident to pioneer life, and had many adventures common to the frontier. David Cooper affiliated with the Democratic 518 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY party, and was a member of the Seceders' Church. His father, David Cooper, Sr., was a native of Ireland, and his mother came from England; the first members of the family to settle in America crossed the sea to the New World in 1760, and located in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. David Cooper, Jr., father of James A., married Jemimah Rany, a daughter of Alexander and Nancy (Dickson) Rany, natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Alexander Rany was a soldier in the war of 1812. James A. Cooper was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1845, and has all his life been a resident of this county. His early life was spent on the farm, performing the duties that fall to the lot of the farmer's son, and attending the primitive pioneer school of the district. He had the advantage of a course at the Iron City College, after which he went to Michigan, and there was employed as bookkeeper for a hardware firm. He afterward returned to Coitsville and engaged in the lumber business with his uncle, John Cooper; this he continued until 1883, when he became a member of the firm of Stewart, Cooper & Company, proprietors of a tannery; this relationship existed until 1887, when he formed a partnership with D. P. Cooper, establishing the J. A. & D. P. Cooper Company; in 1892, this company was reorganized with a capital stock of $50,000, and J. A. Cooper was elected superintendent and treasurer. Mr. Cooper was united in marriage in 1870, to Alice K. Jacobs, a daughter of Nichols and Phebe (Kirk) Jacobs, and to them have been born a family of four children: David N., Sarah L., S. Dill, and Helen M. At the age of twenty-three years Mr. Cooper began the struggle for a position in the business world. How well he has succeeded is attested by the following; he owns a fine farm under cultivation, and with his cousin, D. P. Cooper, owns the controlling interest in the Gear Works, one of the important industries of Struthers. In politics he adheres to the principles of Democracy; he has served as Justice of the Peace, and has been Township Clerk for a number of years, discharging his duties to the satisfaction of the people whom he represented. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Western Star Lodge, No. 21, Youngstown Chapter, No. 93, R. A. M., and St. John's Commandry, No. 20, K. T. WILLIAM S. McCOMBS has been known for many years as a leading business man in his county, and in the following lines will be found an outline of his career. His father, John N. McCombs, was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, about the year 1812; he died in Champion township, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1889. He was a carpenter by trade, but in later years engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he was very successful. He began life for himself at the age of twenty-one years, and cleared a fine farm of two hundred acres, which is still in the possession of the family. He was a Republican in his political views, and served his township as Trustee and Clerk. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a Deacon at the time of his death. His parents were William and Mary (Nelson) McCombs, natives of the north of Ireland. John N. McCombs was married in 1838 to Mary Scott, a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, and to them three children were born: Mary, widow of John Brown, has two children, William \ OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 519 and Laura; William S. is the subject of this sketch; Laura, wife of Henry Weiss, is the mother of two children, Carlton and Henry. The mother died in 1844, deeply lamented by all who knew her. The father was married in 1845 to Laura Scott, and they had a family of four children: Elliott, deceased ; Sarah, widow of William Crawford, and the mother of three children; Charles, who resides on the old homestead; Lillie, wife of Clinton Mikesell. The mother of these children survives and resides on the old homestead. William S. McCombs was born December 9, 1841, in Champion township, Trumbull county, and there resided with his parents until 1861; he was reared to the occupation of a farmer, and received the instruction that was offered in the pioneer schools. When the Rebellion began he enlisted in the Fourteenth Ohio Independent Battery, and was in many important engagements, serving until 1864. He was honorably discharged, after which he returned to his home, and was variously occupied until 1868. He then came to Youngstown, Ohio, and worked at the carpenter's trade for a year. At the end of twelve months he went to Struthers, and secured employment as engineer; three years later he assumed the duties of foundryman, and held this position eleven years. Coming to Lowellville, he was made superintendent of the Ohio Iron & Steel Company, a position be has filled to the entire satisfaction of his employers and with great credit to himself. He was married in 1867 to Miss E. J. Christy, a daughter of James and Mary (McWah) Christy, natives of Pennsylvania and Ireland, respectively. Mrs. McCombs was born in the Keystone State. Two children were born of this marriage: Fred completed a special course in chemistry in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1892, and is now in the employ of the Ohio Iron & Steel Company, as weighmaster and stock-house boss; John died in 1882, at the age of two years and four months. Mr. McCombs has been rewarded with great success in the commercial world. He is a stockholder in the First Savings Bank, in the Ohio Iron & Steel Company, in the Lowell Lumber Company, and in the Lowell gristmill. In politics he adheres to Republican principles. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine. JOHN B. NESSLE has been for many years a conspicuous figure in the history of Lowellville, Mahoning county, Ohio, and is therefore entitled to more than passing mention in this volume. He is a son of Isaiah Nessle, who was born in the town of Half Moon, New York, about the year 1781; he was a farmer by occupation, and passed his life within the boundaries of the State of New York; his death occurred in Chautauqua county in 1863. His parents, Conrad and Lovina (Doovel) Nessle, were natives of France, and emigrated to this country before the war of the Revolution. Isaiah Nessle was married in the year 1814, to Margaret Altenburgh, a native of the State of New York, and a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mosier) Altenburgh, natives of Germany and England respectively. Mr. Altenburgh was a prosperous farmer, and at the time of his death owned 400 acres of good land in Montgomery county, New York. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served until the close of the struggle of the colonies for independence. Eight children were born to Isaiah and Margaret 520 - BIOGRAPHCAL HISTORY Nessle: William H. died in 1878; John B. is the subject of this sketch; Margaret Ann is the wife of Elry Bently; Isaiah is an extensive farmer of New York; Darlin T. lives in Lowellville, Ohio; Thomas S. died in 1892; Rosanna M. is the wife of Andrew Sekins; Lovina H. is the widow of James Davidson, whose history is given elsewhere in this volume. John B. was born in Montgomery county, New York, in the town of Oppenheim, and resided there until ten years of age; he removed with his parents to Manlius, and thence to Chautauqua county, New York, and in 1837 emigrated to Ohio, locating in Lowellville, Mahoning county; not one of the 250 inhabitants then dwelling in the village is now living. Mr. Nessle had learned the shoemaker's trade in Ellington, New York, and when he came to the West he engaged in work at his trade, opening a shop in Lowellville, which he ran for twenty years. At the end of a score of years he embarked in the grocery trade, in which he has since been continuously engaged. Mr. Nessle was married in 1839, to Jane Pettigrew, a daughter of John and Sarah (Easton) Pettigrew, natives of the State of Pennsylvania; John Pettigrew was a drummer-boy in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Nessle had born to them a family of seven children: Catherine Jane who died at the age of seven years; William H., died in 1879; he was Frst Lieutenant of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years, resigning at the end of that time on account of ill health; he was an intimate friend of ex-President Hayes, who sent him on a mission to England during his administration; he married Mary Metzger, and to them were born three children,—Margaret Jane, William H., and May; the mother is also deceased; Isaiah J., a resident of Lowell ville, was a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded in the battle of Murfreesboro ugh, and afterward joined Sherman before the " march to the sea; " Louisa H. died in 1891, the wife of Frederick Heileger; John B., Jr., also served in the late war, a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Darlin T., Jr., is a resident of Lowellville; Frank S. is a traveling salesman. Mr. Nessle began hrs career at the age of sixteen years, and without assistance won his way to independence. He has served the people of his township in many capacities; he has served as School Director, was Trustee three years, Justice of the Peace the same length of time, and was Postmaster twenty-four and a half years, receiving his appointment from President Lincoln. He has been a most faithful and efficient official, and is worthy of the confidence reposed in him. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Western Star Lodge, No. 21. He was married a second time in 1873, to Philura Stephens, a daughter of Levi Beardsley, and the widow of Sherman Stephens. Mrs. Nessle is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Nessle is independent in his religious ideas, and is known as a Freethinker. JOHN GAULT, a well-known citizen of North Jackson, Mahoning county, Ohio, was born in Jackson township, this county, December 27, 1836. His parents, Robert and Majery (Ewing) Gault, were both natives of Mahoning county, the former born December 8, 1814, and the latter June 3, 1816. Grandfather Robert Gault, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio at an OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 521 early day, being here during the war of 1812. He was drafted into the army in 1814, and went to Cleveland to enter the service. He was there taken sick and remained in camp at that place for several days, after which he started with the command for Detroit, Michigan, and when they reached Rocky river he was unable to proceed further. After three days of suffering at that place he died and was buried there. His only child, Robert, WAS of posthumous birth. Robert Gault and his wife had a family of eight sons and four daughters, of whom seven sons and three daughters are still living. John, subject of our sketch, was the oldest; Alexander and Margaret, twins, were born May 26, 1838; Mary A., born December 14, 1839; Andrew, born November 13, 1841, died July 8, 1864, his death resulting from a wound received in battle near Dallas, Georgia; Caroline, born July 8, 1843, died August 31, 1844; Martha Jane, born March 9, 1845; Gideon, November 6, 1846; Samuel S., March 11, 1848; William, March 28, 1850; Gibson J., December 6, 1852; and Robert E., March 7, 1855. John Gault was reared on his father's farm, received an academic education, and for four winters was engaged in teaching school, spending his summers in farm work. He gave his whole attention to farming from 1862 until 1882, when he was elected County Commissioner, which office he filled two terms of three years each. As the incumbent of this office he performed his duty with such wisdom and judgment that it called forth praises from the press of both the Republican and Democratic parties. Mr. Gault owns 166 acres of land, and his career as a farmer has been one of marked success. He is a stanch Republican and an active member of the Presbyterian church, Mr. Gault was married September 5, 1861, to Miss Louisa M. Johnston, daughter of John and Caroline Johnston, and a sister of Judge Johnston of the Common Pleas Court of Mahoning county. She was killed in a railroad wreck near Rittman, Ohio, September 10, 1888. She had three children, as follows: Joseph J., born December 27, 1863, is married and living in Union county, Ohio; Lula 0., born April 9, 1873; and George F. A., born August 10, 1879. September 30, 1890, Mr. Gault wedded Mrs. Sarah J. Sampson, daughter of Elisha Davis. JOSIAH DANIEL STROUSE, a well- known and highly respected citizen of Cornersburgh, Ohio, has been identified with this place for a number of years. Indeed few citizens of Cornersburgh have done more to advance its interests than has Mr. Strouse. Of his life we present the following brief sketch: Josiah Daniel Strouse was born in Allentown, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, June 13,. 1830, son of Charles and Catherine (Cook) Strouse. Charles Strouse was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1804, and died January 31, 1887. He followed the trade of shoemaker all through life. It was in 1834 that he came to Ohio and settled in what was then Trumbull (now Mahoning) county, and in Cornersburgh he passed the rest of his life, with the exception of two years, when he was in Austintown township. From his early manhood he was a member of the Lutheran Church, was an active and earnest worker in the same, and contributed to all religious and charitable institutions as liberally as his means would admit. He was a great lover of his home and family, and in the midst of 522 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY his family circle he found his chief happiness. He had no political aspirations and never sought office, but he voted the Democratic ticket. For a number of years he served as Postmaster of Cornersburgh, this being the only public position he ever filled. His life was indeed an exemplary one, the memory of which will long.be fondly cherished not only by his immediate family but also by all who knew him. Of his good wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Cook, we record that she, too, was a native of Berks county, born in 1802, and that she died the same year her husband did. She was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church and her whole life was characterized by the sweetest Christian graces. This worthy couple had a family of ten children, viz.: Catherine, wife of William T. Cole, New Baltimore, Ohio; Susan, wife of Freeman Osborn, Youngstown, Ohio; Lucinda, wife of Daniel Oberlander, Canton, Ohio; William, who married Mary Strock, Ashtabula, Ohio; and Josiah D.; and those deceasedi are Mary, Frank, Owen W., Sarah, and an infant. At the age of thirteen the subject of our sketch began to learn the trade of shoemaker, under his father's instructions, and worked at that trade for several years, his father reaping the benefit of the young man's labor until the latter was twenty-one. In 1862 he opened a family grocery in Cornersburgh, and with the exception of about two years he has continued in this business here. He was appointed Postmaster under President Cleveland's first term, and held the office for five years, resigning when he moved to Canton, Ohio, where he operated a store during the two years above mentioned. During his residence in Cornersburgh he has erected three dwellings and one store building, having sold two of the former. He also owns both residence and business property in Canton, Ohio. In connection with his extensive grocery business, he also works some at his trade. He has always taken a great interest in the schools and churches of his town, and freely has he contributed of his means to their support. Indeed, any measure that has for its object the material, moral, educational or religious advancement of Cornersburgh is sure to find in him an earnest advocate. Mr. Strause was married April 23, 1853, to Miss Caroline Bury, born in New Portage, Summit county, Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel and Maria (Babb) Bury. They have had four children, namely: Flora A., deceased; Mary E., wife of Freeman P. Corel, Muskegon county, Michigan, has seven children,—Frances, Anna, Carry, Grace, Archie, Mary and Minnie; Cora F., wife of Dr. H. E. Blott, Youngstown, Ohio, has two children, Myron and an infant; Anna M., an accomplished young lady, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Strouse and all their children are members of the Reformed Church. DAVID HARMAN, of East Lewistown, Mahoning county, Ohio, was boru here in 1827, and has been identified with the interests of this county all his life. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Harman, and is one of a family of three children, the other two being Solomon and Mary C. His father was a weaver by trade, but was for many years engaged in farming and stock-raising, owning 181 acres of land. He was born in 1791, came to Ohio in 1802, and died in Mahoning county in 1848. His wife, born in 1797, died in 1866.. They were consistent members of the Lutheran Church, were people of high respectability, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 523 and occupied a prominent place among the pioneer settlers. Grandfather Harman went to Baltimore, this State, when that now thriving town contained only three houses. He owned a tract of land there, comprising 2,243 acres. David Harman was married in 1854 to Lydia Lechner, and of their three children we make record as follows: Mary C., born December 23, 1863, is the wife of John Cook, of Green township, Mahoning county; Ella, born August 7, 1867, is the wife of William Triplet; and John, born November 5, 1870, died December 12, that same year. Mr. Harman owns 184 acres of land, and has all his life been more or less engaged in agricultural pursuits. For thirty years he operated machines of various kinds, and for ten years he ran a cider mill. He has also been engaged in selling farm machinery. Mr. Harman's political views are in accord with Democratic principles, and he and his wife worship with the German Reformed Church, of which they are consistent members and liberal supporters. J. HOWARD EDWARDS, of Youngstown, Ohio, was born at Hubbard, Ohio, June 28, 1869. His paternal grandfather, Rev. John Edwards, was born in Wales in 1815. He came to America in 1846, locating in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, but in 1863 came to Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio, where he still resides. His son, David J. Edwards, was born in 1842, and received an academic education at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He entered the United States Army, in the One Hundred and .Thirty-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in which he served over one year. At the close of the war he located in Hubbard, Ohio, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1885, and since that time has resided in Youngstown. He has served several years as a township officer; in the fall of 1875 was elected by the Republican party as a member of the State Legislature; was re-elected in 1877; was elected Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of Ohio in 1879, and was also re-elected to that position. Mr.. Edwards was married July 4, 1867, to Miss Jane Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have two children : John Howard and Garfield Blaine. The latter was born in 1881. J. Howard Edwards, the subject of this sketch, gained a fair high-school education at Hubbard. At the age of twelve years he was a correspondent for the Warren Tribune, and during the ages of fifteen and sixteen years taught school in Trumbull county. Mr. Edwards afterward began to write for the Youngstown and Pittsburg daily papers; in 1886 accepted a position as reporter on the Youngstown Telegram; later was made city editor of the Youngstown Vindicator; afterward resumed his former position, and in April, 1892, was elected City Clerk of Youngstown. Although a Republican in politics, he was the recipient of both the Republican and Democratic votes. Socially, he is a Knight Templar Mason. REV. JOHN KLUTE, Pastor of Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Youngstown, Ohio, was born in Westphalia, Germany, October 17, 1847, a son of Henry and Gertrude Klute; his father died in 1883, at the age of eighty-four years, and the mother died in 1875, aged seventy- 524 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY one years. They reared a family of seven children, all of whom reside in Germany save Father Klute. He received his education in the college at Cologne, and when he had finished the course there he emigrated to America, landing on this soil June 4, 1870. In order to fit himself' for the high and holy work of the priesthood he entered St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio, and there pursued the philosophical and theological courses of study, and was ordained August 8, 1874. His first duty in the church was attending the missions in Paulding and Defiance counties, Ohio, and afterward he performed the same labors for the missions in Ottawa and Sandusky counties, Ohio. On May 22, 1880, he assumed the charge of the congregations at Hubbard and Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio, where his service proved most acceptable to his parishioners, and was looked upon with approval by the church. He was transferred to St. Joseph's Church, August 11, 1883, and since that time has resided in Youngstown. The congregation now numbers two hundred families and is increasing from year to year as the city adds to her population. During the past ten years Father Klute has accomplished a great work with the aid of his people; a new church edifice, situated on one of the best streets of the city (the corner of Wick and Rayen avenues), has been completed. This structure is of a good style of architecture, and is well finished and furnished throughout; it has a seating capacity of eight hundred. This congregation has also purchased an admirable site for a school building, and at the present time a three-story structure is in process of erection. When it is finished a school will be opened under the direction of Father Klute, with thoroughly competent instructors in all departments. This worthy man has not confined his labors to the material wants of his people, but has been a most safe and sympathetic guide and counselor to all who have sought his advice and aid. He is keenly alive to the necessities of the reforms of the day, and voices his sentitiments with no uncertain sound against the crying evils of the time. He is highly esteemed by the community as well as by his congregation, and the future presents a prospect of useful benefaction. REV. W. J. MANNING is the pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic), Youngstown, Ohio. He was born in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and is a son of Jane and Elizabeth (Murray) Manning. Father Manning received his early education in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later was a student in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio. He was ordained to the priesthood in that city in 1879. His first work was in Warren, Ohio, where he was the pastor from 1879 until 1882. He was then transferred to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Youngstown, Ohio. When he came to this charge the congregation was the only visible sign of the church. It is since his ministration that the church edifice, schoolhouse and priest's residence have been built. The church is 60 x 140 feet and has a seating capacity of 1,000; the school accommodates 450 pupils; the residence is finely situated west of the church, is a two-story structure of eleven rooms, built after a modern plan with all conveniences. This work has not been accomplished without great effort and reflects much credit upon the pastor.