OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 575 Emma, wife of Thomas Collins, lives in England; John, a resident of New Zealand; Eleanor, who died in childhood; Charles H., who forms the subject of this article; and Ellen, who resides near Bristol, England. Charles H. Webb received his education and learned the trade of blacksmith in his native land, and worked at his trade there until 1860, when he came to America. He spent about twelve months in Halifax, after which he followed the lakes six years in Canada. In 1867 he came to the United States, and until 1878 he made his home in Cleveland. That year he came to Youngstown, where he has since resided. His first business was nut-making, which trade he learned in Cleveland, and later he turned his attention to the mercantile business, in which he continued for over ten years, closing out in the spring of 1893. He was appointed Trustee in 1890, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Roston, deceased. He was elected the following year to fill a new term, has been re-elected since the spring of 1892, and is now serving his fourth year. Mr. Webb was married in October, 1866, to Mrs. Mary Fowler, widow of Charles Fowler, late of Canada. Her parents were James and Honor Davis, of Toronto, Canada, of which city Mrs. Webb is a native. Her father died in 1852, aged forty years, and her mother a year later, also at the age of forty. Both were members of the Episcopal Church. Mrs. Webb is one of a family of nine children, Elizabeth A., wife of Leonard Allestine, a resident of Cleveland, being the only one of her sisters living. By her former marriage Mrs. Webb has two children, Isabella and Fife Fowler Webb. The former is the wife of Frederick Donaldson, of Youngstown, and has four children: Mary Webb, Frederick Basby, Lulu Belle and Catherine Ruth. Fife Fowler Webb, a resident of Montreal, Canada, married a lady of that city, and they have two children, Isabella and Anna. Mr. Webb and his wife, and their children and grandchildren, are members of the Episcopal Church. While he takes little interest in political matters, he has always voted the Republican ticket. He has been identified with the growth and progress of the city since the day he located here, and is now one of its prominent and highly respected citizens. LOUIS WELLENDORF, who owns and operates a stone quarry, is one of the most enterprising German-American citizens of Youngstown, Ohio. Of his life we present the following resume: Louis Wellendorf was born in Germany, October 25, 1833. At the age of nineteen he severed the ties of home and native land and sailed for America, landing in Castle Garden without money and friendless. He was fortunate in securing employment at once. From time to time he worked his way westward, and in 1852 he engaged in contracting and building, which occupation claimed his attention for eight years. After that he farmed for three years. Then he went to New Castle, Pennsylvania, purchased a line of canal boats, and engaged in commercial transportation between Erie and Youngstown, also between Shenango and Youngstown. This business he followed profitably for a time, when he advantageously sold out, and engaged in the general merchandise business on Federal street in Youngstown. He continued in the merchandise business four years. Then he returned to farming, and for thirteen years was en- 576 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY gaged in agricultural pursuits. In the meantime he purchased sixty-three acres of land, now included within the city limits of Youngstown, and on this property he has since resided. In 1882 he opened up a valuable stone quarry on his premises, which he now operates, and from which a very fine quality of building stone is procured. Many of the best structures in Youngstown have been built from the stone of this quarry. It is located on Crab creek, thus being very convenient for the city trade. Mr. Wellendorf was first married in 1852, and the following year his wife died of cholera. After her death he returned to Germany, and while there, in 1857, married Miss Catherine Newman, a native of Germany. She became the mother of four children: Louis, who resides near his father, is married and has three children; Lena married Herman Bretzell, has four children, and resides at Coitsville, Ohio; Augusta has been twice married, first to Fred Schultz, by whom she had two children, and, secondly, to Henry Berndt, by whom she has three children; and Ferdinand, at home. Mr. Wellendorf has given his children all a good education, and has the satisfaction of seeing all of them occupying honorable and useful positions in life. Mrs. Wellendorf died January 25, 1888. She had a most amiable disposition, was a true Christian woman, and her friends were many. In 1889 Mr. Wellendorf's third marriage was consummated. This time he married Mrs. Charlotte Agness (Payne) Morse, widow of A. A. Morse, of New England. By her first husband she had four children, namely: Minnie, wife of A. S. Pinine, a prominent young hardware dealer of Erie, Pennsylvania; George, married and residing in Erie, is also- a prosperous business man; while the other children are deceased. Mrs. Wellendorf was born in Franklin county, New York, March 23, 1838, daughter of Samuel Payne. She is a graduate of one of the best New York schools, and is a lady of decided literary taste, being a contributor to a number of leading papers and magazines. Her home is richly furnished, is adorned with choice works of art and literature, and gives every evidence of culture and refinement. She is also a graduate in music. Most of her life has been spent in Erie, where she has a large circle of friends. Politically, Mr. Wellendorf is a Republican. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, while his wife is an Episcopalian. FRANK KNAUF, proprietor-of the Sunny Side Nursery, Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, has established one of the most important industries known to our civilization. He has five acres of choice land devoted to the culture of the finest varieties of apple, peach and pear trees, and no thriftier, better stock can be found in the State. He has made a special study of the climate and soil of the section from which he draws his patronage, and has built up a trade that he steadily retains from season to season. In addition to nursery business he has two hot-houses, each of them 20 x 50 feet, and cultivates the most rare and beautiful flowers, finding a ready market for his plants and cut flowers. He is a man of good business qualifications and strict integrity, and has the confidence of a wide commercial acquaintance. He was born in Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, Ohio, August 15, 1856, a son of Joseph and Hannah Knauf, who died at the age of fifty-six years in 1881; his mother OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 577 still survives and resides on the old homestead. Nicholas Knauf, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a Pennsylvanian by birth and an early settler of Green township, and here his son Joseph was born. Frank Knauf is one of a family of four sons and three daughters; he was reared to the life of a farmer, and attended the common schools of the neighborhood. As he came of age he continued his agricultural pursuits, and began to give his attention to the nursery business. Mr. Knauf was united in Marriage September 30, 1880, to Mary E. Winans, a daughter of Homer and Mary Winans; her father is deceased, and her mother resides in this township. Mr. and Mrs. Knauf are the parents of two children, Frank Herbert and Nellie M. In politics, Mr. Knauf affiliates with the Republican party, and has served his township as Trustee with marked ability. DR. JOSEPH P. CESSNA, a highly respected citizen of Canfield, Ohio, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1825, a son of William Cessna, a native of Connecticut and a son of John Cessna, who was born in England, and emigrated to America, locating in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, before the war of the Revolution. William Cessna received a thorough education in his youth, and at the age of twenty-four years was united in marriage to Nancy Elizabeth Barnes of Maryland, although her native city was Boston; her father was William Charles Barnes, an English officer of rank. William and Elizabeth Cessna had a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters. One son, John Cessna, removed to Mahoning county in 1829, and was successfully engaged in raising live-stock until his death, in 1890. William Cessna was a man of broad intelligence and became a conspicuous figure in both political and educational circles in Bedford county, Pennsylvania; he served as County Recorder, and for years was a teacher in the Bedford Academy; his children had superior advantages in acquiring an education. He died at time age of sixty-two years, while his wife survived to the age of eighty-five years. Joseph P. Cessna spent his boyhood and youth in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and at the early age of sixteen years was engaged in teaching school. He was one of the most efficient instructors in Bedford county, where he remained until 1847. He then removed to Seneca county, Ohio, and fur five years continued teaching. He also gave consider able time to the study of medicine, and later became a student in the Cleveland Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1851 with the degree of M. D. He practiced in Seneca county, Ohio, from 1851 to 1855, thence moving to Kalamo, Eaton county, Michigan. Here he was interrupted by the call to defend the nation's flag. Together with his neighbors he organized two independent companies of cavalry. He served as Lieutenant, and was afterward transferred to the medical department, and remained till the fall of 1865, when he was mustered out at Raleigh, South Carolina. When the war was ended he returned to Michigan and resumed his professional duties. In 1876, he went to Noble county, Indiana, and in 1885 came to Canfield, Ohio. Here he has since resided. He has not practiced for the past sixteen years. Our subject was married May 31, 1885, in Painesville, Lake county, Ohio, to Elizabeth 518 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY K. Bowman, who was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, a daughter of Josiah Bowman, deceased, who was a son of Christian Bowman, a son of Phillip Bowman, who settled in Green township, Mahoning county, in 1806. Christian Bowman married Elizabeth Kreggor, and to them were born four sons and two daughters. Josiah Bowman married Sarah Strawn, who was born in Goshen township, Mahoning county, Ohio, and is now living, at the age of seventy-nine years; they had a family of five children: Allen, Elizabeth K., wife of our subject, Anna E., Amelia and Jefferson. Mrs. Cessna has been very active in carrying forward the great work of temperance reform, and was one of the pioneer crusaders in 1873. She is one of the prominent members of the W. C. T. U., and has served as President of the county organization. Mr. Cessna joined the Washingtonians at New Albany, Ohio, early in the '40s, under the influence of John Campbell, father of Walter Campbell, a highly esteemed citizen of Youngstown, Ohio. He is now an ardent supporter of the Prohibition movement. He and his wife are consistent members of the Congregational Church. GIDEON CRUM, who is ranked with the representative farmers of Austintown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, is a native of this place, and a member of a large pioneer family. He was born March 24, 1627, son of John and Katie Crum, of Austintown, the names of their nine children being as follows: Eli, Gideon, Mary, Susan, Levi, Margaret, Sarah, Amanda and John. Six of this number are still living. John Crum came from Pennsylvania to Ohio when he was four years old, and here he spent the rest of his life engaged in farming and stock-raising on his large farm of 231 acres. He did an extensive cattle business at an early day, buying up cattle in this part of the country, and driving them to Eastern markets. Politically, he was a Democrat, and for a number of years filled the office of Township Trustee. He and his wife were active members of the Reformed Church, and contributed liberally toward its support, and also various charitable purposes. He died in 1873. Gideon Crum was married September 7, 1848, to Amanda Gilbert, of Canfield, Ohio, daughter of Samuel and Mary Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert had four children, the other three being Rebecca, Solomon and Levi. Mr. Gilbert died July 1, 1833, and his widow survived him until 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Crum have three children: William E., Eliza A., and Charles W. All are married and settled in homes of their own. William E. wedded Amy Crum, and has five children: Eliza A. is the wife of G. Handwork, and has three children; and Charles W. married Miss Lucy Yeager, of Canfield. Mr. Crum owns eighty-eight acres of fine farming land, and divides his attention between general farming and stock-raising. He and his wife are active members of the Reformed Church. They are among the leading families in their vicinity. . WILLIAM COOPER, one of the respected citizens of Coitsville township, Mahoning county, Ohio, is located on a small tract of fine farming land, and is successfully engaged in farming and stock- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 579 raising. During his early life he was engaged in teaching here for ten years, and is well-known throughout this vicinity. Mr. Cooper was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, in the year 1825; son of David and Rebecca Cooper. His father, one of the early settlers of this part of Ohio, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1762; was married in 1807, and died in 1855. He was a Democrat in politics, and both he and his were members of the United Presbyterian Church. William Cooper was married in 1853, to Sarah J. Dickson. A record of their children is as follows: D. S., born in 1854, married a Miss Silic; Martha R., born 1857, is the wife of Dr. F. L. Round; Evaline A., born in 1.859, is the wife of Fyndale Palmer; Jane I., born in 1863; James A., 1866; John Q., 1868; and Clara B., born in 1873, died in 1878. Mrs. Cooper was born 1835, and died in 1891. She was a devoted Christian woman and was for many years an active member of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cooper is a stanch Republican, and for eight years has served as Township Clerk. WILLIAM KIRK, one of the promiment men and prosperous farmers of Mahoning county, Ohio, is a resident of Boardman township. He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1825, son of John and Ann (Chapman) Kirk, who were of Irish extraction. He received a fair education in his youth, and when he was married, in 1846, started out in life without capital. His present prosperity is the result of his own unaided efforts. For twenty years he was engaged in the coal business, in which he was very successful, and for a number of years past has devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. He now owns 100 acres of land, and is in good circumstances. Mr. Kirk married Menerva A. Ruggles, who was born in Broome county, New York, but who, at the time of her marriage, was a resident of Wellsville, Ohio, she having removed to this State in 1835. They became the parents of four children, as follows: Marintha A., wife of North Newton; Laura E., wife of Lyman Fredrick; Willard C., who married Ida E. Hahn; and Mary L., wife of James Shay. Mrs. Kirk is a daughter of Nathaniel and Marintha (Watrous) Ruggles, and is one of a family of five children. We record that her forefathers were formerly from Wales,—the Watrouses and Weltons. Two brothers (Watrouses) emigrated to this country two hundred and fifty years ago, and settled in Saybrook, Connecticut. John Welton and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Upson, came over to this country in the Mayflower in the year 1667, and settled in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1669. Both the Watrouses and the Weltons belonged to the Church of England, and they were not very forward in opposing the English Government. Grandfather John Watrous was crippled in one hand, and could not enter muster. He, with his family, moved from Connecticut to New York, and settled near Windsor, in Broome county,when he bought a large tract of land. He was engaged in farming and stock-raising all his life. He lived to a good old age, respected by all who knew him. He and his wife reared a family of ten children, all good citizens, one son an eminent physician, and all members of church except one. Marintha Watrous married Nathaniel Ruggles greatly in opposition to her parents, they 580 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY thinking he would not accumulate property and provide for a family. He, however, proved to be a successful man, being for a number of years engaged in farming and stock-raising in New York, and also doing a successful business in rafting in that State. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Both he and his wife were identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were noted for their deeds of charity. Mr. Kirk was a Union soldier in the 0\41 war. Since the war he has affiliated with the Republican party, and has taken an active interest in local affairs. He has served as Assessor four times; has filled the office of Supervisor, and, at this writing is a director of the Mahoning County Infirmary. Mrs. Kirk is a member of the Christian Church. ALLEN CALVIN has been identified with the milling interests of Mahoning county since 1880, and has attracted a large patronage to Canfield, where he has one of the best equipped mills in this section of country. He is a native of Mahohing county, Ohio, born August 19, 1842, a son of Robert and Jane. (McBride) Calvin, natives of Ohio and Virginia respectively. Robert Calvin was born August 22, 1800, and died in the month of May, 1880; his wife was born in 1815, and survived him but two weeks; he was one of the most successful farmers in Green township, and was highly respected in the community. He reared a family of nine children, seven of whom are still living. Dr. A. W. Calvin, the fourth son, was engaged in the practice of his profession in Canfield ; after attending some very malignant cases of diphtheria in 1881 he was stricken with the disease, which proved fatal. Allen Calvin received his education in the common schools of this county, and was reared to the occupation of a farmer, following this vocation until 1871, when he engaged in the milling business. In 1863 he removed to Illinois, but returned to his home after a year; at the end of another twelvemonths he went back to Illinois and there resided until 1880. He was united in marriage in 1868 to Miss Julia E. Reese, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Elias Reese, one of the most prominent millers and lumbermen of Pennsylvania; Mr. Reese removed to Kansas in 1870 and there passed the remainder of his life; his death occurred in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin had born to them a family of three children: Cora Lee, who died in her sixth year, Eva Laura and Jo. Mrs. Calvin died a few weeks after her little daughter, in November, 1874. Upon his return to Ohio in 1880 Mr. Calvin continued his milling operations in partnership with Joseph Stafford, until 1888, when he purchased Mr. Stafford's interest. He conducted a very profitable and satisfactory business with the old-style mill until 1893, when he remodeled and refitted his establishment with a new and complete roller process, with a daily capacity between fifty and sixty barrels; they can also grind at the same time 100 bushels of corn. Situated in the midst of a fertile, wheat-growing country, they have drawn a large patronage, and by strictly correct business methods have retained the good will of all with whom they have had dealings.. Mr. Calvin was married a second time in 1885, being united with Mrs. Mary E. Fowler, a daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Frethy of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Calvin is a worthy member of the Presbyterian Church. The children, Eva L. and OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 581 Jo, are graduates of the Canfield Normal School. Politically Mr. Calvin adheres to the principles of the Democratic party, but takes little interest in the issues of that body. Ile is a member of the I. O. O. F. and has been a faithful officer in the subordinate lodge. WADE E. SIMONS, wholesale butcher, Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio, is one of the enterprising young business men of the town. The following facts in regard to his life have been gleaned for publication. Wade E. Simons was born in Boardman township, Mahoning county, Ohio, February 20, 1857, son of Jesse and Betsey (William. son) Simons. Jesse Simons, also a native of Boardman township, was born in 1828, and in that township he grew to manhood, and was married. He still resides there, owning and occupying a fine farm. Jacob Simons, the father of Jesse, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day, where he bought a farm and spent the remainder of his life, dying about 1862. He was one of the leading men of his day. Politically, he was first a Whig and afterward a Free-soiler. He was a member of the German Lutheran Church. His wife, Elizabeth Stemple by maiden name, was a native of Virginia, and they were married here in Ohio. She, too, was a Lutheran. The grandparents owned and lived upon the farm, 151 acres, which is now occupied by our subject's father. They settled here when this was all dense forest, and there were few hardships and privations through which they did not pass. Grandmother Simon was a woman of marked intelligence and good education, and was for a number of years engaged in teaching school, the schoolhouse in which she taught being one of the first in the township. During the sugar-making season in the early pioneer days, it was no unusual thing for her to boil sugar water until midnight, and rock her baby in a sap trough, while the howling wolves made music near by. She made several trips back to Virginia on horseback, on one occasion riding a young horse that had never before been ridden, and carrying her babe in her arms. Once, while fording a river, her horse fell in the middle of a the stream, and at another time, while following a mountain pass, it stumbled, and was precipitated a distance of twenty feet. She, however, was not hurt. She could spin and weave, and was familiar with every phase of pioneer life. She survived her husband several years, and died about 1878, when near ninety. After Grandfather Simons' death, Jesse succeeded to the home farm. He is one of a family of four sons and five daughters, all honorable and upright citizens. Lydia, wife of Elias Rupert, died in Indiana in 1876; Delila, wife of George Wormly, died in Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1870; Saloma, who married Moses Webber, lives in Boardman township, near the old Simons homestead; Salinda, wife of John Shafer, lives in Indiana; David, at one time Auditor of Mahoning county, is deceased; Levi, for many years a minister of the Disciple Church, and a pioneer of Wood county, Ohio, is still living; Gideon, also a resident of Wood county; and Boardman. The Simonses are of German descent, and the children were educated in German schools. Jesse Simons never attended an English school a day in his life. It was German that Grandmother Simons taught. The mother of our subject was born in Youngstown. She is a sister of Joseph Williamson, one of the prominent men of 582 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY this place. Mr. and Mrs. Simons have had six children, three of whom survive. Both parents are members of the Disciple Church. Wade E. Simons was reared on his father's farm, and his district-school education was supplemented by a commercial course in a business college at Youngstown. He was married, in the fall of 1880, to Miss Mary Gilby, who was born in England in 1855, daughter of C. Gilby. When she was two years old her parents emigrated to Canada, where, soon afterward, her mother died. The father and little girl then came to Youngstown, Ohio, where he followed teaming and farming. His death occurring not long afterward, little Mary found a home in the family of Henry Osborn. She is the only daughter in a family of five children. Mr. and Mrs. Simons have two children: Walter G., born in January, 1884, and Ethel, in September, 1886. He and his wife are members of the Disciple .Church. Mr. Simons began dealing in stock before he reached his majority, carrying on the stock business in connection with farming, and finally merged his operations entirely into the stock business. For some time he lived at thy, old homestead, and then he bought a corner of the farm, the place on which he now lives; borrowing the money to pay for it. This debt, $1,100, he has since paid off. In partnership with another party, he put up the Youngstown stockyards, where he sold cattle on foot, and where he also killed and dressed beeves for market. A year later he disposed of his interest in the company and engaged In business for himself. From time to time he has increased his facilities, is now well equipped for carrying on the slaughter business on an immense scale, and is doing a large wholesale business. He has built large sheds, has everything conveniently ar ranged, and dresses no less than twenty beeves per week besides other stock. Be is located a mile and three-quarters from Youngstown, on the Flint Hill road, where he owns seventeen acres of land. He not only sells his product to dealers here, but he also makes shipments to other points, receiving much of his stock from Chicago. DR. HENRY HARRIS, a retired druggist and grocer of Ashtabula, Ohio, who was for twelve years Postmaster of that city, a gentleman widely known and highly esteemed for his many estimable qualities, was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, June 24, 1805. His ancestors were early settlers of America, the paternal grandfather of Dr. Harris having been born in Providence, Rhode Island, April 3, 1752. He was for many years in charge of an extensive linen factory in Smithfield, from which point linen goods were exported to all parts of the world. He was religiously a Quaker and opposed to all warfare, in consequence of which he did not participate in the Revolutionary war. He was married in 1779 to Hepsibah Bunker, whose ancestors were French and originally spelled their name " Bonquor." They had nine children: David F., father of the subject of this sketch; Hannah, the first, born June 3, 1783; Sarah, born August 28, 1784; William, the first, born December 1, 1781; William, the second, born December 28, 1785; Joseph, December 26, 1787; Daniel, the first, August 23, 1789; Hannah, the second, May 27, 1791; Samuel, May 7, 1793; and Daniel, the second, October 23, 1795. David F. Harris, father of Dr. Harris of this notice, was born August 17, 1780, and December 31, 1800, was mar- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 583 ried to Lydia Streeter, born January 27, 1783. The father was a Quaker in religious faith and a farmer by occupation. He removed from Rhode Island to Dutchess county, New York, when the subject of this sketch was an infant, and when the latter was fourteen years of age his parents settled in Saybrook township, the same county. Here the father followed fanning until elected Postmaster of Saybrook, in which latter position he efficiently served for many years. He died as he had lived, a consistent Christian gentleman, universally beloved and respected, his death occurring in 1848, when he was little more than sixty-eight years of age. The devoted wife and mother died February 11, 1837. They had nine children: Edward, born October 3, 1801; Sophia, October 10, 1803; Henry, the subject of this sketch; Samuel, January 2, 1807; Rufus, December 25, 1809; Paul B., August 9, 1812; Beulah Ann, January 6, 1815; Hepsibah H., January 29, 1817; and Rhoda, December 13, 1819. Edward, the oldest born, became the celebrated manufacturer of woolen goods, known as the Harris cassimeres, his factory being in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He amassed great wealth in this business and died in 1873. Samuel, another brother, was also a woolen manufacturer, first at Leeds and later at Catskill, New York. Rufus was a farmer, and Paul was for many years a merchant in Ashtabula, Ohio. The early life of the subject of this sketch was passed in Saybrook, New York, where he received his education. His first business experience was as a clerk in the store of D. I. Boyd & Company, when there was but three stores in Saybrook. He was thus engaged until 1829, when he formed a partnership in the merchandise business with Levi Jenks, with whom he continued until 1830. Young Harris then joined the western tide of emigration, coming to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he entered the drug and grocery business, in which he was successfully engaged until 1842. He then began traveling and selling medicine from a wagon, establishing agencies wherever he went. He was thus employed five years, traveling in the meantime all over the States of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Missouri. At the end of this time, in 1848, he returned to Ashtabula and for a number of years was not engaged in any business except settling up his father's estate. In 1861 he was appointed Postmaster of Ashtabula and capably filled this position twelve years, when he was succeeded by Joseph F. Sexton, now at Spokane Falls, Washington. Since leaving the post office he has been in business but two years, during which time he was railway mail clerk between Ashtabula and New Castle, Pennsylvania. With an ample income assured him, the necessity for further exertion is eliminated, and the Doctor is enjoying in retirement those pursuits which he finds most congenial. December 2, 1851, Dr. Harris was married in Bloomfield, Wisconsin, to Miss Mary S. Whittier, a native of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and a relative of the celebrated American poet, John G. Whittier. They have had six children: Ella, born September 18, 1852, married Joseph F. Sexton and has two children: Mary Louise and Katie; Emma, born November 29,1853, died young; Harriet, born June 24, 1855, also died young; Henry Fremont, born September 25, 1856, now lives in Warren and is editor of the Daily and Weekly Tribune of that city. He married, on March 16, 1881, Bessie Isabel Darling, of Elyria, Ohio, and they have one child: William Russell. Antoinette, born 584 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY February 25, 1857, died young; Walter Whittier, born February 21, 1867, is single and is employed in the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad office at the harbor. The Doctor is public-spirited and progressive in disposition and takes a deep interest in the welfare of Ashtabula, to the advancement of which he has materially contributed. SIMON MILLER, a respected and prosperous farmer of Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Newton township, same county, December 26, 1833, and is the son of Samuel and Nancy (Hudson) Miller. Samuel was a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Little York, the son of Leonard Miller, who came to Ohio as early as 1804, settling in Newton township, where he purchased a tract of land consisting of 640 acres, which he improved. Of this tract Samuel received 180 acres, which he cultivated to the time of his death, in September, 1856. He and his wife, Nancy, had eight children: Sarah Ann, Lucretia, Horace, Nancy, Mary E., Simon (whose name heads this sketch), Eliza, and Leonard D. Of these the living  are Lucretia, Mary E., Simon, Eliza, and Leonard. Simon's early life was spent on his father's farm and at the country school, being an industrious and good son. He received a certain partition of his father's estate, and that, in connection with what he afterward obtained from a brother and uncle, makes his holdings in landed property now 200 acres, which he has brought into a state of fine cultivation. He has added to the value and attractiveness of this farm by the erection of a fine dwelling-house, commodious barns and out-buildings, etc. He carries on a general farming, raising the cereals and giving considerable attention to stock. Mr. Miller was married, June 3, 1858, to Lucina Wright, and their only child is Elmer, who is now in Pueblo, Colorado. Mrs. Miller died January 28, 1867, and Mr. Miller, for his second wife, wedded Seleta A. Coe, a daughter of E. P. and Julia A. (Holcomb) Coe, the marriage occurring October 13, 1867. By this marriage there were three children: Ora, who was born September 9, 1872, and died November 10, 1892; an infant who died unnamed; and Grace. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Congregational Church, of which they are liberal supporters. In politics Mr. Miller is a Democrat. HENRY E. HALL, of Youngstown, Ohio, is a man whose success in life entitles him to a place among the representative citizens of his county. A brief sketch of his life as prepared for publication is as follows: Henry E. Hall was born in Stark county, Ohio, August 24, 1832, son of George and Elizabeth (Wright) Hall. George Hall was born in Norfolkshire, England, in 1791, and came with his parents to the United States in 1795. John Hall, the father of George, who married Judith Hastings, a relative of Warren Hastings, Governor General of India, opened a general merchandise store near Philadelphia soon after his arrival in this country, and some time later his partner started for New York to buy goods, taking with him $40,000. Neither the partner nor the money was ever afterward heard of. Having met with this loss, John Hall then OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 585 removed to Stark county, Ohio, where he spent the residue of his life. He and his wife had seven children, of whom we record that William was a prominent Baptist preacher; John was a wealthy farmer and stock-raiser; George, the father of our subject, -was a farmer and a stock-raiser, and was also largely interested in contracting, having a contract on the Ohio canal between Portsmouth and Cleveland; Edward was for many years Judge of the Court in Holmes county, Ohio; Samuel was a farmer and owned a fine farm underlaid with coal in Stark county, Ohio; Ann was the wife of Curtis Downs; Judith was the wife of John Barber. All of the above are deceased. George Hall was in politics a Whig, and his religious views were those of a freethinker. He was well posted on general topics, and especially on, the Bible, and was fearless in expressing his opinion. He and his wife had a family of nine children, namely: John, a resident of Youngstown, Ohio: Salina, wife of Henry Paunds, resides in Doniphan county, Kansas; Alexander, a resident of Akron, Ohio; Henry E., whose name appears at the head of this article; and William, Matilda, Elizabeth Ann, George W. and an infant, all deceased. Henry E. Hall lived on the farm with his parents until he was fifteen years old. At that early age he went to Akron, Ohio, to learn the trade of butcher under the instructions of his brother, and was there about two years in company with his brother John; he then opened up a butcher shop in Massillon. When Henry E. was eighteen years old he had $23.50, and in three months he cleared $300, and in less than three years he was worth $3,000. In 1856 he went to Cincinnati and in company with his brother-in-law, Thomas J.. White, he opened a grocery and provision store, which, however, they only operated for a few months. As Mr. Hall saw he was losing money there he sold out, returned to Massillon, and again we find him running a meat market at the latter place. He remained in Massillon until 1860. That year he came to Youngstown, and here he has since made his home. Upon coming here he purchased the lot now occupied by Peter Dreible's sons, paying $25 per foot for it, its location being on West Federal street, and here he started the first daily meat market that was ever run in Youngstown. He continued to operate it for seven years, was very successful all the time, and at the end of the seven years sold his lot for $350 per foot. As showing the rate of increase in property here, we state that this lot is now valued at $1,000 per foot. At present Mr. Hall lives on his little farm of twenty-seven acres, a part of which is inside the city limits. Among the improvements in this place we note four greenhouses, about 800 peach trees, two apple orchards and a nice vineyard, besides the comfortable residence and good barn. Mr. Hall also owns 600 acres of highly-improved farming land in Maryland, located sixteen miles from Baltimore and twenty-four from Washington, D. C. On this place are 6,000 peach trees, 500 pear trees and a large vineyard. In addition to the enterprises mentioned, Mr. Hall has been interested with others in prospecting by drilling for coal and oil on more than fifty firms in Ohio and Pennsylvania; he has superintended the opening of two coal banks in which he was a partner, one a shaft and the other a slope of 450 feet. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Hall married Elizabeth Eleanor White, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Joseph W. White. They had eight children, viz.: Charles; 586 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Joseph E., who married Ada Hollingsworth, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland, their children being Eddie and Eleanor; Frank, who assists his father on the farm, married Julia C. Spaw, and has two children, Henry and Estella; Harry H., who lives with his father and has charge of the greenhouses; and George A., Elmer E., Mary B. and Arthur W., deceased. The mother of these children died in 1873. She was a devoted Christian woman, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was loved by all who knew her. To her aid and sympathy Mr. Hall attributes much of his success in the accumulation of property. His second marriage was to Margaret Catherine Peters, a native of Pennsylvania. She died March 9, 1884, leaving three children,—Nellie N., Fred W. and Bessie B. She, too, was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and her life was characterized by many sweet Christian graces. MYRON C. WICK.—That the history of a nation is the history of its people has been amply demonstrated in the lives of many of .the prosperous and influential citizens of all ages. Especially is this true of Youngstown, Ohio, which has been most marvelously built up by the exertions of a few of its leading citizens, among whom Myron C. Wick occupies a prominent and leading position. Mr. Wick, the President of the Union Iron and Steel Company, director in the First National Bank of Youngstown, director in the Ohio Iron and Steel Company, of the Ohio Steel Company, and of the Stambaugh-Thompson Company, is interested in the Wick Brothers Bank of Youngstown, and in the gas and electric-light companies of the city. He is also interested in a large hardware store at Wallace, Idaho, and in several silver mines at the same place, in all of his transactions there being displayed the same energetic and progressive methods which have characterized his business operations from the outset. Mr. Wick is a native of the city, having been born here May 9, 1848, a son of Paul and Susan A. Wick, of whom an extended notice is given elsewhere in these pages. The primary education of our subject was received in his native town. Later he attended and completed the preparatory course of the Western Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio, but did not remain to enter the Freshman year. He then clerked for several years for Wick Brothers & Co., when he became a member of the banking firm of Wick, Bentley & Co. at Niles, remaining in this connection from 1869 to 1871. At the latter date he became teller in the Wick Brothers bank, where he remained for six years, but, his wife's health failing, he removed with his family to Florida, where he spent a year. The next removal was made to Kansas, where he engaged in handling cattle, but returned to Youngstown in 1879, since which time he has been engaged in the iron trade at Girard, first buying stock in Corn's Iron Company, which he later sold and became one of the creditors commissioned to take charge of the business of Cartwright, McCurdee & Co., who had become insolvent and were working under an extension. He was made president and general manager of the company, with the privilege of taking a quantity of the stock, provided he straightened out the financial difficulties of the corporation. Possessing unusual business ability, he accepted the position and remained the president of the company until July, 1892, when the Cartwright & McCurdee Company consolidated OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 587 with the Youngstown Iron and Steel Company, under the corporate name of the Union Iron and Steel Company, of which he was made president. He has since remained in that capacity, giving the most entire and uniform satisfaction to all parties concerned. Mr. Wick was married to Miss Susie T. Winchell, of Cincinnati, a daughter of George D. and Susan Winchell, by whom he had one child, Laura, now a pupil at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mrs. Wick died in Florida, January 7, 1880, having been a faithful and devout member of the Presbyterian Church. The second marriage of Mr. Wick occurred November 30, 1882, to Miss Elizabeth G. Bonne11, a daughter of William Bonnell, of whom an extended notice is given elsewhere in this volume. The children of this marriage are: Helen, born April 11, 1884, died October 24, 1888; Philip, Paul and Myron C., Jr. So deeply did the parents and friends mourn the loss of little Helen that Mr. Wick erected a Sunday-school building on the corner of Wood and Champion streets, which was dedicated to her memory. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wick are steadfast and earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, in which organization they are faithful and enterprising workers. Since attaining his majority Mr. Wick has been prominently identified with the Republican party, and is a supporter of its candidates upon all occasions. Progressive in all his ideas, he favors the most advanced methods in all educational matters, while his religious beliefs are liberal in all things. Genial and hospitable by nature, Mr. Wick has attached -to him a wide circle of warm friends who fully recognize the sterling integrity of character which marks the man. In his pursuit of wealth Mr. Wick has not allowed the golden glitter to blind his eyes to the wants of his fellow-travelers, but has liberally and generously given of his store not only to further public enterprises that would redound to his honor, but also to private individuals whose path through life he has made much smoother and easier. The success which now crowns his efforts has been most honestly and justly attained, and with it has come the esteem and confidence of the entire community. JAMES P. WILSON.—Although still in the prime of life, the subject of this sketch, James P. Wilson, has already attained a most enviable position as a jurist, his logical arguments before the court winning him a distinction in his profession that is seldom gained as early in life. Mr. Wilson was born in Lyons, Iowa, February 6, 1857, a son of James T. and Harriet P. (Hawes) Wilson, both natives of Ohio. Mr. Wilson, Sr., the father, was admitted to the bar of Cuyahoga county in 1850, and practiced law at Cleveland, Ohio, for five years, after which he engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits at Lyons, Iowa, until the outbreak of the war. After that great struggle was over he returned to Cleveland, where he remained until his death in 1887, at the age of fifty-eight years. While in Lyons he held the office of Mayor of the city, in addition to several other elective positions under the municipal government of Cleveland, and in all his connections he proved himself a most efficient and capable official. While practicing his profession in Cleveland, he formed a partnership with Jarvis McAdams, the firm being regarded as one of the strongest in the city. Mr. Wilson was regarded as a man of sound judgment and excellent business abil- 588 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ity, and was very prominent in the development of the building-stone industry at Amherst and Berea, being considered an authority on all matters relating to this branch of activity. Three children were born to himself and wife, namely: James P., our subject; David H. and William R.; David 11. now resides in New York city, being engaged as the manager of a large theatrical company, and is also an actor of high ability, being well known in Youngstown where he has produced a number of successful plays. He was a graduate of the Central high school of Cleveland, and married Miss Helen Windsor. The youngest son, Mr. William R. Wilson, graduated at the Central high school of Cleveland, and later married Miss Adalaide Moores, of Ashland, Ohio. He is now living in New York city, being engaged in journalistic work in connection with the the New York Sun as a special writer, and for the last two years has been connected with the New York Herald as telegraphic editor. All his leisure time, however, is devoted to composing dramas, and he has written a number of successful ones that have been introduced in New York city, and are now being presented on the stage throughout the country. Among those which have been most successful are "Among the Pines," "The Inspector," "Great Gotham," "The Lion and the Lamb," "The Signal Man" and "The Man about Town." Mrs. Wilson, the mother of our subject, is still alive, residing in Cleveland, Ohio. She was born in 1833, a daughter of Isaiah and Polly (Ramney) Hawes, natives of England, who upon coming to this country settled in Connecticut, thence coming to Geauga county, being among the early pioneers of that section. Mrs. Wilson is a most estimable lady and has been prominently connected with many of the charitable institutions of Cleveland. She is independent in her religious belief, and very outspoken in the advocacy of her views, having faith based upon clear evidence of the life beyond. Noted for her social qualities, Mrs. Wilson is beloved by all who know her. The Christian example she sets is one worthy of emulation. Our subject, James P. Wilson, was educated in the public schools of Cleveland, graduating from the Central high school, in 1875, after which he studied law with Judge Rufus P. Ramney, for one year, in Cleveland. He then took a special course at Columbia and a two-years course at the Law School of Columbia College, at New York city, and was admitted to practice at the bar in New York State in 1878, and to the bar of Ohio in the same year, since which time he has been engaged in the pursuit of his profession in Youngstown. Upon locating in this city he formed a partnership with his uncle, D. M. Wilson, which continued until the latter's death, since which time he has been associated with the ex-mayor W. J. Lawthers, the firm making a specialty of railroad law. Mr. Wilson has represented the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railway Company for Ohio during the past eight years and has rendered important service in the legal department of that company. His thorough knowledge of the law, gained by studious application to his specialty, combined with his exceptional intellectual abilities, have won success for him more especially in the higher courts. The marriage of Mr. Wilson occurred ill 1887, to Francis E. Patton, daughter of Thomas Patton, of Newark, Ohio, the former editor and proprietor of the Youngstown Vindicator, a most worthy, able and estimable gentleman. Three children have been born by this marriage, namely: Richard Bartley, named for his maternal great-grandfather, ex- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 589 governor and ex-senator, who afterward became Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio; Jamel, Taylor, and Harold James. Mr. Wilson is a Democrat in politics. In addition to his other labors, Mr. Wilson has been dramatic correspondent of the New York Mirror for a number of years and has made a special study of dramatic literature of the better 'sort. Social by nature, he is a member of the order of Elks. Throughout his entire life he has shown a spirit of fairness and independence in both thought and action; and to a full and exact knowledge of law, and a singular mental aptitude for its practice, he has joined a generous scholarship and wide literary culture, and his style at the bar is marked by accuracy of statement, fluency and keen analysis, as well as by precision and vigor. Mr. Wilson has the student habit and is a wide and discriminating reader. His relations with the members of his profession have been for the most part pleasant and agreeable. ASAHEL W. JONES, one of the ablest i lawyers and distinguishe citizens of Ohio, was born in Johnsonville, Trumbull county, Ohio, September 18, 1838, and is descended from one of the first families that settled in Trumbull county. His paryits were William P. anparentsJ. (Bond) Jones. The mother was born at Avon Springs, New York, February 26, 1816, and emigrated to Hartford, Ohio, in 1833. She died in Youngstown, Ohio, in March, 1882. Two Bond families, one from England and one from Ireland, were among the early emigrants to America, and it is uncertain to which of these families Mrs. Jones owes her descent. The father of our subject was born at Hartford, Trumbull county, July 11, 1814, a son - 39 - of William C. Jones, who emigrated from Barkhamstead, Connecticut, in 1802, to Hartford, Trumbull county, Ohio, and there erected the second cabin in Hartford township. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and took part in the battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga. His death occurred in 1841. Mr. Jones' children were: William P., Selden C., Dr. Asahel, Amelia, Sally and Allen. The father of William C. Jones, Captain Israel Jones, was a grandson of Benjamin Jones, of Welsh origin, and who was probably the parent tree of the family in America. He first resided at Enfield, Connecticut, but in 1706 became the first settler of Somers, that State. Captain Israel Jones removed from Enfield to Barkhamstead, Connecticut, and became the second settler in the township in which that city is located. He established his home on East mountain, and the farm still remains in the possession of his descendants. Asahel W. Jones, the subject of this mem,. oir, was reared to fmem-ife, and received a fair education. He read law in the office of Curtis & Smith, at Warren, Ohio, and was there admitted to the bar, September 27, 1859, when ju6st past twenty-one yearjustage. Since 1864 he has followed the practice of law in Youngstown. In 1868 he was appointed to fill an unexpired term as Prosecuting Attorney for Mahoning county, and later was elected to that office. In 1874 Mr. Jones took an active part in the organization of the Second National Bank of Youngstown, since which time he has been one of its Directors. He also has been more or less interested in iron and other industries, but for the greater part has devoted his time and energies to the practice of law, in which he has enjoyed a large and lucrative patronage, his practice now being in the main confined 590 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY to railroads and other corporations. He is a member of the law firm of Jones & Anderson, which is one of the strongest firms in the State. September 24, 1861, Mr. Jones was married, at Hampton, Geauga county, Ohio, to Miss Annette J. Palmer, who was born at Kingsville, Ashtabula county, this State, June 23, 1840. In political matters our subject is a stanch Republican, arid, although not an office-seeker, has been active as a worker for his party. In 1889 his friends urged his name as one worthy of the nomination on the Republican ticket for Governor, and he received a strong support. Mr. Jones is a Knight Templar Mason, and sustains high social relations. LEONARD HOLLOWAY, a prominent furniture merchant and the popular Township Clerk of Niles, Ohio, was born on a farm in Columbiana county, this State, February 27, 1844, in the old log cabin erected in the early part of the nineteenth century by his grandfather, whose residence it was for many years and where the father of the subject of this sketch was born about 1821. Ephraim Holloway, grandfather of Mr. Holloway of this notice, was the first of the family to come to Ohio. He came from near Norristown, Pennsylvania, and was an old-fashioned English Quaker of the style of William Penn, whose whole nature was predominated by the characteristics of industry, honesty and piety. He came to Ohio about 1803, settling in the woods of Columbiana county, where he built the little log cabin previously referred to. He was the father of eight children. His death occurred in 1856 on the old homestead, his loss being universally lamented. Jacob Holloway, father of the subject of this sketch, was reared on the homestead and received the educational advantages afforded by the pioneer schools of Ohio. He married Elizabeth Willard, daughter of Dewalt Willard, who emigrated with his family from Frederick, Maryland, to Ohio in an early day, and they had two children: Leonard, whose name heads this sketch; and William, engineer in a Salem nail factory. Jacob Holloway followed farming until quite well advanced in life, when he entered the agricultural machinery business in Salem, in which he was engaged until his death, about 1886, sincerely regretted by all who knew him. He was a man of natural ability and sound judgment, industrious, persevering and economical, and accumulated a comfortable income for his family. He was a Democrat until the commencement of the war, when his sympathies were enlisted by the Free Soil party and the cause of suffering humanity. The subject of this sketch attended the district schools and was reared on a farm. At the age of fourteen he entered the office of the Ohio Patriot, a paper founded in New Lisbon as early as 1808 by a Mr. Morgan. After working two years in this office young Holloway enlisted in the Civil war at New Lisbon, April 24, J 861, joining Company E of the Nineteenth. Ohio Regiment, under Colonel Sam Beatty of Canton and Captain Irwin Bean, being mustered in at Columbus. He participated in the battle at Rich Mountain, West Virginia, after which he was transferred to the Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, under command of Colonel C. R. Woods, and served in the Army of the Tennessee until the close of hostilities, being advanced to the position of Adjutant of his regiment. He took part in the siege of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 591 Vicksburg Atlanta Campaign, and the march to the sea, and was through the Carolinas. In the summer of 1865 his regiment was ordered to the Rio Grande river, Texas, where it remained until fall and then returned to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was honorably discharged, Mr. Holloway never having received a gunshot wound. On his return from the war Mr. Holloway entered the employ of the railroad company, and later became fireman, in which capacity he was serving when he first came to Trumbull county. He later ran an engine a few years for the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad Company, when he quit the the road and followed no regular business for some time. About 1883 he engaged in the furniture business in partnership with Mr. Newhard, in which they have been greatly prospered, owing to their correct business methods and the uniform courtesy with which their patrons are treated. Mr. Holloway is also a stockholder and director in the Niles Spouting and Roofing Company, a promising and flourishing industry. December 31, 1870, Mr. Holloway was married in New Lisbon to Miss Ada B. Dunlap, a worthy lady of that city. Her grandfather, John Dunlap, was a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America about the time of the Revolutionary war. He married Sarah Mall, a German lady. Four boys were born to them: Albert, the eldest, married May Norman, having one child, Ada B. Dunlap, now Mrs. Holloway. After Mr. Dunlap's death, his widow married a Mr. Lamborn, and they had two children. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have seven children: Bert, aged twenty; John, aged sixteen; James, aged thirteen; Raymond, nine years of age; Helen, aged six; Leonard, four; and Charles, one year old. Politically, Mr. Holloway is a Republican and a local leader in public affairs. Ho has served his constituents efficiently and faithfully as a Councilman two terms, and in his present position of Township Clerk is emulating his former efforts. Fraternally, Mr. Holloway is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Eighth Regiment of the Knights of Pythias, as well as an active member of the G. A. R. As a business man, citizen and public official, his actions have been characterized by a high sense of honor and a deep interest in the welfare of his community, and he justly en, joys the esteem of all who know him. CHARLES HILKER.—A mong the prominent and influential citizens contributed by Germany to this country, Charles Hilker is a leading repesentative not only by reason of the financial success he has attained in his adopted country, but also, and more especially, for his many noble attri: butes, which have endeared him to all with whom he has come in contact. Mr. Hilker was born in Germany, February 12, 1828, and is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth Milker, also natives of that country. In 1842, his parents emigrated with their family from Germany, and after a tiresome voyage of nine weeks reached Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and the same winter our subject come to Youngstown, Ohio. Of their six children, five are now living. The oldest of these, Frederick, died in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1892, at the age of sixty-six years, leaving a widow and five children to mourn his loss. He was a man of upright character, charitable impulses and genial temperament, and enjoyed the esteem of all who 592 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY knew him. Mr. Hilker, of this notice, is the second in order of birth; Minnie married George Hager, who died in April, 1893, and she now resides in Harrison county, Indiana; Lizzie, widow of Thomas Kinzy, lives in Newport, Kentucky. Her husband was formerly a pilot on the Ohio river, but later removed to the vicinity of Moscow, on the same river, settling on a farm, where he died. Their only son and child, Jesse Kinzy, now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the winter of the same year in which his parents settled in Pittsburg, in 1842, Charles Hilker, the subject of this sketch, then fourteen years of age, came to Youngstown, Ohio, and for the past fifty years has made that place hie home, becoming thoroughly identified with the best interests of the city. The habits of industry and economy, learned from his parents, have stood him in good stead and contributed to his present prosperity. He has dealt largely in real estate, and by handling choice inside property, has accumulated ample means, and now lives retired from active business pursuits. Eleven handsome houses, owned by him, add to his already large income. Unlike most men, however, he has fully realized the duties accompanying prosperity, and has contributed by his means and ability to the advancement and welfare of his favorite city and county, and incidentally to that of the State at large. A man of energy and progressiveness, he early impressed himself on his community as one who would discharge responsibilities with the utmost uprightness and efficiency. Accordingly, it is not surprising that John R. Davis, when he was Sheriff of Mahoning county, should have selected Mr. Hilker as a suitable assistant and appointed that gentleman Deputy Sheriff, their term of service including at the time the county seat was moved from Canfield. In addition to this position of trust and responsibility, Mr. Hilker was a member of the Board of Health one term and served in the City Council for six years, and his record during this entire time is one of which any public officer might reasonably be proud: certain it is that no one more fully earned the confidence and esteem of the people. December 28, 1854, Mr. Hilker was married to Miss Rachel S. Dennison, the fifth of seven children of John and Elizabeth (Canada) Dennison. Mrs. Hilker's paternal grandfather, John Dennison, was one of the pioneers of Ohio. With his wife, Mary, nee McCullough, he first settled in Pennsylvania, but later took up a large tract of land near Liberty, Ohio, which he brought' to a high state of cultivation and left to his family at his death. Mrs. Hilker's parents were both devoted members of the United Presbyterian Church and people of worth and prominence in their community. The faithful wife and mother was the first to be called to her reward, her death taking place in October, 1855, at the age of sixty-five years, to the regret of many friends. Mr. Dennison survived until July 8, 1861, expiring at the age of seventy-three years, sincerely lamented by all who knew him. Their seven children are: David, who resides in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He has been twice married, his first wife being Nancy Blackmer, and the second, Jane Hay, both deceased. He has two surviving daughters, Mary and Flora. The second child in order of birth, Mary Jane, married Robert Allen, of Youngstown, Ohio. She died April 10, 1889, aged sixty-six years. Thomas K., the next child, resides in Youngstown. He married Hannah Kyle and they have four children: Manilla, Loretta, Charles OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 593 and Kyle. John Dennison died August 17, 1887. He was twice married, first, to Ann Jane Seymour, and they had one child, George. His second wife, Caroline, nee Fowler, now lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Rachel S. is the wife of the subject of this sketch; George died in 1853, aged twenty-one; and William, who now resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been twice married, his first wife having been Emma Gordon, and his second, Louisa Sonnedecker. He has three children: George, Eddie and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. linker have no children of their own, but their daughter whom they adopted September 5, 1866, at the age of one year, is now a woman of worth and accomplishments. She is married to Grant E. Hamilton, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, who is one of America's most noted machinists and artists. They have two interesting children, Charles Linker and Boneta. Politically, Mr. Hilker affiliates with the Republicans, although not taking much interest in party measures. Religiously, he and his worthy wife are useful and prominent members of the Presbyterian Church. During the fifty years of Mr. Hilker's residence in Youngstown, marvelous changes have taken place in this city and its surroundings. At the time of his settlement here, Youngstown boasted of but three houses on Mill street, one of which occupied the present site of Mr. Baldwin's mill, which is still standing, and the other house belonging to John Brothers. Hilker street is named in honor of the subject of this sketch, whose operations in real-estate in this city played an important part in the financial history of the place, he having owned the first lot on Mill street, which was 10 x 40 rods in dimensions. Mr. and Mrs. Hilker are justly numbered among the influential pioneer set- tiers of Youngstown. They are worthy and kind-hearted people, and are now enjoying a well-earned prosperity in the evening of their life. Their home is beautiful and they dispense a delightful hospitality to their large circle of friends. Having proved himself an excellent man of business, Mr. Hilker can now well afford to enjoy the fruits of his industry, surrounded by the comforts and luxuries which his hands have earned. In the midst of their prosperity, however, he and his wife have not forgotten the wants of those less fortunate than themselves, and their purse is open to all demands of charity, giving open-handedly and without thought of reward. Such lives are living examples of true Christianity, and their names are regarded as synonyms of all that is best and purest in mankind. FRANK M. LILLIE.—There is no greater mark of the confidence of the people in a man than is testified by his appointment to an office of public trust and confidence, and the citizens of Youngstown displayed unusual good sense and discrimination in their selection of Frank M. Lillie as City Engineer, which responsible position he fills with marked ability. Mr. Lillie was born in Geauga county, Ohio, February 15, 1855, a son of Rev. W. A. and Laura A. (Roberts) Lillie, both natives of Ohio. The father was a clergyman of the Christian Church, and filled pulpits in Lake and Geauga counties, baptizing, burying and marrying people throughout his long and useful ministry, gaining the affection of his parishioners by his faithful devotion to his duty and his Christian forbearance and piety. Being one of the pioneers of his church in 594 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Ohio, he became well known throughout the two counties wherein he officiated as well as throughout the entire northeastern portion of the State. Among the many converts he made to his church was the late President Garfield, and upon his death in 1887 he was most sincerely mourned by a large and faithful following, his age being seventy-one years. His wife had preceded him in 1864, dying at the age of forty-five years, after having borne him six children, of whom our subject was the youngest. The education of our subject was received at Oberlin, Ohio, from which institution of learning he graduated in the class of 1880, which numbered thirty persons, after which he engaged in teaching school for several years, when he entered the City Engineer's office at Youngstown, where he continued for two years. At the expiration of his term of service in that capacity he engaged in various engineering and surveying works, being in the employ of the Pittsburg & Cleveland Railroad, while it was in process of construction. Later he was employed by the 'Pennsylvania Company for five years, engaged as Assistant Engineer and Supervisor on the Erie & Ashtabula Division of that company. His next change was in the spring of 1891, when he returned to Youngstown as the Chief Assistant of the City Engineer, G. D. Hersey, with whom he remained until his appointment to his present office in 1893. In political matters Mr. Lillie is a Democrat, although in local matters he does not draw party lines very closely, believing that it is better to vote for the man rather than for the party. The responsible position held by him indicates the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-townsmen, and the success which has already attended his efforts has been most deservedly gained by persevering labor. Possessing a most thorough comprehension of all the details of his work, Mr. Lillie is enabled to prosecute his duties in the most competent and able manner, and, is justly regarded as the right than in the right place. JEREMIAH RICHARD WOOLLEY was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1847, a son of Richard and Rachel (Williams) Woolley, both natives of Wales; the father was born in 1802, and the mother in 1810. Their marriage occurred in South Wales, the mother's native place, and after this ceremony they removed to America, in 1840. Prior to his marriage Mr. Woolley resided in North Wales, having been born in that section of the country, and here engaged in farming, and continued that occupation upon his removal to South Wales in 1830, in addition to working on public works and in the coal mines. Upon emigrating to America he located in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but later removed to Piketown, whence he went to the Ohio river at Brady's Bend. At that time the Great Western Iron Works were the largest in America, and Mr. Woolley hauled the coal from the mines to the works, using large dogs instead of horses or mules, continuing here until the works closed down, when he removed to Youngstown, in 1847, and continued a resident of Briar Hill until his death, with the exception of a few years, from 1856 to 1867, when he operated a small farm between Briar Hill and Girard. While living on this farm he was engaged in looking after the interests, of the coal mines of ex-Governor David Tod, and was a partner of John Stambaugh, the firm mining and taking out coal at a certain amount per ton; OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 595 the mines were located at Briar Hill and Weathersfield, and they continued operations until the deposits were exhausted. During his lifetime, by pursuing his many enterprises, he was enabled to amass a comfortable competency, but unfortunately lost part of his wealth; in spite of his misfortune he was enabled to leave some property to his widow and children. His death occurred November 9, 1874, aged seventy-two years, while his wife died November 1, 1885, aged seventy-five years. Both parents were faithful and devout members of the Welsh Baptist Church, in which the father was an Elder and one of the firm supporters. Ten children were born to these parents, of whom our subject was the seventh in order of birth, and those still living are as follows: Jane, wife of James Morris, of Briar Hill, who served in the war from 1862 until the close of the conflict; Elizabeth, wife of David Johns, of Massillon, Ohio, who is secretary of the Ridgway-Burton Company, proprietors of the coal and iron mines at Massillon, Ohio; James, a soldier in the late war, served in the Eighty-sixth and the Nineteenth regiments, and, although wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, he served almost through the entire period of the war, and during the time our subject was Postmaster of Briar Hill he was one of the mail carriers; Thomas, a resident of Muncie, Indiana, is an iron-worker. At the age of fourteen our subject began self-support by clerking in the evening for the firm of David Johns & Co., his *father being the company; he attended school during the daytime. When the war broke out, fired with enthusiasm, he enlisted, but his parents would not permit him to remain, on account of his extreme youth; so, during the time that he wished to be gaining glory for himself, he was forced to clerk for the firm of John Jehu & Co., composed of John Jelin, Hon. Anthony Howells, Joshua Davis, David Johns and Richard Woolley; but he remained in their employ only six months, when he was sentto Professor Hu maston's private Military School at Cleveland, on University Heights. His next change was made when he engaged as office boy for Homer Hamilton & Co., with whom he remained until a change was made in the firm, and he was engaged by ex-Governor Tod, February 4, 1867, to take charge of the office at the Tod Furnace, William Pollock being the manager. So capable was he that in a short time he was entrusted with all the business of the office, remaining there until 1873, when all the works were closed down, although he was retained until all the iron in the yards was shipped. In 1874, while on a visit in Massillon, his father sent for him, and he was employed by Julian Kennedy, manager, as night founderer at Grace furnace; here he remained for several years, but later went to the Kline coal mines to assist William Pollock to superintend the office, but in a short time the mines were closed, and he went into the office of the Corn Iron Company, at Girard, owned and operated by the Briar, Hill iron and Coal Company, Joseph Corn and Evan Morris being the principal proprietors; he served as paymaster from 1877 to 1881, when he removed to Briar Hill, engaging as assistant bookkeeper for Nelson Crandall, treasurer of the Briar Line Coal Company. Here he remained for some time, and was then sent to the Kline mines as superintendent, but upon their closing down, in 1883, he accepted the position of private secretary of the executors and trustees of the late ex-Governor David Tod, which position he still retains. During the administration of ex-President Harrison, Mr. Woolley was appointed Post- 591 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY master of Briar Hill, having been recommended for the position by Governor McKinley, who was then in Congress, a personal friend of his, and the appointment was the first Republican one made in the county. He retained this position until June 3, 1893, when he resigned some six weeks before his term of service expired. He has also served as School Director for fifteen years, upon the Township Board of Education, and has been on the building and finance committees of the latter. While filling this position he made a motion, which was carried, to have the school buildings of Youngstown township insured, and acted as the chairman of the committee appointed to attend to the matter. During the Harrison campaign he served as assistant secretary of the Republican County Central Committee, and was also chairman of the Republican City Committee during the late contest for Mayor I. B. Miller. Social by nature, Mr. Woolley is a member of the Gar. field Club, the Montgomery Club, and the Ohio State Republican League, of which he was committeeman for Mahoning county for 1891. He is the official correspondent for the American Protective Tariff League of the United States, the office being located in New York; he is also vice-president of the St. David's Society, and during the campaign of 1888 he was president of the Briar Hill Protective Tariff Club, which won a flag that was offered the largest club. In the order of Odd Fellows he is Past Grand, being connected with Hebron Lodge, No. 55. The marriage of Mr. Woolley occurred December 24, 1877, to Miss Marian Kane, by whom he has had two children: Rachel Edna, born December 10, 1878; and Jennie May, born .February 2, 1881. Mrs. Woolley is a native of Wisconsin, and her history is an eventful one. Her three brothers, John, Michael and Miles, all enlisted in the late war, and the youngest, a drummer boy, starved to death in Libby prison; but nothing was ever heard of the others. The mother of the family died of grief soon after the enlistment of her sons, and almost immediately her husband placed his daughter with her aunt at Briar Hill, and a little later joined her. He then placed her in the Villa Maria convent, where she .received a classical education and then took the white veil, but was sent out into the world by the authorities of the convent to teach. She went to her aunt, with whom she remained until her death, which occurred in Briar Hill. Mrs. Woolley is now a faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, in which she is an earnest worker. Mr. Woolley is one of the reliable and enterprising men of the city, and is deservedly popular among all. JOSIAH McCULLOUGH, recently deceased, who was for many years a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen of Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, was born in this township, April 20, 1839. He comes of Revolutionary stock, his grandfather having fought on the side of independence in the war of 1812. The parents of the subject of this sketch were Samuel and Maria (Walker) McCullough, both early settlers of Poland township, to which the former came in 1803. They had two children: Samuel, residing in Poland township; and Josiah, of this notice. The subject of this sketch was reared on his father's farm and attended the schools of his vicinity, receiving a good education. He afterward engaged in farming and stock-raising for himself, and at the time of his OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 597 death owned 290 acres under a good state of cultivation, besides much valuable stock, with a good farm residence, substantial barns for his grain and cattle, and other valuable improvements. All this prosperity was due to his untiring industry and excellent management, aid he gave to every detail of his business his own personal supervision. March 5, 1863, Mr. McCullough was married to Mary Dobbins, a young lady of superior education and ability, who came of an old and respected pioneer family of much wealth. Her mother died when she was an infant and her father died in 1868. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian church for many years. Our subject's grandfather killed twenty rattlesnakes on his farm the first year he came to the country, and for many years thereafter killed one less each year until they were exterminated. He came from Ireland, and was a man of rare intelligence and energy and greatly respected by all who knew him. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough had two children: Glendora and James S., who live at home, the latter now running the home farm and caring for his mother. Mr. McCullough died December 8, 1888, mourned by his family and many friends, who knew and appreciated his sterling qualities. In politics, Mr. McCullough was a Republican, and took a deep interest in the issues of the day. He was well informed on all public measures and enthusiastically defended the principles which he advocated. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, to the support of which he liberally contributed. His good wife, who is also a member of that denomination, still continues her interest in its behalf. Few men are more deeply attached to a community than Mr. McCullough was to his, and few have been more instrumental in building up home interests, his aid ever being prompt for those measures calculated to advance the public welfare, and he justly deserves the veneration of his fellow citizens. S. P. BLACKMAN, who is engaged in the grocery and provision business at Poland, Ohio, is a native of this place, born in 1844. He is one of the four children of Heman and Phillace Blackman. Heman Blackman was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1801, a member of an old New England family, who were prominent in the East and also in the Middle and Western States where they have settled. In 1807, when a mere lad, he was brought by his parents to the Western Reserve, and in Mahoning county he passd his life. He was a brickmnaker by trade, and was engaged in the manufacture of brick for a number of years. He owned 100 acres of land, all under a high state of cultivation, and carried on both farming and stock-raising. In politics he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican, and although he was not a politician, he took considerable interest in the issues of the day. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were noted for their many acts of kindness to the poor. He was a member of the militia that went from here to Cleveland at an early day, and his son, S. P., still owns the old horse pistols and swords that his father carried. This worthy old pioneer died very suddenly while riding in a sleigh, being on his way to a coal mine after a load of coal. His good wife also passed away some years ago. S. P. Blackman left home at the early age of twelve years and began working out on 598 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY farms. Subsequently he turned his attention to the lumber business, in which he was engaged for some years, and at the same time ran a hack line between Poland and Struthers. For a period of fifteen years he made regular trips over this route. He then engaged in the grocery and provision business at Poland, which he had continued up the present time, in which be has been very successful. He is ably assisted in the store by his son, Asa, a young man of business push and energy. Mr. Blackman was married October 27, 1866, to Kate A. Shafer. Their four children are: Fannie, Asa, Perry H., and Clark L., all at home. Politically, Mr. Blackman is a Republican, and has served as Councilman of Poland. He and his wife are attendants at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Blackman was a soldier in the Union ranks from May 7, 1864, until October of that year, being a member of Company D, 155th Ohio Regiment, and although his service in the army was brief it was long enough to shatter his constitution. LEWIS D. STROUP, a farmer, manufacturer and successful business man of Southington township, Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native of this place, born December 18, 1855. Mr. Stroup is a son of Elias and Catharine (Stroup) Stroup. His father came from Pennsylvania to Ohio when he was about seventeen years old, and a year later settled in Trumbull county. Here he bought 100 acres of wild land, upon which he spent the rest of his life and died, his death occurring when he was forty-two years old. His widow, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, still lives at the old home place. Four of their six children are still living. Lewis D. Stroup was married January 3, 1884, to Miss Phoebe Chalker, a native of this township and a daughter of Harrison and Catharine (Scott) Chalker, old settlers of the county. After his marriage he settled on the farm upon which he now lives, and upon which he has since carried on general farming stock-raising. He is also engaged in the manufacture of staves. He is a man of general information and broad and progressive views, and keeps well abreast with the times. He is the owner of 200 acres of fine land. Mr. and Mrs. Stroup have had two daughter: Jessie L., born in July, 1889, died October 16, 1890; Myrtle, born May 10, 1892. Politically, Mr. Stroup is a Republican. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge, No. 507, at Farmington, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. D. D. SHAFFER, one of the substantial men of Mecca township. Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native of Howland township, this county, born December 31, 1826. Daniel Shaffer, his father, was one of the first pioneer settlers of Howland township. He was born at Dover, 'York county, Pennsylvania, and his wife, nee Elizabeth Hoover, was also a native of that county. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his grandparents were natives of Germany. A short time after their marriage, which occurred in York county, Daniel and Elizabeth Shaffer came from Pennsylvania to Canton, Ohio, and a year later settled in Howland OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 599 township. Here Mr. Shaffer developed a fine farm of 100 acres, and on it spent the rest of his life and died. They had a family of thirteen children, eleven of whom reached adult years: Abram; D. D.; Samuel; Betsey A.; Henry; David; Anna; William, a soldier in the Civil war, was killed while on duty at Fort Atchison ; Frank, a member of the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, was wounded while in the service, and has since died; Mary; and, who died in Ashtabula county. The father died at the age of fifty-seven years, the mother surviving him some time, her death occurring at the age of eighty-seven. In politics a Democrat, in religion a Lutheran, and in every respect a worthy citizen, Daniel Shaffer was a man respected by all who knew hi m. D. D. Shaffer was reared on his father's farm, was early taught to chop and grub, and aided his father materially in the clearing of their farm. Honesty and industry were the principal elements in his early training, and on this foundation rests his success in after years. His education was received in a log school-house near his home. He was married at the age of twenty-four, and some time after his marriage came to Mecca township and settled on fifty-six acres of wild land. Here he built a log-house, and in a humble way began his life on this farm. By his own honest toil, and by the able assistance of his good wife, he succeeded in clearing his land and securing a comfortable home. As the years rolled by the log cabin gave place to a frame residence. This was burned in 1876, and in 1877 their present modern residence was erected. This is a two-story frame, 17 x 26 feet, with an L, 14 x 22 feet. It is beautifully located and commands a magnificent view of the surrounding country. Mr. Shaffer has two good barns, and his other farm improvements are all first-class. To his original purchase he has added until he is now the owner of 200 acres. The great loss of Mr. Shaffer's life was in the death of his beloved companion, who, after thirty-nine years of happy married life, was called to her home above. She was a woman whose lovely Christian character endeared her not only to her home circle, but also to her many friends and acquaintances. She was the mother of nine children, as follows: Mrs. Amanda Walker, of Champion township, this county; Charles; of Mecca township; Willis, of Bristol township; Mrs. Sadie Hicox, of Bristol; Mrs. Clara Parks, of Warren; Sena, wife of F. J. Shaffer, of Bristol; and Sheridan, Fred and Earnest, at home. Sheridan Shaffer married Ina Hoagland, and they have one daughter, Althea Mae. Mr. Shaffer's grandchildren are twenty-three in number. Politically, Mr. Shaffer is a Republican. GEORGE BOONE, a well-known resident of Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1820, son of John and Jane (Hunt) Boone, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. John Boone was reared and educated on the Emerald Isle, and at the age of twenty came to America and located in Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Jane Hunt, daughter of George Hunt. The latter died in her native county, December 9, 1824, leaving four children, namely: Mary Jane, George, Eliza and Thomas. After her death Mr. Boone married again. He died in Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, May 4, 1859. After the