700 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY many years Government cotton inspector in Mobile, Alabama, died suddenly in that city, at the age of forty-five; Harvey, in the mercantile business in Danbury, Connecticut, is seventy-eight years of age; Levi, whose name heads this sketch; and Harriet, deceased. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native city and educated in the common schools and the Danbury Academy. His first practical business experience was in the printing office of the Danbury Times, which was owned and managed by his brother Edward B., who, until his death in July, 1893. was a Senator of New York. Edward published this .paper twelve years, after which he removed to Poughkeepsie, New York, and there published the daily and weekly Press for eight or ten years, when he was elected to the State Legislature for two terms. He was afterward County Clerk for three years and was then elected to the State Senate of New York, in which he was serving his second term. The subject of this sketch and his brother Harvey bought Edward's interest in the Danbury paper on the latter's removal to Poughkeepsie, New York, and these two published that journal during the war. It was then sold to James M. Bailey, familiarly known as the " Danbury News Man," who is still publishing it, as the Danbury News. Mr. Bailey wrote " The Sunny South in Slices," a special work, and many other interesting publications. After selling his interest in the paper, Mr. Osborne, of this notice, was elected by the Disciples' Church in Danbury to preach in that edifice, the members of which had greatly increased in numbers. He was afterward called to Troy, New York, to take charge of church work there, where he remained two years, meeting with excellent success, the result of his unwearying and energetic efforts. He then went to Williams ville, New York, where he filled the pulpit for three years, having among his parishioners sixteen teachers, most of whom were from a local academy. He subsequently went from that city to Buffalo, the same State, where he remained two years. From there he went to the lumber city of Tonawanda, New York, in which he remained ten years, and this was the great work of his life in the ministry. Here he unfortunately lost his voice, through unremitting and arduous exertions; but of all the places in which he has worked this has the strongest attraction for him, and to this day the people there look to him as their spiritual guide. In March, 1886, he came from Buffalo to Youngstown, accompanied by his son, George, and shortly afterward started the store of L. Osborne & Company, in which he is senior member. This is one of the large dry-goods and notion stores in the vicinity, and is conducted on the strictest business principles and in the most systematic manner. The result of this excellent management is a large and growing patronage, founded on the confidence of the people, with its attendant prosperity. April 15, 1850, Elder Osborne was married to Miss Mary Emma Moffat, a lady of culture and refinement, the fourth in a family of five children, and the only surviving member. Her father, Captain Anthony Moffat, was for thirty years commander of a merchantman and was afterward Port Warden in New York city for fifteen years. He later became paralyzed and was removed to the home of the subject of this sketch in Danbury, Connecticut, where he died at the age sixty-seven years. Captain Anthony Moffat's father, John Moffat, was a Major in the Revolution under General George Washington. His wife, whose maiden name was Julia Curtis, also died at Mr. Osborne's home some OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 701 time later, at the same age, sixty-seven. They were a worthy couple and left many friends to mourn their loss. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne have four children: Julia, doing excellent service as cashier in her father's store; George, who started as clerk in I)an bury, Connecticut, at fourteen years of age, serving there for eight years, when he went to Buffalo and was in the estalishment of Barnes, Bancroft & Company. Here he went from the lowest counter to the position of manager of the cloak department, where he had snore than 200 ladies under his charge in the manufacture of cloaks. He is now junior partner of the Youngstown firm. He married 011ie Bellinger, of Tonawanda, New York, and they have three children: Eugene, Norman and Marion. Gussie is the wife of Arlington Bellinger, a receiver and forwarder of lumber, of Tonawanda, and they have two children, Geneva and Kenneth. Mr. Bellinger had three children by a former marriage: Eva, Daniel and Frank. The whole family are members of the Disciples' Church, as were Mr. Osborne's parents and all their family, except three children. Mr. Osborne is president of the family reunion of Osbornes, which occurs every August, more than 100 families being represented. He is president of the Youngstown Bible Society, which is an auxiliary of the American Bible House, and he is Elder in the Disciples' Church in 'Youngstown. His active years have all been earnestly given to the promotion of divine goodness, and the result has been a most glorious reward. His commercial career testifies to his worth, such men being those who help to make a flourishing city and give character to a community. He has baptized and buried many people and married many couples, his agreeable manner of performing the latter ceremony rendering - 46 - him in great demand for that pleasant service. His path through life lies amidst hosts of earliest friends, who will cheer and sustain him to the last. PETER LOFTUS, deceased, formerly a merchant by occupation, was born in county Mayo, Ireland, in 1830, a son of James and Ellen (Barrett) Loftus, natives also of that country. The parents came to America about 1856, locating in Briar Hill, Ohio, where the father died in January, 1868, aged seventy years, and the mother in 1877, at the age of seventy-three years. They were life-long members of the Catholic Church. Peter Loftus, third in a family of nine children, six of whom are still living, came to Ohio from Scotland, where his parents had lived for a number of years. He engaged with his father and brothers in the manufacture of furnaces at Briar Hill, but later embarked in the mercantile business, which he followed successfully until his death, July 16, 1875. He was a devout member of the Catholic Church. November 5, 1818, Mr. Loftus was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Scannell, who was born, May 4, 1840, a daughter of John and Mary (Brown) Scannell, natives of county Cork, Ireland. They came to America about 1854, where the father worked on the locks in Delaware. His death occurred in 1877, at the age sixty-five years, and his wife departed this life May 1, 1873, aged sixty-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Scannell had eight children, viz.: Dennis, Patrick and Cornelius, deceased; Mrs. Loftus; Catherine, Mrs. P. Rouchford; Maggie; Mary; and Margaret, Mrs. Thomas Trowly. Only four of the chil- 702 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY dren are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Loftus had seven children, namely: James, born May 8, 1859, married Ann Hagarty, deceased, and they had two children: James and Mary Ellen; John, born October 4, 1861, married Catherine McGratton, and their children are: Charles, Thomas and John ; Mary Ellen, born January 8, 1863, was married June 10, 1882, to Eugene Cassady, of this city, and their children are: Charles, Mennette and Helen; Dennis, born May 18, 1865; Michael, born January 4, 1868, died May 15,1872; Thomas, born April 10, 1870, is proprietor of the Enterprise steam laundry, of Youngstown, in which he is doing a successful business; and Patrick, born February 14, 1871, is a member of the hotel firm of Loftns Bros. Mrs. Loftus is a member of the Catholic Church. TOD FORD, president and manager of the Youngstown Steel Company, and one of the most active and competent business men of the city, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 24, 1854, a son of the late General James H. Ford, whose biographical sketch will be found in this work. Our subject received a good high-school education in Youngstown and Akron, Ohio. At the former place he also read law with Sidney Strong, and was admitted to the bar at Columbus, this State, in 1876. He remained in the practice of his chosen profession only a short time, having been called into important business relations and positions. He is interested in several enterprises, among the most important of which may be mentioned the Youngstown Steel Company, of which he has been manager for over ten years, and president over three years. Mr. Ford is also vice-president of the Falcon Iron & Nail Company, and a director of the First National Bank of Youngstown. These business relations are pointed out as evidence of the active part which he takes in business circles. He is no less popular in social and political circles. He affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of the Loyal Legion, in which he takes an active and appropriate interest. Mr. Ford was married May 15, 1878, to Miss Caroline L. Arms, a daughter of Freeman 0. Arms, of Youngstown. Mrs. Ford died in 1889, leaving two sous,—Freeman A. and Tod. She was a life-long member of the Episcopalian Church.    ISAAC WALKER, of Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, is ranked with the wealthy men of the county. He has a fine farm of 700 acres and a most charming rural home. The following facts in regard to his life and parentage have been gleaned for publication: Isaac Walker was born in the county in which he now lives, in the year 1819, November 11, his parents being Josiah and Nancy (Polk) Walker. They had a family of five children who grew up: Joseph, Maria, Alex., Agues Jemima, and Isaac, he being the only survivor. Josiah Walker came from Pennsylvania to Ohio as early as 1802. As one of the pioneer of this part of the country, he was prominently identified with its early history. During the war of 1812 he was Captain of a company. He owned 300 acres of fine farming land, and was for many years engaged in farming and stock-raising. He and his wife were active members of the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 703 Presbyterian Church, and were liberal in their support of the gospel and all worthy causes. The subject of our sketch grew up on his father's farm, and has been identified with the agricultural interests of this county all his life. He was married March 22, 1860, to Miss Edna Stewert, of Brookfield, Ohio. Their only child, Della M., is now at Philadelphia, being educated as a physician. Mr. Walker affiliates with the Republican party, and he and his wife are prominent members of the. Presbyterian Church. C. N. KIRTLAND, who is extensively engaged in farming in Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, is ranked with the wealthy and enterprising men of the county. He owns 600 acres of fine farming land, and isengaged in stock-raising in con- nection with his agricultural pursuits, making a specialty of the sheep business. At this writing he has 250 fine sheep. Mr. Kirtland was born in the township in which he now lives, November 22, 1839, son of Henry and Mary Kirtland, one of a family of four children. He was reared on his father's farm, and received a high-school education. In 1866 he married Julia Fitch, daughter of William and Julia Fitch. She was one of two children, her brother Elmer being now deceased. Her grandfather Fitch was one of the earliest pioneers of Boardman township, this county. She was born September 8, 1846, and died in 1881, leaving two children: Elmer F., a promising young civil engineer, born in 1869; and May J., an accomplished young lady, born in 1873. September 18, 1883, Air. Kirtland married Martha Fawcett, his present companion. They have had two children: William Fawcett, born December 13, 1884, died in infancy; and Louis Augustus, born November 30, 1891. Mrs. Kirtland is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Test) Fawcett. Her parents had a family of ten children, namely: Emma, Isaac, Elmina, Zaccheus, Hannah, Thomas, Esther, Jonathan, Samuel and Martha. Mr. Fawcett was born in 1799, and died July 4, 1851; and his wife, born in 1805, died May 12, 1873. He was brought by his parents from Virginia to Ohio about 1800, and when he grew up became one of the leading and influential men of his vicinity. For many years he dealt extensively in wool. He and his people were Quakers. D. T. MOORE, who has been engaged in the lumber business, at Haselton, Mahoning county, Ohio, for the past eight years, is a native of this place, born in 1848. He is one of the five children of William and Mary (Stewert) Moore. Mr. Moore was married in 1872, to Miss, Martha Vail, sister of Mrs. J. A. Creed. They have nine children, all of whom are living except one. A. record of their names with date of birth, is as follows: George T., born in 1873, died in 1890; Mary E., born March 26, 1873, she being a twin of George T.; Jessie, July 1, 1875; Clark, August 23, 1877; Arthur, August 25, 1878; Anna, March 22, 1883; Emaline, June 16, 1885; Grover C., May 18, 1887; Minnie, Juno 24, 1889. Mr. Moore owns fifty acres of land in Coitsville township, this county, and for a number of years engaged in farming, but for the past eight years, as above stated, has given his attention to the lumber business, in which he 704 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY has met with good success. Some time ago he had interests in the oil regions of the county, where he was engaged for four years, and was also successful in the enterprise. He has served six years as Trustee of his township and three years as County Commissioner, being elected to these offices by the Democratic party, with which he has affiliated all his life. He and his wife and three of their oldest children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an active Sunday-school worker, serving both as superintendent and as teacher. He is a member of both the I. O. O. F., and the K. of P., having taken three degrees in both lodges. Ile is a man of general information, broad and progressive views, is generous and public-spirited, and on the whole is one of the most popular men of his vicinity. D. S. LOVELAND, a wealthy farmer of Coitsville township, Mahoning county, Ohio, was born at this place August 23, 1843. The Lovelands are of English extraction. Grandfather Loveland was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war. David Loveland, the father of D. S., was born in 1801, on the same farm our subject lives on; he owned 317 acres of land and Was engaged in farming and stock-raising. He died in 1877. He and his wife were members of the Disciple Church. Her maiden name was Lydia Pilles. They had eight children. D. S. Loveland was reared on his father's farm and has been engaged in agricultural pursuit all his life. He owns 110 acres of fine land, carries on farming and stock-rais ing in the most approved manner, and is ranked with the most successful men of the county. He was married in 1866 to Alice Kile. They have had four children: Charles M., Frank, Della and Cecil, all living except one: Frank is deceased. Charles M. was married in 1892, to Miss Minnie From. Mr. Loveland and his wife are members of the Disciple Church, are generous in the support of the same, and are popular in social circles. Mr. Loveland is a member of the Masonic order and takes an active interest in lodge work. LEWIS BUSH, a progressive and successful agriculturist of Mahoning county, Ohio, is a native of this State, and worthy of the space that has been accorded him in this volume. His father, John Bush, was born in Germany, in 1797, and lived in the 4, Fatherland " until twenty years of age; he learned the weaver's trade of his father, which he abandoned on corning to America. He emigrated to this country in 1817, accompanied by a cousin, John Bush; he first located in New York, where he was employed in a meat market; thence he came to the west, and settled in Green township, which was then in Columbiana county. Two years after his arrival he was joined by his parents, John and Dorothy (Dressel) Bush, who settled on a tract of eighty acres in Green township, where they passed the remainder of their days. The father gave his allegiance to the Democratic party, and in his religious faith was a Lutheran, being a Deacon of that church; both the father and mother were born in Germany. John Bush, father of our subject, married Mary Baker, in 1820: she was born in Maryland, in 1798, and came to Kentucky, and thence to Ohio, with her parents; she was the daughter of Lewis and OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 705 Elizabeth Baker, who emigrated to America the latter part of the eighteenth century. John and Mary (Baker) Bush had born to them a family of five children: the oldest, Lewis, the subject of this notice; Jacob married Rebecca Robbins, and died in 1883; Dorothea, deceased, was the wife of Wesley Coy and the mother of five children: Dr. L. D.; Daniel, deceased; Jonas; Alice, wife of David Dressel; one child, who died at the age of five years; Sarah is the wife of Cyrus Rhodes; and Samuel, deceased. Lewis Bush was born in 1822, and received only a meager education. At the age of twenty-one years he married Susanna Coy, a native of Green township, and the daughter of Daniel and Barbara (Callahan) Coy; six children have been born to them: Daniel K. married Mary A. Cool, by which he had six children; he was married a second time, and one child was the result of this union. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Voluntary Infantry, during the late civil war, and served until the close of the conflict; he is now a pension agent of Canton, Ohio; John D. married Mary Myers, now deceased, and two children were born to them ; he married Lydia Brown for his second wife, and they had a family of three children; Aaron W. married Myra Wansetler, and they are the parents of four children; Thomas L. married Lizzie Houtz, and they have a family of three children; Mary B. married William Miller, and they had one child, who is now the wife of Calvin Shofner, and they have two children; Salathiel J.. is the youngest of the family. In 1843, Mr. Bush rented his father's farm, and for seven years cultivated this place, sharing the crops for rent; he then purchased the farm on which he now resides. At the time he was, married he exhausted his capital excepting twenty cents when he bought his marriage license. Endowed with energy, thrift and industry he has made a success of life, and is now the owner of a beautiful farm of two hundred and twenty acres. Politically he is identified with the Republican party; soon after the war he was elected Assessor and Treasurer of the township and served to the satisfaction of the public. Mr. Bush was called to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed to her reward in 1888; she was a loving and faithful wife, and a devoted mother, worthy of the grateful remembrance in which she is held. DR. M. S. CLARK, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Youngs-) -town, Ohio, a man of sterling worth and great popularity, was born in Gallipolis, that State, October 9, 1840. He is of New England ancestry, both of his parents, P. P. and Sarah E. (Barber) Clark, having been natives of Massachusetts, the former born August 3, 1813, and the latter, January 12, 1820. The mother of the Doctor came to Portage county, Ohio, in 1824, while his father removed to Mesopotamia, Ohio, in 1834. In 1840 his father went to Gallia county, Ohio, where he taught school for one year, when, in 1841, he returned to Mesopotamia, and remained on a farm for eight years. At the end of that time, in 1849, he went to Portage county and settled on a farm, remaining there until 1883, when he removed to Wauseon, Fulton county, Ohio, where he now resides. The mother of the Doctor died in 1859, at the early age of thirty-nine years. She was a worthy member of the Congregational Church and active in all good work. The father of Dr. Clark was married, in 1859, to 706 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Henrietta Birge, an estimable woman, who proved a worthy helpmeet. She died in 1886, aged fifty-three years, leaving many friends to mourn her loss. She also was a useful member of the Congregational Church. The children of these two marriages were: M. S., whose name heads this sketch; Amy B., deceased in 1848, aged five years; Prof. A. A., the able principal of penmanship in the public schools of Cleveland; Edgar L., deceased in infancy; Sereno J., editor of the Maumee Sentinel, of Toledo; and Edgar and Ettie E., children of the second marriage, the former deceased in 1867, aged six years, and the latter at home with her father. Dr. Clark received his early education in the common school of his vicinity and later took a course in the academy at Freedom, Ohio. When fifteen years of age, he went to the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, now called Hiram College, which was then under the presidency of the, martyred president, James A. Garfield. Here he remained five years, and feels that he owes much to that noble man, whose memory he reveres next to that of his own father. He was at Hiram until the breaking out of the war, in 1861, in the fall of which year he opened an academy, or select school, at Windham, Portage county, Ohio, and had just completed a half term, when his patriotism overcame his love for the school room, and he enlisted October 21, 1861, as Corporal of Company K, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was ordered to Gallipolis, Ohio, to look after General Buckner of the Confederate army, and from there sent forward, December 1, to Green river, Kentucky, to guard bridges around Mumfordville, that State. He there contracted disease, being first afflicted with measles, the first case in the regiment, which was followed by diphtheria and typhoid pneu monia. He lay in the field hospital from December, 1861, to about the first of February, 1862. This hospital was a very uncomfortable place for a sick soldier, so poorly protected from the outer weather that the winter winds whistled through the building, and was supplied with no conveniences of any kind. About the first of February, he was removed from there to Planters' Hospital, in Louisville, Kentucky. On his arrival in the latter place, the surgeons said he could not live three weeks, and his father was sent for, who arrived' the last of that month and took the invalid home on a discharge furlough. He remained at home during the spring and summer of 1862, where, in what was presumed to be his last illness, he received the most tender care of the "girl he left behind him," who is now his affectionate and devoted wife. October 28,1862, he received his final discharge from the army, at Columbus, Kentucky, on account of general debility. That winter (1862—'63), he taught a select school, and, in March, 1863, began the study of medicine at Windham, Ohio, under the preceptorship of Dr. F. C. Applegate, a prominent practitioner of that place. In October, 1863, he entered the medical department of the Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, where he remained until the first of April, 1864, when he returned to Windham to pursue his studies. In the course of that month, however, Governor Brough, of Ohio, made a call for recruits for 100 days, to which Dr. Clark re-, sponded, enlisting as a private in Company I of the One Hundred end Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered into service at Sandusky, Ohio, and accompanied his regiment to Johnson's island, where they were detailed to guard rebel prisoners, Dr. Clark being immediately, commissioned hos- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 707 pital steward by the Governor of Ohio. On May 9, 1864, this regiment was ordered to Kentucky, to intercept General John Morgan, who was headed toward the Ohio river, and on June 11 the battle of Kellar's Bridge occurred, at which time the Doctor acted as assistant surgeon. After six hours' engagement, the Union forces, which numbered 1,000 to the enemy's 3,000, surrendered, the Union regiment losing on that day thirteen sled and fifty-five wounded. The surgeon and Dr. Clark, his assistant, were made prisoners of war, but they were, on the following day, recaptured by the Union forces under General Burbridge, at the battle of Cynthiana, in which engagement General Morgan's forces were nearly annihilated. Dr. Clark had the sorrowful duty of taking a carload of General Hobson's wounded men to the hospital at Covington, Kentucky. In the meantime, the One. Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment, to which the Doctor belonged, on being captured by General Morgan, had marched back twenty miles on the double quick and been paroled, the Union forces interpreting the parole as " not too binding." The regiment then went into camp at Dennison, Ohio, where it remained a short time and where Dr. Clark and his superior officer joined the command. From there, the regiment returned to Johnson's island, where it remained until the expiration of its term of service, receiving its discharge the last of August, 1864, at which time the Doctor ended his war experience. On October 1, 1864, the Doctor re-entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, at which he graduated March 28, 1865. He at once began his practice in Austintown, Ohio, where he remained until fall, at which time he removed to Warren, the same State, continuing in the latter place until the spring of 1868. At this time, he went to Bristolville, Ohio, and, in the fall of 1873 to his present location at Youngstown, Ohio, where he has ever since remained, meeting with a large and lucrative patronage, the deserved reward of skillful and conscientious work. May 9, 1867, Dr. Clark was married, at Hiram, Ohio, to Miss Hettie J. Smith, the ceremony being performed by Dr. L. L. Pinkerton, of Lexington, Kentucky, assisted by General James A. Garfield, at that time President of Hiram College. Mrs. Clark was a daughter of Elder John T. and Esther (Cheney) Smith, old and respected residents of Hiram, both now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Clark have had three children: Clayton A., born September 25, 1874. died February 10, 1887; James A., born June 10, 1878, died September 23,1879; and Louie P., born July 9, 1880, is a promising boy, now attending the grammar grade of the public schools. In politics, the Doctor is staunchly Republican, being enthusiastic in the support of those principles which appear to best subserve the interests of the country. He is prominent in medical and educational matters, to both of which he lends the aid of his influence and ability. He is ex-President of the Mahoning County Medical Society, and at present belongs to the Ohio State Medical Society and to the American Medical Association. He has served efficiently for several years as a member of the Board of Health, greatly advancing by wise counsel the hygienic condition of the community. He has also been for several years an active member of the Board of Education of Youngstown, of which he was president for one year. He is official examiner for a number of insurance companies and other organizations. He is Past Commandant of the Patriarchs Militant 708 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY or Uniform rank of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canton Royal, No. 61, and is permanent Secretary of the subordinate lodge of the same order in Youngstown. He is Past Grand Chief Ranger of the Grand Court of Ohio, in the Ancient Order of Foresters of America, and was Representative from the State to the Supreme Court of this order, which convened at New Haven, Connecticut, in September, 1893. He has been a State and district delegate at various supreme conventions, and acted as Representative at the supreme convention in Minneapolis, in August, 1889, when the order passed the declaration of independence from the English order, in which 683 yeas to 5 nays were cast for seceding. He is now acting President of Tod Court, No. 685, Independent Order of Foresters; also Past President of the Star of Albion Lodge, No. 58, Sons of St. George. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R., being Past Surgeon of Tod Post, No. 29, of Youngstown. Notwithstanding the fact that Dr. Clark was reared under the teaching of the strict Presbyterian faith, yet, under the preaching of James A. Garfield, he confessed his faith in Christ, and was immersed by Garfield in the winter of 1858, uniting with the Christian Church, at Hiram, Ohio. Dr. Clark was elected, in 1875, and ordained Elder of the Christian Church at Youngstown, Ohio, in which official capacity he is still acting. His entire life has been one of irreproachable honesty and rectitude, much of his valuable time having been devoted to the welfare of the church. In his home, as husband and father, he is provident, affectionate and faithful, being most indulgent to his wife and son. The community is fortunate in possessing one so active in good works, whose worth is reflected in the esteem in which he is universally held by his friends. MRS. DR. M. S. CLARK.—Possessing all the attributes of a noble Christian woman, Mrs. Hettie J. Clark is justiy entitled to the admiration and esteem of all who know her. She was born April 10, 1839, at Red Stone, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Rev. John Tune Smith, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, while her mother was born in Westchester, Pennsylvania, their marriage having occurred in Philadelphia in 824. Elder John T. Smith was a clergyman of the Christian Church and filled several pulpits throughout Western Pennsylvania, being a friend and a colaborer with that eminent divine, Alexander Campbell. In 1842 Mr. Smith removed, with his family to Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life laboring for numerous churches on the Western Reserve. His last sermon was preached at Hiram, Ohio, his death occurring in the spring of 1861, when he was fifty-seven years of age, his devoted wife surviving him until June, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born in the same year, 1804, and throughout their married life were typical examples of earnest Christian people. Mr. Smith was throughout his ministry a zealous worker for his church. His funeral sermon was preached by General James A. Garfield, who was a prominent member of the Christian Church. Mr. Smith's parents came from England, bringing with them two children: Frances and John Tune. The parents died soon after their arrival in this country, and John Tune was reared by a Mr. George, of Baltimore, Maryland, while his sister was adopted by another family. The death of Mr. Smith was deeply mourned throughout a large territory, his labors having gained for him the esteem and confidence of all who knew him, while his Christian character and upright, honorable life, won for him the admiration of all OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 709 his parishioners. His earnest endeavors in behalf of his church are the best heritage he could leave it, his name being inseparably connected with its history. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had seven children: Edith, Dr. J. T. Smith, William H., Frances, Bettie J., John Henry, and Rev. C. C. Smith. Edith married when nineteen years of age and had three children, two sons and one daughter. Her son, J. W. Robbins, accompanied U. S. Grant on his memorable trip across the continent, and all have preceded her to " the land that is fairer than day." Dr. J. T. Smith married Maria Ramsey. He was a surgeon in the Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and spent three years in the service, a portion of which time he was on General Custer's staff. He was engaged in almost every battle in which his regiment participated, and was at one time almost continuously in his saddle for seventeen days and nights, while after Morgan in his raid through Ohio and Indiana. His record as a brave and valiant soldier was one of which any man might well be proud. He had the misfortune, in March, 1892, to lose his wife, who had been faithful throughout so many years. The third child, Lieutenant William H. Smith, enlisted in the summer of 1861, in the Fourteenth Ohio Battery, leaving his sick-bed to take charge of the battery at Pittsburg Landing, which proved his last service, as he came home after that battle on a sick furlough and died at the age of twenty-eight of quick consumption, brought on by exposure. The date of his death was September 2, 1863, and he was deeply mourned by his friends and associates, to whom he had endeared himself by his many noble qualities. He was in the Army of the Cumberland throughout his term of service, and yielded up his life in the prime of manhood for the benefit of his country. He proved himself a true patriot in every sense of the word, and his memory will long be cherished by those who knew him, not only because of his social qualities, but also and. more especially by reason of his earnest Christian character. Frances, after finishing her course at Hiram, became a teacher, in which calling she was very successful. She was later made the matron of the Staten Island Hospital, where she remained several years, but is now operating a large millinery establishment in Akron, Ohio. John Henry enlisted in the summer of 1861 in the Sixth United States Cavalry of the regular army, and, after serving in thirty-five different battles, was discharged in front of Richmond, his term of service having expired. One month after his return to his home, he died of quick consumption, giving, like his brother, his life in the service of his country. During the three years of his service, he lost but one month from his command. The youngest, Rev. C. C. Smith, of Massillon, Ohio, is a clergyman of the Christian Church, and has filled many pulpits throughout. the State, having been at one time pastor of the church in Youngstown for seven years, during which the beautiful edifice now occupied by that denomination, was erected. He was also stationed at Akron, Ohio, for the same length of time, after which he was sent by the General Christian Missionary Society to Milwaukee, where he labored for three years, and was then stationed in southern California for ten months. He subsequently returned to Ohio, and was placed in charge of the church at Massillon, where he labored about three years, during which time a beautiful church was built. He was then employed as Secretary of the Board of Negro Education and Evangelization, with headquarters at Massillon. During the war, he served 710 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY his country for one year, enlisting, in 1863, as Hospital Steward in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and at the end of that time was discharged on account of ill health. His marriage occurred in the spring of 1869 to Miss Florence Dennison, who has proved a worthy wife to a good and noble man. Hettie J. was educated at Hiram under James A. Garfield, completing her course in the spring of 1861. She commenced teaching at the age of sixteen, and from that time until the date of her marriage to Dr. M. S. Clark, May 9, 1867, she spent the largest part of her time in the school room, either as pupil or teacher. She taught in the public schools of Warren, Ohio, two winters in the southern part of the this State, in a select school at Parkman, this State, and in various districts in Portage county, being a popular and successful teacher. Mrs. Clark united with the Christian Church at the age of twelve, and throughout her life has embraced every opportunity to advance the interests of the church. Not content with giving financial support, she has been a zealous worker in the church, teaching in the Sunday-school for years and taking an active part in all church societies. She was for several years chairman of the church finance committe, secretary of the Missionary Society; president of the same society; secretary of the Twenty-second district one year; president of the same district two years; superintendent of children's work in Ohio for two years, during which time the children in that State raised more than $1,600 for missions and put a window in the church at Missoula, Montana, in memory of her son, Clayton A. Clark. During this time, Mrs. Clark visited various churches and delivered addresses on missionary work. She is a well known figure in all channels of work in the city, having labored in city mission work among the poor, in the industrial school for the Y. M. C. A., for the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, and the City Hospital, and she has not forgotten the " boys in blue." She is a mem ber of Tod Woman's Relief Corps, No. 3, and Past Corps Treasurer, in which capacity she has served two years. She is Past Corps President and President of the Corps at this time, and also Past Department Chaplain of Ohio. Mrs. Clark's limit is a synonym for all that is good and true in womankind. In her home she has ever been faithful and most helpful to husband and children. She fitted her boys for the fourth-reader grade, when they first entered school, and was ever ready to assist them as they advanced in their studies. Her purse is to open to all demands made upon her, and her Christian sympathy and loving kindness are freely given to all. It is to such women as Mrs. Clark that the nation owes its present prosperity, for through the influence of such as she the world is made better and purer, and men are turned from the paths of wickedness and vice into those of virtue and deeds of nobleness. JAMES W. VAIL is one of the successful farmers of Coitsville township, Ma-) honing county, Ohio. He owns forty-three acres of land and also rents other land which he cultivates, operating all together about 150 acres. He is also engaged in stock-raising, giving special attention to the breeding of fine cattle. Formerly he was engaged quite extensively in buying and selling stock. Mr. Vail is a native of the vicinity in which he lives. He was born here in 1847, one of the family of ten children of William and OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 711 Elizabeth Vail. He was married in 1875 to Jane Miller, who was born in 1848, daughter of II. and Elizabeth B. Miller, who came to Ohio from Canada. Her father is a farmer and stock-raiser, and her parents are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had a family of thirteen children. Mr. and Mrs. Vail have four children: Anna, George, Nettie and William. Mr. Vail is a stanch Republican and an active worker in the ranks of his party. He is a member of the Board of Education and has served as Township Trustee one year. He is a generous and public-spirited man and a liberal supporter of the gospel, and he and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOHN EWING, who is a native of Austintown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, and who has been an honest tiller of the soil here all his life, is one of the representative men of his township. Mr. Ewing was born in 1816, the youngest child of Archibald and Sarah (Pauley) Ewing, the other members of the family being Alexander, Thomas, John, Archibald, Anna, Sarah and William. His father was one of the prominent pioneer farmers of Mahoning county, owning and operating 320 acres of land. He and his wife were both members of the Reformed Church, and were devoted Christian people. He died in 1842, and his wife survived him ten years, her death occurring in 1852. John Ewing was reared on his father's pioneer farm, and received an ordinary education. He owns 157 acres of land, where he is comfortably situated, and where he is spending his declining years. He was married in 1839 to Miss Eliza Russel, who is a native of this township, and who is still living. They have had two children, one of whom died in infancy. The other, Clark, born in 1840, was married in 1863, to Miss Mary McNealy, and they have three children: Frank, Minnie and Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Ewing are members of the Christian Church, and in politics he affiliates with the Republican party. W. L. MILLER, who is engaged in farming in Beaver township, Ma-honing county, Ohio, is a native of. Springfield township, this county, born in 1853. His parents, Samuel and Eliza (Lower) Miller, had a family of six children, all of whom are living, namely: Sarah A., Tobias, W. L , Selista, Melissa, and Laura. Samuel Miller was born in 1827 and died in 1887. He was a farmer and stock-raiser, and at the time of his death was the owner of 155 acres of good land. He was a self-made man. When he started out in life he bought eighty acres of timber land, going in debt for the same, and at once bent all his energies to the improvement of this land. He cut off the timber, dug up the stumps, erected buildings and put up fences, and as prosperity crowned his efforts he was soon able to buy sixty acres more land. This property he subsequently sold and soon afterward bought the land on which the subject of our sketch now lives. Misfortune overtook him in the way of fire and storm, his loss probably amounting to more than 84,000. He went in debt for that amount, rebuilt and made improvements, but before he died he paid off the claim and was in comfortable circumstances. He was identified with the Democratic party and was an active worker in its ranks. 712 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY W. L. Miller, following in the footsteps of his honored father, is devoting his time and attention to agricultural pursuits. His farm comprises 120 acres of good land, and among his stock are found some specimens of fine Jersey cattle. He started out with limited means and by honest industry worked his way to success. In 1876 he married Laura A. Sensenbacher, and their only child, Park F., was born in 1877. Mrs. Miller's father was a farmer, and both her parents were active members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are also Lutherans. Mr. Miller is one of the prominent members of the Order of Chosen Friends, in which lodge he has filled every chair. Politically he is a Democrat. W. C. WINFIELD, the founder of the Winfield Manufacturing Company, Warren, Ohio, has been a resident of this city since 1882. He came to Warren from Hubbard, this county, where he had resided about seventeen years. W. C. Winfield is a native of Alton, Illinois, where he was born March 17, 1844, son of John and Mary (Campion) Winfield, natives of England. His father died in Hubbard, Ohio, and his mother died at Warren, August 22, 1893. John Winfield was a mechanic, known in England as a white-smith. He and his wife came to America about 1832. They reared a family of six children, as follows: John, a resident of Youngstown; Mary, wife of William Maharg, Northville, South Dakota; Sarah, wife of William Clark, Neodesha, Kansas; Sophia, a resident of Warren, Ohio; William C., subject of this sketch; Thorns A., Niles, Ohio. William C. Winfield was reared in Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, and was edu cated in the public schools. At the age of twenty he engaged in the tin and stove business at Hubbard, in company with Hollis Bros., of Canfield, which business he continued until he came to Warren. He is one of the most active business men in this part of Ohio. His whole time and attention are devoted to the interests of the Winfield Manufacturing Company, of which he is both president and superintendent. When he was eighteen years old, Mr. Winfield enlisted in Company F, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was at once mustered into the service at Cleveland, Ohio, in September, 1862. He was in the Union ranks, for eleven months, after which he was honorably discharged. He was located for some time at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and was with the forces that went down through Tennessee. He was in Hayne's Brigade, Palmer's Division, Twenty-first Army Corps, of the Cumberland. During this time he participated in many light battles and skirmishes. He isa member of Bell Harman Post, Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Winfield was married December, 1885, to Miss Amanda, daughter of John and Lucinda Grinmessy, of Salem, Ohio, and they have two daughters, Grace, wife of Grant Byard; and Lewella, wife of Albert Ward, both of Warren. Their only son, William, died at the age of nine years. Mr. Winfield and his family are attendants of the Baptist Church, and he is taking an active part in the erection of the new church now nearing completion at Warren. The Winfield residence is located at No. 87 Washington avenue. Having given a brief sketch of the founder of the Winfield Manufacturing Company, we now pass to a more particular mention of the business itself. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 713 The Winfield Manufacturing Company was organized and incorporated in 1881, with a small capital, beginning in a small way in the second story of a frame building in the east end of town, known as the old Evaporator works. Here they began the manufacture of oil cans, employing eight hands. For about two years they occupied these quarters, after which they moved to their own plant, which they had erected on Atlantic street, the building at that time being about one-fourth its present size. From time to time, as their increased business demanded, they enlarged the building to its present capacity. They now have a fine two-story factory, covering an area of 100 x 150 feet, and they occupy three sixty-six foot lots. They employ from seventy-five to one hundred and ten hands in their works, and now manufacture oil cans, lanterns, lamps, etc. This company is one of the solid institutions of Warren. It is officered as follows: W C. Winfield, president and superintendent; R A. Cobb, secretary and treasurer; and W. C. Winfield, R. A. Cobb, W. R. Stiles, 0. R. Orinmessy, and J. H. McNutt, directors. They have a branch distributing house in Chicago, managed by Bartholomew & Stowe, who take care of the Western trade. The Eastern business is done through the home office. The annual output from this establishment is $150,000 worth of goods. GEORGE N. SIMPSON, M.D., has been ( engaged in the practice of his profes- sion at Warren, Ohio, since the spring of 1890. He first opened au office on Main street, and a year later he moved in with Dr. W. Idding, with whom he has since had his office apartments. During the few years Dr. Simpson has been located at Warren he has established a successful practice, and is recognized as one of the prominent members of his profession here. Dr. Simpson is a native of Millersburg, Holmes county, Ohio. He was born June 8, 1829, son of David T. and Sarah (Walkup) Simpson, both natives of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His father is deceased. His ancestors originated in Germany and Scotland. The Doctor's boyhood days were spent in working on the farm in summer and attending the district schools in winter, and he remained at home, working on the farm, until he was twenty-four years old. He then began the study of medicine, entered medical college in Cleveland, a department of Wooster University, and was graduated in 1888, after having taken a thorough and complete course. He began his professional career at Meadville, Pennsylvania, where for two years he practiced in partnership with Dr. LaShell, after which he came to Warren. Here he has since been engaged in general practice. He is a member of the Northeastern Ohio Medical Association. Dr. Simpson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat. DR. M. I. HATFIELD, physician and surgeon, Warren, Ohio, has been a resident of Trumbull county for the past eight years. He located in Braceville, in 1885, and practiced there until December 15, 1891, since which time he has been identified with the medical profession of Warren. He belongs to the regular school of physicians and also practices the Eclectic. A brief sketch of his life is herewith given: 714 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Dr. M. I. Hatfield is a native of eastern Pennsylvania, born in Montgomery county February 1, 1844, son of David and Sarah (Gilbert) Hatfield, both natives of Pennsylvania, and of English descent on the paternal side. Great-grandfather Hatfield came from England to this country previous to the Revolution and was a soldier in that war. Dr. Hatfield grew up to farm life and attended the public schools. At the age of twenty he began the study of medicine under the instructions of Dr. Buchanan. Afterward he took a three years' course in the Pennsylvania Medical College at Philadelphia and is a graduate of that institution. After completing his college course, he was engaged in the practice of his profession in Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania until 1885, when, as above stated, he took up his abode in Trumbull county. His office is in the Stiles block and his residence is at No. 108 Belmont street, Warren. Dr. Hatfield was married February 1, 1882, to Miss Alice Baker, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they have one child, Eleanor. The Doctor was reared in the German Lutheran faith and is a member of that church. He is a stanch Republican, has served as delegate to the State conventions, and is an active worker in the ranks of his party. JAMES J. LOWRY, of Lowellville, Ma- honing county, is from genuine Scotch- Irish Presbyterian stock. He is descended from Robert and Mary (Johnson) Lowry, natives of county Down, Ireland, who carne to this country in 1801 and settled at Poland Center. They had a family of four sons and two daughters. Their daughters, Mary Martin and Jane Hutton, were both married and remained in Ireland. One son, James, became a merchant at Baltimore, Maryland, and the other sons, Robert, Johnson and William, came with their parents to Poland. Robert afterward moved to Leipsic, Putnam county, Ohio, and Johnson passed his life on the farm at the Center. William Lowry was the father of the subject of this sketch. He married, in 1809, Mary Houston, who was a daughter of William Houston, Esq., of Coitsville, a Revolutionary soldier. The homestead farm at Lowellville was purchased in 1813, and they removed to it in the same year. William Lowry served, for a tithe, as a soldier in the war of 1812, and both he and his wife were members of the Poland Center Seceder Church. He died in 1827, at the age of forty-three, leaving to his widow, who survived until 1876, the care of a family of nine children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Jane, deceased, wife of the late Robert Stewart; Mary, deceased, wife of the late James McNabb; Amy, widow of Robert Cowden; Martha A., widow of Anderson McBride; Robert Lowry, deceased, formerly one of the Commissioners of Mahoning county; Margaret, wife of Eben. S. Cowden; William H. Lowry, deceased; James J. Lowry; and Elizabeth, deceased wife of James D. Smith. All of this family have been farmers or the wives of farmers, independent owners of their own land, and residing all their lives in the neighborhood where they were born. All of them have been Republicans in politics, and, without exception, members of the United Presbyterian Church. James J. Lowry, son of William and Mary Lowry, was born April 22,1825, on the farm which is still his home. He bought out the interests of the other heirs to the homestead farm in 1847, and has resided all his life OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 715 upon this farm where he was born. He has been successful and prosperous in his occupation, being the owner, at one time, of 250 acres of land. A man of inflexible integrity in business and of strict moral habits, he has the respect and confidence of the entire community. He has many times been called upon to act as guardian and as administrator of estates, as assignee in insolvency and in other trust relations. In politics, originally a Democrat, he left that party because of the passage of the fugitive slave law, and, joining the Republican party at the time of its organization, has voted the straight Republican ticket ever since. Though he has never sought nor held any public office, except the local preferments of Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace, he has always taken an active interest in political affairs, and attended, as delegate, numerous conventions of his party. He has been an Elder of the United Presbyterian Church since 1861, was superintendent of the Sabbath-schools of Ma-honing congregation for more than ten years, and Commissioner of Beaver Valley Presbytery to the General Assembly of 1893, held at Monmouth, Illinois. Mr. Lowry was married, August 23,1849, to Margaret Smith, daughter of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Shields) Smith, of Coitsville, Ohio, who has ever been a faithful wife and mother, esteemed by all. To them have been born three children: William A. Lowry, a farmer, of Lowellville; Smith Lowry, deceased; and L. H. E. Lowry, an attorney at law, of Youngstown, Ohio. In the appending paragraphs we are enabled to offer interesting transcripts of the records, in turn, of the Lowry and the Smith families: Robert Lowry, the first of the family to settle in this country, was of the Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock. He was born June 3, 1749, in county Down, Ireland, and was married in 1771 to Mary Johnson, who was born March 17, 1749. In Ireland they had an estate for the lives of three men, which they sold, and came to America in 1801. They landed at Philadelphia and settled at Poland Center, Mahoning county, Ohio. The homestead farm was located on the northwest corner of the center of the township, and descended in the family until 1885. Robert Lowry was killed by a falling tree May 18,.1814, and Mary, his wife, died September 16, 1814. Both of them were members of the Poland Center Seceder Church, and are buried in that cemetery. They had six children: Martha, Robert, James, Johnson, William and Jane. Martha, the oldest child, born February 11, 1774, married John Martin, in Ireland, and never came to this country. She had two sons, both of whom were physicians. Jane, the youngest child, born December 10, 1787, was married also and remained in Ireland. Her husband's name was George Hutton. James, the third child, came to this country and settled at Baltimore, Maryland, where he became a merchant. Robert, Johnson and William, the second, fourth and fifth children, came with their parents to Poland Center. Robert Lowry, the second child of Robert and Mary Lowry, was born in Ireland, March 13, 1776. He came to Poland Center in 1801, and was married October 13, 1813, to Rebecca Stewart, of Coitsville, Ohio. In May, 1837, they moved to Leipsic, Putnam county, Ohio, and purchased a farm there. Rebecca Lowry died June 8, 1846, and Robert himself August 29, 1848. They were both members of the old Seceder Church. 716 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY They had two sons and two daughters, of whom we make record as follows: Robert Johnson Lowry was a farmer at Leipsic, Ohio; afterward in the dry-goods business at Urbana, Ohio; died at the latter place in 1862, aged forty-five years, and after his death his family moved again to the farm at Leipsic. He left two sons and two daughters. James Lowry, a farmer of Leipsic, Ohio, married Jane McElvy. During the war he entered the army, was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, and died iu Andersonville prison April 30, 1863, aged forty-five years. He left no children. Mary Lowry McConnell is the widow of Isaac McConnell, a farmer of Leipsic, Ohio She has one son and three daughters. Sarah J. Beckenpaugh is the widow o Isaac Beckenpaugh, a farmer of Leipsic. Since her husband's death she resides with a son at Pawnee City, Nebraska. She had four sons and two daughters. Johnson Lowry, the fourth child of Robert and Mary Lowry, was born September 10, 1781, in Ireland, and came to Poland Center in 1801. He married Sallie Stewart, of Coitsville, Ohio. He passed his entire life upon the homestead farm at Poland Center, and was an Elder in the Poland Center Church. He died May 1, 1841, and his wife survived until March 25, 1872, when she died, at the age of seventy-two years. They had four children, namely: Mary Lowry Finney, wife of Samuel Finney, a farmer of Mansfield, Ohio, has three sons and two daughters. One of her sons is the Rev. Thomas J. Finney, a missionary of the United Presbyterian Church, stationed at Monsoora, Egypt. William S. Lowry married Elizabeth Smith. He resided on the homestead farm at Poland Center, was a Justice of the Peace of Poland township for many years, and an Elder in the Center Church. He died May 20, 1869, aged forty-one years. He had four sons and one daughter: Albert Lowry, conducting a general store, Americus, Kansas; William Lowry, druggist, Sterling, Kansas; Samuel Lowry, general store, East Palestine, Ohio; Mary Lowry Davis, wife of John K. Davis, agent Pennsylvania Company, Rochester, Pennsylvania; Elmer Lowry, general store, Garnett, Kansas. Martha J. McNabb, wife of James McNabb, a farmer of Poland, Ohio, has two sons and two daughters. Robert Lowry, who married Kate McNabb, of Poland, Ohio, is a farmer and resides at Sterling, Kansas. William Lowry, the fifth child of Robert and Mary Lowry, was born October 11, 1784, in county Down, Ireland. He came with his parents to Poland Center in 1801. He was married March 23, 1809, to Mary Houston, daughter of William Houston, Esq., of Coitsville, Ohio. He purchased the farm at Lowellville in 1813, and moved upon it the same year. He served for a short time as a soldier during the war of 1812, and was a member of the Poland Center Seceder Church. He died November 3, 1827, of quick consumption, and is buried in Deer Creek cemetery at New Bedford, Pennsylvania. Mary Houston Lowry, his wife, was born May 18, 1785, near Pequea, Lancaster con nty, Pennsylvania. She survived her husband for over forty-eight years, managing the farm and rearing the family of nine children, none of whom were over seven years of age at the time of her husband's death. She died May 20, 1876, from the infirmities of old age. Her father, William Houston, was born in May, 1757, in Scotland, while his parents were on a visit to that country. He was a soldier of the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 717 Revolution, and was a prisoner on the prison ship at Long Island. After the Revolution he moved to Coitsville, Ohio, where he was one of the leading citizens of the community. He died in 1834. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Watson, bore him three sons and six daughters, Mary Lowry being the second child. William and Mary Lowry had three sons and six daughters, as noted in the following paragraphs: Jane Lowry Stewart, born April 14, 1810, was married November 16, 1831, to Robert Stewart, farmer, Coitsville, Ohio. She died September 9, 1836, leaving one son, William Stewart, a farmer of Coitsville. Mary J. McNabb, born December 13, 1811, was married September 15, 1853, to James McNabb, farmer, of Poland, Ohio, and died March 26, 1887. She left one daughter, Emma McNabb Kimmell, wife of Martin A. Kimmell, principal of the Poland schools. Amy H. Cowden, born February 21, 1814, was married December 1, 1831, to Robert Cowden, farmer, Coitsville, Ohio. She has two sons and four daughters: Mary A. Stewart, deceased, was the wife of Lowry Stewart, Vienna, Ohio; Margaret J. Strain, deceased, wife of Robert Strain, of Sharon, Pennsylvania; Martha L. Sharp, wife of William J. Sharp, New Bedford, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth S. McFall, wife of Simon McFall, of Coitsville, Ohio; William R. Cowden and James Cowden, farmers, of Coitsville, Ohio. Martha A. McBride, born May 18, 1816, was married September 10, 1847, to Anderson McBride, a farmer of Mahoning township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. She has two sons: Samuel M. McBride, merchant, Lapeer, Michigan; and James H. McBride, farmer, Lowellville, Ohio. - 47 - Robert Lowry was born August 12, 1818, at Lowellville, Ohio. He was twice married, first on September 22, 1842, to Margaret Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, of Coitsville. She died July 23, 1873, aged fifty-six years. His second marriage was consummated May 18, 1876, when he was united to Anna Madge, daughter of Robert Madge, of Wheeler, Mercer county, Pennsylvania. In politics he was a strong Republican from the organization of the party until his death. He was Justice of the Peace from 1855 to 1867, and one of the Commissioners of Mahoning county from 1866 to 1872. He was admitted to Poland Center Seceder Church in 1839, and was ordained an Elder in the same congregation in 1858. In 1860 he transferred his membership to the Deer Creek United Presbyterian Church, in which he remained, serving as Elder until his death. In 1885 he was a delegate from Mercer Presbytery to the General Assembly, which met at Topeka, Kansas. He died of dropsy February 8, 1891. By his first wife he had two sons and two daughters: Mary J. McBride, wife of Davidson C. McBride, farmer, of Lowellville, Ohio, has two sons, Rev. Bertrand McBride and Charles; William S. Lowry, a farmer, New Bedford, Penn, sylvania, and an Elder in Deer Creek United Presbyterian Church, married Mary Mars, and they have two children, Edward and Nellie; Therese J. McNabb, widow of John McNabb, hardware merchant, New Castle, Pennsylvania, has one son, Lake; Sadie E. C. Allen, wife of S. Walker Allen, farmer, Coitsville, Ohio, has three children, George, Lee and Stewart. Margaret Lowry Cowden, born January 6, 1821, was married October 29, 1851, to Ebenezer S. Cowden, farmer, of Lowellville, Ohio, and has one son and one daughter: 718 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Esther J. Anderson, wife of Henry F: Anderson, a contractor of Youngstown, Ohio; and William F. Cowden, a farmer of Lowellville, Ohio. William Houston Lowry was born July 9, 1822, at Lowellville. He was married. September 21, 1848, to Margaret J. Davidson, daughter of James Davidson, of Coitsville. He was a farmer, owning a farm at Coitsville center, and was a member of the Seceder Church. He died June 24, 1853. His wife, Margaret J. Lowry, died August 12, 1889. They had three sons: William C. Lowry is master mechanic at the Ohio Steel Works, Youngstown, an Elder in the United Presbyterian Church, married Annie Porter, of Sharon, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Margaret; James D. Lowry, farmer, Coitsville, Ohio; Rev. Houston W. Lowry, a minister of the Presbyterian Church, and settled at Wellsville, Ohio, married Blanche Lee, of Poland, and has three children: Ralph, Bernard and Jessie. James Johnson Lowry was born April 22, 1825, at Lowellville, Ohio. He was married August 23, 1849, to Margaret Smith, daughter of Hezekiah Smith, of Coitsville, Ohio. He was a farmer, owning over 200 acres of land at Lowellville, Ohio. He has frequently been called to serve as administrator of estates, has acted as the guardian of several children, and also as assignee in insolvency. He was at first a Democrat, politically, but left that party when the fugitive-slave law was passed, and then became a Republican, and has voted the straight ticket ever since. He has attended numerous party conventions as delegate, but has never held office, except that of Township Trustee during the war, and that of Justice of the Peace. He united with the church at Poland Center in 1847, and was elected Elder in that congregation in 1861. About the close of the war he transferred his membership to the Mahoning United Presbyterian Church, in which he has ever since served as Elder. He was superintendent of the Sabbath-school from 1867 to 1877. He attended many meetings of the presbytery and synods' of the church. In 1893 he was a Commissioner from Beaver Valley Presbytery to the General Assembly at Monmouth, Illinois. He and his wife have had three sons: William A. Lowry, a farmer, Lowellville, Ohio, married Margaret Davidson, and has one daughter, Harriet; Smith Lowry, deceased, was married to Sallie Price, and died without issue; L. H. E. Lowry is an attorney at law, Youngstown, Ohio. Elizabeth Lowry Smith, born in 1827, was married September 15, 1853, to James D. Smith, farmer, New Bedford, Pennsylvania. She died November 13, 1866, leaving four sons: William J. Smith, farmer, Lawrence, Kansas; Albert E. Smith, farmer, Lawrence, Kansas; Ellis I. Smith, farmer, New Bedford, Pennsylvania; and James L. Smith, Lawrence, Kansas. All the children of William Lowry, their husbands and wives, have been well-to-do farmers, owning their own land. They have all been members of the United Presbyterian Church, and all Republican in politics, without an exception. Following is a transcript from the records of the Smith family: William Smith, Jr., was born in the year 1751 at Markstown, county Down, Ireland. He was married in 1780 to Rosannah Smyth, a cousin of General Montgomery, who was killed at Quebec. He came to America in 1788. His wife followed in 1790, with four children, two of which died on the voyage. They landed at Baltimore and settled at Ber- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 719 wick, York county, Pennsylvania. From there, about 1795, they crossed the mountains to the forks of Youghiogheny, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Thence, in 1806 or 1807, they moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania; thence in the summer of 1812 to the old homestead farm, one mile south of New Bedford, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. His wife died in January, 1840, and he early in 1841. He was a weaver by trade, and both were members of Deer Creek Church. They are buried in Deer Creek cemetery. They had four sons and two daughters, who grew to maturity Sarah, Betsy, Samuel, William J., James M. and Hezekiah. Sarah, born February 2, 1782, in Ireland, married Robert Davidson, a farmer of Erie, Pennsylvania. She had one son and six daughters: Jane Kirkpatrick; Robert Davidson, Erie, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, wife of John McFarland, of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Rosannah, wife of James McFarland, of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Sarah, wife of William Schouler, Erie, Pennsylvania; Margaret Davidson,- unmarried; Emily, wife of Willard Russel, Esq., Erie, Pennsylvania. Betsy, born February 5, 1788, married Thomas Carnahan, and moved to Richland county, Ohio. They had five sons and two daughters: Frances, Elizabeth, John, Baily, Samuel, Hezekiah and Willson. Samuel Smith, born March 11, 1796, married Mary A. Montgomery, of Mercer, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Deer Creek ,Church, was a farmer, and lived on the homestead farm at New Bedford, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife died of the smallpox, which infection was brought to them from the Catholic hospital at the convent, which adjoined their farm. They had five sons and two daughters: Rosannah, of Aledo, Illinois; William Smith, M. D., of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, wife of Henderson G. Sharp, resides on the old farm; James Smith; Alexander Smith, M. D., of New Castle, Pennsylvania; Sibbett Smith, of New Castle, Pennsylvania; Frank Smith, of Grove City, Pennsylvania. William John Smith, born February 28, 1797, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, married Esther Davidson. He was a farmer at New Bedford, Pennsylvania, was a member of Deer Creek Church, and died September 19, 1875. He had one son and two daughters: Sarah, wife of Joseph C. Houston, Coitsville, Ohio; James D. Smith, a farmer at New Bedford; Mary A., wife of David McVey, of Youngstown, Ohio. James M. Smith, born May 13, 1800, died November 1, 1826. Hezekiah Smith was born at the forks of the Youghiogheny in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1804. He was married in February, 1824, to Elizabeth Shields, daughter of James Shields, of Coitsville. He was a farmer, owning a farm in Coitsville township. He died August 13; 1889. Elizabeth Shields was born December 16, 1808, and died January 30, 1877. She was a member of Deer Creek Church. They had four sons and one daughter: William Smith, carpenter for the Northern Pacific Railroad at Helena, Montana; Margaret S. Lowry, wife of James J. Lowry, Lowellville, Ohio; James M. Smith, a farmer at Coitsville, Ohio, is now deceased; Shields R. Smith is a farmer and real-estate dealer at Dallas, Oregon. John Gaily Smith, deceased, lived at Kansas City, Missouri. His family reside at Waco, Texas. 720 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY JAMES R. GREEN, one of the oldest settlers in Mahoning county, is an adopted son of the commonwealth of Ohio, being a native of her majesty's kingdom of Great Britain, born at Southampton, July 25, 1799. His parents were Joseph and Catherine (Sherman) Green, who were also natives of. England. James R. grew to mature years in his native land, and when he left the parental roof he went to sea. He entered the navy, and while in the service had the distinction of participating in the battle of Waterloo. He visited the important ports of the East Indies, and made twenty-three trips across the Atlantic. In 1833 he determined to abandon the water, and came to the United States, settling in Mahoning county, Ohio. Here he engaged in mechanical and agricultural pursuits and became one of the most progressive and prosperous husban.dmen of the township. There were many privations and vicissitudes to be endured on the frontier, but his life as a sailor had developed that true grit which has always been strongly characteristic of those who have gone before and made the way for the forward march of civilization. Mr. Green was united in marriage in 1833 to Catherine Mastin, who bore him one child, James Green, an officer on board a man-of-war in the English navy. Mrs. Green died in England in 1861. WILLIAM F. MAAG was born in Ebingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, on the 28th of February, 1850. He was educated in his native country and there learned the printer's trade. He came to America in 1867, and going to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, accepted a position on the Daily Herold, a German journal, which position he held till 1869, when he went to Watertown, Wisconsin, where he was engaged on a weekly German newspaper. In 1871 he accepted the position of foreman in the composing-room of the Milwaukee Herold. Subsequently he accepted a similar position on the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Staats Zeitung, on which he worked until 1875, when he came to Youngstown. In that year Mr. Maag became sole proprietor and editor of the Youngstown Rundschau, a German newspaper which was established in 1874, and since 1875 Mr. Maag has remained proprietor and publisher of this journal. In 1867 Mr. Maag bought the Vindicator, which he published till J tine, 1888, when he sold a half interest to the late John M. Webb. In September, 1889, the Vindicator passed into the hands of a stock company, which has since published it as a daily and weekly. Mr. Maag was made business manager and treasurer of the stock company, which was organized under the name of The Vindicator Printing Company, with John H. Clarke as secretary. The Vindicator is one of the oldest and best newspapers published in northeastern Ohio. Under Mr. Maag's management it has been very successful and is now published in one of the most convenient, commodious and handsome of newspaper buildings, and is issued from a splendid perfecting press which has all modern conveniences for publishing a metropolitan journal. The managing editor of the paper is Charles H. Wayne, a man of experience and marked ability as an editor. The Rundschau is the only German paper published at Youngstown, and it has a wide circulation and is one of the ablest German journals of northeastern Ohio. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 721 Mr. Maag is a practical man in all the departments of newspaper work. He is a popular citizen, a prominent Knight Templar Mason, and an active member of the K. of P. In 1872 Mr. Maag and Miss Elizabeth Ducass, of Waterloo, Wisconsin, were united in marriage. The marriage has given issue to six children, four of whom survive. WILLIAM J. EDWARDS is one of Youngstown's oldest and most honored citizens, and his father was prominently connected with the early history of the Western Reserve, and his mother was one of the best known and respected women of pioneer days in the Mahoning valley. His parents were Colonel John Stark Edwards and Louise Maria (Morris) Edwards. John Stark Edwards was a native of New Haven, Connecticut. He was descended from the same family as was Jonathan Edwards, once president of Princeton College, New Jersey, and of this college John Stark Edwards was a graduate. He studied law at New Haven. He was in the twenty-second year of his life when he came to Ohio. His father was the Hon. Pierpont Edwards, of the Connecticut Land Company, to whom, in the distribution of the Western Reserve lands, the township of Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, fell. As a married man John Stark Edwards came to Ohio in the spring of 1799. He settled in Mesopotamia township, taking possession of lands falling to his father, and on them he lived till 1804, when he removed to Warren, where he lived till 1813, when his death occurred. He was commissioned by Governor St. Clair, in 1800, as Recorder for Trumbull county, and held that position till he died. With the coming on of the war of 1812, he was commissioned a Colonel, and with a regiment went to Cleveland, but, learning of Hull's surrender, he changed his plans for warfare. Returning to his home, he was elected to a seat in Congress in the fall of 1812, but his death came in the following year before the time he was to take his seat. His widow married Major Robert Montgomery, and with her second husband removed to Youngstown in 1814. She was born in Vermont, and was a daughter of the Hon. Lewis R. Morris, the first settler of Springfield, Vermont. He served one term in Congress about the year 1800. She was latterly descended from the Dwight family, one of the most distinguished of New England families, and of Governor badly of Ohio she was a cousin. She was a good woman, adevout Christian, a loving mother, a faithful friend. Such was the character of the good mother that nurtured and trained for a useful life him whose name introduces this personal sketch. William J. Edwards was born in Warren, Ohio, December 26, 1811, and when a mere child he was brought to Youngstown in consequence of the second marriage of his mother. He was brought up in Mahoning county and on a farm. At the age of fourteen years he went to New Haven, Connecticut, to live with relatives. While there he attended for two years the celebrated military school of Colonel Partridge, where he gained a liberal education, principally in mathematics. Returning from Connecticut to Ohio, he took up farming very early in life. In 1837 he went onto farming lands in Mesopotomia township, Trumbull county, inherited from his father, and to his farm home there he brought a wife in 1839. In October of that 722 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY year he wedded Miss Mary Manning, daugh- ter of Henry Manning, an early and well-known physician of Youngstown, who came from Connecticut in 1810, settling at Youngstown. In 1848 Mr. Edwards and wife removed from Trumbull county to their present homestead, then on a farm just west of Youngstown, but now with in the corporate limits of that city. Since early life both Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have been zealous members of the Presbyterian .Church. They have but one child,—a daughter, Louisa Maria. HON. ELISHA WHITTLESEY was a native of Washington, Litchfield county, Connecticut, having been born there the 19th day of October, 1783. His parents were John and Molly Whittlesey. The parent tree of the family in America was John Whittlesey, who emigrated from England to Saybrook, Connecticut, about 1630. Elisha Whittlesey's youth was passed in working on a farm in summers. and attending school winters. His home was at Washington till 1792, in which year his parents removed to a farm near Salisbury, Connecticut. In 1798 he was sent to school in Danbury, Connecticut, where he resided with his brother, Matthew B. Whittlesey, a lawyer of that place. For several years thereafter he attended school at Danbury in winter, returning.to the parental home in summer to assist his father on the farm. In 1803 he took up the study of law in the office of his brother, and two years later was admitted to the bar at Fairfield, Connecticut. He at once took up the practice of his profession at New Milford, Connecticut. In 1806 he was united in marriage at Danbury to Polly Mygatt, a daughter of Comfort S. Mygatt, who afterward removed to Canfield, Ohio, to which place Mr. Whittlesey and wife had agreed, prior to their marriage, that they would emigrate. Accordingly they started on their journey on June 3, 1806, in company with a Miss Gesie Bostwick, a sister of Mrs. Herman Canfield, who, with her husband, was among the pioneers of Canfield. Their means of transportation was a covered wagon and a pair of horses. They arrived at Canfield on the 27th day of June, 1806, and at once set in upon an active career. In August, 1806, Mr. Whittlesey was admitted to the bar of Ohio by the Supreme Court at Warren, Ohio. Soon afterward he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Trumbull county, and this office he held until 1823, when he resigned. In 1808 he was elected and commissioned as Captain of a military company. Two years later General Elijah Wadsworth, of the fourth division, Ohio militia, appointed him his Aide-de-camp, and as such he entered in August, 1812, the service of the United States in the war with Great Britain. Subsequently he became Brigade Major and Inspector under General Perkins, retaining such position in the service until February 25, 1813, when the men who had served six months or more were discharged. However, he continued in the service a few months longer as aide and private secretary of General Harrison at his request. Mr. Whittlesey's legislative career began with his election, in 1820, as a Representative in the State Legislature of Ohio, to which he was re-elected in 1821. In 1822 he was elected to represent in the House of Congress, the district composed of Trumbull, Portage, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 723 By successive re-elections he continued to represent this district in Congress until 1838, when he resigned. He served in Congress for a period of sixteen years, and during the greater part of the time he served as Chairman of the important committee on claims in the House. He was a man of talent, moral worth and personal energy, and thus he secured a position of responsibility and influence in Congress. He was possessed of a systematic business mind and enthusiasm of character. He espoused the cause of right and justice, no matter how strong the contending influences might be. During his career in Congress he gained a national reputation for untiring perseverance and scrupulous honesty. From 1822 to 1841 Mr. Whittlesey was a member of the strong and active law firm of Whittlesey & Eaton. In 1841 President Harrison appointed him Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, which position required his continued residence in Washington; but in September, 1843, he resigned the office of Auditor and returned to Canfield to again engage in the practice of law. In 1847 he was appointed general agent for the Washington Monument Association, which position he resigned in 1849 to accept an appointment by President Taylor, as First Comptroller of the Treasury, which office he held through the Taylor and Fillmore administrations. When President Pierce was inaugurated Mr. Whittlesey, having opposed the political party which elected Mr. Pierce, resigned the office of Comptroller, but President Pierce, being impressed with the value of his services in that office, insisted upon Mr. Whittlesey's remaining in the office, to which the latter consented. He remained Comptroller until Buchanan's inauguration, when he again resigned on account of having opposed the election of Mr. Buchanan, who accepted his resignation. Mr. Whittlesey supported Mr. Lincoln for the presidency in 1860, and in May, 1861, President Lincoln appointed him to the same office of Comptroller, the arduous duties of which position he performed to the day of his death, January 7, 1863, being stricken down while at his post of duty in his office at Washington.E. F. A. RENKENBERGER, a carpenter and handle-maker of Columbiana, Ohio, was born in Beaver township, Mahoning county, this State, in the year 1862, son of Jacob and Mary (Flicinger) Renkenberger, and one of a family of six children. Jacob Renkenberger is a harness-maker by trade, but owns and occupies a farm of ninety-two acres and devotes his attention to farming and stock-raising. He worked at his trade for ten years previous to his settlement on this farm. He and his wife and their family are members of the New Jerusalem Church. They are people of more than ordinary intelligence, are notable for their honesty and industry and for their charity and Christian acts of kindness. The Renkenbergers, as the name suggests, are of German extraction. Grandfather Renkenberger was born in Germany in 1802, came to this country when he was sixteen years old, and died in 1890. His wife, born in 1803, died in 1889. Jacob Renkenberger filled the office of Constable and also other minor offices. The subject of our sketch learned the trade of carpenter and handle-maker in his youth, and now follows his vocation in the city of Columbiana. He was married in 1883, about 724 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY the time he reached his majority, to Miss Agnes West, daughter of Charles West, who resides near Mr. Renkenkerger. Mr. and Mrs. Renkenberger have had four children, namely: Margaret, born in 1885; Bessie, born in 1888, died in 1891; Nellie, born in 1890; and an infant unnamed. He takes an active interest in the New Jerusalem Church, of which he is a member, while his wife is a devout Catholic. He is identified with the J. O. U. A. M., and his political views are in harmony with Democratic principles. GEORGE HOFSES has been a resident of Beaver township, Mahoning county, Ohio, for the past twenty-six years. He was born in Germany in 1813, and and upon his arrival in America first located in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. He came from there to Petersburg, Ohio, and twenty-six years ago came to his present location, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He owns sixty-five acres of land. Mr. Hofses is a son of Mike and Christiana Hofses, one of their family of five children. His father owned about thirty acres of land and carried on farming on a small scale. He was a man of strict integrity, and both he and his son, George, inherited the characteristics of the German people. Both parents were active members of the Lutheran Church. George Hofses was married in 1843, to Rosanna Sencumhocker, also a native of Germany. Of their family of children we make the following brief record: John, born in 1844, married Sarah Smith; Aaron, born in 1846, married Maggie Bixler; Abbott, born in 1848, married Mary Strufoner; Matilda, born in 1850, is the wife of Ennice Honn, and lives with her father; and Daniel, born in 1852, married Della Honberger. Our subject and his wife are identified with the Lutheran Church and are among the best citizens of their community. IRA L. FREDERICK, who is engaged in the undertaking business at Washingtonville, Mahoning county, Ohio, was born here in 1867. He is one of a family of two children of Joseph and Lydia (Stousser) Frederick.. His father was for many years engaged in farming and also operated a thresher during the summer. He owns 200 acres of land, the same farm owned by our subject's great-grandfather, and lives in the house built by him. Great-grandfather Frederick laid out the northern part of Washingtonville, built the first house in the town, and for some years kept hotel here. He was a prominent and wealthy man, and as his descendants have grown up they, too, have occupied leading positions here. Joseph Frederick and his wife are active and liberal members of the Lutheran Church. He is a Democrat and an Odd-Fellow. Ira L. Frederick was married in 1891, to Cora Simpson, only child of Thomas Simpson, of this place. Her grandfather Simpson was a Major in the war of 1812, taught the first school in this part of Mahoning county and was for sixteen terms a member of the Ohio State Legislature. Few families have been more prominently connected with the early history of Ohio than the Simpsons. Thomas Simpson collected the first tax in this locality. One of his uncles was a member of the Senate. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick have one child, Blair, born March 25, 1892. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 723 As an undertaker, Mr. Frederick, has proved most successful in meeting the exact ing requirements of the business. In connection with his undertaking business he also carries a stock of boots and shoes, carpets and furniture. He received his education in Washingtonville, being a member of the first class that graduated here, in 1887. He also took a commercial course. Mr. Frederick is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors' Association and also of the Western Reserve Association of Undertakers. Politically, he is a Democrat. Fraternally, he is identified with the I. O. O. F. and the R. I. O. M., being Noble Grand of the former and Past Grand of the latter. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. Both joined the church the same year and both graduated the same year. REV. ALEXANDER BENNETT MAXWELL, PH D., was born near Butler, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1826, and departed this life at North Springfield, Ohio, October 27, 1891. He graduated at Jefferson College with the class of 1847. After completing his college course, he was engaged in teaching the most of the time until 1849, when he entered the Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, graduating there in 1852. In April, 1852, he was licensed by the Allegheny Presbytery to preach the gospel, and the following year was ordained to the full work of the ministry by the Presbytery at Fort Wayne, within whose bounds he had accepted a pastorate. He served the church at Alliance, Ohio, two years, was at Salem, Ohio, thirteen years, at Leetonia, Ohio, fifteen years, and was at Rome, Ohio, six years and a half. He had entered upon his duties as pastor at North Springfield, and had been there about a year when his death occurred. He was married, first, in 1853, to Miss Julia Atwater Merrick, of Atwater, Ohio, with whom he lived for twenty-four years. His marriage to Miss Mary MacMaster, occurred in the year 1880. From an obituary notice, read at North Springfield and Poland, by Rev. E. Layport, of Akron, Ohio, we clip the following: " Dr. Maxwell was a man of fine literary attainments. In 1888 he completed a postgraduate course of study, and received the well-merited title of Doctor of Philosophy from Wooster University. His good judgment made him a valuable presbyter. His rich culture and excellent spirit rendered him an interesting and instructive preacher. His genial nature and kind- heart made him a valued friend. His pure Christian character won the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. The churches he served grew under his care. He was delicate in health during all his ministry, yet for nearly forty years he was an earnest and efficient laborer in the Master's vineyard. For the most part he served our weaker churches. His ministry was pre-eminently a ministry of the gospel to the poor." THE MILLER FAMILY.—Carus A. Miller, a prominent citizen of West Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born at this place, November 14, 1852. Of his life and ancestry a compiler presents the following: "Noah Miller, father of Carus A., was a son of Samuel Miller, son of Noah Miller, and Noah Miller was a son of Noah 726 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Miller. We have no record of the birth-place of Noah Miller, Sr., but ascertain from records at Farmington, Connecticut, that he deeded a certain tract of land situated at Avon, Connecticut, to his son, Noah Miller, and Noah Miller transferred the same to his son Samuel. We also find that he was a member of the Church of England, and was taxed at the rate of two farthings on the pound for the support and maintenance of the society at Northington. Avon was formerly called Northington; from this we infer that he must have lived, a part of his life, at Avon, Connecticut. The oldest member of the Miller family, now living, thinks he married a woman whose family name was Burt. Noah Miller, son of Noah Miller, was born in 1734, at Avon, Connecticut, passed his life there, and died at that place, May 22, 1812, aged seventy-eight. In looking over old family papers, legal documents, etc., we find that he was a man of some prominence, was appointed attorney, was an executor and settled estates. Anneke Buell, his wife, was a daughter of Samuel Buell, of Simsbury. She was born June 7, 1743, and married Noah Miller second, April 9, 1760. She was a woman of ability, great intellect, and remarkable memory. She inherited from her father nearly the entire tract of land now called New Hartford, Connecticut. She died at her son's, Samuel Miller, November 10, 1822. Samuel Buell was a son of Peter Buell and Martha (Coggon) Buell, of Simsbury, Connecticut, who was a daughter of Thomas Coggon, of Taunton. He was born May 10, 1686, and was twice married. I do not know the name of his first wife; but his second wife's name was Anna, or Anneke Orten. She was daughter of Thomas Orten, of Farmington, Connecticut. There were two children by this marriage: Anneke, who married Noah Miller second, and a little boy who died in early life. Samuel Buell was an active business man, filled ffices of trust, was a great landholder, and in colonial days owned pearly all -f e large tract then called Simsbury, Connecticut. He died June 20, 1755. Anneke, his wife, died June 29, 1772. I think his father, Peter Buell, was also twice married. From this fact we have, among the old family records, a legal document made out to the widow, Mary Bissell, relict of Jacob Bissell, the day before his marriage to her, which dates back to June 28, 1698. This was the second marriage. There are many deeds among the old papers before mentioned, where he transfers certain parcels of land' (as it was then called), to his sons. (The daughters are also mentioned.) I conclude from this that Peter had a large family. These ancestors lived when the colonies and mother country were under the reign of 'our sovereign lord, King William. " The children of Noah and Anneke (Buell) Miller were eleven in number and were as follows: Annie, born January 31, 1761, must have died in infancy; Noah, born July 30, 1762, died suddenly at his brother's, Samuel Miller, September 14, 1821. He passed from one room into another, and his brother's wife entering soon after found him upon the floor, where he had fallen. She assisted him to a chair. He revived a little, looked quietly out of the window, off to the mountains, and remarked, 'It is growing dark on the mountains,' and died instantly. He was a large man, but Harriet (Cornish) Miller, who was alone with her little ones, and the aged mother, held him in the chair for over an hour, until some of the neighbors were passing whom she called to her assistance; Hannah, born November 26, 1764, died December 18; 1783, aged seventeen years OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 727 and twenty-two days; Martha, sometimes called Patty, was a maiden lady. She was born September 28, 1766, and died at Avon, Connecticut, September 26, 1839; Esther, born December 21, 1770, married Cyrus Bruce, and some of her descendants are now living at West Farmington; Susannah, born March 30, 1775, died October 9, 1775; Samuel, born December 9, 1772, died October 3, 1779; Susannah, born August 22, 1776, married Alpheus Gains, and settled in Barkhamstead, a part of New Hartford, Connecticut; James, born December 4, 1780, went South when a young man: do not know whom he married. We are told that he had a family of thirteen children. In those early days, before the great system of railways crossed and re-crossed the States in every direction, communication was more difficult, and after his father and mother (Noah Miller and Anneke (Buell) Miller) died, he was lost sight. of, and the relatives at the North have never met any of his descendants; Sarah Miller, born September 19, 1782, was the youngest of eleven children. She married Burrage Belden in the year 1804, at Avon, Connecticut. She was very much respected, and at the age of eighty-three, was remarkably active. She died at West Farmington, July 3, 1867. Samuel, born May 1, 1779, was father to Noah Miller, junior, and grandfather to C. A. Miller. He was a man well liked, was even-tempered, of amiable disposition and courteous in manner. He was a dealer in flour, feed, etc., and every day for many years went with feed and flour over the old mountain road to Hartford City and back again at 'night. He died at his home in Avon, Connecticut, December 25, 1844. Be married Harriet Cornish, who, after the death of her husband, sold the old Miller homestead which had been the home of the Millers for so many years, and came with her family to Ohio; located at Middlefield, purchased a farm which she soon disposed of, and came back to West Farmington, Ohio, where her eldest son and daughter had previously located. She was born March 26, 1799, and was daughter of King and Triphena Cornish, of Simsbury, Connecticut. Triphena Cornish's maiden name was Smith. Her people were from Ashford, Connecticut, and were people well situated in life. This great-grandfather, King Cornish, was very unfortunate and met with a tragical death. While away from home, in leaviug the room, he took the wrong door, stepped out, fell down cellar, was injured severely, and died that night. His wife (Triphena Cornish) was left with a family of seven children, and very little means; but she had force of character and was energetic and industrious. Her daughters possessed the same characteristics as their mother; were excellent housekeepers, and were useful in the communities in which they lived. Three of them were natural physicians, and with their roots and herbs cured patients when the M. Ds. had given them up. Harriet (Cornish) Miller was a good wife and mother. She was also industrious, systematic and orderly, and her family was always well cared for. She died in West Farmington, Ohio, at the home of her son (Noah Miller, j unior), December 19, 1880. They were members of the Baptist Church. To Samuel and Harriet (Corn ish) Miller were born twelve children, six of whom are still living. Maria Elenor, born October 26, 1816, married Amos Gillett, of Avon, Connecticut, October 28, 1835, and lived there a few years, and then came to West Farmington, Ohio, and has resided in this vicinity ever since. The kindness and hospitality of Aunt Ellen and Uncle Amos 728 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY will long be remembered; Daniel, born December 8, 1820, died March 6, 1822; Samuel Buell Miller, born December 8, 1822, was a member of the Disciple Church, a blacksmith by trade, a good citizen and kind father. He married Susan Frances Hart, daughter of Luther Woodford Hart and Almyra Gillett Hart. He married for his second with Mrs. Prudence Rood, of Braceville, Ohio. He died at West Farmington, Ohio, March 12, 1892. A little child was born July 28, 1824, and died September 27, 1824. Rodney M., a respected citizen of West Farmington, married Mary A. Lord. He was born February 28, 1826. Horace, born August 14, 1828, died of consumption at West Farmington, Ohio, August 17, 1847. Sarah A., born March 19, 1.830, was married at Avon, Connecticut, to Amos Gillett Hart, son of Luther W. and Almyra G. Hart. Of her it may be said that she possesses the characteristics of her father's and mother's people. James Ely, born February 28, 1832, is a single man, of even disposition, and generous to a fault. Catching the gold fever, he went to California as far back as 1852, and with the exception of a visit to Ohio, has remained on the Pacific coast ever since. Harvey, born January 30, 1834, was naturally of a roving disposition, and in the year 1858, took passage in the steamer Central America, which was on a return voyage from California, and was lost in a heavy gale at sea. He was never heard of .again. Erastus, born March 11, 1835, at the age of fourteen years left Farmington and went to Monroeville, Ohio, where he lived with an aunt and uncle (Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart) nine years, after which he went to Indiana, and at the age of twenty-six married an estimable lady by the name of Albina Brant. They settled in Elkhart, Indiana, and lived there many years. He is a man that has many friends and few enemies. Flora Triphena was born may 10, 1836, and married William Brady, of Hamden, Ohio. Soon after their marriage they left Ohio, settled on the Western prairies in the young growing state of Iowa, where they preempted land, built a log cabin, and by practical economy and good financiering soon had a home of their own. They are now in very prosperous circumstances and are very much respected in the community in which they live. Noah Miller, junior, eldest son of Samuel and Harriet (Cornish) Miller, was a man who was very hospitable, plain and practical, and one who had many warm friends. He was a man of good judgment and marked business ability, arid was often consulted on matters of business and his advice sought. Few men in Trumbull county were better known than Noah Miller. He was born September 26, 1819, and the first fourteen years of his life were spent on the farm. After this he went to live with an uncle by the name of Jessey Frisby, under whom he served an apprenticeship of two or three years to the blacksmith trade. At the age of eighteen years he came out west to West Farmington, Ohio, where he opened a shop and carried on blacksmithing. Here he married Betsey Maria Hart, daughter of Luther Woodford and Almyra Gillett Hart. The family of Samuel and Harriet C. Miller were all born in the little town of Avon, where so many of their ancestors were buried, and we have also reason to think that it was the birthplace of all of the children of Noah and Anneke Buell Miller. Betsey M. Hart, wife of Noah Miller, junior, was born at Avon, Connecticut, September 20, 1823. She has force of character, is conscientious and reliable and although her health is much impaired, is still very active. Her father, Luther OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 729 Woodford Hart, was born at the same place, January 16, 1706, and died in Minnesota at his son George's, December 17, 1879. He was a son of Gideon Baldwin, and Milly Woodford Hart, and Gideon Baldwin Hart was a descendant of Deacon Stephen Hart, who came with a settlement of whites to the Connecticut river valley when the Indians were its only occupants. This ancestor discovered the ford on the Connecticut river called Hartford, from which the city derives its name. He also filled high official positions in the colony, and State, and was a very popular man. Almyra Gillett, wife of Luther Woodford Hart, was born at Avon, Connecticut, September 7, 1800, and married Luther Woodford Hart, June 15, 1818. She was daughter of Amos and Esther Bishop Gillett, who were married at Avon, October 20, 1799. Amos Gillett, senior, was born May 6, 1765, and died November 18, 1807, in the forty-third year of his age. His first wife, Almyra Hart, was boru September 4, 1769, and died February 8, 1799. Her son, Abisher Gillett, was born October 17, 1793, and died at West Farmington, December 25, 1875. There were two children by the second marriage: Amos, who was born at Avon, December 27, 1807, and who died at West Farmington, Ohio, March 17, 1884, and Almyra, the wife of Luther Woodford Hart, who died at West Farmington, Ohio, October 851850, and who was loved and respected by every member of her family. Their mother, Amos Gillett's (senior) second wife, was born February 16, 1773, and died August 23, 1848. She married Lemon Brockway, her second husband, June 17, 1809. Esther Bishop (Gillett) Brockway's mother's maiden name was Susannah Woodford. She married a Bishop for her first husband. There were two children by this marriage, Esther and a brother, who settled on the bend of the Susquehanna. "She married for her second husband a man by the name of Dickison. She died April 27, 1839, aged seventy-six. Noah, junior, and Betsey M. Miller had three children, two daughters and one son. Melvina, the eldest daughter, was born May 3, 1844. She married Erwin J. Tyler, who was born in Greene county, New York, August 13, 1831, son of Calvin and Emma (White) Tyler, both natives of New York. Calvin Tyler was born April 18, 1797, and died at his son's, Dr. Tyler's, of Rounseville, Pennsylvania, December, 1891. His wife, born June 19, 1805, died in Rounseville in 1887. They had six children, five of whom are now living, three sons and two daughters. The Whites are of Scotch descent. Erwin J. Tyler was reared on a farm, and was educated at Hiram College. Previous to his marriage to Miss Miller, he married Maria A. Curtis, whose death occurred in 1876. She left one daughter, Clara M., who died June 27, 1877. His marriage to Miss Miller took place June 26, 1877. Mr. Tyler is one of the prominent men of the county, has filled offices of trust, and since 1885 has been connected with the Table Factory, and is partner and vice-president of the new association. Formerly he was engaged in farming. Diania Maria Miller, second child of Noah Miller, was born February 1, 1846, in Nelson, Portage county, Ohio, but has lived at the home of her father, with the exception of nearly five years, which she spent at her uncle's, Mr. S. W. Bishop's, in Hartford, Connecticut. Carus A. Miller remained under the parental roof until he was nineteen years of age. He then served a short apprenticeship in cabinet-making, after which 730 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY he was associated with Mr. C. S. Thompson in retail fdrniture and undertaking; but since the age of twenty he has been one of the proprietors of the Miller and Company's Table Factory above referred to, and is now president of the new incorporation. He was married September 25, 1872, to Miss DeEtte E. Foster, who was born in Bristol township, this county, January 21, 1855, daughter of Silas J. and Lucy Chapman Foster, Mr. Silas J. Foster was born April 28, 1830, in Morgan township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and his wife, Lucy Chapman Foster, was born October 20, in Genesee, New York. " Mr. and Mrs. Carus A. Miller have two children: Edith Lyle, born May 14, 1874; and Clyde Foster, born April 28, 1877. The family are members of the Disciple Church. " Of Noah Miller, junior, and Carus A., we further state that they, with Cyrus S. Thompson, were the first to establish the Miller and Company's table factory at West Farmington. They started this industry during the panic of 1873, when business was fluctuating and everything at low-water mark, but by careful management they nursed the little plant, and it grew and flourished until it became a permanent industry. There was much about the buildings that would easily ignite, and many had predicted its destruction by fire, but it was destined to remain until Sunday morning, January 8, 1893, when the old factory and one dwelling-house was entirely consumed, the employees thrown out of work, and much of the accumulation of years reduced to ashes. The old firm consisted of Noah Miller, Carus A. Miller, Erwin J. Tyler, Martin Buell Gillett and Frank L. More, who were practical business men, and had had years of experience in this line of manufacturing; and their experience was needed, for they were again to commence and rebuild at a time when the silver bill and tariff questions were agitating the public mind to such an extent that it caused a great depression in business; but they have succeeded thus far in guiding the little plant away from the shoals and breakers, and have just reason to predict its future prosperity. Following the destruction of Miller and Company's works came the sudden death of Noah Miller, Jr., the oldest member of the firm. He died at his residence in West Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio, April 19, 1893. " To the family of Noah Miller the year 1893 was the saddest and most eventful of all the years that had come and gone. According to the sworn statement of Salina Batchelder (who is an honest, upright old lady, eighty-six years old), daughter of Sarah Miller and granddaughter to Anneke (Buell) Miller, the ancestral record of the Miller family dates back to Anneke Jan Webber, daughter of Wolford Webber, and granddaughter of Queen Anne and also of King William Third. The Webbers were formerly from Bavaria, Germany. The romantic history of Anneke Jan Webber hat been handed down from our great-grandmother, Anneke Buell Miller, to Salina (Belden) Batchelder, and through her it has been transmitted to the present generation. This ancestor, Anneke Jan Webber, being of royal descent, her people very naturally expressed a preference for one of her suitors and persisted in their desire for her acceptance, but she very peremptorily declined his attentions by marrying a sea captain, and, leaving the old country, came to America. She married for her second husband the Rey. Everardus Bogardus, who was first minister to the Dutch Reformed Church of Amsterdam (New York); and history tells us he was a very good man. A OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 731 record of the names of her children, and some of their descendants, will be kept in the family for future reference." The Millers are also of English descent, are Republicans in politics, and have been a patriotic family. They were found in the ranks during the Revolutionary war, were represented in the war of 1812, and some of them in the late Civil war. As far back as their history can be traced they have been honorable and upright in all the walks of life. JAMES MACKEY, one of the most prominent civil engineers and surveyors of the State of Ohio, was born in Youngstown, February 7, 1829, a son of Major James and Margaret (Early) Mackey. The maternal grandparents were Thomas and Jane Early, natives of Ireland; they were among the early pioneers Of Ohio, and lived to a ripe old age. Major James Mackey was one of the first merchants of Youngstown, and conducted a successful business for several years. A full history of his most honorable career will be found in his own biography on another page of this volume. James Mackey is the fourth of a family of eight children: David, born June 10, 1824; Thomas, deceased; Nancy, widow of William Braden; Jean, deceased at the age of four years; James; John, who died at the age of four years; Robert, and Letitia, wife of Andrew Kirk. Our subject received his education in the common schools of his county, and in the University of Cleveland, being a student there at the time the Rev. Mahan was president; he had studied the languages before entering the university and had also done some practical work in surveying when attending school at the academy in Poland. He paid for his tuition and board with money received for surveyiug in the surrounding country. When he finished his studies he turned his attention to the profession for which he had fitted himself, and was not long in establishing a reputation for skillful, rapid and accurate work. He was appointed with the Hon. H. B. Perkins, Joseph M. Rickey, James Worrall, James McCullough and William W. Walker, the latter three from Pennsylvania, to establish the line between the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio; this work was begun in the fall of 1878 and completed in the spring of 1879. For sixteen years Mr. Mackey gave almost his exclusive attention to the surveying of coal mines, and in this line has had a wider experience than any surveyor in the State. In 18751e began to give his attention to the surveying of town sites, and resurveying boundary lines of disputed territory. In the commencement of his profession he kept records of his work, and these have proved immensely valuable to himself and others. Mr. Mackey was` united in marriage, October 30, 1862, to Miss Mary H. Ruggles, a daughter of Azor and Adaline M. Ruggles; five children have been born to them: Charles L., born February 21, 1865, assists his father in the office; he has been well tutored in the profession by his worthy sire, and is most serviceable; the others are Grace, Margaret H., Robert 1., who died in infancy, and Nellie. The father and mother are members of the Episcopalian Church, of which Mr. Mackey is vestryman. In politics for city and county officials he is independent, casting his suffrage for men rather than for declarations of principles. The Mackey brothers, James, David and Robert, were the projectors of the first street railway of Youngstown, which was built in 732 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 1875, a horse-car line which was operated until the electric car was adopted. Mrs. Mackey is one of two children, the other being Judge Robert M. Ruggles, who was a prominent attorney of Emporia, Kansas; he met with a serious accident, which resulted in his death, being thrown from a carriage in a run-a-way. He was the legal partner of Senator Plumb, of Kansas, and stood at the head of the profession in his State. Mr. Mackey has rendered most efficient service in his profession throughout the Reserve, and no man stands higher, whether in business or social circles. BURDETTE O. EDDY, a prominent law practitioner of Youngstown, was born at Windsor, Ashtabula county, Ohio, April 11, 1846, a son of Lorenzo S. and Elizabeth (Eaton) Eddy. Burdette O. was reared to farm life, and in his youth attended the district schools. In June, 1862, at the age of sixteen years, he enlisted for service in the late war, entering the Trumbull Guards, a State organization, which proceeded to Gallipolis, Ohio, for garrison duty. On entering the guards Mr. Eddy understood they were to do scouting work, but, after learning that their duty would be simply to guard Government stores, he became dissatisfied with his position, and three weeks later, with consent of the officers of the guards, he began special scouting service under the command of William Hickox, better known as Wild Bill. The latter was daugerously wounded in a hand-to-hand fight with bushwhackers in Arkansas, after which Mr. Eddy started for his home in Ohio. After reaching Springfield, Illinois, the spirit of patriotism prompted him to re-enlist, and September 4, 1863, he entered Battery G, Second Illinois Light Artillery, which was attached to the Sixteenth Army Corps. They took part in the following engagements: Union City, Coffeeville, siege of Vicksburg, Brownsville, Tupelo, Old Town Creek, Hurricane Creek, Nashville, and the siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, near Mobile, Alabama. While a scout Mr. Eddy participated in over fifty running fights and skirmishes. He was mustered out of service at Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois, September 4, 1865, after which he went into the plains of Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming. While there he was engaged for three years as train commander, scout and hunter to various trading parties in that section. Mr. Eddy was captain of the Vigilance Committee of the Laramie Valley for over one year, was wounded in the right knee in a single-handed combat with a party of Indians, at Cooper creek, Wyoming Territory, in August, 1868, and then returned to his home in Ohio. While on the plains he was for a considerable portion of the time with his old war friend, Wild Bill, in Dakota and Wyoming. After returning to Ohio Mr. Eddy attended school at Orwell, Ohio, and was also engaged in teaching. In 1872, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he graduated with the class of 1874, and while there also took up in private the study of stenography. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Michigan, at Lansing, in April, 1874, in the some month was admitted to the United States District Court, at Detroit, and in September, of the same year, he was admitted to the Ohio bar, at Canfield. In 1874, Mr. Eddy began the practice of his chosen profession in Youngstown. In October, 1880, he was appointed by the Court of Common Pleas as official stenographer for the hurts of .Mahon- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 733 ing county, and has ever since held that position. In political matters, he is identified with the Republican party. From 1884 to 1888, he served as City Councilman; from 1888 to 1892, was a member of the Board of Education; in the spring of 1893, was again elected a member of the City Board of Education, and now holds the important position of Chairman of the Teachers' Committee. In his social relations, our subject has been Junior Vice-Commander of the Department of Ohio, G. A. R., is a member of Tod Post, of Youngstown, and also affiliates with the I. O. O. F., Phoenix Encampment and Canton Royal of the I. O. O. F.; Jr. O. U. A. M.; Washington Council, O. U. A . M.; Mahoning Council, No.2, P. H. C.; O. C. F.; U. S. F. B. O.; P. B. O.; P. F. Y. B. O.; I. F. A.; O. M. A.; B. P. O. E. and the K. of P. In 1874, Mr. Eddy was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Day, who died in 1878, leaving two children, one of whom, Burdette S., is now living. In 1879, Mr. Eddy married Miss Vella I. Sunderlin, and they have two children: William C. and Jessie. H. R. MOORE, M. D., was born in Poland, Mahoniug county, Ohio, Jan u - ary 24, 1842, son of James S. and Hannah R. (Truesdale) Moore. His parents had a family of seven children, all of whom are living. James S. Moore was for many years prominently identified with the history of this part of Ohio. He came here from Pennsylvania in 1812, a babe in his mother's arms, their journey being made on horseback. Here he was reared amid pioneer scenes, and in time became the owner of 500 acres of land. - 48 - For many years he carried on farming and stock-raising on an extensive scale, and for ten years was engaged in the merchandise business at Lowellville, Mahoning county. He was a man of general information and decided opinions. Although he was reared with the old-fashioned idea about stimulants, he was the first man in this part of the country to banish the jug from his harvest field. He was not, however, a " crank " on the subject. He was a strong antislavery man, and assisted many a colored man to make his escape through Ohio to Canada. He was a stanch Republican from the time that party was organized. Both he and his wife were prominent members of the Presbyterian Church, and in Sabbath-school work he also took an active part, serving as Sabbath-school superintendent for a quarter of a century. Mr. Moore also took a prominent and active part in educational affairs, being a member of various educational societies. He attended the Mahoning Academy at Canfield for three years under Professor David Hines, and then taught one winter. In 1860 H. R. Moore began the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. Joseph Truesdale, of Poland. He afterward attended lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he graduated in 1866. It was during this time that the Civil war was in progresss, and his service in the Union ranks for a time delayed the completion of his medical course. He and one of his brothers enlisted in 1862, in Company A, Eighty-sixth Ohio Regiment, and he was honorably discharged the following year. Since the war Dr. Moore has been engaged in the practice of his profession in his native county, and as a skilled physician has gained an enviable reputation. Dr. Moore was married, August 8, 1866, to Maggie Woodruff, and they have had three 734 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY children, as follows: Eliza W., wife of B. E. Sexton;. Mary K., who died at the age of fourteen months; and George C., still under the parental roof, is now working with his uncle, Frank M. Moore, on the old homestead. For two years he served as Mayor of Poland, and has been one of the Councilmen of the town for twelve years, and is still serving as such. He is a member of the G. A. R., A. 0. U. W., and served for six years as Grand Medical Examiner for the A. 0. U. W. of the State of Ohio. He has filled all the chairs in the A. 0. U. W. He has been a member of the School Board for the past ten years. Mrs. Moore is a member of the Presbyterian Church. YOUNGSTOWN PRINTING COMPANY publishes the Youngstown Evening Telegram and Weekly Telegram. Frank B. Medbury is president of the company, James J. McNally is secretary and treasurer, while the managing editor is S. L. Bowman. The Telegram had its origin in the consolidation of several other early newspapers published at Youngstown. It is Republican in political policy, and is of a large circulation and enviable reputation as a news-gatherer. Its management is practical and successful, and its editorial staff, with Mr. Bowman as chief, is a strong one. The Youngstown Printing Company does a large amount of job-printing and bookbinding, and is prepared for and does excellent work along that line. EMANUEL P. MILLER, one of the representative agriculturists of Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, was born in the township in which he now resides October 17, 1829, a son of John Miller, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1798. The paternal grandfather, John P. Miller, was a native of Germany, but emigrated to this country in time to participate in the war of the Revolution. He married Elizabeth Frederick, also a German by birth, and they emigrated to America, coming to Ellsworth township, in 1811. They reared a family of three children: George, John and Mary, who became the wife of George Wolf, now deceased. John Miller grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, and was married to Susan Ann Stambaugh, a daughter of John Stambaugh; she also was reared in the Keystone State. They had born to them a family of eleven children: Eliza, Lydia, Jeremiah, John, Carolina, Eli, Sarah, David, Emanuel P.,. Levi and Abraham. The mother died at the age of seventy-two years, and the father survived to the age of ninety years. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed this vocation in early life, later turning his attention to farming. Emanuel P. was reared on the old farm to a life of honest industry, he assisted in the laborious task of clearing the land and from out the heart of the forest developed a fertile and productive spot. In 1852 he began an independent career in the world, purchasing the Simon Cope farm, a tract of seventy-one acres. As his means increased he added to this first purchase until he now has 262 acres, the entire body being well under cultivation and the improvements being of a most substantial character. The buildings are capacious and convenient and thoroughly adapted to the various purposes for which they were designed. One of the special features of Mr. Miller's farm is the well equipped dairy which he and his son John S. have fitted up. For cleanliness and utility it cannot be surpassed in the OF NORTHEASTERN. OHIO - 735 county; twenty Jersey cows supply the milk and 5,000 pounds of " extra gilt-edge" butter are produced in a season. Mr. Miller was married April 14, 1852, to Margaret McNeilly, who has been the faithful partner in all his undertakings. She is a native of Ellsworth township, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Tremble) McNeilly, natives of Ireland who settled in this township in 1827. They have reared a family of ten children: John, deceased, Robert, William, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sam, Mary, Joseph P., Sol and Martha. The father died in 1849, and the mother in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one child, John Sherman, who was born December 12, 1859; he was educated in his native county, and at Oberlin, Ohio; his marriage to Miss Jessie Smith, occurred in October, 1881. Mrs. J. S. Miller is the daughter of Walter and Judith (Riply) Smith. John S. Miller and wife have two children: Walter W. and Lula May; one child, John L., died in infancy. Emanuel P. Miller affiliates with the Republican party, and in 1890 took the census of his township; he has also served as Assessor. He is a man of good business qualifications, and worthy of the respect and esteem in which he is held by his fellow men.'