OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 701 four years, and was further educated by attending school two months each winter—doing his farm work for Mr. Sweihart the remaining part of the year. He then worked awhile for other farmers, in the same neighborhood, and in the spring of 1859 came to Portage county, worked here at the same class of labor until August, 1861, when, with about twenty others, he set out from Ravenna as a teamster for the volunteer service in West Virginia, and in this capacity served with the Seventh Ohio volunteer regiment until March, 1862, when he returned to Portage county. In August, 1862, he enlisted, at Streetsboro, in the Ninth independent Ohio light artillery, under Capt. Wetmore, a West Point graduate, and with this company he served two years and ten months, being honorably discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., in June 1865, the war having been brought to a close. The service, of the Ninth was principally rendered in the pursuit of guerrillas in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, but was also in many skirmishes with the rebels, in which a large number of the members of the battery were either killed or captured. Mr. Allman, however, passed through the war unscathed, with the exception, that he contracted rheumatism from exposure while on duty, and still suffers from that disorder. Ulrich, his brother, of the Nineteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, was badly wounded, however, at Shiloh. Immediately after his return from the army, Mr. Allman was married in June, 1865, in Streetsboro, to Miss Mary L. Dewey, who was born in Kent, Portage county, June 22, 1840, a daughter of Henry Dewey, a well-to-do farmer of Franklin township, and a pioneer from Vermont, there being but three houses in Cleveland when he passed through that now magnificent city on his way to his former farm in Portage county. The children of Henry Dewey were named as follows: Jerusha, Clarissa, Eli, Mary Lovina, George E., Lydia, Laura L.—and Henry. Of these, George was a member of a Wisconsin regiment of volunteers, and was killed in battle during the Civil war. Henry Dewey, the father, had removed to Sauk county, Wis., prior to the breaking out of the war, and there died at the age of eighty years. After marriage, Mr. Allman rented his present farm for five years; he then, through his industry, was able to purchase 200 acres, and soon after, through further good management, was able to add forty acres, and now owns as fine a farm of 240 acres as there is in the township. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Allman have been born five children, viz: Carrie M., Orna Ernest, Byron Frederick (who died at the age of fifteen and a half years), Charles and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Allman have given their children good practical education, being sent to the Streetsboro high school. In politics Mr. Allman is a republican and cast his first vote for Lincoln; fraternally he is an ex-member of A. H. Day post, No. 185, Grand Army of the Republic, at Kent. He has always been a hard-working man and still is, as far as his infirmity permits, and is an honored, straightforward, steady-going and useful citizen. Mrs. Allman was educated in the common schools of Sauk county, Wis., was also a student in the Reedsburg academy, and was a successful teacher in that county, and passed her girlhood days till she was nineteen years of age in Wisconsin. Her brothers and sisters are as follows: Jerusha, widow of Frederick Leonard, who was a soldier in the Civil war. His trade was that of a shoemaker and later in life he became a merchant. Mrs. Leonard now resides in Virginia. Clarissa; Eli, resides in Boone county, Ia., is a retired farmer and also owns a blacksmith shop. Mrs. Allman is next in order of birth. Lydia is the wife of Henry Young, a farmer by occupation and a 702 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD resident of Reedsburg, Wis. Laura L. is the wife of Wilfred Mason, also of Reedsburg, Wis. Henry died in 1894, in the state of Washington. He was a farmer and his widow now resides in Reedsburg, Wis. Mr. Allman came to America when but a lad, and was afterward bereft of his parents. He began life with not a dollar to his name, but by dint of industry, economy and enterprise, aided by his faithful wife, he stands today as a living example of what a man can do when he possesses that fortitude and perseverance which makes a successful life. He and wife expect to make Streetsboro township their future home, where they have erected a beautiful and comfortable dwelling modern in style, and where they are surrounded by many warm-hearted friends. HENRY BRIGGS is one of the old soldiers of the Civil war and a respected citizen of Mantua Station, where he was reared to manhood, having come here with his parents when about twelve years of age. He was born in Arlington township, Bennington county, Vt., February Jo, 1839, the son of Nelson and Jane (Seeley) Briggs, who were of English Puritan stock, and they became early settlers of northeastern Ohio, where they lived to rear their families and become well known. Henry Briggs had just begun going to school when he left his native home and came to Ohio and here finished his common-school education in Mantua township during the winter seasons. He was reared a farmer and thus spent a very active life during the summer season, assisting his father upon the farm, where he remained until arriving at early manhood. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted on September 17, 1861, at Mantua, and was mustered into the United States army at Camp Chase, September 25, 1861, in company A, Forty-second regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, with Capt. F. A. William's company under Col. James A. Garfield, and forming a part of the Thirteenth army 'corps, which division participated in the following battles. Their first engagement was at Middle Creek, Ky., January Jo, 1862, followed by the battle at Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Thompson Hill, Raymond, Champion Hill, Big Black River Bridge; siege of Vicksburg, being in the first assault on May 19th, and was there until it closed on July 4, 1863; siege of Jackson; Opelousas, La., October 2 I , 1863, beside many hard skirmishes and doing guard and picket duty. He was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, September 18, 1864, at the expiration of his enlistment, having served under Copt. J. L. Ross and Col. L. A. Sheldon. Mr. Briggs considers his hardest campaign to be that of Vicksburg, and he suffered much from hardships and exposure during this time. The hardest battle that he engaged in was at Thompson Hill, where his comrade, G. G. Striker, was shot down by his side, and the hardest charge was at Vicksburg. Mr. Briggs was one of the brave and active soldiers, and during the three years' time that he served his country, he was neither taken prisoner nor wounded nor sick in hospital, and at all times answered to roll-call, unless out on detail duty. He participated in all the campaigns, marches, battles and skirmishes in which his regiment was engaged, and during the three years' time had only a two-weeks' furlough home. He was a faithful soldier and prompt and cheerful in the discharge of all his duties as such, and is now one of the many that are disabled from the exposure of army life, and the same has resulted in rheumatism, which makes life almost a burden. Mr. Briggs returned to his earlier home at Mantua and the following year, on November OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 703 18, 1865, was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Roberts, who was born March 27, 1846, the daughter of Joseph P. and Lavina (Spencer) Roberts. The Roberts and the Spencers were of sterling Puritan New England stock and descended from old colonial families. Joseph Roberts, the father, was born at East Haddam, Conn., September 14, 1821, and when but a small boy his father died, he being thrown upon his own resources, and at the age of fourteen years came to Ohio, locating at Mantua, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, and here married Miss Spencer, the daughter of Hiram Spencer. The Spencers were of old Connecticut stock. Hiram Spencer, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Briggs, was born in Suffield, Hartford county, Conn., June 13, 18o5, and here married Elizabeth Grover, to whom was born one daughter, Levina. Mr. Spencer came to Ohio and settled in Mantua township as a pioneer, cleared up a farm from the woods and became a substantial farmer and good citizen. He died November 12, 1864, at Hiram, Ohio. Henry Briggs, after his return from the war, settled on his present farm in Mantua township, where he lived an industrious life and is known as one of the good citizens of the vicinity, where he has lived nearly half a century. He is the parent of the following children, viz: Lena and Carl. Politically he is independent, though ever since the war has usually voted with the republican party, though during the campaign of '96 was an advocate of free silver. Socially he is a member of the G. A. R., Bentley post, Mantua Station, and holds the office of senior vice-commander. He has always been an industrious and respected citizen. Mrs. Jane Seeley, the mother of Mr. Briggs, was first married to a Mr. Stone, and to this marriage two children were born: Malissa and Edward, and Edward was a soldier in the late war, serving in a Vermont regiment and was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. Nelson Briggs, father of our subject (Henry Briggs), was born in Vermont and was the son of Carmi Briggs. His children were Hiram, Nelson, Abel, Carmi, John, Esther, Mary and Alonzo. Carmi Briggs moved from Vermont to Michigan, where he became a pioneer in Eaton county, and cleared up a good farm from the woods and reared a large family, to whom he gave all a good start in life. His son, John, was a soldier in the Civil war, associated with a Michigan regiment. Nelson Briggs, the father, was born in Arlington, Vt., and there married Jane Seeley, and to this marriage were born the following children: Henry, Carmi, George, Eveline, Morton and Nelson. Mr. Briggs left his native state and located in Mantua, Ohio, in 1852, where he resided until 1866, when he removed to Eaton county, Mich., and purchased land in the forest, and there lived until the age of eighty-four years. Politically he was a democrat and a much respected citizen. WARREN BOWER, one of the veteran soldiers of the Civil war, and a respected citizen of Hiram, Ohio, was born in Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, Ohio, January 7, 1841, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Boyer) Bower, and is of sturdy Pennsylvania-Dutch ancestry. Warren Bower received a good common-school education at Mesopotamia and enlisted August 20, 1861, at Farmington, Trumbull county, in Capt. J. B. Burrough's Fourteenth battery, Ohio volunteer light artillery, to serve three years or during the war, but was honorably discharged before the expiration of his time, to permit of his re-enlistment as a veteran in same organization to serve a like term, and 704 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD was finally discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, as a corporal, August 9, 1865, having been promoted to corporal September 17, 1864, for meritorious services. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862; was on garrison duty at Jackson, Tenn., from April until June 2, 1863, and took part in the raid after Forrest. He was on the great Atlanta campaign, in which the Union troops were under fire for nearly four months; was in the battles of Resaca, Ga., May 13-15 to 20, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 28; Big Shanty, June 12 and 20, for thirty hours; Kenesaw Mountains, June 21 and July 22, forty hours; Ruff's Mill, July 4; Chattahoochie river, July 7-9, eight hours; Nancy Creek and Decatur, Ga., July 7 to 19; east of Atlanta, July 22; west of Atlanta, July 28 to August 1 ; west of Atlanta, August 2 to 9, twenty hours; west of Atlanta, August 10 to 16; west of Atlanta, August 17 and 25, forty hours, and was also at the battle of Jonesboro. He took part with Gen. Thomas at the battle of Nashville and the battle of Franklin, and was in many skirmishes in the chase after Hood, and in all others in which his battery took part, and was prompt and cheerful in the discharge of all his duties. During the battle on Kenesaw Mountain, he was ordered by Gen. McPherson to fire on a rebel flag-staff in the distance. Mr. Bower was sick with camp diarrhea, but was attending to his duty, when the blacksmith of the company stepped up and offered to release Mr. Bower; he had previously been numbered No. 1 on gun No. 2, of which Mr. Bower was in charge, and understood how to manage it. He loaded, fired, and fired a second time without wetting the sponge on the rammer, and the gun became hot, and he was cautioned to wet it. He said he would do so the next time, and rammed home the charge, but the gun exploded and tore off his right hand. Mr. Bower then took his place and continued the firing. That summer this battery fired five tons,. 832 pounds of ammunition. Mr. Bower thinks the battle of Shiloh to be the hardest battle in which he was engaged. His battery was engaged but thirty minutes, having four men killed and twenty-eight wounded, and seventy-seven horses killed. His next hardest battle was on the 22d of July before Atlanta, fighting four hours, and firing 654 rounds of ammunition. His hardest march and campaign was marching four days and nights in succession, in the campaign after Hood, and having scanty rations, one time, on this campaign, lived seven days on parched corn and coffee. He was sick ten days in hospital with measles, in Camp Dennison, Ohio, in 1862, and was home on furlough thirty days. His hearing in the right ear was destroyed by the measles, and concussion from the discharge of the guns during the battles of the Atlanta campaign, and the hearing of the left ear much impaired. After the war, Mr. Bower returned to Ohio and followed farming. He married, in Auburn, Geauga county, September 8, 1868, Sarah A. Nooney, who was born November 19, 1848, at Mantua, Portage county, a daughter of Hezekiah A. and Caroline (Johnson) Nooney. Hezekiah A. Nooney was the son of Capt. Hezekiah and Sarah (Hawkins) Nooney. The captain came from Vermont, and was a pioneer of Mantua township, clearing up his farm of 500 acres from the woods. His children were Ruby, Henrietta, Sallie and Hezekiah. He was in religion a Methodist and in politics a republican. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died at a venerable age, a highly respected pioneer. Hezekiah A. Nooney, the father of Mrs. Bower, was born in Mantua township, December 4, 1817. He was a farmer, and married Caroline Johnson, who was born in Tol- OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 705 land, Conn. The children were Nettie R., Henry, Eliza, Sarah A., James, Thomas C. and Rhoda. The death of Hezekiah A. Nooney occurred August 13, 1892. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bower located near Ravenna, Ohio, and then moved to Auburn, Ohio, and rented a farm of 235 acres, on which they lived for two years; then went to Trumbull county, where Mr. Bower carried on farming and the dairy business, until the fall of 1875, when he moved to Mantua township and lived on a farm until the fall of 1891. He then came to Hiram, in 1891, and bought his present property. Mr. and Mrs. Bower have one daughter, Leila 0. Bower, a gtaduate of the musical department of Hiram college. Mr. and Mrs. Bower are members of the Disciples' church, and in politics Mr. Bower is a republican and as such served as marshal of Hiram three years. He is a member of the G. A. R., Mark Horton post, at Garrettsville, was formerly a member of Bentley post, at Mantua, and held the offices of junior vice-commander and assistant adjutant. Mr. Bower has always been an honorable citizen and well known for hiS good character. Jacob Bower, father of Warren Bower, was born at Little York, Pa., January 2, 1808, a son of Joseph and Barbara (Smith) Bower, who descended from sturdy Dutch ancestry, and who were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania. Jacob Bower was reared a farmer in Mesopotamia, Ohio, where he came when a boy, with his father, who took up about 500 acres, about 1814. Jacob Bower remained on this farm all his life, and was a substantial citizen. His children by Hannah Boyer, his first wife, were Herman and Warren, both soldiers in the Civil war. Herman was in the Fifteenth Ohio battery, light artillery, and served three years. By his second wife, Nancy Huffman, Jacob Bower became the father of Reily, Dallas, Samantha, Charles, John, Morton, Jay, Bert. and Jerry. Mr. Bower reached the venerable age .of eighty-five years, and until eighty-three years old had never undressed and gone to bed sick. He was a substantial citizen and owned about 235 acres of land, was a township trustee, and was well known for his honorable character. NELSON S. BARTHOLOMEW, one of the old soldiers of the Civil war and a respected citizen of Mantua, Portage county, was born in Auburn, Geauga county, Ohio, November 9, 1830, a son of Jonathan and Mary (Wilson) Bartholomew. He received a common-school education and was reared to farming. He went, when young, to Vienna, Genesee county, Mich., and married Elizabeth Webster, who was born in Auburn, Geauga county, Ohio. Mr. Bartholomew bought a farm in Genesee county and cleared up a part from the woods, and then traded for another farm near by, and this he also improved. Mr. Bartholomew enlisted at Maple Rapids, Mich., and was mustered into the United States service, August 28, 1862, in company G, Fifth Michigan volunteer cavalry, Capt. William McGoffin, to serve three years or during the war, and was honorably discharged on account of the close of the war, at Detroit, Mich., in August, 1865. He was promoted for meritorious conduct to be corporal and then first sergeant, and was detailed to Harper's Ferry four months as guard for government property in the United States arsenal, in 1864. He was wounded at Smithfield, Va., in the left leg and was four months in hospital in Alexandria, Va., and was wounded in the shoulder at Dinwiddie Court House, April 1, 1865. He was in the battle of Gettysburg three days, his regiment being dismounted and serving as 706 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD infantry. He was in Kilpatrick's raid in the rear of Vicksburg, battles of the Wilderness and Gordonsville, and served against Gen. Early when he made his famous raid on Washington, and served under Gen. Philip Sheridan and Gen. Russell A. Alger, then colonel of the Fifth Michigan cavalry. In the Shenandoah valley he was in the battle at Winchester when Sheridan made his famous ride, Gen. Carter being the division commander. He was in the battles of Smithfield, Flint Hill, Fisher's Hill, and four months was engaged in many minor skirmishes after Gen. Early, until the latter was driven out of the valley. The valley of the Shenandoah was the granery of the rebels, and the United States cavalry destroyed its entire production. This campaign lasted nearly one year. At the battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Mr. Bartholomew was shot in the left shoulder and was in hospital at Mount Pleasant, Washington, D. C., for two months, and still suffers from his wounds. Gen. Sheridan's forces fought between thirty to forty engagements, including the battles of Opequon, Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill, with a total loss of 1,938 killed and 11,893 wounded, and 3,121 missing. On August 10, 1864, Sheridan marched out from Halltown, for Winchester; on the II th there was fighting at Sulphur Springs Bridge and White Post, and on the 15th, fighting at Fisher's Hill; on the 16th at Front Royal; on the 17th at Winchester; August 19, a detachment of the Fifth Michigan cavalry, was overpowered at Snicker's Gap by Mosely's guerrillas, who put to death the wounded and prisoners; soon after this Carter's men captured some of the guerrillas, and shot down sixteen of them in retaliation. There was fighting at Martinsburg, Berry Hill, Summit Point, Halltown, Sheppardstown and Smithfield, and here Mr. Bartholomew's horse was shot from under him and killed. On September 1st the battle at Front Royal pike was fought. Mr. Bartholomew was always an active soldier and did his full duty promptly cheerfully and well, and was in some of the hardest fought battles of the war, and campaigns, and was in all battles, skirmishes, campaigns and marches in which his regiment was engaged, except when he was in hospital with his wounds. He was not a prisoner, and had no furlough home, except when he was wounded in the shoulder. He was a good and faithful soldier. At the seven days' battle of the Wilderness, he was detailed as a sergeant to company B, and carried the guidon in this battle; this was an honorable, but very dangerous office, as the colors were always selected to fire on. The hardest battle in which Mr. Bartholomew was engaged was that of Gettysburg. His hardest campaigns were in the Shenandoah valley and the Wilderness fight of seven days. Beside his two severe wounds, he was slightly wounded by a shell splinter in his right thigh. After the war, Mr. Bartholomew returned to Michigan and resumed farming. He and wife were the parents of Henry D., Emma E. and Mary E. In 1866, Mr. Bartholomew returned to Geauga county, Ohio, and bought his father's old homestead. This consisted of 116 acres, and by his good management, coupled with his great industry, he has added to it, until he has a fine farm of 167 acres. This he has greatly improved with substantial buildings. His wife died in April, 1870, and he next married, in Auburn, Ohio, Amy Warren, a widow, nee Brown, but there were no children by this wife, who was also called away. His third marriage took place December 9, 1891, at Charlestown, Portage county, to Mary A. Phelps, widow of Isaac Phelps. This lady was born in Ontario county, N. Y., September 9, 1832, a daughter of Lucius and Sallie (Canfield) Redfield. Lucius Redfield was born in Hopewell, N. Y., and descended from an old OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 707 colonial Vermont family. He married, in New York state, Sallie Canfield, and their children were William, Eliza J., Henry, Mary, Julia M., Sallie A. and Helen E. Lucius Redfield was a skillful carriagemaker, moved to Auburn, Ohio, about 1832, but died in Niles, Ohio, in 1876, a member of the Disciples' church. In politics he was a democrat and an upright and respected man. Mrs. Bartholomew, the wife of subject, was well educated in a select school at Canandaigua, N. Y. She was married, the first time, to Jerome Hinckley, a merchant of Auburn, Ohio. Mr. Hinckley died in 1870, and she was next married to Isaac Phelps, a wealthy speculator of Ravenna, Ohio. Mrs. Bartholomew is a member of the Disciples' church and is a lady of fine social qualities and of much culture and refinement, and takes an active interest in horticulture and kindred subjects. She is a member of the Horticultural society and daughter of Rebekah, I. O. O. F. Mr. Bartholomew in politics is a republican. He has always been a farmer and owns a pleasant residence, and also owns eight and one-half acres at Mantua Crossing. He has been a respected man, straightforward and honest and of noted energy and :industry. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and in politics a republican. ANDREW BUEHRLA, a native-born farmer of Randolph township, Portage county, Ohio, was born February 23, 1870, a son of Lucas and Mary Ann (Kelbly) Buehrla, natives of Baden, Germany. Lucas Buehrla was born October 18, 1827, and in his early days learned the mason's trade. He was married in the old country, came to the United States in 1869 and March 19 settled in Randolph township, and here followed his trade as long as his health would permit, and then bought the farm on which his son, Andrew, now resides. To his union with Miss Kelbly were born ten children, of whom eight are still living, viz: August; Paulina, married to John Heim; Albert; Theressa, wife of Frank Kuntz; Frank, Andrew, William and Edward. The two deceased were Adolph, who died at the age of twenty years and two months, and Mary, who was married to Jacob Bettling, and died June 20, 1890, at the age of twenty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Buehrla, the parents of this family, were both devoted members of the Catholic church, and in this faith the mother called to rest July 21, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight years, and the father May 2, 1897, when sixty-nine years, six months and fourteen days old--both greatly respected by their many friends for their sterling merits and steady-going habits of life. Andrew Buehrla, the subject of this biography, was educated in the district school of his neighborhood, and was reared to manhood on his father's farm. On reaching his majority he went to Cleveland, where he found employment as a conductor with the Electric Street Railroad company, with which he remained about six years. During the year 1895 he made a trip to the west, paying a visit to his brother in Montana, and traveling through other states, being gone, in all, about eight months. The marriage of Mr. Buehrla took place in Cleveland, December 31, 1895, to Miss Maggie C. Weber, daughter of Frederick and Julia Weber, and this union has been blessed with one child--John A. In 1897, Mr. Buehrla settled on the old homestead in Randolph township, and is now prosperously engaged in agricultural pursuits. Frederick Weber, father of Mrs. Buehrla, is a native of Prussia, as is also his wife, who has borne him five children, viz: Regina, wife of Williard Scott; 708 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Gottleib; Maggie C., now Mrs. Buehrla; Lizzie and Henrietta. By trade Mr. Weber is a molder, and this calling he followed until 1897, when he bought land and engaged in farming. Andrew Buehrla and his wife are devout members of St. Joseph's Catholic congregation, and are very liberal in their contributions to its support and active in the good gook of the church. HARVEY BALDWIN, one of the pioneers of the Western Reserve and a substantial farmer of Aurora township, Portage county, Ohio, and a respected citizen, is a son of Harvey, who was a son of Samuel Baldwin, who came to Cleveland in 1806, and was a member of the famous Baldwin family of Connecticut, who were among the early founders of that state. Samuel, the original pioneer of the family of Aurora township, was a farmer, and married, in Connecticut, Hannah Camp, who was born in the same state. The children born to his marriage were Smith, who was one of the first sheriffs of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and under his administration the first hanging—that of an Indian—in Cuyahoga county, took place; Caleb, James, Elicam, Harry, Harvey and Alanson, and also four daughters. Samuel Baldwin made the journey to Ohio with horses, part of the way on the ice on the borders of lake Erie, and at one point he broke through. He settled, in I 8o8, in Aurora township, Portage county, having lived in Newburg, Cuyahoga county, about two years previously. He bought about 400 acres of land just east of Aurora Center, all woods, and he cleared it up and made a good farm, most of which he divided with his sons, although a part of the land was laid off into town lots in Aurora. Samuel Baldwin was an honored pioneer citizen and a member of the Baptist church. He died, aged about eighty-one years, on his farm, February 30, 1829. Harvey Baldwin, son of Samuel and father of Harvey, was born in Connecticut, at Danbury, December 31, 1796, and was a boy of about twelve years when the family came to Ohio. He received a common-school education and was always a farmer and cheese merchant, and the pioneer of the cheese manufacture in Portage county, selling the first large lot of cheese ever shipped from the county, about 182o, the shipment consisting of five casks of cheese and two barrels of cranberries. He hauled them through to the Ohio river, bought a skiff and took them to Louisville and sold them. He had previously been to New Orleans, when a young man, and saw cheese sold at $1 per lb. At New Orleans he found his brother James, and they both went to New York and James died on Staten Island and Mr. Baldwin returned home and continued in the cheese trade for thirty years. In early times he would buy the cheese and wagon it across the state and then ship by way of barges or keelboats to New Orleans. He had associated with him different parties—Samuel, Granger, Alanson Baldwin and a Mr. Kent, but he did the traveling and selling. He first settled in Bainbridge township, and later moved to Aurora and Streetsboro. Mr. Baldwin first married, in Bainbridge township, Lora Kent, born March 23, 1797, daughter of Gamaliel and Deborah (Huntington) Kent. The Huntingtons were a prominent Connecticut family, and Gov. Huntington, of Ohio, owned Soo acres of land where Henry Baldwin, now lives, and from whose heirs Harvey Baldwin, bought his farm. Harvey Baldwin's second marriage was to Lucinda Brown, of Louisville, Ky., in 1832. He was laid up there with his boat during a great flood, during which Mr. Brown's house was rendered untenable; he took the family on board and OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 713 finally married the daughter. The first wife's children were Laura A., Henry, Philander and Oscar 0. The second wife's children Ellen, Belle, Esther A. and Lester. Mr. Baldwin was a Methodist and class leader and a prominent man in his church; he was one of the founders of the Methodist church in Streetsboro and the principal builder, paying $400 towards its erection. He was a man of integrity of character, much respected, and died on his farm in Streetsboro township at the age of eighty-five years. Harvey Baldwin was born April 14, 1823, in Bainbridge township, received the common education of his day and has always been a farmer. He married, December 23, 1847, in Aurora township, Portage county, Emily Carver, who was born November 8, 1823, in Aurora township, a daughter of Chester and Anna (Eldridge) Carver. Chester Carver, a pioneer of Solon, Ohio, was a descendant of the New England family of that name—the founder of the family in America, having come over in the May Flower to Plymouth in 162o. Chester Carver was born about 1800, came to Ohio with his parents when a boy, and was a carpenter by trade. He married Anna Eldridge, who was born, about i800, in New York state, a daughter of Sylvanus and Alice (Fisk) Eldridge. Sylvanus Eldridge's family were pioneers of Aurora township, the father dying on the way about 1816. His children were Betsy, Daniel, John I., Anna and Caroline. Chester Carver and wife, parents of Mrs. Baldwin, settled on 100 acres of land in the southeast part of Aurora township and partly cleared up their farm, and he died three years later, about 1827. His children were Chester and Emily. Mr. Carver was a young man when he died of malarial fever, and Mrs. Baldwin, although then a child of four years, remembers the sad event. Her mother lived to be an old lady of eighty-eight years and died January 7, 29 1891. She was married, the second time, to. Oliver Spencer, and they were the parents of Sally, who died young, Melinda, Matilda, and Russell 0. Harvey Baldwin settled on a farm. in Streetsboro township after marriage, and ran a dairy of sixty cows for I. C. Dow, in the-good old way, making the cheese and butter by hand, and selling the cheese for four cents per pound and butter from nine to twelve cents. Two years later Mr. Baldwin went overland, to California, starting March 14, 185o, with, a company of men from northeastern Ohio, shipping by steamer their wagons and effects to St. Joseph, Mo., where they bought horses and crossed the plains, being eighty-one days from St. Joseph, Mo. , to Eldorado county, Cal., where Mr. Baldwin engaged in gold mining and remained three years, did fairly well and brought his gold home with him. While still a resident of California, he volunteered in the state militia and served against the Digger Indians. He returned via the isthmus of Panama in 1853, and bought a farm in southeast Aurora township, adjoining his present farm, consisting of 130 acres. He resided there but two years, then bought his present place of 142 acres, which he has greatly improved, and has a pleasant home. To Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have been born the following children: Ella F., wife of Erskine R. Merrill, resident of Aurora township; he is engaged in the roofing business, and has been an active business man all his life. They have three sons, Ernest B., Richard K. and Gilbert H. Mrs. Merrill was educated at the ladies' seminary of Painesville, Ohio, and highly trained in music. Alice M. is the wife of T. A. Gould, who is also engaged in the roofing business. They have two children: Lee H. and Carrie E. Carrie E. died at the age of fifteen years; Hattie E. is the wife of W. M. Heinly, who is the manager of Mr. Baldwin's estate. Anna L. resides mostly with her 714 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD parents. Minnie C. was the wife of T. H. Warren, who is a member of the Burton Stock Co. of Boston, Mass. She died March I, 1891, and her remains are interred in Aurora cemetery, where the beautiful family monument of Quincy granite marks the last resting place. December 23, 1897, marked an event in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin which will ever be cherished by them and their children. It was the celebration of their "golden wedding." They sent out numerous invitations to their many friends, with the injunction "No presents," but this injunction was not heeded. In their comfortable and pleasant home is found a beautiful and elegantly engraved gold-headed cane, a beautiful ebony and gold-plated cathedral gong clock, also a superb delph parlor lamp, an exquisite hanging lamp, and gold coin and other beautiful souvenirs. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are members of the Congregational church of Aurora, and in politics Mr. Baldwin is a democrat and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk. Mr. Baldwin is an honored citizen, has been elected township trustee three terms. He is a man of undoubted integrity of character and has always been industrious and energetic. DAVID D. CARSON, the popular druggist of Deerfield, Portage county, Ohio, and a justice of the peace and notary public, was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, July 23, 1843, and is a son of George and Catherine (Gross) Carson, of whom further mention will be made at the close of this biographical notice. David D. Carson received a sound education in the common or district schools of his neighborhood and at Hiram institute, and was reared on his father's farm until twenty-one years old, when he enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served about five months, holding the rank of sergeant, and being slightly wounded. After being honorably discharged, he returned to his home at Berlin, Mahoning county, where he remained until April, 1866, when he went to Missouri and located near Union, in Franklin county, where he lived seventeen years, teaching school, serving as justice of the peace, and filling other positions of trust. The first marriage of Mr. Carson took place at Berlin, Ohio, in 1864, to Miss Sarah Achsah Buck, but this lady died, on his farm in Missouri, in September, 1880, at the age of thirty-five years. Two sons were born to this union, both of whom died in infancy. After this sad event, Mr. Carson again taught school in the district where he had previously taught in Missouri, and then started on his return to Ohio, but stopped at St. Louis, having been offered a position by an iron firm in Tennessee he had already worked for in Missouri. In 1881 he reached his old home in Berlin, Ohio, taught school one year near Warren, Ohio, and in 1882 married Mrs. Sarah A. Diver, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Cline) Gross. In the spring of the same year Mr. Carson came to Deerfield and engaged in the hotel business for one year, and in the spring of 1883 formed a partnership with E. J. Shively in the mercantile business at Palmyra. In December of the same year Mr. Shively retired and Mr. Carson carried on the business alone until May, 1884, when G. R. Diver became his partner, and for three years they continued together, carrying a stock of drugs, dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hardware, etc., valued at $12,000. In 1887, F. P. Schultz was admitted to the firm, and until 1891 a flourishing business was carried on under the style of Carson, Diver & Schultz. On the dissolution of the firm, Mr. Carson again came to Deerfield and entered into the OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 717 drug trade on his own account, and in the spring of 1897 added a large line of miscellaneous merchandise. In politics Mr. Carson is a republican, and cast his first vote at the second nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the presidency of the United States. He has served as township assessor one term, and has been a justice of the peace since 1892. Fraternally he is a member of lodge No. 530, F. & A. M., of Palmyra; of lodge No. 136, K. of P., of the same city, and has been an Odd Fellow since 1868. He is also a member of the Maccabees and of the G. A. R. George Carson, father of David D., was born in Dauphin county, Pa., August 19, 1812, a son of John and Catherine (Wentz) Carson, who came to Ohio in 1832, and located in Trumbull county, in that part now known as Mahoning county. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom five are still living, viz: George, Jacob, Samuel, Robert, and Susan. The deceased were named John, Sarah, Sophia, Harriet, William, and David. David D. Carson has had a rich and varied experience in life and has always been a prominent figure wherever he has resided and is a man of quiet but effective influence; he stands to-day an honored citizen of Deerfield township, and holds a business reputation that has never yet been tarnished. JAMES CASSIDY, an enterprising farmer and an old soldier of the Civil war, is a son of James and Margaret (Glancey) Cassidy, and was born January 27, 1837, in Boston township, Summit county, Ohio, where he still resides. He was reared a farmer, and enlisted, in August, 1862, at Boston, in company C, One Hundred and Fifteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, Capt. John A. Means, to serve three years or during the war, and was honorably discharged July 5, 1865, at Cleveland, Ohio. His services were in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. He was taken prisoner by John Morgan's cavalry at LaVergne (Tenn.) block house, December 5, 1864, and held for nine days. He and two comrades--S. W. Berry and D. J. Thomas, both of Summit county and of the same company--made a daring escape at night from the court house at Columbia, f enn., and after many adventures arrived several days later within the Union lines. They were aided by a negro they found chopping in the woods, who brought them a haversack of cornbread and pork, and assisted them to cross the Duck river by getting his master's horses after dark, on which they swam across. They traveled by night and slept in the woods during the day. They were hotly pursued in the night several times and narrowly escaped capture. The comrades who did not escape were taken to Andersonville and many died; some of them, on the return homeward, were blown up on the ill-fated Sultana on the Mississippi river after being exchanged. With the exception of four weeks' confinement in Woodraft's hospital in Cincinnati, and the brief period of his imprisonment, Mr. Cassidy was always at his post of duty, and this duty he performed bravely and cheerfully. After the war Mr. Cassidy returned to Boston township, and married, May 2, 1871, Miss Elizabeth Hynton, of Independence, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where she was born February 7, 1853, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Hynton, who were of Irish nativity. John Hynton came to America at least sixty years ago, directly after marriage, and settled in Independence, where he became a prosperous farmer, owning over 300 acres of land. He lived to be about fifty-five years old and died a devout Catholic. His children were Mary, Catherine, John and Elizabeth. Mary is the 718 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD wife of Henry Doubler, a merchant of Cleveland; Catherine is married to Terrence Walsh, also of Cleveland; John is a farmer and stock raiser at Independence, Ohio, and is married to Ann Cassidy; Elizabeth (Mrs. J. Cassidy) is the youngest. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy settled on their present farm, which they have greatly improved, clearing a good share of it from the forest, and now have a fine property of 210 acres of fertile land, and are in prosperous circumstances. Their children are Gilbert, James, Mildred, Hugh, Merwin and Marvin (twins), and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy are both members of the Catholic church at Peninsula, in which he has been councilman for many years. In politics Mr. Cassidy is a democrat and has served as township trustee seventeen years. He cast his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas. James Cassidy, Sr., father of subject, came from county Donegal, Ireland, when a young married man, having married, in Ireland, Margaret Glancey. They first went to Canada and lived one year, and in 1835, came to Summit county, Ohio, and settled in Boston township, where he and his brother Patrick bought a farm of 16o acres. James was the father of John, Mary, James and William. He was killed while felling a tree in 1841, and later Mrs. Cassidy married Patrick Cassidy, brother of James, and their children were Andrew, Hugh, Catherine and Anna. MATTHEW D. CLARK, one of the old soldiers of the Civil war and one who lost his left leg at the battle of Dinwiddie Court House, was born in Ireland at Stammullin, county Meath, August 15, 1844, son of Michael and Jane (Sands) Clark. His father was a shoemaker and came to America in 1857, and sent for his family, who came in 1864 and settled in Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio. The children were Patrick, Matthew, John, Mary, Kate and Ann. Michael Clark was born September 20, 1819, and his wife was born in 1822. Mr. Clark enlisted in Trumbull county, Ohio, early in the war of 1861, company D, Sixth Ohio cavalry, to serve three years, and after serving two years he was honorably discharged on account of disability. He was in several battles, among them the first two battles of Bull Run, and was an active soldier with his regiment and proved to be faithful in the discharge of his duties. Matthew D. Clark, our subject, began when young in Ireland to learn the trade of a barber, and when he came to America he enlisted in the same company and regiment in'. which his father had served. He enlisted at Warren, Ohio, February 4, 1864, as a private of company D, Sixth Ohio cavalry, Capt. Fenton, to serve three years or during the war. At the battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865, he was shot while mounted on his horse and in a charge, the ball striking his thigh bone lengthways and lodging in the knee-cap. He was taken from the field, and rode in an ambulance one day and night, and at Mead's Station was put on a railroad train and taken to Washington, where his leg was amputated April 6, 1865, in Army Square hospital, by the celebrated Dr. D. W. Bliss, surgeon in charge, afterwards the physician who waited upon Gen. Garfield during his last sickness. Before this, Mr. Clark had been in the battle of Hatchie's Run, Mead's Station, and Yellow House, Va., and had been in many cavalry skirmishes. After the amputation of his limb, he remained in hospital at Washington about three months and was honorably discharged July 15, 1865, and returned to Farmington, Ohio. He then attended school for one and a half years, and acquired a com- OF PORTAGE. AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 719 mon education, and then went to Newton Falls, Ohio, and followed his trade as barber until June 14, 1867, when he came to to Garrettsville, Ohio, and here he has since lived and followed his trade until four years since. He married in Garrettsville, Ohio, October 18, 1866, Elvira E. Johnson, who was born in Summit county, Ohio, at Copley,. March 14, 185o, daughter of D. L. and Elizabeth (Robertson) Johnson. The Johnsons and Robertsons were of old Connecticut stock. The Robertsons had Holland-Dutch blood in their veins. Mr. Johnson was a cooper by trade. He was born in Connecticut and came when a young man to Summit county, Ohio, with his parents, William and Susan (Taylor) Johnson. The Taylors were of French ancestry. Mr. Johnson and wife were the parents of Ira D., Elvira E., Perry, Flora A. and Celia E. Mr. Johnson died, aged fifty-one years, in Garrettsville, Ohio, where he moved in 1860. He was a respected and industrious citizen, and a democrat in politics. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clark settled in Garrettsville, and here have since lived. To them have been born one daughter, Maud J., born April 14, 1873, and educated in Garrettsville public schools. She is now the wife of Dr. B. S. Higley, of Washington, D. C., United States army surgeon, ranking as first lieutenant. Mr. Clark is a member of I. O. O. F., Garrettsville, Ohio, and has passed all the chairs, including that of noble grand, and is also a member of the Modern Foresters, of which he is past chief ranger. Mrs. Clark is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah, I. 0. 0. F. and Mr. Clark is an honored member of the G. A. R., Mark Horton post, and has held all the offices except commander. Mr. Clark is a man of independent views, is a strong republican, and has always been an industrious and honored citizen. He lost his leg doing battle for his country and is a sturdy patriot. He had two uncles by marriage in the Civil war, Patrick and Thomas Floody. Mr. Clark was always an active soldier and not a prisoner and not in hospital except with his wound. He was always on duty and prompt and cheerful. He was in all the battles, skirmishes campaigns and marches of his regiment while he was with it, and was a good soldier. LEONARD S. CORBETT, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Palmyra township, Portage county, Ohio, was born in Worcester, Mass., March 6, 1819, a son of Chiron and Sarah (Bosworth) Corbett, who came to Ohio in 1822 and settled about three-quarters of a mile west of the now present center of Palmyra township, then a dense wilderness. After clearing up his farm, Chiron Corbett engaged in the hotel business at Palmyra for ten years, and also conducted a general store. To his marriage with Miss Bosworth were born twelve children, of whom ten reached the age of maturity, but of these three only now survive, viz: Charles, Leonard S. and Abijah. Of the other nine, two died in infancy, and the deceased seven who attained maturity were named, in order of birth, Alonzo; Julia, the wife of C. P. Gilbert; Jane, wife of John Lewis; Waldo; Artemon; Olive, wife of Stephen Trowbridge, and Ora. The father of this family died in 1842 and the mother in 1845, both in the faith of the Methodist church. Nathaniel Corbett, father of Chiron, also a native of Massachusetts, was one the earliest settlers of Portage county, and was a manufacturer of cotton goods, owned a large factory, and was also a manufacturer of shoes. To his marriage with Miss Huldah Holbrook were born eight children, named Chiron, Nathaniel, Moses, Stephen, Lucy (who was mar- 720 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD tied to John Rider), Julia (wife of Naham Smith), Ruth (wife of Nelson Westover) and Nancy, wife of Joseph Shirtliff. Nathaniel Corbett and wife were most highly respected residents of the township and both died in 1834. Leonard S. Corbett received as good an education as the pioneer schools of his youthful days afforded. In his early 'teens he assisted in the cultivation of the home farm, but, at the same time, was noted for his skill as a hunter, and it is reported of him that he has killed more deer, foxes and wild turkeys than any youth whoever lived in Portage county, and it is further stated that he killed, after he reached his majority, the last wild deer, wild fox and wild turkey known to exist in Palmyra township. At the age of twenty-one years, Leonard S. Corbett started farming life on his personal account, and in November, 1844, married Miss Louisa Lewis, daughter of John and Polly (Bacon) Lewis, which marriage was blessed with six children, one of whom died in infancy; of the survivors, E. B. Corbett married Maria Jewell; Ellen is the wife of John Robinson; Waldo married Mertie Clark, and Charles and Artimon are still under the parental roof. In 1852, Mr. Corbett settled on his present farm, which is now one of the best in Palmyra township. Here Mr. Corbet had the misfortune to lose his wife, June 4, 1870, her age being forty-nine years. The parents of this lady were natives of Connecticut, and in his early life the father was a school teacher, but on coming to Portage county, Ohio, became a farmer. To his marriage with Miss Polly Bacon, daughter of William and Polly (Thurber) Bacon, were born Mrs. Corbett; Mary, wife of Johnson Bigelow; Emeline, wife of Thomas Jones; Edward and Frances, all now deceased, as are also the parents, who passed their declining days in Indiana. Mr. Corbett has passed nearly all his life in farming, but has also been largely engaged in the live stock trade, and for fifteen years in the butchering business. He has always been an honored citizen and has served as constable and township trustee, and in his ripe years has not a peer in the esteem of his fellow-townsmen. THE CRANE FAMILY is of Welsh extraction and has been identified with America since the early settlement of the New England colonies, whence sprang the entire Crane family, members of which are now found in all parts of the United States. Ezra Crane was born in Saybrook, Conn., where his wife was passed. He reared a family of eleven children, of whom three sons, Simeon, Beldon and Calvin, came to Ohio in 1801 and first located at Canfield, Trumbull county. The journey from Connecticut to Ohio was made with an ox-team and occupied forty days, they bringing a horse and a cow with them. In 1808 they came to Portage county, purchased land in Shalersville township, and built two log houses; then returned to Canfield, and in the spring of 1809 removed to their home in their permanent home in Portage county. Simeon Crane was born in Saybrook, Con., February 14, 1773, and then married Feb. 8, 1796, Rachael Catlin, born, August 30, 1774; she was also a native of Saybrook. They had three children born unto them before migrating to Ohio. Siemon Crane died in Shalesville September 14, 1846, and here, also, Mrs. Crane died in April, 1848. They were the parents of five children, of whom four attained their majority, viz: Harmon, born in 1797, married and was a farmer in Shalersville until 1867, when he removed to Paw Paw, Mich., where his death occurred; OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 721 James, born in August, 1798, was a farmer in Shalersville until advanced in life, when he removed to Painesville, Ohio, and there died in 1871; Anganette, born in February, 180o, was twice maried—first to Erastus Chapman, and second, to Sheldon Farnham, and died in Warren, Ohio; Edward Manley Crane was born June 14, 1810, being the first white male child born in Shalersville township; Simeon Crane, while in his native state, was superintendent of The Connecticut iron works at Saybrook, but after settling in Ohio gave his attention to agriculture pursuits. Edward Manley Crane was reared on the farm and received such school advantages as were afforded the children of early pioneers. He was of a studious turn of mind and intended to go to college, but his father's health becoming impaired he was obliged to abandon the idea and assist in the support of his parents. When twenty-five years of age he was united in marriage with Lucinda Streetor, daughter of Charles Streetor. She died January I, 1842, leaving him three sons, viz : Frank C., born June 18, 1836, was a teacher for some time, then married Ellen M. Burnett and settled in Cleveland, being employed in the general office of the L. S. & M. S. R. R. He died in Cleveland in March, 1890. Charles Simeon, born April 20, 1828, is a tinner, and is married to Laura Sanford, and resides at Mantua. Seneca L., born in July, 1840, married Addie M. McGowan and resides in Kansas City, where for many years he has been. weighmaster at the stock yards. December 8, 1842, Edward M. Crane married a second time—Sylvina Streator becoming his wife. She was born in Portage county, October 21, 1820, a daughter of Jason Streator, who was born in Rutland county, Vt., in 1799, and Nancy (Perkins) Streator, born in the same county in 1795. Mr. and Mrs. Streator were married in Rutland county, Vt., in 1819, and within a few days after marriage loaded their household goods into a wagon, and with a team of horses moved to Ohio, making their settlement in Windham township, Portage county. Mr. Streator being a carpenter, he built a frame house for their own occupancy -and then pursued his trade and hired help to clear his farm, as he was unfamiliar with farm work. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and served as member of the legislature in 1840-1841, and as justice of the peace in his township. In politics he was a stanch supporter of the whig party, and during the campaign of 1840 wrote a number of popular campaign songs. He resided in Windham township until about 1850, when he removed to Cleveland, where, associated with his son, he was engaged in the grocery trade. He died in 1857, and afterward his widow returned to Portage county and passed her remaining years in Shalersville. Mr. and Mrs. Streator reared nine children, of whom Sylvina is the eldest: Lydia married Dr. Osmon Ferris, and, dying left one son—O. S. Ferris, of Garrettsville, Ohio; John Wesley, also resides in Garrettsville; Earl Perkins resides at North Amherst, Lorain county, Ohio; Marcus H. is a retired merchant in Denver, Colo. ; Jason resides in Hiram, Ohio; Harriet Lucinda married twice—first, Peter Dutter. and, second, a Mr. Caldwell; she died in Michigan; Clarissa married Samuel Price, and died in Shalersville, Ohio. ; Julia N. married N. H. Smith, and resides in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Crane prospered in farming, and, being an enterprising citizen, endowed with excellent judgment, was counted one of the leading men of his township. He was a whig in politics until the formation of the republican party, when he became one of the stanch supporters of the latter. He was three times elected justice of the peace, also held other local offices; was a trustee in the first bank 722 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD established at Garrettsville, and, at the suggestion of James A. Garfield, influenced the organization of the First National bank. His 'death occurred January 19, 1890, and he is remembered as an upright man; whose judgement and opinion were received with respect. His widow is now making her home with her son, Cassius M. Mr. and Mrs. Crane reared six children, viz: Cassius M., born September -29, 1844, married Marcella Bennett; Arthur 'Edward; born April 24, 1846, married Ella M. Beardsley; Frederic J., born April 13, 1848, married Ella J. Pratt; Aganette married Col. C. 0. Risdon, and is now a widow, residing at Ravenna; Clarice, born August 13, 1851, married J. S. Tilden, cashier of the First National bank of Garrettsville, and Elton P. was born June 26, 1854. All the family reside in Garrettsville, except Mrs. Risdon, and are recognized as among the most respectable people of Portage county. CLARKE E. BARNES, a native of Tallmadge, Ohio, born August 12, 1842, was one of the soldiers of the Civil war and is still much disabled through his services. Phineas Barnes, the grandfather of Clarke E., was from Tolland, Mass., where he was born October 8, 1770. He was descended from an old colonial Massachusetts family, the founder of which came from England during the early history of the colony. Phineas Barnes was a farmer, and married Abigail Smith, who was born June 10, 1780, a daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail Rose (Warner) Smith. Phineas Barnes first settled in Trumbull county, Ohio, about 1815, cleared up a farm from the woods, and became a substantial pioneer farmer. His children were born in the following order: Dennison, Salmon, Sylvester, Isaac N., Abigail, John, Lorenzo D., Emeline, Phineas, Lovewell, Ebenezer and Corrintha. Salmon died at Fort Gibson, Ark., aged twenty-two years, in 1824. He was a soldier in the regular .United States army. Lorenzo Dow embraced Mormonism and became a noted missionary to England, where he was an active worker until his death. Phineas Barnes was a member of the Methodist church, was a whig in politics, lived to the age of eighty-six years, and died in Norton township, Summit county, Ohio, March 2, 1855. Sylvester Barnes, father of Clarke E., was born in Tolland, Mass., and came with his parents to Ohio in 1815. He received a common-school education and was brought up in a very careful manner to habits of strict economy and industry. He learned the carpenter's trade when young and also the cabinetmakers' trade. He married in Tallmadge, Ohio, October 27, 1831, Esther Treat, daughter of Maj. John and Esther (Clark) Treat. Maj. John Treat, her father, was of the old Treat family of colonial times and a descendant of Gov. Robert Treat, for many years governor of the Connecticut colony. John Treat died a fanner December 3, 1807, in Connecticut. His children were John, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Andrew, Richard B. and Esther, the mother of our subject. Sylvester Barnes was a very hard-working and energetic man, entirely self-made. His children were Sidney 0., Sylvester E., Leroy A. (died aged fourteen years), Francis N., Clarke E., and Esther T., who died aged seven years. Mr. Barnes was a member of the Methodist church, and for many years a class leader and recording steward. He was very prominent in his church, assisted it liberally with his means and was really the main stay of his church in Tallmadge throughout his life. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Barnes was a man of great force of character, and excellent merits, and lived OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 725 the life of a good Christian. He was well known for his honored worth, and died August 28, 1888, being killed while crossing the railroad track at Tallmadge. He was an honored citizen of Tallmadge, and township trustee for several years; having been in politics first a whig and later a republican. Mr. Barnes was a very frugal and careful man, and brought up his children to strict morality, and assisted them all to a start in life. Mrs. Barnes died March Jo, 1889. Clarke E. Barnes attended the excellent academy at Tallmadge for four years, so that he received a good education, and he further broadened his mind by widely reading solid standard literature and freely subscribing to the daily press. He was reared to farming, 'and when he was about twenty-one years old enlisted in the Ohio national guards in 1863 for five years, under Capt. Norman Keller, and was mustered into the service of the United .States by Gov. Brough, enlisting May 2, 1864, at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, for too days, served out his time, and was honorably discharged at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, August 27, 1864. 'His services were at Arlington Heights, Va., on guard duty. He was present when Gen. Early made his raid on Washington, and in full view of the engagement. He was sick with measles in hospital at Fort Strong, Va., ten days, and also contracted typhoid fever at Camp Cleveland, and was prostrated with this fever on reaching his home in Tallmadge township. He was dangerously sick for some weeks, and for some time unconcious, and never recovered from the effects, as it resulted in partial paralysis, and finally in the complete loss of the use of the lower limbs. He has not been able to walk for twenty years and propels himself by means of a wheeled chair. Mr. Barnes is a gentleman of marked intelligence, is a good business man, and spends 'much of his time in reading. He was engaged in horticultural pursuits for several years, and is still interested in horticulture, in which he is very skillful. Mr. Barnes was married, March 14, 1889, in Tallmadge, Ohio, to Ottellia J. Lippholdt, who was born September 3, 1867, in Akron, Ohio, a daughter of Henry and Magdalene Lippholdt. Henry Lippholdt, her father, was born July 9, 1842, in Germany, and came to America in 1865. He was a silk weaver in Germany, and married Magdalene (Batchelett) Winkleman, widow of John Winkleman, a soldier of the Civil war, who died at Chattanooga. Mr. Lippholdt was a machinist at Akron. He moved to Missouri, in 1889, and settled on a farm where he is now living. The children are Ottellia J., Charles F., Bertha E. Amelia M., Louis and Louise (twins), and Alfred, Mr. Lippholdt is a substantial farmer, is a republican, and he and wife are members of the Reformed church. Mrs. Lippholdt's children by her former husband, Mr. Winkle-man, are Emma E. , and William. She was born in Switzerland, December 20, 1839. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have a very pleasant and attractive home, which they keep in the best condition, and they are both respected by all who know them. Mr. Barnes in his affliction has the sincere sympathy of all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have adopted a little daughter—Alta C. Barnes. JOHN C. CONGER, an ex-soldier of the Civil war, and a highly respected citizen of Peninsula, Boston township, Summit county, Ohio, was born in this town December 29, 1835, a son of John and Hanna (Beals) Conger, and a grandson of Job Conger, who was born in the state of New York, but in his later years became a resident of St. Albans, Vt. Job married Ruby Potter, and to their union were born eleven children, 726 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of whom the names of four only can now be recalled, viz: John, Nelson, Rufus and Lura. The father of this family was a farmer and a manufacturer of brick, and he and all his family died in the faith of the Methodist church. John Conger, father of John C., was born in September, 1805, at St. Albans, Vt., and learned to work on the farm and the trade of making brick. He married Hannah Beals, who was a daughter of Enoch and Hannah (Hurlburt) Beals, and was born in Massachusetts in 1805, on a farm, but was reared one and a half miles from St. Albans, Vt., whither her parents had removed and there lived and died. John Conger and wife lived in St. Albans five years, where he was employed on the farm and in brickmaking. In 1833 he came to Ohio and clerked in Cleveland for Ira Jewell, where he was joined by his family, which then consisted of his wife and two children—Sidney P. and George S.—the latter an infant, who died at three years of age. In 1834 he moved to Boston, Ohio, and went into partnership with Silas Eaton, and established a yard for the manufacturing of brick. In 1844, and for several years thereafter, he was also in company with Erastus Jackson in the manufacture of brick, in the same town. Mr. and Mrs. Conger were the parents of Sidney P., Sandford L., George S., John C., Arthur L. , and Lucy. Mr. Conger was postmaster of Boston under Polk and Pierce; also was constable and trustee. He was frequently administrator of estates, and called upon to arbitrate differences between disagreeing neighbors. He had been a captain of artillery in Vermont, was much interested in the military service in Ohio, and was one time captain of a company in this state. Politically he was a man of marked influence, was a well known pioneer, and much respected for his sterling integrity. He died, aged forty-eight years, in 1853. John C. Conger, our subject, received a good common education in the district school of Boston, Ohio, and learned brickmaking and farming. He enlisted, aged twenty-five years, at Peninsula, Boston township, August 10, 1861, in Capt. George A. Purrington's company A, Second Ohio cavalry, for three years, or during the war, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, April 8, 1863, for disability and injury to his eyesight. His service was in southern Kansas, and in the Indian territory, and on scouting duty in Arkansas, Kansas, and southwestern Missouri; he raided all through western Missouri, and in every border county in Missouri and Kansas, after the guerrilla, Quantrell, and Gen. Price, and in fights at Newtonia, Neosho, Sarcoxie, Lone Jack, and in many skirmishes with the guerrillas—all very dangerous service. The first fight Mr. Conger was in, was at Independence, Mo., with Quantrell's men, among whom were the notorious James brothers. Mr. Conger was taken sick in the Indian territory while on the Indian expedition to re-instate the Union Cherokees. He was on this expedition four months and was in several fights. His eyes began to trouble him, inflammation set in, and he was nearly blind for five months, but remained on duty, and finally, after reaching Ohio, was in hospital two months, but his sight not returning, he was discharged, and it was nearly two years before he recovered. In the meantime, he had been promoted, on the organization of his company, to be quartermaster-sergeant, and served in this capacity until discharged. He was always an active soldier until disabled, and was in all the campaigns, marches, battles and skirmishes in which his company was engaged. This service was very severe and wearisome, it being a new country, very sparsely settled, covered with heavy oak thickets in Missouri, and in Kansas bad water OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 727 and hard winds prevailing. Mr. Conger was always prompt and cheerful in the discharge of his duty and was never wounded nor a prisoner. After the war, he returned to Ohio and engaged in farming, and September 17, 1867, he married, in Boston township, on the farm where he now lives, Eunice M. Stillman, born in Potter Hill, R. I., January 23, 1844, daughter of Ephraim and Pamela (Potter) Stillman. Ephraim Stillman was born January 6, 1806, in Washington county, R. I., on a farm, and his children were Horace, Herbert L., William, Fannie E., Mary G., Phebe A., and Jennie L. Mr. Stillman was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church, was a democrat, and was well known and respected as a citizen. Horace, the eldest son, served under Burnside in a Rhode Island regiment during the Civil war, and took part in several battles. Mr. Stillman lived to be eighty-two years old and his wife eighty-three, and both died in 1888. David Stillman, father of Ephraim, who descended from George Stillman, came from England with a brother; they were Episcopalians, and early settled at Westerly, R. I. George was a wealthy merchant. Mrs. Conger received a good education in New York state, at Alfred university, Alfred Center, Allegany county, N. Y., graduating in 1864, and came to Ohio as a music teacher in 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Conger settled on their present farm of 135 acres, and have erected a tasteful residence and other buildings. The children are Fannie S., Luen J., Elmer B., Pamela P., Mary G., John C., Jr., and Emily. All the children are well educated and are highly respected. Elmer and Pamela are graduates of the Peninsula high school, Elmer of the class of 1894 and Pamela of the class of 1896, and Miss Mary will finish in the class of 1899; also John C., Jr., will graduate in same class. In politics Mr. Conger is a republican, cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has served as township trustee and township clerk, has been a member of the school board ten years in succession, and a member of the council at Peninsula ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Conger are Seventh Day Adventists, and members of the city of Akron church. Fraternally he is a royal arch Mason of Richfield, Ohio, and of Hudson; also of George L. Waterman post, G. A. R., 272, of which he was a charter member, first commander and adjutant many years. Mr. Conger is a man of strict integrity of character and stands high as a citizen, and belongs to one of the best families of the county. FREDERIC J. CRANE, senior member of the firm of Crane Brothers of Garrettsville, was born in Shalersville township on April 13, 1848, being the son of Edward Manley Crane. He remained with his parents on the home farm until he attained his majority, performing such work as usually falls to the lot of farmers' boys. He received his education in the district schools, and the academy, finishing with a two years' course at Hiram college. Thus equipped with a good business education, at the age of twenty-one he went to Illinois, where for some months he engaged in teaching school in the town of Hamilton, Hancock county. Returning to Ohio, he accepted a position as clerk in the store of his elder brothers, with whom he remained eight years, performing all the duties of his position to the entire satisfaction of his employers. After quitting the service of his brothers he became traveling salesman for the Wight & Daniels Engraving Co., of Garrettsville. He remained with this company two years, during which time he met with such marked success, 728 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD and practiced such economy, that he was enabled to purchase the interest of his brother, A. E. Crane, in the firm of Crane Brothers, by which purchase he became its. junior member. Mr. Crane has been twice married. His .first marriage was in May, 1880, to Ella Josephine Pratt, daughter of Henry and Abigail Pratt. She was born in Trumbull county, but grew to womanhood in Ashtabula county. She died in 1890, leaving one daughter, Georgie. His second marriage occurred in. Pueblo, Colo., in June, 1895, when Charlotte A., daughter of C. E. Olin, became his wife. She was born in Pueblo, where her father is a prominent business man. C. E. Olin is a native of the state of. New York. Mr. Crane has given his attention to the interests of the firm of which he is a member, and its success proves him to be an able business man. He is a man of character and is one of the most popular citizens of Garrettsville. In politics he is a stanch republican. He has held several municipal offices. Elton P. Crane, junior member of the firm of Crane Brothers of Garrettsville, was born in Shalersville township on June 26, 1854. He lived on the home place, aiding in the general work of the farm, enjoying all the advantages and enduring all the disadvantages of country life, here laying the foundation of a character which was to be appreciated in after years. His education was obtained mainly in the common schools of the neighborbood. He also for a time attended Hiram college. At the age of eighteen he left home and became a clerk in the store of his brothers. After some time spent as clerk he succeeded his brother, C. M. Crane, thus becoming a member of the firm. As much of the success of the firm is due to his integrity of character as to his business qualifications. On the 30th of April, 1890, Mr. Crane was united in marriage with Alma Baldwin, daughter of Henry Baldwin. Mrs. Crane was born in Cooperstown, Pa., and at the time of her marriage was a resident of Cleveland. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Crane have been born two children: Marguerite, who died in infancy, and Helen A. In politics Mr. Crane is a republican, being a firm believer in the principles advocated by his party and a stalwart supporter of its policies, and is a member of the council of Garrettsville. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being an active worker, and holds membership in Garrettsville lodge, No. 246, F. & A. M.; Silver Creek chapter, No. 144, R. A. M. ; Warren commandery, No. 29, Knigts Templar, and he and his wife are members of. Crescent chapter, No. 7, O. E. S. Mr. Crane is also a member of I. O. O. F. and of I. O. F. Notwithstanding the business opportunities he enjoyed while clerking in the store of his brothers, he may be said to have succeeded in making his own way in life. He lives on Maple avenue, where he enjoys all the comforts of a pleasant home. CHARLES CRAWFORD, of Mantua Center, was born in Shalersville township, Portage county, January 1, 1845, the son of James and Ruth (Williams) Crawford, who were of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The father was born at Hartford, Washington county, N. Y., where he grew to manhood and in early life learned the shoemaker's trade. It was while living there that he married Ruth Williams, and to this union were born Amos, Robert, Moses, Sarah, Levi, Sophronia, Cornelia, Benjamin, Charles, William H. and Mary J. Mr. Crawford moved to Ohio and settled first at Cleveland and later at Shalersville, Ohio, and subsequently became a citizen of Mantua Center, where he died at the venerable age of eighty-four years. He was a OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 729 member of the Methodist church, and during life was a stanch republican, raising a large family of patriotic sons, five of whom served in the late war. Robert was a private in company A, One-Hundred and Third regiment, Ohio volunteers, enlisting in the three years' service; Moses was a private in a Michigan battery, while Levi also served in a Michigan regiment for three years, and his brother William H. was in the same company and regiment. Charles Crawford, the subject of this memoir, received a common-school education and in early life learned the shoemaker's trade, and when but eighteen years of age enlisted, December 15, 1862, at Cleveland, Ohio, in company I, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, but was soon transferred to company A, of the same regiment, under Capt. Hayes, his first captain being Capt. McDonnell. He served until he was honorably discharged at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, several months after the close of the war, on December 13, 1865, having been in active service from the time he was mustered in until he was mustered out. His services were largely rendered in guarding prisoners at Johnson's Island, throughout his entire enlistment. During the eighteen months that he served in guarding the prisoners he can safely vouch for the truth that the Confederate prisoners received just as good treatment as did the guards. They were furnished fresh beef, vegetables, clothing, fuel and comfortable barracks. The prisoners were mostly rebel officers, and many of their wives came to Sandusky and were permitted to visit their husbands in the presence of a guard, also many things of comfort were furnished the prisoners by their southern friends, and all reached each party to whom addressed safely. Mr. Crawford describes the winter of 1863-64 as a very cold one, which caused much suffering of the guards, who were exposed to inclement weather, and early in the spring following he was taken with typhoid fever, and just as he was recovering from same, he was detailed for service at Lima, Ohio, with ninety-nine others, and they were sent immediately to that city for the purpose of keeping the rebel sympathizers of that district from resisting the draft. On his return from this detailed service, he was sick in the hospital at Johnson's Island some three weeks, when he was granted a seven-day furlough, which was renewed for three months, during which time he regained his health and reported back to his regiment ready for service. He was a large, robust man, weighing 180 pounds, at the time of taking sick, and upon partial recovery only weighed ninety pounds, and for years following was of slender build, and has never regained his former weight, his average weight being now 140 pounds. Mr. Crawford, like many other men that went into the service with the bloom of health upon their cheeks, came home an invalid, and has ever since experienced poor health. For a time his eyesight was bad and now, for many years, he has been almost blind, and it is more than likely that he will lose his sight entirely. Mr. Crawford, soon after returning from the war, removed to Bronson, Branch county, Mich. , where he remained sometime, and being of an industrious turn, worked at anything he could find to do; and after a short sojourn here he returned to Mantau Center and married Miss Jennie Graham, of Tiffin, Ohio. Immediately after marriage Mr. Crawford became a permanent resident at Mantau, where he began working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed steadily until his failing eyesight compelled him to change his occupation. He and the parents wife are of one son, Arthur Graham Crawford, a musician and resident of 730 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Mantau Center. Politically Mr. Crawford is independent and is an honored member of the G. A. R., Bentley post, Mantua Center, having held all the offices of this lodge, and is now serving as guard. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and his wife is a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Crawford is a true helpmate and a lady of many virtues. Mr. Crawford has always been industrious and straightforward, and after his failing eyesight caused him to quit his trade he sold pianos and organs for several years, but he is now totally disabled from following any vocation. Mrs. Crawford, subject's first wife, died April 27, 1889, and he married for his second wife Miss Alice Carleton, daughter of Gilbert and Huldah (Parker) Carleton. Arthur Graham Crawford, the only son of our subject, was educated in the schools of Mantau is a young man of excellent habits and in early life was married to Miss Alice Clark, and to them were born two children. COMFORT W. A. CUMMINGS, M. D., of Atwater, Portage county, Ohio, is a native of Newstead township, Erie county, N. Y., was born July 23, 1864, and is a son of Morris Burt and Deborah Rose (Brace) Cummings, the former of whom was born in Erie county, N. Y., February 17, 1835, and the latter in Montgomery, Kane county, Ill., February, 9, 1835. Morris Burt Cummings was educated in the Parker union school of his native town of Newstead. N. Y., and lived thereafter on his father's farm until his marriage, in 1858, to Miss Brace, a daughter of Edmund and Sarah (Bennett) Brace, natives of York state, when he purchased a farm of sixty acres adjoining his father's, which also comprised sixty acres, and continued to operate both farms in conjunction. Mrs. Deborah Rose Cummings was a highly educated lady and for several years taught in the common schools, as well as the high schools of Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Cummings were born eight children, viz: George Edmund, now aged thirty-eight years; Alsa Millie, thirty-six; Morris Milton, thirty-four; Comfort W. A., thirty-two; Mary Virginia (Mrs. John Edgar), thirty; Josiah Newton, twenty-six; Everett Darius, twenty-two, and Helen May (Mrs. 0. Owens), twenty. The mother of these children was called away April 7, 1896, a member of the Baptist church, in which she reared her family, who have never ceased to mourn her loss. Dr. Comfort William Allen Cummings, our subject, received his earlier education in the Parker union school of his native village, later took a short-hand course in Clark & Johnson's business college at Erie, N. Y., and a course in Bryant & Stratton's college. He next worked on his parents' farm for about five years, reading medicine, meanwhile, with Dr. J. D. McPherson, of Akron, N. Y. Leaving the farm, he was employed a year in the freight-house of the Erie Railroad company at Corning, N. Y., whence he came to Cleveland, Ohio, and entered the Cleveland Medical college, studying at the same time under Dr. G. J. Jones in private, and at the close of three years was graduated in the spring of 1895. After leaving college, he returned home for a short time, and then came back to Ohio and settled in Atwater, where he eretted an office building and is now enjoying a remunerative practice. The first marriage of the doctook place in June, 1894, to Miss Maggie Terriff, of Canada, who was early called from his side. April 21, 1896, he married, in Atwater, Miss Jettie Goodman, daughter of E. S. and Emma Goodman, both natives of the Buckeye state. Mrs. Jettie Cummings was born in Atwater May 24, 1873, and was edu- OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 731 cated in the village schools, then at the Ravenna high school, and finished her studies at the Western Reserve college for ladies at Cleveland, as is thus, as will be seen, a highly accomplished lady. The doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Atwater, and examining physician of Atwater Tent, Ladies of Maccabees. He is a republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist church of his former home; his wife is a member of the Congregational church. The doctor is well appreciated in Atwater as a physician, and in social circles he and wife enjoy the highest position possible. CASSIUS MANLEY CRANE, of Garrettsville, was born in Shalersville, Portage county, Ohio, September 29, 1844; lived on his home farm until fifteen years of age, attending meanwhile the district school and local academy, and one term at Hiram college. As he was then of rather frail physique, it was thought it were better for him not to undertake the hardships of farm life, and in consequence of this decision he entered the store of his uncle, H. M. Streator, at Drakesburg, in 1861, and clerked seven years, and then clerked for a few months in Cleveland. His next step was to embark in business in partnership with his brother, Arthur E., and together they purchased the general store of Beecher & King, in Garrettsville, and at that time the firm of Crane Bros. sprang into existence. The old frame building in which the business had heretofore been conducted was demolished, and the present brick structure erected, and here a flourishing trade was done by the two founders of the firm until the withdrawal of Arthur E. Crane and the entrance of a younger brother, Fred C. Crane, when the business was continued, the firm-style remaining intact. In 1885, subject also withdrew, selling his interest to Elton P. Crane, so that the firm name has not yet been changed. Since withdrawing from trade, our subject has not entered into any other active business pursuit, but, nevertheless, has found ample desultory employment to keep his mind actively at work. December 29, 1870, Cassius M. Crane married Marcella S. Bennett, daughter of Dr. P. C. Bennett, of Freedom. Of the three children that are living of the four that have blessed this marriage (one having died in infancy), Evalyn is under the parental roof, Lucy B. is the wife of C. W. S. Wilgus, and Ralph C. is still with his parents. In his societary relations Mr. Crane has reached the exalted degree of Thirty-two in Masonry, and for two terms has presided as worshipful master of lodge No. 246, F. & A. M., of Garrettsville. In politics, Mr. Crane is active as a local republican, guarding with jealous care the interests of his party. For fifteen years he has been a member of the school board, has also done excellent work as a councilman, and has represented his party in several conventions. He is a gentleman of courteous manners and affability, and is a worthy representative of his ancestors, of whom a history will be found on another page, under the head of the Crane Family. CHARLES DUNCAN, an ex-soldier of the Civil war, and now a respected citizen of Mantua Station, Portage county, Ohio, was born in -Red Creek, Wayne county, N. Y., August 31, 1844, a son of James and Mahala Duncan. James Duncan, father of Charles, was born in Scotland in 1799, was taught blacksmithing under the good old thorough Scotch methods, and at the age of twenty-seven years came to 732 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD the United States, located in Troy, N. Y., where he worked at his trade for many years in the Troy Mills, his specialty being ax-making, and later moved to Red Creek. He married a widow, Miss Mahala Withington, who bore the maiden name of Williams, and who was of Puritan stock, and whose father was a soldier in the war of 1812. The children born to this marriage were named Mahala, James, Phebe, Charles, Francis, Maryette and Henry. The father of this family was called to rest in Red Creek, at about the age of seventy-seven years, dying in the faith of the Presbyterian church. Charles Duncan was taught blacksmithing by his father and worked at his trade until August 12, 1862, when he enlisted, at Red Creek, in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth New York volunteer infantry, but was soon afterward transferred to the Ninth New York heavy artillery, Sixth army corps, Third division, and Third brigade, under Col. William A. Seward, in which he served until honorably discharged in July, 1865, at Syracuse, N. Y., having been mustered out of the United States service at Washington, D. C. At the battle of Cedar Creek his battery served as infantry, and also in the same capacity as reserves, on the field at Cold Harbor; also as reserves in front of Petersburg and at Appomattox. He took part in many hard marches, especially in the valley of the Shenandoah, under Gen. Phil. Sheridan. For two months he was confined in camp hospital, for two months in Douglas hospital at Washington, D. C., and for three months on David island, in the East river, N. Y., being ill from typhoid fever, but otherwise he was always to be found at his post, doing his duty cheerfully and faithfully. He was in the grand review at Washington, D. C., and after the war returned to Red Creek and resumed his trade. September 12, 1876, Mr. Duncan married, at Sterling, N. Y., Miss Isabella Van Patten,. daughter of Christian C. Van Patten, and in 187.7 came to Ohio and settled at Mantua Station, Portage county, where he has ever. since successfully followed his trade. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan has been born one child, Ward C., now a youth of great; promise. Mr. Duncan is a member of Bent-, ley post, No. 294, Grand Army of the Republic, at Mantua Station, in which he has held the offices of quartermaster and senior vice-commander. He is a straightforward, indus trious, honest man. JOHN DELL, a thriving farmer of Twinsburg township, Summit county, Ohio, and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in England January 3, 1840, probably in Lincolnshire, and was left an orphan at the early age of two years, his father and mother both dying soon after their arrival in America, and leaving the following children: Betsy, Grace, Samuel and John. John was reared until nine years old by his sister, Betsy, who married William Penhale and who settled in Newburg, Ohio. At the age mentioned John went to live with Gilbert Roach, a farmer, of Twinsburg township, where John lived until he enlisted. He was reared to farming and gained a limited common-school education. He enlisted at Twinsburg, Ohio, at the age of twenty-one years, in August, 1861, in company K, Nineteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years or during the war, and re-enlisted as a veteran in the same organization at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., in January, 1864, served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged in 1865, having served faithfully four years and two months. His service was in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama,. OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 735 Georgia, Texas and Mississippi. He was in the siege of Corinth, in 1862; at Perryville, October 8, 1862; Chickamauga, Tenn., November 23, 1862; Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; Pickett's Mills, May 27, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 22, 1864; Pine Top, in June, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 19, 1864; Atlanta, July 22, 1864; Jonesborough, September 4, 1864; Lovejoy Station, Ga., and Columbia, September 2, 1864; Franklin, Tenn., and Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864, and many skirmishes too numerous to mention. Mr. Dell was in the famous Atlanta campaign, in which the Union troops were under fire more than four months. He was sick in hospital but about three weeks, but was sick in camp with chronic diarrhea for several months, yet kept with the company. He was always an active soldier and in all the battles, campaigns, marches and skirmishes in which his regiment engaged, except a few, which occurred while he was sick. He was neither a prisoner nor wounded, and was a good soldier, and for meritorious conduct was promoted to be sergeant of company K. After the war, Mr. Dell returned to Twinsburg and married, February 4, 1866, Theresa Dolaishe, who was born in Bohemia, December 24, 1844, a daughter of Joseph and Ann Dolaishe. Joseph Dolaishe and wife started for America about 1852, and died on the passage, leaving five children—Barbara, Anna, Joseph, Francis and Theresa. The children came to Cleveland, and Theresa was reared by Nathaniel Reed and wife, of Twinsburg, received a common education and married Mr. Dell at the age of twenty-one years. Francis is a fruit grower, near Sandusky, Ohio, is married and has two children. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Dell settled in Twinsburg township, and in 1877 bought a farm of Toy acres, which he greatly improved and on which he erected good buildings. The - 30 - children born to this marriage are Alice, Etta, Lillie, John, Pearl, Roy and Mabel. Mr. Dell is a free-silver democrat in politics, cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln, and is a member of the G. A. R. post, Royal Dunham, No. 177, of Bedford, Ohio. Of the children named above, Etta married Ransom Tyson—a farmer of Twinsburg township, and has two children; Alice, married Nelson Waite, a farmer of Twinsburg township, and has three children; Lillie, married Siegle Schock, a carpenter, of Bedford, and John married Fannie H. Manning, resides in Cleveland, Ohio, and is employed by a large firm as bookkeeper. FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS DANIELS, a prominent business man of Garrettsville, and one of the principal stockholders of the First National bank, is a native of Freedon township, Portage county, Ohio, was born April 14, 1835, and is of Scotch descent, the name having been originally spelled Mac Daniels. The first members of the Daniels family to come to America settled in the New England colonies, and Reuben Daniels, great-grandfather of subject, was a patriot of the Revolutionary war. Reuben Daniels, grandfather of subject, was born in Massachusetts, but early came to Ohio, and after passing a short time in Cleveland, settled in the forests of Freedom township, Portage county, where he farmed until well advanced in life, when he retired to Garrettsville, where, at the age of eighty-five years, he met an accidental death on a railroad. He had been made a Freemason in Massachusetts, and when Garrettsville lodge, No. 246, F. & A. M., was chartered, he was chosen its first worshipful master. He was an earnest Christian and devoted to the Congregational church. In his early days, also, he had been 736 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD captain of a company of militia and was usually addressed as Capt. Daniels. He reared a family of seven sons and two daughters, of whom Franklin S., father of Flavius J., the subject, was the eldest. Franklin S. Daniels was born in Massachusetts. He was an adept in carpentry, joining and millwrighting, which trades he followed through life. He married Miss Ann Robinson, a native of Saratoga, N. Y., and in 1846 removed from his home place in Freedom township to Garrettsville, and here met his untimely end by a fall from a building on which he was working. There were five children born to his marriage, of whom four lived to maturity, viz: Flavius J. and Henry F., of Garrettsville, and Reuben 0. and Birdsy G., of Bledsoe county, Tenn. Mr. Daniels was a whig in politics and was very active in local affairs; was progressive and enterprising, and accumulated a competency, and his tragic end was a source of deep regret to the community, in which he was held in high respect. Flavius J. Daniels, it will have been seen, was eleven years of age when his parents settled in Garrettsville. Here he attended school and also learned the blacksmith's trade, and on the day he attained his majority left home with a party bound for California, driving a team in compensation for his expenses, as he had no money. At Council Bluffs, Iowa, however, he came to a halt, while the party proceeded on its way. Shortly afterward he crossed the country to Omaha, Neb. , where he erected the fifth building in the place and engaged at his trade, but soon sold out and joined a party headed by Gov. Cummings, and platted a town thirty miles north of Omaha, which town was christened Cummings City, but it never flourished, although Mr. Daniels acted an entire season as an immigration agent. He was next employed by Gov. Cummings, in company with others, to ex plore the upper Missouri river for about 500 miles, and to prospect for coal, etc., and, at the farthest point attained, platted another town. On their way back the whole party came near freezing to death, and suffered intensely from hunger, the provisions they had "cached" on the way up having been untraceable in the deep snow. At an abandoned Indian village, they were compelled to eat the raw-hides used in the construction of tepees, otherwise starvation would have been their fate; and the weather was so bitterly cold that it was necessary to use switches on the legs of some of the party to prevent their lying down and freezing to death. In the spring of 1859 Mr. Daniels started from Omaha with a party for Pike's Peak, but at Fort Laramie returning prospectors discouraged further advance, and the party started for the Pacific coast. On reaching Sublitt's cut-off, about September 1, some of the men were inclined to go to Oregon and some to California, and Mr. Daniels decided his destination by tossing up a copper, the result favoring California. He walked the entire distance, with the exception of one day's ride, as far as Honey Lake valley, where he worked two months at anything he could find to do, and then found employment with a quartz mining company, and worked in a tunnel, 600 feet under ground, at $40 per month, for a considerable time, but was later promoted to to be foreman of the quartz mill, at $125 per month. He remained in this position until 1862, and then went to San Francisco, where there had just been erected some sugar refineries, and there engaged with a Capt. Johnson to go to Honolulu to purchase a cargo of sugar. But the vessel chartered was an old hulk, became water-logged, and was towed into port and there condemned. Mr. Daniels remained on the island until another vessel was dispatched for him, and on his return to San OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 737 Francisco vowed never to make another ocean voyage. Mr. Daniels now again went to the mountains to engage in mining, and was at Sacramento when the first ground was broken for the Central Pacific railroad. He had previously made the acquaintance of Leland Standford and Charles Crocker, who now urged him to join them in this great enterprise, but he lacked the nerve to invest; in fact, only five 'men could be induced to take stock, but they all became millionaires. Mr. Daniels, however, agreed to meet his friends in Nevada, when the road should reach that state, and accordingly went to what was called Humboldt City, which had a population of about 500, but the inhabitants soon after nearly all left. Mr. Daniels, however, decided to remain and await the coming of the railroad, which was now practically assured, being backed by the United States government. He was commissioned postmaster, and also kept a trading post; he likewise made claim of a fine water privilege, which he thought would be of value to the railroad company. Finally the road reached this point, and Messrs. Standford and Crocker called on Mr. Daniels, and authorized him to buy all the hay he could find in the vicinity, for which they allowed him a profit of $10 per ton. Stages were now coming into the city from various directions, bringing in large quantities of mail matter, of which Mr. Daniels took charge under his commission as postmaster, but for handling these mails he never received any compensation from the government. Large sums of money were deposited with Mr. Daniels for safe keeping, and as there were no vaults, nor safes in the country, he cut a hole in the floor of his dwelling and secreted the gold, which frequently amounted to $10,000 at a single deposit. As the railroad company employed 2,500 hands, and travelers became numerous, the company induced Mr. Daniels to erect an eating-house, and this he conducted seven years, realizing a competency. In February, 1870, Mr. Daniels returned to Garrettsville and was united in marriage with Miss Frankie Patterson, daughter. of R. E. Patterson, whom he took to his western home. But the health of this lady was frail, and after three years' residence with her in the west, Mr. Daniels returned to Garrettsville, and this has since been his home. He had the misfortune of losing his wife in 1885; she left three children, viz: Maud, wife of P. C. Davis; Zella, a school-teacher, and Gail, a school-teacher. The second marriage of Mr. Daniels took place, in 1887; to Mrs. Carrie E. Ranney, daughter of John T. Hunt. Mr. Daniels is one of the most 'substantial men of Portage county, and, as a director of the First National bank, is a member of the discount committee. In politics he is a stanch republican, and was very active in advancing the interests of his party while in the west, and has also filled a number of local offices in Garrettsville, Ohio. Fraternally, he is a Knight Templar. He owns 'one of the most pleasant residences in Garrettsville, where he extends a most gracious hospitality to his large circle of social acquaintances. ERWIN S. DAVIS, one of the old soldiers of the Civil war and a respected citizen of Northfield township, Summit county, Ohio, was born February 26, 1845, in Steuben county, N. Y'., at Great Bend, a son of Stephen A. and Amanda (Kellogg) Davis. Erwin S. received a common education and enlisted, at the early age of nineteen years. He ran away from home at Andover, N. Y., with his cousin, Albert Davis, having enlisted in the Sixteenth heavy artillery for three years, or during the war, but 738 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD was transferred, at City Point, Va., to the New York mounted rifles. His uncle, Hale Davis, followed them to City Point, but wad unable to secure their release. Mr. Davis was then enrolled in company K, Capt. D. C. Ellis, provisional New York cavalry, First regiment dragoons, and was honorably discharged November 29, 1865, at City Point, Va. He was in the battles of the Wilderness, ten days' fight, battles in front of Petersburg, and was in the raid on the Weldon R. R. He was shot in the left arm and in the upper part of the right arm at the battle of the Wilderness, and the bullet is still imbeded in the flesh. He also received a slight flesh wound in the face, but was not in hospital, except for a few hours, after receiving this wound. Mr. Davis was in all the battles and skirmishes in which his regiment took part and was always active and cheerful in the discharge of his duties. After the war Mr. Davis returned to New York, but came to Summit county, Ohio, in 1868, and married, at Boston, July 5, 1870, Miss Elizabeth J. Odekirk, who was born in Boston, Ohio, May 17, 1854, a daughter of Daniel and Jane Odekirk. Af ter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Davis settled at Macedonia, Ohio, where he still resides. Mr. Davis learned, when young, the blacksmith's trade, but since he came to Ohio has been engaged in farming; for the past seventeen years has been handling farm machinery, and has traveled extensively in this business. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of two children, Lailah B., and Montville C. Mrs. Davis is a member of the Congregational church, and in politics Mr. Davis is a republican, and has been constable for several years as well as a notary public. He is a member of Royal Dunham post, No. 177, G. A. R., at Bedford, Ohio, and is a straightforward and respected business man. Ebenezer Davis, grandfather of subject, was a farmer of Vermont, and his son, Stephen A., father of subject, was born in that state. The latter enlisted, in 1863, aged fifty-five years, in a New York regiment, for the three year's service. He was in several battles, and at a battle in Chickahominy Swamp he carried his wounded comrade, Matt Colmer, from the field, and injured himself so much that he died from the effects eleven weeks after, in 1864. He was a strong, rugged man, and owned a good farm. His children were Erwin S., Lemuel, Sophronia, Clarissa, Martha and Ida. Lemuel was also a soldier in the Civil war, going out on the last call. Daniel Odekirk was born August 3,1832, in Rensselaer county, N. Y., was a boat builder, was married in Syracuse, N. Y., July 2, 1.845, to Jane Kellogg, daughter of George Kellogg, and on coming west first settled at Boston, Ohio, where he lived many years. His children were Adelbert, Clara, Alveretta and Elizabeth. Mr. Odekirk died in March, 1896, in Michigan, whither he had removed and settled on a farm of eighty acres. He was a well-to-do man, respected by all; a member of the Methodist church, and of the I. O. O. F. In politics he was a republican. George Kellogg was a pioneer farmer of Boston township and had three sons in the Civil war—Josiah, William (killed in battle) and Fred. FRANK J. DAVIS, the leading merchant of Diamond, Palmyra township, Portage county, Ohio, and postmaster, was born in Milton township, Mahoning county, Ohio, July 12, 1857, a son of James and Susan (Jones) Davis, both natives of Wales. James Davis came to America in 1832 and located in Palmyra township, then almost a wilderness, where he lived about twenty years, when he removed to Mahoning county, and there resided until 1868, purchasing a farm of OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 739 ninety-six acres, thence removed to Palmyra township, Portage county, where he bought 200 acres, known as the John D. Jones farm, where he passed the remainder of his life. To his marriage to Susan Jones, daughter of the owner of this farm—John D. Jones—were born nine children, the surviving five of whom are John, who resides in Deerfield, Ohio; Margaret, wife of Samuel Jones, of Palmyra; Rachael, unmarried; Susan, wife of James Medley, of Mahoning county, and Frank J., the subject of this biographical notice. The deceased four were Elizabeth, wife of John G. Carson; Mary, wife of John D. Jones, and two who died in infancy. The parents of this family were sincere members of the Baptist church, in which the father held all the lay offices and in the faith of which he died July 23, 1876, at the age of seventy-six years, the mother passing away January 1, 1893, at the age of seventy-seven. Frank J. Davis was well educated in the common schools of Palmyra, was passed to the high school, and finished his education at the latter in 1875. His manual training was on the home farm, of which he became superintendent at the death of his father, and then for a year worked in a saw-mill. He was married, September 27, 1878, to Miss Hattie Hiser, daughter of John and Sarah A. (Glass) Hiser, and this union has been blessed with two sons—Harry J. and Frank Alton. After his marriage Mr. Davis lived on the old homestead until January, 1881, when he settled in Palmyra, and for a year was engaged in the livery and general delivery business, and then became an auctioneer and also entered into general merchandizing two years later, in both of which he was profitably engaged eight years, having gained his experience in the latter branch as a clerk in the store of 0. B. Mason, under whom he had been employed two years, from 1882 to 1884, when he en- tered upon the mercantile trade. At the end of his six years' business experience, Mr. Davis sold out to A. Crookes, and attended to his mother's farm interests until her death, after which he engaged in farming on his own account for three years on the home farm, but holding his residence at Diamond, Ohio. In politics Mr. Davis is a republican, and is extremely popular with his party. In 1895 he was the unanimous choice of his friends in Palmyra township as its candidate for sheriff of Portage county, but withdrew from the race, resigning in favor of the prior incumbent, Mr. Long. In the spring of 1897, Mr. Davis resumed his mercantile trade in Diamond, and the same year was appointed postmaster under President McKinley. He and family are members of the Disciples' church in Diamond, in which he is a deacon, as well as assistant Superintendent of the Sunday-school. Mrs. Hattie (Hiser) Davis, wife of Frank J., the subject, was born in Milton township, Mahoning county, Ohio, July 28, 1858, her parents being natives of Pennsylvania. OLIVER A. DAVIS, a respected agriculturist of Boston township, Summit county, Ohio, and ex-prisoner of the Civil war, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, February 20, 1828, a son of Alvin and Levina (Seeley) Davis, who descended from old colonial ancestry of New York state. He was reared to farming, and was a canal boat builder when a young man. He enlisted August 21, 1862, at Ada, Hardin county, Ohio, in the One Hundred and Eighteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years, or during the war, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, June 9, 1865. He was in the battles of Mossy Creek, Tenn., and on the famous Atlanta campaign, where his regiment was under fire 740 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD two months and five days. He was in the battles of Resaca, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, and in the battle of Atlanta, as well as in many hard fought skirmishes, too numerous to mention. After the Atlanta campaign his regiment followed Hood, and he was captured, in the fall of 1864, near Cedar Bluff, while foraging, and taken to Cahaba, Ala., and kept in prison four months and twenty days. This prison was an old cotton warehouse, and open in the top. The rations were one pint of corn meal, ground cob and all, and a very small piece of very poor beef, and under these conditions the prisoners were reduced to almost skeletons, and many died.- Mr. Davis had no blanket or overcoat for some time, but finally blankets were sent from the Union lines. He was exchanged, near the close of the war, at Vicksburg, sent to Columbus, Ohio, and thence home, much disabled and in a bad condition generally. Oliver A. Davis, married, the first time, Miss Melvina Van Orman, a daughter of Orrin and Mary Van Orman, natives of New York state, and who bore him two children, Orrin and Alfred. Orrin Van Orman, was a pioneer of Summit county, Ohio, and reared a family of six children—Melvina, William; Isno, Francis, George and Lyndia Anna. Of this family, all the sons served in the Union army during the Civil war, George dying in Kentucky while in the service. Orrin Van Orman died at the age of sixty-three years in Everett, Boston township, a greatly respected citizen, of high religious attributes. Mrs. Davis died in 1863, during the Civil war, and Mr. Davis married, February 26, 1868, Miss Phylossa Jane Van Orman, a sister of his first wife; she was born September 5, 1841, in Michigan, and this union has been blessed with one daughter, Melvina. Oliver A. Davis is a free silver democrat in politics and is a member of George L. Waterman post, G. A. R., Penin sula, Ohio, of which he is sergeant. He was a faithful soldier, and although weakened by his prison life is an industrious and hard-working man, and is highly esteemed for his upright character and usefulness as a citizen. Alvin Davis, the father of Oliver A., was born in Broome county, N. Y., where he grew to manhood, and while yet in early life came west and settled in Bedford township, Cuyahoga county, where he lived a pioneer life. He, like many other pioneers, came with limited means, and thus experiencing all the privations of life in a new country. He soon provided himself with a good farm, which he partly cleared from the forest, being an industrious working man of that day. He was married to Miss Lavina Seeley, who bore him four sons and two daughters, viz: Ephraim, Alvin, Oliver A., William, Lucretia, and Julia. Mr. Davis was quite a political worker, and in the fall of 1836, while celebrating an election in Bedford, Ohio, was killed by a premature discharge of a cannon. He was a greatly respected citizen throughout the township and county. Three of his sons, Alvin, Oliver A. and William, did service in the late war—Alvin in the three years' service; Oliver A., who is spoken of in the first paragrah, and William, who was in an Ohio regiment in the loo days' service. After the death of Mr. Davis, Mrs. Davis was married to William Loffin, and to them were born two children, Early-high and Willis C., who both served in an Ohio regiment for three years, showing the patriotic spirit of the family. SAMUEL D. DETWEILER, of West Richfield, Ohio, one of the soldiers of the Civil war and a respected citizen, was born December 4, 1834, in Bucks county, Pa., Hilltown township, a son of John and Anna (Detweiler) Detweiler, who OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 741 descended from an old colonial Pennsylvania family of German origin. Samuel D. Detweiler received a common-school education, was reared to farming and milling, and came to Ohio about 1857, and worked in Coshocton and Holmes counties several years. He enlisted from Holmes county in the summer of 1861, in company B, Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was mustered in at Camp Dennison, Ohio, for three years, or during the war, and served until honorably discharged at Camp Chase October 31, 1864, a period of over three years and three months. January 19, 1862, the regiment reached Mill Springs just at the close of the battle. On March 12 a slight skirmish took place at Cumberland Gap. About March 22, the regiment was merged with the Forty-second Ohio and the Twenty-second Kentucky, forming the Twenty-sixth brigade of the Seventh division of the army of the Ohio, under the command of Brigadier-Gen. George W. Morgan. On April 28 another reconnaissance was made to the top of Cumberland Mountain in the vicinity of Cumberland Gap—arriving at the top at 8 A. M. in a heavy fog, when a brisk fight occurred. During the month of May the rebels abandoned their position at Cumberland Gap, and the Sixteenth regiment was the first Union regiment to enter the stronghold. From this time until August 3, the troops were engaged in strengthening their position, drilling, fighting and frequently skirmishing. August 6, at a battle at Tazewell, Tenn., the entire division was obliged to retreat, and was much harassed with frequent skirmishes on the way to Manchester, Ky., and suffered greatly for rest and food—having nothing to eat except ears of corn gathered from the fields, and pumpkins which they roasted and ate without salt. They had no water except that from stagnant pools, and they lived by foraging. On Oc tober 3, they arrived at Greensburg, Ky., worn out, ragged and shoeless, having been sixteen days on this march of more than 250 miles. December 20, the regiment united with Sherman's command and went on transports to the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., and on the 26th was in the assault on Chickasaw Bayou, where the regiment lost 311 men and many officers killed, wounded and missing. At Thompson Hill, over 400 of the Union forces were taken prisoners, with Mr. Detweiler among them. He was taken to Vicksburg prison, confined during the winter, and suffered greatly for food, the rations being but a little mule meal, and corn, ground cob and all, which was dumped on a few rails in the prison pen, and the prison was very foul. From here Mr. Detweiler was taken to Pearl River, Jackson, Miss., and confined in a covered bridge during the siege of that city, where they nearly starved until the last of May, and then were paroled and sent to New Orleans by water, being obliged to row their own boats. In the spring of 1863, Mr. Detweiler was started for St. Louis, Mo., with the others, but they all left the trains in Ohio and went home, remained until August, 1863, and then rejoined the regiment in Louisiana. He was in the Red River expedition under Banks, was in several skirmishes near Alexandria, assisted to build the dam across Red River at that place, and then went to the mouth of the river, where the regiment stacked arms, having been in many hard-fought battles and skirmishes. Mr. Detweiler was always an active soldier, was not sick in hospital, and was in all the battles, campaigns, marches and skirmishes in which his regiment took part, except while a prisoner, and he did his full duty promptly and cheerfully and endured the hardships of a soldier's life with fortitude. After the war, Mr. Detweiler returned to Holmes county, Ohio, and went thence to 742 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Alma, Mich., in 1868, and ran a flour-mill for twelve years, and while there married, January 28, 1877, Miss Laura Gargett, who was born on her parents' farm in Medina county, a daughter of John and Mary (Detweiler) Gargett. In 1881 Mr. Detweiler came to his present place, and engaged in farming and milling. The children are Lella, John and Leah. In politics Mr. Detweiler is a republican, and is also a member of Goldwood post, G. A. R., at West Richfield, Ohio. Mr. Detweiler is well known for his integrity of character and stands very high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens. WAYLAND S. HOUGH, M. D., is one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He springs from an old colonial American family, and was born April 3, 1844, at Atwater, Portage county, Ohio, a son of Joel I. and Mary (Linn) Hough. Joel I. Hough, also a native of Atwater, Portage county, was born in 1821, a son of Beziael Hough, one of the earliest pioneers of Portage county. Joel I. Hough was a merchant and passed all his days in Portage county, where his death occurred at the age of fifty-four years. His children were Dr. Wayland S., Lodema, William, John and Mary. Dr. Wayland S. Hough attended the academy at Atwater, Ohio, received a sound education and enlisted in the Civil war when about seventeen years old, in battery D, First Ohio light artillery,. September 10, 1861, and was honorably discharged October 17, 1864. He was promoted for meritorious conduct to be corporal, and was on detached service for a year and a half as acting hospital steward, at Camp Nelson, Ky. He was in the battles of Pittsburg Landing and Corinth, and was taken prisoner at Mumfordville, Ky., by Gen. Bragg in 1862, but was paroled after two days. After his time had expired Mr. Hough returned home, and immediately began the study of medicine at the Charity Hospital Medical college, Cleveland, from which he graduated in the spring of 1866. He began the practice of medicine at Mogadore, Ohio, where he practiced succesefully ten years, and in 1876 came to Cuyahoga Falls, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice, being widely known throughout the surrounding country. He was appointed trustee of the Cleveland State hospital during McKinley's administration, and is a member of the Ohio State Medical association and the National Medical society. He is a patron of the leading medical periodicals of the day, and has accumulated an excellent professional as well as literary library. He is a constant student, keeps well posted and fully abreast of the modern advances made in the science of medicine, is also a constant reader of the better class of literature of all ages, and has a clear comprehension of the currentevents of his own time, as reflected through the daily press. The doctor was married, in 1867, at Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Annie E. Golby, and this union has been blessed with one child, W. C. Fraternally, the doctor is a Mason, and is a member of Starr lodge, No. 187, Cuyahoga Falls, and is a past master; he is also a member of Howard lodge, I. 0. 0. F., at Cuyahoga Falls, and has passed all the chairs, including that of noble grand. The doctor is likewise an honored member of the G. A. R., National Union, and the Royal Arcanum, which he has represented in the grand council for eighteen consecutive years. Dr. Hough is a very unassuming man, but wields a strong influence for good. He was an active soldier, having enlisted for purely patriotic motives, and was in some of the hardest-fought battles for the OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES -745 preservation of the Union, and did his full duty promptly and cheerfully. As a citizen he has always been noted for his sturdy adherencehis publicuse of the right, and for his•public spiritedness. He is a firm friend of the cause of education, and his associates are numbered among the best citizens of Cuyahoga Falls and Summit county. In politics he is a republican. FRANK DICKERSON, an enterprising-young farmer of Northampton township, Summit county, Ohio, was born here April 16, 1860, and is a son of Willington and Sarah (Faylor) Dickerson, who were the parents of two children—Frank, the subject, and Clara, who was born August 22, 1865, and is now the wife of Frank Horner. Willington Dickerson was born in Lewis county, N. Y., September 9, 1832, and was a babe when brought to Ohio by his parents. He was reared a farmer in Northampton township, and January 21, 1859, married Miss Sarah Faylor, who was born March 16, 1840. Riley Dickerson, father of Willington, was born April 24, 1801, and Mary, his wife, November 25, 1811. In 183o they departed from Lewis- county, N. Y., for Ohio, going by way of the Erie canal from Rome, Oneida county, to Buffalo, in Erie county, and thence starting by lake for Cleveland, Ohio. But the weather was so stormy and the water so rough that the little family were obliged to land at Ashtabula harbor with their goods, which latter were forwarded to Cleveland by water, while the family took the land route. From Cleveland they came to Summit county by ox-team, and settled in the woods of Northhampton township, where the father erected a log dwelling and barn, and eventually cleared up a good farm. Here Willington was reared among the pioneers from babyhood to man- hood, and here he died in 1883; his widow is now living with her son Frank, the subject, on the original homestead. Frank Dickerson has lived on this, his birthplace, all his life, with the exception of one year, passed in work in Cleveland. He received a good common-school education in Northampton township, has been industrious and thrifty through life, and has proven himself a worthy descendent of one of the oldest families of the township, and as such is greatly respected by the citizens, as well as for his personal merits. In politics he is a strong republican, but has never sought public office. He is unarried, although very popular. MRS. ALAMANDA DOOLITTLE, of Streetsboro, Portage county, Ohio, is a native of the county and was born in Shalersville township June 23, 1819, a daughter of Simon and Lucy (Green) Burroughs, and still, notwithstanding her venerable years, has a most vivid recollection of the events which occurred in the pioneer days of the county. Simon Burroughs was a native of the town of Alstead, Cheshire county, N. H., a son of Joel Burroughs, who was of Irish descent, and the father of nine children, viz: Richard, Joel, David, Simon, Cyrus, Phebe, Hannah, Grace and Anna. The progenitors of the family were among the earliest settlers of Alstead, and over 300 persons who bore the name of Burroughs lie interred in cemetery of the town mentioned. The old family homestead is still standing in Alstead, although nearly all the children born to Joel have become residents of Ohio. Simon Burroughs was reared a farmer and carpenter, and made three trips or more from New Hampshire to Ohio. His first trip was made when a young man, when he moved his brother David to Cleveland with an 746 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD ox-team; he next came as driver of an ox-team for his uncle Daniel, who settled in Shalersville; he started, the third time, and the last, on horseback, but his horse sickened and died in the state of New York, and he made the remainder of his way on foot to Shalersville, where he passed one year. Returning east, Simon was united in marriage, in Vermont, with Miss Lucy Green, who was born in Bethel, Windham county, Vt., a daughter of Amassa and Lucy (Dudley) Green, and then returned, in 1818, to Shalersville, with his bride, accompanied by Joel Thompson, this trip being made with ox-teams. The first year after settling in Portage county, Simon Burroughs lived at Mason's Mills, pending the erection of a frame dwelling on his farm, of which he cleared up too acres; he subsequently sold forty acres of his tract and moved to Streetsboro township, about 183o, and settled on the land now occupied by his son, Horace Doolittle. This tract he converted into a fine farm and erected upon it substantial buildings, which are still standing. His habit was to go to the forest in winter, cut the timber for his buildings, hew the frames, and shave the broad chestnut shingles, and by the time his hay was cut in June, his barns would be ready to receive it. He also built many substantial dwellings and barns for other settlers throughout the county, and became a man of much prominence, and was frequently employed by newcomers to point out suitable places for settlement. He was a steady man of good habits, kind and helpful in cases of sickness, and was greatly appreciated as being one of the most useful dwellers in the community. In politics Mr. Burroughs was a democrat, and in religion both he and wife were pious Methodists. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Simon Burroughs were Alamanda, whose name opens this biography; Annis, who was first married to Eli Musser, and, after his death, to Horace Peck; Dudley, who was an invalid, and for more than a quarter of a century was kindly cared for by his sister, Mrs. Alamanda Doolittle, and died in January, 1897; Howard and George and Henry (twins). Both Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs lived to reach the ripe age of seventy-five years, and died deeply lamented by every member of the community in which they had passed so many years of their useful lives. The family name was held in universal respect, as four of its immediate members—Joel, Richard, Daniel and Elijah—had served all through the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Alamanda Doolittle received an excellent education in her early days, and at the age of seventeen years, December 23, 1836, was united in marriage with Albert Doolittle, who was born October7, 18o6, in New Milford, Pa., a son of Benjamin Doolittle, a native of Cheshire, Conn., born February 10, 1771. Benjamin married Fannie Ward, who was born in Connecticut April 12, 1871, a daughter of Isabel Ward. Benjamin and his wife were the pioneer settlers of New Milford, Susquehanna county, Pa., and after a residence of twenty-one years in that town were induced by Titus Street to come to Streetsboro, Ohio, where Mr. Doolittle bought a tract of 200 acres of land, deep in the woods, from which not a stick had been cut, except, perhaps, by hunters. Mr. Doolittle converted this land, in due course of time, into a profitable farm and comfortable home, and here Mrs. Alamanda now resides. Benjamin Doolittle later became land agent for Titus Street, who owned the township, and also became a man of marked influence in the community. To his marriage with Miss Ward were born nine children, viz: Rev. Nelson, born March 17, 18o5, a Universalist minister, who settled in Akron, where he preached many sermons; Albert, born October 7, 1806; George, Novem- OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 747 ber 22, 1809; Henry, November 14, 1811; Lydia A., July 10, 1815; William, July 18, 1817; Jane, April 1819; Benjamin, April 20, 1821, and Eloisai, February 15, 1823. These last-named eight all settled in Streetsboro township. Benjamin Doolittle was a man of eruditon, was a deacon in the Disciples, church, and when no minister of that faith was available, was fully competent to lead the services. Three of his sons—Nelson, Albert and Henry—were Universalists; George was a Baptist, and William was a Methodist, and each was capable of showing or proving his faith from the Scriptures. Mr. Doolittle was in politics a a whig, and for many years served as a justice of the peace. He lived to be over seventy-six years of age, having been born February 10, 1771, and dying September 18, 1849. His son Henry was extensively engaged in railroad contracting, and was also one of the builders of the Wabash & Erie canal. He lived two years in Erie, Pa., engaged in the railroad business, but died in San Antonio, Tex., in 861, his brothers, William and Albert, having been associated with him in business. Albert Doolittle, after marriage, settled on a part of his father's farm, which part he purchased, and became a prosperous, substantial and prominent farmer and a man of great influence. He was well educated and of more than ordinary intelligence, and increased his estate to 230 acres. Contracting really, however, occupied as much of his time as farming, and he was in fact the originator of this line of business in the family. He and his brother Henry held contracts on the canal, as well as on the Atlantic & Great Western railroad, and after the death of Henry he was for more than ten years occupied in settling up the estate. He was a very. active and energetic man, and was strictly honest, his business reputation standing until the end without a blemish. In religion he was a Universalist, and in politics; was a whig until the formation of the republican party, when he joined the ranks of the latter. He was an honored citizen, and for a. number of years filled the office of justice of the peace with great ability. His marriage was blessed with four children, viz: Charles. R., Augusta, Horace A. and Lucy, the last named of whom died a married woman. The-death of Albert Doolittle took place on the old homestead, January 15, 1886, at the age of seventy-eight years, and no man ever left a more honored name behind him. Horace A. Doolittle, son of Albert and. Alamanda Doolittle, has been twice married, his first union having been with Miss Mary E. Seymour, daughter of Nathaniel and E. (Calkins) Seymour, and to this marriage were born Nathaniel S. and Horace A. The second marriage of Mr. Doolittle was to Miss Effie E. Peck, daughter of Henry and Emeline (Jenkins) Peck, and this union has been blessed with one daughter—Cora Lucille. In politics. Mr. Doolittle is a republican and has served his fellow-citizens as township trustee. He is a substanial farmer, owning 130 acres of arable land, and he and family are among the most respected residents of the township. Mrs. Doolittle is a member of the Baptist church at Streetsboro, and is a lady of many estimable qualities. WILLIAM FERGUSON, a prominent farmer of Streetsboro township, Portage county, Ohio, is a native of this county, is a son of Robert and Mary (Lloyd) Ferguson, and was born in Deerfield township June 28, 1846. Robert Ferguson was born in the north of Ireland, and came to America when about fifteen years old. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Mary -Lloyd, of Scotch .de- 748 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD scent, and after marriage came to Portage county and purchased a farm in Deerfield township. Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson the eldest, Matilda, died a married woman; Robert, died at the age of five; the remaining four are still living, and are named Isabel, William (subject), Nelson and Julia. The mother of this family has been called from earth, dying in the faith of the Lutheran church; the father, now a venerable gentleman of eighty-three years, makes his home with his son William, who cares for his every want with filial affection. William Ferguson, in whose interest this sketch is chiefly written, received a good common-school education, and was reared on his father's farm until nineteen years old, at which early age he enlisted, March 7, 1865, at Alliance, Ohio, in company A, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years, unless sooner discharged by reason of the close of the then pending war, which event happened, and he was honorably discharged at Baltimore, Md., in July, 1865, after serving principally on guard duty, in Washington, D. C., Alexandria, Va., Dover, Del., and Baltimore, Md. He then returned to Deerfield township, and thence, in 1866, went to Martinsville, Ind., where he lived two years, and then returned to Ohio, and was married, at Streetsboro, to Miss Frankie A. Clark, who was born on the farm Mr. Ferguson now occupies, a daughter of Robert and Jeannette (Wilcox) Clark, who were the parent of two children only—Arvilla, who died a married woman, and Frankie, now Mrs. Ferguson. Mr. Clark died in middle life, and his widow was later married to A. Plum; to this union two sons were born—one living, Willard C; John B. died, aged eight years. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson lived in Ravenna two years, he being there employed in a saw-mill, and then settled in Streetsboro township. Here Mr. Ferguson purchased a farm, on which he lived nine years, and then moved to another, which he cultivated for thirteen years, and then, in 1891, purchased his present farm, consisting of fifty-five acres. This was the original homestead of the Clark family, Robert Clark, the grandfather of Mrs. Ferguson and a pioneer of Streetsboro township, having cleared it up from the primeval forest. Mr. Ferguson has greatly improved the place, has thoroughly repaired the buildings, and has made a comfortable home for himself and wife and four children, who are named Prentiss. Harry C., Bessie and Ardell. In fact, he has made it the neatest place in the township, and for its dimensions one of the most profitable. Mr. Ferguson is an ex-member of A. H. Day post, No. 185, Grand Army of the Republic at Kent, and in politics is perfectly independent, voting for such as are, in his judgment, best fitted to fill the offices for which they are nominated. The family is greatly respected throughout the county, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson being descendants of pioneers, and Mr. Ferguson having served as a member of the school board and as constable. GEORGE W. FLEMINGS, one of the old soldiers of the Civil war, and a respected citizen, springs from sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry, who were early settlers of Vermont in colonial times and of old Revolutionary stock. He was born at Freedotn, Portage county, Ohio, July 4, 1843, a son of Richard and Mary (Puffer) Flemings. He received a common education in the district schools at Hampden,Geauga county, Ohio, where he went with his mother and family after the death of his father, which occurred when he was about five years old, and had his trade thoroughly learned when the Civil war OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 749 broke out. He enlisted as a private at Painesville, Ohio, December 9, 1863, in the First Ohio light artillery, battery C, Capt. M. B. Gerry, for three years or during the war, and was honorably discharged, on account of the closing of the war, at Cleveland, Ohio, with his battery, June 15, 1865. His battery served in Gen. Butterfield's division, Twentieth army corps. He was on the famous Atlanta campaign, during which the Union troops were under fire more than 100 days and nights. He was in the battles of Resaca, Ga. , May 13-16, 1864; Cassville, May 18-22; Dallas, May 25, to June 4; New Hope church; Kenesaw Mountain; Peach Tree Creek, July 25; siege of Atlanta, July 28 to September 2; siege of Savannah, December 10 to 21. This was on Sherman's celebrated march to the sea; and at Averysboro, N. C., March 16, 1865; Bentonville, N. C., March 19-22, 1865. He was in hospital No. 19, at Nashville, Tenn. , for a few days. Mr. Flemings was always an active soldier, and on duty with his battery every day, and was in all the campaigns, marches, battles and skirmishes in which his battery took part. He was not wounded nor a prisoner, and served the country faithfully and well until the war closed. His hardest march was from Savannah, Ga., through the Carolinas. He was on the return march to Washington and was present at the grand review. His hardest battles were on the great Atlanta campaign. Mr. Flemings suffered greatly from exposure during the Atlanta campaign; for nearly three weeks it rained almost all the time and he contracted rheumatism, from which he is now a constant sufferer. After his services to his country as a soldier, he returned to Ohio, and worked at his trade of a painter. He married, in Smithtown, Mahoning county, Ohio, January I, 1874, Elizabeth A. Cline, who was born April 6, 1840, in Berlin township, Mahoning county, Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Clarissa (Leonard) Cline, her parents being of sturdy Pennsylvania-Dutch ancestry. Jacob Cline, her father, was born in Berlin township, and he was the son of John and Susan Cline, pioneers of Mahoning county and substantial farmers, who cleared up a good farm from the woods. Jacob Cline was also a good farmer. His children were Elizabeth, William, Anthony, Henry, John (died aged ten years), Maria, Mary, Harriet and Lorinda. Jacob Cline was a republican in politics and had one son, William, in the Civil war as private of the One Hundred and Fourth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, three years' service, and was in many battles. (See sketch of his comrade, Jerome B. Hinman). Jacob Cline lived to be forty-two years old. He was a member of the United Brethren church and a respected and upright man, who reared an excellent family. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Flemings moved to Freedom township, where they lived for some years and then moved to Mantua Corners, about 1880, where they now live. Politically he is a stanch republican. He has always been a respected citizen, very industrious, and upright in his dealings and of excellent character. Richard Flemings, his father, was born in Vermont and came with his parents to Ohio and settled in Parkman township, Geauga county, Ohio, where the family were pioneers and cleared up lands from the woods. He married Mary Puffer, who was of Vermont ancestry, and who came with her parents to Ohio, and were pioneers of Portage county. They were of Revolutionary stock. Richard Flemings and wife were the parents of the following children, viz: James, Ann, Cornelia, George W., Andrew and Joseph. Mr. Flemings had three sons in the Civil war—Joseph, George W. and James. Joseph and George W. were in the same bat-