200 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY adopted Emma Bennett, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, when she was but eight years of age. She married John Struble, who spent his entire life in Trumbull county, being engaged in farming and stock-raising until his death, in 1898. Since the death f her husband, Mrs. Struble has made her home with Mrs. Mead, who has a beautiful residence at 434 East Market street, Warren. Mrs. Mead is quite wealthy, having a farm of three hundred acres in Vienna and Howland townships, and having financial interests in banks at Niles, Farmington, Courtland and Orwell. THOMAS McMAHON, a retired farmer and stockman, has been through a long and successful career and is well known through more than one section of the country through his varied business operations. He is the son of an ardent Methodist, who was a class leader and exhorter in that church for upwards f half a century. Mr. McMahon was born in Jackson township, now within Mahoning county, July 17, 1832. His father, James Drake McMahon, was born in Boardman township, Mahoning county, Ohio, October 5, 1799, and his father was John McMahon, born near Baltimore, Maryland, the son of a man who, it is believed, was a native of Scotland and came to America in colonial times, serving in the Revolutionary war, in which he sacrificed his life. The grandfather was very young when his father died, and he went to live with a merchant in Pittsburg, who educated him. He mastered the languages f several nations, or tribes, of Indians, so that he might the more successfully trade with them. He continued with this merchant several years, trading and traveling with the Indians, during which time he met the lady whom fate seemed to point out as his future wife. Previous to his marriage he had located in Boardman township, where he was residing during the war of 1812. He enlisted in that service and perished in the conflict. After the death of her husband the widow removed to Austintown, Mahoning county, and there resided for a time, then removed to Jackson township, where she purchased a tract f land, to which she found her way by blazed trees. James D. McMahon being her eldest child, the care and responsibility devolved upon him and he lived with his mother until her death, when he succeeded to the ownership f the home farm, where he resided until the death f his wife, after which he made his home with his sons and died in Champion township, April 18, 1889. February 5, 1829, he married Eliza-beth Cory, born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1809, and died in Jackson township, Mahoning county, October 31, 1868, being the mother of six children: John, Thomas, Mary, Charlotte, Silas and Rebecca A. At a very young age, Thomas McMahon, of this notice, commenced to assist his father and when eighteen years of age worked for others, and his father received the wages, amounting to eighty-two dollars for seven months' time of hard labor. He then bought his time from his father, pay-ing him later out f his earnings. Just at that time stoves and chain pumps were coming onto the market, and he was employed by David HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 201 Anderson to travel and introduce these useful articles in Trumbull county and also in Mahoning county. When twenty-one years of age he engaged in farming and dealt in stock. In 1861 he started for Iowa. He possessed ten hundred and fif ty dollars, and on his journey he met George W. Smith, a merchant of 'Milton township, Van Buren county, Iowa, who proposed a partnership to engage in the live-stock business, which they did. Their first venture was to purchase a large drove f hogs, which they drove to the river for shipment. This was soon after the Civil war broke out, and the contending armies were close together at the state line and a skirmish commenced as they were loading-their hogs on the boat, and many of them were lost, so that upon his return to Milton his capital was reduced to seven hundred dollars. His partner had another partner in the mercantile business, and this partner sold to Mr. McMahon. The new firm continued a year, then sold out, and with the money the two (McMahon and Smith) purchased two hundred acres f land in Milton, where they engaged in stock raising. At that date there was an immense free stock range over the broad rich prairie lands,' and. hence stock business was very profitable. The partner Smith proved to be an able, honorable man, and they continued in business six years, then sold., Mr. McMahon going to Trumbull county, Ohio, where he purchased a farm f two hundred and sixty-five acres, all within Champion township. There he carried on a general and stock farming business until 1902, when he rented the farm and went to Warren, where he purchased a thirteen-acre estate, near the city limits, where he now leads a quiet and partly retired life. He is now wisely enjoying the fruits f his long years of labor. One of the important events in Mr. McMahon's career was his marriage, February 10, 1864, to Jane L. Panglon, born in Geauga county, Ohio, September 11, 1845, a daughter of Henry and Lushia (Over) Panglon. Her father was a native of Germany and her mother of East Claridon, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are the parents f the following children: Mary E., married Elmer Baldwin; Amos N., married Nellie Sheppie and they have two children—Philip and Frank ; Allie E., married Henry Goeltz and they have one daughter—Helen; Thomas G. McMahon. Of the religious faith of this worthy man and wife it may be stated that Mrs. McMahon is a member of the Christian church, while her husband belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. JONATHAN D. WILCOX, one of the industrious and modern styled agriculturists, whose excellent farm home is within the borders of Champion township, Trumbull county, is a native of this township, being born on the farm where he now lives January 28, 1858, a son of James Wilcox, a native of Mahoning county, born in Canfield township August 10, 1820, and his father was James Wilcox, a native f Maryland, of Scotch ancestry. He was reared and educated in his native state, and moved to Ohio, making the entire journey with a pair of oxen and a cart, bringing all of his earthly effects in the vehicle. A part of this overland journey was through 202 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY a trackless wilderness. He stopped in Canfield township for a short time and bought land a half mile east of Jackson Center, Mahoning county, where he cleared up a farm, .erected buildings and lived there until his death, dying at the age f ninety-two years. The maiden name of his wife (the grandmother of Jonathan D.) was Farris. They reared three sons and four daughters. James Wilcox, the father, was a natural mechanic, and in his younger days worked at both carpentering and shoemaking. In 1847 he went to Champion township, which was at the time but a wilderness. This was before railroads came, and Warren was but a mere hamlet. He bought a tract of timbered land which was situated in the southwest part of the township, about four miles out from Warren. Here he first erected a log cabin, and in that humble abode was his son born. Subsequently he built a good he-wed log residence, which later on was superseded by a frame building. There he lived until the date of his decease, June 8, 1901. His wife's maiden name was Rebecca M. Quackenbush, a native f Amsterdam, New York, daughter of William and Mary (Allen) Quackenbush, who were supposedly natives f that state, and became pioneers in Lordstown, Trumbull county, Ohio. She died September 20, 1904, having reared five children, as follows : John, James, Jane, Jonathan and Mary. Jonathan D. Wilcox attended the public schools in his early youth, remaining at home with his people until he reached his majority, then built on the homestead, occupied the house some years after the death f his father, when he purchased the interests held by- the other heirs, since which he has owned the entire farm and made improvements additional to those made by his father. This farm now ranks well with any within the township. Mr. Wilcox is in his political views a Democrat, and cast his first vote for General Hancock, presidential candidate. , He was united in marriage September 7, 1882, to Nellie M. Templeton, born in Champion township, a daughter f Hiram Templeton, born in Austintown, Mahoning county, Ohio, October 21, 1834. His father was named William, also a native f Mahoning county, and be was the son of William Templeton, born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in 1776. The last named, William, was the son of the Templeton who came from Scot-land with two brothers, who landed on our shores in colonial days. All three brothers took part in the war for independence. William Templeton, Sr., was one of the first settlers of Ohio, going to that territory in 1795, when it was a part of the Great Northwest Territory. He located in Austintown, in what is now Mahoning county, Ohio, where he entered a tract of timber land, built a rude log house, which his family occupied two years, when he sold out and bought other lands. Later he purchased and improved several tracts in that locality. He was the first mail carrier between Warren and Pittsburg. That was before the streams had been spanned by any kind of bridges, and frequently he encountered many difficulties in crossing streams. In .1835 he removed to western Ohio, lived there for a time, then returned to Jackson township, and died at the house of his son, William, Jr., in Champion township, in 1856. Before her HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 203 marriage his wife was Elizabeth Hampton, born in New Jersey, 1872, a daughter of Maud Jane (Ayers) Hampton, pioneers in Ohio. She died August 21, 1841. In 1836 William Templeton, grandfather of Mrs. Wilcox, went to Champion township and purchased a tract f timber land in the southwestern part of the township. On his way in, the last part of his journey, he followed the trail, marked by blazed trees. There he cut timber and made for himself and family a comfortable home, where he died in advanced life. Mrs. Wilcox's father was only about two years of age when his parents went to Champion township; there he was reared and educated amid rural scenes, wild and free. He succeeded to the ownership f the old homestead and there continued to reside until his death, October 3, 1904. Mrs. Wilcox's mother's maiden name was Rosanna Richardson, born in Lordstown, Ohio, August 15, 1839. Her father, James Richardson, was born in Ireland, and was but four years old when his father died, after which he went to live with his grandparents. Soon after his mother came to America and settled in Lordstown, Ohio. She married a second husband, his name being Campbell. She remained in Lordstown the remainder of her days. Mrs. Wilcox's father was reared and married in his native land, and came to America, accompanied by his family. They came in a sailing vessel, and were eleven weeks in crossing the Atlantic. Two of the children died while on the ocean and were buried at sea. When he arrived in Lordstown he had but one dollar in money left. After a time he went to Penn-sylvania and there rented land, near Pittsburg. He had learned the shoemaking trade, but did not work at it here, except nights and on rainy days. After residing near Pittsburg several years he went to Champion township, Trumbull county, Ohio, and there purchased a farm, upon which he lived ten years, then sold and went back to Pittsburg, where he spent the balance f his days, dying aged eighty-one years. His wife was Hannah Graham, a native of Ireland, but like her husband she was of Scotch ancestry. She died aged seventy-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox have one daughter, Nina. THOMAS J. FRY, a farmer residing in Champion township, Trumbull county, is a native of Hickory township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, born April 24, 1869. His father, Stephen Fry, was born, it is thought, in Lehigh county, May 9, 1827, and his father, David Fry, was born in the same state, while the great-grandfather of Thomas J. Fry was a soldier in the Revolutionary cause. David Fry, the grandfather, served in the war of 1812. He was a farmer and a life-long resident f Pennsylvania, and spent his last days in Mercer county. Stephen Fry, the father, was a dutiful son at his parents' home in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he reached manhood years. After his marriage he purchased a farm in Hickory township, and remained thereon until he with his wife and children went to Trumbull county, Ohio, and 204 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY bought a tract of land consisting of eighty-seven acres in Champion township. Of this land there was only twenty acres f timber the remainder being cultivated. The family resided there three years,'then he rented the farm and went back to Mercer county and lived on his father-in-law's farm in Hickory township until 1881, then returned to Trumbull county to his own place Ad remained there until his death, in December, 1883. The mother of Thomas J. was Sarah Wise, born in Union township, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, October 12 1837. Her father, John Wise, was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and' went to Luzerne county, where he followed the cooper's trade. He moved to Crawford county, remained there a few years and pushed on west to Hickory township, Mercer county-, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm, dividing his time between farm-ing and working at his trade until his death in the year in which he was eighty-five years of age. His wife's maiden name was Eva Kester, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and who spent her last years in Hickory town-ship, Mercer county, dying aged sixty years. Airs. Stephen Fry- is still living, at the advanced age f eighty years, hale, hearty and f good mind. She reared. nine children: Catherine, Mary, Washington, Elizabeth, Emma, Van Buren, Ella, Thomas J. and Charles. When twelve years f age Thomas J. Fry lost his father, and he assisted on the farm and attended school when opportunity afforded. When he attained his majority he went to Warren, Ohio, where he was employed for five years at various things, then returned to the farm, where he has since industriously worked at general farm and stock raising business. His eighty-three-acre tract f land is gently rolling and very fertile, as well as well improved and kept up in a tidy manner. He was united in marriage in. 1894 to Kittie Shively, born in Cham-pion township, a daughter f John and Jane Shively. The children by this marriage are: Fred A., Jennie, Donald and Millie. In his political views Mr. Fry is a supporter f the general principles of the Democratic party. JAMES W. McMAHAN, a representative of one of the oldest families within Lordstown township, Trumbull county, was born in Jackson township, Mahoning county, Ohio, July 15, 1842, a. son of Benjamin McMahan, born at, or near, the present site of the sprightly city of Youngstown, Ohio, February 2, 1800, and his father was John McMahan. His father (great-grandfather f James W.) came to America in colonial times, locating in Charleston, South Carolina. He, with seven f his sons, the youngest entering as a drummer-boy when but twelve years of age, fought in the war for the colonies. Immediately after the surrender at Yorktown the father was killed by an Indian, and the son Joseph then swore that he would kill every Indian of the tribe, if he had an opportunity, and it is related that he let no such chance go by. Two of the sons, John and Joseph, lived for a time in Pennsylvania and removed to some point in the Northwest Territory, becoming pioneers in that portion called Ohio. For a time they lived in Boardman township, but removed to what is now Jackson township. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 205 Joseph took the contract to clear the land where now stands the court house in Warren. John entered the service as a substitute for a neighbor and went to Sandusky, serving a term of enlistment, then started for home. His route was through an almost trackless wilderness. He was met by a, friend a few miles out of Cleveland, but never reached his home. It is supposed that he was waylaid and killed by the Indians. The maiden name f his wife was Susanna Drake, born on the banks of the Delaware river, 1774. Her father, Edward Drake, was born in that locality, and his father, Edward Drake, was a native f England and came to America in colonial days and settled on the Delaware river, in Pennsylvania, where he ever afterwards remained. His son Edward pushed his way on to the great West and became a pioneer in the Northwest Territory, spending his last days in Trumbull county, Ohio. Mr. McMahan's grandmother survived her husband many years and removed to what is now Jackson township, about 1807, and purchased land and there reared her family, dying at an advanced old age. The father f James W. McMahan was reared in Jackson township. In his youth, bear, wolves, deer and numerous wild and ugly animals infested the country. He became an expert hunter of such game and wild animals. Notwithstanding his love f the chase, he was industrious and secured land which he cleared up into four farms in Jackson township. where he died aged seventy-nine years. His wife's maiden name was Eliza Irvin, born either at Youngstown or Jackson. Her father, John Irvin, was a pioneer f Jackson township, where he improved a farm and resided for many years, after which he sold and went to Farmington and later to Williams county, Ohio, and spent the remainder of his days there. Mrs. McMahan died aged thirty-five years. Her husband was twice married after her death. By the first union four children were born—Susan, Olive, Harriet and James W. By the second marriage there was one son born—Nelson, and by the third marriage four children were born—Charles. Benjamin F., Caroline and Josephine. James W. McMahan made the most of his opportunities to gain an education in the district schools. He was gifted with much musical talent. which he cultivated and became an instructer of vocal music, which he taught a part of each year. He followed this in eastern Ohio and at points in western Pennsylvania, also one term in Illinois. His father operated a stone quarry and he learned the art f stone-cutting. Later in life he mastered the blacksmith's trade, which he followed a few years, then returned to stone-cutting. He next purchased a portable steam saw mill, which he operated in Trumbull and Mahoning counties for several years. In 1873 he settled at Lordstown Center, where he remained about fifteen years, then moved near to the Center, where he now resides. Mr. McMahan was married in 1870 to Sarah Thatcher, born in Milton, a daughter f Benjamin and Sarah {Winans) Thatcher. She died in July, 1905. He married the second time, in 1908, Emma Messersmith, of Hartford. By the first union one child was born, Maude, wife of W. 0, 206 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Flick, and they have two children—James Clare and William Donald. Mr. and Mrs. McMahan are members of the Christian church, while Mr. McMahan holds fast to the principles of the Republican party, as did also his father. Mr. McMahan served as a soldier in the Civil war, having been a member of Company E of the second Eighty-sixth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was instrumental in capturing General Morgan, also in the taking of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, where he was then stationed until the expiration f his enlistment. WARREN GATES ALGER, who has spent virtually the entire sixty-five years f his life as a resident of Gustavus township, this county, is one of the veterans of the Civil war who has been an honor to himself and his state. He is a line representative of the patriotic brawn of the country, which was so largely founded on the farming element of the states of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. The patriotism which Mr. Alger showed in the field has since been sustained by his civil service at home, by which he has been a strong agent in the upholding and development of the stable and good local government. Mr. Alger was born at Colebrook, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on the 14th of December, 1843, a son of Ira K. and Lucinda (Hall) Alger. His father, who was a native of Canada, was an early settler of Ashtabula county, while his mother was born in New York state; the former died March 16, 1856, at the age of thirty-seven years, and the latter May 4, 1861, aged forty-four years. They were the parents f six children, of whom Warren G. was the eldest. When a youth f fourteen years the son came to Gustavus township, where he completed his schooling and became henceforth self-supporting. After thus alternating between the farm and the school room for a number of years, he entered a notable experience of his life by enlisting in the Union army in response to the first presidential call for three months' troops. At the end f his short term he returned to Gustavus township, but on the 26th of August, 1861, joined Company C, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and with the exception f a thirty days' furlough served actively and continuously until July 22, 1865, finally participating in the grand review at Washington. The first two and one-half years f his service were spent in the ranks f the Army of the Potomac, and during that period he participated in the battles f Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Antietam and Gettysburg. In the fall of 1863 his command was transferred to the Department of the Southwest, and he fought at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, re-enlisting December 15, 1863. He then spent a furlough f thirty days at home and returned with the regiment to Bridgeport, Alabama, February 8, 1864. The regiment left Bridgeport May 4, 1864, and was a part of Sherman's grand army throughout the series of battles and campaigns which marked its march to the Atlantic coast. During one hundred days of this period the command was under fire, his regiment being among the HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 207 first troops to enter both Atlanta and Savannah. Mr. Alger continued in the great military movement northward, through the Carolinas, and as stated had the honor f marching in the magnificent military review of the northern armies at 'Washington. At the conclusion f the war and his long term of service, Mr. Alger resumed his farming in Gustavus township, and he has since resided con-tinuously in the county with the exception f the three summers which he spent at Buffalo and one summer in Chicago. In 1871 Mr. Alger married Miss Eva M. Cooper and soon afterward engaged in various manufacturing enterprises. He first engaged in. the manufacture of suction tubes for oil well pumps, and amonghis later ventures was the manufacture of felloes at Gustavus. In 1894 he abandoned this field and has since given his entire attention to agricultural pursuits and to his varied activities as a faithful citizen. Mr. Alger has long been an active promoter of the public schools of the county, and has served six years on the township board. He has been a trustee of the township for more than twelve years, and in every way stands for. high citizenship. As a member f Kinsman Post, Grand Army f the Republic, he has also kept in touch with his old army comrades f the Civil war, who f late years have fallen from the ranks f the living with pathetic rapidity, covered with honors not represented by medals or other gaudy marks f their bravery and patriotic faithfulness. CLARENCE A. ROOT, superintendent of the County Infirmary, of Trumbull county, Ohio, was born December 19, 1866, in Kinsman township, this county, a son f Nelson and Charity (Kinnie) Root. He attended the public schools and Western Reserve Seminary, at West Farmington; also attended the Northeastern Ohio Normal School, at Canfield. He then taught school seven terms, but did. not desire it for a regular life occupa-tion and went to Warren, Ohio, entering the Tribune office, learning the printer's business. Later he worked as a printer at the case, at Andover and Cleveland, also in Dallas, Texas. In 1892 he became an assistant at the county infirmary, holding such position until 1899, when he was ap-pointed superintendent f the institution, which place he is now filling acceptably and well. Politically, Mr. Root is a firm supporter of the general principles of the Republican party, having cast his first vote for President Benjamin Harrison in 1888. He is connected with Lodge No. 29, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; also a member f the Elks, Lodge No. 295. In 1889, Mr. Root was happily married in Dallas, Texas, to Mary Wagstaff, a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Her father, John Wagstaff, was born near Skibbereen county Cork, Ireland, and his father,' Robert Wagstaff, was a native f Ireland, but f English ancestry. His forefathers were followers f Cromwell and left England after his reign and emigrated to Ireland. Robert Wagstaff came to America in 1873, settling at Mon-mouth, Illinois; he was a landscape gardner and spent the remainder of his life there. Before her marriage, his wife was Annie Good, f county Vol. 11-14 208 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Cork, Ireland. They were members f the Episcopal church. Mrs. Root's father was a blacksmith, who came to America in 1848,. settling in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he remained and continued at his trade until 1899, when he and his wife went to live with their children, in different localities. He died in Dallas, Texas. The wife and mother, Mary (Sykes) Wagstaff, was born in Penngylvania, a daughter f Joseph and Mary Ann (McCullough) Sykes. Joseph Sykes was a native of Sheffield, England, and came to America when a young man and was married in Pennsylvania. By trade, he was a wagon-maker, following his trade in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in which county he died. His wife was born on a farm one mile east from Mercer Courthouse, a daughter of John and Mary (Wright) McCollough. John McCollough was a native of Scotland and came to this country with his parents, who settled first in Westmoreland county and later located in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. He followed farming, having cut out a farm from out the great forests of that section of the state. His first buildings were of logs, but later he erected frame structures. He lived to an advanced age. Mary Wright was born in. eastern Pennsylvania. Her father was George Wright, of eastern Pennsylvania, who moved to Mercer county, engaging in the mercantile business, he being one f the pioneer merchants there. Mr. and Mrs. Root have one son : Neal W. Root, now a student in the Warren high school. GEORGE H. STEVENS, a farmer in Mesopotamia township, Trumbull county, was born in Somersetshire, England, July 10, 1846, and was edu-cated in the schools f the mother country. His parents, George and Louisa (Headford) Stevens, spent their lives in England. The father died there in 1893, but the mother is yet living, at the advanced age f ninety-one • years. Crossing the ocean to America, George H. Stevens in 1867 went to Barry Lake, Simcoe, Canada, but after eleven months there came to Wayne in Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he farmed for two and a half years. From there he went to Mecca in Trumbull county and worked on farms in that vicinity for ten years, and at the close of that period bought and for nine years operated a farm near Williamsfield in Ashtabula county. Com-ing then to Trumbull county he has since made his home in different townships of the county, but in the spring of 1903 he came to the R. A. Underwood farm in Mesopotamia township and has since resided here, extensively engaged in farming and stock raising. He is one f the largest raisers f registered Holstein cattle of this vicinity. Mr. Stevens married, January 1, 1873, Rovilla A. Underwood, a native of Wayne, Ohio, and a daughter of Alfred B. and Sally (Morse) Underwood, natives respectively of Casanova, New York, and Williamsfield, Ohio. Her grandparents, Ansel and Jale (Felps) Morse, were born respectively in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Ansel Morse was a soldier in the war f 1812, and about 1815 came with his wife and child on an ox sled to ,.9.shta- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 209 bula county, Ohio, where he took up his abode among the county's earlicst • pioneers. Mrs. Underwood, his daughter, is now living in Youngstown, aged ninety-one years, but her husband died in March of 1906, aged eighty-nine years. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens are Bessie L. and James H. The son is the assistant paymaster in the sheet and tool works of Youngstown. Mr. George H. Stevens is a Republican politically, and was elected a township trustee in 1906. He is a member f the Mesopotamia Grange and f the Congregational church. J. F. KEENE, M.D., a physician and surgeon of high standing at Gustavus, Trumbull county, is a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, born at Sugargrove, Pennsylvania, on the 28th flay, 1867, son of William and Emily E. (Davis) Keene. His father, a native of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, was engaged at Kennard. in various mercantile pursuits from 1864 until his death in 1886, at the age of sixty-six years. His mother, who died in 1885, was fifty-six years of age. Their three children consisted f one who died in infancy, Dr. Keene, and Llewellyn J., who is a clergyman of the United Evangelical church located at Mascot, Nebraska. At the age of fourteen, after he had received a common-school education, Dr. Keene went west, spending some time in the state of Kansas.. He returned to Gustavus in 1884, and in the fall of 1886 began teaching school. but three years of employment in this field decided him in favor of the study and practice f medicine. In the fall of 1889 he was matriculated at the Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, from which he graduated in 1893, at once locating in Gustavus. From 1898 to 1900 he practiced at Fullerton, Geauga county, Ohio, but with the exception f this period of two years has been a resident of Gustavus and a physician and surgeon of growing reputation. As a Republican and a citizen of the proper American spirit, the doctor has also been prominent in the affairs of local government, having served for the past eight years as town clerk. He is an active member of the county and state medical societies, belongs to the Gustavus Grange and the K. O. T. M., and is a leader in the religious work f the Methodist church, having served for some time as superintendent f its Sunday school. On September 24, 1891, Dr. Keene wedded Miss Frances E. Artman, daughter of Abraham and Almira Artman, of Jamestown, Pennsylvania, where she was born and reared. The daughter f this union is H. E. Mildred Keene. C. K. SHIPMAN, who died July 10, 1908, was a pioneer citizen of Gustavus township, Trumbull county, and spent nearly all his life within its limits as a musician and a teacher of music. He was born on the farm which his father acquired from the government in 1835, and his widow still resides on the old homestead. Mr. Shipman also resided here during his entire life and was widely known for his talents and kindly nature 210 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY throughout the entire extent f the Western Reserve. His father, who was a native f Connecticut, first came to Gustavus township in 1813, being one f the earliest of the many colonists who came from that state and settled within the limits f the present state f Ohio. He was a tradesman as well as a farmer, and before permanently locating in this region made eight journeys between Connecticut and Trumbull county. The mother was formerly Miss Lydia Kellogg, f Hartford, Connecticut, where she was reared and educated. The marriage of C. K.Shipman to Miss Mary Christie, daughter of Alexander Christie, a native f New York state and a tanner by trade, occurred in 1871, and the young couple located on the old homestead, which Mrs. Shipman now occupies. It consists of a well improved farm of one hundred acres and is a valuable tract f property. Mrs. Shipman herself is now one f the oldest settlers of Gustavus township and is highly esteemed for her substantial qualities of head and heart. F. P. ROOT, a well known proprietor of the feed mill and general feed business at Farmdale, Kinsman township, is a native f Gustavus township, this county, born September 9, 1872. He is a son of H. W. and Julia (Fobes) Root, both of whom are deceased, the father having died in Spokane, Washington, but was buried at Kinsman, and the mother died. in Ashtabula, Ohio. Both the father and the grandfather (Joseph A. Root) were pioneers of Trumbull county, the former, in fact, being a native of Gustavus township. The four children f Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Root are all living, F. P., of this sketch, being the oldest in the family. He received a training in the business which he now conducts under his father's supervision, and continued associated with him until he established the mill and store which he now conducts. This was in April, 1904. In 1897 Mr. Root was married to Miss Evaline Sharp, a daughter of John R. and Isabella Sharp, of Gustavus township. Their three children are: Barbara, Joseph and Julius. Mr. Root is one f the young, energetic and progressive business men of the locality, and occupies a comfortable residence in a desirable section of the town. GEORGE H. GRISWOLD, of Kinsman, Trumbull county, manager of the Ohio Milk Sugar Company, has made his substantial record as a business man, financier and manufacturer within the limits of the Western Reserve. His family is one of the oldest in this section of Trumbull county, his father, who is now ninety-four years of age, coming to Gustavus township as a boy and afterward attending the Western Reserve College, of which he is the oldest alumnus. George H. Griswold was born at Gustavus, this county, February 24, 1845, son of George A. and Mary (Sperry) Griswold. The grandparents were Abram and Cornelia (Humphrey) Griswold. George A., the father, was reared in Gustavus township, and after his marriage established an independent homestead in the neighborhood f the old farm. There his wife died at the age f sixty-six years. The surviving HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 211 widower is a thoroughly educated and a well-read man, and despite his ninety-four years retains a lively recollection f the primitive days of the old Western Reserve College, when he was straining every nerve to "make" the course and support himself at the same time. There were three children in his family, f whom George H. is the eldest and only son. The daughters are Mrs. Ellen M. Birrell and Mrs. George L. Peabody. Mr. Griswold, of this sketch, was educated in the schools of Gustavus township and at Oberlin College, his course at the latter institution covering three years, being only interrupted by his one hundred days' service during the Civil war as a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio National Guard. After his marriage in 1866 to Laura E. Selby Mr. Griswold went to Toledo, Ohio, where he entered the employ of the United States Express Company. After four years f this service he established a tea and coffee business, which he conducted for fifteen years, when he became interested in the Standard Tobacco and Cigar Company, of Cleveland, was with them some fourteen years, although still retaining his home in Toledo. In 1887 he removed to Kinsman, and in 1899 became prominently identified with its local interests by accepting the cashiership of The Kinsman Banking Company. This position he held until 1906, in the meantime assisting to organize and promote the Ohio Milk Sugar Company. The business of the latter reached such proportions that in January, 1907, Mr. Griswold assumed the management of the sugar manufacturing enterprise. Mr. Griswold has also been active in the public affairs of Kinsman, having for eight years been an active member f its special school board. In Masonry he has reached the thirty-second degree, is a member of the Cleveland Consistory and a Shriner. There are two children in his family —Edith A., who lives at home, and Selby Griswold, who is employed in the sugar factory. D. S. LOTZ, a well known resident of twenty-five years' standing in Kinsman township, Trumbull county, is a prosperous dairy farmer and citizen who has been identified to considerable extent with local public affairs. He was born in Carroll county, Ohio, August 13, 1846, son of Henry and Phoebe (Johnson) Lotz, both natives of Carroll county, Ohio. The Lotz family is f German origin, the grandfather, Henry Lotz, being a native of the fatherland. The maternal grandparents were natives f New Jersey. D. S. LOTZ is the youngest of five children, and was reared and educated in Carroll county, Ohio. He remained a farmer, both in the employ of others' and as a proprietor, until 1883, when he came to Kinsman township and purchased. his present farm f two hundred acres. Since that time, or for a quarter of a century, he has been engaged in general farming and in the conduct and development of dairying interests. He has been an active figure in the public affairs of Kinsman township, having served as justice of the peace, assessor and other offices, and was also Democratic candidate for representative of Trumbull county in 1908. He was one of 212 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY the organizers of the K. O. T. M. in this locality, being a charter member of the local lodge. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and Ire has been active in the church work at Kinsman. In 1873 Mr. Lotz married Miss Ella Hill, also a native of Carroll county. Ohio. Their family consists of two sons and two daughters, as follows: John H., Lewis Milo, Eva Maude and Anna Laura. RICHARD EVANS, a leading merchant and banker of Kinsman, Trumbull county, has been manager of the Wallace-Davis Company for the past fourteen years. He is a native f Gustavus township, this county, where he was born on the 17th of January, 1850. His father, also Richard Evans by name, was born in England in 1812, and about 1840 came from the mother country direct to Gustavus township. Then eighteen years of age, he commenced to make chairs to supply the pioneers of the neighbor-hood, and his modest industry at length developed into a considerable furniture factory. Several years after settling here he married Miss Jennette Meikle, a. Scotch girl, and they both died in Gustavus township—the husband at the age f eighty-two and the wife when only forty-nine years old. Their five children, who are still living, were all born in the township,. Richard being the second son. Richard Evans was educated in the public schools of Gustavus and at the Orwell (Ohio) Academy, his instruction at the latter covering only two terms. He then entered the general store f B. H. Peabody at East Gustavus, remaining in this service about three years, and then entered the employ of William Wallace, in the same line and f the same place. He has now been connected with his business and with that f the Wallace-Davis Company for about twenty-five years, a portion of the period as a partner in the business. He still has an interest in it, and is its active manager, its continued growth speaking well for his ability as a manager and a promoter. He is also one of the directors f the Kinsman Banking Company. In 1872 Mr. Evans was married to Miss Wealthy Hart, daughter of Nelson and Jane Hart, of Gustavus township. The two children f this union are as follows: Merta, who married L. B. Lyon, of Gustavus, and Milo H., connected with the Fidelity and Casualty Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Evans is identified with the Masonic order, and honors the craft with his useful and honorable citizenship. In politics he is a Republican. FRED H. COLE is a leading farmer of Kinsman township who has made a specialty f dairying for many years, and represents a well known pioneer family f Trumbull county. He was born in the township August 13, 1838, and his father, Harman Cole, died on the farm which he now owns and occupies. The latter was a native f Connecticut who came to Trumbull county when a boy, in company with Joshua Yeomans, and HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 213 located on the farm which is now the home of Fred D. Cole.. Here the father worked by the month until he had saved sufficient to warrant him in venturing upon matrimony, when he married Miss Mary Blackburn, daughter f Leonard Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn was such an early pioneer of Trumbull county that he had the honor f teaching its first school. At first Mr. and Mrs. Harman Cole lived on a farm about two miles from the town f Kinsman, but afterward moved upon what is best known as the Davis farm, and still later Mr. Cole bought the property at the Ridge, upon which he spent the years which remained to him, dying there when fifty-two years old. His wife, who became the mother f four children, lived to be eighty-five years of age. Fred H. Cole, who is the fourth child in the family, has been a life-long resident f Kinsman township, having passed his seventy years therein as schoolboy, farmer-assistant to his good father, independent and successful agriculturist and honorable citizen. In March, 1858, his host of friends celebrated the golden anniversary of his wedding to Miss Betsy Hulse, who was born in Johnston township and has herself spent all the years of her faithful and useful life within the bounds of Trumbull county. The comfortable estate of one hundred and eighteen acres, which has been the family home these many years, is rich with associations of early struggles,' the budding of childhood into honorable manhood and womanhood, the final successes of middle age and the reverence of offspring and kindred. The children born to the honored couple are as follows: Fanny, now the wife of Lee Baker, who resides in Vernon township, this county; George, who lived in Kinsman township until on the 28th of October, 1908, he met death by accident, falling from the roof the barn; Lena, now Mrs. Ernest Leed, of Vernon township, and Clara, who married J. Thompson, of Kinsman township. GEORGE B. EWART, whose summer home is in Kinsman township, Trumbull county, has been engaged since his youth in the care of his father's Pittsburg estate and in the superintendence and 'development of other large interests. He was born in the Pennsylvania city mentioned on the 24th f December, 1861, son of George and Margaret (Robb) Ewart. The maternal ancestors were of Scotch origin, and the paternal family of English stock. The father and mother were also natives of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, their family consisting of three sons and a daughter, as follows: Dr. Charles Robb, deceased ; Samuel F., a manufacturer, of Pittsburg; Ada, who died young, and George B. Paternal grandfather, Jacob Ewart, was one of Pittsburg's pioneers. George B. Ewart, the youngest son and the third child, spent his boyhood days in his native city, attending the public schools of that place and the Western University, of Pittsburg. He early evinced a decided business ability, and took charge of the business of the family estate before he was seventeen years of age, and continued to manage it until his father's death, since which he has been not only conservator of the family 214 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY property but engaged, in large transactions of a private nature. In June, 1904, Mr. Ewart purchased what is known as the David Yeomans estate in Kinsman township. The lands comprise seventy-three and a half acres, which, with the entire property, have been improved and beautified until the place has become one of the most attractive and -valuable country homes in Trumbull county. During the warm months f the year this is Mr. Ewart's home, and his presence is always esteemed a distinct addition to the sociability f the community. In Pittsburg Mr. Ewart has long been a Republican. He was a member of the Americus Republican Club, of that city, which has cut so wide a swath in the politics f Pennsylvania and Ohio. The late President McKinley was an honorary member f this organization, the club ften serving as his personal escort. In 1899 Mr. Ewart married Miss Florence McKee, daughter of John Ryan McKee, of Pittsburg. HILLYER D. PERKINS.—The old Perkins homestead, which is now in charge f Miss Anna Louise, second child f the late Hillyer D. Perkins, has been in possession f the family since it was purchased by her grand-father in 1818. It is therefore one of the most interesting historic land-marks of Kinsman township and Trumbull county. The picturesque and valuable estate consists f two hundred and twenty-nine acres f land, which is now rented to desirable and careful farmers. Hillyer D. Perkins was born in Kinsman township, on the homestead mentioned, September 22., 1821, and it was the scene f all the main events f his life, including his marriage to Miss Louisa Bennett, f Hart-ford, Ohio, who died shortly after. On August 10, 1845, he married Miss Susan S. Lowry, of Talmadge, Ohio, she being then within one day of her twenty-third year. She died on the old homestead August 12, 1907, the day after she had celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday. The four children born of this second marriage were as follows : Henry L., May 25, 1846; Anna Louisa, October 11, 1850; Frederick H., May 19, 1853, who died at Orwell, Ohio, April 22, 1898, having been engaged in that place as a banker for one year, and for many years was associated with the Bank of Kinsman, Ohio; and Jessie, born October 4, 1864, now Mrs. W. L. Chidester, a resident of Chicago. Mr. Perkins died on Christmas day of the year 1882, having passed his life as a faithful, industrious, unassuming citizen and a Christian. Seth Perkins, the grandfather, who founded the family in Ohio, was a native of Hartland county, Connecticut, born February 29, 1780. At the age of twelve years he moved with other members of the family to Barkhamsted, Litchfield county, that state, and when -twenty years old settled at Canandaigua, New York, where he resided until 1804. He was among the first f the colonists to enter the country northwest f the Ohio river, and came hither with all his earthly possessions in a knapsack. Nevertheless, in the following October he married Miss Lucy Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson, who had migrated from his Connecticut home to HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 215 Hartford, Trumbull county. He had made a clearing and built a small log cabin near the line between what are now Fowler and Vienna town-ships, and in the spring of 1805 the young couple commenced housekeeping in this locality. At this time there were-but four families in Fowler town-ship, the nearest being about a mile distant, all around being dense forest, unbroken except by wild beasts and savages. The succeeding seven years, however, made considerable improvements in the surrounding country, and especially in the Perkins timber farm; but, carried away by the excite-ment and patriotism caused by the war f 1812, the head of the family joined his neighbors and started for what was then the northwestern border, the two chief objective points f the American forces being Sandusky and Huron. He returned June 1, 1813, having gained a new experience and restored health. The homestead in Fowler township remained the home of the Perkins family until the autumn f 1818, much f the land being now cultivated, an orchard having been brought to full bearing, and other improvements being added indicative f the thrifty and thorough farmer. In April, 1819, having sold his farm in the previous autumn, Mr. Perkins removed with his family to Kinsman township, and there estab-lished the estate which, with constant changes and improvements, has descended to the present. While working on the old homestead, which had become familiar and beloved by the associations f twenty-seven years, he met with an accident which caused a serious concussion of the brain, followed by his death in February, 1846. NORMAN S. PRICE, farmer and dairyman, who excells in both branches of business, resides in Hubbard township, and was born on the farm on which he now lives; December 22, 1868. His father, John D. A. Price, was born on the same farm April 27, 1826. The grandfather, James S. Price, was born in New Jersey, November 7, 1783, and was a son of Samuel price, who came to Trumbull county with his family, more than a century ago, locating near Coalburg, where he purchased about three hundred acres f land. James S. Price was a millwright. • He married Miss Betsy Clark, a native f Trumbull county, Ohio. Her people came from Connecticut. Two children was the result f this union: Polly, who married Stephen Burnett, who is now deceased ; Clark Price, now deceased. Betsy (Clark) Price died and James S. married Sallie Duer, daughter of John and Susan Duer,. f Hubbard township. They came from New Jersey. The children f James S. and Susan (Duer) Price were Pamelia, who married Aaron Vanness, now deceased; Euphamey, who married Lawrence Hager and is now deceased; Eli, Jonathan, Stinson, and William, all deceased; John D. A., father of Norman S., of this sketch; Sally Ann, who married Aaron Vanness and now resides in Hubbard; and three children who died in in-fancy. John D. A. Price, the father, was educated in Hubbard township, where he lived all his life. He married, December 30, 1865, Nancy Jones, who was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1845, daughter of 216 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Andrew and Eliza Jones. Her parents came from Ireland and were of Irish and Welsh descent. Mr. and Mrs. Price had one -child: Norman S. John D. A. Price is a Democrat and was at one time trustee of Hubbard township. He belongs to the Baptist church at Hubbard. His occupation -has been that f a farmer all f his active life. His present farm consists of ninety-two acres, but on account f his decline in life, he has retired and his son conducts the place. Norman S. Price received his education at the most excellent public schools f Hubbard township and commenced the life f an agriculturist on his father's farm. He has followed this through the passing years and still works the old homestead, doing general farming and dairying. He keeps-about fifteen cows and disposes of his milk and dairy products at Youngstown, Ohio. He was married August 25, 1892, to Jennie M. Paisley, daughter of John W. and Sarah Paisley, natives of Hubbard township, where she was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Price reside in a modern residence and are surrounded with all the comforts f life. They have no children. GEORGE W. BIRRELL, who was sixty-two years old at the time f his death, which occurred at Kinsman, June 18, 1907, had been a resident f the place since young boyhood, and no smirch had ever been found on his life, which for so many years was an open book to the community. Neither Kinsman nor Trumbull county has ever lost a citizen f greater usefulness or more straightforward and honorable life. He was born in Gustavus township, this county, on the 7th f May, 1845, son of George and Nancy Birrell, both natives f Scotland. There they were married, and one of their children was also born in Scotland. When George Birrell, the father, first came to the United States he settled with his family in Pittsburg. Soon afterward they removed to Gustavus township, the father leaving his trade as a baker to assume farming. Still later the family settled in the town of Kinsman, in whose public schools George W. received the bulk f his education. Mr. Birrell's first business partnership was with David Kay, their general store being conducted for some years under the firm name of Kay & Birrell. When F. W. Fobes became an associate in the business the style was changed to Kay, Birrell & Company, and after the death f Mr. Kay, Birrell & Fobes. Mr. Birrell was also one of the organizers f the Kinsman National Bank ; was its cashier at the time f his decease; was also, for some years, a hardware merchant, and was in all respects both an enter-prising and successful business man and a public-spirited citizen of substantial abilities and high character. Before he had passed his teens he had given one hundred days f his youth to the Union cause, and was always a warm supporter and an active member f the Grand Army f the Republic. He was a Mason. In 1880 Mr. Birrell wedded Miss Ellen Griswold, daughter f George A. and Mary A. (Sperry) Griswold, his wife being born in Gustavus HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 217 township just over the line f Kinsman township. Three children were born to 'Mr. and Mrs. George W. Birrell: Florence is the wife of Adelbert Evans, a resident f Gustavus township; Andrew, the second born, is in business with F. W. Fobes at Kinsman, the old firm name of Birrell & }robes being retained; and G. Henry- Birrell is a student at Oberlin College. WALKER C. JEWELL, of Kinsman, senior member of the firm of Jewell &.Fobes, general merchants, is one of the leading business men of Trumbull county and has also been a prominent agriculturist. He is a native of Vernon township, born December 18, 1863, son f Thaddeus and Mary (Mossman) Jewell. His father was a native of Vernon township, this county, born March 17, 1829, and was a farmer in this county all his life, dying here November 13, 1892. His first wife, who was a native of West Salem, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, died in 1870 when Walker C. was about seven years old. Thaddeus Jewell married as his second wife Miss Emeline Sponsler. There were four children by these marriages : Walker C. and Allen Jewell, by the first; and Laura Blanche, now Mrs. Warren Keck, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and Myrtle M., Mrs. J. W. Nelson, of the same town, by the second union. Mr. Jewell was reared and educated in Vernon township and remained at home with his parents until his marriage in 1886. He resided in Vernon township until 1895, when he removed to Kinsman and established a butcher business, which he conducted for the following four years. He then entered the clothing business in partnership with H. J. Fobes, the firm being Jewell & Fobes, dealers in clothing, boots, shoes and gentlemen's furnishing goods. Mr. Jewell is also interested in the Kinsman National Bank, being one f its stockholders and directors. He has two fine farms in Vernon township, consisting of five hundred acres. On account of the extent f his other interests, however, he rents his farms to substantial tenants. Mr. Jewell has been an active leader in educational work and served for many years as a member f the board f education. He is a Knight Templar, being a. member of the local chapter, and also belongs to, the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Jewell was married to Miss Myrta M. Laughlin, January 14, 1886, his wife being a daughter of Silas and Nancy J. Laughlin. Mrs. Jewell is a. native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, born October 15, 1865. Her mother is still living and resides at Kinsman, but her father died October 13, 1899. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are Lloyd C. and Lisle A. (twins), born May 14, 1890, who are living at home. WILLIAM F. STORTER, of Farmdale, Kinsman township, is one of the leading men f Trumbull county engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock. He was born in Gustavus township, this county, September 1, 1851, a son f John and Betsy (Pratt) Stoner, his father being a native of Scotland who came to America as a young man, and his mother was born 218 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY in Pennsylvania. Mr. Storier's parents located in Gustavus township at an early date and still reside there. William F. Storier was educated and reached manhood in the locality of his birth. He remained at home until he was f age, when he engaged in the stock business which he has since conducted. In 1894 he located at Farmdale and established a large trade in the buying and shipping of live stock. He is a leading Republican of the locality and has held such offices as assessor an,d township trustee, having held the latter office for the last four years. He is also interested in the Kinsman Banking Company as a stockholder and director. In Masonry he has membership with the council and chapter of Kinsman. In 1889 Mr. Storier married -Miss Mary • Kinleysid, and they have one daughter, Laura, who is living at home. ROBERT G. HAMILTON, a leading farmer and prosperous dealer in flour, feed, lime and cement, is located at Farmdale, Kinsman township, Trumbull county. He is a native f Vernon township, this county, born July 31, 1854. Robert Hamilton, his father, was a native f Scotland, where he reached manhood and married his first wife. -Upon coming to America the fdmily first located at Clarksville, Pennsylvania, later locating on a farm in Vernon township, where Robert G. was born. After living there five years they removed to Kinsman, -where they lived until the death of the father in the eighty-fifth year f his age. Robert Hamilton's second marriage was to Miss Ellen Currie, also a native f Scotland, who bore him six children, all of whom are living. Robert G. Hamilton is the second child and second son by this mar-riage and *as about two years old when the family moved to Kinsman township, where he received his education. After leaving school he passed about six years at Titusville, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the lumber business, returning then to Kinsman and establishing himself in his present line f business, which he has conducted for the past ten years. Mr. Hamilton has been a leader in the affairs f the Republican party of his locality and among other local offices has served as trustee f Kinsman township. WILLIAM A. THOMAS, a leading farmer of Kinsman township and one of the most widely known justices of the peace in Trumbull county, was born on the fine farm of his present residence February 27, 1834. His father, Daniel Thomas, was a native of New London county, Connecticut, and located in Trumbull county in 1828, from the first occupying the farm upon which William A. now resides. He there died at the age of seventy-one years in 1869. His wife, formerly Miss Lucinda Kimball, was a daughter of Gurdon Kimball, who was born in 1774, a sailor or master f a ship, and who was drowned at the age of thirty-nine years, in November, 1813. There were seven children in the Thomas family, four f whom were born in Kinsman township. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 219 William A. Thomas resided on the old homestead continuously until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he' enlisted in the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and was elected captain of Company G, October 6, 1861. In October, 1863, he was promoted to be major f his regiment, and on the 24th f the following month was wounded at Lookout Mountain, and honorably discharged from the service, December 6, 1864, for disability from wounds, the entire term f his service covering three years, three months and one day. In 1862 Captain Thomas was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Nancy J. Doty, and after the Civil war they settled in Andover, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where the husband bought a farm and conducted it for about four years. In 1869 he removed to the old homestead in Kinsman township founded by his father, and in after years purchased the interest f the heirs of the estate. The farm now consists f about two hundred and fifty acres, his operations being entirely f a general nature. Mr. Thomas, widely known as 'Squire Thomas, has served as justice f the peace almost continuously since 1878, and has also filled other offices of the town and township. Among these offices may be mentioned those of assessor and school director, his occupancy of the latter office covering fully twenty-two years. He has made his mark as a practical man of affairs and is always acknowledged to be a citizen of wide information. He is a great leader and is especially well posted in current events. In Masonry he has been a familiar figure for thirty-five years and has been a life-long supporter f the Republican party. The family born to Mr. and Mrs. William A. Thomas consists of seven children, six of whom are living: E. Grace, now the wife of George Kelvin, of Andover, Ohio, her husband being a farmer of that locality; Cornelia I., now Mrs. Richard W. Hatton, of West Shenango, Pennsylvania; George H., who married Antoinette L. York, and resides in Gustavus township; Clara C., Mrs. Homer T. Bush,of West Shenango, Pennsylvania; Gertrude E., wife of Clyde B. McCurdy, of Kinsman township; Frederick W., who married Bessie Hover and lives in Greenville, Pennsylvania; and Laura May, who died in infancy. Mr. Thomas has ten grandchildren, and it is hard. to determine f which generation he is most proud. ANDREW C. PARKER.— The local history of the Parker family, of which Andrew C. Parker is an honored representative, commenced in 1815 when the maternal grandfather, William Christy, came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and settled with his family in Kinsman township was a soldier of the War of 1812 and became prominent in the pioneer history of Trumbull county, many of his descendants still residing in Kinsman township. Moses A. Parker, the father f Andrew C., was a native of Barkhamsted, Connecticut, born in September, 1802. He came to Kinsman township in 1816, being then a boy of fourteen years f age, and on January 20, 1829, married Catherine Christy. Mrs. Moses Parker was a native f Westmoreland county-, Pennsylvania, born April 6, 1808. She removed to Kinsman township, Ohio, where she resided until after her 220 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY marriage. The young couple lived for a time in And.over, later settling on a farm in Kinsman township. The family afterward returned to Penn-sylvania, where they remained for seven years, but finally settled perma-nently in this locality. The mother died on the old homestead February 11, 1879, and the father died in Henry county, Ohio, March 6, 1889, residing at the time with one of his sons, Ledru R. Parker. Andrew C. Parker :was seven years f age when the family moved to Pennsylvania, and during the seven years f his residence there obtained most f his early schooling. He was fourteen -years old when the homestead was again fixed in Kinsman township, and until he was twenty-three years f age he lived on what is still known as the old Parker farm. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Forty-first Ohio Veteran. Volunteer Infantry and holds the record- in Kinsman township for length f continuous service in the Civil war. The period. of his active and arduous duties covered four years, three months and fifteen days. He participated in eighteen battles and visited every southern state with the exceptions f South Carolina and Florida. His service closed in Texas, November 27, 1865. What is remark-able to add, he passed through all this activity in the field without receiving a single wound or having been confined in the hospital except for a short period during this time, and was never incarcerated in a guard house. During this remarkable experience of more than four years he marched over five thousand miles, was transported by water five thousand miles, and the railroads f the south also carried him over five thousand miles of territory. In the spring f 1866 Mr. Parker returned to Kinsman and after remaining there for a short time removed to Green Lake, Wisconsin, where he remained for eight years, but after the death f his first wife at that place returned to Kinsman to again take up his residence. Two years afterward he removed to Pennsylvania for a stay f two years, but Kinsman again attracted him, and in this locality he has since continuously resided. Mr. Parker has been twice married, both of his wives being sisters. His first wife was Mary A. Rogers, daughter f George M. and Orinda (Vickery) Rogers, and his second marriage was to the sister, Charlotte C., in 1875. The children of the second marriage are : Alma O., who resides at home, and Ledru R., a resident f Aurora, Illinois, who married Miss Harriet Henderson. Mr. Parker has been a life-long farmer and for years a leading member f the Methodist church. His interest in fraternity life is confined to his enthusiasm for the work of the G. A. R., his identification with the order being as a member of Kinsman Post .150, f Kinsman. He has filled most f the offices in the post and takes an active part in all its work. FRANK W. FOBES.—For twenty-six years a resident of Kinsman, Trumbull county, Frank W. Fobes is now classed as one of the leading business men of this section, and is the senior member of the firm of Fobes & Birrell, general merchants. He is a native of Wayne, Ashtabula county, Ohio, born July 22, 1869, son of Frank J. and Eliza (Miller) HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 221 Fobes. The grandfather, Justus Fobes, migrated from Connecticut as one of the first settlers of Wayne. Both the grandfather and father were life-long farmers., the latter still living, aged eighty-six years. The mother was a daughter of Gordon Miller and wife, also pioneers of Wayne, Ashtabula county. Mr. Miller came to Kinsman at a very early date, and at one time was both the owner f what were known as the woolen mills and f a farm f considerable prominence. Mrs. Fobes died at the age of fifty-live years and the mother of eight children, five daughters and three sons, one daughter, Lydia, being the only one deceased. Frank W. Fobes is the sixth- child and the second son f the family, and his boyhood days were passed in Ashtabula county at and near the vicinity of Wayne until he was eighteen years f age. He attended the common schools f Wayne and Kinsman, and then engaged in the manu-facture of cheese in association with his father, their establishment being known as the "Cold Spring Factory." In 1882 he abandoned this business and formed a partnership with Mr. Birrell in the jewelry business, and continued identified with this firm at Kinsman until 1886. Later the firm became Kay, Birrell and Company, the business having expanded so as to include a general stock of merchandise. In 1902 Mr. Kay died, and the. style of the firm was changed to Birrell and Company, until 1907, when it became Fobes and Birrell, as at present. Their business is now one f the most prosperous in the town. In 1884 Mr. Fobes married Miss Jennie Kiddie, daughter of William Kiddie, of Wayne, Ashtabula county, Ohio, 'and their two children are Paul and Mary Louise Fobes. Mr. Fobes has been active in many local fields, his most important connections at the present being with the Ohio Milk Sugar Company, of Kinsman, and with various cheese factories f Trumbull county. He is a leading member of the Masonic fraternity, and also belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the Modern Woodmen of America. J. B. JOHNSTON, cashier of the Kinsman Banking Company, is a life-long resident of Trumbull county, and was born in Johnston township September 9, 1877. His grandfather, John Johnston, was a native of Ireland who emigrated from his native land to the United States, first locating at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and soon afterward settling in Johnston township, this county. He drove overland in an ox team, and was one f the pioneers of the Western Reserve, as a well known hotel man being especially identified with the pioneer times f this section f the state. At one time he was proprietor f the old "Eagle House," which was located on the main stage line running from Meadville to Warren. The father of J. B. Johnston died when the son was but nine years of age, and his mother, Margaret Hyndman, passed away when he was fifteen. Mr. Johnston has therefore been sole master of his fortune since his early youth, commencing the serious work of his life as a farm hand employed by the month. These circumstances made it impossible for him to secure a thorough education, his training in the school room comprising 222 - HISTORY OF TRU3IBULL COUNTY but one winter term after the death of his mother. His first experience in business was as a clerk for the Wallace-Davis Company, and he continued in their employ for some seven years, in July, 1906, becoming identified with the Kinsman Banking Company as its secretary and treasurer. On October 14, 1903, Mr. Johnston married Miss Sarah Gillis., daughter of L. T. and Nettie (Coughlin) Gillis. His wife, who was born and educated in Kinsman, has known no other home than that place. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have two children—Margaret and Robert Johnston. Mr. Johnston is a Republican, a member both f the Masonic fraternity and the K. O. T. M. and is among the able business men and progressive citizens of Trumbull county. LUMAN G. MOORE, M. D., is not only a leader among the old practitioners of Kinsman, but has always taken a prominent part in the business and industrial enterprises of Trumbull county. He was born at Kinsman February 16, 1849, his parents being Lorenzo and. Caroline (Miller) Moore, both born at Barkhamsted, Connecticut. His paternal grandparents, Ros-well and Julia (Foote) Moore, were both natives f Connecticut. In the early days they journeyed with ox teams and by- canal from their native Connecticut town to Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio. Here they bought a tract f timber land and cleared and improved it into a productive farm and transformed it into a comfortable and attractive homestead. This home estate was located two miles north of Kinsman, and here the mother died in January, 1867, and the father in February, 1868. The doctor was the elder f their two children, his sister being Emma F., now the wife f James B. Ward, f Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Dr. Moore spent his boyhood days on the home farm until he was nineteen years of age, when he entered the Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. After remaining there a year he spent a like period at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, returning then to Kinsman. He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Allen Jones, and remained under his tutelage for about three years. During this period he attended a course of lectures at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City. He also spent one year at the Long Island College, Brooklyn, from which he was graduated in June, 1873, returning then to Kinsman and establishing himself in practice at his old home. At the present time he is the oldest physician engaged in active practice at Kinsman. Dr. Moore has also gained considerable prominence as a Republican since 1896, when he joined. that party. Previous to McKinley's first nomination he was a Democrat, and served under the first Cleveland administration as United States pension examiner. His admiration for President McKinley, both as a man and as a. statesman, turned him into the Republican ranks, and since that time he has been a stanch admirer and supporter of the party. As to his connection with the business and industrial development of Trumbull county, it may be said that he was one f the organizers f the Kinsman Banking Company, of which he was the vice-president from the HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 223 time of its founding until he was elected president (about 1903). He is also vice-president of the Wallace-Davis Company, of Kinsman, and secretary and general manager of the Kinsman Milk Sugar Company, of Andover, Ashtabula county, and secretary of the Royal .Phosphoric Coffee Company, of Kinsman. Dr. Moore is a Mason long in high standing, being connected with Kinsman Lodge No. 442, with the chapter, council and commandery at Warren, and the Mystic Shrine and Consistory at Cleveland, Ohio. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 742, of Kinsman. In May, 1871, Dr. Moore. married Miss Elizabeth B. Patterson, a native of Delaware, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew H. and Lucy Bixby Patterson. Their children are as follows: Carrie, eldest daughter, died at age of sixteen months; Minnie, now Mrs. Bruce Holcomb, of Newton Falls, Ohio, her husband being in the employ of the United States Gypsum Company, of Omaha, Nebraska ; and Luman G., Jr., practicing medicine with his father, and who married Miss Anna Kernon and is the father f Luman G. Moore III. WESLEY W. WILSON, who is well known in farming circles, as well as among the business men of Warren, Trumbull .county, is a native of Warren township, this county, born November 25, 1839, a son of Thomas Wilson, native of the same county. The parents of Thomas were William and Lydia Wilson natives of Virginia and of Scotch and German ancestry. They went to Ohio about 1800 and were among the little band of early settlers of what is now Trumbull county. Then, the Indian tribes were in full possession of the country, but seemed on friendly terms with. the whites. No trouble was experienced by their presence, save when some thoughtless white man sold them liquor., and at such times the Indians were very quarrelsome. For many years after Mr. Wilson's settlement deer, bear, wild cats. panthers and wolves were plentiful. Fish were also very abundant in the streams whose waters had not been contaminated by. coal and other mining operations. The early settlers all raised sheep and cultivated flax from which the women would spin and weave into cloth. with which to clothe the family. The grandfather, William Wilson, secured a tract of timber land, from whose dark forests he cut away,- sufficient clear-ings to obtain enough tillable land on which to raise all that the family and their stock needed to subsist upon. There the good old man lived, labored and finally died, aged eighty-seven years. His faithful wife had died -a few years before. Thomas Wilson, father of Wesley W. was reared amid the pioneer scenes of his native county and attended' the common district schools, whenever an opportunity afforded itself. These primitive schools were generally taught in log houses but by- much study he secured a good, prac-tical education, as then counted. After Mr. Wilson had reached manhood, he bought a tract of land in Warren township and there built a log cabin, the same in. which his son was born. The heavy timber was slowly but Vol II-15 224 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY surely cleared awa'y and the land put under a high state of cultivation. Here he lived and enjoyed life in common with other hardy pioneers, until about five years before his death, when he purchased land close to the city of Waheen, and. there built a home where he died, when he was seventy-six years old. He, too, had seen the great forests of Ohio transformed into a veritable grain field and a handsome, fertile garden spot. Thomas Wilson was first an ardent Whig in his political views, joining the Republican party upon its formation. He was twice married, first, to Elizabeth Riddle, a native of Venango county, Pennsylvania, and daughter of Marinus Riddle, who was, as far as can be learned, a life-long resident of Venango county. She died in 1859, having reared seven children : Emily, Henry C., Martha L., Albert and Mary (twins), Wesley W. and John. Wesley W. Wilson attended the common schools in his youth and advanced to the high school grades at Warren. At the age f eighteen years, he commenced teaching school and at twenty years of age, began to master the carpenter's trade. When the first war cloud of the rebellion hovered over the national sky, in April, 1861, he enlisted for three months, as a member of Company C, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to the front at once. He was in the battle f Rich Mountain. Soon after that, he was stricken with typhoid fever and was sent home, and did not return again to join his command, but was discharged, August 29, 1861. He enlisted again, July 13, 1863, in Company G, Second Ohio Regiment, Heavy Artillery. He went South, and was attached to the Twenty-third, which served -glider General Scoville, also under Rosecrans and "Pap" Thomas, in the states of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina. He was with his regiment on all f its tedious marches and long, dangerous campaigns until the close f that terrible Civil conflict. He was honorably discharged, August 23, 1865, when he returned home, in impaired health. In 1866, he went to Marion, Iowa, in search of health and resided there two years, then returned to Warren township, Trumbull county, Ohio. He succeeded to the ownership of a portion of the old homestead, which he still occupies. He has constructed a good and valuable set of farm buildings, planted out and cared for fruit and shade trees, making his farm one of the many fine ones seen on a drive through this goodly county of Trumbull. He has eighty-three acres in good state of cultivation, and all about the premises looks thrifty. Mr. Wilson has been twice married, first in September, 1866, to Melissa Templeton, born in Champion township, Trumbull county, Ohio, a daughter of William and Maria (Shafer) Templeton. She died, December 7, 1871, and for his second wife, he married, December 25, 1873, Amanda Brobst, a native of Warren township, Trumbull county, a daughter of John and Mary (Kistler) Brobst. Their children died in infancy. Mr. Wilson's first daughter by his first marriage, Gertle E., married Willis P. Vesey, and they have two children—Morris and Blanche. In their church affiliations, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members f the Methodist Episcopal church: Politically, he is a Republican, casting his