HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 225 first vote for President Lincoln. He has served his share of local positions, including that of trustee of his township seven years and also county commissioner. During his term as commissioner, the county court house was erected. He belongs to Bell-Harmon Post, G. A. R., and Old Erie Lodge No. 3, Masonic order. CHARLES A. HAEFNER, M. D.—Greater than in almost any line of work is the responsibility that rests upon the physician. The issues of life and death are in his hands. A. false prescription, an unskilled operation may take from man that which he prizes above all else—life. The physician's power must be his own, for he can not purchase it nor gain it by influence. He must commence at the very beginning, learn the very rudiments of medicine and surgery, continually add to his knowledge by close study and earnest application, and gain his reputation by merit. Realizing deeply this truth, Dr. Haefner has labored earnestly and successfully in his chosen field f endeavor. The foundation for his future life work was laid in the public schools of his native city f Kinsman, from which he passed to the Normal College of Valparaiso, Indiana, now the Valparaiso University, and graduated with its class of 1896 in pharmacy. He then located in Akron, Ohio, and spent seventeen months in completing a practical training in that line, and in January f 1898 passed the state examination for a pharmaceutical license. Locating in Kinsman in the same year, he was engaged in the drug business in that city until entering the Maryland Medical College of Baltimore in September f 1900, where he spent three years in study and graduated on May 7, 1903. In the following fall he completed the law course at the College of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. But not satisfied with these scholastic achievements, he went to Cleveland and completed an internship, of one year at the general hospital f that city, afterward taking a. post-graduate course in medicine at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, where he completed his course July 1, 1904. During the week beginning July 15, 1904, Dr. Haefner passed the conference medical board examination at Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attained a general average f 88.7 in twenty-one branches, varying in grades from 80 to 97 per cent, and was the third highest f this entire class of one hundred and forty-two contestants, competing against university graduates throughout the land. His third medical degree was obtained from the Central College f Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis, now the medical department of the University of Indiana, graduating from that institution April 20, 1905. During the last week in June f that year he passed the state board medical examination at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and on the 10th of July following received the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania license to practice medicine and surgery within the state, which was recorded on the 18th of the same month in Mercer county. On July 6, 1904, Dr. Haefner received a license to practice medicine and surgery from the state board f health of Kentucky, and in June, 1906,. 226 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY took his final examination before the Ohio state board f medicine at Cincinnati, and the honors which came to him in this competition were most signal. The license which he obtained on the following 3d f July-, together with those previously mentioned, makes him eligible to practice in twenty-three states f the Union. Dr. Haefner is a native son of Trumbull county, Ohio, born in Kinsman on the 30th of April, 1874, of German descent and a son of Charles and Barbara (Schlund) Haefner. Charles Haefner, born in Bochurn, Germany, came alone to America when a youth f seventeen, and from Indianapolis, Indiana, where he had first located, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became identified with the shoe business, and later continued the same line f trade in Cleveland. In the • fall of 1872 he located in Kinsman, where for about fifteen years he was the proprietor of a shoe store. Then with the profits from that business he purchased a farm of two hundred acres in Kinsman township, and this homestead is now considered one of the finest in this section f the county. He is quite extensively interested in the raising f live stock, making a specialty f Holstein cattle. Barbara Haefner, his wife, was born in Heidelberg, Germany, but was only three years of age when brought by her parents to the United States, Her life before marriage was principally spent in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was reared and educated. Their five living children, three sons and two daughters, are as follows: Charles A., Frank E., John J., Catherine B. and Minnie L. Catherine is the wife of William Manning, of Conneaut, Ohio. Minnie is at home with her parents. Frank E. is an engineer at Conneaut. John J. is located at Farmdale, Ohio, engaged as proprietor of a hotel. Dr. Charles A. Haefner attained to mature years in his native city of Kinsman, and in 1899 he was married to Miss Margaret V. Britton, a daughter of Eli and Elizabeth Britton. He is an active member of the Masonic fraternity, and also has membership relations with the fraternal orders f Elks, Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America, and with the college fraternity Kappa Psi DR. HUBERT L. ROOT, a leading physician of Kinsman, Trumbull county, was born in the township by that name, October 19, 1867. His father, Lyman Root, is also a native f Trumbull county, and the mother, nee Irene S. Matthews, a daughter of Thomas Matthews, was born in Kinsman township. The ancestors on both sides of the family, were among the earliest settlers f this section, Charles Root, the paternal grandfather, being one of the first of the Connecticut emigrants to locate in the Western Reserve. Dr. Root is the oldest of three children, his brother, Ralph R., being a practicing physician of Youngstown, Ohio, and his sister, Alice S., being the wife of C. S. Summerson, of Kinsman, Ohio. The doctor was first educated in his native township, attending the district schools there and the Kinsman Academy. He commenced his systematic medical studies as a student at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, and graduated therefrom in 1894, first locating for practice. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 227 at Burghill, Trumbull county. After remaining there for two years he removed to Kinsman, where he has since resided and engaged in prfessional work. He is a member f the Trumbull County and the State Medical societies and is active in Masonic work, as well as being connected with the Modern Woodmen f America. In 1894 Dr. Root married Miss Jennie G. Wagstaff, a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter f John 'Wagstaff. There are two daughters by this union : Mary M. and Frances J. Root. The doctor has been a continuous resident of Trumbull county with the exception f the period which he passed at Starling Medical College, and his present substantial and honorable standing speaks volumes for his ability and prosperous career. C. A. HOBART, cashier f the Kinsman National Bank, at Kinsman, Trumbull county, was born in Vernon township, in the county named, April 9, 1878. His parents were T. C. and Lizzie (Storier) Hobart. The father was one of the early settlers f the county, son of Lu.man Hobart, who was a native of Connecticut and came to the Western Reserve with other colonists who migrated from that state in the early part of the nineteenth century. The mother was a daughter of Alexander and Jeanette Storier, and was a native of Trumbull county. C. A. Hobart is the second of six children and was educated in the township schools and at the Kinsman High School, completing his training by pursuing a. business course at the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland, Ohio. He then secured a position as bookkeeper at the Kinsman National Bank, subsequently was promoted to assistant cashier, and in October, 1907, assumed his. present position as cashier. He is also one of the stockholders of the bank and is a promising young business man f the county. In November, 1904, Mr. Hobart was married to Miss Herta Marvin, daughter f Joseph and Jennie Marvin, of Trumbull county. They have one child, M. Josephine. Mr. Hobart is a Republican and in his fraternal relations is a. member f the Masonic lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights f the Maccabees. During his life-long residence in Trumbull county his ability and honorable conduct have gained him unqualified esteem. L. C. VANNESS, cashier of the Hubbard Banking Company, was born at the place named September 1, 1866. He is the son of Aaron M. and Sally A. VanNess, his father being a native f New Jersey, born in 1812, and moved to Trumbull county in 1814. His mother was born in this county in 1830. Mr. VanNess received his education and practical training as a farmer near the place f his birth and continued to be an agri-culturist until, by an injury to his left arm, he was obliged to relinquish active labor. In November, 1892, he became identified with the Hubbard 228 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Banking Company as bookkeeper; in January, 1899, was elected assistant cashier, and five years later was promoted to his present position. On June 5, 1890, Mr. VanNess married Miss Emily M. Kerr youngest daughter of Samuel L. and Sarah J. Kerr, of Hubbard, Ohio. They became the parents of two children—Alice H., born October 14, 1891, and Leonard K. VanNess, born September 6, 1901. Mr. VanNess has had no inclination to attain public honors, having devoted himself entirely to his private affairs and the promotion of the moral and religious welfare of the local community. He united with the Baptist church in 1879 and holds the offices of deacon, treasurer and trustee. DR. JOHN MCCARTNEY, who is the well known physician and surgeon practicing at Girard, Ohio, for almost half a century, was born in that place September 6, 1838, a son of Sames and Sarah (Erwin) McCartney, both of whom were natives. of Youngstown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, but at that date the domain in which they were born was a part of Trumbull County. The father was born in 1814 and died in NoNoveer1887. The mother was born in 1818 and died in 1894. Andrew McCartney, the paternal grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, some place within Indiana county, and came direct to Girard in 1836. He bought a grist mill and saw mill. When the canal was constructed through this county he leased the grist mill to other parties, keeping the saw mill property, and continued to operate it until his death in 1858. James McCartney purchased a farm in .Weathersfield township when twenty-one years of age, and resided the same until 1873, then moved to Girard, where he died in the month of November, 1887. The maternal grandfather Jacob Erwin, was a native of Virginia and an early settler in Youngstown township, where he owned three hundred and eighty' acres of land at the time of his death. Dr. McCartney was the oldest of three children in his parents' family. They were as follows: Dr. John; Eliza-beth Ann, married in 1866 Daniel E. Moyer, of Youngstown, a retired grocer and capitalist; Andrew, residing on the old homestead, a farmer. Dr. John McCartney attended the district schools in Weathersfield township and also the school at Girard. In 1856, having chosen the profession of medicine as his life's work, began the study of this science, under Dr. Barclay, of Girard, with whom he remained until the spring of 1861, when he attended a medical college at Cleveland. He remained with his parents, however, until twenty-two years of age, then commenced the practice of medicine at Girard, forming a partnership with Dr. Barclay, his old preceptor. This partnership existed five years, then Dr. McCartney took the entire practice over to himself. Since that time he has been constantly in practice, and has made his profession success in every way. Financially he has been able to accumulate much valuable property. He owns a fifty-acre farm in Weathersfield township and six houses and lots in Girard. He also owns a forty-acre tract of land adjoining Girard, which land he purchased in 1873 and which he expects to plat into town lots. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 229 He is now the oldest practitioner within Trumbull county, having been in constant practice for forty-eight years, a record seldom reached by a physician.. At one time or another he has built and owned fourteen houses within Girard, six of which he retains still, thus showing that he has spent his money within the community where it was earned. He was united in marriage, first, in 1872, to Miss Sarah Crumb, born in Austintown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1838, a daughter of John Crumb and wife. They came from Pennsylvania and were Pennsylvania Dutch people. The father was a very early settler in the township named last, and is now deceased. Mrs. McCartney died in March, 1875, and Dr. McCartney was married November, 18,93, to Miss Sophia E. Hauser, born at Petersburg, Mahoning county, Ohio. Her father was a tanner by trade, who came to Girard and engaged in that business under the firm name of Kreil & Hauser. He died at Girard in 1905, having lived a retired life the last ten years of his life. Mrs. McCartney's mother died in 1903. Dr. McCartney is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity; also of the Knights of Pythias order. In his church connection he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Girard. In politics he votes the Democratic ticket. During all the years, making in total almost a half century of practice, Dr, McCartney has won friends and admirers by the thousands throughout the community in which he has practiced. The science f medicine has made wonderful advancement since he first began its practice, but he has kept up with the passing decades, and stands high in its ranks today. HENRY CLAY RANNEY, for many years a prominent attorney at the Cleveland, Ohio, bar, now retired, was born at Freedom, Portage county, June 29, 1829, his parents being Elijah and Levanna (Larcomb) Ranney. His father, who was a merchant, died in 1836, and Henry C. was taken into the family f his uncle, Rufus P. Ranney, a lawyer at Jefferson, Ohio, and subsequently one of the justices of the Ohio supreme court. He attended school, read law with his uncle, and in 1852 was admitted to the bar. Three years later he became associated with another uncle, John L. Ranney, of Ravenna, and the partnership thus formed continued until the death of his uncle in 1866. When the war broke out he was appointed assistant adjutant general of volunteers, with the rank of captain, by President Lincoln, and was assigned to duty on the staff of Gen. E. B. Tyler, commanding the First Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, and ordered to Virginia. He was with his command in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, in both of which he won honorable mention in General Tyler's reports, and was also in numerous minor engagements. After two years' military duty he resigned, returned to Ravenna and resumed his law practice. After the death f his uncle and law partner already mentioned he continued alone until 1872, when he came to Cleveland and formed a 230 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY partnership with his uncle, Rufus P. Ranney, and his son John. The two young men were later associated with Henry McKinney, under the firm name f Ranney & McKinney. John Ranney and Judge McKinney with drew from the firm in 1890. Judge R. P. Ranney died in 1894, and for some time Henry C. practiced alone, later becoming an associate f Clifford W. Fuller. In 1880 he gave up active practice for a time and traveled abroad to regain his health, which had become affected by too close application to his professional duties. In 1884 he again visited Europe, and on this occasion paid considerable attention to the art galleries f the Old World. The knowledge of art thus acquired came into good play when, after his return to his native land, he was elected president of the Western Reserve School of Design, of Cleveland. His association with this school marked him out as a suitable trustee for the Hurlbut and Kelly estates, both of which made large bequests to the erection of an art gallery in Cleveland, of which Mr. Ranney is president. During the days of his active labors, few attorneys in northern Ohio had a higher standing at the bar than Henry C. Ranney. He never ceased to be a student f the law, was always an indomitable worker, a forcible and earnest advocate and a careful and judicious adviser. Although he has retired from active practice, he still has enough to occupy his mind and time. He is trustee cif the John Huntington Benevolent Trust, the Society for Savings, and the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust ; a member of the State Board of Charities, a director of the Guardian Savings & Trust Company, the Cleveland Stone Company, the Continental Sugar Company, the Cleveland & Mahoning Valley Railway, the CitIzens' Savings & Trust Company; the Buckeye Fish Company, and. the Cleveland. & Pittsburg Railway, and is vice-president of the American Surety Company. He was one of the founders of the Western Reserve School of Design, and is a life officer in the Case Library, where he has done excellent service as one f the trustees. He is also a life member of the Chamber of Commerce, a thirty-second. degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a Noble f the Mystic Shrine; a member of the Army and Navy Post No. 187 of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Companion f the Loyal Legion, in which he was senior vice-commander in 1903-4; belongs to several f the leading social and literary clubs of Cleveland, the American, Ohio State and Cleveland Bar Associations; is senior warden of St. Paul's Episcopal church and one of the trustees of the diocese of Ohio. In politics Mr. Ranney is a Democrat of the Jacksonian type, though he has never been an active politician. His cheerful and sympathetic nature has won for him a host of friends, among whom are Elie younger members of the bar, for he has never forgotten that he was once a young and struggling barrister himself. Mr. Ranney has received many tokens of these friendships, but he possesses none that he prizes so highly as a handsome silver set, engraved with military designs, which was presented to him by his brigade upon the occasion f his resignation from the army HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 231 in 1863. Mr. Ranney was married on September 19, 1853, to Miss Helen Burgess, f Ravenna, and six daughters and a son were born to this union. During his entire life Mr. Ranney has been a man of temperate habits, and young men f the present generation can find in this and his industry examples worthy of their emulation. ARTHUR B. ALLEN, of Kinsman township, Trumbull county, still re-sides on the old family homestead on which he was born, although, for purposes of cultivation, the farming rented to outsiders. His fine property consists f one hundred and seventy acres and descended to him from his father and through his paternal grandfather, Benjamin Allen, a native f Connecticut, who was a soldier in the war of 1812. By trade Benjamin Allen was a carder and upon establishing his family on the farm in Kins-man township erected a carding mill upon his property. Between the mill and the farm he earned a good living for his household. His son, Benja-min, also learned the trade, and for years was the father's stanch assistant. He was a member f the legislature from Trumbull county in the early thirties, and made an. enviable record as an able, patriotic and honorable citizen in the early historic days f the Western Reserve. Benjamin Allen, the father of Arthur B., married Miss Charlotte Galpin, a native of Connecticut and daughter of Elnathan and Abigail (Baldwin) Galpin, who came to Trumbull county from Connecticut in 1832. In that year they located on the land in Kinsman township, now known as the Joseph Reed farm, their daughter Charlotte then being twelve years of age. Arthur B. was the only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Allen, and he was reared on the old homestead and educated in the neighborhood schools. After his marriage in 1880 he located permanently on the Allen homestead, and devoted himself to farming and to the discharge of the public duties with which he has been honored. He has served as justice of the peace for two terms, and for several years both as a member of the school board and as township clerk, in that capacity taking the last census of Kinsman township. Since leasing his farm six years ago he has also been employed as a rural mail carrier. He is a leading member of the Presbyterian church, in which he has been an elder for some time. On November 10, 1880, Mr. Allen was married to Miss Abbie H. 'Morehead, and two sons have been born to them, as follows: Benjamin G., a graduate of Oberlin College, now in the employ of the Pittsburg & Ohio Coal Company at Cleveland, and Dudley P. Allen, a student living at home. W. D. CUNNINGHAM, M. D., who has been in the practice of medicine at Girard since 1902, was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania, March 30, 1872, a. son f John R. and Phoebe (Oakley) Cunningham. The father was born in Grove City in. 1829, in the month f May, the paternal grandfather, James G. Cunningham, being the founder of Grove City, in which vicinity of Mercer county he was born, his parents having settled there in 1796. 232 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY They were of Scotch-Irish descent. At an early day the grandfather was a cabinetmaker and also followed farming. In those days, it must be remembered, a cabinetmaker also had the work f an undertaker to perform, and he frequently got up in the morning and sawed out lumber for a coffin which he fashioned for some person who had died the night before. In connection with operating a large farm he carried on this business until July 16, 1889, which was his birthday. Grove City now stands on the ground f the old homestead, and the Grove City College now owns the homestead land. The father f Dr. Cunningham left the old farm in about 1850 and went to Wisconsin, and from there to Minnesota, where he remained until about 1863, when he returned to Grove City and enlisted in Company K of the Seventh Regiment, serving about eighteen months. After coming home, he engaged in farming, operating a saw mill in connection therewith and continuing thus until he retired, about 1898. The doctor's mother was born in Oswego county, New York, March 25, 1833. Her people moved to Minnesota when she was young, and she was married in that state. The issue by this marriage was four children—James Glenn, who became a Presbyterian minister at Ottawa, Kansas, and died at the old homestead in Grove City, Pennsylvania, in 1906; Milton V., practicing medicine in Youngstown, Ohio; Bessie, wife f Robert Loreday, f Grove City, a telegraph operator ; and Dr. W. D.,o f this sketch. The doctor attended the Grove City College, the University of Illinois, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Girard, from which institution he was graduated April 19, 1901. He was graduated from the Grove City schools when he was sixteen years of age, and he earned his own way through school by employing himself at various things for others during vacation times. He was not particular what the work was, just so it was of an honorable character. During the summer f 1894 he worked tor $10 a month. Upon finishing school, he went to the Mahoning Valley Hospital, at Youngstown, as house physician. He was married about this date and settled down into a. steady medical practice which is becoming extensive. On a good corner lot in Girard he intends to erect a residence with an office building. In his political choice the doctor is in harmony with the principles of the Republican party. In his religious belief he is an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen f America, his membership in the last named order being with the Pathfinder's Lodge. Dr. Cunningham was united in marriage, October 25, 1902, to Miss Anna Robb, f Beaver, Pennsylvania, born at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1874, a daughter of Lowry and Loretta (Bennett) Robb. Her parents were natives f Johnstown, Cambria county, her father being prominent as a well-to-do farmer. The parents now reside at Moravia, leading a retired life. Dr. and Mrs. Cunningham have one child—Ruth Estella, born June 11, 1908. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 233 THOMAS G. BLACKSTONE is well known in business circles, within the trade radius of Girard, as a furniture dealer and real estate dealer. Mr. Blackstone was born near Greenfield, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1865, a son off William and Sarah (Porter) Blackstone. His mother was born east of the Allegheny Mountains, a descendant of a member f the Old Plymouth Colony. She was born about 1831 and died when Thomas G. was about fourteen years of age. The father was a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, born February 20, 1831. The paternal grandfather, George Blackstone, was also native to Pennsylvania soil, his father, great-grandfather of Thomas G. coming from Ireland. William Blackstone, the father, was a farmer during his earlier years and also did tailoring work. He occupied the old farm, where he resided, since boyhood days, and where he was united in marriage, until his death, September 14, 1908. It is little wonder that he clung to the farm where so many of the happy scenes f his life were enacted. This worthy gentle-man and his faithful wife were the parents f eight children, as follows: Perry C., residing in Youngstown, Ohio, a carpenter and contractor; E. B., residing in North Henderson, Illinois, a farmer; C. H., residing in Alexis, a railway mail service man ; C. R., a mail messenger; B. R., residing in Washington, engaged in lumber trade; Ida, wife of L. J. Rogers, f Law-rence county, Pennsylvania, a farmer; Mary A., wife of J. N. Hughes, farmer, stock dealer and fruit grower, residing in Mercer county, Pennsylvania ; Thomas G., of this review, was the fifth child in order of their birth. Thomas G. Blackstone attended the district schools in Lackawanna township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania; also received two terms in Brookfield township, Trumbull county, Ohio, at Yankee Run. He remained at home until nineteen years of age, then was employed by a cousin and farmed the old homestead for three years. He was married about that date and continued on the old place, working his father's farm several seasons, then went to Girard, where he was employed in the Girard Iron Works about four years, having various positions there. He next went to Clarksville, Pennsylvania, bought a farm and engaged in tilling the soil for four years, after which he sold his farm and went to Girard with the intention f spending the winter, but finally accepted a position with King Brothers, f that place, in the furniture business, continuing with this firm about three years and then embarking in the furniture business, coupling it with that of under-taking. He became partner with a Mr. Barchfeld, and this partnership still continues. Mr. Blackstone is also associated with G. H. Beaver in the gen-eral real estate business and is the manager f the sale f a patent wrench, which device he is introducing throughout this country. In regard to his society memberships, he is connected with the Pro-tected Home Circle; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen of the World, which camp is named for him, Blackstone Camp No. 9475; member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics; the Eagles ; and Political Equality Club. He is a trustee of the Knights of Pythias lodge and the president of the Home Circle, having served several years in such capacity. In religion, 234 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Mr. Blackstone is a member of the Presbyterian church, at Youngstown, his people all being of that faith. In politics, he is. a' Republican, being the present mayor of Girard, but has never been an office seeker, only holding such positions as the people demand of him so as to perform his duty of citizenship. Mr. Blackstone was married December 29, 1887, to Miss Minnie Everhart, born in Mahoning county, Ohio near Poland, April 20, 1866, a daughter of Frederick and Anna (Godward) Everhart. Her mother was born in England in 1842 and. the father near Greenville, Pennsylvania, in 1839. They came to Mahoning county, Ohio, about 1894. The father is a station-ary engineer. At present they live at Girard, where he is employed with the Girard Iron Works. He served with the Twenty-fourth Ohio Regiment f infantry soldiers and later with the artillery command. One child has been horn to Mr. and Mrs. Blackstone—Thomas G., Jr., born November 26, 1902. EDWARD LOUIS HAUSER was born: in Youngstown, Ohio, August 4, 1866, his parents— David and Mary (Bixler) Hauser—being natives of Germany. The former emigrated to America at the age of twenty-two, and the latter came here with her parents when she was seven years old. The first few years of their married life were spent in Liberty, Poland and Youngstown; but they removed to Girard, Ohio, in 1868. Here they purchased a log house and the acre and half of land surrounding it, and devoted themselves with characteristic German thrift to the establishment and development of a real home. The log house has long since been replaced, but the Hauser home is on the original site, and is occupied by Mrs. Hauser and two of her daughters. Early and late, year in and year out, the father and mother toiled side by side. Others besides their own children -were dependent upon them and the struggle was a serious one. The children, George W. (born September 23, 1863, died December 19, 1907), Edward L., Minnie C., Georgina S., Elizabeth J., and Charles David Hauser, all inherited the industry of their parents and the elder children tasted something of the hardships, too. All became self supporting while very young. George and Edward became partners in the father's business. David Hauser died in May, 1907, and the eldest son in December of the same year, as above noted. Minnie C. Hauser is a bookkeeper, has held several responsible positions, and is now in the employ f the National American Woman Suffrage Association, of which organization Elizabeth J. is chairman of the Press Committee. Georgina. is the wife of A. C. McKinney,o f Girard, and Charles D. Hauser is a practicing physician and surgeon at Youngstown. Edward L. Hauser's active business life commenced at thirteen years of age, when he left school. Large and strong physically, following the example f his parents in the matter of clean-living, his mind matured early and at sixteen he was really a man. The actual management of the general meat business of D. Hauser & Sons devolved upon him early in life. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 235 In addition to this he has been a regularly employed newspaper correspondent for out of town papers for twenty-six years, edited a weekly local newspaper for a season, and has taken an active interest in politics. From April, 1898, to January 1, 1908, he served as corporation clerk, having been five times elected on the Democratic ticket, and this in a village which is normally Republican by a majority f about three to one. He was a delegate to the State Democratic Convention in Columbus in May, 1908. He is a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and past regent of the Royal Arcanum, the only fraternal organizations to which he belongs. He was elected a director of the First National Bank of Girard in January, 1909. He was united in marriage, September 22, 1891, to Mary R. Andrews, born at Vienna Center, September 18, 1865, daughter of Lucius and Cornelia (Woodford) Andrews. The father was born at Baynes Corners, on the Brookfield side, June 28, 1841. The mother was born in Vienna, December 1, 1841.. Her people came from Connecticut and were early settlers in that township. The people on the father's side were also early settlers in the same locality. Of the Andrews family there were two children: A. L., who died in Chicago, March 28, 1901, and Mary R., wife f Mr. Hauser. JOHN M. SMITH, postmaster at Tyrrell, Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1844, a son f William and Sarah (Logue) Smith. The father was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and the mother in Clarion county, that state. The father went to Ohio about 1888, resided there five years, then retraced. his steps to Pennsylvania and was a farmer by occupation as well as the owner of much real estate in Clarion county. He also had valuable property in Trumbull county, Ohio. He started life as a wood chopper and served as a constable several years. His death occurred. about 1891. The mother died about 1870. The maternal grandfather, John Logue, served eight years in the -United States army, all through the Revolutionary struggle, and also fought in the Indian wars. John M. Smith attended school at the district school at Prospect and other districts in Clarion county, Pennsylvania. He remained at home with his parents until 1861, and when his mother sent him to Sunday-school he ran away to enlist in the army of the Union forces. He was not allowed to enlist, but remained with the One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Regiment, under Captain Laughlin, returning under Captain Alvin H. Alexander. He continued with the regiment until it was reorganized in February, 1864, when he enlisted, on February 23, at Plymouth, North Carolina, and served until June 19, when he was mustered out of service, being discharged at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He. was in twenty-eight engagements and saw much real warfare. After his return from the war, he purchased a small farm, which was in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and continued on the same until 1878, when he removed to Ohio, settling in Trumbull county. After two years he bought a farm in the same town- 236 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY ship and continued to reside on rented land another year, then purchased another farm adjoining the first mentioned; also still anothe-r farrn in John-son township. He was a resident f Gustavus township from 1878 to 1895, then sold all f his land and moved to Warren, Ohio, where he engaged in the dairy business and shipped milk to Pittsburg for about four years. He left his business in Warren in the hands of his sons and went to Pittsburg, in which place he lived for a time, looking after the sale f his product of the dairy. He sold his interests in 1898, then engaged in the real estate business in Pittsburg, remaining there until 1903, when he went to Tyrrell and engaged in farming, following this until his appointment as postmaster at Tyrrell, which office he took possession f December 11, 1907. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, Mahoning Lodge No. 29, belonging to the Encampment degree also. Politically, be is a supporter f the Republican party. Mr. Smith was united in marriage, the first time, June 12, 1867, to Elizabeth L. Graham, who was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, in 1842 and died February 22, 1899. She was the daughter f James and Elizabeth (Miller) Grabam, both natives f Clarion county, and farmers by occupation. The father died about 1866 and the. mother in 1894. The children born of the union of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were as follows : The first child died in infancy; Ala, born June 6, 1869, died June, 1895; Sarah, June 9, 1870, died at the age f eleven months; William E., June 16, 1872, residing at Gary, Indiana, foreman and electrician in the steel mills; Charles S., November 20, 1875, residing also at Gary, a machinist and electrician ; twins, born in January, 1877, named Harry and Ada; Ada died in 1895 and Harry resides in Warren, Ohio, and is a foreman in a machine shop for an electric plant. For his second wife Mr. Smith married, October 11, 1904, Mrs. Alice L. Greenwood, the widow of Corydon Greenwood. Her maiden name was Vaughn. (See sketch of Carlos Greenwood.) By her first marriage Mrs. Smith had three children: Lillie, born October 1d, 1872, deceased; Clayton B., born May 13, 1875, residing at Youngstown, an engineer in a steel plant; and Grace, now Mrs. J. A. Tully', of Youngstown, Ohio, her husband being a. machinist in the steel mills. JAMES MCCARTNEY, a prosperous agriculturist of Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Hubbard township, this county, September 20, 185.9, a son f John and Susana (Robison) McCartney. The mother was a native of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, born in 1829. John McCartney, the father, was a native of Ireland, born in 1830, and he accom-panied his parents to America about 1845, the family remaining in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, a few years, and then moving to Hubbard township, Trumbull county, where the father, James McCartney (grandfather of James, of this sketch) purchased a farm upon which he lived between thirty and forty years. The grandparents finally went to New Castle and resided with a daughter for six or eight years, and there the grandmother died. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 237 The grandfather then made his home until his death in 1885 with his son, the father of James. John McCartney resided with his parents until about thirty years of age, having purchased a half interest in his father's place, continuing on the old homestead until 1866, when he sold, reserving the coal rights of the place. He then went to Vienna township, where he bought one hundred and sixty-five acres f land, the major part of which is within Brookfield township. Here he continued to reside until his death, in 1900, his wife having died on the same place in 1895. They were the parents f the fol-lowing: Mary, unmarried and a resident of Brookfield township; James, of this sketch; William, a farmer of Brookfield township ; Frank, residing in Vienna township, cultivating his brother James' farm; Harry, a telegraph operator on the Lake Shore Railroad, residing at Wick, Ohio; and Charles residing with his sister. James McCartney, of this notice, attended the township schools and remained at home with his parents until twenty-six years of age. He then bought a farm f fifty-three acres, a portion f which had belonged to the father and the balance to his father-in-law, and moved to this place and began general farming. He has devoted his entire life to farming with the exception f a short period spent as construction foreman of the Lake Shore Railroad, and now has one f the best farms in the vicinity, all of which he has earned himself. Mr. McCartney is a member of the Masonic fraternity and International Brotherhood of Railroad Men. Being in hearty accord with the order, he became one f the organizers for the Order of International Brotherhood. Since old enough to exercise the right f franchise Mr. McCartney has voted the Democratic ticket, and while never an office seeker, he has held the position f member of the school board and other local offices. In December, 1885, Mr. McCartney was married to Miss Harriet Vinton, born in Vienna township, June 22, 1855, a daughter of Aaron and Ruhama (Snyder) Vinton. Mrs. McCartney's father was born in New York state in May, 1827, and the mother in Vienna township, this county, December, 1826. Aaron Vinton came to Ohio with his parents when a young man and located near the present McCartney farm. When about twenty-three years f age he purchased a. farm near the old homestead place and there continued general farming until his death. The wife and mother spends the greater part f her time with Mr. and Mrs. McCartney. The four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Vinton were : Rosetta, wife f Mr. Shoff, whose sketch is also in this work ; Harriet, Mrs. McCartney; Alfred, residing on the old farm; and Wayne, residing in Moorehead, Ken-tucky, where he is engaged in mercantile business. Born to Mr. and Mrs. James McCartney are: Vinton, born July 6, 1887, unmarried, now in Ohio State University, taking a mechanical course in engineering; Roy, born November 13, 1888, at home ; Ruby, born February 3, 1890, a graduate of the Hartford high school and preparing herself for a teacher ; and Aaron Glenn, born May 25, 1892, who is also at home and studying to be an operator. 238 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY KENT DOLL, whose excellent farm home is situated on the rural mail delivery route out from Tyrrell, Vienna township, is a native of Massillon, Ohio, born December 9, 1877, is the son of Benjamin and Katherine (Fisher) Doll, both of the parents being natives of Pennsylvania. The father was born in 1826 and the mother in 1838. When about six years of age, the father accompanied his parents to Ohio and they located at Osnaburg, on a farm, but later removed to Massillon and resided with their son until their death. The father became the owner of a large farm upon which he resided the remainder f his days, his death occurring December 5, 1906; the mother died May 14, 1887. In the family of Benjamin and Katherine Doll there were eiglit children: Josiah, residing in Canton, Ohio, a farmer; Flora, wife of Charles Rhodes, of Massillon, Ohio, a widow ; Dennison, residing at Massillon, a traveling salesman for Russell Bros.' farm implements; Logan, residing on a farm near Canton, Ohio ; Melville, residing at Massillon, a. farmer ; Cora, wife of Eugene Shanabrook of Massillon, a. motorman; Albert, residing at Massillon, a railway engineer on the kneeling railway ; Kent, of this biography. Kent Doll attended the public schools f his native county near Massillon, and early in life united with the Christian church. Up to the time he was nineteen years of age he remained at home assisting his father and gaining a common school education. He then enlisted as a member of the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Regiment, in Company L, under Captain Fisher, to do military service in Cuba at the time of the Spanish-American war in 1898. After his six months' army career, he worked on the farm for his father for one year and then went to work in a glass factory, in which he continued six years. His next employment was that f rural mail carrier, which he followed for a year, after which he became baggagemaster at the Pennsylvania station at Massillon, Ohio. After a service of a year and a half there he returned to the glass factory, where he worked eighteen months and then purchased the one hundred and eighty-four acre farm where he now resides. He went to this farm home March 1, 1907, and there carries on general farming operations and expects to branch out into the dairy business; also is a breeder of Holstein cattle. Mr. Doll is a member of the Grange and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics at Massillon. Politically, he is a supporter f the gen-eral principles as set forth by the Republican party. He has never cared to hold public office, but believes in good local government. He was married October 23, 1901, to Miss Millie Masters, born at Mas-sillon, December 19, 1879, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ann (Powell) Masters. Both of her parents were born in England. the father in 1831 and the mother in 1850. He came to America about 1870 and the mother a few years later. They were united in marriage in Massillon, Ohio. The father engaged in the grocery business and continued in it about thirty years. re-tiring about a year before his death in June, 1897. The mother still lives at Massillon, on the old homestead. There were three children born to them: Thomas E., deceased; William J., with the mother on the old place ; HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 239 Mrs. Doll, being the youngest of the three. Mr. and Mrs. Doll are the parents f one child : Denton T., born April 13, 1905. WILLIAM V. GIFFORD is numbered among the tillers of Trumbull county soil, whose pleasant farm home is situated within Lordstown township and his farm is finely improved and his buildings stand in a natural and most attractive situation. Mr. Gifford was born in Sparkford, Somersetshire, England, July 21, 1859, a son of George Gifford, a native of the same locality and a son of Thomas Gifford, a life-long resident of England, who died, aged eighty-nine years. George Gifford was a farmer and spent his life in his native country. His wife's maiden name was Letitie Cock. She was also a native of England. By this marriage union, eleven children were born: Anna, Thomas, Sophia, George, John, Samuel, Susan, Eliza-beth, Emma Jane, Adelaide and William V. Of this family the ones who came to America were : John, Samuel, Emma Jane, and William V. William V. Gifford was reared on the farm and remained with his parents until 1882, when he went to his brother Samuel in Lordstown and lived with him for a time, learning the butcher's trade. After his marriage, he went to Mineral Ridge and engaged in business, a short time afterward purchasing a farm, upon which he still resides. This place is situated about two miles from Niles, and four miles from Warren. For a few years he was engaged in business with his brother Samuel, after which he went into business with his sons, William G. and Walter P. Gifford. October 31, 1882, he was married to Anna Powell, born in Sand-Brook, Somersetshire, England, January 18, 1856. Her father, William Powell, was a native of the same shire in England and followed farming all his life. Her mother's maiden name was Ann Talbott, whose life was spent in Somersetshire, England. She was the mother f the following children: Ann, Anna, and Emily. Mrs. Gifford was the only merrier f the family who ever settled in this country. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gifford are: William G., Walter P. and Harry R. Gifford. The parents were reared in the Episcopal church faith. The Gifford family are among the most highly respected people within the township, and the forefathers bore well their part in the development of Trumbull county. ALFRED GREGORY, who is numbered among the farmers who have made a success at tilling the land in that part of Trumbull county known as Vienna township, is a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, born January 29, 1851, a son of Charles and Elizabeth (McConnell) Gregory. The father was born in Connecticut and the mother in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The father was descended from good old Scotch ancestry. He followed boat building and pursued his trade until his death, when he was seventy-five years of age, dying in 1873. The date f the mother's death was about 1861. Vol. II-16 240 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY There were six children in the family of Charles and Elizabeth McConnell Gregory, only one of whom is living, Alfred of this sketch. By a second marriage there were five children born and only one of this number survives—a half brother of Alfred. The brother was a gallant soldier during the Civil war for three years and is now blind and resides in Sharon.. Alfred Gregory, of this biography, attended the district schools of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, and remained at home with his parents until twenty-one years of age; after which, for about ten years, he worked his father's farm in Pennsylvania, coining to Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1888. He married and purchased a farm in Hartford township, residing there about nine years. When the Lake Shore Railroad was built through his farm he sold and then purchased a farm of one hundred and eight acres, a part of which land belonged to his father-in-law. Here Mr. Gregory has erected a commodious new residence at an expense f two thousand dollars and made Many other valuable improvements thereon. He carries on an up-to-date farming business here, making a specialty of raising Jersey cattle and. Shropshire sheep, and he expects to make this his permanent home. What property Mr. Gregory owns he has accumulated by the dint f real industry, having been a brain as well as muscle worker. Mr. Gregory was united in marriage in March, 1888, to Miss Florence A. Williams, a daughter of Squire Williams. She was born on the farm where she now resides in the month of March, 1850. Her parents were natives of Vermont and came to Ohio at an early day and after a long and industrious career died on the old homestead. In religious faith, he is a follower of the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he belongs at the church in Brookfield township. Politically, he is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party, but has never cared to hold public office. JOHN C. McMASTER, one of the well-to-do and progressive type of farmers living in Vienna township, was born April 4, 1845, within the township in which he still lives, a son f Schuyler and Lucy (Hart) McMaster. The father was born in Palmer, Hardin county, Massachusetts, May 6, 1801. When about fifteen years f age, he went with his father, Reuben McMaster, also a native of Massachusetts and farmers by occupation, to Clinton, New York, and there resided until 1822, then went to Ohio locating in Vienna township, Trumbull county, on a farm, where Reuben McMaster died in 1838 and was buried at Vienna Center, his wife dying soon after and she was laid to rest beside him. When twenty-six years of age Schuyler McMaster married and three years later bought the farm where now resides John C., of this memoir. At that date this was but a wilderness. Soon after his coming to this place he secured employment in a clock factory at Vienna, at which place they made old-fashioned wall sweep clocks. He remained there about eight years, or possibly as long as ten years, after which he learned the shoemaker's trade, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 241 and followed it in connection with operating his farm for sixteen years; after this devoted all f his time to the farm. He continued on the farm until his death, January 22, 1886. At one. time; while an employe of the clock factory; one of the company became involved by indebtedness to him, and for which debt Mr. McMaster took eight clocks and started back to New York and peddled. out the clocks on his way. He drove a team the round trip, and the weather was very cold. He could not tell his black horse from the gray one half f the time on the journey. His wife was born in Bristol, Connecticut, August 23, 1808, and accompanied her parents to Ohio in 1820, the family locating in Vienna township, this county, on a farm. Her father, Ira Hart, resided there until his death in 1835. The mother then started, with her family, for Iowa. This was in 1846, her two sons having preceded her to Iowa. She was taken ill while enroute and died and was buried on Iowa soil. John C. McMaster's mother Lucy (Hart) McMaster, remained in Ohio, having married about 1827. Her death occurred in Trumbull county October 22, 1881. She had three children: Sophia, born November 23, 1829, and died when thirty-two years old the wife f James Walker, of Vienna township; Willis, born September 22, 1832, died at the age of three years; John C. John C. McMaster attended the district schools f his township; became a member of the Disciples church at Payne's Corners and when old enough to vote cast his ballot with the Republican party, which he still supports. He remained with his father until the latter's death, when he became possessed of his father's farm consisting of forty-six and a half acres and here he has continued ever since, doing his part as an agriculturist, producing both grain and stock for the markets nearby. At the age of twenty-five years he learned the carpenter's trade, which he worked at several years, then returned to the more independent life of the farm. The great-grandfather of Mr. McMaster served in the Revolutionary war and was by birth a Scotchman. August 23, 1872, Mr. McMaster was married to Aurelia Shull, born in Hartford township, this county, November 5, 1844, a daughter of Charles and Olive (Mervin) Shull. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, at some point in Westmoreland county. Her mother was a native of Vienna township, this county. The father of Mrs. McMaster came to Ohio at an early time, and was by trade a carpenter and joiner. He became the owner f a farm in Hartford township and died there January 14, 1895. The mother died June 16, 1881. In this family were seven children, of whom five survive, as follows: Aurelia, Mrs. McMaster; Helen, widow of Smith Leslie, residing in Liberty township; Reuben a farmer in Hartford township and by trade a wagonmaker Calvin, of Youngstown, Ohio, foreman at Todd Works; Lola, wife f D. W. Jones a farmer f Hartford township. To Mr. and Mrs. John C. McMaster were born the following children: Sophia Edna., born March 19, 1875, wife of Fred W. Blackstone of Brookfield township, a drayman operating at Sharon; they have two children—Roy, born January 14, 1901; Leona, born June 18, 1902; Clyde C., born 242 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY February 10, 1878, married Miss Lula Clark, f Brookfield, where he is en-gaged in general mercantile business, has one child-Lois Ruth, born December 14, 1898. MICAH BRADLEY, who is the owner of a good farm on the rural mail route out from Tyrrell, in Vienna township, is a native f Brookfield town-ship, Trumbull county, born November 8, 1844. He is the son of Michael and: Caroline (Amey) Bradley. His mother was born in Brookfield and died in that township, February 3, 1849. She was the daughter of Michael Amey, who was a native of Vermont. He was among the pioneer settlers there and was remarkable because he was born with but one hand and was a carpenter and joiner by trade. Michael Bradley was born in. Ireland in 1796 and came to America when about eighteen years of age. He went to Niagara Falls, and thence to Canada, later going to Brookfield township, Trumbull county, Ohio, in which vicinity he followed threshing with a wooden flail during the winter season, as the old custom was. In the summer months he was a farm hand. When thirty-three years of age he married and purchased a farm in Brookfield township, where he remained the balance of his life, dying October 9, 1881. His children, all born on the farm, were as follows: James, born December 25, 1836, died 1900; Thomas, October 15, 1838, was a. member of an Ohio regiment and died in hospital at Camp Chase in 1862; Elizabeth, November 11, 1841, died November, 1898; George, January 29, 1843, is a farmer and unmarried, lives with his brother; Micah, f this notice; Almira, October 1, 1847, wife of Iddo Alderman and they reside on a farm in Brookfield township; Daniel M., January 20, 1851 (by a second marriage), when last heard of was in Michigan engaged at teaming; Cornelia, September 28, 1855, wife f John Patton, employed in the mills, residing at Sharps-vine, Pennsylvania; Ruel, August 9, 1858, residing at Warren; Lovinia, July 20, 1860, widow of John Ichel; she resides in Sharon, Pennsylvania; Albin, 1862, a farmer of Fowler township; Maud L., January 20, 1864, wife of William Raney, of Orangeville Will W., June 22, 1868, a. farmer of Vienna township; Frank, March 22, 1870, lives at Warren, Ohio, where he is employed at the bathtub works; Mattie, January 20, 1874, wife of George Woodside, a mechanic, of Warren, Ohio. Micah Bradley attended school in Brookfield district and has never married. He resided with his father until eighteen years of age, after which nine years were spent as a farm hand for others. He then engaged at drilling for coal. After about eight years of this kind of employment, he spent two years more on a farm for others, then rented a farm in Howland township. He rented land and farmed seven years, then purchased sixty-seven acres, where he now lives and does general farming. At present he is making a specialty of dairying, keeping ten cows. During all the years f Mr. Bradley's farm life he has been an industrious worker and by economy has at last been rewarded by owning a well HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 243 improved place f his own, and a property which he truly appreciates for the toil expended in securing the same. ELIAS STEWART.-A substantial farmer of Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, Elias Stewart is a man who has seen life in many phases and in many sections of the United States, but has spent the last two decades in his native township, engaged in the honorable calling of his earlier years. Born in Vienna township, December 28, 1841, he is a son of Alexander and Margaret (Milford) Stewart, both of his parents being native to the picturesque country east f the Allegheny mountains in Pennsylvania. They migrated to Ohio during its pioneer period, Alexander being but a small boy when he came with his uncle to Trumbull county on horseback. After his marriage Alexander Stewart and family resided in Liberty township for several years, and he then purchased a farm in Vienna township, residing thereon until his death in 1905, at the age f eighty-seven years. The mother had passed away about 1871, some thirty-four years before. Elias Stewart, of this biography, obtained his only schooling from books within the walls of the old blockhouse in Vienna township, and remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age. With a seizure of the western fever he was induced to take a load of flour to Denver, remaining in that city about a year, after which he sought other interesting localities in the west, both from love of change and with the purpose of finding a location which was more to his liking than his old Ohio home. For a time he farmed and drove a stage in Iowa, and about the close of the Civil war retraced his steps to Trumbull county. His next experiment was a laborer in a Michigan sawmill, but a year of that work again converted him to the advantages and attractions of his home locality and, for about two years after his return, he was engaged in drilling for coal. He next took charge f the old home farm in Vienna township and was thus employed until 1888, when he purchased the forty acres which he has since transformed into his present homestead, so expressive of substantial success and family comfort. In political belief he is a. Democrat. In 1872 Mr. Stewart married Miss Hannah Wolf, daughter of John and Jane (Cannon) Wolf, her father being a native of New Jersey and her mother of Vienna township, this county. At a very early day the Wolf family located in Hubbard township, from which Mrs. Stewart's father enlisted for service in the Civil war. .At the end of his term of enlistment he returned to his old home in that township, where he died in 1898, the later years f his life being passed in total blindness. His wife had died fully a. quarter of a century before. IRA M. GREENWOOD, who now resides on his sixty-five acre farm within Vienna township, Trumbull county, was born in the township in which he now lives, November 1, 1875, a son of C. S. and Rachel (Mackey) Greenwood. His father was also a native of this township, as was his brother, 244 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY the former was born February 5, 1843, and the latter born April 7, 1840. In his father's family there were five children: Ardie, residing with his father, a farmer; Ira M., of this notice; Mabel, deceased : May, wife of Claud Rhodes, who resides in Cleveland and is engaged with the railroad company ; Remi, residing on the farm with his father. Ira M. Greenwood attended school at the district schools, as did the other youth of his neighborhood; later he attended the Clarke Business College at Warren, Ohio, graduating from that excellent educational institution in 1834. He continued to reside at home until he was about twenty-one years of age, then rented land which he farmed three years, the same being within Vienna township. He then embarked in the general mercantile business at 'Tyrrell and was successfully engaged at merchandising for six and a half years. He was also postmaster at Tyrrell during this period. In the month of September, 1907, he sold his store and in company with his wife (there being no children) he went to California, Oregon, Washington and other western states for a pleasure trip, traveling from December 1, 1907, to May 1, 1908, after which they returned to the farm he had already purchased in Vienna township, consisting of sixty-five acres. This property Mr. Greenwood expects to dispose of and. intends now to remove to Wash-ington and locate permanently at Seattle, with a view f bettering his condition. Mr. Greenwood is a worthy member of both the Masonic fraternity and the order of Maccabees. In his church faith, he is a Methodist Episcopal, belonging to the church at Vienna. May 12, 1897, he was united in marriage to Miss Maud Fusselman, born at Orangeville, Ohio, October 30, 1875, a daughter of Edward and Florence (Clark) Fusselman. Her mother was born in Brookfield township, this county, and the father in Hubbard township; they now reside in Brookfield township, retired. By trade Mr. Fusselman is a firmer, which occupation he has followed many years. He is of German descent and was a soldier, in time of the Civil war, serving in an Ohio regiment. He was the father of four children, as follows: Henry, an electrician, residing in Brookfield township; Maud, Mrs. Greenwood; Clyde, residing with her parents; Kittie, unmarried and at home WILBER C. SCOVILL, one of the representative farmers cultivating the rich and productive soil f Vienna township, Trumbull county, is a native of the place on which he now lives, born there December 16, 1861, a son of Samuel and Mary A. (Kratzley) Scovill. His mother was born in Connecticut, November 26, 1819, and the father in New Jersey, July 5, 1817. When eight years f age he accompanied his parents to Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Obediah Scovill, located in the southeastern part of Vienna township, on a farm which he cleared up from out the forest land and there resided many years and finally died there. The maternal grandfather, Kratzley, came here when Mrs. Scovill was about five years of age; he located two miles east f Vienna Center on a farm. The grandfather died there and the grandmother died in Howland township about 1873, at which HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 245 time she was residing with her son John. The grandmother Scovill died at the old homestead. The father remained at home until he reached his majority. He was a carpenter by trade, and married when about twenty-three years of age. He then bought a farm in Howland township and re-mained there until 1854, then sold and purchased the place on which his son, of whom this biography treats, now lives. Here the father continued to live until his death, May 5, 1881, aged sixty-three years and ten months. His faithful wife died October 12, 1889. This worthy couple were the parents of five children, as follows: Emma, wife of Lehman Ferry, who now resides in Tennessee; Lucius H., residing in Vienna township, a retired veteran; Frederick C., died at nine years of age in 1861; Marshall J., re-siding in Fowler and is in the undertaker's business; Wilber C., of this notice, the youngest of the family. Mr. Scovill's brother, Lucius H., served three years in the Civil war as a soldier from Ohio. Concerning the career of Wilber C. Scovill it may be stated that he attended the common schools in Vienna township. He commenced the conflict of life for himself, when about nineteen years of age, by working on the farm for others for a time. He married when twenty-one years and pur-chased the old homestead of ninety-eight acres and a fraction on March 10, 1883. When he first left the paternal roof he worked at Youngstown, Ohio, and also did mill work until he bought the old homestead, since which time he has lived on it continuously and expects to spend his days there. He raises grain and some stock. January 29, 1883, marked a new era in his life, for it was upon that day that he was united in marriage to Maggie Heaps, born in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, Ohio, September 18, 1865, a daughter f John and Elizabeth (Russell) Heaps, both of whom were natives of Scotland and who came to America in the early sixties, locating in Hubbard township. The father was a miner. After about two years they returned to Scotland, remained there three and a half years and came back to Hubbard township, this county. In 1871 the father bought a farm in Vienna township, the exact date being July 3. The mother died there April 13, 1906, and the father still lives on the old place, which consists of fifty-seven acres. He has retired and this farm is carried on by his son. In the Heaps family, of which Mrs. Scovill is a. daughter, the children were: William, engaged in the livery business at Salem, Ohio; Elizabeth., wife of John Schaffer, residing in Hubbard township, on a farm; Maggie (Mrs. Scovill) ; Robert, residing with his father; John, residing in Vienna township, on a farm; Jennie, wife of Hugh Bartholomew, residing on a farm in Brookfield township; Mary, wife of Jackson Vasey, residing in Vienna township, where he is a blacksmith; Andrew, of Vienna township; James, residing with his father ; Mary Jane, deceased. In his church faith, Mr. Scovill is of the Presbyterian denomination. In politics, he is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican-party. The children born to Mr. Scovill and wife are as follows: Grace Elizabeth, born February 7, 1884, wife of William Rimmel, residing near Vienna Center, where he follows teaming, and they have one child, born May 28, 246 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY 1907; John Samuel, born January 20, 1886, unmarried and residing with his parents; Jesse Fremont, born January 9, 1888, unmarried, at home; Wade Earl, born June 18, 1891, at home. IRVIN K. SHOFF, of Vienna township, Trumbull county, was in his lifetime a miner and farmer and highly respected. by all within the 'radius of his acquaintance. He was born in that part of Trumbull county known as Brookfield township, April 23, 1849, a son of Aaron and Lucinda (Hummason) Shoff. His mother was born in Vienna township, January 17, 1818, while the father was born January 13, 1816, in Canada and came with his parents to this county when he was about five years of age. The family located in Brookfield township. Aaron Shoff was a tailor and followed his trade there until his death, January 19, 1882. The mother died August 12; 1890, of heart failure. They were the parents of eight children, Irvin K., of this memoir, being the sixth in order of birth. What may justly be termed a self-made man was Irvin K. Shoff, as he had gone through life unaided by others, save the assistance so ably ren-dered him by his good wife. He attended the common district schools of his native township, Brookfield, and remained with his parents until he married, after which he was employed on the top f the mines for several years. Previous -to his marriage, he had also worked on the grade f the Lake Shore railroad from Youngstown to Ashtabula, Ohio. After marrying he continued to work at the top f the coal mines for about one year, when he was stricken with typhoid fever, which dread disease kept him from work for a year. After he had sufficiently recovered to work, he engaged in the butchering business at William's Corners, continuing in this line f busi-ness six or seven years. He then purchased the farm upon which his widow now resides which tract consists f fifty-four acres. Here he died June 1, 1907. Mr. 'Shoff was connected with the Masonic order at Hartford, having passed all the official chairs in the lodge; he was also a member f the order of Maccabees, at Vienna village. He was married May 31, 1874, to Miss Rosetta Vinton, born in Vienna township, near the Brookfield line, May 1, 1853, a daughter of Aaron G. and Ruhama (Snyder) Vinton. Her mother was born in Hartford, Ohio, December 2, 1826, and the father in New York state, May 25, 1827. He came there with his parents when quite young, they settling in Brookfield, near the Vienna line, on a farm, where the grandfather died. The father became the owner of a farm in Vienna township, near the old home in Brookfield. There he remained until his death, June 11, 1899. The mother still survives and resides on the old place around which clings so many dear old memories. There were four children in the Vinton family, Mrs. Shoff being the eldest. Mr. and Mrs. Shoff were the parents of the following children : Clarence W., born September 2, 1875, unmarried, now in New Mexico, to which place he went because of failing health ; Cleon C., born December 4, 1877, residing. in Chicago, employed with the American Steel Wire Company, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL .COUNTY - 247 married February 25, 1900, Miss Maud Norton, of Vienna township; Hattie V., born December 20, 1878, wife of Charles Moore residing in Vienna township and has four children—Laura R., August 9, 1903, Rosetta Valeria, December 19, 1904, Edna Lucinda, December 15, 1906, and George Irvin; January 20, 1908; Fred Irvin, born March 11, 1880, bookkeeper for Ferris & Cahoun, residing in Cleveland, married November 29, 1905, Jeanette Hoak, of Cleveland, the daughter f a Methodist minister, and they have one son, William Hoak Shoff, born December 7, 1908. Mr. Shoff was originally a member f the Disciple church, but later in life both he and his wife united with the Presbyterian church at Vienna. Politically, he voted on independent ballot. ALBERT WYAND, the enterprising proprietor of the "Flowing Well Farm," in Warren township, Trumbull county, is a native of Cavendish, Prince Edward's Island, born February 28, 1853, a son of Samuel Wyand, who was born in Devonshire; England. His father was John W. Wyand, a native of the same English shire. He emigrated from there to America, accompanied by his wife and two children on a sailing boat and was tossed upon the ocean's waves for three months, en route to Quebec, Canada. He halted there for a short time and then wended his way to Prince Edward's Island, settling at Cavendish, where he followed the carpenter's and builder's trade, spending his last days with his son Samuel, and dying at a good old age. His wife, before marriage, was a Miss Wallige. Samuel Wyand was sixteen years of age when his parents settled in Prince Edward's Island. There he commenced the real activities of life by working out, by the month, continuing at that and various labor for seven years, when he purchased a tract of land from the government, which had previously been claimed by his brother. Upon this tract he erected a log house first, then later a frame residence. He went through the hard work of clearing up his timbered land, making the wilderness place look like a veritable garden spot. There he lived, labored and died, aged eighty-seven years. He married Margaret Stevenson, a native of New Glasgow, Prince Edward's Island, and a daughter of Charles Stevenson, a native of Scotland and an early settler of New Glasgow. She died, aged seventy-seven years, and reared eleven children, as follows: William, Charles, Albert, Silas, Wallace, Jane, Henry, Lemuel, Chester, Margaret and Allen. Albert Wyand was reared and educated in his native place and remained with his parents until nineteen years, when he came to the States, arriving at Warren, Ohio, "even with the world." He was not long in securing employment at farm labor in Howland township. He was possessed of frugal and temperate habits and saved up his hard-earned wages, so. that in time he was able to engage in agriculture on his own account, as a renter. He remained in Howland township until. 1891, when he purchased the farm he now owns and occupies. This valuable farm is situated about one mile from the city limits and contains one hundred and twenty acres, the same being styled the "Flowing Well Farm." Here Mr. Wyand has erected an 248 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY excellent set of buildings, including farmhouse and barns, which buildings are perpetually supplied with pure running water. His improvements rank well with any within Trumbull county. He keeps a good herd f milk cows, from which he supplies many customers in the city of Warren. Everything about the premises shows thrift and care to the utmost degree. Mr. Wyand has been twice married, first, November 1, 1881, to Ella Dubenderf, born in Warren, Ohio, a daughter f William Dubenderf, who was a native of Hamburg. Pennsylvania, and was the son of William Dubenderf, of the same state, who-went to Ohio about 1822, being one f the early settlers on the western line of Warren township. He purchased a tract f timber land and cut away the trees to make room for the erection of his log cabin which was the. pioneer residence of the family in Ohio. There he cleared up a large farm and labored for many years, doing such work as only the brave and hardy, yet ever hopeful pioneer, has any knowledge of. Later, he went to Branch county, Michigan, where he spent the remnant f his days with his son, who became the father of Airs. Wyand. He was but eight years of age when the family settled in Ohio. He suc-ceeded to the ownership of a part of the old homestead in Warren town-ship, where he spent the balance of his life, dying in 1865. Mrs. Wyand's mother's maiden name was Laura Butler, a native of Warren, and daughter of Alfred Butler, who, it is believed, was born in Connecticut. He was a wagonmaker and operated one of the first shops in Warren, subsequently turning his attention to farm pursuits. Mrs. Wyand's mother died in 1873, the mother of three children: William H., Frances and Ella. For his second wife, Mr. Wyand married in 1896, Airs. Sara (Beck) Mullin, a native of Warren, Ohio, a daughter f Jacob and Frederica Beck, and the widow of Thomas Mullin. By his first marriage, Mr. Wyand had four children: Artemas W., Albert H., Mildred M. and. William H., the first born dying in infancy. Mrs. Wyand has one son by her former marriage, John F. Mullin, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Wyand hold membership in the Christian church. JESSE D. WILLIAMS, of Vienna township, Trumbull county, is well and favorably known as the operator of an excellent steam threshing machine outfit and mill. He was born in Vienna township, November 21, 1874, a son f Addison and Eliza (Bacon) Williams, also native to Vienna -town-ship. The mother was born there March 13, 1852 and the father October 12, 1849. The paternal grandfather, William Williams, if not born in Trumbull county, must have come to that county when very young with his parents, who it is known settled there on a farm, where the great-grand-father died. The grandfather became the owner of a fine farm situated along the Niles road, about one and a half miles from Vienna village, and where he remained until his death in the month of October, 1882. When about twenty-eight years of age the father bought a saw mill, which he continued to operate until his death. He also operated a threshing outfit for about fourteen years and owned a pleasant home in Vienna vil- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 249 lage. He died November 23, 1907. This mill is the one now owned by Jesse D. The wife and mother is living in the village yet, sharing the home with her son; but she contemplates taking up her residence at Youngstown with a son and daughter who now reside there. Addison and Eliza (Bacon) Williams were the parents of five children, four of whom still survive: Leroy, of Youngstown, Ohio, a millwright on the furnaces of the Ohio Steel Works; Nora, unmarried, resides in last named city; Arthur, of Youngstown, a millwright, employed by the same company as is his brother; Jesse D., the eldest of the family; Myrtle, died at the age of about fifteen months. Jesse D. Williams attended different district schools in Trumbull county, thus gaining a. fair common school education. The most f his schooling was obtained, however, at the old No. 3 school, on the Niles road, near his old home. In his political views, Mr. Williams is of the Republican faith, and always casts his vote with this political organization. When about twenty-one years of age he set forth in life for himself. When not employed at home he was at work for others in the vicinity. At the age of twenty-five years he bought a steam threshing outfit, which he still operates in threshing season. He being gifted with a mechanical turn f mind, handles, operates and keeps in good repair his own machinery, both at the saw mill and his thresher, though necessarily has to employ considerable help. His mill is situated on his own land, or rather on the undivided estate of the father. He also operates a feed mill in connection with his saw mill and planer. Mr. Williams is connected with the order of Maccabees at Vienna; also is a member. f the Knights of Pythias at Cortland. He was married, February 27, 1902, to Miss Mina Lewis, born in Vienna township, January 15, 1882, a daughter of E. A. Lewis and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have no children living, one having died in infancy. JAMES P. WILLIAMS, one of the esteemed farmers residing in Vienna township, along the rural free delivery route No. 5, running out from Warren, Ohio, is a native of Michigan, born in Livingston county of that state, March 25, 1850, a son of Hiram and Ellen (Stewart) Williams. The father was a native of Scotland, born in Perth county. The mother died when James P. was about one year old, hence he knows but little of her history, but it is supposed that she was born in America. The father came to this country alone when a young man and remained in New York City for some time, but later drifted to Michigan, entering a piece of government land within Livingston county. This was largely timber land and he was compelled to go through the laborious process f clearing up a farm from out the dense forest. He was a farmer, honest and true throughout his days, dying about 1880 in Livingston county on his farm. He had married in New York state before coming west and his faithful wife died on the farm above named. Later he married again. His children were Thomas, deceased : Sarah, deceased; Mary, wife of John Harris, residing in Howell, Michigan; James P., of this sketch.