250 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY. James P. Williams was a. student at the public schools in the Osceola district in his native county, attending school only during the winter months. He has made his own way :through life since twelve years f age, when he commenced work as a farm hand and at other labor, thus early be-coming used to the rugged ways f a son f honest toil. When twenty-six years of age he came to Vienna township, Trumbull county; Ohio, where he was employed by a man who operated a saw mill. Here he hauled lumber and logs for about four years. The next two years were spent at the same kind of work for another mill man. At the end f the last named period Mr. Williams was married, after which he resided on his father-in-law's farm for two years, and in 1889 he purchased twenty-two acres of land, constituting his present homestead, where he has made all the valuable improvements and expects to remain there the balance f his days. He is inter-ested in that most independent of all occupations--general farming. On April 14, 1883, James P. Williams was united in marriage to Mary Nowling, born in Vienna township, this county, February 7, 1853, a daughter f Hubbard and Elvira (Clark) Nowling. Her father was born in this township, June 28, 1828, and her mother in Fowler township, February 7, 1833. The paternal grandfather, Joseph Nowling, became an early settler, probably in what is now Vienna township. He died of small-pox when the father was a small boy. The father became a carpenter and painter, which trades he followed throughout his entire life, his death occurring November 3, 1881. The faithful wife and mother died October 27, 1881. Besides Mrs. Williams, the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard Nowling were: John, residing in Vienna township; Frank, in Liberty township ; and Martha, unmarried, residing at Vienna. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are the parents of these children : Grace Elvira, born February 9, 1884, wife of Robert Kingsley, residing in Fowler township, on a. farm; Mamye Philena, born December 25, 1885; Nellie Ethelyn, born September 15, 1889, who is a graduate of the Warren Business College and lives at home. Politically, James P. Williams is a Republican, but has never cared to be an officeholder. In all that is true and loyal, as citizen and friend, he measures up to the standard of excellence and his life has ever been an exemplary one in the community wherein he has lived and labored. JOHN BRUNSWICK, so intimately associated with the agricultural and coal mining industries of Trumbull county, justly finds a place on the pages of a work f this character. Mr. Brunswick was born near Hamburg, Germany, August 28, 1849, the son of Christian and Mary (Tesh) Brunswick, both natives of the German Empire. The paternal grandfather came to America about 1852; his wife then being deceased, he brought two sons and one daughter, and located in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, where he worked in the coal mines and at other employment until he be- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 251 came too aged. He lived the last. years of his life with a son-in-law, dying in 1880. The father, Christian Brunswick, came to America in 1865 and direct to Hubbard township, and here worked in the mines for five years, then purchased fifty acres f land, where his son John, of this sketch, now resides. Here Christian lived and labored until his death, which occurred November 23, 1887. The wife and mother died November 2, 1876. This highly esteemed couple were the parents f five children: One deceased; Charles, resides in Vienna township; August, of the same township; Louisa, wife of John Wolf, of Youngstown; and John, who is the youngest in his parents' family. John Brunswick received. a good education in the German language, but never attended school after coming to America. In his religious faith, he is a Lutheran. In his political views, he is in hearty accord with the principles of the Republican party. He takes much interest in school affairs, and has served as director, etc., in his home school district. He has made his own way through life, since landing on American soil, by hard work in the coal mines f Trumbull county, following mining for a livelihood for a period of more than twenty years. During this time he purchased a farm and has also conducted a coal mine for others on his own land, the coal hav-ing been reserved when the farm was sold to him. Since about 1898 he has farmed exclusively. He has added to the improvements f the farm materially, including the erection of an. excellent house in which he expects to make his home the remainder of his years. It may be f interest to state that his father served in the regular German army and carried the old style flint-lock firearms. Mr. Brunswick was married January 26, 1879, to Mary Wendler, born in Brookfield township, June 19, 1859, a daughter f Nicholas and Margaret (Bates) Wendler, both born in Bavaria, Germany. The mother was born October 9, 1830, and died in March, 1898. The father was born February 26, 1826, They came to this country when the father was but ten years of age. The mother came alone, her parents following some years later. Mrs. Brunswick's parents located in Brookfield township on a farm in the "Dutch Settlement." The grandparents died there, and there the good father still resides. In his younger days, the father was a carpenter ; also taught school and clerked in a store at Brookfield. He was a teacher in the days when a teacher was not required to be examined. He now makes his home with his daughter in Hartford. In his family there were three daughters, she being the eldest. The others were: Lydia, widow of John Beaver, now resides in Sharon, Pennsylvania ; Leah, wife of John Baumiller, residing in Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. Brunswick are members of the Grange. The children which have come to bless and brighten the home. circle f Mr. and Mrs. Brunswick are as follows: Albert J., born October 7, 1880, a farmer in Vienna township, married Beulah Malin,o f Sharon, and. they have three children—Paul, born July 21, 1900, Edna, born October 24, 1902, and Bernice, born October 20, 1906; Paul, born May 8, 1882, died 252 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY February 13, 1894; Louis, born December 23, 1885, a clerk for the Wheedling & Lake Erie Coal Company at Herrick, Ohio, married Clara Meikle; William, born July 8, 1890, unmarried. WILLIAM D. STEWART, deceased, who, in his lifetime, was counted among the representative farmers and most worthy citizens f Trumbull county, Ohio, was born on the farm where his widow now resides, November 27, 1827, a son of Alexander and Mary (Bailey) Stewart, both f whom were natives of eastern. Pennsylvania. The father came with his parents to Ohio when a young man, first locating in Hubbard township on a farm, but later moved into Brookfield township and there remained until death. The father remained at home some years, then bought a farm. in the woods in Brookfield township. This land he cleared up from the wild forest state and carried on general farming and later engaged in the distillery business; also had a saw mill, and was prominent in the activities of his community. In these various operations he continued until his death, which was about 1862. The mother came with her parents to Mercer county, Pennsylvania, when ten years of age, and died in the month of May, 1878. William D. Stewart attended school in Vienna township; also at Mercer, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church of which body he was an elder. In politics, he was a firm supporter of the Republican party, originally, but later became a Prohibitionist. Mr. Stewart taught school some years at Spring Ridge, Pennsylvania; also one terra in Illinois. Soon after this he married and settled on the farm on which his widow now resides, which place was given to him by his father, who at that time owned a mile square. Here Mr. Stewart resided until his death, No-s-ember 6, 1902, his widow now occupying the farm. He had been a. hard-working man and a good citizen in whom all had the utmost confidence. He had succeeded in financial affairs and this all by his own good management, aided by his faithful helpmate. He was united in marriage, October 13, 1853, to Elizabeth Applegate, born in Hubbard township, February 9, 1830, a daughter of William Applegate and wife whose maiden name was Sarah Hann, both natives of New Jersey. The children born of this union are as follows: 1. Jennie, born October 14, 1854, wife of Frank Heinselman, who resides in Hubbard township and is a tinner by trade ; they have four children : Vesta, born October 2, 1881, now the wife of Todd Mackey, of Vienna township, two children, Wick, born November, 1898, and :Veda, born July 12, 1900; Odley, born October, 1885, unmarried, at home; Frances, born June, 1890, died in 1900; Gladys, born May, 1898, at home. 2. Newton W., born November 14, 1857, married Emma Everett, of Vienna township ; they reside in Brookfield Center, are now farmers, he having been a merchant; three children, Virgil, born December 12, 1887, at home, Hazel and Harry (twins), born August 17, 1889, Harry dying January, 1891. 3. Fred G., born September 14, 1868, married Miss Carrie Shoaf, born in Hubbard township, March 19, 1871; her father was a native f Pennsylvania and her mother of Hub- HISTORY OF TRU.MBULL COUNTY - 253 bard. township,. Trumbull county, Ohio, where she still resides, the father having died about 1893. The children f Fred and his wife are: William Ward, born August 18, 1896; Hilan Armstrong, October 13, 1897; Helen Lucile, May 21, 1900; Winfred Jane, September 19, 1902; Robert Newton, September 3, 1906, all at home. JOHN COLE, the owner of a fine farm devoted to general farming and especially stock raising, which is located within that fertile portion of Trumbull county known as Vienna, township, was born December. 10, 1830, in the extreme northeast corner of Hubbard township, and on the state line. His father was Moses and the mother Mary Ann (Perinea) Cole, the former born in: Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and the latter in Wayne county, Ohio, about 1814. The paternal grandfather, Moses Cole, came from .New Jersey about 1812, locating in Hubbard township on a: farm. His daughter, with her husband, then came to reside on the place. The grandfather remained on the homestead in Pennsylvania until his death. In the disposition f the property the father f John Cole received this farm in Hubbard township and resided. thereon until his death, in 1877, the wife and mother having died about 1871. John Cole, born on the farm where his grandfather located, is the third eldest child. in a. family f eight children born to Moses and Mary Ann Cole. He was educated at the public schools in Hubbard township, also one winter attended the school at Hubbard. He remained at home until twenty years, when he married, after. which he lived with his father-in-law, being employed in his distillery, which plant was known as the Applegate Distillery. Having lived on his father's place two years previous to this, he then sold out and went to the one hundred and thirty-acre tract where he now resides. Here he carries on extensive farming operations, including the growth of considerable stock. He is a Democrat, and has served one year as a justice f the peace and been a notary public for thirty years. Mr. Cole was united in marriage, October 9, 1851, to Rachel Apple-gate, born in Brookfield township, March 8, 1832, a daughter f William and Sarah Jane (Hann) Applegate, her parents both being natives f New Jersey, who came to Trumbull county, Ohio, locating first in Hubbard township. Her father's brother was one f the old school Campbellites, and Mr. Cole used to attend the meetings held by Mr. Campbell, when he was a boy about six years f age. These meetings were usually held in the big woods. Mrs. Cole's parents later moved to Brookfield township and there the father died about 1864 and the good mother about 1874. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cole are as follows: Charles, born November, 1851, married Grace Hann, a second cousin, now reside in Vienna township on a farm; William, born 1853, unmarried and resides with his father ; Perry, born 1855, unmarried and at home; Dexter, born 1857, unmarried and at home; John, born 1859, died in 1876; Addie, born 1864, the wife f J. O. Price, residing in Hubbard township, in the saw mill business, but owns a good farm also; Harry, born 1867, unmarried, 254 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY at home and is a teacher, at present in Warren township; Royal, born 1874, now a mail carrier ; Paul, born 1877', married Lottie Nottingham, residing near the father, engaged in running a saw mill in partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Price. C. A. PIERSON, one of the substantial and extensive agriculturists cultivating the fertile soil of Vienna township, Trumbull county, wa,s born at New Lebanon, Mercer county Pennsylvania,.August 4, 1856, a son f E. A. and Henrietta (Turner) Pierson. Of his parentage it may be stated that his father was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania while the mother was a native of Mercer county. The paternal grandfather, Abel S. Pierson, was a native of New York state, of Scotch descent, as are all the Piersons in this country. Abel S. went to Pennsylvania at a very early time and was a. farmer and stock raiser; also speculated in real estate. He died in Pennsylvania in 1867. The father resided with his parents until his marriage, then engaged in clerking in. a store, continuing until the breaking out f the Civil war, when he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served his country two and a 141f years. After the war closed he embarked in the mercantile business at New Lebanon, where he carried on a successful business several years and was the postmaster at that place, having been appointed under President U. S. Grant. His wife died about that time, and he then went to Montana and is now engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fromburg, Montana, and is also the postmaster of the town. In his family there were five children, three f whom died in infancy : Minnie J., was the wife f Elmer Seafuse, of Lake City, Michigan; she is deceased. C. A. is the eldest of the two children who survived to maturity. C. A. Pierson began for himself in life when aged but thirteen years by working in a store in Vienna, where he remained. fourteen years, then removed to the farm on which he now lives and where he has resided continuously. He has come to be an extensive stock raiser. His farm consists of one hundred and fifty acres—the home place—and forty acres more between Vienna and Vienna Center. Mr. Pierson is now in possession of a deed of the land where he now lives, which instrument was made to Mrs. Pierson's grandfather in 1803. April 11, 1878, Mr. Pierson was married to Mary Strain, born in Vienna township, November 6, 1857, a daughter of Samuel and Mary W. (Woodford) Strain. The mother was born on the farm where Mr. Pierson now lives. The father was born in Pennsylvania. The Woodfords were natives of Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Pierson are the parents f two children : W. W. Pierson, an attorney-at-law residing and practicing at Youngstown, born February 2, 1880, married Mina Josephine Clawson, born in Fowler township, and by this union one child was born, Virginius W.; Olive B., born May 28, 1882, wife f T. C. Cochran, residing in Mercer, Pennsylvania; they are the parents f one son, Wilson H. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 255 C. A. Pierson is a member f the Masonic Order, belonging to the Knights Templar degree, being connected with Warren Commandery, No. 39, at Warren. JOHN GILLIS, an old settler f Kinsman township and a retired farmer in comfortable circumstances, now largely interested in banking and mercantile enterprises, is a native of that township, born on a farm two miles north of Kinsman, July 30, 1838. The paternal grandfather, Robert Gillis, came to Kinsman township with his family, among which was Francis Gillis, then quite a young boy, and who later became the father f John Gillis. Among the other early settlers f Ohio in these pioneer times were representatives f the Lawyer family-, and in early-manhood Francis Gillis wedded Mary A. Lawyer, a native f Pennsylvania, who came with her parents to this locality when she was a young girl. John Gillis is the eldest f six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gillis, f whom three only are living. He was educated in the district schools f the neighborhood and at the old Kinsman Academy and with the exception f the period of his services during the Civil war has always resided in this neighborhood. He enlisted in 1862 in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the ranks for three years,' participating in the battles f Chickamauga, Franklin, Nashville and other historical engagements f the South. He also accompanied Sherman's army in its advance to the coast, and although his service was continuous and. active, he was never in the hospital and never failed to report for duty for a single day during the entire period of his service. He received his honorable discharge at Nashville, Tennessee, and at once returned to Kinsman and resumed his duties as a farmer and private citizen. He now has a fine farm of one hundred and thirty acres, which he cultivates, as well as being identified with the management of several enterprises of a financial and mercantile nature. He is one f the directors of the Kinsman Banking Company and is also a large stockholder in the Wallace Davis Store Company. Mr. Gillis' remarkable war record has made him a welcome member f the G. A. R. and he has always taken a leading part in its fraternal work. He is now identified with Post No. 150 and has filled all f the chairs in that organization. He has always voted. the Republican ticket, his fidelity to that party antedating even the war. DAVID DUCOTA, whose farm home is situated within the confines of Vienna township in Trumbull county, was born near the city of Paris, France, July 17, 1849, and in that country also his parents, Frank and Tudoe (Jones) Ducota, were born, lived and died, the father dying in 1871 and the mother in 1880. In their family were but two children, David and his sister Mary. David Ducota attended school in France and gained a fair education in the French language, but he could not speak a word f English correctly vol. II-17 256 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY when he arrived on American shores. He had been reared. to farm life and continued to follow agricultural pursuits in his native land until he was thirty-two years of age. With visions f the new world before him he then came to the United States, as do many of the liberty-loving and progressive people of other countries, and locating first at Girard, Ohio, he was employed in the Churchill mines near that city for about ten years. Going then to Vienna he purchased a home there but after five years left that city to work in the McCartney mines. In 1893 he sold his house and lot in Vienna and purchased the fifty-two and one-half acre farm where he now lives. He follows a general line of fanning and markets his produce at Youngstown. When Mr. Ducota came to Ohio his sister was residing here, but she returned to France soon afterward, and he has never seen her since that time. On lauding in. this country be had a capital of forty dollars, and all that he now possesses he has made by dint of his own industry, assisted by none save his good wife. He was happily married November 11, 1873, to Liddie Peggie, who was born in France, near Paris, April 15, 1852, a daughter of Frank and Geneve Peggie, who were born and who died in that country. The children born of this union are: Guss, who married Lizzie Stumph, by whom he has two children, John and Hazel, and the family reside on the home farm; Martha, deceased ; Marie, who married Thomas James, a farmer in Liberty township, Trumbull county, and they have one child, Floyd.; and Harmon, Joseph and Anna, all at home with their parents. kr. Ducota is a devout Roman Catholic, and in politics is an independent voter, supporting the men whom be thinks will best represent the masses. He is a notable example of what is offered in free America to one who comes from a far away foreign land and has the desire and determination to accomplish something for himself in life. E. M. NORTON, who is so well known as an extensive agriculturist and stockman, is a native f that portion of Trumbull county known as Vienna township, born there January 28, 1862, a son of Merritt and Dieodymy (Cratsley) Norton. The father died in 1898 and the mother January 7, 1874. E. M. Norton attended school at Tyrrell Hill, Vienna township, and there gained a fair common school education. He started out in life's race, in 1882, with one hundred dollars which he had earned himself, together with twenty dollars more given him by his father. With this money he purchased the first horse he ever owned, and he expects to keep her as long as she lives. It was about. 1884 when he, in company with his brother Luther and C. A. Pierson, leased a lot f land situated in the northeast part of Vienna township, on which they drilled for coal and were successful in striking a paying vein, which they leased to Evan Morris, of Youngstown. Mr. Norton then formed a partnership with S. W. Dray, in HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 257 the lumber business, which continued for two years, when he engaged in farming. He purchased forty-seven acres f land where he now resides. Later he bought the interests f the heirs to the old homestead of ninety-five acres. This land he operates as a farm and ably conducts with resulting profit. He carries on general farming and uses. the old home place as pasture land and meadow. In 1908 he added fifty-two acres to his home farm. He deals extensively in cattle; having on hand, at this writing, twenty fine "feeders" and some stock cattle. Mr. Norton is a member of the Grange, and at present is its master, having been such since the organization, excepting two years. He is also very fond of game and hunting sports, and takes time each year to wend his way to the woods of Wisconsin, and also Michigan and West Virginia, where he bunts for big game. To date, 1908, he has succeeded in bringing down fifty-two deer. He also has the pelt f a very large prairie wolf, which he killed in 1906. In his religious belief Mr. Norton is of the Methodist Episcopal faith, while in his political views he favors the principles f the Republican party. He has served as trustee of his township for six years; also has been a member of the school board. November 20, 1890, Mr. Norton was happily united in marriage to Miss Cora B. Williams, who was born in Vienna township, August 31, 1879, a daughter of Sidney and Eliza (Hake) Williams. The father was born in Vienna township and the mother in Howland township. (See their sketch.) In the Williams family there were nine children, four of whom are living: Edson, residing in Ashtabula county, Ohio, a farmer; Lina, wife of C. Lamson, of the above county ; Allie, of Tyrrell, Ohio, a construction foreman on. the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway; and Cora B. (Mrs. Norton). One child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Anna May. SIDNEY HARRIS WILLIAMS was born on the farm on which he now resides, sixty-three years ago, the date of his birth being February 8, 1845. He is the son of William D. and Delia (Nichols) Williams. His father was a native of Vienna township, born April 6, 1819, and the mother was born February 10, 1820, in the same locality. The paternal grandfather went from Connecticut to Ohio at an early day. He settled in this township on a farm which was then in the wilderness and great forest. He was among, if not the first, to locate here. His life ever afterward was spent in farming on the tract of land which he improved. He died prior to the Civil war period and his wife some years later. The father of Sidney H. Williams began life for himself about 1842, or perhaps a year later, when he moved to the farm where now resides his son, Sidney H., and there he continued to live until his death, October 15, 1883. His wife died November 16, 1900. Sidney H. Williams gained his education at the school known as the Munson school. He continued to 258 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY reside at home with his parents until twenty years of age, then rented land a year in this township for about four seasons. At the end of the last named period he bought a farm where E. M. Norton now lives, and there he resided from 1873 to 1890, then sold and went to the old home-stead of one hundred acres, where he now lives. Besides carrying on his extensive farming operations, he has owned and operated a threshing machine outfit for more than a quarter f a century. He has also spent some time in coal prospecting. Having accumulated considerable valuable property, and performed much hard labor he expects to partially retire and enjoy the fruits of his labor. Politically Mr. Williams is a Republican and interested in the welfare of his county, state and nation. He was united in marriage December 1866, to Eliza Hake, born in Howland township in 1846, a. daughter of' George and Katherine (Hartman) Hake, both of whom were natives of York, Pennsylvania, and who went to Ohio about Civil war days. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams: Louis C., born December 6, 1868, a. farmer of this township, married Amelia Brunswick; Cora B., wife of E. M. Norton (see his sketch) ; Grace D., wife of Guy Mathews, residing in Liberty township, a school teacher, also the owner of a small farm; Ida, wife of James Waterman, a brick mason, residing in Niles, Ohio; Edith, wife f George Stein, engaged in the ice business residing at Niles. Mrs. Eliza (Hake) Williams died in March, 1888. For his second wife he married July 4, 1890, Mrs. Edith Thompson, widow of William Thompson. She was the daughter of Hillman Tidd, a brother of A. A. Tidd (see his family sketch). By this union there is no issue. STEPHEN A. BURNETTE, who is numbered among the thrifty- farmers and stock raisers, of that goodly portion of Trumbull county, bounded by the limits of the subdivision known as Vienna township, was born August 19, 1858, just north from the village of Vienna Center, a son of Hiram and Martha (Ames) Burnette. He is one f the following children: Stephen A., f this memoir; Ralph N., residing at Orangeville, Ohio, a carpenter ; Nettie, wife f Plumb Tyrrell, residing near 'Warren, farmers; Mary, wife of Franz Turner, residing at Brazil, Indiana, a miner by occupation; Ivan, on the old homestead; Ada, unmarried, residing with her father. The mother died in February, 1901. Of the Tyrrell family, there were three children—Menville, deceased; Plumb, residing near Warren; Jerusha, the wife of Mr. Burnette being the youngest: Mr. Burnette attended school at Vienna township district schools. He remained at home practically all the time until he was married, then leased a farm in Vienna township for one year and continued as a land renter about six years. He then was an engineer in a coal mine f Trumbull county for about four years, after which he engaged in the huxter business, continuing in that about eight years, when he moved to his present farm, consisting of sixty-seven acres, upon which he does general farming. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Bur- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 259 nette is a Republican, of the independent type—voting for the best man regardless f party lines. Among the local positions held may be named those of school director and supervisor. He was married December 16, 1880, to Jerusha Tyrrell, born in Fowler township, May 15, 1863, a daughter of Amariah and Saphrona (Beecher) Tyrrell, who were married in 1851. Her mother was born in Vienna township and the father in Fowler township. The date of the father's birth was July 29, 1832, and the mother was born June 29, 1832. The paternal grandfather, Manville Tyrrell, was also a native of Fowler township. His parents came from Connecticut and were early-day settlers, locating at Tyrrell Hill, Fowler township, and were farmers. The grandfather used to cut cord wood at a shilling a cord, but later became the owner f a large dairy farm, having purchased this after his marriage. He paid six dollars an acre. On this place he remained until his death in 1889. Amariah Tyrrell having been married at the age of eighteen years, remained at home, two years after marriage then resided On a farm Of his father's for twelve years. He was also a teamster for some time, and rented a three hundred acre farm in Howland township, on which he lived for six years, then bought a farm f twelve acres and a half, in Vienna township, remaining there thirty-four years, his death occurring there, June 13, 1907, his wife dying January 19, 1898. They are the parents of two children : Todd A., born August 3, 1884, unmarried, residing with his parents; Sadie, born October 15, 1888, wife f Edward Chilson, residing in Vienna township, farmers and the parents of one child—Roy, born October 3, 1907. JOHN H. NORLING, of Vienna township, whose farm home is on rural free delivery route No. 5, out from Warren, Ohio, is a native of Sweden, born November 30, 1851, a son f John and Margaret (Willman) Norling, both of whom were natives of Sweden. The father was born in 1826 and the mother in August, 1823. By occupation, the father was a miner and died May 8, 1876. The mother passed away in the autumn of 1892. Up to the time Mr. Norling was twenty years f age, he remained at home with his parents, in that far away and most beautiful of northern European countries—Sweden. He followed mining for his livelihood. In 1882 he sailed for America, landing at New York harbor, July 27, and thence came on direct to Youngstown, and -went to work in a blast furnace, remaining in that employment four and a half years. He then worked at the same line f work at Niles, Ohio, thirteen years longer, after which he purchased a farm f One hundred and thirty-five acres, upon which he now resides. Here he has made many substantial improvements and does a prosperous general farming business, coupled with stock business, in-cluding the raising f Jersey cattle. His present stock of such valuable animals is eighteen head. In his religion, Mr. Norling is f the Baptist faith. In politics, he 260 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY is favorable to the principles of the Republican party. June 23, 1876, he was married to Ida Louisa Linguist, a native of Sweden, born to Louis and Mary Albertena (Anderson) Linguist. Her father and mother never came to this country; they were farmers. The. mother died in 1907 on November 4th. The date of the father's death was June 15, 1868. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Norling were as follows: Helen Augusta, born October 21, 1877, married Aaron Johnson and they reside in Youngstown, Ohio; Charles Ameil, born January 26, 1880, married Senie Allen, and they reside in Girard, where he is employed in a grocery store; Victor, born October, 1882, died November 30, 1903; Esther, born April 8, 1887, at home, unmarried ; Ida., born April 8, 1891; Agnes, born April 16, 1893; John, born September 4, 1896; Elmer, born January 15, 1898. ALLISON H. MACKEY, whose farm home is situated within the bounds of Vienna township, Trumbull county, was born February 18, 1833, on the farm upon which he now resides, a son f Andrew and Jane (Scott) Mackey. Of his parentage it may be said that his father was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, about 1779, and the mother was born in Chester county, of that state, in 1792. The grandparents, both paternal and maternal, came from -Ireland and first settled in Pennsylvania, but subsequently went to Ohio in 1805. The grandfather Andrew, located about one mile south from Vienna in 1810. Later he sold and settled on the farm now occupied by Allison H. The grandfather died here, October 20, 1820, and the grandmother in September, 1817. Andrew, the father, continued to live on the home farm until his death. His farm consisted f eighty- acres as a homestead, originally, but to which he added until at his death he owned three hundred acres. The year f his death was 1859, and his wife died in 1875. This couple had seven children; Allison H., of this notice, being the youngest f the family. Mr. Mackey is unmarried. and his niece (a daughter f his brother James), is a trained nurse and looks after the household duties for him, as he spends his winters in the south and west, in Colorado, Idaho and California. In political views, Mr. Mackey is in accord with the teachings of the Republican party, but has never aspired to office. Mr. Mackey remained with his parents until their death, since which time he has occupied the old homestead, to which he has added some of the improve-ments, the major part, however, were made by his father. The place is now cut down to one hundred acres, the balance having been sold off, because f the perpetual annoyance f securing proper help to operate the place. At one time Mr. Mackey raised much corn and wheat on his farm. WILLIAM S. WILSON', a farmer residing in, and cultivating the soil f Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born September 23, 1856, in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, a son of Albert and Lydia (Crow) Wilson. His father was born January 20, 1819. The mother died March HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 261 18, 1888, aged sixty-five years and ten months. The paternal grandfather was of Irish descent, probably born in Pennsylvania, and the grandmother was a native of Pennsylvania. They were farmers and spent the latter part of their lives in Pennsylvania where they died. Albert Wilson, the father, was a stone mason by trade and owned a farm, which he worked in connection with his trade until his death in 1897. His children were : Zeneste, now Mrs. Barge, of New Castle, Pennsylvania; James, deceased; John, a plasterer of Youngstown; Lizzie, now Mrs. Moore, on a farm in Venango county; William S., f this memoir; Maggie, Mrs. Langford, whose husband works in the iron mills at New Castle, Pennsylvania; Charles, f Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a plasterer; Homer, of Youngstown, a plasterer, who lately went to Texas, and two daughters who died in infancy. William S. Wilson attended the district school in Lawrence. county, Pennsylvania, and remained with his parents until thirteen years of age. He worked as a farm hand in Pennsylvania for one year, then returned home and was employed on his father's farm and also leased land which he cultivated. When about twenty-five years he learned the plastering trade, at Youngstown, Ohio, to which place he went in 1883. The next twenty-one years he followed his trade in that city, doing contract work chiefly. Upon leaving Youngstown he disposed f his property and purchased ninety-one acres of the land, upon which he now lives. Here he carries on general farming and stock raising in a highly successful manner. Politically, Mr. Wilson is a Republican, but has never cared for political preferment. He belongs to the Odd Fellows lodge at Youngstown, Ohio. Mr. Wilson was married August 26, 1881, to Emma S. Vaughn, born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1863, a daughter f Jacob M. and Eunice (Streght) Vaughn, both natives of Mercer county. The father was born .January 20, 1819, and the mother August 26, 1820. The father was of Scotch and the mother of German extraction. By trade, the father was a miller and followed this in Mercer county for many years, but later removed to Ohio, near Akron, where he engaged in the same business, con-tinuing until his death, September 10, 1890. The mother died January 29, 1904. In the Vaughn family there were five children, all living: Sula, Mrs. Corbin, residing at Bath, Ohio; Mollie, now Mrs. Free, residing in Indianapolis, her husband being in the novelty works; John, residing in Crawford county, Pennsylvania; James, of Allegheny, a farmer; Emma S., now Mrs. Wilson, who is the youngest in the family. The home circle of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson has been blessed by the following children : Grace, born April 23, 1883, wife of Sidney G. Simons, of Youngstown, a painter and decorator; Edward F., born February 23, 1885, married Florence Damey, of Youngstown, and resides in Cleveland, a plumber by trade; Maud, born September 25, 1887, unmarried, residing at home ; Mary Etta, born June 23, 1889 ; Ivan Vaughn, born September 5, 1891, died December 3, 1891; W. Scott, born October 26, 1892; Leolla F., born December 28, 1894; Elsie A., born January 1, 1899 ; Wallace M., born 262 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY August 31, 1900, died June 5, 1906; Effie E., born October 3, 1902; Harold G., born May 29, 1906. This family are all at home except the two eldest. WILLIAM H. COMSTOCK, the independent owner of a fine sixty-acre farm in Vienna township, Trumbull county, has been an iron and steel worker much f his life, having only recently taken up agriculture for his livelihood. He was 'born January 31. 1871, a son f Jasper B. and Emma (Horner) Comstock, and is a descendant f old Sir Francis Drake f Eng-land. The father was born in Mercer county, April, 1839, and the mother November 10, 1848, at Greenville, Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Cephas Comstock, was a native of England, who came to America when a young man, locating near Mercer. The farm he occupied is still called the Comstock farm. He and his good wife both lived and died there. The mother was a doctor and raised her own herbs, from which she prepared her own remedies. This worthy couple reared nine children, seven sons and two daughters. The seven sons all served in the Union army at the time f the Civil war. The father f William H. was a teamster, which occu-pation he commenced at the close f the war. He married and located at Greenville, where he followed teaming and contracting until his death in 1883. He was educated for a veterinary surgeon, but practiced his profession but little. At the commencement of the Rebellion, he enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment and served faithfully for three years and three months. He had a brother Jason, who was taken prisoner three times. William H. Comstock's mother married a man named A. D. Walker, who is now dead. She still lives at a good old age, and is head cook at the General Fireproofing Company at Youngstown, Ohio. William H. Comstock began life for himself at the age f twelve years, at the date f his father's death, when he went to work in an iron rolling mill. His education was f necessity limited on account of the early death of his father. He followed iron working until about 1895, then went into the steel works at Youngstown, where he worked until 1907, then bought sixty acres of excellent farm land, upon which he now resides. His last position in the iron works was that f a "heater." In the steel works, he was a "vesselman." He holds a record of one hundred and five heats in eight hours, which is the highest known record for such workmanship. This means the handling of eleven hundred and sixty-eight tons of steel. Only by hard labor has this worthy man been enabled to climb -to the top in his profession, as he has never received aid from others. Politically, he votes an independent ticket. Mr. Comstock was married December 27, 1890, to Miss Anna Evans, daughter f John and Mary Ann (Pritchard) Evans, born August 27, 1871. The parents were born at Chestnut Ridge, Trumbull county, Ohio, near Hubbard. The grandparents on both sides emigrated to this country, from Wales. The grandmother, Evans, still resides at Chestnut Ridge. The father became a licensed coal miner when a young man and still follows it. The mother died in 1906. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 263 To Mr. and Mrs. Comstock have been born two children: Harry D., born November 18, 1892, and Edna M., born August 31, 1896. Willie, an adopted child, from the Children's Home, at Warren, was born June 24, 1902. H. L. BURNHAM.—The late H. L. Burnham was one of the successful farmers f Kinsman township and known for many years as an ardent and influential supporter f temperance in all its forms. He not only abhorred liquor and fought continuously against its terrible effects on the community, but even refused to use tObacco in any form throughout his life. His exam-ple had a great effect upon the community, not only because of his fine moral character, but because f his long residence in the county, dying as he did. upon the homestead f his birth. His widow now occupies the old home farm hallowed by the memory and Christian life f the deceased. Mr. Burnham was born June 8, 1839, son of Jedediah and Sophia (Bidwell) Burnham, both pioneers f Trumbull county. He received the bulk of his education in the neighborhood, although he enjoyed a short term in college. His life was spent upon the farm and in the conduct of agricultural matters and at his death he was the proprietor of an estate of three hundred and thirty acres. The effective support which he gave to temperance was not his only signal work in the cause of morality. From his early youth he was actively connected with the local charities and religious work of the Presbyterian church and he was not only energetic and active in furthering this work, but his advice was constantly sought and highly valued on all matters connected with the development f the church. He was also a member f the local post of the G. A. R., his membership being the reward of one hundred days' service as captain in command of Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At his death, December 23, 1903, he held the position f president of the Kinsman National Bank and was esteemed a leading citizen in material, moral and religious activities. On January 30, 1868, Mr. Burnham wedded Miss Marjorie Birrell, daughter of George and Nancy (Bouthrone) Birrell, both parents being natives of Scotland, from whence they came directly to Trumbull county in the early days of its history. Mrs. Burnham was born in Gustavus township, this county, September 19, 1841, and has resided within its limits her entire life, forty years of which have been spent in the house where her husband was born. Their three children are as follows: Andrew B., residing at Butte, Montana; Frank L., who lives in Ashtabula, Ohio, and Dr. Marjorie B. Burnham, who resides with her mother. The widow has the general supervision of the fine estates of three hundred and thirty acres, the farm being rented to tenants. ARTEMUS A. TIDD has spent many years of his life within the borders of Trumbull county, Ohio, and bears a name that is honored wherever known. His father was James Tidd, a native of New Jersey, and a potter 264 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY by trade. During his early manhood he went to Pennsylvania., and was there married to Sarah Allen, a native daughter f -that state, and shortly afterward they went to Ohio. 'They were pioneers in that state, and there the husband worked at the potter's trade, first at Salt Springs for two years and then at Holland Corners. During many years he was engaged in the manufacture of what was known at that time as "red ware.' Removing in later life to Niles in Trumbull county, he spent the remainder of his life there, surviving his wife for two years. Artemus A. Tidd, their son, and during many years a well known agriculturist in Vienna township, Trumbull county, was born in Deerfield, Portage county, Ohio, August 5, 1834. His educational training was received in the schools of Holland Corners and in the Vienna district schools, and remaining under the parental roof until reaching his twenty-second year he then began farming on his mother-in-law's farm. After five years there he purchased twenty acres adjoining that place, and there he lived and labored for twenty-five years. It was at the close f that period that he became heir to forty-one acres of his father-in-law's estate, and in 1885 he erected thereon the splendid residence in which he now resides. He has followed general farming, and at one time made a specialty of the raising of berries and other small fruits. On account of rheumatism he is not now able to perform heavy work, but continues the management of his estate. Mr. Tidd was married on February 21, 1856, to Sarah A. Wilmot, born on the farm on which she now- resides in Vienna township, Trumbull county. Her parents, Ransom and Hannah (Plumb) Wilmot, were born in Waterbury, Connecticut, but in 1802 they drove through to the west in an ex cart and located at William's Corners, Fowler township, Trumbull county, but after a year they continued their journey to Vienna township and located on land then in the dense wilderness. Their names are thus enrolled among the earliest of the pioneers f Trumbull county, where they lived and labored as did so many of the first hardy settlers of the now goodly Buckeye state, the father passing to his final reward in 1848, and his wife many years afterward. in about 1870. The following children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Tidd : George E., the eldest, born February 21, 1859, married Mary Whitten, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, January 2, 1861. Her father was a native of Ohio, born in October, 1830, but her mother was from Pennsylvania, born April 21, 1834, and both are now deceased. The children of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Tidd are eight in number : Sadie, born December 19, 1885, and now the wife of John T. Forest, a hotel proprietor in Douglas, Wyoming; Serena, born July 19, 1887, became the wife of David S. Logie and resides in Vienna. township; Clarence, born July 25, 1890, is at home with his parents; Carlton, born in February, 1894 ; Howard, February 21, 1897; Robert, January 10, 1899; Charles, November 17, 1902, and Paul, July 18, 1903, are also at home with their parents. Addie, the second child f Mr. and Mrs. Artemus A. Tidd, was born on the 22d f October, 1362, and was first married. to Charles Whetten, by whom. she had one child, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 265 Ernest, born June 20, 1886. By her second marriage there is no issue. The third born was Ranson, who was horn January 23, 1866, and died in June, 1880. Florence, born April 23, 1876, married Leslie Sheldon, a farmer, and they have five children, Lawrence, Herman, Charles, Marie and Harold. Rubie, born in April, 1877, died March 2, 1880. Through his son, George E., Mr. Tidd is the great-grandfather f three children. Artemus A. Tidd is a Republican in politics, and for five years he has served in the office f supervisor. Both he and his wife are grandchildren f Revolutionary heroes, and he is a member of the Presbyterian church. ELMER A. LEWIS, who is a retired farmer living on his farm in Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Fowler township, December 20, 1850, a son of Abraham and Lucia (Vahn) Lewis, both of whom were natives f Trumbull county. The father was born in 1817 and the mother in 1824. The paternal grandfather, Abraham Lewis, was a native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and among the early settlers in this township. He located on a farm, and there cultivated the soil until his death. Abraham Lewis remained at home until he had nearly reached his majority, then engaged in business at Youngstown, Ohio, doing a machine business for about two years, when he went onto a farm in Fowler township. Here he remained for the long period f sixty years, then sold and moved to Vienna township. Subsequently, he moved to Brookfield township and there he died—about 1900.- His • wife died in 1905; she was then residing near Warren. Elmer A. Lewis remained at home with his parents until twenty-one years of age, working on the farm on shares for about four years, after which he removed to a thirty-three acre farm, where he now resides, which was given his wife at the death f her father. To this they have added about as much more land, and here Mr. Lewis carries on general farming. He has been in ill health for several years and does not attempt to do hard manual labor. His two youngest sons carry on the farm, under their father's management. In his political views, Mr. Lewis is a Republican. He was united in marriage, October 4, 1875, to Hellen Boys, born in Liberty township, January 9, 1854, a daughter of Hiram G. and Elsie (Wellman) Boys. The father was born in Liberty township in 1827 and the mother in Vienna township in 1834. He was f Irish descent, and an early settler in this township, following farming for a livelihood. He died in Vienna township. He married at the age of twenty-one years, and moved to the Perkins farm in Howland township, where he resided until the death f his wife, after which sad event he engaged in the butchering business for a year or so. He then married again and went into the hotel business in Sharon, Pennsylvania, continuing there for four years, when. he went to Youngstown, Ohio, and followed the same business two years longer. He next moved to a farm in Liberty township, where he farmed successfully for about eight years, after which he engaged in teaming and transfer work, 266 - HISTORY OF. TRUMBULL COUNTY at Youngstown, Ohio, where he was killed by a passing train, about one year later. To Mr. and. Mrs. Lewis were born nine children : Elsie L., born June 9, 1876, married A. W. Ferry, residing at Phalanx, Ohio Fred, born June 6, 1880, married Grace Burlingame, and is engaged in 'the grocery trade at Warren, Ohio ; Mina Olera, born January 16, 1884, wife of Jess Williams, residing in Vienna and he is engaged there in the saw mill business and is a mechanic; Mary Susan, born April 6, 1885, wife f Floyd Ward, residing in Warren, a machinist by trade; Katherine, born August 22, 1886, un-married and resides at Dixmont, Pennsylvania; Ruth Helen and Roy (twins) ; Hiram. G. born March 28, .1892, at home. Edna, the second born in this family, was 'born in 1879 and died in 1890. DR. JEREMIAH HAWLEY LEAMING, a representative f the medical profession at the village f Vienna, Ohio, was born February 27, 1869, a son f Henry and Abigail (Beecher) Leaming. The mother was born in Vienna township in 1838 and the father in Hartford in 1829. The paternal grandfather was Isaac and the grandmother Elizabeth (Tucker) Leaming. He came from Massachusetts to Ohio, about 1818, locating in Hartford and becoming a farmer. At an early day he was a distiller. He spent the end f his days on the farm near Hartford. Henry Leaming remained on the farm as long as he was able to perform active duty in such work ; he still owns the property, but leases it. He now resides with his daughter, Mrs. James Stewart, in Hartford. The wife and mother, Abigail (Beecher) Leaming, laid down life's burdens in 1900. Dr. Jeremiah Hawley Leaming is one f two children born to his parents—Julia, wife f James Stewart, being his sister and the eldest f the two children. Dr. Leaming attended school near Hartford, and later at Hartford Center, graduating from New Lima in 1891. He was admitted to the Mahoning county bar in 1893. He had entered the law office of Congressman James Kennedy, at Youngstown, with whom he remained two years as a clerk and also did collecting for others. Having changed his plan and deciding to enter the medical profession, he entered the Cleveland Medical College at Cleveland, graduated in 1898 and practiced four years at Niles, Ohio, then sold out and located at Vienna, his present home. Politically, Dr. Learning is an independent Republican, and in church faith, holds to that of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. In fraternal in-terests he is associated with the Masonic and -Maccabees orders, being the examining physician for the latter society. April 23, 1903, he was united in marriage to Emma Cutler, of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, born February 17, 1875, a daughter of John and Esther (Hedges) Cutler. The parents came from England early in the seventies, locating in Sharpsville. The father was a carpenter, but after losing an arm, by accident, he engaged in gardening, which he has ever since followed. The wife and mother died December 14, 1897. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 267 DANIEL M. HORNER, who is one f the more recent settlers of Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native f Mt. Pleasant township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, born near the town of Mt. Pleasant, October 2, 1853, a son of Samuel and Anna (Mohler) Horner, both of whom were natives of Somerset county, Pennsylvania. The father was born in 1803 and the mother in 1822. The grandfather, Jacob Horner, was born east of the mountains in Pennsylvania and came to Westmoreland county at a very early day, continuing to reside on his farm until his death. The maternal grandfather, William Mohler, was a native of Switzerland and came to America, locating at Myersdale, Pennsylvania. He was by occupation a distiller and followed it for the Myers Bros. f Myersdale for several years, and indeed up to the date of his death. Samuel Horner, the father, became a land owner in Pennsylvania, not far from the old homestead, where he operated a farm up to 1870, then retired, keeping a portion of his farm upon which he resided until overtaken by death, August 13, 1885. His wife died December 23, 1897. Daniel M. Horner was the youngest of two children born to his father, by a second marriage. He obtained his education at the schools of Westmoreland county, where Tarr station now stands, on the electric line, between Mt. Pleasant and Greensburg. When twenty years of age Mr. Horner set out in the world to make for himself a place among his fellowmen. The first six years he farmed on his father's land, then moved to Wood county, Ohio, and there purchased forty acres f land. After living there one year his first wife died, after which he exchanged his farm for a larger tract of land, which later he sold and went back to Pennsylvania and farmed there a year. He then embarked in the shoe business at Bloomdale, Ohio, continued one year, then sold out and again went to Pennsylvania and worked on the farm another year for his father. The following two years he was variously engaged, but unsettled. He then married again and continued to farm on his father's lands until after the latter's death. Mr. Horner then remained on the homestead with his mother until the spring of 1890, when he engaged in the lumber business in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, making his home at Scotdale until 1900, when he went to Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and purchased a fifty acre farm, upon which he remained until 1906, then sold and again moved to Westmoreland county. He resided there about one year, then removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, settling in Vienna township in the month of November, 1907, on a farm of a fraction less than one hundred acres, which land he had bought in 1906, and where he expects to remain permanently. Here he follows general farming and dairying and expects to make a specialty of the milk business. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his wife. Politically, Mr. Horner is in accord with the principles of the Republican party, but has never sought or held local office. He was united in marriage, first on May 18, 1872, to Esther Louisa Tarr, born in Bethany township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, May, 1855, a daughter f Daniel B. and Hester Tarr, both natives of Westmoreland county. The father was a manufacturer f earthenware, also a cooper 268 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY by trade, and followed these two occupations until he became disabled. He served three years as a soldier in the Union cause, during the Civil war and drove the headquarters' wagon. After the close f the war he followed his trade several years. He died at the Soldier's Home in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the winter of 1893, sometime during the month of February. His wife died in August, 1889, at. her old home in Bethany. By this union two children were born: William Wellington, born March 2, 1877, married Ida Koser of Fayette county; whose two children are William and Ruth; Anna May, wife of Bert Mauck, residing near Warren on a farm, is the mother of four children—Blanch, born in December, 1896; Grace, in January, 1898; Maud and Mabel (twins), born in December, 1904. Mrs. Horner died January 31, 1878, and for his second wife Mr. Horner married Anna Belle Schaffer, born at Laurel Run, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, January 16, 1862, a daughter of Peter and Maggie (Nicholson) Schaffer. The mother was born in Fayette county, as was also the father, and the maternal grandparents resided in Fayette county all of their lives. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Horner were born twelve children : One child died in infancy; Harry Akin, born February 8, 1883, is employed by the Warren & Niles Telephone Company; Lillian, born October 24, 1885, at home; Margaret, born November 25, 1887, at home; Amelia, born No-vember 24, 1889; Ethel, born April 6, 1891, at home; one who died in infancy ; Roy Samuel, born January 17, 1894, at home; Russell, born June 23, 1898; another who died in infancy; Idessa D., born November 25, 1902; one who died in infancy. O. B. HASSON, a farmer of Vienna township, Trumbull county, is a native f Venango county, Pennsylvania, born September 22, 1855, a. son of John and Clara (Wright) Hasson. His father was born in Venango about 1825 and the mother in New York state, some years later ; she died at the age of thirty-four years in 1869. The grandfather, John Lindsay Hasson, was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Venango county when a small boy. BHe served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and later became a farmer in Venango county, continuing until his death. His son purchased the old homestead farm and there he resided until his death, July 6, 1898. The grandmother's name on the maternal side was Duffield. She was of Irish descent and died on the old homestead in Pennsylvania. O. B. Hasson attended school at Canal two terms and remained at home with his people until twenty-one years of age, then learned the trade of making iron suckers at Bradford, Pennsylvania, and was variously employed by others until twenty-seven years old, at which time he married and commenced farming in Vienna. township, continuing on a farm north of the center until 1903, when he sold there and bought fifty acres of land where he now resides. In 1.900 Mr. Hasson went to the famous Klondyke gold mining district and followed mining. He was on the dividing moun- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 269 tain between the Behring sea and the Arctic ocean and washed out gold on the beach. He now possesses a ring which he had fashioned from gold taken from his last day's "wash" while mining there. He was more fortunate at milling than many another man who went to that far away country in search of gold. His mining partner and himself had a death escape from freezing to death and would not have returned so soon but for sickness. He was among icebergs seventeen days, and did not see water in that time, these icebergs being as high as thirty feet above the water level and the ice itself thirty feet thick. The winter he came back from mining he remained in Youngstown all winter. In the spring he returned to his farm, which he sold later and moved to the place he now occupies, and where he does general farming and raises considerable stock. Mr. Hasson was married December 26, 1883, to Mrs. Kate Andrews, born in Vienna. township, this county, March 20, 1853, a daughter of Gad and Lucy (Rogers) Andrews, both born in Vienna township, be on April 22, 1822., and the mother October 24, 1831. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Hasson were natives of Connecticut and died of yellow fever whether father was but six years of age. Their deaths occurred on the Ohio river and Mrs. Hasson's father was the only survivor of the family. He was a farmer, though he did not conduct his farm himself, but drove cattle to the eastern markets for many years, continuing until death, which occurred October 6, 1877. His wife died January 21, 1892. The grandfather, Joseph Rogers, was also from Connecticut and came to Ohio when yet a young man. He was a. tanner and shoemaker by trade and at first located where now. stands the city of Youngstown. He spent a short time there and went to Vienna, where he followed his trade until his marriage, then kept a hotel several years, but later became a farmer. Becoming blind, he resided with his son the latter years of his life, living to the advanced age of ninety-four years. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Hasson have no children. Previous to her marriage to Mr. Hasson his wife had been married to Frank Andrews on August 5, 1873. By this union there was one child, Daisy, born March 1, 1875; she married George McCrum and they reside in Kansas City and have one child, Donna, born December 17, 1893. February 12, 1908, Mr. Hasson graduated as a veterinary dentist from the Veterinary College at Detroit., Michigan, and this profession he expects to follow hereafter. He is in the true sense of the term a "self-made man." Politically, he is a Republican. The only order to which he belongs is the Maccabees, at Vienna. He is a member of the Baptist church. OVID ORR WILSON, one of the thrifty farmers who pays special attention to sheep raising, and whose beautiful frm-home is within the bounds of Bazetta township, Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native of the township in which he still resides, born there October 24, 1852. He is the son of James G. and Olive (King) Wilson. The father was born August 16, 1800, in Springfield, Vermont, and died 1884. The mother was born in 270 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY 1816, in Howland township, Trumbull county, and died in March, 1900. James G. Wilson went from Vermont to Canada with his parents during the time f the war f 1812, but subsequently came back to New York. He then went to Pennsylvania, remained a short time, and went on to Ohio, arriving in that state in 1821. He made another short sojourn in Penn-sylvania and located then in Howland township, where he purchased a farm. Shortly thereafter he disposed of that place and bought in Bazetta township, where he purchased land in the big woods, amounting to seventy-five acres. There he reared a log cabin and cleared up his land and added thereto., until he possessed two hundred acres. In his latter years he kept a herd f twenty-five cows and made his own cheese, which he placed. on the market. He was the father f seven children. By his first wife, Isabel] Stevens, he had one child, Ithiel Wilson, who died in the army during the Civil war. The others are: Amine, who died at the age f twenty-four years, leaving a husband, Byron Taylor, and two children; he now resides at Vienna; William W., f Bazetta township, married Mahala Starrier; James B., died when but one year f age; Samuel H., died aged fourteen years; Ovid O., f this sketch; Thomas K., died aged forty-four years, leaving a wife, whose maiden name was Julia Daugherty. Ovid O. Wilson, of this notice, was educated in the common schools and supplemented by one year at Cortland, Ohio. When twenty-two years f age he 'set out in life for himself, purchased a part of the old homestead, the remainder being given him by his father. He now owns one hundred and fifty acres, which he devotes largely to sheep raising. In 1899 he started a saw mill, which in 1905 he turned over to his son. Politically Mr. Wilson is a Republican. March 24, 1875, Mr. Wilson was married to Adell Gibson, born September 21, 1855, at Warren, Ohio, daughter of Uriah Perlin and Amanda (Dray) Gibson, both natives of Trumbull county. By trade her father was a plasterer and was born in Howland township, Trumbull county, January 24, 1829, and died October 17, 1898. The mother was born May 13, 1824, in Bazetta township and died July 22, 1887. Uriah P. was the son f James and Susan Gibson, natives f Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio at an early day. By this union five children were born : Charles H., bort April 8, 1876, unmarried and at home, now operating a saw and cider mill on his father's farm; Walter R., born April 8, 1878, in Warren, Ohio, a pattern maker, and married to Charity Taylor; James E., born June 5, 1880, residing in Howland township, first married Lucy McCleary, who is now deceased, leaving one child, Lucy, who is now with her grandfather; for his second wife James E. married Ella Cochran, by whom one child was born; Arthur J., born August 12, 1882, resides in Champion township, Trumbull county, married Ethel Saunders, and their issue is one child, Clarence; Alta May, born August 20, 1886, married Frank Allard, and resides in Warren, where he follows carpentering. Of the maternal side of Mr. Wilson's ancestry it may be stated that Olive King, the mother, was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Kennedy) King. Her father was born in Connecticut and accompanied his parents HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 271 to Ohio in 1798. He was the son f Barber and Irene (Scoville) King. Nancy (Kennedy') King was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and in 1814 came to Trumbull county, Ohio, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kennedy. They made the journey on foot and by wagons hauled the few goods they possessed. Nancy, being almost a woman grown at the time„ walked nearly all of the way, besides carrying her younger brother on her back. Samuel Kennedy was a native f Ireland. WILLIAM H. O. GOIST, farmer and stock raiser, in Liberty township, Trumbull county, who resides along the rural free delivery out from Girard, No. 1, is a native f the township and was born on the farm upon which he now resides, February 24, 1863. His father, Simon Goist, was born on a farm in Liberty township. The grandfather came to Trumbull county at an early day, having to chop his road through the country. His nearest postoffice was Enon Valley, Pennsylvania, where they had to go to do their trading, milling, etc. The great-grandfather was a soldier in the war f 1812. Simon Goist, the father, was married to Mary Ann Shively, in 1858. She was .the daughter f Daniel and Elizabeth (Crumm) Shively. Her people came from Washington county, Pennsylvania. She was reared and educated in Trumbull county, Ohio, attending the common schools. Simon Goist and wife had children as follows: Alice L., who married Thomas Story and now lives at Youngstown, Ohio; William H. O. f this notice; Loia F., who married 'W. C. Monson and now resides in Vienna township. The father, it may be added, was a Democrat in his politics and held numerous local positions..., including that of school director, which office he held several different terms. He was a member f the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Girard, Ohio. In church faith, he was f the Evangel-ical Association, and was superintendent and class-leader for many years and one f the most efficient the church ever had. He followed farming and lumbering for his livelihood, having a large saw mill and a planing mill on his farm where he did a large business, for thirty years, at the end f which time he retired. This was on account f advancing years, and not because he lacked further ambition. He died at the age f sixty-eight years. William H. O. Goist was born in a log house which stood on the site f his present spacious residence. He was educated at the public schools of the township in which he was born. OHe also has on hand fifty head f registered Jersey cattle and deals in registered Berkshire swine. He has exhibited his fine stock at the Ohio State Fairs, the West Virginia State Fair and at district and county fairs throughout the entire section of the state of Ohio, in which he lives. His stock has won prizes at the several state, dis-trict and county fairs. One season he was the heaviest winner at the Ohio State Fair. He also makes much fine butter, and one year his wife made Vol. II-18 272 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY five thousand two hundred pounds, all churned by hand. His farm comprises ninety-five acres, all under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Goist has shown himself competent to hold the office of director of the Trumbull County Fair for three years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Goist, are members f the Liberty Grange, No. 1557, at Church Hill. Politically, he is a Democrat, but prefers not to hold office. He was married to Effie A. Cover, daughter of J. Harvey and Mary (Haun) Cover, who lived at Niles, Ohio, and came from Mahoning county, where she was reared. Mr. and Mrs. Goist have three children: Phares W., now a member f Company B, Twenty-eighth Infantry, United States Army, and is doing service in Cuba ; Claude E. and Lida. May, who reside at home. In conclusion, it may be added that the Goist family dates back to Wurtemburg, Germany, and is descended from the royal family. In the fifteenth century the name Gayst was the family name; in 1605 it was changed to Geyet, also Geist; in 1667 to Geist, which was used until it was changed to Goist by William H. O. Goist's great-great-grandfather. Mr. Goist, of this narrative, has the coat-of-arms of this family dating back to the eleventh century, the same being a beautiful creation, as will readily be recognized. SEPTIMUS E. SCOVILLE, who is now a retired farmer and dairyman, residing in the beautiful little village f Vienna, Trumbull county, is a native f Brookfield township, this county, born October 15, 1852, a son of William Wheeler and Lovira (Alderman) Scoville. Both parents were born in Trumbull county, the father in 1820 and the mother in 1826, she dying at Sharon, Pennsylvania, in 1881. The grandfather, Merrill Scoville, a native f Connecticut, came at an early day to Ohio and was a prosperous agriculturist. He at first located in Howland township, but subsequently removed to Vienna township, where he finally died. William W. Scoville was born in Howland township and there reached his maturity. He was also a farmer and later moved to Brookfield township, where he died in 1853. The grandfather, Alderman, was born in Connecticut, and at an early day came west, driving an ox-cart through the wilderness. He located in Brookfield township and there purchased a good farm from the old Connecticut Land Company and there developed his place to one f beauty and excellence. In all, he possessed about four hundred acres f choice land. There he continued to reside and cultivate his broad acres until called by death about 1856. Septimus E. Scoville obtained his education chiefly at the schools of Brookfield township and Sharon, Pennsylvania, with two and a half years at Newton Falls. He remained with his mother until about nineteen years of age, then commenced the dairy business, in company with his uncle, Dexter Alderman. After sixteen years of successful operation in this line of industry he moved to Wichita, Kansas, and there in the golden HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 273 West engaged in farming and. dairying, remaining there eighteen years and three months, when he disposed f his western property and retraced his steps to Ohio, after having accumulated a six hundred and forty acre tract f land. -Upon his return to the state f his nativity he purchased a. neat residence--one f the best in the pretty village. Here he expects to spend the remainder f his years in quiet. He belongs to the order f Maccabees at Vicnna. In his political views he reserves the right of voting an independent Democratic ticket. At present he is a trustee and has served on the school board at various times. Both he and his estimable wife are members f the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Scoville was united in marriage September 24, 1879, to Ada Lesher, born at Greenville, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1857, a. daughter f Samuel and Amanda (Robinson) Lesher, both of whom were natives of Sheakleyville, Pennsylvania. The parents were Germans, who came from eastern Pennsylvania and are now deceased. The father was a. carriage builder and worked at Sharon until his death, in 1877. The mother died October, 1906, at Vienna, Ohio, where she was making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Scoville. JOB J. HOLLIDAY.—An industrious farmer and wool dealer, who owns considerable real estate, Job J. Holliday, of Vienna, Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born at what was then known as Doan's Corners, six miles east of Cleveland, December 10, 1827. His father died when he was but a mere babe. The mother's maiden name was Rebecca Doan, born in Cleveland. The maternal grandfather came from Connecticut and was by trade a blacksmith. He came west at a very early time and owned nearly all f what came to be known as East Cleveland. He continued to reside there until his death. On account of his father's early death, Mr. Holliday knows but little of his ancestry, which fact he greatly deplores. Job J. Holliday attended school at the block school house near the village of Vienna; also an academy at that place, which educational institution has long since been discontinued. Mr. Holliday went to Vienna. when about eight years f age, accompanied by his mother. She left him with a Mr. Rogers, with whom he lived until both Mr. Rogers and his wife were deceased. He then set forth alone to try the realities of life unaided by father's or guardian's hand. He purchased thirty-one acres of land, all within the village limits. To this he from time to time added, until he now owns a large tract; he also owns a residence and lot in Girard, besides a similar property in Warren, Ohio. He has retired from the farming and wool dealing business, and is enjoying the fruits of his labor. Though not a member of any denomination, he always attended the Presbyterian church, with which his wife is connected. Politically, Mr. Holliday is a supporter of the Republican party arid has served as a trustee of Vienna township. During the Civil war he was drafted into the Union cause, but by hiring a substitute he did not serve. Mr. Holliday is a 274 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY progressive citizen, and, believing in the wisdom of benevolent societies, long since became a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was united in marriage November 23, 1849, to Mary A. Woodford, born in Vienna, Ohio, February 12, 1828, a daughter of Amon and Nancy (Nelson) Woodford. Her father was born January 24, 1803, in Vienna village his parents coming from Connecticut about 1801, locating on a farm ;bout one mile south of the village, where he died. He was by occupation a farmer; and his death occurred at the close of the Civil war. The wife and mother was born in Liberty township, December 27, 1804; she died September 5, 1879. To Mr. and Mrs. Holliday were born two children: Ebenezer and Adell. AYLMER BAZEL MCCLEERY, one of the up-to-date farmers of Bazetta township, Trumbull county, noted of late years for his potato culture, was born March 17, 1853, in Bazetta township, a son f William and Rebecca A. (Hank) McCleery. The father was born June 26, 1824, in Liberty township, Trumbull county, and died August 19, 1895. The mother, born in Howland township, April 8, 1827, died December 25, 1906. William McCleery followed farming throughout 'his entire life. He owned a farm containing one hundred and ten acres. In his political views he, was a Republican. He was the son of William McCleery, Sr., and Margaret (Boles) McCleery, both natives f Ireland. They emigrated to America in 1819, being six weeks in crossing the Atlantic ocean. They landed at Philadelphia, remained there a short time, and then went on to the western part of Pennsylvania. There were several brothers who. came about the same time, and a part of the family located in Pennsylvania, but William, Sr., came on to Trumbull county!, Ohio, locating in Liberty township, where he established himself in the weaving business. After remaining there some time he moved to Bazetta township and there bought an eighty-acre farm, to which later he added and there spent the remnant f his days. He died April 15, 1846, aged sixty-three years, and his wife October 23, 1877, aged eighty-five years. William and Rebecca A. (Hank) McCleery were the parents f the following children: Aylmer Bazel, of this memoir; Amanda, born June 8, 1854, and died January 6, 1863; third child died in infancy; Laura and Lena (twins), born December 15, 1862; Laura resides at West Farming-ton, married Mr. Niram Hyde and they have five children: William, Amer, Altha, Anna and Albert. Lena resides in Bazetta township on the home place; she married Leonard Hyde and they are the parents f four children: Blanche, Winfred, Luther and Oscar. Aylmer B. McCleery was educated in the common schools and spent one year at the Academy at Cortland, also had the advantage of six terms at that most excellent educational institution—Hiram College. For twelve years Mr. McCleery taught school. He taught and farmed with his father up to 1883, when he' moved to the place he now owns, which contains one hundred and ten acres. For the last seven years he has paid special