300 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Hartland, Connecticut. Previous to his migration he followed the prfes-sion f teaching and surveying. In 1828 he built the first public house in the township, at the "Center," and was for many years postmaster and township clerk. As he located here in 1805, he shared all the privations incident to pioneer life, finding in his wife a noble and loving companion, who with rare ability seconded his every effort. Mrs. Sarah (Hyde) Jones, wife of Elam Jones, was born May 18, 1776, at Hartland, Connecticut, daughter of Uriah and Mehitable (Marvin) Hyde, formerly of Lyme, Connecticut. After a six weeks' trip from Barkhamstead, Connecticut, with her husband and baby daughter, Sarah Jones (afterwards Mrs. Jarvis Gates) arrived weary and perhaps homesick, on the 4th of July, 1805. Many years afterward she told her granddaughter, Miss Sarah P. Bushnell, that when they arrived at the center of the township all the men of the locality were celebrating Independence Day by clearing the forest from the green. Upon this the schoolhouse soon arose, and. in 1819 the church, which now stands as a reminder of the energy and perseverance of pioneer forefathers and mothers. This church is one of the historic buildings of the Western Reserve, and is said to be the first house of worship in Trumbull county, and one of the first adorned with a steeple, on the Western Reserve. It is now that part f the Centralized School used as a high school. Mrs. Jones and her daughters furnished the dinners for the men who worked on the building, and Mrs. Philo Borden (Abigal Thompson), the suppers and lodging. Her daughters, Harriet Jones (afterwards Mrs. Linus Parker) and Electa Jones (afterwards Mrs. Eli Bushnell) carried. all the dinners half a mile to save the time of the men. The farmers brought flax to Mrs. Jones, she spinning it into yarn, and her husband, with the help of his wife and daughters, made it into a rope three hundred feet long, by which the heavy timbers were lifted into the place they still occupy. Mr. Jones built the first tavern in the township, which now stands on the northeast corner of the public square, now belonging to the estate of the late Mrs. Rhoda Fowler Parsons, and for many years Mrs. Jones was the agreeable, social hostess. It was long considered a rare treat for the Warren people to drive out to the "Jones Tavern," where they were entertained in royal style. Mrs. Jones lived to be almost ninety-five years of age, and most of the early history of Hartford township was obtained from her by her grandson, the late Thomas Andrews Bushnell, and her granddaughter, Sarah Pauline Bushnell. The children of Eli and Electa (Jones) Bushnell were: Thomas Andrews Bushnell, born 1829, died 1907 ; Cordelia Amanda, born January 13, 1832, married Florus Beardsley Plimpton in 1853 and is living at 1228 Sherman avenue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and Sarah Pauline Bushnell. Sarah Pauline Bushnell was born in Hartford, October 7, 1837, and still resides at the old homestead, much respected and loved by all who know her. Miss Bushnell is the recognized authority on township history, and contributed largely of her knowledge f the pioneer mothers of Hartford to the work known as the "Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 301 Western Reserve." Her researches have been liberally drawn upon for much of the subject matter of this sketch. Miss Bushnell was educated in the public schools of her township and in the old Hartford. Academic Institute, which furnished instruction equal to many of our modern colleges. When seventeen years of age she taught a school in Howland, then in Vienna. While visiting her aunt, Mrs. Le Myra (Jones) Hezlep. at St. Peter, Minnesota, she also taught some time in that place. On her return to Hartford she was called by Superintendent James Marvin to take charge of one of the schools in Warren, and taught in that city for several consecutive years. In addition she taught at Kinsman several years; at Cleveland, Cincinnati, Sharon (Pennsylvania) and. at the high school in Hartford, only relinquishing this profession to relieve her aged mother of the home duties. Early in life she united with the Congregational church and has always been a faithful, conscientious Christian lady. With her brother she did much to preserve the memories and early history f the pioneers of Hartford township. When the Civil war broke out Miss Bushnell was one of the charter members of the "Aid Society and Sanitary Commission of Hartford," organized for the relief of the soldiers and their families. She has always given of her means and labor for the support of all philanthropic work. She has ften been heard to say with pride that all four of her great-grandfathers fought in the war for Independence, several of her uncles in the war of 1812, and General Andrews Bushnell was an officer in that war, being wounded at Fort Erie; while not a few f her kinsmen fought and died that the. "Union might be one and inseparable, now and forever." The late Thomas Andrews Bushnell, although not born in this township, lived here in the old homestead for nearly eighty years. Like his sister, Sarah P., he was educated in the schools of this place and in the Academic Institute. He was very proud f having pursued his course of instruction under such eminent teachers as John Lynch; the celebrated geologist, F. V. Hayden; and Henderson Judd. It was always a source of great regret that circumstances were such that he was unable to attend college, but his whole life was given to study and the acquiring of knowledge. In 1860 he graduated from the Iron City Commercial College, at Pittsburg. When twenty-one years old he served as secretary of the first Republican primary held in Hartford township, and ever after voted that ticket. At the age of twenty-one he was elected township clerk, which Office he filled for several years; for a number of years was township treasurer and for twenty consecutive years acted in the capacity of justice of the peace. He was a successful teacher, having taught the first high school in Fowler township in the early fifties. Mr. Bushnell was for many years president of the board of trustees of the Hartford Academic Institute, as well as a member f the Board f Education, always keeping at heart the educational interests of the township as well as any public improvement which was for the benefit of the community. Mr. Bushnell was historian of the township, collecting with great care and accuracy the facts pertaining to the first century of its existence, 302 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY which were published in the "History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties." He filled the office of president of the township centennial celebration in 1899 and took great interest in preserving the memories of the pioneers. At an early age he united with the Congregational church and always took great interest in the spread of the Gospel. In his home and with his immediate friends were his refinement of character and nobility of soul best known and appreciated. As a friend he was most kind, stanch and true, very decided yet not arbitrary in his opinions; never compromising with sin or immorality. On September 1, 1906, Mr. Bushnell fell from a wagon, sustaining injuries which were the immediate cause of his death. He bore his terrible sufferings with his wonted. fortitude, meeting the "Great Victor" without complaint or sigh, his soul passing from life's fitful fever into that mystic state where "the weary are at rest and the wicked cease from troubling." Mrs. Cordelia (Bushnell) Plimpton, wife of Florus Beardsley Plimpton, formerly of Cincinnati, now of Allegheny, is an artist of considerable ability, having studied in Europe with Goode, Reifsthal and Schirmer. She has also won for herself an enviable reputation in the field of ceramics. having modeled a number of very valuable vases. Mrs. Plimpton was custodian of the Cincinnati department at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. She possesses considerable literary ability, having served as press correspondent f the Cincinnati Commercial at the Paris Exposition in 1878 and filled the same position at the Vienna Exposition. DUDLEY S. TRACY, well known throughout Trumbull county as a justice of the peace and now a retired carriage and wagon builder of Hartford township, is a native of Hartford Center, where he was born May 4, 1829. His father, Azel Tracy, was a native of Connecticut, who came to Trumbull county about 1810, first locating at Warren and later at Hartford Center. He married a Miss Leffingweel, f this county, and one child was born to them, Charles, now deceased. Mr. Tracy's second wife was Phoebe Fitch, a daughter f Shalor Fitch, who was born November 2, 1767, her grandfather being John Fitch, the noted inventor, who constructed the first steamboat to navigate the Delaware river, in 1787. Mr. and Mrs. Azel Tracy were the parents f three children : Dudley S., of this review; a daughter, who died in infancy, and James, who reached mature years, but is also deceased. In his early life the father learned the trade of a wagon maker and practically followed that occupation all his life. He was an earnest Whig and a radical abolitionist, being one Of the leading promoters of the so called "underground railroad," his shop being one of the stations on the line, at which slaves on their way to Canada were received for shelter until they could be forwarded. Throughout life he was also an earnest member f the Congregational church and took a leading part in its religious and charitable work. Dudley S. Tracy was born, raised and educated in Hartford township and in early life. learned the carriage trade under his father's instruction HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 303 and has himself followed it the greater part of his life. In 1890 he engaged in pattern making and followed that skilled trade until 1904, when he retired on account of his age. He now resides upon a farm of sixty-five acres, but as he has never engaged in agriculture, prefers to ,rent his land. Mr. Tracy's wife was Miss Edna Ann Bishop, a daughter of Gaylord and Harriet Bishop, natives respectively, of Connecticut ,and Vermont. Mrs. Tracy has for many years been active in the work of the Methodist church and was especially prominent in connection with the work f the Ladies' Aid Society during the Civil war. Mr. Tracy has always been a Republican and has taken active part in the local campaigns of his party. He has been twice elected to the office of justice of the peace and served as township clerk for several terms and has otherwise been prominent, in the public affairs of the county is justly proud of his Masonic record, as he is probably the oldest member of the fraternity in Trumbull county, having been identified with the order for fifty-four years. He now belongs to Jerusalem Lodge No. 19, of Hartford. JAMES W. HOLLOWAY. —A man of talent and culture, possessing excellent business capacity and judgment, James W. Holloway holds high rank among the more prominent and influential residents of Warren. No citizen is more deeply interested in the growth and prosperity of the city :than he, and none more willing to contribute of his time and means to. further its interests. He is associated with the establishment and maintenance of many of the leading enterprises of the place, has served with ability and fidelity in public offices. A son of Hugh W. Holloway, he was born, June 28, 1845, in Morristown Morris county, New Jersey, of pioneer stock. A native of New jersey, Hugh W. Holloway received excellent educational advantages in his youth, and in 1838 came to Trumbull Bounty and for a few years taught school in this part f the state, being a. successful teacher. While here he married, and subsequently went back to his early home, and for a time resided in Morristown, New Jersey. Returning to Trumbull county in 1850, he located in Warren where he was first; engaged in business as an artist, although at the time of his death, Which occurred when he was but forty-four years of age, he was Practicing. dentistry. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and assisted in reinstituting old Erie Lodge No. 3, F. and A. M., and in politics was a stanch. Republican. He was baptized in New York City, in the old Trinity Chuich, and Church, and was connected by membership with the Christian Chuich. He married Jane E. Headley, who was born, in 1824, in Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, of which her father, William Headley was a pioneer settler. She survived her husband, attaining the venerable age of eighty-one years. To her and her husband six children were born, three of whom are. living, as follows: James W.; W. D., of Warren, and Jennie H., wife of E. W. Gillmer. A lad of five summers when he came with his parents to Warren, James W. Holloway completed his early studies in the Warren High School. Vol. II-20 304 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Beginning life on his own account as a farmer boy, he worked for awhile for his board and clothes, and was afterwards clerk in a general store at Johnsonville, Trumbull county. Mr. Holloway subsequently followed railroading in all of its various lines, beginning as a telegraph operator, afterward serving as agent, conductor, train despatcher, train master, and for eight and one-half years was assistant superintendent of the River Division of the New York Central Railroad. In the meantime, he became interested in the Peerless Electric Company, the largest electrical manufacturing company in Warren, and is now one of its directors. His financial ability and trustworthiness is recognized throughout the community, as is shown by his connection with financial institutions. Mr. Holloway was one of the organizers of the Warren Savings Bank, which was merged into the Western Reserve National Bank, of which he is a stockholder. On December 10, 1873, Mr. Holloway married Cora A. Bennett, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of Joseph D. and Hetty Ann C. Bennett, and was there bred and educated. She died March 2, 1902, leaving two daughters, Mabel C., wife of F. L. Geiger, of Warren, and Kathryn H., wife of C. F. Hoffman, of Warren. Politically Mr. Holloway is a steadfast supporter of the principles f the Republican party, and his first manifestation of interest was as a member of the "Wideawakes," during Lincoln and Hamlin's campaign, in 1860. In 1905 he was elected president of the city council, and was re-elected to the same office in 1907, both times without opposition. Fraternally, he is a member of Woodward Lodge No. 508, F. and A. M., of Cleveland; of Warren Lodge No. 275, B. P. O. E.; of Lodge No. 48, K. of P., of Cleveland; of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Order of Railway Conductors. E. U. HYDE, cashier Of the Orangeville (Ohio) Savings Bank Company and also proprietor of a fine two hundred and fifty acres farm in Vernon township, represents a family which has been established in Trumbull county since 1805. He himself was born in Vernon township, this county, September 4, 1860, his father, Uriah Hyde, also being a native f the township mentioned, where he was reared to manhood and married Miss Lydia Hyde, daughter of Marvin Hyde. Her father was a member of the numerous colonies who migrated to the Western Reserve in such strength during the early part of the nineteenth century. The paternal grandfather, Ezra Hyde, was also an emigrant from that state, coming in 1805 and locating on the farm in Vernon township which has remained in possession of some member of the Hyde family ever since; and until very recently some member of the family had always resided upon it. Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Hyde became the parents of one child, who is the subject of this biography. Nearly the entire life of the father was passed as a general farmer, although he was one of those who were seized with the gold fever and journeyed over the plains to the coast in 1849. He soon returned, however, to the more profitable if less exciting vocation of the farm and HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 305 died on the Old homestead in May, 1903. His wife had. preceded him in 1885. E. U. Hyde was educated in the public schools of Trumbull county, completing his mental training in the Orangeville high school. Until he became identified with the Orangeville Savings Bank Company several years ago he devoted his time mostly to agriculture and to the improvement of the farm which he still owns. In 1904 he became connected with the company mentioned as cashier. The bank was organized in July, 1902, by W. D. Grey, of Cleveland, Ohio; W. R. McFarland, D.. Willson, Dr. C. S. Fenton and E. R. Fell, being, opened to the public in October, 1902. Its present officers are: J. H. Morrison, president; Dr. C. S. Fenton and E. R. Fell, vice presidents; and E. U. Hyde, cashier. The institution has been prosperous from the first and its progress and present standing is largely due tO the careful management of Mr. Hyde, who as cashier, has really the active superintendency of its affairs. Although he is a Democrat in politics he has never devoted much time to partisan affairs, but as a good citizen he has given his services to the public as a jury commissioner for quite a number f years. Mr. Hyde was married in 1885 to Miss Carrie Reed, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Van Ness) Reed, who was raised and educated in Vernon township. Their daughter, Marjorie, lives at home. BRUNELL HULL., a leading farmer f Hartford township, this county, and well known as a justice of the peace of twelve years' standing, is a native of this township, born November 5, 1848. His grandfather, William Hull, was a native of Hartland, Connecticut, born August 10, 1779, and as his mother died when he was a small child he was apprenticed to a trade at an early age. He was reared and educated in his native place and September 7, 1802, married. Miss Anna Hyde, his junior by about one year. Their children were as follows: Harriet, who married Elisha Beeman; Gustavus; Clarissa, who married Alexander Morris; Emeline, who afterward became the wife f Simeon Baker ; Horace; William ; John and Osman. Mr. and Mrs. William Hull migrated. to Vernon township in 1805 and resided there until 1812, when they removed to Hartford township, locating upon the site of the present town of Orangeville. Nine years later they settled at Old Burghill, Hartford township. The husband and father was not only prosperous in farming, but served as an officer in the war of 1812. Early in life he followed his trade as a saddler, but after coming to Ohio continuously followed the avocation of a farmer. Both grand-parents were members of the Congregational church, the grandfather dying November 30, 1857, and his wife July 11, 1874. Osman Hull, the father of Brunell, was the eighth child of the family and was born in Vernon township, August 26, 1820. He passed the greater portion of his life, however, in Hartford township, where he was educated. Quite early in life he learned the trade of a blacksmith and for many years conducted a shop at Old Burghill, but later in life he became. 306 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY a partner of Henry Flowers in the manufacture of fanning mills, and although he eventually became quite an extensive land owner, he never engaged in farming. On April 22, 1842, Osman Hull married Miss Lorinda Roper, daughter of Ezra and Abigail (Lawson) Roper, the parents both being of Scotch descent. Mrs. Hull was born March 11, 1823, her parents being residents of Braceville, Ohio, and her grandfather a participant in. the war of 1812. Two children were born to Osman Hull and his wife : Ransom, who still resides in Hartford township, and Brunell, of this review. The father of this family died June 12, 1905, his wife having passed away November 6, 1902. Brunell Hull was reared. in Hartford township and educated in its public schools, enjoying also one term in what is now known as Hiram College, Ohio. At the age of seventeen he commenced to teach school, employing himself thus in the winter months and farming in the summer. For eighteen years he also operated a steam thresher, which was the first of its kind to be run in Trumbull county. The farm which Mr. Hull has owned and developed for many years consists of two hundred and fifteen acres. Mr. Hull has always been active both in the support of the Republican party and in the furtherance of party affairs of his township. He has served as precinct committeeman for a number of years and fully twelve years ago was elected justice of the peace. He still holds the latter office and is one of the most popular and efficient "squires" in Trumbull county. He has also served his constituents with faithfulness and ability as trustee for one term and as assessor for two terms, and is treasurer of the J. & W. Telephone Company, also director in the Orangeville Savings Company. In Masonry he is identified with Jerusalem Lodge No. 19, at Hartford, and has filled nearly all the chairs of the organization, and is a member of Al Koran Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. f Cleveland. On March 2, 1870, Mr. Hull married Miss Jane Chapman, born at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, daughter of Hiram and Martha Chapman, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ohio. The mother is still living and resides on the old Chapman homestead in Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Hull have six children: Ezra B., who was born January 8, 1872, and was married in 1895 to Miss Birdell Rathburn and lives in Hartford township; Hiram Kent, born August 10, 1874, who married Anna E. Crouch (deceased) and now resides with his father; William P., who was born June 5, 1881, and married Miss Arkley Lewis; Mack Chapman, born April 16, 1884, unmarried and lives at home; Frank W., who was born 3/arch 12, 1886, and lives at home; and Marion M., born March 17, 1895. ASAHEL WELLINGTON JONES, one of the most prominent citizens of Trumbull county, is now living in retirement at his beautiful country place, which comprises a farm f two hundred acres, modern and convenient agricultural buildings and a modern residence. His record covers not only unusual prominence as a lawyer and a public man but leading identification with various financial and industrial institutions of Trumbull county. He HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 307 is a native of Johnsonville, this county, born September 18, 1838, son of William H. and Mary J. (Bond) Jones. His mother was born at Avon Springs, New York, February 26, 1816, and migrated to Hartford, Ohio, in 1833, and died at Youngstown in March, 1882. The father was a native of Hartford, Trumbull county, born July 11, 1814, a grandson of William C. Jones, who migrated from Herkimer county, New York (though originally from Barkhamsted, Connecticut), in 1802, to Hartford, Ohio, and there erected the second cabin in the township. He was a veteran f the Revolutionary war, and took part in the battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga. His death occurred in 1841. Mr. Jones' children were : William, Selden C., Dr. Asahel, Amelia, Sally and Allen. The father of William U. ones, Captain Israel Jones, was a grandson of Benjamin Jones, who was a son of Thomas Jones, of Welsh origin, who settled at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1629, and was the parent tree of the family in America. He died and was buried at that place. Benjamin Jones migrated to Enfield, Connecticut, but in 1706 became the first settler of Somers, that state. Captain Israel Jones removed from Enfield to Barkhamsted, Connecticut, about 1759, and became the second settler in the township. He established his home on East mountain, and the farm still remains in the possession f his descendants. Asahel W. Jones was reared to farm life, and received a fair education. He read law in the office of Curtis and Smith, at Warren, Ohio, and was there admitted to the bar, September 27, 1859, when just past twenty-one years f age. Mr. Jones successfully followed the practice of his profession at Youngstown from 1864 until 1906, when he retired to the country place above mentioned in Hartford township. Although he is seventy years of age he is still in vigorous health and the word applied both to his physical condition and his mental faculties. After practicing in Youngstown for four years Mr. Jones was appointed to fill an unexpired term for prosecuting attorney of Mahoning county and was later elected to that office in 1874. He took an active part in the organization of the Second National Bank of Youngstown and the Dollar Savings and Trust Company, and was for many years one of their leading directors. He was also interested to some extent in the iron industries of Mahoning county. Mr. Jones has always been identified with the Republican party, and although never an office seeker, he has been several times put forward by his friends for important offices. In 1889 he was urged to accept the nomination for the governorship of Ohio and received strong support, although he failed ultimately to secure the nomination. He was elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1895 and again in 1897. On September 24, 1861, Mr. Jones was married at Hampden, Geauga county, Ohio, to Miss Annette X. Palmer, a native of Kingsville, Ashtabula county, this state, born June 23, 1840, and died June 2, 1901. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones are : Kate Mary, born February 4, 1865, married Robert A. King, professor of modern languages at the Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana; William Palmer, born June 30, 308 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY 1868, died at Youngstown, Ohio,. March 17, 1891. On June 28, 1904, Mr. Jones married Miss Louise Brice, of Oberlin, Ohio. He is a Mason, belonging to all the bodies up to and including the Shrine. BENJAMIN B. McMULLIN, superintendent of the Brookfield. township schools, was born at the old McMullin homestead, March 27, 1882. The McMullins have the honor of being the pioneer family of Brookfield township. James McMullin, Jr., father of Benjamin B., was the grandson of Captain James McMullin, son of James McMullin, Sr., who was the first white man to settle in the township, coming hither from Horse Shoe Bend, Pennsylvania, in 1796. The family is of sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry. James McMullin, Sr., was the land agent for a Connecticut land company, coming to Brookfield township as a business representative of this company. His grandson, George Washington McMullin, married Miss Eliza Pfoutz, a native of Trumbull county, and the eldest son of this couple was James McMullin, Jr., father of Benjamin B. James McMullin was reared and educated. in this township and his wife was Edna F. Clark, also a native of the locality named. They have one child, Benjamin B. The father was always a Republican and a member of the Disciple church at Brookfield. He prospered as a farmer and gained substantial honor as a citizen, the family estate consisting of about one hundred and seventy-five acres, thoroughly improved in every way. James Jr., died in October, 1904, but his wife is still living on the old homestead in Brookfield township. Benjamin B. McMullin was raised and educated in the district schools of Brookfield township and also at the Sharon high school, being graduated from the latter in the class of 1900. He then became a teacher in the township schools for about two years and then entered the Western Reserve University, at Cleveland, Ohio, as a student in the Latin-scientific course. He was obliged, however, to relinquish his ambition to become proficient in the higher branches of learning on account of the death of his father, which made it necessary for him to return home and superintend the affairs of the estate. Thereafter for a number of years he conducted his father's farm and engaged in teaching during the winter months, but in 1906 he entered the employ of the Carnegie steel works of South Sharon, Pennsylvania, in the capacity of a draftsman and was thus employed for two years. He then returned to the education field as principal of the Brookfield township schools, receiving his appointment from the school board of the township. He entered upon his duties in September, 1908. In his fraternity relations, Mr. McMullin is connected with Jerusalem Lodge No. 19, F. & A. M., of Hartford, and is also an alumnus of Alpha Tau Omega, his school fraternity at Cleveland. In politics, he is a Republican. On August 12, 1908, he married Miss Alice Jones, a daughter of Thomas J. and Mary Jones, of Brookfield township. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 309 RICHARD H. DAVIES, for ten years a well known general merchant of Brookfield township, is a sturdy and able Welshman, born July 13, 1862. His father was John T. Davies, who married Miriam Jenkins, also a native of Wales, and who came with his family to Brookfield township, Ohio, in 1866. Richard H. was therefore raised and educated in this locality. In his early life he was employed in various coal mines f Trumbull county and also in the rolling mills at Youngstown. In 1898, having by his industry and good management accumulated a small capital, he opened a general merchandise establishment at what is known as the Slope in Brookfield township. From this point he has since conducted his business and developed a large and profitable trade, in fact, it has expanded so rapidly that he has been obliged to open a branch store at Masury, Ohio. In 1882, Mr. Davies married Miss Margaret Redfern, who came to Brookfield township from England in 1868. Her parents, however, are of Welsh ancestry. Mrs. Davies was reared and educated in Brookfield township and has become the mother of the following four children David J., who conducts the branch store of his father's main store at Masury; Miriam, who lives at home; Bessie, who resides with her brother, and Rachel, who also lives at home. Mr. Davies has been a good Republican for many years and for five years served as postmaster at the Slope, his services concluding with the establishment of a rural route and the discontinuance of the local office. Both he and his family have also been active in the denomination and charitable work of the Welsh Congregational church, and have long been leaders in the choral services of the church. Mr. Davies has himself been chorister for a number of years, and his daughter, Bessie, has for some time served as organist. JOSEPH WHEELER, of Brookfield township, who is now practically retired from business, is a native of the township named and for many years has been recognized as its largest dealer in live stock and one of the most extensive in Trumbull county. He was born April 2, 1832, his father, William Wheeler, being a native of Vermont, who came to Trumbull county about 1830 and located in Brookfield township. Although the bulk f his life was passed as a farmer he was a thorough and widely educated man and at one time was an active practitioner of the law. He married Margaret Weldon, a native of Erie county, Pennsylvania, where she was raised and educated, and they are the parents of the following children: Mary Ann, now deceased, who married Abraham DeForest; David, now deceased ; Lovina, who became Mrs. Ira Fowler and is now dead ; Phineas, also deceased ; Fanny, who became the wife of Benjamin McMullin and resides in Brookfield township; William, deceased; Joseph, of this sketch ; James, who lives in Crawford county; and Frank, also deceased. During his early years William Wheeler, the father, was a Democrat, but with the organization of the Republican party in 1856 he joined the new organization and for two years, or until his death in 1858, was an enthusiastic supporter of its principles. His wife died in 1875. 310 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Both were earnest members of the Methodist church at Brookfield Center. Joseph Wheeler, of this review, was reared and educated in Brookfield township and has been engaged in farming and stock raising all his life. His present comfortable and valuable estate consists of a farm of one hundred and ninety-three acres. His specialty was for many years the buying and shipping of live stock and he became a familiar figure in the markets of Pittsburg, Buffalo, Jersey City and New York City. He was considered the largest stock buyer in Brookfield township and has shipped as many as three thousand head of sheep and cattle in one year. On account of his age and comfortable financial circumstances he is now partially retired from business. Mr. Wheeler has been a consistent Republican since he cast his first ballot, and although he has forwarded the local interests of his party, he has held no office except that of school director. His wife was formerly Miss Ursula Hutchison, a daughter of Jotham and Sarah (Hyde) Hutchison, and was reared and educated in Trumbull county. Her parents moved further west, but returned to this locality when she was about twelve years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have had four children: Minnie, married a Mr. Hamilton and is now deceased; Claudia, Mrs. Alexander McIntosh, and a resident of Oberlin, Ohio ; Wayne B. (see below) ; and Mildred, unmarried, who is a graduate of the Ohio State University and a teacher in one of the Brookfield Center schools. Wayne B. Wheeler received his early education in the schools of Brookfield township and afterward was graduated from the Sharon (Pennsylvania) high school. He. then completed a course in English at Oberlin University and also was graduated from the law department f the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio. He early became interested. in temperance and prohibition, and after being admitted to the bar entered the Anti-Saloon League of Ohio as its attorney. This position he still holds. He is located at Columbus, Ohio, and is recognized as one of the most successful leaders in the anti-saloon crusade. Mr. Wheeler is married and has a family of two children. FRANCIS M. McKAY.—Nearly the entire mature period of Francis M. McKay's life has been passed in agricultural and live stock pursuits, although early in life he acquired a substantial reputation as an educator and in late years has been a widely popular and highly honored justice of the peace. He was born on a farm one mile south of his present home in Brookfield township, on the 9th of January, 1854. His father, Wyatt McKay, was also one of the early farmers and live stock dealers in Trumbull county and acquired a standing both in these specialties and as a citizen of ability and usefulness. He was a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he passed the earlier years of his life. The elder McKay had a fine farm of two hundred and seventy acres and made a specialty of buying stock for the eastern markets, and as he was not only an expert buyer but a fine salesman and auctioneer, he made a most pro- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 311 flounced success of this branch of agriculture. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church, in which for many years he was a trustee, assisting in the erection of the present edifice at Brookfield Center. Mr. McKay died in 1873, his wife surviving him until 1899. Wyatt McKay married Miss Eliza J. Montgomery, a daughter of Robert and Jane Montgomery, natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania, who, with their family, were the second white settlers in Brookfield township. James Montgomery, a brother, and also a native of Washington county, also moved his family to Brookfield township at about the same time. They bought adjoining farms but James became dissatisfied and removed to Connecticut, selling his farm to a clock dealer, taking in return a stock of wooden clocks which he peddled through the state of New York. The clock dealer mentioned sold the farm to one Sylvester Marion and received his pay for the property in buttons, of which the latter was the manufacturer, this valuable piece of property being thus quite thoroughly transformed into merchandise. Robert Montgomery died in 1837 and his wife in 1842, the year of their location in Trumbull county having been 1804. The seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt McKay were as follows: Myrtilla J., now deceased; Samuel A., who resides in Sharon, Pennsylvania; Francis M., of this sketch, and Frank, who were twins, the latter now residing in Lassen county, California; Nancy, deceased; James N., who resides in Youngstown, Ohio, and is secretary of the Home Savings Company; and Almira, who died in infancy. Francis M. McKay was reared in Brookfield. township and received his preliminary education in its schools, completing his studies at the Orwell Normal Institute, in Ashtabula county, Ohio. For several years thereafter he taught school in the winter and farmed during the summer months. His career as a teacher covered three terms in Liberty township and five terms in Brookfield township. He has been engaged in farming the rest of his mature life and his present homestead consists f a farm f two hundred and eighty acres, scientifically cultivated and thoroughly improved. He makes a specialty of raising stock for the market. Mr. McKay has always been an active Republican and has a record for useful service in connection with the administration of local public affairs, having held the office of township trustee and president of the school board. In 1892 he was elected justice of the peace and has thoroughly proven his ability in that office, his party continuously electing him as his own successor. He is a Mason in good standing and a member of Jerusalem Lodge No. 19, of Hartford, Ohio. In his religious faith he is a Presbyterian and has long served as one of the elders of the church at Brookfield Center. On April 8, 1880, Francis M. McKay married Miss Arie Long, a daughter of John and Emma J. Long, both natives of Ohio, where they passed their early years and afterward removed to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. By his first marriage Mr. McKay had three children: Myrtilla, who now resides in Poland, Ohio; Bertha, who lives at home; and John, who is attending the National University at Lebanon, Ohio, 312 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY where he is preparing for the legal profession. Mrs. Arie McK.ay died June 4, 1889, and. on January 1, 1896, Mr. McKay married Miss Jessie McMullin, a daughter of Benjamin and Fannie McMullin. The grandfather of Mrs. McKay, Captain James McMullin, was the first white settler in Brookfield. One child, Benjamin Wyatt McKay, has been born to them. JOHN M. STEWART, engaged in farming and coal mining in Brookfield township, Trumbull county, is a native of Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, born April 15, 185.2. His father, David Stewart, was born at Cortsville and in his early life learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed for many years. 'When quite a young man he came to Trumbull county, where he both followed his trade and for many years of his later life engaged in farming, but returned to Mahoning county, Ohio. After engaging in farming for a total period of forty-years, he has retired from active life and returned to Trumbull county, living at the present time with his son, John AL David Stewart married Miss Aurilla Gray, a daughter of George Gray, who came from New Jersey and settled. at Cortsville, Ohio. Mrs. Stewart was there reared and educated. To the marriage were born three children : George H., who resides at Hubbard, Ohio; Ella, who married T. A. Barber and lives at Brookfield Center; and John M., of this sketch. The mother of this family died in 1878, but the father, although venerable in years, enjoys remarkable health, is still living and is a faithful member of the United Presbyterian church at Cedar Corners, Ohio. John M. Stewart was educated in the public schools of Trumbull county and has always farmed in this vicinity, residing now on a well improved tract of sixty-seven acres. On his property is also quite productive coal land, and for a number of years past he has engaged in mining to some extent. In October, 1878, Mr. Stewart married Miss Mary Hines, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hines. Her father was long a resident of Johnson, Ohio, and here Mrs. Stewart was also reared and educated. The children of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stewart are : Pearl, now the wife of Frank Saxon, residents of Brookfield township ; Raymond Guy, who married Sarah Edwards and lives near his father in Hubbard township; Hardine, who married Robert Brewer, a son of J. W. Brewer, of Hubbard, Ohio, and who resides at Coalburg, Ohio ; and Beloss Buhl, who resides at home. In politics Mr. SteTart is a Republican, and both he and his family are identified with the work of Corner Disciple church, of which he has been one of the overseers for a number pf years. EDWIN J. TINAN is now a resident farmer of Brookfield township, on one of the rural postal routes running out of Sharon. Until ten years ago he was an active and widely known commercial traveler over the Western Reserve and the territory of western Pennsylvania. In 1898 he HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 313 retired to the profitable farm f one hundred acres, and has since enjoyed the pleasures and revenues of country life. The Tinan family has been identified with northeastern Ohio for nearly a century. Samuel M. Tinan and Richard Tinan, respectively the grandfather and father of Edwin J., were natives of Maine, but located at Rome, in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in the early part of the last century. Samuel M. Tinan and his wife, Anna E. Wandell, who was a native of Palmyra, New York, were parents of eight children. Richard Tinan, who was fifteen years old when he came to Ashtabula county, married Mary Ann Tinker, who was born and reared in that county. Their six children were : Edwin J., Samuel f Rome; Orlando W., deceased; Washington B., of Painesville, Ohio; Clarence, of Kimball, South Dakota, and Mary, deceased wife of W. H. Osborne. Richard Tinan was a well known citizen of Ashtabula county. During the existence of slavery he supported the "underground railroad" through Ashtabula county. He was a Whig and Republican in politics, and a colonel of the state militia. At the town of Rome he owned and conducted a general merchandise store, and for thirty years had a dairy business at his farm near by. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church, of which he was a lifelong member. Edwin J. Tinan was born at Rome, Ashtabula county, January 3, 1835, and. received his early education in his native town. When twenty years old he began a two years' course in a school at Painesville, and afterwards moved to Cleveland, where he began his career in the employ of Edwards, Townsend and Company, wholesale grocers. He represented this firm on the road for five years in the Western Reserve and for thirty years in western Pennsylvania. Since becoming a permanent resident of Trumbull county he has identified himself to some extent with public affairs, and has been trustee of Brookfield township. He is a member of the Meadville (Pa.) Lodge of Elks, and his wife is a member of the Disciple church. Mr. Tinan married in 1864 Miss Elizabeth H. Kates, who was born and reared at Pittsburg. They had five children: Richard E., who died aged four years; J. Burton and Ralph AI, who died in infancy,-; Fred B.; Edwin, Jr., who died when thirty years old; and Mary, who married H. Robbins and lives at Niles, Ohio. JAMES W. BREWER, of Hubbard, is one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this part of Trumbull county who have been engaged in the developing of its coal industries. He was born July 24, 1846, and is a native. Of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. His father, Wilson Brewer, passed the entire period of his life in that state, and his mother, formerly Sarah Greer, was also a native f the Keystone state. James W. Brewer was the second of five children, and after his father's death, in the early fifties, he moved with other members of the family to Johnson, Trumbull county, Ohio. He lived in that locality from 1855 to 1859, when his widowed mother again removed her family to East Hubbard, Hubbard 314 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY township. There James W. has since resided. He was educated in the district schools f that locality, and in 1865, when only nineteen years of age, he commenced the business of coal drilling, which occupation he followed for twenty years, or until 1885, when he established a retail coal business which he has developed continuously ever since. Of late years he has dealt not only in coal, but has founded a prosperous trade in builder's supplies. In 1902 he received his son, James L., into partnership with him, at which time the branch of building supplies was added to their business. The firm name since that year has been J. W. Brewer & Son. Mr. Brewer was married to Miss Catherine Mackey, daughter of David and Jane (Braden) Mackey, natives of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Her parents removed to Mahoning county, where Mrs. Brewer passed her girlhood days and received her education. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer have become the parents of three children : Fred M., who resides in Niles, Ohio, and is its city engineer ; James L., who resides with his father and has a partnership in his business; and Robert G., married and lives at Coalburg, Ohio. Mrs. Brewer died in 1901, but the mother still lives and resides with her son, being now in her eighty-ninth year. Mr. Brewer's influence has extended from the business field to public affairs and he has efficiently served both as trustee f his township and as a member of the city council of Hubbard, being at present a member f the latter body. He is also an active worker in Methodism, being one f the stewards f the church at Hubbard. JOHN A. ANDERSON, a well-known undertaker and funeral director of Hubbard, Trumbull county, is a native of Mahoning county, Ohio, and was born February 25, 1853. His father, David C. Anderson, is a native of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where he passed his earlier years, but is now a resident of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. The elder Anderson married Rebecca Robinson, a daughter of John and Rebecca Robinson, both of whom were also Pennsylvanians. His wife died in 1874, but he still lives as a substantial farmer of Mercer county. John A. Anderson is the second child in a family of six children and passed the years of his youth and early manhood in various farming occupations in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. In 1890 he came to Trumbull county and settled on a farm east of the town of Hubbard, where he not only conducted his farm but became interested in the saw mill business. In 1905 he engaged actively in this field, although he retained a fine and productive farm of one hundred acres near Hubbard. In 1900 Mr. Anderson took a course in embalming in the well-known Myers school, Youngstown, Ohio, and established an undertaking business at that point. In 1901 he enlarged the scope of his enterprise by becoming a funeral director, conducting this business at first from his farm, but in 1905 his enterprise had so prospered that he located in the town of Hubbard. He HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 315 is now thoroughly equipped to conduct this line of work according to the most modern plan, and as noted is thoroughly educated as to scientific embalming. Mr. Anderson was married, October 14, 1874, of Miss Sadie Bently, a daughter of Hudson and Miranda Bently, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. His wife spent her girlhood days in this locality, where she was also educated. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Anderson have four children: Orville L., who is married and lives in Hubbard; Mary Grace, now Mrs. Raymond Mathews, also a resident of that place; and Charles H. and Dale L., who live at home. The family arfactive and influential members of the Presbyterian church of Hubbard, Mr. Anderson having been one of the elders of the local organization for the past six years. JOHN WALTERS, who is the proprietor of a modern livery at Hubbard, Ohio, was born in that town, December 7, 1882. He is a son of William and Jane (Jefferies) Walters and comes of an old English family. His grandfather, Thomas Walters, was fnative of that country and one of the pioneer coal miners of Trumbull county. The father was reared and educated in Hubbard, and his family of four children consists of the following members: Mary, who married Charles Smith; William, who is associated with his brother in the livery business; John, of this sketch; and. Deedie, unmarried, who lives at home. William Walters, the father followed the occupation of a ccoal miner during all his active life, but for several years has been retired on account of his age and failing health. He has not only been an active worker in the mines, positions filled several important positions as superintendent. In politics he is a Republican. John Walter has always resided in the town of Hubbard, where he is as highly honored as he is widely known. He is unmarried and makes his home with his parents. In 1904, with his brother William, he engaged in the livery business. The extent of their original capital may be inferred from the fact that they started business with but one horse, but their honorable and energetic methods have resulted in the establishment of a prosperous business. They have now ten horses, and their equipment of buggies, carriages and other vehicles is both complete and modern. Mr. Walters is a Republican in politics and an earnest member of the Methodist church. NOAH J. POUND, a prominent farmer of Hubbard township, Trumbull county, is a native of Warren township, where he was born in December, 1839. He represents the substantial German-African element in the section of the country, both of his parents being natives of the Fatherland. His father, George Pound, emigrated to America about 1819, and his future wife (Mary Loupe) came to this country during the following year. 316- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY The father first located at Philadelphia, but after a few years migrated westward and located. in Trumbull county. For several years he was engaged as an ash maker at Warren, but later located on a farm of eighty-five acres, where for many years he engaged in general agricultural operations. As a resident of Warren he was a leading member of the local Methodist church, and died at that place in 1853, at the age of fifty-six years, his wife having preceded him by only a few months. Noah J. Pound was reared and educated in the public schools of Warren township, and for many years became widely known in this vicinity as an industrious and expert painter. About twenty-seven years ago he abandoned his trade in favor of agriculture, and located. on his present farm f one hundred and five acres one mile and a half from Hubbard. This property be has since improved until it is a very valuable and attractive estate, being widely known as Meadow Brook Farm. Although he has engaged in general farming, he is also quite a large dealer in live stock. He is interested in the educational affairs of his township, and for four years has served as a member of its board of education. Mr. Pound served in the war of the rebellion with bravery and faithfulness for nearly three years. He enlisted August 8, 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and Fifth Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. Among the twenty-eight battles in which he took part may be mentioned : Perryville, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Ringgold, Buzzard Roost, and he also participated in the siege and battle of Atlanta. He was wounded at Chickamauga, was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., and mustered out f the service at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Pound is one of the early members of the G. A. R., being now identified with Todd Post, G. A. R., at Youngstown. He has always been an active Republican, and although a useful worker in the interest of his party, has never sought reward in the shape of public office. Both he and his family are active members f the Presbyterian church at Hubbard. Nr. Pound's wife was formerly Miss Sarah J. Kerr, a daughter of Hampton and Mary Kerr, residents of Brookfield township, where the wife was reared and educated. They have one son, Charles Clinton, who married Miss Grace Quigley and resides on the old homestead and has general superintendency of his father's farm. Charles C. has been thoroughly educated, having pursued course at the Northeastern Ohio Normal University at Canfield, Ohio, and also at the Ohio Normal University, located at Ada, Ohio. His energetic and successful conduct of Meadow Brook Farm has proven that a liberal education and practical success are not incompatible. MRS. JOSEPH HEAD, of Coalburg, furnishes a striking example of what women may practically accomplish in business lines, as for a number of years she has been at the head of a successful general mercantile establishment. Her husband, Joseph Head, represents the third generation of his family to be identified with the founding and development of the coal industries of Mahoning county. Abel Dore, his maternal grandfather, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 317 opened the first coal mine in the county for C. H. Andrews, the pioneer in that field. He afterward became superintendent of a number of coal mines, and did much in the development of the infant industries. George Head, his father, was also a general superintendent of various coal industries, and met his death in a mine accident Joseph Head is a native of Pennsylvania, being born near Middlesex October 23, 1863. He came to Trumbull county at an early age, and was educated in the various district schools, and from boyhood was trained as a coal miner. On November 18, 1906, Mr. Head married Mrs. Elizabeth Head, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Morris, both residents of Youngstown, Ohio. At the time of this union she was the wife of William Head, a brother of Joseph, whom she had married October 7, 1878. In 1902, prior to her second marriage, Mrs. Head had established a general store in Coalburg, and she has since developed a large and profitable business, the style of the business being Mrs. J. Head, General Merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Head occupy a comfortable and moderfhome which adjoins her place of business. They have no children. JAMES S. HOVER, of Hubbard. township, a prosperous farmer of this section ofTrumbull county, is a native of the township named, to which his father came in 1802, before the creation of Ohio as a statf The family is therefore one of the founders of the commonwealth, and it is also to their grft honor that various members of the family have always offered services to their country in times of war. Isaac V. Hover, the father of James S., served in the war of 1812, and the son participated in the war of the rebellion. James S. Hover was born March 25, 1834, in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, his father being a native of New Jersey, born July 25, 1793. The paternal grandfather, Henry Hover, was a native of New Jersey, born April 4, 1740. Isaac V. Hover the father, was the seventh child by a second marriage, and lived in his native state until he was about eleven years of age, when he came with his father to western Pennsylvania af located with other members of the family in the vicinity of South Sharon. Shortly afterward the family migrated to Trumbull county, where Isaac V. was reared and. educated. He married Margaret Hall, and the eight children of their union were as follows: Harrison, now deceased; Jessie M., George W., Belinda, Jessie H., all deceased; Celestia, who lives with James S.; James S., himself ; and William H., who also resided with Mr. Hover. In his early days the father of this family operated a wool carding plant and tannery at Coalburg, but in his later years he purchased a farm and followed that avocation and cultivated and improved his property until death, December 15, 1855. His wife survived him until the year 1874. James S. Hover as a young man followed the trade of a gunsmith, but like his father, the latter part of his life has behe devoted to agriculture, and be ifnow the owner of a fine farm of thirty-five acres in Hubbard 318 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY township. He is a Civil war veteran, his services commencing April 1, 1864, with Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battle of Cynthiana, Kentucky, where he was captured by Morgan's forces, but later paroled. The problem then was how to reach the Union lines, and for that purpose Mr. Hover and his comrades captured a boat, which they forced the crew to take up the river to Cincinnati, with themselves as passengers, and at this point the ex-prisoners joined the Union army. In religion Mr. Hover has been identified with the Disciple church at Corner House. Fraternally he is connected with the Reynoldsville Lodge No. 461, Knights of Pythias, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. Hover's wife wag formerly Miss Caroline Hibler, a daughter of Jacob S. and Margaret Hibler, both residents of Hubbard township. Five children have been born to them, as follows: Almond H., deceased.; Mary E., who lives at home; James B., a resident of North Dakota; Louisa J., who married Edwin J. Howe, and Alice M., now the wife of Barris H. Long and resides near her parents. William H. Hover, a younger brother, was born January 11, 1837, and was reared and educated in his native township of Hubbard. Like James S., he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw service in the Civil war at the battle of Cynthiana, where he was wounded and taken to the hospital. He has had a successful career as a farmer and land investor. His extensive travels in the west have enabled him to become the owner f several valuable properties, among which is a fine farm of four hundred and eighty acres in Towner county, North Dakota. He is now making his home with James S., of this sketch. LEANDER W. BURNETT.—The Burnett family, of Coalburg, is a pioneer representative of both the agricultural and building interests of Trumbull county, since both Leander W. Burnett and his father, James Burnett, were for many years engaged in these lines of work. They were also both born in Hubbard township, so that the continuous family history in this locality, which is so prominently identified with the development of these important industries, dates back for a period of fully one hundred and six years. Leander W. Burnett was born September 22, 1842, and his father in the year 1818. Enos Burnett came from Sussex county, New Jersey. It was in the spring of 1802 that the family journeyed from Beaver Falls, New Jersey, to Hubbard township, the first portion of the trip being made by water on a raft which the head of the family pushed up the river to Middlesex, Pennsylvania, a distance of twenty-five miles. James Burnett was the youngest child of the family, and received his education in Hubbard township, after a location had been made on the old homestead which was occupied for so many years. In 1839 he married Elizabeth Parker, a daughter of Samuel Parker and wife, residents of Greenville, Pennsylvania. The Parkers were of German ancestry, and HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 319 Mrs. James Burnett was reared and educated in the Pennsylvania town mentioned. The family f Mr. and Mrs. James Burnett consists of eleven children—Mary E., now deceased; Leander W., of this review; Esther A., who became the wife of William C. Reese, and resides at Greenville, Penn-sylvania; Martha A., now married to Rev. William Branfield, a Methodist clergyman, and resides at South Sharon, Pennsylvania.; John I. N., a resident of Spokane, Trumbull county; Lucy J. (Mrs. Fred C. Keighley), who resides at Uniontown, Pennsylvania; James A., who lives in Greenville, Pennsylvania; A. O., who lives in Oakfield, Ohio; Bertha A., who married Robert Murray and resides in this county; Job J., who occupies the old homestead in Hubbard township; and Alice, who died in infancy. The father of this large and honorable family is now in his ninety-first year, and is living in comfort and retirement with Leander W., in the enjoyment f remarkable health for one f his years. His. wife died in 189i. The elder Burnett thoroughly mastered the trade of a carpenter when a very young man, and became a prominent builder and contractor during the many years of his residence in Hubbard township. With the profits of his trade in business he invested largely in land, and at one time owned some eight or nine hundred acres f timber property, as well as a thoroughly improved farm, which, after cultivating and operating for some years, he rented to other parties. James Burnett also has been a leader both in public affairs and in the development of the local Methodist church. He has been a member of that faith since he was twenty years of age, and while a resident of Coalburg has served as trustee, steward, class leader and Sunday school superintendent. In politics the has always been a Whig or Republican. but has never taken active part in partisan affairs. Leander W. Burnett was raised and educated in Hubbard township, and as stated has always followed the occupation either of a farmer or agriculturist, or both combined. He enjoyed a thorough training under his father in the carpentry trade, and for forty-six years has either followed it as a trade or as a. builder and contractor. His son, Samuel S., is now his partner, and together they transact a very extensive business in this part of the county. The father not only owns his fine farm of forty-three acres in Hubbard: township, but has invested in western lands, and has a good farm f one hundred and sixty acres in Arkansas. Mr. Burnett has also had experience as a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in the one hundred days' service in Company C., One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His services commenced in April, 1864, and during the following one hundred days he participated in the battle of Cynthiana, Kentucky, and was captured by the famous Morgan raiders. He was paroled, however, and finally discharged from the service, August, 1864. Mr. Burnett east his first vole for Abraham Lincoln, and has since been a firm Republican. He has taken active interest in local affairs f the government, having held the office of township trustee and served as member of the school board. His family are all members of the Methodist church at Coalburg, where his son, Samuel S., is the superintendent of the Sunday school. Vol. II-21 320 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY On January 9, 1872, Mr. Burnett married Miss Jennie Stille, a daughter of Samuel and Theressa Stille, of Elba, Washington county, Ohio, where she received her education and grew to womanhood. The six children of Mr. and Mrs. Leander Burnett are: Abbie, who died in infancy ; Linnie E. and Minnie L., who live at home; J. Garfield, who resides in Cleveland, Ohio ; Bertha M., who became the wife of Fred C. Whiting and lives in New York City; and Samuel S., the son already mentioned, who is in business with his father. LORENZO R. WORLEY, the enterprising farm implement dealer and proprietor of a blacksmithing business at Hubbard, Ohio, was born November 15, 1858, in this township, just east of the town of Hubbard, a son of John A. Worley, who was born in Boardman, and his father came from Germany. John A. Worley was reared and educated in Boardman. He married Martha Mitcheltre, daughter of Thomas Mitcheltre, who lived east of Hubbard ; the date f their marriage was 1844. They were the parents of eight children : Mary Jane, who died in infancy; Thomas F., now living near Youngstown, Ohio; William A., of Port Royal, Pennsylvania; Tilley J., married Duncan McDonald and is now deceased; Latiachie, deceased; John H., deceased; Lorenzo R., of this notice; Lewis, who now resides at Youngstown, Ohio. John A. Worley was a Democrat in his politics, but cared not to meddle with them, save to cast his vote where he believed it would do the most good, and as he viewed it, this was usually with the party just mentioned. He was a devoted member of the Disciples church at Hubbard, and was quite an active worker. By trade he was both a wagon-maker and blacksmith. He lived to the ripe old age of eighty-three years and passed from the scenes of time and all earthly things in the month of April, 1907. His good wife died in March, 1880. Lorenzo R. Worley obtained his education at Hubbard, Ohio, commencing to learn the blacksmith's trade when young. He first began this with Mr. Brownlee, at Youngstown. Later he learned the carriage black-smithing branch of the smithing trade at Greenfield, Pennsylyania. From that place he moved to Sharon, Pennsylvania, where he finished his trade. He then went to Coitsville, Ohio, there completing the finishing touches of the carriage-making part of his trade under direction f D. P. Cooper. He is now engaged in a general business, including that of high-grade blacksmithing, dealer in all kinds of farm machinery and vehicles, harness, gas engines, etc. He does an extensive business and has built up the same by his skill and own efforts. Like all progressive American citizens, Mr. Worley has his own special views on the various political parties and chooses to cast his vote with the best party, being independent-in this matter. He was elected on the Democratic ticket as trustee of Hubbard township in 1906 and is still serving in such capacity. For six years he was member f the Hubbard town council and a member of the school board for several years. Under the present HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 321 system he was elected the first president of the board of trustees. He, together with his family, are members f the Presbyterian church at Hubbard. He is connected with the Knights of Pythias order, Hubbard Lodge No. 332. In 1884 he married Caroline P. Ross, daughter of Harris and Mary (Bissell) Ross, who resided at New Vernon, Pennsylvania, where Mrs. Worley was reared and educated. Harris Ross was a soldier in the Civil war in a Pennsylvania regiment. Mrs. Worley is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Worley are the parents of two children : Hazel who is a teacher in the Hubbard public schools, and Edna M., at present attending the Rayen High School at Youngstown, Ohio, having graduated from the schools at Hubbard. GEORGE C. MINGLIN, a young and prosperous farmer of Hubbard township, represents one of the pioneer families of Trumbull county. He was born October 28, 1871, on the farm where he now resides. His father, Richard Minglin, emigrated from Elktown, Cecil county, Maryland, when he was a lad of only six years. He made the journey in 1825 as a member of the family which was driven through the wilderness in an ox cart. The family then located at what is now known as Doughton Yards, in Hubbard township. The head of this family (grandfather of George C.) was a plow and wagon maker, and after locating in the new country northwest of the Ohio he profitably followed his trade for many years. His wife, formerly Elizabeth Wilcox, was also a native f Maryland. Richard Minglin, the father of George C., was reared in this locality and received the education which the pioneers of that date obtained. In due time he married Miss Jerusha Cushman, a daughter of Levi Cushman, a resident of Hamden, Ohio, where the wife was reared and educated. Their family of four children consists of the following: Harmon, who now lives near Warren, Ohio; Calvin S., a resident of Hubbard township; Emily, who makes her home with her brother, Harmon; and George C., of this sketch. Richard, like his father, was a mechanic by trade, his special field being that of carpentry. After locating at Youngstown, Ohio, he erected many of the well known buildings of that place, including the old Erie depot, the first railroad station erected there. He also did a large amount of work for Governor Tod, the chief executive of Ohio at that time he also built the Old Hotel at Girard, near where the street railway station is now located. Soon afterward he retired to his farm of one hundred and thirty acres in Hubbard township, where he resided until his death, in February, 1892. The deceased was an old time Democrat, and during the entire period of his mature years he was identified with the Disciple church, at what is now called the Corner House. In his later years he was a life elder of that faith, and always took an active part in church work. George C. Minglin received his education in the public schools of Hub-bard township, and in his youth- and early manhood engaged in railroad work, being connected for a time with the street railway.. Six years ago 322 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY he abandoned this line of work, removing to the farm which he now cultivates and improves. His property consists f fifty acres of land, and his operations are along the line of general farming. Mr. Minglin was married November 3, 1892, to Miss Lydia Struble, a daughter of George and Margaret (Williams) Struble, of Brookfield township, where she was reared and educated. Their three children are: Hazel, Howard and Marguerite. The members of the family are connected with the Disciple church at Hubbard. EDWIN T. DIFFORD, a veteran of the Civil war and. a farmer who also carries on the dairy business to quite an extent in Mesopotamia township, Trumbull county, is a native f this township, born March 25, 1844, a son of Thomas and Eliza (Wilcox) Difford, natives of Somersetshire, England. The parents were united in marriage in England and went to Ohio about 1835, locating in Mesopotamia, and there lived the remainder of their lives. The mother died in 1867 and the father died in 1875. They owned a farm consisting of about one hundred acres. Edwin T. Difford, of whom this narrative more particularly relates, was the sixth child in a family of four sons and five daughters. He had the advantages of the public schools and continued at home until February 13, 1865, when he. enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, serving as a soldier of the Union cause until December 5, 1865. He spent the following winter at home and spent the year 1866 in Parkman, employed at dairying, after which he remained at home until March, 1868, when he went to Monona county, Iowa, where he worked at farming until autumn, then returning home. The following spring he, with his brother, A. S. Difford, conducted a cheese factory northwest of Mesopotamia. Five years later he sold out and removed to a farm he had previously bought, and resided there until 1880, then purchased one hundred acres which was improved. There he has carried on dairy business, having some fine Jersey stock. He is assisted by his son, Verna E. Politically, Mr. Difford is a supporter of the Republican party. He has served as township trustee and road supervisor several years each; also, having taken interest in educational matters, was elected school director of his district. He is a member f the Grand Army post at Farmington, known as Post No. 426. March 16, 1870, he was married to Nettie White, born in Southington township, Trumbull county, a daughter a Curtis and Caroline (Hewitt) White. Her father was born in Connecticut and her mother in England. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Difford were : Verna E., and Pearl A., now Mrs. E. H. Brigdon, of Middlefield, Geauga county, Ohio. EARNEST L. REYNOLDS, deceased, a farmer of Mesopotamia township, who died August 1, 1897, was a native of this township, born December 29, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 323 1859, and had the advantages of a common school education. He was the son f Henry and Catherine (Bower) Reynolds both born in the same township in which their son was. Job and Elizabeth (Arnold) Reynolds, the grandparents, were natives of New York and went to Trumbull county at an early day. Henry Reynolds and Catherine Bower were united in marriage in Mesopotamia township and ever after remained there. They had but one son—Earnest L., f this notice. For his second wife the father married Melissa Freeman, by whom there was no issue. After her death Mr. Reynolds married Amoret Smith, who had a daughter, Melissa, who married William Webb, living. in Mesopotamia township. After the mother's death Earnest L. resided with an aunt, Betsy Reynolds, but when thirteen years of age went again to live with his father, remaining until his marriage, August 31, 1880, to Lottie McLean, who was born in Bloomfield township, November 5, 1861, a daughter of David and Jane (Fee) McLean. The father was born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the mother was a native of Drumreiley, Ireland. The grandparents were Joseph and Jane McLean, of .New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and John and Jane (Parks) Fee natives of Ireland. After his marriage Mr. Reynolds remained on rented land for one year, then purchased fifty-nine acres of land two and a half miles south of Mesopotamia Center. That. farm he continued to work until his death. Since his death the widow and family have resided on the farm, to which Mrs. Reynolds has added almost twenty acres, the same adjoining on the south and is situated in Farmington township. Mrs. Reynolds has the aid of her sons in operating this farm. Mr. Reynolds was a Republican, was a member of the school board, and took much interest in the general welfare of his county and state. The children born to Earnest L. and Lottie (McLean) Reynolds were : Catherine, now Mrs. Lyle Kingdom; Ralph Job, Howard Henry, Mabel Clara, and Dio David, all at home. DENNIS T. SMITH, an ex-county commissioner and successful farmer residing in Mesopotamia township, in which township he was born September 27, 1833, is a son of Edmund and Pollie (Lee) Smith. The father was born in Oneida county, .New York, April 30, 1800, while the mother was born December 5, 1805, in Montgomery county, the same state. The paternal grandparents were Gager and Asneth (Tracey) Smith, natives of Connecticut, and on the maternal side they were Abijah and Lois (Swift) Lee. The former was born in Connecticut and the latter in New York. The grandparents Smith went to Mesopotamia township in 1805, settling on a tract of timber land where Dennis T. now resides. This tract contains one hundred and sixty-five acres, has all been cleared up and is a valuable place. It constitutes the homestead on which Mr. Smith now lives. The grandfather died, aged seventy-four years of age, in 1839 during the month of February, while the grandmother died when eighty-seven 324 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY years of age, in 1853. The grandfather Lee went to East Farmington township, settled. and made a farm there, with good improvements thereon. He died in 1858, aged eighty-five years, and the wife at the same age, in 1860. Mr. Smith's parents were united in marriage in 1825. The father died March 12, 1887, and his wife June 10, 1896. Of this union four children were born : Mrs. Seba Ensign, who died in December, 1906; Amoret, Mrs. Henry Reynolds, who died in September, 1898; Dennis T.; Henry, born 1844, died in the Union army, in February, 1864. Dennis T. Smith attended the common schools and gained a good education, which included. a three months' term in the high school. He resided at home until February, 1859, when he went to New York with his wife and there took boat to Panama, which isthmus they crossed on the railroad and thence on to San Francisco, in which section he went to mining for gold. He remained there two years. May 1, 1861, accompanied by his wife, he went back to Ohio, returning by the same route as they went. After returning from California, he bought forty-one acres of land. adjoining the home farm and there continued to live twenty-one years. In 1886 he sold his own place and returned to the old homestead, which he had secured possession of, and has resided there ever since, with the exception of the time he was serving as county commissioner. This position he held when the old courthouse was burned and when the new one was being constructed. His father had also served as a county commissioner several years before him. Mr. Smith was married January 1, 1855, to Artalissa M. Ensign, born August 9, 1833, in Mesopotamia township. She is the daughter of Albert and Emily (Ensign) Ensign, natives of the last named township. The grandfather, Seba Ensign, was a native of New York, while Seth and Elizabeth (Cox) Ensign were born in New York and Bristol township, Trumbull county, Ohio, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were the parents of one child—Emily, Mrs. Harmon E. Gates, whose husband conducts the farm. Mrs. Smith died November 5, 1904. In his political views Mr. Smith affiliates with the Republican party and has filled the offices of assessor, trustee, and was county commissioner from January 1, 1891, until September 20, 1897. He belongs to Erie Lodge No. 3 of the Masonic fraternity; Mahoning Chapter No. 66; and Warren Commandery No. 39, all of Warren, Ohio. GEORGE A. HOUSEL, one of the representatives f the more enterprising class f farmers who are cultivating the fertile soil f Farmington township, Trumbull county, was born May 13, 1843. He is the son of Jared and Lucinda (Miller) Housel. The former was born in Jackson township, Mahoning county, Ohio, and the latter in. Farmington township, Trumbull county, of the same state. The paternal grandparents were Peter and. Sarah (Myers) Rollie, 0f Vermont. The maternal grandparents were Isaac and