HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 375 On October 3, 1883, William A. Cram was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Millikin, born at Johnson, Ohio, daughter of Thomas and Tamar (Clark) Millikin. Her father was born in Ireland and her mother is a native of Homewood, Pennsylvania. The three children of their family are : Charles N., a ticket agent on the Erie Railroad, at Warren, Ohio ; and Alton A. and Horace H., both living at home. Mr. Cram has taken much interest in fraternity matters and belongs to Cortland Lodge, No. 554, I. 0. 0. F., and Ideal Grange, and Knights of the Maccabees of Johnson. SCOTT P. HOLCOMB, who conducts one of the finest farms in Vernon township and Trumbull county, is a son of George W. and Jane (Brackin) Holcomb. His parents were both natives of the county, his father born in Vernon township and his mother in Kinsman township. Norman and Olive (Thompson) Holcomb, the grandparents on the father's side, were natives of Connecticut, and in 1808 came with ox teams to Vernon township to occupy land which they had purchased from the Connecticut Land Company. In common with other pioneers he had selected a tract of timber, both as a guarantee of fuel and because of the belief that the soil of forest land was stronger, deeper and richer. In time he cleared away the woods and established a fine homestead, erecting the first brick house in Vernon township from material made upon the farm. Both paternal grandparents died on the old homestead in the year 1856. The maternal grandparents, Ezekiel and Mary (McGahee) Brackin were born in Great Britain, the grandfather being a native of Scotland and the grandmother, of Ireland. The parents of Scott P. Holcomb also died on the ancestral homestead, the father, in June, 1887, at the age of seventy-one years, and the mother, August 31, 1899, also seventy-one years old. Their children, mentioned in order of their birth, were as follows : Scott P., of this review ; Robert, now a resident of Tulare, California ; Watts, of Claridon, Geauga county, Ohio, and Fannie, now Mrs. Albert Biggin, of Vernon township. Scott P. Holcomb spent his boyhood on the family homestead, was educated in the locality, and at the age of twenty-two married, after which he was an independent and progressive factor in the progress of the community. His education was thorough, including a training in the district schools and in the select establishment at Burghill, taught by George P. Hunter. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for about seven years, and about two years after his marriage commenced to deal in timber. He purchased a farm in the southern part of Vernon township, sold it after working it for five years, and after his mother's death in 1899 moved to the old homestead. A year later he located at Kinsman, and for three years conducted a meat market at that place, in partnership with his brother-in-law, W. C. Jewell. After disposing of his interest in the business he purchased the L. D. Sheldon farm of one hundred and forty-eight acres, upon which he has successfully conducted general farming, dairying and livestock operations, his specialty In the last named being the 376 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY raising of mulch cows and Percheron horses. Mr. Holcomb has also been active in public affairs, having served for two terms as township trustee. He is a member of the K. 0: T. M. and of Gustavus Lodge No. 442, of the Masonic fraternity. On December 22, 1874, Mr. Holcomb married Miss Clara Jewell, of Mercer county, and three children have been born to them : Judd, who died at the age of three years and nine months; and Vernie B. and Inez M., both living at home, the latter the wife of Merl E. Smith, a dealer in mulch cows. JOB D. BIGGIN, who is proprietor of a fine farm and a well conducted cheese factory in Vernon township, Trumbull county, is an English- American, if not an American-Englishman. He was 'born in Somerset-shire, November 27, 1842, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Big-gin, and grandson of Thomas Biggin. None of his grandparents came to the United States, but his parents, who were married in England about 1830, came to this country in 1856, and with their family, settled in Bloomfield township, Trumbull county. The father was by trade a carpenter and a wagon maker, but after settling in this county made agriculture the chief occupation of his life. In 1858 he removed to Fowler township and in 1864 settled in Vernon township, where he purchased land and farmed until his death in 1889. His widow died in the following year. J. D. Biggin, who was the fifth of seven boys and four girls, resided with his parents until October 5, 1861, about a month before attaining his nineteenth birthday, when he enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry and went to the front as a soldier of the Army of the Potomac. He participated in all the battles of the Wilderness, the engagements before Petersburg, and other important actions, being wounded in the left ankle just previous to the second battle of Bull Run. This injury sent him to the Washington hospital for two months, after which he returned home to spend a five-months' furlough. Upon re-joining his regiment he commenced his final service of eighteen months, and received his honorable discharge October 5, 1864. At the conclusion of his military career Mr. Biggin returned to his .home in Vernon township, completing his education and teaching school until his marriage in 1869. He conducted various rented farms until 1883, when he bought two hundred and thirty-six acres of land for cultivation and improvement. This tract embraces the one hundred and eighty acres which are comprised in the home place, the balance lying east of the creek. At the time of his purchase there were no buildings on the land ; but this unimproved state of affairs has long since changed. Mr. Biggin at once commenced the erection of a house, barns and other buildings, his residence now consisting of a comfortable two-story frame house. He also built a cheese factory. on his property, which he still conducts ; also engaging in general farming operations and conducting a large dairy. In HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 377 1896 he bought a factory and equipped it. for the manufacture of cheese at Orangeville, Ohio; the product of this and the home factory is one hundred and fifty tons per year. Mr. Biggin's wife, to whom he was married November 7, 1869, was formerly Miss Emma S. Brown, a native of Hubbard township and daughter of Lucius H. and Mary Ann (Brown) Brown, both born in Vernon township. The children of this union are : Ellsworth Otho, a resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania; Orlo Lucius, who married Miss Laura P. McCorkle, of Fowler township, and is the active manager of his father's cheese factory; Ernest James, working on a farm at Hartford, this county; and Harry M. The father is a Republican in politics, a prominent Mason, a leader in the work of the Methodist church and a substantial and honorable citizen in the widest sense. He is a steward and trustee in the local religious society, and his identification with Masonry is as a member of Jerusalem Lodge No. 19 of Hartford, Warren Commandery No. 36 and Al Koran Temple of Shriners, Cleveland. ALFRED M. KARR, for many years successfully engaged in general farming and dairying in Vernon township, Trumbull county, was born in West Salem township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, on the 8th of July, 1860. He is a son of George and Juliet (Simpkins) Karr, his father being also a native of Mercer county. The paternal grandparents came to that county at an early day and spent the remaining years of their lives there. The parents were married in Mercer county, removing to Kinsman township about 1862 and to Vernon township in the following year. George Karr purchased a farm in that section of the county, adding to his original tract until his estate amounted to one hundred and fifty-seven acres. This was the scene of his death in September, 1904, and here now reside the widow with Alfred M. Karr and his family. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George Karr : John P., a resident of Kinsman; Alfred M., of this sketch; Emma, now Mrs. Allen A. Jewell, of Vernon township ; and Florence, who married George Cole, of Kinsman township. Mr. Karr remained with his parents until he was twenty years of age. He then spent three years away from home, engaged in farming and in the creamery business in Kinsman township, in Wayne county, Nebraska, and in various sections of Kansas. He then returned to Vernon township and resumed work in the home neighborhood for about one year, after which he spent some time on a ranch in Nebraska and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in Cheyenne county, that state. His next western venture was in Wyoming, where he spent three years on the sheep ranch owned by the Warren Live Stock Company. Returning to Trumbull county, he has since been engaged in farming, either as renter or proprietor. He now owns seventy-seven acres of the home place, upon which he conducts general farming and dairy operations. On February 3, 1896, Mr. Karr was united in marriage to Miss 378 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Gertrude Sargeant, born in Utica, Pennsylvania, daughter of Ensign and Sarah (Russell) Sargeant, both natives of the Keystone state. The children born to them were Wallace, Howard and Altha Lucile. In politics, Mr. Karr is a Republican, and his fraternal connections are with Lodge No. 743 of Kinsman (I. 0. 0. F.) and K. 0. T. M. and the Grange of Burghill. FAYETTE M. HAYNES, representative of one of the oldest pioneer families of Vernon township, has been engaged in farming and carpentry for a period of over forty-two years. His useful career has also been brightened by his services in behalf of his country, his military experience, covering two years of his life. Mr. Haynes is a native. of Vernon township, born May 16, 1845, son of Francis and Mary (Davis) Haynes. The grandparents migrated to the west and settled in the center of Vernon township, and in 1816 the tract of land which was to become their homestead was purchased of the Connecticut Land Company. The future wife of Francis located in this vicinity with her parents and they were married at Bloomfield in 1834. They afterward settled in Vernon township, and about 1840 he purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres, which he has himself improved in the way of land cultivation and the erection of buildings. He resided in Burghill from 1870 until the death of his wife, July 24, 1884, since which time he has lived on the home farm with Fayette M. Besides Fayette there were four children in the family : George F., a doctor residing in Chicago, Illinois; Orlando W., of Lenawee, Michigan ; Letticia M., who became Mrs. William Crowell, of Cleveland, Ohio, and is now deceased, and Amerett A., who died August 20, 1862, at the age of nineteen years. Fayette M. Haynes made his home with his parents until June 11, 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteers and served in Kentucky in connection with the forces against the famous raider Morgan. On June 11, 1864, he was taken prisoner at Cynthiana, Kentucky, where he was held for three days and then paroled. He was discharged from the service August 26, 1864, at Sandusky, Ohio, after which he returned home, and after two years removed to Cleveland, Ohio. There in association with his brother, George F., engaged in the manufacture of sewing machine cases, and after two years in this field sold his interest and returned to the home farm. Being a natural mechanic he also engaged in carpentry and erected many of the most substantial buildings in this vicinity. In the spring of 1870 he purchased the paternal farm and immediately entered into an era of improvement. Of his valuable farm consisting of one hundred and sixty-five acres, twenty-five are in timber, seventy-five in meadow and pasture and the balance under thorough cultivation. On September 29, 1869, Mr. Haynes married Miss Ella Smith, born in Newton Falls, Ohio, a daughter of William and Mary (Frame) Smith. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 379 The father is a native of New York state and his wife a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ella (Smith) Haynes died June 20, 1891. They had one child, Albert H., born July 1, 1879. Mr. Haynes' second marriage on November 1, 1893, was to Miss Lottie M. Barr, a native of Vernon township and a daughter of Asa and Luvica (Mizner) Barr, both of Ohio. Mr. Haynes is a Republican, but has never held office. ALLEN JEWELL, who conducts a farm of over a hundred acres in Vernon township which has all the modern facilities for live stock and dairying operations, is also well known as a financier and manager of large local interests. He has been a director in the Kinsman National Bank since 1893 and was elected vice-president of that institution in January, 1908. He is also president of the Jefferson and Warren Telephone Company and outside of these local connections of prominence he is secretary of the Kinsman Cattle Company, whose ranch is located in Custer county, Nebraska. In connection with his son, Earl K. Jewell, he is further connected with the selling and general brokerage of real estate and industrial securities. Under the name Allen Jewell & Son they represent the local interests of the Inter-State Commercial Sales Company, said to be the largest in operation engaged in this line of business in the world. The headquarters of their business in this line are naturally at Kinsman. Mr. Jewell is a native of Vernon township, born October 28, 1860, and was educated in the common schools of this locality and later at the Grand River Institute at Austinburg, Ashtabula county, Ohio, son of Thaddeus and Mary Ann (Mossman) Jewell. His father was also a native of Vernon township, born May 17, 1828, and his mother was born at West Salem, Pennsylvania, February 14, of the same year. The grandparents of Allen Jewell were Moses and Keziah (Rutledge) Jewell, the former born in North Chenango, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Maryland. The family ancestry is Irish. In 1818 Moses Jewell, the grandfather, migrated from Pennsylvania to Vernon township and secured land from the Granger family, who in turn had obtained their property from the Connecticut Land Company. He first secured fifty acres of timber land, to which he added from time to time until, at his death, in 1881, he owned four hundred and fifty acres. At the time of his decease he was eighty-two years of age and his wife, who followed him in 1882, was eighty-seven years of age. Thaddeus Jewell, the father, resided on the home farm in Vernon township all his life and at his death in 1892 was the owner of a valuable tract of three hundred acres. His wife had passed away twenty-two years previous. There were two children in their family, of which Allen is the eldest, the other, Walker C., now residing in Kinsman. Of the second marriage to Miss Emeline Sponsler were born two daughters : Blanche, now Mrs. Warren R. Keck, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and Myrtle, now Mrs. J. Winford Nelson, of the same place. Allen Jewell resided with his parents until his marriage, February 7, 1883, to Miss Emily A. Karr, born at West Salem, Mercer county, Penn- 380 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY sylvania, November 8, 1861. She is the daughter of George W. and Juliet (Simpkins) Karr, her parents being both natives of West Salem. The children of this union are : Earl K., mentioned as his father's business partner, and Vanton C., born November 29, 1895. Both of the sons reside at home. After his marriage Mr. Jewell removed to the farm of his grandfather, where he resided for five years prior to his location at Kinsman, Ohio. After clerking there in a general store for a year he purchased a half interest in a furniture establishment and was engaged in this line of business for the following two years. He then sold his interest and returned to Vernon township and rented a farm which he conducted until 1884. In this year he bought one hundred and one acres, upon which he has made all of the improvements with the exception of some of the buildings. He erected a fine house of eight rooms, which has all of the modern comforts and conveniences. Among these may be mentioned hot and cold water throughout the house, a hot air furnace and acetylene gas for lighting purposes. In 1901 he also erected a large and up-to-date barn for the care of his live stock. He has established a large and complete dairy and has two silos for feeding purposes. He also engages in general farming to considerable extent. In politics Mr. Jewell has always been a Republican and in local public affairs is well known, having served for four years as justice of the peace and assessor of his township for one term. Fraternally he is identified with Lodge No. 433, K. 0. T. M., of Burghill, Ohio. JAMES T. WEIR, who for thirty-two years has been engaged in agriculture, either as a general farmer and live stock raiser or as a dairyman, is of substantial Scotch ancestry and has all of the industrial and practical traits which bring success to so many of his countrymen. He was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, March 18, 1844, son of Thomas and Isabelle (Tudehope) Weir. His grandparents were John and Mary (Martin) Weir and John and Elizabeth (Crawford) Tudehope, but neither the parents or grandparents ever came to the United States. The son was graduated from the Lanark high school and in 1860 became a student at King Edward the Sixth grammar school in London for four years. Afterwards he entered the famous Trinity College, Cambridge, England, and had as fellow students such noblemen as the Earl of Minto, present viceroy of India, and many others noted in public life at present in England, Canada and India. After being graduated from his collegiate course in 1872 Mr. Weir came to this country at once, locating in Vernon township, where he was employed on various neighboring farms in summer and engaged in teaching school during the winter months. His labors in the latter field covered district schools in Hartford, Vernon and Brookfield townships and were continued for many years, even after he had engaged in farming as a proprietor. In 1876 Mr. Weir purchased a farm of sixty-six acres in Vernon township, since which time he has engaged in raising sheep and other live stock and in general farming and dairying. Mr. Weir has also taken active part in local public affairs, having served as justice of the peace, assessor, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 381 road supervisor (three terms), and as constable for many years. In Masonry he is identified with Jerusalem lodge No. 19, Hartford. On November 21, 1875, Mr. Weir was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Frances Merry, a native of Vernon township and a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Crosman) Merry. Her father was a native of Vernon township, but her mother was born in Onondaga county, New York. The grandparents of Mrs. Weir, Charles and Martha (Brockway) Merry, were both natives of Connecticut, who came to Orangeville, Ohio, in 1800. They afterward came to this locality and eventually owned six hundred acres of land in Vernon and Hartford townships. Harriett Merry, aunt of Mrs. James Weir, born in Hartford township in 1804, was the first native white child of that township. The children of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Weir are : Grace L., now Mrs. George S. Brainard, who resides with Mr. Weir and is employed in a local store; Kenneth W. ; Carl W.; Frances L.; and James T., all residing at home. The family residence, erected in 1876, was built on a lot owned by Mrs. Weir in Burghill. Since that time the residence has been remodeled and greatly improved, but still embraces the original home. CLARK M. RICE, one of the most prominent business men of Greene township, is a member of one of its honored pioneer families. Myrtle L. Rice, his father, was also born within the boundaries of this township, January 31, 1829, and attended the district schools here in the early pioneer days. He is a son of David and Lucy P. (Martin) Rice, he born in Massachusetts and she in Vermont, and a grandson of Enoch and Polly (Bruce) Rice. David and Lucy Rice came after their marriage to Greene township, this being in the year of 1808, and at that time there were but two other families here. They located in the dense woods, on the farm which is now on the home of their son, Myrtle, and since those early days the homestead has never been out of the possession of the family. They cleared the timber from the land and placed the fields under cultivation. Myrtle L. Rice was the youngest born of their three sons and three daughters, and the only one now living. He married on the 12th of December, 1850, Catherine Clark, also from Greene township, a daughter of Waters and Boxy (Wakefield) Clark. After their marriage the young couple built a good residence on a portion of the old Rice homestead, of which he had secured thirty acres, and after his father's retirement from business Myrtle L. Rice bought the remainder of the place, and has since been largely interested in general farming, and during many years he also operated a grist, saw and carding mill and a cheese box factory, but finally disposed of all these interests with the exception of the flour mill, which he operated until 1893. The property was thereafter used for a feed mill until in 1905, since which time it has been lying idle. Mrs. Rice died on the 21st of April, 1891, after becoming the mother of two sons, Clark M. and Charlie B., both in Greene township. On the 17th of August, 1893, Mr. Rice married Cecelia A. Newman, the widow of Morris M. Dodge, and a daughter of Asa and Mary (Baker) Newman, natives respectively of 382 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY New York and of Connecticut, and a granddaughter of Simeon and Polly (Ray) Baker, from Connecticut. By her marriage to Mr. Dodge, Mrs. Rice had one son, William A., of Geneva, Ohio. Myrtle L. Rice upholds the principles of Prohibition, and has served two terms as a township trustee. He is a member, and since 1893 has served as an elder of the Disciple church. Clark M. Rice, the elder of the two sons born to Myrtle and Catherine Rice, was born in Greene township December 22, 1854, and he remained in his parents' home until he had attained the age of twenty years. He was thereafter engaged in sawmilling and farming until in 1890 he became interested in a flour and feed mill at Bloomfield Station. This station was in the early days called Huckleberry, and is now known as Lockwood. Mr. Rice remained in business there until 1896, and has since resided on his farm in Greene township. He has owned the property since 1878, and on the farm of sixty-three acres there is a grist mill owned by Mr. Rice and his father. This mill was erected many years ago on the site of the first mill built in Greene township, and at one time it contained a carding machine, a saw mill and a scale board machine or mill for making tops and bottoms for cheese boxes. This latter commodity was shipped to all parts of the country in which cream cheese was manufactured. Clark M. Rice is now engaged in general farming and dairying. He married, October 31, 1876, Ella Irwin, also from Greene township, a daughter of Wesley and Mary Jane (Boone) Irwin, from Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter of Ambrose and Anna (Thompson) Irwin, he from Ireland and she from Pennsylvania. Her maternal grandfather was John Boone, also from Ireland. The children of this union are: Mable, wife of Dr. R. R. Root, of Youngstown, Ohio : Georgie Clare, wife of H. S. Smith, of Greene township ; Mary Catherine, a bookkeeper in Youngstown, and Harold Clark, at home with his parents. Mr. Rice is a Republican politically, and he has served as a school trustee, and since 1900 as township trustee. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, Emerald Tent No. 427, of Kennelworth. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and since 1888 has served as its steward. JOHN WILLIAM SIRRINE, who is farming in Greene township, is a native son of Trumbull county, born August 21, 1858, and he is a member of one of the township's earliest pioneer families. His maternal grandparents, John and Polly (Higgans) Evans, were among the first to settle in the northeast corner of Greene township, locating there when the place was densely covered with timber. They were originally from Massachusetts. The paternal grandfather, William Sirrine, was a native of Lima, New York. Thomas Sirrine, his son and the father of John W., was also born in Lima, and he was sixteen years of age when he came in 1831 to Greene township, Trumbull county, Ohio. A number of years afterward, about 1848, he was married to Submit Evans, a native daughter of this township, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 383 born in 1830, and they purchased and located on a farm of eighty acres here in Greene township. The wife died there in 1886, and in 1898 he sold the farm and went to Homer county, Michigan, to live with his son James, his death occurring in February, 1904. In their family were two sons and three daughters, but two of the daughters died many years ago. John W. Sirrine, the third born, made his home with his parents until his marriage, December 19, 1882, to Anna Johnson, born in Orwell, Ashtabula county, Ohio, a daughter of John and Charlotte (Parks) Johnson, born respectively in Canada and Ireland. During the five years following his marriage Mr. Sirrine resided on his father's farm, and he then rented the Difford farm in Greene township for two years, spent a similar period in Vienna township, and in the meantime, in 1892, he had purchased one hundred acres in Greene township, densely covered with timber, and moving there he cleared and improved thirty acres of the tract. A few years afterward, in 1898, he erected his present residence, which is built from timber taken from his land, and he has made his homestead one of the best in the township. In addition to his general farming he conducts quite a large dairy. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sirrine are: Winona, Mildred and Glenn W., all at home. Mr. Sirrine is a Republican politically, has served as trustee of Greene township, is a charter member oflley Circle, and is a member of the Christian Disciple church. CHARLES E. STOCKWELL, for many years one of the prominent and leading agriculturists of Greene township, Trumbull county, was born in Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio, February 8, 1838, a son of William and Clarissa (Whitimore) Stockwell, natives of Massachusetts, and a grandson of Louis Whitimore. William and Clarissa Stockwell were married in their native state of Massachusetts, and from there moved to Portage county, Ohio. where they spent the remainder of their lives. Charles E. Stockwell, the eighth born of their six sons and five daughters, remained at home with his parents until his marriage, but in the meantime, in September of 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil war in the First Ohio Light Artillery, Company I, and was assigned to the fields of Virginia and North Carolina with the Army of the Potomac. He was honorably discharged in the fall of 1862, but later, in 1864, re-enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, and remained in service until the close of the conflict. Returning from the war he came to Greene township in Trumbull county and bought a farm of seventy-eight acres, covered with timber and brush, and has since placed his land under cultivation and at the same time has added to its boundaries until he now has one hundred and sixty-one acres in the home place and fifty-five acres two miles south. He is engaged in general farming, and since 1880 has also operated a saw mill. He has a large dairy, and in former years manufactured cheese quite extensively and conducted a large sugar bush. His home is a pleasant and commodious two-story residence of ten rooms,. Vol. II-25 384 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, and the homestead is further enhanced by a fine old orchard of apple and pear trees and grapes. Mr. Stockwell was married in June, 1866, to Sarah J. Liddle, from Trumbull county, and their two children are Ellis E. and Elsie J. The son is now operating his father's mill. The daughter is the widow of Thomas Bingham, by whom she has two children, John and Carlton, and she resides with her father. Mr. Stockwell is a Republican politically, and is a member of the Grange in Greene and of the Grand Army post in Mecca. He is a member and since 1904 has served as a steward of the Methodist Episcopal church. CALEB FRENCH, during many years identified with the agricultural interests of Mesopotamia township, was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, April 26, 1830, and his education, which was begun in the schools of the mother country, was completed in the district schools of Bloomfield, Ohio. His parents, Edmond and Ann (Humphreys) French, established their home in Mesopotamia township in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1844, but later they purchased and lived on a farm in Bloomfield township for a number of years, and from there went to a farm in Black-hawk county, Iowa. Caleb French, the third born of their eight children, went to Warren, this state, at the time of the removal of his parents to Iowa, and there worked at his trade of shoemaking until his enlistment on the 14th of August, 1862, in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, under Colonel E. Updike. The regiment was sent to Nashville, Tennessee, and took part in many of the memorable battles of the Civil war, including the engagement of Chattanooga, where they were confined by the Confederates for two months. Receiving his discharge from the service at Nashville in June of 1865, Mr. French came to Mesopotamia township to his father-in-law's farm, they working the land together until the latter's death. At that time Mr. French bought the interest of the other heirs in the property, an excellent tillable farm of one hundred and fifty acres, improved with a beautiful grove of one thousand maple trees, from which he formerly made large quantities of maple syrup, but since the year of 1900 he has lived practically retired from labor. The homestead is further improved by a pleasant and substantial residence erected in 1884, large and convenient barns and many valuable springs. Mr. French was married, January 1, 1854, to Mary D. Arnold, who was born in Mesopotamia township, a daughter of George D. and Susanna (DeBell) Arnold, natives respectively of New York and of Rhode Island. They were among the first to locate in Mesopotamia township, driving through the wilderness to the west by team, and arriving here they bought the old Tracey farm, one of the first homesteads located in this township. The children of this union are : George E., an attorney in North Platte, Nebraska; Birney J., on the home farm ; Myra, who died in 1871, aged fourteen; and Harry, who died in 1862, when but three and a half years HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 385 of age. The wife and mother is also deceased, dying in October of 1905. Mr. French held membership relations with the Bloomfield lodge of Masons from 1867 until they disbanded. In politics he votes with the Republican party. LYNN W. LOOMIS is a member of two of the honored early pioneer families of Ohio. He is a grandson of Elizair and Arbama (Holcomb) Loomis, natives respectively of East Windsor, Massachusetts, and Windsor, Ohio, and of Sylvester and Elisabeth (Alvord) Russell, who were born in the New England states. They established their home in Geauga county, Ohio, in the early year of 1816, and with the Loomis family, equally early residents of the commonwealth, experienced all the hardships of a frontier life. The country was almost entirely covered with timber at that time. Edward Loomis, the father of Lynn W., was born in Windsor, Ashtabula county, Ohio, January 13, 1830, and after his marriage to Cordelia Russell, a native daughter of Geauga county, this state, he located on a farm of eighty acres in Mesopotamia township, of which he had previously become the owner. All of the commodious and substantial buildings which now adorn this homestead stand' as monuments to his thrift and ability, and he was both a dairyman and farmer. His death occurred in June of 1905, but his wife still survives him and resides on the old home farm. In their family were but two children, and the daughter, Jennie, is also at home. Lynn W. Loomis, their only son, has always resided on the Loomis homestead in Mesopotamia township. He owns the old place in conjunction with his sister, and during the past twelve years he has carried on its work. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and he is a member of the fraternal order of Odd Fellows, Mesopotamia Lodge No. 189, and of Enterprise Grange. LUCIUS V. STURDEVANT, for many years identified with the agricultural interests of Trumbull county, was born in Freedom, Portage county, Ohio, March 14, 1858. His father, O. C. Sturdevant, was born in Pennsylvania, but came with his parents when a lad of eight years to Summit county, Ohio. From there he moved to Freedom, where he was married to Amanda Hollenbeck, a native of Geauga county, this state. He became the owner of a farm near Freedom, and there his wife died in September, 1898, and he survived until February of 1905. The seventh born of his five sons and four daughters, six of whom grew to years of maturity, was Lucius V. Sturdevant. He attended in his youth the common schools and three terms in Hiram College. He remained at home until attaining his twenty-first year, and then for ten years worked out by the month for others. He then bought a farm west of Mesopotamia, but after twelve years there sold the land and bought 386 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY another farm south of that village, but this he also sold after five years, and in 1908 rented the Jerome Sweet homestead a half a mile north of Mesopotamia, where he has since been engaged in general farming and dairying. On the 8th of April, 1891, Mr. Sturdevant was married to Mary (White) Harrison, the widow of Frank White and a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Adair) Harrison, both natives of Ireland, the father of county Cavan and the mother of near Belfast. Mrs. Sturdevant had one child V by her former marriage, Franc, now engaged in teaching school. Mr. Sturdevant is a Republican politically, and in the fall of 1905 was elected on that ticket to the office of trustee of Mesopotamia township. HOWARD A. BRIGDEN, a native son and throughout the greater part of his life identified with the interests of Mesopotamia, was born on the 29th of November, 1841, and attended in his youth the common schools of this city. His mother, nee Mary A. Sperry, was also born in Mesopo- tamia, but his father, Charles A. Brigden, was a native son of New Haven, Connecticut. The maternal grandparents were the first to settle in Mesopotamia township, and the grandfather was a valiant soldier in the war of 1812, having been wounded by the Indians at Sandusky. Charles A. Brigden and Mary A. Sperry were married in Pennsylvania, but soon afterward took up their abode in Mesopotamia, where Mr. Brigden was a merchant and for one term the county auditor, residing during that time in Warren. When Howard A. Brigden had attained his fifteenth year he started out in life for himself, working for some years afterward at various employments. During the year of 1855 there were many political celebrations in Bloomfield,. Ohio, and there was to be raised there a political pole one hundred and forty-two feet high, at the top of which was to float a banner for Fremont and Dayton. This had been wound up while the pole was being raised, but in the raising the string to which it was attached broke and young Howard climbed to the top of the pole and unfurled the streamer. For this brave and gallant act a purse of $33.36 was collected and presented to him, with which he purchased a rifle, for he was then a great hunter. At the age of seventeen he began to learn carriage painting, and shortly afterward, on the 19th of April, 1861, enlisted under Captain Pierce in the Ohio State Militia, being undoubtedly the first to enlist from Trumbull county in the Civil war. He was sworn into the United States service June 1st of the same year, a member of Company B, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the same company and regiment of which McKinley and Haves were also members. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, but while in winter quarters at Montgomery's Ferry Mr. Brigden's left arm was broken and he was obliged to resign from the army in the spring of 1862 and return home. After six weeks he was able to return and was thereafter sutler's clerk until his brother George HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 387 was killed in 1864, when Howard became brigade color bearer on General Hayes' staff. Mr. Brigden's father and the latter's four sons were all in service in the war, but all are now deceased with the exception of Howard A., who after his discharge returned home and learned the trade of marble cutting. In 1881 he went to Michigan and assisted in the organization of Montmorency county of that state. He took up one hundred and sixty acres of timber land there, and his was the first family to locate in the township in which his land was situated. He placed thirty acres of his farm under cultivation, and resided there until 1889, when he sold his land and returned to Mesopotamia. His home was on a farm during the first two years following his return, was then one year in Painsville, and he has since been at the old home. He is an artist of ability in stone sculpture, painting, drawing and all allied accomplishments. Mr. Brigden was married in February, 1865, to Elsie A. Beldin, also from Mesopotamia and a daughter of Henry and Louisa (Woolcot) Beldin, from Farmington township, Trumbull county. The two children of this union are Earl H. and George H., the elder an attorney at Middlefield, Ohio. The younger, born July 13, 1875, died on the 17th of August, 1908. Mr. Brigden is an active worker in local Democratic circles. He has served his township as a trustee, and while living in Michigan served as a supervisor. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. CHARLES A. BRIGDEN was born in New Haven, Connecticut, February 20, 1817, and died in Mesopotamia, Ohio, September 29, 1887. He was identified with the interests of this city from the age of eighteen years, coming here at that time and entering upon a clerkship in a mercantile store. But after several years there and in company with a Mr. Collar he embarked in the same business for himself, and continued as one of the city's successful merchants until elected the audtior of Trumbull county. At that time he gave up his mercantile interests to enter upon his duties in that office. During the Civil war he enlisted as first lieutenant of Company I, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but after six months of service his health became so impaired that he was obliged to resign his commission and return home. Again he became identified with the business life of this city, conducting a dry goods store for a time, but in time disposed of that store to become a hardware merchant, which business was later carried on by his sons, and he also sold a portion of his stock to his nephew, Charles Halcomb. His interests with the city of Mesopotamia were long, intimate and beneficial, and he commanded the respect and confidence of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Mr. Brigden, the father of Charles A., served for many years as mate on a ship running from New Haven to Liverpool, England, and died on board his ship when his son was but four years of age. The child's mother married again and died in New Haven, Connecticut. 388 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Charles A. Brigden married first, in September, 1836, Mary Ann Holcomb, a native of Mesopotamia, and they had seven children : Emily, wife of Edward Donaldson of Painsville, Ohio; Howard, engaged in the monument business, whose sketch is given preceding this; Edward C.; George, who was a color bearer in Gen. Hayes' regiment, and was killed in action ; Irvin, also deceased; Harriett, wife of Pierce Means, of Geneva, Ohio ; and Charles, deceased. The mother of these children died in about 1882, and in 1889 Mr. Brigden wedded Frances Pinney, born in Plymouth, Vermont, a daughter of Horatio and Sally (Woodbury) Pinney, also from that state. Mrs. Brigden married first Stephen Maxham, by whom she had two children, Harriett and Walter, both now deceased, and Mr. Maxham died in March of 1885. Mr. Brigden was a member of the Masonic order in Bloomfield and of the Grand Army Post in Warren, Ohio. EMORY G. NORRIS, prominently identified with the farming and stock raising interests of Trumbull county, Ohio, and more especially of Mesopotamia township, was born in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula county, this state, March 31, 1841, a son of Benjamin and Clarissa A. (Hurlburt) Norris and a grandson of Cornelius Norris and Erastus and Clarissa Hurlburt. The grandparents on both sides were from Connecticut, but were early settlers in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Benjamin and Clarissa A. (Hurlburt) Norris were born respectively in Windsor, Ohio, October 11, 1813, and in Farmington, Connecticut, February 9, 1814. They were married in Windsor, Ohio, September 3, 1837, and located on a farm near Hartsgrove, the birthplace of their son Emory, and there Mr. Norris, Sr., died on the 24th of July, 1875, and his wife on the 30th of December, 1879. There were two children in their family, and Cornelius, the younger, born on the 6th of November, 1855, died in infancy. Emory G. Norris spent his early life in his boyhood's home, and after his marriage he lived one year in Mesopotamia, spent a similar period as a hotel proprietor in Rock Creek, and then returned to his parents' farm, and began farming and stock raising and shipping. Remaining there until March 28, 1882, he then sold the farm and returned to Mesopotamia. He now resides on the farm which was formerly the property of his wife's parents and is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising, at different times associated in the latter line with J. Y. Hall and Job Reynolds. In the spring of 1905 he purchased another farm of one hundred acres in Mesopotamia township. He is also a director in the Middlefield State Bank of Middlefield, Ohio. Mr. Norris married, December 22, 1864, Harmony H. Newcomb, born in Mesopotamia August 6, 1844, a daughter of Zala and Sarah A. (Warner) Newcomb, and a granddaughter of Daniel Warner, from Windsor, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 389 Connecticut, and one of the earliest pioneer physicians of Mesopotamia township. The only child of this union is a son, Walter E., born September 15, 1868, the cashier of the Middlefield Banking Company since its organization in 1902. Previous to that time he worked for several years in the Pennsylvania relief department in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Edith E. Lampson, who was born in Windsor, Ohio, a daughter of Chester and Emeret (Griswold) Lampson, and their children are Lucile I., born December 2, 1896, and Emory C., born April 11, 1901. Mr. Norris, Sr., represented the Republican party two terms in the office of township trustee. Fraternally he is a charter member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Mesopotamia, Lodge No. 789, to which he was demitted from Windsor lodge. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 507 of West Farmington. GEORGE GOLDNER, a farmer of Mesopotamia township, Trumbull county, was born in Jackson township, Mahoning county, Ohio, December 28, 1839, a son of Stephen and Rebecca (Mesmer) Goldner, natives of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents were Martin and Catherine (Andress) Goldner, natives of Pennsylvania, while the maternal grandparents were Christian and Eve (Sytle) Mesmer, of Pennsylvania. The grandfather Goldner went to Mahoning county in 1828 and settled on a partly cleared tract of land. There the grandparents spent the remainder of their days. The parents, Stephen and Rebecca Goldner, married and settled in Jackson township, where the mother died in 1854. The father, who was born February 14, 1813, died February 8, 1892. The only son in the family of five children, two of whom were younger than he, George Goldner, resided with his lather and stepmother, and attended the district schools. On November 11, 1862, he married Rachel Shivley, born in Jackson township, Mahoning county, Ohio, May 12, 1838, daughter of John and Hannah (Miller) Shivley. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and the mother in Virginia. The grandfather, Frederick, and wife Elizabeth (Flick) Shivley, were natives of Pennsylvania, while Jacob and Eve (Ficks) Miller were from Virginia. After his marriage, George Goldner resided with his father until 1866, when he bought a farm near by, where he lived until 1877, when he traded for a hundred and twenty-five acres in Mesopotamia township. This place is located in the northwestern part of Trumbull county. It was all timber and brush land at the time he bought it. He soon placed forty acres of it under cultivation, and left the balance in timber and pasture land. Upon his place is a large sugar grove which originally had twenty-two hundred hard maple trees, used as a sugar bush, the same yielding from five to eight hundred gallons of syrup a year. Mr. Goldner now lives a retired life, while his sons conduct the farm. Politically a Democrat, he served as trustee of Jackson township, 390 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Mahoning county, for many years. He was also a member of the board of education. He is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 789, of Mesopotamia. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Goldner are as follows: Willis Herbert, who married Jennie B. Hammond, residing at home; Emma Amelia, married Albert Bell; Llewellyn Eugene, residing on a portion of the homestead farm, married Alice D. Marsh of Ashtabula county. JOHN M. WILCOX, farmer and stock breeder of Mesopotamia toWnship, Trumbull county, is the third of seven sons and two daughters born to his parents. He was born March 9, 1844, in the township in which he now resides, his parents being Robert and Lucy (Easton) Wilcox. The father was born in Somersetshire, England, while the wife and mother was a native of Mesopotamia township, Trumbull county, Ohio. The paternal grandparents were John and Deborah (Taylor) Wilcox. The maternal grandparents were Joseph and Lucinda (Sanderson) Easton, natives of Vermont, and who became early settlers in Trumbull county, coming about 1818. They located in Mesopotamia and the father died there about 1878. Robert Wilcox went to Mesopotamia township with two brothers when they were quite young. For one year Robert drove a meat wagon. He then returned to England, from which country, with some friends and relatives, he returned to America about six months later. After Robert and Lucy (Easton) Wilcox were united in marriage, they settled a mile and a half east of the center of Mesopotamia, where they remained a year or more, then moved a mile to the north where they both died. Seven of the nine children in their family still survive and all reside in Trumbull county. The date of Robert Wilcox's death was 1897, while that of his wife was 1887. John M. Wilcox had the advantages of the district schools and one term at the Western Reserve Seminary. He resided with his parents until he was married, that event occurring November 8, 1869. He married Emma E. Griffin, daughter of Jesse and Edra (Wilcox) Griffin, natives of England. After his marriage he resided in various places in Mesopotamia township, conducted two saw mills in the township for eight years and bought and sold hogs and cattle, carrying on a shipping business for about twelve years. Previous to 1882 he owned several farms which he sold. He then purchased one hundred and twenty-three acres in lot No. 30, of Mesopotamia township, where he has since carried on a successful general agricultural business, including the raising of registered trotting horses. Mr. Wilcox usually has in stock from fifteen to thirty of these superior animals. He also raises black-faced sheep, keeping from seventy-five to a hundred head on his premises. In addition to his home farm, he has an undivided half interest in one hundred and twenty-eight and a half acres, a mile to the east of his original place. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 391 Mrs. Wilcox died October 22, 1905, without children. They reared a girl from the age of eleven years—Winnie Jeffry, who is now Mr. Wilcox's bookkeeper. Politically, Mr. Wilcox is a Republican, and has served as assessor of his township with much efficiency. ISAAC MORFORD, one of the venerable citizens of Vernon township,, Trumbull county, comes of a family whose immediate ancestry, both paternal and maternal, were among the pioneers of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Thomas and Ann Morford, his great-grandparents, were born respectively in Scotland and Ireland, the former in 1716 and he died in the state of New Jersey at the age of eighty-one years. John and Mary (Cox) Morford, the grandparents, came from New Jersey in the latter portion of the eighteenth century and settled near Sharon where they spent the remainder of their lives, the first coal bank opened in that part of the country being located on their farm in 1835. James Morford, a granduncle of Isaac, also accompanied his brother, John, to Mercer county, where they spent. the remainder of their lives. John Morford served his country as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Isaac Morford was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1822, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Morford) Morford, both natives of New Jersey. Isaac was a child by his father's first wife, his brothers and sister being James C., John, Ann, William and Joseph. Mrs. Elizabeth Morford, who was born November 24, 1784, died July 20, 1826, and Mr. Morford married as his second wife, Mrs. Mary Brown. The children of this union were: Emeline, Eliza, Andrew and Richard Judson, who is the only one now living and who resides at Kinsman. Mr. Morford made his home with his parents until his marriage in 1847 and the year after bought a tract of land in Vernon township, consisting of one hundred and seven acres, upon which was established a homestead. Originally there was only a small log house on the place and in this they resided until 1856, when the husband erected a comfortable two-story frame house in which he has since resided. Mr. Morford also purchased a farm in Pennsylvania which he operated for many years, subsequently selling all of this property with the exception of six acres. On October 28, 1847, he was united in marriage with Miss Celestia L. Williams, a native of Vernon township, born March 10, 1822. She was a daughter of Osmand and Mary (Sheldon) Williams, natives of Massachusetts. Mrs. Morford's parents were among the earliest migrators to Trumbull county. In 1814 they drove from Massachusetts to Buffalo, New York, with an ox team and one horse, and upon their arrival learned that peace had been declared between the United States and Great Britain so they continued their journey into Ohio. Arriving in Vernon township the husband purchased a tract of land for which he had nearly paid before finding that the title was imperfect, and the result was that, though he obtained possession of the land, he was obliged to pay for 392 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY it twice. He at once commenced to clear the forest growth from his land. He bought apple seeds from the east and raised his own orchard and continued to do general farming. It was here that both he and his wife passed their last days. The father died in April, 1865, and the mother in October, 1869. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom grew to maturity : Joseph ; Mary, who became the wife of John Morford; Celestia, Mrs. Isaac Morford; Permelia, who became the wife of Josiah Brown; and Rodelia, who married Nicholes Mizner. All except Mrs. Brown spent their entire lives in Vernon township. Mrs. Isaac Morford, before her marriage, spent a number of years teaching district school with a salary of one dollar per week in the summer months, and one dollar and twenty-five cents per week for winter months, and boarded among the patrons, or as it was commonly called, "boarded around." She died February 26, 1906, her children being as follows: Sheldon 0., now an attorney of Seward, Alaska; Permelia I., residing with her father; Carey J., who resides in Greene township, this county; Curtis R., also a lawyer located in Alaska; Araminta, who became the wife of F. F. Main, of Columbus, Ohio; and Emma C., now Mrs. Harvey Fowler, of Hartford township. LOUISE (WILLER) SAMS.—Mrs. Louise Willer Sams resides on the beautiful estate in Howland township, Trumbull county, where she and her husband labored together for many years. She was born in England on the 10th of October, 1842, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Simms) Willer, who came from their native land of England to the United States about the year of 1870 and located in Newberry, Ohio. There they purchased the small farm which they conducted during the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of ten children, namely : William, whose home is in Ohio ; Ann, who died at the age of sixteen years; Emily, of Warren, this state; Louise, who is mentioned below; Thomas, who was yet in England when last heard from; Fannie, deceased; Jane, whose home is in Burton, Ohio ; Dorcas and John,. both deceased; and one who died in infancy. Louise, the fourth born of the ten children, received her educational training in the mother country of England, and on the 10th of March, 1870, she gave her hand in marriage to George Sams, who was born there on the 27th of May, 1842, a son of James and Eliza (Broom) Sams, who spent their entire lives as farming people in England. In the year of 1880, with their five living children, Mr. and Mrs. Sams left their native land and joined her parents in the United States, but her father had died ere their arrival, and the mother survived but three or four years. Shortly after their arrival in this country the Sams family established their home in Howland township, Trumbull county, Ohio, where the husband and father worked as a farm hand for two years, and then during the following year he conducted a rented farm. Moving then to another place they HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 393 remained there for four years, were then on the Kennedy farm for seven years, and at the close of that period they purchased and moved to the homestead farm of one hundred and twenty-four and a half acres in Howland township, where the widow yet resides. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Sams was blessed by the birth of six children, namely : Fannie, the wife of Henry Green and a resident of California; Emma, who is at home with her mother; William, who is also with his mother and operates a steam roller in Warren; James, who conducts the home farm; John, who farms with his brother James, and together they also operate a threshing outfit; and Frank, deceased. The husband and father of this family died on the 26th of February, 1908, honored and revered wherever known, and during many years he was numbered among the leading agriculturists of Howland township. HENRY C. JEWELL, who conducts a general farm and dairy and a large sugar camp in Vernon township, is a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, born September 27, 1851. He is a son of Collins H. and Eunice (Brown) Jewell, the father being a native of Vernon township and the mother of the state of Connecticut. The grandparents on both sides of the family were natives of Connecticut and in 1818 migrated to what was then the west, by means of ox teams. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Jewell, the paternal grandparents, located in Vernon township, Trumbull county, while the maternal grandparents (Brown) settled in West Salem township, Mercer county. The latter resided in Mercer county for many years, afterward removing to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the wife died about five years later and the husband then returned to Pennsylvania where he passed his last years. The father of Henry C. Jewell, in the early times, had one of the finest orchards in this part of the country. Mr. Jewell of this sketch was the eldest of five sons and seven daughters, and remained with his parents until he was seventeen years of age, when he became an independent farmer worker in Vernon township. He was thus engaged for four years and then removed to Clinton, Iowa, and afterward wandered into Indian territory as an employe of one of the government surveys. The three months of his labors in that part of the country were rich with Indian episodes. At the conclusion of his government work Mr. Jewell secured employment in a Texas saw mill, and after being thus employed for two years returned to Kinsman township and engaged in agriculture as a renter, also being employed in the various creamery and cheese factories of the locality for about four years. He was thus variously employed until April, 1904, when he bought the Weston Smith farm in Vernon township, which he has since cultivated and developed in the ways already mentioned. His sugar camp consists of about six hundred trees and his dairy is complete and modern. He also not only engages in general farming but raises hogs, and his wife has established a comfortable business as a raiser of chickens for the market. Mrs. Jewell has on hand an average of about 394 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY one hundred and fifty chickens and sells about one hundred broilers each spring. On September 16, 1871, Mr. Jewell was married in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, to Viola D. Stahr, a native of Greenville, that county, and a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth A. (Mizner) Stahr. Her father was accidentally killed near Topeka, Kansas, June 12, 1874, and the mother passed away May 30, 1900, at Viola, Illinois. The family is of German descent, but Mrs. Jewell's father was born in Saulsburg, Pennsylvania and her mother in Hubbard township, Ohio. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Jewell are : Cora, Mrs. Durias Stedman, of Andover, Ohio ; Luella, Mrs. James N. Britton, who is the mother of two sons; Merle S. and Lawrence N., Willis, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, who married Leam Gilmore; and Guy C., who resides at home. Mrs. Jewell has been a wide traveler, her journeys having extended into sixteen different states of the union. JACOB WALLACE HOFFMAN, one of the leading agriculturists of Lordstown township, has spent his entire life here and was born within its borders April 10, 1864. One of the earliest pioneers of the township was his paternal grandfather, Jacob Hoffman, who was born in Pennsylvania, January 27, 1790, and coming to this county in his early life he secured a tract of heavily-timbered land in the southwestern part of Lordstown township, cleared and improved this land, and spent the remainder of his life there, dying on the 21st of September, 1875, when eighty-six years of age. He married Polly Meece, who was born on December 28, 1898, and died on the 4th of January, 1835, the mother of ten children : Catherine, Susanna, Elizabeth, Mary, Dorothy, Daniel, Sarah, Abraham, Lydia and Margaret. Abraham Hoffman, a son of Jacob and Polly, was born in Pennsylvania December 4, 1828, and succeeding to the ownership of the old Hoffman homestead he lived there until late in life, when he purchased and moved to a small place close by, and there his busy and useful life was ended in death on the 6th of September, 1903. The maiden name of his wife was Julia Kistler, and she was born in Pennsylvania September 12, 1831, a daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Sechler) Kistler, who in an early day came from their native state of Pennsylvania to Lordstown township. Mrs. Hoffman died in October of 1896. They reared seven children : Laura R., Mary A., Hannah C., Charles F., Hattie, J. Wallace and Clara E. Jacob W. Hoffman, one of the seven children, remained at his parents' home until his marriage, and after farming as a renter for two years he returned to the old homestead and continued its operation until he located on the farm where he now lives in January of 1898. This is a fertile and well-cultivated farm pleasantly located about a mile and a half east and north of Lordstown Center, where he is extensively engaged in general farming pursuits. He married on the 17th of March, 1887, Alice E. Moses, a native daughter of Lordstown township, born January 9, 1862. John Moses, her father, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 395 October 23, 1824, a son of Philip Moses, also from Pennsylvania. The latter came from that state to Ohio in about the year of 1838, and settled on a farm in Jackson township, Mahoning county, but a few years afterward he came to Lordstown township and spent the remainder of his life here. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Schnabel, and she was also from Pennsylvania.. John Moses, their son, accompanied his parents to this state, and purchasing a tract of land in Lordstown township, which contained a small log cabin and a few improvements, he began the arduous task of clearing and further improving his land. It was in that little log cabin that his first child was born, but later the primitive dwelling was replaced by a modern frame residence, and with the passing years he succeeded in clearing his land, and he lived there until his death, September 14, 1897. On the 25th of September, 1856, he married Catherine Weaver, who was born in Brookfield township, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 25, 1839. Her parents, Frederick and Mary (Miller) Weaver, came from their native land of Germany to the United States and located in Brookfield township of Trumbull county, where they were farming people during the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Weaver survived her husband, and afterward made her home with her children. Mrs. Moses is yet living on the old Moses homestead, the mother of four children, George, Alice, Frances and Olive. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have become the parents of eight children, namely : Catherine, Mary, Alta, John, Abram, Julia, Dorothy and Bernice. Mr. Hoffman gives his political support to the Democratic party, and he is a member of the Lutheran church. EDWIN BRYANT is numbered among the agriculturists of Trumbull county and among those who served their country faithfully and well during its Civil war. In June of 1862 he offered his services with the Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and served valiantly with his command until captured at Harpers Ferry. But after a few days he was paroled, and four months afterward returned to his home. His homestead farm contains one hundred and ten acres of rich and fertile land, and all lies in Johnson township with the exception of thirty acres in Gustavus township. Mr. Bryant was born at Eaton, in Lorain county, Ohio, February 23, 1844, a son of John and Maria (Green) Bryant, natives respectively of Massachusetts and of Independence township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and a grandson of William and (Spaulding) Bryant and of William Green, the latter from New England. John Bryant, the father, located at Independence, Ohio, in his early life, and was there married to Mary Comstock, and later to Maria Green. His second wife had also been previously married, wedding Jacob Parker, who died of cholera. In 1845 John Bryant moved with his wife and children to Gustavus township, Trumbull county, locating on the farm which he had purchased from a Mr. Trumbull, from whom the county received its name, and there Mr. 396 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Bryant died on his farm on the 7th of June, 1899. His wife had preceded him in death, dying on the 11th of June, 1889. Edwin Bryant was the fourth born of their eleven children, six sons and five daughters, and as he has never married he lived with a brother, Moses, until the latter's death on the 22d of April, 1902, and since then his brother Lafayette, the youngest of the children, has made his home with him. The latter's son, Leroy, is also a member of the household. Mr. Bryant is both a farmer and dairyman, and in his political affiliations he is a Republican. HOMER ROOT.—The present homestead farm of Homer Root was the scene of his birthplace as well as the place of his future activities, and he represents a family that have long been identified with the life and interests of Johnston township. His birth occurred on the 1st of April, 1853, a son of Erastus and Marinda (Heifman) Root, who were born respectively in Connecticut and near the city of Dayton, Ohio. Erastus Root was one of Trumbull county's early pioneers, and his first home here was in Mecca township, but he soon afterward came to Johnston township, and locating on one of its heavily timbered farms he cleared and improved his land and died there on the 18th of February, 1892, while his wife survived until December of 1900. At his father's death Homer Root became the owner of one hundred and eighteen acres of the homestead, and there he is engaged in general farming and dairying. He married on the 30th of February, 1881, Maria A. Hults, who was born in Johnston township March 1, 1861, a daughter of Seth and Mary (Sadler) Hults, born respectively in Bazetta and Gustavus townships, Trumbull county. Her paternal grandparents were Henry K. and Rhoda Hults, from Connecticut, and the grandfather was one of the first settlers of Bazetta township in Trumbull county, while the maternal grandparents, George and Maria (Morrow) Sadler, from Ireland, located in Gustavus township of this county during an early period in its history and when they were but children. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Root are: Lorinda B., whose home is in Cleveland, Ohio; Mary, the wife of Charles Clauss, of Johnston township ; Grover C., who married Hazel Canfield and lives in Gustavus township ; and Marjie and Marie, twins ; and Seth and Clayton, twins, all at home. Mrs. Root is a member of the Disciple church, and Mr. Root in his political affiliations is a Democrat. H. JOSIAH WILLCOX belongs to the group of influential and distinguished agriculturists who are maintaining Trumbull county at the head of the rich agricultural centers of Ohio, and born on the farm where he now lives, July 24, 1852, he has spent the greater part of his business life here. Thomas Willcox, his father, was a son of John and Elizabeth Willcox, and was born in Somersetshire, England. In 1836, via Buffalo, he came by boat to Painsville and thence on to Mesopotamia township, Trumbull county, where he obtained employment on farms. A few years after HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 397 his arrival here he was married to Eliza Dunkerton, also from Somersetshire, England, daughter of Richard and ____ (Creed) Dunkerton. He came with an uncle, William Haines, to this township about the year of 1834 and after their marriage the young couple purchased a farm in the eastern part of Mesopotamia township, where they lived in a little log house for some time. This land was heavily timbered, and the husband at once began the arduous labor of clearing and improving a farm. He was successful in his labors, and he died on the homestead which he had carved out from a wilderness, passing away in February of 1892, and his wi survived him but five weeks. Their names are recorded among the brave and honored pioneers of Trumbull county. H. Josiah Willcox was the seventh born of their eight children, five sons and three daughters, and he is one of the three sons and two daughters living. When a lad of twenty-one he went to Pottawatomie county, Iowa, where at Oakland he taught school for four years, and during two years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits there. Selling his interests in Oakland he spent a year in Nebraska. Previous to leaving his home for the west he had received a splendid educational training, having attended for three terms the Western Reserve Seminary at West Farmington, was one year a student in the Ada Normal College and for three years attended the Grand River Institute, thus laying broad and deep the foundation for a successful business career. During his early life he was also identified with the educational work of this vicinity, but preferring a business rather than a professional life he turned his attention to agriculture, and after the death of his parents bought out remaining heirs to the homestead of one hundred and eight acres, where he is engaged in general farming, dairying and the raising of registered Percheron colts. As a representative of the Republican party Mr. Willcox has held many of the offices of his county, including that of justice of the peace for three terms and assessor for two terms. He is identified fraternally with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mesopotamia Lodge No. 728, and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. JOHN C. DOUGHTON, who is engaged in agriculture in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, was born at Lisbon, Ohio, July 12, 1865, a son of that remarkable man, the late Stephen Dough-ton, scholar, philosopher, practical and beloved citizen. The father was born in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, on the tenth day of April, 1822, son of David Doughton. The great-grandfather, Stephen Doughton, came to Trumbull county from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1804; being an iron worker who learned his trade at Valley Forge, where he was employed, during the Revolutionary war, at making arms for Washington's troops. Afterward he removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, and was one of the founders of the first iron works in the county, their location being at Niles. At this period of his life he lived in 398 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Hubbard township and be walked the entire distance through the wilderness from his home to the scene of his labors at Niles. On his return trip at night he would kill wild game for the family larder. Stephen Doughton married Margaret Farren and at the time of his death was a man of fortune both in coal properties, iron interests and land holdings. David Doughton, the grandfather, was a native of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and accompanied his father to Trumbull county; married Mrs. Mary E. Cramer (nee Bowers), a native of Pennsylvania ; and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a cousin of General William Henry Harrison, and died near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1852, while on his way to the gold fields. He was well advanced in years when he started on the long journey overland, and it is thought that he became confused and wandered from the trail. Stephen Doughton, the father of John C., whose name heads this sketch, was born in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, where he was reared and educated. He first attended the common schools of his native township; then completed a course at the Meadville (Pennsylvania) Academy, and also, for a time, attended the academy at Vienna, Ohio. He was thrice married—first to Emeline Waldorf, born June 12, 1832, a daughter of David and Emeline (Burton) Waldorf, who came from New York with other Trumbull county pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Doughton had seven children, as follows: Charles and Andrew, deceased ; Calissa, who married Dr. Graham, now deceased : Emeline, deceased ; Harriet, who married Marcus Wallace and resides at Youngstown, Ohio; Frank, who lives in Hubbard township; and John C., of this sketch. Mr. Doughton married for his second wife, Agnes Parmlee, of Ashland county, Ohio, who lived but a short time afterward. For his third wife, he married Jessie Cornwall, who now lives in New York City. They had one son—Stephen Doughton, Jr., who is an employee of the New York Tribune. Politically, the father was a Democrat and was several times honored by his party. He was a candidate for the State senate and at one time nominated for lieutenant governor of Ohio, but was defeated with the balance of his ticket. He was one of the pioneers in the coal business in Trumbull county, establishing the coke ovens at Washingtonville, Ohio, and being one of the founders of the Leetonia (Ohio) Iron Works. Later, he engaged in farming and dairying, owning a four-hundred acre farm which he scientifically and successfully conducted. When the Erie and Lake Shore railroads built their lines close to the Doughton farms, each named a station in his honor, the former spelling of the name being Doughten. Stephen Doughton was notable for His acute mind. He was a constant reader of the most profound philosophers and throughout his long years of study always held to the principle that it was futile to absorb information without thoroughly digesting it. Acting on this theory, he read and wrote alternately several hours each day. He drew the finest distinction between words—so fine indeed that in twenty years he literally wore out three dictionaries, and the fourth showed faithful usage. These books were left in scattered pages at the time of his death. He was the HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 399 author of several treatises on the money question, which indicate an unusual grasp of the subject. Mr. Doughton wrote for his own enjoyment, rather than for remuneration, and scholars, who have examined his writings, do not hesitate to class them with the modern classics. Members of the clergy, too, often discussed religious teachings with him, and in him found a ready debater. He may, in fact, be classed as a broad scholar and a deep critic. He was withal, a lovable, faithful and Christian man, and his death, April 3, 1908, caused the deepest sorrow to a host of warm friends and thoughtful men and women. John C. Doughton received his education in the Lisbon (Ohio) schools and at Hubbard, this county, where he took the high school course. He is engaged in general farming operations on his excellent farm of ninety-four and a half acres, and is also identified with the road construction of the county, having built five of the eight miles of macadamized road in Hubbard township. He is a resourceful man, having learned the machinist's trade at the mower and reaper works of Youngstown, Ohio, but did not follow it long. Politically, he votes the Democratic ticket, but further than this is not active in politics. He has been a member of the school board, of which he was president for four years. He belongs to Coalburg Lodge No. 112, Knights of Pythias, and has filled all the chairs within his lodge, now being trustee. He also holds membership in the Coalburg Grange. The family of which he is the head are members of the Baptist church, at Hubbard. Mr. Doughton married, May 8, 1890, Anna M. Duer, born May 8, 1870, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Duer, of Hubbard, where she was reared and educated. They have three children : Mary Azalia, born June 1, 1891; John Duer, born November 5, 1893; Helen, born September 10, 1897. CLAUDE GREINER.—Among the business men of Trumbull county is numbered Claude Greiner, a farmer and glass blower in Weathersfield township. Soon after leaving college he entered a glass factory to learn the trade of a glass blower, and he has since become very proficient in this line of work and has the distinction of being the smallest man in the United States engaged in blowing large plate glass. He is now an employe of the Pennsylvania Glass Company at Niles. In addition to this line of work he also finds time to manage his farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Weathersfield township, where he follows general agriculture. Mr. Greiner was born at Shoustown, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1871, a son of Joseph Greiner, who was of German and Irish descent, and who was the son of a Civil war soldier who was killed in a magazine explosion. Mr. Greiner, the son, moved from the state of New York to Pennsylvania about the year of 1860, and after a residence of five years in that commonwealth he came to Ohio. He married Agatha McKee in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1868, and she was reared in that city and in its vicinity on the Ohio river. The two children of this union were Queen Vol. II-26