HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 75 judgment and manly treatment to all with whom he has dealings made a wide circle of friends and well-wishers. S. E. WANAMAKER, V. S.-A man of versatile talents and excellent business qualifications, S. E. Wanamaker, V. S., of Warren, Trumbull county is succeeding well in his professional career, having an extensive patronage in the city and in the surrounding country. A native of this county, he was born September 21, 1859, at Bailey's Corners, Lordstown township, being the grandson of Jacob Wanamaker, who was born in Pennsylvania, of German ancestors, and was one of the very early settlers of Trumbull county, coming here when this part of the state was in its primitive wildness. John Wanamaker, the Doctor's father, was born in Pennsylvania, and as a boy came with his parents to Trumbull county. He subsequently bought land, but followed his trade, carpentering, and engaged in the flax mill business until his death, when but forty-nine years of age. He married Mary M. Fusselman, who spent her sixty-three years of earthly life in Trumbull county, where her parents settled in pioneer days, coming here from the Keystone state. The youngest of a family of nine children, of whom five are living, S. E. Wanamaker was educated in the district schools of his native township, and until thirteen years old remained on the home farm. Thrown then to some extent upon his own resources, he worked by the month for four years. Going then to West Salem, Wayne county, he worked for his oldest brother for three years, being employed in his flax mill and warehouse. Buying an interest in a livery stable in that town, he continued in that business about six months and then went to Jeromeville, Ashland county, Ohio, where he operated a flour mill for eight years. Selling his interests in that locality, Mr. Wanamaker returned to West Salem, and during the years of 1887 and 1888 attended the Ontario Veterinary College, at Toronto, Canada. Beginning the practice of his profession at Carlton, Dr. Wanamaker remained there three years, after which he was located at East Liverpool, Columbiana county, until 1898. Coming in that year to his native county, the Doctor has since been located at Warren, where he has a very large and lucrative practice, his skill and knowledge as a veterinary surgeon being widely and favorably known throughout this part of the state. Dr. Wanamaker married, in 1880, in West Salem, Ohio, Addie Alice Neal, a daughter of John B. and Jemima (Plank) Neal. Four children have been born of the union of Dr. and Mrs. Wanamaker, one of whom, Neal Alford, the only son, died at the age of three years. They have three daughters living, namely : Belva; Fern, wife of Arlington H. Barbe, of Cleveland, Ohio ; and Mary Ethel, who is employed in the Western Reserve National Bank. The Doctor is fraternally a member of the Cnights of Maccabees, belonging to Warren Lodge No. 162. 76 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY THOMAS MURRAY.—Actively engaged in mercantile pursuits, Thomas Murray is a well known business man of Warren, Trumbull county, being extensively engaged in the sale of coal, fuel and building supplies at 505 Mahoning avenue. A son of Michael Murray, he was born January 2, 1855, in Genesee county, New York, but was reared and educated in Ohio. Born in Ireland, Michael Murray there grew to manhood, and there resided for a number of years after his marriage. In 1848, turning to America as the field of promise for a successful career, he came to the United States, and at the end of five years had labored to such good purpose that he was enabled to send for his wife and children. A few yea's later he migrated with his family to Ohio, and after spending seven years in Geauga county, moved to Portage county, locating on a small farm in Windham, where he resided until his death, at the age of seventy-four years. He married, in Ireland, Mary Rouse, a native of the Emerald Isle. She died in .Geauga county, Ohio, in 1857. Of the ten children born to their union three are now living, Thomas, the youngest child, being the only one born on American soil. Receiving a practical education in the public schools of the village of Windham, Ohio, Thomas Murray began life for himself at the age of sixteen years, being first employed as a track laborer, or section hand, on what is now known as the Erie railroad. He was afterward foreman for four years on the same road, and in 1895 was made road supervisor of Division No. 3, a position which he held a number of years. He is now, as above stated, dealing in coal, fuel and building material in Warren, his office being advantageously located on the Erie Railroad. In 1873 Mr. Murray married Margaret Farrell, who was born in Genesee county, New York, and came with her parents, Edward and Mary. Farrell, to Garrettsville, Portage county, Ohio, when young. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Murray, namely : Mary, died when a year and a half old ; Maggie C., wife of B. T. Borden, of Toronto, Canada, who organized the Borden Company in Warren, Ohio ; Mary, living at home; Michael E., holding a high position with the General Fire Proofing Company at Youngstown, Ohio, married Mattie J. Newton; Thomas W., having charge of the branch office of the General Fire Proofing Company at St. Louis, Missouri, married Ellen Hatfield; Ella, wife of Frank Nerocher, who is connected with the Fire Proofing Company at Youngstown; Theresa G., studying music in Toronto, Canada, will graduate with honors in the fall of 1909; and Francis B., a student. Fraternally Mr. Murray is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and religiously he belongs to the Catholic church. WILLIAM W. DRAY.—The representative of an honored pioneer family of Trumbull county, and one of the brave, patriotic and gallant soldiers who did such heroic service during the troublous times of the Civil war, William W. Dray, of Warren, Ohio, holds a firm position among the highly esteemed citizens of this place, and is widely known as quartermaster of HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 77 Bell-Harmon Post No. 36, G. A. R. A son of the late Thomas Dray, he was born September 22, 1843, in Wellsville, Columbiana county, Ohio. His grandfather, Charles Dray, and his great-grandfather, Edward Dray, were both natives of County Antrim, Ireland. The surname was originally spelled Drake, but after Edward, the emigrant ancestor, came to this country it was changed to its present form. But five years of age when, with his parents, he crossed the broad Atlantic, Charles Dray first stepped upon American soil at Baltimore. He subsequently lived near Boston, Massachusetts, for a short time, then in Braddock, Pennsylvania, from there coming to Trumbull county, Ohio, in pioneer days, and here spending the remainder of his long life, dying at the remarkable age of one hundred and four years. Thomas Dray, born on the Dray homestead, in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1804, lived in Trumbull and Columbiana counties, Ohio, until 1865. Moving then to Orange township, Allen county, he there spent his remain-ing years; passing away in 1892. He was first married by John Carlton on September 24, 1829, to Hannah Williock, who was born February 29, 1812, and died July 4, 1848. She bore him five children, as follows: Martha Jane, born January 24, 1834, in Knox township, Columbiana county; Lemuel, born June 2, 1837; Mary, born August 29, 1840, died August 17, 1844; William W., of this sketch, born September 22, 1843; and Hannah L., born May 24, 1848, died August 28, 1848. Mr. Dray subsequently married for his second wife, May 12, 1853, Malissa Sheffelton, born August 24, 1824, the marriage ceremony being performed by Thomas Duncan. By this union there were four children-John S., born Febraury 28, 1854; Charles H., born June 22, 1856; James W., born February 17, 1858; Eliza F. J., born November 13, 1863, died September 5, 1866. Reared and educated in Niles, Ohio, William W. Dray remained at home until eighteen years of age, when, according to a certified statement, he enlisted in the service of his country, August 27, 1861, and on September 7, 1861, was mustered into Company C, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infan-try, under Captain Henry Stratton and Colonel Samuel Beatty, at Alliance, Ohio, for a term of three years, or until the close of the war. He was hon-orably discharged at Flatt Creek, eastern Tennessee, January 1, 1864, and on the same day, and at the same place, re-enlisted, and was mustered in as a private in the same company and same regiment, under Captain F. Chamberlain and Colonel Charles F. Manderson. The regiment went first by rail to Cincinnati, arriving there November 16, 1861, thence by steamer to Louisville, Kentucky, and was the first to occupy Camp Jenkins, five miles from that city. It was subsequently attached to the Eleventh Brigade, commanded by Gen. J. T. Boyle, and was stationed at Columbia, where much sickness prevailed and many deaths occurred. The regiment was later assigned to Beatty's Brigade, Crittenden's Division, Fourth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the following engagements: Shiloh, occupation of Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge; Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, Pickett's 'Mills, Kenesaw Mountain, Pine 78 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Mountain, Peach Tree el eek, Chattahoochie River, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, Franklin and Nashville. From the latter place the regiment followed in pursuit of Hood's defeated and demoralized army to the Tennessee river, and afterward did duty at Huntsville, Alabama, Nashville, Tennessee, and at Green Lake and San Antonio, Texas, remaining at the latter place until mustered out of service October 24, 1865. On February 3, 1864, for meretorious service, Mr. Dray was promoted to the rank of corporal. He was wounded in the left hand June 22, 1864, at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, but remained with his regiment. From June, 1862, until September, 1862, he was confined to the hospital, first in the field hospital, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and later at Hospital No. 1, in Nashville, otherwise always being with his command. Mr. Dray married, first, December 31, 1868, Austa Freas, who died June 10, 1871. He married, second, in Warren, Ohio, April 2, 1873, Mary J. Raudon, by whom he had one child, George, born May 14, 1874. Mrs. Dray died July 10, 1874, and their son, George C., died July 31 of the same year. On October 14, 1875, at Southington, Ohio, Mr. Dray married for his third wife Rebecca Long, and of this union three children have been born, namely : Blanche C'., born July 30, 1876; Emma May, July 14, 1878, and Thomas L., September 14, 1881. Fraternally, Mr. y Dray is a member and qaurtermaster of Bell-Harmon Post No. 36, G. A. R., in which he has held all of the offices, including that of commander. CHARLES C. CHRYST.—Endowed by nature with keen mental faculties, and possessing the energy, ability and tact necessary to insure business success, Charles C. Chryst is an important factor in promoting the material interests of the city of Warren, being widely known as the secretary and treasurer of the Warren Provision Company. A native of Trumbull county, he was born September 12, 1856, in Weathersfield township, a son of S. R. Chryst, and is the eldest of a family of three children, the others being Judge F. S. Chryst, and a sister, Blanche, now deceased. Receiving his elementary education in the Warren schools, Charles C. Chryst completed his early studies in Meadville, attending the Alleghany College. Embarking in business for himself when young, he was for twelve years proprietor of the Park Hotel. He has for thirty-four years been actively employed in business in Warren, and since the organization of the Warren Provision Company, in 1904, has served as its secretary and treasurer, his father being president of the company. Mr. Chryst holds, also, other positions of trust and responsibility, being secretary and treasurer of the Realty and Trust Company, president of the Riverside Recreation Company, a member of the Warren Board of Trade, and proprietor of the Hotel Topliff, of Elyria, Ohio. Public-spirited and enterprising, he has ever taken an interest in promoting and advancing beneficial projects, and was secretary of the Good Roads Committee, and the originator of the movement that resulted in the building of sixty miles of macadamized roads in this locality, one of the greatest possible benefits to the community. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 79 Mr. Chryst married, in 1901, Elizabeth Tuohy, a native of Trumbull county. Fraternally Mr. Chryst is a member of Warren Lodge No. 295, B. P. O. E., and of the Knights of Pythias. HENRY HOOD, retired farmer, of Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, was born on the farm where he now resides in Weathersfield township, December 6, 1827, a son of Simon Hood, who came to Liberty in 1804 from Pennsylvania. He was of English parentage, his father coming from England and locating in Washington county, Pennsylvania, when a boy. Simon Hood was born at that place, and came to Trumbull county when a boy of six years. There he was educated at the public schools of Liberty township. He began life's career as a carpenter, at which trade he worked for a number of years. He married Louisa Bricker, daughter of Henry Bricker. Mrs. Simon Hood was born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where she received her education in the common schools and at Columbiana county, near Washingtonville. Nine children were born to this worthy couple : John Hood, deceased ; Elizabeth, who married John Penal, now deceased; Dorathea, who married David Hake, now living in Wisconsin, at the age of eighty-five years ; Henry Hood, of this memoir; N. C. Hood, who died from diseases contracted in the Civil war; William B. Hood, deceased; David E., deceased; Levi, deceased ; Mary C. Hood, who died at the age of nine years. Simon Hood was in the war of 1812, serving as a captain under Colonel Cotgrave. In politics, he was a Jeffersonian Democrat up to 1860, when he joined the ranks of the Republican party and voted for President Lincoln. He was a member of the German Reformed church. Henry Hood commenced life by working at the cooper's trade and on various farms. He enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Infantry Regiment, April 27, 1864, having been a member of the Ohio State National Guard, for five years. He was mustered out of service August 20, 1864. He was in the battle of Kellar's Bridge, Centucky, where six hundred Union troops were attacked by three thousand Confederate soldiers. The Union soldiers were armed with condemned arms and, being outnumbered, were forced to surrender after a sharp engagement. After being a prisoner twenty-four hours, he, with his comrades, were paroled, on account of the Union army pressing the Confederate troops. Then they were compelled to march fifty miles to the Ohio river, where, at Augusta, they captured a boat and compelled the crew to transport them to Cincinnati, where they were again sent to the front. In that first engagement he was wounded in the knee ; also a bullet struck his belt buckle and glanced off, the buckle doubtless saving his life. For a number of years, he followed the cooper's trade, but of late years engaged in general farming. On account of age, he is now retired from active work, abandoning such in 1905. He has a farm of nineteen acres upon which he resides, and owns three hundred and seventy-five acres in Kentucky. Vol. II-6 80 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY He is a Republican and has several times held local office, including supervisor. He was at one time a member of the Mineral Ridge Grange. He is one of the honored members of the Grand Army of the Republic, , McPherson Post, at Niles. In his church faith, he adheres to that of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, in which he has been a Sunday School teacher. He has also held the church offices of steward and trustee, of which board he is now an honorary member. He is one of the oldest mem-bers in the church to which he now belongs. March 29, 1849, Henry Hood was married to Julia A. Hake, daughter of George Hake and Susanna (Miller) Hake, f York, Pennsylvania. Her father came to Trumbull county when she was a child f six summers, her mother dying while en route to Ohio in a covered wagon. Mrs. Hood died in 1907. The children born to Mr. Hood and wife were as follows: Mary C., who married W. H. Price, a member f the Sixth Ohio Cavalry; she lives with and keeps house for her father; Doratha P., married David E. Meeker, a member f the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and lives in Braceville, Ohio; Susanna, married Wallace Reel and both are now deceased; Orlando D., deceased; Emmery G., residing at Ohltown, Ohio; Lydia A. married Edwin L. Clay, of Braceville; Lou, who married O. W. Rose, and lives in Weathersfield township; Louisa, who died in infancy. FRANK A. MILLIKAN.—Prominent among the foremost business men f Trumbull county is Frank A. Millikan, who has contributed in a large measure towards the development and advancement of the manufacturing interests f this part f the state being at the head of two manufacturing plants in Warren. A native of Ohio, he was born, October 29, 1860, in Windham, Portage county, which was also the place of birth of his father, Henry A. Millikan. He comes f good old New England stock, his grand-father, Alexander Millikan, having been born in New Hampshire, of Scotch-Irish ancestors. Henry A. Millikan enlisted during the Civil war in the One Hundred and Seventy-first -Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed while bravely serving his country. He married Julia Merwin, who was born in Braceville, Trumbull county, Ohio, where her father, Lewis Merwin located on coming -to this state from Connecticut, his bride accompanying him on horseback on the long journey made across the country. She died in 1900, aged sixty-seven years. Four children were born to Henry A. and Julia Millikan, namely : Edwin, a farmer in Braceville, Ohio; Ella, living in Mentor, Ohio; Frank A., of this sketch, and Eugenia, who married F. B. Wads-worth, and died in 1905. Having completed his early education in the Ohio Northern -University, at Ada, Frank A. Millikan was for four years engaged in the mercantile business at West Farmington, Trumbull county. He was subsequently employed for fifteen years as a traveling salesman in furniture line. Settling in Warren, Mr. Millikan began the manufacture of display racks for furniture stores, and under the name of the Eureka Manufacturing Com- HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 81 pany has established a well-paying business, his factory being located on Dawson street. Enterprising and active in resources, he afterwards began the manufacture of sticky fly paper, and met with such success that his business has been incorporated and enlarged. The company of which Mr. Millikan is president was capitalized at $25,000, and is destined to become one of Warren's important industries, the factory in which the paper is made being located on the main line of the Erie railroad. In 1883, in West Farmington, Ohio, Mr. Millikan married Emma Wolcott, who was born in Warren, a daughter of Orlow Wolcott. Mr. and Mrs. Millikan have one child, Lonise, who was in charge of the Free Kinder-garten schools of Warren, and now is wife of E. S. Good, of Lexington, Kentucky, a professor in the state university. Fraternally, Mr. Millikan is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and religiously he is prom-inent in the Presbyterian church, in which he is an elder, and is active in its Sunday school. EDWARD A. BIERY.-A life-long resident of Trumbull county, and a man who has ever been interested in the development and advancement of its resources, Edward A. Biery, residing at 220 Scott street, Warren, is well and favorably known throughout the county as a former sheriff. In his official capacity he was wide-awake, keen and alert, doing his duty promptly and faithfully, and with perfect justness. A son of Reuben Biery, he was born in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, December 28, 1855. Of German descent, Reuben Biery was born in Lehigh county, Penn-sylvania, and was there reared and educated. Coming to Ohio in pioneer days, he settled in Trumbull county, living first in Howland township, then in Weatherfield, then in Niles. He was a farmer by occupation, and was engaged in the prosecution of his independent calling until his death, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Hartzell, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and died in Trumbull county, Ohio, aged sixty-one years. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living, Edward A. being the youngest of the family. But seven years old when his parents removed to Niles, Edward A. Biery was there brought up and educated, remaining at home until the death of his parents. Thrown then in a large measure upon his own resources, he began his career at the age of sixteen years, working for a year and a half for the Erie Railroad Company, first as a brakeman and then as a clerk in the office. He was afterwards clerk in a store at Niles for six years, and subsequently served an apprenticeship of eighteen months at the machinist's trade. Becoming proficient in his trade, Mr. Biery established himself in the hardware and tinner's business at Niles, and continued for two years, when he sold out. Coming in January, 1886, to Warren, he soon became active in political circles, and was especially influential in Republican ranks. Subsequently, when Dr. A. P. McCinley was nominated for sheriff, Mr. Biery was one of the delegates to the convention, and was 82 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY appointed one of the tellers. Mr. McKinley was elected in 1885, and at once made Mr: Biery deputy sheriff, a position in which he served for eight years, the last four years being under J. H. Dilley. In 1893 he was elected sheriff, and served with ability and fidelity for four years. On September 20, 1893, Mr. Biery married Alice M. Eatwell, daughter of William and Julia (Smith) Eatwell, both natives of London, England, while she was born and bred in Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Biery have three daughters, namely : Mildred, Mary and Julia. Fraternally Mr. Biery is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to both the lodge and the encampment of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Royal Arcanum. GILBERT B. HALL.-A well known and esteemed resident of Warren, Gilbert B. Hall is a fine representative of the native-born citizens of Trumbull county, and as an extensive dealer in music and pianos ably assists in promoting the mercantile interests of city and county. He was born September 10, 1866, in Gustavus, a son of Sylvester G. Hall, one of the earlier settlers of this part of the state. He comes of honored New England ancestry, his grandfather Hall having been born, reared and married in Connecticut, from there coming across the country with an ox team to Ohio, and locating in Trumbull county in pioneer times. Sylvester G. Hall was born in Connecticut, came with the family to Trumbull county, and as a pioneer did his full share in developing the agricultural resources of this region. He bought land in Gustavus, and for many years was actively engaged in clearing and improving it, becoming owner of a valuable farm of four hundred acres. He was a noted stockman, and was known all over the county as a dealer in horses, and also as an agent for farm machinery and implements, in that capacity having the distinction of selling the first "one-wheel Allen mowing machine" ever sold in Trumbull county. He was a man of prominence in local affairs, serving in township offices, and was one of the leading members of the Congregational church. He died while yet in the prime of life, at the age of forty-four years. His wife, whose maiden name was Joanna Beckwith, was born in Connecticut, and is now a resident of Trumbull county. She came here when fourteen years of age with her father, Elijah Beckwith, who located in Trumbull county in early times, and here spent the remainder of his long life, passing away at the venerable age of eighty-two years. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester G. Hall, namely: G. S., a well known farmer of Gustavus, who is making a specialty of raising hay and poultry; Gilbert B., of this sketch, and Frank S., a prominent agriculturist of Gustavus. Reared on the Hall homestead in Gustavus, Gilbert B. Hall was there educated, attending the public schools and the Gustavus College. Beginning to support himself when but fifteen years old, he was variously employed the next few years, among other things being for a time clerk in the Windsor HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 83 Hotel in Akron, and afterwards a clerk in the Hotel Hoyt, of Warren, now called the Colonial Hotel. Subsequently embarking in business on his own account, Mr. Hall was a jeweler in Cortland, Trumbull county, until 1887, when he was unfortunately burned out Going then to Columbus, Ohio, he was there associated with Grebs & Co., music dealers, for a while, and was afterwards similarly employed with the Knoske Music Company, in Dela-ware, Ohio, for five years. Locating in Warren in 1897, Mr. Hall opened his present store, and has here built up a large and lucrative trade as a dealer in music of all kinds, and in pianos and musical instruments, carrying a fine stock of everything in- his line. Mr. Hall married, in 1886, Jessie Shafer, a daughter -of Jeremiah Shafer, and into their pleasant home three children have been born, namely: Hazel, a music teacher, and an associate of her father in the music business; Ernest, attending the Warren High School, and Wade, a pupil in the War-ren schools. Mr. Hall takes an active interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the public, and is a stanch Republican in his political views. Fraternally he belongs to various organizations, including the Knights of Pythias, Warren Lodge No. 295, B. P. O. E., U. C. T., to the Knights of the Maccabees, and to the Modern Woodmen of America. HENRY GREENWOOD.-A prominent and prosperous resident of Warren, Henry Greenwood is a substantial representative of the manufacturing and mercantile interests of this part of Trumbull county, as head of the firm of Greenwood & Co., proprietors of the Warren Feed Mills. He was born January- 31, 1858, in Bazetta township, Trumbull county, a son of Leando Greenwood. He is of pioneer descent, his grandfather, Nathaniel Green-wood, a native of Rhode Island, having migrated to Ohio in 1820, locating in Vienna township, Trumbull county-, where he took up a tract of govern-ment land, from which he improved a homestead. Born on the homestead in Vienna township, Leando Greenwood spent his entire .sixty-five years of earthly life in Trumbull county, during his active career being employed in agricultural pursuits in Vienna and Bazetta. townships. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Abel, was born in Bazetta township, of which her father, Roswell Abel, was one of the original settlers, coming here from Connecticut with his parents in 1817, when he was seventeen years old. The settlers were then few and far between, the only buildings in the present town of Warren being then three log houses. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was the nearest market for supplies, and the people hereabouts depended upon the productions of their land, or on wild game, for their subsistence. The clothing worn was all home made, the cloth from which the garments were made being spun and woven by the hard working pioneer women of the family, who surely had as much to contend with as the sturdier sex. Of the union of Leando and Lydia Greenwood there were three sons, namely: D. Wayne, of Girard, Ohio; Henry-, of this sketch, and Frederick, of Youngstown, Ohio. 84 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY As a boy and a youth, Henry Greenwood received excellent educational advantages, attending first the district schools of Bazetta township, and completing his studies in the public schools of Cortland, the family removing to Vienna township when he was about fifteen years old. On attaining his majority he left the farm home, and for about ten years followed the trade of a stone cutter, at which he had previously served an apprenticeship. Embarking in the milling business in 1886, he was located at Tyrrell, Trumbull county, for a year, and then came to Warren, where he has since resided. For three years thereafter he was associated with George Vangorder, leasing the Vangorder mill. Subsequently, in company with Mr. A. N. Shippey, Mr. Greenwood engaged- in the feed and supply business, becoming junior member of the firm of A. N. Shippey & Co. Mr. Shippey died in 1903, and his interest was purchased by W. B. Patton, and the firm name was changed to Greenwood & Co. Mr. Patton afterwards sold out to N. A. Moyer, and the business has since been carried on under its present name of Greenwood & Co., and each year has been increased, the productions of the Warren Feed Mills being widely known throughout the county, and being ever in demand. Mr. Greenwood married, in Church Hill, Liberty township, Mary E. Edwards, a daughter of William R. and Ann Edwards, and they have one son, Roswell Greenwood. JOHN SHOBERG.—Many of the most thriving and prosperous citizens of Trumbull county have come from the land beyond the sea, and of this number John Shoberg, residing at 519 East Market street, Warren, is a worthy representative. He was born May 29, 1856, in Sweden, and there lived until coming of age. Being of an adventurous spirit, he then determined to seek his fortune in America, the land of promise. Emigrating, therefore, to Massachusetts, Mr. Shoberg lived for nine years in the city of Worcester. Having accumulated some money by means of hard labor, he then returned to his old home and purchased a farm for his parents. After seeing them comfortably settled, he again came to this country, and for seventeen years was busily employed in Braddock, Pennsylvania, by the judicious use of his time, energy and brain, making money. In the meantime, in 1897, Mr. Shoberg again visited Sweden, and while there sold his farm. Disposing of his interests in Pennsylvania in 1906, Mr. Shoberg came to Ohio, locating in Warren. Buying his present property, which consists of five and one-half acres of land in the city, he has made substantial improvements upon the place, repairing the house and buildings, spending in all about $2,300, adding greatly to the value and beauty of the estate. Having by persistent labor and wise management acquired a competency, he is now living retired from active pursuits, enjoying the reward of his former years of toil. On February 19, 1882, in Worcester, Massachusetts, Mr. Shoberg married Matilda Johnson, a native of Sweden, and of their union six children have been born, namely : Ellen, Florence, Henry, Herman, John and Tillie. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 85 FRANK C. McCONNELL.—As senior member of the firm of McConnell & Christianan, proprietors of the Colonial Hotel at Warren, Frank C. McConnell is widely and favorably known to the traveling public as a most genial and accommodating host, and a gentleman of enterprise and good judgment. He has spent his entire life in Warren, his birth occurring here November 24th, 1858. His father, James McConnell, Jr., a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McConnell, Sr., to Ohio in pioneer days, locating in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county. Brought up in Weathersfield township, James McConnell, Jr.; began his active career as a shoe manufacturer, and was in .business in Warren until burned out by the memorable fire of 1860. He subsequently opened a restaurant and was connected with its management until about two years before his death, which occurred when he was eighty-seven years of age. He was a life-long Republican in politics, and an active member of the Presbyterian church. He married Sarah S. McComb, who, like the McConnells, was of Scotch ancestry. She was born in that part of Trumbull county now included within the limits of Mahoning county, on the farm which her father reclaimed from its original wildness. She died at the age of seventy-nine years. Of the eight children born of their union three are dead, John, and two who died in infancy. Five are living, as follows: Maria; William J., of Warren; Hattie ; Frank C., of this sketch; and Harry R., of Warren. Brought up and educated in Warren, Frank C. McConnell began as soon as old enough to assist his father in the restaurant, and soon became familiar with the details connected with the business, to which he succeeded on the death of his father, and which he still continues, having been in the same business and location since 1860. On February 25, 1908, in company with William L. Christianan, he bought. the Elliott Hotel, in Warren, remodeled and refurnished it, changed its name to the Colonial Hotel, and has since managed it most successfully, it being one of the best kept and most popular public inns of the county, the proprietors sparing neither time nor expense in their efforts to please their many guests. In 1905 Mr. McConnell married Jennie Bowen, who was born in Wales and reared in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, being a daughter of Evan Llewellyn. Politically Mr. McConnell is a straightforward Republican, and fraternally he belongs to Warren Lodge No. 295, B. P. O. E., and to the Royal Arcanum. HON. WARREN THOMAS.—A well known and highly respected attorney of the city of Warren, Hon. Warren Thomas is numbered among the citizens of distinction and worth. A son of Melancthon Thomas, he was born October 27, 1876, in Niles, Trumbull county, being descended from one of the early families of this part of Ohio. His paternal. grandfather, Ephraim Thomas, migrated from Pennsylvania, his native state, to Ohio in early times. 86 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Born at Ohltown, Trumbull county, Ohio, Melancthon Thomas has spent his entire life in this county, being now engaged in business at Cortland. He married Emma Calhoun, who was born in Trumbull county, a daughter of Andrew and Mary Jane Anderson, who were born in that part of Trumbull now included within the boundaries of Mahoning county. Four children were born of their union, namely : Warren, of this sketch; Edward, deceased ; Marion; and Inabelle. Receiving his elementary education in the common schools of Cortland, Warren Thomas was graduated from the Cortland high school in 1896. Turning his attention then to the study of law, he entered the office of Tuttle & Tillius, and after three years of close perusal of the legal branches of study was admitted to the bar in 1899. Since that time Mr. Thomas has been in active practice of his profession in Warren, where, by his skill and knowledge, he has built up an extensive practice. Mr. Thomas is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and has ever taken a great interest in public affairs. In 1904 to 1908, inclusive, he represented Trumbull county in the General Assembly, and was chairman of the judiciary committee during the sessions of 1906 and 1908. In 1906 Mr. Thomas introduced the bill relating to the organization and inspection of state banks, a bill that passed the house in that year, but failed to pass the senate. The same bill, however, passed both the house and the senate in 1908. Fraternally, Mr. Thomas belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons, and to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. W. H. BUTTON, M. D.—One of the most skillful and well known physicians practicing at Hubbard, Trumbull county, is Dr. W. H. Button. He came from an honored pioneer family, his father being Alfred H. Button, who was reared in Warren township, this county. The grandfather was also named Alfred. The father of Dr. Button is still living, aged eighty years. The mother was Salina Smith, a native of Parkman township, Geauga county, Ohio, the daughter of Captain and Nancy Smith. The mother lived to the age of seventy-six years. She was the mother of three daughters and one son. These children were as follows: Dr. W. H.; Nancy, deceased; Loverns, deceased; Cora, wife of E. E. Prentice. Dr. W. H. Button was born in Warren township, Trumbull county, Ohio, January 14, 1858. He was educated at Nelson Academy and Hiram College, and taught school a number of years in Nelson township and in Southington. He was early impressed with the idea of becoming a physician, and studied medicine with Dr. E. J. Goodsell, at Nelson, as well as with Dr. Harmon, of Warren. He graduated from Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, in 1883, locating at Burghill, Ohio, where he remained in medical practice for four years. There the doctor was postmaster under President Cleveland's first administration. In 1889 he removed to Brookfield, where he practiced five years, and two years at Parkman, Geauga county, from which place he moved to Hubbard in 1896. During his twelve  HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 87 years' practice in Hubbard he was highly successful, and won many friends among the best class of citizens. He is a member of both the State and Trumbull County Medical Societies, and a reader of the latest literature in the science of medicine, which keeps him fully abreast with the times and thoroughly competent th treat in a successful manner all classes of diseases which come within his practice. The doctor is a Mason, belonging to the Odd Fellows and Knights Templar orders, of which he is an active member. He has been a member of the school board for eight years, and is now a member of the town council. - July 21, 1885, he was married, being united to Lillian H. Hartung, daughter of Rev. C. F. Hartung, of Canton, Ohio. The doctor and his wife are the parents of the following children : Lamont H., Alfred A. and Fred H. WALTER S. HOFIUS, of Weathersfield township, living on Mineral Ridge, R. F. D. No. 1, is a native of Wheatland, Pennsylvania, born August 30, 1868, a son of Seth Hofius, who was born in Hickory township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he lived for a time and also resided at Sharpsville, going to Trumbull county, Ohio, in the early eighties, and settling in Weathersfield township, on the farm where his son, Walter S., now resides Seth Hofius was of German parentage. He married Elizabeth Maxwell, May 13, 1851, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Their children were: Wil-liam D., Mathew L., Franklin, .Annis Jane, Harriett, and Emma, who died November 30, 1862. The mother died July 6, 1863, in Trumbull county, Ohio. For his second wife Mr. Hofius married Margaret McGowan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McGowan, of Canfield, Ohio, where she was born, reared and educated. Five children blessed this marriage : Walter, of this notice; Charles, who now lives in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania; Blanch, who married Joseph Smith, of Niles, Ohio; Seth, who lives in Weathersfield township; James, who resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Seth Hofius, Sr., began his career as a foundryman and attained the position of manager. He was for a number of years manager of the Porter furnace and then the furnace at Mineral Ridge, Ohio, and at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. He died September 15, 1898. His wife is still living and makes her home with her son, Walter S. Politically, the senior Hofius was a Democrat, and served as a member of the school board. at various times. He belonged to Sharpsville lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen. In church faith he was of the Presbyterian denomination. He was engaged in farming in Trumbull county for about fifteen years. Walter S. Hofius received his education in the public schools of Sharps-vine. Pennsvlvania. When sixteen years of age, he began farming on his father's land. He still follows this independent vocation, owning a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, one-half of which is under a good state of cultivation. Politically, Mr. Hofius is a Democrat, but has never cared to become an office holder. He belongs to Niles lodge of Independent Order 88 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY of Odd Fellows. While not a member of any church organization, the family attend the Presbyterian church, of which his wife is a member. Mr. Hofius was married October 1, 1890, to Grace McCombs, daughter of James McCombs, of Weathersfield township, where she was reared, obtaining her education at the public schools of the vicinity and at Mineral Ridge, Ohio, being a graduate of the/ common schools. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hofius are as follows: Scott, James, Margaret, Max and Lydia, all of whom still remain at home. GEORGE N. PARKS.—Among the venerable and highly respected residents of Warren, Trumbull county, is George N. Parks, who has acquired a competency by wise labor and judicious investments, and is now living retired from the active cares of business, enjoying the fruits of his earlier years of toil. A native of Ohio, he was born, June 8, 1834, in Chardon, Geauga county, a son of Nathaniel H. Parks, coming on both sides of the house from substantial New England ancestry. Born in Suffield, Connecticut, in 1793, Nathaniel H. Parks came to Ohio in 1814, and after spending a short time in Painesville, Lake county located in Chardon, being one of the pioneers of the place. He was engaged in industrial pursuits, and for a number of years operated a shingle machine which was run by horse power. He was a Whig in politics during his earlier life, afterwards being identified with the Republican party, and for about thirty years served as constable of his township. He was a man of strong physical and mental vigor, and lived to a ripe old age, passing away in 1875. He married Almena Roper, who was born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, a daughter of John Roper, and she, too, lived a long and useful life, being upwards of eighty years of age when she died. Of their nine children, three daughters and six sons, all grew to years of maturity, and five are now living, as follows : George N., of this sketch, who was the fifth child and the third son ; Maria Rider, of Mentor, Lake county; Henry L., of Chardon; Charles A., of Painesville, Lake county ; 0. R., of Chardon. Having acquired a practical education in the common schools of Chardon, George N. Parks started out in life for himself at the age of fourteen years, learning the tinner's trade in Chardon and Painesville. At the age of twenty years, in company with J. K. Marsh, he engaged in the tin and stove business at Painesville, as a member of the firm of Marsh & Parks, remaining there three years. Selling out then, Mr. Parks was for eight years engaged in the manufacture of tinner's machines, being in partnership with L. T. Herbert, of Painesville. Coming to Warren, Trumbull county, in 1865, he managed the National Hotel for five years, in company with his father-in-law, Phineas Chase, and the ensuing two years was out of business entirely. In 1872, with his father-in-law, Mr. Parks built two store rooms on Park avenue, Warren, and in one of these he put in a stock of groceries, and until 1879 carried on a good trade in this line of merchandise. Buying then from Mr. Chase the old National Hotel, HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 89 he sold his grocery to Wier Bros., and for two years conducted his hotel. He then sold out to Clark & Headen, and since that time has not been actively engaged in business pursuits. He owns city property, and is a stockholder in the Second National Bank of Warren. In 1865, the same year that he located in Warren, Mr. Parks married Maria A. Chase, a daughter of Phineas Chase, who came to this city from Geauga county in 1865. Two children have been born of their union, namely : Harry C., secretary and treasurer of the Chicago Coated Board Company, Chicago, Illinois, and Frank E., Pueblo, Colorado, manager of the C. F. & P. Open Hearth Furnace Company. Politically Mr. Parks has always been an adherent of the Republican party. Fraternally he is a prominent Mason, having been a member of the lodge for forty-two years, and a charter member of the commandery at Warren, Ohio. Religiously he belongs to the Episcopal church, in which he served for three years as a vestryman. C. N. CLINGAN, a pioneer merchant of Hubbard and an ex-soldier of the great Civil war, was horn in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, July 24, 1843. His father was William Clingan, a native of Mahoning county, Ohio, born near the Trumbull county line, where he was reared and learned the carpenter's trade and did an extensive business at contracting. He built many houses and large buildings, including the Wilson Mills, on the Little Neshanock river. Later he became a stock drover, and bought and shipped stock from Chicago to Hubbard and other points. He died in his eighty-eighth year. Politically, he was active in the Republican party, and in church relations was of the Presbyterian denomination. His father was William Clingan, a native of Ireland, who came to America when a young man and became one of the early settlers in the Western Reserve, in Mahoning county. The mother of C. N. Clingan was Eliza (Bell) Clingan, a. native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel Bell, of the same county, and a pioneer of that section, who came from Connecticut to Pennsylvania. The mother is still living, and has reached the ripe old age of eighty-four years. On both maternal and paternal sides the members of this family have had long life, the paternal grandfather reaching the age of ninety-two years. C. N. Clingan is the only son born to his father and mother, he having three sisters : Martha, wife of George Duer, of Hubbard; Nancy, wife of Milton Matthews, of Warren ; Olive, wife of J. E. McCully, of Butler county, Kansas, residing at Eldorado. Mr. Clingan came to Trumbull county when he was seven years of age, and was reared on a farm a mile and a half west of Hubbard. He obtained his education in the district schools of Hubbard township and at a select school. When eighteen years of age, in 1861, the first year of the Civil war, he enlisted in Company B, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as a private soldier and was later a non-commissioned officer. He was a brave soldier and received an honorable discharge after a nine months' service, being discharged on 90 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY account of disability. Two months later he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, serving three years and seven months. He saw much of the hard service of that never-to-be-forgotten conflict; was in all the engagements in the Western army, except the memorable battle of Shiloh, where he was on the field, but unable to participate in the battle. He received his second discharge at Nashville, Tennessee, after which he returned to Hubbard, where he became interested in, and associated with his father in shipping live stock. He also handled large amounts of feed, the firm being styled Clingan & Hadley, then changed to Clingan, Hadley & Co., and still later to Clingan & Matthews, which was changed to Clingan & Son, then to C. N. Clingan. This is the oldest established business concern of Hubbard, and has existed for thirty-eight years. For more than twenty years he was interested in coal mines and in all of his general undertakings has been highly successful in a financial sense. In 1908 he did a business amounting to $60,000. Feed, grain and hay are his special commodities. While in the army he was employed for a time in the secret service, and took great chances of being killed while within the enemy's lines. Politically, he is a Republican, stanch and loyal. He has filled several local offices, including clerk of the village: member of the council, etc. He is an ex-commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Hubbard, which post has been abandoned, since which time he has joined the Tod Post No. 29, at Youngstown. In his religious faith, Mr. Clingan is a believer in the Presbyterian creed and is a member of that church, in which he is an elder since 1875. His grandfather was an elder many years before he served. In the Law and Order League work he takes a deep interest. In 1865, Mr. Clingan was married to Sarah J. Matthews, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Meyers) Matthews. Mrs. Clingan was born in Hubbard township and there reared and educated. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Clingan: Ada, wife of William Pigott, of Seattle, Washington; May, wife of A. C. Van Ness, of Hubbard township; French, married Josephine, only daughter of M. F. Jacobs, a business man of Youngstown, Ohio; Scott, who is manager of the Republic Mill, at East Chicago, married first, the only daughter of L. L. Campbell, while his present wife was Agnes Campbell (no relation being between first and second wife) ; Olive, wife of Clyde Smith, of Hubbard, who is now assisting in the management of Mr. Clingan's business. E. C. GETHING, the present efficient and obliging postmaster at Hubbard, is a native of 'tales, born November 12, 1840. He was reared in his native country and there obtained his education. His occupation in Wales was that of an engine driver, which he began to work at while yet a boy. He also taught school at one time in early life. In 1865, when he was twenty-five years of age, he came to America, locating at Mineral Ridge, Ohio, as a coal miner. He remained there one year and in 1866 went to Hubbard, and became a clerk in the office of Hon. D. J. Edwards, with HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 91 whom he remained two years. He then caught the western fever and was induced to go to Kansas, where he was employed in the coal mines in Wilson county of that state. After two years there, he retraced his steps to Hubbard, Ohio, and again entered the office of Mr. Edwards, with whom he had been previously employed, the firm then being Edwards, Williams & Co. He continued there until 1872, when he went to Niles, Ohio, and there engaged with James Ward & Co., with whom he remained about one year, then went to Ashtabula and kept books for the Ashtabula Rolling Mill Co., remaining until 1876, when he returned to Hubbard and engaged in mercantile business, locating in the building which .he now occupies. He is the oldest merchant, doing business in one stand within the place. Like all true American citizens, Mr. Gething has .ever taken a lively interest in the political affairs of his adopted country. He supports the Republican party. He was elected to the office of member of the school board, which position he filled ten years; was clerk for the same length of time; was a member of the town council and a candidate for county treasurer three times. He was appointed postmaster by President Roosevelt in 1908. He has been prudent in all things and accumulated property sufficient to place him in comfortable circumstances. He is one of the stockholders in the Hubbard Banking Company and in all of his dealings with his fellow men stands out prominent for his traits of integrity and uprightness. In 1872 Mr. Gething was married to Mrs. Martha (Henwood) Davies. Three children have blessed this home circle : Mable, wife of Thomas H. Matthews, a traveling man ; Freddie, eldest in the family, residing at Hubbard Georgiana, unmarried and in Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Gething was first married to Joseph Davies and was the mother of two children: Rev. Joseph Davies, a member of the Methodist church, now located at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where he is a presiding elder, and Clara, wife of L. H. Conder, of Hubbard. Mr. Gething belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Hubbard. WILLIAM M. EVANS, ex-postmaster of Hubbard, Ohio, and who has been a resident of the place forty-six years, was born in the city of Youngstown, Ohio, October 15, 1858. His father was Jenkin Evans, a native of Wales, who came to America when seventeen years of age, locating at Bryer Hill, now Youngstown. About 1860 he went to Hubbard and followed coal mining for his occupation, dying there at the age of sixty-five years. He had been a member of the Welsh and English Baptist church. The mother of William M. Evans, Esther (Jones) Evans, was a native of Wales, and came to our shores when a young woman. She is now residing at Hubbard. This worthy couple were the parents of ten children, six of whom still live—three sons and three daughters. William M. is the eldest of the ten children and has lived in Hubbard since he was four years of age. - Here he obtained his education at the public schools and also studied at night schools. He began the work of a 92 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY coal miner at the tender age of nine years, following the same constantly until twenty-one years of age. Then, believing he was capable of a better calling, he embarked in the mercantile business and in connection therewith had a barber shop. After about two and a half years he engaged in business in Hubbard, his former business site being at Church Hill. In 1897 he was appointed postmaster and filled the position from that time to 1908. He is still operating his barber shop in a successful manner and is now preparing to open a grocery store. In his political views, Mr. Evans is an avowed Republican and active party worker. He has filled the offices of councilman and director of schools at Hubbard. He was a member of the board of public service and was appointed to build the electric light plant with one other member comprising a committee. He is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity; also. of the Odd Fellows order. His church faith is in accord with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Of his family affairs, it may be said that he was married August 1, 1877, to Miss Isabelle Lindsay, daughter of Andrew and Jane Lindsay, of Liberty, Trumbull county, Ohio. Three children have blessed this marriage : Andrew, Etta and William. Mrs. Evans died May 8, 1897, and Mr. Evans was married again March 13, 1907, to Clara Maud Williams, daughter of S. M. and Ellen R. Williams of Coshocton, Ohio. HOMER C. WHITE, county surveyor of Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native of Austintown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, where he was born August 9, 1853, a son of John and Adeline (Weiss) White. The father was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and reared on a farm owned by his father in Weathersfield township. He died in 1875, aged about fifty years. The grandfather, John White, came from Ireland, becoming a pioneer settler in Mahoning county, which then was a part of Trumbull. By occupation, he was a farmer and much interested in the development of the county. He lived in a log house and saw the hardships and privations of new settlers. Homer C. White's mother, Adeline Weiss, was a native of Austintown township, Mahoning county, a daughter of Jacob Weiss, she being one of sixteen children and now the only surviving member of the family. She is almost four-score years old. Her father was a pioneer in Mahoning county and was a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Mr. White is the only son. He has three sisters: Mary E., unmarried; Sarah P., wife of Frank Lonnen, of Youngstown, Ohio; Addie G., also Of Youngstown. Homer C. was the oldest child in the family, and was reared and educated in Trumbull county, his higher schooling being obtained at Bethany, West Virginia, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. He began the study of land surveying about 1874 and became surveyor of Trumbull county in 1887 and has filled the position ever since, with the exception of three years, when he was city engineer of Warren. He is now employed as engineer for Road District No. 1, and also for the Liberty Township Road District. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 93 Politically, Mr. White is a lifelong Republican and a good and honorable worker in his party. He is a member of the Christian church, the mother and father having been exemplary members of the same. Mr. White married in 1878 Athaliah Hood, daughter of John and Amanda (Siddall) Hood, by whom three children were born: Arthur J., who has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps; Lena, wife of Robert Hughes, of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, and residing in Pittsburg, Pa.; and Hazel, at home. Mr. White resides on the old home-stead in Weathersfield township. CHARLES F. WHITE, may-or of the municipality of Hubbard, Ohio, was born in that town February 14, 1869. He is the son of M. B. White, who was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1838, and M. B. was a son of Adam M. White, a native of Kittaning, Pennsylvania, who settled at Youngstown at an early day, probably about 1837. M. B. White went to Hubbard in 1862 and died there in the month of June, 1907. By trade he was a carpenter and worked on many of the original buildings of the town and vicinity of Hubbard. His last days were spent in the insurance business. His wife, the mother of Charles F. White, was Minerva Rigby, a native of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where the Cascade Park is situated. She was born in 1840 and still survives. She is the daughter of Joseph Rigby, who was also a native of Pennsylvania, and who by occupation was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. White were united in marriage at Edenburg, Pennsylvania, in 1862 and became the parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy. The living are : Charles F.; Edwin; and Bessie, wife of Charles Quinby, of Sharon, Pennsylvania. Charles F. White is the eldest of the family living. He was reared and educated at Hubbard. He was an apt scholar and taught school before he was sixteen years of age, continuing in that profession until he was nineteen years of age. His next work was that of serving as billing clerk for the old Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company, with whom he remained from 1888 to 1891. On April 15, of the last named year, he began his duties as tracing clerk for the same company in their general freight office. Two years later he gave up his position on account of ill health, and was not actively employed for three years. In 1896, however, he returned to the employ of the Pittsburg and Western Railroad and took a position in the claim department, the following year being placed at the head of the claim department and held such place until 1902, at which time the railroad company was sold to the Baltimore and Ohio Company. He resigned his position and returned to his home in Hubbard, he having remained at Pittsburg during his railroad work. He never lost his Hubbard residence, but always went back there to cast his vote at the annual elections. Politically, he is a radical and uncompromising Republican, doing his full share in the work of his chosen party. In 1905 he was elected mayor 94 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY of Hubbard and re-elected in 1907. He was appointed Republican committeeman at Hubbard in 1908. His long training in business circles, and his contact with men, has peculiarly fitted him to perform the duties devolving upon a public officer, and he administers the affairs of the mayor's office with much ability. S. Q. MARCH, president of The Hubbard Banking Company, forms the subject of this narrative. Mr. March was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, May 8, 1841, a son of Philip March, who was a native of Virginia, born in Berkley county, in 1803, and came to Ohio with his father, Henry March, in 1808. The family located in Columbiana county, where the father of S. Q. March was married. The grandfather, Henry, died in the military service during the war of 1812. His father was born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and about the time of the British occupancy, the family migrated to Virginia. Philip March, the father of S. Q., was reared and educated in Columbiana county, Ohio, and followed farming and merchandising. He died in Columbiana county in 1866. The mother of him for whom this sketch is especially compiled was Sarah Gillmer, a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where she lived until about fourteen years of age. Her parents died when she was young and she made her home with an older brother. She died in 1859, aged fifty-five years. The parents of Mr. March had six sons and two daughters who reached maturity, only three of whom survive: S. Q., John H., and D. W. March. S. Q. March is the sixth child in his parents' family and the fifth son. He was reared in his native county and attended school there. He also attended the old Mahoning Academy, at Canfield, and Elder's Ridge Academy, at Eldersridge, Indiana county, Pennsylvania. For several years he was engaged in teaching school and in 1867 came to Hubbard, Ohio, where he engaged in the hardware business, being a partner of W. C. and T. A. Winfield, continuing about two years, when he dissolved his relation with that firm and engaged in the lumber business. Later, he was made the principal of the Hubbard schools. He then followed the hardware business three years longer and in 1876 became secretary of the Hubbard Savings Bank. In 1878 the institution became a national bank, and so continued until 1886, during which period Mr. March was its secretary and later its cashier. In 1886 the bank was reorganized and became known as the Hubbard Banking Company, with Mr. March as its cashier. In 1903 he was made its president, which position he still retains. He has been the active head of the concern for about twenty years. The capital stock is $50,000 and the institution does a general banking business and has a surplus of $35,000, with deposits amounting to $300,000. Politically, Mr. March is an independent Democrat. He has been a member of the school board for about fifteen years and on the village council about the same length of time. He being highly competent, has held various other local offices, including township clerk, treasurer, trustee and HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 95 realty assessor. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been connected with this society for more than thirty years. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he was reared and ht s been an elder in this church for the last ten years. That he is well and favorably known in Trumbull county, almost goes without saying. Mr. March was happily united in marriage in the month of February, 1871, to Caroline M. Jackson, who died in 1874, and in 1879 he married Amy L. Appelgate, who still survives. There has been no issue by either marriage. BENJAMIN STEVENS, one of the pioneer cloth manufacturers of War-ren, Ohio, and for many years a prominent business man of that city, wag. born in Old Canaan, Connecticut, July 2, 1788. The deceased was a lineal descendant of Henry Stevens, who settled at Stonington, Connecticut, al early as 1668, and took part in King Philip's War. Jonathan Stevens, the father of Benjamin Stevens, was also a native of Old Canaan, Connec-ticut, where he was born March 7, 1767. After his marriage he moved to Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and thence in 1799 to Addison county, Vermont. Being within the active field of operation in the war of 1812, he joined the American forces when the British invaded the western. shore of Lake Champlain and was one of the participants in the battle of Plattsburg. At this time and for many years previously, he had owned and operated a farm on Lake Champlain. Later in life, he settled at Newton Falls, Ohio, where he passed his remaining years. His first wife was Susan Wells, and she was of an old Connecticut family prominent in the colonial history of the country. She was a granddaughter of General Burrall, a Revolution soldier, and she died in Vermont. Afterward Mr. Jonathan Stevens married a second time. When fourteen years of age, Benjamin Stevens, of this review, was apprenticed to a manufacturer of cloth, and having mastered the industry and business he engaged in the manufacture of cloth himself. During the progress of the war of 1812 the demand for this product was large and the business was very profitable, but with the conclusion of the war and the withdrawal of the army from the field the demand fell off so greatly that his enterprise suffered, in common with that of other like manufacturers. In 1816 Mr. Stevens decided to settle in the territory- northwest of the Ohio river. He first landed at Fairport. in the Western Reserve, but finally settled at Warren, Ohio. He there purchased two mills that were then in operation, and engaged extensively in the making of satinettes and fulled cloth. Later, his brothers, Charles and Augustus, became associated with him and the three continued in the profitable business for several years. Benjamin Stevens was actively- engaged in business at Warren for thirty years, until 1846, when he disposed of his interests and was able to retire from active life. He died July 31, 1884. The deceased was certainly a remarkable man in many respects, for despite his long and strenuous labors he retained his robust health until the last. and was also bright and cheerful Vol. II-7 96 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY mentally. He was married in 1825 to Mary Case, a native of Pennsylvania, a daughter of Meshach Case, her father being born in New Jersey and re-moving from Pennsylvania. to Warren, Ohio, in 1800. Mr. Case is recorded in northwestern history as being the third settler at that point, and the land which he improved now adjoins the city of Warren. Before marriage his wife was Magdalena Eckstein, a native of Virginia and of German descent. Mr. Stevens' faith was that of Methodism and in the work of the denomi-nation he was long prominent throughout his mature life, being for about fifty years a class leader in the local organizations and it may be added with decision that his morality and every detail of his life were in strict accord with that of his profession. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Stevens became the parents of five children: Benjamin, Jr., Mary, Harriet, Lucy Wells, and Leonard Eckstein. Mary and Harriet have been life long residents of Warren, Ohio; Benjamin, Jr., died in childhood; Leonard E. died when twenty-two years of age; and Lucy Wells married Emerson Opdycke. Her husband enlisted in the Civil war and entered the services as lieutenant, but was promoted for his gallant and faithful conduct to brigadier-general. He is now deceased and his widow resides in New York. CAPT. HARRY W. ULRICH, editor and proprietor of the Hubbard Enterprise, is a native of Bristolville, Trumbull county, Ohio, born May 6, 1872. He is the son of Silas A. Ulrich, who was by occupation a merchant, and in trade in Youngstown, Ohio, for several years. The grandfather, David Ulrich, was among the pioneer band who settled Bristolville, Ohio. He followed agriculture and was closely identified with the early settlement of the county. Captain Ulrich's mother, Ardella Gilson, was the daughter of Dr. D. W. Gilson, of the northern portion of Trumbull county, where he was an early settler and became a well-to-do farmer in Mesopotamia township. The Gilsons were represented in the Revolutionary war by mem-bers of the immediate family. Captain Ulrich, of this narrative, was the eldest in the family of five children born to his parents, of whom three were sons and two daughters. The captain and one sister, Miss Genevieve (now living with her mother in Youngstown) are the only survivors of the family. Captain Ulrich was reared and educated in Youngstown, Ohio, and remained with his father until 1898. He served in the late Spanish-American war, he being commissioned first lieutenant of Company. H, Fifth Ohio Volunteers. He served in the postoffice department six years at Youngstown, going to Hubbard in 1905 and there purchased the Enterprise, the leading news-paper of that section of Trumbull county, and of which he is still editor and proprietor. Mr. 'Ulrich has been a member of the National Guards since 1892. He joined as a private soldier and. was promoted to corporal the following year ; was gradually promoted, until he was commissioned captain in 1899 and is still holding that rank. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 97 Believing in the good accomplished by fraternal societies, Capt. Ulricb has identified himself with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belong-ing to Hebron Lodge, at Youngstown; also a member of the Council of Junior Order United American Mechanics. He is a member of Major Logan Camp, No. 26, U. S. W. V., and served in 1907-08, as department adjutant of the state. He is also a member of the Letter Carriers' Association at Youngstown. Politically, he is an ardent supporter of the general principles' of the Republican party and is "an active factor in the same. Coming from a family having its soldiers all along down the generations, and having had much experience in National Guard affairs, Captain Ulrich ranks high in military organizations. As a journalist, he stands well in the fraternity of the modern-day newspaper men and publishes a clean, newsy and creditable paper. GEN. ROBERT WILSON RATLIFF, whose life's record is so replete with great and noble deeds, justly finds place in the annals of the county and state in which he bore so conspicuous a part. As citizen and soldier, General Ratliff will ever stand out in striking contrast, as compared with the ordinary citizen. General Ratliff was born in Howland township, Trumbull county, Ohio, June 22, 1822. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, and after a short period spent in school teaching, he entered "upon the study of law in 1844, and was admitted to the bar in 1846. Of his parentage, it may be said in passing that he was the son of John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Ratliff. Subsequent to his admission to the bar, he had been teller for seven years in the Western Reserve Bank, after which he entered actively into the practice of his profession, continuing until the breaking out of the Civil war. He began his law studies with H. Canfield of Warren and concluded with Wade & Ranney. After he was admitted to the bar, he was employed both as teller and bookkeeper in the bank already named. He then formed a law partnership with Hon. B. F. Hoffman, which ended at the election of his partner to the judgeship. Mr. Ratliff then went into partnership with John Hutchins and J. D. Cox. Two years later upon the election of Mr. Hutchins to a seat in Congress the firm became 'Cox, Ratliff & Spear, which relation existed until Mr. Ratliff entered the Union army. After the close of the war he resumed his law practice. One of the vital chapters in the life of this man is the one covering his military career. The day following the firing upon Fort Sumter he went -to Columbus, and upon his return assisted in organizing military companies in this county and at Cleveland, until August, 1861, when he was made lieutenant-colonel of the Second Ohio Cavalry. He accompanied that regiment to Kansas, and made the Indian expedition to the Cherokee Nation, assisting in restoring the Union Cherokees to their territory. Early in 1863 he was ordered with his regiment to Columbus, where it was remounted and armed, and from there sent to Kentucky, thence on to Tennessee. After the battle of Jackson's Farm, Col. Ratliff resigned and 98 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY came home, raising the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, of which he was made first lieutenant-colonel October 12, 1863. On the 20th of November following he was promoted to the colonelcy. With this regiment he served until they were mustered out. March 13, 1865, Colonel Ratliff was made brigadier-general "for gallant and meritorious service in the expedition under Gen-erals Burbridge and Stoneman in southwestern Virginia." He was severely wounded at Duck Creek, Tennessee. He bore well his part in the weary matches, battles, privations and sufferings and shared in the immortal glory of the Western Reserve regiment which marched twenty-seven thousand miles and fought ninety-seven battles. One more incident in this brave man's career should find a place in this narrative, showing as it does his true military bravery. While he was acting as colonel, he with several hundred of his troops were hemmed in a mountain pass. Forty thousand of the flower of the Confederate army had possession of the pass in the mountains. The field officers of the Union army held a council of war. Nothing could be done, said the general in command, but to surrender. The young, colonel soon came up and was asked for an opinion. "Well," said he, "let me think." He thought. Soon he returned to the council and said : "Let me make an attempt to get out of here." He went to work, drew one hundred cav-alrymen, picked from his regiment, and. put them in line, ready for a dash, with uplifted swords. Behind these men he placed a picked company of infantry, while other picked cavalrymen took flank positions. The remainder of the -troops took a rear position. Then the gallant young officer took his position midway in the line and gave the order to dash. Down the mountain pass rode the brave body of Union boys toward the rebel army of forty thousand. The hundred cavalrymen in the front, brandished their shining sabers, and as they approached the Confederates never for a moment expecting such a bold, sudden attack, opened their lines, and before they could pick up their senses enough to handle their men, General Ratliff and his brave band had passed by. This was near Saltville. This gave courage and final victory to our forces, and added stars to the gallant colonel's epaulets. Upon his return from the army, he resumed his law practice, in which he continued until elected cashier of the Second National Bank in 1883, which important position he held to the day of his death, September 14, 1887, at about the hour of two o'clock in the morning, he having been ill about five weeks. He was eminently successful in his financial under-takings, but never let business engagements keep him from any kind act to a needy or suffering one, be that person rich, poor, old or young. His was a noble, full rounded Christian manhood, of whom earth has none too many. The resolutions passed by the Trumbull county bar, after his funeral, gave another utterance as to how he was held by the profession in which he was indeed a star of brilliancy. He was identified with the various orders, including the Grand Army of the Republic, Masons, Odd Fellows, Loyal Legion, and Royal Arcanum. He was a shining Freemason, having advanced to high degrees. He joined the HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 99 Odd Fellows fraternity at Warren, October 27, 1845, and was noble grand in 1849. He was buried, at his request, under the ritual of the Knights Templar order. In his church relations he was a member and vestryman in the Episcopal church, and withal an exemplary Christian gentleman. His funeral sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal church at Warren, by Rev. C. W. Hollister, rector of the church of which he so long had been closely identified. Of General Ratliff's domestic relations it may be said that he was united in marriage about 1871 or 1872 to Jane Tod, a daughter of Dr. J. I. Tod, who was a brother of Governor Tod. C. WESLEY WAGAR, proprietor of the extensive line of lumber, planing mill supplies and builders' goods at Newton Falls, Trumbull county, was born in Lordstown township, Trumbull county, July 14, 1842. The father, John Wagar, a native of New York, was reared in Medina county, Ohio, to which section the parents moved when he was a mere boy. When about sixteen years of age, Ile went to Trumbull county and married Jane Rinear, daughter of Rev. Edward Rinear, a Methodist minister. The mother was born in Trumbull county, and after marriage the worthy couple settled in Lordstown township. By trade, the father was a shoemaker and carried on such business until he was about eighty-five years of age. His wife still survives, being eighty years of age. His venerable couple had five sons and one daughter, Elizabeth Ward, who is a preacher in the Friends church. The sons were: John, Charles, of West Virginia; James, of Newton Falls; W. C., a painter in Warren, and the one whose name is given at the head of this notice. C. Wesley Wagar was the eldest of the family and was reared in Lordstown township, where be also obtained his education. He started out on life's sea for himself when about eighteen years of age, being variously employed, at whatever he could best find profitable and honest to do. At the age of twenty-one years he engaged in the timber business, buying, selling and manufacturing. He bought his first mill at Newton Falls. He was married in 1876 to Miss Louie Glasgow and they went to Youngstown, Ohio, where he was interested in milling. He returned to Newton Falls, however, and there engaged in the milling business again. Since then he has owned five mills and now owns two of them. He has property in Newton Falls and timber land in various locations. In his politics, Mr. Wagar is a firm believer in the final triumph of the Prohibition party and casts his vote with that political party. Mrs. Wagar is the worthy president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Newton Falls and an active worker. Mr. Wagar is a member of the town council and takes much interest in the welfare of his home town. In his faith, he is identified with the Christian church, of which body he is the present treasurer. In 1908, when the new church edifice was erected, he was the chairman of the building committee. This building seats six hundred persons and cost twenty thousand dollars.