Portage County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1885 (part 10 of 14)

SAMUEL D HAKRIS, editor Democratic Press, Ravenna, was horn in Ravenna Township, this county, May 17, 1810; son of Samuel D. Harris, born in Bozrah, Conn., and Lucy 8. Harris, a daughter of Zenas Keut, also a lUttiTe of Oomieolieot. In 1812 Sanrael D. Hanris, Sr., moved to Stowe Township, now in Sammit County, where he remained but a short time, and then moved to Ravenna, where ho ostablishod a home and reared a family. Of bis children there are three living: Samuel D., A. A., and Mary M., widow of Dr. Oane^ of Si Paal, Mran. He was for years engaged \n tMohiug school; the county as Auditor from 1823 to 1831; was Surveyor from 1833 to 1845; again elected and served till 1857. Samnel 1). Harris, Jr., served in the County Clerk's office, where he acted as Assistant from 1 838 to 1855. He took a just pride in eorveying and followed it until his death, which ocenrred in this oonnty Angnst 2, 1865. Onr subject, after receiving his education in the common schools of the county and Ravenna Aoacleray, taught school. In 1836 he entere<l the WeMem Courier office, then controlled by Selby liob bins, and in 1837 took a position at the case in the Buckeye Democrat, then published by John B. King & Oo., and edited by Le Grand Byington. After the collapse of this journal in 1837, end early in 1838, he was employed as ABsjgtnnt Clerk in the oflBco of the Court of Common Pleas. He filled this position until 1844. In June, 1845, he and Boswell Batterson pablished the Portsge S&nUndt a ]>enioentio Jonmal. llir. Battereon sold his interest to Mr. Harris, who became sole proprietor about 1851. In August, 1855, he sold the Sentinel to Alphonso Hart and a Mr. Craig, of New Lisbon. From .August, 1855, to 1857, he studied law with N. L. JefTrys at Bavenua, and was admitted by the Distriet CSourt in 1857. Snfasequently he was employed in the offices of Judge Day and H. 0. Banney. In 1860 he was Delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charlestown, in comj)ary with Samuel Lamb, of Canton (Eighteenth Ohio District) both being hrm supporters of Stephen A. DouglaH. In 1861 he was one of the most ardent supporters of the Union movement, and in the fall of 1861 was nominated by Bq;>nblieanB and Democrats on the Union ticket as County Treasurer; was elected, and re-elected in 18G3. From 1801 to 1866 ho was a member of the County Military Committee. In August, 1868, he organized the Press office, and on September 8, that year, issn^ the first nnmMr of tiie Demoeraiie Prut, a tborongh Democratic weekly journal, which he has edited continuously up to the present time. Mr. Harris was married April 28. 1S44, to Miss Joannah Doty, daughter of David Doty, of Ravenna. They are the parents^of three obil> dren, tie.: Lncy M., married to A. T. Smith, of Bavenna; George D., now part owner of the Press: and Miss Kate Harria, residing with her parents.

ANSEL M. HINMAN, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was Iwrn October 20. 1826, in Atwater Township, this county. His grandfather, Edward Himuan, and his father, Elizur Hinman, were among the pioneers of Ravenna Township, this oonnty. Our subjeet received his ^noation in the sdbools of the home distriet and at the Atwater Academy, and at twenty five years of age ho ninved to Ravenna Townyhip, this county, and married Miss Helen M. iieeil, born in Worthington,. Mass., and who came to Kavenna Township at seven years of age, in 1888, with her parents, Latfarop and Ohloe Reed, who settled on and cleared up a farm on the road north of Ravenna, where Mr. Reed died in 1842. Mrs. Heed still resides at this place at the advanced age of ninety years. Their children were Mrs. Harriet Miller, deceased; Mrs. Susan M. Dewey, in Well- iogtou, Ohio; Mrs. Helen M. HinmaD, deceased, and Lathrop £. Beed, banker, St. Paul, Minn. After their marriage Mr. and M». Htnnuui loeated here on till' homestead farm. Their children are Edward Mrs. Hattie Peck, Har* lati E. and Henry D. (twins), who are still nt home. Mrs. Himnjin die l in October 30, 1877. She was a lady of exalted Christian character, beloved bj all who knew her. 'iSx. Hinman afterward married Miss Jennie Sackett, of Pitteborgh, Penn. He and hie worthy wife are oonsietent members of the Con* gregational Church.

WAN/KP. HOT.COMB. cai>itaHst, Ravonna, wa.sborn September 9, 1827. in this couiity, sou of ^Viiiiam A. Holcomb. He received his education in the Bohools of the home district and at Marlboro Aoademy, Stark Co., Ohia In early life he learned the trade of stone and brick mason with his father. On September 25, 1851. he was married to MisK Saphronia C. Stongh,of Ravenna, daugiiterof the well known pioneer, Jacob Stough, and was brought up in the city. Their children are Margaret (now Mrs. Smith), William W. and Harry . S. After living in Edinbnrg two yearn and in Mount FleaMant. r< iwa, five years our subjfct and family finally 8ottle<iin Ravenna. Mr. Holcomb was appointed in 1857 Superintendent of Masonry on the A. & G. W. (now theN. Y., P. «3c O.) R. R., which position he held until 1868. Since that time he has been engaged as contractor, taking extensive contracts for corporations and railroad companies. Since 1870 lio has boon connoctod with tho Diamond Glass Works of this city and now owns a oin' half interest in the concern. Mr. Holcomb is a member of the Disciples ChurcL He is a life- long liepublicaa.

SAMUEL J. HOPKINS (deceased) was bom in Nelson, this ooanty, in 1822. He manioJ, October 11, 1852, Miss Harriet "W.Prentiss, who.so father, CyniH FrentiHS, of Francostown, N. H.. ostnblished a store in Ravoiin?i, this county, in 1822, in which he retained an interest until his death, ai^d married Miss Clarissa Wetmore, of Cayalioga Falls, Ohio, in 1827. "Mr. Prentiss devoted himself with wonderful enei^y and zeal to the building of the Cleveland \' >*itt*<biu T\ailroad. It is said that without his efforts the road would never have been constructed. When he fell into delicate health and the road was in good working and ronning order he became its President, and this position he ret am .1 as long as his health permitted. He died July 81, 1859. To Mr. and Mr8. II()j)kiuB were born thn>o chiMren: ('. P., Clnni S. and Arthur P. Mr. Hopkins was engaged in the di-y goods business until l80U, and after that in the wholesale produce and cheese business, until his death, which occurred April 25, 1882.

ADAM V. HORR (deceased), son of AbnerHorr, was born in Tjowis Connty, N. y.. December 'Jf'. ]Hl\i, and came to Shalorsville, this couuty. at ei;^'htepn years of age wiih his parents. He hrst engaged in merchandising with his father, and as the latter's health was ^ery mooh impaired, the main responsi* bility of the basiness devolved upon our subject In 1S42 he and Henry Beecher purchased the store, which thoy carried on jointly until 1845, wlien Mr. Beecher retired from the hrm and Mr. Horr took possession of the entire business. He was united in marriage September 8, 1846, with Miss Bosella Beecher, bom in Shalersville Township, this county, November 24, 1825, and dauf^hter of Sylvester and Bet^i-y ( BusIiim IIi Beecher, and to this union have been born live children: Mrs. Irene R. Seymour, one son who die<l in infancy, Mrs. IsodeneE. Oakley, William A. and Mrs. Adah V. Stough. Mr. Horr departed this life January 10, 1856. He was a man of rare buBioess talents, and a very active citizen in the support of nil worthy entorprises. He took an active interest in public affaire and held the position of Postmaniter at Shalersville, this couuty, upward of fourteen years. In politics ho was an ardent

Bepublican. He waa personally a genial companion, a true friend to the needy and a man of generoas and noble impoliiea. He will lon^ be renaembered with tender respect by the citizens of Shalersville and vicinity. In April, IStll. ]\Ir«. Horr removed to Ravenna, this county, where she still reside& Here she has devoted herself faithfully to the duty of bringing ap and edneating her family. She ia a member of the OongregaHonid Gfanrch, and is everywhere respected as a lady of estimable ehaiaeter.

GURDON L. HORR, produce merchant. Ravenna, was bom July 6. 1842, in Shalersville, this county. His father, Abner Horr, of Salem, Mass., first married Bfiaa Sarah Vedder, and after residing about ei^teen yeaie in Dm. mark, Lewis Co., N, Y.. they came in 1835 to Shalersville, this county. There ^^rs. llorr died in 1837, leavinjj three children: M'arren. in SterHn;j. Kan., Atlam V. (deceased), and Mrs. Nancy Tyler (deceased), wife of Judge Joel W. Tyler, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mr. Horr then married, in 1838, Miss Lydia - Horr, of Leyden, Lewis Co.. N. Y., and their obildren are Gordon Ii. mad Mrs, Sarah Bedell, lato of Cleveland, Ohio, latter of whom died February 9, 1885. Abner Horr earned on a n^fneral merchandising business in Shalersville, and had an interest lu stores in Strueiuboro, this county, and at Newton Falls. In 1848 he sold ont, retired to hia farm in thai townahi|n and there reaidad nntil his death, which oconrred Angoat 15, 1885. Hia widow resides in Cle!f»- land, Ohio, with her son-in-law. Our subject received his education in his native town. He engaged in merchandising in partnership with the widow of Adam V. Horr, at Sbalenmlle, this ooanty, in 1862. He sold ont hie inteeraat in 1872, and in 1874 located in Ravenna, in partnership with S. R. Freeman, in the ])roduce business. Mr. Horr married, September 8, 18^9, Mim Sarah Babcock, of Shalersville Township, daughter of the well-known pioneer, Edwin Babcock, and bom Angnat 2, 1847, in that townahip. To Mr. and Mrs. Horr have been bom one danghter, llinnie, and one eon, Bart Oar anbjeot ia a life-lonf^ Republican.

HON. .rOSEPH DEMPSTER HORTON /deceased) was bom January 3, 1833, in Randolph, this county. His father, Rev. Peter D. Horton, was born in Orange Ooantj, N. T., in 1796, and was of the eighth generation from Barnabas Horton, who settled in Lon^ Island, in 1633. He waa one of the early Methodist ministers of northeastern Ohio, and his memory is revered by many who enjoyed his ministrations. His wife was Miss Hannah Conch, of Nelson, thia oonnty, bom in 1802, in Lee, Berkahire Go., Maaa. Oar subject, who waa the eldeet of their children, received his edoeation principally in the academy at Nelson, and befran tf aching at sixteen years of age. Havinr^ coraplete<l his law studies in the oihce of Kanney & Taylor, of this city, he was admitted to the bar in 1855, and he at once fovmed a partnership with his oonsin and preceptor, Hon. Ezra R Taylor, which oontinaed during his life, except the period dnrinr^ which Judge Taylor served on the bench. Judge Luther Day was a member of the tirm for many years. Mr. Horton was a man of active public spirit, and waa constantly solicited to accept offices of honor and trust, which he did as often aa hia profeaaional datiea wonld allow. He held the positions of Military Commissioner during the Rebellion, Prosecuting Attorney several times, Mayor of the city, and many local offices. Ho was a mwmber of the Constitutional Convention in 1873, and was an influential member of the Judiciary Oommittee. He waa known as possessing one of the llneet legal minds at the bar. He was also a fluent writer, and a brilliant orator, his productioni exhibiting rare literary ability. His death occurred September 14, 1882. Mr, Horton married, December 25. 1858, Miss Fannie Finley of Petroit, Mich., bora March it, 1887, in Montreal, Canada, hk 1841 ahe moved with hor paronts, Richard and Anna Finley. to Detroit, wboro tho latter resided until their death. To 3Ir. and Mrs. Hortou were bom live- children: Mary H., Jessie A., Peter D., Fannie and Jennie F. They have been members of the Congregational Church Bincn 1866. Mr. Horton was a prominent officer in that church, an l at tho time of bis death bad nearlj oompletod a histoiy of the church ia iiavenua.

ANDREW JACKSON, attomey-at-law of Ravenna, is a grandson of John Jackson, of Plymouth Rock, Mass., and son of Col. John E. Jackson, a native of Chester, Mass., who iinmigratetl to the West in 181*2. nnd Rettlod in thin county, clearing a farm in Aurora Township, and owning and oporating there a woolen-mill and saw-mill. At Garrettsville he mot and mairiud Clara, daughter of John Tinker, of Granville, Mass., whose family settled in Nelson Township, this county, in 1804. His place of residence was called the *' Centerville Mills," in the north part of .\urora Township. Having been elected, and served one term, as Coiinty Surveyor, he di8ix)8ed of his factory and sawmill in 1889, and continued the bnsineasof surveying, and began preaching the Gospel, having been ordained a Baptist Elder. He was elected State Sonator from this district in 1841, serving in that position two terras, and in 1845 was appointed Appraiser of Lands of this county. While delivering a discourse in loo8, he was stricken with paralysis, and died in April, 1869. Onr snbjeet was bom in Aorora Township. October 4, 1S24. and worked in the factory until seventeen veara old, when he was nout to (Iranville ('ollo'jp, Tjicking Co., Ohio, the only B^tist College in the State. He began the study of law in 1846, under Gien. Knox, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar of Canton, Ohio, in 1848, commencing practice in Eavenna soon after. Subsequently hf» was appointed Exnniiiior of ScIkk^I T>'aclu^rv;. nnd in 1852 elected County Kecorder, serving tliree years, and was three times elected Justice of the Peace, for Ravenna Township. He enlisted in the Union Army, August 12, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Fonrtb Ohio Volnnteer Infanfry; was subsequently rinjiniuttnl Ordnance Sergeant; was at the front from the time ho entered the service till olnsn of the war, and participated in the battles of Fort Mitchol, Ky., siege of Kuoxville, Gen. Sherman's Atlanta eampaign, and battles of Franklin and Nashville, Teon., Columbia, WiK mington and Fort Fisher, bein^^ mu8tere<l out of the service at Cleveland, in July, 1805. In 1800 he was olectetl Clerk of the Common Pleas Court, occupying the position six years. In 1875 he secured a charter for the People's Mutual Fire Inaoranee Company, of vrhieh he is Secretary and Treasnrer, and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Jackson has since conducted an extensive insurance business, and ceased tho practice of law. He was marrieii in 1848 to Mabel, daughter of Guy Doolittle, of this county, and to this union has beea bom one child - Frances J., wife of L. P. Seymour, of Bavenna, Ohio. Mr. Jackson is, and has been for twenty-five years,'an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also an ardent INIason; became n merabpr '^f Vnity Lodge, No. 12, in 1853, of which he is a Past Master, a member of Tyran Boyal Arch Chapter, and a frater of Commandery No. 25, Knights Templar and Malta

D.A.VID JFA'XTXdS (doc' Siscd) was born January 1, 1771. in Bradford. Mass. He married Miss Hannah W ellman, who was born in LyndelH)ro,HiIl8boro, Co., N. H., September 13, 1701), and they came to this county in 1802, purchasing in October, of Benjamin Tappan, 115 acrse of wild land This part of the country was then entirely in the \vi Uli rncsp. Tliey had to to (yporpetown, Penn., to market, paying $7 to briuj^ home a barrel of Hour that mst ^8. Their children were Solomon, who died in Franklin Township, this county,

April 6, 18-10, aged forty-three; David, Jr., who died in Kavenna TowDshijp, this county, January 25, 1862. aged sixty-three; Daniel W., wtio died in ShalerBville, September 17, 1874, aged seven tj-foiir. (the day of his death was just seventy two years from the time he reached tluR county); Mrs. Hannah H. Cutler, died June 10, 1835, aged thirty oue; Squire L., now living in Bavenua; and Lewis E. Mrs. Jennings died April 3, 1 840, aged seventy. Air. JenniDge died Jaanary 10, 1850, aged eighty- five. He was an honest, oprigfat man. respected In- who knew him. Daniel W. Jennings ho\d many ]mblic positions, inclnding that of Sheriff of Porta<:^o C'ouuiy, Superintendent of County luhrmary and Justice of the Peace. Houry C. ^^son of Solomon Jennings), a Lieatenant in the Forty-seoond Regiment, Ohio Yolonteer Infantry, served as Sheriff of the eonn^ two terms, daring which he eseeated ^ mnr* derer Jack Cooper.

SQUIliE L. JENNINGS, retired, Bavenna, was born December 2S, 1807, in Bavenna Township, this eoanty, being the eeoond oldest white boy bom in the township now living. On October 22, 1833, he was married to Miss Nancy A. Sapp, born in Maryland in 1810. daughter of Jacob Sapp, of Rootstown Township, this county. To this union were born Sylvester F. and Mrs. Anginette Boeworth (latter deceased). They lived on a farm in Franklin Township until 1845, when they sold out and have resided in Ravenna since. From that time ^Fr. Jennings has followed the trade of carpenter and joiner. He has been very active in public affairs, and has held the positions of Deputy Sheriff, Constable and T^nutee at different times.

LEWIS E. JENNINGS, farmer. P. O. Ravenna, was born July 14. 1811, on the farm which he now occupies. He shared the usual lot t^f pioneer Ixjys and attende<l school in the old log schoolhouse of the home district He was mari-ied, January 22, 1833, to Miss Elizabeth Knowlton, born in New Sharon, Kennebec Co., Maine, January 14, 1818, and came to Ravenna, this county, in 1S8'_'. To flu's THiiou have been born twelv(> children, seven now living: Mrs. Uanua U. ^\'ain, in Cleveland, Ohio; Eli/abt lh Aniolin; <Ti>orge \V. and Mrs. Martha AV. Gledhill (twins, and boin^boru i'ubruary 22, the^ were named for Qen. Washington and his vnfe respectively); Helen M. ; Arminta L. and Albert B. The five deceased died in early life. Since their marriage Mr. and ISIrs. Jennings have resided on tlif homestead farm. Here they own a comfortable homo of 18U acres of well -improved land. Mi-. Jennings has held the office of Trustee, and has been School Director Qiirty years. In politaos he is a Democrat.

DAVID JENNINGS (decease<l) was born September 18. 1798, in Hartford, Me., and came to this county in 1802 with his parents. He married, November 18, 1825, Hiss Hannah Bawson, bom in Warwick, Franklin Go., Mass., December 16, 1808, and came to Ravenna Township, this coontj, in 1S15, with her parents, Elliott and Sfirah (Williams) Rawson. Mr. Rawson pnrchas<»d a tract of 400 acres of land, adjoining the western corporation line of iiaveuna. tte died in 1825, leaving six children : HDrs. Elissabelh Frice(now deceased), Mra Hannah Jennings. Ebenezer (deceased), Mrs. Sarah Clark, Mrs. C/ari;;a Harptf, and Elliott (latt(>r deceased). After tlieir marriage Mr. and Mrs*. Jennings settled on their property in Ravenna Township, three miles north of Ravenna. Here Mr. Jennings died, Jannary 25, 1862. He was a man of upright integrity, and exerted a good influence in the community. He was a life-long and consistent Democrat He took an active part in the public affairs in the township ; held the oflSce of Township Trustee and other township ofilces. Mrs. Jennings still resides with one of her two sous, on the family homestead.

to Miss Sophia P. Trowbridge, born in Ontario Connty, N. Y., ^Inrcb 14. 1825. Her parents, Daniel and Sallie (Blokely) Trowbridge, forcaer a native of Franklin Goanty, Mass., came to Ravenna Township, this oonnty, in Oetober, 1888. They movod to Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1852, where Mr. Trowbridge died in February, 1*^8]. and where his widow still resides. After bis father's death our subject piu-cbased the heirs' interest in the ebtate, and now owns the homestead. He is proprietor here of a farm of 100 aeres of well- improved land. He takes a deep interest in progressive and scientific farming, and has takttl a leading part in tbe Portage County Agricultural Society.

DR. DAVID KAWSON JENNINGS, of Cleveland,' Ohio, married Miaa Elizabeth H. Monroe, of Bootstown Towndhip, this ooonfy, a native of Nantucket, Mass. He took s thoron^'h ooorse in dentistry and after practicing his pi'ofes.sion fourteen years in Ravenna, this county, he located in CIcm land. Ohio, in 1873. He is a skillfal and scientiiic dentist and has a large and increasi ng practice.

HARLOW S. JOHNSON, Health Officer, Bavenna, was bom Febmary h 182 1, in Nel.'^on, this county. His father, .\lanBoa Johnson, a native of Litchtield. Conn., was a n;roat <;randson of the famous Sir A\'illiam Johnson, who took great part in settling a colony in the Mohawk Valley, N. Y. The town of VVniteh^l, Washington Co., N. T., was bnilt on an estate of the family. Alanson Johnson was a cousin to Tticbard ^1. Johnson, late Vice- President of the United States, and also to Mrs. ^Martin Van Buren, and was second cousin to President Andrew Johnson. He married Miss Betisey Northrop, of Cornwall, Conn., a desoeudant through her grandmother of the fauiilv of Sir Francis Drake, and one of the oldest Puritan families of New England. He wns a soldior in the war of 1812, and in 1810 they carao to this county, and settled in Nelson. Of their five children Mrs. Elizabeth S. Spencer now lives in Windham, this county; Mr& Antoinette Couch, of Nelson, died July 6, 1884, aged seventy; Mrs. Julia Hunt, of Nelson, died April 6, 1884, aged sixty-six, and one daughter died in childbood. The father and mother lived tlie lives of useful pioneers and were honored by a lar^e circle of friends. She du'd March G, 1S77, aged eighty- three. He died January 2« 1880, aged eighty-eigbt Onr subject was their only eon. He married Miae Emily Baldwin, of Nelson, 'August 22, 1844. She was born October 19, 1827, and is a daughter of Stephen Baldwin, who was among the earliest settlers of that township, having come from Granville, Mass., in 1803. Her mother's maiden name was Hannah Clark, a native of Cornwall, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. Job nson have been Iwrn four children: Loren Alanson, Auditor of the freight department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Kailmad. Cleveland, OhiO) Andrew J., in Warren, Ohio, inventor of a succetibful tire- escape and Snperintendebt of the Warren Fire Escape Company; Frank H. (deceased), late jonmalist, Bay ('ity, Mich., and an infant (deceased). After their marriajre Mr. and Mrs. Johnson resided on their farm until IS7'_'. when thev sold out and located in Ravenna. Uur subject has held the position of Health Officer of the city since 1880. He is discharging his duties faithfully and efficiently and haa pnt the oify in first-daaa aanitaiy condition. Mr. Johnson is a life long Demmarat Mrs. Johnson is a consistent member of the Congregational Church.

K. B. JOHNSON, physician, llavenua, is a native of Stark County, Ohio, bom November 14, 1889. Hia grandfather, Joseph Johnson, was a pioneer of Stark Connty, settling in the woods in 1822, and clearing a farm where he passed the remainder of his years. John Johnson, the father of onr «;nbjecl, who was bom in Fayette Connty, Peno., in 1815, married Esther HoUoway and resides on the farm where he lirst settled. Of their children, three are now living: R. B., Nathan W. and Sarah, wife of Isaac Scott, of Kof^ciuako C!oantj, Ind. Our subject was brought up ou a farm and received the advantages of a common school education, attending also the high school of Alliance, Ohia He tnught school for four successive winters, commencing whtm nineteen years old. Ho shidieil medicine in the office of Dr. J. G. Heaton (deceased), in Alliance, and <:jraduated at tho Clovelaml Homoeopathic College in 186U. The same yeai' he began practice in Havenua, where he has since remained. He was married, in Wasbin^n Oonnftj, Penn., in Novemberf 18C1, to Elizabeth Lilloy. by whom he had six children, thre« now living: Nellio L . Thaddons L. and George D. Tho Doctor has won popularity both as a physician and as a, citizen, and has given successful advancement to Oharlea D. Paintw, of AlIianoe» and M. G. MeBride, of Bavenna, both of whom are practicing physiciana He united with the Diadplea Chnrdi in 1860, and has luAd some official position for the last fifteen years, and is now an Eider in said church. Ue is an honored member of the I. O. O. F.

DAVID O. EELLOGQ, farmer, P. O. Kayenna, was bom December 2, 1809, in Hampden Connty, Mass. He came to Freedom Township, this county, in 1828, with his parents, David and Rntb (Lambson) Kellogg, who afterward moved to South Shenango Towntihip, Crawford Co., Peiui., where they resided until their death. Our subject married Miss Mary Ann Hoskin in 1837. She died May 2, 1840, leaving one dangbter - Mrs. Mary Ann Brown (now deceased). Mr. Kellogg afterward married Miss Harriet Hoskin. December 9, 1840. They had two daughters: Mrs. Jeauette McClintock and Lovisa, the latter deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg located iu ISGC in BaTenna Township, this oonnty, and purchased a fann^ their present home, near the city, and this they have improved. They are pious members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which our subject bolonged for ovor fifty jeara, and Mrs. Kellogg for over forty years. The subject of this sketch is <me of the leading pimiew oiticens of this county, and is highly respected by the ontiro comiiinnity.

^VILLIAM KING (deceased). Among the early settlers, and the first of this family who located in this county, was \Villiam King, a native of the town of Blandford, Ma.ss., of Irish descent. He moved with his wife and two children, Robert and John B., and arrived in Gharlestown, Portage Co., Ohio, in 1811, where he locate<l, bought a farm and resided for several years. Subsequently he removed to liavonna, and commenced keeping the ExcLaiiire Hotel on the south side of the S<j^uare, east of Court House (now used for bubinees purposes). Afterward he ke|^ hotel in another building, and remained in that line of business mitil he retired from active life. He died June 20, 1842, leaving a family of four children: Robert. John B., Eli P.. ^Inry A., now the wife of Dr. A. B. Woodworth, of St. Louis, Mo. His widow, Betsey (Black} King, died in 1853. Mr. King was exceedingly energetic and posning in bnsinesu affairs, and left a ot^mfortable property.

GEN. JOHN 1? KING (deceased), son of William King. whosP sketch appears above, was born in Blandf ord, Mass. , March 30, 1807, and was about four years of age when his father settled in this county. During his yonth he attended the public schools of Ravenna and there laid the foundation of a good education. Subsequently he took a classical course in the AVesteni Reserve College. He entertained a desire to become a lawyer, and for s^i^me time he was engaged in the study of that profession at Ravenna, though never admitted to the bar. When twenty-three years of age^ Febmary 7, 1880» Mr. King was married to Miss Caroline M. Selby, a native of Palmyra, N. Y., and kept the Globe Hotel at Ravenna, and as Gen. King and his young vvife's parents were both hot<»l- keepers, it was that busineHS our subject adopted, and he Boon after became proprietor of the Exchange Hotel, which he carried on for six or Sevan yeaia. He then pnrohaeed a farm adjoining the vilU^ of Bavenna and followed agricultural pursaits, buying and eelling stock in con* neotioD tho remainder of his life. Gen. King was a Democrat in p'^lities, nnd ha took an active part in all public affairs. Ue served the township in some looal offioes, and was always an earnest advocate and supporter of the eduoa* tional interests of the county. In religious convictions he was a TJniTersalist, and he assisted largely in the organization of the .society in Ravenna, contributing liberally toward it, and furnishing most of the timber used in erecting the present ohnrch bnilding at Bavenna. On the oonstmotion of the Cleveland A Pittsburgh Railroad he was one of the incorporators, a large stockholder and a Director. In his younger days he was an enthusiastic nipmher of the State militia, serving in the ranks, and rose subsequently through every official grade to that of Major- General. During the civil war, at the time of Morgan's raid, he organized a company of volnnteero called tiie Squirrel Hunters," which wont to Cincinnati. Ohio, but the emergency having passed over they were disbanded and returned home. This company was made up of men of over forty-five years of age, and each of them received a lithographed "Squirrel Huntor's" disehai^, embellished with the portrait and characteristic anto^^raph of His Excellency, Gov. Tod, one of which is now in possession of J. D. King. His first wife dying in 1852, Mr. King was married the second time, September 18, 1855, to Phebe Warner, daughter of Judge Jonathan Warner, of Jefferson, Ashtabula County, who bore him one child - Flora L. Gen. John B. King died April 2, 1864, leaving seven children in all: William L., Ira S., Joseph D., Henrietta L. (now Mrs. Clinton C. Canfield, of Cleveland, Ohio), Frances B., John B. and Flora L. The widow now xesidee in Cleveland.

' CAPT. JOSEPH D. KING, a son of Gen. John B. King, was born March 21, 1S36, at Ravenna, this county, and passed his youth oh his father'H farm adjoining Ravenna, daring which period he attended the village schooU, graduating at the Union Schools of that place. Sobaequently he attended Tappan Seminary. He read law in the office of John L. Banney, intending to toach school at intervals in order to obtain the money wherewithal to continue his studies, but his health having failed he was obliged to discontinue his legal studies, and shortly afterward made a visit South for his health, extending over a period of eighteen montha Returning from Texas in June, the follow* inp^ September ho went to Vnssalboro Townshi}), Kennebec Co.. Me., where^ JSeptember U), 186U, he was ninrried to n forinev soboolmate at Ta{*|)an Seminary, Miss Lucy L., daughter of Benjamin and Eiizubetii Homaub, of that placey and returned with hia bride to Porti^ County. Two children were the result of this anion: Stephen G. O., born December 20, 1S67, and Frederick B., bom March 5. 1872. He engat^ed in funning near Carapbellsport. The war breaking out in 1801, our subject was among the tirst to offer his servicee in defense of the Union, and organized a company of artillMy, which was afterward consolidated with Company I. First Hegiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, of which he was elected First Lieutenant. They reported soon afterward for service at Charleston, W. Va., on the Kanawha River. In June, 1862, while convalescent at hospital, and some eighty miles inside the Union lines, ho and his cousin, William King, were taken jirisimer by a detachment of Ashby's Rebel oavalvy. They were kept pnsoneis at Lynchburg, Staunton,

Va., Salisbury, and from Salisbury were moved to Lihby Prison, at which place they were confined ten days, when they were fortunate in being paroled and thns escaped the horrors of that |)rison. Mr. K'm^ was then ordered to Columbus, Ohio, and was put in command of the paroled [)risoner8' camp, where he remained until his resignation in November, 1802. He then returned home and embarked in the milling bnaineea at Campbelleport* this oonnty; also in company with his brother bnilt the Atlantic Milk at Kaveona, and was engapfod in this industry two yeArs, siuce when he has nriven his entire attention to farming. Ue owns 100 acres partly in and partly adjoining the village corporation, where he resides. In politics Gapi King is 0emooratic He is a member of the Universal ist Church.

PETEK KINO, <xio<^'^i' and provision dealer, Ravenna, was born June 20, 1813, in County Clare, Ireland, where hiH parents, Michael and Ellen King, resided ohtil their death. Oar subject there married, February 15. 18^)5, Bllen Beidy. In 1848 he came to Ammca to malrapreparationa for hia family, then sent for tlmra to join him fifteen months then^aftor. Aft^r spending some time in Chittenden County, Vt., they came to Earlville, Ohio, in 1S51, and finally located in Ravenna, November D, 1854. Here Mr. King worked abont seven years on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad, and was aboat three years engaged in dra} ing. He then established his present business, which he has ever since carried on. Of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Kiug, two died in the mother country, and four in America. Those now living are Mrs. Mary Cany, Mrs* Bridget Donahae, Mrs. Ellen Gallagher, Mrs. Maggie Hopper, and Elizabeth, a gradoate of St Mary*a Academy, Notre Dame, In 1 , and who has been for several years Ruccessfnlly enf^aj^od in teaching. Their son, Michael, was killed in an explosion on the Cleveland <Sc Pitts* burgh Railroad, at Hanover, Ohio, March 11, 1862. Ue was an upright and promising yoong man, and left many friends. Mr. King and his entire family are members of the Catholic Church, of uhich ho is one of the pillars, aod was larf^ely influential in establishing and building it up at Ravenna.

BERNARD KINNEY, capitalist, Ravenna, was born in Corracloona, Connty Leitrim, Ireland, Jane 24, 1880, and there married Iffiss Mary Gil> bride. They immigrated to America in 1855, came at once to Ohio and settled in Ravenna in about two years thereafter. Here our subject acted as Section Boss on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad for about fifteen years. He opened a grocery and paNmaion atoro in Ravenna, which was oarried on by his family for abont fonr years previous to his retirement from the railroad He has also been engaged in several successful real estate dealings, purchasing tracts of timber laud and developing and improving them. He purchased in 1806 what was known as the old State Bank Bnilding, which he still occnpies; besides this he has built and established a grocery store for his son. and he owns several other valuable pieces of property in vnrioiis parts of the city. He is agent for three Atlantic Ocean steamship companies, viz. : the Cuuard, the Williams & Guion and the Anchor lines. To Mr. and Mrs. Kinney have been born ten children: James, Mary Ann (now Sister Cammillos in the Ursaline Convent, Toledo, Ohio), John, Catherine (deceased), Rose (a teacher in the (.'atholic school, and organist in the church Ht this plact'). Sarah (died September 10, 1883), Bernard, Thomaa, Agues and Charley. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney and their entire family are consistent members of the Caftholio Chnreh. Our subject was the leading spirit in establishing and building np the chaich at Ravenna.

ticut, went to Northampton, Mass., in early boyhood with his parents. Ther6 he married Ifiaa Martha Edwards, and the enttte family then oame to thia coiuity and settled in Charlestowu Township, iu 1S15. The family of Junia and Martha (Edwards) Knnpp consisted of six girls, of whom three now live, and six boys, of whom tivo are now livinij^. Edwiud, Robert, Dwight, and Mrs. Saliie Palmer all reside iu liavenna. The pareuU moved to Ravenna in 1865, Mr. Knapp, dying October 2 of the aame year, and hia widow April 80, 1807. Our subject remained with his parents nnd n'?Histed theiu in condnctintr the farm. Ho marriod, Soptembor 15, 1857, Mrfi. Charlotte C. Parker, of Chester, Conn., where ber father, Ely Dickenson, resided until his death. Mr. and Mre. Knapp moved to Ravenna in 1860. * Here onr enbjectoarried on a foundry on Main Street, in partnorshiii with his brothers, Robert, Dwight nnd Henry, until their estiiblishment was destroyed by fire in August, 18/6. Our subject then built the foundry near Pittsburgh depot, which he carried on until October, 1875. He now rents it to the Haley Bros. He established a pnmp factory in partnership with his brother Robert in 1875, and they have since carried on the only pnmp facton,' in "Ravenna. They manufacture a complete line of suction, force and nibber bucket pumps. Their goods have an excellent reputation, and are sold throughout Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and other Eastern and Sonthern States. Mrs. Knapp ia an adherent of the Baptist faith. Mr. Knapp is a F .t A. M. Robert Knapp was born April 8, 1828. Ho maj-ried Elizabeth Carson, October 4, 1854. Their children are Mrs. Clara A. Linton and Arthur D.

W. S. KBilKE, Posfanaster, Bavenna, was bom in Jefferson Oonnty, N. Y., in 1S40, son of James and Sally (Wadsworth) Krake, natives of Now York State (both deceased, i James Krake, who was a manufacturer of fanniugmills in Jefferson County, was prominently identified with and was an officer in the State militia Our subject was bnt twelve years of age when hie father died. He enlisted in 1862 in the Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, receiving promotion to Second Lieutenant, in which rank be was discharpntl at the close of three years' service. He participated in the battles of Shenandoah Talley, at Winchester, and in the general skirmishes, serving most of the time, liowever, on detailed dnty. He came to this county soon after the war and engaged as salesman in a dry goods and cloth ini^ business. In May, 1869, he was upjKjinted Assistant Postmaster at Kaveniia. and in April, 1873. was promoted to be Postmaster by President Grant, occupying the position to the present tima Mr. Krake was married in Lewis Connty, N. Y., in 1861, to Amelia U. Mitchel, who bore him one child - Florence M., an active assistant t<^ her father. Mr. Krake ia a F. & A. M., a member of the L O. O. F. au<i K. A.

JiLMES LIKENiS, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was bum October 17, 1816, in Brighton, Beaver Co., Peun. His parents, Thomas and Jnda Likens, came to this oonnty in .\pril. 1*^;3S. and after living three years in Rootstown Township tinally settled across the line in Ravenna Township. Thomas Likens was a soldier of the war of 1812, and followed the oocnpation of iron molder before locatinft here. He was one of the old time Democrats, and took an active part in public affairs. He servcxl the township as Trnstoo one term. He died February 12, 1872, aged eighty-four years. His widow followed him May 20, 18ii0, in her ninety -fifth year. They were pious members of the Lutheran Ghorch. Of their nine children, six are now living: James, Lewis, Thonuw and Mrs. Alvira Hartle, in Ravenna Township, this county, Mr?^. Emma J. Hartle, in Rootstown Township, this eounty, ami Josiah, in Iowa. Our subject married, March 6, 1851, Miss Mary M. Caris, born July 15, 1828, and daugh- thiB union have bcon born tbmo rbildron now living: Ellery O.. Jam«s Calvin nnd Hattie Miuerva. John ^V. died in infancy, and >rpttie M. died at fourteen jean of age. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Likens have resided on the farm whioh they now own. Here ttiey have a fine property of eighty aci^es of well-improved land. B£r. Likens is a oonsistent member of the Latheran Chnrch. In politics he is h life-long Democrat.

ISAIAH LINTON, civil engineer, Bavenna, was bom September 29, 1817, in WaahingtoB Oounty, Penn., where his parents, Hahlon and Ann OEIillis) Iiintoii, resided until their death. At eighteen years of age onr subject entered the engineer service of the Baltimore k Ohio Kailroad, on which he was engagf^d for four yoars. He was then ompInyiMl on ihf Pittsburgh itConnellsviile Railroad until 1647, when he camo to Oiiio and entered the service of the Olereland A Pittsburgh Bead as Assistant Engineer, on whioh he faas since remained. In 1840 Mr. Linton married Miss Victoria Dntton, of Washington County, Penn. She died in 1844, leaving one daughter - ^Mrs. Ellen Galway, of West Virginia. Mr. Linton afterward married, in 184d, Miss Mary Bilej, of Brownsville, Penn., and in 1852 they settled in Bavenna, where they have since resided. Their children are William H., Luther (deceased I and Edith. William H. married Miss Clara Knapp, of this place. He has also adopted the profesaion of civil engineer, and in engaged on the Cleveland A Piitsl^argh Railroad with l^is father. Mr. Linton has held the position of IVosteeof Ravenna about four years; has been on the Board of Education two years; has held the office of Countv Surveyor from ISH'^ to ISHI, and was mainly influontiiil in the establishment of the Ravenna Gas Light He Coke Company, of which he has been President since it organization in 1873. In politics oor sabjeet is a Bepnblioan.

SQUIRE ELEAZER LORD, dealer in real estate, Ravenna, was bom December 17, 1823, in Norwich, Conn. His parents. Lyntis and PriBcilla (Potter) Lord, natives of the same place, lived in Fairview, Erie Co., Penn., from 1829 to 1880, and in Ellsworth, IVombail (now Mahoning) Co., Ohio, from 1836 to 1858. Lynds Lord died in April, 1550, and in IS'S his widow and the family came to Ravenna. Here the mother died in March, ISTO. They raised a family of nine children: Mary A., died in 1871; Rev. Nathan L., was a graduate of Hudson College and a missionary to the East Indies ^he died in New York City in Jannaiy, 1808); Mn. Oacrie P. Bingham, in Santa Barbara, Cal. ; Rufus, in Durand, 111.; Charles F., in Chicago, 111.; David H., was born December 5, 1827, married Henrietta F. Binpham September 29, I&53 (their children are Mrs. Laura A. iSanford, in Le iSueur, Minn.; Helen IL, OinoTra J. ; Frank L. ; Mary B. , and Hattie Q, Mr. Lord settled in Ra^renna in 1873.where he has bean chiefly engar^^ed in dealing inreal estate); Eleazer; Lanra; A., died in EUnworth in 1851; William Thomas, died in St Louis in 1859. Our subject received his education in the academies at Ellsworth, Ohio, and Fredonia, N. Y. He married, April 8, 1865, Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Lewis, of Palmyra, Ohio. They have one daughter, Lydia C, and one Bon, Louis E. Squire Lord has been for sixteen yef^rs a very successful dealer in real estate. He was elected Justice of tho Peace in July. 1872, and again in April, 1876. in politics he is a Republican. Mrs. Lord is a member of the Congregational Chnrdt.

BYRON B. LOU(mEAD, A. B., M. D., Ravenna, was born January 29, 1847, in Charlestown Township, this county. His father, Richard W. Longhead, a native of Pennsylvania, came co Hiram Township, this coimty, and here married Miss Maria Foster, daughter of the pioneers, Eliakim and Wealthy

Foster, of Mantua Township, this county, and who came from AVilliamstown, Mass., to this county, iu about 1835, residing in Mantua the remainder of their lives. Our aabjeot's paranto resided in OliarleBtown Township, this county, about thirteen years, finally settling in Windham Township in February, 1858. The mother died January 28, 1884; the father still resides in Windham Center. Our subject, after receiving instruction in the schools of the home district and the academy in Windham and attending two yean at Hiram College, -entered upon a course of study at Oberlin, Ohio, and graduated from that institution with the degree of A. B. in 1875. He supported himself entirely by teaching between the sessions. He held the position of Principal of the high school at Tallmadgo, Ohio, two winters. After his graduation he at cuco entered upon the study of medicine under Dr. T. C. Miller, of Cleveland, Professor of OhHtotrics in the medical department of the University of Wooster. Ohio, at which iiistitutiou he toot the degree of M. D. February 'JS, 1877. He theu located in the practice of his chosen profession in Windham, thie county. In Januai^ and Febnuury of 1888 he took a post-gradoate course in the New York Polyclinic. In September, 1884, the Doctor established in Ravenna, where ho has rapidly built up an influential practice. He is genial and courteous in manuer, and is recognized as a skillful and scientific physician. Dr. Longhead married, October 81, 18^ Mies Mary AWord, of Bolton, Conn., and they have two children: Oharles Foster and Mary Alvord. Mrs. Loughead graduated in the ladies' course at Oberlin College in 1874. Our subject and wife are members of the Congregational Choroh, the Doctor having joined at Windham when but eighteen years of age.

DARIUS LTMAN (decease^, born at Goshen, Litchfield Oa, Oonn., July 19, 1789, died at Cleveland, Ohio, December 13, 1807, aged seventy-six years, five mouths. He graduated at Williams College in the class of 1810. Soon after he entered the law school at Litchfield, theu under the charge of Judge Gould, where by diligent application to his studiee he soon won the raspeet of his distinguished teacher and all those who were associated wifli him. After leaving the Litchfield Law School he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., and in order to more folly perfect his legal studies he spent several mouths iit the law othce of Hon. Henry Baldwin, subeeqnently ooo ol the Judges of the Supreme Oonrt of the United States. In the spring of 1814 he came to this county, was admitted to the bar, and established himself permanently in his jirofession in Ravenna. Ho wa.s soon appointed Prosecuting Attorney of the county, and in 181G was elected to the lower brunch of the Legislature for two years. In 1828 ho was elected to the State Senate^ where he served two terms ending in 1832. In the fall of the latter vear he was the anti-Masonic candidate for Governor, and was defeated by Robert Lucas by a small majority. Judge Lyman has ever been regarded one of the pioneer lawyers of Portage County. Although not a brilliant advocate, his thorough knowledge of legal principles, his unswerving integrity and love of justice gave him great inflnenoe with both court and jury, which made him a formidable competitor. For some years he was in partnership with the late Hon. Luther Day. Judge Lyman acquired an extensive practice in Portage and adjoining counties. His well* balanced, clear and discriminating mind, infl^ble uprightness and unsullied purity of heart won the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He was an ardent friend of education, and for many years an ofiicient mcinlier i f the Board of Trustees of the AVestern Reserve College. He early ideutilied himeelf with the Free Soil party, and in 1850 was elected to the State Senate on that ticket. This was his last service as legislator. In 1855 he was elects Probate Judge of Portage County, was re-elected and occupied the position until 1864 After retiring from the Judgeship he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, wht^re he lived to the time of his death. Our subject was twice married. He was the father of six children, somo of them dying young. His eldest son, Prof. Darius Lyman, for nearly twenty years has hold an important jiosition in liie Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. Henry D, Lyman, his grandson, is now Second Aisistsnt Postmaster-GeneraL Hia daughter, Laora, is the widow of the late Hon. William S. C. Otis, of Cleveland, Ohio. The other snrviving children are Mrs. Mary L. Hood, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Anna L. Woodworth, of St. Louis, Mo. In ail his relations as a citizen Jndge Lyman was a worthy exemplar; opposed to all forma of oppression, he was over guided bj tile highest principles of honor and reotitade; his heart and hands were ever ready to do all in his power to preserve peaoe and order in the community and to improve and elevate society.

JOHN S. MARVIN, dealer in lumber, Ravenna, was bom in Lancaster, Niagara (now Erie) Co., N. Y., May 30, 1831. The family are descended from the well-known Marvins, first settlers at Saybrook, Conn. His imrai^diate ancestors for four ji^enerations were residents of Litchfield County, Conn. Hi-* great-grandpurouta died of small pox contracted from Burgoyne's Army, then passing through the country. His mother died in Lanoastsr, N. T., when he was four years of age, and his father returned to Connecticut, where he resided until his death. Our subject learned the shoe-maker's trade under the old apprentice system, in Litch&eld County, Conn., and came to Uavenna, Ohio, June 25, 1855. After spending two years in traveling in Kentucky and Tennessee, he finally 'settled here in 1857, and was in the boot, shoe and leather business until 1867. Here he married, November 20, 1850, Miss Sarah M. Woodrufi^ daughter of Chancy and I'erlina Woodruff, who came in 1830 from Hertford, Oonn., to Atwater Township, this county, where Ifrs. Marvin was bom April SO, 1837. To oar subject and wife have been honk eight dkildren: Anna L , Fannie C. (deceased), Charles L., Lydia Perlina. John C, Edward AV\, Rollie Hutchuson, William Bray. Our subject and wife have resided in Ravenna since their mtirriage, with the exception of fifteen years (1807 to 1882) spent on a farm in the western part of the township. Mr. Marvin purchased an interest in the lumber yard with Robert Smith in l'^74. Onr subject, wife and eldest daughter are members of the Universalist Chun li. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin were kindly remembered by their numerous friends ou the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding, November 20, 1884, on which occasion they received many beautiful and valuable presents.

JOHN MEHARQ, attorney, Bavenna, is a native of County Down. Irelaud, where he was born in 1839; son of James and Margaret (Bingham) Meharg ( both now deceased) who imtui grated to this country in 1852, and located on a farm at Cantield, Ohio. Hero our subject was brought up and his early education was obtained in the Mahoninrj Acadetuy at Canfiold, where he began the study of law, but in 1802 he entered the army as Sergeant in Company H, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving to the close of the war. He shared the fortunes of the Army of the Ciimberiand. joiuini^ till' forces of Sherman in his memorable march to the sea, and after passing throii^jh the j^rand revi.'W at Washington, D. C, was mustered out. Ho resumed the study of law with S. W. Gilaon, of Canfield; was admitted to the bar in 1865, and formed a partnership with Taylor and Horton that was continued until 1872, when he was elected Clerk of the Courts, in which capacity he served nine years. His relations with the same firm were renewed and continued until the death of Mr. Uorton in September, 1882, since wheo he has been associated with Judge Taylor, of Warren, Ohio. Ur. Heharg was appointed Prosecuting Attorney to fill the unexpired term of "Mr. Horton; served aa Mnvor five yonrg; was a member of the Board of Education, and some jears Jiibtice of the Peace. He became interested in the Baveuna Kepubliean in 1882» and now owns that publication. He ia an adherent of the Disciples Oiiirch; a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. B. He is a F. A A. 11 A. MOSLEY (see history of rres;-. paorf, 308. ) * S. D. NORTON, attorney, Itavenua. The name Norton, a contraction of Korth*town or North-TiUe, ie of English origin. It is properly Norrille, and the first known to bear it in this countr\' were two brothers, Kichard and Thomas, the former landing in America in 1020, tho latter in 1035; one settling in Massachusetts, the other at Martha's Vineyard. The great grandfuther of our subject, Bethuel, was an explorer, employed by the British Govemmoit. He senred in the Firendi>£nglish and the Bevolntionary wars, sad WBH one of the soldiers who scaled the Heights of Abraham. Onr subject was born in Springfield, Snmniit Co., Ohio, in 1825; son of Tluiel and Harriet (Harrington) Norton, the former of whom, with his father, Teter, immigrated to this State in 1807, and settled in Smnmit County, thence remoring to Hiram Township, Ibis county, in 1832, where he died. He was a carpenter bj ' trade, and raised a family of nine children, eight of whom are living. Our subject was reai'ed on a farm and learned the blacksmith trade, which he abandoned for the law, the study of which he pnrsned after having reoeived a common school edacation, and was associated with Charles "W. O'Neil, one of the best lawyers of the State, his practice beinr^ Inrgely in Allen and Hancock Counties. He located in Garrettsville in 1858, and five years later removed to Kavenna, where he has since resided. He was married, in 1845, to Miss Maria WQtherell, a native of New York, and they are the parents of the following chilfbf ii: Adelaide, wife of George Nichols; Jtilia M., wife of S. R. Pop; Lilia, wife of N. P. Catlin; and Emma. Ho has ser\'ed two terms as Mayor of Baveuna; is at present Justice of the Peace; has been twice run for Probate Judge and came near being elected, thongh his party is largely in the minority, and is a man well known and highly respected.

J H. OAKLEY, photographer, Ravenna, was bom in Charlestown Township, this county, December U, 1842. His father, Abram Oakley, was a native of England, but left that country while yet a mere boy and located fdr a number of year.s in Canada, going thence to the State of New Yorkf and finally remoT* ing to Portage Conuty, boing amongth** orirliost settlers of Charlestown Township. In 1844 he removed to this township, where he continued to reside until some time after the death of his wife, Minerva (Beach) Oakley, which occurred in 1860. In 1805 he went to Indiana, having a daughter residing at ElkhTirt, nt whose home he died in 18()7. Their children, four in number, are all living, viz.: Maria J., Julia A., John H. and Mary C. At the outbreak of the Bebellion our subject was among the first to respond to the call for volunteers, and enlisted for the three months* service in Company Q« Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In October, 1801, ho re-enlisted for three years in Battery I, First Ohio Volunteer Li\'lit Artillery, and served therein until December d, 18(^, when he was honorably liischarged by reason of expiration of t«rm of service. He participated in many of the important battles of the war, among them being the second battle of Bull Hun, and the engagements at McDowell, CrosH Keys. Cliancellorsvillo, Gettysburg, Mission Ridge and all the battles of the Atlanta campaign. In January, 1805, he took up the study of his profession, and in Jnly of that year formed a partn«ndiip with his prsoeptor, Mr. Ford, whom he succeeded the following year, and has since carried on the business alona In September, 1884, he occupied Boom No. 4 in the

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0{>pra Honso BI(jck on the ground floor, having a depth of 120 frot. with new skylight and operating room. In addition to his regular photographic work, which ranks among the very best in the State, he is a lax^e dealer in pictures, frames, art goods, etc. Mr. Oaklejr vrm married in 1872 to ITiss Isodene E. Horr. a native of Shalersville, this county, and has two sons: Harry B. and ^\'arren B. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Encampment, Bojal Arcwnnm and (Jr. A. R.

LE GRAND A. OLIN, County Auditor, Ravenna, was bom in Streelaboro Township, this county, August 17, 1844, grandson of Arvin Olin, and son of Ransom and Olaris^a 'SI. (Clark) Olin. The family settled in Franklin Township, where Arvin served as Justice of the Peace some years and lived to the close of his life. Ransom Olin filled township offiees of trust His reared a family of eleven children, nine of whom are now living: Le Grand w A., Lemuel V. (of Fairview. Kan.). Letta L. (wife of H. L. Kallenbaugh, of Pittsborgb, Fenn.), Leverett W. (of Elmdale, Ind. ), Leora B. (wife of C. 1). Banks, of Pittsburgh, Fenn.), Lester R. (of Kent), Lena R (Pittsburgh, Penn.). Leila C. (wife of W. D. Logan, of Pittsborgh, Fenn.) and Levanche A (wife of Charles Gressard, of Kent). Leroy C. and Leantine N. die<l in childhood. Our subject lived on the farm until twenty- one years of age, when he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, at which he worked until crippled by a fall at Moscow, Livingston Co., N. Y., in the aatnmn of 1868. This accident caused paralysis of the limbs, of which he has but little use. Sul^e<|uently he learned telegraphing, which he followed until eleoteti to the position of Auditor of this couuty in the fall of 1880, and is now serving his second term. Onr sabjeet was married in 1805 to Miss Lanra A., daughter of William R. Allen, of Livingston Conntyp N. Y.

WILLIAM SHAW CHANDLER OTIS (deceased), son of William Otis, was born in Camuiiugton, Mass., August 24, 1807. In 1825 his father immigrated to Ohio, leaving his son to mdce his way through college. After grad. nating he accepted the position of Principal of Gates Aeadeaxy, Marlboroi Mass., whom he remained one vear. In the fall of 1831 he removed to Ohio, where he read law in the office of Messrs. Whittlesey & Newton, in Canfieid. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1833, and commenced the practice of law in Ravenna. He subsequently removed to Akron, in the adjoining county of Snmmit; was Prosecuting Attorney of that noniity for two years, and in 1850 and 1851 was a member of the convention which formed the prMent Constitution of Ohio. He was President of the Akron branch of the State Bank of Ohio from its organization in 1847 until January, 1854, and, during m >st of that period, was a member of the Board of Control of the State Bank of Ohio. In January, 1854, Mr. Otis was elected Vice-President of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and removed to Cleveland to enter upon the duties of that offloe. At the socpiration of the year be reeumed the practice of his profession at Cleveland, where he resided till the date of hia death. Hp was soon ny-ipointfd Attorney and Counsellor of the Clevelnnd Pittsburgh Railroad Company, which position he tilled for more than fourteen years with distinguished ability. "Mr. Otis was ^t married January 1, 1836, to Miss Hannah Mygatt, daughter of the late Comfort Mygatt, Esq., of Gan* field, Ohio. Mrs. Otis died April 11, 1840, without children. Mr. Otis was again tiwinied November 1, 1842. to Miss Laura Lyman. (lauL'hter of Hon. Darius Lyman, of Ravenna. He hud six children, four of wiium are now living. Mr. Otis died at Cleveland, Ohio, July 81, 1879. As a brilliant advocate^ able counsellor and sagacious manager, mx. Otia ooenpied tiie fironi rank in his profession.

STLYESTEB J. PABMELEE, bou of Leonard and Harriet (Day) Parmelee, was born in West Springfield, Mass., January 31, 1826, and came to Bavenna in November, 1840. He was in early life a teacher, and was for six jTMure B mcanbw of Uie firm of L. Paimelee & Sons, steam flotirin^-milL Re married, July 17, 1855. Miss C. Lorane Hall, iMjrn in Chnrlestown, this county, October 6, 1827, and daughter of Ciiles and Louieii Hall. She came to Ravenna in 1830. In 1845 she went South and was engaged for eight years teaching in Tennessee and Mississippi. She did very noble and useful work in ber pvofeaaion, and endeared herself to the hearts of tiid yovoig ladies underher charge, and tho ])CO|)ln ainoncr whom she labored. Mr. and Mrs. Parmelee now reside at Oakwood, their farm of twenty acres adjoining the oitjr iimita. They are earnest members of the Congregational Church.

BOBEBT S. PEACOCK, prodnoe. grain and ooal merefaant, Bavenna, was born February 18, 1827» in Camden County, N. J., where he was brought up on his father's farm, and received his education in the schools of the home district. His parents, William and Margaret Peacock, of Scotch and English descent, but nativee of New Jersey throngh several generations, resided on their farm in that State until their death. Our subject learned the trade of glass cutter, nnd came to Kent (Franklin Mills), this county, when twenty-one years of a^e. He married, Juno 23. 1853, Miss ^Tary Jane, dauf^bterof Benjamin and Kachel Phillips, and to this union have been born four childred: Addie (deeeaaed), Bobert G., Ifiay and Jamee W. After working oeveral years at hie trade he went ou a farm, and in six years returned to Kent, finally locating in Ravenna in 1808. Here Benjamin Phillips died in 1876, aged about sevent} -two. After working some years at his trade in the Diamond Glass Factory, Mr. Peaoook engaged in the wboleeale prodoee business in 1875. Be handles a general line of farmers' products, but now devotes himself prin< cipally to cheese. In 18S2 he added a coal yard and grain office to his business, making his eldest son a partner in that branch of the industry. Mr. and Mrs. Peacock and two youngest children are members of the Congregational Church. In politics ho is a Bepablioan.

ISAAC PHELPS, retired, Kavenna, was born in Berkshire County, Mass., September I'i, 1809; son of Zacbeua and Rebecca Pbnlps, both of Puritan stock. Lewis Phelps, brother of our subject, looated in f reedom Township, ibis county, in 1886, the latter in same township^ in 1887. Oar snbjeot began dealing in stock and bus made thirty-seven trips overland, generally bj WSJ of Buffalo, with stock which he sold in the land of his nativity. H^^ suhHequently engaged in the dairy business and since his retirement has erected sixteen booses on tbe west aide of Bavenna, tbereby adding to ita growlb and improvement. His marriage with Lucinda Sage, of Berkahire^ Maas., oeonrriBd in 1S32. She died in 1875. in the siity sixth year of her ar^o, tho mother of ten children, four of whom Rurvivo: Simoon S., Isaac H., Rodney L. and Mark W. An infant son, George Y., died July 24, 1842, aged six weeks; Charles T. died Febmary 12, 1867, aged twelve years; H. Dwight died Jnlj 2, 1869, aged thirty-three years; Hattie S. died February 9, 1872. aged twenty-three years; Darwin E. diod December 1, 1874, aged forty-one years, and aVIary H. died March 24, 1878, aged thirty-nine years. Mr. Phelps married on second oeeaaion, Febrnary 11, 1877, Mis. Mary J., widow of Jerome Hinckley. Tbe family is amon^ the oldest and most respected in this locality.

THOMAS Gr. PHILLIPS, life insurance agent, Ravenna, waa bom September 3, 1822, in Plaseyrhendy, Clydeu Parish, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. His parents - Caleb and Sarah Phillips - brooght their family to America and settled in Palmyra, tbis connty, in 1887. Tbey spent tbe latter yeara of their lives in Paris Township, this county, where they died, the mother Januarj- 7, 1866, aged seventy, fhe father March 28, 1869, aged seventy-BereiL Of their nine children, two died in Walee; two died in this i onnty: John, who was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and Mrs. Sarah Morgan; five are now living: William, in Newport Statiou, Ohio; Evan, in Detroit, Mich. ; Anna, in Newport Station, Ohio; >Irs. Mary Jenkins, in Summit County, Ohio, and Thomas Q. Our subject came to Bavenna in 1838 at sixteen years of age, where be learned the cabinet-maker's trade. He carrifMl on an cstablii^hment at Frt^odom from 1843 to 1846. There he married. May 1, 1844. Mins Delia M . 4augbter of llev. John Hill, born in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and locatml iuFreedom in 1848. To this union have been bom five children: George Myron, Cashier ><( tlu^ I'irst National Bank of Northfield,' Minn, (ho was a Liontenant in the Due Hundred and T\vputv-oii;bth Ohio Volant<'t>r Infantrv duriuir the latter part of the war of the Rebellion^; Morton H., in i^biludelphia {he wat> a private in the first Ohio regiment formed); Mrs. Laura Beers, in Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Lucy L. Smith, in Ravenna, Ohio, and one that died in infancy. Mr. Pliillips carried on the furniture business from 1840 to 1872,iwith the exceptii)u of three years - 1859 to 1802. He also dealt extensively in real estate, purchasing lots, putting suitable buildings and making improvements on them and then selling. In 1872 be was appointed agent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York for Porta^^o and Trumbull Counties. He rapidly built up the company's business in this locality, and received the appointment of general agent for the State of Ohio July 1, 1874, which poeition he still holds. Mr. and Mn. Phillips are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DE.\CON ADAM POE (deceased) was a son of the famous Tn lian figliter, Andrew Poe. and a cousin of the i>oet Edgar Allan Poe. He was bom in BesYer Gonnty, Peun., April 4. 1791; eame to tiiis connty in 1819, and! purchased 200 acres of land two miles west of Ravenna. He returned to Penn« sylvania, where he married Mipa Eliza Laughlin, in lS2.j. and again came to this county in 1^'2>^. Hen- hci resided until Iuh deatii. v.bich occurred January 5, 185U. lio was a professor of religion when thirteen years of age; joined the Congregational Ghnrch in 1829, and was a Deacon from 1881 ull the dav of his dcnth.

JOHN PORTER, Clerk of Courts, Ravenna, was born in Dublin. Ireland, March I, 1841), and was brought to this country by his parents when an infant At the age of eleyen years he was adopted by the Children's Aid Society of New York City, and with others sent to this county, where he found a home in the family of James H. Porter, of Freedom Town.sliip, with whom hf remained about three years, when he began the struggle of life for himself, securing employment mostly on farms. In 1865 he visited the oil regions of Pennsylvania and of Trumbnll County, Ohio, retorning to Portage County in 1807. He made his home with AVilliam Hine. of Shalersville, and attended college at Hiram and Mt. Union. In 1S70 hp on<Tagetl in teaching, subsequently accept ing a position as Principal of the school atUniontown, Stark County. In 1672 he began the study of law in the office of Hart ft Reed, in Ravenna, and in 1874 was admitted to the bar, but accepted a position as traveling salesman until 1878, when heopened a law-ofllco at Mantua Station. In the fall of isSl ho was elected Clerk of the Courts, and this position he has very acceptably Hiled. Mr. Porter was married January 1, 1877, to Miss Anna E. Hine, of Shalen- thin county, l)y whom he has one daughter - Hester E.

ship, this county, in 1824. where they rosided until their death. Of their family but t-wo art> now living: Judge K. P., of Clovoland, Ohio, nnd Mrs. Mary Marcy, of Geauga Cuunty, Ohio. Our subject waa a close student and in liojhood was ofton engaged tuntil lato at ni^ts atadying the light of a biokory-wood fire. He attended school one year in Havenna, and studied the profession of law in the offices of Judfjje Ranney and Ben Wade, of Ashtabula, Ohia He married, February 26, 18^6, Mies Eliza E. Remington. She was a natite of Tollanl, Haaa, and in 1885 oame to Freedom Township, thia county, at sixteen yeaia of age, with her parents, Josiab and Sal lie Remington. To this union were bom six children: Mrs. Mary Ann Hotchkiss (deceased), Joseph N. (deceased), Lewis R. (deceased - he was a soldier of the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the close of the war), Mrs. Sarah O. McDonald (in Cleveland, Ohio), Flora Adelaide and Bnfus H. (clocensod). Mr. Ranney was admitted to the bar in 1839, and in 1S40 located in Ravenna in the practice of his chosen profession. Mr. Ranney died February 22, 1866. He was a lawyer of rare ability, and a citizen of wide influence. He waa for many yean Preaadent of theFirat National Bank of RaTonna. Hia memory will long be roveredbjhia snrviTing associates and the citizens of Portage County. Mrs. Ranney afterward married, November 25, 1874, D. 0. Day. and they now reside at the family homestead.

O. A. REED^ Prolwte Judge, Ravenna, cornea of Gonnaotiont atook, '% grandson of Afaariuuun Reed, who settled in this ooanty in 1804 and died in 1859. Horace, eldest son of Abraham Reed and father of our subject, was born in Rootfitown in 1H()5, and at this writing is residing on the homestead where he was born. He married Lois E. Baldwin, daughter of John Bald* win, who oame from Biaaaaehnaetta and aettled in Oharlaetown, thia oonnty, in 1811, and by her were born seven children, all now living: Melissa E., wife of E. £. Chapman, of Rootstown; Aryanett E., wife of A. Baldwin, of Akron, Ohio; John H., of Columbus, Neb.; Edward A., Poplar Creek, Tenn.; Cornelina A.; Horace L., of Manafield, Ohio, and Jnlia A. Onr subject waa bora in Rootstown, this county, July 8, 1838. He worked on the farm and attondtnl school until his twentieth year, when he entered the Normal School at Lebanon. In 1801 he began the study of law under Col. B. Burns and Judge Dickey at Mansfield, Ohio, and waa admitted to the bar in July, 1863. In September, 1868, he formed a partnership wifli A. Hart in the practice of the profession nt Ravenna. This lasted about twelve years, aftor which Mr. Reed continued the jiractice alone until he was elected to his present position in 1881. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1869, occupying the office four years. Onr anbjeot waa maniad ^bmary 1, 1865, to Hiaa FhmeF., danghter - ci Capt. Albert Ray, of Nantucket, Mass. Two children were bom to this nnion, both now living: Lorena B. and Julia May. The family is connected with the Congregational Church, and Judge Reed is at present Superintendent of the Sabbath-achooL Ha is a Knight Templar.

JAMES REYNOLDS, Road manter of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad, P. O. Ravenna, was born May 12, 1822, in County Antrim. Ireland, and is a son of William and Bridget Iteynolds. He early adopted the life of a railroad man and was engaged on the Carlisle &. Lancaster Road, England, the Edinburgh A Berwick, the Hawick ft Edinburgh and the Eiroaldie ft Dundee Roads, in Scotland, and the Londonderry & Strabane Road, Ireland. Coming to America October V), \SW, he was enjifaged on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Road ten months, and on the Cleveland Pittsburgh Road from 1850 to 1861. He then aarved twelve yeara on the Atlantio ft Qraat Waatern, and after being ten montha on the Pittaborgh, Cincinnati

& St. Louis Road, he accepted the position which he now holds. Ho has been a very succossfal railroad manager, having held important positiona In 1883 he was presented with a handsome gold watch and chain by the ofSoera and employes of the Cleveland, Lorain c't Wheeling Road, as a mark of esteem. Mr. Reynolds married Miss Almira O'Brien, of Stowe. Smnniit Co.. Ohio, in 1853. She died in 1804, ieuviug one daughter - Almira (now deceased). Onr sabjeof then married, in 1860, Miss Susan Clark, a nalaveof Oanada, who bore him five sons: James, Jr. (an engineer on the Cleveland, Colnmbns, Cincinnati k Indianapolis Road), R. Emraett and William J. (twins), Francis D. and Henry. In 1870 Mr. Reynolds purchased and located on his present farm of 115 acres near Ravenaa, He and his fomily are members of the Catholic Chorch. He assisted liberally in building the ohnroh in Bavenna. He is a F. & A. M., 32 \

WILLIAM lilCHAKDSON, SujiPrvisor of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad, P. O. Ravenna, was bom in 1830 in Dalkeith on the River Esk, Seotlaud, where his parents, John and J^anette Biehardson, have sinee resided. Our snbjeet received his education in his mother coon try and there macried MiPB Arrnes Downie. They left Glasgow for America June 1, 1851, and after living one year in Pomeroy, Ohio, they located at Ravenna, this county, where ihey iiave erer since resided. Their diildren are John, Alexander, William, James, Jeanette and George. On Joly 1, 1852, Mr. Bichardson began working for the Cleveland «fc rittfiburgh Railroad Company, with whom he has been employed ever Binco. He has held his present yxjijition since 1870. He discharges his duties faithfully and onjms the entire conhdence of the company with whieh he is employed. In 1876 Mr. Biehardson pnrofaased a farm of siity-two and one-half acres of well-improved land two miles north of Ravenna, to which he and his family moved in 1877. The subject of this sketch is a man of large and powerful physique. He is a citizen of upright character, highly respected by the entire oommnnity.

QBOBGE ROBINSON (deceased), late civil engineer, banker and capitalist, was horn November 21. ISnj, in Washington County, Ponn., of Scotch- Irish ilt sct'iit. When eighteen years of age he lost his father, so ho commenced obtaining an education, at the same time supporting himself by his own work. He learned the earpeoter's trade, bat met with an aooident whidi oonfined him to his bed two years with a broken leg. During this time he perfected himself in the study of math (>tu a tics. He then devoted several years to teachizig school and preparing for his chosen profession, that of civil engineer. In 1880 he beoame Assistant Engineer on tiie Ohio Canal, and at its completion, in 1U35, he engaged on the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal, locating permanently at RavennK. hoiug soon made Chief Engineer. He retained that position until his retirement from the canal in 1845. He was Chief Engineer of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad, and its first Superintendent. In 185G he engaged on the Oleveland A Mahoning Railroad, remaining its Chief Engineer and Superintendent until 1865. In 1854 he became the head of the banking house of Robinson. Kin^^' & Co., and in 1804 the tirst President of the .Second National Bank of Ravenna, from which position he retired in 1878, remaining a Director until his death. He also established, in 1868, in company with D. C. Coolman, the Diamond Glass Works, in which he remained until bis retirement from business in 1879. His death occurred July 12.1882. He was a man of firmness, integrity and perseverance, and made a success of everything he undertook. Mr. Robinson married, July 26. 1831, Miss Maria Looisa Johnson, at Lancaster, Ohia She was bom in Mifflin, Penn., in 1810, and came to Ohio at ten years of age with hm parents. To this iinioii were born the followinc? children: Capi A. K. Robinson, Mrs. Elizabeth M.Wildea, Mi68 FrancFs II. Roliinson, Lit»ut. W. Henry Robinson ( def^fa-^od). Mrs. Emily H. Kiddle, ( apt. (ieor<.,'e F. liobinson and Mrs. M. Adelaide Hermann. The Bons were ail io the Uuiuii Army during the war of the Rebellion, and Henry was the first soldtur from RaveDoa to lose his life in his oountry's oaose.

RECELLrS ROOT, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was born May 25, 1816, in Denmark, Lewis Co., N. Y., where his parents, Alpheos and Electa (Bard well) Boot, resided until their death. Oar subject came to Ohio in lb37, and after spending a few monUis in Cuyahoga County, finally located in this oonnty in the antnnin of that year. Here he married, Jainiarj 1, 1845, Miss Adeline Howard, born in Sistersvillo, Tyler Co., Va. (now West Virginia), September 12. 1821, and brouffht to this place when a year and a half old by her parents, Salmon and Ruth (Taylor) Howard, and here Mr. Howard cleared and developed a fann, where the parents resided until their death. Mr. Root bought of Mr. Howard the homestead place, and has here resided since 1847. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Root are Mrs. Eliza H. King; Edwin R., attorney at law, New York City; Mrs Oilie J. Phelps; John H., agent of the Wheeling ft Lake Erie Bailroa^ Medina, Ohio; Arthur W., in the office of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Lidianapolis Railroad, Cleveland. Ohio; Fred and J. Wesley. Mr. Uoot is an ardent Rupnblioan. He and his family adhens im the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ALBERT G. RUSSELL, carpenter and joiner, Ravenna, was bom in 1822, in Nantnoket, Mass., son of Capt Benben and Maria (Gardner) Rnsaell, nativfrf of Nantucket, and who came to Root.stown, this ronnty. in 1847. They' are doscendant.s of the renowned Tristam Coffin, the heroic pioneer of Nantucket. They purchased a farm in Rootstowu Township, this county, where th^ resided nntal 1878, when they located in Ravenna. Capt. Bjassell, whe had bsMi a Captain of whaling vessels since about 1817, died July 2, 1875^ aged seventy-live years His widow survives him at the advanced age of eightyfour, and is still in full possession of her faculties. Our subject learned hi* trade at Nantnoket, and came io this oonnty with his parents at twenty five years of age. He married, October 2, 1853, Mi.ss Caroline Russell, also a native of Nantucket, who came to Ravenna in September, 1*^3'.', with her parents. Capt George G. and Louisa W. (\\'yer) lln.-^sell. who resided in Kavenna until their death. She died in 1803, and he in 1800. To Mr. and Mrs. RusooU have been bora two children: Maria Lonis (deoeased at nine years of age) and Fred A., an architect, now residing in Boston, Mass. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Russell liave resided in Ravenna. In 1853 he established a sash, door and blind factory, in pai'tnership with his brother Reuben and Timothy Chase, cstaining his connection with the establishment mttil 1858, since which time he has followed his trade. Mrs. Bussell is a oonsistent member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Russell is a life-loncj Republican, and takes a deep interest in public atTair!^: one of the most active and earnest workers on the Board of Health in this city.

HENBY SAFP (deosased) was born Angost 2, 1768, in the State of Macy. land, and married Miss Matilda Boosinger, of Oldtown, Ya., October 7, 17ML He came to Ravenna Township, this county, in 1802. and, after making prcfparations for a home, retui-ued and brought his family out in 1803. The property of 100 acres which he settled near Bavenna Village, he bought of Benja> min Tappan for $150. Their children who are now livincr are Henry; Mrs. Bannah Hall; Conrad; Jacob, in Vandalia. 111.; Asa nisd Daniel F. They were among the early members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this place. Mr. Sapp died September 18, lb56. Mrs. Sapp died in April, 1876, at the advanced age of one hundred and one years. On the occasion of her one hnndreth birthday there was a gathering of her descendants at the homestead At that time the entire namber of deioendaots was ninety-eight, of whom seventy -five were living.

CONRAD SAPP, retired. Ravenna, was boro Deceml>er 1, 1812. in Kavenua Township, this county, son of Henry and Matilda (Boosiuger) Sapp, former a native of Maryland, latter of an adjoining county in Virginia. Henry Sapp came in the fall of 1802, to this ooonty, made preparations to locate his family, and brought them out in 1803, settling near the center of Ravenna Township, adjoinins:^ the city. Of their eleven children, six are now living: Henry, Mrs. Hannah Hall, Ck>nrad, Jacob (in Mt. Vernon, Di), Asa and BanleL The father died in 1856, far advanoed in yean. He was a fine specimen of the pioneer, being large, moscalar and aottve, a man of temperate habits and sterling integrity. The mother waa a woman of wonderful energy and endurance. At the age of ninety, she spun flax enough to make forty yards of cloth. Her death occurred April 4, lb7U, at the advanced age of one hundred and one years, and one month. Their memory will long be revered by a large circle of descendants, and honored by all who knew them. Our subject, when a boy, helped to sot the typo for the first copy of the first paper printed in Ravenna. At the age of twenty one he commenced learning tool>making, followed it for ten years, and then entered upon the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he made his principal life-work. He was known as a skillful mechanic, niid had erected a large number of the farm buildings and private residences in Ravenna and vicinity. He married, December 8, 1841, Miss Clarissa K Chapman. She died September 12, ISSI, and Mr. Sapp then married, December 5» 1688, Mrs. Maline I*. Phelps, daughter of Charles Jones, of Columbiana County, Ohio. This family eame firom England in l^-U, where Mrs. Sapp was bom, in 1845. She married on first occasion James Phelps, of this county, and then resided in Ravenna eight years, and in Hootstown nnlal his death in 1879. Their childran were Walter N., who died in 1S71, aged sixteen; Mrs. Alexine J. MonltOD, of this county, who died in 1S77. and Wykes Phelps, now in Rootstown. Mr. and Mrs. Sapp are now livinr; nt their residence on the corner of Prospect and Van Buren Streets. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sapp and his sister are the oldest members of the ehnzdi in Bayenna.

DANIEL F. SAPP, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was bom Sepfeml>er 28, 1821, in Ravenna, this county. Ho was brought up here on his father's farm, and attended the schools of the home district, and of Ravenna, and worked at the blaoksmith^s trade from 1889 to 1842. He married, Jnne 18» 1849, MissLydia Hndaon, daughter ot Isaac Hudson, and they located on the family homestead, where they have ever since resided, Their children are Hiram, in Nebraska; Charles H. ; Isaac Hiulson, and Mrs. Anna M. Rawlings. Mr. Sapp now owns the entire home farm of 103 acres, besides twelve acres which ho has added to it The New York, Pennsylvania St Ohio Railroad passes along llie northern border of the farm.

GIDEON SEYMOUR, attorney, Ravonna, was born in East Granville, Hampden Co., Mass., Febroary 23, 1830, son of Gideon D. and Corintha ^Gibbons) Seymour, natives of ICassaehnsetis, who oamo to Ohio in 1841 and settled in Rootstown Township, this counfy, where Gideon D. was a man of influence. Our subject was raised on a farm, receiving his education at the common schools of Rootstown Township, and employing the earlier yeara of his life in teaching. He studied law in the office of Hart St Beed, served aa Jnstic? of the Peace nine years, and for the same period as

Probate Judge, to which he was first elected in 1872. He was Clerk, Treasurer and Assessor (1858) of fJootstown TowDnhip, and made the apKosflmont of real estate for 1870, in tliat township. On September 15, 185U, he was married in TnunlmllCoiuityt Ohio, to Imej J., bom in Elltworth, Ohio, daughter of FM> erick A. Parker, now of Newton Falls, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour are the parents of the following children now living: Corintha M. and Fre<l P. Our subject and wife have been connected with the Congr^ational Church for } eai-a. The family are highly esteemecL

JOHN E. SHARP, agent of the New Tork, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, Ravenna, was born Jannary 25, 1830, in Sharon, Schoharip Co.. N. Y. , where his parents, John and Elizabeth (Bodine) Sharp, resided until their death. Our subject came to Sbalersyille, this county, in about 1850, where he completed learning the trade of mason. After remaining there about six years, be located in Ravenna. Here he married Miss Lavinna S. Kellogij. Xovomher 11, 1856. Her parents, AlanBoii and Caroline (BiBhop) Kollof^g, were natives of this county, and very U8eful in building up the young village of Ravenna Mra. Sharp died Augnst 1, 1877, aged thirty- seven years, leaTing three sons: Alfired in Jewett, Leon Co., Tex., holding the positions of Postmaster, eizpvees agent, and agent of the International & Great Northern Railroad; Dwight £., married to Miss Eva G. Jones (he is in the emplpy of the Nev Torl^ Pennsylvania & Ohio Bailroad at Bavenna); and Hany S. September ^ 1878, Mr. Sharp married Iftns. Mary £. Cope, widow of Homer Cope, and daughtor of C. D. Thompson, of this place. They have one son - Charles R. C, D. Thompson, of Vermont, came to Havonna while a young lad with his father - Jonathan Thompson. He married Mrs. Abi Sweet, a native of Coniiectiont, widow of Franklin Sweel Their sons, Denison 0. and W. Wallace^ died of typhoid fever, former Decombor 25, 1804, latter February 10, 1805. Mrs. Thompson died in 1863. D. C. Thompson, brother of Mrs. John K Sharp, had one son, named Dennison C, now twenty-one years of age, unusually artive in business for one of his aga He went into the hardware bnsiness in Garrettsville, Ohio, alone, when but eighteen years of age, and he is now a partner in the Pierce Manufacturing Company, in AVarron, Ohio. John E. Sharp has been connected with the service of the New York, i'eunsylvania & Ohio Railroad at this place since about 1865, and was appointed the agent of - the com]mny in 1874. In religions belief he is a Univenalisl He is a F. A A. M. In politics a Democrat.

T. T. SIDD.'MjL, Prosecuting .\ttorney, Ravenna, is a b«>ii of Mablon and Elizabeth (Gould; Siddall, of Puritan and Virginia stock, the former a pioneer of Mahoning and Colnmbiana Counties, Ohio, and who died* while a resident of Atwater Township. Our subject, the youngest of nine children, was bom in Atwater, and, left fatherless when an infant, early began the stmpgle of life. When but twelve years of age he purchased lauds, employed a laige foree of men, and ont and delivored %mb«r to the railroads. He also owned one-half interest in the home farm, in which be succeeded in buying the interest of the other heirs. Receiving a primary education in Atwater Township, he in 1870 entered Mt Union College, where he graduated in August, 1874, and began the study of law under the direction of W. B. Thomas, of Ravenna. He was admitted to the bar by the District Court of this county in 1876, and opened an office at Springfield. Ohio, hut his mothei-'s illness necessitated his return, and he began the practice of liis profession in this town in Noveinlwr, 1877. His mother died January 14, 1878, aged seveuty-tom' years, an estimable lady, beloved by all who knew her. Mr. Siddall was dKMen Froseonting Attorney in 1888, the only ]>emocrat elected to county office in the county since the Republicau party cauie into power. ^He is Chairiuau o£ the Executive Committee; a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blae Lodge and Chapter; also of the Commandery of Akron, Ohio, and of the Consistory of Pittaburgh. Penn. He is now Master of Unifv IxKlge, No. 12, F. Ac A. M.

SOLOMON SLAUGHTER, farmer, P. O. liavenna, was bom August 31, 1805, in Kent County, Del. He started West at (lie age of twenty-tiiree jeara Buil ll[ial!v caine to Ravenna Df'ccmber 10, 1828. He worked three veara in the hutei for Salmon Cnrter. He then married Miss Ruth Burdick, August, 1831. l*archabing a small claim, which he has ever since occupied, and relying entirely upon his physical resources, he has acquired 100 acree of wellimpiroved land throngh whieh the Cleveland & Pitteborgh, and New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroads pass. He still owns a flock of sheep, descendants of the firnt slieep brought to the placp, over fifty years ago. Mrs. Slaughter died October, 1841, leaving four children: JohnB., of Goehen, Ind. ; Andrew; Lucy; and Betsey (deoeasedV Mr. Slaughter afterward married hia'deoeased wife's sister - Lucy Burdick, who died three years afterwar.l. He then married Miss Elizabeth Smith, who bore him four children: Mrs. E. B. Cai'is, of Akron, Ohio; Charles W., of Pullman, III.; Martha D. (deceased) and Solomon E., of Ravenna. Mr. Slaughter is now living on the homestead, at the advanoed age of eighty years. ^ still retains his faenltiee, and dosa his own work. He is the only pioneer now living in his part of the township, and one of the original Republicans of the county, and was deejily interested in the anti-slavery movemeuts. He has led ao active and a very useful life, and is respeoted by all who know him.

WILLIAM SMITH (deceased), son of Capt. Jonathan Smith, a soldier in the Revolution ar}' war, was born at Mount Holly, N. J., February S, and when nine years of age he came, with his parents, to Youngstown, Ohio, and there married, November 2U, 1832, Miss Jane Trotter, by whom he had the following ohildren: Jonathan 8., Mary (Mrs. Day), Alvin T., Isaao W. and Frank, residing in this county; Judson, Chester and Edgar H. in Peabody, Kan.; Charles M., killed in Kansas in 1S77 by a boiler ex]>)o5ion, Zenas K., died in this city, January 27, 1878, and William, died \n. infancy. Foot of the sons fonght in ^ir eoontry'a defense daring the late war of the Bebellion, making an aggregate of twelve years' service^ and all returned home safe. Charles M. served four years in an Illinois regiment; Alvin T. , a member of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, also a veteran, served four years and three months, and was mastered out as Sergeant; Zenas K, of the Seventh Ohio Volonteer Infantry, sei-ved over three years, and Jndaoo served three years in the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer lufantrv. In 1843 Mr. Smith and family came to Deertield Township, this county. Our subject, while in the midst of preparations for voting for Garfield, November 4, 1880, was strieken bj the hand of death on the morning of that day. His widow snrvivod him until November 10, 1884. They were a worthy couple, highly respected by all who knew them. Jonathan S. Smith in 1857 located in Ravenna, where he married Miss Lillian L. Freeman, October 31, 1801. He engaged in the dry goods bnsinees with H. L. Day in 1864. and in 1865 formed a partnership with his brother. Zenas K., which lasted until 1871, and Jonathan S. then carried on the business until 1878. He established his present grocerj' and provision ntore in ISNO. having as partner his only son - Henry F. Alvin T. Smith married, September 12, 1807, Miss Lucy H. Harris, daughter of S. D. Harris, and they have one daughter - Nellie. He established in 1S78 a dry goods and carpet store, whioh he still carries on.

ROBEIIT SMITH, lumber dealer, Ravenna, was born June WK 1^33. in Ravenna Township, this county. His father, Moses D. Smith, of the neighuiyiLi^ed by Google boriiood of Canandaisua, N. Y., a miller by trade, came to Ohio in very early tiffifle and numiod MiM Mary Bead at Parkman, Geanga Oonnty. He waa a aoldier in the war of 1812, and served with distinction to fbe close of the stmggle. One year after theirraarriage our subject's parents came to Ravenna Township, this county, where the father oarried ou for several years the mill on Mahoning Creek east of Bavenna, and after about two years' residenoe in Mmfield Township, this ooonty, thej finally located permanently in Bavenna. MoHes D. Smith had learned the trado of carpenter whilo in his nativo Rtato, which trade he followed here. He was an excellent mechanic, and many buildings now standing testify to his superior skill. He died here in November, 18l8. His widow survived him imtil Febraary, 1867. Of their six ehil. dren, Robert is Uie second. Our aabject married, May % 1855, Miss Elvira B, McMannus, daughter of Philip and Harriet McMannus, who came here from Erie County, Penn., when she was but seven years of age. They were wellknown and highly respected residents of Bavenna, where they died, the mother Decembers, 1863, and the father June 21, 1S72. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born three children: Frank F., Mrs. A l lio E. Swain and Harriet E. Oar subject leame<l his fatherV trade, that of car]3enter. which he has followed about twenty years. He established a lumber yard in the

Elaee in 1878, and had aa a partner, for about eight montha, hia brother-iniw, Edwin Smith, who sold his interest to J. S. Marvin in July, 1874. The firm is now known as R. Smith <fe Co. They do a general trade in himber, and manufacture the ^Common-sense Wooden Bed Spring." Mr. Smith served seven montha in 1865 in the One Hundred a&d Ninety^aixlh Beciment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is a Master Ifaaon; a member of the X. L. (rf H., the K. A. and G. A. R.

P. W. SNYDER, merchant, Ravenna, was born May 22, 1845, in Rootstown, this county, son of Peter and Henrietta (Wagner) Snyder, former a native of Allentown, Penn. They eame to Franklin Townahip, thia eoanty, in 1840, and in 1843 locatod in the southwest partof Rootstown Township, where they resided until his decease, which occurred June 28, 1845. The cause of his death was erysipelas, which was then raging as an epidemic in the ooonty. lira. Si^er lived to bring up her family of foor boya and fbnr girls, and died in the stme township January 0, 1873. She was a lady of fine bnainesB capabilitiee, and of most estimable character. Oar subject has taken care of himself almost ever since he was nine years of age, maldng his home with his sister, Mra. William P. Gollina At eighteen years of age he enliated in the One Hundred and Seventy^first Ohio National Guards^ April 27, 1864, and was in the service four months, part of which time he was confined in tbo h >?]>itn1 at Covington, Ky. , suffering from a Bovore attack of typhoid fever, iinturuing home he spent three years clerking in Rootstown and Randolph, this county, Mr. Snyder married, April 18, 1869, Miaa Emma E. Bowe,of Bavenna. They moved to Lyons, Iowa, whereMra. Snyder died March 1 5, 1870. In the following autumn Mr. Snyder retnrned and located permanently in Ravenna. Here he clerked two years with N. Gonvei-se, and five years with Smith Bros. On April 1, 1878, he entered into partnership with N. Oonverse, which waa oontinned until 1880, when "Mr. Freeman porahased Mr. Converse's interest. The firm is now known as Snyder & Freeman. Mr Snyder married, October 10, 1873, Miss Orpha A. Brobst, of Brimfield Township, this county. She is a member of the Disciples Church.

WILLIS STRICKLAI9D, retired farmer, was bom Jnne 10, 1801, in Sandisfield, Berkshire Co., Mass., anrl at tli*- apo of fonrtcon wont with hi8 father's family to the township of Otis, Berkshire Coouty, where he lived till he came