Portage County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1885 (part 2 of 14)

AARON FEKKEY, farmer, P O. Kent, was born in Belchertown, Mass., July 0, 1808, a son of Aarou and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Ferrey, who settled in FranUin Townahip, this county, in 1881. His father located on the farm now owned by Harley Judson, most of which he improvetl, and here he resided up to l8r>0, when he removed to what is now Kent and there lived until his death. By his tirst wife, Elizabeth Gilbert, of Belchertown, Mass., Aaron Ferrey, Sr.,. had eleven children: Eliza (deceased), Aaron, Moaai (deceased), Ifofy (deoeased), George (deceased), John (deceased), Ann (wife of George Williams, in Wisconsin), William, Charles (in Indiana), Emeline (deceased) and Frank. His second wife was Mrs. Mary McPherson, nee Dickinson, by whom he had two children: Eliza, wife of Hemy Swan, and Byron. Aanm Ferrey, Sr., died in 1860, at flie age of 8evcn<y*^ght yeara. Our aohject was reared in Amherst, Mass., until ten years of n^e, when his parents removed to Virrrinia, there they remained hve years and then returned to Amherst, and here his father en^pBged in the mannfafltore of brick, onr aabject aaalstiu^ him until twentyone years of age, when he embarked in the same business for himself, which he continued for several years in different sections of New Encrlnnd. On May 9, 1837, be was married to Judith, daughter of George and Judith (Hastings) Nutting, of Amherst, Mass., by whom he has had eight children: George W., Charles E. (deceased), Mary R (deoeaaed), Frank U., Julia A., Fred A., Will D. and John H. In \^V2 Mr. Ferrey came to Portage County and enn:a<^ed in the manufacture of brick in Franklin, furni.shine the material for tht> lrirn;o building now known as Kent Worsted Mills. In 1846 he removed to Franklin

Hills (now Kent), where he resided for twenty years, doing an extensive bosi- ZMM, and in 1866 he located in Brimfield, on the farm wlMire he now resides, and in connoction with farming, carried on a brick-yard up to l^SO. when his sons took charge of that department. Mr. and Mrs. Feney and daughters are memberB of the Congregational Church. In politics he in a Kepubiican.

BEUBEN BABTt faimer, P. O. Brintfleld,iraa born in Ooehen, Litehfield Co., Conn., Maj 2| 1803, son of Reuben and Ruth (Ives) Hart and grandson of Nathaniel Hart, of Wallingford, Conn., a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade. Our subject was reared on his father's farm in Goehen, Conn., and learned the carpenter's trade of hie father, which ooenpation he followed manj years after he came to Brimiield Township. He settled here in 182G on the farm now occupied by his mn CharloH, where he resided up to ]8()4, when he purchased the farm adjoining, and here he has lived ever since. Mr. Hart was married July 2, 1829, to Nancy A., daughter of Jonathan and Ifary (Hotchkiss) Law, formerly of Woodbridge, Conn., who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1S18, and to this union have been born four children, two of whom are now living: Charles and Lois (Mrs. Edwin J. Glass). Charles married Eleanor Stillwell, of Brimiield Township, this county, October 27, 1863, and had four children, three of whom are now liring: M. Gertrude, Hany S. and Jennie L. Mr. and Mrs. Hart are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has filled several offices in the gift of his township, and served as Justice of the Peace one term. In politics he is a Bepnblioan.

HENRY KING, farmer and iron manufacturer, P. O, Kent, was born in Franklin Township, thin county, in June, 1883, son of Kobort and Rhoda (Bishop) King, who hud a family of three children: Huury, Charles and Helen A., wife of Henry Heyd. His paternal grand&ther, William King, a native of Hampden County, Mass., settled in Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, in 181 1. He was the owner of a large tract of land in Charlestown Township, which he had purchased of the ^\ estern Reserve Land Company, and lived there a year or more, disposing of the same in paroela. He returned to Ravenna in 1814, and engaged in hotel business up to 1839, and was one of the best known landlords in this part of the State at that tima He died in 1843, aged about sixty-five years. He had four children: Robert, deceased} John B., deeeaaed; Eli P., deceased, and Msiy, wife of Dr. A. Woodworth, now of St Lonifl. Robert, his eldest son, resided in Bavenna nearly all his life. IIo was a prominent farmer and business man, and was at one time engaged in banking, dealing also in live stock on an extensive scale. His wife was a daughter of Deacon Bishop, of Blandford, Mass. Oar subject was reared in RaTenna from five years of age, and there received a liberal education for his day, being principally educated by Mr. Calhoun, a Yalo t^radnate and relative of John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. In 1850 he was engaged in the Civil Engineer Corps of the C. & P. R. R., with whom he remained one year, and then was employed in the locomotive works at GleTeland for fonr years. He was married February 11, 1850, to Rebecca, dann;htor of Thomas and Sarah (Antrim") Sharp, of Salem. Ohio. In 1855 Mr. Kiii;^' went to Salem, Ohio, and embarked in the foundry and machine business there for fifteen years, and during that time^ in oonnection with Pittsburgh parties, was also engaged in the manufacture of pig iron in Columbiana County, Ohio, and in Armstrong County, Penu., in which he is still interested. He was a resident of Pittsburgh for ten years, and in the fall of 1883 located in Brimfield lowH' ship, thia ooanty, on the farm where he now resides. In politioa Mr. King ie a Bepablican.

ALMON LANPHABE, (armor, P. O. Brimfleld, waa born Septembar 26, 1821, in Brimfidid Township, this county, son of Abner H. and Sophia (Hbtll' ton) Lanphare, who had eight childrf^n: an infant son (deceased), Almon, Eunice (deceased), Eliza A., Nathan (deceased), infant twins (deceased) and Martha C. Abner H. Lanphare was a native of Woodstock, Vt., came to nrimfield Towoahip, this county, in October, 1816, and ihe following winter .taught the first public school in Franklin Township, this county. He afterward bought 200 acres of land in Brirafiold Township (a part of which is now owned and occupied by our subject), clearing and improving a farm on which lie lived, and died Ootober 4, 1879, in hie eighty-fonurfli year. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Jeremiah Moulton, settled in Brimfield Township, tiiis county, in 1817. Almon Lanphare was reared in Brimfield Township, where he has always resided. He has been twice married, his first wife being Caroline, a daoffhter of Peletiah and Hannah Bard, of Brimfield, and by her be had two chilwren: Charlea, who served through the late war of ttte Rebellion and died of consumption six months after his discharge, and Henry A., deoeased. His present wife is Flora A., daughter of Col. Bissell and Arteme* aia Austin, of Randolph Township, this ooonty. Bj thia nnion there are two children, Jennie and Stella. Mr. Lanphare and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Chnrrb. Ho has held Tarioos offloes in the gift of the township; in politics he is a Democrat

AARON P. ICALLOBY, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Kent, waa bom in nrimfield Township, this county, March 14, 1821, son of Benjamin and Johanna (Harris) Mallory, natives of Litchfield County, Conn., who settled here in 1817 on the farm now owned by our snbject, and which they cleared and improved. They were the parents of four children: Margarett Ann, deceased; Aaron P.; Benjamin, deceased, and B. O. Plymton, deceased. Benjamin Mallorv- died October 18, 1859, aged seventy-one years, and his wife October 18, IS is. Our subject was reared on the old homestead, where he has always resided, and was married December 24, 18-48, to Fidelia E., daughter of James and Betsey (Avery) Blake, formerly of Oomwall, Litehfield Oa, Oonn., and who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1820, locatin^^ half a mile east of Brimfield Center, whore they cleared and improved a farm, on which they resided until Mr. Blake's death; he died March 7, 1872, at the age of seventy-Uiree yean. Hia widow died in 1881, aged eighty years. They reared a family of aiz children: Orrilto, a clergyman of the Free- Will Baptist Ohuroh, who was a Representative in the Ohio Legislature for four years (now deceased), Fidelia E , Buel A., Sherman M. (deceased), Judaon A. and Charlotte (wife of John L Heatings). Mr. and ICra. Mallory are the parents of fonr diildren: Frank N., deceased; Emma J., wifeof A. T. Nighman; Nettie, wife of Cyras Osbom. and Benjamin. Our subject has been a membor of the Methodist Episcopal Church since he was fourteen years of age. In politics he is a Bepnbliran.

and improving a farm where he lived the balance of his life. He was a prominent man in his daj, and served the ooonty as Asaodate Judge tor seTen jeafs.

He reared a family of ton children: Georfje (deceased), Angnstus (deceased), Anson (deceased), William J.. Sullivan, Lnry(wifp of John Abels I, Nancy (deceased), Sophia (deceased), Betsey (wife of Chuuncey Tapper) and Emily (deoeaaed). The matemal grandfattier of our snbjeek was Peter Osborn, of Gonnecticat, and whose sons, Peter and Joseph, settled in Brimfield in 1821, where they lived for many years. James Moulton, the subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm where he has always resided, with the ezoeptioa ii seven years, daring whieh lie lived in SnAeld, fhia oonnty. BCe nutfried» March 11, 1843, Betsey, dauf^hter of Rnssoll and Betsey (Jonos) Meacham, of Suflfield Township, this county, by whom he has had the following children: Martha wife of John Sylvester; Sarah A., wife of George Maloy (^have one cliild - Glarenee A ); Minnie A., wife of E. Ijadenslayer (hive one daughter - Nellie); Cora, wife of Calvin MillCr (have two children: James I. and Clara A.); William M. ; Emma Vi.; Bertha A-, ami Hannah R. (deceased). Nfr. Moulton has served his township as Justice of the Peace one term. In politics be has always been a standi Demoeral

JOHN Q. MOULTON, farmer, P. O. Brimfield. wa.s bom on the farm where he now resides, Noveml>er 14, 1840: son of Elbridge G. and Almira J. (Dunning) Moulton. His paternal grandfather, Harrison Moulton, settled in 1817 on the farm now owned by our subject, which he cleared and improved. He bad six children: Wyles, William (deceased), Blbrid^ Q. (deceased), Susan (deceased), Maria ( Mrs. Albert Under wocxl). Sophia fMrs. Albert Dawley). Elhridfje G. bed three children - A. Jeannette (Mrs. J. W. Sherman), Lucy M. (deceased), and John Q. Our subject has always resided on the old homeatead. He waa married, January 4, 1871, to Elisa A., daoghtar of Elias and Mary A. Heckman, of Brimfield Township, this county, by whom he has one child, Nina £. Mr. ^loulton is a representative farmer and citizen of Brimfield Township. In politics he is a Bepublican.

JOSEPH P. PABEEB, bottsr and ebeese manofaotorer, Brimfield, wm born in Windsor, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, June 30. 1S18; son of Daniel and Sarah (Bartlett) Parker, natives of East Windsor, Conn., who settled in Ash* tabula County, in 1813, where Mr. Parker cleared and improved a farm ott whieh be resided np to 1882. He afterward lived in different parts of the State^ and died in Aabtabula County, in 1852, at the age of seventy- eight years. Our subject came to Shalorsville, this county, in 1837, and here for three years worked by the month ; the three years following this he rented a farm in the same township, and then purchased a small fsm in Shalersrille Towndlipi, where he lived until 1849, and then removed to Michigan. In 1851 he engaged in farming in StreetaVioro Township, this county, where he remained up to 1876, then located in Brimfield Township, and embarked in his present business of manufacturing butter and cheese. Be has been twice married; on first occasion, September 9, 1842, to Harriet, daughter of Newton and Molly (Hotchkiss) Morris, early settlers of Shalersville Township, this county. By this union there were two children: Alice, wife of William Beasley, and Ellen, wife of Joseph Quinu. On January 1, I85'J, Mr. Parker married Annis, daughter of Jamea and Lacy (Barber) Boae, of Kent, who bote him six children: Frank, Hattie, Addie (deceased), Willie, Lettieand Eleanor (deceased). Mr. Parker is a F. & A. M. In politics he is a Democrat.

EDWARD PARSONS (deceased), who was a pioneer of Brimfield Township^ this oonnty, was bom in Northampt(», Haaa., Mardi 14, 1797* aon of lioaee and Bather (Kingilej) Panona, also nativea of Masaaehnnnttii. Tba

Parsons family is a very old one and the name appears often in the early his. tory of the old Bay State. They were originally of English extraction. The subject of this sketch lived in his native village nntil a man grown, in the racantiTno learning the trade of hiH father, that of a carpenter and joiner. At this place, when about twenty-nine years of age, be made the acqnaintance of Miss Clementina Janes, then teaching school at Northampton, a daughter ot Peleg Gheney and Martha (Coy) Janea, of Brimfiald, Hampden G6., Haaa., where Mr. Janes was a large mill owner. The Janeses were o£ Bnfflidl extraction, and the Coys of Irish origin, though both families for generntionR previous were natives of Massachusetts or Connecticut. This ac<pinintance reanlted in the marriage of Vt. Parsons with Misa Janee on Jannary 1, 1828, and two years and a half afterward Mr. Parsons with his wife and son, Edward A., born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., January 2"), 1S29, moved to Ohio, and tirst settled at Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, for one year; thenee went to Cleveland, remaining six months, and finally, in the fall ol 1831, took up their residence in the township of Brimtield, Portage Connty. Here Mr. Parsons worked at his trade at odd intervals, but never to anvpxfpnt, making farming hiH main occupation, at which he was very sucee<ssful, for although buying only fifty aerea at the 'atart, he afterward became the owner of 2(X) or more acres near the village of Brimfield. He was one of the moil substantial and highly respected citizens of the township. In ISifiS retir^ from active farming, and moved to Kent, where he resided until his death, April 6, 1874. He was from early manhood a devoted member of the Epieeopal Church (as was hia wife), himself and a Mr. Cogswell being the fbnndefa of the first rlmrch organization of this dpnomination in his native village of Northampton, Hampshire Co.. Mass.. where he was Junior Warden. At Kent be took the same iutereut, and wa.H one of the organizers of the Episcopal Church in the Tillage, and fbr the erection of tiiia hovae of wofriiip he eontributed liberally of his means and served as Church "Warden for many years. In politics ho wn.s originally a Whig, and in sentiment a believer in liberty and the equal rights uf man, and on the formation of the Republican party, he always acted and voted with that party. On the breaking ont of fh^ war of the Rebellion, two ot Ma eons volunteered and served in the Union Arrov: Timothy G., for four years, most of the time in the Quartermaster's Department; and William C, for ten months' as an artilleiyraan. Mr. and Mrs. FaiBOna reared a family of eiz children: Edward A., bom Jannary 25, 182&; Timothy G.. born September 17, 1832; Harriet J., bom June 24, 1886, diaS October 2, 1876; Martha Kingsly. born April 1, 18.38: William Cheney, born Febraaiy 19, 1841; Clementina, born September 30, 1843. All the childrem were born in Brimfield, Ohio, except Edward A., who was bom at Northamptoo, Mass. Mrs. Parsons is now eighty>two years of age, and is an exceedingly amiable and worthy lady, well preserved for her years, retaining nil her faculties. She resides with her daughter, now Mra. Clementina Barber, wife of Charles H. Barber, the present Postmaster of Kent.

JOSEPH BUSS, farmer, P. O. Bri mtield, was bom in Brimfield Township, fhia county. Febniary, "i, 1832; son of Beverly V. and Bertia (Emerson I Rnss, nativea of Vermont. His father came to Ohio in I S'i',), and purchased a tract of land in Brimtield Township, this county, on which he settledjin 1831,cleared and improved and where he reaided nntil hia death. The farm ia etill the property of Ina descendants. He had fivechildrwi: Joseph, Seraph (deoeaaed), Van (deceased), Yiola (decea.sed) and Emma (Mrs. S. Samuel Buell, jr.\ Oursnbjert hnsboea a resident of Brimfield Township, this county, most of his life,and has lived oa hiapNaent farm upward of twenty-aeren years; he waa married February 2^

EDWARD A. iiUSSELL, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was bom. in Perrysborg, Cattarangna Oa, K. T., July 21, 1818; son of Edward and Love (Speaeer) RasRell, the former of whom, a native of Washington County, N. Y. , died at onr subject's residence in December, 1883, aged ninety-two years; the latter, a native of Baperi, Bennington Ca, Vt, died on the old homestead in Brimfield Township, Uiia coonty, in 184S. The paternal mndlallier of our anbjeot waa Capt. William Bussell, a son of El)enezer Roasell, a native of Branford. Conn., whose ancestors settled there in K'ftO. He was the first Treasurer of Washington County, N. Y., and held the office for fifty consecutive years. The maternal grandfather of onr subject was Phineas Spencer, a native of YennoDt, and a farmer by ocenpation. The parents of oar anbjeot settled in Brimfield Towdship, this county, in 1829, on the farm now owned by William Kmger, which they cleared and improved. Thi-y binl eleven children: Phineas S., Martha L. (deceased), Edward A., Mary L. (deceased), William, John (deceased), Frank F., Delia M. (deoeaaed), Elisa J. (Mxa. £. Osgood), Nanoy S. and an infant (deceased). Our subject was married, June 2, 1S40, to Ann, dau<Tht«r of John and Julia A (Harris) Furry, formerly of Dutchess County, N. Y. , who settled in Brimfield Townshipi this county, in 1817, and to this union were bom live ehildren: Homer Albert R, Wamm A., Merritt E. and Myra J. (twina). IVIrs. Russell died Novmnber 24, 1884. Our subject has always resided in Brimfield Township, this county, where he followed his trade, that of a wagonmaker, for eight years engaged in farming, and has resided on his present farm ainee 1855. He ta a Branblioan in polities, he and his wife are members

OLIVER SAWYER, farmer, P. 0 Kent, was born in Jaffrey, Cheshire Co., N. H., April 21, 1804; son of Uriah and Sally (Spaflford) Sawyer, natives of MsasaehnaettA, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817, locating on Lot 20, part of the farm now owned and occupied by oor subject^ where they lived and died. The paternal (grandfather of our subject was William Sawyer of Berlin, Mass., who had seven children: Amos, Oliver, Asa, Uriah, Nabby, Polly and Hannah, aH now deceased. He (Qrandfather Sawyer) and two brothers settled about 1740, on an elevated piece of land in Berlin, Mass., wbirh ban always gone by the name of "Sawyer's Hill." These three brothers lived and died there, and raised large families. Oliver Sawyer visited the spot in 1857, and found the local school was attended by about sixty sohoHuB, over forty of whom were named Sawyer. Our subject's maternal grandfather wa.s Job Spafford. also of Berlin, ^fass. Uriah Sawyer had ten children, of whom eicjht ^n-ew to maturity: OJivor, Henry (det!eased), Lockhart (deceased), Uriah (deceased), William B. (deceased), Benjamin F. (deeeaaed), Sally (Mrs. John Walker) and Hannah. Our aubjeet haa alwaya lived within half a mile of the old homestead, having when twonty three years of age purchased the farm three-fourths of a mile south of his preseui residence, where he lived for over forty years. He has been twice married, on lii-st occasion November 29, 1827, to Sophia, daughter of Asa and Eonioe Sawyer, by whom he had four children: Luke (deceased), George L. (deeeaaed), George L. (second) and Jane A. (deceased). Anc^ust 16, 1802, be married his second wife, Martha L. (Russell) Furry. Mr. Sawyer came back to the old homestead in 1862, where he haa since resided with his only aorriving child, George L., who ia married to Ibiy J., daughter of Heniy GL Chapman and grand-daughter of Cooatanee

Chapman, who settled inBrimfield Township, thiaooanty, in 1821, and who waa a soldier of the Revolution. To George L. Sawyer an'l his wifp bavo been born five children: Elam (deceased), Elmer, Samner, Dora and Sophia. Our subject is the oldest liTing pioneer of the townehip; in polities he is a BepnbKean.

HENRY D. SAWYER, farmer, P. O. Kent, waa born in Brimfiold Township, this county, July 4, 1S3S, son of Asa and Caroline A. (Lincoln) Sawyer. Uia paternal grandfather, Asa Sawyer, was a native of Massaohusetta, who settled here in 1818 on the farm now owned and occupied by A. J. Shnman, where he resided until his death in 1845. His maternal grandfather waa Dr. Luke A. Lincoln, the first resident physician of Brimtiold Townshij), this county, having settled in 1820. Asa Sawyer, the father of our subject, settled on the farm now occupied by hi» widow, which he cleared and improved and on which he li^ed nntil his deatii. He died November 4, 1881, at the age of BPvrnty nine years. Our subject, with his mother, resides on the old homestead, where be was born and reared and h;w always followed farming us an occupation. He served in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting in August, 1861, in CkHnpany L., Seoond Ohio Oavalry, and was honorably disohai^ped in 1865, having participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, except the last battle of Biohmond. He is a member of the G. A. B. ; in

YIOTOR P. SAWTER, fanner, P. O. Brimlield, was bom in Brimfleld Townahipt this county, September 12, 1848, son of Ilriah and Caroline (Pike) Sawyer His paternal grandfather was Uriah Sawyer, a native of Massachusetts, who settled in this township in 1817. His maternal grandfather, Jeremy Pike, also a native of Massaehnsetts, settled here in 18S0. Uriah, the father of onr snbjeet, when he started in life for himHelf, settled on Lot 20, Brimfleid Township, where be cleared and improved the farm now owned by George Tritt, and there resided up (o 18(K), when he removed to the farm now owned bj onr subject, where he lived nntil his death. He died November 2, 1881, aged seventy-one years. His children were Adelaide R. (deceased), and Victor P. Onr subject was married September 27, 1870, to Eunice S., daughter of William R. and Lucy (Sawyer) Kelso, of Brimtieid Township, by whom he has two children: Lucy C. and Addie C. Mr. Sawyer is a member of the Universalist Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

JOHN W. SHERMAN, farmer, P. O. Briiufield, was born in Brimtieid Township, this couniy, October 29, 1834, sou of Capt. Harris and Sallie (Morgan) Sherman, who settled here in 1831, locating on Lot 5.^, which they eleared and improved and where they lived and died. His paternal grandfather was Thonaas Sherman, son of Thomas Sherman, he a son of Dr John Sliprman, the latter a son of Rev. James Sherman, descendants of Dr. John Sherman, a native of England who settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1034. Our subject was married September 7, 1862, to A. Jenette, daughter of Elbridge and Almira J. (Dunning) Moulton, and grand daughter of Harrison Moulton, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817, and to this union have been born two children: Florence A. and Howard G. (deceased). Our subject waa reared on the homestead which he now owns, and where he remained nntil 1881. when he moved to the place he now occupies. Ho and his wife are attendants of the Universalist Ohoroh. He is a F. AJL M.; in politics he ia

ABRAM J. SHHMAN, farmer, P. O Kent. Portage Co., Ohio, was bom in Clarence, Erie Oo.» N. T., December 31, 1814. .son of Henry and Hannah (Johnson) Shuman, natives of Pennsylvaiiin atid Now York respectively, who settled in Stowe Township (now in Summit County, Ohio), in 1834, where they cleared a farm and lived until their death. They were the paroiits of eight ebildrea: Abraoi J., Catherine (deceased), Naaoj (Mrs. James C. Kelso;, Erastoa, William, Mary (deceased), Henry (deoeased), and Elias (deceased). Oar settled in Brimfiold Township, this county, in 1S30, and was married November 29, 1 840, to Sarah, daughter of Asa and Eunice (Bruce) Sawyer, who settleil here in 1818. The issue of this union was ten children: Alvina fdRoeased). Albert, Alvina (Mm Peter Garlina), Loretta (Mra. J. Otis Nigbman), Amelia (Mrs. Frank Haloy), Asa, Mary, Dora (Mrs. AdamCline), an infant daughter (deceased) and Henry. Mr. Sburann has lived on the old Sawyer .boraestead since his marriage, and has held several offices in the gift of the township. In politics he is a Bepublioan.

BAKN'ET STILWELL, fanner, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, wa.s Iwrn in Bergen County, N. J., in 1802, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Earl) StilwelL He was left an orphan in his infancy, and lived with his relatives in New Jersey until lifteen years of age, when he went to western Pennsylvania and worked as a farm hand by the month for two years. He subsequently leased farms in that vicinity until 1827, when he came to BrimtieM Township, this eounty, and HottleJ on the farm (at that time an unbroken wilderness) where be still resides, and all of which he has cleared and improved. He was marmed, April 2a, 1824, to Jane, danghter of David and Jane (Jaekson) Mall, of Armstrong County, Fenn. The issue of this union was ten children: Mary, wife of Norris Miller; David; Ezekiel ; Eliza (deceased); Smith (deceajsed); Warren (deceased J ; Philena, wife of Cornelius Weston; Elenor, wife of Charlee Hart; Byron and Alice (lattsr deoeased). Mr. Stilwell is a worthy citisen and -ne of the few pioneers still living in Brimfield Township. In polities he is a Bepnblican.

LAMBERT TWITCHELL, farmer and clergyman, P. O. Kent, was bom in Brimfield Township, this eonnty, August 12, 1827, son of Arba and Sally (Barber) Twitohell, natives of Massachusetts and Litchfield, Conn., respectively. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Jonas Twitchell, who same to Brimtield Township, this county, in 1817; he had bat two children - John and Arba. Arba Twitehell came here in 1816. and was hired by &my Tbomdike to make a clearing on the old Boszor Hill, a half mile north of the Center, and to hira belongs the honor of having made the tirHt improvoraent in the township. Not long afterward he settled on the farm now owned and CMQupied by our subject, which he cleared and improved and lived on until hit deatL He had one child - Lambert Onr subject has always resided on the eld homestead where he was born and reared. Ho was educated in tb»» common schools, the Kent Academy and Obcrliu Collegp, and wa.s maniod in November, 1801, to Julia M., daughter of Sediey and Maria (Barber) Sill, of Dansville, N. T., by whom he had three ehildren: Rnssell W., Maie, and Josephine (deceased) Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell are members of the Baptist Church, of which he was ordained a minister some twelve years ago. He servetl as pastor of the Kent Baptist Church for six years, and organized the present shnrdk of that plaoe. Through his labors and exertions the chnreh was boilt and now has a tlviving eongngation. In politics Mr. Twitehell is a PiohibitioniKt.

ALPHEUS H. UNDEUWOOD, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was bom Seplember 22, 1827, in Brimfield Township, this eonnty, sou of Lybia and Julia (Minard) Underwood. His paternal grandfather was Alpheus Underwood, a native of Mun.son, Mass., who spttlod in Brimfield, Portage Co., Ohio, in 1817. kxsating on the farm now known as the Needham Farm, which he cleared and improved, and on which he lived and died. His family eonsisted of seves children: Marcia. Alvira, Pamilla. Lybia, Freeman, Albert and Elam, all now deceasod. The matornal graii'lfathor of our subject was Champlin Minard, who settled in Atwater Township, this count/, in 1817. Lybia Underwood, after ho tMoame of ag«^ settled on the farm now ooeopied by hie widow, whieh he cleared and improved, and where he resided until his death. He was thrioe married. By his first wife, Julia Minard, he had eight children: Mary A. (deceased), Juliet (deceased), William P., Alpheas H., Pamilla (deceased), Elam, Bniee and Walbridge (deoeeeed). Hie eeoond wife wae Mrs. Bnth E. Baldwin, nee Minard. By ^laria Edson, his third wife, he had one daughter - Pamilla, wife of Charles Maloy. Lybia Underwood, who was a prominent citizen of Brimfield, serving; as Justice of the Peace for many years, died in 1877. The aabjeot of this ueteh wae reared on the old homeetead, and, after be beoame of age, he, in eompany with his brothers, worked his father's farm for peveral years. He was married, May 16, 1854, to Perces C, daughter of Rofus and Martha (Garis) Huntley, of Brimiield, by whom he has had two children: Harmon £. (deceased) and Vernon E. Mr. Underwood has resided on his present farm ainoe 1858. He has filled variona oflBoea in the sift of hie township, and is now aerving hia third term as Townahip Tntftee. In politiee he ia a Pemocrat

LUTHEH L. BEOWN, son of Benjamin and Mary (Millman) Brown, who settled in Nelson in 1806, was bom August 7, 1804, and came to Charlestown In 1880, aattling one-ludf mile eoa£ of the Center on the King ftem; moved to the Center in 1840. Among the residents here when he came were Leverett Norton, H. P. Curtis, John Bill and William Aull. Mr. Brown built his house here in 1840. He was married, October 25, 1829, to Minerva E. Hall, daughter of Joel and EUnbeth Hall, who eettled here in 1815, coming Irom Massachusetts. Mr. Brown was elected first Probate Judge and served two terms. Under the old State law he was Associate Judr^e of the county, Justice of the Peace for foorteen yeara, and filled all the town offices. Of his children, Jnlian married John Hblden, Febmary 25, 1855; Sophia M. E. married Spencer B. Morris, April 2Q, 1860, and Arthur L. died in infancy. Judge Itoown was teacher for some time of the Center School.

THE COE FAMILY. Capt. David L. Coe came to Charlestown Townahip, and settled one>foarth of a mile north of the Center. Hia aona were Ransom, Lyman, Adna and Heman. Clandina L. Ooe oame aevaral yeara later, and Sophia, Sally, Phoebe, daughters of the Captain, also carao at that time. Mrs. Sarah (Pratt) Coe came from Massachusetts with her husband. Ransom Coe was married, October 1, 1825, to Rebecca M. Austin, daughter of Nathanid Anatin, 6f Litchfield, Oonn., who are the oldeat aettiera now living in the town. The family of Coea camp with the Hinckley colony, and its raombors were among the very first spttlers. Heman and Rev. Lyman died many years ago; Adna and Claudius settled just north of the David Coe homestead, and tMir fcpreeentatiTea reaide hme aUU. The honae erected by Capt. Ooe ia Che home of his son Ransom. John A. Wadaworth, who died May 1, 1S84. son of Zenophon Wadsworth, of Windham, was married March 1, 1S4'J, to Miss Charlotte, eldest daughter of Ransom Coe. Mrs. Wadsworth still resides at Bavenna.

CHARLES CriiTIS. Sr., came to Cbarlestown Township with the Hinckley oolouy accompanied by hia brothers, LinuB and Joel. The childruu of Ofaarlet Oortii, Sr., were OhaniuMy, Oharles Ii, Heniy, Lewu, Denie (who died about 1813), Polly, Lucretia, Harriet, Maria and Lucy. Polly married Leverett Norton, still living in Connecticat, where her husband died. Lucretia married Horatio AujstiD, and after his death was married to Mr. Hart She died flome yean ago. Hanriel married Oharlea Anfltin; both are dead. Ohaimoey waa married to Clariraa Iioomis, subsequently to Mra Bames, and lastly to Mn. Soule. Charles L. married Aurelia Loomis, in Febmarv, 1825. Charles Curtis came in 1811, and died in 1813 from disease caught at Cleveland while serving aa antler. Tbe old homeatead ia oppoaite the Goe homeatead, but ooenpied by the Worden family now, ainoe the death of Channoey Cnrtia* eight yeaca ago.

Asa Loomis, Sr., who was born April 17, 17U8. He died March 21, 1848. Mrs. Curtis diod August 25, 1873. Their children are Caroline A., bom April 17, 1834; Charles L.,bom February 13, 1830; Emerson G., bom November 2, 1838, and Austin P., bora April 11, 1841. Austin P. Curtis married Amelia H. Bostwick October 3, 1870. His children are Lewis P. Curtis, born December 30, 1871; Ray and Zada. (Ray P. Curtis died September 10, is7t)i. He has served hk Justice of the Peace about twenty years. He resides on the old Curtis lands on Lot 29.

WILLIAM FOX, Jb., ton of William and Elisabelh (Myefs) Fox, both ' natives of Pennsylvania, wa.s bom ATi;^ast 16, 1829. in Columbiana County, Ohio, where his parents had settled in 1811. In 1833 the family nuned to this county, making a settlement in Charlestown Township, opposite Aipheus Baldwin'a claim, and reeided in the neigfaboihood nntil the death of William Pox, Sr., March 15, 1853, and of Mrs. Fox, Sr., November 28. 1877. Mr. Fox moved to Ravenna in 1850. and to Hiram Township in 1800, where he purchased the Mason homestead farm. This he conducted nineteen years, sold to Mir. Bioe in 1879, and moved to hia preaent home in Angerboig in 1879, where he pur'^hased the Farnham homestead and leaidenoa Mr. Fox waa married April 29, 1854, to Miss Nancy HcHenry. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty- fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through the term. He holds the oflScea of Infirmary Diraetor and Jnstioe of the Peace.

JOSEPH LOOMIS, of Litchfield, Conn., came to Charlestown Township shortly after the arrival of the Hinckley colony in 1811, and resided in the town until his death in 1827. Balzimon Loomis arrived here shortly after the Hinckley colony. He was a son of Joseph Loomis above-mentioned. His wife was Nancy Colt, of Connecticut Willard (died after coming here), Clarissa (married Chauncey Curtisl, and Sophia wore also children of Joseph Loomis, Asa Loomis, a nephew of Joseph Loomis. came in 1822 from Connecticut, and in 1823 settled just west of the present Lewis Loomis farm. His children, who came with him, were Elisa. who married Andrew Haymaker; Lewis, who married Charity Hon^'h, of At^vntrr. April 3. 1833: Boulah, who died about twenty-tive years a^'o; ^Tartlia, wlio marrieil Mr. Richards, of Oarrcttsvillt^: "Mary, who married K. iimujuii, of Kdmburg Township; Harriet, who married Henry Woodruff, of TmmboU Gonnty, and Abigail, who married Deniaon Boatwitd^ of Edinbtirg Township. Of the children born here Cornelius waa married to Milly Moore, daughter of Zebinn Moore, of Franklin, October 21, 1850. Uriah B. Loomis, now residing on the homestead, was married to Eliiisabeth Boly, daogfater of David Boly, of Bootatown; Addiaon Loomia, now of Clair< mon^ Iowa, and Addison (first) IiO(HniS| who died in youth.

LEWIS LOOMIS, son of Asa Loomis, was born in Litchfiold County, Conn., in ibU9, oame with his parents to Cbarlestown Township in 1822, and was manied to Miss Oharity Hough, of Atwator, April 8, 1888. In 1884 1m purchased his present farm on Lot 35, from Sheldon Famham. His childiWi are Martin, married to Amorett, daughter of (Jhoster Howard, of Aurora; Ck>rnelia, married to Uenry Qilmore; Amna, married to John Whitney, of Freedom Townahip^'

M. BOSWORTH, miller and farmer, P. O. North Benton, Mahoning Ca, Ohio, was born in TmmbiUl Connty, Ohio, in 1846; Bon of Thompson and Annie (Cnrtis) Bosworth, a piorpor family of Trambiill County, where the former died in 1849. They were parents of throe children, two of whom are now living - Mark and Thompson. The widow and her family sabseqaently removed to Deerfield Township, this county, where oar subject received his primary edncatiou and grew to manhood. Ho was married in 1871 to MisB Mary, daughter of John and Margaret Hartzell, of Deerfield Township, this county. By this union there are the following children now living: John, Delmer and Oharlee Rosoo, the latter bom Jannazy 8, 1885. Mr. Boa> worth became associated with D. Lazarus in the milling business in 1876, which partnership still continues. Ho is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Bepablican party. A member of the Preebyterian Church of Benton.

H. R DAY, fanner, P. O. Deerfield, was bom on the banks of the lUhoning Biver, in Deerfield Township, this county, November 23, 1804. BSs grandfather. Lewis Day, with Mr. Ely and Daniel Diver, came to this county in 1790, subeequently returned to the East, but came back here in 1800, bringing their families, and were the first to setUe in Deerfield Township. The Day's settlement was east of the Center, and there two gei >>raliaas have lived and passed away. Munn and Lucy (Ely) Day, the parents of our fiubjeot, were natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut respectively, and were parents of eight diildren, six of whom are now living. Our sabjeotwas married, first in 1830, to Miss Minerva Soranton, of Atwater, who died in 1 838, leaving three children: Dudley M., born on the homestead in 1831, and who married Miss Mary Smith, of Portage County, Ohio, in 1856 (have three children); Edgar M., and Lucy H., wife of A. M. Crosser. Mr. Day was married on the second occasion to Miss Martha Wakefield, of New York State, who bore him four children: Ewing who enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fifth Ik'gunent Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed in the battle of Stone Biver ; Louisa, wife of Charles Newton ; Laura E., wife of F. Hartsall; and Hemon L. Mr. Day was engaged in the tannery ereoted in Deerfield by Jesse Grant, father of Gen. Grant, with whom he had pleasant business associations. Otir subject is Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a consistent member for many years.

SAMUEL DIVEB, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was bora on the homestead farm at Deerfield Center, January 16, 1817; son of John and Christena (Hartsall) Diver, whose history appears elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was married in this county in 1840, to Miss Miriam, daughter of Peter Mason, a - pioneer of this oonnty, and of whioh she is a native. The ehildren bora to this union, who are all living, are as follows: Mary P., wife of Charles Shaeffer; EuHella, wife of Oliver Moweu; Alvira, wife of A. McGowau; and Almira, wife of L Harta»ll. Mr. Divar has a Hrm of 110 aoras on whieh be settled in 1840, and which ho has brought under a high state of cnltivatioiL Ht' may he Haid to he a model' farmer, aud a true type of pioneer etock. The family 18 noted for its industry, all the members having borne a part in clearing the hmds and beaotifpng their homea. &fr. Diver ia a membor of the Disciples Church. In politioslie is a stanch sapportor of Republican principles.

JOSEPH DIVER, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, is a deecendant of one of the oldest pioneer families in Deerfield Township, this coanty, where he was born in 1828. His grandfather, Daniel Di waa a native of Qennany, who along with Lewis Day and Mr. Ely traded for a large traot of land, divided it into lots, put the tickets into a hat and made a drawing of same, Daniel Diver aeooring the center. Here the family made a settlement in the wilderness is 1801, and around their cabin home sprang up a proBperons tiUi^ John Diver, of Blandford, Mass., father of our subjeoft, resided with his father and assisted him to clear the land. About 1834 he erected the "Diver House " and oondacted the hotel nearly to the close of his life. He carried the mail on horseback between Cleveland and Pittsbnrgh, having to pass through eighteen miles of wildemees. On one occasion he found a man left by a brook to die, took him home, and by careful attention saved his life. Ho was married on first occasion to Miss Laura Ely, who bore him three children, of whom Osman only survives. His second marriage was with Cbristena Hartzell, by whom he had nine children, of whom are now living Samuel; Polly, wife of William Spires; Joseph; and Christona, wife of N. Gillis. He lived to attain the age of eighty four years, and whon he died loft each of his children a small farm with which to begin life. Our subject was married in 1847, to Miss Lucinda Wilcox, a natife of Deerfield Tbwnahip, thia eonnty. Eight dkildren bom to this union are all living: Edwin, Ella, Gertrude, John, Wallace, Julia, Minnie and Eugene. He succeeded his father as proprietor of the *' Diver House," but aub6e(][uently leased it and devoted himself to farming. He has been very aneeeaafnl and his aeres haTe aeeimmlated nntll now he ia one of the promioent farmers and landholders in the township.

WILLIAM DUSTMAN, fanner, P. O. Deerfield, was horn in Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio, February 6, 1836; son of Daniel and Catherine (Gkxxlman) Dustman, natives of Midioning County, where they still reside, and parents of the following children now living: Jacob, William, Hannah (wife of Hugh Swartz), John, Abraham. Mary Ann (wife of C. Harman), Isaac. Lonisa (wife of K Harman). The maternal grandfather, John Goodman, and paternal grandfather, Jacob Dostman, were among the early fonndera of Berlin Town< ship, Mahoning Co., Ohio. Oar snbject was married at Berlin, in 1800, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Henry Goodman, by whom lie has two children - Milton H. and Minnie Y. In 1864 Mr. DusUuan settled on his farm of eighty acres in this township, also retaining the ownership of his farm of uinety acrea in Mahoning Gonnljr. He has served in several official positions in Deerfield Township, this county. Ho advocates the principles of the Republican ]>arty ; is a Citizen highly esteemed. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mass., in 1801; son of Dolphin and Asineth (Fay) Gibbs. The family removed to Cheshire County, N. H., where the parents died. Our subject was married, October 31, lii'db, to Miss Mary, daughter of Charles Beed, who died June 19, 1880, the mother of two ohildren, and of whom the only anrrivor is

Julia, who is living at hooie and caring for her aged father. Mr. Gibbfl came Weflt in 181^8, and located at Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; from tbere he moved to Deerheld, thia ooont/, in 1831, and entered into mercantile trade in mudm jear. This he oarried on eiMoemfully until 1871, and was alao largely interested in stock-growing. At the close of bis mercantile career his store was converted into a dwollincr. one of the neatest and most ccnimodions in the township. 31r. Gibbs retired from all active pureuitfi in 1883. He is T^mstee in the Methodist Episcopal Chorch, with which he has been long identified

IRA GILBERT, farmer, Deerfiold, was bom in PalinvrR Township, this county, in 1831, son of James and Charlotte (Cox) Gilbert, and a direct descendant of Sir John Gilbert, of England, who obtained the first land grant in Connecticnt from the Grown. The parents of oar subject settled in Palmyra Township, this county, in 1811, whore they lived to the close of their lives. Their children are Everett, Ira and Lucinda, wife of David Daniel. Our subject was twice married, on first occasion in 1855, in Paris Township, thia eoontj, to Miaa Hanriefc, danghtsr of John Oolwell, of thia oonnty, and who died in 1879. She was the mother of six children, four of whom are now livinty: Frank, John, Frederick and Mary. Mr. Gilbert married, on second occasion, in January, 1882, Mrs. Cynthia Green, daughter of George and Bolly ( Ward) Carris, of BootetowB, Ohio, and ufao were among ita earlieat pioneers. Mother** Ward'a pood was named after one of Mrs. Giuiarlfa ancestors. Mr. Gilbert has been a resident of Deerfield Township, this county, for forty five years. Uis present farm, comprising 155 acres, was first settled by Aly% son of Judge Day, and waa among the first oleazed in the townehip. Onr snbjeot is a ataooh supporter of Democratic principlsa^ and one of the most aetive and respected citizens of Deertield Township.

HENRY HARTZELh was bom in Northampton County, Penn., October 5, 1801. Hia father, John Hartzell, with his family, moved from PennqrWania to Deerfield in 1805, and after living for some time in a log-house he burned brick and built the first brick house in the township. Of the ten children of the family at this date, March 20, 1885, there are only two living, Henry and Folly, now wife of Bev. John Shafifer. Henry Hartzell remained at home until twenty.three years of age. He then married Hiaa Annie Sheets, who died, leaving three children. They are still living, being named Simon, Mary and John. His second wife was IVIiss Jane Smart, a native of Pennsylvania. Three sons, Eli, James and George, and two daughters, Annio and Lucy, aur- her. Hia third wife waa Oalherine B. SnlliTan, to ^om he waa mairied October 19, 1818. To them no children have been born. Their married life is yet unbroken by death. Mr. Hartzell settled on the farm whero he now resides, in the southern part of Deerfield, in 1857, on which years ago he ereeted a large and eommodions briok residence, and when eighty-one yean old - 1S82 - ^planned and snperintended the builcUngof a very lurge and convenieiit bam. -For twelve years he has suffered severely from varicose ulcers upon his limbs, but in body and mind he is still strong and vigoroua In the days of alaTery he waa a bold, oatapoken auti-alaTery man, baring the brand of an "Abolitionist." Since then he has been a supporter of the Republican party, and on temperance he is a radical Prohibitionist. "Without the advantages of education, by untiring industry he has been a successful business man, and in hia ripe old age, with bright Ohristian tmat, he ia patiently waiting for the end.

Margart't Baight, a pioneer family of Trnrabull County, Ohio. Oar subject was united in marriage, in 1841, with John iiartzell, a uativo of Laucasbar Ooanty, Penn., who at foortoen yetm of age oame wifh his father to this county. Horo he grew up, and by industry and perseverance accumulated saflfiRi»>nt ineaus to purchase the land where he established a home which stands as a moaament to his memory. He died September 1. 1873, aged eighty yeais, eleven months and twenty-five days, leaving a widow and two children - Anna and Mary, the latter the wife of Mark Bosworth - to moorn his loss. Mrs. Margaret Hartzell is a member of the Presbyterian Ohnroh at North Benton, Mahoning Co., Ohio.

FBINK HIBTZELL, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was bom in Deerfield Township, this ooiinty, September 14, 1838, a hou of George Hartzell, who was born in Deerfield Township, May 12, 1811, and who, with hia father, William Hartzell, and his grandfather, George Hartzell, settletl in the eastern portion of Deerfield Towndiip in 1807. The family oame from Baeks Oonnty , Penn. George Hartzell* father of our snbjeot, wa.s married to Miss Emily, (laut^'hter of Poter MftHon, and who was born in Deerfield Township, iu 1818. To this union were born Sebra W., Frank and Lewis D. George Hartzell died April 5, 1881 , and his widow now resides near her son. Oar sabject was married. July 8, 1875, to Miss Laura R, daughter of Heman E. Day, and a native of Deertipld Township, this county. Three childron have been bom to this union, all now living: M.Cecelia, H. Augristns and 0. Nelnon. Mr. Hartzell poesesses a farm of 133 acree. He is a man o{ enterprise and highly esteemed by all who know him.

JOHN H. HOFFMAN, Dw^rfiold. was born in Northr\mpton County, Ponn.. April 4, 1823, son of John and Maria fSlGgfried) HoffmaQ. natives of Pennsylvania. Their living children are John H., James J., Henry E., Michael & and Amanda. The father died in 1879, aged eighty-three years; the mother is now in her eightieth year. Our subject learned the tinsmith's trade and Bottlod at Roadinj^, Penn., where he was married in 1817, to Miss Rosannah Baker, a native of Heading, Berks Oc, Penn., and to this union were bom three ehildren, now living: Mary A., wife of J. N. GKbbona, Winfield S., who is engaged in the tin and stove trade at Alliance, and Josephine, wife of Edwin *J. Day. Mr. Hoflfman settled in Deerfield, this county, in 1858, and in 1802 as a substitute entered the ranks of the Union Army, in Company F, Forty-seoond Ohio Yolnnteer Infantry. He partimpsted in ilie battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Champion HilU Black River Bridfjo and the siege of Vickshurg, from which point he was honorably discharged and returned to his home iu Deerfield, Portage Co. , Ohio. Vt. Hoffman has served as Constable in Pennsylvania, and in Deerfielci Township, this county, and for eighteen years has been Justice of the Pence. He frequently attends tho (Tonnan Reformed Church in his native State. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He cast his first ballot iu the old Whig party, for Henry Clay.

H. D. HUTSON, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born iu Paris Township, thia county, Aa<»ust 4. 1827, son of Lazarus and Minerva (Lnnp^hlin) Hntson. the former born on the hanks of the Juniata Kiver. Pennsylvania, the latter a native of Doertield Township, this county, and a daughter of James Laughlin, who ereeted the first grist-mill on the Mahoning River, and died in Deerfield Township in 1852, aged eij^hty year^;. The children bom to this union now livinj^ am Hiram, Homer, Honry ami H D. In 1S52 our 5ubj(»ct began his career in life as a pilot on the Ohio and Mississippi iiivors between Pittsborgh and New Orleans. At the breaking oat of the Bebellion he entered the

Eervice as pilot of the MisBisHippi Bqaadron, a^Bigned to the brig "R^tlese,** bubeequently was put in charge of the repair boat "Swallow, and was eg engaged at No. 10, Fort Pillow, Memphis and Yicksburg, where be was taken sick and confined in hospital for three months, during which time his vessel was destroyed by the Rebels. On hiB recovery he took his position on the "W. H. Brown" dispatch boat, and had charge as pilot of the "Benton" on her Biemcmble trip on the Yasoo Biver, and |Mrtieip«ted in the battle at Fort Donelson. His service terminated with the close of tho war He subseqnently purchased a share in a Bteamer whieb bo commanded seven years sueceeefaUy, and dispotied of it in 1875, then came to this county, settlingou his present ttana of 150 aerea. He is the founder of and intsrested in the Hutson Coal CJompany. Mr. Hutson was married, in 1862, to Miss Charlotte C. Vaughn, a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, by whom he has had one child - Charlee W. H. - who died in 1876. Oar subject has served the township as Trostee. He ia a member of Ihe Diseiplea CShnnsh.

JOHN W. JONES, P. O. Deerfield. a aoeeeesfnl and pvogreaaiTe farmer, was born in North Wales, in 1818. His parents, William and Ann Jones, immigrated to the United States in 1831 and settled in Pittsburgh, where the father died; thej had a large family, eight of whom came to thia eoontu. Onr subject had no edneational advantages and early learned to labor. He worked at the big hammer in the mills at Pittsburgh, and by close economy end perseverance was enabled to save something from his hard earned wages. He was married in that city. May 2, 1839, to Miss Mary GhrifBtb, a native of Maryland and of Welsh descent. Mr. Jonea came to Deerfield Township, this county, in 1853, and located on his jiresent farm (of which he is now the owner) comprising llfty acres of pood productive land. He has erected a fine commodious residence, and made all the improvements necessary to a first- class farm. Onr subject gave his serviees to the Union Army in 1862, enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After a service of over ten months he was honorably discharged on account of sickness occasioned by exposure. Politically he supports the Bepublican ticket.

JOHN LAZABUS, fanner, P. O. beevlleld, waa born in NoHhampion County, Penn., June 22,1804; son of Frederick and Christcna Hartzell, nativee of thatcounty. This family pioneered its way west, in 1807. traveling through the wilderness to Ellsworth, from whence a road had to be cut, and they passed the remainder of their livea in Deerfield Township. Their living ehildren are Joseph, John, George, Annie, Mary and Betsey. Our subject was married in Trumbull County,[ Ohio, in 1820, to Miss Isabella Moore, who died in 1855, the mother of three children, two of whom are living: Sarah, irife of P. Kirhbright, and Mary, wife of Joshua HarteelL Mr. Laaaras owns a farm of 160 acres on which he settled after marriaga He in connected with the Preabytarian Chnich ol Benton. In politioa he anpporta the Bepublican party.

son of George, a native of Pennsylvania, and Jane (Craig) Lazarus, a native of Mahoning County, Ohio, of which place the latter' s parents were among the earliest pioneers. Our subject was married, in 1865, to Miss Drusilla, daughter of Thompscn Bosworth. They are the parents of the Idlowing children now living: Ffiie and Mary. !^Ir. I.a/nrus is the senior partner of the above firm, which operates a mill creeled by him in 1872. en the site of a structure built in 1822, by Peter Lazarus, and adjoins a taw mill ert^ctcd in 1816^ the fiisi bnilt in Deerfield Township. The present mill is provided with two nm of buhrs, and has a capacity of sixty boshelR of wheat and 200 of foed per diem. Oar sabjeot is aa ofBeer in tbe Presbyterian Ohondi of

H. S. LOOMIS, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was bora in Randolph Township, this county, December 32, 1834; son of Uarlow and Maria (Ward) Loomis, the former bom in Walliogford, Conn., in 1796, the latter in Randolph Town- in 1806» a daughter of Josiah Ward. These families were among tbo earliest pioneer^^ to settle in Randolph, Josiah Ward coming in 1803 The parents lived to a ripe old age, con bating the privations and hardships of pioneer life to see as the remiKa of their labor the fields to bloom and ripen with abundance. Of their children live are living: Alfred, a resident of Washington Territory; Celinda, wife of William Brocket; H. S. ; Sardis and Albert H. Stephen J., the fifth child in the family, enlisted during the late war of th» Rebellion, in the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at Atlanta, Ga. The subject of this skeieh was brought np on a farm, and was married, in Snffidd Township, this county, in ISCO, to Mic;s !Malinda Wise, a native of Greentown, Ohio. Four children v,oro born to tliis nniun all now living: Alva A., Stephen \V., Rose B. and Humbert H. Mr. Loomis haa alwaya been indnatriona, and yery aoooeeefnl, and aa the leaolta of hia many years of labor has a fine farm of 242 acres in Deerfield Township, which he iH continually improving. The family are highly re^iecied memben of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. HARSH, proprietor of flas-mill, P. O. Deerfield, waa bom in England, in 1827; son of Eninnnol and Anna Marsh. He immigrated to the United Statea in 1840 and located at Waterford, X. Y., where he worked at his trade. Four years later he removed to Sprin^eld, Ohio, and was employed at various plaoee nntil hie ocnning to Deerfield, thie eonnty, in 1864^ He operated a mill in Deerfield Township (since destroyed), and in 1876 came into possession of his present mill, orij^inally Vmilt by Peter Lazarus in about 1840. It has now a capacity of turning out 3,000 pounds of flax per day, which ia marketed in Pennsylvania and Indiana. Hr. Marah has made hia inyestment eneeeeafnl. He was married, in Waterford, N. Y., in 1850, to Miss Mary A. Wright, a native of England, by whom he has the following children: Alice; Giles H. , married to Rhoda Mahoran; Flora L., wife of P. Case; Emma; Rose; Mattie; Minnie and Frank. Politically Mr. Marsh supporta the principles of the Republican party. His family are members of the Methodist XSpiscopal Chnrch.

BENJAMIN T). MISXFR, cnrpenter. P. O. Deerfield, is a native of Indiana County, Peun., whore he was born in IHll); son of Benjamin and Eve (Ditch) Misner, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 18*22 and were among the early pioneera of Mahoning Oonnty, where the father died in 1854 They reared a finnily of ten children, as followR: John, Samuel, David, Jacob, George, Benjamin D., Joseph, Elizabeth, Catlierine and Eve. Our subject was married, in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1801, to Miss Caroline A. Hartaell, a native of Pennsylvania, who haa bonie him one daughter - ^Mary H, wife of William Wilson. Mr. Misner came to Doei-field Township, this rounty, in 18f)2. He is a carpenter by trade, an occupation be followed through life with considerable success, and as the fruits of his industry has secured the needed eomf orta for hia old age.

ISAAC MOTT, fanner, P. O. Deerfield. one of the oldest native reaidents, waa bom in Deerfield Townj^hip, this county, May 10. IS] '2. His grandfather, Ezekiel Mott<, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was among the pilgrims of 1807 to Deerfield Township, where ha cleared a faiu and lived to the dose of hia Hf e» Elijah Mott (father of oar anbjeot) waa bom daring the Rfrvolntionaxy war, and was married to Miss Annie Boee, who bore him ten children, of whom only SjlveBter and liaao snrrim Th» tabj«ot d fbis doBloh was marriedy in Deertield Township, this county, April 17, 1884» io Uifla Blizabeth Jobes, born June 25, 1810. Their living children are Cornelins, married to Mias Oarson (have one child - Ada); Cornelia, married to Samuel Mell (their children are Isaac, Frank and Minnie). In 1844 Sir. Mott settled on his present farm consisting' < f 150 acres, where he has since made his home. He is a member oi the United Bretlireii Ohuroh. PoUtioally he is a stanoh Bepublican. .

T. R. MOWEN, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was bom in Columbiana County, Otdo, May 14, 1824; son of Daniel and Elisabeth Mowen (whose reoord appears elsewhere in this volume). Our subject was marriotl. in IS 14. to Miss Elizabeth B., daughter of Ephraim B. Hiibbarfl docoasod). apioiioorof Deerfield Township, this county. To this union there was bom one son - Walter £., married to Miss AUoe^ daughter of StMphen Bandall, by whom he has one son - Don T. Mr. Mowen came to this county in 1844, settling in Deerfield Township. In 1858 he purchased his present estate, comprising seventy acres, and his farm is well improved and ably managed by himself and son. Mr. Mowen is a ]>eaoon in the DIsoiples Ohnreh.

OLIVER P. MOWEN, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was bom at Fredericksburg, Ohio, April 25. 1843; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Rudicill) Mowen, the former born September 11, 1792, at HagerHtown, Md., on the field where the battle of Antietam was snbseqnently fought, and died at Frederieksboi^ April 8, 1845. The latter is a native* of Springfield, Mahoning Oa, Ohio, where she was born April 21, 1797, of German descent. She is now in the eighty-eighth year of her age. She is the mother of ten children. Oar sub* jeet enlirtiBd dnring^ the late war of the Bebellion in Company D, One Handled and Foorlh Begimont Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in the efforts made to repulse John Morgan when he ventured on his raid through Ohio, and was discharged on account of sickness December 9, 1862. He was married, in 1860, to Miss Rosellu, daughter of Samuel Diver and a native of Deerfield Township, and by this union there is one child living - Mabel. Their eldest child, Sammy, bora October 15, 1872, died after a brief illness July 8, 1874. In 1870 Mr. Mowen settled on his present farm of sixty acres, which he has greatly improved and converted into one of the neatest homes in Deerheld Township. It may be observed that it is the same farm settled on by Mis. Mowon'H r^randfnthor. Petor 'Mason, nn early [lionoor of Doortipld Township. Onr Kiibject is a meinber of the congregation of the Disciples Church; he^ has served as Township Assessor for two years.

HENRY W. MUBRMAN, tanner and earner, P. O. Deerfield, is a native of Westphalia, Prussia, where he was born in 1838; a son of Charles BL and Sophia S. (Thiprman) Muerman, both deceased- Of their children four came the Board of Equalization, also engaged in the insoranoe bosiness at Okveland; Harman, in 1855, proprietor of the Bnxnet Hotel, Lima, Stark Co., Ohio; and Henry W. In 1858 our 6nl)ject came to America and din^ct to Deerfield, this county, where his brothers, Christian and Morris, were operating a tannery, formerly the property of Dr. Onrtis. It was built abont 1815, by Jesse Grant, father of Gen. U. S. Grant Our subject subsequently leased tiie tannery of hie brothers, succeeding them in the businoss in which he has since been very snccessfuL He was married in this township in 1802, to Miss Jen* nie Bb Sohaeffer, a native of Smithtown, Mahoning Go., Ohio, and has three ohildren living and one deoeased. Those now living are John 0., Paol M.

CHARLES^ PARHAM, farmer, P. O. Yale, was bom in Donetshire, England, in 1817; son of Thomas and Maty (Babeock) Parham, both now (leccased. Our subject immigrated to this country in 1835, and located in Buffalo, N. Y., where he learned the painter's trade. After remaining there two years, he removed to Warren, Trumbiill Co., Ohio, working at his trade there until hia aafctianMnt in Daorfield Townahip) ihia ooontj, in 1842. At thia time he had, by careful mnnagfment, saved enoiigh to purchase twenty- five acres of land; a swond purchase of nine acres followed, and at this time he is tbe poBsesbor of a farm of 155 acres, secured by his own industry and frugality. He waa married in Warren, Ohio, Jnne 2, 1840, to Hiaa Bebeoea IHiTia, who haa borne him six children - Henry, who served three months in the Union Array during the late Rebellion; Albion, who enlisted in tbe One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed before Atlanta, Ga., during tbe war of the BebelKon; Martha, wife of N. Dodge; Sablna, ffiram and Frederick G. MrH. Parbam died June 17, 1859, and on August 4, 1861, our aubjeet married Miss Mary A. ^feads. a native of Brighton, Enf^land. by whom he haa one son., John M., married to Miss Eliza Kibler, and residing on the homeatead. iSr. Parfaam ia a Traetee of the Methodiat Epiaoopal Ohnrch, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.

ANTHONY REED, farmer, P. O. Doortiold, was bom in Columbiana CJounty, Ohio, in October, 1811, son of William and Mary (Middlesworth) Reed; for mer bom in the State of l>elavrare, the latter in Weet Virginia. (Their history appears in another portion of this volume.) The family settled in tile southern portion of Deerfield Township, this Cfjunty, in 1^12. where tbe parents lived to the close of their lives. Otir Buhji>ct's advantages for receiving an education were very limited, and his father realizing this fact, erected a log-aehoolhooae, in which he tanght hia own and the neighbora' children In his spare moments. Anthony rpBided on tbe old homestead until thirty years of age. He was married in 1842 to Misa Elizabeth Lazarn??. a native of Deerfield Township, this county. This union has been blessed, with two children - ^Amelia, wife of William B. Shilliday (have foor ehildren, Maggie, Arad, Mattie and Mary), and Mary, widow of George Ganze (by whom she had two children, Joel and Mabel ), and who is residing on the old homestead with her children, a comfort Uj her father in bis declining years. Mr. Reed, when twenty-one yeara of ago, pnrehaaed sizty-aiz aorea of land, to wfaieh he anbaeqoantly added until he is now owner of 429 aorea. He inherited bat a toud! amoant of money, and bis accumulations are the result of hia own energy and indoatry. He is a member of the Congregational Church.

JAMES REED, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, waa bom in Brooke Oonnty, W. Va., in 1800, a grandson of Anthony Middlesworth, a Hollander by birth, and son of William and Mary (Middlesworth) Reed, the former born in the State of Delaware August 23, 1778; the latter a native of West Virginia. They had a family of twelve children, of whom eight are still living. The family were among the pioneers of this county of 181 j!, and settled two and a half milea south of the center of Deortield Township. William Reed here cleared eighty or ninety acres of land and passed the remainder of his life, attaining the ripe age'of eighty-live years. Our subject was brought up on the farm, receiving the limited edneation obtainable in that early day. Being reared in the wil^meea he early learned to awing the ax and to toil with hia handa. At the age of twenty-one he began the struggle of life for himself, and by perseverance, indus^ and frugality he accumulate a fine estate, comprising over 290 acres of land. He was married September 14, 1852, to Miss Rebecca A. McMillen. The family are connected with the Presbvterian Church.

LINUS REED, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born March 30, 1815, in Deerfif^ld Township, this county, son of Williana and Mary i Mi<lillBHWorth) Rood, whoso history appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject attended the adhool taught by his father, and held in the log-eehoolbotue erected by the latter, and resided on the old home farm until his raarria^ro in 1S3S, in Stark County, Ohio, with Sarah B., daughter of David Swaine, and a native of New Jersey. To this union were born two children, Mary A. (deceased) and Ardelia. Oar sabjeet ia a aelf-made man; eonuneneing with bni WK>, he haa accumulated a comfortable oompelenoj. He taught school for fifteen terms at $12 per month, and from his savings made his first purchase of land at $9 per acre; for his next purchase he paid $30, and the residence which he is now building to replace one deatroyed bj fire will coat $1,800. When he firat aetr led on hia present farm it was covered with woods, wludh had to be oat away to make room for his log cabin. His first ]nirchase was twenty six acres, to which he added seventy-two, and he has also bought lands elsewhere which he diqwaad of adrantageotialy. Ur. Reed ia one of the oldeet reaidents of Deer* field TowDHliip. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

MARK B. REGAL, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born November 5, 1840, in Deerfield Township, this county, son of John and Lucinda (Laughlin) Begal, who are among the oldest living pioneers of Deerfield Township. They were parents of ten diildren and have sixteen grand- children. Tb» subject of this sketch was brought up on the home farm and, after securing an education, for several years worked during summer and taught in the winter seasons. He was married in 1877, to Anna, daughter of John and Margaret Hartzell, and widow of Miller MeGowan (by whom ahe had five diildren, all now living: Lelia, wife of James Watson, Martjaret, Alsora, John and Gertrude). The home farm consists of 166 acres, and is one of the best cultivated and improved in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Regal are members of the Disciples Church.

WILUAM M. SHEFELTON, faanner, P. O. Deerfield, waa bom in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1831, son of John and Jane (French) Shefelton, natives of Washington County, Penn. His grandfather, John Shefelttin. one of the earliest pioneers of that county, along with his son crossed the mountains on homebaok in Angast, 1804, aemiring 160 aerea of land in Newton Township, where they erected a shanty, after which the former returned Eaet and brought back bis family, the son remaining in the eahin through the winter and living on the results of his hunting expeditions. John and Jane Shef* elton, our aabjed^'a parents, reared a family of eight children, seven of whom are now living: George J., Eliza, Melissa, Joseph R., Alexander F., Gynthia and William M. Our subject enlisted at Newton Falls during the late war of the Rebellion, December 7, 1801, in Company D, Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volonteer C!tt?alry, and participated in the following engagements: Woodstock, Ya.; Moont Jaekson, Ya. ; Harrisonburg-, Cross Keys, Ya. (tho- f )ur engagements were in June, 1862); Luray, Va. (July 28, 1862); Cedar Mountain; second Bull Run, Va. ; Fredericksburg; Kelly's Ford, Va. ; Chancellorsville; Brandy Station; Middleburg, Va.; South Mountain, Md.; Hagerstown, Md.; Boonsboro; Jones' Croaa Boads, Md.; Cnlpeper Court House, Va., and was injured by his horse falling on him while charging a Rebel liattery at Auburn Mills, Va., October 14, 1863. Ht- re-enlisted in the votoran service December 24, 1863, and was in the following engagements: Malvern UiU,

Ya.. July 28, 1804; Woldon Railroad, Va., August 21,1804; Boydstown Flank lload, Va., October 27, 1804; Hatcher's Ruu, Va., December 20, 1864; Hatcher's Run, Va., Fefemary 6, 1865; Dinwiddie Court House, Va, April 6, 1865; Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865, uid served till the close of strugf^lo. losing his health from injuries and exposures'. ^fr. Shefelton purchased his present farm of 159 acree in 1860, and was married in 1867 to Miss Deborah Hartzell. by whom h» has had four cbildnn, two now Uviag - Hartaell J. and Charles &, now (1885) reapectiTBly fifteen and aereir yeam of age.

J. L. SLACK, farmer, P O. Deerlield, was born in Paris Township, Stark Ca, Ohio, in 1830; son of Henry and Catherine (Gardner) Slack, natiyes of BiadfncdOoontjand Columbiana Co., Ohio, respectively. They were thp parents of the following children: John G , Jessu L , Andrew J. and Louis B. The Slacks were among the earliest pioneers of Stark County, the father of our subject being but two years of age when he left Virginia with his father. Our aabjeot remuned on the homestead until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to New Franklin, Ohio, and sorvpd a throo yoars' apprentice.ship to the carpenter's trade. In 1860 ho ])urcha.sed a small farm in Doortield Township, and completed a partially built grist and saw-mill on the Mahoning River near' his plaoa These indnsMes he has saeoessfnlly eondnefesd in oonneetion with his farm, whidh now comprises 112 acres. He was married in Deerfield Township, this county, in 1854. to Miss Mary M., daughter of Ephraim B. Hnbliard, of Deeriield Township, and has two children living: Laura, wife of S. . Henseman, and Helen B. Mr. Slack for many years has been a member of the Disciples Church. In poUtaoa he is a Bepoblioaa, though originally identified with the Whig party.

ISAAC W. SMITH, P. O. Deerfield, was born m Deertield Township, this county, July 11, 1832; a son of Joseph and ICttgaret (Wilson) Smith, the latter anativeof Wilmington, Del; the former a native of Beaver County, Penn , was a grandson of Isaac Wilson, a native of Ireland, who startod Joseph, subject's father, in mercantile trade in Deordeld, which he followed to the close of his life. He also engaged in milling, and was one of the enterprising spirits of the early times. He resred a family of four children, three of whom are now living: Sarah A., wife of John Day; Isaac W., and Susan, wife of Friend "Whittlopey. The subject of this sketch was married, December 25, 1855, to Miss Cornelia A, Betts, a native of Connecticut. To Uiis union three children were bom, all of whom are now living: Charles, married to Miss Lizzie Card (have one son - Eddie); Joseph M., a resident of Huron, Dak.; and Jessie M. Mr. Smith has spent the most of his lifo h\ Deertield Township. In April, 1880, he obtained a contract with the Government for carrying the mails from the C , Y. & P. R. R. to Deerfield, whioh duties he haa faithfolly performed and haa never missed a mail. He has been mostly engaged in stock dealing, and has crossed the Allegheny Mountains fourteen times with ptock. He was a traveling salesman for the Champion Machine Company, of Spnngtield, Ohio, for five years. At present he carries on the only lively in I>eerfield, and also attends to his mail oontraci His services on the road in the latter capacity have made for him many friends, and by the children he is well and favorably known as "Uncle Ike." Mr. Smith has served as Constable of Deertield Township.

OHABLES M. SMITH, Deerfield, was born in Deerfield Township, this OOOniy, September 22, iSo"*; son of Isaac W. and Cornelia A. (Betts) Smith. B» was reared on a farm, and lived on the homestead until his marriage, July 10, 187U, with Miss Lizzie, daughter of Silas and Margaret Card. To this ciated, as a salesman, in the house of John G. Preston, with whom ho is connected at the present time. He has won hosts of friends from his boyhood up, being possessed of those qualities which endear him to all who know him.

ISAAC W. SmTH, proprietor of the Bartlett House, P. O. Deertield, wm born in Smith Township, Mahoninfj^ Co., Ohio, May 1, 1850, son of William and Jane (Trotter) Smith. He was reared on a farm and early learned to labor. After securing an education he accepted a position as salesman at Raymtna, Ohio, with his broihera, with whom be remained tome jeais. Sob> sequently he came to Dpci-field, and filled a similar position in thf mercantile house of Wilson & Diver, where he remained until bin purchaso of the Bartlett House in 1882. Under the able management of Mr. and Mrs. Smith this hotel has gained an extended reputation thronghont the State, and is highly commended by the traveling public for its clean and well- ventilated rooms, the abundance of the table, and the care bestowed upon the guests by tho host And hostess, who strive to make all feel at home. Our subject was married, Jmne 24, 1877, ta Miss Ella L., dai\ghter of Joseph Diver, and a native of Deerfield.

WILLIAM P. SPIERS, retirol fnrmer. P. O. Deerfiojd, was born in Steeple Clayton, Backinghaius)iiro, England, in 1820, sou of John and Rebecca Spiers, who§e history a[)pears in this volnma He has been a resident of Deerfieid Township since the family made their settlement in 1S33. Mr. Spiers served an apprenticeship nt caiTiage-makinr*. and worked over forty years at the buHiuess, but subsequently abandoned his trade and is now living a retired life, occupying a pleasant residenee with seventeen acres of land. He was married in i84o, to Miss Mary, daughter of John Diver, a native of Dpcrlield. To this union two childron wpr(> born, both now livinij:: Ethelbert B., and Euinm, married to Edward Lazarus (they have three children: Nellie A., Bertha and Lottie). Mr. Spiers is one of our oldest and most respecteA pioneefs, and is well and favorably known.

JOHN SPIRES, farmer and manufacturer. Deerfieid, wa.s born in Buckinghamshire. Kn^'^land, December IH. ISdO. son of Thomas and Ann (Perkins) Spires, who reared three sons and two daughters, John and Jumes being the <»ly snrvivom. The parents came to this connty in 1888^ and settled in Deerfield Township, but the father only lived about thirty days after his arriva]. The mother died in August, 1852. Our subject came to America in 1S8'2. staye d one year in New York, and then followed his parents to Oeeriield Township^ this eoonty, where he began the struggle of life empty-handed Bnt he was sagacious, frugal, ambitiuos, full of energy, and blessed with 8 ragged consti. tution. He was married, in 18'iO, to Miss Rel3ecca Parker, a native of Buckinghamshire, England, by whom he had nine children, of whom are now liviug: William P., James, Ann P. Eddy (in Racine, Wis.), Hannah, Richard, Thomas J. and John A. Mra Spires died in 1881. Oar subject in 1837 was enabled to purchase thirty-five acres of land. He now owns about 100 acres in Deerfieid Township and UOO in Atwater Township, this county. The pottery at Atwater, Ohio, carried on under the firm name of John Spires & Sons, was purchased of the administrators of th*> late W. F. Bums in 1880. His fir«!t enterprise was to supply a potten,' at Lima^ille. Stark County, with clay, in the year 1849. In the same year he built a saw-mill on Yellow Creek in Deerheld, which was used twenty-one years. It was then moved to its present site in Atwater, where it is now rnn by the firm. Mr. Spires, though well advanced in age, enjoys the best of health. During his residence here he has cleared 500 acres of land, most of which is under caltivation.

FKEDEBICK D. TIBBALS, farmer, was born on ike homestead farm in Deerfield Township, this ooonty, November 24, 1825, aon of Alfred M., bom in Oranville, Mass., Augnst 14, 1797, and Mitha (Swim) Tibbab, bom in Bnrlington, N. J., November 20, 1800. They were married January 20. 1S20. and wore the parents of four sons, all now living: John L., Frederick D., Curtis and Newell D. Alfred M. Tibbala was killed by a falling tree February 26, 1858. His widow, though now advanoed in years, ia strong and Tigorons in mind and body. The n;randpnrent6 of our subject were Moses and Ruth (Spplman) Tibbals, the former born August 0, 1767, the latter Mfirch 21. 1773. They were married April 18, 17^0, and in 1804 they came to Deerheid Township, thia ooon^, from Granvilla, Mass., bringing with thmn a taam of oxen and a favorite cow. They settled on land still occupied by their posterity, cleared a space in the wilderness, and erected a rude hut, in which they lived until the brick house was built in 181(5, and which is in use at this tim& ICoaea Tibbala aeoared sevmal hondrad aerea of land from Granger it Phelpa, bat anbsequently disposed of all but 160 acres. The parents on both sides are deceased and burled in Deerfield. The Tibbals are of English doftcent, the first of this name settling in Maseachusette. Our subject was married, November 15, 1858, to Miaa CScuia A., dang^tar of Petar Mason, a native of Daerfiald, who died Jono 4, 1881, aged fifty-one jaara. Ifr. Tibbala ia mostly engaged in stock dealing.

WILCOX FAMILY. It is impossible to trace the genealogy of the Vi ih ooK family to a very remote period, not farther than 1745, at which time Abel Wilcox, a resident of Connectioat, moved from Hebron, that State, to Sanders* hold, MasH. His wife's maiden namo was Susannah Hall. To them were bom six childron: Abel, Abijah, Jeriisha, Hetty, Susannah and William. Abel. Jr., was united in marriage with Lois Chamberlain, of East Windsor, Conn. This onion was blessed with three children: Amoa, Abel and Jerosha. When quite advanced in life he with his family reninvcd to Erie Connty, Penn., whoro ho remained until his death. Altijah. the second son, was drowned. William, the youngest son of Abel and biisannah Wilcox, was bom in Sanderafield, Mass., Aogoat 7, 1777. February 28, 1808, be married Loeinda Gibbs, of East Windsor, by whom he was the father of seven girls and five boys. Anstatia, born July 27, 1805, died April 27, 180C. George, a bright and promising youth, bom March 22, 1811, died July 29, 1821, aged ten years. The remaining children liyed to manhood and womanhood, all settled in Ohio and became heada of families. In 1816 William Wilcox sold his farm to a roan named (Granger, who had previously been to Ohio and "taken up" several hundred acres of land lying in the northeastern part of the State, near where the eity of Akron now atanda William Wilcox, highly pleased with Granger's deaoription of this land and of the surroundinga, boDght it before seeing the property. Thoy jmcked tLoir t^oods, not for passage by railroad, but for passage by wagon behind ox t«ams, and started for their W' estern home. The teams eonaisted of tiurae joke of oxen, baaidea one horse; these drew two heavily ladon wagons. Among the things in them were 200 pounds of wool^ which Mrs. Wilcox carded, spun, and in two summers had woven into cloth After due preparation, she made it into garments for family us& The journey through the wilderness - for it was forest - was long and tedious. At one time they were delayed a week by the illness of one of the children, and an accident to Afr. Wilcox, whereby he hurt his kneo, also detained them. Forty-one days from the time they loft MasHRchusetts they arrived at their destination. They were sadly disappointed when they saw the laud, for it was not what it had bean repreaentad. Granger at that time had a bzother Imi^ in Deeifleld,

Portage Co., Ohio, and there waa an exchange made between him and Mr. '\Vilrox, but not without sacrifice on the part of Wilcox, and early in the spring of 1818 they left for Deerfield, their fntnre home. This property, sitnated in the eastern part of the township on the Mahoning BiTor* tbpy were well satisfied with, and Mr. Wilcox said, "I have blundered on a good farm." Mr. Wilcox's health failed, and Juno 22, 1828, at the age of fifty-one, his spirit returned to God who gave it His remains rest in the cemetery in Deerfield. Mn. Wilcox lived to the advanoed age of aeTenty^eight yean, dying September 10, 1862. A noble Christian woman. She sleeps by tho side of her companion. Seneca, son of Lucinrla and William AVilcox, born February 25, 1804, was married toSamantha \S ilson, of Palmyra, June 22, 1830 (to them were bom aeren diikbeii: Deaire, Emeline, Caroline^ Lncinda, Joim, -Cornolia and Melissa). He died Nofainber 28, 1863. Julia, born February 17, 1807, widow of Riley Halleck (she was married November lv>. 1827, and became the mother of eleven children: Qibbs, Louisa, William, Lucy Ann, Marion, Joel, Betsey, Erwin, Harriet, Elijah and Benjamin^ Emily waa born April 18, 1809, widow of Jesse Rogers, married March 25, 1832 (seven children were the result of this union: Eliza, Edwin, Linns, "Maria. Henry, Harriet and Alice.) Harriet, born December 17| 1814, widow of Caleb Steele, married June 26, 1886 (at preaent she resides in Alliance); William L., bora April 16, 1817, died August 5, 1851, was married to Clarissa Sheets, of Berlin (thpy had two children, daughters); Newell 1)., born !May 15, ISIO, married December 10, J841, to Amelia Hall, of Palmyra (two sons, Wallace and Curtis, were the fruits of this marriage), died March 1, 1881; Mary M., bora August 22, 1821 (married, November 12, 1845, to Linus Sheets, of Berlin, Ohio (tho rpBult of this union was seven children: Maria, Newell, Clara, Emma, Warren, Eddie and Ellon ), phe died January '20, 1878; Lucinda, born February 8, 1824, married JoBoph Diver, of Deerfield, November 20, 1846 (of their ehildren, eight are liTing: Edwin, Ella, Gertie, John, Wallace, Julia, Minnie and Eugene), died March 4, 1877; Clarissa, born Decomber '27, 1825, was married March 8, 1849, to Elias Mowen, of Deerfield (their children are: Alma, Marsha, Ursula, Judson and Wealthy). Alexander H. Wilcox, born in Sanderafield, Mass., November 27, 1812, acquired what edacation he ooold in the log-schoolbouse. Bereft of a father's care at the age of fifteen, he turned his enerpfies to the trades of carpenter and joiner. Now, at the age of seventy-two years, be displays his geniiis by inventing a patent fence, which is proving a aneeeaa. Mr. Wilcox haa bnilt Mdgee over the Mahoning River, and haa erected many dwellings (the first house he built was one done without recompense for his widowed motherV Of the incidents of notr» that have transpired daring his life was the capture of two horse thieves ; one he captured at Georgetown, the other at Bewfleld. He returned both horsea in the poaseaaion of the thieves to their owners, and received a reward of $50 for the last one tatpn. Hp was married in 1887 to Betsey, daufijhtor of John Diver, who died August 0. IS")!), leaving six children: Julia A., born February 17, 1838 (she was married November 24, 1858, to William B. Wilson, of Palmyra; died April 5, 1872); Harriet L., bom September 6, 1839, widow of Henry Carver, married August t, lRr»7; George A., born October 2, 1841. married, October 3, 18G0. to Cnlista E. Kibler, of Palmyra; Jo6Pi)h. Ix^rn July 20, 1843, a young man with bright prospects, died at his home May U>, 1865, in his twentyaaoond year; William B., born May 20, 1845, married Adelia Haines, of Deerfield, March 4, 1870: Susan C, Iwrn January 11, 1847, died September 5, 1850; Charles E., born Augnnt 5, 1849, married to LLi Packer September 28, 1872. Mr. Wilcox was married, on second occasion, in 18D1, to Adaiine Bar- laok, of Maryland, by whom he has had three children: Sarah, born November 20, 1851, died November 8, 1861; Gornelins. born Jane 7, 1858; Jamee R,

Ixirn ^^arch 20, 1856, married July 2, 1882, to Susanna Shively, of Deerfield. Mr. Wilcox is among the few liviiif,' pioneers of this to^vnphip. In politics he is a stanch Democrat. He attended Cleveland's inauguration and visited Mt Yemen. Casting his first ballot for JaekBon, he has never lost bat one Preeidential vote, and tbat was for Horace Qreely. Although the hand of time has touched his bair with silver threads, ^Ir. AVilcoi haw lost none of the fire of amVtitiou, or the vigor of his earlier manhood; his health is good, his frame elastic, and his ca])acity for eudurance .seemingly as great as ever. Ue is a kighly esteemed and much reepeeted citizen of Deerfield.

JOHN S. WILSON, farmer, P. O. DeerHold was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1817. son of Isaac and Sarah (Cliveus) Wilson, natives of Delaware and parents of the following children: Johu S., Isaac, Elizabeth, George and Joseph. laaao Wilson, a paper-maker by trade^ was appointed Superintendent of a mill on Little Beaver Creek, Columbiana Co., Ohio, by Cramer & Spear, of Pittsburgh, Penn Accepting this position he located there in 181 4. Ue subsequently established a small stock of goods in a room, and bis wife attended to tbe sale of aame while he ran the mill. He was afterward admitted a partner in the concern and oairied on the milling business until 1824, when he bought a farm of 175 acres near Franklin, Stark County. Misfortuuee came upon him soon after; his barn was struck by KghtniDg and burned, and hia son Wta caught beneath a falling tree and lost his limb. Belaining to commercial porsoits he opened a tavern, which he con* ducted some years. Subsequently he removed to Salem, established himself in business there, and remained the balance of his li£e. He died August 1, 1S46, aged sixty-one years. At the time of his death he had twelve stores under his control in different portions of the State. His widow lived to be eighty-three years of age. Our subject was married in Mahoning County in 1841, to Miss Sarah Everett, of New York, by whom he has had twelve children, seven of whom are now living: Mary, wife of S. Caldwell; Martha, wife of I. Diver; Frank, married to Bertha Benedict; Hartzell S.,maiTied to Sarah Hahn; Anna H. ; Mor^mn C, htuI Joseph. Mr. Wilson came to Deorlieltl Township in 1840, and for poiue years engaged in mercftnHle biisine.ss. Prior to coming here he carried on a grist and saw-mill iu Berlin Township, Mahoning County. He settled on a farm in the eastern part of this township, comprising over 300 acres, and still owns 159 acres of same. In the spring of 1881 he occupied his present estate, comprising twenty two acres of well- improved land. Although advanced in years our subject is strong mentally and physically. He mamcmbwof thft Presbyterian CSiordi.

ISAAC WILSON, merchant, De»field, was born in Liverpool, Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1821, son of Isaac land Sarah (Givens) Wilson. He came to Deerfield in 1840, and took charge of the business which he has since continnoosly and sncceesfally eanied on. He has a stock worth about f 10,000, and enjoys a large and lucrative trade. He wa.s married in 1844 to Miss Juliette, dauj^hter of J. W. Faniliam, of Deerfield. Though they have no children of ' their own the death of Mr. Wilson's younger sister gave them an adopted son - William U. Wilson, who married if iss Nellie Misner, of Deerfield Townibip, this county. Onr subject is a man of pronounced business abilify, unas- Biimin<j^ in liis every-day life, and possessiuj; those t^'oninl qualities of mind and heart that have won for him hosts of friends during his long career in basiness. Mr. Wilson has filled various ofBces of trust, and served as Post* master of Deerfield for upward of twenlyfive years.

JOHN 1). AVOODWAED. fanner, P O. Deertiold, was bora in Fayette Conntj, Peiin., in 1830, son of Amob and Mary (Mallaby) Woodward, natives d FeoDsylTaiiiat who Mttled in Milton Township, Trmnhnll County, in 1848, thonoe removed to Palmyra, Portago Co., Ohio, where Mr. Woodward died in 1856. His widow resides on the homestead, the mother of eight children: Mary, wife of M. Sutton; John, married to Lucinda Wilcox (have two chil- ^«n: A]iee A. and Blsnohe); 'William, married to Cornelia Wilcox (have six diildren: Kowland, Gon^ Haiy B., Mand E., Joseph and Gertie); Elizabeth, widow of William Earnest Thavp three children: Reuben, Oliver and William); Albert, married to Julia Weetover (their children are Kansom and Jane); Eliza J,, wife of E?an Jones; Amos, married to Martha Jenkins (hsTS twoohildren: WaUaee and Lemuel); Richard, marrit^d to Sarah Wilson (have two children: Conns E. and Archibald). Of these John and William settled on the present estate of 300 acres in Deerfield Township in 18G4. Politically they are Bcpnblieana. They rank among the enterprising farmers of the connty.

A. T. BACON, farmer^P. O. Edinburgh, was born in tliis county Januaiy 28, 1816« son of William and Polly Bacon, natives of Connectieot and Yer* mont respectively, and who carae to this county about 1800, where they lived and died, the father in 1S50, the mother in 1864. Our subject was married August 31, 1843, to Cordelia C. Darling, bom in New York in 1820, daughter of Thomas and Msrgaret Darling (both deoeased). Mr. and Mn. Bacon liave had three children: William S., Wjllys D., and Mary V., wife of D. P. Shillady. Mr. Bacon, who was reared on a farm and has followed agricultural porsuits all his life, owns 195 acres of improved land in this county. He has nlled the office of Township T^ostsc with credit to himself and to tiie satisfootion of his constituents. The Bacon family is an old and wall respected one in this county, where the members have pa^ed manv veara

GEORGE W. BARCLAY, farmer, P. O. Edinburgh, was bora in Trumbull Connty, Ohio, May 28, 1810; son of JPrancis and Elisweth Barclay, natives, reqpCOtiTely, of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and who were married in Pennsylvania, removing to Ohio in about 18(X), where they settled in Trumbull County and remained until their death. George W. Barclay was first married in Trumbull County, Ohio, April 11, 1831, to Hannah Dawson, a native of that county, where sihe was bom in. 1811, danght«rof William and Margaret Dawson, and our snl>> ject and wife then came to this county in 1832. Five children were born to this union: Elizabeth J., wife of Markus Allen, William, Francis. John R., and George D. After her death, which occurred June 14, 1847, Mr. Barclay, September 7, 1849, married Maria Oreenleaf, who is still living, bom in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y., August 27, 18'JO; daughter of Tilley and Maria Greenleaf, and by her he had one child, Harriet E., wife of Thomas Owen. Our subject has a farm of 113 acres in this coimty. He has served as a Justice of the Peace, Trostee and Assessor of this township.

ANSEL A. BETTS (deceased) was bora in Deerfield Township, this county, November 5, 1809, son of Hezekiah and Hulda H. Betta (both deceased). Our subject married on first occasion, September 15, 1830, Sophia Case, born March 18^ 1812, in Rootstown; died Mqr 21, 1870. He then married, September

22, 1870, Mioerva F. Wilcox, bom in Soath Norwalk, Conn., March 2, ISU, daughter of Stephen and OorneHa Wiloos, former of whom died Deoember 12,

1880, the latter October 16, 1857. Mr. Bettswaathe father of one child by histirst wife - Almon, born July 4, 1832, died August 15, 1832; and by his last wife two children: Charles A,, born June 2^, 1871, and Almira, born April 9, 187S. Our subject was first engaged in farming, and af temard dealt in real estate. At the time of his death, June 23, 1884, he owned the home farm.

LEWIS E. BOOTH, retired fanner, Edinhnrg, was born in New Milford. Litchfield Co., Conn. May 26, 1814; son of Eli and Elizabeth (CowpI i Booth, natives of Connecticut, the former born November 23, 1788, the latter April 2, 1782, end who were mairied in Oonneetieat, and immigrated toTrambnll County, Ohio, in 1817, thence moved to this county in 1820, and here remained until their death. Tho father diod April 9, 1867; the mother September S, 1872. Our subject was married March 26, 1837, to Lucy L. Booth, bom in New 3iilfoid, Litchfield Co., Gonn., September 22, 1819, daughter of Mead and Deborah (Kugglea) Booth, natives of Connecticut, where they were married and whenee they emigrated to Kandolph Township, this county, in 1841; here they remained until their death, March 24, 1874, and September 30, 1875, respectively, at the house of onr anbjeet in thie townahip. Their remains were taken to Randolph Township and there interred. Our subject and wife have had four children, two of whom are now living: Augustus D., bom July 15, 1838, and Melville, born January 26, 1847. The deceased are Wallace M., born January 26, 1841, died October 9, 1845; Wilbert E., .bom July 12, 1844. died Oetober 20, 1845. Mr. Booth has been a farmer all hia life, and lived inSdinburg Township, this county, sisty-one years. He and his wife have been con sistent members of the l^Iethodist Episcopal Church for over forty years. He has filled all the oflSces of trust in the church of Edinbnrg, and is held in high esteem by his many friends, "and they are legion." He says he does not expect to Tench that point when all men will speak well of him» for upon tnA a "woe be unto yon" is pronounced from tb(» Sacred Writ.