Portage County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1885 (part 5 of 14)

FREDBBIOK E. BOGKWELL. farmer, P. O.. Kent, was born in Frank, lin Townnliip, this county. May 28, 1833, son of Elijah aud Euphemia (AuBtiui Rockwell, who settled in Franklin Township in 1820, locatinc]^ on the farm now occupied by our subject. Elijah Kookweli was a native of Massaehnaetta, bom October 25, 1795, and died Maxeh 1887; his wife waa a native of Dutchess County, N. Y., bom September 21, 1797, and died January 30, 1881. Mr. Rockwell cleared a part of the old homestead and his sons the rest He had four children: Mary H., Charlee H. (in Iowa), Edward J. (was mate of ateamer Schuyler '* and was drowned in the ICaBissii^i River, June 6. 1S67), and Frederick E. (the sabjeet of thia sketch who has always redded OH the old homestead where he was bom and reared). His sister lives with bim. In politics Mr. Kockwell was formerly a Republican, bat of late years has been independent.

LUCIUS E. RODENBAUGH, contractor and bnilder. Kent, was bom in Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio, June 3, 1844, son of John and Laura A. (Furdy) Rodenbaugh. His father was bom September, 1809, in AVestmoreland County, Penn., son of Peter and Betsey (Hornbecker) Rodenbaugh, who settled in Springfield Township in 1816 and reared a family of seven children; Polly (deceased), Sally (deceased), John (decyased), William (deceased), Isaac, Peter aud Eliza. John Uodenhangh was luvired and educated in Springfield, Ohio, and was a farmer and auctioueer by occupation. He was married November 1, 1882, to Laura A., daughter of Solomon and Nancy (Backus) Pardy, formerly of Vermont, who settled in Sprint^fiold, Ohio, in 1S29. Her father w^us a manufacturer of stone- ware aiid established the second pottery in Springfield. The issue of this marriage was six children, of whom five grew to manhood and womanhood: Jolin 1C, flenrj 0., Odvin P., Laoina E. and Emma R. (wife of J. C. Converse). In 1858 John Rodenbatigh located on a farm in Franklin Township, where he remained until his deatli, October 24, 1865, being murdered within a half mile of his home, for his money, by two men, one of whom (Juck Oooper) was hnng for the erime and the otiber (Joel Berry) was aenl to State prison for life. He was a man of iterHng business qualifications; a Democrat in politics. Our subject was reared in Franklin Township, this county, from nine years old, and received a common school ednoation. He waa in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He went through tho Atlanta campaifjfn and was also in the battles of Franklin, Fort Fisher, Knoxville and all the engagements the regiment participated in, and was wounded at the battles of Dallas. Ga. , and Columbia, Tenn. He waa honorably discharged June 17, 1865, when he returned to this county and located in Ravenna Township, and soon after entered the employ of the Atlantic <Sc Great Western Railroad, with whom he was engaged for several years. In 1870 he embarked in business for himself as a contractor and builder, whidi he has made a sneeess, having all the buainess he oanda In the spring of 1882 ho located in Kent, where ho still resides. He was married St'ptember 29, IS'u, to Flora L., daughter of Ozias and Anna (Knowlton) Bu/zell, of Ravenna. Mr. Rodenbaugh is a wide-awake, thorough business mun. In polities he ia a ataaoh Bepomicaa.

TALE RUSSELL, farmer, P. O. Eeut, was born in Kasseli, Mass., March 10, 1802, aon of Biohafd and Sarah (Yale) Biuaell, natiTW of Oonneetieat, of

English descent. Onr subject was reared on the farm nntil seTenteen years of age, after which he worked at wagon-making for three years in Chatham. N. X. He then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed twelve years. In 1824 he camo to Ohio, and settled at Ftanklin Mills (now Kent), where he worked at his tnda ten years. The year of his setti* mtmt he purcbaseil tha farm where he now resides and on which he has lived since 1834. Ho was married April 7, 1884, to hacjf daughter of Joshua and Bebeoca (Woodin) Woodard, of Kent, by whom bo had fiy» diildren; ComeUa (Ifra. Gomaliaa Latimer), in Wosttield, Ohio; Darwin, in Michigan; Wilson H.; OolflBtia (Mrs. Lemuel Beed) and Sarah, deceased. Mrs. Bussell's father served through the war of 1812 with the rank of General. Darwin, the eldest son of our subject, was in the late war, a member of the One Hundred and Twentyeighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Wilson fiL, the second son, resides on the old homestead farm with his parents. He wns mnrried October 6, 1875, to Ella, daughter of J. T. King, of Kent, by whom he has two children: Myrtle and Lottie. Our subject comes of a long-lived race, his father having lived to be upward of aeTenty^five jetm, hia mother to be ninetj«nine yean and ten months old. 'Mr. Knssell is now eighty-three, and is hale and hearty. Ho and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kent. In politioB he was formerly a Whig, but has been a stanch supporter of the Bepobliean party ainae ita organ&ation. Ha has filled severu offioea in the township with credit

ISAAC BUSSELL, carpenter, Kent, was bom in Woodbridge, New Haven Oo.t Conn., February 12, 1810, son of Lemuel and Elizabeth (Hotohkita) BoaaelL When he was flfe yeara of age his parenta removed to what ia now Knox, Albany Co., N. Y., where he naidad nntil aeventeen years of age and received a limited edncation in the common schools. In the fall of 1827 ho came to Ohio, and located in what is now the village of Kent, where he has ainee raiided and where he laamad tiie carpenter and Jotner'a trade, an oeeapation he has followed up to the present time. Ho hus been twice married; first, in June, 1835, to Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer Fenton, of Manlius, N. T. The issue of this union was sis children, four of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Martha (Mrs. W. H. Palmer), Nelson, Darwood 0. (deceased) and Frances A. (Mrs. W. H. Cole). Oor subject's present wife was Mr«. Mary M. Clark, nee Lake, to whom he was married November 9, 1880. Mr. linssoU has been a residont of whnt is now the village of Kent for tiffyseven years, and has filled several olhceti la the township and the village of Kent. He haa been eleeted to the <^Boe'of Jnatioe of the Peace for aeven consecutive terms, and was proviouBly elected to servo an nnoxpiretl t^rm; was also Mayor of Kent one term, and held other minor offices. In politioa Mr. Bnssell has been a Bepublican since the organization of the party.

FBANOIS L. SAWTEB, Kent, waa bom in Brimfield Townahip, thia county, Jnly 11, 1881. son of Asa and Caroline A. (Lineoln) Sawyer. Hta father was a native of Berlin, Mass.. pon of Asa and Eunice (Bruce) Sawyer, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1818, where they lived and died, and who had nine children: Le^i, now in Iowa; Asa, deoeaaed; 'Willian^ deceased; Alvin, deceased ; Sophia, deceased; Lucy (Mrs. W. B. Kelso); Maiy, decensed; Sarah (Mrs. A. J. Shuman), and Luke, deceased, Asa. the father of our subject, after his marriage located on the farm in Brimiield Township, thia oonnty, now ocenpied by his widow, where he lived until hia death. Be had four children: Francia L., Mary (deoeaaed), Ellen and Hanzy. The maternal erandparenta of our subject were Dr. Lake and Mary (Thorudike) Linooln, nnnnerlj of UsaMMshowttB and earlj settlora of Brimfield Township, this county, coming in 1820. Our subject was reared in Brimfield Township and educnt(Ml in the common schools and Twinsbnrg Academy. When twenty-two jeara of age be legated in Kent, serving as clerk in the dry goods store of 0. H. Sanborn &Co. for two years, and in the same capacity for other {mirties up to 1857, when he went to Iowa. In 1858 he returned to Kent and embarked in dry goods trnde. In he was elfcted Auditor of this county, serving one term, after wliicli ho engaged with the A. & G. W. R. R. Co. for three years; also as clerk iu the store of W. W. Fatton & Co. He was then appointed Postmaster of Kenl^ aerrin^ two yeafa, whenbe leaigned He waa manried in February, 1857, to Margaret C, daughter of Samnel and Elizabeth McMeen. of Brimfield Township, by whom he has three children living: Nellie M. (Mra. O. S. Kockwell), Willis F. and Carrie.

AARON 11 SHERMAN, physioian and aorgeoo, Kent, waa bom in Brimfield, Hampden Co., Mass., March 2i, 1826, fourth son of Capt. Harria and Sally (Morgan) Sherman, both of whom were natives of Brimfield, Mass., and who had a family of the following children: Lewis M.; Caleb, deceased-, Caroline, deoeased; Sarah, wife of William R. Mathewi, in Snlly, Iowa; Aaron U.; Thooiat, in Sully, Iowa; Otis S., deceased, and John W. Capt. Harris Sherman came to Ohio in 1831, arriving in Brimfield Township, Portage County, Sunday the 5th of Jane, tiiat year. He and his wife are now deceased, having liyed honored livee for moore than fbur-aoora years. The genealogy of tiie Sherman family dates back to the early settlement of this coanty, and were honored names in its history. Three brothers emigrated from England to America in an early day, one settled in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, and one in Rhode Island. The subject of this sketch belongs to the Massachusetts branch. His early life was paaeed on hia father's farm, attending aebool six months in the year until he was sixteen years old, when a few terms at a select school fitted him for teaching in a conntv Bchool. He tanglit four wiuters in a day school, and singing in the evenings. At the age of twenty one he commeneed the atady of memdne at Oarrettsrille, thia eoonty, with Dr. John A. Knowlton. He attended two full courses of lecturefl at the Modical De])artment of Western Reserve College of Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in the spring of IHbl. On September 20, same ^ear, he was married to Miss Henrietta, eldeat danghter of John and Mary (Green) Tabor, of OarrettBfille^ Ohio, who died October 26, 1853. He was again married April 26, 1854. this time to Harriet, daughter of "Watson I. and Mary (Mcintosh) Gray, of Bedford, Ohio, by whom he has one son - Harris G., a prominent oculist in Cleveland, Ohia The Doctor, after graduating, loeated in OarrettsTille, and followed his profession until the spring of 1857, when be moved to Kent and embarked in the drug business, but after four years repmned his profession, and has since had a large and successful practice. During the war of the Rebellion be waa Aaaiatant Sorgeon in Lincoln General Hoapital at Wadiington, D. C. In the fall of 1883 Dr. Sherman was elected to the Sizt^^ixth God oral Apsombly from Portage County, of which he is at present a member During his first winter he took an active and intelligent part in the general legislation, and waa among the industrious and prominent membera of that b<^y. The Dootor has always been an active promoter of every public enterprise in hia community. He has frequently served aa a member of the School Board, and for several years has heou the otHcient Secretary of the Pioneers' Association of Portage and bumiuit Counties. In 1881 he wrote a historj of Brimfield Townahip^ dating from iti fint settlement, whieh be delivered as a biHtorical address in that township, Jolj 4 ot that y(»ar. It was published im pamphlet form and was the only history of that township written np to that dato. He is a prominent member of the Ma^nic fraternity, and for ten years hold the position of Master of the first lodge in Kent. In politios be is a stanoh Bepablicaa. In religions belief a Universalist.

GEORGE L. STAUFFEK. grocer, Kent, was bom in Uniontown, Staak County, Ofaio^ Ootober 26, 1839, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Myors) Stanller, the' former a native of Maryland, the latter of Ohio. Our subject was reared on a fHrm until twenty years of age, and educated in the Greonsburg Academv When twenty-two years of age he went to New York City and entered the employ of the Northern Transportation Company, where he remained serfeo years He then engaged in the grocery bnsiness in Jersey City for one year. In 1871 he located in Kent and entraged as a clerk in the store of Lute Stauflfer. In 1878 he embarked in the grocery trade in Kent with QDorge A. Furry, ander firm name of Stanffer & Forry, which partnership has existed to the present time. Mr. Stauffer whs married, December 14, 1865, to Eva B., daughtt'r of William J. and Lovena (Beach) Sanford, of Connecticut, and who came to this county when quite young, then moved to Marion County, residing there a few years, then returned to this county, where they have since lived To our subject and wife were bom five children: Ida, Geotge J., William S., Lucy M. and Robert E. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer are members of the Methodist Episctipal Chnrcli. He is an active member of the I. O. O. F. and R. A.; has served as Councilman of Kent one term. In politics ho is a DemocraL

WILUAM STEVENS, farmer, P. O. Kent, was bom in Franklin Town, ship, this county, September 6, 1820; son of Elisha and Margaret (Brown) Stevens, who were among the first settlers of Franklin Township, and who located on what is now known as the Fulmer farm, taking up 100 acres of land in the wilderness and making a small improTemeni They were parents of eight children: Emily, Marcus, Harriet, Caroline, Mary, Qynthia, Loolns and William, all deceased except William. Elisha Stevens, who was a car penter and joiner by trade, died in 1822. His widow subsequently married Eben Phelps, of New York, and liyed and died in Franklin Township, this county. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and has always tol< lowed agricultural pursuits. He was married February 2, 1840. to Rebecca, daughter of John Bair, ni .Stark County, Ohio, by whom he bad three children: Francis (decoasod), Frank \V., and Fred H., now in Colorado. Mr. Stevens gave his sons good edooational advantages, and both are filling ezoellent po.sitions. Since his marriage our subject has lived on his present farm, all of wUich he himself cleared and improved. He is a representative farmer and citizen of Franklin Township. In politics he is a Republican.

THOMAS 0. STEWABT, farmer, P.O. Kent^ was bom in Franklin Town* dbip, this coonty, March 1, 1820; son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Clement) Stewart, former a native of Allegheny County, Penn., latter of Washington Oounty, Penn. The mother came to this county in 1811 with her eldest brother, Thomas Clement, and located in Ravenna Township. She is now (18S5) living, in her eighty-sixth year, and is hearty. Jonathan Stewart came to the county when a young man, and after his marriage in 181 U settled in Franklin Township on tlie fanu now owned by Nicholas Knapp. He afterward settled in Ravenna Township on the farm now owned by his nephew, Ales Olement, and lived there nntil his death in 1882, in his thirty.third year. He left afamily of six children: Uziab (deceased); Alexander (deceased); Jonathan wlso enlisted in the Ei;»bty-eif;jhth Indiana Regimont from DeKalb County, lud., and after participating in several battles in Kentucky, died of exhaustion at Lebanon,

Ky., dtirirg tlio Into war; Thomas C. ; Margaret A. (Mre, F. D. Eeese) and William (deceased). Our subject was reared in Bavenna Toxtnship, and reoeiT«d his edncatioii in the connmm schools, the Grand River Institnte at Anstinbnrg, and high school at Jefferson, after which ho taught in the common schools for four winters followiug. He was married, March 14, 1854, to Adeline, daughter of Homer W. and Mary (Knowlton) Hart, pioneers of Solon Township, Cuyahoga Oonnty, and later of Franklin. The inne of this nnion ia six children, all living: William, in Iowa; Addie E.; Homer J., in Iowa; Mary (Mrs. E. W. Tnlcott); Ciara (Mrs. J.C. Yeend), and Julia E. After his marriage Mr. Stewart settled in Streetsboro, and lived there up to 1861, when he located in FranUin Township, where he now residea on what was fovmerly known as the Latimer farm. He has been elected Trustee of Franklin Township three terms in succeesion, A^^^^pflror one term, and on the £oard of Edn* cation one term. In politics he is a Hepublican.

HEKBY W. STINAFF, late foreman of bridges, Second Diviaicii and Flranklin Branch, New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, was bom in Ravenna August 11, 1823; son of "William and Sarah (Babcock) Stinaff. His father was a native of Sheffield, Mass., and a son of William Stinaff, of that place. "When a young man be came to Ohio on horseback, and settled in Ravenna in 1819. He waa a oarpenitor by trade» which he followed all his life in Ravenna and Kent. Ho is still livinf^ at the age of eighty seven, and resides with our subject. His wife was a native of Granville, Conn., and a daughter of Perry and Cynthia M. Babcock, who settled in tiavenna in 1819. Hor father was a blaehsmith, bnt the latter part of hie life, though he atill worked at hia trade, he carried on a farm and accumulated a good property. The children of William Stinaff were three in number: Cynthia M. (deceased), Henry W. and SylvanuB P. The subject of this sketch was reared in Ravenna, where he received a ci»unon sdhool edneation. In 1840 he went in hia fatfaec's ahop to learn the carpenter's trade, and when of age went into business with his father, the partnership existing up to 1862. He then entered the employ of the A. & G. W. R. R. Co., having been engaged on that line of road to the proBont time, with the exception of two years, when with hia father he took the contract for building the Union School of Kent, one of the finest buildings in the county. The following is clipped from a local paper:

Mr. H. W. SlinftfF, who for many years held the position of foreman of bridges and buildings on the N. Y., P. & O. R. K., retired from the service of the company November 29. Mr. StiiiiitT c<»nimenced work m Imilding bridges for the A. & G. W. It. R. April, 1862, on the First Division, making twtuly-two years and eight months. He was absent about two years while building the Kent Union School Building. Then returningas foreon the Third and Fourth Divisions, afterward was aiaigned to the BeoondDiviaion and Franklin Branch as foreman of bridges and hnlldhigs. wbtch posttton he held aboat fifteen years up to the time of his retirement. The following letter from Mr. Charles Latimer, Chief Engineer of the K. Y., P. & O., shows the esteem in which Mr. Stinaff waa held by the connpanj:

Mr. Henry W. Stina f: Dkau Sin - I wish to express my regret to yew thnt any change should have u< currcd in the road management necessitating tlje change made w lu il l y you leave the service of the ( onipany, and to also e-\i)r( Ns my great eat!.'* faction that in ail of the eleven years past during which you have been foreman of bridge building, there have been no accidents or loss of property in your juri.-^diction which cotild in any way be ascribed to your failure. Your work speaks for itself, and I hope that jou will feel that in retiring you take with you a record to which you can point with pride.

Mr. Stinaft haa been married four times, hie firet wife being Lydia Button, of Kent, by whom he had one child - Oharlee H. (deoeased). Hie eeeond wife was Maryette Loomis, of Bavenua, by whom he had three children: William C, Oeor^e and Peony (all deceased); hit third wife was Emily^ Plnm, of Ashtabula County, Ohio, and his present wife was Mrs. Ellen Whitnev, of Greenville, Ponn. In politics Mr. Stinaff was forrnerly a Whig, casting his iirst vote for Henry Clay. He joined the Eepublioan party at its organization, and has acted with it ewer since.

14, J ^00. His parents, Joel and Rhoda (Beaman j Stratton, were farmers, to which oc-cupatiou the subject of this sketch was reared. In 1824 he deposi.ted his first vote tar Hemry Clay as President He was married, in his naUw town, May 12, 1824, to Ruth Olin, adau^rhter of Ezra Olin, of Shaftsbury, Vt. The children of Mr. and Mrs. StrattoD arc as follows: Alinira, born February

15, 1825; Mary M., bom August 12, Ib'lij; Asa, born February 24, 1828; Lacaa, bom Norember 8, 1829; Samuel, bom Angnat 19, 1881; Freeman, bom Jnna 26, 1833; Joel, born March 28, 1885, and accidentally scalded to death, January 12, 1838; Jonathan N., born May \^^, 1837; >reris8a, bom May 28, 1S30; Susan, born December 80, 1840; Joseph B., born October 22, 1842; Clarissa 0., born July 2, 1849. Soon after mairiage Mr. Stratton moved to Geneeee County, N. Y., and thence to Wyoming County. X. Y., and in 1837 took up his residence in this county, buying a farm of 130 acres about two miles north of the present village of Kent Though Mr. Stratton received in his youth a Texy limited edooatioii, his Booeeaa in life speaks well for hia uAiml ateriing^ qualities of mind. He added to his first possessions in thia aoonty, and at one time owned some 400 acres of valuable land and other property. At the time (1874) of the celebration of the golden wedding of himself and wife, eleven of their children were living, all of whom vrete married, ten of them being present on the occasion, and Mr. Stratton presented each of them, as a memorial of the event, with $1,000, The eleven children are all n(^w living and in prosperous cirfiuiistancfs. In 1SS4 our subject's grandchildren numbered thirty-two, and liib great-grandchildren, hfteen. Mrs. Stratton, who was a member of Ibe TJniTersalist Ghmnb, died April 4^ 1877, and Mr. Stratton then, January 15, 1878, married ^Irs. jNIartha A. ("Williams) Mnnsee, widow of Edward A. Munsee, and daughter of Mark and I'olly (IStannton) Williams, of Hampshire County, Mass. Mr. Stratton now resides in the north part of the village of Kent, wiiere'he owns eleven aorea of land. He and hie wife are members of the Fniversalic^t Churoh. In politics he is a Bepubliean.

FREElSrAN STRATTON, farmer, P. O. Kent, was bora in Genesee County, N. Y., June 20, 1833, sou uf Joseph B. and Buth (Olin) Stratton, who aettled in Franklin Township, this eoonty, in 1887. Oar subject was reared here and educated in the common schools, and has always followed farming as an occupation. He was married. May 5, 1857, to Emelia, dauj.;hter of Frederick and Margaret (Foster) Williard, of Franklin Township, this county. By this anion there are three chfldren living : Georgianna, Harry J. and Franklin S. Mr. Stratton resides on the old Williard homestead, where he has lived since 1809. In politics he is independent.

AARON B. STUTZMAN, A M., Superintendent of the public schools at Kent, was bora in Wayne County, Ohio, March 23, 1842, son of Henry and Oatharine (Miller) Statzman, natives of SammersetCoonty, Fenn., of German descent. They came to Ohio in 1820. locating in Greene Township, Wayne Countv. where thev lived and died. The subject of this sketch was rcnrod on his father's farm, and educated at the Smithville High School and Mount Union GoU^ge, whence he gradoaled in 1870. He engaged in teaching, aa

Principal of the Dalton High School, of Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he remained two years j from there he removed to DoyleAiown, where ho was engaged in teaohing two yean, after which he wu for five jreen Snperfntendent of the public schools at Watlsworth, '^TodiDa Co., Ohio, and a mombor of the County Board of Examiners. In December, 1878, he passed a rigid examination at ColombuB, Ohio, before the State Board of Examiners, who granted him a oeriifioate of high qaalifioationa, which is good for life and in any publie school in the State. In same year he located in Kent, frtiere he has held the position of Superintendent of public schools to the present time. He was married, August 15, 1872, to Jennie, daughter of Israel Glippinger, of Dalton, Ohio, by whom he has had three diildrwi: Edwin JBL (deoeaeed), Gnce S. and Willie G. Daring the civil war Mr. Stutzman served in the Union Army, as private in Company A, One Hundred and Sixty ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Stutzman is a gentleman of cultore and wedded to the profession he haa dioeen. He and his wife are membars of tiie Methodist Episcopal Cfanrch. In politics he is a Bepnbliean. He ia a F. & A. Iff., and an aotiTe member of the I. O. O. F.

HENKY A. SWAN, farmer and milkman, P. O. Kent, was born in Boston, Summit Co., Ohio, September 28, 1840, son of Levi L. and Louisa (Metliu) Swan, early settlerB of that locality. The subject of this sketch was reared in hi.s native town, where he followed farming for three years after he became of a^o, then went to Bath, where bp lived one year, thence came to Stroetsboro, where he engaged in farming and dairying for six years. In 1873 he located in Kent, and in 1876 on tlM farm where he now resides. He keeps a dairy of from fifteen to twenty cows, and in 1882 built his present residence, one of the finest in the county. His bams and other out-buildings are first-class, well adapted to the uses for which they were built, and everything about his premises shows evidence of osre and thrift Ur. Swan was marriM, Iforeh 0, 1805, to Eliza, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Dickinon) Ferry, who looated in Franklin Township, this county, about 1833. The issue of this union is two chil* dren: Herbert and Karl. In politics Mr. Swan is a Democrat

J. S. SWEENEY, physician and surgeon, Kent was born in ICddlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, August 14, 1831, son of John and Dolly (Brown) Sweeney, natives of Belfast, Ireland, and New Hampshire respectively. John Sweeney was a farmer by occupation, and one of the first settlers of Geauga County, Ohio, locating in Paineeville in 1818, where he resided for seyeral years; then removed to Middlefield, where he lived ontil his death, which occurred July y, 187 4, in his eighty-third year. He was pressed into the British service during the war of 1812. In character he wau upright, honest and honorable, a firm friend and true to his convictions. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and edneated in select sdiools. From 1850 to 1854 he studied medicine with his broth or, E. J. Sweeney, of Nel&on. this coui^ty. Ho then went to Parkman. Geauga Co , ( )hio, where he engaged in the practice of medicine two years ; thence moved to Chardon, practicing there one year. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company A, Hoffinan's Battalion^ and swfed on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, guarding prisoners, until he received an honorable discharge on account of disability in the fall of 1862. He then Iocate<l in Stowe, Summit Co., Ohio, and resumed the practice of medicine, remaining there nntil 1871, when he moved to Kent* wwte he has since been in aetive practice. He was married June* 1854, to Delia, daughter of Joseph W. Hockwell, of Rome, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and by her he has throe children: Dolly A. (Mra Byron Longcoy), Edward J. and Alice. Dr. Sweeney is an active member of the K of P. and G. A. B., of which latter he ia Post Ckunmander. In politics he is a Democrat

JOHN L. TIBBALS, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Deeriield Township, this oonntj, JaDuary 15, 1821; son of Alfred U tanA Martha H. (Swem) Tibbain. His paternal grandfather, Moees Tibbals, a native of MasBanhnaettB) settled in Deerficld Township in 1805, where he cleared and improved the farm on which he lived and died. He had five children: Clarissa (deceased), Alfred M. (deceased), Arbet L. (deoeaaed), Franeia (deoeased) and Sejmoiir. Hia maternal grandfather waa William Swem, a native of New Jersey, and s pioneer of Salem, Colambiana Co., Ohio. The father of our subject was reared from eight years of age in Deerfield Township, this county. There he cleared and improved two farms (one now oconpied by his aon Frederick) and resided until he waa killed at the age of sixty yeara by a falling limb of a tree. His children wpro five in namber: John L. , Norman (dtM'eased), Frederick and Curtis (fanners in Dpf^rfield) and NpwoII. a prmninent lawyer of Akron, Ohio, and who hab iilled the oihce of Judge of Common Pleas. Our subject was reared and ednoated and aw^red as Tmatee for aeferal yeara in Deerfield Town* ship, wliere he rosidod till 1S75, when he rpmove<l to Franklin Township tO the farm where he now resides. He was married, February 1^. 1851, to >rary C, daughter of Frederick and Fanny (Williams) Dewey, of Franklin Townahip, thia oon&fy, former of whom waa a native of Gbeater, Haaai, and a aon of John Dewey, parent of three children: Mary C, SyWeeter F. (deceased), and Harriet P., wife of J. N. Ktrntton. Frederick Dewov came to Franklin Township, this ooonty, in lbl8 and located on the farm now owned by Marina Heighten, and in 1^4 settled on the farm now occupied by our subject, moat of which he cleared and improved, and here he died in February. 1872, in hia seventy-tifth year. Mrs. Tibbals' maternal f^mndfather, Dudley "Williams, also a native of Maseachasetts, settled in Franklin Township, this county, in 1820. Onr snbjeet and wife are the parenta of five diildren: Floria ^tooeaaed), Charles, Frank, John and Frederick. Mr. Tibbals ia a Bepnblican in politiei^

TT'RNER BKOS. (Joshua and John G.). raanafacturers, Kent, are natives of Bradford, Fngland, where they served ,^an apprenticeship of seven years in the worsted mills of that city. In 1873 they came to America, and located in Jamestown, N. Y., where Joseph Toraert their father, started the first worsted mills, which ho conducted for five years. Thoy are now owned by William Hall & Co.. and still in operation. In 187^ the family located in Kent, and embarked in the manufacture of a superior quality of worsted dress gooda Tb^ ooonpy a building five and a half stories high, in dimensioiia 1^(^15, and thoroughly equipped with the latest improved dye house, ct^mbing, drawing and spinning machinery, with 114 looms and 2,UH) spindles, employing 150 hands. The mills are run by two large turbine water-wheels, developing 120 ^lorae-power. The Tnmer Broa., imo are the manageiB, are gentlemen of experience in all the details of their busioesa, one of the leading indnstrieR of the plaoa^ contribnting largely to the aabstantial wel&ra 4^ the community.

JOHN O. TUBmBR, mamifaotarer, Kent, waa bom in England, April 10, 1857; son of Joseph and Martha (Gill) Turner, who came to Amer* ica in 1873, and located in Jamestown, N. Y., where hie father, with others, under the firm name of Hall, Broadhead & Turner, started the first alpacamills in that eity, and where he was engaged in bnsinees np to 1878. In 1879 Joseph Qhumer located in Kent, this coonty, and embarked in the manufacture of wornted goods in company with his sons, Joshna and John G,. in which he continued until his death. He died in 1881 at the age of fifty-three years. The buBinesB is still carried on by his sons (see sketch of Turner Bros.). Our snbjeet waa reared in Yorkabire, England, until sixteen yean of age^ and waa educated in all the details of his present bosiiioss In that country, and in his father's mill at Jamestown, N. Y. Mr. Turner is a gentleman of push and enterprise, and his identity with the manufacturing interasts of Kent has been alike Talnable to biowelt and the pnblia He is a F. & A. H. In polities a Bepublican.

JAMES WARK, photographer, Kent, was born in County Donej^al, Ire land, January 23, 1847; uon ol W illiam and Catherine (Long) Wark. His aDeestoffs, who were of Sooteh deaoent, loeated in Ireland in ITw. The sub* ject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native county, and came to America in 1866, locating at Cuyahoora Falls, Summit Co., Ohio, where he remained live months. He then went to Akron and worked on a farm by the month nntil 1869, when he entered the photograph gallery of Q. W. Ibniy, 'where he served an apprenticeship of two years. In 1871 he removed to Kent and opened a photograph p^allery, in which he has been profitably enp^acrpd to the present time. He was married, June 8, 1874, to Belle, daughter of Jasper and Fidelia (Bliss) Hanght, of Kent, by whom he has two children: William J. and fisesie B. Mr. ^V^ark is a member of the Episoopal Ohnrch, also an active member of the I. O. O. F. and R. A. He is now serving his third term as Clerk of this township, and first term as Olerk of Kent corporation. In polities he is a Bepnblican.

LEWIS K. WILLIAMS, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Franklin Township, this oonnty, Jannary 15, 1S42, son of Austin and Adaline (Knowlton) Williams, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of Vermont. His paternal grandfather was Dudley Williams, who came from Russell, Mass., to Franklin in 1820, and located on the farm now owned by Henry Lake. He afterward removed to Wisconsin and died there. He reared a family of five children: Calvin (deceased). Austin (deceased), George, Fanny (deceased) and Polly (Mrs. Syivebter Huggius). The maternal grandfather of our subject was William Knowltnn, fonnerly <d y«*mont and an early settler of what is now Kent Austin Williams, the father of our subject, was reared on a farm and always followed farming as an occupation. In his early manhood his father gave him forty acres of land, on which he moved after his marriage and to which he added by pnrehase nntil he had aeonmnlated 820 aoree, where he lived and died April 1, 1872, in his sixty fifth year. He had four children: Lewis K, William D. (deceased), Scott T. and Charles A The subject of this sketch, a former, was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common and high schools of Kent In 1805 his father frave him and his brother, William D., 120 acres of land, which they worked together for two years. He then purchased William D.'s interest and CDnducted the farm himself np to 1883, in which year he rented his farm and, having purchased a residence in Kfln^ remoTed tiiere. where he now resides. He was married Novembw 80, 1869, to Abbie, daughter of Deacon Lyman and Lucy C. (Stebbins) Sabin, of Hampshire County. .^lass. In polities Mr. Williams is aBepablioan. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAMS BROS., proprietors of the Peerless Mills, Kent. This firm is composed of Scott T. and Charles A. Williams, the two yoanger sons of the late Austin Williams, the former a farmer by occupation, and the latter a student of the Western lieeervo College, Thev began business in 187U in the erection of the Peerless Mills. The present uiaia building was erected in 1880, and the mill started in Jnne, 1881, fully equipped for the mannfaotnre of 125 barrels of Hour daily by the "new process," as it was then known. At the end of two years the bnsinnss had outgrown tin* building, also the capacity of the machinery for manufacturing, at which time (I8b8j the mill was enlarged by adding a wing nearly as large as the original building, the system of grinding <£anged to "fall rolkr," the daily capacity inoreased from 125 to 200 barrels, and a feed department added. The millis now 96x73 feet, five Btories high, having a floor surface of over 35,000 square feet, and equipped in the best manner for Houring by the £. P. Ailis system, containing sixteen foil seta Ghray roller milla, tmee olearing maohinea, twenty-one bolts, seven poriAen and aapiratora^ also duRters, centrifugals, paokers, etc. It is run bv a 1^)0 horse-power engine, which is furnished with steam from two 75- horse- power boilers. As the mills are now run they consume from 250,000 to 300,000 bushels of wheat annually, and also have a capacity for grinding 150,000 bushels of eoro. Grain for supplying the mill is la^ly bought from farmers at homo, and the pricpR paid are CH]\m\ to any marketMn the State, making the beHt of home mnrkots for the farm. The proprietors are young men of push and enterprise, and fully understand all the details of the milling business, which is one of the leading indnstries of Kent

SCOTT T. WILLIAMS, miller, Kent, was born in Franklin Township, this county, February 26, 1852; son of Austin and Adeline (Knowlton) Williams. His paternal grandfather was Dudley Williams, an early settler of IVanlilin Township, this oonnty, who afterward removed to Wisoonsin and died there. His maternal grandfather was William Knowlton, a native of Cape Ann, Mass., also an early settler of Franklin Township, this county. Our subject was reared on a farm, and after he became of age engaged in agrionltctre tm six years. In 1870, in company with his brother Olwrlee A. i be erected the Peerless Flouring Mills, and embarked in the milling business, in which he is enga;^'ed at the present time". He was married, Octobor 17, 1877, to Hettie, daughter of Elias and Triphena ^lair) Converse, of Mantua Tbwnship, by whom he has one ehild - LewiR B. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members f ho Congregational Clinroh. In politics he ia a Republican.

FRANKLIN WILLIARD, farmer, P. O Kent, was born in Franklin Mills (now Kent) November 11, 1822; son of Frederick and Margaret (Foster) Williard, respectively natives of Maryland and Beaver County, Penn. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Philip Williard, a native of Germany and one of the first settlers of Rootstovra, whore he lived and died. Frederick Williard, a carpenter by trade, was an early settler of Franklin Township, and for the last twenty years of his life he was a farmer, the homestead now being oeenpied by his son- in law, Freeman Stratton. He bad nine children: Catherine (deceased), Sarah (Mrs. Hiram Morrell), George, Franklin, Frederick (deceased), Edwin, Mary (deceased), Samuel, and Amelia (Mrs. Freeman Stratton). The subject of this sketch has always followed farming. He has been twioe married. His first wife was Mary Pratt, of Fraiiklin Township, this county, by whom ho had two children: Perry, and an infant daughter (deceased). By his present wife, nee Sarah A- Hackett, he has three children: Frederick, Frances and Asa. Mr. Williard now resides a mile east of Kent, where he baa lived for eighteen years. In polities he is a Democrat.

SAMUEL WILLIARD, farmer, P. O. Kent, was bom in Franklin Township, this county, October 22, 1832, son of Frederick and Margaret (Foster) Williard, who were among tiie first settlers of Franklin Township, this oonnty, wherein our subject has always lived, and he'now occupiee a part of hib falhei^s homestead. Ho was married April 10, 1864, t<^ Emma, danji^hter of ^latthias Clark, of Akron, and by her he has had two children: Clifibrd (deceased) and Evalena M. Mt. Williard is a repreeentati?e farmer and citizen of Franklin Township. In polities he is a Demoerat

SI^rON p. WOIiCOTT, attorney-at-law. Kont, was born in Northfield. Snmmit Co., Ohio, January 30, 1837, son of Alfred and Mary A. (Scovill) Wolcott He was born and reared on his father's farm and received his earlj edncation in the common schools. He prepared for oolleife under the inalnietion of tho late President Garfield, at Hiram Eclectic iTistituto, Hiram, Ohio, and from tbore attended Western Reserve Colletj:e at Hudson, Ohio, where he graduated in 1862. Choosing thn law for his profession, he studied one year in the office of H. B. Foeter, of Hndeon, Ohio, and one jear with N. D. Tibbals, of Akron. Ue was admitted to the bar of Summit County in 1864» and in tho fall of the same year located in Kent, where he has been in active practice ever since. He was married July 17, 1806, to Mary H., daughter of Anson A. and Sally P. (White) Brewster, of HodBon, and the iesne of this union was three children : Nellie B., Jennie B. and Dunoan B. Wolcott. In ISnC) Mr. Wolcott was elected Mayor of Kent, beinp the second Mayor of the town; also served as City Solicitor of Kent two terms; was a member of the School Board nine years, and he is at present member of the Board of Examinera. Ta the fall of 1881 he was elected to the State Senate, repreeentin|f Portarje, Summit, Lake. Geauga and Ashtabula Counties; was re-elected in the fall of 1883 and he is now serving his seoond term. In politics Mr. Wol> cott iias always been a stanch Bepublican.

JAMES WOODARD was bom in Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, Jnly 8U 1810. He was the eldest son of Gen. Joshua "Woodard, and the tirst white male child born in what is now Ravenna Village. Ho came to Franklin Mills (now Kent), Ohio, in 1818, his father soon after erecting a woolen mill and continuing that boainesa with John Haymaker for many yeaia. His early advantage for an education wave very limited^ but he aoqnired, by diligent study, a good practical common school education. He was possessed oif an active mind, and was compelled by force of circumstance in that early day to habits of industry. In 1834 he married Maria Hopkins, daughter of Rudd Hopkins, of Copley. Snmmit Co., Ohio. Soon after their marriage they oonif monco<l keeping hotel at the Upper Village at Franklin Mills, remainiiif^ there for some years, afterward settlint^ on a farm now within the corporate limits of Kent They raised a large family of children, two sons and seven daughters, all now living saye one. Mr. Woodard ooenpied many poaitiona of responaibil. ity and trust He served many years as Jiistice of the Peace and was alse Sheriff of Portage County for two terms, and it has been often and truthfully aaid that Portage County never had a more efficient Sheriff. He was strictly honest, brave and courageous, and dnring hia terms as Sheriff had uooaaion ta arrrat many counterfeiters and raacala that then infested Portage Connty. Notably among these was tho notorious "Jim" Brown, who was- convicted and sent to the Ohio Penitentiary. Mr. Woodard in his later years had retired from the more active dntiea of life. He was the efficient Mayor of Kent two terma, closing his last term three months before his deatL His administration was marked by his considerate attention to the best intereBte of Kout, where he had so long lived, and it is universally conceded that Kent has never had so efficient a Mayor. He was a man of most positive convictions, aterling integrity, and was fearleia in the eKpraeaion of hia viewa on all anfaj«ela. He was kind and charitable to the poor, and always gave with an open hand. He died at his pleasant home in Kent, September 2, 18S8, of neuralgia of the heart, after an illness of only two days, honored and respected by all who knaw him.

Woodard. His paternal grandfather was Gen. Joshua Woodard, a soldier of the war of 181 2, and an early settler of this tioonty. His maternal graiidfaitii«r was Kudd Hopkina, one of the first settlers of the coanty, who was identified with the woolen manufacturing interests in Franklin Mills ( now Kent), in the early times. James Woodard was the first white child born in the original town plot of Baveitna. He was the father of nine children: Clara (Mrs. John PerldnB); Abbj, deeeased; Rebecca (Mrs. Jamee Metlin); Delia (Mrs. E. W. BasRett); Frank; Lucy (Mrs. Goor^e Furry); Eatella (Mrs. N. Hall); ^lary (^^^s. Richard Wiiliamni, and Charles li. In politics Mr. Woodard was prominont ! y identified hi this county. He served as Sheriff of the county two terms, and during his residence in Kent was twice MsTor. Our subject was reeied in Franklin Town^ip, this county, and educated in the common and high schools. He wa« married April 4, 1878, to Elizabeth, daughter of R. P. and Jane Morgan, of Kent, by whom he has two children: Mary J. and George. In politios Mir. Woodard is a Democrat

FBEDERTCK WTJRSTER, bottling works, Kent, was bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, October 2, 1857. son of Philip and Christiana (Gugle) Wurster, ^nd was reared and educated in his native land. He came to America when fonrteen yeais ol age, and worked in Philadelphia in a brewery for nine months; from theore he went to Buffalo, N. Y., where ho was employed in the same business for one year, and then returned to Philadelphia. In 1880 he went to Wilmington, Del., and embarked in the brewery business for himself continning in the same there one year. In 1888 he located in Kent, Franklin Township, and purchased the bottling works of Louis Gehriog, where he has done a successful business up to the present time. Mr. Wurster was married October 13, 1878, to Louisa, daughter of Herman and Mary (Horning) Biederman, of Wilmington, Del, by whom he h&a two children: Sophia and Ida. Mr. Wwster is a member of the I. O. Ol F. In politics he is a Demoeral in Pittsfield. Yt., sun of Joshua and Thankful (Stone) Atwood, the foimw - native of MassachusettH, the latter of Vermont. Our subject, whose portrait appears in this work, was educated in the country schools, and was a farmer nntil seventeen ^esrs old, when he began to learn the blacksmith's trade with a Mr. Egleston in Pitlsfield, Vt , with whom he continued for three years and then worked for himself a few months in Rutland, same State, and at Pittsford one year, after which he engaged with Mr. £eleston one year, and then for a time worked for himsrif. He came to Ohio in 1886 and opened a bla^smith shop at Freedom, this eoonty. In 1844 he added a oairiage manufacturing departmeat, and soon employed as many as eight men, and supplied the demand within a large radius. He was very successful, and in 1875 he retired from active labors to en joy the froits of many years' hard and persistent tolL Mx. Atwood was married in 1888 to Anrelia Birge, who died in 1874, leaving no children. Ho and she were amoncr the lirsf members of the Congregational Church at Freedom. Omr subject has served the township honorably as Treasurer and Trustee. He is a pleasant gentleman; in politics a represeutative Bepabliean. His bcotheni-in«law, £Bsell and Simeon Birge^ came to and erected many of the bnildings in Freedom Center. SimeoQ Birge, who was a physician, moved away in 1838, while Laseli remained until 1840 or 1847. The father of our subject was in the war of 1812, and participated in Uie battle of PlattRbnrg.

HENRY IRVING BROWN, farmer, P. O. Freedom Station, was born in Froe<l<)in Township, this county, July 28, 1800, son of Isaac and Rebecca (French) Brown, natives of New York and Connecticut respectively, whose pamits were among the flnl aettlen in thia eoonty. Mr. and lura. laaao Brown were married here in 1837 and reared a family of five children, three now living: Ellen A., Ida D. and Henry I. The two eldest, Levi J. and Mary A, , are dead. The mother died February 8, 1881, aged sixty-two years. Oar anbjeot iraa married Oeiober 27, 1881, to AlUe IfiUer, of Freedom Township, this connty, born June 2, 1801; parents of one dangbter - Mamie £. Brown, bom September 7, 188H. Onr subject followa general farming and

Berkshire Co., Mass., bom December 8, ISM, son of Timothy and Anna (Osbom) Dudley, natives of Guilford, Conn. They were married in Berkshire County, Mass., in 18()0, and in 1835 moved to Freedom Township, this ooonty, and in 1887 to Whiteside County, 111., where they died, aged seventv. aeven and ninety years respectively. Oar anbject came to this county in 18^, Bett!in<T in Free<lom Township, where he now resides. He has cleared many acres of land and has followed general agriculture. He was married June 22, 1837, to Sarah Leete, a native of Weet Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass., bom Angnat 6, 1818, and daughter of Nathaniel and Dimmia (Wiekhane) Leete, natives of Connecticut, and who were married in 1800, and lived and died in Berkshire Comity, Mass. To our subject and wife were born four sons: Charles A., attorney in Des Moines, lowaj Flimmon H., civil engineer, New Tork Citj; Hbarqnia W., and John F., a farmer in Freedom Towndiipi this county, all married. Our subject has served in some of the township offices. He and his wife are membera of the Congregational Ohorch. In politics he is a strong Kepublican.

LISBON TISOB, hfmw, P. O. Freedom Station, waa bom in Otia, Berkahire Co., Mass., Jnly 8, 1810: son of Joshua and Claariasa (Clark) Finch, also natives of Otis, Berkshire County, where they were marrie<l, and reared a family of nine children, three of whom are now living. They came to Freedom Township, thiaeonntj, Jnne 16, 1825, where Joahna Finehwaa an old-line Whig "atand-by," and was prominently identified with the Masonic order for aiz* ty-two years. Here he and his wife died Onr unhject. who has always made his home in this county, owns several hundred acres of land hera (His sister Celestta's marriage in November, 1826, with Lester Hall, was the firat wedding in the township.) Ho was niarried April 8, 1846, to Eunice Scovill, born in Lickinrj County, Ohio, July i, 1821, daughter of David and Clarissa Scovill, native« respectively of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and early settlors in Johnstown, Licking Co., Ohio, coming June 17, 1817. They were the parents of eight children. Mr. and Mrs. Finch have had five ehildren born to them: Cordelia, Howard J., Lydia R., David S. and Lyman J., all lining eicoepi Lyrnnu. Our subject is a Republican.

^\ ILLIAM GARDNER, farmer, P. O. Freedom, was born in Berkshire Oonnty, Ifoaa, October 1, 1806^ aon of Honrj and Abigail (Stedman) Oavdner, natives of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, respectively, and who died in Berkshire County. Our subject came to this county in 1829, and purchased land in Frooilom Township, wherp he followed l)rick -makinpr for a nnraber ot years. Ht> was married in Freedom Township in 183*'. t.> >rarietta Mattoson, of Uiram Tuwuuhip, this countjr, and a native of Beuuiugtou County-, Yt., bom in 1818, daughter of Robert and Low (Vaughn) ICatteson, who mored from Vermont to this county in 1833, and resided a few years in Hiram Town- «hip; thence thoy went to Illinois, and later to Kansas, where they died. To oar subject and wife were born five children: Henry, Robert, Marion, Christopher O. and Franklin, all living. In polities Mr. Ghurdner ie a Demoerat

JOHN R. JAMES, fanner, P. O. Freedom, was bom September 14, 1818, in Hampshire County, ISIass. : son of Aaron and Irena (Willcutt) Jaraes. natives of same county, and where ihej were married j in 1817 they moved to CQMrleetdwn Township, this eonnty, and settled upon land taanwlj pnrohased by their forefathers. Of their family three surviTS: JoelW.. John R. and Catherine W. Peebles. Our subject remained upon and operated the home farm until about 1855, and then came to Freedom Township, this county, where he now resides. He was twioe married, first on Hay 80, 1838, to Bbie Prentice, also of Cbarlostown Township, this county, a native of Connecticut, daughter of Elisha and Betsey (Frisby) Prentice, who settled in this county about 18'J3 and here died. To our subject and wife were born three children: Albert P., Laura A. and Roea C. The mother died September 5, 1$47, aged thirty-six years, and onr subject then married, May 1, l854,Fnidenoe D. Cotton, of Freedom Township, this county, liorn in Hartford County, Conn., January 11, 1824, daughter of Jeremiah and Lucy (Lusk) Colton, native-^ of Massachusetts and Connecticut, respectively, and who were married in Uartford Oounty, Ooon., Msy 29, 1814. In 1825 they came to Freedom Township, this county, where thoy died, Mr. Colton in 1807, his widow in 1S08. aged -eventy.five and seventy-seven years respectively. Their family of five are all DOW deceased except the wife of our subject. By this union were born four diildren: Mary E., Willis C, Lney J. and Flora L Mrs. James is a member -t the Congregational Chunh. In politics he is a Bepnblioan.

JOHN KILBOUKN. farmer, P. O. Freedom, was born August 13, 1828, in Hartford County, Conn., son of Hiram and Mary (Crooker)Kiibourn, natives -f CSonneetioat, and of English descent. Th^ were married in Hartford Coonty, Conn., November 24, 1824, and in 1828 came to Freedom Township, this county, where they purchased land, built a log-cabin and saw mill, cut roads, eleared farms, etc., and reared a family of which two are now living: John and Frank. The father died September 8, 1866, the mother November 18, 1879, aged sixty-eight and eighty-one years, resj>ectively. Onr sobjeet purchased land in Freedom Township, in 185(^ and in 1^^5S became owner of the homestead farm; he has now 210 acres. Ho was married July 5, 1857, to Amy t/L Loomis, of Hiram Township, this county, where she was bom in 1836, daughter of Oharlea and Arminta (Harmon) Loomis, natives of Vermont and Massachu.sottH.rp^poctively. They married in this county, and reared a family, of whom six are now living. The jiarents are both dead. To the union of our subject and first wife were burn tiiree children: Rena, Myrtie and Charles L. Mrs. Kilboom died April 17, 1880. Onr snbjeot was married again February 22, 1882, to Mrs. Sarah A. Davis, of Freedom Township, this county, widow of Martin Davis, who died in 1874, father of three children: Cors, Emma (^deceased) and Eugene. Our subject is a Republican in politico.

GILES W. KNEELAND, farmer, P. O. Freedom, was bom in Shalers. villo Townshi{). thin county, October 15, 1817, son of George W. and Sally (Carlton) Kneeiand, who settled here in a very early day, and where they were married in 1815. They were both natives of Connecticut, whence they moved with their parents, who were among tb^ i'lr^i ^ ttlers in the oonnly. Our subject IB the only survivor of a family of four children, -whoBe ytarente died ia 1885 and 1878, respectively, faithful members of the early pioneer church. He came in 1828 into Freedom Township, where he now residee, and where he was married December 6, 1888, to Amy A. Barber, born in Berkahixe Coimtj, . Mass., May 24, 1818, daughter of Myron and Amy (S^iaulding) Barber, natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts renpoctively, atul wlio came to Freedom Township, this county, in 1824; thoy died, agod sixty-seven and forty- three napeotimj. Of tbeir family of four only one - Amy A. - aurvlTaa; Our aubject and wife are parents of five children, all now living: Keziah S., Elbert R., Charles J., Myron A. and Elva M. Mr, Knoeland has served in some of the township officea. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Cliaxbh.

A. C. LARECOH, farmer, P. O. Freedom, was bom in Otis Township, Berkshire Co., Maaa. ; son of Paul and Corafort (Norton) Larkcom. Paul, who had been in the war of the Revolution three years, came with bis family to P<Miag» Ooonfy, Ohio, in 1820, via Erie Oanal, the lake and stage, and booght land where onr subject now lives. A. C. Larkcom was married in May, 1^6} to Miss Sarah Perry, bom June 27, 1803, who bore hira the following children: Mary, married to Enoch Lewis; Cherilla, married to Ambrose Hall; Lyman M., born February 5, 1831, attended country schools, and was married Nuvember, 1868, to Miaa Boaalia Dorthtek; and Fany, deoaaaed March 11, 1868. Oar anbject has remained since 1826 on his present farm, which he reclaimed from the wilderness. He was appointed at various times to the offices of Township Clerk, Constable, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. He can honorably boaat of being aeoond oonaiii to Noah Webater, the great leiioographer; hia wife was second cousin to the immortal Commodore O. H. Ferry, who gallantly sustained the unsullied honor of our flag on Lake Erie. Mrs. Larkcom died August 21, 1888. The reeulta of Mr. Larkoom'a labor are 178 acres of wellimproved land and aome iMuik atook at Garrettsfilia, 11^ aoimty. At tha aga of seventeen years he began the manufacture of burial caekata, and during hie life he has made and sold over 3,000 caskets.

JOHN P. PARKER, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was born in Bethel, Windsor Co., Vt., January 24, 1813j son of Nathan and Bethiah (Peak) Parker, former a native of Oonneotiont, latter of Windaor, iriiere they wertf^arriad and lived, dying at the respective ages of eighty-six and fifty-three yonrs. Our subject moved to and settled in Freedom Township, this county, in 183'J, and here cleared a farm and eetablished a home. He was married March 9, 1845, to Almira Martin, of Cnyahoga Oonnty, Ohio, bom in Vermont Angoat 24, 1821, daughter of Reuben and Thankful (Bolton) Martin, natives respectively of Vermont and Connecticut, married at Rochester, Vt They moved to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 183-1, thence to Lorain County, and in 1853 to Dedanoe, where they died, the father aged eighty- three, the mother eighty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are the parents of two sous: Nathan and Elmore M. ; they have an adopted danghter named Zella. Our anbject ta a atanoh Republican.

ORLIN C. STURDEVANT, farmer, P. O. Freedom, woj bom in Susquehanna Ooonty, Penn., September 28, 1818; eon of Joel and Diana (Capron) Sturdevant, who moved to what is now Summit County, Ohio, in 1820, and there remained about fourteen years, thence came to Froodom Township, this oonnty, in 1834, where they lived and died. Our subject was married, March 8, 1842, to Amanda HbUenbedk, of ShaleraviUe Townabipi thia oonn^, bom at Hndaon, Snmmit Oa, Ohio^ Uiaroh 14, 1821, danghter of Oad and Phmbe

(Bishop) Hollenbeck, who accompanied their parents to Sammit Coaoty at a very early day, and where they were married. Subsequently they removed to Cbarlestown Township, thence to Shalersville and finally to Gtemiga OoaDty^ Ohi(\ where they died. Mr. and Mrs. Sturdevant are the parents of nine children, six of whom ore now living; Phcebe A., Emma D , Eugene A., WilJiam U., LuciuB V. und Minnie E. Our subject purchased the farm on which he now xeaidea in 1842. In politios he is a Bfl{>Qbliean.

HENRY A. STURDEVANT, farmer, P. O. Freedom, was bom in Summit County, Ohio, September 4, 1825; son of .To^^l and Diana (Capron) Sturdevant, natives of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, respectively, and of English deaomt They were married in Sneqndianna Oounty, Penn., in 1817, and Qiare liTed a few years, then moved to Summit County, Ohio, where they remainwl until 1834, when they came to this county, cleared up land and followed farming. Here they died at the ages of sixty-nine and ninety-one. reapeotiTely. Onr subject purehased land in ShalemilleTowudiip, fhts county, in 1860. and in 180G came to Freedom Township, where he now resides. He was married, November 17, 1853, to Weltha A. Tuttle, of Shalersville Township, tliis county, bom in Chautauqua County, N. Y., February 3, 1831, daughter of Eli and Maiy (Nelson) Tattle, natives of liuaaoLnfletts and of En^liHh doficent They married in Berkshire County, Mass., in 1830. moved to New York State, and in 1833 came to this county and settled in Shalersville

Township. They were parents of seven children, all now living. They died at the ages of sixty-eight and sixty- four years, respectively. Mr. Sturdevant has served in some of the township offices. In polltios he is a Republican.

DR. JAMES WEBB (deceased) was bom February 20. IT'.W, and died in Freedom, Portage Co., Ohio, November 9. 1852, in his fifty- fourth year. His early life was spent in Corfu, Genesee Co., N. Y. At the age of twelve and until he was fifteen he was a grsat soflbrer from a white swelling. Perhaps no course of events at any time transpired that had more to do with shaping the current of his life than this long illness. Being incapacitated for manual labor, his mind naturally was attracted to books and the realm of thought, the outeome of which was the stady of medidna At this early period, too, he eommenoed that life of prayer and trust and patience, which ever after adorned a most exemplary Christian character, whose light was always pure and steady, and to be trusted. In early manhood he commenced the atudv of his chosen profession, gradoating at Bataria, N. Y., Medical College, in lo28. He began the practice of nedioine at Holley, Orleans Co., N. Y., and it was here he formed the acquaintance of Miss Eliza Landfear, with whom ho was united in marriage, November 27, 1827. Four sons and six daughters were born to this nnion, of whom five were natives of HoIIey. Here Dr. Webb spent thirteen or more of the best years of his life in building up a successful and honorable practice. Hero too he united with the Masonic fraternity, of which he was an honored member, and at the time of his death was a member of Garrettsville Lodge, No. 246, F. & A. M. In 1840 he exchanged his village property for a home and thirty acres of laud in Freedom, Fortage Ga, Ohio, to which he removed witli his family in May of that year. One special objoct in the removal was that he might secure land whore his boys might find employment and still be under home restraints. Here, as in Holley, he built up a good practice, the needs of the community commanding his services as a physician and surgeon. Here he labored faithfully until he was attacked by that terrible disease (cancer on tlie face) which after many months of intonsi' sufTcrini;,' terminated his days, while he heard the call of the Great i'hysician to ''comu up higher." In his life Dr. Webb was ever known as a Ghriatian physieian, and was beloved and honored as such. He was a member of the Congregational Church at Freedom. Hia beloved wife, two sons, Warren and Mervin, and daughter, Sanb, have aheady followed him "over the riTer." RolUn S. Webb, Charles B. Webb, Mri. Dr. Tidball, Ifrs. W. S. Wight, Mrs. Warren Peirce, and Miss Mary Webb, are all residents of this county and the village of Garretsville. Mrs. Cornelia Beilley, the eldest, is a resident of Bay City, Mich. As a father Dr. Webb mm one of Um wuert and beat, md to hia ehiUbea the memory of aaeh a father is of prioeleae worth.

JOHN ADAJVIS, clothier, GarrettsTille, was born in Qermany, February 26, 1841, son of John and Gretchea (Tobic) Adams, who were the parents of three children: Henry (deceased), John and Harmon (deceased). John Adams, Sr., a brick -maker by trade, died September 6, 1807. His widow survived him until November 12, 1888. Our snbjeot veoeiVed a eomnon eehool edueation in hie native country, served throe yoars' apprenticeship to the tailor's trade, and followed that occupation until he came to America. Ho was married in Germany, October 6, lbG4, to Miss Mary Bucky, who was born May 12, 1845, and by her he had fonr ohildren: Uaiy, Gnatave, Salena and Lndve, latter of whom died on the ocean on their way to America. Mr. Adams on coming to this oonntiy first located at Nelson Center, this county, where he remained a few months, then removed to Garrettsville and engaged in business, and has since oondlpoted a gents* (ornishing storey and mm a small beginning his trade has gradoally increased until he now has the satisfaction of managing a large and rapidly growinfj^ business. He has traveled quite extensively, visitinnr twentyone of the States and Territoriee here, and making a trip to thu scenes of his boyhood days, Gtormany, where he has a large eirele of relatives living. He has been an active member of the Portage Lodge, No. 450, I. O. O. F., for over thirteen years : is also connected with the Y. M. T. O. He is a oonsistent member of the Baptist Church.

JAMES ASHALD, famitnre dealer and undertaker, Qarrettsville, is a son of Abel and Elizabeth (Wright) Ashald, natives of Kngland, who eameto America in 1830. and settled at Stockbridge, Mass. They were parents of seven children, of whom James is the eldest Our Bubject was born in Buckinghamshire, England, October 21, 1827. He received a limited education, and in eoriy life eoramenoed to learn his tvad& He was married, Msreh 19, 1851 , to Miss Maria Dotv. born in Green River, Columbia Co., N. Y. . January 1 1, 1832, by whom he ha-s two sons: Albert H., Btatiou at^oot of the Union I'aoilic iiailroad at Brainard, Neb., and William \V'., train dispatcher for the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Bailway at Qalion, Ohia In 1852 Ifir. Ashald went to Troy, N. Y., where he remained about four years, and then removed to Garrettsville, Ohio, and engaged with Maidy Sc Beach, whouj he bought out two years later. In 18(K) the firm became Ashald 6l Demorest, and remained thus foor years (they also had a large branch establishment in Tonngstown, Ohio). In 1864 Mr. AshaUl retired and formed a partnership with his brother, with whom he remained m business about two years, at the end of which time he engaged with E. A. Upham, as salesman. At the death of the latter, the basi> sees eventnally came into the hands of Mr. Aiihald, who has since eontinned in the same building. He is ono of the oldest undertakprH in the county, having followed it since 1860. He has held nearlj everjr oflice in QarrettsTilie and the township: Mayor, Jiistioe of the Peaoe^ member of the Sehool Board, School Director, etc., etc. He has been a member of the Concrroi^tional Church since 1850, and one of the Trustees nearly all that time. During the same year he became a member of Garrettsville Lodge, No. 240, F. & A. M. In politics he was formerly a Whig, but now a Republican.

SOLON J. BUTTLES) Poetmaster, Garrettsville, was born at Farmington, Tmmbull Co., Ohio, April 14, 1835; son of Friend and Electa (Payne) Battles, natives of Connecticut, who came to Truraball County, Ohio, in an early day. Thejr were the parents of five children: busan (deceased), iSherlock (deceased^, Lanra (deeeaaed) Zeoiah (wife of Homer Ohapmaa, of Bootstown) and Solon J. Friend Buttles, a shoe-maker ))y trade, received his fini oommiaaioa as Postmaster of Trumbull Comity, Ohio, which he held for several years. He died January 12, 1858, aged sixty-seven, his wife having preceded him in January, 1856. Ooraabjeirt reoeiTad a high Bishool edneation, and early in

'life commenced to learn the trade of mannfacturing boots and shoes, and eventually embarked in that industry, which ho followed until 1861, when, owing to ill health, he retired from business for a period of about live years. He then removed to Qarrettsville and re-entered the manufacturing businem, whieh he followed about ei^t years, since when he has carried on the retail trade only. He wag married. April 11, 1850, to Miss >rary Davidson, born at Farmington, January 22, IbHS, daughter of William A. and Margaret (Fleming) Davidson, natives of western Pennsylvauiu, and early settlers of Trum> blul Oounty, Ohio» both now deoeaaed. To this anion were bom three ehildren: Willie F.(died at the age of thirteen months), Luetta D. (died in her fifteenth year), Elma, born March 10, (she is her father's assistant in the postoffice). Mr. Butties has been successful in busiaess, and the coorteoos and obliging manner with whieh he haa attended to the wants of his onatomera is his ehief characteristic in the position he now sustains to the public as Poetroaster, which office ho has held to the satisfaction of all since February, 18S2, at which date he received his appointment. Although always an attendant at church, he never became identified with any denomination until three years rince, when he joined the Congregational Church. He ia also an active mem> ber of the order of I. 0. O. F., No. 450. Our RTibject cast his first vote lor J. C. Freraont, and has since been identified with the Republican party.

MAIIHJbiW D. CLAliK, barber, Garrettsville, was born in Ireland, Ingoat 15, 1849, bod of Michael and Jane (SaDda)Glark, ol Farmington, Ohio, who had a family of eight children, five now living: Mary, Matthew. Kate, Anna, and John, who married Celia Johnson (have tnree children: Elser J., Elton P. and Claud, deceased). Our subject received a common school edu* cation in hie native land, and in 1864 came to America with hia mothar, brothers and sisters to join his father, who had preceded them seven yeata, locating at Farmington. Trnmbnll Co., Ohio. Our subject enlisted in Company D, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and on March 31, 1805, in the battle at Dinwiddie Oonrt House, Ya., he was wounded, and a week later his left leg was amputated by Dr. D. W. Bliss, Surgeon of the Army Hospital at Washington, D. C. .\fter his discbarge from the service he attended school a short time, then began to work at his trade, having learned it in Ireland. He was married. October 18, 1868, to Miss Alvira Johnson, born in Copley, Ohio, Marcii 14, 1850, daughter of Fayette and Elisa (Taylor) Johnson. ^ thia union there §-

. one daughter - Maud J., bom April 14, 1873. Since locating in Garrettsville Mr. Clark baa here remained continuoualy, with the exception of three yeun spent in Akron, Ohio. He has been a membor of Portage Lodge,.No. 450, L 0. O. F., about nine vr^nrs; also of the EnoampoieDt at BaTeoDB, and of Baoklejr

JEDEDIAH COLE, civil engineer and County Surveyor, Garretteville, waa bom in Nelaon Townahip, tiiia ooonty. May 26, 1830; son of Jedediafa and Elizabeth (Noah) Cole, the former a native of Vermont, born in 1707, the latter of Chester County, Penn., born in 1802. They were parents of fotir children, three of whom are still living: liebeooa J., wife of Uriah Craig, of Kidder, Mo.; William 0., a fanner, also in MlMoiui, and onr snbjeot Jedediah Cole, Sr., was a carpenter in early life He came to this county in ISIG, and for a year or two worked at his tradp, but for the balance of his life he was engaged in farming. He was a prominent man in religious circles, being one the few to organize the Disciples Chnroh. His death oooorred May 10, 1850. His wife died August 5, lo34. Our subject in early life was employed in attending the neighboring schools and rendering what assistance he could to his parents on the homestead farm. He was married, September 6, 1855, to Miss Katie M. Dickens, who was born March 18, 1833, at Jacksonville, 111., by whom he had five children: Aognstna S. (an attoniej at Raymuia, Ohio), Helen (deceased), J ames D. , Eatie £. and Paul H. Mr. Cole entered upon his career in life as n school teacher at Salem, 111., where he remained until 1856; then for two years was in northern Iowa engaged in different enterprises, such aa nienshaadieing, contraeting and land anrveying, and while there he did hia first work as laiud aoxreyor. From this point he went to Prairie da Chien, Wis., where he was employed principally in building and teaching. While there the war broke oat, and he responded to the first call for men in 1862, enlisting in Gompany A., Thirty -fir^ Wiaoonsin Tolonteer Infantry, and waa mustered out in November, 1864. for promotion to Captaincy in the One Hundred and Twenty-third U. S. C. I., and was honorably discharged as such at the close of the Rebellion, after which he retired to his home in Ohio and embarked in lumbering, in which he continued till the fall of 1809, when he waa eleeted to the office of Connty Surveyor, a position he still retains. He has served one term as Justice of the Peace, and has held the same office in Iowa and Wisconsin. Has also served as Clerk of the Board of Education two terms. In addition to bis labors as County Surveyor he is engaged in collecting and in real estate business. Mr. Cole is a F. & A. M.

EDWARD L. DAVIS, grocer, Garrettsville, was bom in Shropahire, England, March 8, 1840, and was brought to America when eleven years of age by his father, Ellis Davis. They first located in Ravenna, and from there went to Hiram Bspids, where they lived a few years. Eilia Davis, who waa a miller by trade, died in Garrettsville September 3, 1865; his wife died in England about 1843. Their children were two in number: Ellis, who is in the insoxance business in Cleveland, Ohio, and Edward L. Our subject received a oonmion sohool education, and early in life began to work at the miller's trade. He was twice married, on first oooasion November 8, 1861, to Ann Ferry, who died August 19, ISTo, leaving to his care two children: Mary G. and Ellis F. Mr. Davis was again married March 23, 1870. this lime to Emma L. Morgan (widow of H. Morgan, of Hai'tsgrove Township, by whom she had one daughter^Maud, now living with nsr step-father). By thia union there were two girls: Grace and Daisy. Mrs. Davis died October IS, 1880. Our subject in 1861 took charge of the grist-mill at Garrettsville and five years later purchased un interest in the same, but in 18SU, owing to the effeeta of dust on hia lungs, he waa foroed to retire from milling. He meai pnr> ehaaed an inteorest in a grocoy, but two years later again gave up aetive buai- ness. The follow! ncj year he purchased a stock of groceries, and is still engfi^^ed in that business. Mr. Davis has sprved tho people as City Clerk two terms, and on the Boaid of Eiucation threo years. Ue is an active member of Portage Lodge, I. O. a F.

JAMES DFNN, farrapr, P. O. Garrottsville, whoso portrait appears in this volume, was bora October 11, 1S22, in Hartford, Windsor Co., Vermont. His father, James Dana, was a native of Massachusetts, And early engaged in briok making. When over thirty yean old he went to Vennont, where he was employed in the manafactare of brick for a Mr. Udall, and while there was married to Mary Udall, a niece of his employer, and with her. in l^'S'l, moved to this county, settling on the farm where thoir son, our subject, now reridea, and there remained until their death. The fiither died in 1858 and the mother in 1864. He (the father) had some reverses finanoially before his marriapfo, having lost the first $500 which he had saved by economy, but such vicissitudes only served to make them more ambitious, and prosperity was the ontoome of their elForla. They had eeven children: William, a resident of Troy, Ohio; Mary, married to iJbert Gage ( they reside in Freedom Township, this county); Belinda, married to Benjamin Bakor (they reside in Crawford County, Pean.); James; Amanda, married to James- M. Bowman; Cosmo L. (deceased), and Rachel (deceased). Our aabjeet was taken from the rammer schools when ten years old to assist his father in farm duties, and was permitted to attend school during winter terms until 1844-4"), durinrr which period he was a student in the Troy, Ohio, schools. He was the only sou to remain closely associated with his parents iu their farm lal[>ors, aud was given the greater portion of tiieir property in retom fbr his labor and eare of them in their old ago, and to this ho has added until he now ranks atnong the well-to-do men of this county, havini; ISO acres of well improved land lying part within and part adjacent to the village of Garrettsvilie. He also owns a good ahare in the old bank building and the liTOiy stable where Tmeadall now conducts a general livery business, Mr. Dunn being partial owner of the stock. .^Lt one time he was interested in banking. During his farming and business career he has been fortunate, scarcely meeting any reverses. On his beautiful farm he has somo fine Hobtein eattle. October 14) 1846, Ifr. Dmm was married to Armona S. Reed, who died March 31, 1873, and to this union were bom the following children: Elma E., married to Charles Trueedall; Mary A.t married to James VanHom, and George J., recent graduate of the (jrarrettaville High School. Oarenbjeetwaa married, Felnraary 3, 1S74, on eeoond ooeaaion, to Cordelia S., widow of Dr. O. Manlej. Gkurettsville has been an incorporated village for twenty years, and ns an appreciation of Mr. Dunn's ability and judgment, the citizens have retained him as a member of the Council for eighteen years; he has also been interested in the public schools, and is a member of the School Board. In politics he is a Republican. Sir. Dnnn, in his lifctiiue, has experienced some miraculous escapes from sudden death or serious injmy. About the year 1860 he was driving an ambitious horse attached to a sulky, and while moving at a rapid rate by the farm of Zeb. Rhdolph, the father of ULrs. James A. Garfield, the animal became frightened at a load of straw, and made a sudden bound to one side, breaking the axle and throwing Mr. Dunn with such force against the fence or ground as to render him unconscious from that time, 3 o'clock P. M., till 4 o'clock A. If. the next day. Within ten days he was back to his farm duties. At another time he was clearing debris from his farm well, and the bucket, in which the dirt, etc., were drawn up, be<^ame detached from the rope when about twenty feet above him, and descended with tremendous force, just glancing off his head and inflioting an ugly incision, fractnring the frontal bone in three direutiont. In three weeks he was himself again. In October* 1888, our subject was engaged inserting blinds in a cupola of Lis barn, nod by a misstep ho fell down a three-eighth pitch roof with rufters f?hont sixteen feet long, and to the ground, a distance of twenty-seven feet hum the eave, and eleven foet from the siU. It was nearly one luynr before his hired hand found hhn in an nnconecioas condition, covered with blood, and leaning against a trough about eleven feet from where he struck the ground. The depression in the earth showed that he struck on bis toes and head, within eighteen inches apart It was the spring in bis toes whieh asTed his hsad ftram otter destraetion, and it appears as an act of Providence he received no serious injnr}'. The bones in one foot were broken, which whh his only hurt, and he is now hale and hearty.

OSMON S. F£KIiIS, attorney, GarrettsviUe, was bom in YersailleSi 'Wyandot CSo., Ohio, Jane 1, 1848) son of Osmon and Lydia (Sbmitor) Ferris, natives of Portage County, Ohio^ and who shortly after marriage removed to Wyandot County. Both are now deceased. The former, who wns b practicing physician of Mantua, Ohio, died October 10, 1884. Our subject for some time attended the Eoleetio Institnte, of Hiram, and then entered Hillsdale College, of Michigan, where he graduated in 1870. While not engaged with his studies he taught school, and in 1872 gradnated from the law schools of Cleveland, Ohio. In January of the year following he came to Garrettsville, this county, and entered upon the practice of his profession. Mr. Ferris was married Norember 9. 1876, to Miss Ellen Bhinehart, of Union, Cass Ca, Mich., bom October 9. 1S53, daughter of Samnol auH Elizabeth Khinehart, natives of Vir ginia and Ohio respoctivt ly. By this unioi! there are two sons: Arthur K., born September 4, IbTU, and Mark b., born April 27, 1884. Mr. Ferris was eleeled to the offloe of Proeeenting Attorney in 1877 and filled that office one term, during which he prosecuted the case of Ohio V8. Mathew Powers, who was convicted of manslaughter. In this ease Mr. Ferris was assisted by Allonzo Hart, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. The opposing counsel were John MeSweeney, of Wooeter, and W. B. Thomas and L T. Biddul, of Barenna. Our subject has been twice Mayor of GarrettsTille^ has also served as Clerk and Solicitor,' and is now holding his third commission as Notary. He is a member of Garrettsville Lodge, Na 246, F. & A. M.

A8BL O. HAWLEY, retired fanner, Garrettsville, was hom December 9, 1814, in Berkshire County, Mass., eldest of the family of seven children of Asel and Esther (Clark) Hawley. natives of Massachusetts, who came to this ooonty in 1829, when our subject was lifieen years of age, and settled in Freedom Township. Here Asel 0. grew to manhood, fully acquainted with the hardshipa and privations incident to pioneer life. His education was limited to what could be obtained in the common schools of that early date. Mr. Hawley was married in 1830, to Sarah M. Gross, of Grantville, Conn., who died October 5, 1874 He was married on second occasion, July 1, 1875, to Betsey Olsrk, of Collins, Erie Co.. N. T., who was bom October 2, 1831. Our subject entered upon his career in life as a farmer, and has always followed this {)ui-snit, until 1874, when he retired from active labor, and removed to Garrettsville, Ohio, the better to enjoy the fruits of a well spent life. He wss ever an eneigetic, enterprising man, and oonsidered ons of the praottcal as well as substantial farmers of Freedom Township.

N. WEIGHT LEEZER, pboto^'rapher, was born in Xoble County, Ohio, November 12, 185U, son of William C. and Sarah E. (Hill; Leezer, natives of Morgan Ooonty, Ohio, the fonner of whom ia a meohanio and pattern-maker by trade, at present engaged with his son in the photographing business. They were paronts of three children: Wright, Maud aud Ella (deceased wheu but three yean of age). The aiibjeet of onr eketeh was btooght fay his pacents Uy

Athens, Athens Co., Ohio, where he received but a common school oducation. Mr. Leezer's hrst business enterprise was manufacturini; confectionery, bat he eventually gave that up and learned photography. He hrst entered this industry in Athena Ohio. In order to perfeet himaell in the art, he soon entered a large studio at Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio. The following year he removed to Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio, where he staved for about one year, then returned to Athens, Ohio. In 1882 he came to Garrettsville, Ohio, and entered the employ of C. M. French, photographer. In 1884 he embarked in the photographing busineea for himself and has since followed the art with good cnoc<:»89. In 18S8 ho became a member of Portage Lodge, Xo. 456, I. O. O. F., and is one of the charter members of the Young Men's Temperance Conndl (S, M. T. O.). Beligiooaly he is a member of the Ck>ngregational Ohnreh. He was married August 13, 1884, to Almeda Steam, who waa bom in Salem, Ciolnmbiana Co., Ohio, October 22, 1859.

EDGAR W. AIAXSON, lawyer, Garrettsville. was bom at Troy, Geauga Co., Ohio, February 3, 1844; son of William and SalinaC. (Mnmford) Maxeun; the former a farmer by ooeopation, bom in Gonneetioni, in 1813, and who oame with his parents to this county in 1822; the latter a native of Otsego County» N. Y., where she was Iwrn in 1820. Thev had two children: Kdfrnr W.. and Victor B., a farmer now living on the old home farm in Uiram Township. William Ifaxson died September 20, 1876. The Maxaon family are of Englieb descent. Daniol !Mnxson wasoneof three brothers: Edward. John and Daniel, who carae t^> Anicricu Hbont the middle of the seventeenth century and settled in Rhode Iftland, where Joshua Maxson, the grandfather of our subject, was born. His grandmother waa a Morris, and waa a deaoendaat of a Weldi family of that name who date back to the early pioneers of New York State. Onr subject was raised on a fariTi in Hiram Township, where his parents removed while he was an infant. His time between the ages of ten and seventeen years was spent in Hiram Coll^ and in sdhool teaching. In 1868 he want to Michigan University at Ann Arbor and graduated from the Law and Literary Department in 1865, and was admitted to the bar in that State the same year. He then returned to Ohio and was shortly after admitted to the bar, but for three years following was engaged in teaohing graded sehools in Michigan and Illinois. He was married November 27, 1867, to ll^iss Elizabeth C. Mull, a school teacher by profession, and a native of Otsego Couiity, N. Y., who diod September 10, 1875, leaving to his care one daughter-Maud. Mr. Maxson tlien married, December 14, 1876, Miss Endora Lockwood, also of Otsego County, N. T., and a near relatire of his first wifa id the spring of 1868 he retnmed to (Garrettsville and entered in the ]>ractice of his profession, in which he has sinco been en'rn';e<l. Ho has been Scjlicitnr of (Tarrettsville for seven vears and has refused several oihces of honor, which at ditlerent times he has been urged by his friends to accepts He is Paat Grand of Portage Lodge, No. 456» I. O. O. F. , and an active member of Garrettsville Lodge, No. 246. F. & A. M. He has heoii c()nn( ( tt'd with the C'onj^regational Church about four years.

HENiii ^nUBLE MERWIN, produce dealer, Garrettaville, was born in New Milford, Litchfield Ca, Conn., Febmaxy 25, 1818; son of Daniel and Laura (Marsh) Merwin, who were of Welsh and English descent respectively (both now deceased) and parents of four children: Snsan A.. Abbie M., Henry N. and Amos M. The Marsh family were among the tirst settlers of New Milford, Conn. Amos Marsh, grandfather of onr subject, waa oommiasioned District Attorney of Yermont by Geoi^ Washington. Oar enbjeet was raised on a farm and received a common school edacation. He vros married November 27, 1845, to Miss Betsey N. Hino, bom Ftibnuuy 11, 1822, danghter of Isaac and Alta (Riggs) Hine^ both now deceased, all natives of New England. In 1850 Mr. Menvin removed to Newton Falls. Trumball Co., Ohio, whoro he engaged in farming for a period of twenty-two years. In 1873 he retired from farm labor and removed to Garrettsville, where he purchased a manufacturing eatablkdmMDt, formed a partoeidiip with three others, and engaged in mamtfaotnrinfif butter tubs, etc., for one vear. Since then ho has doalt more or less extf^naivoly iu produce. Mr. Merwin is serving his second term as Justice of the Jf eace. He and his wife have been consistent members of the Congregational Ghorbh for forty yean.. He is oonneeted with Portage Iiodge, N& ilO, I. O. O. F. In politica he is identified with the Republican party.

OTIS S. NEWCOMB, retired farmer, Garretsvillo, was born in Ontario County, N. Y., March 13, 1814; eldest child of Orrin and Pamelia (liobison) Kewoomb, natives of New York and Cknuieetieab re^peotively, and who had a family of twelve childrem. Orrin Newcomb, who waa an early settler of Geauga County, Ohio, a fanner ajid shoe maker by occupation, died in 1830. His widow died in 1878, a^ed eighty-iive years. Oar subject was raised on a farm and obtained a limited raneation. His panmts' removed to Geanga County, Ohio, in October, 1818, and he grew to maturity fully accjuainted with the vicissitudes of pioneer life. He entered on hia career of life 6s a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he retired from active labor and removed to Garrettsville, where he bnilt a fine reetd^oe in which he now residee. He was marrind in November, 1841, to Mary A. Wright, of Geanga County, Ohio, bom in 1819 and died in lSn4, the mother of five children: Belnh \V. (died in Perry ville, Ky., October 8, 1802); Neri. engaged in the Buckeye Works at Akron, Ohio; Wallace E. and Andrew B., farmers, Eind Aurie v., wife of W. S. Freeman. Mr. Newoomb married on seoond oeonion, October, 1804, Lucy A. Chapman, who died March 2, 1S84. leaviiig to his care two children, George A. and Gertie A. Our subject has never been a politician or ofiice seeker, but has been content with the plain home life of a farmer. He may be considered a self-made man, and was one of the practical as well as substantial farmers of Geanga Cknutj, Ohio. He is a member of Gbtfrettsville Lodj^e, F. & A. M.