Latty, Ohio

P. M. Chapman is the manager of the Keystone hub and wheel works, of Latty, Ohio. This plant was located here at a cost of 36,000, in the fall of 1889, and occupies three acres of ground. It turns out hubs in the rough, also spokes, and the expenses for the year 1890 amounted to 312.000. In the manufacture of these articles, small elm, second growth hickory and white oak are used. The main building is 30x50, with a 20x30 engine room, aud the sheds are 30x510 feet. The buildings are of a substantial kind, and the concern is a prosperous one. This enterprise is in charge of P. M. Chapman. purchaser and manager. He was born in Crawford county, Pa., December 29, 1851, the son of L. K. and Robey (Thompson) Chapman, natives of Mew York and Vermont. Mr. Chapman was educated in the common schools, and during his vacations assisted in boating on the Erie extension canal. He worked a little at carpentering, with the tools of his father, and became a fair architect, drafting the plans needed by him. He is a progressive and energetice man, attending strictly to business, and has been successful in his ealling. Mr. Chapman is a republican in polities. and has served as couneilman and on the school board. Miss Carrie Alvord, of Crawford county, Pa., became his wife on September 10,1875. She is the daughter of Henry Alvord, and was born February 4, 1857. Her father was a soldier in the late war, and died in front of Richmond. Four children, Fannie E., Charles L., Floyd M. and Arthur L., are the issue of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman. The latter is a member of the Christian church,

Passage source: Historical Atlas of Paulding County Ohio, published 1892.

George W. Cook, the genial postmaster, and dealer in general merchandise, was born in Hancock county, Ohio, Januray 2, 1844,the youngest of four sons, the offspring of Samuel and Amelia (Park) Cook. Samuel Cook first saw the light in Wayne county, February 19, 1816, and was reared to the life of a farmer. He has followed this calling through life with success. He married in his native county and here his wife died in 1844, a member of the Protestant Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Cook again married, taking as his wife, Elizabeth Baker. He removed to Allen county in 1851, and here Mrs. Cook died in 1866. After the death of his wife, Mr. Cook residect with his son until his demise, which occurred September 29, 1890. Politically he had been a whig, and later a republican. The paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1776, and served with distinction through that struggle. George W. Cook was reared in the wilderness of Allen county, receiving but a limited schooling. At eighteen years of age he enlisted on the 2d of October, 1861, at the first call for three years' men. His company was I, Fourth Ohio cavalry, and was assigned to Gen. Buell, who commanded the first engagement at Basom Creek, Ky., where soon after our subject was taken sick with the measles. He was sent to the hospital, and again, later on, joined his command at Huntsville. He was at the siege of Corinth, thenee to Huntsville, where he was taken ill with typhoid fever and sent to Nashville, and in December, 1862, he received his discharge on account of ill-health, He returned to Allen county to recuperate, and in | 1864 enlisted in the gunboat service for three years. Here he served until the close of the war, being mustered out of the army in 1865. On his return home he engaged in farming, continuing the same until 1879, when he removed to Paulding county. At the end of five years he sold his farm and engaged in merchandizing in In June, 1889, he Was appointed postmaster aid is making an efficient officer. He has boon mayor of Latty, and a member of the school board. Fraternally he belongs to the F. & A. M., No. 502, and has taken the third degree. Mr. Cook was married August 2, 1866, to Miss Cornelia Hammond, of: Miami county, Ohio. She was born Mebruary 12, 1848, and is the daughter of Andrew and Nancy (Hamilton) Hammond, natives of Scotland and Indiana. Hammond came to America when he was eighteen

Passage source: Historical Atlas of Paulding County Ohio, published 1892.

Wrexham Lewis. - One of the venerable citizens of Paulding county, Ohio, is Wrexham Lewis, who is now enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life in retirement. He was born June 27, 1812, while his father, Peter Lewis, was in the commissary department in the war of 1812. His grandfather, Noble Lewis, served seven years under Washington in the Revolutionary war. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth (Masse) Lewis. Her husband, Peter Lewis, was a hatter by trade,and in 1816 he liberated his slaves, sold his home and removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he purchased 640 acres of partly cleared land. Here his family sickened, and becoming disheartened, they returned east to Columbia where the mother died, leaving four small children. Soon after the only daughter died, and Mr. Lewis removed to Greensburgh, Penn., and here married. His children were bound out, our subject being taken by a farmer who could not teach himatrade. Soat the age of fifteen years he was taken to Pittsburg, where he was bound out to Mr. F. C. Davis and began learning the art of making chairs and ornamenting. He remained here three years and then worked asa journeyman some time for his board and washing. He painted the first canal boat which tloated down the Erie canal and also the first passenger car which crossed the mountains. He also painted the first canal boat which plied on the Wabash canal, and was owned by Mr. Frank Reinische, and the first boat built at Antwerp, of which George McCormick was the proprietor. The first grist mill in the county was erected at Junction, by Messrs. Sirenos, Most & Co., and also painted by him. Mr. Lewis worked for a while in Leesville, but was obliged to take in payment guns, watches and horses. Later he built a house, and February 4, 1840, married Margaret, the daughter of John and Isabell (Moderwell) Majors. Mrs. Lewis was born July 30, 1821, and by her marriage became the mother of Dessie, wife of John Cox; Artemus F., Stanley, Emma, now Mrs. Sylvester Emerson; Luella, wife of Dr. John Hosford, and Laura, the wife of Eli Adams. Mr. Lewis left a farm, and went to Bucyrus, where he worked at his trade,and then exchanged it for eighty acres of wild land, where the town of Latty is now situated. On arriving in Paulding county Mr. Lewis found his land covered with woods, but setting to work, he soon had a portion of it cleared and then erected a house. He lived here and then bought eighty acres just north of the town, which is still his home. Just before the railroad was built, Mr. Lewis located at Latty, in which place he laid out seventy acres and made for himself a good investment. He has been in poor health for some time and his eyes are weak. He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and, save at the election of Lincoln, his votes have always been cast in favor of the democratic candidates. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, who have lived together over fifty years, are held in the highest esteem by all who know them.

Passage source: Historical Atlas of Paulding County Ohio, published 1892.

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