Lorain City (part 8 of 77)

On the 36th of September, LS18, a new charter was issued, bearing on its face the names of Eber W. Hubbard, W. M., Ozias Long, S. W., and Ansel Keith, J. W., and from that time until the present, the order has been steadily gaining strength, until it has now a membership of one hundred and twelve. Their path has not, however, been always strewn with roses. Ill tlie extensive conflagration which prevailed in Elyria in 1853, the lodge room was consumed, and with it everytliing it contained. The records were at the house of the secretary, and were saved, but on the occasion of the second fire, in 1873, they were not so fortunate. Everything was, we believe, this time consumed. Truly they have been "tried by fire," but, like tlic Plio>nix, they have risen from the ashes, and Ijy the aid of strong and willing hands, have now the finest lodge room in the county.

The stated communications are lield at Masonic hall, in Commercial block, on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month, from October 1 to May 1, and on the second Monday, only, the remainder (jf the 3'ear.

Marshall Chapter No. 47, was granted a dispensation on the .3d day of October, 1851, upon the petition of companions A. Clark, E. AV. Hubbard, Ozias Long, M. Chapman, E. L. Warner, Wm. Hoyle,

John Sherman, F. Hubbard, and Elijah Parker. A. Clark was, by this instrument, made High Priest; E. W. Hubbard, King; and Ozias Long, Scribe. We are unable to give any thing further of tiie early work.

I, 1848, by E. W. Fitch, Deputy Grand Master, with the following charter members: N. B. Gates, P. Bliss, Russell J. Smith, Edwin A. Covvles, and E. I). Moxley. The officers on organization were: N. B. Gates, N. G.; E. A. Cowles, V. G.: E. D. Moxley,; P. and R Sec; Russell J. Smith, Treas.

On the night of its institution, the following gentlemen were admitted: J. F. Manter, L. D. Griswold, L. C. Leonard, G. D. Hayward, 0. N. Owens, B. F. Tillotson, B. F. Robinson and George E. Nichols; and on the anniversary, held thirty years subsequent, these persons were all living, and nearly all in good standing in the fraternity.

The officers for 1878 are: S. C. Cox, N. G.; James Lewis, V. G. ; Charles Cox, P. S. ; Samuel A. Raw'son, R. S. ; Henry J. Eady, Treas. Present membership, one hundred and eight. Regular meeting, Tuesday evening of each week, in Odd Fellows Hall. This lodge is in a prosjierous condition, with twenty-five hundred dollars on interest.

Excampmest. - Lorain Encampment, No. 81, was instituted on the 7th day of May, 1856, with tiie following gentlemen as charter members: N. B. Gates,

KxiGnTS OF Honor. - Anchor Lodge, No. 119, Knights of Honor, was instituted June 3, 1875, with twenty-two charter members, who were as follows: W. H. Tucker, W. L. Fay, G. H. Tyrrell, P. S. Reefy, B. McNoal, R. I. Jones, John E. Kenyon, John Blanchard, Zenas Bliss, R. E. Braman, Xenophon Peck, Thomas Tuunington, H.J. Eady, A.H. Bullock, A. F. Parsons, James E. Bronson, F. M. Whiteman, J. W. Ropp, William Crisp, W. W. Richardson, J. A. Tite and Thomas H. Liunell. The first officers were: Past Dictator, William H. Tucker; Dictator, Geo. H.

Tyrrel; Vice Dictator, F. M. Reefy; Assistant Dictator, R. E. Braman; Guide, John Kenyon; Reporter, W. L. Fay; Financial Reporter, H. J. Eady; and Treasurer, John Blanchard. Regular meetings, Thursday evenings of each week, at Odd Fellows Hall. The total memliersljip is sixty-two. The officers for 1878 were: A. H. Bullock, P. D.; W. E. Hubbell, D.; M. H. Levagood, V. D.; John Blanchard, A. D. ; R. H. Hill, Cihaplain; J. W. Ropp, Guide; John H. Faxon, Ji-., Rep.; F. M. Whiteman, F. R. ; William H. Park, Treas.; P. S. Hatter, (!uard:an(l George Butts, Sentinel.

Royal ARfANUM. - Elyria Council, No. 57, of this brotherhood, was organized February 27, 1878. The charter members were: W. L. Fay. W. H. Tucker, L. McLean, R. E. Braman, 0. Dole, Wm. II. Park, II. C. Woodruff, E. C. Perry, George G. Washburn, 0. Root, H. M. Parker, J. E. Bronson, T. S. Faxon, J. H. Faxon, Jr., W. E. Brooks, John Lersch, J. L. Cole, D. J. Peck, Ed. H. Fisher, E. A. Brush, J. I). Faxon, J. W. Ropp, Geo. C. Williams, L. B. Smith, W. S. Wilson, E. G. Johnson, D. W. Fuller, J. A. Tite, M. A. Levagood, G. H. Mapes and C. B. Clark. The first officers were: W. H. Tucker, Past Regent; yV. L. Fay, Regent; W. H. Park, Vice Regent; L. McLean, Orator; W. E. Brooks, Secretary; George G. Washburn, Collector; .1. H. Faxon, .Jr., Treasurer; W. II. Levagood, Chaplain; .1. W. Ropp, Guide; 0. Dole, Warden; and E. A. Brush, Sentinel. The officers are elected semi-annually, but as the present officers arc substantially the same as those first elected, it is unnecessary to give them. The membership is thirty-eight. The regular meetings are on Monday evenings of each week, at Odd Fellows Hall.

Syltanus Parmelt came to Elyria as early as 1833, and was engaged for several seasons in brickmaking. He excavated a hole in the rock at the east fall, some twenty feet in depth, into which a portion of the stream was turned. The water wheel was at the bottom of the excavation, which furnished the motive power for running the old red mill. Mr.' Parmely built a two-story brick dwelling house on the corner where the Beebe House now stands, the corner room of which was used as a store. He removed to Sullivan, now in Ashland county, in 1833, where he owned a large farm. He spent much time and money in efforts to secure the formation of a new county of which Sullivan should be the county seat, but failed to obtain success. He was at one time a representative to the State legislature for Lorain county. He was a man of unbounded energy and perseverance. He raised a highly respectable family, and died some ten years ago at an advanced age.

AsAHEL Parmely, from Somerset, Vt., came to Ohio, arriving in Sullivan townshiji August 7, 1817. He came with an ox team conveying his father, mother and two brothers, his wife and two children. These were Amandrin M. and Hannah, the latter of whom died on tlie road. The former in due time married Emily Thomas, of Massachusetts, and now resides on tliirty-four acres of land, lot thirty-five, Elyria towiisliip, it being the old family homestead. Mr. Parmcly, senior, came through without material incident (driving tlri family cow), until he arrived at Harrisville, now Medina county, from which point to Sullivan township there was an unbroken forest, through which he was obliged to cut a road some ten miles in length. Arriving at his destination, he made a selection of some four hundred acres of land in different sections. He located on one hundred and fifty iicres, in lot forty-seven. With the assistance of his family he prepared a cabin of puncheons, placed on stakes driven in the ground. In this the family lived for three months, when a log house was erected and the family moved in. lie remained in Sullivan until IHi'J. On the 17th of April of this year he removed to Elyria, locating on the land now occupied by his son Amandrin M. Here, after a long and peaceful life, he died .January -t, 18.59. Mrs. Parmoly died October 18, 1875. The children born in Ohio were Ashley, who lives on the old homestead in Sullivan; LoviUa H. and Rexaville E., both deceased; Freeman and Stanley M. The last two and their elder brother, Amandrin M., have pleasant homes within a stone's throw of each other. All are prosperous and valuable citizens.

William 0. Cahoon came, with his father .Joel Galloon, to Dover, Cuyahoga county, in 1810, when four years of age. He grew to manhood on his father's farm. He first came to Elyria in 1826, and worked at chopping, but did not settle in town with his family until 1831. His wife was a daughter of Judge Moses Eldred. He was a stone nuison by trade, and followed that business until his death. He owned a stone ipiarry on the east branch of the river, and a very large portion of our excellent sidewalks were put down by him. He was a model of industry, and worked until the day of his death, which occurred on the 20th of July. 1878. He was seventy-two years of age. Mr. Cahoon was for many years a leading memlier of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Harlow Wells came from Connecticut with his brother-in-law, Hezekiah Kelsey, to Elyria in 1827, and settled on the farm where he now i-esides. It was then an unbroken forest, but he cleared up the land and made himself a pleasant home. He has lived a life of (juiet industry, and now, at an advanced age, is enjoying the fruits of his labor.

Jonathan T. Parsons came also from Connecticut to Elyria in 1828. He settled on the farm on Lake avenue which ho afterwards sold to Arad Smith. He died October 31, 1838, leaving a wife and two sous, one a babe and the other five years of age.

Edson A. Griswold was born in Wintonbury, Connecticut, in the year 1805. He removed to Elyria in 1832, and bought the farm on Lake avenue on which he now resides. It was at that time a wilderness.

He has served two terms as a magistrate, and been a prosperous farmer. He has retired from active labor, and has transferred his farm to his son Arthur E. He still lives, at the age of seventy-throe, in the enjoyment of good health of body and mind.

Arad Smith, of Amherst, Mass., married Miss Salome Elmer, of Virginius, Vt., in 1799. He removed to St. Lawrence county, N. Y., where he remained till 1833, when he came to Elyria and purchased the farm of Jonathan T. Parsons, lots thirty-seven and thirty-three, west of the river, sixtysix acres now occupied by his son Stephen Smith. He died in 1859, his wife having died in 1827. He was the father of thirteen children, five of whom are living. Stephen Smith has added to the old homestead, and now has one hundred and fifty-five acres.

Col. William Gregg, from Londonderry, N. IL, married Hannah Jewett, of Stratham, N. II. They came to Elyria in 1834, and settled on the ridge road south of Arad Smith. Col. Gregg died August 31, 1874, at an advanced ago. He was a valuable citizen. The children were William B., who married Mary Ann Bailey; they reside on the old homestead; Henry B. died in 1839; John died in California. Mrs. Gregg, relict of Col. G-regg, is still living, at the age of seventy-five.

Ebenezee Whiton came to Elyria from Lee, Mass. We are unable to give the time of his arrival. He was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas at its first session, which commenced August 12, 1824, and held the office until the time of his death, which occurred August 31, 1834. He purchased lots sixtytwo and sixty-three, and built the house nest west of Mrs. Haines, which is still occupied.

Ebenezek Griffith came from Allegany county, N. Y., to Elyria, in 1827, and in company with his | brother, Luther N. Griffith, purchased the hotel built by George Douglas, then standing on the site of the present Union Block. After a few years the brothers dissolved, and Reuben Nichols (who came with his family from Vermont) became the partner of Mr. Griffith. They soon erected a new brick hotel on the same ground, called the Mansion House.

This was considered a fine building for that day. It was two stories in height, with a veranda occupying the entire front, supported by massive columns. This hotel was kept by the parties for many years, and was the best in town until the erection of the Becbe House. Mr. Griffith filled the office of sheriff for one or two terms, and other positions of honor and resi)Ousibility. He raised a family of eight children, five of whom are living. Of these, two only reside in Elyria, viz: Lomida M., wife of S. Bod well, and Arvilla L., wife of Ira B. Sekins. Mr. Griffith died in December, 1866.

history. Ue was) the son of Moses Eldred, who settled two miles east of tiie village in 1813, and for many years kept a hotel. The subject of this sketch, t hough a boy of sixteen, was for a short time a soldier ill the warof 1813. After Hall's surrender of Detroit, tiiore was great alarm among the pioneer settlers along the south shore of Lake Erie. They were but few in number, and their dwellings were isolated and scattered. The British had induced all or nearly all of the Indian tribes of the west to become their allies. The savage murder of defenceless families was a common occurrence.

The ])eople of Ridgeville, with their wives and little ones, fled through the forest, driving their live stock, and took refuge in a log fort that had been built in Columbia. Young Eld red's father had been severely wounded in a skirmish with the Indians on the Peninsula, and was borne from the field to the late Joshua R. (liddings. It was under these circumstances that the boy Eldred went to the front and commenced the life of a soldier. The capture of the British fleet by Commodore Perry, on Ltike Erie, soou after relieved the pioneer settlers of all their fears, and those who had joined the army returned to their homes. .

The first brick manufactured in Elyria were made by Mr. Eldred. The fii'st land sold in the townshiji was purchased by him; the first clearing was made by him; the first frame building raised without the aid of whisky was his. He was one of the first members of the Methodist Episcopal church in this place, and has continued a faithful member to the present time.

Ransom Redington was the son of Eliphalet Rediugtou, who removed from Massachusetts and settled in South Amherst, in this county, at an early day. He came to this township as early as 1819, then a young man. He was for several years a clerk in the store of Thompson Miles, and afterward a partner. He was also in partnership with Raymond Starr, after Mr. Miles retired from business. In 1833 or '33, he opened a dry goods store in the Ely Block, and continued in trade for eight or ten years, when he sold out. In 184:3, he, in company with Charles Parsons, iiliened a book store - the first in Elyria. In 1844, they sold out to E. C. Oriswold, who continued the business until 1877. Mr. Redington, for the rest of his life, was engaged principally in the law book trade through Northern Ohio. At the same time, he purchased of miscellaneous books for himself and friends every book that was rare, ancient or valuable, and many choice pictures and works of art. There is scarcely a pleasant home in this part of the State that is not adorned with pictures of his selection. He possessed remarkable taste in making such selections. He was also au amateur in the cultivation of choice flowers, and supplied himself and friends with the choicest bulbs and flower seeds. The influence of such a life for good in any community can hardly be over-estimated. He was a profound thinker, and speculated much on theological subjects. He was married in 1836, to Miss Pamelia Manter, sister of Dr. Manter, who is still living at the age of seventyeight, in full possession of her faculties of mind and memory. She is a highly cultured Christian lady, and, with Mr. A. Bcebe, is the only remaining pioneer of this township. Mr. Redington died May 9, 1870, aged seventy years.

Medical History

Dr. John P. Butler must have come to Elyria as early as 1819, as he was a voter at the first election in the township in 1830. We are unable to state the place of his nativity, and only know that he was a graduate of the Fairfield Medical College, in Herkimer county, N. Y. He was a man of fair attainments, and a faithful, attentive physician, thoroughly devoted to his calling. Families who employed him had great confidence in his skill, and cherish his memory. He removed to his farm in Ridgeville, where he continued in the practice of his profession for many years. He died in 1858.

Dr. Augustus Wolcott came to Elj'ria, also, in 1819, and practiced his profession for several years. He too graduated at the Fairfield Medical School. He retired from practice and settled on his farm in Sheffield in 1839. He was a man of close observation and sound judgment, and his prognosis in a case of disease, in the opinion of his patrons, settled the question of life or death. He died of cancer of the face May 17, 1841, aged sixty-one years.

Dr. Nathan Manter was born at Ashfield, Mass., August 23, 1793. His father, Di-. Francis Manter, died eai'ly, leaving him to the care of a devoted mother, who carefully trained him for a life of usefulness. The love and care of this faithful mother were met by the filial affection of the son, which was strikingly manifested during the whole course of her life. Dr. Manter was educated at the Fairfield Academy, in Herkimer county, N. Y. He pursued ills medical studies with his uncle. Dr. Nathan Harwood, of that State. When he had completed the usual course of study, he came to Ohio, then almost a wilderness, and settled in Euclid, Cuyahoga county, in 1815. Here he secured a successful practice, and remained until 1834, when he removed to Elyria. In 1833, he married Miss Susan Miles, mother of his four children, who died November 39, 1836. She was a devoted wife, a tender and careful mother, and a faithful Christian. He afterward married Mrs. Pamelia Clapp, who died July 39, 1848. Dr. Manter was fortunate in both of his marriages; he was happy in his domestic relations. Pure refinement and affection characterized his home life.

He had an extensive practice, and for many years was recognized as the leading physican in this section of the country. He was a skillful surgeon, and did most of the business in that branch of his profession until younger men relieved him, by his own request, in the more difficult and delicate operations. We quote

"After continuing in what is called regular practice for more than thirty years, Dr. Manter gradually changed to the system of Hanneman. Tliis change, while it deprived liim of the professional sympathy of his former medical associates, did not deprive him of the personal friendship or esteem of any one of them; whatever reasons or motives others may be supposed to have for a similar change, no one doubted the conscientiousness of Dr. Manter. Two years before his death he was striclcen with paralysis. This attack was doubtless ijrought on by the death of his son. Col. Franl; H. Planter, in the army. During his two years of suffering he e-vliiliited a remarkable degree of patience ami resignation. He was tenderly cared for by his children, who witli devoted affection ministered to every want. He died February 10, ISiJfJ, aged 73. Dr. Manter was a close student during his whole professional life, and was thoroughly conversant with the medical literature of his day. He was a man of close observation, and faithful in his attention to his patients. His mind was not distracted by political ambition or disturlied by outside intluences. He was notouly " the good physician " to most of tlie early inliabitants of the village, but their confidential friend. He was genial and courteous in his manner, polite and dignified in liis social intercourse with all. In short he was an accomplished christian gentleman of the old school. For more than thirty years he was an influential member of the Presbyterian church, and by his life he ailorned his profession.''

Dr. Samuel Strong was educated at the Fairfield Medical School in the State of New York, and removed to Brownhelm in this county, about the year 1S;JS. After two years of successful practice he changed liis residence to Amherst, where he remained about two years. In 18.33 he removed to Elyria and formed a co-partnership with Dr. N. II. Manter. This connection continued six or eight years, wiion it was dissolved. He continued in jiractice in Elyri;i until his decease. He died March 20, 1850, aged forty-four years.

Dr. Strong was in many respects a remarkaljle man. He was an enthusiast in his profession and obtained a reputation for carrying tlirougli safely apparently hopeless cases of disease. He iiursiied tlie heroic plan of treatment, and would sit l)y the bedside of important and dangerous cases for wliole days and nigiits watching the course of disease and the effect of remedies, and in this way would generally carry them througii in safety. He was a decided optimist, always looking on the bright side. This led him into some unfortunate speculations, but he enjoyed the respect of the community and tlie love of his friends while he lived. He was warm-hearted and generous, and seemed to enjoy more jileasure in performing acts of kindness for others than in promoting his own interests. He lefta widow and two children. Mrs. Strong afterwards became the wife of Mr. Otis Briggs, and is still living. His daughter, Carrie, married Mr. Edwin Mns.sey, who was for a long time a merchant in Amherst. His son, Samuel, has for many years been at the head of the great wholesale drug house in Cleveland of the firm of Strong, Cobb & Co.

Dii. Asa B. Brown, a native of Vermont, and a graduate of Berkshire Medical Ci)llege, settled in Elyria, in IX'-Vl, ;inil soon Imilt up a respectable practice. In the fall of 183-1. having lost his young and beautiful wife and feeling gre;itly depressed, he retired from practice, and soon after took charge of the Elyria High School. He conducted this school for several }'ears, when he removed to the State of Michigan, where he soon died. Dr. Brown was a man of more than ordinary ability. Had he adhered to his profession he would doubtless have ri.sen to eminence.

Dr. Kiciiard L. Howard was the successor of Dr. Brown in the practice of his profession in Elyria. lie was born in Andover, Vt., in the year 1809.

At the age of seventeen his father died, and he was left with the care of a widowed mother. With that indomitable energy which characterized his whole life, he discharged the new responsibilities with \iv\\- dence and entire success. He began the study of medicine when ([uite young, and graduated with honor at the Berkshire Medical College at the age of twentytwo years. He moved to Windham, Portage county, and commenced the practice of his profession, and on the retirement of Dr. Brown from jiractice in 1834, he came to Elyria and took his place. He soon gained ;i large practice both as a physician and surgeon, and remained in Elyria until 1844, when he removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he soon secured a leading practice. He was mainly instrumental in establishing the Starling Medical College in that city, of which he became Professor of Surgery. The late Lyne Starling, a wealthy citizen, donated the munificent sum of thirty thousand dollars, which, with an additional amount, mainly furnished by Dr. Howard, was e.Kpended in the erection of that beautiful college building which now adorns the Capital City.

During the time he occupied the chair of surgery, he visited France, and spent some time in the famous hospitals of Paris. He returned, richly laden with the hitest improvements in modern surgery. He died in the iirime of life, at Coluniljus, .January 16, 1854. He was, for several years, considered the leading surgeon in Central Ohio, and was an excellent teacher. Until his health f:iiled, he edited the Ohio Medical and Surf/ii-al Journal. Dr. Howard w;is. in many respects, a remarkable man. Not naturally Itrilliant, he made it up by his indomitable energy and perseverance, lie was ambitious, but his ambition run only in the line of his chosen ju'ofession. He placed his standard high, and turned neither to the right nor left until he had reached the object sought. He had accumulated a hiindsome ]iroperty, which he left to his widow and children.

Dr. Eber W. Hubbard was a graduate of the Fairfield Medical College. He located in La Grange, near the time of its first settlement, and had a large practice in that and adjacent townships. He removed to Elyria, in 1838, and from that time until 1853, when not in public life, practiced in his ])rofi'ssion. He was one of the associate judges of this county, for six years, before he settled in Elyria. He was three times elected to the lower branch of the general assembly, and was an able and influential member. He served for three years as bank commissioner, ami the same length of time as fund commissioner. While

The falsity of old proverbs or trite sayings are often shown in the history of men. " A prophet is not without honor except in his own country" is altogether wrong, as applied to Dr. Edwin C. Perry.

Abel R. Perry and Lucy Ackley moved into Ohio, from Ferrisburg, Vt., in 1833, settling at Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio. Mr. A. R. Perry removed to Elyria in 1854. His family embraced six children, all of whom are dead except the fiflli (whose genial face heads this article). He yet remains, with his wife, at Elyria, a respected citizen, and justly proud of the success of his remaining child.

Dr. E C. Perry was born at Ridgeville, as above, Jan. 20, 1840. The doctor owes much to the "New England energy" that made and moulded so much Lorain County character.

His mother, in the early life of her son, gave him the liome teachings of Mrs. Adelia Ferris, who was more competent than the common-school teacher. This, however, was but limited, and not until the removal of his father did he get much educational privilege.

Under the teachings of Mr. Oatman, Mills, and others, at the Union School of Elyria, he distinguished himself as a scholar, graduating with honors. Soon looking the " problem of life" in the face, he determined to become a physician. Reading medicine in Elyria the proper time, he attended the full course of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio. With high standing he graduated Feb. 6, 1861, at the early age of twenty-one. Commencing at once the high function of a physician, in spite of any and every prejudice, so often existing in all communities against the " boy" who essays his marh, he was not long in gaining his reputation of a " careful healer," - one whose mere kindly presence ever brings relief to the sufferer.

Dr. Perry was married May 30, 1871, to Eliza Holbrook, daughter of Dexter and Jerusha Pomeroy Holbrook, both of New Fane, Windham Co., Vt. Mrs. Perry's parents, at an early day, moved into Pittsfield, Lorain Co., Ohio, removing to Elyria, where they now reside.

Dr. Perry, with justifiable pride, remembers that his wife, on the mother's side, was a great-grandchild of General Pomeroy, who, at the battle of Bunker Hill, stepped into the place of General Warren as he was slain ; and on the father's side, great-grandchild of Mr. Holbrook, who was with General Ethan Allen at the surrender of Ticonderoga.

Not conforming always to the rule of his particular school, Dr. Perry is everywhere an eclectic in its broadest sense. Ever ready to consult with the disciples of other schools, he lives to learn from all that which shall enable him to become of greatest service to his fellow-man in his profession.

As a citizen, be is notably charitable. During the war of the Rebellion he procured a man to fill his place in the field. He is ever ready to lend a helping hand to all Elyria's improvements. He is the medical examiner of Council No. 57 of the Royal Arcanus of Elyria. Possessing a reputation unsullied by any act as a man, private or professional, he is a living example of one of Elyria's present self-made men.

Dk. Chakles P. Gushing

The early annals of Scituate, Mass., show on their records frequently the name of Gushing. Francis Gushing was born at Scituate, and was a ship-builder. To him was given the honor of being one of the master-builders of the United States ship of war the "Old Gonstitution." Gharles, his son, followed the calling of a farmer ; was born at Scituate, and married Miss Sally R. Thayer, whose ancestors were of the Turner family, a name so common to the antiquarian who studies the early history of New England. Gharles and his wife, Sally R., were the parents of ten children, one of them. Dr. C. F. Gushing, being born in 1829.

His early life was that of the average New England boy ; work on the farm, the common school, and three months' study in the select school found him seventeen years of age. Then buying his time of his father for one hundred dollars, the next four years were spent in work as he found it, now on the form and again as a school teacher. Funds thus earned repaid the debt to his father, and were used for better educational privileges at Lewiston Falls, Maine.

Now with the world before him, the vocation of teacher was pursued by him at the South for three years, - years of much pleasure and of mental profit to him.

The spring of 1854 gave to him a new home, and greater opportunities of self-improvement. With the exception of a short visit to the East, the following five years were passed in California. Varied was his experience there : now in the city, now at the diggings, now proprietor of a hotel in the mountains ; again, in connection with a friend, a tract of land is taken up, fenced, prepared, and planted with fruittrees and the grape-vine. This contract was made between the friends : " He who first marries, to him shall this property belong." The friend gained the " ranche," Elyria won her courteous physician.

Mr. Gushing commenced the reading of medicine with Dr. Norman, of Suisun Valley, Galifornia. These readings were completed with Dr. John Wheeler, at Gleveland,

Soon after taking up his residence in Elyria he engaged in the practice of his profession ; his first two winters, however, being spent at Cleveland, where, at his Alma Mater, he was demonstrator of anatomy, virtually filling that chair,

Commencing at Elyria as an exponent of the Hahnemann idea of medicine, - an idea yet unpopular with the many, - slow but sure was his steady progress in his profession, and marked was the esteem he daily gained as a citizen. This esteem showed itself in this way. Requested in 1862 to form a company of " squirrel hunters," with alacrity did he respond. Many a young man of Elyria will ever remember his departure from Elyria ; the camp of weeks' duration upon Gen. W. H. Harrison's old homestead ; the thanks with which Governor Tod sent them homa under Captain Gushing, who as captain, physician, and friend performed those various duties so well.

In 1866 he wedded Miss Mary L. Hayward, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Thus did the grandson of the builder of the " Old Constitution" become the husband of the granddaughter of Mr. Lyman Knowles, who, at the request of " Boston's solid men," built, at Amherst, Mass., the famous carriage for General Jackson from the historical timbers of said " Old Gonstitution." Of this marriage little Charlie alone remains to make the parents' home gladsome, two little sisters having passed away.

Now in the full vigor of manhood, with ever-increasing practice ; honored by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company with the position of surgeon of said road, after the death of the late Dr. E. P. Haines, which position was filled by Dr. Gushing until general order abolishing such office ; with the most courteous relations existing between himself and brother physicians, no matter of how different schools ; with the respect of all, as citizen and physician, he lives one of Elyria's prominent men.

Frederick S. Reefy

Frederick S. Reefy* was liorii in the village of Boezingen, at the foot of tlie Jura, in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 1, 1833, and the following year emigrated with his parents to the United States, and located on a farm near Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio. Here he spent iiis early boyhood, the summers at work upon the fields, and the winters at school, where he received his rudimentary education in the English language, and was instructed to read and write the German by his parents. Being of a studious habit, he took at an early age the first rank in his classes, and in a few years mastered the branches taught in the district schools. In the fifteenth year of his age the family moved to Tuscarawas County, near Wilmot. Here four more years were spent on the farm and at school, when he began teaching in the winter, and during the summer pursued the higher branches of education. This course, alternating as a teacher and student, continued seven years; and having acquired his education mainly by his own

In the spring of 1860, Mr. Reefy went West, and located at Roanoke, Ind., where he organized the Roanoke Educational Society, and by its aid founded Roanoke Seminary. In 1862 he married Miss Mary Shearer. He remained at the head of the seminary eight years, during which time it was one of the most popular schools in Northern Indiana. In addition to his educational labors at the seminary, he served part of this time as superintendent of the sub-district .schools of Huntington County. On account of failing health, in 1868, he quit teaching for a time, and subsequently moved to Bluffion, Indiana, and organized the graded .schools of that place, and remained in charge as superintendent until 1872, when he resigned, and with his family moved to Elyria, and became editor and proprietor of the Elyria Constitution.

As a political writer Mr. Reefy is conscientious, bold, and vigorous. He criticises severely and commends generously. In the descriptive, his pen delineates the picturesque and beautiful in nature with happy effect.

he was acting in the latter capacity, the legislature authorized a loan of three million dollars, at seven joer cent interest, provided Ohio bonds could be sold at par. For some time, the bonds of the State had been wortli but tifty cents on the dollar, in the New Y^ork market. Under these discouraging circumstances. Dr. Hubbard and the late Governor Brough (then auilitor of State,) proceeded to New York and Boston, and in six weeks negotiated for tlie entire amount. On reaching the city, they issued a pamphlet, showing the wealth and resources of Ohio, and the additional fact that, she had never failed jjromptly to pay the interest on her bonds when due.

In 1851, Dr. llubliard removed to Tottenville, Staten Island, where he continued in practice until the time of iiis death, in 1873, at the age of seventythree years.

Dr. Hubbard was a man of much more than ordinary ability. He was not only well versed in liis jirofession, but as a scientist, he enjoyed, to a consideraljle extent, a national reputation. He did not commence tlie study of the national sciences until he was forty years of age, and engaged in the jn-actice of a laborious profession, and yet he became thoroughly familiar witli the liotany of this country, was well posted in geology and mineralogy, and as a conchologist had one of the finest collections of fresh water and marine shells in the country. His cabinet attracted visitors from a distance, and they were amply repaid for their trouble. He was genial and pleasant in the discharge of his jirofessional duties, and liis l)resence in the sick room was cheering, and added much to his success in the treatment of his patients.

Dk. NoKToif S. TowNSHENi) is still living and in the midst of his usefulness. AVe do not feel competent to write a sketch of his life and do him justice. We sliall briefly recapitulate the important positions he lias held, witliout much comment. His father emigrated from England to this country when Norton - an only child - was fourteen years of age, and settled in Avon, in this county, on the beautiful farm which the doctor still owns. What advantages for obtaining an education he enjoyed before coming to Oliio, we do not know; but, after the family settled in Avon, his labor was needed on the farm, so that he never found time to attend even the district schools of that day. Perhaps he did not need the aid of teachers as most' persons do. His mind was capable of grasping and mastering any branch of study that lay in his way. We first heard of him as a well grown boy aiding in organizing a literary society and then a book club among the young people of his own age, and the influence for good, especially of the reading club, is felt in Avon to this day.

In 1837, lie entered the office of Dr. R. L. Howard, in Elyria, as a student of medicine. He was then about twenty-one years of age. In the fall and winter of that year he attended a course of medical lectures in Cincinnati. He returned to Elyria in the spring, and continued his studies until the fall of 1839, and, after attending a course of lectures at the College of Pliysicians and Surgeons in New York, graduated in the spring of 1840. He immediately sailed for Europe and spent tiie succeeding year and a half in attending the hospitals of Paris, London, Edinburgh and Dublin. At the close of this time he returned to Ohio, and, for a short time, practiced medicine in Avon.

In 1843, he was married to ]\Iiss Harriet Wood, an estimable lady, and moved to Elyria. Here, as everywliere, his influence was felt. He took a prominent part in organizing and carrying on the Elyria Natural History Society, and delivered more and better lectures before that society than any other person. Whenever a lecturer failed to aj^pear. Dr. Townshend was called on to fill the place, and he was always ready to deliver a most interesting and instructive lecture. While in practice he performed a number of cajtital surgical operations, such as lithotomy, amputations of the thigh, shoulder, etc.

In 1848, Dr. Townshend was elected to the house of representatives of the State by the free soil party. It so happened that he and the Hon. John F. Morse, of Lake county, were the only free soilers elected, and that they held the balance of power between the whig and democratic parties. They used this power to great advantage, and, with the aid of the democracy, secured the repeal of the odious "black laws," which had disgraced the statute book of Ohio for many years. They also secured the election of Salmon P. Chase to the United States senate - which was the beginning of his public life - as well as the ajipointment of several other anti-slavery men, to prominent l)ositions in the State. The doctor was understood to be the controlling spirit in bringing about these results.

In 1850, Dr. Townshend was elected a member of the constitutional convention which formed our present excellent constitution, and occupied a prominent position in that body. In the fall of that year he was elected a member of the thirty-second congi-ess. Being a young man and an abolitionist, he was cut by the lordly slaveholders, who then had a controlling influence in congress. Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina, condescended to attack him in a speech on the floor, to which the doctor replied; and it is said that after the reply the gentleman from North Carolina was known as "the late Mr. Stanley." At the end of his congressional term he was nominated for re-election, but the democracy had so gerrymandered his district that he was defeated.

In 1853, he was elected to the State senate. During the session, he introduced a bill to establish an asylum for imbecile children and youth. It passed at the next session, and he was appointed a member of the l)oard of trustees, which position he held, by reappointment, until 1878.

In 1858, while living on his farm, in Avon, he was elected a member of the State board of agriculture, and, by re-election, this office was held by him for

In 18t)3 lie was appoiiitoil, bj' President Lincoln, a medical ins[)ector in llio army, with the rank of colonel of cavaliy, which position lie held until the close of the war.

In 1870, he labored earnestly and successfully to secure the passage of a law to establish an agricultural and mechanical college for this State, and when the bill passed, he was apjiointed a trustee.

In 1873, when the college buildings were comi^leted, and the institution ready to be opened, he accepted a professorship, and removed with his family to Columbus. He is still an honored and useful member of the faculty.

In the winter of 1854, his first wife died, leaving a son and daughter. He was subsequently married to Miss Margaret A. Baily, of Clarksburg, Virginia, who is a highly cultured and excellent lady, and makes the doctor's home very pleasant.

Few men in Ohio can show such an honorable record, and few have done more to promote the general welfare of the people. Dr. Townshend is yet in the prime of life, possesses a robust constitution, and has, we trust, many years of usefulness before him.

Dr. Edwin Kellet came to Elyria in 1840, and soon secured a good practice. He was thoroughly educated in his profession, was gentle and courteous in his manners, warm in his friendships, and pure in his morals. He married a daughter of William M. Beebe, of Hudson, Ohio. Pulmonary consumption, that insatiable messenger of death, soon made him its victim. He spent a winter in Florida, without any permanent benefit, and, in a year or two, he passed away, greatly lamented in this community, where he had many friends.

Dk. Jamin Strong w;is born in Parma, Monroe county. New York, November 27, 1825. From the age of five until twelve he attended school in iiis native village, most of the time. After his ])areuts removed to Sheffield, in this county, in 183S, he attended the common schools, and was assisted in his studies, during the intervals, by his sister, who was a teacher. For one year previous to his entering upon the study of medicine, he studied Latin, botany and chemistry. He entered the office of Dr. Eber W. Hubl)ard, in Elyria, as a student, in the spring of 1846. After attending three courses of lectures at the medical department of the Western Reserve College, he graduated at that institution, in 1840. He immediately thereafter commenced practice in Elyria, and continued in successful business until 1870.

representatives of the general assembly of Ohio, which office he resigned in June, 1870, at which time he was appointed sjiecial agent of tbo post office department, and resigned the same in September, 1875.

It will be seen that Dr. Strong has filled many positions of honor and trust, aiul in every position he has done credit to himself, and greatly benefited the public. In his present difficult and responsible office, having the care of nearly six hundred unfortunates who are deprived of reason, he has united firmness with gentleness and kindness in a remarkable degree, and has manifested a high degree of administrative ability.

Sketches Of Former Residents Of Elyria

In the year 1855, there were in the Elyria High School a class of boys who will be long remembered 1)V our older citizens as the brightest and most intelligent of any who have passed through our union schools. Their names are: Charles C. Goodwin, Osceola Bliss, Henry Joy, Thomas J. Boynton and Charles C. Parsons. They organized a school lyceum, and their debates and other exercises attracted the attention iind admiration of many of the best cultured minds in this community.

Charles C. Goodwin, after doing good service as an officer in the Union army, during the war of the rebellion, went into business at its close, in Jackson, Mich., where he now resides.

Osceola Bliss opened a drug and apothecary store \ also in Jackson, where he made nuiuy friends, and enjoyed the confidence and regard of the entire community. He died young, leaving a wife and daughter, greatly lamented by his friends and ac([uaintances.

Thomas J. Boynton was the son of John H. Boynton, Esq., and was born in Amherst, August 31, 1838. When twelve years of age, he removed with his father's family to Elyria, and was educated in our union schools. He studied law with the Hon. L. A. Sheldon, and was admitted to the bar when twenty i years of age. He opened an office in St. Joseph, Missouri, and during the winter of 1858-50, was a correspondent of the Missouri Democrat. His letters attracted much attention on account of their ability and brilliancy. In March, 1861, he was appointed by President Lincoln marshal of the southern district of Florida. This office he filled with prudence and ability for two years, when in 1863, on the resignation of Judge Marvin, he was appointed United States jndge for the above district. It is believed that "he was the youngest person ever appointed to that position in the liistory of this country." He discharged liis duties with eminent satisfaction until 1809, when failing liealth compelled him to resign. He hoped that a change of climate would result in the restoration of liis health. He spent most of liis time, after his resignation, among the mountains in the western territories, but without receiving any benefit. His disease - which was a bony tumor pressing upon the brain - steadily progressed. He submitted to an operation for its removal, at the Bellevue Hospital, in New York. The operation was performed by the celebrated surgeon, Dr. AVood, and for ten days there seemed a fair prospect for his recovery; but at the end of that time, inflammation set in, which soon destroyed his life. His parents reached his bedside while he was able to recognize them, but was unable to speak. He died on tiie ad of May, 1871, aged thirty-two years. His remains were brought to this village for interment.

This is a brief history of the brief life of an estimable young man, but how precions is his memory to his family and surviving friends. Pew young men liave left such a record. Perhaps none liave done more lienor to the town where he was raised and educated. The following are the closing paragraphs of an obituary notice published in the Missnuri Democrat :

"Judge Boynton was a man of remarkable promise. He was unusually talented, and if health and the ability to use his faculties had been granted him, he would doubtless have achieved a wide reputation. He was an earnest and eloquent speaker and a peciiliarly facile and vigorous writer. When but twenty-one years of age he was employed as a campaign speaker in New York, and the same year was appointed to welcome Governor Seward to St. Joseph, on the occasion of his visit to that city. He was for several years an able and always interesting correspondent of the Misaotiri Democrat. His early demise will be deeply regretted by a very large circle of warm friends."

0H.4.RLES Carroll Parsons was the son of Jonathan Trumbull and Mary C. Parsons, wlio removed from Bloomfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, to Elyria, in 1827, and settled on tlie farm now owned by Stephen Smith. Mr. Parsons died October 31, 1838, and tlie subject; of this sketch, tlien a babe six months old, witli his mother and a brotiier aged five years, became members of the family of his uncle, Dr. Griswold. His mother married the Rev. William IJutlin, after tliree or four years, but Charley, as we loved to call him, remained most of the time in the family of his uncle, who considered him a foster son. He was educated in our public scliools, and was distinguished as a briglit, active boy, and an excellent scholar. In 1857 he was appointed by Judge Bliss (who was then in Congress) a cadet at West Poiut. He graduated in 1861, and was at once commissioned a first lieutenant and assigned to the Fourth regiment U. S. artillery. He served a few months in the mountains of West Virginia, and then joined Gen. Buell's troops, who by a forced march reached the battle field of Shiloh at the close of the first day's battle, when the Union troops were defeated and greatly demoralized. Gen. Buell's troops crossed the river as soon as possible, the army was rallied and before morning took their position for the second day's battle. Lieut. Parsons commanded a battery of U. S. troops in that battle, wliich resulted in a victory for tlie Union army, and the next day a detail of officers was a})pointed to examine as to the execution of his battery, who reported a hundred and fifty dead rebels on tlie field killed by his guns. For distinguished lu'avery in this action he was promoted and made a captain. In the early summer he obtained a " leave of absence," returned north and was married to Miss Celia Lippett, of Brooklyn, New York. Returning to duty he reached Louisville, where he found communication with his battery cut off by the rebel General Bragg. General Terrel, then in command, made a detail of two hundred men from the raw troops of the infantry regiments, and ordered them to report to Capt. Parsons for duty. Out of this material he organized an eight gun battery. He commanded this battery at Perryville. Gen. Jackson, his division commander, and Gen. Terrel, who commanded a brigade, were killed almost at his side. His men, though raw, seem to have been brave, as forty of them were killed or wounded. The rest, with the regiment su]iportiiig the battery, retreated. His horses were nearly all killed and still Capt. Parsons stood by his guns. It was emphatically a one man tuittery.

At this juncture a column of rebel trooi>s advanced to take the battery, and the Cajitain with his face to the enemy, retreated backwards. A hundred guns were raised to shoot him, but the rebel officer, admiring his bravery, ordered them not to fire, and the two officers, giving each other the military salute, Capt. Parsons walked deliberately away. The next morning he re-took part of his battery. For distinguished bravery in this battle he was breveted major. His next battle was that of Stone River. Gen. Palmer (since (iovernor of Illinois) says of him: "During the whole day I regarded the battery under command of Capt. Parsons as my right arm. My orders to Parsons were simple: 'Fight where you can do the most good !' Never were orders better obeyed.'' For this battle he was breveted lieutenant-colonel of the regular army. Soon after this battle he went to New York to submit to a surgical operation and soon after was detailed as an instructor at the West Point Military Academy, where he remained until the close of the war, at which time he was ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he served for two years, part of the time on the plains, when he was again ordered to to West Point as a teacher. While there he became acquainted with Bishop Quintard of the diocese of Tennessee, under whose guidance he began the study of theology. He resigned his position in the army and repaired to Memphis, Avhere he took holy orders in 1870. He was for a time I'ector of St. Mary's in

Memphis, but was soon called to St. Mary's in the lliglilaiuls, at Cold Sprinij, opposite to West Point, lie served the ehurcli faithfully and acceptably for about two years, when he was called to the Churcli of the Holy Innocents, at Hoboken, N. J. He served here for three years, when the death of his l)eioved wife niakinn; a residence at that i>laee i>ainrul to him, lie returned to Memphis, and became canon of SI. Mary's cathedral. Here he labored witli the zeal and earnestness, which had characterized his whole life, mil ill hat fatal scoMr^-e (yellow fever) which made iMem|)liis a eharnel house, took possession of that doomed city. At the commencement of the disease, and before it became epidemic, he sent his wife and two children (lie had re-married in Memphis) to friends in the country, hut he remained faithful at the [)ost of duty, laboriutj night and day in comforting the sick and administering tiie consolations of religion to the dying. We quote from an article published in the Chicago Trlbiiue, written by a former comrade:

" A man of polished intellect, of beautiful soul, the possessor of every f^race, Parsons seemed to have been created for the sweet olltiees of charity and friendship. From the outbreak of the plague until he became one of its victims he had been constantly l^usied, {as he wrote me a few days aj?<>} " in earing for the dead, the dying and forsaken," He has been winning the useful victoi-ies of peace; he has stood by his gnus, hni alas, the invisible enemy, less generous than the visilile, has not held his tire."

" He looked death calmly in the face, and when his turn came, died as a true soldier of Christ, at his post of duty. Let no one sorrow over such a death. It rounds out in full perfection the record of a hero's courage and a martyr's steadfastness."

Col. Fr.vniv II. Manter was the son of the late Dr. Nathan H. Manter, and was born in Elyria, December 31, 1^34. lie spent his boyhood here, and, at a suitable age, entered the Western Reserve College, at Hudson, where he remained two years. He then, at the age of twenty, took charge of an academy at or near Natchez, Miss., for about two years, when he removed to St. Louis, Mo. He soon obtained the position of clerk of one of the courts, and, while discharging the duties of that office, studied law and was admitted to the btir. On retiring from otliee, he opened a law office and soon obtained a leading practice. He was for a time president of the city council, in which i)osition "he diligently and intelligently served his constituents." AVe (piote from the proceedings of a meeting of the "St. Louis bar" convened immediately after his death:

"Wlien the clouds which have since burst in storm over our land, began to gather and give sign of the approaching tempest, he was prompt among the foremost to promote the organization of those bodies to which the successful resistance of St. Louis to the efforts of secession in the spring of 1S6J. was mainly due."

With feelings of sorrow and regret the general commanding announces to the troops of this department the untimely death of Col. F. H. M inter, chief of staff. He died at two o'clock this morning from an injury received try the falling of his horse. He survived the fatal accident but a few hours, and breathed bis last suri-oimded by his military friends and comi>anions. Col. Manter's military career, which commenced at the commencement of this rebellir)n, reflects great credit upon his character as an officer. He was energetic in raising troops to st-ay the rebellion in Missouri lmme<liately after the Camp Jackson affair, and first tlistinguished himself on the battle-field at Wilson's Creek, as first lieutenant in the First Missouri infantry, having previously participated in the skirmish at Boonesville. After the battle of Wilson's Creek, his regiment was transferred to the artillery service, and he was promoted to the command of Battery A, which served in Gen. Steele's division during the first campaign into .\rkansas, and acquired a reputation for discipline and efficiency, which no volunteer battery in the west had at that time acquired. In the summ r of 1862 he was pnimoted to the conunand of the Thirty-.second Missouri infantry, and commanded his regiment in the a.ssaidt on Chickasaw Ba.vou, and at Arkansas Post in Blair's brigade, Steele's division. He commanded one of Steele's brigades during Grant's memorable campaign into Mississippi, which culminated in the surrender of Vicksburg. In conseiiuence of the arrival of a senior otticer at Vicksburg, who was entitled to the command of the brigade. Col. Manter was assigned to duty on the stjitif of Major General Steele, then in command of the Fifteenth Army Corps, and served in that capacit.y during Sherman's siege of Jackson, and the pursuit of the rebel. Joe .Tohnson, beyond Brandon, and in the capacity of chief of staff he accompanied Gen. Steele on the Arkansas expedition, which resulted in the capture of Little Rock and the occupation of the line of the Arkansas. He accompanied the command in the recent operations south of the Arkansas, and had just returned from an important mission, when his career of honor and usefulness was suddenly terminated b.v a fatal accident. Those who knew him most intimately can but appreciate the great loss which the government as well as themselves have sustained. He was brave, patriotic, able, independent in thought and iiction, a true soldier and an honest friend. By order of Major General F. Steele.

Col. Manter was mtirried Sejitember 1, 18.53, to Miss Elizabeth M. Redington, daughter of the late Ransom Redington. She died July 2G, 1856, leaving an infant son, who is living and grown to maturity. So tenderly did Col. Manter cherish the memory of his beloved wife that he never again entered the marriage relation. Their remains sleep side by side in our Elyria cemetery.

Charles A. Ely

Not long before the division amongst three brothers of a large estate, the youngest brother wrote as follows: "Some men are born to business, others achieve business, and some have business thrust iqion them. Of this last class am I, though I shall remain off duty as long as Heaven sends excuses ; and perhaps when Heaven withholds, I may make some excuse for myself. Yet one thing is certain, when action commences, even though I may be compelled to employ one hand to keep both ends together, the other shall always be free to grasp the beautiful, to seize the true, or to return my native town what I owe to a sense of duly."

Grandly did CHiarles Arthur Ely perfect the above statement in after life. Youngest son of Judge Heman P]ly, (whose early life, and whose connection with the early history of Elyria are already set forth in this volume,) and Harriet M. Salter Ely, lie was born at Elyria, Ohio, May 3d, 1839. Of Puritan stock was C. A. Ely, on the mother's side. William Salter, born in England in 1(!3;5, emigrated to Boston, Mass. He and his wife were members of the first church established in Boston, which stood on State street. As this church grew strong, from it went out Mr. Salter and others, who founded the famous "Old South Church." Of such descent was Mrs. Harriet M. Ely, in direct line. Of New England culture, Mrs. Ely trained her son in that culture, which means so much. Brought up in habits of strict economy, never did that son in future life lose the distinction between the use and abuse of wealth to which he was born.

C. A. Ely's early yeai's were spent in Elyria. After usual ])rimary education, he commenced the necessary training for College, under the Rev. John Monteith, Rev. John P. Cowles and others, who were teachers in the "old high school house," or in select schools. During the year 1S4G severe disease of the eyes compelled cessation from study. His characteristic energy allowed no idea of idleness. Various were his employments for the following two years. At the bench of Caleb Goodwin (cabinet maker,) ho improved the mechanical skill with which nature had gifted him. At the woolen manufactory of Herrick Parker he soon became expert at the lo(»m. Thus did he work until the fall of 1847, when he went to Cleveland, Ohio, as a clerk for Clark & Morgan, dry goods men. Returning to Elyi'ia, he engaged in study under the Rev. C. 1). B. Mills.

March 1st, 1849, " The Elyria Academical Institution " gave its annual exhibition. No. 18 on the programme was a colloquy - C. A. Ely author. This ended any study so far as Elyria was concerned. In the summer of 1849 Boston was visited for trcatuKuit of ever troublesome eyes. Entering the Scientific School at Cambridge, Mass., the time was passed until 1851. During this year a few months' residence in Cincinnati, Ohio, gave to him a full course in book-keeping. In the latter part of the same year he went to New Grenada, South America, his general residence being at Carthagena. Returning thence April 3d, 1S53, after a short stay in Elyria he again visited C'ambridge, where most of his time was spent until the fall of 18.53. In February, 1854, on the division of his father's estate, he commenced the duties of life. His own words can best express his idea of such duties. "No one has more laborious position to Mil than the man who finds liimself at maturity the ])ossessor of wealth, with an earnest desire so to use it that he may in the largest sense behefit himself and others." With this laudable desire, active work commenced in the impi'ovement of his property.

daughter of the Hon. John A. Foot, of Cleveland, O., as partner in the joys or sorrows of his future - leaving his native land June 24, 1854, the next five months were spent in travel over Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and France. In these travels, a mind, already highly cultivated, gained deeper insight, greater lireadth. To his artistic eye, the beautiful, as he Tuet it in the old countries, alwavs appealed. 'J'he old and ancient, howevei', to him, was only an adjunct to the vow. Everything was made subservient to the one idea: "What mav I here learn of farming, of science, of art, that I may make useful to my fellow men."

Again at home, in December, 1854, he received an injury, which, though long after, caused his death. The spring of 1855 found him engaged in the work that lay very near his heart, viz: the preparation of his farm; the building a large stock farm; the perfecting arrangements he had made for the introduction of a fine herd of Devon cattle into Lorain county. December, 1855, Ijrought to him the first attack of disease which in the end })roved fatal. With indoniital)le will he struggled bravely against it until waning health demanded rest and recreation. August, 1S5<!, saw his jileasaut household broken uj). Some months were spent in travel. The winter of 1850 and 1857 was passed at Brattleboro, Vt. The summer and fall of the same year Klyria welcomed him as resident, with the exception of a short trip to the upper lakes.

For increasing ill health physicians advised a sea voyage. Thus advised, Mr. Pjly and wife sailed from New York, February 10, 1858, for China. A pleasant voyage landed them on its shores. Visiting many of its leading cities, he entered Canton just after its reduction by the combined English and Frent^h forces; various the experience, much was learned.

Departing from Hong Kong in June, 1858, August Gth following gave to them a new home at San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Ely spent nearly two years in California - years of great uu'utal profit and physical pleasure, even though marred by the ever haiiuting presence of fatal disease. Here his favorite study liad full scope in the great agricultural resources of that young State. The result of such studies was given to others in a series of articles written for and published in the AUa CkiUfornian.

Leaving California July, 1860, stopping at Valparai o, Lima and other South American cities, October, 1860, he cheered Elyria again with his presence. Nowfull of happiness at the universal love and respect showered upon him by his fellow citizens, with hopeful heart he again essayed the completion of former notions, laying the foundations of the beautiful residence (since so fully finished by his widow). None envied him; all loved him, and wished for him every good. Not such his fate: fell disease made rapid inroad. Unable to cany into completion his wishes for Elyria, Elyria's bciicfarlor died September 30, 1864, leaving not only the dear wife and only son, but all who had ever known him, to mourn his loss.

" Wealth and social position do not always make the man, but tlic two oombiiied jjive their owner wonderful Dpiiurtiinity for use or al)Uso." Thus wrote C. A. Ely, in 1853. It is a great pleasure for a friend to try, in some feeble way, to show how Mr. Ely, with his advantages, so used them, as to become a man. Of fiTie, even commanding appearance, he was, under all circumstances, the well bred man - ffeiitleitum. Knowing no distinction of class or race, he who respected himself, ever had C A. Ely's resjiect. No one, however humlile his place in life, can say, ilid he look u])on me witii liaughty eye. lie endeared himself to those in liis employ, by courteous treatment and unvarying kindness. Tiie early teachings of a devotedly j)ious moMier only enhanced his innate rcligiiius idea.

Wiiilst in Boston, attending and learning from tlie teachings of clergymen of different views, he writes as follows: "A church, whose religion shall be a pure and active humanity, is what I need. If men can only be waked up and set in motion, I care not how eccentric their orbit; whether one run off into spiritualism, aniither into materialism, and still another into blind creed worshij), the revolution is what man needs, and then following a natural law, tlie orl)it will eventually become the perfect circle of truth."

With such thoughts for years, he writes. May 4, 1860, to his wife, from San Francisco, saying: "My name has been proj)ouuded and voted upon for niembershi]) in a cliurch. I may see my duty in a light a little different from those I join, still I can labor with them, and be sustained by them, just as the violet ray comes from the same sun, and through the same atniosi)here as the yellow, or red ray, yet it has a different end in the overruling providence of heaven. I shall become a member of a Congregational church, where I find professions of feelings that are expressed by deeds, prayers that live themselves out in active charities."

Nature endowed Mr. Ely with an intense love of the beautiful. 'I'his love did he express on the musical instrument, by his pencil and brush, and by the adornment of his home by works of art, saying: " These I may not live to enjoy, l)ut surely they will make others happy."

As a scholar, he was wonderful in this. Ever troubled with weak eyes, it was with uncomplaining pain he studied. Devoting much attention to science, he was elected secretary of the Cambridge scientific association at Harvard University. A member of the American scientific association, its annual meetings were attended as health allowed. A personal friend and student of Pi'of. Agassiz, and his colleagues, jileasant were his relations with them. Writing from Cambridge, in 1849, he says: "Will it not be curious if, in the progress of science, that an electric light be brought into common use. We may soon hear the student talk of removing the oxidized carbon from the positive and negative poles of his electro-magnetic illuminator, instead of trimming the 'midnight oil.' "

His studies in science he made of great service to others, while in California, where he delivered a course of scientific lectures at Oakland, to the students of California college. At an earlier day, he had been prominent at home (for one so young), in building up the Natural History Society, of Elyria, and also under the tutelage of Dr. E. W. Hubbard, of making one of the finest collections of Ohio shells, in the State. As a citizen, in its every sense, words will fail to do him justice.

(Commencing farming operations, but forced to leave in search of health, he writes from the distant water cure: "Let my ])lans be carried out as far as practicable. I shall soon return. Kec]) the men at work, even if they dig up trees on my wood lands and plant them on the streets of P]lyria." Returning to Elyria he interested himself greatly in the Lorain county agricultural society. Developing his farm he became a prominent breeder of Devon cattle, and at one time had no equal in the United States. His herd at the Ohio, Illinois. Missouri, Indiana, and other State fairs, outstrij)ping all competitors ; and finally, at the United States fair, at Louisville, Ky., taking the highest premiums.

In 1851), as a member of the school board, he worked long and hard, in securing the present site and erection of the union school building. Again, in

185(i, he used every exertion in liis power to commence a public ibrary. His action proving of no avail, tlirough the indifference of others who might have helped him, to him, then, it became almost a sacred duty to found such library. How grandly this duty was performed, let the " Elyria Library," lasting monument of the great heart of C. A. Ely, bear witness. Its past history and its present condition are already fully described in this volume. What pen, and who so wise to use it aright, as to write the future benefits that must follow this noble gift.

After the burning of the Willoughby Female Seminary, efforts were made to start a similar seminary at Elyria. To this enterprise Mr. Ely gave untiring work. Giving the land so beautiful, (upon which he afterwards built his residence,) subscribing not only money but material ; laboring with others he succeeded in obtaining all that was asked of Elyria, and although failing in his endeavor, he had the satisfaction of feeling that all that he could do was done.

As the rebellion broke out in 18G1, thronged was the court house at Elyria just after the first call for troops. Wiiat should Elyria do ? Much was the talk, various the plans suggested, whereby to raise men and money. Speech followed speech. It was left for C. A. Ely, trembling with excitement, with flashing eye to warn the assembled audience that the impending struggle was to be no ei^hemeral affair, as others had stated ; that the situation meant men and money - money to support the families of those who answered their country's call. Mourning his feeble health that prevented actual service, he moved tlie appointment of a committee to raise funds for the desired purpoes. His princely subscription of $1,000 had its due effect, and many a man left that room a better man, in that he had followed, so far as he could, Mr. Ely's example.

Such are some of the salient features in the public life of this good man. Of his innumerable private kindnesses, his tender abnegation of self amongst personal friends, it were almost sacrilege to write.

Charles Arthur Ely fighting all the time against fearful odds, viz : depressing ill health ; knowing the short tenure of his life - was remarkable for his patience. The writer can recall no short look, cross word, or complaint, only as it proceeded from tlie sadness of that so grand heart, that ever looking at death as near neighbor, yet wished so much to live for the good of his fellow man. Dying in the ]n-ime of life, his memory is so thoroughly embalmed in the hearts of his fellow townsmen, that fathers and mothers will make liis life and actions an example for tlieir children, and as those children's children visit the Elyria library, his memory will ever become more dear.

In a sermon preached at Elyria, Feb. 8th, 18.53, by the Rev. D. A. Grosvenor, on the death of Hon. lleman Ely, he said as follows : "I asked Judge Ely shortly before death, " How would you wish to amend your life were you to live it over ?" He answered^ " Were I to live my life over again, I would do more in this particular : I would do more for the community and the world." Deep must these words have sunk into Charles Arthur Ely's soul, for he lived for others.

Hon. Philemon Bliss

The subject of this sketch illustrates, in a forcible manner, what can be accomplished by a person possessing a well balanced and well cultivated mind, with increasing industry and apj)lication. For many years his life seemed to hang by a single thread, and when he went to Florida, in the fall of 1834, in the hope that its mild climate might prolong his life, his friends hardy dared hope that he would return alive.

He was born in Canton, Hartford county, Connecticut, July 28, 1813. In the summer of 1821, he removed, with his parents, (Asahel and Lydia Bliss), to the west part of Whitestown, Oneida county, New York, where, as a boy, he worked on a farm. From fifteen to nineteen years of age, he was away at school, most of the time; principally at the Oneida institute, at Whitesboro, New York, and at Hamilton college. The want of means prevented him from graduating at the latter institution. Much of the time while at school, he worked for his board, or boarded himself in liis room. In 1833, after leaving college, lie entered the law office of Theodore Sill, (formerly Gold & Sill), of Whitesboro, where he studied the law until the fall of 18,34, when, in consequence of bronchial troubles, which were becoming chronic, he went to Florida. At this time he was much emaciated, and his cough was constant and extremely harassing.

He remained in Florida one year, without material benefit to his health, when he again returned to the north, and soon after came to Elyria, where an older brothei-, the Hon. A. A. Bliss, was engaged in the practice of the law. After reaching Elyria, he was disposed to give up the study of the law, on account of his health, but on its imjorovement, he completed his studies, and entered upon the practice in 1841.

In the winter of 1848-9, he was elected by the genoral assembly of Ohio presiding judge of the fourteenth judicial district, which embraced the counties of Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga, which responsible position he filled, to the satisfaction of the bar and the public, until the judicial offices were vacated by the adojjtion of the new constitution in 1851. The judges held their positions until the end of t he year.

In the fall of 1854, he was elected a member of the thirty-fourth congress, and re-elected in 1856 to the thirty-fifth. He was a quiet, though an industrious, member of congress, and gained the respect and confidence of his fellow members, south as well as north. He made several carefully jirepared arguments upon the legal aspects of slavery, in its relations to tlie

In 1861, he was aiipointed, by Mr. Lincoln, chief justice of Dakota Territory, but, after organizing the courts, and putting them in successful operation, resigned in 1804, before the expiration of his term, and went down the river to St. Joseph, Missouri, and united witli the republicans in making Missouri a fi-ec State, as that State was not included in the president's proclamatiou, and it was feared that it would continue to sustain slavery. He was employed to edit the St. Jose])hZ'ff% Union, and had been down from Dakota before moving to St. Josepli, and for some months had written for the Daily Tribune, both of which were republican papers, and eflficient in sustaining the republican policy of the State and national administrations.

In 1872, he was elected professor of law in the Missouri State university, and dean of the law faculty, and opened the law department, which position he now holds. He has published one or more hvv books, which are considered standard authority.

Such a record as the foregoing needs no comment. We may add that, his oldest son, William, has been, for several years. United States district attorney for the eastern district of the state of Missouri, appointed ))y President Grant, and has filled that dithcult i)osition to the satisfaction of the government and people. We are proud of this Elyria boy. Some of his opinions are said to 1)0 among the ablest in the Missouri reports.

Dr. Luther Dwight Griswold

was born February 7, 1809, in Bloomfield, Hartford county. Conn. His father, Elijah Griswold, was a soldier of the revolution, having entered the patriot army when but sixteen years of age. His mother, Lydia Adams Griswold, was a native of Massachusetts. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of a family of eleven children, of whom five were boys and si x girls. All save one grew to maturity and became heads of families. But three of the number are now living.

His father was a farmer and horticulturist. He spent a long life in collecting and cultivating the cluiicest varieties of fruits of tliat day, and prolwbly had at one tinu' tjie liest collection in the State. The doctor was raised on the farm and acquired a taste for fruitgrowing and the cultivation of ilowei-s, which he has retained through life, Init circumstances have prevented its gratification to any great extent. His educational advantages were very limited. He attended the common district school summer and winter until he was ten years of age, and in the winter season until he was fifteen. At the age of sixteen he passed an examination, and though poorly cpialified, taught a country school through the winter. He had a number of scholars from eighteen to twenty years of age, but had no difficulty in governing the school. At seventeen he determined to obtain better qualifications as a teacher, and attended a school of a higher grade. From that time until twenty-one years of age he taught every winter. While filling the position of a teacher he was an earnest student, and most of the limited education he obtained was acquired by the fireside and by the light of a tallow-candle. He worked on the fai'm summers until twenty-one years of age, at which time, with twenty dollars in his pocket, he started for the west. He stopped at Ludlowville, Tompkins county, N. Y., to visit a lirother, where he remained and taught school for one year. In September, 1831, he came to Elyria to visit two sisters who were at that time residing in that township. During the winters of 1831-2, and 1832-3, he taught school in the j-ellow school-house, it being the only school in the place. In the spring of 1832 he commenced the study of medicine with the late Doctor Samuel Strong, who was then residing in North Amlierst. He completed his preliminary studies under the tuition of the late Dr. Asa B. Brown. In the fall and winter of 1834-5, he attended a course of lectures at the Berkshire Medical College, located at Pittsfield, Mass., and at the close of the term received a license from the Massachusetts Medical Society. He was married on the 25th of March, 1835, to Miss Jerusha H. Smith, a former resident of Elyria. She died at Dayton, Ohio, on the llth of March, 1875. For almost forty years she was to him a true and faithful wife and a wise and prudent counsellor. Though a great snfl'erer from ill hcaltli during nearly the whole period of her married life, by her energy and force of character, she discharged the duties of a wife and foster-mother with such prudence and sound judgement as to win the love and confidence of her household and of her nunu'rous friends and acquaintances. The memory of such a wife and mother is blessed. In the spring of 1835, he returned to Elyria and entered into partnership with the late Dr. R. L. Howard. Business lieing very dull through the summer, the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent in the fall and Dr. Griswold removed to Grafton, where he continued in practice for one year. In the fall of 1830 he was elected auditor of Lorain county, and returned to Elyria. At the close of his official term, in 1838 lie entered into ]iartners]iip with the late Dr. Luman Tenney, and removed to Amherst where he remained two years. In 1840 he returned to Elyria. He continued in ]iraptice most of the tinie in connection with the lat(^ Dr. Eijcr W. Ilubliard (witli the exception of two years which he spent in Cleveland,) until the sunimer of 18(!2, when he entered the military service as surgeon of the one hundred and third I'egiment of Ohio volunteers. In 1844 the Cleveland Medical College conferred on him the hoiuirary degree of M.T>. In 185G he was appointed by Governor

Salmon P. Cliaso, a trustee of the Northern Oliio Lunatic Asyhun. In 1800 he was re-appointed to the same office by Governor Deunison. He lield that position for the period of ten years, and became deeply interested in that as well as the other benevolent institutions of the State. He was one of tlie active agents in the organization of the Elyria Natural History Society, as well as one of the volunteer lecturers before that institution.

In reference to his military services, the doctor, while his regiment was stationed at Frankfort, took possession of a comfortable dwelling house and converted it into a regimental hospital, which wascomplimenled by tlie medical inspector as a model institution. Wliile here an event occurred which may be worth relating. It was during theeraof slavery, and the troops were ordered to drive all negroes from their camps, which order was not very rigidly enforced. A poor fellow named Ben, who had joined the regiment some forty miles in the rear, was brought to the lios))ilal by the chaplain, with the request that he should be taken care of. So the doctor set him at work. Some two weeks afterwards Ben came trembling into the office saying his master was after him. The surgeon placed a revolver in his breast pocket, with the handle projecting, so as to bo i)repared for any emergency. Soon the owner came in, accom- ])anied by two city marshals and a Catholic priest, and said very blandly:

" Your boy," said the doctor ; "you may be some of the negro thieves that are following the army, and arresting colored men in order to get the reward offered. I don't know you, sir. You must do two things before you can have him. First, you must jirove your loyalty; and second, you must prove before the court your title to him, and if you, or either of you, lay a hand on him before you comply with these terms, I will shoot you."

After conferring together for a few minutes, the owner, the priest and one of the marshals retired, and in about two hours returned with two writs, one commanding the doctor to appear before the court, Rnd, on the owner's giving bond in the sum of sixteen hundred dollars, to appear before the court at its next term, and prove his title to Ben, he was to be given up. The other writ was for the doctor to appear at the same term, and prove his title to the slave. By this time, a mob of about one thousand people had gathered in front of the hospital, and a company with the regimental band had paraded, also, in front, for the l)urpose of escorting the doctor to the court house. He sent them back to camp, mounted his horse, with Bon at his side, surrounded by a howling mob, and reported in court.

The officials were exceedingly polite, and presented a liond for his approval, which probably rejiresented half a million of dollars, and Ben was handed over to his master. Had not the doctor been backed by a

The doctor placed his own law suit in the hands of John M. Harlan - a brother of .Justice Harlan, of the supreme court - who took him liefore a notary, and he subscribed an oath that he was in the military service of the United States, which put the case off till the close of the war. In about a month, the doctor received a letter from Ben's master, proposing that, if he would pay the costs, he would withdraw the suit. The surgeon replied that, if the court at Cleveland decided, after the war, that he should pay the costs, he would do so. In about a year, while in East Tennessee, he received a letter from Mr. Harlan, stating that the case had been dismissed at the plaintifE's cost.'

In August, 1803, the regiment, (with the twentythird army corjis,) crossed the Cumberland mountains into East Tennessee, the rebel army retiring befoi'e them.

Early in November, the Union army was all concentrated at Knoxville, indulging the vain hope that they were going into winter quarters. Before the cabins for quarters were completed. General Longstreet a])peared before the city, with ten thousand troops, and the seige of Knoxville commenced. The skirmishers, on both sides, were under fire, day and night, for twenty-two days. Several battles occurred during the time.

The battle of Armstrong's Hill was fought on the the 37th of November, in which the one hundred and third bore a consjjicuous part. The rebel assault was repulsed, with great loss to them. The one hundred and third lost, in that engagement, two killed and thirty-two wounded, many of whom died of their wounds.. Surgeon Griswold made temporary dressings of their wounds, as they were brought in, treating union and rebel soldiers alike, and sent them in ambulances to a new hospital in the city. He visited the hospital the next day, and found the wounded lying on the floor, in their bloody clothing, without even blankets to cover them. He proposed at once to take charge of his own men, and soon after was ap- })ointed surgeon in charge of the hospital. He soon procured, through the (piartermaster, a supply of wooden bunks, and the union ladies of Knoxville, (of whom Mrs. Smoyer - a daughter of Parson Browulow and now the wife of Dr. Boynton, late of this place - was a leading spirit,) a quantity of bod-ticks. He also secured a load of straw and blankets, and the poor wounded soldiers soon had comfortable beds. He was also appointed surgeon in charge of hospital No. 4, which contained five hundred patients, and, for a time, had charge of two hospitals, containing, in the aggregate, eight hundred sick and wounded soldiers.

The men suffered greatly for want of ])roj)er nourishment, during the siege, but after the seige was raised, and railroad communication opened, by aid of the government and the christian and sanitary com-

Ou the first of May, the twenty-third army corps started on tiie Atlanta campaign. The one hundred and third regiment foiiglit its first groat battle on the 13tli of May, at llesaca, Georgia. It went into the fight tliree hundred strong, and came out witli a loss of twelve killed and eighty-two wounded.

Surgeon Griswold was ordered to the rear, at the beginning of the fight, to establisli a field hosj)ital for the third division. As fast as hospital tents could be put up, they were filled with wounded, and in about three hours the hospital contaiiu'd throe hundred and sixty-two wounded men. The hospital of the second division, near by, contained about the same number. The doctor being at the time chief operator for the division, was engaged for thirty-si.\ hours, with a corps of assistants, in performing the necessary operations and in dressing the wounds. He jierfoi-med a number of capital operations, including three amputations of the thigh and two of the shoulder. As soon as possible, the field hospital was broken uj), and the patients sent to Chattanooga, as the army had moved on in jmrsuit of Joe Johnson, the rebel general. He was then placed in charge of the corps hospital, wliich in about two weeks was also broken up, and the patients sent to the rear. He soon joined the main army, which was about forty miles in advance. As a line of skirmishers was kept constantly in advance, who were day and night exchanging shots with the rebel skirmishers, wounded men were brought to the rear for treatment evei-y day, and the surgeons were not idle. During this campaign, Dr. Griswold slept on the muddy ground, under a dog kennel tent, almost every night. It rained twenty-two days in succession, and his blanket and clothing were never dry during that time.

At length, after crossing the Chattahoochee river, having arrived within eight miles of Atlanta, the objective point of the campaign, Dr. Griswold found himself so reduced in strength by the diseases and fatigues of the camp and field, that he very reluctantly resigned his position in the army and returned home. After regaining his health, he again entered upon the practice of his profession.

In 1865, he was elected to the Ohio senate, and was re-elected in 1807. During his four years' service as .senator, he was faithful in the discharge of his duties, being always in his seat, and gave general satisfaction to his constituents. He was princijially instrumental in securing the passage of a law for the establishment of the Reform and Industrial School for Girls. He had felt for years that the interests of the people of the State demanded a home for incorrigible and vicious young girls, where they could be reformed, educated and fitted for lives of usefulness. In order to carry these views into effect, during the session of 1868, he offered a resolution for the creation of such an institution, and for the apjiointment of a committee to fix upon a location, and to report at the adjourned session. The resolution was agreed to, and the doctor was appointed a member of the committee. The work of the committee was thrown principally upon him, and during the summer recess lie corresponded extensively with the authorities of kindred institutions in this country and England. Soon after the general assembly re-assembled, he presented a report which attracted considerable attentian, and a large number of extra copies were ordered to be printed. The bill accompanying the report became a law, and thus was established one of the most beneficent institutions of the State.

After the close of the war of the rebellion, Dr. Griswold, with many other members of the grand army of the republic, felt a deep interest in the welfare of the orphans of our dead soldiers, many of whom were homeless and inmates of county infirmaries. At a meeting of the grand army at Sandusky, in the spring of 1869, measures were instituted for the establishment of a home for soldiers' orjjhans, where they could be provided for and educated. The Rev. Geo. W. Collier was appointed a general agent of the society, who traveled extensively thi-ough the State, addressed public meetings, and collected considerable money for the establishment of such a home. In December following, the home was opened in the city of Xenia, and sustained for several months by contributions of the grand army of the republic. In the spring of 1870, it was adopted by the general assembly as a State institution, and Dr. Griswold was appointed its first superintendent. The people of Xenia and the county of Greene has donated to the grand army one hundred acres of excellent land, located within half a mile of the city, composed of clear land for cultivation, and an ojien forest, and commanding a fine view of the city. They had also agreed to })ut up l)uildings for the accommodation of two hundred and fifty children. The grand army had erected two brick cottages, and got out timber for a large liarn. Xenia put up the frame, and in a very rough manner converted it into school rooms and a home for the children. This was the condition of things when the doctor took charge of the home. The grand army had previously turned the entire property over to the State. The grounds required to be cleared up; tree tops, brush, chips and stumps were gathered and piled in large heaps by the children. The burning of these piles at night afforded tliem great delight. The doctor remained in charge of the home a little more than four years, when he was superceded from political considerations only.

During his .administration, the number of children increased from one liundred and fifty to six hundred. A large central building was erected, with an extension to the rear of one hundred and thirty feet. The basement of this contained a kitchen and bakery; the second story a dining room, one hundred and thirty feet in length. The third story was used for a storeroom, sewing rooms and sleeping rooms for the employes. Twenty brick cottages were erected, each

In 1822, from Geuesee Co., N. Y., came to Avou, Lorain Co., Ohio, the parents of Anson Braman, who was born in said county in 1811. In the year 1832, A. Braman removed from Avon to Carlisle, where he followed the vocation of farmer and nurseryman. In 1855 he removed to Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio, where he started the nurseries now owned by J. C. Hill.

Remaining in Elyria until 1872, he went to Northport, Mich., where he now resides with the faithful wife who shared the struggles of his early Carlisle life. She - of maiden name Miss Eraeline Vincent - was born at Mount Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass.j Oct. 10, 1818 ; commencing the duties of a wife at Carlisle in 1835. Their oldest child, William A., was born at Carlisle, Oct. 4, 1836. Twenty-one years were spent on the home farm. When desirous of better education, he worked by the month on other farms. Teaching school during the winter gave to him the necessary funds with which to gratify his desires. Thus passed seven years.

The following three years found him in partnership with J. E. Boynton, engaged in the purchase and sale of cheese. During the spring of 1874 the firm of Braman, Horr & Warner was founded, for the manufacture and general dealing in cheese and butter, with which firm he still remains connected.