Suffield Township (part 2 of 14)

17, 1842, in Aurora Township, Portage Co., Ohio; son of Ebenezer and Sarah K. (Sizer) Sheldon, who were the parents of six children: Horace S. ; Herbert T. ; Arthur E. ; Sarah A. (Mrs. C. W. Hammond), in Hubbard, Ohio; Ruby E. (Mrs. Seymour Higley), in Windham, Ohio; Charles S., in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio. The father of our subject was a native of Aurora Township, this county, born April 30, 1811, and was reared, educated and married here; he engaged in farming and merchandising, was a Republican in politics, Clerk of the township for a number of years; he died February 7,1876. His widow, who was born in Massachusetts, March 13, 1818, came to Mantua with her parents in 1831, and died in Aurora in August, 1881. Our subject passed his early life at home, and was educated in the common schools of the township. When twenty years of age he engaged in farming for a year on hi sown account; February 20, 1862, he was married to EllaG., daughter of Roswell and Dorothy L. (Ellsworth) Bissell, who has borne him two children: Maud, wife of William^Reed, of Bainbridge, and Claude E. In 3853 Mr. Sheldon entered the store of G. L. Hoor & Co., remaining with them four years, after which he canvassed for the sale of fruit trees in West Virginia. In 1868 he piirchased a farm one mile east of Aurora Center, where he remained nine years, but in the spring of 1877 removed to a farm of C. R. Harmon's and engaged in farming. He is a Republican in politics, has sei'ved as Trustee of the township several times, and for years has been , Township Clerk. In August, 1884, he was nominated Sheriff by his party, and in October; 1884, was elected Sheriff, and took his seat, January 5, 1885.

OLIVER SPENCER, retired farmer, P. O. Aurora, was born in Middlefield, Mass., August 25, 1801; son of Samuel W. and Lucy (Fisk) Spencer, who settled in Aurora Township, this county, in 1812, but after living here one year went back to Massachusetts. After the death of his wife, Samuel W. Spencer returned to Aurora Township, where he remained the balance of his life. He was the father of twelve children, four of whom are now living: Oliver, Selden, Thompson and Nelson. The paternal grandfather of our subject, John Spencer, of Middlefield, Mass., settled here in 1812, and lived with his son Brainerd until his death. In 1829 Oliver Spencer settled in Aurora Township on the farm where he now resides, all of which he cleared and improved. He has been twice married, first, in 1823, to Sally Little; on the second occasion, September 3, 1829, he was united in marriage with Anna, daughter of Sylvanus Eldridge, of Aurora Township, this county. They have had three children: Melinda (deceased), Matilda (Mrs. O. J. Payne) and Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are members of the Congregational Church, with which he has been connected for upward of forty years, and for thirty -five years has been a Deacon in same.

WORTHY TAYLOR, retired farmer, Aurora, was born in Hampshire County, Mass., January 10, 1797; son of Samuel and Sarah (Jaggers) Taylor. The father of our subject was a native of Springfield, Mass., a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and came to Aurora Township, this county, with his family, in 1807, and died in 1813. His mother was a native of Hebron, Mass., and died in 1853, leaving eleven children, of whom are now living. Worthy, Col. Royl and Marcus. The subject of this sketch received a common school education in Aurora Township, this county, and upon attaining his majority engaged in farming, which occupation he has since cotltinued. On February 17, 1817, he was married to Miss Harriet Kent. In i8'72 Mr. Taylor removed to Aurora Center, where he is now residing. He is a member of the Disciples Church; has served the people of his township as Justice of the Peace for twentyseven years. In politics he is a Republican.

MARCUS TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Aurora, was born in Middlefield, Mass., September 22, 1805; son of Samuel and Sarah (Jaggers) Taylor (see biography of Worthy Taylor). In 1807 he accompanied his parents to Aurora Township, this county, locating on the farm which he now occupies, and which has since been in the name of the Taylor family. In 1828 he purchased the homestead of his elder brother, Samuel, who had become its owner after the death of their father. Our subject was married, September 22, 1833, to Betsey M. , daughter of Josiah and Betsey (Forward) Hickox (see biography of Samuel F. Hickox), by whom he has had two children: Sally M. (deceased) and Chauncy M., who married Emma Stanton, of Streetsboro. and resides on the home farm, having three children. Mr. Taylor is one of the oldest settlers and citizens of Aurora Towhship, and has served in several positions of trust.

EDWIN BARBER, retired farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Litchfield, Conn., June 28, lv97; son of Joseph and Abigail (Coe) Barber. On May 8, 1819, he arrived in Brimfield Township, this county, but in January, 1820, revisited Connecticut, returning to Brimtield Township in 1822, and settling on the farm where he now resides and which he cleared and improved. He was married, August 5, 1823, to Elvira, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Benedict, of Coi'nwall, Conn., by whom he had three children: Frederick (deceased), Ozias, and Elvira (deceased). Ozias is a resident of Akron, Ohio, and married to Harriet Campbell, of Tallmadge. Mr. Barber is one of the few pioneers now left in Brimfield Township. After a wedded life of nearly sixty-one years, he lost his wife, who died, May 9, 1884, in her eighty-second year. Mr, Barber has been a member of the Baptist Church over fifty years. He has been Justice of the Peace of Brimfield Township one term. In politics he is a Republican.

ELI E. BENEDICT, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Litchfield, Conn., March 8, 1828, son of Eli and Marcella (Stoddard) Benedict. His maternal grandfather, Levi Stoddard, was an early settler of Perry, Lake County, and in 1830 removed to Brimfield Township, this county. The parents of our subject settled in what is now Northampton, Summit Co. , Ohio, in 1830, whex-e his father cleared and improved a farm on which he lived until his death in 1876; he died at the age of seventy -seven. His widow then removed to Brimfield Township, this county, and resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, March 8, 1884; she died at the age of eighty-five. They had a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Levi (deceased), Matilda (Mrs. George Allen), Melissa (Mrs. A. Cummings), William, Eli E., Henry, Edwin, Lewis (deceased), Martha (deceased), and Charlotte. Our subject lived in Northampton until 1842, since when he has been a resident of Brimfield Township, this county, living on the old homestead of his grandfather, Levi Stoddard. He was married in 1851 to Harriet, daughter of Horace and Harriet Barton, of Shalersville, by whom he has four children: Julia (Mrs. A. Wilder), Charles, Albert and Lucy. Mr. Benedict is one of the representative farmers of this county. In politics a Democrat.

JOHN BOOSINGER, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Brimfield Township, this county. May 8, 1818, son of John and Barbara (Williard) Boosinger, who settled here in 1816. Mr. Boosinger was raised on his father's farm, one mile west of Brimfield Center, where he resided until he was twentythree years of age. He has been twice married, first, November 4, 1845, to Caroline, daughter of Conrad and Mary C. (Kline) Neflf, by whom he had two <;hildren: Vernon L., born July 16, 1847, and Lucy C, born March 5, 1853, married to George H. Meachem July 31, 1879. Mrs. Caroline Boosinger died April 10, 1853, aged twenty-nine years, and August 1, 1853, Mr. Boosinger was married to Juliett Neff, sister of his deceased wife, who has borne him three children: Edward C, born April 7, 1854, married Miss Mary E. Spencer December 24, 1884; Omer C, born January 5, 1858, married Emma J. Brown March 9, 1882, and Zaidee B., born January 29, 1863, married WillM. Moulton November 21, 1882. Mr. Boosinger is a Democrat in politics; has held several offices in the township. He and his wife have been members of the Universalist Church for about twenty years. Mr. Boosinger still resides on the farm which he cleared and improved when lirst married.

GEORGE W. BOOSINGER, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Rootstown, this county, September 16, 1827, son of John and Barbara (Williard) Boosinger, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1816, the first family who settled here. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Conrad Boosinger, a native of Germany, who settled in Ravenna Township in 1800 and who in 1809 removed to Tallmadge, Summit Co., Ohio, where he resided until his death. John Boosinger, the father of ovir subject, was born in eastern Virginia March 17, 1785. In December, 1813, he married Barbara Williard, a daughter of Philip AYilliard, an early settler of Rootstown, and reared a family of eightchildren (see sketch of Philip Boosinger in Franklin Township). Mrs. Boosinger died March 28, 1867, at the age of seventy-seven years, and Mr. Boosinger died March 16, 1875, in his ninetieth year. Our subject was reared in Brimfield Township, this county, where he received a common school education. When twenty-two years of age he worked his father's farm, continuing with him until his death. He was married December 25, 1851, to Amanda M., daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Burdge,of Brimfield Township. By this union there were nine childi-en: Elsie M. (Mrs. Joseph Meloy), Charles N. (deceased), Banks W., Charlie Q. , Hoyt F., Frank L., Ida M., Henry S. and Hattie L. Mr. Boosinger came on the farm where he now resides in 1875, though he had owned it several years previous to that time. Both he and his wife are members of the First Universalist Church of Brimfield. He has held various offices in the township; in politics he is a Democrat.

America about 1772, and settled at Baltimore, Md., where he married Barbara Stoyer. He died at Baltimore in 1798, and the widow subsequently came to this county and died in Brimfield Township. Their sou, Henry Boszor, settled at Ravenna in 1804; he was a shoe-maker by trade, but after coming to this county his principal occupation was farming. He at once bought fifty acres of land a short distance east of Ravenna, and in 1805 was married to Polly Boosinger, a daughter of Conrad Boosinger, a pioneer of this county. The following year he sold this farm and bought a farm by the Stark County line, but a year or so afterward he sold out and bought a place in the northeast part of Springfield Township, this county, where he lived for several years, and in 1816 bought a farm one mile west of Brimfield Center, and for the remainder of his life was a resident of Brimfield Township. The last-mentioned farm was afterward known as the " Israel Thorndyke " farm, and a year or so after his purchase he traded his place with Mr. Thorndyke for a farm of 100 acres onehalf mile north of Brimfield Center, which became his homestead up to the time of his death. Some five or six years after his last trade he discovered that this farm had been heavily mortgaged previous to his purchase of it, which involved him in a heavy additional expense, and he was obliged to pay for it a second time. This to a man with a young and growing family was quite a hardship, but he may be said to have surmounted all obstacles - raised a family of nine children, and at his death in 1862 left a comfortable property to his widow and children. He was a representative pioneer and a highly esteemed and trusted citizen. From the records it would appear that he served the township in various local offices, such as Trustee, etc., etc. He was formerly an old-line Whig, but in the later years of his life he adhered to the Democratic party. During the war of 1812 he was drafted and hired a sub- stitute; only a short time afterward, however, he volunteered, and was on his way with others to re-euforce, and was only a short distance from Gen. Hull's army at the time of its surrender, but the company of which he was a member escaped. He died in August, 1862. His widow, Polly, died February 11, 1874. They were both members of the Lutheran Church. They were the parents of the following named children: Elizabeth, born in 1805, died in 1881; John, born December 28, 1807, died in August, 1884; Jacob, born December 26, 1809; Polly, born in 1811, died in 1835; Barbara, born in 1813, died November 20, 1875; Susan, born in -September, 1815; Henry, born August 1, 1818; David, born February 2, 1821, died May 6, 1861; Martin, born June 2, 1824; Simon Peter, born in 1830, died in 1831.

Henry Boszoe, son of Henry and Polly (Boosinger) Boszor, P. O. Kent, was born August 1, 1818, one mile west of Brimfield Center. He lived with his parents until twenty-six years of age, in the meantime having received a fair common school education. November 20, 1844, he was married to Miss Sarah Netf. daughter of Conrad and Catharine (Kline) Neff, natives of Pennsylvania, and on April 16 following they commenced housekeeping in a little log- house on a farm of ninety- seven acres which they purchased that spring, located on Lot 17, Brimtield Township. On this farm they have ever since resided. Except the log house mentioned and some twenty-live acres upon which the trees had been girdled and the land in part cultivated sufficient to raise enough to afford a bare subsistence to the former owners, this farm was in a wild state, and as the purchase was made nearly all on credit, the young couple not only saw before them the prospect of many yeai'S of patient industry in order to improve the land and build up a home, but also to create the wherewithal to pay for the same; but they set themselves to the task with a right good will. The log-house has long since disappeared, and in its place, a short distance west of the spot, stands a neat and commodious frame residence and out-buildings, surrounded by well-kept fences and attractive grounds, while the twenty iive acres of girdled trees and land covered with bush and briers have given place to over seventy acres of cultivated and highly productive land, and the homestead has grown to 110 acres, while a short distance away Mr. Boszor owns another farm of 100 acres, nearly as valuable as the homestead, which at a reasonable valuation would be worth ^100 per acre. A very attractive feature of Mr. Henry Boszor's home is a green-house, built on the east end of his residence, to which Mrs. Boszor devotes much care. A curiosity in this climate is a lemon tree that Mrs. Boszor set out thirty years ago, which for the past twenty years has borne excellent fruit, much better than can ordinarily be bought, as the lemons thoroughly ripen and drop from the branch. No two people in the county are held in greater respect for their many excellent qualities. They have ever been ready, in a quiet way, to do their full part toward promoting all those enterprises which are calculated to benefit society. Mr. Boszor has served his township three terms as Trustee, and Assessor one term. He was for some time a Director of the bank at Kent, and for the past ten years has been a Trustee of Bouthtel College, an institution to which he has donated nearly $2,000. Mr. Boszor ascribes his success in life to the fact that he made punctuality in all business transactions his motto. Mr. and Mrs. Boszor are members of the Universalist Church. Politically he is a Democrat. The grandfather of Mrs. Sarah (Neff) Boszor was Conrad Neff, a native of Sweden, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio with his wife and seven children in 1805, and settled in Canfield Township, Mahoning Co., Ohio, in 1830. He died in Canfield, that county, and his wife followed a few years later. They lie buried side by side. Conrad and Mary Catharine Neff had a family of eleven children: Rebecca, born April 15, 1815; Henry and John (twins), born November 20, 1816, and died respectively February 15, 1832, and April 20, 1817; Mary A., born November 21, 1818; Sarah, born May 24, 1820; Samuel, born June 25, 1821, and died December 18, 1825; Caroline, born December 27, 1823, and died April 11, 1853; La Fayette, born in November, 1826, died August 2, 1828; Juliette, born February 3, 1829; John, born January 22, 1831, and died February 13, 1885, in Osceola, Iowa; and Lucy Ann, born October 20, 1834. The father of this family was reared in the Presbyterian faith, though in later years of his life he became more of a Universalist in thought. He died December 5, 1866, aged seventy two years, ten months and nineteen days; his wife died July 15, 1865, agefl seventy-two years, seven months and' five days. She was reared in the Lutheran faith. Both are buried in Brimfield.

HIRAM G. BRIGGS, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Palmyra Township, this county. May 25, 1835, son of Asa and Abigail (Tuttle) Briggs, the former of whom was a native of Vermont and an early settler of Ravenna, where he cleared a farm, afterward settling in Palmyra, where he also cleared and improved a farm, and in 1845 removed to Iowa, where he died the following year at the age of sixty-nine. Asa Briggs was twice married; by his first wife, nee Miss Williams, he had four children: Lestina, Sarah, Emily and Ira. His second wife was Abigail Tuttle, of Palmyra, by whom he had three children, Hiram G. being the only one now living. Our subject returned to this county immediately after his father's death, and served an apprenticeship at the shoe-maker's trade, which he followed up to 1859. He was married, March 4, 1859, to Lucy A., daughter of Conrad and Mary C. (Kline) Neff, of Brimfield Township, this county, by whom he has three children: Norris, C. Clark, and Mary G. Mr. Briggs located his farm in Brimfield Township in 1859, where he has since resided. He has held various minor township offices, and served as Trustee two terms. He is a F. & A. M. In politics a Democrat.

REUBEN BROBST, wool buyer, Brimfield, was born in Lehigh County, Penn., January 22, 1824, son of Daniel and Mary (Brobst) Brobst. His paternal grandfather was Michael Brobst, of Lehigh County, and a farmer by occupation, and his maternal grandfather was John Brobst, of same county, a prominent farmer and merchant. Our subject was reared in Lehigh County until sixteen years of age. He then went to Washington, Penn., where he served an apprenticeship of five years at the tinner's trade. In 1847 he settled in Brimfield, this county, and worked at his trade in connection with putting up eaves troughs, for fifteen years. He then embarked in his present business, in which he has since been profitably engaged. Mr. Brobst was married, in 1848, to Orra, daughter of Nathaniel Packard, an early settler of Brimfield Township, and by this union there are four children: Electa, wife of Henry Ewell; Orpha, wife of Peter Snyder; Alice and Edward D. Mr. Brobst is a F. & A. M. In politics a prominent Democrat.

JACOB BROWN, retired farmer, Brimfield, was born in Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio, March 28, 1818, and is a son of John and Catherine (Niswanger) Brown, who settled in Stark County when it was a wilderness, and cleared and improved the farm on which they lived and died. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and received a limited education. He was married in 1841, to Lavinia, daughter of John and Sarah Baumbarger, of Stark County, by whom he had six children, three now living: Frank, a physician in Petoskey, Mich.; Amanda, wife of Jacob Kline, in Franklin Township, and Emma J., wife of Homer Boosinger, in Brimfield. Mr. Brown settled in Rootstown in 1842, where he cleared and improved a farm of 225 acres, on which he resided up to 1881, when he removed to Brimfield Center, and here he has erected an elegant residence. He is independent in politics; a worthy citizen.

SAMUEL BUELL, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Berks County, Penn., June 11, 1809; son of Samuel and Barbara (Godfrey) Buell, who settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1826, and lived and died there. They had eleven children, of whom but two are now living - Elijah and Samuel. Our subject was married, November l-l, 1833, to Catherine, daughter of George and Catherine (Ecker) Freebye, of Coventry, Ohio, and the issue of this union has been six children: Henry A., killed in the late war of the Rebellion; Maria (deceased); Geoi-ge; Annetta (Mrs. Eli Leonard); Marvin (deceased); and Samuel, Jr. The latter settled in the southeastern part of Brimtield Township, this county, in 1834, where he cleared and improved a farm. In 1838 he removed to Shalersville, whei'e he lived until 1847, and then returned and located on the farm where he now resides. Mr. Buell and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Kent. In politics he is a Republican.

JOSEPH L. CARRIER, farmer and Justice of the Peace, P. O. Brimfield, was born on the farm where he now resides, November 24, 1839; son of Lucius and Orilla (Emerson) Carrier. His paternal grandfather was Elisha Carrier, a native of Connecticut, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1835, on the farm now owned by our subject, a part of which he cleared and improved. He lost his mind in the latter part of his life, and died in August, 1845, at the age of seventy-seven years. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Emerson, a native of Vermont, and a soldier of the Revolution. Lucius Carrier died in 1842, at the age of twenty-two and his widow in 1862, at the age of fifty-two. Our subject, who is their only child, was married, June 13, 1861, to Mary M., daughter of Benjamin O. and Catherine (Caris) Edson, of Rootstown, this county, by which union there are five children: Arthur W., Elmer E., Joseph M., Frederick L. and Ethel I. Mr. Carrier has given his children the best educational advantages. His three eldest sons are now teachers, Arthur W. being Principal of the select school in Brimfield and considered one of the best educators in the county. Mr. Carrier has held the office of Town Clerk and other minor offices, and is now serving his sixth consecutive term as Justice of the Peace. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity; in polities he is a Democrat.

JACOB CARSON, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Dauphin County, Penn., November 26, 1817; son of John and Catherine (Vance) Carson, who settled in what is now Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio, in 1831, where they cleared and improved a farm. They were owners of several other large farms in that county, where they lived and died. The father of our subject, who served in the war of 1812, was of Scotch descent, a son of George Carson and a cousin of the celebrated scout, Kit Carson. Our subject went to Mahoning County when fourteen years of age, and when twenty-five years old moved to the farm in Berlin on which his father had first settled, where he remained for seven years. In 1849 he settled in Deerfield Township and improved the farm there on which he resided for sixteen years. In 1865 he removed to Brimfield Township, to the farm he now owns and where he has since resided. He was married, November 27, 1843, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Ellen Kinsey, of Columbiana County, Ohio, by whom he had eight children: Annetta, wife of Samuel Risk; Mary, wife of Frederick Edson; Catherine, wife of W. D. Roth; Oliver P.; Helen A., wife of Albert Shuman; Cecelia, wife of Marcy Russ; Charles; and Josephine, wife of Warren Meloy. Mr. Carson is one of the representative farmers of Brimfield Township. He has served the township as Trustee two terms. In politics he has always been a Democrat.

CONSTANT CHAPMAN (deceased) was born in Westbrook, Conn., December 27, 1761; a son of Deacon Jedediah Chapman, Jr., and a descendant of Robert Chapman (of the seventh generation) who was a son of Robert Chapman, Sr., born in 1616 and who came from Hull, England, to Boston, Mass., in 1635, settling in Saybrook, Conn., in November of the same year, and died October 10, 1687. Our subject, when sixteen years of age, chose the occupation of a sailor, and followed the seas up to the time he settled in Brimfield, in 1821, and for many years was a ship Captain; during Ihe war of the Revolution and while in the marine service, he was taken prisoner by the French Government and his ship and cargo confiscated. He Avas taken to the Island of Guadaloupe and kept a prisoner over a year, when he was exchanged. The American Government afterward made the French pay for the loss of his vessel and cargo. He was married, January 27, 1785, to Jemima, daughter of Silas Kelsey, of Killingworth, Conn., by whom he had nine children: Lydia K. (deceased); Thurot F. (deceased); John K. (deceased); Anna F. (deceased); Chloe P., wife of Henry Smith; Mary C. (deceased); Joseph G. (deceased); Jemima T., wife of Gardner Wing, and Henry C. (deceased). Mr. Chapman was the first Postmaster of Brimfield, and died here in 1847, aged eighty-six years.

CONSTANT H. CHAPMAN, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born February 24, 1825, in Brimfield Township, this county; son of Joseph G. and Elizabeth (Boszor) Chapman, who had a family of five children: Constant H., Mary (wife of Stephen Webster), Leory M., Thurot K., Electa E. (wife of George W. Bow). Joseph G. Chapman was a native of Connecticut and settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1820, clearing and improving the farm now owned by his daughter, Mrs. Stephen Webster, where he lived and died. Our subject's paternal grandfather was Constant Chapman, a native of Westbrook, Conn., who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1821; his maternal grandfather, Henry Boszor, a native of Maryland, settled in Brimfield Township in 1816. Our subject has always lived in Brimfield, with the exception of two years that he resided in Illinois. He has been twice married. By his first wife, Permelia, daughter of Lybia and Julia (Minard) Underwood, of this township, he had one child - Morris S. On June 28, 1863, he married his present wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Jane (McCloughan) Warner, of Suffield, this county, by whom he has two children - Nellie and Edd. Mr. Chapman has owned several farms in Brimfield Township, and has made many improvements on them. He served the township as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years; in politics he is a Democrat.

MORRIS S. CHAPMAN, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born April 14, 1850, in Brimfield, this county; son of Constant H. and Permelia (Underwood) Chapman. His paternal grandfather, Joseph G. Chapman, settled in Brimfield in 1820, and was a son of Constant Chapman, a native of Westbrook, Conn., who settled in Brimfield in 1821. His maternal grandfather, Lydia Underwood, a son of Alpheus Underwood, settled in Brimfield in 1817. Our subject was reared in Brimfield Township and educated in its common and select schools, and took a course in the Commercial Department of Mt. Union College. He was married October 4, 1871, to Yiola A., daughter of Russell R., a native of Providence, R. I., and Mary A. (Wolcott) Ross, of Kent, this county, by whom he has two children: J. P. Ionia., born December 1, 1875, and Aimee R. , born November 16, 1883. Mr. Chapman has always been engaged in farming, and prior to 1875 also taught school seven consecutive winters. He is a member of the K. of P.; was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace in April, 1883; in politics he is a Democrat.

JAMES F. DAVIDSON, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Buffalo Valley, Union Co., Penn., February 19, 1809; son of William and Mary (Forester) Davidson, who settled in Spriugfield, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1816, where they remained four years, settling in tlie spring of 1820 in Brimfield Township, this county, on Lot 52, now owned by J. W. Sherman, where they built a log-house and barn and cleared about thirty acres. They lived there eleven years, when they moved to the farm now owned by Joseph Fitch, and there lived and died. They had nine children: Jane H., Dorcas F., Betsey C, James F., Hetty M., John F., Mary M., William F. and Harriet T., all now deceased but James F. Our subject located on the farm where he now resides in 1859, and that portion of Lot 58 now included in his farm he cleared and improved himself. He is one of the representative farmers and citizens of Brimfield Township. In politics he is a Kepublican.

JOHN EVITTS, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., January 24, 1827; son of Daniel and ,Sarah (Stone) Evitts, who were the parents of six children: Margaret, wife of Perry Merton; Mary, wife of Samuel Cotton (deceased); Magdalena, wife of Martin Brazor (deceased); John, Joseph (deceased) and David. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Evitts located in Springfield Township (now in Summit County), in 1832, clearing and improving a farm on which they lived until 1842, when they settled in Brimfield Township, this county, on the farm now owned by William Gettes, which they cleared and improved, and where they lived and died. Our subject remained with his parents until nineteen years of age, and for the succeeding four years worked by the month as a farm hand. He was married February 21, 1850, to Catherine, daughter of Joseph ^Villiard, who settled on the farm now occupied by our subject in 1826. To this union were born three children: Electa C, wife of Thomas Lighton; Ida C, wife of Frank W. Koon (deceased); and Flora A. (deceased). There are three grandchildren: Clyde E. Lighton, Evitts G. P. Koon and Frank W. Koon, Jr. Mr. Evitts has served his township one term as Trustee. In politics he is a Democrat.

A^RON FERREY, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Belchertown, Mass., July 6, 1808, a son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Ferrey, who settled in Franklin Township, this county, in 1831. His father located on the farm now owned by Harley Judson, most of which he improved, and here he resided up to 1850, when he removed to what is now Kent and there lived until his death. Bj his first wife, Elizabeth Gilbert, of Belchertown, Mass., Aaron Ferrey, Sr. , had eleven children: Eliza (deceased), Aaron, Moses (deceased), Mary (deceased), George (deceased), John (deceased), Ann (wife of George Williams, in Wisconsin), William, Charles (in Indiana), Emeline (deceased) and Frank. His second wife was Mrs. Mary McPherson, nee Dickinson, by whom he had two children; Eliza, wife of Henry Swan, and Byron. Aaron Ferrey. Sr., died in 1860, at the age of seventy-eight years. Our subject was reared in Amherst, Mass., until ten years of age, when his parents removed to Virginia, there they remained five years and then returned to Amherst, and here his father engaged in the manufacture of brick, our subject assisting him until twentyone years of age, when he embarked in the same business for himself, which he continued for several years in different sections of New England. On May 9, 1837, he was married to Judith, daughter of George and Judith (Hastings) Nutting, of Amherst, Mass., by whom he has had eight children: George W., Charles E. (deceased), Mary E. (deceased), Frank H., Julia A., Fred A., Will D. and John H. In 1842 Mr. Ferrey came to Portage County and engaged in the manufacture of brick in Franklin, furnishing the material for the large building now known as Kent Worsted Mills. In 1846 he removed to Franklin

Mills (now Kent), where he resided for twenty years, doing an extensive business, and in 1866 he located in Brimfield, on the farm where he now resides, and in connection with farming, carried on a brick-yard up to 1880, when his sons took charge of that department. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrey and daughters are members of the Congregational Church. In politics he is a Republican.

REUBEN HART, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 2, 1803, son of Reuben and Ruth (Ives) Hart and grandson of Nathaniel Hart, of Wallingford, Conn., a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade. Our subject was reared on his father's farm in Goshen, Conn., and learned the carpenter's trade of his father, which occupation he followed many years after he came to Brimfield Township. He settled here in 1826 on the farm now occupied by his son Charles, where he resided up to 1864, when he purchased the farm adjoining, and here he has lived ever since. Mr. Hart was married July 2, 1829, to Nancy A., daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Hotchkiss) Law, formerly of Woodbridge, Conn., who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1818, and to this union have been born four children, two of whom are now living: Charles and Lois (Mrs. Edwin J. Glass). Charles married Eleanor Stillwell, of Brimfield Township, this county, October 27, 1863, and had four children, three of whom are now living: M. Gertrude, Harry S, and Jennie L. Mr. and Mrs. Hart are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has filled several offices in the gift of his township, and served as Justice of the Peace one term. In politics he is a Republican.

HENRY KING, farmer and iron manufacture!', P. O. Kent, was born in Franklin Township, this county, in June, 1883, son of Robert and Rhoda (Bishop) King, who had a family of three children: Henry, Charles and Helen A., wife of Henry Heyd. His paternal grandfather, William King, a native of Hampden County, Mass., settled in Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, in 1811. He was the owner of a large tract of land in Charlestown Township, which he had purchased of the Western Reserve Land Company, and lived there a year or more, disposing of the same in parcels. He returned to Ravenna in 1814, and engaged in hotel business up to 1839, and was one of the best known landlords in this part of the State at that time. He died in 1843, aged about sixty-five years. He had four children: Robert, deceased; John B., deceased; Eli P., deceased, and Mary, wife of Dr. A. Woodworth, now of St. Louis. Robert, his eldest son, resided in Ravenna nearly all his life. He was a prominent farmer and business man, and was at one time engaged in banking, dealing also in live stock on an extensive scale. His wife was a daughter of Deacon Bishop, of Blandford, Mass. Our subject was reared in Ravenna from five years of age, and there received a liberal education for his day, being principally educated by Mr. Calhoun, a Yale graduate and relative of John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. In 1850 he was engaged in the Civil Engineer Corps of the C. & P. R. R., with whom he remained one year, and then was employed in the locomotive works at Cleveland for four years. He was married February 11, 1856, to Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Antrim) Sharp, of Salem, Ohio. In 1855 Mr. King went to Salem, Ohio, and embarked in the foundry and machine business there for fifteen years, and during that time, in connection with Pittsburgh parties, was also engaged in the manufacture of pig iron in Columbiana County, Ohio, and in Armstrong County, Penn., in which he is still interested. He was a resident of Pittsburgh for ten years, and in the fall of 1883 located in Brimfield Township, this county, on the farm where he now resides. In politics Mr. King is a Republican.

ALMON LANPHARE, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born September 25, 1821, in Brimfield Township, this county, son of Abner H. and Sophia (Moulton) Lanphare, who had eight children: an infant son (deceased), Almon, Eunice (deceased), Eliza A., Nathan (deceased), infant twins (deceased) and Martha C. Abner H. Lanphare was a native of Woodstock, Vt., came to Brimfield Township, this county, in October, 1816, and the following winter taught the first public school in Franklin Township, this county. He afterward bought 200 acres of land in Brimfield Township (a part of which is now owned and occupied by our subject), clearing and improving a farm on which he lived, and died October 4, 1879, in his eighty-fourth year. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Jeremiah Moulton, settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817. Almon Lanphare was reared in Brimfield Township, where he has always resided. He has been twice married, his first wife being Caroline, a daughter of Peletiah and Hannah Bard, of Brimfield, and by her he had two children: Charles, who served through the late war of the Rebellion and died of consumption six months after his discharge, and Henry A., deceased. His present wife is Flora A., daughter of Col. Bissell and Artemesia Austin, of Randolph Township, this county. By this union there are two children. Jennie and Stella. Mr. Lanphare and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has held various offices in the gift of the township; in politics he is a Democrat.

AARON P. MALLORY, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, March 14, 1821, son of Benjamin and Johanna (Harris) Mallory, natives of Litchfield County, Conn., who settled here in 1817 on the farm now owned by our subject, and which they cleared and improved. They were the parents of four children: Margarett Ann, deceased; Aaron P.; Benjamin, deceased, and B. O. Plymton, deceased. Benjamin Mallory died October 18, 1859, aged seventy-one years, and his wife October 18, 1848. Our subject was reared on the old homestead, where he has always resided, and was married December 24, 1848, to Fidelia E., daughter of James and Betsey (Avery) Blake, formerly of Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Conn., and who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1826, locating half a mile east of Brimfield Center, where they cleared and improved a farm, on which they resided until Mr. Blake's death; he died March 7, 1872, at the age of seventy-three years. His widow died in 1881, aged eighty years. They reared a family of six children: Orville, a clergyman of the Free- Will Baptist Church, who was a Representative in the Ohio Legislature for four years (now deceased), Fidelia E, Buel A., Sherman M. (deceased), Judson A. and Charlotte (wife of John I. Hastings). Mr. and Mrs. Mallory are the parents of four children: Frank N., deceased; Emma J., wife of A. T. Nighman; Nettie, wife of Cyrus Osborn, and Benjamin. Our subject has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since he was fourteen years of age. In politics he is a Republican.

JAMES MOULTON, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born May 30, 1825, in Brimfield Township, this county, son of Augustus and Sarah (Osborn) Moulton, who were the parents of three children: Louisa A. wife of Silas Shannon (have four children living: Maria, Warren, Charlie and Josie, latter wife of Richard Bunker), Warren (now deceased) and James. Augustus Moulton settled on a quarter section of land (a part of which is now owned by our subject and his sister, Mrs. Silas Shannon,) in 1822, where he cleared a farm from what was an unbroken wilderness and lived there until his death. He died in 1863, at the age of sixty-five years. Our subject's paternal grandfather was Jeremiah Moulton, a native of Munson, Mass., who settled in Brimfield in 1817, clearing and improving a farm where he lived the balance of his life. He was a prominent man in his day, and served the county as Associate Judge for seven years. He reared a family of ten children: George (deceased), Augustus (deceased), Anson (deceased), William J., Sullivan, Lucy (wife of John Abels), Nancy (deceased), Sophia (deceased), Betsey (wife of Chauncey Tupper) and Emily (deceased). The maternal grandfather of oxir subject was Peter Osborn, of Connecticut, and whose sons, Peter and Joseph, settled in Brimlield in 1821, where they lived for many years. James Moulton, the subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm where he has always resided, with the exception of seven years, during which he lived in Suffield, this county. He married, March 11, 1843, Betsey, daughter of Russell and Betsey (Jones) Meacham, of Suffield Township, this county, by whom he has had the following children: Martha E., wife of John Sylvester; Sarah A., wife of George Maloy (have one child - Clarence A.); Minnie A., wife of E. Ladenslayer (have one daughter - Nellie); Cora, wife of Calvin Miller (have two children: James I. and Clara A.); William M. ; Emma W. ; Bertha A., and Hannah R. (deceased). Mr. Moulton has served his township as Justice of the Peace one term. In politics he has always been a stanch Democrat.

JOHN Q. MOULTON, farmer, P. O. Brimfield. was born on the farm where he now resides, November 14, 1846; son of Elbridge G. and Almira J. (Dunning) Moulton. His paternal grandfather, Harrison Moulton, settled in 1817 on the farm now owned by our subject, which he cleared and improved. He had six children: Wyles, William (deceased), Elbridge G. (deceased), Susan (deceased), Maria (Mrs. Albert Underwood), Sophia (Mrs. Albert Dawley). Elbridge G. had three children - A. Jeannette (Mrs. J. W. Sherman), Lucy M. (deceased), and John Q. Our subject has always resided on the old homestead. He was married, January 4, 1871, to Eliza A., daughter of Elias and Mary A. Heckman, of Brimlield Township, this county, by whom he has one child, Nina E. Mr. Moulton is a representative farmer and citizen of Brimfield Township. In politics he is a -Republican.

JOSEPH P. PARKER, butter and cheese manufacturer, Brimfield, was born in Windsor, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, June 30, 1818; son of Daniel and Sarah (Bartlett) Parker, natives of East Windsor, Conn., who settled in Ashtabula County, in 1813, where Mr. Parker cleared and improved a farm on which he resided up to 1832. He afterward lived in different parts of the State, and died in Ashtabula County, in 1852, at the age of seventy-eight years. Our subject came to Shalersville, this county, in 1837, and here for three years worked by the month; the three years following this he rented a farm in the same township, and then purchased a small farm in Shalersville Township, where he lived until 1849, and then removed to Michigan. In 1851 he engaged in farming in Streetsboro Township, this county, where he remained up to 1876, then located in Brimfield Township, and embarked in his present business of manufacturing butter and cheese. He has been twice married; on first occasion, September 9, 1842, to Harriet, daughter of Newton and Molly (Hotchkiss) Morris, early settlers of Shalersville Township, this county. By this union there were two children: Alice, wife of William Beasley, and Ellen, wife of Joseph Quinn. On January 1, 1859, Mr. Parker married Annis, daughter of James and Lucy (Barber) Rose, of Kent, who bore him six children: Frank, Hattie, Addie (deceased), Willie, Lettieand Eleanor (deceased). Mr. Parker is a F. & A. M. In politics he is a Democrat.

EDWARD PARSONS (deceased), who was a pioneer of Brimfield Township, this county, was born in Northampton, Mass., March 14, 1797, son of Moses and Esther (Kingsley) Parsons, also natives of Massachusetts. The

Parsons family is a very old one and the name appears often in the early history of the old Bay State. They were originally of English extraction. The subject of this sketch lived in his native village until a man grown, in the meantime learning the ti'ade of his father, that of a carpenter and joiner. At this place, when about twenty-nine years of age, he made the acquaintance of Miss Clementina Janes, then teaching school at Northampton, a daughter of Peleg Cheney and Martha (Coy) Janes, of Brimfield, Hampden Co., Mass., where Mr. Janes was a large mill owner. The Janeses were of English extraction, and the Coys of Irish origin, though both families for generations previous were natives of Massachusetts or Connecticut. This acquaintance resulted in the marriage of Mr. Parsons with Miss Janes on January 1, 1828, and two years and a half afterward Mr. Parsons with his wife and son Edward A., born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., January 25, 1829, moved to Ohio, and first settled at Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, for one year; thence went to Cleveland, remaining sis months, and finally, in the fall of 1831, took up their residence in the township of Brimfield, Portage County, Here Mr. Parsons worked at his trade at odd intervals, but never to anv extent making farming his main occupation, at which he was very successful, for although buying only fifty acres at the start, he afterward became the owner of 200 or more acres near the village of Brimfield. He was one of the most substantial and highly respected citizens of the township. In 1868 he retired from active farming, and moved to Kent, where he resided until his death April 6, 1874. He was from early manhood a devoted member of the Episcopal Church (as was his wife), himself and a Mr. Cogswell being the founders of the first church organization of this denomination in his native village of Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass., where he was Junior Warden. At Kent he took the same interest, and was one of the organizers of the Episcopal Church in the village, and for the erection of this house of worship he contributed liberally of his means and served as Church "Warden for many vears. In politics he was originally a Whig, and in sentiment a believer in liberty and the equal rights of man, and on the formation of the Republican party, he always acted and voted with that party. On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, two of his sons volunteered and served in the Union Army: Timothy G., for four years, most of the time in the Quartermaster's Department; and William C, for ten months as an artilleryman. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons reared a family of six children: Edward A., born January 25, 1829; Timothy G., born September 17, 1832; Harriet J., born June 24, 1835, died October 2, 1876; Martha Kingsly, born April 1, 1838; William Cheney, born February 19, 1841; Clementina, born September 30, 1843. All the children were born in Brimfield, Ohio, except Edward A., who was born at Northampton, Mass. Mrs. Parsons is now eighty-two years of age, and is an exceedingly amiable and worthy lady, well preserved for her years, I'etaining all her faculties. She resides with her daughter, now Mrs. Clementina Barber, wife of Charles H. Barber, the present Postmaster of Kent.

JOSEPH RUSS, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, February, 5, 1832; son of Beverly Y. and Bertia (Emerson) Russ, natives of Vermont. His father came to Ohio in 1829, and purchased a tract of land in Brimfield Township, this county, on whichhe settled;in 1831, cleared and improved and where he resided until his death. The farm is still the propertv of his descendants. He had five children: Joseph, Seraph (deceased). Van (deceased), Viola (deceased) and Emma (Mrs. S. Samuel Buell, Jr.). Our subject has been a resident of Briu.field Township, this county, most of his life,and has lived on his present farm upward of twenty -seven years; he was married February 23,

1854, to Mary E., daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth Marlett, of Elkhart, Ind., by whom he has had five children: Marcy H., Delos P. (deceased), Marion (deceased), Ernest L. . and Herbert L. Mr. Russ has held several township offices in Brimtield. In politics he is a Democrat.

EDWARD A. RUSSELL, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., K Y., July 21, 1818; son of Edward and Love (Spencer) Russell, theformer of whom, a native of Washington County, N. Y., died at our subject's residence in December, 1883, aged ninety-two years; the latter, a native of Rupert, Bennington Co., Vt., died on the old homestead in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1845. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Capt. William Russell, a son of Ebenezer Russell, a native of Branford, Conn., whose ancestors settled there in 1660. He was the first Treasurer of Washington County, N. Y., and held the office for fifty consecutive years. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Phineas Spencer, a native of Vermont, and a farmer by occupation. The parents of our subject settled in Brimtield Township, this county, in 1829, on the farm now owned by William Kruger, which they cleared and improved. They had eleven children: Phineas S., Martha L. (deceased), Edward A., Mary L. (deceased), William, John (deceased), Frank F., Delia M. (deceased), Eliza J. (Mrs. E. Osgood), Nancy S. and an infant (deceased). Our subject was married, June 2, 1846, to Ann, daughter of John and Julia A. (Harris) Furry, formerly of Dutchess County, N. Y. , who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817, and to this union were born five children: Homer B., Albert E., W^arren A., Merritt E. and Myra J. (twins). Mrs. Russell died November 24, 1884. Our subject has always resided in Brimfield Township, this county, where he followed his trade, that of a wagonmaker, for eight years engaged in farming, and has resided on his present farm since 1855. He is a Republican in politics, he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

OLIVER SAWYER, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Jaffrey, Cheshire Co., N. H., April 21, 1804; son of Uriah and Sally (Spafford) Sawyer, natives of Massachusetts, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817, locating on Lot 20, part of the farm now owned and occupied by our subject, where they lived and died. The paternal grandfather of our subject was William Sawyer of Berlin, Mass., who had seven children: Amos, Oliver, Asa, Uriah, Nabby, Polly and Hannah, all now deceased. He (Grandfather Sawyer) and two brothers settled about 1740, on an elevated piece of land in Berlin, Mass., which has always gone by the name of "Sawyer's Hill." These three brothers lived and died there, and raised large families. Oliver Sawyer visited the spot in 1857, and found the local school was attended by about sixty scholars, over forty of whom were named Sawyer. Our subject's maternal grandfather was Job Spaflford, also of Berlin, Mass. Uriah Sawyer had ten children, of whom eight grew to maturity: Oliver, Henry (deceased). Lockhart (deceased), Uriah (deceased), William B. (deceased), Benjamin F. (deceased), Sally (Mrs. John Walker) and Hannah. Our subject has always lived within half a mile of the old homestead, having when twenty-three years of age purchased the farm three- fourths of a mile south of his present residence, where he lived for over forty years. He has been twice married, on first occasion November 29, 1827, to Sophia, daughter of Asa and Eunice Sawyei", by whom he had four children; Luke (deceased), George L. (deceased), George L. (second) and Jane A. (deceased). Augiast 16, 1862, he married his second wife, Martha L. (Russell) Furry. Mr. Sawyer came back to the old homestead in 1862, where he has since resided with his only surviving child, George L., who is married to Mary J., daughter of Henry C. Chapman and grand-daughter of Constance

Chapman, who settled in Brimtield Township, this county, in 1821, and who was a soldier of the Revolution. To George L. Sawyer and his wife have been born five children: Elam (deceased), Elmer, Sumner, Dora and Sophia. Our subject is the oldest living pioneer of the township; in politics he is a Republican.

HENRY D. SAWYER, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, July 4, 1838, son of Asa and Caroline A. (Lincoln) Sawyer. His paternal grandfather, Asa Sawyer, was a native of Massachusetts, who settled here in 1818 on the farm now owned and occupied by A. J. Shuman, where he resided until his death in 1845. His maternal grandfather was Dr. Luke A. Lincoln, the first resident physician of Brimfield Township, this county, having settled in 1820. Asa Sawyer, the father of our subject, settled on the farm now occupied by his widow, which he cleared and improved and on which he lived until his death. He died November 4, 1881, at the age of seventy-nine years. Our subject, with his mother, resides on the old homestead, where he was born and reared and has always followed farming as an occupation. He served in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting in August, 1861, in Company L,, Second Ohio Cavalry, and was honorably discharged in 1865, having participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, except the last battle of Richmond. He is a member of the G. A. R. ; in politics a Democrat.

VICTOR P. SAWYER, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, September 12, 1848, son of Uriah and Caroline (Pike) Sawyer. His paternal grandfather was Uriah Sawyer, a native of Massachusetts, who settled in this township in 1817. His maternal grandfather, Jeremy Pike, also a native of Massachusetts, settled here in 1820. Uriah, the father of our subject, when he started in life for himself, settled on Lot 20, Brimfield Township, where he cleared and improved the farm now owned by George Tritt, and there resided up to 1860, when he removed to the farm now owned by our subject, where he lived until his death. He died November 2, 1881, aged seventy-one years. His children were Adelaide R. (deceased), and Victor P. Our subject was married September 27, 1870, to Eunice S., daughter of William R. and Lucy (Sawyer) Kelso, of Brimfield Township, by whom he has two children: Lucy C. and Addie C. Mr. Sawyer is a member of the Universalist Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

JOHN W. SHERMAN, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, October 29, 1834, son of Capt. Harris and Sallie (Morgan) Sherman, who settled here in 1831, locating on Lot 52, which they cleared and improved and where they lived and died. His paternal grandfather was Thomas Sherman, son of Thomas Sherman, he a son of Dr. John Sherman, the latter a son of Rev. James Sherman, descendants of Dr. John Sherman, a native of England who settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1634. Our subject was married Sei:)tember 7, 1862, to A. Jenette, daughter of Elbridge and Almira J. (Dunning) Moulton, and grand-daughter of Harrison Moulton, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817, and to this union have been born two children: Florence A. and Howard C. (deceased). Our subject was reared on the homestead which he now owns, and where he remained until 1881, when he moved to the place he now occupies. He and his wife are attendants of the Universalist Church. He is a F. & A. M.; in politics he is a Republican.

ABRAM J. SHUMAN, farmer, P. O Kent, Portage Co., Ohio, was born in Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., December 31, 1814, son of Henry and Hannah (Johnson) Shuman, natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively, who settled in Stdwe Township (now in Summit County, Ohio), in 1834, where they cleared a farm aud lived until their death. They were the parents of eight children: Abram J., Catherine (deceased), Nancy (Mrs. James C. Kelso), Erastas, William, Mary (deceased), Henry (deceased), and Eiias (deceased). Our subject settled in Brimtield Township, this county, in 183G, and was married November 29, ]840, to Sarah, daughter of Asa and Eunice (Bruce) Sawyer, who settled here in 1818. The issue of this union was ten children: Alvina (deceased), Albert, Alvina (Mrs. Peter Carline), Loretta (Mrs. J. Otis Nighman), Amelia (Mrs. Frank Maloy), Asa, Mary, Dora (Mrs. Adam Cline), an infant daughter (deceased) and Heni'y. Mr. Shuman has lived on the old Sawyer homestead since his marriage, and has held several offices in the gift of the township. In politics he is a Republican.

BAKNET STJLWELL, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Bergen County, N. J., in 1802, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Earl) Stilwell. He was left an orphan in his infancy, and lived with his relatives in New Jersey until fifteen years of age, when he went to western Pennsylvania and worked as a farm hand by the month for two years. He subsequently leased farms in that vicinity until 1827, when he came to Brimfield Township, this county, and settled on the farm (at that time an unbroken wilderness) where he still resides, and all of which he has cleared and improved. He was married, April 25, 1824, to Jane, daughter of David and Jane (Jackson) Hall, of Armstrong County, Penn. The issue of this union was ten children: Mary, wife of Norris Miller; David; Ezekiel ; Eliza (deceased); Smith (deceased); Warren (deceased); Philena, wife of Cornelius Weston; Elenor, wife of Charles Hart; Byron and Alice (latter deceased). Mr. Stilwell is a worthy citizen and one of the few pioneers still living in Brimfield Township. In politics he is a Kepublican.

LAMBERT TWITCHELL, farmer and clergyman, P. O. Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, August 12, 1827, son of Arba and Sally (Barber) Tvvitchell, natives of Massachusetts and Litchfield, Conn., respectively. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Jonas Twitchell, who came to Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817; he had but two children - John and Arba. Arba Twitchell came here in 1816, and was hired by Henry Thorndike to make a clearing on the old Boszor Hill, a half mile north of the Center, and to him belongs the honor of having made the first improvement in the township. Not long afterward he settled on the farm now owned and occupied by our subject, which he cleared and improved and lived on until his death. He had one child - Lambert. Our subject has always I'esided on the old homestead where he was born and reared. He was educated in the common schools, the Kent Academy and Oberlin College, and was married in November, 1851, to Julia M., daughter of Sedley and Maria (Barber) Sill, of Dansville, N. Y., by whom he had three children: Russell W., Male, and Josephine (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell are members of the Baptist Church, of v?hich he was ordained a minister some twelve years ago. He served as pastor of the Kent Baptist Church for six years, and organized the present church of that place. Through his labors and exertions the church was built and now has a thriving congregation. In politics Mr. Twitchell is a Prohibitionist.

ALPHEUS H. UNDERWOOD, farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born September 22, 1827, in Brimfield Township, this county, son of Lybia and Julia (Minard) Underwood. His paternal grandfather was Alpheus Underwood, a native of Munson, Mass., who settled in Brimfield, Portage Co., Ohio, in 1817, locating on the farm now known as the Needham Farm, which he cleared and improved, and on which he lived and died. His family consisted of seven children: Marcia, Alvira, Pamilla, Lybia, Freeman, Albert and Eiam, all now deceased. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Champlin Minard, who settled in Atwater Township, this county, in 1817. Lybia Underwood, after he became of age, settled on the farm now occupied by his widow, which he cleared and improved, and where he resided until his death. He was thrice married. By his first wife, Julia Minard, he had eight children: Mary A. (deceased), Juliet (deceased), William P., Alpheus H., Pamilla (deceased), Elam, Bruce and Walbridge (deceased). His second wife was Mrs. Ruth E. Baldwin, nee Minard. By Mai'ia Edson, bis third wife, he had one daughter - Pamilla, wife of Charles Maloy. Lybia Underwood, who was a prominent citizen of Brimfield, serving as Justice of the Peace for many years, died in 1877. The subject of this sketch was reared on the old homestead, and, after he became of age, he, in company with his brothers, worked his father's farm for several years. He was married, May 16, 1854, to Perces C, daughter of Rufus and Martha (Caris) Huntley, of Brimfield, by whom he has had two children: Harmon E. (deceased) and Vernon E. Mr. Underwood has resided on his present farm since 1858. He has filled various offices in the gift of his township, and is now serving his third term as Township Trustee. In politics he is a Democrat.

LUTHER L. BROWN, son of Benjamin and Mary (Millman) Brown, who settled in Nelson in 1806, was born August 7, 1804, and came to Charlestown in 1830, settling one-half mile south of the Center on the King farm; moved to the Center in 1840. Among the residents here when he came were Leverett Norton, H. P. Curtis, John Bill and William Aull. Mr. Brown built his house here in 1840. He was married, October 25, 1829, to Minerva E. Hall, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Hall, who settled here in 1815, coming from Massachusetts. Mr. Brown was elected first Probate Judge and served two terms. Under the old State law he was Associate Judge of the county. Justice of the Peace for fourteen years, and filled all the town offices. Of his children, Julian married John Holden, February 25, 1855; Sophia M. E. married Spencer B. Morris, April 29, 1860, and Arthur L. died in infancy. Judge Brown was teacher for some time of the Center School.

THE COE FAMILY. Capt. David L. Coe came to Charlestown Township, and settled one-fourth of a mile north of the Center. His sons were Ransom, Lyman, Adna and Heman. Claudius L. Coe came several years later, and Sophia, Sally, Phoebe, daughters of the Captain, also came at that time. Mrs. Sarah (Pratt) Coe came from Massachusetts with her husband. Ransom Coe was married, October 1, 1825, to Rebecca M. Austin, daughter of Nathaniel Austin, of Litchfield, Conn., who are the oldest settlers now living in the town. The family of Coes came with the Hinckley colony, and its members were among the very first settlers. Heman and Rev. Lyman died many years ago; Adna and Claudius settled just north of the David Coe homestead, and their representatives reside here still. The house erected by Capt. Coe is the home of his son Ransom. John A. Wadsworth, who died May 1, 1884, son of Zenophon Wadsworth, of Windham, was married March 1, 1849, to Miss Charlotte, eldest daughter of Ransom Coe. Mrs. Wadsworth still resides at Ravenna.

CHARLES CURTIS, Sr., came to Charlestown Township with the Hinckley colony accompanied by his brothers, Linus and Joel. The children of Charles Curtis, Sr., were Chauncey, Charles L., Henry, Lewis, Denis (who died about 1813), Polly, Lucretia, Harriet, Maria and Lucy. Polly married Leverett Norton, still living in Connecticut, where her husband died. Lucretia married Horatio Austin, and after his death was married to Mr. Hart. She died some years ago. Harriet married Charles Austin; both are dead. Chauncey was married to Clarissa Loomis, subsequently to Mrs. Barnes, and lastly to Mrs. Soule. Charles L. married Aurelia Loomis, in February, 1825. Charles Curtis came in 1811, and died in 1813 from disease caught at Cleveland while serving as sutler. The old homestead is opposite the Coe homestead, but occupied by the Worden family now, since the death of Chauncey Curtis, eight years ago.

CHARLES L. CURTIS, son of Charles, the pioneer settler, was born July 31, 1801, and married in February, 1825, Aurelia Loomis, daughter of Asa Loomis, Sr., who was born April 17, 1798. He died March 21, 1848. Mrs. Curtis died August 25, 1873. Their children are Caroline A., born April 17, 1834; Charles L., born February 13, 1836; Emerson G., born November 2, 1838, and Austin P., born April 11, 1841. Austin P. Curtis married Amelia H. Bostwick October 3, 1870. His children are Lewis P.Curtis, born December 30, 1871; Ray and Zada. (Ray P. Curtis died September 10, 1876). He has served as Justice of the Peace about twenty years. He resides on the old Curtis lands on Lot 29.

WILLIAM FOX, Jr., son of William and Elizabeth (Myers) Fox, both natives of Pennsylvania, was born August 16, 1829, in Columbiana County, Ohio, where his parents had settled in 1811. In 1833 the family moved to this county, making a settlement in Charlestown Township, opposite Alpheus Baldwin's claim, and resided in the neighborhood until the death of William Fox, Sr., March 15, 1853, and of Mrs. Fox, Sr., November 28, 1877. Mr. Fox moved to Ravenna in 1850, and to Hiram Township in 1860, where he purchased the Mason homestead farm. This he conducted nineteen years, sold to Mr. Rice in 1879, and moved to his present home in Augerburg in 1879, where he purchased the Farnham homestead and residence. Mr. Fox was married April 29, 1854, to Miss Nancy HcHenry. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty- fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through the term. He holds the offices of Infirmary Director and Justice of the Peace.

JOSEPH LOOMIS, of Litchfield, Conn., came to Charlestown Township shortly after the arrival of the Hinckley colony in 1811, and resided in the town until his death in 1827. Ralzimon Loomis arrived here shortly after the Hinckley colony. He was a son of Joseph Loomis above-mentioned. His wife was Nancy Colt, of Connecticut. Willard (died after coming here), Clarissa (married Chauncey Curtis), and Sophia were also children of Joseph Loomis. Asa Loomis, a nephew of Joseph Loomis, came in 1822 from Connecticut, and in 1823 settled just west of the present Lewis Loomis farm. His children, who came with him, were Eliza.who married Andrew Haymaker; Lewis, who married Charity Hough, of Atwater, April 3. 1833; Beulah, who died about twenty-five years ago; Martha, who married Mr. Richards, of Garrettsville; Mary, who married R. Hinman, of Edinburg Township; Harriet, who married Henry Woodruff, of Trumbull County, and Abigail, who married Denison Bostwick, of Edinburg Township. Of the children born here Cornelius was married to Milly IMoore, daughter of Zebina Moore, of Franklin, October 21, 1850. Uriah B. Loomis, now residing on the homestead, was married to Elizabeth Boly, daughter of David Boly, of Rootstown; Addison Loomis, now of Clairmont, Iowa, and Addison (first) Loomis, who died in youth.

LEWIS LOOMIS, son of Asa Loomis, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., in 1809, came with his parents to Charlestown Township in 1822, and was married to Miss Charity Hough, of Atwater, April 3, 1833. In 1834 he purchased his present farm on Lot 35, from Sheldon Farnham. His children are Martin, married to Amorett, daughter of Chester Howard, of Aurora; Cornelia, married to Henry Gilmore; Amna, married to John Whitney, of Freedom Township.

M. BOSWORTH, miller and farmer, P. O. North Benton, Mahoning Co., Ohio, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1846; son of Thompson and Annie (Curtis) Bosworth, a pioneer family of Trumbull County, where the former died in 1849. They were parents of three children, two of whom are now living - Mark and Thompson. The widow and her family subsequently removed to Deerfield Township, this county, where our subject received his primary education and grew to manhood. He was married in 1871 to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Margaret Hartzell, of Deerfield Township, this county. By this union there are the following children now living: John, Delmer and Charles Eosco, the latter born January 8, 1885. Mr. Bosworth became associated with D. Lazarus in the milling business in 1876, which partnership still continues. He is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party. A member of the Presbyterian Church of Benton.

H. E. DAY, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born on the banks of the Mahoning River, in Deerfield Township, this county, November 23, 1804. His grandfather, Lewis Day, with Mr. Ely and Daniel Diver, came to this county in 1799, subsequently returned to the East, but came back here in 1800, bringing their families, and were the first to settle in Deerfield Township. The Day's settlement was east of the Center, and there two generations have lived and passed away. Munn and Lucy (Ely) Day, the parents of our subject, were natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut respectively, and were parents of eight children, six of whom are now living. Our subject was married, first in 1830, to Miss Minerva Scranton, of Atwater, who died in 1838, leaving three children: Dudley M., born on the homestead in 1831, and who married Miss Mary Smith, of Portage County, Ohio, in 1856 (have three children); Edgar M., and Lucy H, wife of A. M. Crosser. Mr. Day was married on the second occasion to Miss Martha Wakefield, of New York State, who bore him four children: Ewing W., who enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantiy. and was killed in the battle of Stone River; Louisa, wife of Charles Newton; Laura E., wife of F. Hartzall; and Heman L. Mr. Day was engaged in the tannery erected in Deerfield by Jesse Grant, father of Gen. Grant, with whom he had pleasant business associations. Our subject is Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a consistent member for many years.

SAMUEL DIVER, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born on the homestead fai-m at Deerfield Center, January 16, 1817; son of John and Christena (Hartzall) Diver, whose history appeal's elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was married in this county in 1840, to Miss Miriam, daughter of Peter Mason, a pioneer of this county, and of which she is a native. The children born to this union, who are all living, are as follows: Mary P., wife of Charles Shaeffer; Kosella, wife of Oliver Mowen; Alvira, wife of A. McGowan; and Almira, wife of I. Hartzell. Mr. Diver has a farm of 110 acres on which he settled in 1840, and which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. He may be said to be a model farmer, and a true type of pioneer stock. The family is noted for its industry, all the members having borne a part in clearing the lands and beautifying their homes. JNIr. Diver is a member of the Disciples Church. In politics he is a stanch supporter of Republican principles.

JOSEPH DIVER, farmer, P. O. Deertield, is a descendant of one of the oldest pioneer families in Deerfield Township, this county, where he was born in 1823. His grandfather, Daniel Diver, was a native of Germany, who along with Lewis Day and Mr. Ely traded for a large tract of land, divided it into lots, put the tickets into a hat and made a drawing of same, Daniel Diver securing the center. Here the family made a settlement in the wilderness in 1801, and around their cabin home sprang up a prosperous village. John Diver, of Blandford, Mass., father of our subject, resided with his father and assisted him to clear the land. About 1834 he erected the "Diver House" and conducted the hotel nearly to the close of his life. He carried the mail on horseback between Cleveland and Pittsburgh, having to pass through eighteen miles of wilderness. On one occasion he found a man left by a brook to die, took him home, and by careful attention saved his life. He was married on first occasion to Miss Laura Ely, who bore him three children, of whom Osman only survives. His second marriage was with Christena Hartzell, by whom he had nine children, of whom are now living Samuel; Polly, wife of William Spires; Joseph; and Christena, wife of N. Gillis. He lived to attain the age of eighty-four years, and when he died left each of his children a small farm with which to begin life. Our subject was married in 1847, to Miss Lucinda Wilcox, a native of Deerfield Township, this county. Eight children born to this union are all living: Edwin, Ella, Gertrude, John, Wallace, Julia, Minaie and Eugene. He succeeded his father as proprietor of the " Diver House," but subsequently leased it and devoted himself to farming. He has been very successful and his acres have accumulated until now he is one of the prominent farmers and landholders in the township.

WILLIAM DUSTMAN, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio, February 6, 1836; son of Daniel and Catherine (Goodman) Dustman, natives of Mahoning County, where they still reside, and parents of the following children now living: Jacob, William, Hannah (wife of Hugh Swai-tz), John, Abraham, Mary Ann (wife of C. Harman), Isaac, Louisa (wife of E. Harman). The maternal grandfather, John Goodman, and paternal grandfather, Jacob Dustman, were among the early founders of Berlin Township, Mahoning Co., Ohio. Our subject was married at Berlin, in 1860, to Miss Sarah A. , daughter of Henry Goodman, by whom he has two children - Milton H. and Minnie V. In 1864 Mr. Dustman settled on his farm of eighty acres in this township, also retaining the ownership of his farm of ninety acres in Mahoning County. He has served in several ofl&cial positions in Deerfield Township, this county. He advocates the principles of the Republican party; is a citizen highly esteemed. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

MASON GIBBS, retired, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Worcester County, Mass., in 1801; son of Dolphin and Asineth (Fay) Gibbs. The family removed to Cheshire County, N. H., where the parents died. Our subject was married, October 31, 1835, to Miss Mary, daughter of Charles Reed, who died June 19, 1880, the mother of two children, and of whom the only survivor is

Julia, who is living at hotiie and caring for her aged father. Mr. Gibbs came West in 18"2S, and located at Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co. , Ohio; from there he moved to Deerlield, this county, in 1881, and entered into mercantile trade in same year. This he carried on successfully until ISTI, and was also largely interested in stock-growing. At the close of his mercantile career his store was converted into a dwelling, one of the neatest and most ci-mmodious in the township. Mr. Gibbs retired from all active pursuits in 1883. He is Trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been long identified.

IRA GILBERT, farmer, Deerfield, was born in Palmyra Township, this oounty, in 1831, son of James and Charlotte (Cox) Gilbert, and a direct descendant of Sir John Gilbert, of England, who obtained the first land grant in Connecticut from the Crown. The parents of our subject settled in Palmyra Township, this county, in 1811, where they lived to the close of their lives. Their children are Everett, Ira and Lucinda, wife of David Daniel. Our subject was twice married, on first occasion in 1855, in Paris Township, this county, to Miss Harriet, daughter of John Colwell, of this county, and who died in 1879. She was the mother of six children, four of whom are now living: Frank, John, Frederick and Mary. Mr. Gilbert married, on second occasion, in January, 1882, Mrs. Cynthia Green, daughter of George and Polly (Ward) Carris, of Rootstown, Ohio, and who were among its earliest pioneers. "Mother" Ward's pond was named after one of Mrs. Gilbert's ancestors. Mr. Gilbert has been a resident of Deerfield Township, this county, for forty five years. His present farm, comprising 155 acres, was first settled by Alva, son of Judge Day, and was among the first cleared in the township. Our subject is a stanch suj^porter of Democratic principles, and one of the most active and respected citizens of Deerfield Township.

HENRY HARTZELL was born in Northampton County, Penn., October 5, 1801. His father, John Hartzell, with his family, moved from Pennsylvania to Deerfield in 1805, and after living for some time in a log-house he burned brick and built the first brick house in the township. Of the ten children of the family at this date, March 26, 1885, there are only two living, Henry and Polly, now wife of Rev. John Shafifer. Henry Hartzell remained at home until twenty. three years of age. He then married Miss Annie Sheets, who died, leaving three children. They are still living, being named Simon, Mary and John. His second wife was Miss Jane Smart, a native of Pennsylvania. Three sons, Eli, James and George, and two daughters, Annie and Lucy, survive her. His third wife was Catherine B. Sullivan, to whom he was man'ied October 19, 1848. To them no children have been born. Their married life is yet unbroken by death. Mr. Hartzell settled on the farm where he now resides, in the southern part of Deerfield, in 1857, on which years ago he erected a large and commodious brick residence, and when eighty-one years old - 1882 - planned and superintended the building of a very large and convenient barn. For twelve years he has suffered severely from varicose ulcers upon his limbs, but in body and mind he is still strong and vigorous. In the days of slavery he was a bold, outspoken anti-slavery man, bearing the brand of an " Abolitionist." Since then he has been a supporter of the Republican party, and on temperance he is a radical Prohibitionist. W^ithout the advantages of education, by untiring industry he has been a successful business man, and in his ripe old age, with bright Christian trust, he is patiently waiting for the end.

Margaret Baight, a pioneer family of Trumbull County, Ohio. Our subject was united in marriage, in 1841, with John Hartzell, a native of Lancaster County, Penn., who at fourteen years of age came with his father to this county. Here he grew up, and by industry and perseverance accumulated sufficient means to purchase the land where he established a home which stands as a monument to his memory. He died September 1, 1873, aged eighty years, eleven months and twenty- five days, leaving a widow and two children - Anna and Mary, the latter the wife of Mark Bosworth - to mourn his loss. Mrs. Margaret Hartzell is a member of the Presbyterian Church at North Benton, Mahoning Co., Ohio.

FRANK HARTZELL, farmer, P. O. Deertield, was born in Deertield Township, this county, September 14, 1838, a son of George Hartzell, who was born in Deertield Township, May 12, 1811, and who, with his father, William Hartzell, and his grandfather, George Hartzell, settled in the eastern portion of Deertield Township in 1807. The family came from Bucks County, Penn. George Hartzell, father of our subject, was married to Miss Emily, daughter of Peter Mason, and who was born in Deertield Township, in 1813. To this union were born Sebra W. , Frank and Lewis D. George Hartzell died April 5, 1881, and his widow now resides near her son. Our subject was married, July 8, 1875, to Miss Laura E., daughter of Heman E. Day, and a native of Deertield Township, this county. Three children have been born to this union, all now living: M.Cecelia, H. Augustus and G. Nelson. Mr. Hartzell possesses a farm of 133 acres. He is a man of enterprise and highly esteemed by all who know him.

JOHN H. HOFFMAN, Deertield, was born in Northampton County, Penn., April 4, 18'.^3, son of John and Maria (Siegfried) Hoffman, natives of Pennsylvania. Their living children are John H., James J., Henry E., Michael S. and Amanda. The father died in 1879, aged eighty-three years; the mother is now in her eightieth year. Our subject learned the tinsmith's trade and settled at Reading, Penn., where he was married in 1847, to Miss Rosannah Baker, a native of Reading, Berks Co., Penn., and to this union were born three children, now living: Mary A., wife of J. N. Gibbons, Wintield S., who is engaged in the tin and stove trade at Alliance, and Josephine, wife of Edwin J. Day. Mr. Hoffman settled in Deertield, this county, in 1858, and in 18G2 as a substitute entered the ranks of the Union Army, in Company F, Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge and the siege of Vicksburg, from which point he was honorably discharged and returned to his home in Deertield, Portage Co. , Ohio. Mr. Hoffman has served as Constable in Pennsylvania, and in Deertield Township, this county, and for eighteen years has been Justice of the Peace. He frequently attends the German Reformed Church in his native State. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He cast his tirst ballot in the old Whig party, for Henry Clay.

H. D. HUTSON, farmer, P. O. Deertield, was born in Paris Township, this county, August 4, 1827, son of Lazarus and Minerva (Laughlin) Hutson. the former born on the banks of the Juniata River, Pennsylvania, the latter a native of Deertield Township, this county, and a daughter of James Laughlin, who erected the tirst grist-mill on the Mahoning River, and died in Deertield Township in 1852, aged eighty years. The children born to this union now living are Hiram, Homer, Henry and H. D. In 1852 our subject began his career in life as a pilot on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers between Pittsbui-gh and New Orleans. At the breakins out of the Rebellion he entered the service as pilot of the Mississippi squadron, assigned to the brig "Restless " subsequently was put in charge of the repair boat "Swallow," and was so engaged at No. 10, Fort Pillow, Memphis and Vicksburg, where he was taken sick and confined in hospital for three months, during which time his vessel was destroyed by the Rebels. On his recovery he took his position on the " W. H. Brown" dispatch boat, and had charge as pilot of the "Benton" on her memorable trip on the Yazoo River, and participated in the battle at Fort Donelson. His service terminated with the close of the war. He subsequently purchased a share in a steamer which he commanded seven years sue cessfully, and disposed of it in 1875, then came to this countv, settlino- on his present farm of 150 acres. He is the founder of and interest'ed in the^Hutson Coal Company. Mr. Hutson was married, in 1862, to Miss Charlotte C Vaughn a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, by whom he has had one child - Charles W. H. - who died in 1876. Our subject has served the township as Trustee He 18 a member of the Disciples Church.

JOHN W. JONES, P. O. Deerfield, a successful and progressive farmer was born m North Wales, in 1818. His parents, William and Ann Jones' immigrated to the United States in 1831 and settled in Pittsburgh where the father died; they had a large family, eight of whom came to this country. Our subject had no educational advantages and early learned to labor. He worked at the big hammer in the mills at Pittsburgh, and by close economy and perseverance was enabled to save something from his hard earned wages He was married in that city, May 2, 3839, to Miss Mary GriflBth, a native of Maryland and of Welsh descent. Mr. Jones came to Deeriield Township, this county, m 1853, and located on his present farm (of which he is now the owner) comprising tifty acres of good productive land. He has erected a fine commodious residence, and made all the improvements necessary to a first-class farm. Our subject gave his services to the Union Army in 1862, enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty -fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After a sei-vice of over ten months he was honorably discharged on account of sickness occasioned by exposure. Politically he supports the Republican ticket.

JOHN LAZARUS, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Northampton County, Penn., June 22, 1804; son of Frederick and Christena Hartzell, natives of that county. This family pioneered its way west, in 1807, traveling through the wilderness to Ellsworth, from whence a road had to be cut, and they passed the remainder of their lives in Deerfield Township. Their living children are Joseph, John, George, Annie, Mary and Betsey. Our subject was married in Trumbull County,i Ohio, in 1829, to Miss Isabella Moore, who died m 1855, the mother of three children, two of whom are living- Sarah wife of F. Kirkbright, and Mary, wife of Joshua Hartzell. Mr. Lazarus owns a farm of 160 acres on which he settled after marriage. He is connected with the Presbyterian Church of Benton. In politics he supports the Republican party. ^

DANIEL LAZARUS, a member of the firm of Lazarus & Bosworth, millers, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Deerfield Township, this county, in 1839 ^^^?^^^°^'^^' ^ ^^*'^'® °^ Pennsylvania, and Jane (Craig) Lazarus, a native o± Mahoning County, Ohio, of which place the latter' s parents were among the earliest pioneers. Our subject was married, in 1865, to Miss Drusilla daughter of Thompson Bosworth. They are the parents of the following children now living: Effie and Mary. Mr. Lazarus is the senior partner of the above firm, which operates a mill erected by him in 1872, on the site of a structure built in 1822, by Peter Lazarus, and adjoins a saw-mill erected in J«lb, the first built m Deerfield Town.ship. The present mill is provided with two run of buhrs, and has a capacity of sixty bushela of wheat and 200 of feed per diem. Our subject is an officer in the Presbyterian Church of Benton, and is highly esteemed as a citizen and neighbor.

H. S. LOOMIS, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Randolph Township, this county, December 12, 1834; son of Harlow and Maria (Ward) Loomis, the former born in Wallingford, Conn., in 1798, the latter in Randolph Township, in 1808, a daughter of Josiah Ward. These families were among the earliest pioneers to settle in Randolph, Josiah Ward coming in 1803. The parents lived to a ripe old age, combating the privations and hardships of pioneer life to see as the re.sults of their labor the fields to bloom and ripen with abundance. Of their children five are living: Alfred, a resident of Washington Territory; Celinda, wife of William Brocket; H. S. ; Sardis and Albert H. Stephen J., the fifth child in the family, enlisted during the late war of the Rebellion, in the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at Atlanta, Ga. The subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, and was married, in Suffield Township, this county, in 1860, to Miss Malinda Wise, a native of Greentown, Ohio. Four children were born to this union all now living: Alva A., Stephen W., Rose B. and Humbert H. Mr. Loomis has always been industrious, and very successful, and as the results of his many years of labor has a fine farm of 242 acres in Deerfield Township, which he is continually improving. The family are highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. MARSH, proprietor of flax-mill, P. O. Deerfield, was born in England, in 1827; son of Emanuel and Anna Marsh. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 and located at Waterford, N. Y., where he worked at his trade. Four years later he removed to Springfield, Ohio, and was employed at various places until his coming to Deerfield, this county, in 1864. He operated a mill in Deerfield Township (since destroyed), and in 1876 came into possession of his present mill, originally built by Peter Lazarus in about 1840. It has now a capacity of turning out 3,000 pounds of flax per day, which is marketed in Pennsylvania and Indiana. Mr. Marsh has made his investment successful. He was married, in Waterford, N. Y., in 1850, to Miss Mary A. Wright, a native of England, by whom he has the following children: Alice; Giles H., married to Rhoda Mahuran; Flora L., wife of P. Case; Emma; Rose; Mattie; Minnie and Frank. Politically Mr. Marsh supports the principles of the Republican party. His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

BENJAMIN D. MISNER, carpenter, P. O. Deerfield, is a native of Indiana County, Penn., where he was born in 1819; son of Benjamin and Eve (Ditch) Misner, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1822 and were among the early pioneers of Mahoning County, where the father died in 1854 They reared a family of ten children, as follows: John, Samuel, David, Jacob, George, Benjamin D. , Joseph, Elizabeth, Catherine and Eve. Our subject was married, in Mahoning County, Ohio-, in 1861, to Miss Caroline A. Hartzell, a native of Pennsylvania, who has borne him one daughter - Mary H. , wife of William Wilson. Mr. Misner came to Deerfield Township, this county,, in 1862. He is a carpenter by trade, an occupation he followed through life with considerable success, and as the fruits of his industry has secured the needed comforts for his old age.

ISAAC MOTT, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, one of the oldest native residents, was born in Deerfield Township, this county. May 10, 1812. His grandfather, Ezekiel Mott, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was among the pilgrims of 1807 to Deerfield Township, where he cleared a farm and lived to the close of his life. Elijah Mott (father of our subject) was born during the Revolutionary war, and was married to Miss Annie Rose, who bore him ten children, of whom only Sylvester and Isaac survive. The subject of this sketch was married, in Deertield Township, this county, April 17, 1884, to Miss Elizabeth Jobes, born June 25, 1810. Their living children are Cornelius, married to Miss Carsou (have one child - Ada); Cornelia, married to Samuel Mell (their children are Isaac, Frank and Minnie). In 1844 Mr. Mott settled on his present farm consisting of 150 acres, where he has since made his home. He is a member of the United Brethren Church. Politically he is a stanch Republican.

T. R. MOWEN, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, May 14, 1824; son of Daniel and Elizabeth Mowen (whose record appears elsewhere in this volume). Our subject was married, in 1844, to Miss Elizabeth B., daughter of Ephraim B. Hubbard (deceased), a pioneer of Deerfield Township, this county. To this union there was boi-n one son - -Walter E., married to Miss Alice, daughter of Stephen Randall, by whom he has one son - Don T. Mr. Mowen came to this county in 1844, settling in Deertield Township. In 1858 he purchased his present estate, com prising seventy acres, and his farm is well improved and ably managed by himself and son. Mr. Mowen is a Deacon in the Disciples Church.

OLIVER P. MOWEN, farmer, P. O. Deertield, was born at Fredericksburg, Ohio, April 25, 1843; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Rudicill) Mowen, the former born September 11, 1792, at Hagerstown, Md., on the tield where the battle of Antietam was subsequently fought, and died at Fredericksburg April 8, 1845. The latter is a native of Springtield, Mahoning Co., Ohio, where she was born April 21, 1797, of German descent. She is now in the eighty-eighth year of her age. She is the mother of ten children. Our subject enlisted during the late war of the Rebellion in Company D, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in the efforts made to repulse John Morgan when he ventured on his raid through Ohio, and was discharged on account of sickness December 9, 1862. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Rosella, daughter of Samuel Diver and a native of Deertield Township, and by this union there is one child living - Mabel. Their eldest child, Sammy, born October 15, 1872, died after a brief illness July 8, 1874. In 1870 Mr, Mowen settled on his present farm of sixty acres, which he has greatly improved and converted into one of the neatest homes in Deertield Township. It may be observed that it is the same farm settled on by Mrs. Mowen' s grandfather, Peter Mason, an early pioneer of Deertield Township. Our subject is a member of the congregation of the Disciples Church; he] has served as Township Assessor for two years.

HENRY W. MUERMAN, tanner and currier, P. O. Deerfield, is a native of Westphalia, Prussia, where he was born in 1838; a son of Charles H. and Sophia S. (Thierman) Muerman, both deceased. Of their children four came to America, of whom three are now living: Christian A., in 1851, President of the Board of Equalization, also engaged in the insurance business at Cleveland; Harman, in 1855, proprietor of the Burnet Hotel, Lima, Stark Co., Ohio; and Henry W. In 1853 our subject came to America and direct to Deerfield, this county, where his brothers. Christian and Morris, were operating a tannery, formerly the property of Dr. Curtis. It was built about 1815, by Jesse Grant, father of Gen. U. S. Grant. Our subject subsequently leased the tannery of his brothers, succeeding them in the business in which he has since been very successful. He was married in this township in 1862. to Miss Jennie R. Schaeffer, a native of Smithtown, Mahoning Co., Ohio, and has three children living and one deceased. Those now living are John C, Paul M.

and Helen E. Charles is deceased. Mr. Mnerman has a farm of forty-six acres, which he conducts in addition to his other business. He is a consistent member of the Christian Church, of which he is Deacon, chorister and organist. He is well and favorably known.