Youngstown City (part 31 of 33)

A ]Kirt of Mr. Tod's time has also Ix-en taken up with the care of bis lather's estate, of which (iovenior Tod's four sons were made executors, but the principal care of which ha* devolved upon hint. He Ix-came the purchaser of the homestead winch he has made his residence, and which he has improved until it is now one of the in st v aluable estates in Ohio.

In these varied activities he has found full scope for that inexhaustible energy and success-compelling ijualities which were the chief characteristics of his honored father, and which he himself pi, .esses in fullest measure.

BOHX (ilBSf iX.a prominent farmer of Vonngstown township, residing 011 a line farm of Us acres, located in section 4,}. was I Htm, on the farm mi which he resides July jj, 18217, and is a son of RolHMt Dixon and l.ydia 1 Marshall! (iil.son, who were among the earlv pioneers of Mahoning County.

James Gib., m. grandfather of ,,tir subject, came from Huntingdon County. Pennsylvania, in 170/). and settled on the farm now occupied by Samuel Gibson, the brother of John. It was his intention to locate at W arren. Ohio, and while on Ins way there he st. i|)].k.-i1 kmt night i)» ilu- (arm <>u which he later settled. There is a tine spring on the sarin, ihe water >.l' whirls pleased Mr. < .ib son. that after going to Warren ami looking nver the tnwn, he decided to return atnl settle on the farm in Youugsiown township, a p'trt n| which is now i. wned bv the subject of this -ketch. Ki.iIk.ti D. Cibsun. :alher of Mm. was hut to years old when his father settled on this farm, and he heie -pent lite remainder of his life, lassing away in l8oj. at the age of 78 >eais. His widow, who was eleven years his junior. survivc<l him eleven years and also died in Iter ~N t ti vear. I hev were "lie parents of nine eluMren. live - I whom grew to nut unit v. and Lilt four of whom are living, namely: Samuel, who is new 88 years old; N.-'.rcv 1 Mrs. Skinner Iluu-t. of IV -.ardinan t.AMislr.p; Jo'tm. win -e name begins tilts sketcli: and Mr-. Kli/n F. NieKnu. James , Marshall <ini-"ii died in 1S4O aged jt, vears. |ohn tiilison w;.s horn in a log cahiti "ii the farm on winch he -till lives. He was e hi caled in the district schools ,,: the township, after which he taught for one term at the Hint Mill scho.,1, ;, cited on a corner of ids father's ::.,nn. lie then assisted l-.is lather oil the farm until his marriage, which occurred when he was J 7 years old. lie lust lived in tin central part o| the farm. He resided for -1 1|. 'i-i : 1: 1 1 - i- - !i I ii- U> - ; - - : I fi'l 1 i 1: - ather limit when he was ;l of nine years, anil which is -till standing. remaining there with his parents for five years after his marriage, when he limit. 111 iStii. his present h nue. ( tu In- lather's death in t S< >j. he inherited 1 acres nf the land, the remauuug 75 acres going to Ills hiotlier.

Mr. (iihson was married :v. 1S50 to Amelia I., h'.ckles. a daughter of J a! 110 Fcklc-. They have had four children, a'l of whom .ire living: Cora Dell, who is now Mrs. Nicholas J.. Fees, and has three children, resides ill

Youngstown ; Otarlcs R., reside* with ins par ents and has charge of the farm: Sarah E.. the wife 0/ Frank L. Head, resides in J'ittshnrg. and has two children : Mar-hall '., who 1- assistant secretary of the Y M. C. A . of Youiigsiown, also resides at h. nue. Mr. t iuV soii has lieen engaged in agricultural pursuits since locating ujmn his present farm, and is one oi the most influential and prosperous fatnurs of the township, He is a charier member if the Westminster 1 Ye>b\ letiail Church of Youngstown. and was elected an elder of tin- church much against his wishes. Previous to this he was a metnl>er and an i'imu o! tlie hirst i'rc-hvterian Church.

i!n- mister in the mechanical world I mil fop himself and the Mahonir.g Yal';e\ a name which i- linked today with other- whose achievements have totally revolutionized niodei 11 living. His parents. Kniannel and Catherine (Deeds) Hamilton, were in what may he termed humble circum-t.mces. in that they were no; aide to lurthcr their soil's forttiiHs, nor assist him in those early accomplishment- which, really proved his genius.

Homer Hamilton, however, was favored in heing thus obliged to depend upon his own le-onrces. At the age of 10 \ears he laid aside his sell' »il hooks and ajiprenticed himself to the trade of machinist. with the lirm of Keid \ Well-, of Yi 'Utigs(i i\\ u. contracting to perf'.rm almost the duties ..f a man from the first, for which lie was 1., he taught the trade, and receive board and laundry, ami the sum of S_*5 f' -v the tit st vear, on a rising scale of $5 for the three necessary years oi service. His part of the contract was faithfully performed, but Itefore his third year in the shops the tinn failed. He then went to the neighlH.ring (own oi W arren and entered Hull's machine shop, w here he completed two more years of workafter winch he returned to Youngstown and entered into hu-mc-s with James IVedmore. on Ka-t I'.oardman sjreet. under the firm name of I'redniore N: Hamilton.

tal and their crying nec<l was more machinery, but tools were dear and were slowly added t'> the equipment of the shop. Wonderful results were produced by Mr. Hamilton with Ids one lathe and a tew other indifferent tools, nut he was greatly h.un|>ered all through those early days. Anions the first work he turned out was the building o: portable steam engines fi r use in the Mecca oil field, in Trumbull Coiiniy, the Imilcrs for which were purchased in Pittsburg and brought t" the shop in Youngstown. v. here these engines were attached. The first one completed by Mr. Ham ilton was t,. fill an order for Kdwin Hell. Sr., of Vi-tin^stown. ami the w< rk was of such a satisfactory character that the young machinist's ability was immediately recognized. His second engine was built for Hrown, Honuell & Company, and so thoroughly was the work done that it was still in running order after its builder had passed away.

The firm of 1'redmore & Hamilton continued until tSoi. when Mr. Hamilton, with John Stanibau^h and Fred ficrwig, purchased the interest of James I'rednioie and the business name of the new organization became Homer Hamilton \- Company. This firm was succeeded by the style. The Hamilton Works of William Tod & Company. Mr. Hamilton becoming manager. Hetwcen iXhi and the linn prospered exceedingly, the neerls of the government requiring the products of loundrv and forge to an unusual extent, but the panic of iHjj etTected this business as it did alimn-t every other, and the company suffered severe loss. However, with the general resumption of ordinary business and under the able management of Mr. Hamilton, the company again took its place among the leading industries of the section. The plans and specifications from which the new works, made necessary by the steady expansion and healthy growth of the business, were constructed, were prepared by Mr. Hamilton and what they are ami what they accomplish has lx-cn called "the life-work of Homer Hamilton." These works constitute a mechanical world, where mechanism for almost every conceivable purple is nude, and from which it is sent all over the civilized glol>e. Thev show the evolution of invention and many of them are of so unusual and daring a nature, that at one time. Thomas A. Edison, examining the diagrams of Mr. Hamilton, declared that thev were remarkable and were too years in advance of the times. The genera! public and even the mechanical world never had even a faint idea of the magnitude, scope, number and practical value of the ideas Mr. Hamilton was able to call forth from bis fertile brain and put into shapes of utility. From the great works h rli he in m;i.L ed up to the turn of in- death, was sent the engine w hich propelled the Ferris Wheel, at the World's Pair at Chicago, and from the same source, other machines as substantial and of equal utility, have been devoted to similar puquses in various sections of the land. He was justly proud of that combination of median ical power, the Porter II ami I ton engine, many of which are still constructed, and he was financially interested in their manufacture, and had still other business interests.

In tS-o the business men of the Mahoning Valley formed an association to represent at the Centennial at Philadelphia, the coals, ores ami iron products of this region, and they wisely made Mr. Hamilton president of this IhkIv. His efficiency was recognized at subsequent exhibitions, notably the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Kxposition, which 1 he attended as commissioner of Ohio, under ap|X)intinent of I -resident Arthur. His complete grasp of the principles of mechanics and his thorough knowledge of everything pertaining thereto, made him a valuable representative of his great state and he fulfilled her every expectation.

In his home life, Mr. Hamilton was deeply blest. On Septemlicr 1S5"), he was married to Adeline Rolierts. who is a daughter of William and Mary Ann (Moore) Rolierts. They liecame the (larents of six sons, namely: residing in the dty of New York, where he has made a name as an artist : Frederick, Harry and John, residing at Youngstown, partners in the Hamilton Realty Company; Nicholas, residing at Youngslown. tol-

Although he never took am active part in politics, at various times, as the pressing demands of his business permitted him. he accepted civ ic offices at the hands of his t'elh i\vcitizens, as he was ever a man oi puhlic spirit and in every laudable was he strove to promote the city's prosperity and Jielp in her siiK sianlial advancement. He lived to see many change* brought ahout and to realize that his eff-rts m various directions were bearing fruit. Springing from the lower walks of liie and from bo\hii..(] reared in a school of adversity ami stein experience, through his own indomitable spirit he svas able to surmount all difficulties and win enduring remembrance. The tunes, nor assist him in those early aceomplishrecord of 1 « .tit his private and business life, is written as thai of an honorable, able man of genius, whose virtues were those of a g.xid citizen who loved family, friends, home ami country.

came to Young stovvn and worked for Shell', u facobs during the first year. Mr. Jacobs was loor.ted i n West Boanhnan street, on the present site of the Vindicator building. Following this Mr. Kuhns worked with the linn of Kallenb.ingh & Robinson, for nine years and then Knight out Mr. Uohttison. in the fail of 180^, in association with his brother, H. J. Kuhns. he established the firm of Kuhns

Brothers, and since that time the firm has continued, doing a large business in the manufacturing of carriages ami wagons. Employment is given to _'o skilled workmen at their well equipped plant and the product goes all over the country. Mr. Kuhns is additionally interested in other important enterprises. lie is a large dealer in real estate and is secretary and treasurer of the West Side Land Company,

In 1880 Mr. Kuhns was married to I'.ftie River, who is a daughter of John Baser, of Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhns have three children. Car! William, Caroline F.hzalieth and Helen Mary. The family lie'oiigs to (he Kuglish Lutheran Church. Fraternally Mr. Kuhns is connected with the Knights Pythias and the Knights of the Golden Figle.

Henry Chubb, his great-grandfather, was the first of the Chubb family to locate in Ohio. He came from Pennsylvania and settled in the timlierlands of Canfield township. Mahoning County. He erected a log cabin and s|>cnt the remainder of his life here. He J reared one son to maturitv, William, grandfather of William A., who svas reared in Canlield town-hip and hcl]>cd to clear the laud. William married Fredersea Kenkcnbcrger. a native of Germany, who came to this country when a child of three years. She was one a family of 13 children. Her parents were v ery |*«ir and vv hen they emigrated1 to America, the children were sold out to pay their steerage pa-sage and Iweame separated. Four children were Ikhh to William and Frederica Chubb: Catherine married David Dcitrick: Lydia Aim married William Heckman. of New Buffalo ; Fnsign, father of William A.; ' and Henry, who died at the age of five years. William died in ifsV.S and his widow survived

Ensign t. liubb was horn in a log cabin on his father's iarm in Canfield township in 1845, and was there reared and spent bis entire lite in improving and cultivating the farm. He married .Marietta Flickingcr. who was born at East Levviston, Mahoning County. Ohio, in January, 1853, a daughter of Aaron and Mary Ann 1 Messerly ) I'lickinger, who came from cast of the mountains in Pennsylvania and located in Boardman township, where they are still residing. Marietta Flickingcr was the oldest child of a family of seven children, namely: Marietta; John: Sylvamis; Lydia; Cora; Lucy, deceased; and Henry. Ensign Chubb died April 1897; \m widow is still living and resides with her son. the subject of this sketch. She is the mother of three children: William Allen; Mary Eldora, who married Frank Lynn, resides at Canfield. and has three children. Leland, Blanche and Catherine; and Blanche, a resident of Woodworth, who married Bark 1 >. Coler. and has one child, Evelyn.

William Allen Chubb was reared 0:1 bis present farm, attended the district schools ot the township and later the Northeastern Ohio Normal College at Canfield. He has spent the greater part of bis time on the farm, but dealt in trotting horses for two seasons previous to his marriage. This event occurred December 24, 1895, and united him to Maude K. Lynn, who was born Octol>cr 17, 187O, on the old I.vnn farm, and who is a daughter of Walter J. and Ella iNorumt Lynn, re-mcius of C anfield, the former living constable of that village. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn are the parents of five children: Maude' I rank. Ray. Ro>-

Mr. and Mrs. Chubb are the parent-, of siv children, namelv: Wdlard E.. Wihncr. Bnssell V. Ilarland. Thalia and Thclma. the two last mentioned living twins. Mr. t'hubb w a Democrat in politics, and U a member of the school !>o-'.rd. He U-longs to the < inmgc nt New Buffalo, and he and his family are meml>er. of the Reformed Church, in which he has served as deacon for seven vears.

RUDOLF KCRZ, a successful business man of Youngstowtt, proprietor of a large carriage and wagon 111,111- I 11 factory, located at No. 414 East Federal street, was born in Prussia, (iermany, February 26. 1855, and is a son of August and Caroline Kur/.

The ptrenis of Mr. Kur/ came to America in ioV>, settling at Voungstown in the same year. The father had lc:irried the cabinetniaking trade in < iermany and worked at it for a short time in Voungstown.

Rudolf Kur/ attended school until he was 1 I years of age and then began working in the rolling mills. At 15 years of age he ln-gan to learn the carriage making trade ami also blacksmithing, and the past 32 years of his life have lieen devoted to these industries at Voungstown. He also buys and sells factorytnadc vehicles and is the largest dealer of this kirn! in the city. In hkjo he erected a tine tire- proof building of brick and iron, three ; stories high. 3X bv t>o feet in dimensions, on ' Fast Federal street, and he has m contemplation a still greater enlargement of his busi- ! ness. At the present time I 1907) be is erecting another brick block adjoining his new [ building 19 by < o feet, three-stories high, at 410 East Federal street. He is one of the j citCs substantial men. owns a large amount of 1 real estate, is a director 111 the Fnnitabie Build ing and Loan Association and in the Voungstown Savings and Banking Company.

On December 1X80. Mr. Ruiz was married to Amelia Krnm. a native of Springfield township, and a daughter of John Krum. of that township, who was liorn in (iermany ami was an enrlv settler in Mahoning County. Mr. and Mrs. Kur/ have five children, namely; Charles, who is with the Morris Hardware Company: Clara: Edward, in business in Voungstown; Harry and Carrie, twins, who are attending school. Mr. Km/, has l>ecn a voting iiu-mlier in the Herman Lutheran I, Church since he was 21 years of age. and has been on the auditing committee Cr a long time. Politically he is a Democrat, and he has served as a valued and useful member of the city council for four years. IK- is a man of enterprise and public spirit and is active in promoting all movements looking to the advancement of liis city and fellow citizens. Mr. Kurz's portrait and a view <>f his brick block above descrilied are presented with this article.

HE MINE FAMILY. Pride of ancestry lias its place with other family virtues. To know not only one'.- grandfather, but to be able to trace an unbroken ancestral line for centuries l>ack, its generations being markeil by mux and women whose existence left an impress, arouses a noble sentiment that makes a still further record of their lives a matter of deep moment, a fitting tribute from their grateful descendants. The Mine family, of Mahoning County, identified as it is. by marriage connections, with other old and honorable families, in various sections of the country, occupies a very conspicuous position as to ancestry, and to noting its direct line with its resulting branches, the following pages are dedicated. The present representatives of this family trace back, through Samuel. Abraham Skinner and Homer Hubbell Hine. to Homer, to Noble, to James, to Samuel, to Thomas Hine, the founder.

The first record of the Hine family in America is found at Milford, Connecticut, the name Ixring variously sj>elled Hinde, Hinds and Hine. Thomas Hine is recorded as Iveing a resident at Milford, January _'K, 164(1. and his name may to this day In* read on the memorial bridge at that place. Thomas Hine, in all probability, came from England, as Milford was an English settlement, and it doubtless was this same Thomas Hine, whose humane re-cue of an Indian captive won the gratitude of the Mohawk- and proved to be the savior of the village from further attack- of the savages. This incident i- related in 1MIi-Ier's History of ( '< intiecticut in the follow - ing words: in a swamp, where they waited to make an attack upon the Milford Indians, the I'eipiots.. Some Englishmen saw the Mohawks and were friendly enough to inform their swarthy neighbors of their danger. They immediately ratlied in great numbers, raised the war whoop and rushing suddenly upon the Mohawk-, gained complete victory. Among the prisoners was a stout Mohawk warrior whom the captors decided to kill by famine and torture. They stripped him naked, and having tied him to a stake, left him in the tall grass of the salt meadows to be eaten up by the mosquitoes. An Englishman named Hine. who found the poor wretch in this deplorable condition, shocked at the barkuous mode of torture, cut the thongs from his limbs and set him at liberty. He then invited him to his house, gave him food and helped him to escape. This kind act was never forgotten by the Mohawks. They treated the English of Milford ever after with marked civility and did many kind and friendly acts that testified their gratitude towartls their deliverer and his family." Another authority records that for this good act '-the Indians believed the (ireat Spirit would always watch over and protect the good white face and his posterity."

ill) Samuel Hine. son of Thomas and Elizabeth 1 line, was born January j6, 1650- 00. was on the tax list of Milford in 171J. and deeded land there to his son William in 17J0. and purcha-ed land in New Milford. but made it over to Ins son Daniel. He married Abigail, who joined the First Church of Milton! January y, 1703-4. They had children: Samuel, baptized January y. 1703-4: Abigail. liaptized January y. 1703-4: Mehitable. haptized January y. 1703-4; James, born Octolier 10, i'b/); Rebecca, haptized January y. 1703-4'. W illiam, Iwptized March 17. 1703-4: Daniel, haptized January 4. 1707-8; and Ann, baptized February 19, 1710.

(Ill) James I line, son of Samuel and Abigail Hinc. l>orn at Mil ford, Connecticut. Octolier 16, ioyo. proliably settled in New Milford in the autumn of 1723. He was called Lieutenant Hine. On December 23. 1730. he was married to Margaret, daughter of John | and Mary ( Goodman 1 Noble (second wile). I,<>th of Mil lord. She was horn April 3. 1704. and died Scptemlier 2, 1790. aged yj years, four months, lie died April 1, 1774. aged 77 years. He came to New Millord a , blacksmith, but eventually liecann- a large laud j owner and farmer. In 1740 he paid Rev. Samuel Roardman 1:0 pounds, and in 1743 143 pounds for salary as pastor. In 1741 he was on the committee to take charge of the government bridge across the Housatwtiic river. ami to order the affairs. He \v;t- a <5elegate to the General Assembly from New j Mil ford in 1748. In the History of New Mill", .rd. Connecticut, is found the statement that Lieut. James Hine was the first white man to come to New Milford, with a young daughter, his eldest child. He left her with the Indians while he went for his wife and other children. The child was cared for and he had no reason to regret his trust. Hi.i children were: Noble, tarn September 2t>. 1727, baptized Octolier 1, 1727, died March 29, 1730- 31 ; Ann. born March 14, 1728-9. baptized March 16, i7-'y. married Israel Camp, on June 13. 1747-8, a son of Fnos and Martha ( Baldwin) Camp. He died in his 82nd year in 1804. She died December 30. 1797. They had: Fun ice, born Novemlier 7, 1748, married December 2g, 1768, Asa Warner, of New Milford. and they had: Annie, bom Octolier 20, 1769; Thale, born March 24, 1772: and Ophelia, born August 25, 1774. Abel, third child born to Lieut. James Hine, March 4, baptized March 7, 1731 ; Rachel. Ixirn February 12, 1733-4, baptized February 7- 1733-4- married Joseph Northrup. June 7, 1753. and (second) a Mr. Clements, of Litchfield, Connecticut ; Mabel, tarn Decemlier 14, (7). 1740, baptized Decemlier 14, 1740. married John Rrownson, August 29. 1765. He was born July 3, 1736. She died August 28, 1767, twelve days after tlie birth of her sou, Hine Brownson. born August \<\ 1767; and Noble, bom August 12, 1744. baptized August 26, 1 7-4-4-

(IV) Noble Hine, son of Lieut. James and Margaret (Noble) Hine, was tarn at New Milford. Connecticut. August 12, 1744 He was an ensign in Colonel White's regiment. Captain Cowle's company, and in the spring of 1770 went to New York, according to Orcutt's History of New Milford. He. as well as Captain Hine. took the oath of ['reemanship. Septemlier id. 1777, and of Fidelity, September Jl. 1777. He was prominent in church and was main times a member of the state legislature. He married Patience Hubbell. February 2. 1 7'»S. and lie died Octolier I. 1 7<K>. on his 53rd birthday. His widow was prominent on the ta>c list. She died March 5, i8ji». aged N4 vears. They had children: Maliel. Crania. P.ildad. Homer. Atal ami Thalia. Mabel, born

November n. 1769. baptized December .'4. 17'*). was married hi the spring of 179J to Ferdinand (1. Notthrtip, and iJieil September 24, 1S32. ITauia, born February 11. 177-'. baptized March 29, 177.'. married Capt. Deliverance L. J "aimer. of KoxUiry. Connecticut. January tj. 1S02, and died Febrnarv 23. 1S29. Bildad was born March lS. 1774- Homer, born July 25. 177(1, vxrls baptized October 6, 1770. AU'l was Ik irn January 30, 1779. Thalia, born August 12, 1781. baptized October 7, 17S1, died July 18. 1 So". Site married Deacon Dobson Wheeler McMahon. son of Cornelius and Mary ( W heeler 1 McMahon. as hi* second wife. After the death of Thalia, m Iter 2iith year. Mr. McMahon married 1 third ) Minerva M\gatt. May 22, tSoo. By his first marriage lie had: Thalia Maria, baptized July ; .. i.Vt, rra : 1 ic. 1 Ale. tin- 1 xis I i'..'.r.tcr, of Westlield, Massachusetts, April -'4. 1S20; Sophia l'hrouese, baptized July .50. 1S00. married Charles A. Randall, and Henry Cornelius, baptized May 26. 1809, married Mary Taylor. The children of the second wife were : Julia, baptized October 2.3. 1.S14. died young; Buiah Moulton, born June 11, 1783, baptized August 17, 1783, married May 22, 1S05. Orm Mallery Armstrong, of Washington. Connecticut. He died in 1S2-, and she married ( second) Cyrus Northrop in 1832. She died of old age September n. 1SO7, aged 84 years; Kolly. lxim September 19. 1785. liaptizeil Novem'U-r 13, 1785. married Abijah (1, Hatch, of Woodbury. Connecticut, July 20, 1 Si h>. < lit-. 1 in 1866. aged 81 years, a resident of Poughkeep-ie. New York; Sophia. Wn I )eeetnlier 2. 17S7, married Rev. Charles Adolphus I!..ardmaii. sun of Homer and Amaryllis (Werner) Boardinati. He was b. .rn November IQ. 1788, settled in Ohio as a merchant, then returned to Connecticut, and entered the ministry, was pastor at New rrestou. C onnecticut, from 1S1S to 1830. of the Third Church at New Haven from 1830 to 1832, at Hudson. Ohio, from 1838 to 1854. then went to Monroe. W isconsin. where he lived with his daughter until his death, about 1807. His wife died at Yoitngstown, Ohio, August 4, 1851. They hail four children: Homer died unmarried, Sarah married George King, Oriuda married J. Baxter McFwcn and visited 111 Ohio 111 1800, and Laura V.. who married Dr. Annstrong, and Fannie, born October 15. 1700, died May 20. 1800. married Constauime, son of Cornelius and Mary ( W heeler) McMahon. of Washington, Connecticut. November 28, 1822, as his second wife, his tirst having t>ecn Laura, daughter of Gen. Brmsinade, of Washington, Connecticut. The two children were: Frederick and Lydia.

1 V) Homer Hine. son of Noble and Patience (Hubbclll Hine, bom at New Mil ford. Connecticut, July 25, 1776, entered Vale College and graduated in the class of 1799. He taught an academy at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He studied law with I'. Ruggles. of New Miltord. Connecticut, and at a law school at l.itchfield. Connecticut, was admitted to the kir in 1S01. and then removed to the Western Reserve. He settled at Youngstown, where he entered upon the practice of bis profession, and from 1804 to 1834 he was almost constantly a representative m the Ohio legislature. In his class at Yale College were such distinguished men as Horatio Seymour, and Dr. i.vman Needier, who was the father of Henry Ward Heecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was married October 18, 1807, to Mary

J and died December 18. 18,82. aged 93'* years. Homer Hine died July 14- »^5'"- 1,e took die oath of Frccmaiiship at New Milford. Sq<- tember 17, 17-/8. His children were: Mary i Sophia. Henrietta Maria. Samuel, Abraham Skinner. Homer Hnbbell. Augustus. Junius and Julius, tv, ins. Mary Sophia Hine. !>oril February n>, lSo>i. died November 23. 1 Sou. wa> married December to. 1828. to IUmirv Wick, a merchant of Youngstown. Ohio, who was b..nt Fcbruarv 28. 1807, died May 22. 180;. a son of Henrv and Hannah 1 Baldwin!

Wick. Mr. Wick later removed to Cleveland, where lie engaged iti banking, and his sons organized [lie Wick Bank. The children of Mary Sophia and Henry Wick1 were: Henrietta Matilda, lorn June 1 8, 1830. married August 17, 1 JS 53. Frederick W. Jttdd. of Flint. Michigan, and their children were: Henry Wick, lorn Septemlter l, 1855. aiirl M. Helen, loin February ji, ifft'jo, married October 17. 1888, Allied 11. Brairtard; Florence, lorn April 7, J S« x >, married June 29, 1893. Doctor George K. Cpson. Wired Henry Wick, Ik. in January 4. 1X3K. married Decemlter 11, i860. Mary Tennis, daughter of John Tennis, and they had: Mary W ick, bum* February 19. 1868, married June 23. 1892. James Saxc: Henry Wick, iioni May 15, 1870, married September 18. 1X94, Florence W. Bissell; and Alfred Tennis Wick. bun. May 20, 1880. Mary Helen Wick, bom May 24. 184.1, married December 7, 18O4, Warren 11. Corning and they had : Leslie Solon Coming. Iiorn December 27. J 800, diet] .March 26, 1889; Henry Wick Corning, l orn January 13. 1808. married November _>, i8y7,* Edith' Warden: Mary Atmira Corning, born April 1. 1X71 ; Adelc Corning, born July 17. 1874; Helen G .ruing. l>orn May 20. 1878; and Olive Payne Corning. 1mm February 4. |XX_\ Florence W ick. lorn May 4. 1844. married Septemlter 25, 187J. Dexter li. Chaml>crs. died Septemlter, 190O. and they had Henrv Wick Chambers, born December 31, 1874.' Dudlev Baldwin Wick, lx.m October 3. 1X40. married July 28. 1875, Mrs. Knuua \ Steele ) Hills, willow of 11. .race Steele, and they had three children: Dudley Baldum. born July 23. 1X7'.; Helen Ahuira. born No veinU-r 8. 1880: and W arren Corning. b..rn November J3. 1885. Henry Clarence U ick. born X.'veniber 23. 1853, married October 22,

Henrietta Maria Mine, born October 11. ?8io. died October 30. [896. She was married November 27. 1833. to Dudley Baldwin, a merchant ot Cleveland, Ohio, who was born at

Ballston. New York, August 23, 1809. son of Seth Cogswell Baldwin, died July 4. 189G. They had seven children: Mary, lorn December 13. 1834: Homer J line, lx.m in Sept cml>crr 1837. died June it, 1870; Anne Weddetl. born in September. 1839. married in October, 1S7J. rinto Schultze, and died October 5. 1874. and had one son. Philo Baldwin, lorn in Septenilter. 1874: Martin, born in JX41 ; Henrietta, lorn in 1X44, married in 1S72, (ionveiieur Morris, of New York, who died in March, 181)7, and left two children: Henrietta Colfax and Gouveiieur Henry Wick, bom 1847. died 1891; Dudley, born in 1850; and Sherman Finch, Ix.rn in 1853, died in 1875.

Samuel lhne. lorn March 31. 1816. Abraham Skinner Hine, born February 28. 1818, Homer Hubbelt Hine. born February 15. 1823. Augustus Hine, lorn March 21, 1827: and I mi ins am I Julius, torn August 27. 1832. died in July. 1833. of measles.

I VI ) Samne! I line, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner) Hine. was burn March 13. 181G, was married June 20. 1844. to Ellen Louisa Montgomery, who was born in 1819. daughter of Gen. William 1 1 >r Gen. Robert I and Louisa Montgomery, her second husband, the first having liecn Col. John S. Picrjwnt. or C,.|. John S. Edwards, smi of I'ierponl Edwards. Ellen L. was of Coitsville, Mahoning County. Ohio, and died in May. 186;. He married (second) Emm;. C. Kutlaitd. daughter of Billhis and Ruthanna i Frame > Kirt laud, of Boardman township. Mahoning County. October 18, i8m>. Uuthanna Frame was lorn 111 l heater Cr.unty. Pennsylvania, March 8. 181:9. at New Garden. Samuel Hine was I torn in Voungstown. Ohio, and his parents later removed to Crab Creek, then a suburb, but which i* now the site of the Lake Shore depot. I c studied at Kinsman and Hudson College. For two vears he was employed by his brothcr-in lan . Henry Wick, in a mercantile business, after which he \\a- a partner in a business at Brookfield f..r nvo years, and then decided to open a store in Hubbard. The Close confinement, however, did HOI agree xvtttl his health, and he closed out his mercantile iu- teresis. and turned his attention t" farming ami coal lands. In 18O4 he removed t « » Poland and confined his attention to the same pursuits and with an official connection with the Mahoning National Bank and the Poland Farmers" and Deposit Bank. .Although he was very fond of literary pursuits, he never neglected his business to indulge in them. He was know n to he a man of strict integrity and very charitable, but led a tpuet. unostentatious life. .A fall upon the ice broke his hip and from this injury he never recovered, dying May 10. 1893. He had united with the Poland Presbyterian Church, after locating in that village. He had two children by his first marriage: Mary Wick, born June 19. 1.S46. and Cecil Dwight, born .August 3. 1849. The children of his second marriage were: Samuel Kirt- ; land, born .August 4, 1867: Ellen Louise, born February 2, i860,; .Alfred Blakelee. Ixirn May ' J3, 187.': Homer Henry, lx.rn March 17, 1874: and Charles Potter, born September 5. 1877.

Mary Wick, the eldest .laughter of Samuel Hine. was married Octolier 10, 1871. to Allen Cameron, of New York, after completing her education in the Cleveland Female Seminary. Mr. Cameron had served with the rank of Captain in the Civil War, and then engaged in bus mess at Titusville. Pennsylvania, but later removed to ! 1 - farm ;i ! Inn;, ( ,«> . Misvurt. where lie died. They had six children, three dying in infancy: Cecil Dwight Cameron married Jessie Hazard. Ixitn December 2. iSjsVi. daughter of W illiam and Sarah < Sacrov) Hazard, of Fayette County. Kentucky, had two children: Huie Cameron. 1x.ru Decetnlwr 10. 1S99. and Howard Cameron, born December .'8. 1900: Edith Cameron married William (iuttridge. son of John W. and M. K. (iuttridge. the former of whom was a native of Call)' >un. Mi-s' jiri, Mr avd Mr- < iuttnilgc have one c'.idd : Mary Shirley, iw.m lamiary _*S. 100x1; and Arthur Cameron, who was born at Lewis. Henr\ 1 1 v. Missouri. Mary (Wick) (Hiiie) Cameron married 1 sec ond 1 James Phelps, of M i Mr. I'iiel-,.- si»ciit some tunc in the Alaska -old fields, lull's now a resident of Seattle. Washington.

Cecil Dwight Hine. sou of Samuel and Ellen (Montgomery I Hine, is now engaged in the practice of law at Youngstown. Ohio, where he has gained an enviable reputation in his profession. He spent three years at Hudson College after leaving the Poland I'nion Seminary, and read law at Warren. Ohio. On Octolier 10, 1872, he was married to Elizabeth Woodruff, daughter of George and Sarah Woodruff, of Poland, Ohio, a descendant of Governor Woodruff, of English extraction, Mr. and Mrs. Hine have had two children: Ella, deceased, and Elizabeth, who married Henry Gates, who is engaged in the rubier business in New York city.

Mr. S. Kirtland Hine, son of Samuel by his second marriage, is now general manager of the Girard Iron Works, of which he was formerly superintendent. He prepared for college at Poland Cnion Seminary, and was graduated at Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy. New York, in 189 J. following which he was chemist for H. O. Bonncll at Youngstown, at the Ix-etonia Furnace and for a short time was in Cleveland. Ellen Louise Hine attended school at St. Margaret's. Waterbury. Connecticut, and since then has been interested in art and architecture. Alfred Blakelee Hine. civil engineer and a partner with William McKclvey. of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, the firm operating as civil engineers and contractors, was graduated in his profession in June. 180,5. at the Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy. New York. f..-r which he prepared at St. Paul's School. Concord. New Hampshire. He marntd Marguerite Hull Gibson, daughter of Dr. Joseph Thompson and Isabel A. (Brown) Gibson, ot Pittsburg. They have two children: Elinor 1-ouisc. born August _>8. 1000. and Marguerite Gibson, born in August. 1906.

Homer Henry Hine. superintendent of the Independent Telepln tie Company, at Seattle. Washington, for the past t'ne years, prepared at Che-hive. Connecticut, remaining three years, at Oherlin College, remaining one year, and at the Case School at Cleveland, where he stnd;ed four vests. His first work was with the Wcstinghouse Electric Co.. at Pittsburg, again fur a short time in Youngstown. Ohio, ami subsequently for a year and a half at Birninigham, Alabama.

Charles 1 'otter 1 line prepared for Vale College at Cheshire. Connecticut, and was graduated from the Yale Law School in June. 1898. Tins was nearly an even century after his grandfather, Homer Hine. had graduated from Yale, and in his possession is his grandfather's diploma. In the same class with Charles p Hine was Gouveneur Morris, who i> a great-grandson of Homer Hine. lie first practiced his profession for two years in the office of Brewer. Cook & McGowan. at Cleveland. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Wilbur 01 Cleveland, which city he considers his home, although he is now serv ing as second assistant attomev general to Attorney General W ade Ellis.

(AT) Abraham Skinner Hine, son of Homer, was liom February ,*8. 1818. On Octolier \c). 1848. he married Nancy Adaline Gihson, who was Wn May 21, iK_>7, <taughter of Roliert and Lvdia (Marshall) Gibson. He was a farmer in Boardman. Ohio, and died March 9. iKfi6. aged 48 years. While tearing d' w n an old building he was injured so seriously he did not recover. He had started tine fruit trees on his place which stand yet to tes tify to his enterprise and energy. His widow stiil survives and to her the highest meed of praise should lie given for the care she took to educate her children, the most of whom became educators themselves. They were: Thalia. Henrietta Emma. Adaline Gibson. Mary Avers. Alice. Anna Belle and Oliver Skinner.

Thalia Hine. born August 29, 1849. married Rev. Hugh Porter Wilson. September 10, 1873. son of Samuel and Mary ( Porter 1 Wilson." of Cantield. Ohio. He was a student at Poland Union Seminary and married before he completed his theological studies. He died NovemU-r 15. 180A n! Pmd l reek. Oklahoma, and was buried at Et'linghani. Kansas, His children were: Chalmers I'.Iakelee. horn at Homewrth, Ohio. June .'_>. 1874. married Nellie Love, of Sheridan. Oklahoma. October i(>, 1897. and resales at Hcnnessy, Oklahoma; Homer Hine, lxnn at Homeworth, Ohio, Se|>- tcmber 15. 1875: Hugh Curtis, liorn at Mt. Ayr, Kansas, in April, 1878; Oliver Samuel, lxirn in Kansas, in September. 1880; Dudley Wilson, lmm at Effingham. Kansas, July 8, 1885: and Alice Thalia, liorn at Effingham, Kansas, February 22. 1887.

Henrietta Emma Hine. lxun March 4. 1851, married George Edwards, of Cantield, Ohio. August 22. 1872, son (,f Pierrepoint Edwards, of Milford, Connecticut, ami his wife, Mary (Patch) Edwards, of Groton, Massachusetts. 1 le was a very energetic and enterprising man and was succeeding well in business when he died, when a few days past 39 years of age. He left tour children: A!l>ert Ray Edwards, bom May 30, 1876. died March 6. 1892; Mary Ada. born June -'o. 1881. graduated at Oberlin College and was at once asked to teach at a girl's collegiate school at Los Angeles. Caltfomia. w here she is still engaged ; Clyde Hine. lioin February 6. 1878. residing at Washington, D. C. where he follows piano tuning, defective eyesight having prevented his taking a collegiate course; and Howard Pierrepoint, born October 19, 1885, and is attending school at Ann ArU>r. Michigan.

Adaline Gibson Hine. lxirn January 8, 1853. graduated at Poland Seminary and later taught there with Miss E. M. Blakelec and Professor Clark. Later she became an instructor at Oberlin College, with her sislrr Mary, and she has lieen advanced 111 the educational field until at present she is the principal of a 10 department school at Cleveland. Her unselfish devotion to her family and her work W>lh deserve recognition. She is an able, callable, accomplished and charming woman, and in large measure possesses the qualities for which the woman of her family have been noted for generations, admirable in every position in life to which dutv or pleasure calls her.

Marv Ayrcs Hine, Wn N'vemW o. 1854. died March 1 . [80N, All her life she was hindered bv a trail body caused by an accident in childhood, but she graduated at Ivland Semi-

McCarthy, his second marriage. She died at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. December 2J. 1897. Both she and husband had been teachers at the Poland Union Seminary prior 1,, their marriage. She is survived by four children : Thalia Veda, born July Jo, 1KX7-, John Russell. N ifii November to. 1X89; Alice Hine. b »ni July y.K I <S»> I ; and W illiam Vernon, born DcccinU-r iX. iSi^^.

Anna I telle Hine. I* nn December 5. 1800. was married March y>. 1X91, to Rev. Charles Fremont Honk. s. 'ii of John W. and Mary C. ( Winters 1 Ho'.k, of Chattanooga. Tennessee, now of Smyrna, New York. They j have two children. Charles Homer, born Oc- , tober J4, rS<>4. and Marshal! W ard, born June 17, 1806.

Oliver Skinner Hine. was Ixiru July X. ;X'.5. I:;,- . Iw 1 - renin ncd 1 n the la me 1 being his mother's companion and protector. He is a real Hine. having the marked characteristics of the family, He keeps the hospitable roof-tree under which every one of the kindred is -lire of a welcome.

1 VI I Homer llubbel! Hine, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner I Hine. was horn February is. i8_',v On April 3. 1845. he married Julictta Rue, of Ilarroilsburg. Kentucky, where -he was l*->rn December -'5. 1824, ber parents lieing Jonathan and Cynthia iPoicei Rue. He was educated at Hudson College. Ohio, became a lawyer at Youngstnwn. but died at Painesville. Ohio. His disjx.-iti. -n was Miciaf and hi- knowledge of all the family nio-t intimate, fie was one -! the few men who fnititil plea-ure ni visiting. His cluldien were: \ I " \ RaMwi - i'i ' n'i' 1 - X ,> .. t:vIt ; :<-d Horace Bacon. December J.;. 1874. a s..n of William Lonson and Mary Frtliei (Race) llacon. and resides at Painesville. Ohio, having had two children. William I Alison, liorn May j(. 1S80. die<l May 26. 18S',. and Homer Dine. lH.ru OetolK-r _>u. i88_v Samuel N'elsnn

Washington lime, third child of Homer llubbel! Hine, was born Octotier 16, 1850, and was married October 14, 1876. to Lu Virginia Hill, whose parents removed from Williams County, in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Hine reside in Texas, where Mr. Hine is engaged in fanning and stixkraismg about 50 miles northeast of Austin. Their children were: Clarence, Augustus, l>orn July 12. 1877; Paul, Ixun January ..'5, 1X79, died August 17, 1879: Mary C~haml>erlin, born November jy, 18S1 ; Anna L>uisa, Imrn September 5. 1885; Henrietta Helen, Ixun Septetnlier 25, 1887; Juliette L-ec, lnorn Octolicr 2, 18X3, died October 5, 1888; Homer Horace. lxjm Noveml>er to, 1890; David Dwight. Ixnn Sci>tember 26. 189J; and a sun. born September j8. 1897.

Cynthia, daughter of Homer and Juliette Hine, lxirn June 30, 1853. and married W illiam Doraii. November 17. 1875, son of Hugh ami Fli/.a ( HulitO Doran, of Concord, Ohio, now residing at Dallas, Texas, For several years -he made her home with her grandmother prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mr>. Doran enjoy ;i beautiful borne in the enterprising southern city, where Mr. Doran is a prominent business man. Their children were Homer Hine, liorn August 15. 1876; F.lsie. Ivorn April 11, 1878: Jessie. 1x.ru October 25, 1X79; lather. l»>m July 14. died November 2$. 1XX7; William, liorn September jo. 1885; Robert Clarence. born Soveml.ier 13, 1S8S; Cynthia Dorothy, l*<m March 4. j8<m : Mary Kathleen, horn September 4. 1 >h 15 ; and Agnes Lincoln, lx>rn February 1 j. [8)7.

Aniia Louisa Hine, daughter of Homer IT Hine. was born March 7. 18^5. and married Chailes W. Field. lauuarv iK 18S4. son of C harles S. and Eliza ( Warner | Field, of Warren. < Ihio. Th.ey reside in C leveland and have two children. Dorothy, lxn'ii July to. l8)l. and Helen Cornelia, lxirn Decemlicr i-'. 1894-

Ague- I line, daughter of Homer Hine. was In -ni July .7. 1 S57. and was married August 5. 1885. to Minor Cibbs Norton, sun of Rowland Mi:mr and Fit/a (Gibbs) Norton, of Jef- ferson. Oliio. He is a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and has served as city attorney. His children are: Rowland Minor, born May 21, 1886, died June 14, 1890; Homer Hine, born December jo. 18S7; Henrietta Maude, lxnrn February 2$, 1890; Edward Emerson, lx_>rn August 24. 1891 ; Elizabeth Julietta, born December 25, 1894; and Edith, born December

Clarence Augustus, son of Homer H. Hine. was lmm May 16, 1 800. resides at Painesville. Ohio, and April 6, 1881. was married to Annie Doran. They have these children: Marie Agnes, born March 3, 188-*: Homer Hubt>e!l, born November 1. 1883; Eliza Hewlitt, \*>rn January 29, 1885; Felix Doran. born April 5, '1886: Edward B.. bom October 4. 1887. died March 11, 1888; Cynthia, born October 26, 1888: Noble Nelson, lx>rn May 9. 1890, died December 7. 1891 ; Clarence William, born January 7, 1893. and Esther Eva, lorn February 3, 1896.

(VI) Augustus Hine, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner) Hine. was born March 21, 1827, and September 25. i860, married Elizabeth l^oughridge. He married (second) at Painesville. Ohio, and later removed to Los Angeles, California. He has four children, one daughter. Mary Helen, who married a Mr. Alton!, of Painscville: Augusta: Mabel and Dudlev Baldwin, all born at Youngstown.

\RT1N NEFF, whose fine residence farm of 210 acres is situated in Canficld township, a mile and Jl three-quarters east of Canfield. on the Boardman and Canfield road, owns also a farm of 75 acres on the other side of this highway and 86 acres south and e'ist of the agricultural fair grounds. Martin NcfT was lx>ni March 25, 1827. on his present farm, in Mahoning County. Ohio, and is a si>n of John and Elizabeth (Kline) Neff.

Conrad Neff, the grandfather of Martin, was the pioneer of the Neff family in the Western Reserve, to which he came, from Berks County. Pennsylvania, in 1802. The Pennsylvanians who accompanied him numliered 16 souls and they made the journey m the strong old Concstoga wagons, which were built to traverse forests and cross unbndged streams, as was necessary in traveling through this section of Ohio in those early days. '1 he travelers found a little settlement of - 16 l"g houses where now stands the flourishing town of Canfield. Conrad Neff purchased 140 acres of land in the adjacent wilderness and erected a small log cabin near the site of the present comfortable home of his grandson. It took hard work and considerable time before any crops could be raised and in the meantime, the family subsisted on wild game, which was very 'plentiful, deer and wild turkey being easi'lv secured. Conrad Neff was a mason by trade and he did a large part of the mason work for his neighbors in those days, his sons doing the larger amount of clearing and land cultivating. Both Conrad Neff and wife died on this place, having reached the age ot 70 years.

The children of Conrad Neff ami wife were: Conrad; John; Henry; Mary, who married Henry Crum: Margaret, who married Henry Peatrv: and Mrs. Henry Brunstetter.

|ohn Neff. father of Martin, was born in 1705. in Berks County. Pennsylvania, and thus was' seven years of age when he came to Mahoning County. His early educational opportunities were meager Init he was reared with the practical ideas which resulted in his becoming a man of ample fortune and a highly respected citizen of his community. His first land was purchased for $2.50 an acre and he accumulated a large amount, at one time i*>sscssing 600 acres. He sold a portion ot this to advantage and utilized the rest m general farming and stock-raising. He was a man ot sound judgment and on a number of occasions was ^elected to bold township offices. Politicallv. he was a strong Democrat, but he did not approve of the War of the Rebellion. He

John Xeff married Klizaloeth Kline, who was born in Northampton County. Pennsylvania, and died in Mahoning County, aged 79 years, surviving her husband for 16 years. She was a daughter of Abraham Kline, who settled at an early day in Youngstown township. Mahoning County. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy during an epidemic of scarlet fever, the others l>cing: Eli. residing in Kansas, having reached his 86th year; Mary, deceased, who married Russell F. Starr, also deceased; and Martin, the youngest of the family.

Although his family had been settled many years in Canfield township, when Martin Neff came on the scene of life, many pioneer conditions still prevailed and his educational opportunities were limited to a short |>eriod of school attendance in the old log school-house near his home. His father was greatly interested in raising and dealing in cattle at this time and a large part of the hard work of the farm fell on young Martin and his brother. As his father drove his own cattle over the mountains and disposed of them in the eastern markets, he was away from home a great part of the time. The sons, especially Martin, develojied good judgment in cattle, and he also livcame a dealer and on his own account drove stock as far as Pittsburg. The business was very profitable as long as no lines for cattle transportation had l>een built and no great cattle ranches had yet liccn established in the West. Mr. Xeff' has lived on this farm all his life, but has traveled on horseback all over the country and on one occasion was in the saddle for 31 days. He started out with a farm of 73 acres and when he went into the stock business was obliged to rent pasture land, but gradually acquired field after field until, at one time, he owned more than f»» acres. He lias been very generous to his children, but still renins 335 acres. W ith the assistance <>f Thomas Ci. Stradford. whom he reared fn>m childhood. Mr. Xef'f still carries on i.irming and stock-raising.

Mr. Neff was married April 5. 1848. to Catherine Wilson, who is one of the first children born at what is now the town of Dublin. Mahoning County. Ohio. Her parents were John and Jane (Trimble) Wilson, who were natives of Ireland and were early settlers at Dublin, this county. Mrs. Neff was reareil and educated in that village.

Mr. and Mrs. Xeff have had five children, as follows: John, Caroline. Mary. Lois and Elizabeth, the last named dying at the age of seven vears. John Xeff, residing at Canfield, is engaged in a dry-goods business. He married Ilattic Sanzenbacher and they have six children, namely: Sadie; Ensign, who married Mary Porter; Martin, who married Ann Fithian. has two children; Calvin; Silas, who married Miss Waters, has one child; and Roy. Caroline, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neff. married G. S. Beard, and they reside in Beaver township and they have two children: Bert, who is married and has three children; and Alexander, who is engaged in the milk business at Youngstown. Mary Neff. the second daughter, who married Floyd Blackburn, died in 1900. Ix>is Neff, the third daughter, j married Charles Edsall and they reside near the parental home and have two children. Julia and Bertha.

Politically Mr. Neff has always l>een in sympathy with the Democratic party. He has been elected to almost all the tow nship offices at various times and has served w ith the greatest efficiency on the township hoard of trustees, on the lioard of education and as supervisor, and his advice and counsel is considered valuahle by his fellow-citizens whenever any important township matter is under consideration.

Mr. Xeff and family have enjoyed the lx*netits and pleasure of travel and are most entertaining in recalling what they have seen with their own eyes. Mr. Xeff. himself, h.is seen a large p>rtion of his native land west of Ohio, and in n>0- he was accompanied by his wife and some of his children on a delightful trip which extended through a large part of the most enjoyable regions of a nnmU'r oi States. The party started from Canfield awl went west to Chicago, remaining one night in the famous Windy City, going on uom there to Denver, Colorado, and then through the great mountain ranges to Sacramento and viewing the beautiful city of San Francisco hiefore the great calamity of 1906. From there they went to Los Angeles, then covered 750 miles to Junction City. Oregon, going from there to Salem and l'ortland and thence to Seattle ami through the great pine timl)er country to Spokane. Washington. On their return they visited St. Paul and other interesting cities. The enjoyment and advantages of such an extended trip can scarcely l>e overestimated.

kF.XCH F. CLIXGAX, one of the H leading business men at Youngs- H M tow". 's secretary and treasurer of IHflH the Mahoning Builders' Supply Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Lowellville Coal Mining Company. He was lmrn "in 1873. at Hubbard. Trumbull County, Ohio, and is a son of C. X. Clingan.

The father of Mr. Clingan was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, but for the past 30 years he has l*'cn engaged in the wholesale and retail Hour and feed business at Hubbard.

After completing his education, French F. Clingan assisted his father in his business for several years. He then accepted the i*>sition of secretary and treasurer with the Youngstown Ice Company, remaining with them for three years. In 1903, in association with James D. Gibson and William Tod. Mr. Clingan organized and incorporated the Ohio Stone Paving Company, with William Tod as president and French F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. In the following year, the same parties, with S. B. Clcgg. L. I). Gibson and J. K. Home, of Struthers, organized and incorporated the Mahoning Builders' Supply Company, with a capital stock of $25,000. Of this company. S. B. Clegg is president ; J._ K. Hume, vice president, and F. F. Clingan. secretary and treasurer and is also manager.

This company deals in all kinds of builders' supplies, with the exception of luml>er, and in connection with this business, have built a hard-wall plaster plant, tor the manufacture of hard-wall plaster. The company has also large coal interests, owning a coal bank at Lowellville. The Lowellville Coal Mining Company was incorporated and capitalized at $3,000, with Jacob Stambaugh as president and F. F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. These different business combinations represent immense capital and give work to 100 employes.

In 1898 Mr. Clingan was married to Josephine Jacobs, who is a daughter of Millard Jacobs, of Hubbard, and they have one son, Millard Calvin. Mr. and Mrs. Clingan belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hubbard.

County, Ohio, in 1855, and was 1 1 years of age when his parents moved to Mahoning County. Until he was 27 years of age, Mr. Rose remained on the home farm and then embarked in a mercantile business at Rosemont, where he continued in business for 17 years. In 1895 Mr. Rose came to Youngstown in the capacity of city salesman for the Baldwin-Carnahan Com|>anv, wholesale grocers, and remained associated with that firm until it was absorbed by the J. H. Fitch Company, a period of six years. In 1901 Mr. Rose, in partnership with Alfred Johnson, engaged in the produce business, under the firm name of Rose & Johnson, later drifting into the wholesale grocery trade. On Tune 1. 1905. their business Itecame an incorporated concern. The Rose & Johnson Company, capitalized at $50,000. The officers are: I). L. Rose, president: X. P. Johnson, vice president, and Alfred Johnson, secretary and treasurer.

Front street, having three stories and basement, it> dimensions being 40 hy 154 feet. This gives them 2 5, OCX) sect of Hour space. Tlie company keeps tour men on the road, covering1 western Pennsylvania and northeasterr I l|:lo.

Mr. Rose was first married, in 1875. to Mis* Relwca W. Smith, who passed away in February, tooo. aged 44 years, leaving one child, Minna, now Mrs. Minna F. Lee.ly, a resident of Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Rose was a nienilwr of the Westminster Presbyterian Chinch.

Politically, Mr. Rose is a Republican, Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to Council No. 233. Protected Home Circle, and is a charier mctnlx-r of the Cnited Commercial Travelers' Association of Mahoning County.

Sweden, and dine to America at the age of if) years He located immediately at Yoiingstow n and tiegan work for I) IS. Snmhaugh. with whom he remained for two years, m the meantime attending the ptihlic schools and graduating from the h'loiit street school. In iSijj he liegan work with Baldwin, Morgan \- Company, wholesale gn icers. and remained with them until 1h.1t tirm s, ,1,1 cut to the John H. Fitch Company. As noted above, m 1001. he engaged w:lh I >. 1- lv --- in a grocery and produce business, on a small scale, being located then 111 the I'.trk Theater budding. One vear later removal was made (0 larger quarters on account of rapidly increasing business.

In iS'io Mr. Mnisor, v.:.- married to \ugiista Kell. of VonngStOWn. and they have foot children, He is a member and one of the tru-tces of the Swedi-li Mi<-i .n t linreh ct

Youngstown. and is assistant sti|>crintcndent of the Sunday -school. Mr. Johnson belongs to the executive committee of the Youngstown Credit Men's Association, and the linn I belongs to the Chainlier of Commerce

Adam Shirey. hi< great-grandfather. wa> a native of Germany and at a very early period came to this country, settling in Pennsylvania, lie was taken prisoner during the C ivil War and died from starvation, leaving a family of three children, namely: George, grandfather of William 1). Shirey: Samuel, who settled in Indiana; Adam settled in Columbiana County, Ohio. George Shirey was a cooper by trade and conducted a shop m Pennsylvania for many years. lie was 60 vears of age and his wife was (At years old when they came to Ohio. They walked the entire distance front Pennsylvania to Ohio and came with three other families, including the parents of the subject of this sketch, and six children. Samuel Roof, wife and six children, and John llcuser and wife, young people. George Shirey came to Mahoning County on October 13. I035. and settled where the infirmary farm is now located. He cleared alxml 50 acres of timberland and also followed his trade inr many years. ||js death occurred in Cantleld town-hip at an ad\anced age.

John Shirey. father of William 1 >.. was born DecemU-r --5. 1X00. in Lehigh County. Pennsylvania, ami died in April, tN"a>. He learned the o toper's trade from his father and I was married in Pennsylvania to Maria Brobst. They were the parents of ri children: Jonathan, deceased: John, deceased: David, deceased; Polly, deceased; Lydia, widow of Levi Shissler . l'eggy. married benjamin ISei ringer. It. ih are deceased; Marv Ami, marred John

Sisco. who was killed in the Civil War; Sarah < Mrs. Cornelius Milter): Susan, married James B. Moore, member of the Grand Army or the Republic; Elizabeth, married Eli Stitlc; and William J.)., the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Shirey died in 1879.

W illiam I). Shire)' [Kissed his early boyhood days in Austintown township and when a lad of 11 years his father sold his farm and removed to a farm near the county infirmary, where he was reared to manhood. What little schooling hf obtained \v;i> received at the old Stone 1'ile school on Turner street, but the greater part of his time was devoted to iarm work. When (juite young; he learned the carpenter's trade with his brothers, working with them for eight years, when he bought an outfit for moving hou .es and buildings, and stili follows that business in connection with his farming. Mr. Shirey bought his present farm in tyoj from James Mackcy after selling his farm in Heaver township. Jle was married March 16, 1874, to Lvdia Snyder, a daughter o: David and Catherine 1 Uollabaugh l Snyder. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shirey: Esther Viola, who married lienton Tressle, overseer of the Buckeye Machine Company of Salem, Ohio, and has three cliililren, Ralph, Oman and Leonard; and Willis Ensign, wl>o married Anna Collar, and is engaged in business with his father, moving houses, buildings, etc. Mr. Shirey i- a Democrat, politically, and he and family are mem- 1* r* or the Reformed Church.

[rBi NK,< v -v E'RNST. attorney at law at I Co Youngstown. < >hio. and one of the H mm active politicians of this section of the State. was born in Greenfoni. Mahoning County. Ohio, and is a son of Jonathan and Margaret (Crum) Ernst The Ernst family is one of the old families of Mahoning County, having been founded by Abraham Ernst, who came to Mahoning County from Maryland in iS_>o ami became prominent in the county. While a resident of Maryland he had served in the War of

1 Si.;. Jonathan Ernst was born on the farm in 1827, at New Middletown. He entered the mercantile business as a boy and at the lime of his death was established at North Lima. He married Margaret Crum, who was also born in Mahoning County.

Harry A. Ernst obtained his education at the Northeastern Ohio Normal School at f anfield, at Mt. I'nioii College, Alliance. Ohio, and at Buchtel College at Akron. Ohio, and then studied law in the office of Green. Grant it Seiber at Akron. He completed his legal studies in the office of A. W. Jones and W. S. Anderson, of Youngstown, and was admitted to the bar 111 181 >,V He entered immediately into practice at Youngstown and enjoys the - linnet:. -;! - = ! not only being . -ae of the in -t successful but one of the youngest attorneys here. He is a member of the Mahoning County Bar Association. Political life has also attracted him and he is a hearty worker for the Republican parly.

DRYING CALLAHAN, senior member of the hrm of Callahan it Neff. dealers 111 grain, mill feed, hides and building supplies, at Canueld. represents one of the early pioneer families of Green township. Mr. Callahan was born at Greeniord, Ohio. October 26, 1853, and is a son of Lewis ami Catherine i Z'toki Callahan.

John Callahan, the founder of the family in America, was married to a Miss Eleanor, whose family name has not lieen preserved. Horn in Ireland in 170;, he emigrated to America and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The children of this union were Jesse. William. James. Jeremiah and Nancy. John Callahan moved from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, lo Orccn towiship. Mahoning County, in 1 S< 14. l|is son Jesse married Sn-aii Stewart and of this union were bom Thomas. Barbara. James. William. Lli/.ahcth. Jesse, Sarah. Jeremiah and Sus.-<n. James Callahan of this familv married Catherine Raker and they had the following children: Christina. John Lucy, \nn. 1-aiali. Lew is I father of the

Lewis Callahan was born in 18^5. in Green township, Mahoning County. Ohio, where he grew 10 manhood. When old enough he went to Salem, where he learned the trade 01 brick-making. In the tail of 1857 he came to Cantield and ojiencd a brick-yard of his own. continuing in the business for a number of year*, furnishing building material for a large number of the school-houses, churches and other buddings in the village and vicinity. Prior to his death he returned for a st-ason to the farm, but subsequently came l>ack to Canfield and continued to make himself useful in his s/>n Irving's business until his death m iS>>S. He married Catherine Z>*ik. who died in 189J. They harl seven children, namely: l.cnora. widow of H. H. Harter. who resides at Cantield; Preston, residing at Canfield, a blacksmith; Irving, wlnrse name begins this article; Henson, who died aged eight years; John L.. residing at Canfield; Ida, who married Henry I'.eard and resides in Jackson township; and an infant, deceased.

Irving Callahan was educated in the schools of Cantield and learned the trade of \ w< m id-worker, serving an apprenticeship of three years in the carriage shop of William 1 Corrcll. his wages lieing $iHo. with no provision being made for his clothing. As an indication of Mr. Callahan's thrift and good management, it may !>e stated that when he left Mr. Corrcll lie still had $ioo of his wages left. Mr. Callahan then went into the tannery business with his subsequent father-inlaw, April 1. 1X75. under the tirni name of | John Saiuenbacher & Company. loiter, with George l:.dwards. one of the company. Mr. Callahan Knight Mr. Samcnbacher's interest, the name ln-coming Edwards iv Callahan. an<l lie thus continued for three years, when Mr. Sanzenbaeher returned to the firm, and its stvle became I. Sauzenbaehcr it Company. When Mr. Callahan deckled to go into his present business he sold out his interest in the other linn. In 101x1 Mr. Callahan ti>ok his nephew. C. 11. Neff. hit- < partnership and the firm liegan dealing in feed. Mr. Neff has re-' sided with Mr. Callahan since he was five years old and is manager of the firm, which does a large business. The firm's sheds, warehouses and offices cover an acre of land, very conveniently located near the Erie Railroad, thus facilitating transportation. The partners divide tiieir labors. Mr. Callahan giving his attention to dealing in bides, while Mr. Neff. besides being general manager, attends to the grain business. Three men are given employment,

On May 20, 1875. Mr. Callahan was married to Rcliecca Saiv.cnbachcr, who is a daughter of John Sarwnbachcr. Both Mr. and Mrs. Callahan are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he united when he was 15 years of age, and in which he is steward and trustee. Mr. Callahan still owns 137 acres of valuable land on North Broadstreet, a part of which is situated within the coqxiratc limits of Canfield. His spacious residence, containing 10 rooms, was formerly the old Judge Newton residence, but it lias Ix-en thoroughly nv*iernizcd.

Hattie ( Saiwenbacher ) Neff. On August 20, i<)o.», he was married to Melva Watters. and they have one child. Marjorie. Mr. and Mrs. Xetf reside in an elegant home on North Broad street. Canfield.

RANK E. PROBST, who fills an iml>oj-tant position with the Mahoning and Shcnangi Valley Railway and Light Company, Ix-mg in charge <>t the collection department, with offices on blast Boardman street. Youngstowii. was )xirn in this citv. in iKv>. and is a son of John S. Prob,t. The father of Mr. Probst was born in Pennsylvania and came to Youngstown in 1S54. Here he engaged in a harness and saddler) business for many years, one ot the old and representative business men of Ins day.

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thcr alter completing- his schooling, but after a trial of eight years. decided to go into some other line uf business. Just then he was appointed deputy clerk of the courts and served for the follow ing 13 years. From this public office he entered the employ of the Mahoning Valley Railroad, as claim agent, and he is now the efficient manager of the collection department of the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway and Light Company.

In 1S81 Mr. l'rol»st was married to Clara E. Kaiser, who is a daughter of Frank J. Kaiser, who. for years, was connected with the lower mills of the C arnegie Company, but is now retired. Mr. Probst is a member of the Protected Home Circle. Since 1875 he has been a member ot the Hclmont avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and for 25 years was on its official board. Mr. Probst has lxrcn closely identified with the Voting Men's Christian Association, for 15 years being a trustee and has held the office of recording secretary for a numl>er of years. He is a man who stands very high m the regard of his fellowcitizens.

HF. JUDD, architect, at Voungstown. where he has lieen established m his profession since 1000. was liorn in 18^. at Rush. Monroe Count v. New York.

Mr. Judd was left an orphan at the age of 1 _> years and since that time has practically taken care of himself, has succeeded in a material way and has risen to a prominent place in a very exacting profession.' Until he was 18 years old he worked on a farm in New York, and then learned the carpenter's trade. In the spring ot 187.1 lie U-gan contracting, locating at Warsaw, and was thus led into the study of architecture. He continued in business at Warsaw for 18 years, during which time he built many of the lines! residences and l>est business blocks there. In 1870 he opened an architect's office, and in connection with contracting and building, did his own designing. In I*)-* he moved to Conneaut.

Ohio, where he remained two years, and for the next seven years he followed his profession at ISuffalo. He then came to Youngstown, where his fine architectural work speaks for itself in many handsome business blocks and residences, and in the beautiful, graceful simplicity of Grace Church. He has superintended in the past summer, the construction of the magnificent residences on aristocratic Park avenue, which are conceded to l>e the most modern and stately of all the many delightful homes at Voungstown. In 1873 Mr. Judd was married at Warsaw, New York, to Addie A. Collins, and they have two children, viz: Mildred, who is the wile of P. E. Lewis, of Hamburg, New York, and Ida M.. who resides w ith her parents.

1LL1AM II. KYLE, a surviving officer of the Civil War and a substantial farmer of Canficld township, resides on his valuable farm of 8t acres and in connection w ith his wife, owns 167 acres, a part of which is traversed with valuable veins of coal. Mr. Kyle was liorn Octolier 8, 1836, in Youngstown township, Mahoning County. Ohio, on his father's farm, the place now lieing known as Kyle's Corner, or South Heights. His parents were Robert and Dinah (Phillips) Kyle.

Joshua Kyle, the grandfather of William H., was probably born in England, and certainly was one of the first settlers in Voungstown' township, making his home in the green woods when Voungstown was a mere ironticr settlement of a half dozen log huts. He prospered probably on account of great industry, and accumulated a large lmdy of land on which lie subsequently built a substantia! stone house. Roth he and w ife lived to old age. having reared a family of 10 children, none of whom survive, They were: Joshua. James. Robert. William Henry Harrison. Alexander ; Stewart, foseph. Anna. lane. Hannah and whole life was spent. He acquired a large farm adjacent to the rapidly developing town of Youngstown, and was numlK-red among the substantial citizens and successful tanners of the locality. He married Dinah Phillips, who died in 'March, 1805. She was born in Pennsylvania and accompanied her father, Eli Phillips, to Ohio, in her childhood. Robert Kvle died December 21. i88y, aged 85 years. They had to children, namely: Eli. who went to the South in 1852. and when the Civil War broke out. was pressed into the Confederate arms, where he proUably died; Mary Ann. who' is the widow of John M. ( jslxmi ; Catherine, who is the widow of Hiram Lynn; foshua. who died August 5, 10.04: W illiam Henry Harrison; U-ffanl T. ; Alice M.. who married David S. Loveland ; Amanda, who is the widow of Joint Emory Knox: Ouiucy, who died aged three years; and Ira M.

Until he was 15 years of age. William H. Kyle attended the' district school with fair regularity, and then went to Warren, where he worked for three years w ith a Mr. Truesdale, learning the cabinet-making trade. After his return home he attended the Flint Hill School for one year and then >|>ent a summer in the Pennsylvania oil fields, drilling near Oil City. Mr. Kyle then found employment as a carpenter 'at l'.luftton, Ohio, where he worked steadily ior two years, or up to 1862, when he entered the Federal army, enlisting under Captain Stanley, in Company 1. 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He remained in the army for three years and received tie served promotion to the rank of corporal, participating in many of the great battles and famous marches of the war. lie took part in the battles of Atlanta. Knoxville. Nashville. Re-aca. Jonesburg. Georgia, and Mean Station. Tennessee He had many narrow escapes from death and through sickness and exhaustion, was incapacitated for a short time He was confined for one month in the field hospital, suffering from lever. For 1; mmths of his term of service. Mr. Kyle was in themounted infantry. On one occasion, while out on service, he was taken sick, and was serted barn. Probably the sight of his horse with empty saddle caused his companions to fear he had been killed and after a thorough search they found him in time to save his Hie.

After the close of the war, Mr. Kyle returned to his home in Youngstown township, where he worked l*oth at his trade and on the farm for a time, and then went to Youngstown, where he followed the carpenter's trade for nine years. On April 30. 1878. he purchased his first farm, of Eli Neff. subsequently buying his second farm, of Joseph Mathey. His residence property is situated about one and one-half miles east of Canfield, < n the Cantield and Moardman road. The other farm is situated on the tow nship line between Boardman and Cantield townships. Mr. Kyle has delegated the larger part of the active farm work to his son. who looks after his father's interests in a very efficient manner.

On May 16. 1867, Mr. Kyle was married to Mary II. Hill, who was Ix.rn in Washington County, Pennsylvania, not far from Mellville, September 8. 184.'. Her parents were Eii anil Eydia A. (Hawkins) Hill, both < f whom were lx>rn in Pennsylvania and came to Youngstown township, Mahoning Countv. April 12, 1848. The father died in July. iS.xi. aged 77 years, and the mother in August. 180,5, aged 78 years. They had seven children, as follows: Sarah, deceased, who married J. Simon; Mary H.; Jerome F., who was a soldier in the Civil War; William, deceased: Ruth, deceased, who married Julian E. Simon, also deceased; Amelia P., who married L. M. Eckman ; and Anna N.

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle have had two children. Melvin C. anfl Arthur K. The former was married to Ada M. Ilicntzclman, Septeml>er 27. 1802, and at the time of his death. Decern lx-r 22. 11)00. left three children. Lottie F... William Ray and Howard H.

The second son. Arthur E.. residing near his father and assisting on the home farm, was married October <>. 1002. to Ina E. Warrick, of Flkton. They have one child. Josephine S.

supervisor ami as a member of the school l>fianl. He is one of the active and deeply interested memhcrs of Tod Post, drand Army of the Republic, and is a mcmlier of the coin mittee appointed to look after the indigent soldiers of tbe Civil War in this locality and to provide lor their widows. With his family. Mr. Kyle l*longs to the Christian Church.

US. SALLY AW LANTERMAN. residing on her valuable farm of 150 acres, situated m section 4. Yotmgstowri township, is the w idow of the late (ierman Lan tciman, who was a very prominent citizen of this section. Mrs. LauUrman was born on the 1. Id Woods home farm, in Youug«tovvn township, Mahoning County, Ohio, July 12. i.^jj. and is a daughter "f |ohn and Fhzal>eth t Merry) Woods.

With the exception of two years following her marriage, v. lien she resided in Austintown township. Mrs. Lanterman has spent her whole lift- in Voung-iown township. She at tended the district schools as they were some eighty years ago, and was reared to useful and capable young womanhood bv parents who were people of substance. On February 3. 1K4J. she was married to (ierman Lantenuau. who was a son of I'eter and LlizaU'lh (Ij.gan i I -luiermau. and was bom in Austintown township. Mahoning County. Ohio. February o, 1S14. He died on the present farm in January. 1NX0 to the farm tbe latter still occupies, which then comprised i<K> acres. 46 of which now form Mill C reek Park, of Voimgsti w\ n. In partnership with his 1 11 other- in hw . Samuel KimWr ly. (ierman Lanterman built the historic old null which is retained as a great attraction by the park commissioners The erection of the mill was commenced 111 1*44. hut three years elapsed before it was completed. The partners at the same time built the frame residence in which Mrs. Lantcrm 1:1 now resides. Mr.

large stock raiser, later purchased Mr. Kimberly's interest and the mill was successfully conducted fi r many years by a practical miller in Mr. Lamernrm's employ.

Mr. and Mrs. ijntermau had two children. Florence and Ai JoJm. both of whom arc deceased. The daughter, horn in tS j.v marj ried Cot L. 1". Foster, leaving at her death two children - Ctia and lua - the younger of wit. id was then hut two years of age. Mrs. l-tntennan took her little grandchildren to rear. Una Foster married the late lb-sea Si ni'.n, who !ef; two children at his decease. Florence and Wiilard. lna buster married John Kennedy ar.d they have two children, \ era and Frank, and they also reside with Mrs. Lanterman. Mrs. Simon later married (second) William Bakody and they operate a successful dairy . .11 a part of Mrs. Lanternian's farm. Mrs. Lauterman's only son. Ai b bn.

j vva.s L'l'n in 1 X 4 _| , and died Meccnilter _'. 1 Ni >S. fie w:<s a man widelv known as an educated and able physician, having studied his profession l,oth in New Yrk and in (iermany. He never married and did not practice extensively, as he acquired gold mines in Colorado and hecame interested 111 their development, lie died in Colorado. Although Mrs. Lanterman has been denied the companionship of her children, in her old age. she has loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as a wide circle of friends, many of whom have known her for

HfciSHI of that citv. has been a resident 01 VoitngStOwn for three years, and was Imrn in (leaver County. Pennsylvania, in 1S711. He was reared and educated at Heaver Falls, that s;,,te. and at the age of to be- -n work in a grocery store, where he remained ' until alxmt u) years of age. He then became a traveling salesman for the D. L. Clark Gnu-

}>;my of Y oungstown, \\ hi >lc>ri1c confectioners, ctfirirs and grocery sundries. He remained mi the road lor that company for al>out six years when he was sent to Youugstowu as manager of the branch in that city and later became a inenilier oi the linn, having heen a stock holder of the company tor the past live years. The firm employs live traveling salesmen who cover a radius of too miles out of YoungSlOwn. Mr. Lance is a member of i!ie Knights of Pythias Ij^i'oi Beaver Falls. Bcunsylvania.

I.BEKT J MILL1\K,a leading mcr- '" chant at Youngstowrt, Ohio, whose place of business is at No. 1329 Market street, has )>tvll ;, resident of this oily for a (piaster of a century, He was horn at Washinglom die. Mahoning Futility, Ohio. June 5, 1S00. lie is a son of (ieorge I., Miller, who was h.rn in Pemisyivania. and who, <»n coming t < >hi.i. settled in Washmgtonville. During tlie infancy of ins son Albert, George L. Miller removed to Canfield, where he was engaged 111 biisinc-- for some seats. lie afterwards rcinoxed to Xilcs. winch was his place of residence at the time oi Ills U-ath.

Albert 1. Miller was reared and educated at Cantield" He tir-t entered into business as a butcher and eondncted a meat market ai Youngstown for eight years, gradually ex p'.mdiug until now he carries on a considerable genera' liieicautiie business, fie has excellent accommodations, occupying tlie entire first door .if a two ,iory building, the dimensions of which are 40 by 1 3 feel. In addition to successfully conducting his large business, Mr. Miller takes .1,, interest in all that particularly concerns the city, exhibiting a laudable public spirit and taking pari in various movements for the genet al welfare. In iS.,.*. Mr M filer was married to Rachel Jones, who comes from Welsh ancestry. T!icv have five children, namely: f-loyd, Alice. J . 1 1 -td, Vema and I'.ertha. Eratertullv. Sir. Miller is connected with the W oodmen of the World, the Modem Woodmen, the Macc:d>ees and the Pathfinders.

I. FRED SMITH, one of the old and highly respected residents of Yoiuigstown. now living retired at his heme. No. Soj Belmont avenue, has lived in this city since iS.p>, watching its growth from a village. He was born in i 845. in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and is a sou of John Smith, an old business man of Youngs town,

The father of Mr. Smith was b,.rn in England and there learned the brewing business. W hen lie came to Youngstow n, in 184'), lie established the Smith Brewery, the first business of its kind started here. The capacity of his plant was small, not exceeding two barrels of brew a day, but he created a demand by the excellence of his product and gradually increased his facilities, until his works turned out 1 ,'5 barrels a day. He died in 1N70, at which time his sun Albert took charge and operated the brewery until 10m. when he sold it and lias Ihvh retired from business life since. Mr. Smith has twice been married. His four children. Alfred. Mary, Martha and Leslie, arc of the second marriage, the mother formerly being Elizabeth Williams. As one of the old settlers. Mr. Smith can recall many most interesting events in the growth and development of \ oungstown.

|j t try and treasurer of the Youngstown I^S^j Steel Company, a huge business enterprise at Y oungstown. occupies a prominent position in the city's business and social life. Mr. Stamhaugh was bom in this city, February 15. iS(">2, and is a son of John anil Caroline (Hamilton) Starnbaugh.

The parents of Mr. Starnbaugh were early settlers at Youngstow 1:, where for years the father was one of the prominent business factors ||e was birn at Brier Hill. March f\ and died in the citv of New York on March iSKS, An extended sketch of the elder Mr. Starnbaugh will be found in this v'-'ltitne.

Joint Stamhaugh. Jr., who worthily bears lus father's honored name, a tier completing tlie common-school course at Youngstown en tcred Cornel! University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1.SS4, immediately thereafter applying his educati>.<n by becoming chemist !vr the V< inngsii >w n Steel Company. In 1SS7 he entered the employ of the William Tod Company, and afterwards liecame manager ni that concern, lie liecame secretary treasurer of the Youngstown Steel Company, in 1 < m 1. and since the death of the late William Tnd. in H.X15, he has )»een president of the Williatu 'J oil Company, having previously been a niemlier uf the firm.

( >n September j 1 . 1XK7, Mr. Stambaugh was united in marriage with ( ora Hunts, who is a daughter of the late Col. William Bunts, of Cleveland, a gallant officer during the Civil War, who died in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Siambaugb have two clnldren. John and C aroline. The beautiful family residence is located, at No. i>ji Wick avenue. Youngs50v.11.

< .eoige Detchoii. lather of John I"., was born in Roardmati township. Mahoning County, and was a son of <)>wald Deletion, who was l» Til in England and settled among the earliest pioneers of Boardman township, (.eorge Dctchon spent the early part o) hi> hie in l'.oardman township, hut later mo\ed to Smith township, settling in section 15, practically in the woods. He erected a log cabin which remained the family home for some years, but was later replaced by a more com mod !- .us duelling. George Detelum assisted in the development of all the interests oi his sec tion and was a reliable, public-spirited man.

He was one of the early supporters and active members of the North Benton Methodist Episcopal Church. He lived to the age of «o years. Two of his children survive: John C. and Elizabeth, the latter being the wife of Adam Boohcckei . residing at Sebring, Ohio.

John C. Detelum has devoted his life to ag 1 tural pursuits, ar..! >wn a < iV.ab'.c 'am ot 17.S acres m Smith township. In 1901 he - lett the farm and since that date has occupied his pleasant home at North Benton. His business partner is II. S. Wii-011. of 1'ortage County. Mr Dctchon married Emma M. Hartzetl. a daughter of the late Solomon Hartzell. of North Benton. Mr. Detchon has never taken a very active stand in ])o!itics, but votes tl.c l\< ;.nl.l i-i I rcke: He li.i- a v. --'c rin-le > > 1 business friends all over the country, by whom he is hel<! in high esteem.

BIOl IN 1 RANK, a prominent and progressive citizen of Strutbers, resides 1 on his farm of acres, which )s |o- I cated in section jj. Coitsville lown- >hi[., although within the corporation lilies of the village of Strutbers. which I-.cs partly in Poland and partly in Coitsville township*. Mr. Frank was Imrn in Wittenberg, 1 iermauy. April X>. 18O4. ami is a son of John

'Hie paicnis of Mr. Frank still reside in « tcnu.-my. where the lather owns a vineyard on w I. ul l.e in i:i-it'.ietu:. w in >lu: nig the l«>\- liiiotl , .f his son John, who gave him assistance up to the age of 14 years. He then started 10 I learn the shoemaking trade at which he worked until the age of 16 years, when he came to America, and settled first in Berrien County, Michigan, at a poin! aKnit 1 miles north <>t South Bend, Indiana, f ar six months he followed his trade and then went to work on a farm, where he continued for two and onehall years, although his wages were very small, being only $(> a month in addition to his hoard. Mr. Frank then came to Mahoning Count) and worked as a farmer for different persons.

On August 30, 1887, Mr. Prank was mar- [ ried to Matilda Gilbert, who is a daughter of cr ick W illichn and Louisa 1 Snyder) Gilbert. Mrs. Frank was born and reared 111 Prussia, coming to America in 1SS0. her parents having !>oth < ! i t> I in that country since she left home. Mr. ami Mrs. Frank h ue had ' six children, one of wlvm <lied :n infancy, while Carl lived oniy the age of two years, j The sii]-iiM>rs are: Gottlieb George. John 1 lertnan. W illiam and t arolme Louisa.

The farm "ti which Mr. and Mrs. Frank reside was known as the old Snyder farm and it was owned hy a brother of Mrs. Frank's mother, from whom Mr. Frank rented it 'or three years after marriage, and then moved to Poland township and rented what was known as the (iuttman farm, tor six years. Cpori the death of Mrs. Frank's uncle, the Franks moved back to the Snyder farm and one war later, in h,oo. Mr. Frank purchased the same, In recent years, Mr. Frank lias laid out a nmsiderahle portion of his farm in town lots, and he engaged in improving and selling his proper! v winch promises to become the most desirable section of Struthers. Politically. Mr. l'rauk is identified with the Republican party. Since 1901 he has lieen a member of the school lxiard, U-in.g elected in CoitsviHe township. In 1005 this serin 11 was taken into the Struthers S|K-cial District and Mr. Frank was transferred to the special Ifo.'ird, his services and advice lieing regarded as most valuable. Mr. and Mrs. Frank are leading members of Grace Reformed Church at Struthers, in which Mr. l'rauk is a deacon.

Mr. l'rauk is a good American but still cherishes, as do al! true Germans, a love for the Fatherland, which he has nrver revisited j since leaving' so many years ago. On May 15. 1907. he proposes, however, to take his wife and children and make up a party, including Mr. Louis Gltick and family, and s|>ettd a !k.'hitiful summer among his. old friends on the other side of the Atlantic, This renewing of

DOUGLAS, who is general superintendent of the William Tod Company of Youngstown. which is one of the largest concerns of its kind in the city, was born in Leavittsburg. Trumbull County. Ohio, m 18.10. and is a son of Thomas Douglas, who was engaged in the machine business at Warren. Trumbull Count)-, Ohio, and was one of the pioneers in that line of business.

W. S, Douglas was reared and educated 111 W arren, Ohio, and it was here he learned the machine trade in his father s machine shop, lie was later associated in business with his father until 1NX0. when he came to Youngs, town and accepted a iMsition as foreman in the W illiam Tod Company plant. Soon after the death of Homer Hamilton, the su|terinteudent of the plant, he was promoted to the position of genera! superintendent of that immense factory. Mr. Douglas was married in the fall of 1879 to Lucy F. Stewart, a daughter of James Jacob and Martha A. 1 Gaskill I Stewart. Her lather, who was a merchant in Warren. Oluo. ' ' a iiunthvi 1 ' die-' n Mr r>l

DDIS F. KNlGll F. senior member of the lirm of Knight & Semple, in the real estate and, insurance hue. at Youngstown, has been in business m this city for many years. lie was Uirn in Carroll County, Ohio, in i8;_\ and is a son of the late Koliert F. Knight. T|c father of Mr. Knight was also bom in Carroll County. Ohio, and because one of the leading tnemU-rs of the Ohio bar. For a number of years be carried .,n a large law practice at Cleveland.

when his parents removed from Carroll County to Cleveland. AUmt five years later he came to Youngstowii and entered the Raven High School, where he was graduated. He then studied law in his father's office and in 1X74 was a<lmittecl to the bar. subsequently becoming city solicitor and serving also as a justice of the |>eacc. He then went to Seattle. Washington, and while there became interested in real estate, that section attracting settlers from all over the country. Although Mr. Knight never settled his family there, preferring his home to remain at Youngstowii. he held interest in pn>[>erty at Seattle Cr some 10 years. Since iH<>" Mr. Knight has been engaged here in a general real estate and insurance business. I'i <r two years he was associated with Richard lnglis, but for the pa< seven years he has been in partnership with Mr. Sc'mplc. The firm handles a great deal of desirable property and has l>een the medi.im through which much capital has been brought to this section. Mr. Knight is a member of the Unitarian Church.

LI AM SWANSTON, farmer and capitalist, residing on a valuable farm of over J73 acres situated m Cantield township, owns real estate in Mahoning and I'ortage Counties aggregating 8o:> acres of laud; and yet there are those living who remember when this man of large means worked f<-r the sum of 13 cents a day. Mr. Swanston has made his own way in the world and enjoys an ample fortune earned through his own efforts, lie was born in December. 1X40. in County Fermanagh. North Ireland, and is a son of William and Eliza (McCurdy) Swanston.

The parents of Mr. Swanston came to America in 1X31. William Inring then alxiut 11 years of age. old enough for him now to recall the events of the long voyage which consumed eight weeks and three days. The family landed at New York and on the same day took the train for Ctica. Simon, the eldest son of William Swanston, had preceded the family to America and was working on the McCurdy farm, in Mahoning County, and he assisted his father to join him and to provide for the rest of the family to come by rail to Buffalo and thence by stage to the McCurdy farm near Brier Hill. They remained there for five months and then moved into a log house north of Coitsville and some years later Mr. Swanston moved to Ellsworth township. 1833. and still later bought a small farm in Boardman township, where he died in February. iXXj. aged <*> years. His widow survived to the age of 100 years, dying July 31, 10.03. All i f their children except < ieorge. the youngest, were born in Ireland. All of the daughters became school teachers.

Before coming to America, William Swanston. the younger, had attended school for a short time' and after reaching Coitsville township he went to the Crab Creek school a fewweeks and later to schools at Coitsville Center and in Dalby District, but altogether it amounted to very little school attendance. As there was a large family and small means, the boy had to assist in the family support while still voung. He was about 1 _' years old when he worked at carrying brick for Joseph and James McCartney earning S3 a month for six months, and then worked two weeks for his first pair 01 lx.ots. An* ng the interesting changes which have come aluuit in the life of Mr. Swanston may be mentioned that he has :.i j;i,sst.wsi< n. among other valuable papers, a mortgage on the place calling for Ji.lm), on which he once worked as a tired little boy for 13 cents a day.