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On his return to Delta, Ohio, Mr. Fauble engaged in the hotel business, but shortly af- terward went to Medina county, where he married, December 19, 1865, Miss Martha E. Banford. who was born in Hinckley township. that county, February 2, 1844. a daughter of Cyrus and Almira (Patch) Banford, the for- mer of whom was a tailor by trade, but died, in middle age, in 1846, leaving his widow with four children, viz: Martha E., Julia, Celia and Albert. Mrs. Banford afterward married Thomas Cole, and to her second marriage was born one child -- Millie. For three years after marriage Mr. Fauble lived in Hinckley township, Medina county, and then came to West Richfield, Summit county, where he has since followed his trade of stonemason.
To Mr. and Mrs. Fauble have been born four children, viz: Cyrus Albert, Louie, Le- Roy and Preston, but of these Cyrus Albert was accidently killed while hunting, Decem- ber 4, 1893. He was a promising young man
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of twenty-two years of age, and, it is needless to say, was greatly mourned by his parents and hundreds of young associates.
In politics Mr. Fauble is a republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, when that martyr was nominated for his second term, and has voted the republican ticket ever since. He has served as com- mander of Goldwood post, G. A. R., No. 104. at West Richfield, and is a member in good standing of Meridian Sun lodge, No. 266, F. & A. M., of Richfield, in which he has held the offices of junior and senior warden; in chapter No. 30, royal arch Masons, he is mas- ter of the second vail. Mr. Fauble, as a citi- zen and soldier, has attained a high position in the esteem of his fellow-c'tizens, and fully merits all the respect that is paid to him.
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OHN ELSEFFER SHARP (deceased), ticket and freight agent for the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway company at Ravenna, Ohio. for twenty- two years, was born in Sharon Springs, N. Y., January 25, 1830, and was a son of John and Elizabeth (Bodine) Sharp, both natives of the Empire state and parents of four children, viz: John E. (subject), Henry, Ellen J. (widow of James Hudson), and Thomas K. The pater- nal grandfather of subject was born in Ger- many, but was a small boy when brought to America by his parents, who settled in Ulster county, N. Y .; the maternal grandfather. John Bodine, was a native of New York state, was a fariner, had born to him a large family, and was quite an old man at the time of his death
John Sharp, the father of subject, was a farmer and hotel-keeper, and first married a Mi-s Markle, who bore him ten children, of yhom two are still living. viz: Rebecca, widow of Seth P. Branch, of Ravenna; and 25
Julia Ann, wife of Stephen Merenes, now deceased.
John E. Sharp, whose naine opens this biog- raphy, was reared on his father's farm, and also learned brick and stonemasonry and plastering, when young. and at the age of seventeen years came from New York to Ravenna, Ohio, where he followed his trade for a number of years, or perhaps until the fall of 1864, when he en- tered the employ of the Erie Railway com- pany, for which, with the exception of about Three years, he worked in various capacities, and for the past twenty-two years in that of ticket and freight agent.
Mr. Sharp was first united in marriage, in 1856. with Miss Lavinna Kellogg, daughter of Lansing and Caroline (Bishop) Kellogg, the union resulting in the birth of three children- Alfred L., Dwight E. and Harry S. The eld- est of these, Alfred L., has been twice married, and had born to him, by his first wife, one son (John Oakley Sharp); he is now a hard- ware merchant in Georgetown, Tex., and has married, for his second wife, Miss Kate Leaville. Dwight E., who is clerking for the American Cereal company in Chicago, ill., married Mi-s Eva Jones, and to this union have been born three children-Mabel, Don and Pearl. Harry S. is living with his broth- er, Alfred L., in Texas, and is in the employ of the Pacific Express company. The honored mother of the above family, Mrs. Laviuna Sharp. was called to her final rest in 1877, and died in the faith of the Universalist church.
In 1878 John E. Sharp was united to Mrs. Mary F. Cope, widow of Homer Cope and daughter of Charles D. and Abi ( Smith ) Thompson, and this union was blessed with one son-Charles R.
Mr. Sharp was a chapter Mason, and in politics was a democrat; for three years he i served his fellow-citizens as township trustee
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and filled the office to the entire satisfaction of the public. That he was faithful and true in his responsible situation is fully evidenced by the long time he was in the railroad company's employ, and it is further in evidence that he was at all times polite and obliging in his intercourse with the public, as no word of com- plaint was ever uttered against him. Mr. Sharp died March IS, 1897, sincerely inourned by the surviving members of his family and a large circle of true friends.
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ORBERT F. GENEREAUX, of Macedonia, Northfield township, Sum- mit county, Ohio, and ex-prisoner of the Civil war, a veteran soldier and an honored citizen, comes of sterling French ancestry, and was born February 7, 1842, at Mt. Clemens, Mich., a son of Henry and Monac (Chapaton) Genereaux. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Mt. Clemens, and learned the cooper's trade of his father. He came to Wood county, Ohio, in 1860, and enlisted at Tontogany, in April, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, in company B, Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three months, and was honorably discharged in August at Columbus, Ohio. This service was in West Virginia and was in two battles at Scair Creek, when his brigade drove Gen. Wise's troops to Harper's Ferry, and was also in many skirmishes. After this service he went to Mt. Clemens, Mich., and on August 15, 1862, re-enlisted for three years and was immediately promoted to second duty ser- geant, company F, Twenty-second regiment, Michigan volunteer infantry, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, June 9, 1865. At the battle of Chickamauga the entire bri- gade was captured by the rebels after a gallant fight. Mr. Genereaux belonged to the Four- te nth army corps, Whittaker's brigade, and
supported the artillery. September 20, 1863, the corps was ordered to the front. The right of the Union army was falling back in great confusion. The corps charged the enemy, and the brigade drove Longstreet's forces down from the third elevation; shortly afterward recharged, but were repulsed. The enemy made a strong effort to inass the whole artillery against the Union men, but the at- tempt was futile. Then the enemy recharged with infantry, and the Union troops continued to repulse their charges until night, when they were surrounded. The Confederates marched the Union prisoners three or four rods, and carried torch-lights in order that the surren- dered soldierey would not step on the wounded and dead. Snodgrass Ridge was where this great slaughter was made, and here is where the beautiful monuments are erected, marking this spot as the place where so many of the brave boys fell in defense of the nation. In company F, Twenty-second Michigan infantry, there were. only fourteen of the enlisted sol- diers left to be taken prisoners, of wliom twelve died in Confederate prison pens. N. H. Miller, of Mount Clemens, Mich., and Mr. Genereaux were the only two survivors.
Mr. Genereaux with the others was taken to Belle Isle, on the James river, the com- missioned officers being placed in Libby prison. Mr. Genereaux and most of the pris- oners had no shelter, and being here from October I to along in December, suffered greatly from cold and hunger-two sticks of cordwood only being allowed for 100 men. The rations, issued twice each day, consisted of one-half pint of bean soup containing two tablespoonfuls of beans, with bugs in them, and one-fourth pound of bread. Mr. Gener- eaux had no blanket and slept on the bare ground. The island was very low, being realty a sand bank, but a few inches above the river, and very damp. It was very bleak and
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swept by cold, severe winds, and during the winter the river James was frozen over three times. The rations of soup were so thin that the soldiers were famished for meat and killed and ate a dog belonging to Lieut. Boisseux, the commandant, and he starved them twenty- four hours in punishment. From here Mr. Genereaux was taken to Crew's tobacco ware- house in Richmond, Va., in December, and there the scanty rations were served once each day. Mr. Genereaux was taken sick and was sent to the Confederate Marine hos- pital, Richmond, and there had for rations wheat bread, rice soup, with meat cut in it, and a good cot-bed-the bed and bedding being furnished by the Sanitary Commission of the north. Mr. Genereaux was returned to prison after two weeks, and placed in the Pemberton tobacco warehouse-the rations here being the same as in the Crews prison, but the officers were meaner. At New Year's they were left without food for over thirty hours. Mr. Genereaux was next taken with a train load of prisoners to Andersonville, where he arrived February 26, 1864. This prison had just been opened, and not yet completed, and Mr. Genereaux was one of the first squad of prisoners to enter it, not more than seven- teen prisoners of the first detachment of 100 having entered before him. He remained there about six months, and the condition of the prisoners daily grew worse. There was no shelter from the cold, but some wood was left from building the stockade. The rations were corn meal-ground cob and all-one pint per day, and sometimes a little very poor beef, and two skillets were allowed to each 100 men, with which to bake the bread. Mr. Genereaux and four comrades built a hut of logs covered with pine boughs, which was about 8 x 10 feet wide and seven feet high, and they messed together. This was the best shelter in the stockade, and they were offered
$500 in greenbacks for the logs in this hut for fuel purposes. Mr. Genereaux worked at his trade of cooper and made little tubs and pails and sold them to the prisoners to get water in, and in this way he sometimes made $6 per day and thus bought off the guards as well as others who came in to peddle navy beans and corn meal, by this means preserving his life and assisting his comrades. Near the close, three of his comrades died in the hut while he was there. George Walker, a schoolmate of Mr. Genereaux, had been taken prisoner. He was a member of company G, Twenty-second Michigan, and had a hole dug in the side hill as a shelter for himself and two comrades. He died in a dreadful condition of starvation, and his two comrades died by his side. At times 200 men died every twenty-four hours and were taken out by the prisoners and buried. Mr. Genereaux took scurvy and was in a bad condition for some time. He sold a rubber blanket for $50 greenbacks, to a rebel, and paid $30 for a watermelon, and sold the melon for $25, retaining the green part, and with it and a few Irish potatoes cured himself of the disorder. He was next taken to Charles- ton, S. C., and was in that city exposed for several days to the fire of the Union guns, among them the famous "Swamp Angel," the prisoners being exposed on the streets. From here he was taken to Savannah, and shortly afterward to Macon, Ga., and placed in a stockade prison for several months, be- coming moon blind from exposure, also suf- fered fromn diarrhea and was cared for by his comrades. While there the prisoners held an election and voted 3.000 for McClelland and 5,000 for Lincoln. This made the officer in charge very angry, and he cut their rations off for one day and cursed vigorously besides. From there he was taken to Blackshear, Fla., and kept a few days, and was then sent to Florence and remained till February, 1865,
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There Mr. Genereaux was taken sick with typhoid fever and his comrades took good care of him, he being ward master. One time he was threatened with the dungeon by Maj. Winder for trying to give a piece of bread to a comrade, but was saved by his doctor, Tebbs. . He was taken from Florence to Wilmington, N. C., and paroled February 27, 1865, having been a prisoner of war seventeen months and seven days. He was in a very weak and feeble condition, emaciated to skin and bones, and it was a long time before he was even partially recovered, and he still suffers from his imprisonment. At Andersonville prison the skillets were taken from the Union captives for the use of the Confederates, but Mr. Genereaux buried his skillet, for which he had been offered $100, and thus preserved it.
Mr. Genereaux married, in Mt. Clemens, May 7, 1867, Frances L. Connor, native of Mt. Clemens and a daughter cf John H. and Josephine T. (Bondy) Connor. The children born to this union are named Celia, Franklin, Arthur, Alice and Olive. In 1866 he went to Oil City, Pa., and worked in the cooperage business; in 1868 he went to Cleveland and built a cooper shop, and in 1875 came to Macedonia, Ohio, and engaged in coopering and farming. Mr. Genereaux is a member of Royal Dunham post, No. 177. G. A. R., at Bedford, Ohio, and in politics is a republican, and cast his first presidential vote in the ranks for honest Abe. He is a straightforward and honored citizen, and stands high in the esteem of the public.
Mr. Genereaux had two brothers in the Civil war-Peter was captain of company B. Fifth Michigan infantry, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. He was the youngest commanding officer in the state, receiving his command for bravery, and was aid-de-camp to Gov. Blair. Augustus served six months in a Michigan regiment. Mrs. Genereaux also had
two brothers in the Civil war -- Darius in the Michigan infantry, and Franklin in the navy ..
Henry Chapaton, father of Mrs. Genereaux, was born in Detroit, Mich. His grandfather came from France with a colony in early times, settled in Detroit and was a surgeon in the army. Henry Chapaton, the grandfather, was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Mrs. Genereaux's grandfather, Richard Connor, came from Ireland with his brother, Henry; both served in the Revolutionary war and were early settiers of Detroit. Theressa Trombley, the maternal grandmother, was born in Detroit, and in the war of 1812 was warned, by friendly Indians, that her family was to be massacred. She took her two chil- dren from Connor's creek, near Detroit, and paddled through lake St. Clair and up the Clinton river a day and a night to Frederick, a trading point, a distance of thirty-eight miles. Her husband was in the army at the time and she had no one to protect herself and children.
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S YLVESTER GRIEST, an old soldier of the Civil war and a son of one of the pioneers of Northfield township, Summit county, Ohio, springs from an old family of Pennsylvania. his grandfather. Willard Griest, having come from England.
Cornelius Griest, father of subject. was born in Pennsylvania near Petersburg (York Springs), Adams county, was a farmer and married Elizabeth Toland. He brought his wife and three children to Ohio, first locate i near Salem, and came to Northfield townsh p. Summit county, among the early pioncers He cleared up a farm of eighty acres from the woods and was a respected citizen. His chi !- dren were Eliza, Geo ge W., James T. Augustus F., Eli, Lemuel D., Cornelius, Sv !- vester and Henrietta P., the last named dyi. g
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an infant. Mr. Griest died when seventy- three years old on his farm, and was an in- dustrious and hard-working pioneer.
Sylvester Griest, our subject, was born February 16, 1839, in Northfield township and attended the pioneer schools a short time. He enlisted, August 4, :862, at Fort Wayne, Ind., in Capt. C. B. Oakley's company E, Eighty- eighth regiment. Indiana volunteer infantry, to serve three years or during the war, and was honorably discharged at Louisville. Ky., july 12, 1865, on account of the close of the war. He was taken sich: at Murfreesboro, Tenn., with malaria and fever and ague, and was in field hospital in Murfreesboro, and in hospitals at Louisville, Ky., Camp Dennison, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. He was detailed at Louisville, Ky., as nurse, was also in charge of the dining-hall, about one year. After his discharge he returned to Summit county, and resumed farming. He married, November 28, 1866, in Hudson township, Sarah E. Collar, who was born June 9, 1841, on the homestead where they now reside, a daughter of Sidney S. and Caroline (Stone) Collar.
Sidney S. Collar was born August 2, 1802, in Vermont, at Warren, was a farmer, and came to Ohio, when a young man, married in Summit county and settled in Hudson town- ship, one mile south of their present home- stead, late in the 'thirties. Mr. Collar bought eighty-two acres of land, cleared the most of it from the woods and made a good home. His children were Caroline L., Emeline E. and Sarah E. Mr. Collar was a member of the Congregational church, was in politics a re- publican, and was a hard-working, industrious man, respected by all, and reared an excellent family.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Griest, our subjects, settled on the Collar homestead and bare have since lived. To them have been born Sidney D., July 20, 1869, and Frederick
S., January 2, 1877. Mrs. Griest is a member of the Disciples' church at Hudson, and Mr. Giiest is in politics a republican, cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, and stands well in his neighborhood as a good citizen. Mrs. Caroline (Stone) Collar, the mother of Mrs. Griest, is a daughter of Nathan- iel and Sarah (Hallenbeck) Stone. Nathaniel Stone came from Connecticut about 1810 and brought his family. The Stones were of Eng- lish descent; the Hallenbecks arc of Dutch an- cestry. Mr. Stone was a pioneer of Hudson township. and Streetsboro, Portage county. He owned about 500 acres of land, cleared up a large farm, and was a well-known pioneer. His children are Caroline, Charles, Sidney, Emeline, Rozell, Orlando, Chelsey, Helen and Belinda-all now deceased except Sidney.
S AMUEL W. HARRIS, a respected citizen of Tallmadge township, Sum- mit county, Ohio, was born in the township of Coventry, August 27, 1843, a son of William H. and Mary (Lewis) Harris, of whom further mention will be made. He was reared on a farm, received a. good common-school education, and in the later days of his minority was in the coal business. October 13, 1863, he enlisted in the Ohio national guards for five years, and was mus- tered into the United States volunteer service by Gov. Brough, as corporal of company D, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, May 2, 1864, to serve 100 days, and was placed on duty at Arlington Heights, Va., and served out his term. As a member of the national guards of Ohio he was honorably dis- charged May 1, 1866.
Mr. Harris was first united in marriage. September 5, 1867, in Tallmadge township, with Miss Anna B. Hughes, who was born in Portage county, Ohio, September 5, 1847, a
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daughter of David and Elizabeth (Davis) Hughes. After marriage Mr. Harris carried on the coal business until 1873, when he bought his present farm of 113 acres, on which he has made excellent improvements and which he has placed under a high state of cultivation. To Mr. and Mrs. Harris were born the following- named children: William H., Archer H., Austin D., Howard C., Stanley W., Mary E. and Benjamin B. The mother of these children was called away in February, 1886, a member of the Congregational church, and the second marriage of Mr. Harris was to Miss Lydia A. Felmly, who was born February 10, 1868, in Portage township, Summit county, a daughter of Jacob and Susannah (Paulus) Felmly.
William H. Harris, father of Samuel W., was born in the southern part of Wales, in November, 1808, a son of Henry and Anne Harris. He was reared a coal miner, and, when a young man, married Ann Rowland, who died in Wales, leaving one child, William. . He then bame to America, engaged in mining near Pottsville, Pa., and later came to Ohio, eventually becoming an owner and operator of extensive mines in different districts of the state. He married, in Ravenna, Portage county, on the Kent homestead, June 19. 1841, Miss Mary Lewis, who was born in Benning- ham, England, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Lewis, the result being the follow- ing-named children: John H., born March 9, 1842; Samuel W., August 27, 1843; Henry, April 6, 1845; Benjamin, November 6, 1847; Mary A., April 8, 1850; Reuben, August 13, 1852; Myron, September 2, 1854, and Isabella, November 18, 1856. Three of these sons served in the Civil war, viz: John H., who was in the three-year service with the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio volunteer in- fantry, and suffered as a prisoner at Anderson- ville; Samuel W., and Henry, who served in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth. Beside
giving these three children to the cause of freedom, Mr. Harris furnished money liberally for the purpose of securing men to aid the same righteous cause. Mr. Harris, after mar- riage, lived in what is now the Sixth ward of Akron until 1849, when he bought the home- stead in Tallmadge township, beside which he owned another fine farm. In politics he was a whig, and afterward a republican, and served as township trustee. Fraternally he was a Mason, and in religion a Congregationalist, and in this faith he died December 18, 1868. his widow dying in the same faith in 1874.
John H. Harris, the eldest child of Will- iam H. and Mary (Lewis) Harris, was born in Summit county, received a common-schoo! education, and was reared to farming and coal mining: In August, 1862, he enlisted in Tall- madge, in company C, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until honorably discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, May 11, 1865. He did duty in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and was in several skirmishes with Morgan's men, particularly at LaVergne, Tenn. December 5, 1864, he was captured by the rebel Forrest, was taken to Minden, Miss., and thence to Andersonville, N. C., in which infamous den he was confined until April 21, 1865, and three-quarters starved with 7,000 other unfortunates, his blanket, of which he was fortunately no: robbed, being his only shelter, bed and cover- ing. His sufferings were simply terrible, and he was reduced to mere skin and bones, weigh ing but seventy-five pounds when reicasel He was on board the ill-fated steamer Sultan on his way homeward. when the boilers it. ploded about three o'clock in the morning After having floated down the Mississippi ris -r on a plank, to which five or six others had rit .... but who, from exhaustion, were compelled let go and were drowned-the plank final. drifted into a tree-top about six miles deer :.
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stream from the wreck, where Mr. Harris was rescued, half frozen to death. After being nursed in hospital at Memphis for a week, Mr. Ifarris was sent to Camp Chase, and there was discharged, as already mentioned. Since the war Mr. Harris has resided on the old homestead in Tallmadge. He is a republican ini politics and a highly respected citizen.
Samuel W. Harris is also a republican in politics and has held the office of township trustee. Fraternally he is a member of Elin Grove lodge, No. 501, Knights of Pythias, at Tallmadge. Mrs. Harris is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Harris is an upright, straightforward citizen, liberal and enterpris- ing, and is honored by all who know him.
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RED L. HARRINGTON was born on the farm he now owns in Northamp- ton township, Summit county, Ohio, October 14, 1834, a son of Job and Susan (Hartle) Harrington, who were among the earliest pioneers of the township. Job Harrington, father of subject, was a native of Bennington, Vt., was born March 9, 1792, and was a son of Richard and Roby (Perkins) Harrington. Richard Harrington was born in Rhode Island in 1756, was married about 1774, and soon after moved to Sandgate, Vt. When the British general, Burgoyne, was marching his army south from Canada, Mr. Harrington joined the Continental army as a volunteer and took part in the battle of Still- water. In later years he was in the habit of occasionally relating the incidents of that eventful day and of declaring that he was never more animated or more pleased than when fighting for colonial independence. To Rich- ard and Roty Harrington were born fifteen children, viz: Asa, Catherine, Leonard, Lydia, Phebe, Job, William, Joseph, Roby, Con-
stance, Richard, John, Abram, Elisha and Hannah.
In 1812 Job Harrington started on foot from Bennington, Vt., for Tallmadge township, Summit county, Ohio, and on foot he reached his destination the same year. Here lie pur- chased a tract of land for his parents, built them a log cabin in the heart of the wilder- ness and partly cleared a space for farming, and in the following year his parents joined him. In the fall of 1814 Job Harrington mar- ried Miss Susan Hartle, who was born in Georgetown, Pa., January 27, 1796, and the next year he purchased and moved upon the farm in Northampton township now owned by his son, Fred L,, the subject of this memnoir. Eleven children were born to this union, in the following order: John, George, Seth W., James, Clarissa, Warren, Alvan, William, Fred L., Wallace and Newton. The mother of this family was called from earth November 9, 1849, and for his second helpmate Mr. Har- rington married, November 30, 1851, Mary M. Paige. Mr. Harrington died March 24. 1869, and Mrs. Mary M. Harrington was killed in a street-car accident, in Cleveland, in 1895. Job Harrington was regarded as among the best of the citizens of Northampton township. He had held many offices of trust and honor, was a life-long member of the Methodist church, was the warm friend of morality and education, and had done as much as any other resident to advance these and to promote the material welfare of the people among whom he had so long made his home.
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