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Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Cornell are the parents of Charles E. and William G. In politics he is a republican. Fraternally he is a member of Portage lodge, No 456, I. O. O. F., at Garrettsville, and of James A. Garfield court, No. 684. Mr. Cornell was a good soldier, has been an industrious citizen and is much re- spected in the community in which he has passed so many years of his useful life.
YHJOHN M. BISSELL, a well-known busi- ness man of Garrettsville, Portage coun- ty, Olio, was born in Medina county, Ohio, November 13, 1844, a son of Rowland F. and Betsy (Marsh) Bissell. He received a limited common-school education, and enlisted in January, 1864, in Capt. Jonas
Schoonover's company H, Twenty-ninth regi- ment, Ohio volunteer infantry, for three years or during the war, and served until he was honorably discharged, in July, 1865, on ac- count of the closing of the war, with the rank of corporal. He was in the battles of Mill Creek Gap. Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Knob, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. He was then on the maich to the sea and in the battle at Savannah, Ga .; North Edisto River, S. C., and Goldsboro, N. C., March 23, 1863. He marched in the grand review, at Washing- ton, D. C., and then returned to Ohio.
After the war Mr. Bissell settled in Bath township, Summit county, Ohio, where he married Addie M. Conkling January 7, 1869 -- daughter of Rial and Hannah (Sweet) Conk- ling, and in 1873 moved to Garrettsville, and, with the exception of two years when he lived in Akron, has since resided here. For some time he was engaged in draying and expressing; he has also been in the grocery and coal business, and on July 21, 1896, he bought his present property, which consists of a residence and twenty acres. He also owns another residence and lot in Garrettsville, and is now engaged in the ice business.
Mrs. Bissell is an invalid, and for twenty- three years has not walked a step, but uses a wheeled chair skillfully and does much work. She bears her great affliction with rare patience and fortitude, and is a lady of much refine- ment. In politics Mr. Bissell is a stanch re- publican. He is a member of the G. A. R., Mark Horton post, Garrettsville, and has held the office of quartermaster. He is also a member of the Blue lodge, F. & A. M., at Garrettsville, and of Portage lodge, No. 456, I. O. O. F. Mr. Bissell has always been a straightforward, industrious and reliable man. He was a good soldier, and is an excellent citizen.
John Bissell, the grandfather of subject,
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war born in New England. He married Miss Fish, and settled in Ontario county, N. Y., where he died. His children were Rowland, Lorenzo, Carlos and Almira.
Rowland Bissell, the father of subject, was born in Ontario county, N. Y., April 14, 1810. He was a farmer and lumberman, and married Betsey Marsh, of Ontario county, N. Y., a daughter of Marcius Marslı. Mr. Bissell moved to Ohio, and settled in Westfield, Mor- row county, about 1837, and bought land and cleared a farm. His children were Dilana, Mandona, Lorenzo, Louisa and John M. Mr. Bissell moved to Bath township in 1861, bought a farm and saw-mill, and here passed his remaining days. He was an industrious and substantial man, respected by all. He lived to be seventy-eight years old and died in 1889. Rial Conkling was a second cousin to Roscoe Conkling, the famous statesman. Rial was the son of Augustus and Rhodah (Denton) Conkling. Angustus Conkling was a citizen of Cayuga county. N. Y. Rial Conk- ling was born July 10, 1820, in Cayuga coun- ty, N. Y., and came to Ohio in 1840 and set- tled in Bath, Summit county, Ohio, on land and here passed his remaining days. His children were Augustus, Addie, Austin, Sel- wyn, Frank and George. In politics he was a republican. He lived to be seventy-three years old and died in 1892. He was an up- right, industrious and respected man-car- penter and stone mason was his trade.
John Bissell, the founder of the family, and with a brother came over from England to the Plymouth colony, Mass., in 1628. One brother was drowned in Plymouth harbor. John Bissell came with the colony to Windsor, Conn., and was soon sent back to England for cattle. For faithful services he was rewarded with the Windsor Ferry, Called to this day the Bissell Ferry. It is believed that all of the name in this country descended from him.
Benjamin Bissell was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and died of camp dysentery in middle life. He had three sons, viz: Israel; Justice, who settled in Aurora, Portage coun- ty, Ohio, where he died, aged seventy years. and Robert; also four daughters: Eunice, Roxanna, Prudence and Anna. Benjamin Bissell died in Massachusetts. Prof. Samuel Bissell, founder of Twinsburg academy, was born in Middlefield, Hampshire county, Mass., April 28, 1797, and died in Twinsburg, Ohio, August 26, 1895.
ILLIAM M. HANSEL, an eminent educator of Suffield township, Port- age county, Ohio, and an ex-sol- dier of the late Civil war, was born in Stark county, Ohio, April 6, 1848, and is a son of Thomas M. and Mary Ann (Nees) Hansel. He spent his boyhood days in his native county until his eighth year, when he came to Portage county, receiving his element- ary education in the public schools, later at- tending the Marlboro high school for one year, and then entering Mount Union college, where he remained two years. He next entered the Normal university for two years, and then spent a year of study at Hiram college, finish- ing his education at the Ohio State university at Columbus. He began teaching, in 1868. in Lake township, Stark county, Ohio, and also taught in Portage and Summit counties. In 1880, he began teaching in the city schools of Kent, and taught there until 1890, since when he has been teaching in the Uniontowa high school, and ranks as one of the most pro- gressive instructors of youth in this section.
Mr. Hansel, at the early age of sixteen years, manifested his patriotism by enlisting May 2, 1864, and serving until the following February, when he was honorably discharged !. and immediately re-enlisted in company If.
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One Hundred and Eighty-fourth O. V. I., and served until October, when he was again hou- orably discharged, owing to the close of the war.
William M. Hansel was first married, De- cember 25, 1887 to Miss Emma Mycr, who had been his papil when but seven years old and was a daughter of F. Y. and Matilda (Damer) Dyer. To this union was born one son, Clay Devailt, September 7, 1888. Mrs. Hansel died March 10, 1889, aged twenty-five years, and Mr. Hansel next married, November 20, 1891, Miss Laura Adams, daughter of Charles and Rachel (Reidenbach) Adams, who were natives of Lancaster, Pa.
The parents of our subject were natives of Stark county, Ohio. The father was born in August, 1818, and was engaged in farming all his life. He married Miss Mary Ann Necs, daughter of Jacob Nees, and to this marriage were born a family of eight children, six of whom still survive, viz: Peter, residing in Missouri; William M., our subject; Catherine E., wife of Frank Hoover; Joseph, residing in Thendon, Mich .; James Murrey, of Summit county, Ohio. and Ransom. Those passed away were John Wesley and Warren. The mother was a member of the Reformed church, and passed away in 1886, aged sixty-six years. The father still survives, and resides at Union- town, Stark county, with his daughter. He has passed the allotted " three score and ten," by nine years, and is still a hale and hearty old gentleman.
Anthony Hansel, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Maryland, the son of a large slave holder there. Anthony came to Stark county, Ohio, about 1812, and bought the old homestead of about 280 acres, where he lived and dicd. Ile was married three titnes-the first time to a Miss Murrey, to which marriage were born nine children; his second marriage was to a Miss Hooven, and
to this union was born ten children; his third marriage was with Miss Mary Carr, but to this union there was no issue. Mr. Hansel passed away in 1868, and his third wife died in 1864.
Jacob Nees, the maternal grandfather of William M. Hansel, was a native of Pennsyl- vania, and came to this state and settled in Stark county, where he engaged in farming. He held the office of justice of the peace of his township for thirty years. He also was married three times, his third wife having been a Mrs. Crestleaf. Mr. Nees died in 1866, aged sixty-eight years; his widow then married a William Myers, and still survives. Jacob Nees, great-grandfather on the maternal side, was a native of Pennsylvania and served as a soldier in the war of 1812.
The family of our subject's first wife were natives of Summit county. Her father, E. Y. Myer, had been a manufacturer and was also the inventor of eighty different patterns for potter's ware. He was married to Miss Ma- tilda Crame, daughter of John Crame, and their union was blessed with seven children, four of whom are still living, viz: Ida, Mary, Carilla (wife of Charles Gibe, secretary of the A B C street railway, and residing at Cuyahoga Falls) and Bertha, residing at Manshield; those passed away were Emma (wife of our subject), Elmer and Salvina. The parents of the second wife of our subject were natives of Lancaster county, Pa.
William M. Hansel, when a young man, learned the carpenter's trade, serving an ap- prenticcship of four years under Henry Miller. of Stark county, after which he followed the trade for two years. Beside his duties in teaching, Mr. Hansel is engaged in farming and breeding fine stock. owning some of the finest horses in the county, such as Eva Wilkes, by Robert Wilkes; Alba flyle, bred by Hyle; also Hyle's Maid, by Hyle; also Bounding Boy, by Almatuna; Kitty Alaatuna,
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and Maggie and Jerry Almatuna; also King Northlight, by Northlight, and Maud North- light, by Northlight. Mr. Hansel also pos- sesses two Morgan horses -- Highland Boy and Highland Pearl, by Highland Boy; also some other stock, descendants of Bell Northlight.
Our subject, Mr. Hansel, has served as school director for a number of years, but, with all his multitudinous duties, he still finds opportunities to keep in touch with the outer world by taking extensive trips through the west and south during his vacations-in 1881 taking a journey of 8,000 miles, visiting Cali- fornia; in 1882 he visited the northwest, and in 1883 spent some time in Florida, but has finally settled in his pleasant home in Union- town, a genial, enterprising and respected citizen.
APT. JAMES HORNER, of Garretts- ville, Portage county, Ohio, and an ex-soldier of the Civil war, was born in Philadelphia, July 1, 1827, a son of Samuel and Jane Horner. He was ed- ucated in the public schools of Philadelphia and enlisted in the regular United States army in January, 1851, in company A, engincer corps, Capt. George B. McClellan, afterward served in the Civil war. Mr. Horner served five years as an artificer. He was stationed at West Point about one and a half years, and then was one of a detail of ten men from his company on the original survey of the North- ern Pennsylvania railroad, crossed the conti- nent on this survey, and passed the winter of 1853-4, at Olympia, on Puget Sound. He left Fort Snelling, north of St. Paul, Minn., and saw no more of civilization until the sur- veying party reentered Olympia, on Puget Sound. When crossing the plains, the com- pany met with different wild tribes of Indians, including the Chippewas, Sioux, Blackfeet, 1
Snakes, Spokanes, Flatheads and the Chi nocks, but had on trouble. The plains war: alive with game, and in one enormous heid Capt Borner saw, on the prairies in wester: Minnesota, one estimated to contain at least 1,000,000 buffalo, elk, deer and antelope. It was one year from the time he left West Point, until he returned. The expedition w .. about three months in crossing the great plains and the Rocky mountains. Capt. Hor- ner was mustered out and honorably dis- charged in 1856, and came to Ohio in the spring of that year and engaged in the shoe business at Cleveland,
Mr. Horner married, in December, 1856, at Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, Ohio, Ell :. A. Moore, daughter of Watson W. Moore, from Connecticut. Capt. Horner then settled in Trumbull county, and enlisted in the Civil war, August 26, 1861, on the first call for three- year men, in company A, Forty-hrst Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years or during the war. He then, while in camp Wood, recruited company K, of the same regiment, and was commissioned first liun- tenant of the company, October 29, 1861, and was promoted for meritorious and gallant conduct to be captain, February 8, 1862. He resigned March 1, 1864, having served about two years, seven months and three days. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Tenn., Stone River. Tenn., Woodberry, Tenn., Liberty Gap, Tenn., Chickamauga, Ga., and at Brown's Ferry, Orchard Knob, Tenn., Mission Ridge. Capt. Horner was always an active and etli- cient officer, and was not wounded nor in hes- pital nor a prisoner. He was in all the battles, skirmishes, campaigns and marches in which his regiment was engaged and was always au active and gallant officer. Capt. Horner w .- in eight battles and many skirmishes. H. lost his saber at the battle of Stone River, !! being shot out of his hand.
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Capt. Horner returned to Trumbull county and engaged at Mesoptomia in the shoe busi- ness. He went to Philadelphia in 1870, en- gaged in the carpet business, returned to Ohio in 1889 and settled in Garrettsville, Ohio, and is now retired. He is a member of G. A. R. post, No. z, of Phildadelphia. Capt. Horner and wife are the parents of Lottie M., Nettie A. and Florence B.
Samuel Horner, father of the captain, sct- tled in Philadelphia, about 1825. He became a manufacturer of carpets, and was a well-to- do man. His first wife died in Philadelphia, and he then married Jane E. and their children were Catherine L., Samucl, Jr., and Robert. Samuel, Jr., was a private in the Civil war in a Pennsylvania regiment and served three years. His regiment was stationed at Long Bridge and Washington, during the war and Samuel, Jr., was one of the guards when J. Wilkes Booth crossed the bridge, on horseback, on his flight after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
FILLIAM H. LINTON, trustee and superintendent of the Ravenna water-works, was born in this city December 23, 1853, and is a son of Isaiah and Mary (Riley) Linton, natives of Pennsylvania, Quakers in religion, and parents of three children, two of whom are still living, viz: William H., the subject of this memoir, and Edith, the wife of Arthur D. Knapp.
children. john Riley, the maternal grand- father of subject, was a glassworker, reared a large family, and also ended his days in the Keystone state.
Isaialı Linton was early taught civil engi- neering in his native state and in 1847 came to Ohio, making his home in Ravenna. He was chief engineer of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh for over forty years, was county surveyor two terms, and for a number of terins was resident engineer of the Ohio board of public works, and enjoyed a widespread reputation for his wonderful accuracy in the science which was bis life-long pursuit. His death took place at the age of seventy-four, in 1891, and his memory is still kept green by his numerons friends. Ilis widow is still a resident of Ra- venna --- a revered and honored lady.
William II. Linton was principally educated in the public schools of Ravenna and graduated from the high school in 1872. He acquired the greater part of his knowledge as a civil engineer, his life profession, under the tuition of his accomplished father. He has held bis present position of water-works trustee of Ravenna for over eleven years, and his pro- found knowledge of hydraulics is universally conceded to be a fixed fact.
The marriage of William H. Linton took place October 3, 1883, to Miss Clara A. Knapp, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Carson) Knapp, who rank among the most respected residents of the city. One child has blessed this union, and is named Robert Isaiah. Mr. and Mrs. Linton are always welcomed in the social circles of Ravenna, with whom they are held in high esteem, as they are both of genial, pleasant disposition and very corteous, having kind words for all, regardless of rank or station.
Mahlon Linton, the paternal grandfather of William H. Linton, was a descendant of the family of that name who came with William Penn to America in 1682 and settled in Bucks county, Penn. He settled in Washington county, in the same state, about 18oo, and fol- In politics Mr. Linton is a republican, but not a partisan in the office-seeking sense of the word, but is simply a republican from con- lowed agricultural pursuits until his death, in the Quaker faith, after having reared the un- usually large family of thirteen or fourteen : scientious conviction that his party's principles
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are better adapted than those of any other of the leading parties for the proper government of the country.
OBERT G. MARSHALL, who is just entering upon his career as a farmer and stockbreeder in Northampton township, Summit county, was born in Akron, December 12, 1868, a son of Thomas C. and Rachel (Fuller) Marshall, who are the parents of three children, viz: Inez, who was born July 20, 1866, and is now a teacher in the public schools of Akron; Robert G., whose name opens this paragraph: and Thomas J., who was born December 12, 1874, and who resides with his parents in Akron, the latter being, of Pennsylvania origin.
Thomas C Marshall. the father of subejet, was a wagoninaker by trade, but for the last twenty-seven years has been in the employ of Altman, Miller & Co., manufacturers. In 1894 be purchased the farm of 216 acres on which subject now resides. He has made all the improvements on this place in the way of buildings, etc., so far inade, and this farm will be one of the finest in the county when all the plans now under headway shall have been completed. The location is one of the most delightful to the eye in the township, overlooking, as it does, Cuyahoga Falls and Akron.
Robert G. Marshall was educated in the public schools of Akrou, and in 1886 entered the employ of Altman, Miller & Co., and re- mained with them until the spring of 1896. March 30. of the same year, he married Miss Jessie Smetts, daughter of George A. Smetts, also of Akron. The young couple inunediately went to housekeeping on the beautiful farin mentioned above, where their prospect for a happy future is most flattering. Mr. Marshall is fond of good horses and his stable is well
supplied with blooded stock, and this will re- ceive his special care, as it is his intention to devote his time to graded live stock as well as to farming:
Mr. Marshall is a prominent member of Atoclia lodge, No. 24, Knights of Pythias, and in politics is a republican. Mr. Marshall is of pleasing address and has many warm friends in Akron who esteem him most highily, and as he has always been an industrious and temperate young man, of broad intellect and comprehensive views, there can exist no doubt that he will make a success of life in his new field of industry.
SAAC MISHLER, a leading farmer of Suffield township, Portage county, was born in Springfield township, Sumnait county, Ohio, September 14, 1838, a son of Joseph and Magdalene (Garl) Mishler. Joseph Mishler was born in Lancaster county, Pa., November 11, 1811, and came to Ohio when a young man, settling in Summit county, where he bought land and engaged in farming. November 23, 1837, he married, in New Berlin, Stark county, Miss Garl, who was born in Stark county, May 4, 1817, a daughter of Reuben Garl, and to this union were born eleven children, six of whom are still living, viz: Isaac, our subject, the eldest; Jacob, born December 9, 1843; Benjamin, born August 27, 1845; Eliza, born June 15. 1850, and married to Conrad Brumbaugh: Catherine, born April 17, 1854, now the wife of J. B. Richard, and Joseph W., born July 27, 1857. The deceased children were David. who died July 18, 1840; Levi, who died March. 20, 1841 ; Elizabeth, who was the wife of John May. died in May. 1896, at the age of fifty years; twin boys, who died at birth, in Decet- ber, 1856. Both parents died in the faith of
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the German Baptist church, of which they had been life-long members.
Isaac Mishler passed his carly bife on his father's farm, receiving, meantime, a limited education in the common school. At the age of twenty-one he began learning the carpen- ter's trade, which he followed fourteen years, and in 1866 settled on his present farm in Suffield township, where he has ever since been prosperously engaged in cultivating his fields.
The marriage of Mr Mishler took place in November, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Lutz, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Mishler) Lutz, and to this union were born five children, viz: Maria, wife of Jeremiah Garl; Nancy, married to Henry Gaymeyer, and Aaron, liv- ing with His parents; Reuben, died when one year old, and Levi died October 7, 1870, at the age of seven months. Mrs. Mishler was born March 7, 1841, in Lancaster county, l'a., whence her parents came to Ohio in 1845, and settled in Portage county. They had born to them a family of twelve children, of whom four are now deceased, viz: Kate, Sarah, Margaret and George; the survivors are Henry, Susan (wife of Isaac Crouse); Ezra, Eliz- abeth, William, Maria (Mrs. Hemy Woodring), Nancy (wife of Benjamin Radabangh), and Joseph. The father of this family died in Au- gust, 1875, and the mother in June, 1885, the latter being aged seventy-nine years, and both were devout members of the German Baptist church.
Mr. Mishler has served as school director twenty three years. He and family are all members of the German Baptist church, and fully live up to its precepts. He has led a truly good and useful life, has always been in- dustriors and intelligent in the management of his afante, and asa result is in quite comfort- able circumstances, enjoying the good will and esteem of all who know him.
ALLACE SCOTT, a native of North- ampton township, and a prosperous farmer, was born September 15, 1843, and is a son of Isaac and Fanny (Wallace) Scott, who were, as the name fully implies, of Scottish origin.
Isaac Scott, father of subject, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, March 31, 1817, son of Banfield and Lydia (Norris) Scott, who were natives, respectively, of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the parents of two chil- dren-Isaac and Sarah. Mrs. Lydia Scott was thrice married, her first husband having been Stephen Lamonyon, to whom she bore three children -- Charles, Cornelius and Ste- phen; her second marriage was with Mr. Scott, with the result mentioned above, and after his death, in Medina county, Ohio, in 1832, she married Joseph Dean. by whom she be- came the mother of one child, James. The father of subject, at the age of fifteen years, commenced the battle of life on his own re- sponsibility, and until twenty-two years old worked at different employments in Summit and neighboring counties. December 28. 1837, he married Miss Fanny Wallace, daughter of Henry and Clarissa (Strong) Wallace, and to this union were born three children, viz : Henry. December 28, 1840; Wallace, the sub- ject of this notice, and Walter, January 23, 1852, but who died December 9, 1864. Henry, the eldest child, married Miss Ida Bishop, in 1861, and then enlisted in company H, Twen- ty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, but was hon- orably discharged in 1862, on account of poor health; the next year he re-enlisted and en- tered company H, One Hundred and Seventy- seventh volunteer infantry, as first corporal. was promoted to sergeant and served until the close of the war. Mrs. Isaac Scott was a na- tive of Stowe township, Summit county, and was born April 14, 1822. Her grandfather, Theodore Strong, was a commander of a ves-
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sel of war under Admiral David Porter, in the war of 1812-15. He knew little, indeed, of case and comfort until within a few years of his death, in the faith of the Methodist Epis- copal church, of which his wife was also a member.
Wallace Scott, the subject, was united in marriage, Maich 3. 1867, with Miss Mary E. Best, who was born June 17, 1857, a daughter of John and Rebecca ( Watson) Best; of the scven children born to this marriage two died in infancy; the survivors are Charles, who was born Angust 9, 1875; Fannie, August 20, 1877; Florence, January 2, 1880; Mollie Z., March 3. 1882, and Frank W., March 25, 1886. Mr. Scott purchased the farm of 100 acres on which he now resides, in 1867, and he also owns another tract of sixty-five acres in this town- ship, and is recognized as an excellent farmer. Although his own education was acquired in the district schools, he believes in a higher class of education and has seen to it that his children have done and are doing better in this respect. His daughter, Fannie, is a graduate of the Cuyahoga Falls high school and is now teaching in school-district No. 3, Northampton township; Florence has also at- tended the high school at Cuyahoga Falls, and one term at Buchtel college. In politics Mr. Scott is a democrat, and has held several town- ship offices, among them that of treasurer for eight years. He is an honorable gentleman in all respects, and he and family, who are nicely situated on the farmi near Cuyahoga Falls, are held in high esteem by all who know them.
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