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Carlos Greenwood obtained his education in Vienna township at the old fashioned district school. He remained with his parents until October 15, 1862. In 1863 he was employed by Ashael Tyrrell, Sr., and was with him one year. In 1864, Mr. Greenwood moved onto the farm of Leando Greenwood, a cousin, and continued there one year, in April, 1865, moving to his father-in-law's place, in Fowler township, where he also remained one year. He moved from there in April, 1866, one-quarter of a mile south and remained there until April, 1868, when he moved to a house and
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saw mill combined (in Fowler township) owned by Wesley Reeder, who employed him and where he remained until November 4, 1868. when he moved to the farm where now lives his widow. Since his death, August 26, 1902, his widow has continued to live on the homestead, which consists of fifty and ninety one-hundredths acres, it being carried on by her grand- son, Grover C. Griffin, under her management. Politically, Mr. Carlos Greenwood was a Democrat, but never cared to be numbered among office seekers.
On November 13, 1870, Mrs. Carlos Greenwood was accidentally shot by a young man who was hunting ducks near her home. He was fully fifty rods away from the house, but the ball, striking the water, glanced and came through the window, striking Mrs. Greenwood on the upper part of the nose. Dr. Moore extracted the ball, which was found split into two pieces, in one of which a small piece of bone was found imbedded. This accident, which came very near being a fatal one, served as a warning to sportsmen.
Carlos Greenwood was married October 15, 1862, to Emeline L. Vaughan, who was born in Fowler township, January 22, 1843, a daughter of Brunson and Rachael M. ( Reeder) Vaughan. Her father, the son of John and Betsy (Burr) Vaughan, was born in a log house west of old Tyrrell Hill, April 4, 1809, in Fowler township, and died May 6, 1885, aged seventy-six years, one month and two days. His father, John Vaughan, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 12, 1785, and married, March 7, 1805, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Betsy Burr, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Wilson) Burr. They came to Ohio the same year, settling on what is now called the Foote farm in Fowler township. He drove a two horse team, there being no railroads at that time. He remained on this place several years and then traded it for a farm west of old Tyrrell Hill, where he continued to live until his death, April 24, 1872, aged eighty-seven years and twenty-six days. His wife died June 12, 1862, aged seventy-seven years, five months and twenty-five days. Their oldest child, Wheeler Cable, was born in a log stable March 17, 1807. The other children besides Brunson were: John L., born November 3, 1811; Alfred A., February 4, 1814; Orion E., October 6, 1816; Sherman, July 12, 1820: Lucy M., Feb- ruary 1, 1823; Olive S., January 10, 1826; and Frederic Vaughan, June 8, 1829.
Brunson Vaughan first located at the old Tyrrell Hill farm, but later moved a half mile south. Rachael MI. Reeder, his wife. died September 28, 1886, aged seventy-four years. In their family were these children : Almira L., born July 29, 1831, wife of Junot M. Turner, both being now deceased ; Malvina M., born December 17, 1834, wife of Ira Craft, who is deceased, and she now makes her home with her daughter in Austinburg, Ohio: Emeline L., born January 22, 1843, widow of Carlos Greenwood ; Alice L., born January 30, 1850, married September 21, 1869; Corydon Greenwood, a brother of Carlos; he too is deceased. She married John M. Smith, November 11, 1903, present postmaster of Tyrrell Hill.
The only child born to Carlos Greenwood and wife was Myra G., born
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May 27, 1864. She married Erastus Griffin, September 10, 1884, and they have two children: Fein G., born July 14, 1885, now fireman on the L. S. & M. S. Railroad, and Grover C., born April 8, 1889, residing with the grandmother.
The Reeder family, of this sketch, is of English origin -- three brothers coming to America from London. One, Joseph, setled on Long Island, one in Pennsylvania and one in Ohio. Joseph had three sons: Joseph, Benjamin and William, who was named for William of Orange, a brother of their mother. Benjamin moved to Amwell, Hunterdon county, New Jersey. He had two daughters and six sons, among them Jacob. Benjamin Reeder, Jr., son of this Jacob, was born in Amwell, Hunterdon county, May 15, 1768, and died in Brookfield, Trumbull county, Ohio, March 12, 1840, aged seventy-two years, nine months and twenty-nine days. He mar- ried October 4, 1792, Polly Bennett, who was born June 22, 1775, in Massa- chusetts. They emigrated to Brookfield, Trumbull county, July 6, 1817, where they continued to live until their death. Mrs. Benjamin Reeder died March 19, 1849, aged seventy-four years. Among their children were: Jesse, born June 26, 1793, died February 20, 1883; Abraham, born March 25, 1799; Sally, born January 31, 1800, in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, died May 26, 1877; Washington, born November 15, 1808, died March 4, 1846; Wesley, born November 8, 1810, died in 1869; Rachael, born December 18, 1812; Chester, born December 18, 1815, in Tioga county, New York, died August 2, 1885 : Draper, date of whose birth is not known. Benjamin Reeder was buried in Brookfield township, six generations being laid away to rest in that city of the dead.
WATKIN WATKINS, a farmer and gardener whose pleasant farm home is situated within Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, and who is one of the present trustees of that township, was born in South Wales November 20, 1848. He was reared and educated in his native land, coming to America in 1880 and locating at Mineral Ridge, Ohio. He engaged in coal mining in the Weathersfield shaft, where he was employed until the coal supply gave out, when he took a more healthful occupation- that of gardening and small fruit culture. He makes a specialty of the combinate raspberry and strawberry, he being the only man who has such fruit. He has eleven acres set out to fruits.
Mr. Watkins was married in 1876 to Mary Jones, a native of South Wales, where they were married. They have reared a family of twelve children, eleven reaching maturity and still living. They are as follows: Margaret, wife of William Farborn, of Mineral Ridge; John, of Niles, Ohio; Mary Ann, wife of John Kiley, of Youngstown; Elizabeth, wife of William Farr, of Niles, Ohio; Sarah, wife of Charles Laurence; Catherine, wife of Luke Daily ; Anna Belle, wife of Edward Stutlar; Edith, William, Edmond and Watkin, all single. Besides this family, Mr. Watkins has a grandehild, Watkin, whom the grandparents are raising.
Politically, Mr. Watkins is a stanch Republican who has always been
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interested in our form of government and the execution of every wholesome law. Among the local offices he has held are those of school director, which he held six years, and president of the board. He was also marshal of Mineral Ridge one term. He was first appointed trustee to fill a vacancy made by the election of John Leitch to the office of commissioner. He was then elected to the position of trustee at the annual election. He has been a representative to ten state conventions of the United Mine Workers of America, and in the convention that elected the great leader Mitchell Mr. Watkins was prominent in the settlement of the strike question among the miners. His opinion and suggestions were largely the means of settling the great strike.
JOHN T. WILLIAMS, one of the industrious miners in Trumbull county, a native of South Wales, born August 24. 1851, accompanied his parents to America in 1863. The family located at Weathersfield, where he worked with his father in the mines for about fifteen years. He then went to Mas- sillon, and from there to Summit county, Ohio. In 1878 he went to Mineral Ridge as a coal miner, which business he has followed many years.
Mr. Williams was married February 21, 1882, to Winifred Owens, a native of North Wales, who came to Trumbull county in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have one daughter, Leah, wife of J. George Metcalf, of Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Williams has been an active Republican, having been a member of the school board for nine years, as well as treasurer of the village for seven years. He is also a member of the board of health and a councilman, having always been a faithful servant of the people who elected him to public positions. Coming to our shores, and unacquainted with our laws and customs, Mr. Williams has succeeded remarkably well. having had steady employment and rearing his family in a manner highly commendable to any American citizen.
G. C. DAVIS, a general merchant and liveryman, doing an extensive business at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in the place in which he now lives. His father, William E. Davis, was a native of Wales, in which country he was reared and where he married Maria E. Evans, also a native of Wales. They first settled in Pennsylvania, then came to Mineral Ridge, Ohio. He was a coal miner, and died when he was fifty-two years old, while the mother reached the age of eighty-three years. This worthy couple were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom reached maturity, and seven of the number still survive.
The son, G. C. Davis, was the eighth child born in this family. He was reared and educated in Mineral Ridge, Ohio, and was graduated from the high school in the class of 1879. He then began his aetive career by clerking in a store which was conducted by C. F. Whitney, with whom he remained three years. In 188? Mr. Davis with his brother, B. E. Davis,
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engaged in a general merchandise store at Mineral Ridge and continued about four months, when their store was burned. Soon after this loss Mr. Davis went onto the road for B. Daunmiller & Co., introducing their coffees. After one year as commercial traveler he embarked in the grocery trade at Mineral Ridge, to which stock he soon added a general line of dry goods and notions. After a time he sold his goods and engaged in farming in Columbiana county, Ohio. After one season as an agriculturist he formed a partnership with E. M. Morgan, and they engaged in the grocery business at Girard. This relation continued but six months, when Mr. Davis bought his partner's interest and then conducted the store about one year longer, when he sold the stock of James Reese. Mr. Davis then left his wife and child with her parents at Mineral Ridge and went to the far away Pacific coast, locating at Whatcom, Whatcom county, Washington. There he bought a land claim, and later proved up ou the same. After securing title to his claim, under President Harrison, Mr. Davis went to Seattle and there entered the employ of H. R. Hammond & Sons, wholesale commission merchants, with whom he remained until December 19 the following year.
He then returned to Mineral Ridge, expecting to go back to Washing- ton, but instead leased a store building at Cornersburg, Mahoning county, Ohio. April 1st he was appointed postmaster, and conducted the store and office two years and a half, when he bought property in Mineral Ridge, and later moved his goods to that point. A little later he added the livery business to his other interests, and continued thus ten years, when a fourth interest in the business was sold to R. R. Koch, and this partnership existed about three years and a half, until September 1, 1905, when Mr. Davis bought out Mr. Koch. In the spring of 1902 he had moved his family to a farm which he had purchased in Mahoning county. January 1, 1905, he moved his place of business from the old stand to the Brock building, known as Odd Fellows Hall, where he is at present located and where he carries on a general store, including "almost everything" carried in a general stock, which includes clothing, dry goods, hardware, buggies, imple- ments, etc.
June 12, 1907, his store at Girard was consumed by fire. Here he carried farm implements and harness goods. As disasters seldom come singly, at the same time this store was burning in Girard his livery stable, store room and dwelling that he had formerly occupied at Mineral Ridge also burned. He rented rooms at Girard and resumed business again in a small way until August 1, 1908, at which time it was merged into the Girard Hardware Company, which took the stock on hand, as well as the help employed by Mr. Davis.
In 1888 Mr. Davis was married to Rhoda M. Morgan, daughter of Daniel and Rhoda Morgan, of Mineral Ridge. Mrs. Davis was a native of Pennsylvania. Three children blessed this marriage union : Gabriel Roy; William Edward and Rhoda Maria. Mr. Davis is a stanch supporter of the Republican party ; belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as well as the Foresters and Red Men.
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EDWARD MOORE .- A retired merchant and business man of Hubbard township, Trumbull county, Edward Moore, has been enjoying the results of his independent and energetic labors for more than a quarter of a cen- tury. He is now in his seventieth year and resides in a beautiful and modern home one mile from the town of Hubbard. He is a native of that place, born March 3, 1839, his father being a son of the Emerald Isle, who came to the United States in 1831 and located in Liberty township, Trum- bull county. The latter lived there until 1836, when he located on a farm which is now included in the site of Hubbard. He had married Miss Jane Thompson before coming to the United States and in the locality men- tioned their ten children were born and reared. The family consisted of the following: John, now deceased; Sarah, who married John McFarland, and is also deceased : Mariah, afterward Mrs. William Holland, and now dead : Anna J., now Mrs. Thomas Duer; Catherine, Mrs. H. W. Hescock ; Susan and Edward (twins) : Margaret, who married G. W. Newton; Robert, deceased : and Eliza Jane, who married Warren A. Loveless and is deceased. The father of this family was always a modest farmer and a faithful member of the Episcopal church. He died in 1865.
Edward Moore, of this swetch, was educated in the district schools of his native township. His first independent business venture was made in 1866, when in partnership with H. W. Hescock, he opened a general merchandise store at Hubbard. For some years this partnership continued and then Mr. Moore became sole proprietor of the business, which he con- dueted until 1880. In the meantime Mr. Moore had engaged in various mining enterprises and eventually became a partner in the Payne-Newton Coal Company. He was also identified with the establishment of the pros- perous clay industries of the town of Hubbard, and also engaged with suc- cess in various branches of the Inmber business. In fact, he was a pioneer in this field, as he received the first carload of lumber ever shipped into Hubbard. This was in 1868. In 1878 Mr. Moore established a general store at Bradford, Pennsylvania, and later became a successful promoter of various oil enterprises in that locality. He sold his interests in the latter field in 1888, when he retired from business owing to failing health. Later he bought a fine tract of one hundred and twelve acres one mile from Hubbard, which he has since improved, both by cultivation and building until he now resides on one of the most valuable and attractive homesteads in this part of the country. He is also the owner of other property as well as of such securities as notes, mortgages and bonds, and is reputed to be the heaviest tax payer in Hubbard township.
Mr. Moore's successful and common sense conduct of his own affairs has induced his fellow citizens to often call upon him for assistance in the conduct of public business. While usually independent in politics, he has served such township offices as assessor and justice of the peace. He was also at one time mayor of Hubbard and an active member of its board of education. In religion he is a Presbyterian and for many years has been identified with the board of trustees of the Hubbard church.
In 1871 Mr. Moore was married to Loretta Gleason (nee Duer). the
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daughter of John Duer and wife. Her parents were both natives of New Jersey, but they had resided in Trumbull county for many years, where their daughter was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moore have had no children.
THOMAS J. MOORE, an old settler and an insurance agent, holding a notary public commission at Mineral Ridge, was born December 25, 1841, at Austintown, Mahoning county, Ohio, a son of John Moore, a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Mahoning county at an early day. He was a justice of the peace at Austintown for twelve years, and by occupation was a farmer. He was of Irish descent. The mother of Thomas J. Moore was Doretha Palm, a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, of German descent. The children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. John Moore were: William, John, James M., Elizabeth J., Robert K. and Thomas J. The only survivors of this family are Elizabeth and Thomas J., who is the youngest of the family. He was reared and educated in his native place, remaining there until he was twenty years of age. He was educated in the common schools, going to Trumbull county about 1861 and locating in Mineral Ridge, where he engaged in the mercantile business some years. He also conducted a store at Meander, Trumbull county, and was post- master there for thirteen years and carried the mail between Mineral Ridge and Meander for ten years. After residing at Meander for eighteen years he returned to Mineral Ridge, where he has since been engaged in the fire insurance business. He is a notary public, having been appointed by Gover- nor David Tod in 1863, his last appointment being by Andrew L. Harris, April 19, 1904. He is one of the most active men in the county, and votes for men and not for political parties. He has served as councilman and marshal at Mineral Ridge. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and is well known over Trumbull county, where he has resided forty-seven years.
In 1822 Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Amelia Shisler, who was born in Jackson township, Mahoning county, Ohio, December 25, 1843, and was reared in Newton township, Trumbull county. She is the daughter of George Shisler, of Newton Falls, who was an early settler in Trumbull county.
Mrs. Moore's mother was, before marriage, Harriet Shoenberger, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Mrs. Moore's great-grand- father, George Shoenberger, and his wife were immigrants into Trumbull county at an early day, coming here in covered wagons. Mrs. Moore was the third child of six children. Her brother Edward is residing on the old homestead, and Mrs. Moore and this brother are the only surviving members of the family. Mrs. Moore has lived the greater part of her life in Trumbull county. She was about ten years of age when she went to Newton with her parents. By trade her father was a shoemaker, and the mother used to spin and weave the clothing for her family. At first they
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lived in a small log house and had to cut down the huge forest trees to provide tillable land on which crops might be raised for the support of the family.
DR. JOHN M. ELDER, a prominent physician of Mineral Ridge, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1872, a son of James A. and Sarah C. (Ream) Elder, both natives of Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania. They were married in Fayette, Pennsylvania, and located there, and there they still reside. The father was a successful farmer, and is prominent in political circles ; he has served as the auditor of his county, been school director, and been active in all public matters in his county and state. James A. Elder and wife had three sons and one daughter, Dr. John M. being the second in order of birth. He obtained a good common school education, then entered Westminster College, from which institution he graduated in 1895 with the degree of B. S. He then attended Miami Medical College, of ('incinnati, from which school he graduated in 1899. After a large experience in hospital work at Cincinnati he went to Mineral Ridge, October 1, 1899, and has been active in the practice of medicine there ever since. He is a thoroughly up-to-date physician and surgeon; belongs to the Trumbull County and State Medical societies and American Medical Association. He reads up the latest discoveries in the science of medicine, and is fast gaining a large and highly successful practice in Trumbull county. The doctor is one of the health officers of his county, and also attends to the examination of cases for many of the leading insur- ance companies of the country.
Politically the doctor is a Republican. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is prominent, having advanced to the com- mandery degree. He was united in marriage July 24, 1901, to Edna M. Leiteh, daughter of J. G. and Frances Leiteh. One son has blessedl this union-Paul. Aside from his professional interests, the doctor is interested in the Dollar Savings Bank of Niles.
DR. C. C. TIDD, one of the highly accomplished representatives of the medical profession practicing in Mineral Ridge, is a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, born April 18, 1875. He is the son of E. J. and Flora (Humphrey) Tidd, both natives of Ashtabula county, across the line from Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio. The father was a physician, and practiced about two years at Ashtabula and thirty-three years in Mereer county, Pennsylvania. He died March 12, 1906. The wife and mother is still living, her home being at Clark, Pennsylvania. Three ehil- dren were born to Dr. E. J. Tidd and wife: Dr. R. M., of Clarksville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania; Nell, at home with her mother, and Dr. C. C. Tidd.
Dr. C. C. Tidd is the eldest of the three children born to his parents. He was reared in his native place until about fifteen years of age, and
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attended Oberlin College three years and the Western Reserve Medical School four years, graduating in 1899. He was physician for the fresh air eamp of Cleveland during the summer of 1899, and practiced one year with his father at Clarksville, Pennsylvania, after which he went to Mineral Ridge, in 1901. He belongs to the Trumbull County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is connected with the Odd Fellows order at Mineral Ridge. Politically, the doctor votes with the Republican party, has served on the board of education and was two years on the city council. Besides his regular practice, he has been the examining physician for the Pennsylvania and Mahoning Valley Railroad Company, as well as for numerous insurance organizations.
At the time of the late Spanish-American war Dr. Tidd served as a soldier from Cleveland, having been mustered into the regular United States army at Tampa and served in the hospital corps. He was honorably disebarged from the Seventh U. S. cavalry, General Custer's old regiment, November 5, 1898. The doctor is a lover of outdoor sports, and belongs to the Western Reserve football team; also the baseball team. At Oberlin he was captain of the academy football team, and still takes interest in such games.
Dr. Tidd was married in 1901 to Miss Jane Patterson, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Patterson, of Sharon, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Tidd was born in Zelienople, Pennsylvania. The doctor and wife have one daughter -Elizabeth. During his seven years' medical practice at Mineral Ridge Dr. Tidd has built up a large practice among the best element in society. He does his full share in all publie matters, and stands high in the estima- tion of his patrons and the country at large.
J. F. PEARCE, EsQ., a justice of the peace and insurance agent, who also deals in real estate, at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, has been a resident of that place since about twelve years of age. He was born in Lordstown township, this county, January 21, 1848. His father was J. L. Pearce, a native of New Jersey, who came to Trumbull county, Ohio, locating in Lordstown township, in company with his parents, Amos Pearee and wife, who came from the east at an early day, being among the pioneers of Lordstown township. The family were all farmers in the eastern states, but in Lordstown, Ohio, Joseph L. Pearce was a merebant and also operated a store at Hartford. In 1860 the father, Joseph L. Pearce, went to Mineral Ridge, where he was railroad agent for the Niles and New Lisbon Railroad Company for a number of years. His wife was Martha Lane, born in Warren township, her father being Benjamin Lane, one of Trumbull county's pioneers. He was a eattle drover and a large land owner in Lords- town township, and also had property at Warren.
J. F. Pearce is the fourth in a family of seven children-three daugh- ters and fours sons. all living at this time. J. F. was about four years of age when his parents moved to Hartford township, where he was educated in the public schools, going to Mineral Ridge when twelve years of age and
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