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JAMES W. HOLLOWAY .- A man of talent and culture, possessing excel- lent business capacity and judgment, James W. Holloway holds high rank among the more prominent and influential residents of Warren. No eitizen is more deeply interested in the growth and prosperity of the eity than he, and none more willing to contribute of his time and means to further its interests. He is associated with the establishment and maintenance of many of the leading enterprises of the place, has served with ability and fidelity in public offiees. A son of Ilugh W. Holloway, he was born, June 28. 1845, in Morristown, Morris county, New Jersey, of pioneer stoek.
A native of New Jersey, Hugh W. Holloway received excellent educa- tional advantages in his youth, and in 1838 eame to Trumbull county and for a few years taught school in this part of the state, being a successful teacher. . While here he married, and subsequently went baek to his early home, and for a time resided in Morristown, New Jersey. Returning to Trumbull county in 1850, he located in Warren, where he was first engaged in business as an artist, although at the time of his death, which occurred when he was but forty-four years of age, he was practicing dentistry. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and assisted in reinstituting old Erie Lodge No. 3, F. and A. M., and in polities was a stanch Republican. He was baptized in New York City, in the old Trinity Church, and in War- ren was connected by membership with the Christian church. He married Jane E. Headley, who was born, in 1824, in Meeea township, Trumbull county, Ohio, of which her father, William Headley, was a pioneer settler. She survived her husband, attaining the venerable age of eighty-one years. To her and her husband six children were born, three of whom are living, as follows: James W .; W. D., of Warren, and Jennie II., wife of E. W. Gillmer.
A lad of five summers when he came with his parents to Warren, James W. Holloway completed his early studies in the Warren High School.
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Beginning life on his own account as a farmer boy, he worked for awhile for his board and clothes, and was afterwards cleik in a general store at Johnsonville, Trumbull county. Mr. Holloway subsequently followed rail -. roading in all of its various lines, beginning as a telegraph operator, after- ward serving as agent, conductor, train despatcher, train master, and for eight and one-half years was assistant superintendent of the River Division of the New York Central Railroad. In the meantime, he became interested in the Peerless Electric Company, the largest electrical manufacturing company in Warren, and is now one of its directors. His financial ability and trustworthiness is recognized throughout the community, as is shown by his connection with financial institutions. Mr. Holloway was one of the organizers of the Warren Savings Bank, which was merged into the Western Reserve National Bank, of which he is a stockholder.
On December 10, 1873, Mr. Holloway married Cora A. Bennett, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of Joseph D. and Hetty Ann C. Bennett, and was there bied and educated. She died March 2, 1902, leaving two daughters, Mabel (., wife of F. L. Geiger, of Warren, and Kathryn H., wife of C. F. Hoffman, of Warren. Politically Mr. Holloway is a steadfast supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and his first manifesta- tion of interest was as a member of the "Wideawakes," during Lincoln and Hamlin's campaign, in 1860. In 1905 he was elected president of the city council, and was re-elected to the same office in 1907, both times without opposition. Fraternally, he is a member of Woodward Lodge No. 508, F. and A. M., of Cleveland; of Warren Lodge No. 275, B. P. O. E. : of Lodge No. 48, K. of P., of Cleveland ; of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Order of Railway Conductors.
E. U. HYDE, cashier of the Orangeville (Ohio) Savings Bank Company and also proprietor of a fine two hundred and fifty acres farm in Vernon township, represents a family which has been established in Trumbull county since 1805. He himself was born in Vernon township, this county, September 4, 1860, his father, Uriah Hyde, also being a native of the township mentioned, where he was reared to manhood and married Miss Lydia Hyde, daughter of Marvin Hyde. Her father was a member of the numerous colonies who migrated to the Western Reserve in such strength during the early part of the nineteenth century. The paternal grandfather, Ezra Hyde, was also an emigrant from that state, coming in 1805 and locating on the farm in Vernon township which has remained in possession of some member of the Hyde family ever since; and until very recently some member of the family had always resided upon it. Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Hyde became the parents of one child, who is the subject of this biography. Nearly the entire life of the father was passed as a general farmer, although he was one of those who were seized with the gold fever and journeyed over the plains to the coast in-1849. He soon returned, however, to the more profitable if less exciting vocation of the farm and
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died on the old homestead in May, 1903. His wife had preceded him in 1885.
E. U. Hyde was educated in the public schools of Trumbull county, completing his mental training in the Orangeville high school. Until he became identified with the Orangeville Savings Bank Company several years ago he devoted his time mostly to agriculture and to the improvement of the farm which he still owns. In 1904 he became connected with the company mentioned as cashier.
The bank was organized in July, 1902, by W. D. Grey, of Cleveland, Ohio; W. R. MeFarland, D. Willson, Dr. C. S. Fenton and E. R. Fell, being, opened to the public in October, 1902. Its present officers are : J. HI. Mor- rison, president : Dr. C. S. Fenton and E. R. Fell, vice presidents ; and E. U. Hyde, cashier. The institution has been prosperous from the first and its progress and present standing is largely due to the careful managemnet of Mr. Hyde, who as cashier, has really the active superintendency of its affairs. Although he is a Democrat in politics he has never devoted much aime to partisan affairs, but as a good citizen he has given his services to the public as a jury commissioner for quite a number of years.
Mr. Hyde was married in 1885 to Miss Carrie Reed, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Van Ness) Reed, who was raised and educated in Vernon township. Their daughter, Marjorie, lives at home.
BRUNELL HULL, a leading farmer of Hartford township, this county, and well known as a justice of the peace of twelve years' standing, is a native of this township, born November 5, 1848. His grandfather, William Hull, was a native of Hartland, Connecticut, born August 10, 1279. and as his mother died when he was a small child he was apprenticed to a trade at an early age. He was reared and educated in his native place and Sep- tember 7, 1802, married Miss Anna Hyde, his junior by about one year. Their children were as follows: Harriet, who married Elisha Beeman ; Gustavus: Clarissa, who married Alexander Morris; Emeline, who after- ward became the wife of Simeon Baker; Horace: William: John and Osman. Mr. and Mrs. William Hull migrated to Vernon township in 1805 and resided there until 1812, when they removed to Hartford township. locating upon the site of the present town of Orangeville. Nine years later they settled at Old Burghill, Hartford township. The husband and father was not only prosperons in farming, but served as an officer in the war of 1812. Early in life he followed his trade as a saddler, but after coming to Ohio continuously followed the avocation of a farmer. Both grand- parents were members of the Congregational church, the grandfather dying November 30, 1857, and his wife July 11, 1874.
Osman Hull, the father of Brunell, was the eighth child of the family and was born in Vernon township, August 26, 1820. He passed the greater portion of his life, however, in Hartford township, where he was educated. Quite early in life he learned the trade of a blacksmith and for many years conducted a shop at Old Burghill, but later in life he became
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a partner of Henry Flowers in the manufacture of fanning mills, and although he eventually became quite an extensive land owner, he never engaged in farming. On April 22, 1842, Osman Hull married Miss Lorinda Roper, daughter of Ezia and Abigail (Lawson) Roper, the parents both being of Scotch descent. Mrs. Hull was born March 11, 1823, her parents being residents of Braceville, Ohio, and her grandfather a participant in the war of 1812. Two children were born to Osman Hull and his wife: Ransom, who still resides in Hartford township, and Brunell, of this review. The father of this family died June 12, 1905, his wife having passed away November 6, 1902.
Brunell Hull was reared in Hartford township and educated in its public schools, enjoying also one term in what is now known as Hiram College, Ohio. At the age of seventeen he commenced to teach school, employing himself thus in the winter months and farming in the summer. For eighteen years he also operated a steam thresher, which was the first of its kind to be run in Trumbull county. The farm which Mr. Hull has owned and developed for many years consists of two hundred and fifteen acres. Mr. Hull has always been active both in the support of the Repub- lican party and in the furtherance of party affairs of his township. He has served as precinct committeeman for a number of years and fully twelve years ago was elected justice of the peace. He still holds the latter office and is one of the most popular and efficient "squires" in Trumbull county. He has also served his constituents with faithfulness and ability as trustee for one term and as assessor for two terms, and is treasurer of the J. & W. Telephone Company, also director in the Orangeville Savings Company. In Masonry he is identified with Jernsalem Lodge No. 19, at Hartford, and has filled nearly all the chairs of the organization, and is a member of Al Koran Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. of Cleveland.
On March 2, 1870, Mr. Hull married Miss Jane Chapman, born at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, daughter of Hiram and Martha Chapman, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ohio. The mother is still living and resides on the old Chapman homestead in Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Hull have six children: Ezra B., who was horn January 8, 1872, and was married in 1895 to Miss Birdell Rathburn and lives in Hartford township: Hiram Kent, born August 10, 1874, who married Anna E. Crouch (deceased) and now resides with his father; William P., who was born June 5, 1881, and married Miss Arkley Lewis; Mack Chapman, born April 16, 1884, unmarried and lives at home; Frank W., who was born March 12, 1886, and lives at home; and Marion M., born March 17, 1895.
ASAHEL WELLINGTON JONES, one of the most prominent citizens of Trumbull county, is now living in retirement at his beautiful country place, which comprises a farm of two hundred acres, modern and convenient agricultural buildings and a modern residence. His record covers not only unusual prominence as a lawyer and a public man bnt leading identification with various financial and industrial institutions of Trumbull county. He
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is a native of Johnsonville, this county, born September 18, 1838, son of William H. and Mary J. ( Bond) Jones. His mother was born at Avon Springs, New York, February 26, 1816, and migrated to Hartford, Ohio, in 1833, and died at Youngstown in March, 1882. The father was a native of Hartford, Trumbull county, born July 11, 1814, a grandson of William C. Jones, who migrated from Herkimer county, New York (though orig- inally from Barkhamsted, Connecticut), in 1802, to Hartford, Ohio, and there erected the second cabin in the township. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and took part in the battles of Bunker Hill and Sara- toga. His death occurred in 1841. Mr. Jones' children were: William, Selden C., Dr. Asahel, Amelia, Sally and Allen. The father of William C. Jones, Captain Israel Jones, was a grandson of Benjamin Jones, who was a son of Thomas Jones, of Welsh origin, who settled at Gloucester, Massachusetts. in 1629, and was the parent tree of the family in America. He died and was buried at that place. Benjamin Jones migrated to Enfield, Connectient, but in 1706 became the first settler of Somers, that state. Captain Israel Jones removed from Enfield to Bark- hamsted, Connecticut, about 1759, and became the second settler in the township. He established his home on East mountain, and the farm still remains in the possession of his descendants.
Asahel W. Jones was reared to farm life, and received a fair education. He read law in the office of Curtis and Smith, at Warren, Ohio, and was there admitted to the bar, September 27, 1859, when just past twenty-one years of age. Mr. Jones successfully followed the practice of his profes- sion at Youngstown from 1864 until 1906, when he retired to the country place above mentioned in Hartford township. Although he is seventy years of age he is still in vigorous health and the word applied both to his physical condition and his mental faculties. After practicing in Youngstown for four years Mr. Jones was appointed to fill an unexpired term for prosecuting attorney of Mahoning county and was later elected to that office in 18:4. He took an active part in the organization of the Second National Bank of Youngstown and the Dollar Savings and Trust Company, and was for many years one of their leading directors. He was also interested to some extent in the iron industries of Mahoning county. Mr. Jones has always been identified with the Republican party, and al- though never an office seeker, he has been several times put forward by his friends for important offices. In 1889 he was urged to accept the nomina- tion for the governorship of Ohio and received strong support, although he failed ultimately to seenre the nomination. He was elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1895 and again in 1897.
On September 24. 1861, Mr. Jones was married at Hampden, Geanga county, Ohio, to Miss Annette J. Palmer, a native of Kingsville, Ashtabula county, this state, born June 23, 1840, and died June 2, 1901. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones are: Kate Mary, born February 4, 1865, married Robert A. King, professor of modern languages at the Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana; William Palmer, born June 30,
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1868, died at Youngstown, Ohio, March 17, 1891. On June 28, 1904, Mr. Jones married Miss Louise Brice, of Oberlin, Ohio. He is a Mason, be- longing to all the bodies up to and including the Shrine.
BENJAMIN B. McMULLIN, superintendent of the Brookfield township schools, was born at the old McMullin homestead, March 27, 1882. The MeMullins have the honor of being the pioneer family of Brookfield town- ship. James McMullin, Jr., father of Benjamin B., was the grandson of Captain James McMullin, son of James McMullin, Sr., who was the first white man to settle in the township, coming hither from Horse Shoe Bend, Pennsylvania, in 1796. The family is of sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry. James McMullin, Sr., was the land agent for a Connecticut land company, coming to Brookfield township as a business representative of this com- pany. His grandson. George Washington McMullin, married Miss Eliza Pfoutz, a native of Trumbull county, and the eldest son of this couple was James McMullin, Jr., father of Benjamin B. James McMullin was reared and educated in this township and his wife was Edna F. Clark, also a native of the locality named. They have one child, Benjamin B. The father was always a Republican and a member of the Disciple church at Brookfield. He prospered as a farmer and gained substantial honor as a citizen, the family estate consisting of about one hundred and seventy- five acres, thoroughly improved in every way. James MeMullin, Jr., died in October, 1904, but his wife is still living on the old homestead in Brookfield township.
Benjamin B. MeMullin was raised and educated in the district schools of Brookfield township and also at the Sharon high school, being graduated from the latter in the class of 1900. He then became a teacher in the township schools for about two years and then entered the Western Reserve University, at Cleveland, Ohio, as a student in the Latin-scientific course. He was obliged, however, to relinquish his ambition to become proficient in the higher branches of learning on account of the death of his father, which made it necessary for him to return home and superintend the affairs of the estate. Thereafter for a number of years he conducted his father's farm and engaged in teaching during the winter months, but in 1906 he entered the employ of the Carnegie steel works of South Sharon, Pennsylvania, in the capacity of a draftsman and was thus employed for two years. He then returned to the education field as principal of the Brookfield township schools, receiving his appointment from the school board of the township. He entered upon his duties in September, 1908. In his fraternity relations, Mr. McMullin is connected with Jerusalem Lodge No. 19, F. & A. M., of Hartford, and is also an alumnus of Alpha Tau Omega, his school fraternity at Cleveland. In politics, he is a Re- publican. On August 12, 1908, he married Miss Alice Jones, a daughter of Thomas J. and Mary Jones, of Brookfield township.
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RICHARD II. DAVIES, for ten years a well known general merchant of Brookfield township, is a sturdy and able Welshman, born July 13, 1862. His father was John T. Davies, who married Miriam Jenkins, also a native of Wales, and who came with his family to Brookfield township, Ohio, in 1866. Richard H. was therefore raised and educated in this locality. In his early life he was employed in various coal mines of Trumbull county and also in the rolling mills at Youngstown. In 1898, having by his industry and good management accumulated a small capital, he opened a general merchandise establishment at what is known as the Slope in Brookfield township. From this point he has since conducted his business and developed a large and profitable trade, in fact, it has expanded so rapidly that he has been obliged to open a branch store at Masury, Ohio.
In 1882, Mr. Davies married Miss Margaret Redfern, who came to Brookfield township from England in 1868. Her parents, however, are of Welsh ancestry. Mrs. Davies was reared and educated in Brookfield township and has become the mother of the following four children : David J., who conducts the branch store of his father's main store at Masury ; Miriam, who lives at home; Bessie, who resides with her brother, and Rachel, who also lives at home. Mr. Davies has been a good Republican for many years and for five years served as postmaster at the Slope, his services concluding with the establishment of a rural route and the dis- continuance of the local office. Both he and his family have also been active in the denomination and charitable work of the Welsh Congre- gational church, and have long been leaders in the choral services of the church. Mr. Davies has himself been chorister for a number of years, and his daughter, Bessie, has for some time served as organist.
JOSEPH WHEELER, of Brookfield township, who is now practically retired from business, is a native of the township named and for many years has been recognized as its largest dealer in live stock and one of the most extensive in Trumbull county. He was born April 2, 1832, his father, William Wheeler, being a native of Vermont, who came to Trum- bull county about 1830 and located in Brookfield township. Although the bulk of his life was passed as a farmer he was a thorough and widely edu- cated man and at one time was an active practitioner of the law. He married Margaret Weldon, a native of Erie county, Pennsylvania, where she was raised and educated, and they are the parents of the following children : Mary Ann, now deceased, who married Abraham DeForest; David, now deceased : Lovina, who became Mrs. Ira Fowler and is now dead : Phineas, also deceased ; Fanny, who became the wife of Benjamin McMullin and resides in Brookfield township; William, deceased; Joseph, of this sketch: James, who lives in Crawford county; and Frank, also deceased. During his early years William Wheeler, the father, was a Democrat, but with the organization of the Republican party in 1856 he joined the new organization and for two years, or until his death in 1858, was an enthusiastic supporter of its principles. Ilis wife died in 1875.
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Both were earnest members of the Methodist church at Brookfield Center. Joseph Wheeler, of this review, was reared and educated in Brookfield township and has been engaged in farming and stock raising all his life. His present comfortable and valuable estate consists of a farm of one hundred and ninety-three acres. His specialty was for many years the buying and shipping of live stock and he became a familiar figure in the markets of Pittsburg, Buffalo, Jersey City and New York City. He was considered the largest stock buyer in Brookfield township and has shipped as many as three thousand head of sheep and cattle in one year. On ac- count of his age and comfortable financial circumstances he is now par- tially retired from business. Mr. Wheeler has been a consistent Republican since he cast his first ballot, and although he has forwarded the local inter- ests of his party, he has held no office except that of school director. His wife was formerly Miss Ursula Hutchison, a daughter of Jotham and Sarah (Hyde) Hutchison, and was reared and educated in Trumbull county. Her parents moved further west, but returned to this locality when she was about twelve years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have had four children : Minnie, married a Mr. Hamilton and is now deceased; Claudia, Mrs. Alexander McIntosh, and a resident of Oberlin, Ohio; Wayne B. (see below) ; and Mildred, unmarried, who is a graduate of the Ohio State University and a teacher in one of the Brookfield Center schools.
Wayne B. Wheeler received his early education in the schools of Brookfield township and afterward was graduated from the Sharon (Penn- sylvania) high school. He then completed a course in English at Oberlin University and also was graduated from the law department of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio. He early became interested in temperance and prohibition, and after being admitted to the bar entered the Anti-Saloon League of Ohio as its attorney. This position he still holds. He is located at Columbus, Ohio, and is recognized as one of the most successful leaders in the anti-saloon crusade. Mr. Wheeler is married and has a family of two children.
FRANCIS M. MCKAY .- Nearly the entire mature period of Francis M. McKay's life has been passed in agricultural and live stock pursuits, although early in life he acquired a substantial reputation as an educator and in late years has been a widely popular and highly honored justice of the peace. He was born on a farm one mile south of his present home in Brookfield township, on the 9th of January, 1854. His father, Wyatt McKay, was also one of the early farmers and live stock dealers in Trum- bull county and acquired a standing both in these specialties and as a citizen of ability and usefulness. He was a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he passed the earlier years of his life. The elder Mckay had a fine farm of two hundred and seventy acres and made a specialty of buying stock for the eastern markets, and as he was not only an expert buyer but a fine salesman and auctioneer, he made a most pro-
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nouneed success of this branch of agriculture. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church, in which for many years he was a trustee, assist- ing in the erection of the present edifice at Brookfield Center. Mr. McKay died in 1873, his wife surviving him until 1899.
Wyatt MeKay married Miss Eliza J. Montgomery, a daughter of Robert and Jane Montgomery, natives of Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, who, with their family, were the second white settlers in Brookfield township. James Montgomery, a brother, and also a native of Washington county, also moved his family to Brookfield township at about the same time. They bought adjoining farms but James beeame dissatisfied and removed to Connectieut, selling his farm to a elock dealer, taking in return a stock of wooden clocks which he peddled through the state of New York. The clock dealer mentioned sold the farm to one Sylvester Marion and received his pay for the property in buttons, of which the latter was the manufacturer, this valuable piece of property being thus quite thoroughly transformed into merchandise. Robert Montgomery died in 1837 and his wife in 1842, the year of their location in Trumbull county having been 1804.
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