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Dr. J. P. Claypole of Niles is a native of Kentucky, having been born in Marysville in 1869. He graduated from the Hahne- mann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1893, having received his common-school education in Youngstown and his medical education under the instruction of Dr. MeGranagan. He prac- ticed in Youngstown from 1893 to 1896, then removed to Bed- ford, Pennsylvania, where he stayed three years. and settled in Niles in 1899, where he continues to practice.
Dr. G. B. MeCurley, who was born in the centennial year. has spent his life in Cortland. Here he was born, educated, and practices his profession. He attended the Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago. graduating in 1899. For a time he studied with Dr. O. A. Palmer, of Warren, since which time he has prac- ticed in Cortland.
Dr. S. C. Clisby is a Trumbull County man, having been born in Gustavus in 1872. His first education was obtained in the district school of that township. He prepared for college at New Lyme Institute, receiving his A. B. degree at Adelbert Col- lege, and his doctor's degree at the Western Reserve University of Cleveland. He began practicing in 1901 in Kinsman and has continued to reside there.
Dr. Hubert L. Root. a native of Kinsman, was born in 1867. He attended the Kinsman schools, the Kinsman Academy, and graduated at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. He began his practice in Kinsman and continues there.
Dr. Herbert A. Sherwood has been the longest in practice
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of any doctor in Warren. He was born on a farm in Fredericks- town in 1851. Like most rural residents, he attended district school and the Frederiektown high school. He also studied medieine in the same town, his preceptor being Dr. E. M. Hall. He graduated in 1876 from the Cleveland Homeopathic College. He located in Warren the same year, where he has enjoyed a large and Incrative practice. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio Medical Society, the American Institute of Homeopathy, and the Ohio Homeopathic Society.
Dr. W. F. Horton is a native of Trumbull County. He was born in Cortland in 1865. His primary education was had at Fowler Center. Later he studied in the schools in Cleveland. and for a short time at Hiram College. He had no preceptor. but studied medicine as he taught school. Three different years he attended the Medical Institute at Cincinnati, graduating in 1893. His professional life has been spent at Cortland, where he enjoys a good practice.
Dr. C. M. Rice of Newton Falls not only stands well in his profession but as a citizen as well. He was born in Palmyra in 1857 ; obtained his common-school education at Newton Falls, Cleveland, and New York. Graduated from the Western Re- serve Medical College in 1884, and has spent his professional life in Newton Falls. His father was his preceptor, and the fact that he was associated with him was of great assistance to Dr. Rice.
Dr. James McMurray was born in Sharpsville, Pennsyl- vania, in 1848. He was educated in the Sharpsville schools and in the State Normal School at Edinboro, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine under the direction of his father in Sharps- ville and graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in 1875. His professional life has been spent in Hubbard.
Dr. W. S. Thompson of Girard is a native of Ohio, having been born at Ilarland Springs in 1870. He is now practicing at Girard and has been since 1892. He received his education in his home town, taking, at the end, a three years' course in the college located at Harland Springs. He graduated at seventeen, and taught four years thereafter. Studied with Dr. A. P. Albaugli of Kilgore for a year and a half. Took a three years' course in the Starling Medical College of Columbus, graduating in 1896. Practiced in his home town a little more than six years and then moved to Girard.
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Dr. G. A. Huntley, now practicing in Greene, is a Trumbull County man. He was born in Bloomfield in 1871, and received his common-school education in that town. Ile attended Hiram College, studied with O. A. Huntley, and in 1895 graduated from the Western Reserve University. He practiced for a little time in Copley, Summit county, before going to Greene.
Dr. W. S. Bond, of Hubbard, is a native of Ashtabula county, having been born at Rock Creek in 1861. His early edu- cation was obtained in that town and in 1900 he graduated from the Starling Medical College at Columbus. That same year he began practice at Hubbard, where he continues to reside.
Dr. O. A. Huntley, who has spent most of his professional life in North Bloomfield and who has been identified with the business interests there as well, was born in Sharon, Medina county, Ohio, in 1842. He received his early education in the district school, and the academy at Granger, Medina county. He ยท studied medicine with Rufus Randall, of Bath, Summit county, Ohio, and at the medical college in Columbus, finishing in 1866.
Dr. Harlan M. Page, the junior partner of Sabin & Page, was born in Ross, Michigan, in 1864. He was educated in the high school at Bedford, went to the University of Michigan, and graduated at Hiram College in 1890. He studied medicine at the Western Reserve University at Wooster, and at Jefferson Medical College, graduating from the latter place. He taught his profession in Hiram College, after his graduation, and prac- ticed in that town with great snecess. He married Addie Zol- lars, the daughter of President Zollars of Hiram College. A few years since he came to Warren, where he has engaged in general practice, specializing in certain diseases of the eye. Dr. Page is a member of and an officer in the Disciple church.
Alfred L. Albertson was born in 1848 in New Jersey. His parents were Pennsylvanians, and in 1868 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Kerr in Philadelphia, and took a course of lec- tures at the Jefferson Medical College. He also had a course in Cincinnati. He early practiced in Newton Falls, then removed to Cleveland. He married a daughter of Dr. Rice of Newton Falls, and they reside in Warren, although the Doctor continues his practice in Cleveland.
The following are also members of the Trumbull County Medical Society, but the author has been unable to obtain any information in regard to their lives and work :
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Dr. David S. Lillibridge, Mesopotamia.
Dr. H. S. Brown, Niles.
Dr. F. J. Ritterspach, Niles.
Dr. Henry V. Ormerod, Niles.
Dr. Thomas O. Clingan, Niles.
Dr. H. MeA. Mealy, Newton Falls.
Dr. Charles A. Martin, North Bloomfield.
Dr. C. S. Fenton, Orangeville.
Dr. W. C. Holbrook, Orangeville.
Dr. E. M. Bancroft, Phalanx.
Dr. E. L. Wrentmore, West Farmington.
Dr. Wesley P. Arner, Fowler.
Dr. Jolin F. Keene, Gnstavns.
Dr. Charles W. Banks, Hartford.
Dr. John M. Elder, Mineral Ridge.
Dr. C. A. Archer, Warren.
Dr. M. I. Hatfield, Warren.
Dr. J. M. Scoville, Warren.
Dr. G. N. Simpson, Warren.
Dr. W. D. Cunningham, Girard.
Dr. F. C. Hunt, Girard.
Dr. G. R. Stevenson, Hubbard.
Although Dr. Dndly Allen of Cleveland is not a Trumbull County man, we like to claim him, as we do Dr. Benj. Millikin, the well known eye and ear specialist of Cleveland.
The following are clippings from old newspapers which may interest readers :
Trump of Fame, June 16, 1812. "In conformity to the laws of the state of Ohio, regulating the practice of physic and surgery, a number of the members of the Medical So- ciety of the Sixth District, convened at Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, on Monday, the 1st day of June, when-
"Doct. John W. Seely was chosen chairman; Doct. David Long, secretary, and Doct. Shadrack Bostwick, treasurer.
"The society then proceeded to elect members to meet the general convention at Chillicothe, on the first Monday of November next, and the following persons were chosen, viz .: Docts. Charles Dutton, Peter Allen, and Joseph De- Wolf.
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"The following question was then propounded for the disenssion of the society at their next meeting, viz .: . From whence and in what manner does the blood issue that is ex- pectorated in pleurisy that terminates favorably ?'
"The meeting then adjourned to meet again at Warren on the first Monday of February next.
"JOHN W. SEELEY, Chairman. .. DAVID LONG, Sec."
Dr. B. Austin advertises in the Chronicle in 1840.
Advertisement, Jan. 28, 1840, J. H. McBride, Indian physician. Office one door south Charles Smith's store. Dr. S. Woodin, dentist, advertises March 2, 1841. Dr. J. S. Kuhn, eye specialist, Feb. 23, 1841.
Doct. J. Lloyd of Liberty, Trumbull County, Ohio, pro- poses to eure the following diseases : hydrophobia, epilepsy. No cure, no pay. (1844)
Trumbull County Medical Society, 1840, A. Hartman, sec.
Dr. D. B. Woods, married to Miss Phebe L. Halliday, by Rev. A. G. Sturges, on May 12, 1842.
Daniel Wannemaker writing from Albert Lea, Minn., July 31, 1885, to the Chronicle, says: "He (old Dr. J. B. Harmon) more than fifty years ago pulled a tooth for me, in the summer of 1834. I found him at the old court house. Then he took an old dull jacknife and ent around the tooth. That hurt some, but I was a boy then and had not learned to chew tobacco, but I could take a pretty stiff horn of whisky, a common article in every family."
Meeting of doctors, in October 27, 1818, Jno. B. Har- mon, sec.
Notice of medical meeting for the last Tuesday in Oc- tober, 1827.
Meeting of Medical Society of May 27, 1828. John M. Seely was elected president; C. C. Cook, vice president ; Charles Dutton, treasurer, and John B. Harmon, secretary. Homer Tylee received a diploma. Dr. Haney Manning was appointed delegate to attend a convention held in Columbus, and John Truesdale a beneficiary to attend a course of lec- tures for the year 1828.
Thomas Sherwood. M. D., had poem in Chronicle in 1840.
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In 1861 filled teeth "with gold for 50c, with tinfoil for 25c."
Medical Society met at Howland Springs with Dr. J. Harmon as secretary, Ang. 2, 1876.
Wm. Heaton commenced practice of medicine in War- ren, 1819.
Medical Notice. Dr. Ashael Brainard and Geo. R. Espey were examined Nov. 2, 1820: Dr. Brainard's theme was on Fever ; Espey's on Dysentery. They were given di- plomas. John M. Seely, pres .: John B. Harmon, sec .; Charles Dutton, treas.
In 1860 Dr. Warren Iddings allowed patent for im- provement on embalming of dead bodies. The Chronicle wishes him to reap a rich harvest from his invention.
1861, Drs. Harmon and Smith of Warren offer services free to the families of all who go to fight for the mainte- nance of the government.
CHAPTER XXI.
MASONS .- ODD FELLOWS .- KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
In the year 1803 a number of "Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons" residing in Trumbull County determined to establish a lodge of the order in Warren. Samuel Tylee, Martin Smith, Tryal Tanner, Camden Cleveland, Solomon Griswold, Aaron Wheeler, John Walworth, Charles Dutton, Arad Way, Gideon Hoadlay, Ezekiel Hover, Turhand Kirtland, John Leavitt, William Rayen, George Phelps, James B. Root, James Dunscombe, Samuel Spencer, Joseph De Wolf, Daniel Bushnell, Calvin Austin, and Asael Adams petitioned the Grand Lodge of Connecticut (most of these men had come from that state) for anthority to "congregate as Free and Accepted York Masons" and to form a lodge under the Connecticut jurisdic- tion and protection. Samuel Tylee carried this petition to the city of New Haven, presented it to the Grand Lodge then in session. The charter which was granted at this time bears the date of October 19th, A. L. 5803, A. D. 1803. Samuel Tylee was appointed deputy grand master, directed to proceed to Warren to dedicate the new lodge and install its officers.
On March 16, 1804, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Deputy Grand Master Tylee, together with the grand officers whom he had appointed pro tempore, went in procession to the room provided and opened the Grand Lodge in the first three degrees of Masonry in the proper form. The following men were pro- posed as officers of the new lodge: Right Worshipful Turhand Kirtland, master; Right Worshipful John Leavitt, senior war- den; Right Worshipful William Rayen, junior warden; Calvin Austin, treasurer; Camden Cleveland, secretary; Aaron Wheeler, senior deacon; John Walworth, junior deacon; Charles Dutton and Arad Way, stewards; Ezekiel Hover, tyler. Being fully satisfied with their character, skill, and qualifica- tions for the government of the new lodge, and having also
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received the entire and unconditional consent of the brethren present, the deputy grand master, with the other grand officers, acting under the authority given by the Grand Lodge of Con- nectient, then proceeded to "constitute, consecrate, and solemnly install the said petitioners and their said officers by the name of Erie Lodge No. 47, Ancient Free and Accepted York Masons, agreeably to the ancient usages, enstoms, and laws of the craft, under the protection and jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Connectient." And now, having in proper form solemnly erected this lodge to God and dedicated it to the holy Saint John, it now being legally empowered as a lodge of Free and Accepted Masons to work and act as such in strict conformity to the ancient charges of the fraternity, the usnal rites and ceremonies performed, the Grand Lodge at three o'clock closed in form, "with great harmony." At five o'clock on the same day Erie Lodge convened in the lodge room in Warren, and meetings were held from that date at varying intervals. In 1807 George Tod. John Leavitt, and William Rayen were appointed a committee to correspond with other lodges in the state in regard to the formation of a grand lodge for the state of Ohio. The following fall, George Tod and John Seeley were chosen delegates from Erie Lodge No. 47, to a convention to be held in Chillicothe the first Monday in Jannary, 1808, at which time the state legislature would be in session. Credit is there- fore due. to old Erie Lodge for being the first to take steps in the formation of a grand lodge in Ohio. Five other lodges were represented at the conference in Chillicothe, which resulted in a resolution to form a grand lodge, and measures to render the resolutions effective by completing the organization. George Tod was secretary of that convention. Rufus Putnam was chosen Rt. W. Gr. M., and George Tod of Erie Lodge, Rt. W. S. G. W. The delegates appointed in December, 1808, from Erie Lodge to the Grand Lodge, "at their grand communication to be held in Jannary thereafter" were George Tod, Samnel Huntington, and John H. Adgate. These representatives car- ried the original charter granted them by the Grand Lodge of Connectient, and surrendered it to the Grand Lodge of Ohio, receiving in its place "a warrant of dispensation." Under this warrant the same by-laws which were in force under the charter of the Grand Lodge of Connectient were adopted, and the lodge continued to work under its anthority with the same designation
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as before. "Erie No. 47." until 1814, when the Grand Lodge issned a charter of constitution, constituting and appointing "Samuel Tylee, Francis Freeman, Elisha Whittlesey, Seth Tracy, William W. Cotgreave, John Leavitt, Calvin Austin, and their successors forever, a regular lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, to be hailed by the name of Erie Lodge No. 3." The several lodges were numbered in accordance with their order of precedence as determined by the dates of original establishment. Erie Lodge was antedated by lodges in Marietta and Cincinnati, but was the eldest on the Reserve, that is, in Old Trumbull County.
George Tod was not only one of the most prominent men in the early history of Trumbull County, but he was prominent in many different directions. He was initiated and passed in 1804, raised 1805. elected master of the lodge in 1811, was prominent in establishing the Grand Lodge, secretary of the convention at Chillicothe, was the first grand senior warden of the Grand Lodge, and served the local lodges in every capacity. The mem- bers forming the lodge were from Cleveland, Youngstown, Canfield, Poland, Hubbard, and other points.
Among the early members who have descendants in Trumbull County were John HI. Adgate, Edward Scoville, Elisha Whittlesey, Seymour Austin, Lyman Potter, Richard Iddings, Isaac Ladd. Asael Adams, George Tod, Lewis Hoyt, John B. Harmon. Cyrus Bosworth, Rufus P. Spaulding. Jacob II. Baldwin, Isaac Heaton, Jeremiah Brooks, Edward Spear, Benjamin Towne, Henry Stiles, David Webb, Adamson Bentley. Robert Bentley, Samuel Wheeler, William Andrews, Elderkin Potter, John Shook, Ebenezer Thompson, Renben Case, James Goe, John Harrington, Benjamin and Horace Stevens.
Some of the early members of Erie Lodge No. 47 were members of the Connectiont Land Company. They were all of them strong men. No one knows the location of the room in which the lodge was instituted, nor where the first meetings were held. "Tradition, having a foundation, no doubt, says they met in 1810 in the gambrel-roofed, red frame building in which the Western Reserve Bank was first organized, that stood on the east side of Main street." From 1812 Benjamin Stevens served nearly all offices of the lodge and presided in the oriental chair. In 1810 to 1815 they met at Hadley's Tavern, which stood where the Wallace-Gillmer block now stands. "From this room they
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marched in procession, on the celebration of St. John's day, in June of those years, to a log building then used as a schoolhouse, standing on the northwest corner of the park, west of Main street, and north of the present city building." Soon after this, probably in 1816, they removed to "Castle William," after- wards known as " Pavilion Hotel." In 1823 the lodge paid rent to Benjamin Towne, who presumably kept the hotel and perhaps owned the building. They continued to occupy this building until 1829, when, under the great excitement of anti-Mason feeling, the lodge became weakened, and sometime between that and 1833 Erie Lodge No. 3, as did many others of the Grand Lodge, suspended. The charter of this lodge was consumed by fire when the house of Edward Spear, father of Judge William T. Spear, was burned in 1835. This house stood on the ground now occupied by the First Methodist church.
In 1854 a number of Masons who were connected with the old lodge, that is, No. 3, met at the home of one of the members as they had done more or less during the interval, and made application to the grand master for a new charter. The warrant and dispensation of June 21st was issued to Richard Iddings, Jacob II. Baldwin, J. B. Buttles, William H. Holloway, Henry Stiles, J. Rodgers, Il. Benham, Garry C. Reed, J. Veon, Benjamin Stevens, Edward Spear, John B. Harmon, Alexander McConnell. and H. MeManus, under the title of "Western Reserve Lodge." The first communication under this dispensa- tion was held July 7, 1854. During the lapse of Erie Lodge No. 3, another lodge had been established by that name, but in the same year when a charter was granted by the Grand Lodge at its annual communication the former title was restored, with the name "Old Erie." The lodge was constituted, under the new charter, in the lodge rooms of the I. O. O. F. in Iddings' Block, on January 30, 1855, by John M. Webb, of C'anfield Three months later they moved to rooms in the Gaskill House (now the Austin House), when the officers were, Edward Spear, W. M .; Charles R. Hunt, S. W .; Jacob H. Baldwin, J. W .; Henry Stiles, treasurer; John M. Stull, secretary; William Greene, S. D .; Edward Spear Jr., J. D. Ebenezer II. Goodale, tyler. Early in 1862 they removed from Gaskill llouse to a hall built for them in the third story of the present Second National Bank building. In 1869 the third story of the present Union National Bank was fitted up for them in a very elegant
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way. In 1904 the Masonic Temple Company purchased a build- ing at the northeast corner of Market and Pine streets, remod- eled it, and this was occupied by the various Masonic bodies October 1, 1904. On the evening of March 16, 1904, Okl Erie Lodge celebrated, in a quiet way, a centenary of the organization of Masonry in the Western Reserve.
In the early days of the Trumbull County Masons the meet- ings were always at the time of full moon. There was nothing mystie about this, but it was done because the members many of them came on horseback. There were no artificial lights, and traveling through the woods was not only lonesome but often perilous.
The past masters of Old Erie Lodge No. 3, are Turhand Kirtland, Edward Paine, Martin Smith, George Tod, John Leavitt, Samuel Tylee, Francis Freeman, Adamson Bentley, Benjamin Stevens, Edward Flint, Rufus P. Spaulding, Cyrus Bosworth, Edward Spear, R. A. Baldwin, Charles R. Hunt, Thad Ackley, E. C. Cady, H. B. Weir, S. F. Bartlett, W. A. Reeves, George H. Tayler, C. F. Clapp, George A. Mitchell, T. H. Gill- mer, B. J. Taylor, H. H. Sutherland, William T. Fee, C. M. Wil- kins, W. C. Ward, D. W. Campbell, W. A. Spill, Alva M. Ohl, Dan G. Simpson, F. K. Smith, Fred T. Stone. Present master, Fred C. March.
There are a number of active Masonic lodges in Trumbull County : Jerusalem Lodge No. 19, of Hartford, was chartered in 1814. H. K. Hull is worshipful master. Mahoning Lodge No. 394, Niles, chartered in 1867, George S. Brown, master. Gustavus Lodge No. 442, Kinsman, chartered 1870, F. A. Roberts, master. Newton Falls Lodge No. 462, chartered 1872, W. K. Gardner, master. Western Reserve Lodge No. 507, West Farmington, chartered 1875, F. S. Hart, master. Cortland Lodge No. 529, Cortland, chartered 1882, Jay E. Miller, master. Mahoning Chapter No. 66, R. A. M., Warren, originally char- tered 1824, re-chartered 1855, C. M. Oliphant, M. E. H. P. Warren Council No. 58, R. & S. M., Warren, chartered 1871, C. Harry Angstadt, T. I. M. Warren Commandery No. 39, K. T., chartered 1884, C. M. Wilkins, E. C.
(NOTE .- The details regarding organization and early his- tory of the original lodge as here given have been compiled from the records in the possession of the Old Erie Lodge).
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Odd Fellowship.
On May 21, 1844, a charter was issued to Mahoning Lodge No. 29, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with the following members: Charles Pease, James Benson, Josiah F. Brown, L. P. Lott, and E. W. Weir. The charter was signed by Samuel W. Corwin, M. W. G. M .; H. N. Clark, R. W. D. G. M., and Daniel S. Shelbacker, R. W. G., secretary and counselor, signed by Albert G. Day. G. C. secretary.
The lodge was instituted May 24, 1844, in the hall of Daniel Gilbert's block, on the corner of Market and Liberty streets, by D. D. G. M. Gideon E. Tindall, assisted by P. G. Brother E. T. Nichols, both of Cleveland. The following officers were elected and installed into office: Lewis P. Lott, N. G .: Josiah F. Brown, V. G .; Charles Pease, secretary; E. W. Weir, treasurer. Meetings were held on that evening and on the afternoon and evening of the following day. The following persons were initiated at these meetings: Sullivan D. Harris, William H. Newhard, Arthur Pritchard, A. F. Hunt, William L. Knight, Charles R. Hunt, O. P. Tabor, Asael E. Adams, Levi M. Barnes, and A. W. Bliss. At the end of the year the membership was fifty-four.
The fire of 1846 destroyed Mr. Gilbert's block, and most of the furniture, regalia, emblems and wardrobes which were in the lodge room were lost. A special meeting called by the noble grand, at the request of thirteen members, was had in the hall room of the American House, now Dana's Musical Institute. William H. Newhard, one of the charter members, was proprietor of this hotel. At this meeting the hall com- mittee was instructed to gather the scattered property belong- ing to the lodge, and a special committee, consisting of Brothers William Williams, Alanson Camp, and F. K. Hubbard, was appointed to ascertain the amount of loss of each individual member. If this committee ever reported, no record was made of it.
On June 30, 1846, a circular, issued by the authority of the lodge, was sent out to lodges of this and adjacent states, telling of the disastrous fire, and asking assistance. The response was liberal, and this timely help assisted in re-estab- lishing the lodge. Brothers T. J. MeLain, M. B. Tayler and Zalmon Fitch, were the committee appointed to distribute the funds. Brothers Alexander McConnell, A. P. Lott and A. W.
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Bliss were appointed on a committee to procure a new meeting place, and they secured for thirty dollars a year a room in Asael Adams brick block on Main street, later known as the King block. This was done and the lodge met here until July 12, 1847, at which time it moved into the Empire block, which had been erected on Samnel Chesney's land by Lewis Iddings, the first floor of which is now occupied by Albert Guarnieri. It remained in this building for nearly forty years. Its next home was in the Masters & Myers block on Main street.
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