Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 110

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1094

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The subject of this sketch was reared in Austinburg and educated in the Grand River Institute. He afterward learned the carpen- ter's trade, which he subsequently followed five years in Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1884, he removed thence to Jefferson, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until 1889. He then entered a grocery store as a clerk and after

one year as an employe engaged in the gro- cery business on his own account with his own capital, in which he has ever since suc- cessfully continued, evidencing what energy and careful management can accomplish with small means.

In 1881 Mr. Miller was married to Miss Cora Adams, an estimable lady of Jefferson, and they have two children living, having lost two in childhood.

Fraternally, Mr. Miller is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to which he has belonged for a num- ber of years. By correct business methods and a genial personality he has secured the confidence and esteem of a large community, and enjoys the best wishes of all for his fu- ture success and happiness.

E O. WORK, one of the prominent citi- zens of Conneaut and a locomotive en- gineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, is a native of Harrison county, this State, born July 20, 1853.

His parents, Samuel and Ruth (Gren) Work, are natives respectively of Pennsylva- nia and Ohio, the father born in 1818 and the mother in 1824. For many years Samuel Work was one of the prominent farmers of Ohio. About the time of the war he kept a station, Hopedale, on the line of the " un- derground railroad," and many a poor wan- derer he assisted to freedom. He and his good wife now reside in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the ages of sixteen and twelve years respectively, and have sweetly held to its communion ever since. They have reared a large family to occupy useful and honorable positions in life,

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and of them we make the following record:

Julius, the oldest, married Ella V. Smith of Virginia. They now reside in Chicago, where he is employed as purchasing agent of the city for the public institutions. During the war he was a member of Company G, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and took part in several battles, serving until, on ac- count of ill health, he was honorably dis- charged. After recovering his health he re- turned to the army and was detailed as clerk in the Quartermaster's department at Wash ington, District of Columbia. This position he held for nearly eight years. He subse- quently served as Postmaster of Lynchburg, Virginia, four years, and as deputy in the same office four years longer. Rev. Granville Work, the second of the family, is a Meth- odist minister stationed in Indiana. He mar- ried Jane M. Cullough of Ohio. Josephine resides in New Philadelphia. Alvin married Sarah J. Cummings of Ohio. They live at Pullman, Illinois, where he is master car builder for the Pullman Car Company. E. O., the subject of our sketch, was the fifth born. Alexander S., the next in order of birth, mar- ried Callie Shipman of Ohio. He is travelling engineer on the Nickel Plate Railroad and makes his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ella, wife of J. B. Wand, died at the age of twenty-nine years. Mary lives in New Phila- delphia. Samuel G., an engineer on the Nickel Plate, married Ella Crooks, and has one child, Laura. They reside in Conneaut. Laura I. died at the age of eighteen years.

O. E. Work was reared on his father's farm, and when he grew up he learned the trade of cabinetmaker. Then he sailed on the lakes for three years. In 1875 he entered upon a railroad career, starting out as fireman. In the fall of 1878 he was promoted to engineer on the Pan Handle, and as such ran between

Pittsburg and Columbus until 1883. Then he severed his connection with that road, came to Conneaut and accepted a position on the Nickel Plate, and has since been engineering on this road. Mr. Work is a careful engineer, and in his experience on the road has never hurt but two persons; one had his hand mained while coupling cars, and the other was killed. The latter is supposed to have been a suicide, as the man placed himself on the track in front of the engine when it was impossible for the train to stop.

Mr. Work has always taken an interest in public affairs. Before he left the farm, and when he was only eighteen years of age, he was elected Constable. In 1890 he was elected Councilman for the Second Ward of Conneaut, has been re-elected, and is now serving in that office.

He was married in 1881 to Miss Rosaline Ross, of Fort Washington, Ohio, a daughter of Benjamin Ross. Her parents are both deceased.

Mr. Work is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. He is in politics an ardent Re- publican.

D R. ALMON G. PHILLIPS, a well- known physician and surgeon of Paines- ville, Ohio, where he has successfully practiced medicine for the past five years, was born in Youngstown, this State, in 1853. John Phillips, paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Wash- ington, Pennsylvania, whose parents came from Germany in an early day and settled in the Keystone State. He was a millwright by trade, who emigrated to Mahoning coun- ty, Ohio, about 1816, and operated a grist and saw mill on the Mahoning river above

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Youngstown for about forty years. He re- moved to Geauga county, the same State, later in life where he died at the age of eighty-four years. The father of the subject of this sketch, Jacob Plillips, was born in Weathersfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1826, where he was reared and educated. He learned carpentry and building and afterward settled in Geauga county, where he lived about twenty-five years, erecting many of the best structures in that vicinity. He now re- sides near Youngstown, and the powder works of that city, comprising twenty build- ings or more, is a fair sample of the excel- lence of his work. He married in Mahoning county, Mary A. Ripple, a native of that county, of which her parents were pioneers, John Ripple, her father, being of German descent. They had eight children, of whom five are now living. In 1887, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the devoted wife and mother, who died aged fifty- two years. She was a woman of superior worth and was deeply lamented by all who knew her. She was a devout member of the Methodist Church, to which the father of Dr. Phillips also belongs. The father is a Republican in politics and takes a commend- able interest in all public affairs of im- portance.

The subject of this sketch was the oldest of eight children, and was reared mostly in Geauga county, Ohio. He was educated in district and select schools and at the high school in Chardon, and when eighteen years of age began teaching. He taught four win- ters in his home district and three terms in others, and when twenty-five years of age be- gan to study medicine. He read medicine under the two Drs. Atwood at Chardon, and attended the Eclectic Medical Institute, after- ward taking a special course on the eye and

ear at the University College in Cincinnati, at which he graduated in 1888 in this special line. He then settled in Painesville, where he was at once favorably received, and has successfully prosecuted his practice ever since, winning universal confidence and es- teem by his thorough and conscientions work.

He was married February 25, 1877, to Miss DeEtte Ridley, a lady of many sterling qualities, a native of Hamden Junction, Ohio, and they had one child, Ethel B. In 1888, his devoted wife died, leaving an infant to his care. In the spring of 1889, he was again mrrried, his second wife being Miss Ella Raplee, of Madison, Ohio, who has been a faithful helpmate.

Politically, he is a Republican, and when twenty-nine years of age was elected to the. important and responsible position of Justice of the Peace, in Middlefield, Ohio, which he filled with impartiality and ability. He af- filiates with the Knights of Pythias, and is an active member of the Ohio State Medical Association. He has a comfortable residence on the corner of Erie and St. Clair streets, in Painesville, besides which he owns other property on Bank street, which he rents, and is altogether a prosperous and worthy citizen.

P ROF. C. E. CAREY, Superintendent of Schools, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Dutchess county, New York, No- vember 20, 1860, son of John and Julia (Williams) Schoonover, both natives of New York.

John Schoonover, leaving his wife and four children, enlisted in the army at Stan- ford, New York, August 28, 1862, for three years, and was mustered into Company

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C, One Hundred and Fiftieth New York Volunteer Infantry, as a private, October 11, 1862. During his absence in the war, in the early part of 1864, his wife died, leaving her little ones to the care of friends and relatives. About three months after her death, news of the father's death reached them. He died at Louisville, Kentucky, June 28, 1864, aged forty years. He was a man of sterling qual- ities, was in the prime of a vigorous man- hood, and freely gave his life for his country. Of his army experience little is known. Three of the Schoonover children were reared and educated by three of their mother's sisters, each taking the name of the aunt who reared him, and all growing up to occupy honorable positions in life. Of them we make the following record:

William, the oldest, retained the name of Schoonover. He married and settled in life, and his untimely death occurred at the age of twenty-six years.

Richard S. Thomas, the second-born, has been a teacher ever since he was fifteen years old. For two years he was superinten- dent of the Jefferson, Ohio, schools, and is now superintendent of the schools at War- ren, Ohio. He married Miss Stella Saxton, of Madison, this State.

Calvin T. Northrop, the third of the famn- ily is also a teacher. He has been engaged in this profession for the past thirteen years in the schools of Ohio, and is now superin- tendent of the Garrettsville schools.

C. E. Carey is the youngest. He and his brothers are all prominently identified with the leading educators of the State, and wherever known their scholarly attainments and ability as instructors and organizers have been rec- ognized.

The subject of this sketch received his education at Cazenovia and Syracuse, New

York. He first began teaching in the coun- try schools, and taught there several terms. Then he was two years at Masonville, New York, and in 1885 located in Conneaut, where he has since been superintendent of schools, having rendered a high degree of satisfaction here. He is a member of the County Examining Board and also of the Board of Health. Professor Carey's being selected for these important positions and his long continuance here are ample proof of his qualifications.

He was married February 25, 1885, to Miss Elsie M. Smith, daughter of Frederick W. and Electa M. (Wells) Smith. His pa- rents are natives of New York, and her father is a farmer in that State. Of their family we make record as follows: Mrs. Carey is the oldest; Olivia died in 1872, aged eighteen years; Hosea died at the age of six months; Fred W., a New York farmer, mar- ried Mattie Vail and has one child; Jennie B., wife of John Hochtitzky, has three chil- dren; Addie died at the age of two years; Delia died in childhood; Jessie, wife of Fred Ostrander; and Frank A., at home. Mrs. Cary's grandfather was Hosea Smith.

The Professor and his wife have one child, Charles Schronover Carey. They are mem- bers of the Congregational Church, and he is also identified with the Masonic fraternity, being W. M. of the blue lodge. Politically he is a Republican.

C W. POOLE, traveling engineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Essex county, Massachusetts, December 25, 1847, son of Charles and Eunice Eliza (Pison) Poole, both natives of Massachusetts.

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Charles Poole was born in 1820, son of William and Mary Poole, who were natives of England, came with their parents to America when children, and were reared in Manchester. Both were highly respected people and were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had a family of five children, Charles and Anna being the only ones now living. The latter is the wife of William Alden and resides in Brooklyn, New York. Charles Poole is a merchant tailor and is well and favorably known in Massachusetts, having been engaged in busi- ness there for more than half a century. For the past year he has been located at Wor- cester, having moved to that place from Newburyport. He is a member of the Epis- copal Church, as was also his wife. She died in September, 1886, aged fifty-four years. They had thirteen children, seven of whom died in early life; the other six are still living.

C. W. Poole was a mere boy when the war broke out, and in June, 1862, before he was fourteen and a half years old, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and, young as he was, rendered efficient service for the Union cause, remaining in the army three years and two months. He was with the forces that operated in the East, and participated in numerous prominent engagements. June 16, 1865, he was mustered out of the United States service at Richmond, Virginia, and, July 16, out of the State service at Boston. He never received a wound nor was he ever taken prisoner.

At the close of the war, and before he was eighteen years of age, he entered upon a railroad career. He began as brakeman, was then fireman, and in November, 1869, was promoted to engineer on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad. He came West to Nor-

walk, Ohio, in 1870, and was employed as fireman on the Lake Shore & Michigan South- ern Railroad, serving in that capacity several months. Later he was fireman on the Grand Rapids & Indiana, afterward was en- gineer on the Pan Handle, and then passen- ger engineer on the Nickel Plate. For the past five years he has occupied his present position as engineer on the New York, Chi- cago & St. Louis Railroad.

August 20, 1871, Mr. Poole was married to Miss Mary E. Howe, a native of Peru, Illinois. They have two daughters, namely: Winnefred, wife of C. C. Cadle, of Con- neaut; and Mattie, at home. Mrs. Poole and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Politically, Mr. Poole is a Republican and takes an active interest in politics. He is a member of the B. of L. E., in which he is secretary of insurance. He also affiliates with the I. O. O. F.

R USSELL BECKWITH, a prominent and well-to do citizen, of Dodgeville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in New Lyme township, this county, in 1821, son of Silas and Eunice Beckwith, natives of Lyme, Connecticut. He was one of a family of nine children, and his father was a wealthy farmer and stock-raiser. Both parents were worthy Christians and highly respected people.

Mr. Beckwith was married, in 1852, to Elmira Jones, who was born in 1821, daughter of Mary and John M. Jones, Ver- mont people. Her father was a Freemason and a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For thirty years he was a Class-leader. Her grandparents were nativos

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of Scotland and came to this country in early childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith have two children, both of whom died in infancy. They have resided at their present location the past three years. Mr. Beckwith also owns a fine residence in Painesville, and at one time he had 1,000 acres of land in Missouri. He is a public-spirited and gener- ons man and has contributed freely of his means toward the advancement of religious and educational interests. He gave $200 to- ward getting a church organ. Mrs. Beckwith is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

REDERICK L. CHAPMAN, ex-Post- master, of Andover, Ohio, and pro- prietor of the comfortably appointed opera house in that city, who now enjoys in retirement that well-merited repose, the re- ward of years of active industry, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, April 11, 1827. His grandfather, Rev. Frederick Chapman, was a close communion Baptist minister, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war on the side of American independence. He survived to the good old age of ninety years in the en- joyment of universal esteem, and died in the light of independence, to the attainment of which he had contributed his share. His two children were: Edwin, father of the subject of this sketch; and Delia, who married Samuel Wilson, of Windsor, Con- necticut. Edwin Chapman was born in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1800, and was reared on the old homestead in that city. He was married in Windsor to Miss Abigail Drake, a native of that city, daughter of Lemuel Drake, a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake, a member of the English Parliament and Vice-Admiral of the English

fleet in 1588, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for being the first circumnavigator of the globe. Iu 1833, Edwin, with his wife and children, joined the westward movement of emigration, coming overland to Ohio and settling on wild land in the woods of Ash- tabula county, near West Andover, where he cultivated a farm. This remained his home until just prior to his death, which occurred in Jefferson in the spring of 1849, subse- quent to his election to the office of County Sheriff in 1848. He was a magistrate for a number of years in Andover, discharging his duties in that capacity with his usual wisdom and impartiality. He was a gener- ous-hearted, genial-mannered person and en- joyed the esteem of numerons friends throughout the county. His worthy wife survived him many years, dying September 21, 1887, at the age of eighty-eight, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. Their five children were: Edmund D., re- siding in Monroe, Michigan, served as Quar- termaster during the war and is now City Inspector of Chicago; Frederick L., whose name heads the notice; Ann M., deceased; George H., residing in West Andover; and James F., a prominent real-estate dealer, of St. Louis, Missouri.

Frederick L. Chapman, the subject of this sketch, was six years of age when his parents removed to the western wilds of Ohio, and his boyhood days were principally passed on the farm, his education being received in the pioneer schools of his vicinity. On attain- ing his majority, he assumed the manage- ment of the home farm, and when his father erected the old Andover Hotel, Frederick operated it for three years, when it was sold advantageously. The war coming on, Fred- erick served two years as wagonmaster at St. Louis, On the close of the struggle, he

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returned to Ohio and engaged in the mercantile business in West Williamsfield, where he re- mained about twelve years. At the end of that time he removed to Andover, where he erected the present comfortable and tasteful opera house, and also his handsome residence, and has since lived in retirement from active business pursuits, with the exception of man- aging the opera house and filling the office of Postmaster four years under the first administration of President Cleveland, a position bestowed in recognition of his stanch support of Democracy.

March 5, 1856, Mr. Chapman was married to Miss Abbie J. Bishop, a lady of cultivated tastes, a native of West Williamsfield, and daughter of Thomas and Phoebe Bishop, early and prominent settlers of that city.

Fraternally, Mr. Chapman affiliates with the I. O. O. F. Of a progressive disposition and the strictest probity of character, with ample means to contribute to the advance- ment and welfare of a community, Andover may well be congratulated on the acquisition to its midst of so worthy a citizen.

A LDEN E. SANBORN, a prominent old resident and well-to-do farmer of Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio, is a na- tive of New Hampshire, born Decem- ber 20, 1816, son of Enoch S. Sanborn, also a native of New Hampshire. His grand- father, Mark Sanborn, it is supposed, was born in England; and it is a certainty that he was early engaged in farming in New Hamp- shire, and that he was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary war.

Enoch S. Sanborn and his wife, Louis (Elliott) Sanborn, were both natives of New Hampshire. They emigrated to Cattaraugus county, New York, where they bought a farm

and where Mr. Sanborn also worked at his trade, that of carpenter, remaining there thirteen years. In 1834 they came to Kirt- land, Ohio, and here purchased land and lived three years. Both were members of the Mormon Church. In 1837 they went with the Mormons to Missouri, subsequently to Quincy, Illinois, and from there to Nauvoo, that State. He and his wife both died at Nauvoo, in 1840. They had three children, of whom Alden E. is the oldest and the only one now living. Their only daughter, Eliza E., was the wife of William Smith, the patriarch of the Kirtland branch of the Mormon Church. He is now a resident of Iowa.

Alden E. Sanborn was eighteen when he came with his parents to Ohio. He went West with them, and continued a member of the home circle until their death at Nauvoo, in 1840. He was well acquainted with the Mormon prophets, Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, his sister having married the brother of Joseph Smith. In the fall of 1840, Mr. Sanborn returned to Kirtland, Ohio, and was engaged in farm work by the month for some time. In 1843 he established a one-horse- power turning-lathe, and began the manufac- ture of chairs. He was the only one of sev- eral here at that time who made chairs com- plete from the tree. He subsequently worked at the blacksmith trade. In 1855 he began farming, and for the past twenty-nine years he has lived on his present property. At one time he owned 400 acres of land at Kirtland, but, having divided with his sons, now re- tains only about 200 acres. For a number of years he has been engaged in stock-rais- ing, and has given special attention to horses and sheep.

Mr. Sanborn was married March 7, 1841, to Laura L. White, a native of Washington

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county, New York, born in 1815. Her par- ents, John and Rubie (Cleveland) White, were both natives of Connecticut. Her grandfather, Joseph White, came from France as a body-guard of General La Fayette. In 1822 the White family emigrated from New York to Ohio, making the journey by ox team and settling in Kirtland township, Lake

county. Her father died here at the age of ninety-three, and her mother at sixty-seven. Two of their five children are still living. Mrs. Sanborn's maternal grandfather, Tracy Cleveland, came to Ohio at an early day and died here at the age of eighty-eight. He was a native of Connecticut, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn have had six children, namely: John W., a blacksmith in Painesville, Ohio; Enoch T., a blacksmith in Kirtland; Daniel M., a shoemaker in Kirtland; Alden E., Jr., a farmer and fruit-grower; Caroline, wife of George Markell, died, leaving five children; and L. B., a farmer and fruit-grower. They have four great-grandchildren.

Mr. Sanborn is a Republican in politics, and has served as Township Trustee several times.

T HOMAS M. MORLEY, a wealthy and influential farmer of Mentor, Ohio, has long been identified with the best inter- ests of Mentor township, and a sketch of his life will be read with interest by many.

Thomas M. Morley was born in Mentor township, Lake county, Ohio, August 14, 1828, and is of English descent. His grand- father, Thomas Morley, was, it is supposed, a native of Massachusetts. He was a Revo- lutionary soldier and drew a pension for services rendered in that war. In 1815 he emigrated to Ohio and settled at Kirtland, Lake county, coming hither by wagon and

bringing his family with him. He cleared and developed a farm on East Branch river, where he set out a grove of maples, the place having since been known as Morley's Grove. He died here in 1844, at the age of eighty- six years. He and his wife were among the original members of the Kirtland Congrega- tional Church, with which he remained in loving fellowship up to the time of his death. His wife lived to be eighty. They had a family of eight children, one of whom, Thomas, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Montague, Massachu- setts, in 1794, and was twenty-one years old at the time he came with his parents to Ohio. He was reared on a farm and was educated in his native State, and January 2, 1817, two years after he settled in the Buckeye State, he married Lillis Russell, a native of Massa- chusetts, and a daughter of Abel Russell. Mr. Russell came to Ohio in 1811 and settled in Mentor, where he passed the rest of his life and died. After his marriage Mr. Morley settled on the farm on which his son, Thomas M., now lives. At that time this land was nearly all in its wild state. He built his log cabin in the clearing, and from year to year made improvements on the place until his farm was one of the best in all the country around. He died in 1877, in his ninety-third year. Few of the early settlers in this vicinity were better known or more highly respected than he. In early life he was identified with the Congregational Church at Kirtland, but in later years joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he remained a devoted member until his death. His wife died in 1852, and he subsequently married her sister, Miss Mona Russell, whose death occurred some time before his. His first wife had six sons and one daughter, all of whom are living except one.

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 110

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1094

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1094