Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 27

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

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M RS. PAULINA KELLOGG .- Paul- ina Kellogg, wife of Amos Kellogg, was born in New Marlborough, Berk- shire county, Massachusetts, May 21, 1782, and was married in the county of her birth July 30, 1805. She was the daughter of Captain Walter Dean, who entered the Massachusetts line at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and remained in the service during the entire war, leaving the ser- vice with a captain's commission. Having the advantage of a common-school education, she taught a district school one season, but, being the oldest daughter, early the death of her mother made it necessary for her to assume the entire charge of her father's large family until her own marriage; after which, the duties of a

mother and the care of her own household de- volved upon her. Nine children were born to her, two of whom died in infancy, and seven reached maturity.

Being a woman of vigorous health, she was able to and did perform most of the house- hold labor for a large family, composed of the husband, children, and farm-laborers engaged in clearing, fencing, farming, and keeping a village tavern, and manufactured the cloth and made much of the clothing for her family. On the death of her husband, in 1830, she caused herself to be appointed admin- istratrix of his estate, and with only the aid of her oldest son, then but eighteen years of age, she continued to keep the tavern, man- age the business, and settle the estate; and to her good management and wise economy was her family largely indebted for the retention of a home to which all were very greatly at- tached. After giving up the responsibilities of business to her son, who relied upon her advice and counsel in reference to important transactions with great confidence, and sought it for many years, she made her home with him, and spent much of her time with her several sons and daughters, rendering such assistance in nursing and caring for their young families as only a devoted mother and grandmother could. Her affection for and kindly remembrance of her children, grand and great-grand-children, never faltered, as she was always impartial, and always anxious to aid them in any lawful enterprise. Except the death of her husband, to whom she was ardently attached and a most devoted wife, the death of her youngest daughter Paulina, who married at the age of twenty and died at twenty-one, was the greatest affliction of her life. Being her youngest daughter, delicate and lovely, recently married with fair pros- pects of a happy and prosperous life, her

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death was long and deeply mourned. She died at Conneaut, in this county, on the 21st day of June, 1875, aged ninety-three years and one month, in the enjoyment of her men- tal faculties unimpaired, leaving behind her two aged sisters, two sons, and two daughters, twenty-four grandchildren, and nineteen great-grandchildren, to mourn her departure. She was an affectionate and devoted wife, a kind, indulgent, and wise mother, and in all relations of life performed her duties with a conscientious devotion to the right.

M AJOR LEVI GAYLORD .- Levi Gaylord, well known in early history of northern Ohio as " Major Gay- lord," was born March 30, 1760, in New Cambridge (now Bristol), Hartford county, Connecticut.

He was the oldest son of Captain Levi Gaylord and Lois Barnes Gaylord, and grand- son of Benjamin Gaylord and Jerusha Frisbie Gaylord, for many years (about 1720 to 1742) residents of Wallingford, Connecticut.

The Gaylords (written also Gaillard, from the French mode, and sometimes Gaylard) now living in the United States are chiefly descendants of French Protestants who, in consequence of cruel and long-continued relig- ious persecutions, left their pleasant homes in Normandy, about the year 1551 and took refuge in more tolerant England. From the period of the Lutheran Reformation they have usually been sturdy Protestants, doing their own thinking, both in religious and political matters.

The subject of our notice was a lineal de- scendant of Deacon William Gaylord, who, with his family, came to America from the city of Exeter, England, or its vicinity, at the

beginning of the year 1630, and who is also the ancestor of a majority of the Gaylords in the United States.

He and the other immigrants of his com- pany had one chief object in view in coming to America, viz., "freedom to worship God;" and before embarking at Plymouth, England, formed themselves into a church, of which John Warham and John Maverick were chosen pastors and William Gaylord a deacon. They reached America in 1630, and settled at Dorchester, near Boston. In the years 1635, 1636, and 1638, Deacon William Gay- lord was a Representative in the general court at Boston. At the end of 1638, or beginning of 1639, he removed westward through the wilderness, and settled upon the banks of Connecticut river, where the Farmington river joins it. The place was named Windsor.

Deacon William Gaylord was a " Deputy " or Represenative from Windsor in the first general court of Connecticut, held at Hart- ford, in April, 1639. It is recorded of him that he was elected to the same office at forty- one semi-annual elections.

Levi Gaylord, Sr., was a soldier in the old French war of 1756-'57, and at an early period of the Revolutionary war (June 10, 1776) was commissioned by Congress as an " Ensign in a regiment in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defense of American liberty." At a later period he was made Captain in the army, a post of consider- able honor at that period.

N ATHAN A. GERMOND, contractor and builder, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Dutchess county, New York, in 1843, son of Barton and Harriet (Da- vis) Germond, also natives of New York.

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Barton Germond was born in April, 1817, and in 1843 came with his family to Ashta- bula county, Ohio, settling in Pierpont town- ship, where he still carries on agricultural pursuits. He is a member of the Congrega- tional Church. His wife was a Methodist. She died at Pierpont in 1848, aged thirty- two years. Mrs. Germond's parents, Jonathan and Sallie (Herrington) Davis, natives of New York, came to Ohio in 1842, settling at Pier- pont. Grandfather Davis, a highly respected farmer, is still living, having reached his one- hundredth mile-post March 12, 1893. He enlisted as fifer in the war of 1812, but the war was over before he was called into service. He has been twice married. His first wife died about 1850, aged fifty-seven years. She had three sons and three daugh- ters, two of whom are deceased; two reside in this State, one in Idaho, and the other in Oregon. His present wife was, before her marriage, Miss Sallie Turner. They have two children, residents of Pierpont.

Barton and Harriet Germond had four chil- dren, namely : Oscar, a resident of this town- ship; Nathan A., and George and Harley, who have charge of the home farm, both being unmarried.

Nathan A. remained on his father's farm until the war came on. In August, 1861. he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and partici- pated in the battles of Winchester, Fort Republic, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Get- tysburg and Buzzard's Roost; was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea; and was one of the victorious soldiers in the grand review at Washington. From Wash- ington he went with his command to Louis- ville, Kentucky, where he was honorably discharged July 22, 1865. He was once captured by a rebel, but made good his

escape, and three times he was wounded, first in the finger, at Fort Republic, in the head at the battle of Chancellorsville, and in the foot at Buzzard's Roost. After receiving the second wound he was dis- abled about tive months, remaining, how- ever, with his regiment but not being able to carry a gun. After being wounded in the foot, he came home on a thirty days' fur- lough, at the end of that time rejoining his command at Atlanta.

While at home from the war in 1864, Mr. Germond was married, January 14, to Miss Carrie Colson. They have had two children, Minnie and Charles. Minnie became the wife of B. M. Talbot, of Alliance, Ohio, and her young life closed when she was twenty-one years of age. For seven years she was a faith- ful member of the Congregational Church, and her whole life was characterized by the sweetest of Christian graces. Mrs. Germond is a member of the Congregational Church. Politically, Mr. Germond is a Republican.

G EORGE H. MORSE, a member of the firm of Morse Brothers, stock farmers, manufacturers of hard-wood lumber and shingles, and dealers in agricult- ural implements and fertilizers, South Kirt- land, Ohio, is one of the prominent and enterprising men of this vicinity. Following is a résumé of his life:

George H. Morse was born in Kirtland township, Lake county, Ohio, March 24, 1848, son of Harvey H. Morse, who was born in Pittsfield, Washington county, Massachusetts, in 1805; and grandson of John Morse, also a native of Massachusetts. At an early period in the history of this country two families by the name of Morse came here from England,

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one being composed of three members and the other of four, and from these two fami- lies all the Morses in America are descended. John Morse, the grandfather of our subject, was a farmer by occupation and was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and also in the Revolution. During the latter war, however, he was sent home on account of old age. The gun he carried is now in the possession of George H. Morse.

Harvey H. Morse was one of a family of four children, two sons and two daughters. His older brother, Colonel John F. Morse, located in Ohio in 1814, and became a promi- nent man in this State. He was Colonel of a company of militia. He and a Mr. Town- send were the first two men to be elected to the House of Representatives on the Free Soil ticket. They held the balance of power and decided the election of Salmon P. Chase. Harvey H. came to Ohio the year following his brother's arrival here, being at that time ten years of age, and in Kirtland he remained continuously with the exception of two or three years spent in Indiana. He was a car- penter by trade, and assisted in the erection of many of the buildings in this locality. He and his brother worked together in early life, contracting, etc., and frequently indulged in the sport of hunting. They were among the earliest settlers of this vicinity, and at that time the forest abounded in wild game of all kinds. He was Captain of a company of militia, and in politics was successively a Whig, Free-Soiler and Republican. He was appointed administrator or executor of many estates. He held various township offices, and was a man of prominence in the commu- nity where he lived, his opinion often being sought and always valned. Both be and his wife were devoted members of the Congrega- tional Church, of which for many years he

was Treasurer. His wife's maiden name was Ann Holbrook. She was born in Derby, Connecticut, and died in Ohio in 1879. His death occurred here in 1886. They had four children, Belle G., John H., Fred H. and George H., all still living at the old home- stead at Kirtland. John H. married Eliza- beth Nichols, who died in 1879, leaving three children: Georgia B., Laura E. and Fannie E. Fred H. married Janie Daggett, and they have four children: Frank, Mary E., Benjamin F. and Genette.

John H. and Fred H. both rendered ef- ficient service for the Union cause during the Civil war. They enlisted at the same time, in 1862, in Company F, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went with their command to the front. John was discharged in July, 1863, on account of phy- sical disability, and upon his recovery re- entered the service. It was in March, 1864, that he re-enlisted, this time becoming a member of Company C, First Regiment of Light Artillery. He continued in the army until the war closed, being with Sherman and his forces in the South, and after the conflict was over participating in the grand review at Washington.

The three brothers, J. H., F. H. and G. H., are in partnership in their various busi- ness operations. They have 265 acres of land which they utilize for general farming and stock purposes. They make a specialty of boarding and caring for horses during the winter, having horses sent to them from Cleveland for that purpose. Here they also have a mill and manufacture hardwood lum- ber and shingles. The past year they pat into their yard about 300,000 feet of logs. They also handle fertilizers and agricultural imple- ments. All three are enterprising business men, and are doing a rushing, rousing business.

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Aside from his business affairs, George H. has found time to devote to political matters, in which he has taken an active interest for a number of years. He affiliates with the Re- publican party. He has served as delegate to various conventions, both county and State, and has filled a number of local offices, such as Assessor, Trustee and Justice of the Peace. In the fall of 1890 he was elected County Commissioner, in which capacity he is still serving. During his term of office many substantial improvements have been made in the county, a county jail being now under process of construction. Mr. Morse is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

P PROFESSOR JAY P. TREAT, the effi- cient Superintendent of Schools in Ge- neva, a cultured scholar, able educator and worthy citizen, was born in Ashta- bula county, October 10, 1851; a son of Jona- than C. and Lucinda N. (Alger) Treat, natives respectively of Ashtabula county, Ohio, and the province of Quebec. His grandfather, Roland A. Treat, well and favorably known as a prominent pioneer of Colebrook, Ashta- bula county, was of Revolutionary stock and a descendant of Governor Treat, of Connec- ticut, of colonial fame. The mother of the subject of this sketch is a distant relative of ex Governor Alger, of Michigan, and belongs to the same family as N. P. Willis, the poet and author. Both parents are members of the Baptist Church.

The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in his native county and was educated at Mount Union College, at Alliance, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in 1872. Thus ably qualitied, he became Superintend- ent of Schools at Panama, New York, where

he continued one year. He then resigned and accepted the principalship of Kingsville Academy, in charge of which he remained three years, when he was elected principal of the Geneva Normal School, in which capacity he served until 1882. At the end of this time he resigned to enter a new field-that of joint manager and editor of the Geneva Times. He was School Examiner during these ten years that he was thus occupied, and con- tinued to be prominent in other lines of edu- cational work. He also served as Mayor and member of the city council and was prominent in politics. In July, 1892, he sold his newspaper interest and was again elected Superintendent of Schools and Prin- cipal of the Normal School at Geneva, the same position that he formerly filled for six years. In these positions he is doing much, by his able and progressive measures, to ad- vance the educational interests of the com- munity. In his educational duties he has the efficient co-operation of his wife, who is one of his assistants in the normal school -a lady of undoubted ability and thorough training in her profession, having been educated at Madison Seminary, Painesville high school, and Willoughby College, and possessing natural ability of a superior order. She was formerly Miss Ellen Stockham, of Perry, Ohio. She was born January 21, 1851, in Geauga county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Enoch and Belinda (Barnes) Stockham, also natives of the Buckeye State, where they are highly respected. Both Professor and Mrs. Treat are active members of the Baptist Church, which they have greatly aided in many ways.

Fraternally, Professor Treat affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at this writing is the representative of his district to the grand lodge of Ohio. He is

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public-spirited, is instrumental in advancing the moral as well as the material welfare of his community, and is richly deserving of the prosperity and esteem which he so gen- erally enjoys.

N EHEMIAH HUBBARD, so long and prominently identified with the best interests of Ashtabula county, is justly entitled to extended notice in a history of this vicinity, which his energy and ability has been instrumental in developing.

The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula township, Ohio, November 11, 1812, being a son of Matthew and Mary (Willard) Hubbard, prominent and widely esteemed pioneers of this community. The Hubbard family came to this country from England in early Colonial times, and took an active part in the history of those times. Grandfather Isaac Hubbard was born in Connecticut, but removed in an early day to Holland Patent, New York. He subse- quently followed his sons to Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he afterward died, great in age and in the regard of his fellow-men. His eight children were; Matthew, Isaac, William, Daniel, Henry and three daughters Matthew, the oldest and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Middletown, Con- necticut, April 29, 1783. Ile accompanied his parents to Holland Patent, where he was married to Mary Willard, a native of Weth- ersfield, Connecticut, and a member of a prominent and highly respected family. They became the parents of twelve children: Mary, who married HI. J. Rees; Anna C .; Sarah; Harriet, wife of Richard Roberts; Nehemiah; Eliza, wife of Ira Smith; Isaac; Cornelia F., wife of William Strader; Fide-

lia; Catherine, relict of Dr. John C. Hub- bard; Caroline, wife of Captain Dodge; and Sarah (2d). All are deceased save Mary, Caroline, Catherine, Nehemiah and Sarah. In 1803, being of an adventurous and enter- prising disposition, Matthew Hubbard joined the westward tide of emigration to Ohio, and in Ashtabula county took up wild land, which he industriously set about improving and preparing for a home for his wife and family, who followed him in 1807. Shortly after his arrival here he was followed by three of his brothers. Henry first came and began busi- ness in Harbor, this county, after which Will- iam L. followed, also settling in Harbor, and Daniel came later. Matthew Hubbard took a prominent part in the development of the early interests of this county. He was one of three to secure the right and construct the Ashtabula and Warren turnpike road, which became a popular highway and greatly con- tributed to the welfare of the county. He was for many years land agent for the West- ern Reserve, and was the first Postmaster of Ashtabula, Nehemiah, the subject of this sketch, acting as second Postmaster, which positions they retained until 1849. Matthew Hubbard afterward spent five years in Iowa, at that time on the extreme frontier, but later returned to Ashtabula county, where he died July 9, 1869, aged eighty-six years. His wife died September 6, 1865. He and his worthy wife were the parents of twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch and three daughters now survive.

Nehemiah Hubbard, whose name heads this biography, the efficient Township Clerk and a worthy citizen, was reared in Ashta- bula, where he has passed his entire life. Ile gained a common school education, which was supplemented by self-application and exten- sive experience. Hle early learned civil en-

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gineering, gaining much knowledge of this useful art in his father's land office, where he spent many of his youthful days. He com- menced this business in 1823, and from that time until 1888 was actively engaged in that pursuit, having made more land surveys in Ashtabula than any other man. He was the civil engineer of the Ashtabula harbor, which fact alone is a sufficient guarantee of his abil- ity, if any were needed. He also has a wide mercantile experience, having been an ac- countant and been in the dry-goods business for some time. He served as Postmaster for fifteen years, and for about twenty years pre- vious was assistant in the office during his father's incumbency. He continued to fol- low civil engineering, together with his other duties, until 1888, when he discontinued that business. In 1872 he was elected Township Clerk of Ashtabula township, which position he filled efficiently a year, when he was de- feated by a single vote, but was elected the following year to the same office, which he has continuously retained for twenty years, being the present incumbent. This is a strong endorsement of his ability and integrity, in- asmuch as he is Democratic in politics and the county largely Republican. He is, how- ever, conservative in politics, supporting those men and measures best calculated to subserve the highest interests of the community and country at large. He is fully conversant with current events of the day, and well informed on topics of public interest. He is a mem- ber of the Reformed Episcopal Church.

In 1858 Mr. Hubbard was married to Miss Amelia A., daughter of William Hopkins, a lady of many excellent qualities, and they have had three children, two now surviving: Walter C., and Mary Amelia, now the wife of Richard Beer, the oldest, Matthew, having unfortunately been drowned.

Mr. Hubbard is a natural musician and has a genius for mechanics. He organized the first military band in this part of the country, and was leader of it for many years. With this band he became quite a conspicu- ous figure in the memorable campaign of . 1840. The band was wont to go all about the Western Reserve, giving concerts, etc., and often went into Pennsylvania. He could make musical instruments, as well as play them. Among those he made was a pipe organ, and it was a good one, having a full, rich tone.

His residence is at the old homestead, and is a model for convenience, its handy and ingenious contrivances like the home of Thomas Jefferson-being constructed by his own hands. In the summer season he spends much of his time in his garden and about his grounds. He is one of the old-style gentle- men, and his tall form and genial face has been a pleasing sight to the people of this community for nearly three-quarters of a century.

Such long and continuous fidelity to pub- lic trust, and uniform uprightness in all the walks of life, stamp Mr. Hubbard as well worthy of the confidence and esteem which he so generally enjoys.

P H. CHENEY .- On account of his own intrinsic worth and his contributions to he growth and welfare of Ashtabula county, Ohio, as well as by reason of the prominence of his father, who was one of the moving spirits in this county seventy-five years ago, the subject of this sketch is de- serving of special mention in a history of his vicinity.

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Thomas Cheney, his father, an extended notice of whom appears in a sketch concern- ing Mrs. Captain George Field, of Ashtabula, Ohio, was a tanner and shoe manufacturer by trade, which occupations he followed in youth and for some time after coming to this county. He was one of the four original Abolitionists of Ashtabula county, and was famous as an " underground conductor, " assisting many slaves to cross the Canadian border to free- dom. His last days were passed on his farm, where he was killed by a falling tree in 1850, in his sixtieth year, universally regretted. His father, Stowell Cheney, grandfather of the subject of this notice, was a native of Connecticut, as indeed was Thomas Cheney. The family is of Welsh descent and is men- tioned in an old history of Connecticut, which contains a picture of the upper part of the house in which Thomas was born.

The subject of this biography was born in Ashtabula county, April 13, 1836, where he was reared and educated. Being of an active and enterprising disposition, he early secured employment as a porter on a steamer plying the Great Lakes, and rose by successive pro- motions to a clerkship. He passed thirteen years on the water, when he relinquished that business to accept a position on a sleep- ing car, running between Chicago and Cin- çinnati, in which occupation he continued until 1863. He then assumed the manage. ment of the lighthouse at the harbor, which he kept in trim for seventeen years, being at the same time engaged in the lumber busi- ness with other parties. On closing out all his other business, Mr. Cheney embarked in his present occupation, that of ship chan- dlery and vessel brokerage, which has of late been principally managed by his sons, while he has been investigating the resources of Southern countries, with a view to finding an

opening for a profitable business, and at the same time gaining a knowledge of the man- ners and customs of a strange people. Mr. Cheney is accompanied on these journeys by his wife, a lady of much artistic skill. She is a ready sketcher with a pen, and makes pen pictures of all points of interest which they visit. Their first trip was made in 1890, to Florida, where they spent four months in the enjoyment of that delightful winter climate. They visited the West Indies the next win- ter and have but recently returned from a tour of Southern California and Central America, having visited Guatemala, San Sal- vador and Costa Rica, to which last place he will return the coming fall (1893) and engage in the coffee-growing business.

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 27

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