Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 42

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

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C. L. Beales was the second born in a fam- ily of three children, and is one of the two who are still living. He received a common and high school education. In 1872 he went to Gorham, Ontario county, New York, where for three years he was engaged in mercantile business. Previous to that he spent one year in Wyandotte, Michigan. Since then he has been engaged in farming. He owns eighty- five acres of well improved land.

In 1871 Mr. Beales married Miss Sarah Barber, a native of Potter, Yates county, New York, and a daughter of Ira and Elizabeth

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(Merrifield) Barber, both of New York. Her father is a farmer. Previous to her marriage she was a popular and successful teacher in western New York. She is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Beales have three children: Charles L., Lizzie E. and Arthur C.

Mr. Beales has been a Republcan ever since the organization of that party. During the war he rendered efficient service in the Union ranks. He enlisted in March, 1865, in the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, joining the regiment at Chattanooga, Ten- nessee, serving seven months, and being mus- tered out at Columbus, Ohio. He held the rank of Corporal. Mr. Beales' father was a strong anti-slavery man, and on account of his church not taking a firmer stand against slavery both he and his wife withdrew from it. ^

P ROF. MORRISON L. HUBBARD, the efficient and popular principal of the commercial and elocutionary de- partments of New Lyme Institute, New Lyme, Ohio, enjoys an extensive reputation as one of the ablest educators in these de- partments in the United States. He not only established the commercial departments of New Lyme and Grand River Institutions, but has also established and supplied instructors for every commercial school in Ashtabula county.

Eri Hubbard, father of Prof. Hubbard of this notice, was the first male white child born in Cherry Valley, Ohio. Thrown on his own resources at the age of fifteen, Eri Hub- bard struck boldly ont for himself and soon found a temporary home in the family of Mr. Charles Woodworth, of West Williamsfield, for whom he worked for some years. He

spent several years more on the Erie Canal, which was then being constructed, when, having in the meantime learned the trade of wagonmaking, he removed to Jefferson, Ohio, where he established himself in that occupa- tion. In 1848, hereturned to West Williams- field, where he now resides. He was married in 1847 to Elvira Woodworth, daughter of his former employer, Charles Woodworth, a well-to-do farmer of Williamsfield. Of their three children, the subject of this sketch is the oldest; Edwin died in infancy; and Charles, born January 2, 1834, resides in Youngstown, Ohio, where he is employed by the Lake Shore & Michigan Sonthern Rail- way Company.

The subject of this sketch was born in West Williamsfield, Ohio, May 29, 1849, and re- ceived his preliminary education in the dis- trict schoools of his vicinity. When nineteen years of age, he entered Orwell Normal In- stitute, at that time the leading academy of Ashtabula county. In 1869 he began study- ing in Grand River Institute, but owing to the failure of his vision he was obliged to discontinue his studies one term before com- pleting his course. After a few terms at Soule's Business College, Philadelphia, and the Spencerian Business College in Cleveland, Prof. Hubbard returned to Grand River In- stitute and conducted a comme. cial school during the summer of 1873. He had already taught these branches in that institution in connection with his studies, and so success- ful had he been that his summer school was liberally patronized. The prestige of this work secured him a position at Oberlin Busi- ness College, where he remained until 1876, when he resigned to accept a similar position at Erie, in the National Business College. After six months' successful teaching, he, in partnership with one C. A. Wood, of Morris,

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New York, purchased the National Business College of Erie, and, during their three years' management, made it one of the foremost in- stitutions of the country.

In 1878, the failure of Prof. Hubbard's health, rendered it necessary for him to dis- solve his connection with that institution, and, by advice of physicians he devoted a few months to out-door pursuits, pursuing mean- while the study of physiology and anatomy, preparatory to the study of medicine. Return- ing subsequently to Grand River Institute, he once more resumed teaching in order to defray his expenses, and continued the study of medicine under the instruction of the cele- brated Dr. Tuckerman, of Cleveland, and later under Dr. Hubbard, of Ashtabula. After two years thus occupied, and finding a course of lectures beyond his means, he abandoned the idea of practicing medicine and devoted himself entirely to teaching. Under his able management, the commercial department of Grand River Institute became recognized as one of the leading schools of its class in the State.

In 1882, that grand old educator, Prof. Jacob Tuckerman, withdrew from the princi- palship of Grand River Institute and accepted a similar position at New Lyme. Prof. Hub- bard also received a flattering offer from the same institution to accompany the principal and establish a commercial department in the same school, which proposition he ac- cepted, and the acquisition of two such excel- lent educators could not fail to give the school great prestige. It has grown in popular fa- vor ever since, until New Lyme Institute is now recognized as one of the leading acade- mies of the country and its commercial school as one of the best in the State. Its graduates have established all the commercial depart- ments in the county and many elsewhere,

among Prof. Hubbard's students being num- bered some of the leading business men and educators of the country, notably Prof. Mc- Key of Oberlin Business College fame; Prof. Loomis, of the Spencerian College; W. H. Cook, Assistant Deputy United States Mar- shal at Cleveland, and many others of equal note and prosperity.

Successful as Prof. Hubbard has been in commercial school work, however, his efforts in elocution deserve, if possible, even greater commendation. He, to-day, has a wide repu- tation as one of the most thorough and suc- cessful teachers of elocution in the country. The secret of his phenomenal success in both of these departments is, no doubt, his careful and extensive preparation. Much of his life has been devoted to perfecting himself in elocution, and his school expenses were largely defrayed by teaching this art at Orwell and Grand River Institutes. His studies have been prosecuted under some of the ablest teachers, such as Samuel Wells, of the Albany (New York) Conservatory of Elocution ; Prof. W. K. Fobes, of Boston; Webster Edgerly, A. M., LL. B., of Washington, an author of numerous standard works on elocution; and many other instructors of equal reputation. Many books in his well-filled library are de- voted to this eminently pleasing and useful art, of which he is at all times a student. Among the Professor's scholars in this de- partment are some of the best elocutionists in the country, notably R. D. Lampson (a brother of Senator Lampson), who was chosen as orator by the Michigan University; A. M. Ingraham, orator-alternate of Oberlin Col- lege; President Fuller, of Walnut Grove Col- lege, Tennessee; Prof. B. C. Chapin, rapidly becoming known as one of the most brilliant elocutionists that the country affords; Prof. Ed. Amherst Ott, Professor of Elocution in

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Drake University, at Des Moines, Iowa, and recognized as one of the best of Western ora- tors; and others of local and national reputa- tion. All of these unite in testifying that their success is largely due to the thorough and careful instruction given them by Prof. Hubbard.

May 2, 1874, Prof. Hubbard was married to Alice E. Hart, a lady of culture and refine- ment, daughter of a prominent farmer near Williamsfield, Ohio. They have seven bright children, all at home except the eldest, who is employed by the Wheeling-Chair Com- pany at the Columbian Exposition, a vocation especially adapted to an intelligent and well- educated young man. The children are as follows: Fred, born March 2, 1875; Burton, born February 14, 1877; Alice E., August 5, 1879; Carl, November 20, 1881; Flora, De- cember 1,1884; Diodate, February 23, 1887; and Edith, May 25, 1889.

Politically, Prof. Hubbard was a stanch Republican until the birth of the Prohibi- tion party, since which time he has allied him- self with that moral reform. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church, in which he takes an active interest. He is a man of the high- est integrity, most conscientious scruples, of broad views and liberal culture, and is recog- nized as one of New Lyme's best citizens and most ardent reformers.

M ARSHALL CONANT, a farmer of Dorset township, Ashtabula county, was born in Chittenden, Vermont, in 1826, a son of Thomas Conant, a native of Massachusetts. The latter's father, Thomas Conant, Sr., was also born in that State. The mother of our subject, nee Mrs. Mary (Evans) Allen, was a native of Ver-

mont. She had two children by her first marriage,- Mary and Joseph, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Conant subsequent- ly located in Harpersfield township, and later removed to Dorset, Ashtabula county, where the father died, at the age of ninety years. He was a farmer by occupation, voted with the Whig party, and was a member of the Congregational Church. The mother depart- ed this life in Lenawee county, Michigan. They had nine children, five sons and four daughters.

Marshall Conant, the subject of this sketch, came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1832, at the age of eight years, and was early inured to farm life. In 1850 he came to his present farm of seventy-five acres, all of which is under a good state of cultivation, having a double cottage, a barn, 36 x 36 feet in di- mensions, and many other improvements.

Mr. Conant was married, at the age of twenty- five years, to Mary Bassett, a native of Massachusetts, a daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Cole) Bassett, natives also of that State. Our subject and wife had one son, Ora, of Bay City, Michigan. The wife and mother died in February, 1880. In Novem- ber of that year, our subject was united in marriage to Rosalia A. Bissell, a native of Bainbridge, Geauga county, Ohio, wbo was reared and educated in Dorset township, Ashtabula county. Her father, Lorenzo Bis- sell, still resides in this township. His father, Justin Bissell, was one of the first settlers of Geauga county, and died at the age of ninety-two years. The mother of Mrs. Conant, nee Sarah Marsh, was a native of Geauga county, Ohio, and she died in 1871, at the age of forty-two years. She left the following children: Rosalia A., wife of our subject; and Henry, also now deceased, leav- ing two daughters, Lillie and Lola, who

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reside with Mr. Conant. Lorenzo Bissell served two years and nine months in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry during the late war. Mrs. Conant is a member of the Church, and our subject affiliates with the Republican party.

RANK E. GEE, a leading druggist of Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Thomp- son, Geauga county, this State, March 8, 1849. His parents, Ebenezer and Susan (Tilley) Gee, were natives of Ohio and Eng- land, respectively. The former was a son of William Gee, who came from Connecticut to Ohio in an early day, and the latter accom- panied her parents to America about 1827. This worthy couple had four children, and when they were small the mother was de- prived of her husband by death, after which she was the sole support of the family, until the subject of this sketch became old enough to assist her. She reared them all in Geauga county, giving them such advantages as her limited means permitted, while her wise counsel and affectionate care proved a rich dower and a liberal education.

The subject of this notice was reared on a farm and enjoyed but limited opportunities for securing an education, being thrown up- on his own resources early in life. When about eighteen years of age, he began clerk- ing in a grocery in Painesville, Ohio, where he remained three years. He had during this time accumulated by careful economy sufficient means to start in business for him- self, and accordingly opened in Andover, the same State, a grocery which he successfully conducted three years and then sold out. He then returned to Painesville, where he again clerked until 1878, at which time he came to

Ashtabula and entered the drug and grocery business with a partner, but eight years ago became sole proprietor. Since 1888 he has handled only drugs, and enjoys a large and lucrative patronage in his line.

In 1885 Mr. Gee was married to Miss Ida May Stafford, a lady of domestic tastes, and they have one son.

Fraternally, Mr. Gee belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the I. O. O. F., the Royal Arcanum and the Foresters. As a business man he is upright, energetic and obliging; as a citizen be is public-spirited and progressive and justly holds a high position in the regard of his fellow-men.

E W. MORLEY, one of the leading busi- ness men of Andover, was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 22, 1832, a son of W. H. and Sybil (Watson) Morley. The father was one of the pioneers of Andover, and is a mechanic and farmer by occupation. Our subject was brought to this city when a babe. For the past thirty years he has been one of the lead -- ing clothing merchants of Andover. His store building is 45 x 60 feet, and he carries a stock amounting to about $20,000. In 1875 he built the leading hotel in Andover, known as the Morley House, at a cost of $7,000, the same being two stories high, 50 x 50 feet, and a great acquisition to the town and accommodation to the traveling public. Mr. Morley also built the Giant Rink building, which was opened March 4, 1887, and is 50 x 200 feet, with a solid ma- ple floor. It was erected at a cost of $3,500, and is located near the depot. In 1892 he laid out the Morley addition to Andover, con-

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sisting of sixty-five lots, and adjoins the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern depot grounds. This plat offers the best building sites in the city, convenient to both the railroad and business part of the town, and will afford profitable investments to all who purchase lots.

Mr. Morley was married in Andover at the age of twenty-six years, to Miss Eliza J. Butler, a native of this town and a daughter of George Butler, one of the first settlers of Andover. Mr. and Mrs. Morley have two children: Frank W., of Collingwood, Ohio; and Kitty, of Andover. In political matters our subject was formerly a Republican, but now affiliates with the Democratic party.

OHN AVERY CARTER was born October 3, 1850, at Warren, Litchfield county, Connecticut, a son of Charles and Mary M. (Avery) Carter. His father, also a native of Connecticut, was born Au- gust 1, 1819. Acquiring a good education in the academy, he followed agricultural pur- suits until middle life; then embarking in mercantile trade, he conducted the business for a few years, after which he built a hotel at Lake Waramaug, Connecticut. He kept this hostelry for a period of twenty years, and in 1892 retired from business. He was Major in the old State militia, and was Select- man in the towns of Warren, Plymouth and Washington. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Carter was John Avery, also a native of Connecticut, and a manufacturer of hats and woolen goods at Cornwall, Connecticut. For many years he was Justice of the Peace and was a most efficient officer. The paternal grandmother of our subject was a grand- daughter of Brigadier-General James Wads-

worth of the Revolutionary war: (See page 312 of "Appleton's Encyclopaedia of Amer- ican Biography.") John Avery Carter re- ceived an academic education, and, until he was a youth of seventeen years, lived on his father's farm; at this time he was employed as clerk in a general store at Terryville, Con- necticut, where he remained three years. Afterward he entered the wholesale house of Hart, Merriam & Co., Hartford, Connecticut, continuing in the employ of this firm nearly two years.

In 1872 Mr. Carter was united in mar- riage to Eva May Beach, daughter of Edward S. and Caroline M. Beach, the great-grand- daughter of Eli Terry, who in 1792 made the first wooden shelf-clock in America. This clock is still in the family, treasured as a precious heirloom. Soon after his marriage Mr. Carter went to Michigan and spent four years in the lumber business. Returning to Connecticut in 1876 he entered the whole- sale flour and feed house of N. W. Merwin & Co., where he remained until his removal to Geneva, Ohio, in October, 1878. Here he took a position with the Western Lock Com- pany as general foreman and special sales- man. The plant and business were sold in 1882 to Eagle Lock Company of Terryville, Connecticut, at which time Mr. Carter was made western manager of the business, no bonds being required of him. For the past three years he has been one of the directors of the Eagle Lock Company, and his untir- ing energy and superior business ability have done much toward placing the company in its present prosperous condition.

Mr. and Mrs. Carter have a son and a daughter. Lerria Terry Carter was born August 7, 1875; she is now a student at Welle-ley College, Massachusetts, and will be graduated from the institution in 1894.

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Charles E .. Carter, the son, was born March 18, 1882. Mr. Carter joined Geneva Coun- cil, No. 303, Royal Arcanum, as a charter member in 1879, and is now Past Grand Regent of Ohio and Representative to the Supreme Council from Ohio. He is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, of which he is Past Chancellor and Past Grand Officer. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the blue lodge and chapter. He organized the first council in Ohio of Loyal Additional Benefit Association, to which order he belongs and is Supreme Deputy for Ohio. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and one of the board of trustees, and for several years was Super- intendent of the Sabbath-school. In all the relations of life, whether social or business, he has shown the same earnest purpose of benefiting his fellow-men, and enjoys the highest regard of all who know him.

Although educated a Democrat, he began early to read and think for himself, and com- ing to believe ardently in the principles pro- claimed by the Republican party, his first ballot was cast for the party nominee, and under its banner he is still a willing worker.

H ON. JAMES P. SMEAD, a promi- nent and wealthy farmer of Madison, Ohio, has been identified with the in- terests of Lake county for a number of years. Following is a resume of his life:

James P. Smead was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 1827. His father and grandfather, both named David Smead, were natives of Massachusetts and were farmers by occupation. Grandfather Smead lived to a good old age and died in Massachusetts. HIis son David came West to Ohio in 1848

and settled on the farm on which the subject of our sketch now lives. On this farm he spent the rest of his life and died at the age of seventy-two years. His wife, nee Alsam- ena Hastings, also a native of Massachusetts, survived him several years, her death occur- ring when she was eighty-seven years of age. James P. was the third born in their family of seven children, and one of the five who reached adult years. Both parents were worthy members of the Congregational Church, in which the father was a Deacon nearly all his life.

James P. Smead received his education in the public schools of his native State. He first came to Ohio in 1846, but went back to his home in the East, and in 1848 the whole family came out here and settled in Lake county. At that time, there being no rail- roads, the chief overland travel in this part of the State was made on the stage route be- tween Buffalo and Cleveland. The Smead fam- ily made the journey here via the Erie canal and lake. James P. and his father owned the home farm jointly until the latter's death, both working to develop it. Our subject is now the owner of 112 acres of finely culti- vated land and has an elegant and commodious brick residence in the east elge of the village of Madison.

In June, 1857, Mr. Smead married Ellen H. Bailey, a native of Madison. Her father, Dudley Bailey, came from Connecticut to this county in 1827, and located on the river, south of Madison.

Politically, Mr. Smead is a Republican. For many years he has been Trustee of his township. In the fall of 1877 he was elected to the Ohio State Legislature, and for two years served most acceptably as a member of that honorable body. During his term of Toffice he introduced several local bills and

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was a member of a number of committees, among which were those of Agriculture, Drains, and Water Courses. He was Presi- dent of the Board of Education for a number of years, and closely identified with all meas- ures looking to the best interests of the school work of the village. He has been a stock- holder and director of the Exchange Bank of Madison for many years. Politically, social- ly and financially Mr. Smead is ranked with the leading and most substantial citizens of his community, and his success in life is due to his own pluck and energy, he having started out a poor boy and unaided worked his way to the front.

Mr. Smead and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.

P ERRY GREEN, a farmer of Cherry Valley township, Ashtabula county was born in Monroe county, New York, April 15, 1827, a son of Caleb and Mary (Oaks) Green, both of Connecticut. When Perry was three years of age the parents came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, locating in Cherry Valley township, where they were among the first settlers. The father owned a farm of 600 acres. He died at the age of forty-eight years, leaving a widow and twelve children, seven of whom still survive, namely: Lois Clark, of Ottawa, Illinois; Marilla Gay, of Ohio; William O .; Eveline L .; Chapman; Leander L., of Genoa, Nebraska, has served in the Illinois Legislature; Perry, our subject; and Dewitt, of Wyoming. The deceased chil- dren were: Allen J., who died in Indiana; Mary Ann Brower died at Ottawa, Illinois; A. N., in this county; H. S., in Pottawattamie county, Iowa; and Charles D., at La Honda, Cali- fornia, having been a soldier in the Mexican

war. The mother died in LaSalle county, Illinois, at the age of eighty-eight years.

Perry Green, the subject of this sketch, was reared to farm life, and was also engaged in the manufacture of cheese many years. He now owns 120 acres of fine farming land in Ash- tabula county, where he is engaged in general farming and stock raising. He was married March 24, 1849, to Marie Clark, who was born, reared and educated in Wayne town- ship, this county, a daughter of Alfred and (Jane) Oatman Clark, the former a native of Chenango county, New York, and the latter of Vermont. The father died at the age of sev- enty-eight years, and the mother at seventy- one years. Mr. and Mrs. Clark had six chil- dren: Marie Green; Andrew, of Richmond; Willard and Wilbert, twins; Charles E., of Colebrook township, Ashtabula county; and Dillon, deceased at the age of seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Green have two children: D. L., at home, and Roscoe, deceased at the age of two and a half years. In political matters, Mr. Green votes with the Democratic party, and has held the position of Township Trus- tee and other offices of trust.

A NDREW J. WHIPPLE, one of Ash- tabula county's most respected citi- zens, has been identified with the in- terests of this county all his life, and is now one of its well-to-do farmers.

Zebulon Whipple, his father, was born in Tolland, Connecticut, May 28, 1796. He was a boy in his 'teens when the war of 1812 came on, and, young as he was, he enlisted his services in the American cause, and was present at the attack at Stonington Point. He remained in the vicinity of his birthplace till 1818, when he started on foot to seek a

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home in what was then called " New Connect- icut." After thirty days of travel he arrived in Kingsville, Ohio, and purchased a piece of wild land and at once began to fell the dense forest. November 24, 1822, he married Ave- line Stanton, who still survives to mourn the loss of a husband with whom she had lived fifty-seven years. He had been a resident of Kingsville and Sheffield townships more than sixty-one years, and in that long period had not failed to win the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He died June 7, 1879, of congestion of the lungs, aged eighty-three years and ten days. The funeral services were conducted in the Bap- tist Church of Sheffield, the Rev. Edwin Dibbell officiating. Mr. Whipple was a prominent member of the Masonic order. A remarkable coincidence in connection with his death was that his brother in Summit county, Ohio, died and was buried about the same respective hours as occurred his death and burial. Zebulon Whipple was a son of Zebulon and Lydia (Russell) Whipple. The former was a native of Connecticut and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He spent the closing years of his life and died in Port- age county, and after his death his widow came to Ashtabula county, where she died. The Whipple family is of English descent The mother of our subject, Aveline (Stanton) Whipple, was born in 1803, and is now the oldest settler in Sheffield township. When nine years of age she came with her parents to Kingsville, Ohio, and remained with them until her marriage to Mr. Whipple. She is the daughter of Andrew and Lucy (Ufford) Stanton, natives of Connecticut, who, in 1813, made the journey to this State with an ox team, and upon their arrival here located two miles southwest of Kingsville. Her paternal grandparents were Samuel and Rachel (Main)

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 42

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