Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 56

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 graduated at the Western Reserve College in 1874, which institution was then situated in Hudson, but

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is now in Cleveland, Ohio. He immediately afterward went to Miami College, Cincinnati, to study medicine and a year later went to Adelbert Medical College in Cleveland, at which latter institution he graduated in 1876. He commenced his practice in West Monterey, Pennsylvania, whence he went two years and and a half later, in 1878, to Burton, Geauga county, Ohio. In 1886, he removed thence to Ashtabula, which has since been his home, and where he has successfully practiced his profession.

In 1881, Dr. Dickson was married to Miss Treasure A. Wadsworth, and they have three interesting children, Uarda, Harriet E. and Treasure.

The Doctor is in politics an enthusiastic Prohibitionist and has actively aided the furtherance of that just cause.

He is socially a prominent member of the State and County Medical Associations, and is a Master Mason. As a citizen and man he is worthy of all esteem, while in his profes- sion he justly takes first rank.

W ADMORE REDHEAD, a repre- sentative business man of Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, March 6, 1836. His parents, Henry and Sarah (Coleback) Redhead, natives of the " tight little isle," removed to America in 1853, first settling in Saybrook, Ohio, but afterward removing to Ashtabula, where they died. The father was a shoemaker by trade, and he and his worthy wife were the parents of eleven children, six daughters and five sons.

The subject of this sketch attended the common schools in England until he was thirteen years of age, and at the age of seven- teen came to America with his parents.

Shortly afterward he left home and started in life for himself by entering the employ of H. C. Toombes, of Ashtabula, Ohio, where he learned the harness-makers' trade. By in- dustry and economy he was able in three years' time to buy out his employer, and for five years conducted the business alone. At the end of that time he sold out and again entered the employ of Mr. Toombes, who was then keeping a grocery. He continued in this position until the outbreak of the war, when in the spring of 1861 he enlisted as a private for three months in Company I of the Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, being the first person to enlist from Ashtabula. At the ex- piration of his term of enlistment he re-en- listed as a private in the Eleventh New York Independent Battery of Artillery, in which he efficiently served for three years, or the end of his term of enlistment. He was then honorably discharged on November 11, 1864, with the rank of First Lieutenant, and at once returned to his old home, Ashtabula, where he has since continued to reside. In the spring of 1865 he entered the grocery business on his own account, successfully continuing the enterprise for twenty-seven years, or until the spring of 1892. In 1874 he and E. G. Pierce erected a good business block, known as the Pierce and Redhead building, which they afterward sold at a good profit. In the spring of 1892, when he dis- continued the grocery business, Mr. Redhead engaged in that of real estate and insurance, which he now follows with his usual energy and success.

In 1863 Mr. Redhead was married to Miss Susan H. Wilbur, who died in 1869, leaving two children to the bereaved father's care. In 1871 he married Miss Susan D. Kelsey, an estimable lady of Hartford, Connecticut, and they have three children.

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In politics Mr. Redhead adheres to the principles of the Democratic party, and is an active worker in its behalf.

Mr. Redhead is an earnest and useful mem- ber of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the welfare of which he ever takes a deep in- terest.

The prosperity which Mr. Redhead now enjoys is entirely due to his own unaided efforts and economy, and he has the best wishes of all for his future success and hap- piness.

G RAWFORD LARGE, the efficient Post- master and a prominent merchant of Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, was born in Ashtabula, March 23, 1833, and was a son of William B. and Lydia (Benham) Large. His father was a native of Johnstown, Pennsyl- vania, born in 1809, and was a son of Robert Large, one of three brothers who came over to this country from England at an early date and settled in Johnstown. William came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, when the country was new and slightly settled. He was a shoemaker by trade, and he followed in early life this occupation in Ashtabula, but after 1850 was engaged until 1865 in sailing on the lakes. He was then employed by the Lake Shore Railway Company, being all of his life an industrious, hard-working man of high integrity and morality. He married Lydia Benham, a native of Saybrook township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, daughter of Samuel Benham, a highly esteemed pio- neer of that county, who emigrated from Connecticut in an early day. They had four sons and two daughters. In 1891 the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the father, who died at Ashtabula Harbor, aged eighty-two. He was a man of many sterling

qualities and left numerous friends to mourn his loss.

The subject of this sketch was reared in Ashtabula, where he secured a fair education. When nine years of age he went to live with an acquaintance on a farm, where he did light duties for five years. In 1847 he began sailing on the lakes, which occupation he fol- lowed thirty years, during twenty years of which time he was master of some craft, from the smallest to the most important vessels plying on the lakes, always commanding an excellent salary, being considered a trust- worthy and efficient man. Desiring a set- tled occupation, he became a policeman and constable at the Harbor, and later, in April, 1880, entered the merchandise business in that city, carrying a line of stationery, books, wall-paper, holiday and fancy goods, clocks, jewelry, confectioneries, cigars and tobacco. He was appointed Postmaster for the Harbor in the spring of 1883, a position which he held for three years, being then displaced by the Cleveland administration. In July, 1889, he was again appointed to that position by the incoming Republican administration, his present commission extending until Decem- ber, 1893. He has proved a faithful and competent official, systematic and accurate in management and obliging in the discharge of his duties, and has the best wishes of all for his future success.

In 1853 Mr. Large was married to Miss Susan B. Mckenzie, and they had seven chil- dren: Kenneth M., Kate, Hattie, Jennie, John B., William B. and Minnie. March 27, 1892, he was called upon to mourn the loss of his devoted companion, who had been a faithful helpmate for thirty-nine years. In In February, 1893, Mr. Large was married to Mrs. Kate Webster, nee Mckenzie, the youngest sister of his first wife.

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Politically, Mr. Large advocates the prin- ciples of the Republican party. Fraternally, he affiliates with the Royal Arch Masons and the Royal Templars of Temperance.

His early lessons of self-reliance, industry, perseverance and frugality have contributed to Mr. Large's success, while the greater lessons of integrity and honor instilled by his parents have gained for him the esteem of all worthy men.

ACOB TUCKERMAN, A. M., PH. D., an educator of national repute and a citizen of unquestioned worth of char- acter, for many years Principal of Grand River Institute, now occupying the same position in the New Lyme Institute, Ohio, was born in Sterling, Windham county, Con- necticut, July 31, 1824. Isaac and Elizabeth (Colgrove) Tuckerman, his parents, were re- spectively natives of Connecticut and Rhode Island, the former born June 22, 1794, and the latter February 11, 1797. The mother came of a family of teachers, and was her- self a woman of rare ability and culture, and a member of the Baptist Church. Isaac Tuckerman received his education in Volun- town Academy, Rhode Island, and afterward learned the tanner's trade, which he followed through life. In 1825 he removed from Sterling, Connecticut, to Potsdam, New York, where he resided for fourteen years. His wife died there on September 18, 1828, leaving two children to his care: Jacob, whose name heads this sketch; and Esther E., afterward Mrs. John P. Ellinwood, of Rock Creek, Ohio, who died in 1851. Sub- sequently the father married Sarah Boyden, of Potsdam, and in 1839 removed to Orwell, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his

life. His second wife died January 30, 1861, without children. In 1862 he married Mrs. Hannah Bower, who still survives. He was an Episcopal Methodist until the anti- slavery movement, when he joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church, of which he continued a member until his death. He was a Whig in politics until the organ- ization of the Abolitionist party, when. he joined that humane movement. He died August 11, 1881, leaving his family and many friends to mourn his loss. Of vigor- ous intellect and an energetic, progressive disposition, he was a prominent man in his community, and contributed materially to the general advancement and welfare, his memory being still cherished by those who knew and appreciated his worth.

Professor Tuckerman, whose name heads this notice, was about a year old when his parents removed to Potsdam, where he passed the following fourteen years of his life. His primary education was received in the dis- trict schools of his vicinity, while he learned at intervals the tanner's trade. Of a studious disposition and craving knowledge, he early began to work at his trade to secure the means for obtaining an advanced education. On the removal of the family to Ohio in 1839, he entered Kingsville Academy, and later Oberlin College, completing his studies in the latter institution in 1846. He was afterward Superintendent of the Ashtabula county schools for two years, when he built Orwell Academy and managed it from the beginning, making of it an excellent and popular school. He was then offered and accepted a position as Professor of Mathe- matics in Farmers' (now Belmont) College at Cincinnati, in which capacity he acted three years, at the end of which time he was elected President of that college, which posi -

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tion he filled six years. His ability as an organizer becoming recognized, his services were much sought for this purpose. He was elected General Secretary for Ohio of the Sabbath School Union, and at once began organizing an association in every county in the State, and made a full report of every association. He was then tendered the posi- tion of Principal of Grand River Institute, which he accepted and filled acceptably for fourteen years. The attendance during his incumbency was the largest the school ever enjoyed, the catalogue showing an enroll- ment of more than 300 students a year for several years. In 1880 he closed his labors at that institution, and in 1882 accepted the presidency of the New Lyme Institute, which he has retained ever since. His duties are manifold and would tax the ability and energy of those less familiar with the various details. He delivers addresses to the school and to the Teachers' Institute, preaches to all denominations, and has various other calls on his time and attention. He is a member of the Board of Control of Christy School of Methods, a fund of $30,000 having been left by Charles Christy, of Hart's Grove, and the interest being used in the Teachers' Institute, as per instruction of methods. To all these and other duties he brings years of experience, natural ability and untiring energy, which insure success and overcome all obstacles.

In politics the Professor is an independent Republican. He is, fraternally, a Mason of the thirty-second degree, Scottish rite, and religiously is an active member of the Pres- byterian Church.

April 23, 1849, Professor Tuckerman was married to Elizabeth Ellinwood, an educated and talented lady, a graduate of Kingsville Academy and for years a successful teacher

with her husband. Her parents, John M. and Hannah (Fuller) Ellinwood, were both natives of Massachusetts, the former born January 31, 1802, and the latter May 30, 1804. Her grandfather was a graduate of Yale College and served as a member of the New York State Legislature when Dewitt Clinton was governor. Her mother died August 18, 1892, sincerely lamented by rea- son of her many estimable qualities and ster- ling Christian character. The father still survives in the enjoyment of universal good will. They had nine children: John P., born May 24, 1825, resides in Rock Creek, Ohio; Mrs. Tuckerman, born April 23, 1827; Amanda M., January 24, 1829; Maria C., April 29, 1831; Sophia B., February 19, 1833; Julia S., March 13, 1835; Emma, July 24, 1837; Everett, who was a Lieuten- ant in the regular army and was shot at the secoud battle of Bull Run, dying in the Alexandria hospital; Florence, March 8, 1842; and Lucia E., July 30, 1847. Of these only two -- Mrs. Tuckerman and her brother, John P .- are living. One died in infancy, two with scarlet fever, at the respect- ive ages of five and six, and the rest after they attained maturity. John P., Everett and Elizabeth were the only ones who mar- ried. Professor and Mrs. Tuckerman have had nine children, four of whom died in childhood. Those living are here individ- ually noted: Louis Bryant, born February 15, 1850, is a leading physician in Cleveland and active in local politics, being a member and the moving spirit of the Franklin Club, an independent political club; he married Mary E. Hopkins, daughter of W. W. Hop- kins, and they have five children: Jacob E., born August 23, 1876; Willie C. and Warner H., twins, born May 29, 1878; Lewis B., Jr., September 26, 1876; an infant daughter,

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who died in 1881; and Lois M., born Feb- ruary 11, 1885. Corinne Maria, born June 12, 1856, married C. E. Allen of Salt Lake City, a member of the Territorial Legislature, and one of the two non-members of the Lower House. They have five children: Esther T., born December 28, 1879; Helen A., born April 10, 1881; Florence E., March 23, 1884; Kate, October 25, 1886, died at the age of five years; Elizabeth, November 23, 1889; and Clarence E., November 18, 1891. Lillian A. Tuckerman was born May 24, 1859, and was married October 14, 1880, to Henry B. Roberts, a Congregational min- ister at Torrington, Connecticut, and they have four children: Robert, born January 17, 1882; Elizabeth E., July 17, 1883; Emir, March 12, 1885; and Dorotha, September 14, 1887. Florence S., born March 24, 1861, married. is a graduate of Smith College for Women, at Northampton, Massachusetts, and is now a teacher in New Lyme College. Jessie Genevieve, born December 25, 1869, a graduate of the musical department of Ober- lin College, is now principal of the vocal department of the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, Ohio. Mrs. Tuckerman is a great temperance worker and devoted to her home. The Professor's efforts are all beneficent, and he has done as much as any other one man to advance the general welfare of the human race. He is thus entitled to the universal gratitude of an admiring people.

NEW LYME INSTITUTE.

This institution was organized in 1880, chartered May 19, 1883.

Objects: "To secure the highest possible mental, moral and social improvement."

Courses of study: There are three lead- ing courses of study, and also a commercial

course and a course in music. The Academic course embraces three years' study of Latin, two years of Greek or German, a thorough knowledge of algebra, geometry, trigonom- etry and surveying, history of the United States and general history, civil government, physics, chemistry, botany, astronomy, logic, rhetoric, psychology and Butler's Analogy. The Normal course embraces the same Eng- lish studies as the Academic course, together with pedagogics. The College Preparatory course is such as to admit to the best Amer- ican colleges.

The teaching force consists of seven regu- lar professional instructors.

During the last ten years 115 have been graduated, more than one-third of whom have continued their studies in the college; most of the other two-thirds are teachers or en- gaged in other professional work.

This institution was commenced on the suggestion of Judge William S. Deming, who agreed to duplicate whatever sums should be raised by the citizens of New Lyme for establishing a higher institution of learning. It is by means of his interest and generosity that the enlargements of this building have been made and the teaching force kept at a high grade. It is intended that the best in- struction shall be furnished at the lowest possible rates.

E LMER MANCHESTER, one of the most successful and progressive farm- ers of Perry township, Lake county, Ohio, began life with little capital save his energy and his resolute will, and that he has succeeded is due solely to his own well-direct- ed efforts.

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Mr. Manchester was born in Otsego county, New York, December 16, 1843. His father, also a native of Otsego county, was born in 1812, son of Leonard Manchester, a native of Dutchess county, that State. Grandfather Leonard Manchester was a farmer and an ex- tensive dealer in horses. When well advanced in years he came to Ohio, and died here in Lake county, at the age of eighty. Grand- mother Manchester was before her marriage a Miss Jones. Her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, under General La Fayette, and was such an admirer of that general that he determined to name his first child after him. When the child was born it proved to be a girl. However, it was named La Fayette, and went by the name of Fayette.

Orsemus Manchester, also a farmer, came from New York to Ohio in 1854 and settled in Madison township, Lake county, where he cultivated a farm of seventy-five acres. In 1857 he moved to Perry township, where he is still living, having reached the advanced age of eighty-one and still being quite active. He has been a man of strong constitution and a hard worker all his life. While in New York he improved two farms. Politi- cally, he is a Republican. His wife, nee Sarah Wickam, also a native of Otsego county, New York, died at the age of thirty- eight years. She was a Methodist. They reared four children, namely: Heman J., a prominent citizen of this township; Elmer, the subject of this article; Lyman C .; and Estella A., now Mrs. Barber.

Elmer was twelve years old when he came to this county with his father, and here he was reared and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. The farm on which he now resides, and which comprises 110 acres of well-improved land, he purchased in

1881. He also owns 100 acres, located a mile east of his home. His neat frame resi- dence, three commodious barns and other convenient farm buildings; his well-cultivated fields, his fine vineyard of nine acres in bear- ing grapes-all these are indicative of the thrift and prosperity which has attended him. He is engaged in general farming and stock- raising, keeping a large number of sheep.

Mr. Manchester was married in Septem- ber, 1868, to Miss Hattie E. Stone, who is a native of New York, and who came to this county in 1864. They have two children: Frank E. and Charles O.

During the war Mr. Manchester served as a member of Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from May, 1864, until August of that year, when he was honorably discharged, having been on guard duty. He is a member of the O. H. Haskell Post, No. 462, G. A. R, at Perry, and his political views are in harmony with the principles advocated by the Republican party.

A LFRED F. GALPIN .- Among those who have contributed by their energetic efforts and honorable methods to the growth and prosperity of Jefferson, Ohio, the subject of this sketch is conspicuous, having unaided forced his way by dint of perseverance and natural ability to the fore- most ranks of mercantile life.

Mr. Galpin was born in Weymouth, Dor- setshire, England, December 16, 1837, his parents being John J. and Elizabeth (Lovell) Galpin, both of English birth and ancestry. In 1846, the family was deprived by death of the support and counsel of the father, and two years later the mother left three daughters

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in England, and emigrated with two sons and three daughters to America, to which country one daughter had preceded her. They set- tled on a farm in Andover, Ashtabula county, Ohio, in the winter of 1848-'49, where the children passed their earlier years. The beloved mother, whose life had been one of pure, unselfish devotion to her children and their welfare, died at an advanced age in 1874, followed by the regrets of a sorrowing family and numerous friends.

The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm and received a common-school education. From the age of fifteen until he was twenty-four he drove a stage, after which he followed farming for a time. He settled in Jefferson in 1866 and there embarked in the dry-goods and millinery business. He had as partner for the first two years W. W. Wat- kins, after which he became associated with the prominent and worthy citizen, A. R. Beckwith, with whom he continued for five years. In the spring of 1874, Mr. Galpin sold his interest in the business to Mr. Beck- with and later formed a partnership in the dry-goods and shoe business with H. L. St. John. He bought out the interest of the latter gentleman in the fall of 1882, and has since successfully conducted the business alone.

Mr. Galpin has not confined his labors to his own personal business and affairs, but has given of his time and abilities to the aid and advancement of his city, to the welfare of which few of its worthy citizens have more materially contributed. As a natural conse- quence of his financial ability and honor he has held the responsible position of director in the First National Bank for the last four years. Besides this he has filled other posi- tions of public trust and honor. He has served six years as a Councilman of the city;

has been a member of the Board of Health four years; for the last seven years has been an efficient member of the Board of Educa- tion; and for six years one of the Trustees of the Cemetery.

In 1872, Mr. Galpin was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of Harrison W. Staghter. She is a lady of many estimable qualities, a native of Orange county, New York, and they have had five children; four sons and one daughter: Bessie L., Harry W., John C., Alfred W. and Sidney L.

Fraternally, Mr. Galpin is a worthy mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, Columbian Lodge, of Jefferson, No. 491.

Surrounded by an interesting family and in the enjoyment of all the comforts which liberal means can provide or refined taste suggest, Mr. Galpin may truly be said to have gained the highest success to be attained in life. His opinions in the political line coin- cide with the policies advocated by the Re- publican party.

W ILLIAM S. MCKINNON .- Ashta- bula Harbor, Ohio, has no more worthy or enterprising citizen than the subject of this sketch, whose interests have been identified with those of that charm- ing city for many years.

The parents of Mr. Mckinnon of this no- tice were John and Isabella (Strauchon) Mc- Kinnon, the former a native of New York, of Scotch parentage, and the latter born in Scot- land in 1830. The father was for many years an eminent Presbyterian divine of On- tario, Canada, to which country he removed when a lad in his 'teens, and which continued to be his home until his death at an early age of forty-nine years. He was a man of un-

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usual ability and worth of character, and labored enthusiastically for the spiritual wel- fare of those under his charge. His widow now lives in Grimsby, Ontario. They had six children: D. T., manufacturer of carriage dashes and hardware at Buffalo, New York; Celia, unmarried, and still at home with her mother; William S., the subject of this no- tice; L. E., who is associated with his brother, D. J., as president of the Mckinnon Dash & Hardware Company, of Buffalo, New York, St. Catherines, Ontario, and Columbus, Ohio; Archie, an engineer in Cleveland; and J. B., deceased in 1890, was a well known and esteemed business man of St. Catherines.

The subject of this sketch was born in On- tario, Canada, December 19, 1852, where he was reared and educated and learned the machinist's trade. At the age of niueteen years, he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and was there employed for nine years by the Globe Iron Works Company and the Britain Iron & Steel Company, as chief engineer, serving in both capacities with ability and efficiency. At the end of this time, in April, 1880, he removed to Ashtabula Harbor, which has ever since been his home. He at once embarked in his present business of ma- chinist, manufacturer of marine and station- ary engines and proprietor of an engine re- pairing and plumbing establishment. He started with limited means, but with a busi- ness capacity and energy which augured for success from the first. He has advanced with the requirements of the trade, until his estab- lishment is now numbered among the most substantial in the city. His prosperity is due entirely to his own unaided efforts and ability, and he well deserves his present good fortune.

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake, Part 56

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