Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 13

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 786

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November 2, 1848, he was united in mar- riage to Lovina M. Fleming, a native of Os- wego county, New York, and a daughter of Theodore and Nancy (Ainslie) Fleming, natives also of New York. The parents removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, and later settled in Ashtabula county, where the father died, at the age of fifty-four years, and the mother at seventy-three years. Both were members of the Baptist church. The former was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming had five children,- Hiram, Lovina, Albert, Symmira and Caro- line. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have two chil- dren: their daughter Symmira is the wife of Harlow Palmer, of this township, and they have two children, Jay and Roy; and their son, Cassins Wayne, a resident of Waushara county, Wisconsin, has three children,- Ethel, Flora and Roy. In political matters, ters, Mr. Knapp affiliates with the Republi- can party, and socially, is a member of the G. A. R., Hiram Kile Post, No. 80. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.

W H. McCALL, tinner and slater, Con- neant, Ohio, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1856, son of John and Mary Ann McCall, both na- tives of Pennsylvania.

John McCall was a contractor and builder. He passed his life in Middlesex, in his na- tive State, and died there in October, 1888, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. During the late war, notwithstanding his age, he volunteered and served two years. At the battle of Gettsyburg he was shot in the ear, after which he went home on a surgeon's dis- charge, and never returned to the army. His wife died in March, 1887, aged sixty-nine

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years. Both were life-long members of the United Presbyterian Church. Their family was composed of two sons and nine daughters, as follows: Alonzo, who was killed in the bat- tle of Gettsyburg, July 3, 1863, aged twenty years; Melissa, wife of John Gundy; Eliza- beth, wife of D. W. McCready; Sarah Jane, wife of John Lytle; Matilda and Marilda, twins, the former the wife of F. Means, and the latter of F. J. Glasgow; Mary and Emma, twins, the former the wife of C. Mayrs, and the latter of Matthew Boggs; W. H., whose name heads this sketch; and Eva and Ida, twins, the former now Mrs. W. W. McCance and the latter Mrs. Cal. Hayes. Emma was twice married, her first husband being John A. Wilson.

W. H. McCall learned the tinner's trade in New Castle, Pennsylvania, of his brother- in-law, John A. Wilson, and has been en- gaged in this business ever since. For the past four years he has been engaged in busi- ness for himself in Conneaut. He is a fin- ished workman, understanding his business in its every department, and has met with good success here.

Mr. McCall was married March 8, 1883, to Miss Kittie I. Loomis, daughter of F. A. Loomis. They have three children, Fred- erick John, Irene Luella and Wade William. The oldest is deceased.

Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church. He is also a mem- ber of the Mystic Circle in Salem, Ohio, Jr. O. U. A. M.

D AVID C. OSBORNE, D. D., a promi- nent minister of the East Ohio Con- ference, stationed at Conneaut, Ohio, lias long been identified with the ministry of

the Methodist Episcopal Church. Following is a brief sketch of his life:

David C. Osborne was born in Ripley, Chautauqua county, New York, August 3, 1831, son of P. S. and Mary A. (Platt) Os- borne, natives of Washington county, New York. His father was a tanner, currier and shoemaker in early life, and later a merchant in Sherman, New York. He filled several minor offices in his county, and was well known there. He was reared in the United Presbyterian Church, but became a Method- ist and was a member of that church up to the time of his death, in 1871, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife died July 31, 1846, at the age of forty-three. She was a Presbyterian for many years. They had a family of four sons and six daughters, David C., the subject of this article, being the old- est. The other sons are Platt S., Harris B. and James W. Platt S. learned his father's trade and was engaged in business until death, September 12, 1887. He was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was an active and useful man, being gifted in music. Harris B. is an eminent physician in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and James W., also of Kalamazoo, has attained prominence as an attorney. Of the daughters we record that Lucretia is the wife of Dr. C. P. Graves, of Alden, Illinois; Ann, wife of Dr. S. McNair, Blackberry, Illinois; Harriet, wife of Hon. S. P. McCalmont, of Franklin, Pennsylvania; Cynthia died at the age of thirty-three years; Isadore, wife of F. L. Brown, of South Ver- non, Vermont; and Mary, widow of Mr. Benedict, Sherman, New York.

David C. Osborne entered the ministry at the age of twenty-two years, and has since been actively engaged in the work of the' Master. Previous to the division of the Erie Couference, he was a member of that

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body, and since then has belonged to the East Ohio Conference, filling many of its best ap- pointments, both as stationed minister and as Presiding Elder. Among the appointments he has filled we mention those of Franklin, Titusville, New Castle and Erie in Pennsyl- vania, and Akron, Cleveland (Erie Street Church), Steubenville, Massillon, Canton and Youngstown, in Ohio. In many of these charges churches were built or improved during his pastorate. He came to Conneaut in Octo- ber, 1890, and in his labor here has given a high degree of satisfaction. The present Meth- odist Church of Conneaut was begun in 1886 by T. F. Phillips. When it was completed money was subscribed to provide for the debt. The amount, however, was not paid up, and other means were used to raise the money. Upward of $9,000 has been paid within the past two years and a half. The church mem- bership has increased, and both the church and Sabbath-school are in a flourishing con- dition.

Dr. Osborne was married in 1856 to Miss Arvilla M. Hill, daughter of Rev. B. S. and Mary Hill, of Wattsburg, Pennsylvania. Rev. B. S. Hill, a clergyman in the Methodist Epis- copal Church, was at one time the Tract Secretary of the Erie Conference and a Pre- siding Elder of the Jamestown district. He was also a delegate to the General Conference at its session in Boston, Massachusetts, when, by reason of ill health, he was compelled to assume a supernumerary relation to the Con- ference, his friends were so many that he was elected to the Legislature from the Erie (Pennsylvania) district. He was appointed Chaplain of the lower house by his official colleagues, who recognized his great Christian integrity. He retired from the active min- istry and was appointed Postmaster by Presi- dent Grant, and continued to hold this office

by successive appointments, until the election of President Cleveland, in 1884. He also served as Justice of the Peace for two or, three terms, and was recognized as a man of great ability and force of character. Five children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Osborne, and all received excellent educational advan- tages, by which they have duly profited. The names of the children are as follows: Bryan H., David W., Cyrus C., Mary and Donald P.

Dr. Osborne is a member of the Masonic' fraternity. In person he is tall, of command- ing presence, dignified yet cordial in manner. After more than forty years in the pulpit, he is still an earnest student. He is a preacher of more than ordinary ability, is modest and retiring in deportment, and is public-spirited and patriotic. He has been successful in all lines of church work, and has, by his ability as a preacher and his personal worth as a Christian man, won the admiration and love of those to whom he has ministered. Mrs. Osborne is a clergyman's wife in every sense of the word, being loyal to the cause of Christ and in perfect sympathy with her husband's work.

UDGE JAMES.P. CADWELL .- Con- spicuous among the eminent jurists of Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, stands the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, and who has received, within the last ten years, some of the highest official posi- tions in the gift of the people, the duties of which have been dispatched with ability and honor.

Judge Cadwell of the Probate Court of Ashtabula county, a progressive citizen and worthy man, was born in this county, Octo- ber 26, 1853, son of Rodger S. and Elizabeth Jane (Putnam) Cadwell, the former born in

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Hartford, Connecticut, in 1811, and the latter a native of Columbiana county, Ohio. The mother was a daughter of Isaac Putnam, a native of Vermont, who came to Ohio in 1825 and settled near Wellsville, Columbiana county. Isaac Putnam married Mary Ann Birney of Virginia, who was a cousin of John C. Calhoun, the celebrated statesman of South Carolina. Rodger Cadwell had three children: James P., the subject of this sketch; and two daughters. The worthy father died in Ash- tabula county, aged seventy-six years, greatly lamented by all who knew him. The pater- nal grandfather of Judge James P. Cadwell, also named Rodger, was born near Hartford, Connecticut, whence lie removed with a col- ony to Ohio in 1817. He settled in Andover, Ashtabula county, of which he was a pioneer settler. Here he engaged in farming, in which occupation he passed his life. Toward the close of his career, he went to Richmond, in the same county, where he died at the advanced age of ninety years. He had three sons: Rodger, father of the subject of this notice; Darius, afterward a Judge in Cleve- land, and the only one now living; and James, who after a successful career in law died at the age of forty years.

Judge James P. Cadwell, of this biography, was reared in his native county, attending the common and high schools of the vicinity. He commenced the study of law in that city in the office of Messrs. Simons & Wade, in 1877, but later was appointed Deputy County Clerk, in which capacity he served for three years. He was admitted to the bar in 1881, and be- gan his practice in Jefferson in the following year. Possessed of a keen, analytical mind, great perseverance and energy, he mounted gradually in his profession until he became Prosecuting Attorney for Ashtabula county, to which position he was re-elected three

years later. In 1890, he became Judge of the Probate Court, receiving the nomination from the Republican party by acclamation, and had no opponent. He is now filling the term for which he was elected.

Judge Cadwell was married in 1885, to Miss Ida M., daughter of J. H. Baldwin, of Jefferson, Ohio, and they have two daughters; Donathy and Susan.

Fraternally, the Judge isa Knight Templar Mason and a Knight of Pythias. As a citi- zen and man he is deserving of the high regard in which he is held by his fellow men.

REEMAN A. TUTTLE, M. D .- Ohio is well represented in the medical fra- ternity, proudly boasting of some of the most intelligent, best educated and most thoroughly experienced men of that profes- sion, conspicnous among whom stands the gentleman whose name heads this sketch.

Dr. F. A. Tuttle, a skillful physician and surgeon and public-spirited, enterprising cit- izen of Jefferson, Ohio, was born in Fairfield, Huron county, this State, April 29, 1831. His parents, Chauncey and Roxana (Charpen- ter) Tuttle, were natives of Connecticut and New York, respectively, in which latter State they were married. The father was of English descent, his ancestors being farmers, which occupation he also followed. In 1831, this worthy couple joined the westward sweep of emigration, removing to Huron county, Ohio, where both passed their remaining years. They had five children, who were deprived by death of the mother's tender care when the subject of this sketch was a mere child.

The subject of this biography was reared and educated in his native city, where, when he was but eighteen years of age, he com-

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menced the study of medicine under the tuition of a local physician of note. He con- tinued these studies three years and at the same time attended the Medical Department of the Western Reserve University, at Cleve- land, at which he was graduated in 1851.

He commenced the practice of his profes- sion in Reading, Michigan, where he re- mained seven years, returning, at the end of that time to Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio, where he practiced until the opening of the war. In 1862 he became a surgeon in the Eighth Ohio Regiment, and served in that capacity until the spring of 1864, when he resigned his position on account of the effects of a sunstroke, received while stationed at the Rapidan river, in Virginia. After recuperating at his home for six months, he became Surgeon of the One Hundred and First United States Colored Troops, with which regiment he remained until the spring of 1866, when he again resigned.

Dr. Tuttle then settled in Jefferson, Ohio, which place has ever since been his home. Here he entered the practice of his profession and at once received substantial encourage- ment. He enjoys a large and lucrative pat- ronage. He at the same time opened a drug store, which he conducted profitably until he sold it in 1889. Thoroughly a student and with a commendable desire to add to his al- ready large stock of knowledge and extensive experience, the Doctor took a post-graduate course at the University of Pennsylvania in 1884.

In 1852, the Doctor was married to Miss Harriet Pulver, and they had three children, one of whom, a son, Harry E., now survives. The devoted wife and mother passed from earth to her reward in 1885, leaving a bereaved family and many friends to mourn her loss.

Thus, after a life of conscientious endeav- or, Dr. Tuttle finds his efforts crowned with success, coupled with which is the deserved tribute of respect of his fellow men.

In politics he is a Republican.

URTIS R. MORFORD, born in the '50s of the present century, belongs to a family whose ancestors came from Scotland, Ireland and Wales. His early life was passed with his parents on a farm in Vernon, Trumbull county, Ohio, and he at- tended the district school in what is known as District No. 3, Vernon township, Trum- bull county, until he was sixteen years of age. In 1873 he entered the Hartford Academy at Hartford, Ohio. He taught district school in West Salem township, Mer- cer county, Pennsylvania, during the winter of 1875-'76, and was similarly occupied at Hartford Center, Trumbull county, Ohio, in the winter of 1876-'77. In March, 1877, he entered Grand River Institute, then under the charge of Professor Jacob Tuckerman, and in June, 1879, graduated in the classical course with the degree of B. S. During his . two years at this institution he paid his tui- tion by teaching classes in natural philoso- phy. In September, 1879, he entered West- ern Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio, where he paid his board by working in Dr. Cutler's garden, setting glass in the windows of the college dormitories through which the boys had kicked foot-balls, and by teaching classes in the preparatory department of the college. In September, 1880, he entered the sopho- more class in the University of Rochester at Rochester, New York (M. B. Anderson, president), and graduated in the full classical course in June, 1883, receiving the degree of

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A. B. He sailed for Germany the same month, and after traveling in Germany, Bel- ginm, Ilolland, Switzerland and Italy during the summer and until the last of October, he returned to Heidelberg, where he entered the nniversity as a student of philosophy. He later studied in Hanover, Berlin and Paris, and spent some time in London, after which he returned to the United States. In Sep- tember, 1885, he was elected instructor in Latin and modern languages in the Classical and Scientific Institute at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. About the same time he re- ceived from the University of Rochester the degree of A. M. After two years he re- signed this position, and in September, 1887, assumed the principalship of the high school in Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1890 he resigned this position to accept that of instructor in Latin and German in New Lyme Institute, which he at present occupies. In connection with the work of teaching he is editor of the Institute Bell, and gives public addresses occasionally on subjects pertaining to edu- cation.

W ILLIAM G. BUSS, a carpenter by trade and a highly esteemed citizen of Conneant, Ohio, was born in Can- ada, and dates the day of his nativity back to June 2, 1838. He first arrived in Con- neaut when he was six weeks old, his parents having located here at that time.

Mr. Buss is a son of Alford and Jane (Kibourn) Buss, who were born, reared and married in Vermont. Alford Buss was a tanner and currier by trade. He carried on business at Conneant from 1854 nutil 1859, when he moved to Tennessee. In Tennessee he was engaged in the boot and shoe business until the spring of 1863, when, with his

property burned by the rebels and his life threatened by them, and for no other reason than that he was a Union mnan, he was obliged to seek a home elsewhere. Just before he left a friend of his, a Union man, was found suspended by the neck and dead, and Mr. Buss had warning that unless he left within twenty-four hours he would share the fate of his friend. General Buell made his head-

quarters on Mr. - Buss's premises while in that vicinity. Coming North with his fam- ily-wife and one son-Mr. Buss located in New Albany, Indiana. Eight months later he went to Galena, same State, where he spent the rest of his life, engaged in the boot and shoe trade. He was born in 1809 and lived to be seventy-six years of age. His wife, also born in 1809, died in 1866. Their family was composed of six children, as fol- lows: Loring, who was accidentally drowned in Conneaut creek in 1842 at the age of six years; William G., the subject of this sketch; Henry, who came home from the army dur- ing the war, with health impaired, and died two weeks later at the age of twenty-two; Alfred, who was in the same battery with his brother Henry-the Second Ohio-was dis- charged on account of disability in 1863, but recovered, and several years afterward died of heart disease; George, who enlisted in a Ken- tucky regiment in 1864 and served until the close of the war, is now a resident of Galena, Indiana; and Hattie, widow of Burr Emer- son, is a resident of Crothersville, Indiana.

William G. Buss first launched out in business for himself in a sawmill at Port Burwell, Canada. When the war broke ont he came to the United States and enlisted at Ashtabula, Ohio, April 27, 1861, in Com- pany I, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the three monthis' service. He was discharged Angust 30, 1861, and on the 16th of the following

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monthi enlisted in Company E, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as Sergeant. He vet- eranized December 21, 1863, at Wauhatchie, Tennessee; was mustered out of the service at Louisville, Kentucky, July 13, 1865. Among the engagements in which he took part were those of Winchester, Port Repub- lic, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Look- out Mountain. He was with Sherman on that famous inarch from " Atlanta to the sea," thence up through the Carolinas to Richmond and on to Washington, taking part in the grand review.

The war over, Mr. Buss went to Saginaw, Michigan, as lumber inspector, and remained there until 1876. He has since been a resi- dent of Conneaut, engaged in work at the carpenters' trade.

Mr. Buss was married March 28, 1867, to Miss Emma Farnham, a native of Conneaut and a daughter of Elisha and Mary (Ring) Farnham. Elisha Farnham was born in Con- necticut June 8, 1806, the sixth in the fam- ily of ten children of Thomas Farnliam. Thomas Farnham and his father were sol- diers in the Revolutionary war. At the age of twenty-five Elisha Farnham came West to Ohio and settled in Ashtabula county on lands that he occupied up to the time of his death. He owned and operated a gristmill and sawmill, located four miles from Con- neaut. He was married in Conneaut. He died October 4, 1875, aged sixty-nine years, his wife having passed away in 1849, aged thirty-two. Mrs. Buss was two years old when her mother died, and was the youngest of the family, which was composed of six children, the others being as follows: Don Alphonzo, who served in the Second Ohio Battery two years, came from the army and died soon afterward of hasty consumption; Flora, wife of T. S. Young, of South Ridge,

this county; Patrick Henry, a Wisconsin farmer; Mary, wife of Steven Havelin, of South Ridge; Lydia E., widow of Cornell Fuller, is a resident of Conneaut.

Mr. and Mrs. Buss have five children, viz .: Henry, Jennie, Don Alfred, Lee Ring and Anna Emily. Henry married Minnie Tinker and lives in Conneaut. The other children are members of the home circle.

Mr. Buss belongs to the G. A. R., and his wife is a charter member of the W. R. C. at Conneaut, of which organization she was the first vice-president.

A LEXANDER HAY, the popular land- lord of the Nickel Plate Eating House, Conneaut, Ohio, is a native of Co- . shocton county, Ohio, born in 1846.

His parents were Alexander and Mary Hay, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania. The senior Mr. Hay was a man of excellent business quali- fications, all his active life being spent as proprietor of a hotel at Coshocton. He died in 1846. His wife survived him until Au- gust, 1892, when she passed away at the age of seventy-four years. She was one of the pioneers of Coshocton county, having gone there with her parents when she was a little girl. From her girlhood she was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and her whole life was characterized by the sweetest of Christian graces. She had thirteen children, the subject of our sketch being one of the six who are still living.

When the Civil war broke out Mr. Hay was only in his 'teens, and, young as he was, he enlisted, in August, 1861, in Company E, Fifteenthi United States regulars. After the battle of Shiloh, in which he participated, lie

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was detailed in recruiting service, and was at Newport, Kentucky, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, and Newport, Rhode Island. From Newport he went South, reaching Lookout Mountain two days after the battle; thence to Mobile, and from there to Selma, Alabama. He was discharged at Selma in 1867, after a service of five years and four months. He served as drummer four years. He stood the service well, and has never made any appli- cation for a pension.

The war over, Mr. Hay turned his atten- tion to work at his trade, that of machinist, and for eleven years worked for the Pan Handle Railroad Company at Dennison, Ohio. He learned this trade after the war. In 1878 he went from Dennison to Coshoc- ton, where he worked at his trade until 1887. Since that year he has been a resident of Con- neaut. After being in the employ of the Nickel Plate as machinist here one year he turned his attention to the hotel business, having been proprietor of the Nickel Plate Hotel ever since.

Mr. Hay was married February 8, 1872, to Miss Lucy F. Furgeson, daughter of Ed- win Furgeson, of Uhrichsville, Ohio. She is a lady of many estimable qualities and is a member of the Congregational Church. They have three children, all in school: Ed- die, Mary E. and Frank F.

Mr. Hay is an ardent Republican, and is prominent in fraternal circles, being a men- ber of the Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank, the G. A. R., A. O. U. W. and Home Circle.

Of Mrs. Hay's father we record that he was born in Culpeper, Virginia, and was for many years engaged in work at his trade, that of tailor, at Cadiz and Uhrichsville. He served all through the Mexican war, partici- pating in its leading battles, and in the Civil

war was a lieutenant in the Second Ohio Battery, serving three years. He died at the home of his only child, Mrs. Hay, his wife having passed away two years before at Uhrichsville. Mr. Furgeson was a stanch Re- publican and a prominent Mason, having taken the Knights Templar degree.

Z ALMON R. FITCH, a representative business man and public-spirited citi- zen of Jefferson, Ohio, was born in Warren, this State, December 28, 1850. Ilis parents, Charles and Mary (Ray) Fitch, are both natives of Ohio, and now reside in Kinsman, this State.

The subject of this sketch is one of five children. The first nine years of his life were passed in his native city, after which lie re- mnoved with his parents to Kinsman. Here he received a good common-school educa- tion, and about the age of sixteen entered a furniture factory for the purpose of learning that business, remaining seven years. He then secured employment in an undertaking establishment in Kinsman, which business he also learned. Thus well equipped for the battle of life, he removed, in 1881, to Jef- ferson, and here embarked in the furniture and undertaking business, which by careful management and industry on the part of Mr. Fitch has increased continuously, until about 1891 he added to this already large enter- prise the manufacture of lounges for the wholesale trade. This undertaking promises to increase with the growth of the city, until it will rival the largest factories in the State, the quality of the goods here made being already of the best, which high grade will be retained as long as Mr. Fitch has the man- agement.

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 13

Author: Lewis Publishing Company Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 786

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 786