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Mr. Battles and his wife are both members of the Disciple Church, and his political views are those advocated by the Republican party.
R OBERT C. PINKERTON, a vener- able citizen of Bazetta township Trum- bull county, Ohio, is ranked with the early settlers of this vicinity. He was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1810, a son of William Pinkerton, also a native of Pennsylvania, and a grand- son of William Pinkerton, Sr., of Scotch-Irish descent. William Pinkerton was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Hannah Kenedy, a native of Chester county, Penn-
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sylvania, and a daughter of Montgomery Kenedy, who was born in Ireland. William and Hannah Pinkerton emigrated to Trum- bull county, Ohio, in 1826, and for four years lived in Bristolville. In 1832 they settled in the neighborhood in which Robert C. now lives, and here they spent the rest of their lives, her death occurring when she was seventy-eight, and he having reached the age of eighty three. They had eight children as follows: Joseph, Mary, Charlotte, William, Robert C., Samnel, Tirzah and Tabitha. At this writing only two of the number survive. William Pinkerton was a farmer all his life. He was a Democrat and in religious belief a Presbyterian.
Robert C. Pinkerton spent his boyhood days on a farm in his native county, and, in 1826, at the age of sixteen came to Howland township, where he lived one year, thence re- moving to Bristol township, and finally to the township in which he now resides. He was married June 7, 1838, in Bazetta town- ship, to Eliza Freer, a native of Geneva, New York. At the age of thirteen she came to this county with her parents, Gideon and Jane (Winnagle) Freer, both natives of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Freer both died in Ba- zetta township, at the ages of eighty-seven and seventy-four years respectively. They had six children: Eliza M., Henry, Elvira, Hiram, Jeremiah and Harriet. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton have seven children: Gideon Freer, who resides in this township; James M., a resident of Warren, Ohio; Andrew, also of this township; Jerusha, wife of John Har- old, Akron, Ohio; Lewis C., who died at the age of thirty-one years; Emogene, wife of D. Tickner, Warren, Ohio; and Henry J. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Pinkerton celebrated their golden wedding several years ago. They still live on the old farm on which they settled
in 1838, and where they are now surrounded with all the comforts of life. This farm com- prises 135 acres.
Henry J. Pinkerton was born January 31, 1859. He was married April 10, 1889, to Lizzie Bair, who was born at Niles, Ohio, a daughter of George and Hattie (Coyle) Bair, of Warren, and who, previous to her marriage, was a popular and successful teacher in this county. Mr. Pinkerton has served the pub- lic as Trustee of his township.
S C. CLARK, Cortland, Ohio, has been identified with the business interests of this town during the past decade. Mr. Clark was born in Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio, May 20, 1838. His father, David Clark, a native of Connecticut, died in Vienna, in 1852, his widow surviving him until 1878. They had seven children. David Clark was a farmer all his life; politically, was first a Whig and afterward a Republican; religiously, was an active and earnest mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. S. C. Clark was reared on his father's farm and his education was received in the district schools.
When the war came on the subject of our sketchi was one of the brave boys who donned the blue and entered the Union ranks. He enlisted in the fall of 1861, in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and rendered efficient service for fourteen months. He was with the forces that operated in the South and West, seeing service in Kansas, Indian Territory, Arkan- sas and Missouri, and being in several skir- mishes with General Price's troops, and also with General Marmaduke's forces. .
Having received an honorable discharge, Mr. Clark returned to Trumbull county,
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Ohio, and at Bristol worked at the trade of mason for some time. At the age of twenty- five he was married, at Bristol, to Miss Abigail Saterlee. a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Hiranı Saterlee. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have two children: B. E. Clark, a traveling salesman; and Lillie, wife of L. B. Thompson, of Atlanta, Georgia, who is as- sistant night chief in the Western Union office.
As already stated Mr. Clark has been en- gaged in business at Cortland for the past ten years. He carries a full and complete line of drugs, patent medicines, stationery, fancy articles, etc., and is not only classed with the leading business men of the town, but also holds prominent rank in fraternal circles. He is a member of the G. A. R., Burrow Coburn Post, and of the Masonic order, Lodge No. 529, A. F. & A. M.
R S. HART has long been identified with the interests of Brookfield town- ship, Trumbull county, and is one of the prominent men of his vicinity.
He was born in Burlington, Connecticut, June 29, 1814, son of Orenus and Sabra (Lewis) Hart. The other members of his father's family were Charles, Blucher, Ade- line and Henry. R. S. was next to the old- est. Orenus Hart spent twenty-one years of his life in the schoolroom as instructor, after which he retired to the farm, and spent the rest of his days in agricultural pursuits. His father bought 460 acres of land in the place where the Cleveland coal shaft is, in Brook- field township. He was a Fife Major in the Revolutionary war. It was in 1822 that Orenus Hart arrived in Ohio, he having made the journey here with an ox team. He
was fitted both by education and by natural ability to occupy a leading place among the pioneer settlers, and his opinion and advice were frequently sought. For a number of years he served as School Commissioner, his duty being to examine the teachers. Bothi he and his wife were members of the Disci- ple Church.
R. S. Hart has been twice married. In 1838 le wedded Mary A. Christy, who died in 1870. She was the mother of fourteen children, seven of whom died in infancy. The names of the others are: Orenus, Seth ,
Dennis B., Jolin, Florence F., Emeline and Martha. In 1873 Mr. Hart married Mary E. Scofield, his present companion. They are members of the Disciple Church.
At an early day Mr. Hart was extensively engaged in the cattle business, buying and shipping to Eastern markets. He was one of the first men in this vicinity to lease his land for coal-mining purposes. Some of his land has been operated in this way since 1861. He votes with the Republican party and takes a commendable interest in local affairs. He has served the public as Trustee, Constable and Justice of the Peace, always performing his duty with the strictest fidelity.
W R. McFARLAND, proprietor of a hotel at Orangeville, Ohio, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1856. He is one of the family of five children born to A. and Melinda McFar- land. Until recently he was engaged in farming in this county, being the owner of 174 acres of land here, which he still retains. The hotel he is now running was formerly in the hands of his father-in-law, Mr. Pow-
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ers. Mr. McFarland is a man of genial and obliging disposition, and seems to be es- pecially adapted for the business in which lie lately embarked. In politics he is a Repub- lican. Aside from his farmn and hotel busi- ness, he is the owner of residence property in Orangeville.
December 24, 1878, Mr. McFarland mar- ried Miss Ella Powers. Their only child liv- ing is Archie, born July 2, 1883.
M W. COOK, who has been in the rail- road business for many years, and is now living on a farm in Johnston township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Columnbiana county, this State, September 13, 1833. Job Cook, his father, was for many years one of the prominent citizens of Trumbull county. He was born in Columbiana county, in 1806, son of Thomas Cook, a veteran of the war of 1812. As far back as their history has been traced the Cooks have been Quakers and have been among the leading people of the various lo- calities in which they have lived. Job Cook's wife was before her marriage Miss Rachel Taylor. She was a woman of marked intelli- gence and was a member of a highly re- spected family. Her birthplace was in New Jersey, and Anthony Taylor, of that State, was her father. Mr. and Mrs. Cook located in Newton Falls about 1830, and some years later they removed to . Lordstown, Trumbull county. At Warren Mrs. Cook was killed by a runaway horse, when she was fifty-five years age. The father lived to be seventy-five. They reared three children, namely: M. W., subject of this article; Charles, also a resi- dent of Johnston township, Trumbull county; and Eliza Chamberlain, Niles, Ohio. One
son, Anthony, was accidently killed by au ox team, he being sixteen years old. Job Cook was by trade a shoemaker. He also carried on farming operations. Politically, he was a Republican; religiously, a Disciple.
M. W. Cook was reared in Trumbull county. In 1861 he engaged in railroad busi- ness, which he followed successfully for a number of years. He had charge of railroad construction at various places and was in the employ of several companies. From 1871 until 1874 he was in Indianapolis, whence he went to La Salle county, Illinois, where he remained for some years in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company. After that he was for several years employed by the Mis- souri Pacific Railroad and the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Companies. IIe served as assistant railroad claim agent for some time and was for a while located at lit- tle Rock, Askansas. In 1890 Mr. Cook came back to Trumbull county, Ohio, and settled down on a farm in Johnston township, where he has since resided. Here he owns a nice little home and has forty-six acres of good farming land.
When lie was twenty-six Mr. Cook was married to Esther A. Post, daughter of Charles and Julia Post, and previous to her marriage a successful teacher. Iler widowed mother, now eighty-four years of age, is a resident of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have two sons, C. H. and W. L. The former is a printer by trade aud has been in the West for several years. The latter is a resident of Streator, Illinois. They lost two children, George M. and Frank, aged eleven aud four years respectively.
Mr. Cook is a Justice of the Peace, to which office he was elected by the Republi- cau party. He is a member of Erie Lodge, No. 3, A. F. & A. M. During his railroad
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experience, which took him into various lo- calities and brought him in contact with men of all classes, he gained a fund of valu- able information. He is a man of broad and progressive views, is of frank and genial nature, honorable and upright in all his deal- ings, and he has the respect of all who know him.
ESTER C. HINE, one of the well- known citizens of Johnston township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born on the farm where he now lives, October 3, 1857, son of Niram Hine, one of the promi- nent early residents of this county. Niram Hine was a son of Daniel Hine, an early settler of this township, and was reared and married here, the lady of his choice being Betsey A. Dickerson, daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Ensign) Dickerson. Her father was born April 16, 1787. Niram and Betsey Hine had seven children: Harvey, Frank, Laura, Homer, Phoebe, Alton and Lester C. Harvey, Frank and Homer are deceased. The father died May 3, 1874, and the mother passed away April 23, 1890. Both were members of the Congregational Church. He was a Republican in politics, and held vari- ons local offices.
Lester C. Hine was reared on his father's farm, was early inured to hard work, and his education was that received in the common schools. He spent two years in Grant county, Wisconsin, engaged in the manu- facture of cheese, being a pioneer in the cheese business in that part of Wisconsin. The old home farm on which he now lives comprises 260 acres, and is well improved with good buildings, fences, etc. He keeps a dairy of forty cows, and has a small cheese factory here on his farm, where he makes first-class cheese.
Mr. Hine was married November 25, 1879, at Platteville, Wisconsin, to Miss Katie M. Neeley, daughter of Robert and Helen N. (Chase) Neeley, residents of Grant county, Wisconsin. Her parents located in that county in 1848, moving there from the East. Her father was a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and her mother of New York State. Mrs. Neeley is a granddaughter of ex-Governor Robinson, of Vermont. Follow- ing are the names of Mr. and Mrs. Neeley's children: Henry, Mary, Katie, Nellie, Fan- nie, Robert and Benjamin. Previous to her marriage Mrs. Hine was engaged in teach- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Hine have six children: Frank, Helen, Neeley, Betsey, Mary and Florence. They lost one, Henry, who died at the age of six months.
Mr. Hine is a member of Cortland Lodge, No. 529, A. F. & A. M. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a man in the prime of life, has a frank and genial nature, and few men in this vicinity have more friends than he.
N ICHOLAS COOK, a venerable citi- zen of Brookfield township, Trumbull county, Ohio, is the sire of a prosper- ous and highly respected family. He was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1805, one of a family of three, he being the only one of that number now living. He was married in 1828 to Eva Miller, and in time they be- came the parents of six children. He brought with him to this country that thrift and energy which is so characteristic of the peo- ple of his native land, and here his life has been passed on the farm, his children and grandchildren also becoming tillers of the soil. The family are all identified with the Lutheran Church.
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Mr. Cook now makes his home with his grandson, Amos Cook. Amos Cook was married in 1885 to Hattie Heintzelman, and they have two children: Carrie Elva and Nicholas. Another grandchild, Tilly, sister of Amos Cook, resides with them. These two, together with a sister, Mrs. Rev. Besel, of Girard, Ohio, are the children of Nicholas Cook, Jr., deceased. The latter was born in 1829, was married in 1857 to Sarah Hood, and died April 8, 1886. Mrs. Sarah Cook was born in 1829 and died in 1882. George Cook, the only child of our subject who is now living, married Maggie Mathay. They have three children: Willie, Eva and Bertha. George Cook owns 172 acres of land in this township, upon which he resides. Nicholas Cook at one time owned 300 acres of land here, but has disposed of some of it and now has only 214 acres. Amos Cook owns 104 acres, and his sister Tilly has fifty-seven acres.
The Cooks affiliate with the Democratic party.
OHN STEWART, of Bazetta township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born at Paisley, Scotland, May 12, 1837. His parents, James and Mary (Anderson) Stew- art, were natives of Scotland and Ireland respectively. His mother, however, was reared in Scotland. When John Stewart was a babe in arms his parents emigrated to the United States, and, after remaining a short time in Philadelphia, they came to Lordstown, Trumbull county, Ohio. Not long afterward the senior Mr. Stewart bought a tract of land in Warren township, north of Warren, upon which he lived for twenty years. From there he came to Champion township, this county, and here he spent the
closing years of his life and here died. He and his wife had a family of ten children, namely: Rebecca, John, James, Jr., William, Martha, Mary Ann, Charles, (who died at the age of thirteen years,) Margaret, Bar- bara and Warren. James Stewart, Jr., was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness, and Willian Stewart died in Illinois, that same year.
John Stewart was reared on his father's farm and, being the oldest son in the family, was early in life inured to hard work. His educational advantages were limited to the district schools. When he was seventeen he went to northwestern Illinois, and spent two years there and in Iowa and Wisconsin, during this time being employed in the lumber camps. Upon his return to Trumbull county, Ohio, he spent some time in Lordstown, from there coming to Champion township. In Febru- ary, 1874, he settled on his present farm in Bazetta township, a tract of land comprising 145 acres, all well improved. He also owns a fifty-acre farm, nicely improved in Cham- pion township.
Mr. Stewart was married in Bazetta town- ship, at the age of twenty-one, to Miss Mary Mesmir, a native of this neighborhood. Her father, George Mesmir, born in Lehigh coun- ty, Pennsylvania, in 1810, came to Ohio in 1830, and in 1835 was married to Salome Snyder, whose birth occurred in Lehigh county, in 1816. Mrs. Mesmir died in 1880, and Mr. Mesmir now makes his home with his daughter Mary. He has five children living, Mary, Sarah, Angeline, George and Elizabeth. Two of his children died in in- fancy. Mr. and Mr. Stewart have three chil- dren: Mary, wife of Frank Royal, of Cham- pion township, this county, has one son, George; William James, a member of the home circle; and George who married Mimie
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Kincaid, lias one son, John Stewart, Jr. Our subject and his wife lost their second born in infancy.
Politically, Mr. Stewart is a Republican. He is a man of strict integrity and good business qualifications, and is ranked with the leading men of his township.
T HOMAS S. KNOX is ranked with the leading and prominent citizens of Ba- zetta township, Trumbull county, Ohio. A brief sketch of his life is herewith pre- sented.
Thomas S. Knox was born in Dauphin county, Pensylvania, November 15, 1815. Hugh Knox, his father, a native of the north of Ireland, came to the United States when a boy, and in this country he was reared and was married to Martha Shellenbarger, a na- tive of Germany, who emigrated to Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, when quite young. Hugh Knox died in 1821, leaving a widow and eight children, five sons and three dangh- ters. Only two of this number survive, Thomas S. and his sister, Mrs. Jane Scott, of Youngstown, Ohio.
Thomas S. left home when he was eight years old, and from that early age mnade his own way in the world. After remaining in Youngstown for some time, he went to Springfield, this State. He cast one among the first votes at the time Mahoning county was organized. May 14, 1846, he came to his present location in Bazetta township, it at that time being all covered with heavy timber. Here he built a log cabin, and for some the only door they had was a quilt hung up before the opening in their log house. Subsequently the cabin gave way to a frame
house, and in 1871 Mr. Knox built his pres- ent commodious residence, which is a two- story frame, 17 x 28 feet, with an L, 17 x 24 feet. It is beautifully located on a natural building site. The two large barns, the well- kept fence-rows, and in fact the general ap- pearance of the farm is one indicative of prosperity. The place comprises 105 acres.
Mr. Knox was married November 28,1838, at Jackson, Ohio, to Sarah Rush, daugh- ter of Daniel and Nancy (Farroh) Rush, the former a native of Washington county, Penn- sylvania, and the latter of New Jersey. Her mother died in Jackson, Ohio, and her father passed away in Champion township, Trum- bull county. Mr. and Mrs. Knox had three children, viz: Anna, wife of David Fisk, of Champion, Ohio; Amy, wife of A. E. Chin- nock, also of Champion; and J. R., at home. Mrs. Fisk and Mrs. Chinnock are twins. They also lost three children: Harrison, at the age of nineteen years; Mary Eliza Wil- liams, who died at the age of forty, and left three children; and Robert, November 12, 1864, whose death occurred at the age of twenty years. Mrs. Knox departed this life in November, 1888.
J. R. Knox, above referred to, was born and reared on his father's farm. He spent some time in the sawmill business, in com- pany with his brother-in-law, A. E. Chinnock, and since retiring from the mill has devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits on the farm. He has been twice married. At the age of twenty-six, at Youngstown, Ohio, he wedded Miss Elizabeth Haney, who died in November, 1886, leaving one child, Flora S., now in her twelfth year. May 1, 1889, he married Mrs. Adaline Goldner, widow of William Goldner. She was born in Bristol, this county, daughter of Harlow and Per- meila (Lovel) Munson, both now deceased.
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Mrs Knox was reared by her grandfather, Randall Munson, one of the early settlers of Trumbull county. He died in 1893, aged ninety-two years. Mrs. Knox is a member of the Disciple Church. Politically, J. R. Knox and his father are both Republicans.
RA READ was born in Tyringham, Massachusetts, February 25, 1790. He was married September 17, 1814, to Mary Smithi who was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, July 25, 1790. In a snow- storm, June, 1816, they started for Ashta- bula county, Ohio, with a large train of ox and horse teams and saddle horses. The father, mother and four sisters of Ira Read; the mother, three brothers and two sisters of Mary Read, with several other families, were of the party. All had exchanged their Mas- sachusetts farms for Olio land, which they had never seen, but with which as far as known they were entirely satisfied. To Ira Read and wife one son was born in Massa- chusetts, Albert N., who was carried by his mother on horseback to their new home in the wilderness. The difficulties of the journey are illustrated by the facts that the train camped three nights while the party were repairing the old military road throughi Den- mark, Dorset and adjoining counties. There were but few settlers at that time in Williams- field, but with their help log cabins were quickly erected for all the families and the work commenced of clearing the land for crops.
Of the sisters of Ira Read two, Mrs. North and Mrs. Tuttle, settled in Williamsfield; two, Mrs. Canfield and Mrs. King, in Chardon, Geauga county. Of the brothers and sisters
of Mary Read, Daniel, Josiah, Levi and Mrs. Leffingwell, settled in Williamsfield, and Mrs. Allen, in Wayne. All of the families built up for themselves comfortable homes, gave their children good education, fitted them to become, as they did become, prominent and influential citizens.
In 1836 Ira Read removed with his family to Mecca, Trumbull county, having bought a large farm in that township, on which he re- sided until his death, October 21, 1861. He was a man of marked influence in the church and society, liberal in his ideas and thoroughly devoted to the right as he under- stood it. He was the first in the neighbor- hood to put up the frame of a building by a "public raising" without the aid of a whisky bottle.
Of his children, the eldest, Albert N., born in Massachusetts, as above stated, worked on the farm nntil near his majority, attending district school in winter. Afterward he studied at an academy at Chardon, Geauga county, and then under a private tutor in Kinsman. He studied medicine under the instructions of Dr. Peter Allen, of Kinsman; received the degree of M. D., from the medi- cal college of Willoughby and from the Philadelphia medical college; practiced in Andover, Ashtabula county, for several years, and then removed to Norwalk, Huron county. Early in the war he was appointed a medical inspector of the United States Sanitary Com- mission, assigned to duty in the army of the Cumberland. He had the general charge of the commission in that army and received many flattering testimonials from the medi- cal and military officers as to the value and efficiency of his work.
He was married, October 8, 1837, to Janette Beman, daughter of B. Beman, of Mecca. They had three children. One died
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in infancy, and another, Dr. Ira Beman Read, is practicing medicine in New York city, while the daughter, Amelia, is the wife of a Mr. Newton, a mechanic of Milwaukee, Wis- consin. After the death of the mother of liis children he married Miss Elizabeth Cook, with whom he is now living.
Daniel W., the second son, born September 3, 1817, remained npon the farm. He was married November 12, 1840, to Julia Owens, daughter of Deacon Nathaniel Owens, by whom he had four children: a son, who died at about twenty years of age; a daughter, Ellen, who married Newton Shaw, of Mecca, and is now living with her family in Iowa; a daughter, Harriet, who married Dr. E. Hitch- cock, now of Akron, Ohio, and died, leaving one daughter, now Mrs. Deihl, of New York city; and a daughter, Alice, who married Rolla Smith and is living with her family in Springfield, Missouri.
The third, Ira Newton Read, born July 26, 1820, studied medicine in the office of his brother; received the degree of M. D., from the Cleveland Medical College; practiced in Espyville, Pennsylvania, later in Chardon, Geanga county, Ohio, and frem there re- moved to Chandlerville, Illinois, where he now resides. October 1, 1844, he was mar- ried to Lydia Canfield, of Chardon, Ohio, by whom he has had three children: Orin, who died in childhood; Ira, a druggist; and Lucy, the wife of a druggist, Mr. Morse.
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