Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 37

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

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a small amount of money, proceeded, via the Isthmus of Panama, to the Golden State. He was engaged in mining in and about Santa Cruz, Forest City and other places on the coast, until 1857, when he returned by the same route to his home in Ohio, richer in experience than in gold. After three years on the farm, Mr. Sanford started the Oil Spring Hotel in Mecca, which he successfully conducted eight years. Disposing of it ad- vantageonsly at the end of that time, he bought, in 1868, his present property, chang- ing the name from the American House to the Sanford House. Under its present man- agement, this neat and commodious hotel fills a long felt want of the city, furnishing comfortable and homelike accommodations at a very reasonable charge. During his resi- dance in Niles, Mr. Sanford has been most active in its interests. He lias invested largely in real-estate and is a stockholder and director in the Niles Spouting and Roofing Company, one of the largest corporations in this vicinity. He has also assisted in an official capacity in the city goverment, and is justly recognized as a progressive and public spirited citizen. He is one of the old wheel horses in local and county matters, his face being a familiar one at the conventions of the Republican party in Trumbull county. He was a delegate to the Republican State Con vention which nominated Foraker for a third term, although he did not consider it good policy to support him in the convention.

In March, 1859, Mr. Sanford was married to Mary A. Wagner, an estimable lady, daughter of Henry Wagner, a Pennsylvania German, who settled in Brookfield township, Trumbull county, in an early day. He was the father of five children, three of whom sur- vive: Lottie, Addie and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford have no children.

Fraternally, Mr. Sanford is a Royal Arch Mason, belongs to the Knight Templars and the Mystic Shrine. He has been for many years Treasurer of the Mahoning Lodge No. 394. In his various capacities of business man, citizen and public official, his actions have been characterized by uprightness and sincere devotion to the interests of his com- munity, and he justly enjoys the universal esteem of his fellow men.

W ILLIAM N. CASE, one of the sub- stantial and well-known men of Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born on the old Case homestead, near the center of this township, May 7, 1839. His father, Solomon Virgil Case, a native of - Connecticut, came to Ohio about 1836, and settled in Mecca township. His first wife died at the age of fifty years, and he lived to be eighty. He was a farmer all his life. The subject of our sketch is the youngest of the nine children of his first wife, and by a subsequent marriage he had one daughter, Mary.

W. N. Case was reared on his father's farm, and early in life was taught lessons of indus- try and honesty, and to his early training he attributes the success of his later life. He has all his life been engaged in agricultural pursuits and by his own honest toil lias ac- cumulated a competency. His farm com- prises 100 acres of Mecca township's choicest soil, and is well improved with buildings, fences, etc. This farm is especially adapted to stock-raising, and is chiefly devoted to that purpose. His two-story residence, witlı its spacious porch, is located twenty rods back from the highway, and it presents somewhat

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the appearance of a Southern home. Every thing about the premises at once indicates the proprietor to be a man of thrift.

Mr. Case was married, December 24, 1890, to Miss Rebecca Kier. She was born in In- diana county, Pennsylvania, daughter of James and Jane (Holstein) Kier, both natives of Pennsylvania, and both deceased. Her parents had seven children, of whom three are living: Margaret Kier, Sarah MeCracken and Rebecca Case. The names of her deceased brothers and sisters are Mary, Arbella, Samuel and William. Her father was a saddler and harness-maker by trade, a Democrat in poli- tics, and in religion was a United Presbyter- ian. Mrs. Case is a United Presbyterian and her husband is a member of the Congrega- tional Church. Mr. Case is a Republican.

AMES COOK, who has been identified with the interests of Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, since May, 1832, is ranked with the prominent and leading citi- zens of the township. Of his life we present the following brief sketch:

James Cook was born in Locke, Cayuga county, New York, July 21, 1821. His father, Nathan Cook, a native of that same place, was born in 1800, a son of James Cook, a native of Connecticut and a veteran of the Revolutionary war. The latter was one of the early settlers of Cayuga county, New York, whence he and his wife, who be- fore her marriage was a Miss Brown, came out to the Western Reserve and settled in Mecca township, where they both died, and are buried. He lived to the advanced age of ninety. The names of their children are John, Nathan, Zachariah, Samuel, Amos, and Lois.

Nathan Cook was reared and educated at Locke, New York, and at the age of nineteen years married Permelia Hadlock, daughter of James and Nancy Hadlock, her father being one of the old Tories of that county, her mother a native of Scotland. Her father and mother removed from New York to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where they died at the ages of ninety-three and ninety-seven years respectively. Nathan Cook and his wife came out to Ohio and settled in Mecca township before any road had been cut through to their farm, the same farm, on which the sub- ject of our sketch now lives. Here the mother died in April, 1846, leaving a family of seven children, viz .: Asa, a resident of Michigan; James, the subject of this sketch ; Nathan, deceased; Lois, a resident of Hebron, Nebraska; Betsey, of Michigan; Joseph, de- ceased; and Uphema, of Iowa. The father of this family died November 18, 1888, aged eighty-eight years. He was a farmer by ocenpation, and in politics was first a Whig and afterward a Republican.

James Cook was a lad of eleven years when he came with his parents to Ohio. Here he grew up, and was 'educated. With the ex- ception of three years spent at Pierpont, Ashtabula county, Ohio, he has lived on his present farm since he was eleven years old. His home here is one of the most attractive rural places in this part of the country. The residence is beautifully located on a natural building site, is surrounded by a pretty lawn, and is shaded by tall pines and other ever- greens. The farm comprises ninety acres, and is situated very near the center of the township.

Mr. Cook was married, September 2, 1844, in Ashtabula county, to Permelia Cole, who, like her husband, was born in Cayuga county, New York. Her parents, Ezra and Mercy

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Cole, are both deceased. She died in 1858, leaving one daughter living, Mrs. Mercy Fink, of Mahoning county, Ohio, and two, Emiline and Sarah, deceased. November 10, 1858, Mr. Cook was married, in Hancock county, Indiana, to Miss Mary Poole, a native of Mecca township, this county, and a daughter of Robert and Margaret (Kissicker) Poole, her father a native of Maryland and her mother of Virginia. Her mother died Janu- ary 23, 1892, at the age of eighty-six years, her father having passed away some years ago in Hancock county, Indiana, aged seventy- two. Mr. and Mrs. Poole had twelve chil- dren, five sons and seven daughters. Two of the sons were soldiers in the Civil war. Mrs. Cook has one brother, Frank R. Poole, a re- sident of Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have children as follows: Frank, , a resident of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Gertrude, wife of W. Obrien, of Knoxville, Tennessee; and Fred, a book-keeper in Chi- cago, Illinois.

Politically, Mr. Cook is a Republican. He has served as Township Trustee, and for the past fifteen years has been a member of the School Board. He is an Elder in the United Presbyterian Church. Few men in this vicinity are held in higher esteem than James Cook.

B ERT CASE, one of the prominent and well-to-do men of Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio, has been iden- tified with the interests of the county since 1837. He was born in Canton, Hartford county, Connecticut, February 25, 1827, son of Solomon Virgil Case, a native of Simsbury, Connecticut. The Case family originated in England and were among the carly settlers of the New England States. Solomon Virgil

Case married Lois L. Case, a second cousin of his. She too was a native of Connecticut. Her father and grandfather were both in the Revolutionary war, the former being a boy in his 'teens at that time. Mr. Case emni- granted with his family to Ohio in 1837, making the journey by wagon, and upon his arrival here located in Mecca township, where as the years rolled by, he developed a fine farm. He and his wife had the following children: namely: Lois L. (deceased), Coey, Jennette, Asa L., Bert, J. C., Jane Flor- rilla, Faithy (deceased), Solomon, and Will- iam N. The mother of these children died twenty years before the father, who, by a subsequent marriage, to Sarah Newton, had one child, Mary Case, a resident of Gus- tavus. Solomon Virgil Case was by trade a plow-maker and cooper, at which trade he worked in Connecticut. After coming to Ohio, however, he devoted his time and ener- gies to agricultural pursuits. He died at a good old age, honored and respected by all who knew him.

Bert Case was a lad of nine when his father settled in the woods of Ohio, and here on the frontier he grew up, helping his father to clear their farm and during the winter months attending the district schools. He was married June 24, 1852, on the farm where he now lives, to Miss Emma Holmes, a woman of many good qualities of both heart and mind, who for forty-one years has been the sharer of his joys and sorrows. She is a daughter of C. B. and Mary (Brown) Holmes, of Trumbull county. Her mother died . here at the age of sixty-one years, and her father lived to be seventy-four. She was their only child. Her parents were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Case have two children: Ella, wife of F. N. Kisner, a well-known citizen of Mecca township, has

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two children, Ethel and Hazel; and H. H. Case, also of Mecca township, married Lida Gains, and has one son, Floyd.

Mr. Case has 250 acres of fine farming land, all nicely improved, devoted to general farming and stock-raising. Formerly he for many years kept a dairy. In politics, he is a Republican. He takes a commendable in- terest in public affairs and has served as Township Trustee and as a member of the School Board. He is identified with Erie Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., and both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church of Mecca. Mr. Case is one of the substantial men of this vicinity and is as popular as he is well known.

EORGE E. LYNN, a large land owner and one of the prominent men of Cort- land, Trumball county, Ohio, is a native of Canfield, Mahoning county, this State. He was born January 9, 1841, son of David Lynn and grandsou of George Lynn. Grandfather Lynn was the fourth settler in Canfield and was ranked with its prominent pioneers. Canfield at the time he settled there was composed of three log cabins and was surrounded on all sides by a dense forest filled with wild animals and there were also plenty of Indians in this re- gion. George Lynn was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John G. Lynn, who was born in Holland, and came to America in early colonial times, and took part in the Revolution, and after independ- ence was established, located in Pennsylvania. He was married in Butler county, Pennsyl- vania, and came soon afterward to eastern Ohio, having only half a dollar in money when he landed in Canfield. His life was

characterized by industry and integrity. He died at the age of fifty-five years. David Lynn, his son and the father of the subject of this sketch, first saw the light of day. in a log house in Canfield, and amid pioneer sur- ronndings he was reared and educated. He married Miss Mary A. Harding, daughter of John A. Harding, a veteran of the war of 1812, and a native of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. David and Mary A. Lynn had seven children, four sons and three daughters, all of whom are living. The father is still living at Canfield, having passed his eighty-seventh birthday, the mother de- parted this life October 12, 1893.

George E. Lynn grew up in Canfield, re- ceiving his education there. In 1861 he went to Kansas, where he remained one year. He then returned to Ohio, and was for some time in the employ of the United States Gov- ernment, engaged in shipping horses and cat - tle. In 1867 he came to Bazetta township, Trumbull county, Ohio, and turned his atten- tion to farming and stock-raising.

Mr. Lynn was married June 7, 1866 to Miss Mary J. Bole, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, danghter of William and Jane (McCleary) Bole, both of whom died when she was a little girl. She was reared as an adopted daughter of Solomon Kline, a prom- inent citizen of this township. Mr. Kline was born in Northumberland county, Penn- sylvania, in 1800, and was married there to Elizabeth Harding, sister of John A. Hard- ing. He came to Bazetta township in 1853, and up to the time of his death was ranked with the most successful farmers and stock men in Trumbull county. He died in 1884, at the age of eighty-four years, his wife, in 1886, aged eighty-six. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. George E. Lynn and wife have four children, viz .:

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Kline W., a graduate of Mt. Union College, with class of 1884, is now engaged in the practice of medicine at Cortland; David B., also a graduate of Mt. Union College; Fred N .; and George H.

Mr. Lynn owns 800 acres of land in the vicinity of Cortland. He has for a number of years carried on farming and stock oper- ations on an extensive scale, and financially, is classed with the solid men of the county. Politically, he is a Democrat. He and his son, Dr. K. W. Lynn, are members of Cortland Lodge No. 529, F. & A. M. Mrs. Lynn is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is an active worker in the same.

Gi EORGE F. TROXEL, of West Mecca, Trumbull county, Ohio, is a successful merchant and a popular man. He started in business in a small way, and by his good management, his fair dealing and his obliging manner, he has built np a large trade and is doing a successful business. He occupies a storeroom 22 x 64 feet, and carries a fine assortment of dry goods, boots and shoes, staple and fancy groceries, notions and glassware and queensware. Of Mr. Troxel's life we make the following brief record:

George F. Troxel was born in Mecca town- ship, Trumbull county, Ohio, November 16, 1863, and was reared and educated in Mecca. His father, A. J. Troxel, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in 1833, son of Isaac and Esther (Unger) Troxel, who removed from Pennsylvania to Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1848, and settled in Howland township. A. J. Troxel was for some time engaged in the grocery business at Warren. He put down one of the first oil wells in Mecca. That was in 1860. Ile was married in 1860 to

Nancy Heaton, who died in 1869. She had four children, Esther, Mary, Nancy and . George F. All are living except Mary. For his second wife he married Miss Kate Smoyer, and by her has four children, Kate, Susie, Harry and Algy J.

Mr. Troxel was married April 19, 1888, to Miss Tillie Fee, daughter of John Fee, and their only child, Lettie, born June 9, 1890. He and his wife are members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, as also is his father. He is now filling his second term as Post- master of West Mecca.

Of Mrs. Troxel's father, John Fee, we fur- ther record that he was born in Ireland sixty- five years ago, son of William Fee, and when a small boy was deprived of a father's care and support. His widowed mother and her family of three sons and five daughters, emi- grated to this country, and in Ohio John Fee married Mary Parks, a native of Ireland. Mr. Fee is one of the prominent and well-to- do men of Mecca township, and he and his wife have four children, William, D. R., F. A. and Tillie.

G. CHAFFEE is one of the best- known men in Mecca township, Trum- bull county, Ohio. For over seventy years he has been a resident of this place, and he is consequently well versed in its early pioneer history. Of his life we present the following brief sketch:

Joseph G. Chaffee was born in Bristol, Ohio, July 6, 1818, one of the first children born at that place. His father, Rev. Jose Chaffee, a native of Massachusetts, was on his way to the Western Reserve at the time the British burned the city of Buffalo, New York. He settled at Bristol, Ohio, in 1813, and in

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1823 removed with his family to Mecca · township, where he spent the most of his life. His wife, nee Thedosia Fletcher, was a daughter of John Fletcher, a veteran of the Revolutionary war. Jose and Thedosia Chaf- fee had the following children: Sally Shery, deceased; Martha Davidson, a resident of Bris- tol; Joseph G., the subject of this sketch; Eunice McCullaur, deceased; Mary Cook, deceased; Betsey Scoville; and Jemima, who died at the age of seventeen years. Rev. Jose Chaffee died at the age of seventy-nine years, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-four. Both are buried in the old cemetery at Bristol. He was first a Christian preacher, and subsequently was identified with the Disciple Church.

J. G. Chaffee was five years old when his parents moved to Mecca township. He set- tled in the eastern part of the township in 1848, and eight years later removed to a point near where he now lives. Here he owns 128 acres of well-improved farm land, and in connection with his farming operations he has also for many years been engaged in contracting and building. Many of the best houses and barns in the township were erected by him, and he has helped to build all the churches in the township.

Mr. Chaffee was inarried December 24, 1838, to Miss Wealthy Cook, a native of Locke, New York. Mrs. Chaffee is distantly related to Mrs. Hayes, their grandfathers being brothers.

Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have three children, namely: John A., of Bristol, Ohio, was a member of Company H, Seventh Ohio In- fantry, and spent three years in the Civil war, during that time participating in twenty-two battles; James, a member of Company I, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, was wounded in the leg during his service, and is now the recipient

of a pension; and Anna E., widow of Charles Jackson, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee also adopted a son, Charles Cook Chaffee.

Mrs. Chaffee departed this life September 1, 1891, two years after she and Mr. Chaffee had celebrated their golden wedding. She was a woman whose loving disposition and pure Christian character were the admiration of all who knew her. She was active in mis- sion work, was a life member of the Ohio Chsistian Missionary Society, and one of the most active workers of the Disciple Church. The Wealthy Rebekah Lodge, at Mecca, was named in honor of her.

Mr. Chaffee is also a member of the Disci- ple Church, in which he has served as Deacon for many years. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 707, of Mecca, and has filled all its chairs up to Noble Grand. In politics he is a Republican. Time has dealt gently with him. He is now seventy-five years of age, weighs 185 pounds, is six feet tall, and is as straight as an Indian.

REDERICK REGULA has been a resident of Jolinston township, Trum- bull county, Ohio, since 1886. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 5, 1835, son of Conrad Regula, a native of that same province and a soldier under Napoleon. The Regulas are of French origin. The inother of our subject, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Metal, was born in Germany, passed her life and died there. The father came to America and located in Stark county, Ohio, where he passed the residue of his life and died. He was a blacksmith.

Frederick Regula attended school in Ba- varia until he was fourteen. When he was

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fifteen he came with his father to Stark county, Ohio. In 1855, at the age of twenty, he entered the United States Regular Army, becoming a member of the Ninth Infantry. He spent some time on the Pacific coast and was in several engagements with the Indians, and after a service of five years was honor- ably discharged." While he was in the army he contracted chronic disease which has dis- abled him for manual labor. He owns and occupies a farm of seventy-eight acres, and although he is unable to do hard work him- self he has a general supervision over the place. He gives considerable attention to the raising of horses and cattle, and is en- gaged in the dairy business.

Mr. Regula was married at the age of twenty-six, in Stark county, Ohio, to Phobe Axle, who was born and reared in Germany, daughter of A. and Margaret Axle. They have eight children, William, Carrie, Flora, Tillie, Fred H., Louise, Lilly and Harry. William is married and settled on a farnı, and Carrie is the wife of a Mr. Bowers, of New York. The other children are at home. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HOMAS LOUTZENHISAR, a veteran of the Civil war, and a highly re- spected citizen of Johnston township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born at Kinsman, this county, February 4, 1835. Daniel Loutzenhisar, his father, was born near Greenville, Mercer county, Pennsyl- vania, tlic son of a wealthy miller, who was a native of Germany and who was one of the pioneer settlers of Mercer county. Grandfather Loutzenhisar built the first gristmill on Chenango creek. The maiden

name of our subject's mother was Nancy Calvin. She was born ncar Greenville, Penn- sylvania, daughter of John Calvin, a veteran of the war of 1812. The Loutzenhisar family came to Kinsman, Ohio, in 1830, and there the parents of our subject passed the rest of their lives and died, both reaching the ad- vanced age of seventy-two years. They had a family of ten children, six of whom reached adult years, namely: Jacob, a resident of Gustavus, Ohio; Mary Ann, wife of John Logan, of Washington county, Pennsylvania; Saralı, who lives in Shields, Colorado; Cal- vin lives with his brother Thomas; Eunice, wife of Charles Marvin, Andover, Ohio; and Thomas. The father of this family was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he was a Republican.

Thomas Loutzenhisar was reared on his father's farın, and was engaged in farming when the Civil war came on. September 2, 1862, in response to President Lincoln's call for " 300,000 more" he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B. This regiment made a brilliant record during the war. To give an account of all the engagements in which Mr. Loutzenhisar participated would be to write a history of most of the war. Suffice it to say that he took part in many of the most important battles of the South, and that in all his service he acted the part of a brave, truc soldier. He was never wounded, but while he was in the Atlanta campaign, July 16, 1864, he received a sunstroke, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. Mr. Lontzenhisar had a narrow escape at the battle of Chickamauga, where he was knocked down by a bullet, but not seriously injured. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865, and is now the recipient of a pension.

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After the war Mr. Loutzenhisar spent two years in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. He then came to Trumbull county, Ohio, and has since resided here. He has a comforta- ble home and owns some land. He affiliates with the Republican party, and with Mecca Post No. 435, G. A. R.

D R. ANDREW J. BROOKS, a physi- cian and surgeon of Girard, was born in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, September 11, 1844, a son of Thomas and Mary (App) Brooks. The father was also born and reared in Weathersfield town- ship, a son of McCajie and Elizabeth Brooks, who came from Maryland to Weathersfield township, where they were among the pioneer settlers. While digging a well they dis- covered the first coal in this part of the county. They reared a family of five chil- dren, and both died in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brooks also had five children: Charles N., deceased; An- drew J., our subject; Henry N., on the old home farm; Samuel T., deceased; and Olive A., wife of Benjamin Morris, of Youngstown. The father, a farmer by occupation, is now deceased, and the mother resides on the farm near Niles. Both were members of the Dis- ciple Church.

A. J. Brooks, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the old home farm, and at- tended both the public and select schools, also spending one year at Hiram College. He was then engaged in teaching school for five winters, spending the summer months at farm work. At the age of twenty-six years Dr. Brooks began reading medicine with Dr. F. Casper, of Niles, and was graduated at the Cleveland Medical College in the class of

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 37

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