Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 38

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

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1871. For the following two years lie was engaged in the practice of medicine at Niles, spent one year in Youngstown, four years at Church Hill, and since 1881, has followed his profession at Girard, Trumbull county. The Doctor is a member of the Trumbull County Medical Society, and also of the State Medical Association.

June 25, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Sylvia J. Van Horn, a danghter of Abraham and Harriet Powers (Rodacker) Van Horn. To this union have been born two chil- dren: Hattie A. and Harvey T. Dr. Brooks and wife are members of the Christian Church. In politics the Doctor is Republican.

M ILLARD F. JACOBS, a farmer of Mahoning county, is a son of Philip Jacobs, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1811. IIe afterward removed with his parents to Ohio, and remained at home until after his mar- riage. While at home, and engaged in the lumber business, he broke his leg, and am- putation afterward became necessary. He then took up a course of study in the country schools, later taught school and studied law under the father of Governor Tod for about three years, and then engaged in the mercan- tile business at Youngstown, on east Federal street. In 1873, Mr. Jacobs embarked in the coal trade, in company with his two sons, Orin and Millard, first operating the Thorn- hill bank, and afterward five banks in Hub- bard. He was thrown upon his own re- sources at the age of about seventeen years and at his death he owned 250 acres of land, 200 acres cultivated, a store house, a dwell- ing on Watts street, and another on Sumner avenue, his entire property being estimated

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at $50,000. In political matters, he was a Republican, and at one time held the position of Conncilman. Mr. Jacobs was a son of Abram and Elizabeth (Kimmel) Jacobs, na- tives of Pennsylvania. They subsequently came to Ohio, locating on the farm which our subject now owns. Abram Jacobs was a farmer by occupation, and his death occurred in 1858. He was a son of Daniel and Polly Jacobs, natives of Pennsylvania. The family came originally from Germany. Elizabeth Kimmel was a daughter of Isaac and Ann Kimmel. Isaac Kimmel was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The Kimmel family came to this country from Germany, and after coming to Ohio located on Mahon- ing river, near Haselton. The mother of our subject, nee Sally Kimmel, was born in Youngstown, in 1819, the only child of John and Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Kimmel. The father, a blacksmith and farmer by occupation was a son of Isaac Kimmel. Elizabeth Kirk- patrick was a daughter of Thomas and Phoebe (Baldwin) Kirkpatrick, natives of Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jacobs were married in 1835, and were the parents of eleven children: Amanda, died in infancy; Betsie, deceased, was the wife of John Thorn, of Seattle, Washington, and they had three children, .Sallie, wife of Charles Wick; Sammie, of Seattle; and Mabel, who resides with her grandmother; Orin married Melvina Gerwig, a native of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and they have five children, Minnie, Oscar L., Edward G., Robert T. and Betsie K .; Millard is the subject of this sketch; Emma married Jolm Nash, plumber of Youngstown, and they liave one child, Jay; Abram was drowned in the Malioning river wlien seven years of age; Flora is the wife of James HI. Thompson, a member of a hardware firm in Youngstown,

and they have three children: Philip, George and Florence; Frank is an attorney of Youngstown; Jennie is the wife of Charles Ensign, a drnggist, and they have two chil- dren Emily and Alice B. (ten and eleven); Berne and Bell, (twins) and the former, a farmer by occupation, married Ella Brothers; they have one child, Mason; the latter is at home.

Millard F. Jacobs, the subject of this sketch, was born on Federal street, Youngs- town, September 25, 1844. When one year old he went to the home of his maternal grandfather, and at the age of seventeen years went to Watseka, Illinois, where he worked on a farm. Two years later Mr. Jacobs returned to this city, and engaged with his father and brother in the coal busi- ness. He now has about 235 acres of land, and owns sheep, horses and cattle to the amount of $20,000. In political matters, he affiliates with the Republican party, and has served as a member of the School Board.

Mr. Jacobs was married October 18, 1871, to Unice Viola Bentley, a danghter of Joseph and Sarah Bentley. To this union have been born two children: Josie and Dale R., both at home. Mr. Jacobs and son are members of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife and danghter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ESSE HALL, deceased, formerly a resi- dent of Hubbard township, Trumbull connty, was a son of Jesse and Christ- C ianna (Roof) Hall, natives of New Jersey. The parents came to Hubbard township when it was but sparsely settled, and the farm on which they located about ninety years ago is still owned by the family. The progenitors

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of the Halls were sturdy, honorable and sub- stantial citizens of German and French ex- traction, but emigrated from England to America. Jesse Hall, Jr., possessed the sterling qualities of his ancestors to a marked degree, and his good qualities far outnum- bered his faults. While actively engaged in business he was connected with gigantic en- terprises, and assumed large obligations, but while many of them were very important, no man was allowed to suffer an iota of loss. He was literally a self-made man, having started in life with comparatively nothing, and with but limited educational advantages, but good luck was his fortune. At times his wealth approximated $500,000. At his death he was the owner of about 1,500 acres of land, 1,000 acres of which was under cultivation, and he was recognized as the leading farmer of Hubbard township. Mr. Hall was also the owner of a coal mine in Grove City, Penn- sylvania, which he opened at a cost of about $40,000, and it has been operated by Evan J. Morris. It now yields about 700 tons daily.

In 1829 he was married to Hannah J. Sheline, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, and a daughter of David and Jane (Foulks) She- line. Her mother died when she was quite young, and she afterward made her home with William Long, with whom she came to Trumbull county. Mr. Hall departed this life March 3, 1891, and to his memory has been reared a beautiful monument, commen- surate with the esteem in which he was uni- versally held. He was an active member and liberal supporter of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Hall had nine children, viz .: Carolino, wife of Aaron Hibler, of Hubbard township; Myrum, wife of Lewis Burnett, also of this township; David, the next in order of birth; Christian, wife of Newton

Oliver, of Vienna, Ohio; Nancy, wife of I. D. Price, a farmer of Braceville, Trum- bull county; William, of Hubbard township; Clara, widow of Theodore Miller; Harriet, wife of T. A. Thomas, of Erie, Pennsylva- nia; and Jesse A., of Hubbard.

David Hall was born on the farm where he now resides, in Hubbard township, Febru- ary 26, 1829. In 1861 he married and took charge of his place, and continued to farm exclusively until 1870, when he became a silent partner and superintendent of the Hubbard Rolling Mill, then known as the Hall Iron Company. Since / 1878 he has given his entire attention to agricultural pur- suits. Mr. Hall was married in 1861, to Margaret Waldorf, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Jones) Waldorf, natives of New Jersey and Ohio respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have one child, Emma J., now the wife of A. W. Johnson, of Hubbard. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Christian Church.

William Hall was born in Hubbard, De- cember 21, 1844, and remained with his par- ents until 1868. In that year he married and located on his present farm, where his grandfather had settled in about 1793. In 1880 he moved to his present home. Mr. Hall married Jennie Dunkerly, a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, but afterward, came to Trumbull county, Ohio, with her parents. She is a daughter of James and Alice (Whiteaker) Dunkerly, natives of En- gland. They came to America in about 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have had four children: Denver J., deceased; Alice, wife of Albert M. Albright, of Coalburgh, Ohio; and Eva and Jesse, at home. The family are members of the Christian Church.

Jesse A. Hall was born in Hubbard town- ship, October 3, 1851, and remained at home

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until 1876, when he moved to his present home in Hubbard. He was married in that year, March 15, to Mary I. Flangher, a daughter of Amos P. and Rebecca (Krons) Flangher. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have six chil- dren: Carrie B., Arthur G., Blanchard B., Jesse H., Mary M. and Hazel H.

Mr. Hall affiliates with the Republican party.

H UGH MCINTYRE, a farmer of Liberty township, Trumbull county, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, November 4, 1824, a son of James McIntyre, a native of Scotland and a tailor by trade. He was married in his native country, to Nancy Lee, a native of Edinburg. Both died in Tyrone, Ireland. They had ten. children, namely: William, James, Eliza, Hugh, Ann, Robert, Wilson, Samuel, Matilda and Mary Ann. The father was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

Hugh McIntyre, our subject, followed the shoemaker's trade for many years. In 1845 he came to the United States, spent the fol- lowing four years in New York, and then came to Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he purchased a farm. He has a good dwelling, 20 x 26 feet, with an L 20 x 32 feet, a barn 25 x 70 feet, fine fields, and his farm also contains coal. Mr. McIntyre has a number of the finest draft horses in Trumbull county, among them being a Suffolk, Punch, Burgh, imported, Duke, a chestnut weighing 1,745 ponnds, and Black Victor, a horse of wonderful style and beauty, weighing 1,535 pounds.

At the age of twenty-one years he was united in marriage with Mary McMerny, a native of Tyrone, Ireland, and a daughter of Robert and Abigail (King) McMerny, natives

of that country. The father died in Ireland, and the mother in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Mcintyre have had ten children, viz .: Eliza Jane; Robert F., in Parke county, Indiana; James F., of Clay county, Indiana; Mandy E .; William W., who was killed by lightning in 1892, leaving a wife and three children; May Riddle; Hugh E .; John K., a popular and successful teacher of Trumbull county; George N., who was engaged in teaching at the early age of sixteen years, is now a min- ister in the Presbyterian Church. The oldest child died at the age of seven months. Mr. McIntyre is a man of intelligence, favors ed- ucation, religion and temperance, and is es- teemed by all who know him. He supports the Democratic party.

H ON. WILLIAM RITEZEL, the able and popular editor of the Warren Chronicle, was born in Claysville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1828. His father was John Rite- zel, a native of Pennsylvania, who in his youth removed to the western part of that State, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1872. He was of German descent, and inch respected. His good wife, whose maiden name was Martha Hodgens, was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. They were the par- ents of nine children, all of whom have passed away save the subject of this memoir. He studied in the common schools of that day, and at the age of seventeen entered a print- ing office in Washington, Pennsylvania, with the avowed purpose of mastering all the de- tails of the business. His rise became rapid, and in 1851 he established the Review at that place. In 1854, he sold out the Review and removed to Warren, Ohio, where he be-

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came editor and publisher of the Trumbull Democrat. He conducted this paper until 1862, when it was merged into the Western Reserve Chronicle. With this journal Mr. Ritezel has since been continuously con- nected. Associated with him now are F. M. Ritezel, lis son, and B. J. Taylor (see sketch of the latter in this volume).

The Warren Daily Chronicle is a nine- column evening paper, handsome in its dress, strong in its advocacy of Republican prin- ciples, devoted in its championship of worthy private and public enterprises, and of Ameri- can ideas. The weekly is the Western Re- serve Chronicle, the first paper printed on the Connecticut Western Reserve. Mr. Ritezel is eminently qualified to conduct one of the leading journals of Ohio, is keenly alive to the proper demands of the times, wields a facile as well as a pungent pen, and his edi- torial columns are potential in their influ- ences for good.

In 1861, Mr. Ritezel was elected Treasurer of Trumbull county, and re-elected in 1863. In 1868, he was brought forward by the Re- publican party as a candidate for the Legis- lature and was elected, and was re-elected in 1870. His legislative career was marked by sound judgment, efficient service and devotion to the principles of his party. In 1892, he was chosen delegate from the Nineteenth Ohio district to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis. Since he and his paper espoused the principles of the Re- publican party he has been one of its able counselors and active leaders in Trumbull county.

Mr. Ritezel was united in marriage, at Washington, Pennsylvania, in May, 1851, to Miss A. E. White, of that place. Three children were born to this union: Franklin M., Mary, now Mrs. Smith, and Annie E.

now Mrs. Hoefgen. Franklin M. is associate editor of the Chronicle and enjoys a fine reputation. He was appointed Postmaster of Warren by President Harrison, and dis- charged his official duties with satisfaction to the people. Mr. Ritezel is a man of genial nature, social and open-hearted, and warm in his friendships. As a public man he has won an enviable reputation, and also as a private man and citizen. By those among whom he has dwelt for the generation past he is honored and respected.

D R. HERBERT A. SHERWOOD, physician and surgeon, Warren, Ohio, has been in constant practice since March 1, 1876, which was immediately after · his graduation at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, of Cleveland. He had taken a three years' course there, and had spent one year as house physician in the hospital. He is thoroughly posted in his profession, and has by his skill built up an extensive practice in this city.

Dr. Sherwood is a native of Knox county, Ohio, born on a farmi near Fredericktown, March 27, 1851. He was reared to farm life, attended the district schools and the highi school at Fredericktown, and in the winter of 1872 began reading medicine under the in- structions of Dr. E. M. Hall, of that place. He is the son of Stephen H. and Lucy (Man- ley) Sherwood, both deceased, his father hav- ing died in January, 1880, at the age of sev- enty years, and his mother in 1884, at the age of seventy-four. They were natives of Vermont, and were among the early settlers of Knox county, Ohio. The father improved a farm there, and was for many years engaged in farming and stock-raising. At an early

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date he dealt extensively in sheep. He was an ardent Republican, and frequently served as delegate to conventions. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of four children, a record of whom is as follows: Julia M., wife of J. H. Wilhelm, died in 1861; Horace HI., a hardware merchant, died in 1882, at the age of thirty-four years; Herbert A. was the sec- ond born; and Lucy M. Love, widow of Sheldon T. Love, is a music teacher of Chi- cago, Ohio.

April 15, 1878, Dr. Sherwood married Miss Acelia J. Thompson, a native of Trum- bull county, Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel C. and Minerva (McMahan) Thompson. Their only child is named Herbert M.

Dr. Sherwood is a member of the national, State and district medical societies. He has served as president of the district society. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Mahoning Chapter and Warren Commandery; Mahoning Lodge, No. 29, I. O. O. F .; Western Reserve Council, No. 386, Royal Arcanum, in which he has passed all the chairs. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and for several years has served as one of its Vestrymen. In poli- tics he is a Republican.

Dr. Sherwood's residence is located at No. 320 Mahoning avenue.

EORGE H. TAYLER, secretary, trea- surer and superintendent of the War- ren Gas Light Company, Warren, Ohio, is one of the enterprising business men of this town. He has filled the above position with the Gas Company since Feb- ruary 1, 1881, and since that year has been one of the directors of the First National

Bank of Warren, has served as one of the directors and as secretary and treasurer of the Warren Opera House Company, since its organization in 1885. Hc is also identified with other enterprises here.

Mr. Tayler was born in Warren, May 5, 1847, son of Matthew B. and Adaline (Hap- good) Tayler. He is a graduate of the War- ren high school and of Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pennsylvania.

After completing his studies, in 1869, he clerked for about one year in the dry goods stores of Hapgood & Brown and S. R. Brown. In the spring of 1870 he went West, and en- gaged in civil engineering on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, with which com- pany he spent four years, the first three months as axman and rodman, the remainder of the time as division engineer, most of the time in charge of construction.

After the panic of 1874 he returned to Warren, and served as a clerk in the shoe store of S. L. Hunt & Son, and later with the Warren Gas Light Company. In 1879 he again went West and engaged in civil engin- eering on the central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, and on the Chicago, Mil- wankee & St. Paul Railroad.

After the death of his father November 23, 1880, he returned to Warren to take charge of his father's estate, accepted his pre- sent position soon afterward, and has since remained here. February 23, 1888, he mar- ried Miss Roxa Wilcox, of St. Lonis, Mis- souri. Their comfortable and attractive resi- dence on Park avenne is the Tayler home- stead.

Mr. Tayler is a man of sterling worth in the town, and his efficient services have been recognized and are highly appreciated by the various corporations with which he is con- nected.

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Politically, Mr. Tayler is a stanch Republi- can. He enlisted, and on May 5, 1864, was mustered in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio National Guard, for 100 days' service; was stationed most of the time at Johnson's island, and was at the battle of Keller's bridge, near Cynthiana, Kentucky, where, with his regiment, he was captured by General Morgan.

He is a prominent Mason, and is a mem- ber of all the Masonic bodies of Warren and of Lake Erie Consistory, and has passed the chairs in Old Erie Lodge, No. 3, and Warren Commandery, No. 39. He attends the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and is one of its trustees.

JOHN H. PARK, an old settler and proprietor of a large and flourishing farm one mile west of Niles, in Weath - ersfield township, Trumbull county, Olrio, was born in Vermont, May 22, 1822. He comes of good old New England stock, of English descent, the founders of the family in America having come from the " tight little isle " in early colonial times and settled in Rhode Island or Connecticut, whence members removed to Vermont. The grand- father of the subject of this sketch had eleven children: Joseph, Elijah, Simon, Loren, Al- mon, Royal, John B. (father of the subject of this sketch), and another son whose name is forgotten; Eunice, Sarah and Polly, who married John Clark. John B. Park, father of Mr. Park of this notice, was born in Rut- land, Vermont, May 22, 1794, and grew up a strong, muscular, active man, honorable in his dealing and remarkably industrions. He was, politically, a Whig and an ardent patriot. At the time of the war of 1812 he was called

into the army during the battle of Platts- burg, which took place on Lake Champlain, September 11, 1814, Commodore McDon- ough commanding the United States troops, but on that engagement resulting so favor- ably for the patriots and so disastrously for the British, the militia was sent home with- out taking part, and no further call was made for it. Abont 1825 John B. Park emi- grated from Vermont to near Moriah, Essex county, New York, where he purchased a tract of land and engaged in farming and lumbering. Induced, however, by the gen- eral emigration to the West and the favorable reports of that country, he in 1831 loaded his family and household effects into a wagon, and thirty days later arrived in Trumbull county, Ohio. Here he contracted for one- third of a 500-acre tract in Weathersfield township, owned by Benjamin Tappan, the price being $5 an acre. On this he labored most assiduously, as only an energetic man can, grabbing, plowing and ditching, thns reduc- ing the wild, forest-covered land to a pro- ductive farm. In this improvement he was assisted by his sons, but by none so much as by John H., the subject of this sketch, who remained under the parental roof after attain- ing his majority, instead of deserting it, pos- sibly to fall into the hands of other persons, thus depriving the descendants of the old homestead which was so laboriously reclaimed from the wilderness. In consequence of this fact, he was selected as the one who should buy the homestead when the father and mother had no further need for it, which he accordingly did and at present reisdes thereon. John B. Park's first wife was Sophia Brough- ton, daughter of Samuel Broughton, whose ancestors five generations back were subjects of the British crown. The children of this marriage were: Samuel, a machinist, who was

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killed in 1862 by his sawmill in Spencer county, Indiano; Ceplias, a doctor in Illinois; John H., the subject of this sketch; Rachel Ann, who married C. W. Smith, a Captain in the Federal army and a Virginia Judge dur- ing the reconstruction period, both of whom are now deceased; and Servetus W., a leading hardware dealer in Warren, Ohio. In 1850, the family was called upon to mourn the death of the devoted wife and mother whose life had been one of subordination to the in- terests and welfare of her loved ones. In 1851, the father remarried, his second wife being Mary A. Kline, and they had three children: Mary, married first to Edward Gordon and afterward to W. W. Welir; Seth, who married Elizabeth Davis; and Cora, wife of Cyril Harshman, of Mineral Ridge, Ohio.

John H. Park, whose name heads this sketch, was ouly about three years of age when his parents removed to New York State from Vermont, and about eleven years old when they once inore turned their faces toward the setting sun to make a home in the wilds of Ohio. He received such educational advantages as were afforded in the district schools on the frontier and was further assisted by his mother, a woman of rare in- tellectnal ability, and the older children. He resided constantly on the old homestead, where he now lives, and was to be relied np- on at all times and under all circumstances. His father's industrious efforts in the culti- vation of the farm were ably supplemented by his own energy and perseverance, until from a tract of wild, wooded land, it became a thrifty, productive farm, and is now num- bered among the best and most valuable in the county. During the late war, at the time of the last call for 75,000 men Mr. Park of this notice enlisted in Company A, under Captain E. Hutchins, of the One Hundred

and Seventy first Regiment, commanded by Colouel J. F. Asper. This company was ordered to Johnson's island to guard prison- ers, when shortly afterward the One Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment was ordered south to intercept General Morgau. Mr. Park was not at the time of capture with the regiment, and thus escaped confinement in a Confeder- ate prison. After 120 days of service, Mr. Park was honorably discharged, and returned home an invalid. Here lie resumed his work where he left it and in the profitable prose- cution of which he has ever since continued. Besides his farming interests, he is now the Vice- President and second largest stockholder in the First National Bank of Niles, to which his sound business judgment and energy have contributed much of its present pros- perity. His well known integrity at once in- sures the confidence of the people in any in- stitution with which he may be connected, and thereby assures success.

May 1, 1845, Mr. Park was married to Mary L. Weisell, an estimable lady and danghter of M. G. Weisell, a prosperous far- mer near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. They had six children: Edwin, a manufacturer of Newton Falls, Ohio; John C. E., operating a planing-mill in Lordstown township; Minerva, deceased, was the wife of L. S. Cole; Rachel Ann, wife of James E. Fisher, of Columbus, Ohio; Mary Rebecca, wife of F. R. Adams, of Trumbull county; and Samuel H., uumarried. In 1879, the faithful wife and loving mother died, greatly lamented by her friends, who knew and appreciated her many excellent qualities. In 1881, Mr. Park was married again, his second wife being Louisa C. Atwater, daughter of Daniel At- water, a well known and highly respected citizen.

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 38

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