Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 45

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


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In 1854 our subject united with the Wes- leyan Church, was ordained a Deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cleveland, Ohio, in September, 1870, and was licensed to preach in 1864, in this county, although he had been licensed in Europe in 1861. Mr. Swain is a self-made man, having been denied the advantages of an education in his boyhood days, but, unaided in all things, and by dint of perseverance, he has acquired a knowledge that enables him to attend to any duty that may devolve upon him. His life is a good example of what a man may ac- complish who has the desire to succeed.


S YLVANUS S. KING is one of the prominent old settlers of Howland township, Trumbull county, Ohio. He was born on the farm on which he now lives, March 16, 1822, son of David B. King, and grandson of Barber King, the latter being one of the early settlers of this county, hav- ing located here in 1802.


Barber King was a native of Connectient, and his wife, whose maiden name was Irene Scoville, was also a native of Connecticut. They had five sons and two danghters, name- ly: James, Jonathan, Samuel, William B., David B., Saralı and Anna. Barber King and his wife both died in this county. David B. King was reared on his father's frontier farm, receiving his education in a


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log schoolhouse near his home. He married Jane, daughter of Samuel Kennedy, a native of Pennsylvania, who lived neighbor to the King family. Her grandfather was a native of Ireland, and of Scotch-Irish des- cent. David B. King and his wife had five children; Mary Jane Brown, Sylva- nus, S., Samuel B., Caroline Belon and and Amanda Phillips. The father of these children died at the age of sixty-seven years. His whole life was passed on a farnı, and was characterized by strict integrity and industry. In politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. His wife lived to be eighty-two years old.


Sylvanus S. King was reared to farm life. He is now the owner of 270 acres of fine land, and is regarded as one of the most prosperous farmers in the township. His well-cultivated fields, liis fine stock, substantial farın build- ings, etc., are all indicative of thrift and pros- perity.


. He was married at the age of thirty to Abigail Chamberlain, a native of New York, who died in 1888, leaving four children, viz .: Ralph; Bliss, a resident of Warren, Ohio; Jennie Belle, wife of John Kennedy, has one daughter, Grace; William, who married Ella Vennetton, has one son, Harry.


Mr. King is a radical Republican. Polit- ically, financially, and socially, he is ranked with the leading inen of Howland township. Indeed few men have more friends here than he.


W ILLIAM WELLS KENNEDY, a well-known farmer, and highly re- spected citizen of Ilowland town- ship, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born on the farm in which he now lives, March 24,


1837. He is a son of Samuel M. Kennedy, who was born in Westmoreland county. Pennsylvania, in January, 1798, who is a son of William Kennedy, a native of Ches- ter county, that State. William Kennedy's father, Samuel, was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war. William Kennedy was one of the first settlers of Trumbull county; his father, Samuel, was a native of Ireland. William Kennedy and his wife, nee Elizabeth Ander- son, had seven children: Samuel M., William A., Agnes, Ebenezer, Eliza, Anna and John P. The mother of these children died at the age of seventy, and the father lived to the advanced age of ninety -two. Samuel M. was a lad of seven years when he came with his father to Trumbull county, where he grew up and was married. His wife's maiden name was Tabi- tha Kennedy. She was a consin and also a native of Pennsylvania. They spent their lives and died on the farm on which their son, William W., now lives,-the mother's death occurring at the age of sixty-six years, and the father's at seventy-seven. They had four children, namely: Ann Eliza, deceased; William Wells, Ann Eliza (2); and one child that died in infancy.


The farm owned by William W. Kennedy comprises 130 acres, is well improved and kept in the best of order. In connection with his farming he gives considerable atten- tion to stock-raising.


Mr. Kennedy has been twice married. September 25, 1877, in Warren, Ohio, he wedded Addie Ewing, daughter of Levi and Mary (Shiveler) Ewing. She died in August, 1878, leaving one son, Samuol Ewing Ken- nedy. April 19, 1882, Mr. Kennedy married Barbaria Jones, a native of Austintown, Ma- honing county, Ohio, and a danghter of Almus and Margaret (Wilson) Jones, of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six sons and


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five daughters. Willie Guy is the only child Mr. Kennedy has by his present wife.


Mr. Kennedy's father was a Republican, and his political views are also in accord with his party. He is a man whose frank and genial disposition makes him a favorite among his many friends.


JOHN G. CARSON, one of the repre- sentative men of Newton township, Trumbull county, Ohio, is a native of this State, born October 27, 1837.


John Carson, senior and junior, the grand- father and father of John G., were among the earliest settlers of eastern Ohio, locating here in in 1831. The elder Mr. Carson died in Milton, Ohio, at the age of seventy-two years. His son John is still living on the farm on which he settled in 1833. Cathar- ine (Wentz) Carson, a native of Pennsylvania, the wife of John Carson, Sr., died at the home of her son John, aged sixty-seven years. John Carson, Jr., married Lncy A. Gross, a native of York county, Pennsylvania. She is still living. Her parents, John and Christ- iana Gross, died in Berlin, Ohio, at advanced ages.


John G. Carson is one of a family of twelve children, six of whom grew to ma- turity, all farmers as far as known. Grand- father Carson was a soldier in the war of 1812.


The subject of our sketch has been mar- ried three times. His first wife, nee Eliza- beth Davis, died at the age of thirty-three years. She had four children, three of whom are living: a son who is in Texas; Bertie of Iowa; and Hattie, who lives at Berlin, Ohio. His second marriage was consummated with


Julia Reeves, who died at the age of fifty- three years. She also had four children, three of whom are still living and are mem- bers of the home circle. Mr. Carson's last marriage occurred February 18, 1893, to Mrs. Anna Sutton. She was born October 23, 1846, daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Win- field) Strock. Aaron Strock, a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio in 1815, with his parents, George and Elizabeth (Latman) Strock. George Strock was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1786, and died in Ohio at the age of eighty-two years. His wife was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1778, and died in Ohio, aged seventy-nine. The Strocks were among the first settlers in this part of the State. Joseph Strock, the grandfather of Aaron, was born in Germany, came to this country when a young man, and died in Ohio at about the age of ninety years. George Strock was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving eighteen months, and for ser- vice tlien rendered was the recipient of a land warrant. Aaron Strock was one of a family of twelve children, eleven of whom reached adult years, and six of that number are still living. Some of them were mechan- ics and business men, but for the most part they have been egaged in agricultural pnr- snits.


Mrs. Carson is one of a family of six chil- dren, all of whom are living. She was first married, November 12, 1873, to William N. Sntton, who was born May 5, 1825, son of William and Mary (Cox) Sutton, both of died in Ohio, at advanced ages. William N. Sutton was first married to Susan Strock, by whom he had six children, two of whom are living, both engaged in farming. Mr. Carson has three children married and has eleven grandchildren.


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Mr. Carson's life has been spent chiefly on the farm. When the war came on lie enlisted, November 7, 1861, in Company L, Sixth Ohio Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, under Captain C. L. Bartlett and Colonel L. L. Lloyd, and remained in that company one year. He then spent two years in the Quartermaster's department, his service end- ing with his honorable discharge November 11, 1864. He spent two weeks in the hos- pital at Camp Chase. After the war he set- tled down to farming near Alliance, Ohio, subsequently removed to Harper county, Kansas, and finally came back to the old home place in Ohio.


Mr. Carson is a member of Benton Post No. 61, G. A. R., of Kansas. Politically, he is a Republican. He and his family are members of the Christian Church.


W ILLIAM R. WADSWORTH, of Hubbard, Ohio, is a son of Har- vey A. Wadsworth, who was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, October 21, 1830, and who is a son of James and Isabel Wadsworth. The father died when Harvey was eight years of age, and the mother de- parted this life when he was three months old. Mr. Wadsworth then made his home with B. F. Hardy until sixteen years of age, and at the death of the latter lie took Mrs. Hardy to his home, where she lived five years, or until within one year of her death. At the age of sixteen years Mr. Wadsworth went to Hudson, Ohio, where he was apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, and eight years afterward removed to Burton, this State. At the latter place he fol- lowed his trade only a short time, when he bought a farin, and continued that occupation there thirty years. Next, in company with


his son, Harry A., he embarked in the furni- ture and hardware business at Windham, Ohio. In his political views, Mr. Wadsworth is a Democrat, while a resident of Burton held the position of Trustee, and is now a Councilman of Windham. The first of the Wadsworth family in this country were three brothers, who came from England to America in Rev- olutionary times. They located first in New York. The mother of our subject, nee Caro- line A. Cummings, was a native of Man- tua, Ohio. When eight years of age she was adopted by Harry A. Thompson, of Hudson, this State, where she remained until her mar- riage. She is a daughter of James and Cath- erine Cummings, of Scotch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Wadsworth were married in 1853, and have four children: Clara A., wife of W. B. Wright, a commercial traveler of Cleveland; Harry A., engaged in the furni- ture and hardware business at Windham; William R., our subject; and Fred B., a commercial traveler at Warren, Ohio.


William R. Wadsworth, the subject of this memoir, was born in Burton, Ohio, November 18, 1859, where he resided until sixteen years of age. Then, after completing a common- school education, he began learning the print- er's trade, two years later worked on the Warren Record, spent one year in Ravenna, and in May, 1879, came to Hubbard. After locating in this city, Mr. Wadsworth worked on the Signal from May until February, and at the age of twenty years established the Hubbard Enterprise, since which time he has been the editor and publisher of this import- ant paper, an independent weekly, issued on Thursday.


December 22, 1881, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Sadie A. Thompson, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Archer) Thompson, citizens of Hubbard. To this


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nnion have been born two children, Blanche and Arthur, both at home. Mr. Wadsworth affiliates with the Democratic party, and was the choice of his party for Town Clerk two terms. Socially, he is Past Grand of the I. O. O. F., Hubbard Lodge, No. 495, is a member of Phoenix Encampment I. O. O.F., at Youngstown, and is a Past Chancellor of the K. of P., of Hubbard. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which the former is now serving at super- intendent of the Sunday-school.


M ICHAEL STORM, deceased, the first of the Storm family in Ohio, located on Crab creek, then Trumbull county, now Mahoning county, about 1804, where he cleared a farm. He was also a cabinet-maker by trade. He was a German by birth. Mr. Storm married Sarah Swager, a native of Pennsylvania, and they had ten children, nine of whom grew to years of maturity. The parents were mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. Abram Storm, the only survivor of the above family, and the father of our subject, was born December 4, 1810, and remained at home until after his marriage. He thien purchased five acres of land, erected a log house, after- ward added to his small farm, and remained there until about 1857. He then worked at the shoemaker's trade and farming in Sodom until 1871, when he came to his present farm of 152 acres, in Liberty township, all of which is now well improved. Mr. Storm affiliated with the Democratic party, and held the office of Township Trustee; he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years; was one of the leading citizens of Trumbull county. He was united in mar-


riage with Jane Swager, and they had three children: Ann, wife of Levi Beaver, of Lib- erty township; Lucinda, now Mrs. Sidney Wood, also of this township; and Sheldon. The mother died March 28, 1890, and the father departed this life October 3, 1893.


Sheldon Storm was born Angust 29, 1844, and has always remained at home with his father, where he is engaged in general farm- ing and stock- raising. He was married May 21, 1890, to Miss Lida A. Adams, a native of Girard, Trumbull county, and a daughter of Augustus and Jemima(Crandon) Adams. Mrs. Storm is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. In political matters, our sub- ject is a stanch Democrat, and he is a mem- ber of Hebron Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Young- town; and the family are among the repre- sentative citizens of Trumbull county.


HOB R. VAN ORSDEL, a prominent stock man of Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1837, a son of Ralph and Margaret (Randolph) VanOrsdel. The father spent his life principally in Law- rence county, Pennsylvania, and his deatlı occurred in 1891. He was a farmer by occu- pation. He was a son of Cornelius Van- Orsdel, who was a native of Holland. The mother of our subject was a descendant of John Randolph, of Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph VanOrsdel had eleven chil- dren, namely: Job R., our subject; Cornelius C., deceased; Mariah B., wife of John W. Donaldson, of New Castle, Pennsylvania; William G., who was a member of Knapp's Pennsylvania Battery during the late war, and died while in the Atlanta campaign, at Buzzards' Roost, Georgia; John, deceased in


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infancy; James, also deceased when young; John C., of Grove City, Pennsylvania; the next child died in infancy; Joseph G., a resi- dent of Independence, Oregon; James F., of Riley county, Kansas; and Josiah A., an at- torney of Cheyenne.


J. R. VanOrsdel, the subject of this sketch, enlisted August 1, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, Third Brigade, Fifth Ohio Cavalry, and took part in the battle of Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville and was with Burnside in his campaign as commander of the army of the Potomac. He was mustered out of service June 30, 1863. At the age of about twenty-one years, Mr. VanOrsdel began oper- ating a threshing-machine, which le con- tinned about six years. He next embarked in the stock business, buying and selling to home dealers for a time, and later began ship- ping his cattle. In 1880, he came to Ohio, first located near Coalburgh, later took ap his residence in this neighborhood, and in 1889 purchased liis farm of ninety-five acres, which he has since improved. Since coming to Ohio Mr. VanOrsdel has been engaged in buying stock, slaughtering, and shipping to the Youngstown market. He kills about 900 cattle annually, and also from 1,000 to 1,200 sheep and is extensively engaged in farming, controlling over 300 acres of land. His residence is located four miles north of Youngstown.


September 6, 1863, in Pennsylvania, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Jane Justice, wlio died in March, 1875. They had four children, viz .: William C., salesman for Root & McBride, wholesale merchants of Cleveland, Ohio; Minnie D., wife of David T. Lowry, weighmaster of Brown & Bonnell's rolling mills at Youngstown; Ralph T., at home; and Sanford N., learning the flour


milling business at Blue Springs, Nebraska.


Mr. VanOrsdel was married September 6, 1876, to Miss Mary Black, a native of Ohio. They had four children: Guy M. and Iva F., twins, born August 13, 1881; John C., born October 8, 1885; and Bessie, in February, 1887. Mr. VanOrsdel takes an active part in the Republican party, was elected Trustee of Liberty township, in 1893, and has also served as a member of the School Board several times. The family are membors of the United Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Van Orsdel is an Elder of Liberty Congregation.


ENERAL SIMON PERKINS. -- There are figures in the early annals of States which stand out against the background of history, marking eras of progress with which their names are irre- vocably identified, and of these is the subject of this sketch.


Simon Perkins, conspicuous alike for his talents, worth and energy, was born at Lis- bon, Connecticut, September 17, 1771. His father was a captain in the Colonial army of the American Revolution and died in camp, a bero and a martyr in the cause of indepen- dence, which sweet legacy he, and others like him, contributed fo the American people for all future generations. In 1795 Simon Per- kins emigrated to Oswego, New York, where he engaged extensively in land operations, in which he continued for about three years. He then, in the spring of 1798, went to Ohio in pursuance of the proposition of certain parties who had become proprietors of a large portion of the Western Reserve, by whom Mr. Perkins was employed to explore their lands and report a plan for the sale and settle. ment of them. Accordingly the summer of


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that year and several successive summers were spent by him in investigating the lands and in serving as agent for the proprietors. March 18, 1804, he married Nancy Anna Bishop, and settled down at Warren, on the Western Reserve, where he resided until his death. By his wife Nancy he had nine chil- dren: Simon, Anna Maria, Alvin D., Alfred, Martha, Charles, Joseph, Jacob, and Henry B., all deceased but the last named. The land agencies intrusted to him for several years were so extensive that in 1815 he paid a State land tax into the public treasury amounting to one-seventh of the entire rev- enue of the State. He was for nearly thirty years the recipient of the unbounded confi- dence and esteem of his government and the people.


In 1807, at the request of the general Government, Mr. Perkins established mail lines through the Indian country to Detroit, Michigan. In the autumn of 1808 his ef- forts led to the treaty of Brownsville, by which the Indians ceded lands for a road from the Western Reserve to the Maumee, or Miami of the Lakes.


In May, 1808, Mr. Perkins was commis- sioned a Brigadier-General of militia in the division commanded by Major-General Wads- worth, and on learning the infamous surrender of Hull's army at Detroit, General Perkins ordered his colonels to prepare. for active duty. To him fell the necessity of protect- ing a large portion of the Northwestern fron- tier. He was exceedingly active, having his sconts out far and near all the while. Later, General Harrison was sufficiently reinforced to dispense with General Perkins' command, and the latter accordingly left the service February 28, 1813, receiving the highest en- comiums of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Northwest. At the suggestion


of General Harrison and others, President Madison sent General Perkins a commission of Colonel in the regular ariny, but owing to his family and to a greatly increasing busi- ness the latter declined the commission.


From 1826 to 1838 General Perkins was an active member of the Board of Canal Fund Commissioners, and, as head of the commission, to him was entrusted the ar- rangement and execution of the extensive canal system of Ohio. The commissioners were under no bond and received no pecun- iary reward, notwithstanding which they gave energy and impetus to the enterprise, and within the space of seven years sold State bonds for the public improvements to the amount of $4,500,000.


In 1801 Mr. Perkins was authorized to establish a postoffice at Warren, and he was appointed Postinaster, which position he held for twenty-six years. The office was first opened in a log-house. With other leading inen he established a bank at Warren, in 1813, which was the first bank opened on the Western Reserve. He was chosen the pres- ident, holding the office until 1836, when, on account of failing health, he resigned. During the twenty-three years of his presi- dency he had implicit confidence and entire support of the stockholders and directors of the bank, and the careful and conservative poliey for which it was distinguished carried the bank safely through the various and severe stormns which bore down all the other banks of the State that entered the field be- fore or with it. " As good as a Western Reserve Bank bill " was a familiar saying in those days. The remarkable record made by this bank during the many financial pauics which it passed through was largely owing to the high, unswerving integrity and finan- cial ability of its president; and one secret


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of the bank's success and stability was that it never loaned money to its directors. After the war broke out, and the Govern- ment provided for the organization of Na- tional banks, it was the parent from which was born the First National Bank of War- ren, of which Henry Bishop Perkins, Gen- eral Perkins' youngest son, became president. Its bank stock was never divided, and forms now part of the stock of its successor, the First National. The remarkable history of this old Western Reserve bank is, it is be- lieved, without a parallel in this country.


General Simon Perkins was a conspicuous character for years among the many remark- able men who settled the Western Reserve, and he is yet held in affectionate remenll- brance as a good citizen, a moral and upright inan, and a faithful friend. His influence in social and moral life is felt in the region of the Western Reserve to this distant day. He died November 19, 1844, at Warren, Ohio, which had been his home for so many useful and happy years, his loss being mourned as a public calamity. His widow survived him several years, expiring at War- ren, in April, 1862, in the midst of her fam- ily and friends. She was a woman of rare charms of mind and character, and was peculiarly fitted for life-long and congenial companionship with a inan of General Per- kins' acknowledged worth.


A VERY C. MCKINNEY, proprietor of a livery, sale and feed stable of Gir- ard, was born at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, June 11, 1870, a son of Samuel and Mamie (Tibbett) Mc- Kinney. The father was born in the north


of Ireland, but came to America when a young man, and was married in Mahoning county, Ohio. He was a physician by pro- fession, and practiced medicine in this county for about fifteen years. The Tibbett family were among the early pioneers of this part of Ohio, and the mother of Mrs. Mckinney was a relative of President Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Mckinney had six children, --- Della, Charles, Avery C., Myra, Charlotte and John. Charles is engaged in the livery business at Mineral Ridge. The father died in 1880, and the mother now resides at Warren, Ohio.


A. C. Mckinney, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated at Mineral Ridge. At the age of sixteen years he began work in the car shops at Pittsburg. In 1889, he came to Girard, Trumbull county, Ohio, and for the following two years was employed in the livery business of E. M. Morgan. In the spring of 1891, Mr. Mckinney purchased the stock, and now enjoys a large and steadily increasing trade. In polities he is a Republican.


B UFFIN ROGERS, a veterinary sur- geon of Vienna, was born at Warren, Ohio, September 2, 1847, a son of Austin and Abigail (Tribbie) Rogers, both deceased in Vienna. The grandfather of our subject, Joseph Rogers, was a native of Long Island. He came to Trumbull county, Ohio, about 1802, located land, built and conducted the first hotel in Vienna township for many years, and also conducted one of the first tanneries in this county. He was a public-spirited man, and lived to the advanced age of ninety years. Joseph Rogers married Lydia Lowry, a member of the oldest and


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one of the most prosperous families in the county. They had eight children,-Loren, of Vienna; Royal, of Warren, Ohio; Austin and Gilbert, deceased; Addison, of Warren; and Charles, Minerva and Lucy, deceased.


Austin Rogers, father of our subject, was born in Vienna township, Ohio, in April, 1822, read medicine with Dr. Payne, of Philadelphia, and attended the Cincinnati Medical College, where he was graduated. He afterward located with Dr. Payne in Warren, Ohio; next resided at Haysville for a time; lived and owned considerable land at Portageville, Wood county, Ohio; next, in connection with farming in the former county, was engaged in buying and shipping horses in Findley, this State. In 1863 he embarked in the stock business in California and Ne- vada, and finally began the mercantile" busi- ness at Vienna. He died in Vienna, Feb- ruary 2, 1888. Mr. Rogers married Abi- gail Tribbie, who was born in this State, a daughter of Jerry and Martha (Witherspoon) Tribbie, natives respectively of Maryland and Pennsylvania. To this nnion were born five children, naniely: Buffin; Abigail, wife of Frank Chamberlain, of Bazetta township, Trumbull county; Adella, deceased, was the wife of David Harrington; Addison, who was killed by the Mormons in Utah; Austin, deceased.




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