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Buffin Rogers, the subject of this sketch, started in life for himself at the early age of fifteen years, locating a ranch near Austin, Nevada, where he was engaged in herding stock, employing a Mexican to do the work. Next, in partnership with a gentleman of that city, he opened a sale stable, which he conducted in addition to his ranch. About two years later Mr. Rogers took a course in mineralogy; next was employed in the Yellowstone country, and the South for a
prospecting mining company, and later re- turned to his ranchi and sale stable, also fol- lowing freigliting over the mountains. Mr. Rogers returned to Ohio in 1870, where he now owns the Ledger Stock Farm, located a mile and a half from Vienna, which consists of about 100 aeres. He also owns the Vienna hotel property and a residence in Vienna Center. The Ledger Stock Farm contains some of the best blood in stock this county affords. King Ledger stands at the head of his stud, is the largest standard-bred stallion in this region and has produced niany fine market horses. Among the men who owned and sold tliese Ledger colts were J. J. Holli- day, John Cole, Abe Hoffman, Mr. Neely, Joe Rogers, John Rush, Chauncey Andrews, Mr. Shively, W. Hayes and others, prices ranging from $175 to $300. King Ledger was sired by Ledger, 1,669. His dam, Gray Betty, was a Manchester Tuckahoe, with a record of 2:311. King Ledger, 5,783, carries in his pedigree the most noted crosses from extreme speed, Hambletonian Clay and pac- ing make up, running into the noted racing blood of Diomede and Messenger. Revenue, the son of King Ledger, is also owned by Mr. Rogers, and no young stallion in this part of the country can show better breeding than this noted animal. Mr. Rogers is also the original breeder of the Polled Delain sheep. This fine breed of sheep was pro- duced by a judicious course of breeding of good families during a period of over twenty years. He claims a superiority in size, in length of wool and fineness. He has in- vented and manufactured the celebrated sleep dip, called the Safe Sheep Dip, for destroy- ing ticks and scab in sheep. Mr. Rogers is the first resident of Trumbull county to take a course in a veterinary college, he having graduated at the Ontario Veterinary College
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in 1882. He is now one of the best veteri- narians in this section of the county, and is a member of the American Veterinarian Union.
Mr. Rogers was married in Ohio, October 5, 1870, to Miss Mary A. Leet, the only daughter of Abraham Leet. They have two children,-Katie and Bell. Mrs. Rogers is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In political matters, onr subject is a staunch Republican, and is one of the well known and worthy citizens of Trumbull county.
W J. SHAFER, proprietor of the West Bazetta Cheese Factory, Cortland, Ohio, is one of the prominent men in Trumbull county. Of him we present the following résumé:
W. J. Shafer was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1842. John A. Shafer, his father, was a native of that same county, and at the age of twenty-two was married there to Miss Anna Murphy, also a native of Perry county. Some years after their marriage they moved to Mahoning county, Ohio, making the journey here with a wagon and one horse. For five years they lived in Anstintown, after which they set- tled in the woods of Champion township, where they built a log cabin, went to work to improve a farm. He is still a resident of Champion township. They reared five chil- dren, namely: W. J., the subject of this sketch; M. P., who served through the war as a member of the One Hundred and Fifthi Ohio Infantry, is now a resident of Kansas; John R., deceased; Mary Ann, wife of Dr. Dillon, of Osborn City, Kansas; and Ella, the youngest, now living, at home with her parents.
W. J. Shafer was nine years old when his parents located in Champion township. Here he grew up, and by home study and attend- ance at the district schools acquired a fair education. He was one of the number that responded to Lincoln's call for "300,000 more" and as a member of Company B, One Hun- dred and Fith Ohio Volunteer Infantry, went to the front. This company was raised by Captain John Reeves, of Howland, and went into the service under the command of Cap- tain Braden and Colonel A. S. Hall. Mr. Shafer was in the battles of Perryville, Chick- amauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Buzzards' Roost, Rockyface Ridge, Resaca, Atlanta and others, and was also in the march to the sea. He was one of the victorious soldiers who took part in the grand review at Washington, and was honorably discharged at Cleveland, Ohio.
Upon his return from the army, Mr. Shafer was married, July 23, 1865, to Lovina E. Klingensmith, who was born on the farm on which they now live, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Kline) Klingensmith, both natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Her parents are among the early pioneer settlers of this place and both have passed to the other life. Their family comprised three children: Delilalı, Lovina E. and Maggie. Mr. and Mrs. Shafer have six children, namely: Sherman A., a resident of Chain- pion township, who taught school a few years, married and settled on a farm, where he now resides ; Anna, who was also a popular teacher bnt is now married to James Baker of this township, a farmer; May E., wife of Burton Burbank of this township; Clara, now de- ceased; Alice R. and Francis V.
Mr. Shafer owns seventy-five aeres of farming land, which is well improved with farm buildings and a cheese factory. He has
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been engaged in the manufacture of cheese for the past four years. At the present time he is paying about $18 per day for milk. His product is No. 1 full cream, and sells at the highest market prices at Warren, Cleve- land and Pittsburg.
Mr. Shafer is a member of the Burrow Coburn Post, G. A. R., of Cortland, is a stanch Republican and a Trustee of the United Brethren Church, of which society all his family also are members, at Independence Corners. He has held various offices in that church from time to time. Relatives near and distant are numerous in this part of Trumbull county, and, like all of that name in the world, came originally from Germany.
S IMON P. CARLTON, one of the prom- inent and well known citizens of Trum- bull connty, was born at Girard, Ohio, August 16, 1838, a son of Gideon Carlton, who was born in Austintown, this State, in 1812. His father, John Carlton, familiarly known as Red Squire, was of Irish descent, was noted for his wit and sound judgment, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a prominent man in his village. Gideon Carl- ton was reared and educated in this county. He was married in Youngstown township, Mahoning county, to Mary Brougher, a daughter of John Brougher, a native of Germany. They had seven children, four now living: S. P., N. B., Flora Tyler and Ella Prentice. The deceased children were: John, who died at the age of twenty-six years; Nelson, deceased in 1857; and Simeon, a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col- onel Opedyke's Regiment, was killed at the battle of Buzzards' Roost, May 8, 1864. The
wife and mother died in 1850, and the father was afterward married to Mrs. Sarah Mc- Kindley, nee Price. They had two children : Rachel Matthews and Fanny McGrath. Gideon Carlton died at Girard in 1884, at the age of seventy-two years. He was a Re- publican in political matters, a farmer by occupation, and a member of the Universal- ist Church. His widow departed this life in October, 1891.
S. P. Carlton, the subject of this memoir, enlisted for service in the late war August 10, 1861, in the Second Ohio Cavalry, Com- pany E, served four years and thirty-six days, and took part in ninety-seven battles. No regiment ever left Ohio for the war that made a more brilliant record than the Second Ohio. They traveled 27,000 miles, and served in five different armies: Army of the Frontier, of Missouri, Potomac, Ohio and Shenandoah. Mr. Carlton received several injuries from having his horse shot from under him, and at the battle of the Wilder- ness was thrown to the ground and nearly trampled to death. He has never fully re- covered from that injury. In 1869, Mr. Carlton located on his farm of 240 acres, one mile from Girard, where he has a good resi- dence, large barns, etc. He is one of the most extensive raisers of fine-wool sheep in the county.
In 1867 he was united in marriage with Melissa McKindley, a native of Liberty town- ship, Trumbull county, and a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Price) McKindley, early settlers of that township, but both now de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton have had three children: Cora, deceased, was the wife of Ira Adams, of this township, and they had one daughter, Helen; Warner, aged twenty-one years; and Belle, fourteen years. Mr. Carl- ton has been a Republican the most of his
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life, but is now independent in his potitical views. In 1892 he was an active worker for his party, and his motto is " My country and my people first, last, always." Socially, he is is a member of the G. A. R., Tod Post, No. 29.
C HARLES F. WHITNEY, a merchant of Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, was born at Niagara Falls, November 22, 1831, a son of Theodore Whitney, a na- tive of Flint Creek, Ontario county, New York. He was a farmer by occupation, and in political matters was first a Whig and later a Republican, and was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. He married Experi- ence Warner, a daughter of Asher Warner, a soldier in the war of 1812. He was killed at Sodus Point in 1813. Mr. Whitney was accidentally killed at the age of forty-nine years. His wife departed this life at the age of thirty-six years, leaving seven children, two now living: John, who resides on the old home farm at Niagara Falls; and Charles F., our subject.
The latter was reared and educated in Niagara county, New York. At the age of twenty-eight years he went to Allegan county, Michigan, where, in company with his brother George, he was engaged in the manufacture of rakes for several years. In 1866 Mr. Whitney engaged in the mercantile business at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he has a large store, 22 x 40 feet, with an L, 18 x 30 feet, and carries a general stock amounting to $9,500, of dry goods, boots, slioes, groceries, buggies, car- riages, sleighs, lumber, etc.
Mr. Whitney was married at Geneva, New York, October 3, 1854, to Charlotte Critten- den, a daughter of Fortiscue Crittenden,
whose father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was wounded at Sodus Point, New York. They have seven children: Elizabeth, wife of W. H. Warner, of Cleveland; Fanny, wife of Rev. J. J. Graham, of Pittsburg; Abby, a successful and popular teacher; Charles E., who married Annie E. Helwig and is in the store; Kate, the next in order of birth; Ethel, wife of Robert Woods, of Pasadena, California; and John Frederick, at home. They lost two children by death: Ami Ellsworth, who died at the age of twelve years; and Nelly Force, who died at Youngstown, Ohio, at the age of twenty-four years, the wife of Benjamin Gibson. Mr. Whitney affiliates with the Republican party, has served as Township Trustee twenty years, and is a member of the School Board. He is a member of the Masonic order, blue lodge, of Niles, the I. O. O. F. of Mineral Ridge, and is an Elder in the Presbyterian Church.
ERRY OLIVER, who has had charge of the Ohlstown mill for about forty years, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1832, a son of Archibald and Elizabeth (Minnick) Oliver, the former a native of Ireland, but reared in Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of that State. The father, a miller by occupation, died in Warren, Ohio, at the age of sixty- eight years, and the mother departed this life at the age of fifty-six years. They were the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters. Three of the sons were soldiers in the late war: Cyrus, a member of the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Infantry, now resides at Church Hill; George, a mem- ber of the Seventh Ohio Infantry, suffered the loss of his limb near Atlanta, and now
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resides at Girard; and Josiah, a member of the Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, was killed at the battle of Pea Ridge. The re- maining children were: Jerry, John, Peter, Susan, Betsey and Mary Ann.
Jerry Oliver, the fourth son of the above family, was educated at Warren, Ohio, and early in life began work in the mill, which has been his life work for about forty years. The mill was built about fifty years ago by Charles, Michael and David Ohls, and in an early day furnished nearly all the flour sold in Warren.
Mr. Oliver was married at Ohlstown, Sep- tember 12, 1854, at the age of twenty-three years, to Anna Herriff, a native of Austin- town, Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Herriff, who were also born and reared in that city. They had two sons in the late war: Jacob, a member of the Sixth Ohio Infantry, now resides in Chicago; and Henry, also a member of the Forty-second Ohio Regiment, was wounded at Shiloh, and afterward died at home. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver have had seven children, viz .: Jenny, wife of Warren Phillips, of Ashtabula; Lina, now Mrs. C. P. Rose, of this township; Dot; Lot- tie; Abby, a successful and popular teacher; Jerry and Mattie. Mr. Oliver affiliates with the Republican party, and his wife is a mem- ber of the Methodist Church.
OHN WEIR, Cortland, Ohio, is one of the prominent men of Bazetta town- ship, Trumbull county. He was born on the farm on which he now lives, March 14, 1823.
William Weir, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, his parents having come to this country from Ireland. The mother of
our subject, whose maiden name was Hannah Headly, was a native of Pennsyl- vania, and was married in that State to Mr. Weir. They removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day, built a log house, and improved a farm in Bazetta township. Here William Weir died at the age of eighty-one years. His wife died when her son Jolin was an infant. She left a family of seven children, . whose names are Washington, Thomas, Robert, Elias, Joseph, Samuel and John. Washington and Elias are both de- ceased. Both were soldiers in the civil war, and the latter also had four sons in the Union ranks. William Weir was a member of the Disciple Church. He was a farmer all his life, and was noted for his industry and in- tegrity. Politically, he was first a Democrat and afterward a Republican.
His father being a farmer, John Weir was reared to agricultural pursuits, and has all his life been engaged in this occupation. He owns a fine farm of 200 acres, well cultivated and nicely improved. His modern resi- dence, built in 1878, at a cost of $2,000, is 32 x 34 feet, two stories. He also has good barns and other substantial and convenient farın buildings.
Mr. Weir was married, at the age of twenty- four, June 1, 1848, to Dorlesca Mott, daugh- ter of Stephen and Cinderella (Parker) Mott. Their family is composed of three sons: William Allen, a resident of Bazetta town- ship, Trumbull county, has been twice mar- ried, first, to Alice Fansler, by whom he had four daughters; second, to Correna Everett, by whom he had one son; Clarence E., an attorney of Indianapolis Indiana, is married and has one son; and Fred Burdette, who was married January 12, 1893, to Belle Gill, of Youngstown, Ohio, and resides at the old homestead. In January, 1887, John Weir
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met with a sad bereavement in the death of his estimable wife. For over forty years they had shared each other's joys and sor- rows, living to see their children grow up and occupy honorable and useful places in society.
Mr. Weir has long been identified with the Republican party and has filled various local positions, serving in township offices and as delegate to county conventions. He is a member of the Disciple Church.
Such, in brief, is a sketch of one of the prominent families of Trumbull county, Ohio.
H ENRY FANSLER, a farmer of Bazette township, was born in Bristol township, Trumbull county, April 8, 1818, a son of Michael Fansler, a na- tive of Virginia. The latter was a son of John Fansler, also a native of Virginia, and his father was a Pennsylvania German. Michael Fansler was married at Bristol, Trinnbull county, to Sarah Norton, -a dangh- ter of Jacob Norton, a native of Germany, and who served as cook in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Fansler subsequently inoved to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where they spent about thirty years, the inother dying there at the age of seventy years, and the father at the age of seventy- nine years. The latter was a great hunter, was a farmer by occupation, in political matters was first a Whig and later a Repub- lican, and was a member of the German Baptist Church. Mrs. Fansler was a mem- ber of the Methodist Church. They were parents of nine children, viz .: Henry, Har- riet, Margaret, Sarah, Lyda, Samuel, David, Austin and Norton, all living but Sammuel. . Henry Fansler, the subject of this memoir,
was raised on a pioneer farm, and received his education in a log schoolhouse several miles from home. After his marriage he resided for a time in West Bristol, and in 1870 purchased the Enoch Gordon farm of 142} acres, all of which is now under a fine state of cultivation. His residence is sit- uated on a natural building site. He is en- gaged in general farming and stock raising, and has raised some fast trotting horses, which have made a reputation in the field.
Mr. Fansler was first married to Hannah Jewett Davis, a daughter of Llewellyn and Mary (Chamberlain) Davis, natives of New York, but both now deceased. To this union was born four children: Seymour, Seabury, Sarah and Albert. The wife and mother died and nine years afterward Mr. Fansler married a step-sister of his first wife, Hannah Thompson, a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of Daniel and Mary Thompson. Onr subject and wife have also had four children, one now living, Hattie, at home. The deceased children were: Alice, Adah, and Henry Morris. Alice and Adah were successful teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Fansler and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In political matters Mr. Fansler affiliates with the Republican party.
C. WILLIAMS, a physician and sur- geon of Niles, was born at New Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio, May 13, 1863, a son of Samnel Williams, a native also of that place. His father, Levi Williams, located in Columbiana county in 1828, and the family trace their ancestors to Roger Williams. Sammel Williams married Isa- bella MeCurdy, who was born. reared and educated in Columbiana county, a daughter
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of Samuel McCurdy, a native of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had eight children, viz. : Olive, C. C., Dora, John, Mary, George, Omer and Anna. Five of the chil- dren were successful teachers. The father affiliates with the Republican party, and is a ineinber of the Presbyterian Church.
C. C. Williams, our subject, taught school abont seven terms. He is a graduate of the Ann Arbor (Michigan) College, in the class of 1890, where he received two diplomas, one medical and the other electro-therapeutic. He received the degree of B. S. at Mount Union College, Ohio, in 1886. He located in this city in the fall of 1891.
July 30, 1890, at Canton, Ohio, Mr. Will- iams was united in marriage with Clara J. Faust, a daughter of William Faust. She is a graduate of the high school of this city, was a successful teacher for four years, and is a woman of intelligence, refinement and cul- ture. Mr. Williams is a member of the Royal Arcanum, No. 1315, of the Masonic lodge, No. 394, and of the Ohio State Medi- cal Society. In politics he is a Republican.
0 RLOW L. WOLCOTT, the able cash- ier of the Western Reserve National Bank at Warren, Ohio, was born in Farmington, this State, December 10, 1823. He is of New England descent, his parents, Lewis and Mary (Higgins) Wolcott, having been born and reared in the grand old State of Connecticut. The Wolcott family is of English ancestry who settled in Connecticut in the early history of the colonies. Deacon Theodore Wolcott, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was the sixth generation from Henry, the founder of the Wolcott family, who emigrated to America in 1628. He was
born in that State, where he passed the greater part of his life, rearing the following children: Lewis, father of Mr. Wolcott of this notice; John, William, Newton, Nancy, Emily, Susan and Chester. In 1806, when Lewis Wolcott was a young man, he joined the western tide of emigration, coming to Trumbull county, Ohio, where he chose a home. He then returned to Connectient, where he was married to Nancy Higgins, and in 1808, accompanied by his wife, his parents and their family, he retraced his steps to the frontier, as Ohio was then called, and settled on land near Farmington, which was ever afterward their home. Here he engaged in farming, which was his life occupation, al. though he was a mason by trade. At the time of the war of 1812 he tendered his serv- ices to his country, and acted as a Captain of a company of militia. He was twice mar- ried, his wives being sisters. By the first union there were two children, both of whom died. By the second marriage there were seven children, four sons and three daughters.
Of these Orlow L. Wolcott was reared on the home farm and attended the district school, after which he entered Farmington Academy, of which latter institution his father was a founder and patron. When eighteen years of age Orlow began clerking in a store in Farmington, and a year later taught school one winter in Michigan, after which he taught a year in Farmington. He then discontinued teaching and embarked in the general merchandise business in that town, where he also served as Postmaster. He was thus employed until 1850, at which time he bought a third interest with A. D. Kibbee in a general merchandise store in Farmington, which they continned success- fully to operate for six years, when they sold out, Mr. Wolcott in the meantime marrying
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Mr. Kibbee's daughter. The following two years Mr. Wolcott was engaged in farming and dealing in live stock. In 1858 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the office of County Auditor, of which he took posses- sion in 1859, and continued to discharge the duties of that position two terms.
In 1863, just before retiring from the auditor's office, he became station agent for the first station at Warren of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, and a few months later was appointed by the railroad company as its real-estate agent, and as such bought the right of way for the road between Akron and Dayton. He held this position four years, during one year of which time he was a director of the road. In 1867 he resigned this position and once inore resumed farm- ing, also becoming interested in a flaxmill.
In 1868 he was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization, on which he served one term of a year. In 1869 he inade an unsuccessful race for nomination by his party for State Senator. In the spring of 1872, without his knowledge or solicitation, he received appointment as State Commis- sioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, the duties of which position he efficiently discharged for two years, when, on the change of gov- ernment, he retired from office. He re- turned to his farm and engaged in agricul- tural and other pursuits until 1884, in May of which year he accepted the position of cashier of the Trumbull National Bank at Warren, Ohio. On the expiration of its charter in 1885, the Western Reserve Na- tional Bank was organized in its stead, with Mr. Wolcott still at the helin, where he has ever since continued, rendering able and hon- orable service. When he took charge of the bank it had a low deposit, although finan- cially safe. Under his efficient management |
and known reputation for integrity it has experienced renewed prosperity, and now boasts a deposit of more than $300,000.
In 1850 Mr. Wolcott was married to Mar- tha F. Kibbee, daughter of a prominent citi- zen of Farmington, and they have five living children: Ella H., who was married to Rev. B. N. Chamberlain, of Youngstown; Louise, deceased; Emma A., now Mrs. F. A. Milli- kan, of Windham; Carrie F., at home; Grace L., now Mrs. George M. Smith, of Warren; Frank B., married and at home, studying for the law. Mr. Wolcott and his family are active members of the Presbyterian Church. Fraternally he is a Mason, and in politics he is and has always been a Republican. In his various relations in private and public life he has always been the same earnest, upright, capable and courteous gentleman, winning the confidence and esteem alike of all who knew him.
W ILLIAM E. HARRIS, superintend- ent of the Falcon Iron and Tin Plate Company, Niles, Ohio, is one of the best informed and most widely experienced manufacturers in this line in our country.
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