Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 53

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

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Dr. R. P. Hays, the only one of his par- ents' eight children in Ohio, attended the

public schools of his native place and the college at Meadville. At the age of seven- teen years he began teaching school, follow- ing that ocenpation during the winter months for eight years, and during a part of that time was also engaged in the study of medi- cine. Ile read with Dr. Robert Crawford, of Cooperstown, Pennsylvania, and in the spring of 1866 was graduated at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Since that time Dr. Hays has followed his profession at Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio, and enjoys an extensive practice. In 1887 he spent about three months in Philadelphia, taking a private course in special diseases of women. He is thoroughly posted in his profession, and is one of the leading physicians of this part of Ohio.

In Vienna, January 2, 1876, Dr. Hays was nnited in marriage with Lovenia C. Bacon, a native of this city and a daughter of Frank and Sylvia (Lewis) Bacon. Our subject and wife have one child, Francis B., born Febru- ary 19, 1879. The Doctor is a member of the F. & A. M., Mahoning Lodge, No. 394, also of the State and Trumbull County Medi- cal Societies; is an active worker in the Pro- hibition party, and is a Presbyterian in his religious belief.

D ELORMA CALLAHAN, proprietor of one of the best equipped livery barns in Youngstown, Ohio, is a native of the Buckeye State, and is entitled to repre- sentation in this volume. His parents were Nathan P. and Mary (Zook) Callahan; the father was born in Mahoning county, Green township, and in early manhood was em- ployed at the cooper's trade. In politics lie adhered to the principles of the Republican

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party, and for some time filled the office of Constable; later he was Justice of the Peace, and in 1862, was elected Sheriff of Mahoning county, a position to which he was re-elected; he served with marked efficiency, and proved himself worthy of the trust committed to him. His father also was named Nathan Callahan, and his mother's maiden name was Perkey.

Our subject was born in Green township, Mahoning county, Ohio, April 14, 1847, and resided there until 1862, when he removed with his father to Canfield; there he engaged in the livery business on a small seale, meet- ing with satisfactory results. In 1873 he came to Youngstown, and in partnership with his brother, Zadoc, again embarked in the livery business, locating on West Federal street; since the death of the brother he has been sole proprietor of the establishment. Notwithstanding the fact that his capital was in the beginning limited to five hundred dollars, he is now the proprietor of one of the inost extensive and best equipped livery barns in eastern Ohio. He is also the owner of valuable business property in the heart of the city, from which he receives a handsome income. His success is due to close applica- tion to all the details of business, and his unfailing courtesy to patrons and business associates.

A BNER BANNING is ranked with the solid financial men of Cortland, Ohio. Of his life we present the following brief sketch:

Abner Banning was born in Hartford town- ship, Trumbull county, Ohio, March 11, 1819, son of John and Lydia (Reed) Banning, both natives of Connecticut. His parents came to

Trumbull county in 1819, being among the first families that located in Hartford town- ship. They had a family of thirteen children. His mother died when Abner was a lad of fourteen years. His father lived to be eighty. At the age of fifteen Abner Banning made a vow to another boy, promising never to drink or swear and to be strictly honest in all his dealings, and he has lived up to this vow all his life. He attended school in the little log schoolhouse, but the principal part of his education was gained by home study and in the practical school of experience. When he was sixteen he left home and went to Vienna township, this county, to live with and work for his brother-in-law, Dr. R. Johnson. He assisted Dr- Johnson in preparing medicines, studied medicine some, and also practiced for a while. When he was twenty-two he mar- ried Miss Marie Borden, the youngest of nine daughters of Asil and Phoebe Borden, early set- tlers of Hartford, this county, where she was born. After his marriage he bought the old Borden farm, for which he paid $6,000, and settled down to farming. He subsequently sold this property for $13,000. He now owns 136 acres of excellent land, all well im- proved and under a high state of cultivation. As a farmer and stock-raiser he has been eini . mently successful. At an early day he dealt largely in stock, frequently selling a yoke of oxen for $200, and receiving $400 to $500 for a span of horses. At present he rents his farm to Stephen Rogers. Since 1891, he has resided in Cortland, where he has one of the most commodious and attractive resi- dences in the town. He also owns four acres of residence property on School street in this town. Mr. Banning's first wife died in Hart- ford township, and he subsequently married Mrs. Jerusha Honden, whose maiden name was Roberts. Mr. Banning has no children

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of his own, but has reared two girls: Caroline Johnson, now the wife of Seth Thompson, of Hartford; and Curence Johnson, wife of O. F. Wallahan, of Wisconsin.

Mr. Banning has been an active member of the Disciple Church ever since he was eigh- teen years old. . He is an ardent Prohibi- tionist. He took an active part in the or- ganization of the Cortland Bank, and is also a stockholder in the Sharon bank.

W ILLARD C. ANDREWS, a well- known business mau of Cortland, Ohio, has been identified with the interests of this place since 1880.

He was born at Fowler, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 26, 1854, son of A. E. Andrews, now a prominent citizen of Warren. A. E. Andrews' father, Solomon Andrews, was a native of Connecticut. The mother of our subject was before her marrage Miss Mary Galpin. She died in 1888. A. E. Andrews and his wife had seven children, two of whom are deceased.

W. C. Andrews was a small boy when his father moved to Warren, and there he grew up and received his education. In 1869, he went to Shamburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the drug business for two years, then to Parker's City, then Grace City, then St. Petersburg, Indiana, Edenburg, and from there to Cortland. Since 1880, as above stated, he has been doing business in Cort- land. His store here is 19 x 50 feet, is well stocked and conveniently arranged. In ad- dition to drugs, he also handles patent medi- cines, books, stationery and notions.

December 24, 1877, Mr. Andrews was married, at Church Hill, Ohio, to Lucy Woodridge Tayler, daughter of George and

Elizabeth Tayler, both deceased. Her father was cashier of the First National Bank of Warren for some time, and was one of the most prominent and highly esteemed citizens of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have three children, Willard C., Louise Tayler and George Tayler. They lost one child, Frank H.

Mr. Andrews has served as Town Treasurer, and takes a commendable interest in all the public affairs of his vicinity. He is a promi- nent Mason, being a member of Cortland Lodge, No. 529, and Mahoning Chapter, No. 66; he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, being Secretary, Treasurer and a Trustee of the same. Mrs. Andrews is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Missionary Society, the Equality Club, and the Woman's Relief Corps, being an active and zealous worker in all these organ- izations.

In politics Mr. Andrews is a Republican.

G EORGE N. SMITH, whose fine farm is located in Mecca township, Trum- bull county, Ohio is a representative of one of the prominent early pioneer families of eastern Ohio. He was born in this township, February 17, 1834. His father, Jonathan Smith, was born at Preston, Connecticut, September 22, 1806, son of William Smith, and grandson of Jonathan Smith, both natives of Connecticut, and the last named a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The Smith family came from Connec- ticut at an early day, making the journey by team a portion of the way. William Smith's wife was before her marriage Miss Betsey Wilber. They had nine children, namely: William, Jonathan, Joseph, Isaac, Betsey,

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Celinna, Hannah, Christy, and Mary. These venerable pioneers, William and Betsey Smith, died and are buried in Mecca town- ship. Jonathan Smith was reared and edu- cated in his native State, and was there mar- ried to Anna P. Brown. They were married at Stone Hill, March 17, 1833, and in Ohio they passed the rest of their lives, her death occurring April 21, 1869, at the age of sixty- three years, and his February 19, 1873, in his sixty-seventh year. He was a carpenter by trade, and for many years was also engaged in farming. They had two children, George N. and Maria B. Jonathan Smith was for many years a Deacon in the Congregational Church. Politically, he was a Republican.

George N. Smithi was reared and educated in his native township, also attending school at Farmington. His whole life has been de- voted to agricultual pursuits. He has owned and lived upon several different farms in this township, having been located on his present farm for a number of years. This place comprises 146 acres of rich soil, and is well improved with commodious house and barn, the former being located on a beautiful building site aud surrounded by an attract- ive lawn dotted over with shrubs, vines and evergreens. Mr. Smith keeps a dairy, and also for some years has been interested in the oil business.

He was married in Mecca, January 14, 1862, to Miss Anna P. Love, a native of Chantanqua county, New York, daughter of Harvey and Eliza (Maxwell) Love. Her par- ents emigrated to Ohio when she was nine years old, and in Trumbull county spent the residue of their lives, the mother dying July 31, 1890, in her seventy-ninth year, and the father still living at the age of eiglity-three. Ile was a member of the Disciple Chureli, while she was a Congregationalist. By trade

Mr. Love was a shoemaker. His honest and industrious life and his many sterling traits of character won for him the respect of all who knew him. Mr. and Mrs. Love reared three children: Rowena Faunce, of Starke county, Indiana; Anna P. Smith; and Avery T., of Johnson, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both active work- ers in various local organizations. Both are members of the Congregational Church, he being Trustee and Treasurer of the church, and she having served as Sabbath-school superintendent, and being a member of the W. C. T. U. Politically, he is a Republican, and has served as Township Trustee.

W ILLIAM AUBREY THOMAS, one of the prominent and rising men of Niles, Ohio, was born June 7, 1866, and is the son of J. R. and Margaret (Morgan) Thomas. The elder Thomas did much to develop and advance the mannfacturing in- dustries of Niles; is president of the Thomas Furnace Company, of Niles, and is one of the leading business men of the city.

W. A. Thomas, the subject of this sketch, was reared at home, securing his preliminary education in the district schools, and was graduated at the high school of Niles in 1883. He then entered Mt. Union College, where he studied two years, making the science of inechanics a speciality. From this school he went to New York and entered the Rens- selaer Poletechnic Institute at Troy, where he took a thorough conrse. Returning home he spent two years in the chemical labora- tory as analytical chemist of the Thomas Furnace Company, after which he was made superintendent, a position of great responsi- bility and trust. This furnace was first

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erected in 1869, by the firm of William Ward & Company, and was operated by them until 1874, when the firm went into liquidation. In 1879 it came into the hands of the Thomas Fornace Company by purchase from the trustees to the original owners, and has been held and operated by them since. A few years ago the old works were destroyed by fire, and an entirely new plant was con- structed, with all the modern improvements. The present furnace is seventy-six feet high with seventeen-foot boshes, and was designed by Julian Kennedy, a distinguished engineer. The steam is generated by eleven large steel- flue boilers and two sets of Babcock & Wil- cox boilers, the motive power being furnished by three upright engines. The combined steam power is about 1,800 horse. The plant is equipped with the usual stock honses for storage with a capacity of about 35,000 tons. The casting house is a modern structure of iron, thirty feet high, seventy by one hun- dred and thirty. The capacity of the plant is about 70,000 tons per annum, the product being exclusively Bessemer pig iron. An idea may be conveyed of the magnitude of these works when it is stated that the shipments when in full operation average 1,200 car loads per month, which, taken for one year and placed in one line, would make up a train over eight miles in length.

Mr. Thomas by natural gifts and by edn cation is well fitted to conduct this great manufacturing institution. His whole heart is in his work, and under his skillful man- agement the plant cannot be otherwise than prosperous. Mr. Thomas was elected, in the spring of 1893, City Councilman to succeed his father, and was put on the finance and street committees. He is a member of the Masonic order, the blue lodge, No. 394, of which he is Master and Past Master; Ma-

honing Chapter, No. 66, and Warren Com- inandery, No. 39; also of the Youngstown Elks, Lodge No. 55. At the time he was made W. M. he was the youngest man in the State holding that office.

C OLONEL ELI J. OHL, one of the prominent and representative citizens of Trumbull connty, was born at Ohl- town, February 10, 1846, a son of Henry Ohl, a native of Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio. The latter's father, Michael Ohl, was of German parentage, and located in Can- field, Ohio, in 1806, where he was among the early pioneers. He was a wealthy and prom- inent man, owning a distillery, grist and saw mill and a store. He and his wife had a family of thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters. Henry Ohl conducted the old mill for years, and, in 1850, went to Al- len county, Indiana, where he built the pike from Fort Wayne to Bluffton. He owned a good farm of 160 acres, and a residence at Sheldon. Mr. and Mrs. Ohl had four chil- dren: John, assistant superintendent of the American Express Company, at Chicago; E. J., our subject; Mary, wife of H. E. Grove; and Dennis. After the father's death the mother married David Bennett, of Bluffton, Indiana. She died, in 1872, at the age of seventy- three years.

E. J. Ohl, the subject of this sketch, was reared at Sheldon and Ossian, Indiana. When six years of age his parents removed to Al- len county, Indiana, where they were engaged in farming. At the age of fifteen years and six months, August 20, 1861, young Ohl en- listed as a private in Company A, Thirtieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Bass commanding. The regiment saw hard ser-

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vice, being in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Liberty Gap, Stone River, Lookout Moun- tain, Atlanta and Jonesboro. At the battle of Stone River, January 1, 1863, the regi- ment lost 208 men out of 400. Ohl's com- pany went into the fight with thirty-one men, twenty-one of whom were killed and wounded. Ohl and nine others only came ont safe. His term of enlistment expired September 29, 1864, and after his discharge he came to Trumbull county, Ohio, where he attended school four months at Ohltown. March 1, 1865, he enlisted at Warren in Company K, One Hundred and Ninety-Sixtlı Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was conmis- sioned, by Governor Brough, Second Lieu- tenant of the company. This regiment served in the Shenandoah Valley, and was mustered out September 20, 1865. The members of this company presented him with a fine watch as a token of their esteem. When the war closed Mr. Ohl returned to Ohltown, and a year later formed a partnership with his uncle, Andrew Ohl, and they began mer- cantile business in Mineral Ridge, in which he continued until May, 1875, when the store, of which lie was then sole proprietor, was burned. After this misfortune he tried farming for a year, and was then appointed Postmaster of Mineral Ridge, having been elected by the people as their choice. He has served two terms as village Councilman, one as Township Assessor, and has been Treasurer of the village for six years. In July, 1875, Mr. Ohil recruited a company of Ohio National Guards, was elected its Cap- tain, in 1877, and elected Lieutenant Colonel, and in 1880 arose to the rank of Colonel. At a public concert in 1873 the citizens of Mineral Ridge voted Colonel Ohl a gold- headed cane, worth $50, over a field of com- petitors.

Mr. Ohl was married at Ohltown, Novem- ber 13, 1866, at the age of twenty years, to Sarah J. Herring, a daughter of William and Saralı Herring, the latter now deceased. They had a family of three children. Our subject and wife have had nine children, six now liv- ing: Olive, who has been a teacher for five years, is the wife of Professor R. S. Baker, superintendent of the schools at Salineville, Ohio; William A. is with his father in the drug store; Mary I .; Harry C., attending a commercial school; Nelly H., and Edith Logan. The deceased children were: Ed, a twin of Mary, who died at the age of eleven months; John, at the age of four years; and Edna, at six years. Mr. Ohl is an active worker in the Republican party, and is Past Commander of the John A. Logan Post, G. A. R., No. 620; a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 497, and of the K. of P., of Niles. Mrs. Ohl is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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P ETER RUMMELL, a farmer of Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, was born in Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, April 2, 1828, a son of John and Leah (Robb) Rummell, natives also of that county. The mother was a daughter of John Robb, a pioneer of Trum- bull county. Mr. and Mrs. Rummell had nine childron, four of whom grew to years of maturity: Peter, John, Sophia and Mary. The father was a farmer by occupation, a Republican in his political views, and was a Deacon and Elder in the German Reform Church for many years. His death occurred at the age of sixty-eight years.

Peter Rummell, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the public schools of his native place and at Berlin, Ohio. IIe

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lived for a time on a farm in Edinburg, and in 1866 came to his present place of 126 acres in Trumbull county, located two miles from Mineral Ridge and four miles from Niles. Mr. Rummell has a large orchard, fine barns for stock and grain, a good resi- dence, and other improvements.

He was married on the farm where he now lives, at the age of thirty years, to Sarah Weisell, a daughter of Daniel and Susan Weisell. To this union were born five cliil- dren: Jennie, formerly a successful teacher, is now the wife of Worths Cline, of this township; Warren, who served five years in the United States army during the late war, is now at home; Elmer married Levena Mc- Combs, has one child, Willis, and is living at Ohlstown, Ohio; Willis, a telegraph oper- ator by profession, died at Denver, Colorado, at the age of twenty-five years; Frank, who married Mariana Bott, March 26, 1891, has one child, Willis, and they reside with the father.

The wife and mother departed this life May 5, 1891, having been a loving helpmeet to her husband for thirty-two years. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In political matters Mr. Rummell affiliates with the Republican party, and religiously is a member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

S AMUEL Q. MARCH, the efficient and popular cashier of the Hubbard Bank- ing Company, comes of one of the oldest families of Ohio, his ancestors having come to America in an early day and filled positions of prominence and honor in the his- tory of the country. His paternal ancestors are supposed to have came from Holland, and

his great-grandfather on his father's side was at the time of the Revolution a merchant in Germantown, Pennsylvania, whence he moved to Virginia (during the British occu- pation of that town in 1777), after losing his property. It was in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, that his son, Henry March, was born February 7, 1774, from whom the subject of this sketch descended. Henry's wife, Mary nee Hollinger, was born October 4, 1782, a native of Virginia, where they were married.

In 1807 or 1808 they joined the western tide of emigration, removing to Madison township, Columbiana county, Ohio, where . he was engaged in farming until the war of 1812. He took an active part in this strug- gle, and on December 24, 1812, died of camp fever at New Lisbon, Ohio, where he was buried. Philip March, his son and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Vir ginia, September 14, 1803, and was about five years of age when his parents removed to Ohio. He was reared on his father's farm and trained to agricultural pursuits, which he followed through life, being also engaged for about ten years in the mercantile business. At the end of his commercial career, he re- turned to the farm on which his father had settled in 1807, and spent his deelining years on the old homestead, where his death occur- red April 29, 1866, greatly lamented by all who knew him. He was a Democrat in his political views, of the Jeffersonian school, and served his country and State in a number of positions of importance and trust. He was for several years Justice of the Peace, the duties of which office he discharged with judgment and impartiality. He was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature, under the old constitution in 1850, and re-elected under the new, one term. In that honorable body he

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efficiently served for two terms, doing much to secure good laws for the State. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was an Elder for a number of years. His marriage occurred May 17, 1825, to Sarah Gilmer, who was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1804, and who died on the old homestead in Madison township, Jannary 5, 1859, leaving many friends to mourn her loss. Her parents were natives of the north of Ireland and came to America before 1800. They had four sons and five danghters, all now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. March had ten children, eight of whom reached maturity : (1) William, a graduate of Jefferson College and Allegheny Seminary, has been an active minister of the Presbyterian Church for the last forty years, and now resides in Marys- ville, Ohio; he is the father of three children: Elizabeth G. and Calvin, both at home; Anna E., deceased. (2) Mary Ann, married Dr. S. S. Crow, of New Franklin, Ohio, and both are now deceased. Three children survived them: Frank M., engaged in the drug bnsi- ness in Wisconsin; William G., employed on the Chicago Inter Ocean; and Charles, de- ceased, who was a merchant tailor at East Liverpool, Ohio. (3) Henry C., served in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years during the Civil war, and has been for the last fifteen years in the Treasury Department, at Washington, D. C. He has fonr sons and two daughters: Edgar, a graduate of Mt. Union College and niedi- cal department of the University of Maryland, and a post-graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, is a practicing physician in Canton, Ohio; Douglas W., also educated at Mt. Union College, was in tlie Government printing office at Washiington, District of Columbia, for six years, during which time he read law, and in 1886 graduated

at the National Law School, his present home being in Pierre, South Dakota; Mary Ann, who was educated at Mt. Union College, has been a teacher; Julia, also a graduate of that college, and until recently a teacher in the high school at Leetonia, Ohio, is now study- ing medicine; Harter W. is studying dentist- ry in Baltimore, Maryland; and Harry is at home. (4) James, who died aged twenty- four, was a mercliant of New Franklin, Ohio. (5) John H., a farmer of Wyandot county, Ohio, las seven children: Alvin, a teacher; Frank, a student at Ada, Ohio; Clara, Charles, Howard, Roy and Pearl, at home. (6) Sanı- uel Q., the subject of this sketch. (7) Mar- garet J., the wife of John V. Ashford, a farmer near Rodgers, Columbiana county, Ohio. They have one child, Philip M., an attorney of Salineville, this State. (8) Daniel W., a contractor and builder in Al- hambra, California, who also has one son, Nelson, at home.

Samuel Q. March, the subject of this sketcli, was born in Madison township, Columbiana county, Ohio, May 8, 1841. He received his preliminary education in the common schools of his vicinity, after which he at- tended Mahoning Academy, in Canfield. He begau teaching district school at the age of sixteen, in which occupation he was engaged for three years, after which he attended Elder's Ridge Academy at Elder's Ridge, Pennsylvania, for one year. He was then employed for a number of years in teaching and farming at home, and also taught a year in Indiana and clerked for some time in a store in Tennessee.

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 53

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