Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 64

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

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man has not confined his labors to the ina- terial wants of his people, but has been a inost safe and sympathetic guide and coun- selor to all who have sought his advice and aid. He is keenly alive to the necessities of the reforms of the day, and voices his senti- timents with no uncertain sound against the crying evils of the time. He is highly es- teemned by the community as well as by his congregation, and the future presents a pros- pect of useful benefaction.

R EV. W. J. MANNING is the pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception (Roman Catholic), Youngs- town, Ohio. He was born in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and is a son of Jane and Elizabeth (Murray) Manning. Father Manning received his early education in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later was a student in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio. He was ordained to the priesthood in that city in 1879.

His first work was in Warren, Ohio, where he was the pastor from 1879 until 1882. He was then transferred to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Youngstown, Ohio. When he came to this charge the congrega- tion was the only visible sign of the church. It is since his ministration that the churchi edifice, schoolhouse and priest's residence have been built. The church is 60 x 140 feet and has a seating capacity of 1,000; the school accommodates 450 pupils; the residence is finely situated west of the church, is a two- story structure of eleven rooms, built after a modern plan with all conveniences. This work has not been accomplished without great effort and reflects much credit upon the pastor.

Yours truly James H. nutt

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Father Manning is a man of kindly sympa- thies, and thoroughly understands the needs of those to whom he ministers. As a citizen, he supports all progressive reforms and en- joys the warm regard of all classes of society.

AMES H. NUTT .- Among the promi- nent personages identified with the great iron interests of Youngstown, is James H. Nutt, who, although still in the prime of life, has already attained the summit of worldly prosperity, being at present secretary of the Mahoning & Shenango Valley Iron Manufacturing Association. Mr. Nutt was born in Worcestershire, England, November 19, 1848, a son of Thomas and Ann (Poult- ney) Nutt, both natives of England, where they died, the father at the age of sixty-eight and the mother at the age of sixty-three, the former being by occupation a tinman. Nine children were born to their union, of whom but three grew to maturity, one brother, Thomas, now residing in Cleveland, Ohio.

Our subject received his scholastic educa- tion in England, and became an iron-worker before coming to the United States in 1868. Upon his arrival in this country be located in Pittsburg, Peunsylvania, engaging at his trade, and in January, 1876, he retnoved to Youngstown, Ohio, to work in the rolling mills as a heater with the Brown-Bonnell Company. This occupation he followed for sixteen years, during which time he took an active part in the iron movement which has played so prominent a part in the upbuilding of the city. He was one of the organizers of the American Amalgamated Association. In 1877 he was elected vice-president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of the United States for this dis-

trict, serving three separate terms. He was also elected one of the national trustees, and has been re-elected each year until 1891, when he resigned to accept a position under the city government; but June 1, 1892, he accepted a position with the Manufacturers of the Mahoning Valley as manager of the labor department, which office lie still holds, and July 24, 1893, lie was appointed its secretary.

In 1891 he was appointed City Cominis- sioner for two years, and prior to that was a member of the City Council for six years, during two years of which time he served as its president. During his term of service many important measures were passed and franchises were granted; the street railway was extended, the water-works improved and many other improvements were carried out, -- the success of which largely depended upon his zeal and enterprise. Prior to his election to the City Council, Mr. Nutt took an active part in the affairs of the city, his position as one of the chief officials of the Amalgamated Association bringing him into close touch with the prominent iron men of the commu- nity. While connected with this association he was several times elected a representative to the conventions of the Confederation of Labor, and served with credit to himself aud his constituency. For years he was a mem- ber of the conference committee, whose ob- ject was to adjust the prices paid for labor. He has also represented the iron-workers be- fore the Ways and Means Committee of the national legislature on the question of tariff for the Amalgamated Association and the Manufacturers' Association, having since 1878 been prominently identified with the different committees that were permitted to appear be- fore Congress in the interest of protective tariff A prominent Republican, he has been

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a delegate to the county and State conven- tions, and for two years was chairman of the Republican Connty Central Committee of Mahoning county, and for the same length of time held a like position on the Republican Central Committee of Youngstown.

Mr. Nutt was married November 26, 1871, to Miss Sarah Ward, a daughter of Henry and Susan Ward, of Rome, New York. This union has been blessed with eight children, namely: Flora, who died at the age of eighteen months; Harry, a student in the junior year at the Ohio State University, who is taking a course in mechanical engineering; Helena, deceased at the age of seven years; Albert; May; Edith; Ada, deceased at the age of five years; and George. Mrs. Nutt is a devout member of the St. John's Episco- pal Church, of which Mr. Nutt is an attend- ant, and both are faithful workers in this body. A live and active Mason, Mr. Nutt has passed through the blue lodge, chapter and St. John's Commandery, and is also con- nected with the order of Elks. For many years Mr. Nutt has occupied positions of public trust and responsibility, in all of which he has shown himself thoroughly competent to execute every demand made of him. He is a responsible, upright and reliable citizen, who has been connected in a substantial and prominent way with the growth and progress of the city. So prominent has he become that his name has been mentioned several times for the State Legislature, and in 1888 he was spoken of for Postmaster, but his various duties have prevented him from ac- cepting any further responsibility, he having already served, as before mentioned, as mem- ber and president of the City Council, mem- ber of the Board of City Commissioners, trustee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, with headquarters at

Pittsburg, and secretary of the Mahoning & Shenango Valley Iron Manufacturing Asso- ciation. In 1891, when he left the Brown- Bonnell Company's works to assume his duties as a city official, he was presented by the operatives with an elegant gold watch in appreciation of his faithful service among them, and a handsome testimonial from the National Lodge of the Amalgamated Asso- ciation.

Possessing fine conversational powers, Mr. Nutt is enabled to talk intelligently upon all the living topics of the day, and his genial, pleasant manner and affable ways make him a general favorite with all classes of men. Having worked his way np from the bottom, he is enabled to appreciate the difficulties under which working men labor, and his sympathy with them has gained for him their confidence and esteem. His thorough knowl- edge of all the details of his position have made him a protectionist in the extreme, and his arguments in favor of a protective tariff are convincing and indispntable.

()RENZO LANE, one of the early merchants of Ohio, emigrated from Wyoming county, New York, to Akron, where he resided from 1845 to 1849. He was born in Wyoming county, New York, May 21, 1826, a son of Jolin F. and Zerina (Perkins) Lane, natives of Pennsylvania and Vermont, respectively. Both passed their last days in Ohio, the father dying at the age of eighty-two years and the mother at the age of eighty-six. They had a family of nine children, two of whom survive: Oscar and Lorenzo. Our subject received his edu- cation in New York before the age of four- teen years. The first occupation in which he

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engaged was shoe-making, and after he came to Akron, Ohio, he was foreman in a shop for four years. While in that city he acted as foreman in a shoe store, also a dry-goods store. In August, 1849, he moved to Youngs- town, Ohio, and clerked one year for Nemiah Edson, and in company with William Rice opened a dry-goods store and continned till 1853, and since that time has been variously occupied in different places. After the war he engaged in the lumber business in Ten- nessee, and prior to this carried on a large real-estate business in Covington, Kentucky, in partnership with a Mr. Morse. In 1867 he opened a large mercantile establishment in Youngstown, Ohio, and at once identified himself with the city's interests. He also conducted a prosperous real-estate business here and did much to forward the growth of the place.

Mr. Lane was united in marriage, in 1850, to Miss Laura Rice, a daughter of William and Christina Rice. Mr. Rice was one of the oldest settlers of Ohio, having emigrated here as early as 1797. He died in Paines- ville, Ohio, at the age of eighty-seven years, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-three years. They had a family of four children: Lucy is the widow of Edwin S. Beardsley; Cornelia is the wife of Thomas L. Perrine; Laura Lane is the third child; Freeman died when a young man. Mr. and Mrs. Lane have had born to them three chil- dren: Irene died at the age of five years; William Rice resides in Bellefontaine, Ohio: he married Melzena Horne, and they have two daughters, Irene and Laura; Charles Perkins married Lizzie Melany, and they have one child, a son named Sidney. The mother of this family died July 30, 1881, aged forty-nine years. Mr. Lane was mar- ried in 1882 to Mrs. Cordelia Wickmire, of

Madison county, New York. By her first marriage Mrs. Lane had one daugliter, Jen- nie, the wife of D. E. Webster, of Youngs- town.

Mr. Lane takes little interest in politics, but votes the Republican ticket. He is one of the patentees of the Lane & Woodworth patent glass roofing, and is president of the company organized for its manufacture. He is also vice-president of the Youngstown Stamping Company, and director and vice- president of the Fredonia Carriage Works in Youngstown. He has an interest in the car- riage works in the Y. M. C. A. building, under the management of his partner, D. E. Webster. His largest transactions have prob- ably been in the real-estate business, which he conducted many years with great advan- tage to himself and to the benefit of the city, where he is held in the highest esteem by his fellow-townsmen.

C AMES M. RENO, a skillful civil en- gineer, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1838, a son of Francis and Rachel (MeCay) Reno, also Pennsylva- nians by birth. The father was a civil en- gineer by profession, and was one of the principal engineers on the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal, and was employed on many other public works. The paternal grandfather of our subject was the Rev. Francis Reno, de- scendant of Lewis Reno, a Huguenot who emigrated to America, arriving in Charles- ton, South Carolina, about the year 1685. Said Francis was the first Episcopalian clergy- man west of the Alleghany mountains. His principal labors extended between the Beaver river and Chartiers valley. He married Lydia Savers, June 15, 1784. The maternal

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grandfather was James McCay. He mar- ried Sallie Randall, 167 Arch street, in Phil- adelphia, August 15, 1805, and they removed to Pittsburg, and thence to Ohio in 1828, locating at Youngstown. He had first vis- ited this territory in 1796, and was bere again in 1802. He built a house near Spring Common, and in that building the first township election was held. He died in 1838, his wife surviving until 1844. They had a family of three: Seymour Austin, Rachel and Sarah, an honored pioneer of Youngstown. Rachel, the mother of onr subjeet, was born in Philadelphia, September 9, 1808; married the late Francis Reno, Au- gust 8, 1837, in Youngstown. James M. Reno is one of a family of eight children, five of whom are living. He was only six months old when the parents emigrated to Ohio, but he returned to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and there received his educa- tion. Preparatory to taking up his father's profession he began a course of study in the Beaver Academy. He returned to Ohio in 1857, and was employed by Wilder & Reno, Youngstown, as clerk until 1862. He then bought them ont and conducted the business until 1864, at which time he abandoned his private interests and enlisted in the service of his country. He joined Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, in May, and in September, 1864, was appointed Assistant Quartermaster of Vol- unteers with the rank of Captain, by Presi- dent Lincoln. He held the position until October, 1865, when he was honorably dis- charged. In 1866 he was appointed engineer for the city of Youngstown, and held that office until January, 1890, with the exception of the years 1872, 1873 and 1874, when he' declined the office. Since 1890 he has been engaged in building the East Federal street

bridge, a structure that has cost about $100,- 000. He also completed an atlas of the city for the use of the city commissioners. He superintended the building of the tin-plate plant at Niles, Ohio, the first plant of that character in the State. He has also served as County Surveyor, discharging his duties to the entire satisfaction of the public. In politics he takes little interest, but votes the Republican ticket.

Mr. Reno is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter and commandery. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and has been Senior War- den for twenty eight years. He has ever been a most serviceable and worthy citizen, giving his influence to forward all educa- tional enterprises and elevate to the highest degree the standard of morality for all classes of people.

HOMAS L. MOORE, one of the oldest residents of Youngstown, Ohio, was born in this city, April 17, 1825. His parents, Edward and Mary A. (Irwin) Moore, were born in county Leitrim, Ireland, and there were reared and married. Emi- grating to America they located in Youngs- town, Ohio, the former engaged in con- tracting and building till 1830, then farmed in Mahoning county up to 1852, then moved back to Youngstown, Ohio, where he lived until his death. The wife died in 1847, and he survived until 1870; they were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Moore was one of the earliest contractors of the city, and built many of the first brick houses erected in Youngstown; he made lib- eral contributions to the pioneer churches and assisted in the erection of many of the

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houses for worship in the surrounding coun- try. Upon great moral questions he was decidedly radical, and believed in the vigor- ons prosecution of the war of the Rebellion. Thomas L. Moore is the fifth of a family of nine children, who grew to years of maturity : John H. married Lanra Weller, deceased, and has a family of three sons aud three daughters; Irwin died in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1892, at the age of seventy-four years: he married Jennette Clapp, who died many years ago, and his second wife was Mary A. Harper, who died in 1887; Eliza A. is the wife of Franklin Powers, now deceased; William G. died in April, 1893, at the age of three score and ten; Thomas L. is the fifth of the family; Edward died in California in 1850; Martha M. died at the age of thirty years; Charles P. is a farmer in Ashtabula county; Caroline is the wife of John Weller.

Our subject embarked in the jewelry busi- ness in Youngstown under the firm name of Carroll & Moore, and at the end of two years sold out his interest and went West; he car- ried on a lumber business on the banks of the Missouri river at Muddy Run, and afterward returned to Youngstown. He was appointed Postmaster of this place by President Lin- coln, April 13, 1865, which was probably the last appointment to this office made by the martyr president; he served in this capacity for eight years, and the following eight years operated a coal bank at Haselton in the inter- ests of Andrews Bros. At the end of this time he became associated with the same firm in the iron works, of which his son, E. N. Moore, is now superintendent. Ile was im- portuned to accept almost every office within the gift of the people of the county, but steadily declined all excepting that of Road Supervisor, which he accepted in the interest of improved roads; he was the right man in

the right place, and to him is largely due the credit of the many miles of well-paved streets in the city of Youngstown.

Mr. Moore was married, in 1858, to Miss Phebe Rose Andrews, a daughter of Norman Andrews and a sister of Chauncey, Lawrence G. and Wallace C. Andrews. Five children have been born of this union: Edward N., Helen E., Lawrence, bookkeeper for Andrews Bros .; William Wallace died at the age of twenty years, being the second-born ; Thomas J. died in 1871, at the age of two years. Mrs. Moore is a consistent member of the Presby- terian Church, and is devoted to the comfort of her family. Our subject has been a Repub- lican since the organization of the party in 1856. He is a man of strong intellect, broad sympathies and generous disposition, and has a wide circle of warm friends.

H ENRY W. HEEDY, secretary of the Andrews Bros. Company, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, December 13, 1851, a son of Michael and Mary (Glen) Heedy ; the father was born in Ireland, January 12, 1812, and died November 18, 1888; the mother was a native of the State of New York, born in the city of New York, December 5, 1824, and died December 19, 1864; they were married in 1843. Mr. Heedy was at one time connected with the Weddell House, Cleveland, Ohio, having located in that city in 1847; he emigrated to America at the age of sixteen years, and be- came a loyal citizen of the country of his adoption. He and his wife were devont members of the Roman Catholic Church; they reared a family of five children, four of whom still survive: Esther; Heury W., the subject of this notice; Horace P. and Eleanor.

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Henry W. received his education in the pub- lic schools of Cleveland, and when his school days were over entered the banking house of Everett, Weddell & Co., where he gained a thorough training in the business; he was also in the employ of a Lapeer, Michigan, banking house. Later he went to Niles, Ohio, as bookkeeper for the Niles Iron Com- pany, which afterward was merged into the Andrews Bros. Company. He then came to Youngstown, and has since been connected with this firm; he assumed the duties of the secretaryship in December, 1887, and has dispatched the business with a promptness that has elicited the admiration of many pa- trons and won the entire confidence of the corporation.

Mr. Heedy was married, January 26, 1887, to Miss Sarah A: Shook, a daughter of Calvin and Julia (Stambaugh) Shook, old and highly respected residents of the State, now deceased. They had a family of three children: John; Silas, who married Kate O'Conner; and Mrs. Hleedy. Mr. and Mrs. Heedy are the parents of one child, a son named Henry Glen. In politics Mr. Heedy is non-partisan, casting his suffrage for the man he deems best suited to discharge the duties of the office in ques- tion. He is a man of excellent business ability, and has the respect of all who know him.

W ILLIAM TAYLOR, West- Mecca, Trumbull county, Ohio, is one of the prominent citizens of this place. Of his life we present the following review: William Taylor was born in Canada, May 29, 1836, son of Thomas and Margaret (Foster) Taylor, both natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Canada in 1832. In 1852 the

Taylor family removed from Canada to Bloom- field, Ohio, and subsequently to Niles, both in Trumbull county. At the latter place botlı parents died,-the father at the age of seventy years, and the mother at eighty-one. They had eleven children, of whom we record that two sons, Benjamin and Thomas N., are engaged in business at Warren, the former being one of the proprietors of the Warren Chronicle, and the latter an undertaker; George J. is engaged in business in Niles; Mrs. Jane Ohl is a resident of Niles; Mrs Catherine Chapin lives at Bristol; Mrs. Eliza West, at Niles; William, subject of this sketch; Sarah E., of California; Margaret and her husband, Rev. Albert Gary, are mis- sionaries in the Northwest; Mrs. Mary Reed, of Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Almira Smith, deceased. In politics, Thomas Taylor was a Republican; in religion a Methodist. He was a man who was highly respected by all who knew him.

William Taylor was seventeen years old when his parents moved to Bloomfield, where he completed his schooling. He subsequently went to Warren, where he learned the trade of harness-making. He worked at his trade in Farmington, Trumbull county, from 1858 until 1870, when he came to West Mecca. Here he engaged in the manufacture of cheese, in company with Silas Reynolds and Son, and Howard Reynolds, and for some time did a very extensive business. In 1872 their factory utilized the milk from 1,100 cows. In 1873 Mr. Taylor turned his attention to the mercantile business, and, with Silas and Howard Reynolds, he conducted a suc- cessful business here for four years, when he purchased his partner's interest and continued the business for thirteen years, his annual sales ranging from $8,000 to $10,000. He continued his interest in the cheese factory

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for a few years after entering the mercantile business. He was the first Postmaster ap- pointed at West Mecca, and lias rendered efficient service in that capacity for fifteen years, having resigned his position July 1, 1893. For twelve years he has served most acceptably as Township Treasurer. Mr. Taylor has been an active member of the Republican party, and has frequently been a delegate to various Republican conventions. He is a member of the Masonic order, Old Erie Lodge, No. 3, and also belongs to the I. O. O. F. lodge, No. 707. He and his wife are botli active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Trustee.

Mr. Taylor was married June 2, 1861, to Eleanor Reynolds, a native of Farmington, Ohio, and a daughter of Silas and Eliza (McKay) Reynolds. Her parents were natives . of New York, and both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have only one child, Jennie, who is now the wife of John H. Love, a well-known traveling salesman of Mecca. Mr. and Mrs Love have two children, Nellie E. and Neal T.

During the Civil war Mr. Taylor was a soldier in the Union ranks for four months, enlisting in 1864, in Company H, 171st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at the end of his service being honorably discharged.

W ILLIAM M. JOHNSON, a resident of Mecca township, is one of the prominent citizens of Trumbull county, Ohio. He is an ex-soldier of the Civil war, and has long been identified with this country. He is a native, however, of England, born in Northamptonshire, Oc- tober 29, 1844. His parents, John and Mary

Jolinson, were natives of England. They emigrated to America in 1847, and settled on a farm in Vernon towhship, Trumbull county, Ohio. His father is still a resident of Ver- non township, now seventy-eight years of age. On the farm William M. Johnson was reared, and his education was received in the schools of Vernon and at Hiram College.

When the war broke out, the subject of our sketch was still a boy in his 'teens, but toward its close, February 24, 1864, he en- listed in Company D, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and remained in the service until the end of the war. He saw considerable hard fighting and was in several important engagements. October 1, 1864, in an engagement at City Point, he was wounded, and was obliged to have his arm amputated just above the elbow. After this he served as Ward Master at Wash- ington, D. C. He spent six weeks at Central Park, New York. .

After receiving his honorable discharge, July 8, 1865, Mr. Johnson returned to Trum- bull county, where he has since made his home. For the past twenty-six years he has lived at West Mecca. He owns one of the best farms in his neighborhood, which is well improved with excellent buildings, etc. His residence was built at a cost of $2,000. He carries on both general farming and stock-raising, keep- ing a dairy and also inaking a specialty of sheep.

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Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Part 64

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