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surgeons, Drs. Joseph Price and Goodell. In the spring of 1889 he came to Youngs- town, Ohio, where he has been in practice ever since, meeting with that success which is always the reward of thorongh knowledge and conscientious performance of work. His specialty is abdominal surgery, his study in this branch of his profession having been under two of the best abdominal surgeons in the United States. He has an extensive reputation for skill in this branch, having successfully performed many marvelous op- erations.
September 18, 1882, Dr. Dickson was married to Miss Clara A. Clarke, a lady of pleasing appearance and superior attain- ments, a member of one of the oldest and best families of Mahoning county. Her par- ents, Emery and Elizabeth Clarke, still re- side in Poland, Ohio, where they are well and favorably known. Dr. and Mrs. Dickson have one child, Mildred Clarke. Both are active members of the Presbyterian Church.
Politically, the Doctor is a Republican, and fraternally affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, Youngstown Lodge, No. 258. In his profession he stands at the head, and as a man and citizen is universally regarded with respect and esteem.
D R. JOHN DEETRICK, an able phy- sician and surgeon of Youngstown, Ohio, and a citizen of worth and in- fluence, was born in Allegheny county, Penn- sylvania, March 7, 1844. His parents, Jonas and Ann Jane (Smith) Deetrick, were natives of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and Ty- rone county, Ireland, respectively, the former born June 22, 1811, and the latter in 1822. The mother of the subject of this sketch was
brought from Ireland to America with her parents in 1823, when she was but a year old, and was reared in Middlesex, Butler county, Pennsylvania, where her parents settled. Dr. Deetrick's father was in early life a blacksmith, but for the last forty years was engaged in farming pursuits, during the last twenty of which he was partially retired from active labor. Both were devoted mem- bers of the United Presbyterian Church, in which they were active workers. The first vote cast by Jonas Deetrick was for General Jackson for President. Jonas was a quiet, conservative man, of exalted integrity, who was well known and highly esteemed through- out Allegheny and Butler counties, Pennsyl- vania. His worthy wife was equally rich in virtues of mind and heart, and shared the high regard entertained for her husband. She died in 1891, aged sixty-nine years, leav- ing many friends to mourn her loss. The father of the subject of this sketch survived until April 21, 1893, expiring at the good old age of eighty-two, greatly lamented by all who knew him. They had three children : Mary. wife of Milton Van de Vert, resides on the old homestead in Butler county, Penn- sylvania; John, whose name heads this sketch; and William Charles, a builder and contractor of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He married Miss Lizzie Buccin.
Dr. Deetrick, of this notice, was reared in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and attended the public and high schools of that city. He afterward read medicine under the instruction of Dr. T. C. Wallace, of Allegheny City, that State. He subsequently took a course in the Homeopathic College at St. Louis, Missouri, at which he graduated in 1870, and went thence to the Hahnemann Homeopathic Col- lege, in Chicago, Illinois, where he gradu- ated in 1872. He then began the practice of
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his profession in the World's Fair city, re- maining there six months, when he removed to Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, where he re- mained five years and a half, after which he was in Washington city for a year. He then took an ad eundum degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in St. Louis, Mis- sonri. He subsequently practiced medicine for five years in Petrolia, Pennsylvania, from which place he removed in 1882 to Youngs- town, Ohio, where he has ever since remained. He makes surgery a specialty, and was the first resident physician in Youngstown to perform the delicate operation of abdominal section and to remove diseased ovaries, a proc- ess known as ovariotomy, likewisc the first to remove the parotid gland, in which he has had many cases, and to remove one-half of the inferior maxillary bonc. His skill has gained for him a large and lucrative practice thronghout the city and surrounding country. He often contributes to medical journals articles full of interest to the fraternity.
November 8, 1869, Dr. Deetrick was mar- ried to Miss Lizzie Park, a lady of domestic accomplishments, daughter of James and Lucinda Park, of Butler county, Pennsyl- rania. Her father died in 1890, at the age of seventy years, while her mother still sur- vives, at the same age. Her father was a use- ful member of the United Presbyterian Church, in which her mother still takes an active interest. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Rebecca A., now Mrs. B. Hill, resides in Tiona, Pennsylvania; Lizzie, the second in order of birth, is the wife of the subject of this sketch; Frances, now Mrs. Frank Mahaffey, lives in Cleve- land, Ohio; Harvey, married to Miss Miller, resides on the homestead; Flora, wife of Willard Starr, lives in Butler county, Penn- sylvania; and Oliver, deceased. Dr. and Mrs.
Deetrick have two children: James W., re- siding at home, is a chemist in the steel works; and Anna Viola is a pupil of the Rayen high school. Both he and his wife are prominent members of the United Pres- byterian Church.
In politics the Doctor is an independent Republican and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his country. He has contributed by his energy and moral worth to the ad- vancement of his community, and justly en- joys a high place in the regard of all who know him.
B ENJAMIN LIPPLY, a well known citizen of Springfield township, Mahon - ing county, Ohio, was born in this township, May 30, 1832, son of Chris. tian and Barbara (Hallor) Lipply. His father came here in 1805, from his native land, Germany, and was for many years en- gaged in farming and stock-raising on his farm of 200 acres. He occupied a prominent position among the early pioneers of the county. In politics he was a Democrat, Both he and his wife were members of the Mennonite Church and were liberal in the support of the gospel. They had a family of twelve children: Eliza, Mary, Agnes, Benja- min, Betsey, David, Susan, Christian, Cath- erine, Sophia, Solomon and Jesse. The father was a man of strict integrity and Christian character, and the memory of his honorable and upright life is of far greater value to his children than anything he could have left them.
Benjamin Lipply was reared on his father's farm and early in life developed a taste for mechanics. He worked at carpentry and stone masonry for some years. For twelve years he was engaged in peddling. When
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he was nineteen he began carefully saving his earnings, and by honest industry and care- ful econony he has secured a competency. He is now the owner of 314 acres of land and has one of the prettiest homes in the town- ship, his residence being built at a cost of $5,000. The costly furnishings of this home together with its beautiful surroundings are indicative not only of the wealth of its owner but also of culture and refinement. Besides this place Mr. Lipply owns a house and lot in Youngstown, valued at $2,000.
Mr. Lipply was married first in 1854, to Miss Anna Snyder, who was born in 1832, and who died in 1864, leaving five children : Josiah, Caroline, Jonathan, Moses and Susan. Three of this number, Caroline, Jonathan and Moses, are dead. In 1866, Mr. Lipply mar- ried Catherine Mitchala, daughter of Wil- liam and Mary Mitchala, and she still pre- sides over his home. He and his wife and all his children are consistant meinbers of the Lutheran Church.
Mr. Lipply is an active politician and for several years has been identified with the People's party. He is working for the poor people of the conntry and for the general good of his community.
D R. G. W. BROOKE, who is well known not only in professional circles but as a prominent politician of Mahoning county, Ohio, is the subject of the following biographical sketch. He is a native of the county in which he now resides, born in Goshen township, April 29, 1828, a son of Basil Brooke, who was born in Genesee county, New York, in 1805. His paternal grandfather, James Brooke, was a native of Maryland and belonged to one of the promi-
nent Quaker families of that State. He mar- ried a Miss Boone, consin to Daniel Boone of Kentucky, and they removed to Mahoning county, Ohio, and settled in Goshen town- ship, where they passed their lives. They reared a family of eight children, of whom Basil Brooke was one. He was married at the age of twenty-four years to Rachel Mor- ris, a native of New Jersey and a member of a Quaker family. His death occurred in 1832, the result of a malignant fever. He left a widow and four children: Hester B, G. W., Deborah, and Basil. The mother still survives, at the age of eighty-seven years, and is an honored resident of Goshen town- ship. Dr. Brooke grew to years of maturity in Goshen township, and received his educa- tion in the common schools and academies of the county.
He began the study of medicine in 1847 under the preceptorship of Dr. J. W. Hughes, a successful physician of Berlin township. The following year he attended lectures in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1851 was graduated from the Cleveland Medical Col- lege. In 1852 Dr. M. B. Hughes died at Ellsworth, and immediately Dr. Brooke lo- cated there. He has had an active career in his profession, and has met with marked suc- cess as a practitioner. He is a member of the Union Medical Society, Ohio State Medi- cal Society, American Medical Congress and the American Medical Association. He has, however, not been confined strictly to the medical profession, but has represented the people of Mahoning county in the legislative halls of Ohio, as a member of the House of Representatives; he was elected to the office in 1867, and served two terms,-a period of four years, -- with great credit to himself and to the best interests of his constituency. In the time of the lamented Garfield he was his
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warm personal friend, and gave the martyr president his enthusiastic support. He was one of the Presidential Electors in 1860, and cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has frequently been a delegate to national, State, district and county conventions, and was a member of the convention that first nomi- nated Garfield for Congress. In 1863 he was appointed by the Government as surgeon of the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and saw much service on the field of battle.
Dr. Brooke was united in marriage in 1852 to Theda A. Carter, who was born in Gene- see county, New York, a daughter of Loren Carter. The Doctor and his wife had a fam- ily of four children: Ella, wife of William Allen; Clara, Georgia and Theda. Mrs. Brooke passed from this life to the unknown future in 1874. In 1878 Dr. Brooke was married to his present wife, Mary E. Will- iams, a daughter of B. and Margaret Will- ianis, They have one son, Syden B. Brooke.
Having a birthright in the Society of Friends, Dr. Brooke has never united with any other denomination. He is a man of sterling worth, sincere in his convictions, stanch and true in his friendships, and worthy of the confidence reposed in him by a wide circle of professional colleagues and political associates.
APTAIN DANIEL B. STAMBAUGH, a member of the Stambangh-Thomp- son Company, hardware merchants of Youngstown, is a native of Mahoning county, Ohio, born April 6, 1838. His parents, Jolin and Sarah (Beaver) Stambangh, were natives of Pennsylvania and there they were reared and married. They emigrated to Ohio in 1805, and settled on a farm on Briar Hill,
near the present site of the city of Youngs- town; here they passed the remainder of their lives. A full history of their career will be found under the head of John Stam- baugh, Sr. Captain Stambaugh began the battle of life as a farmer, and continned his occupation as a husbandman until 1855, when he became identified with the develop- ment of the coal industry at Briar Hill and other localities. He has also been active in pushing to the front the iron resources of the State, and mnch credit is dne him for the rank given Mahoning connty in the com- mercial world. His mining operations have not been confined to Ohio alone, but he has made investments in both Idaho and Colo- rado. He is a man of excellent judgment, shrewd and far-seeing, and worthy of the posi- tion he has won.
The Captain was married November 15, 1867, to Miss Margaret Osborne, a daughter of Abner Osborne of Girard, Trumbull coun- ty. To these worthy parents have been born three children: Phillip, who is now in Idaho; Anna and Mary. Mrs. Stambaugh is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church; she is a woman of deep devotion and possesses many rare qualities.
When President Lincoln made a call for 75,000 men in 1861, Daniel B. Stambangh responded with the readiness of a loyal pa- triot. He first enlisted in Company B, Nine- teenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four months. He re-enlisted in Jnne, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, July 11, 1861, and Perryville. He was also at Chickamauga, and was wounded there so scriously that he was sent to the hospital, where he was con- fined about forty days. When he suffi- ciently recovered he rejoined his command
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and participated in the engagement at Mis- sionary Ridge, Atlanta campaign, Buzzards' Roost, Tullahoma, Big Shonty, Lost Mount- ain, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, and the fall of Atlanta. He was also with Sherman on his march to the sea, and took part in the grand review at Washington, as happy a day as he has ever enjoyed. He was honorably discharged June 5, 1865. At the time he re-enlisted it was as Second Lieutenant; he was promoted to the position of First Lieuten- ant, and in August, 1863, was appointed Captain, serving in this office until the close of the war. He never was absent from the front or command, and saw the conflict from a soldier's standpoint. He is a man of very attractive personal traits, is a most genial companion, a stanch and true friend. As a citizen he holds a firm place in the regard of his fellow-townsmen.
OHN F. CANTWELL, Chief of the Police of Youngstown, was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill county, Pennsyl- vania, March 16, 1856, a son of Robert and Mary (Keating) Cantwell, natives of Ireland. The parents were married in Pottsville, Penn- sylvania. The father, a miner by occupation, died eleven years ago, and the mother now resides in Jefferson county, Pennsylvania.
John F. Cantwell, our subject, was reared to the coal-mining business, and followed" that occupation until 1882. º In that year he came to Youngstown, Ohio, to work as pud- dler in a rolling-mill, where he remained until in April, 1888. He was then appointed on the police force of Youngstown, and May 1, 1891, was appointed Chief of Police by the Board of City Commissioners.
September 6, 1883, Mr. Cantwell was united in marriage to Margaret Ring, a daughter of Jolin and Margaret Ring, of Youngstown. Our subject and wife have had four children, three now living. The family are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Cantwell is also a member of the Cath- olic Institute of Youngstown, and is a Dem - ocrat in his political views.
B ALES M. CAMPBELL, a member of the City Board of Commissioners of Youngstown, was born in Westmore- land county, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1856, a son of Matthew and . Caroline (McCauley) Campbell. The Campbell family is one of the oldest in Westmoreland county, and is of Scotch origin. The McCauley family is also of Scotch lineage, and our subject's mother was a descendant of the Fletcher family of Massachusetts, from which State her ances- tors removed to Pennsylvania in a very early day. She was a devout Scotch Presbyterian, and was left a widow very early in life, but subsequently married a second time.
Bales M. Campbell, onr subject, was thrown on his own resources in early life, and at the age of ten years was taken by a brother to Pittsburg, where he found em- ployment. Many and varied were the ex- periences and engagements of young Camp- bell in his youth. He visited the West, South and other sections. At about nineteen years of age he returned to Pittsburg from the West, where he was engaged in business a short time. He succeeded in saving a few hundred dollars, which he concluded to use in improving his education. He came to Youngstown in 1878, where he was engaged
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in school-teaching until 1885. During that time he also studied law in the offices of C. R. Truesdale and A. J. Woolf, and in June, 1885, was admitted to the bar. He had taken rather an active part in politics in the Democratic party, and in September, 1885, Mr. Campbell was appointed Deputy Reve- nue Collector for the Eighteenth District of Ohio, Fourth Division, by President Cleve- land. He held this position four years, or until the change of administration. Our subject was afterward engaged in several business enterprises until in April, 1892, when he was appointed a member of the Board of City Commissioners, and still holds that position. Mr. Campbell is an efficient officer, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of a wide acquaintance. He is a self-made man, has seen a great deal of the rough side of life, and by his unpretentious character and unswerving integrity has gained a high place in the esteem of his fellow-citizens.
Mr. Campbell was inarried April 28, 1892, to Miss Ella Reel, a native of Youngstown. He is Senior Warden in the blue lodge of Masonry, is Grand District Deputy of the order of K. of P., Past Exalted Ruler of the order of Elks and a member of the I. O. O. F.
B REVET MAJOR JAMES LAW- RENCE BOTSFORD was born in Poland, Mahoning county, Ohio, April 16, 1834, and is a son of Archibald Grant and Eliza (Lynn) Botsford, natives of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father emigrated West when a young man, and in Poland, Ohio, engaged in the manufacture of combs, which business he conducted until the introduction of the rubber-comb business, which ruined his trade.
In 1828 he was married to Eliza Lynn, of Bedford, Pennsylvania. They settled in Po- land, Ohio. Here they lived and died, the father November 13, 1870, aged sixty-five, his wife surviving him until 1881, when she too passed away, aged seventy years. Throughout life they were both earnest and active members of the Episcopal Church. They were the parents of six children, namely: Mary, deceased; John Edward, also deceased; James Lawrence, the subject of this sketch ; Jared Kirtland, who was an assistant engin- eer in the United States Navy, entering serv- ice in 1861, and died of yellow fever in 1864, at the age of twenty-eight years, after three years' service; Thomas Grant was in business in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in 1882, at the age of forty-three; and Mary Julia, who married H. O. Bonnell, of Youngstown, Ohio.
Our subject received a common-school education in Poland. In 1858 he went to California, and worked in the mines in that State until 1861. Returning, he landed in New York April 13, 1861, the day after Fort Sumter was fired upon. On returning to Poland, he enlisted in a company then form- ing in that town: in the latter part of May, 1861, the company was ordered to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, where he was mus- tered into the service of the United States as Second Lieutenant in the famous Twenty- third Ohio Regiment, which was the first original three years' regiment to enlist from the State.
His first service was in West Virginia, where he was detailed as acting Aid-de-Camp to Colonel Scammon, commanding the Third Brigade, Kanawha Division, Army of West Virginia; was promoted as First Lieutenant January 17, 1862, and returned to his regi- ment, participating in the spring campaign. August 6 he was again assigned as Aid-de-
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Camp to General Scammnon, commanding the First Brigade of the Kanawha Division. An- gust 20, 1862, the division was ordered to Washington. Part of it, consisting of the Eleventh and Twelfth Ohio regiments, under command of General Scammon, was engaged at the second battle of Bull Run, after which the Kanawha Division was attached to the Ninth Army Corps and became part of the Army of the Potomac. The division under General J. D. Fox led the advance at the battle of South Mountain, Maryland, Septem- ber 14, 1862, and was successful in gaining the crestof the mountain --- a desperate charge. On September 17, the division was again en- gaged in the battle of Antietam, Maryland. after which battle the Kanawha Division was ordered back to West Virginia; and on Oc- tober 27, 1862, Lieutenant Botsford was pro- moted by President Lincoln as Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of United States Volunteers. He served in West Virginia with General Scammon until Jannary, 1864, then with Major General George Crook in the battles of Cloyd Monntain, New River Bridge, Blaksburg, Covington, Panther's Gap, Buf- falo Gap, and thence on General Hunter's raid to Lynchburg, after which he accom- panied Hunter's command to the Shenandoah valley. Was engaged in the battles of Sin- ker's Ferry, Cabletown, Stevenson's Depot, Winchester, Martinsburg, thence to General Sheridan's department in the Shenandoah valley. In November, 1864, he was stationed at Cumberland, and detailed as Assistant In- spector General of the Department of West Virginia. After the war he was commis- sioned Brevet Major to date from March 13, 1865, for meritorious and distinguished con- duct.
He was engaged in Louisville, Kentucky, in the produce business along with his brother,
Thomas G., and continued in that busi- ness until 1872, when he moved to Youngs- town, Ohio, engaging in the manufacture of iron, in which he has continued ever since. Upon the formation of the Mahoning Valley Iron Company in 1879, Major Botsford was elected its treasurer, which position he still retains. At one time he was made a member of the City Council, but resigned his posi- tion. On Jannary 14, 1892, he was ap- pointed Quartermaster General of Ohio by Governor William McKinley, Jr., the Gover- nor thus neatly recognizing the position held by his old comrade-at-arms in the gallant Twenty-third during war days, both of them having enlisted in the same company, and from the same town in Ohio.
At the reunion of the Twenty third Ohio Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry Associa- tion, General James L. Botsford was unani- mously chosen president, succeeding General Rutherford B. Hayes, who had been the pre- siding officer of the association since its or- ganization, and up to his death a few months ago.
Major Botsford was married in 1864, to Miss Ellen E. Blaine, a daughter of Samnel L. and Anna Blaine, of Kentucky, the former being an uncle of James G. Blaine. Two children have been born of this union, namely: Ella, wife of F. H. Wick, of Youngs- town, by whom she has one child, Alina; and James L., Jr., now attending school in New Hampshire. Both Major Botsford and his wife are faithful members of the Episcopalian Church, of which he is a Vestryman. Social by nature, he is a member of the G. A. R. Post and of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. A Republican in politics, he ardently labors to uphold those principles for which he fought for so many long months. A warm friendship always
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existed between Major Botsford and the late ex-President Hayes, both having entered the same regiment together, and throughout the life of the latter this feeling was sustained by both. All members of his old regiment are warmly welcomed by Major Botsford, and his home at Youngstown is always open to any and all of them.
R UFUS F. THOMPSON, a leading architect of Youngstown, Ohio, is a native of the State, born in Cuyahoga county, February 10, 1844. His par- ents, John and Ann (Miller) Thompson, were natives of the North of Ireland; the father was a builder by trade, following this calling in his own country; he emigrated to America in 1836, and first located in New Jersey; a few years afterward he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where lie lived the remainder of his days; his death occurred at the age of fifty- five years; his wife survives him, at the age of eighty-three years. They had born to them a family of five children: The Rev. Hugh Mil- ler Thompson, Bishop of the Episcopal Dio- cese of Mississippi, resides in Jackson; he married Ann M. Kinsdale; William G. lives in Mount Vernon, Illinois; Jolin R. is a citi- zen of Horse Cove, North Carolina, a planter by occupation; Rnfus F. is the fourth born; Jarvis C. is a citizen of Joliet, Illinois. When a yonng man, Rufus F. Thompson learned the carpenter trade, which he followed for a time in Cleveland, Ohio. He took up the study of architecture under the direc- tion of his brother, William G., and lias be- come very proficient in the profession.
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