Century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, and representative citizens, 20th, Part 120

Author: Sanderson, Thomas W., comp
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1074

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of his second marriage were : Samuel Kirt- land, born August 4, 1867; Ellen Louise, born February 2, 1869; Alfred Blakelee, born May 23, 1872; Homer Henry, born March 17, 1874; and Charles Potter, born September 5, 1877.

Mary Wick, the eldest daughter of Samuel Hine, was married October 10, 1871, to Allen Cameron, of New York, after completing her education in the Cleveland Female Seminary. Mr. Cameron had served with the rank of Cap- tain in the Civil War, and then engaged in bus- iness at Titusville, Pennsylvania, but later re- moved to his farm in Henry County, Missouri, where he died. They had six children, three dying in infancy: Cecil Dwight Cameron married Jessie Hazard, born December 2, 1880, daughter of William and Sarah ( Sac- roy ) Hazard, of Fayette County, Kentucky, had two children: Hine Cameron, born De- cember 19, 1899, and Howard Cameron, born December 28, 1900; Edith Cameron married William Guttridge, son of John W. and M. E. Guttridge, the former of whom was a native of Calhoun, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Gut- tridge have one child: Mary Shirley, porn January 28, 1900; and Arthur Cameron, who was born at Lewis, Henry County, Missouri. Mary (Wick ) ( Hine) Cameron married ( sec- ond) James Phelps, of Missouri. Mr. Phelps spent some time in the Alaska gold fields, but

is now a resident of Seattle, Washington. Cecil Dwight Hine, son of Samuel and El- len (Montgomery) Hine, is now engaged in the practice of law at Youngstown, Ohio, where he has gained an enviable reputation in his profession. He spent three years at Hud- son College after leaving the Poland Union Seminary, and read law at Warren, Ohio. On October 10, 1872, he was married to Elizabeth Woodruff, daughter of George and Sarah Woodruff, of Poland, Ohio, a descendant of Governor Woodruff, of English extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Hine have had two children : Ella, deceased, and Elizabeth, who married Henry Cates, who is engaged in the rubber business in New York city.

Mr. S. Kirtland Hine, son of Samuel by his second marriage, is now general manager of the Girard Iron Works, of which he was formerly superintendent. He prepared for col- lege at Poland Union Seminary, and was grad- uated at Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, in 1892, following which he was chemist for H. O. Bonnell at Youngstown, at the Leetonia Furnace and for a short time was in Cleveland. Ellen Louise Hine attended school at St. Margaret's, Waterbury, Connec- ticut, and since then has been interested in art and architecture. Alfred Blakelee Hine, civil engineer and a partner with William McKel- vey, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the firm oper- ating as civil engineers and contractors, was graduated in his profession in June, 1895, at the Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, New York, for which he prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. He married Marguerite Hull Gibson, daughter of Dr. Joseph Thompson and Isabel A. ( Brown) Gibson, of Pittsburg. They have two children : Elinor Louise, born August 28, 1900, and Marguerite Gibson, born in August, 1906.

Homer Henry Hine, superintendent of the Independent Telephone Company, at Seattle, Washington, for the past five years, prepared t Cheshire, Connecticut, remaining three years, at Oberlin College, remaining one year, and at the Case School at Cleveland, where he studied four years. His first work was with

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the Westinghouse Electric Co., at Pittsburg, again for a short time in Youngstown, Ohio, and subsequently for a year and a half at Birm- ingham, Alabama.

Charles Potter Hine prepared for Yale Col- lege at Cheshire, Connecticut, and was grad- uated from the Yale Law School in June, 1898. This was nearly an even century after his grandfather, Homer Hine, had graduated from Yale, and in his possession is his grand- father's diploma. In the same class with Charles P. Hine was Gouveneur Morris, who is a great-grandson of Homer Hine. He first practiced his profession for two years in the office of Brewer, Cook & McGowan, at Cleve- land. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Wilbur of Cleveland, which city he considers his home, although he is now serving as second assistant attorney general to Attorney General Wade Ellis.

(VI) Abraham Skinner Hine, son of Homer, was born February 28, 1818. On Oc- tober 19, 1848, he married Nancy Adaline Gib- son, who was born May 21, 1827, daughter of Robert and Lydia ( Marshall ) Gibson. He was a farmer in Boardman, Ohio, and died March 9, 1866, aged 48 years. While tearing down an old building he was injured so seri- ously he did not recover. He had started fine fruit trees on his place which stand yet to tes- tify to his enterprise and energy. His widow still survives and to her the highest meed of- praise should be given for the care she took to educate her children, the most of whom became educators themselves. They were: Thalia, Henrietta Emma, Adaline Gibson, Mary Ayers, Alice, Anna Belle and Oliver Skinner.

Thalia Hine, born August 29, 1849, mar- ried Rev. Hugh Porter Wilson, September IO, 1873, son of Samuel and Mary ( Porter) Wil- son, of Canfield, Ohio. He was a student at Poland Union Seminary and married before he completed his theological studies. He died November 15, 1896, at Pond Creek, Okla- homa, and was buried at Effingham, Kansas. His children were: Chalmers Blakelee, born at Homeworth, Ohio, June 22. 1874, married Nellie Love, of Sheridan, Oklahoma, October

16, 1897, and resides at Hennessy, Oklahoma ; Homer Hine, born at Homeworth, Ohio, Sep- tember 15. 1875; Hugh Curtis, born at Mt. Ayr, Kansas, in April, 1878; Oliver Samuel, born in Kansas, in September, 1880; Dudley Wilson, born at Effingham, Kansas, July 8, 1885; and Alice Thalia, born at Effingham, Kansas, February 22, 1887.

Henrietta Emma Hine, born March 4, 1851, married George Edwards, of Canfield, Ohio, August 22, 1872, son of Pierrepoint Ed- wards, of Milford, Connecticut, and his wife, Mary (Patch) Edwards, of Groton, Massa- chusetts. He was a very energetic and enter- prising man and was succeeding well in busi- ness when he died, when a few days past 39 years of age. He left four children: Albert Ray Edwards, born May 30, 1876, died March 6, 1892 ; Mary Ada, born June 20, 1881, grad- uated at Oberlin College and was at once asked to teach at a girl's collegiate school at Los Angeles, California, where she is still engaged ; Clyde Hine, born February 6, 1878, residing at Washington, D. C., where he follows piano tuning, defective eyesight having prevented his taking a collegiate course ; and Howard Pierre- point, born October 19, 1885, and is attending school at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Adaline Gibson Hine, born January 8, 1853, graduated at Poland Seminary and later taught there with Miss E. M. Blakelee and Professor Clark. Later she became an in- structor at Oberlin College, with her sister Mary, and she has been advanced in the edu- cational field until at present she is the prin- cipal of a 10 department school at Cleveland. Her unselfish devotion to her family and her work both deserve recognition. She is an able, capable, accomplished and charming woman. and in large measure possesses the qualities for which the woman of her family have been noted for generations, admirable in every posi- tion in life to which duty or pleasure calls her.

Mary Ayres Hine, born November 9. 1854, died March 31. 1808. All her life she was hin- dered by a frail body caused by an accident in childhood, but she graduated at Poland Semi-

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nary and taught as long as possible, leaving the school-room followed by the affection of all who had been brought into contact with her.

Alice Hine, born October 16, 1857. was married July 8, 1886, to William Brainard McCarthy, his second marriage. She died at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1897. Both she and husband had been teach- ers at the Poland Union Seminary prior to their marriage. She is survived by four chil- (Iren : Thalia Veda, born July 20, 1887: John Russell, born November 16, 1889: Alice Hine, born July 30, 1891 ; and William . Vernon. born December 18, 1893.

Anna Belle Hine, born December 5. 1860. was married March 30, 1891, to Rev. Charles Fremont Hook, son of John W. and Mary C. (Winters) Hook, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, now of Smyrna, New York. They have two children, Charles Homer, born Oc- tober 24, 1894, and Marshall Ward, born June 17, 1896.

Oliver Skinner Hine, was born July 8. 1865, has always remained on the home place, being his mother's companion and protector. He is a real Hine, having the marked charac- teristics of the family. He keeps the hospitable roof-tree under which every one of the kindred is sure of a welcome.

(VI) Homer Hubbell Hine, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner) Hine, was born February 15, 1823. On April 3. 1845, he mar- ried Julietta Rue, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where she was born December 25, 1824, her parents being Jonathan and Cynthia (Boice) Rue. He was educated at Hudson College, Ohio, became a lawyer at Youngstown, but clied at Painesville, Ohio. His disposition was social and his knowledge of all the family most intimate. He was one of the few men who found pleasure in visiting. His children were : Mary Baldwin, born April 15. 1846, married Horace Bacon. December 23, 1874. a son of William Lonson and Mary Esther ( Race) Bacon, and resides at Painesville, Ohio, having had two children. William Lonson, born May 23. 1880, died May 26, 1886, and Homer Hine, born October 29. 1882; Samuel Nelson

Hine, born March 27, 1848, died at Harrods- burg. Kentucky, February 22, 1849.

Washington Hine, third child of Homer Hubbell Hine, was born October 16, 1850, and was married October 14, 1876, to Lu Virginia Hill, whose parents removed from Williams County, in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Hine reside in Texas, where Mr. Hine is engaged in farm- ing and stockraising about 50 miles northeast of Austin. Their children were: Clarence, Augustus, born July 12, 1877 : Paul, born Jan- uary 25, 1879, died August 17, 1879; Mary Chamberlin, born November 29, 1881; Anna Louisa, born September 5. 1885; Henrietta Helen, born September 25, 1887; Juliette Lee, born October 2, 1883. died October 5, 1888; Homer Horace, born November 10, 1890; David Dwight. born September 26, 1892; and a son, born September 28, 1897.

Cynthia, daughter of Homer and Juliette Hine, born June 30, 1853, and married Wil- liam Doran, November 17, 1875, son of Hugh and Eliza ( Hulitt) Doran, of Concord, Ohio, now residing at Dallas, Texas. For several year's she made her home with her grand- mother prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Doran enjoy a beautiful home in the enter- prising southern city, where Mr. Doran is a prominent business man. Their children were: Homer Hine, born August 15, 1876; Elsie, born April II, 1878; Jessie, born Oc- tober 25. 1879: Esther, born July 14, 1882, died November 23, 1887; William, born Sep- tember 20, 1885: Robert Clarence, born No- vember 13. 1888; Cynthia Dorothy, born March 4, 1891 ; Mary Kathleen, born Septem- ber 4, 1895; and Agnes Lincoln, born Febru- ary 12, 1897.

Anna Louisa Hine, daughter of Homer H. Hine, was born March 7, 1855, and married Charles .W. Field. January 16, 1884, son of Charles S. and Eliza ( Warner ) Field, of War- ren, Ohio. They reside in Cleveland and have two children, Dorothy, born July 10. 1891, and Helen Cornelia, born December 12, 1894.

Agnes Hine, daughter of Homer Hine, was born July 27, 1857, and was married August 5. 1885, to Minor Gibbs Norton, son of Row- land Minor and Eliza (Gibbs) Norton, of Jef-

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ferson, Ohio. He is a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and has served as city attorney. His children are: Rowland Minor, born May 21. 1886, died June 14, 1890: Homer Hine, born December 20, 1887: Henrietta Maude, born February 28. 1800: Edward Emerson, born i

August 24. 1891 ; Elizabeth Julietta, born De- cember 25, 1894; and Edith, born December 10, 1896.

Clarence Augustus, son of Homer H. Hine, was born May 16, 1860, resides at Painesville, Ohio, and April 6, 1881, was married to Annie Doran. They have these children: Marie Agnes, born March 3. 1882; Homer Hubbell, born November 1, 1883; Eliza Hewlitt, born January 29, 1885: Felix Doran, born April 5, 1886: Edward B., born October 4, 1887, died March II, 1888: Cynthia, born October 26, 1888; Noble Nelson, born May 9, 1890, died December 7. 1891 : Clarence William, born January 7, 1893, and Esther Eva, born Feb- ruary 3, 1896.

Henrietta Maria Hine, daughter of Homer H. and Julietta Hine, was born September 12, 1862, and married Nathan Breed.

( VI) Augustus Hine, son of Homer and Mary ( Skinner ) Hine, was born March 21, 1827, and September 25, 1860, married Eliza- beth Loughridge. He married ( second) at Painesville, Ohio, and later removed to Los Angeles, California. He has four children. one daughter. Mary Helen, who married a Mr. Alford, of Painseville: Augusta; Mabel and Dudley Baldwin, all born at Youngstown.

ARTIN NEFF, whose fine resi- dence farm of 210 acres is situated in Canfield township, a mile and three-quarters east of Canfield, on the Boardman and Canfield road. owns also a farm of 75 acres on the other side of this highway and 86 acres south and east of the agricultural fair grounds. Martin Neff was born March 25. 1827, on his present farm. in Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Elizabeth ( Kline ) Neff.

Conrad Neff, the grandfather of Martin, was the pioneer of the Neff family in the Western Reserve, to which he came, from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1802. The Pennsylvanians who accompanied him num- bered 16 souls and they made the journey in the strong old Conestoga wagons, which were built to traverse forests and cross unbridged streams, as was necessary in traveling through this section of Ohio in those early days. The travelers found a little settlement of 16 log houses where now stands the flourishing town of Canfield. Conrad Neff purchased 140 acres of land in the adjacent wilderness and erected a small log cabin near the site of the present comfortable home of his grandson. It took hard work and considerable time before any crops could be raised and in the meantime, the family subsisted on wild game, which was very plentiful, deer and wild turkey being easily secured. Conrad Neff was a mason by trade and he did a large part of the mason work for his neighbors in those days, his sons doing the larger amount of clearing and land cultivating. Both Conrad Neff and wife died on this place, having reached the age of 70 years.

The children of Conrad Neff and wife were : Conrad; John; Henry; Mary, who married Henry Crum ; Margaret, who married Henry Peatry; and Mrs. Henry Brunstetter. 1 John Neff, father of Martin, was born in 1795, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and thus was seven years of age when he came to Ma- honing County. His early educational oppor- tunities were meager but he was reared with the practical ideas which resulted in his be- coming a man of ample fortune and a highly respected citizen of his community. His first land was purchased for $2.50 an acre and he accumulated a large amount, at one time pos- sessing 600 acres. He sold a portion of this to advantage and utilized the rest in general farming and stock-raising. He was a man of sound judgment and on a number of occasions was selected to hold township offices. Po- litically, he was a strong Democrat, but he did not approve of the War of the Rebellion. He

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died one week after the first gun was fired at Fort Sumter, aged 64 years, nine months and seven days.

John Neff married Elizabeth Kline, who was born in Northampton County, Pennsyl- vania, and died in Mahoning County, aged 79 years, surviving her husband for 16 years. She was a daughter of Abraham Kline, who settled at an early day in Youngstown town- ship, Mahoning County. They had five chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy during an epidemic of scarlet fever, the others being : Eli, residing in Kansas, having reached his 86th year; Mary, deceased, who married Rus- sell F. Starr, also deceased; and Martin, the youngest of the family.

Although his family had been settled many years in Canfield township, when Martin Neff came on the scene of life, many pioneer condi- tions still prevailed and his educational oppor- tunities were limited to a short period of school attendance in the old log school-house near his home. His father was greatly inter- ested in raising and dealing in cattle at this time and a large part of the hard work of the farm fell on young Martin and his brother. As his father drove his own cattle over the mountains and disposed of them in the eastern markets, he was away from home a great part of the time. The sons, especially Martin, de- veloped good judgment in cattle, and he also became a dealer and on his own account drove stock as far as Pittsburg. The business was

very profitable as long as no lines for cattle transportation had been built and no great cat- tle ranches had yet been established in the West. Mr. Neff has lived on this farm all his life, but has traveled on horseback all over the country and on one occasion was in the saddle for 31 days. He started out with a farm of 73 acres and when he went into the stock business was obliged to rent pasture land, but gradually acquired field after field until, at one time, he owned more than 600 acres. He has been very generous to his chil- dren, but still retains 335 acres. With the assistance of Thomas G. Stradford, whom he reared from childhood, Mr. Neff still carries on farming and stock-raising.

Mr. Neff was married April 5, 1848, to Catherine Wilson, who is one of the first chil- dren born at what is now the town of Dublin, Mahoning County, Ohio. Her parents were John and Jane (Trimble) Wilson, who were natives of Ireland and were early settlers at Dublin, this county. Mrs. Neff was reared and educated in that village.

Mr. and Mrs. Neff have had five children, as follows: John, Caroline, Mary, Lois and Elizabeth, the last named dying at the age of seven years. John Neff, residing at Canfield, is engaged in a dry-goods business. He mar- ried Hattie Sanzenbacher and they have six children, namely: Sadie; Ensign, who mar- ried Mary Porter; Martin, who married Ann Fithian, has two children; Calvin; Silas, who married Miss Waters, has one child; and Roy. Caroline, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neff, married G. S. Beard, and they reside in Beaver township and they have two children : Bert, who is married and has three children; and Alexander, who is engaged in the milk business at Youngstown. Mary Neff, the sec- ond daughter, who married Floyd Blackburn, died in 1900. Lois Neff, the third daughter, married Charles Edsall and they reside near the parental home and have two children, Julia and Bertha.

Politically Mr. Neff has always been in sympathy with the Democratic party. He has been elected to almost all the township offices at various times and has served with the great- est efficiency on the township board of trus- tees, on the board of education and as super- visor, and his advice and counsel is consid- ered valuable by his fellow-citizens whenever any important township matter is under con- sideration.

Mr. Neff and family have enjoyed the ben- efits and pleasure of travel and are most en- tertaining in recalling what they have seen with their own eyes. Mr. Neff, himself, has seen a large portion of his native land west of Ohio, and in 1902 he was accompanied by his wife and some of his children on a delight- ful trip which extended through a large part of the most enjoyable regions of a number of States. The party started from Canfield and

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went west to Chicago, remaining one night in the famous Windy City, going on from there to Denver, Colorado, and then through the great mountain ranges to Sacramento and viewing the beautiful city of San Francisco be- fore the great calamity of 1906. From there they went to Los Angeles, then covered 750 miles to Junction City, Oregon, going from there to Salem and Portland and thence to Seattle and through the great pine timber country to Spokane, Washington. On their return they visited St. Paul and other inter- esting cities. The enjoyment and advantages of such an extended trip can scarcely be over- estimated.

RENCH F. CLINGAN, one of the leading business men at Youngs- town, is secretary and treasurer of the Mahoning Builders' Supply Com- pany, and secretary and treasurer of the Lowellville Coal Mining Company. He was born in 1873, at Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio, and is a son of C. N. Clingan.

The father of Mr. Clingan was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, but for the past 30 years he has been engaged in the wholesale and retail flour and feed busi- ness at Hubbard.

After completing his education, French F. Clingan- assisted his father in his business for several years. He then accepted the position of secretary and treasurer with the Youngs- town Ice Company, remaining with them for three years. In 1903, in association with James D. Gibson and William Tod, Mr. Clingan organized and incorporated the Ohio Stone Paving Company, with William Tod as president and French F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. In the following year, the same parties, with S. B. Clegg, L. D. Gibson and J. K. Home, of Struthers, organized and in- corporated the Mahoning Builders' Supply Company, with a capital stock of $25.000. Of this company. S. B. Clegg is president : J. K. Home, vice president, and F. F. Clingan, sec- retary and treasurer and is also manager.

This company deals in all kinds of builders' supplies, with the exception of lumber, and in connection with this business, have built a hard-wall plaster plant, for the manufacture of hard-wall plaster. The company has also large coal interests, owning a coal bank at Lowellville. The Lowellville Coal Mining Company was incorporated and capitalized at $3,000, with Jacob Stambaugh as president and F. F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. These different business combinations repre- sent immense capital and give work to 100 em- ployes.

In 1898 Mr. Clingan was married to Jose- phine Jacobs, who is a daughter of Millard Jacobs, of Hubbard, and they have one son, Millard Calvin. Mr. and Mrs. Clingan belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hub- bard.

D L. ROSE president of The Rose & Johnson Company, wholesale gro- cers, located on West Front street, Youngstown, was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1855, and was II years of age when his parents moved to Ma- honing County. Until he was 27 years of age, Mr. Rose remained on the home farm and then embarked in a mercantile business at Rosemont, where he continued in business for 17 years. In 1895 Mr. Rose came to Youngs- town in the capacity of city salesman for the Baldwin-Carnahan Company, wholesale gro- cers, and remained associated with that firm until it was absorbed by the J. H. Fitch Com- pany, a period of six years. In 1901 Mr. Rose. in partnership with Alfred Johnson, engaged in the produce business, under the firm name of Rose & Johnson, later drifting into the wholesale grocery trade. On June I, 1905. their business became an incorporated con- cern, The Rose & Johnson Company, capi- talized at $50,000. The officers are: D. I .. Rose, president : N. P. Johnson, vice president. and Alfred Johnson, secretary and treasurer.

In 1905 the company erected a fine brick building for business purposes, locating it on

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Front street, having three stories and base- ment, its dimensions being 40 by 154 feet. This gives them 25,000 feet of floor space. The company keeps four men on the road, covering western Pennsylvania and northeast- ern Ohio.

Mr. Rose was first married, in 1875. to Miss Rebecca W. Smith, who passed away in February. 1900. aged 44 years, leaving one child, Minna, now Mrs. Minna E. Leedy, a resident of Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Rose was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

In 1902 Mr. Rose was married to Emma Wickline, of Salem, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rose belong to the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Politically, Mr. Rose is a Republican. Fra- ternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to Council No. 233, Protected Home Cir- cle, and is a charter member of the United Commercial Travelers' Association of Mahon- ing County.

A LFRED JOHNSON, secretary and treasurer of The Rose & Johnson Company, mentioned in the preced- ing sketch, was born in 1874, in Sweden, and came to America at the age of 16 years. He located immediately at Youngstown and began work for D. B. Stam- baugh, with whom he remained for two years, in the meantime attending the public schools and graduating from the Front street school. In 1892 he began work with Baldwin, Morgan & Company, wholesale grocers, and remained with them until that firm sold out to the John H. Fitch Company. As noted above, in 1901. he engaged with D. L. Rose in a grocery and produce business, on a small scale, being lo- cated then in the Park Theater building. One year later removal was made to larger quar- ters on account of rapidly increasing business.

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Century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, and representative citizens, 20th, Part 120

Author: Sanderson, Thomas W., comp Publication date: 1907 Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1074

Author: Sanderson, Thomas W., comp
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1074