Century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, and representative citizens, 20th, Part 126

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

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Charles Morrow was thrice married, first to Hannah Harrod, probably in 1765. and they had five children: George, John, William, Anna and Hannah. Having been left a widower in 1780 he remained such for three years, when he again married. Of this alli- ance his son William has to say: "The war expiring, and my father having laid off his mourning. he courted and married his brother's wife's sister, an old maid of 36, by whom he had two daughters." The name of the second wife was Polly Murphy and their children were Jane and Polly. It is not known how long his second wife lived nor when he married his third wife, Phebe Offutt. The two sons of the third marriage were Matthew and Aaron.

William M. Morrow, son of Charles and -

Hannah (Harrod) Morrow, was born Octo- ber 31, 1770, at Philadelphia. . His early life must have been a studious one, as his qualifi- cations to teach school, in after years, when adversity had made it necessary to adopt that profession as a means of livelihood, fully tes- tifies. At the age of ten years his mother died and he was given to his uncle, Gavin Mor- row, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, by whom he was sent to school for three years. This seems to have been the extent of his schooling for all mention of school ceases from that time. On July 17, 178.4, when not yet 14 years old, we find him traveling overland from Cumberland County to Fort Pitt, Penn- sylvania, leading two horses loaded with mer- chandise. For four years following he worked with his father at improving the farm. On June 17, 1788, he enlisted under Captain Mil- ler and served three months in a campaign against the Indians. The following winter he left home and entered a mill at Carlisle, where he remained three years and became a profi- cient miller.

Early in the spring of 1792, he enlisted under Capt. John Cook. 4th Light Legion, and commenced an extended service in the United States army. For the next four years his duties and dangers were such as come to the life of a soldier in Indian warfare. On Feb- ruary 14, 1796, he was detailed to carry dis- patches through the enemy's country, from Greenville, Ohio, to Fort Fayette, and deliver to the commandant of that fortress, Col. F. Butler, and he successfully carried out his orders, on March 19, 1796. For this service he received a new set of sergeant's clothes, one month's extra pay and one month's furlough, to visit his home in Washington County, Pennsyl- vania. He returned to duty on May 1. 1796. and completed his term of service as a quarter- master sergeant, under Lieut. Robert Purdy. and on November 20, 1796, he returned to civil life, at Pittsburg, where, for 15 years he followed the milling business and prospered.

When war was declared between Great Britain and the United States, in 1812, al- though 42 years old, he offered himself as a

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volunteer officer, and on March 17, 1812, was commissioned first lieutenant and assigned to duty as adjutant and quartermaster at Pitts- burg. Here he served until May, 1813, when he marched with Colonel Brady, to Canada, where he spent the summer and fall, leaving under orders, on November 13, 1813, for Burlington, Vermont. At that time he was promoted to the rank of Captain and detailed on recruiting service and ordered to Pittsburg. From there he was sent to Washington, Penn- sylvania, and six months later returned to the field and commanded a company until the end of the war. His efficiency in military service marked him to be retained when the army was reduced after hostilities ceased. Thus he served one year on a peace basis, and when dis- charged, was presented with a sword, with solid silver scabbard, as a token of apprecia- tion. What became of the blade of this trophy is not known, but the silver scabbard and the silver buttons of his uniform were melted and moulded into spoons, that they might be more equally distributed among his children.

On his second return to civil life, he em- barked in business in partnership with a man named C. B. Crane, who involved the firm in debt and brought financial ruin. His friends rallied to his assistance and he was made flour inspector at Pittsburg, also assessor, and then he entered upon school teaching as mentioned above, and thus, to the best of his ability, pro- vided for his family and his declining years. The death of this patriot and upright citizen took place in March, 1834, at Wolf Creek, Pennsylvania, where he was buried.

About 1797 or 1798, William M. Morrow was married to Achsa Hiyat and they had a family of nine daughters and four sons, of whom five daughters and three sons grew to maturity and reared families of their own, as follows: Mary, who marriel Philip Fonner ; Hannah, who married first, Jesse Conley, and second, George W. Chilton; Eliza Jane, who married first. James Fulton, and second, James Robinson; Phebe, who , married John R. Squires : George W., who married first, Jane Taylor Powell. and second, Mrs. Eleanor

(Black) Hursey; John, whose first wife's given name was Hettie; Achsa, who married Dr. James McCreary ; and William.

The childhood of the grandmother of John R. Squire was probably marked by incidents common to the lives of the children of her age and social position, but when the firm of Mor- row & Crane failed, the home life underwent a complete change. The father was then in financial distress and all the children who were old enough were required to provide for their own support. Those were days when the fact- ory was about the only place where young girls could secure good wages and, with a decision and bravery which marked her through life, Phebe sought and secured a position in a paper mill in Pittsburg. How or where she met John R. Squire is not known, but she was married at Beavertown, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Oc- tober 30, 1828. Her nature was somewhat dif- ferent from that of her husband and there were times when the stern realities of life pressed heavily upon one whose early environments had known the pleasures of social life and innocent gayeties. In order to secure attraction for her home and pleasure ior her children which the stern nature of her husband did not deem essen- tial, she found employment outside of household duties, on many occasions. Her sweet, gentle, kind and charitable disposition made her be- loved by all who knew her, and she realized the great affection of children and grand-children before her death, which occurred at Youngs- town, on December 26, 1869. She was laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery.

The children born to John R. Squire and his first wife were: Eliza Jane, born July 30, 1829, married Henry Erwin; John, born in 1832, married first, Mary Bauer, and second, Bettie -: James, father of the subject of this sketch : Amanda, born July, 1840, mar- ried Robert Pollock: and Adelaide, born in 1846, married Benjamin F. Cook.

After their children had been happily mar- ried. Mr. Squire and wife permitted themselves to take a larger amount of enjoyment out of life. For some years they spent their winters in warmer climates, at Denver, Colorado, and

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at Los Angeles, California, until 1869, when Mrs. Squire's health became too poor to admit of their leaving home and her death followed on the day after Christmas. Left alone, the grandfather of our subject awaited an invita- tion from his children to make his home with them, but it must be admitted that each one hesitated, remembering the stern discipline he had always demanded and fearing that he could not be happy in a household governed more according to the ideas of the idolized deceased mother. However, before any de- cision was required, on October 19, 1870, he was married, at Sharon, Pennsylvania, to Mrs. Margaret Campbell, whom he had known in youth. For several winters following, Mr. and Mrs. Squire spent the cold months in Cali- fornia, but as age and infirmity came on, the old home at Youngstown seemed comfortable enough. During the last four years of his life, John R. Squire was a paralytic and when his death occurred on July 28, 1896, he was eased of great pain and a heavy burden was removed from his family. He was interred in Oak Hill cemetery, Youngstown.

James Squire, father of our subject, was born at Youngstown, March 13, 1834, where he now lives retired. In 1859, he established himself in the roofing business at West Middle- sex, Pennsylvania, where he continued until 1869, when he returned to Youngstown and continued in business in this city until 1902. During his many active years here he was prominent in civic matters, served at various times as councilman, and at present is a mem- ber of the city sinking fund board. February 26, 1860, he married Mary Burns and they had two sons, John R., the immediate subject of this biography, and William W., who died at the age of three years.

John R. Squire, of this generation, was seven years of age when his parents brought him to Youngstown, where he attended school until he was eight months old. As his father was in the roofing business he naturally turned his attention in the same direction and learned the trade of tinner and roofer and became a practical draughtsman. By the time he was 21

years old he was running a sawmill which was then located in what is now Wick Park, where he cut white oak timber and manufactured it into lumber. At this time he was received by his father as a partner and acquired a one- third interest in the business and the firm name became James Squire & Company. In 1889, the concern was incorporated under the firm name of James Squire Company, with James Squire as president, C. O. Palmer as vice- president and superintendent, and John R. Squire as secretary and treasurer. The busi- ness was continued as a corporation until Feb- ruary, 1902, when John R. Squire purchased all the stock and merged it into an undivided individual ownership. Since then the firm style has been John R. Squire, which is a name standing for the highest form of business in- tegrity.

In 1883, John R. Squire was married to Etta M. Bowman, who is the daughter of the late James M. Bowman, who was formerly manager of Andrews Brothers' store, at Hazel- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Squire have two children, Pearl B., and Nellie M. The family belongs to the Memorial Presbyterian Church. Ever since attaining manhood, Mr. Squire has taken an active interest in everything pertaining to the advancement of Youngstown and the well- fare of her citizens. He has been elected to a number of important positions in civic life, and has served on the city council and the board of education, and has just retired from the board of public safety. He is president of the Ohio State organization of Builders' Exchanges. He is a member of the Elks and is a Mason of prominence.

ILS P. JOHNSON, vice-president of the Rose & Johnson Company, of Youngstown, is one of the enterpris- ing, progressive business men of the city. Mr. Johnson was born in Sweden, in 1860, coming to America when 19 years of age. He was educated in his native land and after coming to the United States he lived for some three years at Jamestown, New

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York. He went to Dagus Mines, Pennsyl- vania, where he engaged in work connected with coal mining, the main industry of that section. He remained there for six years and then lived 15 years at Renova, Pennsylvania, where he conducted a general wholesale and retail mercantile business, during a part of this time also having interests at Youngstown which resulted in his locating here a few years ago. He became associated with the firm of Rose & Johnson, as a partner, having been in- terested with the house previously, and when it was incorporated as the Rose & Johnson Company, he became vice-president of the con- cern. Other business interests include the Old Dominion Slate & Cement Company, of Vir- ginia, an incorporated concern, under the laws of that state, of which he is president, and he is also a large owner of real estate, having a fine home on the corner of Woodland avenue and Market streets. In 1883, Mr. Johnson was married to Emma Nelson, and they have a family of nine children. Politically he is iden- tified with the Republican party and while re- siding in Pennsylvania he served on the city council and as city treasurer of Renova, was also delegate to various conventions and was a member of the State convention that nomi- nated Governor Pennypacker, on June II, 1892. He is serving at present as chairman and trustee of the Swedish Republican Club of Youngstown. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the fraternal order known as the Swedish Brethren of America, and is a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine.

ILLIAM H. REED, a well-known agriculturist of Coitsville town- ship, residing on a fine farm of 150 acres located in section 27, was born in this township, February 24, 1849, son of John H. and Jane ( Kimmel) Reed. John H. Reed also was born in Coits- ville township, and was a son of William and Martha (Thornton) Reed, the former of whom came from the eastern States at a veryl

early period and settled here. Both of Mr. Reed's grandparents and his great-grandfather, Mr. Thornton, who entered land from the gov- ernment, died in this township.

John H. Reed was reared and educated in Coitsville township where he taught school for two years. He married, first, Jane Kimmel, who was born in Youngstown township, a daughter of Philip Kimmel, the latter being an early settler in that township, and a soldier of the war of 1812. Philip Kimmel was a black- smith in early life, but subsequently engaged in farming in Coitsville township on a farm just south of that of William H. Reed, land on which his father, Isaac Kimmel, had set- tled when he came from Germany. After his marriage John H. Reed first engaged in farm- ing on the Frank Moore farm, continuing here for several years, then moving to the farm on which the subject of this sketch now resides. Here he lived until his death, which occurred on September 14, 1898; his wife Jane died February 24, 1862. They had seven children, namely : Lycurtus, who died March 14, 1864, aged 24 years; Martha, who died August 27, 1859, aged 18 years; Philip, who died July 19, 1859, aged 14 years; Wiliam H., who is the subject of this sketch; Susan, who married William Creed of Poland township; Edward, who died October 29, 1893, aged 35 years, and Elizabeth, who died November 14, 1871, in her 18th year, were twins.

John Reed, after the death of his first wife, Jane (Kimmel) Reed, was married, second, to Samantha McCleland, who died March 12, 1896. Of this union two children were born, namely : Althea, wife of Thomas McVey, and Pluma, who died in 1889.

William H. Reed was reared in Coitsville township, and has always lived on his present farm and has followed agricultural pursuits. He is at present interested more in real estate than in farming, having laid his land out in town lots, which he is engaged in selling. He married Mary P. Morris, a daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Morris, who was a preacher in the M. E. Church, East Ohio Conference. Rev. Morris came from England when a young man and followed the ministerial profession until his death in 1896. He married Ann Tur.

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ton of Washington, D. C., and was the father of seven children, namely: Agnes, who mar- ried George Ewens of Pittsburg; Rebecca, wife of William Broadbent; James L., who resides in the city of Washington; Anna, who is now Mrs. Thomas Neal; Mary P., now Mrs. W. H. Reed; Henry, of whom there is no special mention; and Emma, who married Prof. George Hamm. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Reed have been the parents of eleven chil- dren, whose record we give in part, as follows : John M., an electrician, by trade, who resides in Youngstown, Ohio, where he owns a coal yard and feed store; Nathaniel G., a mechani- cal engineer and a graduate of the Ohio State University, who is married and resides in Youngstown; W. Ferdinand, also a resident of Youngstown; Henry and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Reed reside in a large frame house which was erected in the summer of 1904. Mr. Reed has served two terms as trus- tee of Coitsville township.

m ENNO M. WEAVER, a successful merchant of North Lima, has been a resident of this place since the spring of 1889. He was born in Beaver township, January 12, 1854, and is a son of Henry and Anna ( Metz- ler) Weaver. The ancestral record of this prominent family is published in another part of this work.

Menno M. Weaver was reared and edu- cated in Beaver township. After completing the district school course, Mr. Weaver started to teach and for seven years devoted his win- ters and two summers to the school room, while his other summers were spent in selling nursery stock and books of various authors. One year of these seven (1877) he spent in a printing office at Orrville. In 1881, he learned the carpenter trade and followed it continuously until 1894. also doing contract- ing and slate roofing.

Until his marriage, in 1885, with the ex- ception of the year 1877, Mr. Weaver re- mained at home, and after this event lived in

the west precinct of Beaver township, at the home of his father-in-law, until he came to North Lima. In 1894, he embarked in a gen- eral mercantile business at North Lima, but after three and one-half years gave it up to go into a general agricultural implement and fer- tilizer business and continued this line for three and one-half years. At the end of this period he re-entered the general mercantile business and operates the two lines in conjunction. Mr. Weaver is a progressive, energetic business man and is held in high esteem. He carries a large and well assorted stock of goods and commands a big trade.

On January 1, 1885, Mr. Weaver was mar- ried to Lydia A. Blosser, who was born in Beaver township and is a daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Printz) Blosser, the former of whom is deceased, and the latter resides at East Lewistown.

Mr. Weaver is a good citizen, public-spir- ited and liberal. He votes independently.

R OY I. GUTHMAN, attorney-at-law, at Youngstown, with business quar- ters at 109 Wick avenue, was born October 17, 1880, at Youngstown, Ohio. He is a son of Emanuel Guthman, for years an honored citizen, who was born in 1840, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger- many, and died at Youngstown, October 12, 1905. Emanuel Guthman came to America in 1854 and served through the Civil War, with rank of lieutenant in the 62nd Tennessee Vol- unteer Infantry, Confederate army. In 1866 he came to Youngstown and opened the first abstract office here, later was appointed deputy treasurer of the county and was a prominent and respected official. Still later he engaged in a furniture business. He married Isabella Sutcliffe, who was born in England and who is now living.

Roy I. Guthman graduated from the Raven High School at Youngstown, in the class of 1898, and in 1903 was graduated with his degree as Bachelor of Law, from the Northwestern University at Chicago. In De-

JAMES THADDEUS ARREL

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cember of the same year he was admitted to the Ohio bar, at Columbus, and immediately en- tered upon the practice of his profession in his native city. On November 1, 1905, he formed a partnership with A. J. Gillespie, under the business style of Gillespie & Guthman. Mr. Guthman is secretary and treasurer and also one of the directors of the Guthman Bros. Company, house furnishers, at Youngstown.

Mr. Guthman is an Odd Fellow. He be- longs to Rodel Sholem congregation. He has always taken an active part in civic matters but has, as yet, accepted no political office. In 1906, he was elected as chairman of the Dem- ocratic county central committee.

AMES THADDEUS ARREL, a prominent farmer and raiser of thor- oughbred cattle and stock, resides on the old homestead farm of the Arrels and owns an additional 100 acres, both in Poland township. Mr. Arrel was born June 1, 1882, in Poland township, Mahoning County, Ohio, is a son of John Arrel, Jr., and his wife, Amelia ( McFarland) Arrel, and a grandson of David and Martha (Moore) Arrel.

The great-grandfather of James T. Arrel was John Arrel, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and died in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1848. He was of Irish par- entage and, as far as known, was the only member of his family to come to Ohio as early as 1800. Shortly afterward he settled in Po- land township, where he reared six sons and two daughters. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. The family was an agricultural one and David Arrel, grandfather of James T., was reared under similar conditions as was his father, and throughout life followed farm- ing and stockraising. At the age of 27 years he married Martha Moore, who died in June. 1872, survived by her husband until 1888. They had the following children: William : Margaret, who married James Pence: John. father of James T .; and George Francis, for- merly judge of the court of common pleas, of 52

Mahoning County, and now a leading member of the bar at Youngstown.

John Arrel, Jr., was educated in the com- mon schools of his neighborhood and then entered into business as a farmer, stockraiser and stock dealer, attaining considerable local prominence in these lines of industry. On January 31, 1877, he was married to Amelia McFarland, who was born June 4, 1842, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Andrew McFarland. They had three chil- dren : an infant daughter that died at birth, December 25, 1877; Olive Grace, who was born December 22, 1879, married Dr. J. K. Nash, a prominent dentist residing at Youngs- town, has two children, George Arrel and Olive Grace ; and James Thaddeus.

James Thaddeus Arrel attended the schools in his home community and later spent two years at the Kenyon Military School at Gam- bier, Ohio. His pursuits have always been of an agricultural character and he has taken much interest in raising fine stock. He utilizes 265 acres and devotes a large part to pasturage, raising many Hereford and Guernsey cattle and Berkshire hogs. . He is one of the most enterprising and progressive men of his com- munity.

On April 18, 1906, Mr. Arrel was married to Mary Talbott Ridgely, who was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, and is a daughter of Benjamin T. and Elizabeth (Talbott) Ridgely, farming people of considerable im- portance in that section, and representatives of one of the old county families. Mrs. Arrel is a graduate of Claremont College, of Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Arrel have many pleasant social connec- tions. Politically, Mr. Arrel is a Republican. His portrait is presented with this notice.

HARLES E. SHRIVER, one of the successful and leading funeral direc- tors of Youngstown, Ohio, was born in Seneca County, in 1874. He was reared to manhood in his native county, receiving his education in the district schools, and also attending Heidelberg College

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at Tiffin for two terms. After completing his education he taught school in Seneca County for 12 terms after which he entered the employ of H. B. Baker, the leading undertaker of Tif- fin, Ohio, and with whom he remained about nine months. He then went to Sycamore, Seneca County, New York, and engaged in the undertaking business for himself. After remaining a little over a year in Sycamore he located. in 1902, in Youngstown, where he has since 'been successfully engaged in operating an undertaking establishment, and has rapidly forged to the front as a funeral director.

Mr. Shriver was married, in 1896, to Clara Norris of Tiffin, Ohio, and they have one child living, Lynn Shriver. Fraternally, Mr. Shri- ver is connected with the following lodges : Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, the Home Circle, the Maccabees, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. He is a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church of Youngstown.

A NDREW KIRK, a leading farmer of Coitsville township, residing on his farm located in section 6, was born in Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio, October 27, 1830, and is a son of Rayen and Mary A. ( Gray) Kirk.

Andrew Kirk, grandfather of our subject. was born in New Jersey, and was a blacksmith by trade. He served in the War of 1812 under Colonel Rayen, entering the service from Coitsville township, then in Trumbull County. where he and his wife, Elizabeth ( Baldwin) Kirk, lived on a farm given them by her father.

Rayen Kirk was born in Youngstown township, and was reared in Mahoning County, which was then Trumbull County. Ile was a blacksmith by trade and after his marriage moved to Hubbard, where for many years he conducted a blacksmith shop, Team- sters with six and eight-horse teams came many miles to Hubbard to have their horses shod. About the time of the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Kirk and all his family, with the exception of our subject and his sister Jane, town, Ohio, September 2, 1865, and is the

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Century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, and representative citizens, 20th, Part 126

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