Century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, and representative citizens, 20th, Part 91

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

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Reuben D. Burnett attended the Youngs- town schools during his boyhood and early youth and then went into the business of ship- ping horses and dealing generally in stock, his main point of delivery being Philadelphia. Subsequently, in partnership with Nelson Phelps, of Chicago, Mr. Burnett took and ful- filled a contract calling for furnishing 2,000 horses for the government, which were deliv- ered at Columbus, Ohio.

Mr. Burnett. in the meantime, was en- gaged in the study of medicine, devoting some three years to the science, and in 1862, when he enlisted for service in the Civil War, en- tering the Second Battalion, Ohio Cavalry, he was assigned to the position of hospital stew- ard. His term of service covered eighteen months, a part of the time being under Cap- tain, later. General T. W. Sanderson. At Fort Scott, Kansas, Mr. Burnett was seriously injured by the accidental fall of his horse, and he was honorably discharged on this account.

Mr. Burnett returned then to Youngstown where he entered into the coal business, in association with Prof. George E. Howe, of Lancaster, Ohio, F. M. Morrow, of Piqua, and Madison Dye. They organized the Hock- ing Valley Iron, Coal and Coke Company, of Nelsonville, Ohio, with a capital stock of $600.000, and leased of John W. Scott, 600 acres of coal land, in which the vein lay six and one-half feet thick. Mr. Burnett was pres- ident of this company and still retains a large amount of stock. He continued interested in coal lands and in seeking investments in the same, acquired valuable coal properties in Morgan County, Illinois, where he organized the Morgan County Iron, Coal and Coke Com-

pany, with a capital stock of $300,000, becom- ing president of the concern. He remained three years in Illinois and then returned to Mahoning County, after disposing of his in- terests in Morgan County, and retired to a farm he had purchased some years previously. This was known as the Dr. Kirtland home- stead at Poland, and Mr. Burnett resided on this place for ten years.

For a number of years following the sale of the Poland farm, Mr. Burnett resided at Youngstown, having purchased the Michigan Lumber Company's interests. In 1881, how- ever, he returned to the country, purchasing his present farm, which he has continued to improve until it is not only one of the most valuable but also one of the most attractive homes in Coitsville township. Here Mr. Bur- nett has engaged extensively in raising live- stock and has made a specialty of draft and trotting horses, and has owned animals known all over the world for their fine points. At one time he owned Big Timber, which was scheduled as the fastest horse in the world of his weight, which was 1,340 pounds, with a record of 2:12. The death of this fine animal was a great loss and he was interred on the present farm. Mr. Burnett also owned old Star Hambletonian, son of Hero, of Chester, New York, son of Hambletonian No. 10, known as the father of the trotting family of that name in America. Star Hambletonian was the only son of this sire ever owned in this county. Mr. Burnett takes pride in a noble animal he now owns, the Plunger, son of Chimes.

On August 27, 1860, Mr. Burnett was married to Eliza M. Clark, who is a daughter of Henry and Eliza (Ulp) Clark, the former of whom was born in Connecticut and came to Hubbard, Ohio, in young manhood, where nie was married. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett have seven children, as follows: Carrie A., who married M. B. Leslie, an attorney residing at Hubbard; Peter H., residing in New York, where he is an attorney for the Erie Railroad, married Florence Sterling : D. Clifton, a grad- uate physician and surgeon, residing at Har- risburg, Pennsylvania, is chief meat inspector

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for the government of that division, married Flora Williams ; James L., a civil engineer, re- siding at Youngstown, married Mabel Jack- son and they have one son, Keith Burnett; Lawrence H., residing at Youngstown, is a civil engineer ; Frank T., a veterinary surgeon of Youngstown; and Gertrude, who lives at home. Mr. Burnett is a member of the Disci- ples Church.

OHN A. MOORE, a prominent agri- culturist of Coitsville township, re- siding on section 16, was born in Po- land township, Mahoning County, Ohio, May 28, 1842, and is a son of William O. and Mary A. ( Stewart) Moore. The Moore family has been known in Ma- honing County since the advent of John Moore, the grandfather of John A., who came from Washington County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Poland township in 1803. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. David Stewart, the maternal grandfather of John A. Moore, was of Scotch-English descent and prior to settling in Mahoning County, in 1803, had re- sided in Pennsylvania, and he also served in the War of 1812. Grandfather Stewart built a log house on the farm now owned by John A. Moore, and here the latter's mother was born. She was reared in Coitsville township. where she subsequently married William Moore, who was reared in Poland town- ship. William Moore and wife had five children. all of whom survive, namely: Mrs. Sarah Jane McDonald, residing in Oregon ; Benjamin Franklin, residing in Coitsville township: John A .; David T., residing in Coitsville township; and Dr. William E., who lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. William Moore died in 1874, but his widow survived until 1889, when she died at the home of her son, Dr. William E. Moore.

John A. Moore was about four months old when his parents removed from Poland to Coitsville township and settled on the Stewart farm, which has remained his home ever since. His boyhood was mainly spent in attending

school and later he assisted on the farm, a great deal of clearing remaining to be done at that time. He has continued agricultural pursuits, but makes a specialty of raising all kinds of fruits.

On March 25. 1869, Mr. Moore was mar- ried to Martha Jane Forsythe, who was reared in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where her father. Benjamin Forsythe, was a well known resident. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had the following children : Ernest Carrell, Milo Stewart, Louis F., Roy J., Harrison, Jane Addams, and William, surviving, and two babes died in infancy. Ernest Carrell, who is superintendent of the schools at Los Angeles, California, is one of the leading men of that city and is prominent in many educational cen- ters. He was a student in the Rayen High School and after graduation studied law at Ada, Ohio. He was graduated from Colum- bia College, New York, and subsequently from the University of Chicago. After re- moving West, he was an instructor for several years in the University of California. He is entitled to the prefix of Doctor, having re- ceived collegiate degrees. He married Do- rothea Rhodes, who is a graduate of a Boston medical school. Both are very well known in sccial as well as professional life in their city.

Milo Stewart Moore, who is a teacher in the schools at St. Louis, Missouri, graduated from the Raven High School and attended Mt. Union College and subsequently took a post graduate course at Harvard University. He married Celesta Nettleton, and they have one son, Bernard. Louis F., the third son of the family, was educated in the Raven High School and at Ada, and is an electrician in business at Los Angeles. Roy J., residing at home is bookkeeper for the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Harrison and William, the two younger sons, assist on the home farm, the former being a graduate and the lat- ter still a student at the Raven High School. The only daughter, Jane Addams, was named for that admirable woman. the philanthropist and founder of Hull House, Chicago. Mr. Moore belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his wife is a Presbyterian. On

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several occasions Mr. Moore has served as township trustee and assessor.

HARLES H. OWSLEY, senior member of the firm of Owsley & Boucherle Co., architects, at Youngstown, was born at Blaston, Leicestershire, England, where he was reared and educated, his studies being in the line of his profession.

Mr. Owsley came to America at the age of 22 years. After living for a time at To- ronto, Canada, he came to Youngstown, and here. for the past 35 years, he has been en- gaged as an architect, during 20 years of this period having been associated with Louis Boucherle, under the firm name of Owsley & Boucherle, lately assuming the name of Ows- ley & Boucherle Co. This firm has been con- cerned in almost all of the important building operations of Youngstown and vicinity, for many years. It designed the Young Men's Christian Association Building, the Dollar Bank Building, the Tabernacle Church, the Memorial Presbyterian Church, the Richard Brown Memorial Sunday School, the larger number of the school buildings, several sub- stantial business blocks and many imposing private residences, all the above at Youngs- town. The firm also made the plans for the Buhl club house at Sharon, Pennsylvania, and for school houses at Ashtabula, Bradford, Geneva, Franklin, East Liverpool, Martin's Ferry and Warren, Ohio. They built the beautiful Presbyterian Church at Butler, Pennsylvania, and have designed many ele- gant country homes in the rural districts. They have been commissioned to prepare designs and to execute plans for the new Mahoning County Court House, a view of which may be seen on another page of this volume. The present activity in building, at Youngstown, will produce several important buildings de- signed by this firm, creating an architectural standard not exceeded in any city of the State.

At Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Eng- land, in 1886, Mr. Owsley was married to

Mary Williams, who was born at Newcastle- on-Tyne, Northumberland County, England, and they have five surviving children, viz. : Dr. H. F., who has been a practicing physi- cian and surgeon in New York city, for the past six years, a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and of the Royal Opthalmic Hospital, London, England; Louise, wife of Edward Beadel, residing at New Castle, Pennsylvania, chief engineer and general manager of the Pennsylvania Engin- eering Works; William M., a successful prac- titioner of law at Youngstown, a graduate of the New York Law School; Charles F., who is associated in business with his father; and Martha M., residing at home, a graduate of of Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Penn- sylvania. Of the above family, Charles F. Owsley began his studies in 1896, as a pupil under Architect E. L. Masqueray, of New York City, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, with the degree of B. S. in ar- chitecture, and then studied this art in Paris and subsequently traveled extensively through Europe.

Charles H. Owsley is a valued member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the committee on postal affairs. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk. With his family he belongs to the First Presbyte- rian Church.

J ACOB C. LAWRENCE, a well-known agriculturist of Poland township, re- siding on a fine farm of 9612 acres, was born June 27, 1847, in Spring- field township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Myers) Lawrence. Andrew Lawrence, who was born, reared and married in Washington County, Pennsylvania, came to Springfield township and bought a small farm on which he died, about 1854. He was the father of six children, of whom Jacob C. was the youngest.

{Jacob C. Lawrence was seven years old when his father died, and about five years later he came to Poland township to live with

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J. A. Smith, with whom he remained for about 18 years. He then went to Niles where he learned the carpenter trade, at which he work- ed for eight years, and during his residence there married Julia Ann Cowden, who was born and reared in Poland township, and is a daughter of S. M. Cowden, one of the early settlers and most prominent farmers of the township. She was reared on a farm adjoin- ing the present home, which was originally part of the old Cowden farm. Mr. Lawrence resided in Niles for several years after his marriage, and then removed to Hartford, Trumbull County, Ohio, where he lived for seven years, after which he located on his pres- ent property. The larger number of the im- provements on the place have been made by Mr. Lawrence, including the erection of the large frame house and all other buildings.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence have two children, Alfred Truesdale and Clyde Edison. The for- mer married Elizabeth George, of Boardman township, and they reside south of Sharon, Pennsylvania, where he is engaged as roller in the mill. He has two children, Mary Eliza- beth, and Julian Alfred. Clyde Edison is a res- ident of Detroit, Michigan, and is a machinist by trade. He married Mabel Allen, of Toledo, Ohio.

Mr. Lawrence has been a member of the United Presbyterian Church for a period of 40 years.

m ARK H. LIDDLE, cashier of the Farmers' National Bank of Can- field, has been prominently identi- fied with banks and banking in- terests almost all of his business life, and is well and favorably known through- out this section of the state. Mr. Liddle was born May 6, 1864, in Boardman township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of James and Nancy M. (Loveland) Liddle.

James Liddle was a farmer in Mahoning County for a number of years, whose death occurred in April, 1907. His widow still survives and is the nearest Daughter of the Revolution in Youngstown, her claim being through her grandfather, who served through the Revolutionary War, and who, at a very

early day, settled in Mahoning County, where he died, leaving many descendants. The chil- dren of James and Nancy M. Liddle were : Loveland S., Mark H., John D., Clara, Grace G., Thorne B., Clyde C. and Lydia B.

Mark H. Liddle remained on the home farm until the age of 21 years, in the mean- while acquiring an excellent education in the district schools, and later at the Poland Union Seminary, at Poland, which institution once claimed the late President Mckinley as a pupil. Mr. Liddle further prepared himself for future usefulness by taking a business course at Duff's Commercial College, Pitts- burg. Upon his return home he entered the Farmers' Deposit & Savings Bank at Poland, in a clerical capacity, remaining for two and a half years, after which he spent a year on a ranch in California. When he came back to Ohio he entered the Girard Savings Bank at Girard, Trumbull County, as clerk and book- keeper, and continued there three years, going thence to Youngstown, where he remained one year with the First National Bank as teller and bookkeeper, under President McCurdy. He was then called to his old home institution, the Farmers' Deposit & Savings Bank at Po- land, which he served as cashier for the fol- lowing eight years, resigning that office to organize the Struthers Savings & Banking Company of Struthers, of which he was sec- retary and treasurer. Resigning his offices some two and a half years later, Mr. Liddle went to the First National Bank at Niles, Ohio, of which he was teller for one year, and he then became treasurer of the Savings Bank Company, of Warren, Ohio. Later he sold his stock and came to Canfield, on April I, 1907, assuming the duties of his present re- sponsible position.

In 1892 Mr. Liddle was married to Daisy E. Seaburn, a daughter of Frank and Sylvia Seaburn. He and his wife are the parents of four children-Ethel May. Eugene Mark. Carl Lester and Ruth Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Liddle have a pleasant home on Lisbon street, Canfield. They are esteemed and use- ful members of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Liddle belongs to Youngstown Lodge. No. 55, B. P. O. E., and he is also very promi- nent in Masonry, having attained the 32nd

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degree. He belongs to Hillman Lodge, No. 481. F. & A. M., at Youngstown; St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar, at Youngs- town, and Lake Erie Consistory and Al Koran Temple, at Cleveland. His portrait on a neighboring page adds interest to this bio- graphical outline.

OHN A. CREED, a successful agri- culturist and representative citizen of Coitsville township, who owns two fine farms aggregating 149 acres, re- sides in a handsome modern home at Marian Heights, on the Coitsville road. Mr. Creed was born July 9, 1842, in England, and is a son of William and Harriet ( Ames) Creed.

In 1848, William Creed removed with his family, from England to America, locating shortly afterward at Youngstown. For a short time prior to leaving his own country he had kept a hotel, but after reaching Mahoning County, he engaged in farming and for 30 years rented property from Judge William Rayen. in Coitsville township.

John A. Creed was six years of age when his parents emigrated from England and he was reared in Coitsville township. He was the second eldest of a family of nine children. as follows : Sarah, who married George Haine, residing at North Bloomfield, Ohio; John A., whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Mrs. Elizabeth Kirk, who died in Iowa : Thomas ; Mrs. Mary Millikin ; William, a farmer residing at Struthers: Henry, re- siding at Coitsville; Mrs. Ellen Haskell, and Mrs. Harriet Welshman. The mother of the above-mentioned family resides with her daughter, Mrs. Millikin, at Youngstown, hav- ing reached her 89th year. She is a remark- ably preserved lady, and until her 85th year was quite capable of writing a letter unas- sisted, and played the piano with taste and skill. The father of this family died at the age of 55 years. General farming, stock rais- ing and dairying has claimed Mr. Creed's at- tention since he finished going to school.

Formerly he was a large cattle raiser and ship- per, and sent many fine animals all over the west and to Texas for breeding purposes. He has always paid attention to thoroughbred stock.

In 1863 Mr. Creed was married (first) to Caroline Vail, and she lived to be the mother of nine children, dying in 1901. The family consisted of six daughters and three sons, namely: Susan, who died aged 19 years; Emma, who married Fred Brown, residing at Youngstown; Lottie, who married Lemuel Haskell; Anna, who married Arthur Welsh- man, residing at Steubenville; Edward, who married Edna Pothour, residing on his father's farm; Grace, who died in infancy; Charles; George, who married Emma Knight, and Flora, at home. Mr. Creed was married (second), in 1902, to Mary Kerns.

Politically Mr. Creed is a stanch Republi- can. He is one of the township's responsible men and has served two terms as trustee. For many years he has been a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Coitsville township, and is one of the trustees.

EORGE S. JORDAN, one of the rep- resentative farmers of Austintown township, who is serving in his sec- ond term as a member of the board of infirmary directors, of Mahoning County, was born December 31, 1851, in Aus- tintown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of J. S. Jordan, who was born in Mahoning County, where he was engaged in farming all his life.

George S. Jordan was reared on a farm in Austintown township, and was educated in the district schools. After his marriage in 1882, he located in Jackson where he engaged in business for about three years, after which he traded his property for a farm in Trumbull County, Ohio, on which he remained for about one year, when he disposed of it and bought property in Youngstown, Ohio, where he en- gaged in a meat business for eighteen months. After selling the meat business he moved to a

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farm in Austintown township, where he now owns a farm of 60 acres.

Mr. Jordan was trustee of Austintown township for about five years, resigning the office in 1902 when he was elected an infirm- ary director. He was reelected to this office in the fall of 1905.

Mr. Jordan was married in 1882 to Miss Lizzie Clinker of Beaver township, and they have two children: Hazel D., and Tod Scott Jordan. Mr. Jordan is a member of the United Evangelical Church. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias.

€ DWARD C. BRUNGARD, township trustee and a prominent citizen of Springfield township, resides on his farm of 180 acres, which formerly was the William Maurer farm, and for fully twenty-two years he was extensively engaged in threshing, making it a leading fea- ture of his agricultural operations. Mr. Brun- gard was born October 19, 1864, on the old Brungard homestead farm, near New Middle- town, and is a son of Cornelius George and Mary Ann ( Hoffmaster) Brungard.

His grandparents, George and Barbara Brungard, moved from Maryland to Spring- field township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where the grandfather purchased first a farm of 160 acres of the old Summers section, in section 15, and later 18 additional acres, situated across the road. The place was partially cleared when George Brungard settled on it. Honey Creek has its source on this farm, and in the early days the German Baptist Brethren or Dunkards, did their baptizing at this place. The grandparents died on this farm.

Cornelius George Brungard was born in Maryland, December 14, 1831, and was six months old when his parents moved to Spring- field township, where he spent his whole life, dying March II, 1907. He was a capable business man and a hard worker, and thus added largely to his means and became one of the most successful men of Springfield town- ship. At the time of his death he still owned

174 acres of the old home place, having dis- posed of the four acres on which the Justice residence stands; 161 acres in section 28, where his son Homer lives, together with the 180 acres on which his son Edward C. lives. The old home place of the grandfather is now conducted by a son, Charles, who lives there with his mother. Cornelius George Brun- gard, in partnership with a brother, operated a grist mill at Pittsburg, for a time, and also one at Wooster, Ohio, and later they con- ducted a store at New Middletown. He thus had many business interests, and possessed the capacity to control them all. He married Mary Ann Hoffmaster, who was born in Springfield township, and is a daughter of Philip Hoffmaster, a pioneer resident here. To this marriage were born three sons: Ed- ward C .; Silas Homer, residing in Springfield township; and Charles, residing on the orig- inal home farm.

Edward C. Brungard was educated in the township schools and remained at home until he was 22 years of age, when he moved on the old Flohr farm, which was owned by his father, and remained there for seven years, when he came to the present place, situated in section 35, where he has lived continuously ever since. As mentioned above, Mr. Brun- gard has long been engaged in the threshing business ; during his first three years he was in partnership with his father and Joseph Sitler, and for the next fifteen years was with his two brothers. The latter sold their inter- ests to Louis Lipp, with whom Mr. Brungard was associated four years, and he then sold his interest to Mr. Lipp. Mr. Brungard is a stock- holder and a director in the Petersburg Cream- ery Company, and is also a director in the Unity Township Telephone Company.

He was married August 2, 1886, to Minda Burkey, who was born in Springfield township and is a daughter of Elias and Hannah (Sipe ) Burkey. They have had four children : Edith. Raymond, Ralph and Ethel, the latter of whom died in infancy. The family belong to the Lutheran Church at New Middletown. In politics Mr. Brungard is a Democrat.

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L D. COY, M. D., a prominent phy- sician of Canfield, who has had his home in this place for over a quarter of a century, was born on his father's farm in Green township, Mahoning County, Ol.io, August 13, 1848, and is a son .

of Wesley and Dorothy (Bush) Coy.

The great-grandparents of Dr. Coy were Henry and Hannah ( Miller) Coy. the former of whom was a native of Alsace, France, and the latter of Pennsylvania, in which state they were farming people. One of their family of sons was given the name of Daniel, and he came in young manhood to Green township, Mahoning County, settling on wild land situ- ated between Green village and New Albany, on the Cherry Park Creek, where he developed a farm. He married Barbara Callahan and they had the following children: Jonas, Wes- ley, Jesse, David, Silas, Susanna, Sarah Ann, Catherine and Hannah, all of whom have com- pleted their days on earth and passed away, except Jesse, residing in Columbiana County ; David, residing in Green township; and Cath- erine, who married Peter Henry, residing at Fairbury, Illinois. From Ohio the grand- father of Dr. Coy moved to Indiana, where his wife died, and he then returned to Penn- sylvania and died at Greenville.

Wesley Coy, father of Dr. Coy, was born in 1827, in Green township, Mahoning Coun- ty. He was reared on his father's farm until about the time of his marriage, when he moved to one not far distant, on which he spent the rest of his life, dying in 1899. He was mar- ried (first) to Dorothy Bush, who died in 1860. She was also born in Green township and became the mother of five children, name- ly : Lewis Deweese; Mary Alice, deceased, who married the late David Dressel; Daniel, deceased; Jonas D., residing in Green town- ship; and Malissa, deceased. Wesley Coy was married (second) to Harriet Roller, a native of Green township, who died in 1883, leaving no issue.

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Century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, and representative citizens, 20th, Part 91

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