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The Westermans are of English origin, the immigrant ancestor being James, the grandfather of our subject. He lived to the advanced age of ninety years and died in 1868 at Sharon, Pennsylvania. His son Thomas Westerman, was born in 1826, and, at the time of his death in 1864, was boss of the puddling department in the Westerman Iron Company at Sharon, Pennsylvania, of which has brother James was part owner. He was a fine me- chanic, an industrious and unobtrusive citizen and much esteemed in the circles with which he associated. Thomas Westerman was married about 1852 to Mar- garet Heckel, who died in Youngstown in 1864 and by whom he had four sons: George, deceased, who left a son named Charles; James, also de- ceased; Marcus; and William T., more generally known as "Billy" Wester- man.
It will be seen that Marcus was the third of the above mentioned broth- ers, and his birth occurred at Youngstown, Ohio, November 10, 1860. He was reared and educated in his native city and has spent all of his forty- two years in its precincts. In 1893 he was elected trustee of Youngstown township, Mahoning county, and served three years in that office so acceptably that the people honored him with a re-election in 1896. Having made such a good trustee, it was argued that he would make a good county com- missioner, so in 1897 he was put forward for that office and chosen without difficulty. Mr. Westerman served as county commissioner of Mahoning county until 1900 and gave such satisfaction that he easily obtained a re-elec- tion by a majority of nearly two thousand.
Mr. Westerman is fond of the fraternities and likes to find solace from business cares in the fraternal fellowship afforded by the social surroundings of the different orders. Hence we find him holding membership in the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, the Elks, American Mechanics, Knights of
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the Golden Eagle and the Tribe of Ben Hur. In 1883 Mr. Westerman was married at New Bedford, Pennsylvania, to Anna E., daughter of Emma Atwood, a worthy citizen of Youngstown, and this union has resulted in the birth of six children: James R., Clara, Grace, Margaret Emma, Hazel Blanche and Marcus, Jr. Mr. Westerman is a member of Grace English Lutheran church, of which he is trustee, and takes an active interest in the philanthropic and religious work of the denomination. In politics Mr. Wes- terman has been a life-long Republican and since he gained his right, by reason of age, to cast his ballot, he has taken an active part in the affairs of his party.
SIDNEY DE LAMAR JACKSON.
The above named gentleman has long been connected with the Youngs- town bar and at present is a member of one of the strong legal firms of Ohio. Both as practitioner in the civil courts and in the official position of prose- cuting attorney he has displayed such energy and ability as to obtain recog- nition as a leading man in his profession. These professional attainments, supplemented by a genial address and attractive personality, have made Mr. Jackson popular in all circles of society and valued both as friend and com- panion. Though of Irish descent, his ancestors have been connected with Ohio affairs for several generations and well known in various vocations in Mahoning county.
Joseph Jackson, the great-grandfather of the subject and founder of the family in this country, was born in northern Ireland, but came in childhood to America with his parents, who first located in Washington county, Penn- sylvania, and later removed to Mahoning county, Ohio. His son, John Jack- son, was born in Mahoning county in 1800, was a cooper by trade and died in 1868. The latter's son, Joseph M. Jackson, was born in New Bedford. Pennsylvania, in 1828, followed the business of farming and lumbering, served during the Civil war for one hundred days as captain of Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in 1896.
Sidney De Lamar Jackson, son of the last mentioned, was born at Hub- bard, Trumbull county, Ohio, April 9, 1855, and remained in the place of his nativity until six years of age. At that time his parents removed to a farm in Mahoning county, where he grew to manhood and received his edu- cation. Besides the usual routine in the country schools, he had the benefit of attendance in the then famous school at Poland, where he received a good classical training. This was followed by a course in the Grand River Institute at Austinburg, in Ashtabula county, after finishing which
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Mr. Jackson devoted several years to teaching. Having decided to adopt the legal profession, he entered the law office of Hon. D. M. Wilson at Youngstown and commenced the study necessary as a preliminary prepara- tion. Being admitted to the bar in 1878, he formed a partnership with his preceptor which continued until the death of Mr. Wilson in 1880. Shortly after that event Mr. Jackson formed a partnership with W. T. Gibson, which firm continued until 1886, when Mr. Jackson temporarily retired from the practice for the purpose of embarking in the business of stock-raising on a Mahoning county farm. He remained in this occupation for seven years and in 1893 returned to Youngstown, where he opened a law office and resumed practice. In 1896 he made the race for prosecuting attorney as candidate on the Republican ticket, was elected and served in that office for three years. After retiring from official position he reopened his law office in 1900 and in November of that year formed a partnership under the firm name of Nor- ris, Jackson & Rose, which has continued up to the present time.
In 1880 Mr. Jackson was united in marriage with Mary E. Cushing, who died without issue in 1885. In 1890 Mr. Jackson took a second wife in the person of Miss Lelia McBurney, by whom he has three children : Joseph H., Mary L. and Sidney De Lamar, Jr. Mr. Jackson has long been prominently connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and En- campment, in which he has held all the chairs, and is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. As a fraternity man he is popular and influential and his family has the entree in the best society of Youngstown. In politics Mr. Jackson is an active member of the Republican party, and since eighteen years of age has been one of the leading defenders of the principles of that party.
THOMAS W. SANDERSON.
Thomas W. Sanderson was born in Indiana, Indiana county, Pennsyl- vania, October 17, 1829. His father, Matthew Dill Sanderson, was of Scotch descent, and followed the occupation of a farmer. The father of Mary Wakefield, his mother, was born in the town of Wakefield, England. which locality Oliver Goldsmith immortalized as the scene of his world- famous tale, "The Vicar of Wakefield." Mr. Sanderson, the elder, emigrated to Ohio in 1834, and settled at Youngstown, where he continued his busi- ness of farming, which he followed until his death, which occurred in 1864.
The subject of this sketch attended the common schools in Youngstown. In 1848 he commenced to read law in the office of William Ferguson, in Youngstown, and was admitted to the bar in August, 1852. After his ad-
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mission, for a short period he followed the profession of a civil engineer. He began the practice of law in 1854, when he formed a co-partnership with his brother-in-law, F. E. Hutchins, under the firm name of Hutchins & Sanderson. This partnership was eventually dissolved. In 1856 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Mahoning county, and served one term. In September, 1861, he entered the United States army as lieutenant and adjutant of the Second Ohio cavalry, and remained in service over four years. He passed through all the intermediate grades, and was made brigadier general in 1864. During the last two years he commanded brigades and divisions all the time. He was with General Rosecrans from Stone River, and par- ticipated in nearly all the actions in which the Army of the Cumberland was engaged. He continued with this army when it passed under the leadership of General Thomas, and fought at Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain, and when General Thomas was superseded by General Sherman, he was connected with it until the fall of Atlanta, and then on Sherman's march to the sea, and again through Georgia and the Carolinas until the surrender of Johnston and the close of the war. During these years of battle and blood- shed he was always in the field. It is worthy of remark that he was made brigadier general for gallantry on the field. At Bear Creek Station, south of Atlanta, on the second day of Sherman's march to the sea, with one brigade of federal cavalry, against three divisions of Wheeler's Cavalry, he fought the enemy and won a victory.
A Republican in politics, he is warmly interested in the success of that party, though he has steadily refused to enter into the political arena or accept civil office. He served as a delegate at large for the state of Ohio to the national Republican convention that nominated General Grant in 1872. On the 19th of December, 1854, he married Elizabeth Shoemaker, of Newcastle, Pennsylvania. She was a member of one of the old families of that state. Louise, the daughter, died June 21, 1901. She was one of the most highly educated and accomplished ladies of Ohio.
Mr. Sanderson has an excellent reputation as a lawyer. He is very stu- dious, giving to his cases much time, and making a thorough preparation. His practice is large. An eminent judge said: "He is one of the best trial lawyers in the state." A good advocate, possessing quick perceptions, he has enjoyed more than the average success. He was an attorney for C. H. Andrews, one of the defendants in the Hocking Valley Railroad case, with Stevenson, Burk and others, an action brought to recover eight millions of dollars, which was tried at Saratoga, New York, before three lawyers chosen by the parties, who rendered judgment for the defendants. An action, how-
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ever, was subsequently brought by the Central Trust Company of New York, claiming to recover the eight million dollars, which had grown to be about fifteen million dollars, in which the subject of this sketch appeared as counsel for the estate of C. H. Andrews. This latter case was so managed that it was dismissed by the court in January, 1899, and involved the largest amount ever claimed in an action in this state. For the past twenty-five years Gen- eral Sanderson has been counsel for the Lake Shore Railroad and has been engaged in most of the important cases in this and adjoining counties. He is a member of the Loyal Legion.
GEORGE S. PECK, M. D.
During his residence at Youngstown of twenty-five years, Dr. Peck has figured conspicuously not only in the line of his profession but in the social and business life of his adopted city. A physician of ability and a man of varied information, he is valued as a companion and esteemed as a citizen. His lineage is also among the best, his ancestry including men of influence and distinction in their day and identified conspicuously with the public and industrial affairs of the state.
His father, Lucius Sherman Peck, was born in 1820 and died in 1891. He married Sarah Tod Ford, daughter of James R. Ford, by whom he had three children : James, who died in 1887; George S., subject of this sketch; and Hobart F. The mother's father was a native of Massachusetts, who died in 1850 when fifty-two years old, and his wife was Julia Tod, daughter of Judge Tod, father of the late Governor Tod.
George S. Peck, second of his father's three children, was born in Akron, Ohio, in July, 1851, and remained at the place of his nativity until the twenty-fifth year of his age. In 1868 he graduated at the high school and shortly thereafter accepted employment with the Akron Forge Works, where he remained five years. In 1873, he entered upon the study of medicine, which he continued until his matriculation in the medical department of Wooster University at Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in the class of 1876. His graduation was followed by eighteen months' service as house surgeon of St. Vincent's Hospital at Cleveland. In March, 1877, he located at Youngstown, entered actively into practice and has kept up the same steadily until the present time. Dr. Peck is attending surgeon to the Youngs- town Hospital, surgeon to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the National Steel Company, and several of the manufacturing industries. He is a mem- ber of the Association of American Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Ohio State Medical Association, the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, the
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Northeastern Ohio Medical Association, the Mahoning County Medical As- sociation, and the American Medical Association. In all these bodies Dr. Peck takes an active interest, attending their meetings, participating in the dis- cussions and keeping abreast of the latest discoveries and improvements in medical science.
In 1886 Dr. Peck was united in marriage with Miss Emeline E., daugh- ter of Myron L. Arms, a deceased veteran of the Civil war. This union has been blessed by the birth of two boys: Warner Arms Peck and. George Peck, Jr. Dr. Peck it a Knight Templar, a welcome guest in the best social circles and in all the relations of life is a wide-awake and progressive citizen. He is a Republican politically.
JAMES HENRY NUTT.
Among the workmen contributed by old England to the iron industries of this country, a deserving example is James Henry Nutt, at present com- missioner of labor for the Republic Iron and Steel Company. His duties are responsible ones, the territory included in his jurisdiction quite extensive. and that he has filled the position satisfactorily is ample proof of his discre- tion and good judgment. Aside from his professional work, however, Mr. Nutt has shown an aptitude for public business during a prolonged membership in the city council and as city commissioner. His father was Thomas Nutt, a worthy and industrious mechanic, whose birth occurred in Gloucestershire, England, in 1815, and his death in Staffordshire in 1885. He married Ann Poultney and by her had five children, of whom the survivors are James H., Thomas and a married daughter, Mary Ann.
James Henry Nutt, the oldest surviving child, was born in Worcester- shire, England, November 19, 1848, and twenty years later stood in Castle Garden as a newly arrived emigrant to the new world. Like many another adventurous youth, he had before him "all the world where to choose," but the difficulty was where to begin and how to make a selection. His associa- tions at home having been with workers in metal, he naturally turned toward Pittsburg, then, as now, the center of the iron industries. He remained there, however, but a few months and returned east to Haverstraw, New York, where he found employment in a rolling mill as "heater." After a residence of two years at this place, Mr. Nutt spent a short time in Niles, Ohio, but soon returned to Haverstraw, and from there went again to Pittsburg. He obtained work there as "heater," held that job for three years and in 1876 he came to Youngstown to take a similar place with the Brown-Bonnell Iron Company. He remained in this establishment until 1891, when his ap-
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pointment as city commissioner of Youngstown necessitated his temporary retirement from the mill. In 1892 he resigned his city office to become com- missioner of labor for the Association of Bar Iron Manufacturers West of Pittsburg, most of which concerns were eventually absorbed by the Republic Iron and Steel Company. After the consolidation Mr. Nutt was retained in his original position, and his territory now extends from Newcastle, Penn- sylvania, to Birmingham, Alabama.
In 1871 Mr. Nutt was married in New York city to Sarah Ward, by whom he has four children : Harry W., Albert J., Edith A. and George M. In 1884 Mr. Nutt was elected on the Republican ticket as representative from the fourth ward in the city council of Youngstown, and served until 1890. His religious connections are with the Episcopal church and he is prominent in Masonry, being a member of St. John's Commandery No. 20, K. T., and Mystic Shrine.
ELIAS KENREICH.
Elias Kenreich, a successful and highly respected farmer of Green town- ship, resides upon a fine farm of two hundred and twenty-eight acres, which he devotes to general farming. He was born in Green township, Mahoning county, Ohio, February 15, 1831, and was reared and educated in his native township. This fine farm he now owns and operates, a part of which was in- cluded in his father's estate, and he conducts it upon scientific principles, getting out of it all that the land has to give, and yet so arranging his crops that the soil is not exhausted. In politics he is a staunch Republican and has served upon the board of education for several years, being a man of some influence in his community. In the Lutheran church he is a very prominent member and elder and was a delegate to the synod at Cleveland in 1875.
In 1875 he was married to Miss Mary E. Kyser, and the following children were born to them: Charles F., studying for the ministry; Emma A., a musical professor ; William W., a poultry fancier; Walter, a teacher ; Paul G., also a teacher; Mary A .; Elias A .; Bertha L .; Martin and Victor. Mrs. Kenreich was born in Green township, Mahoning county, in 1854, and was reared in Columbiana county ; she was the daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Hisey) Kyser, both natives of Ohio.
Elias Kenreich is the son of Michael and Elizabeth Kenreich, the former of whom was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and the lat- ter in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, and they came to Ohio in 1817. The grandfather of our subject was Casper Kenreich and he mar- ried Anna Beard, and their children were as follows: Gertrude, Margaret. Catherine, Anna, Mary, John, Isaac and Michael. Casper purchased one
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hundred acres of land, and was the founder of the Evangelical Lutheran church in that locality, now known as the Kenreich church. His life was a very devout one, and he passed away in 1835, while his wife survived him until 1854. Of his children, Michael, the father of our subject was given an ax as his inheritance. With this stock-in-trade he set out to carve his way in the world, and so well did he succeed that at his death he left an estate of five hundred acres of land. By trade he was a wagon-maker and fol- lowed it in conjunction with his farm work. Like his father, he was very active in the Lutheran church and was one of its elders. The family born to Michael and Elizabeth (Dustman) Kenreich was as follows: Lydia, Eliza- beth, Elias and Catherine. The mother of these children died in 1833. In 1834 Mr. Kenreich married Mary Martz, and they had these children: John, Isaac, Jacob, Noah and Mary A., and of all the children of Michael only Jacob and Lydia are deceased. Michael was a good and upright man, and his name is still tenderly cherished by those who knew him.
Elias Kenreich moved upon his present farm in 1865 and has made it his home ever since. The buildings upon it were erected by him and are modern in every respect. The property has valuable fields of bituminus coal underlying the fertile soil. While always energetic in his farm work, Mr. Kenreich has not neglected the cultivation of his mental faculties and has paid special attention to the doctrines of his church, so that whenever the pastor is absent, he can propound sound theology from the pulpit. He also enjoys the advantage of possessing a library containing about five hundred volumes, selected from the best authors, and among his collection is a com- plete set of Luther's works.
JOHN S. ORR.
John S. Orr is one of the prominent and popular undertakers of Youngs- town. His establishment is one of the best equipped, and he is well skilled in all the varied departments and duties of his profession. Perhaps there is no more difficult occupation than that of Mr. Orr. Trying it is, in many ways, and it necessitates an almost limitless store of tact and insight in the varied conditions encountered. In all of these essentials Mr. Orr is qualified in an exceptional degree.
It was in Mt. Jackson, Pennsylvania, in the year 1842 that he began the battle of life; leaving there in early childhood, with his parents, he lived at New Brighton, Pennsylvania, until 1859, receiving all of his school- ing at the latter place. He was but ten years and a half old when his educa- tion was stopped through necessity, and he came to Youngstown with his
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parents in the spring of 1859. He began work in a woolen factory in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, and continued there for five years, taking up carpen- tering at the end of that time, in which he soon became proficient, and worked at that trade there and at Youngstown from the spring of 1859 until August 8, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-second Pennsylvania Infantry, as a private, and served throughout the whole of the war. He was put on detailed duty in March, 1863, in the quartermaster's department, which position he held to the last. He was in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December, 1862, and while fighting valiantly received a severe and dangerous wound in the left ankle which incapaci- tated him for active service, and he was then detailed division forage master of the Third Division, Fifth Army Corps. He remained with the army until June 28, 1865, when, after having participated in the grand parade at Washington, he received an honorable discharge. He was in the Army of the Potomac.
At the close of the war he returned to Youngstown and resumed work at his old trade, which he continued for four years, when his health failed, and he went to Kansas for a year. Returning in 1870 to Youngstown much improved in health, he took up the furniture and undertaking business until 1873, when he was burned out. Since that time he has conducted an under- taking business only, which has been highly successful. This, since Jan- uary first, 1901, has been running under the firm name of John S. Orr & Son.
The wife of Mr. Orr, Sarah Montgomery, was the daughter of Joseph Montgomery and a native of Youngstown, Ohio. They were married in 1863, four children being born to them, as follows: Edith M., wife of C. H. Kennedy; Sarah Bessie, who is unmarried; Nettie A .; and Fred M. Nettie is the wife of Dr. James B. Orwig, of Youngstown, who has an exten- sive and successful practice.
The father of Mr. Orr, James Orr, was born in Beaver county, Penn- sylvania, in 1820, and died January 28, 1895. He married Sarah, daughter of John Mclaughlin, and the subject of this sketch was one of six children born to them, and he is the eldest and one of three surviving. The father was a carpenter and a private in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Vol- unteers, under the hundred days' service. His grandfather was John Orr, a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and born on the twenty- ninth day of May, 1791, dying on August 14, 1867, and being buried at the Bethel church in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. The great-grandfather of Mr. Orr was Charles Orr, also born in Westmoreland county, in 1754,
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and dying in February, 1827, after a life's work of farming. The great- great-grandfather of our subject was William Orr, who claimed Scotland as the place of his nativity. He was born in 1730, and in early manhood came to Pennsylvania, locating in the place which has since been the permanent abode of his son and grandson. He lived to the advanced age of ninety- three years, his wife dying before him, in 1810.
Mr. Orr is an ardent supporter of the Republican party, is a prominent member of St. John's Commandery No. 20, K. T., is a Shriner and a Scottish Rite Mason. He is also a member of the Presbyterian church and of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, in all of which organizations he has for many years been a highly esteemed factor in all work of development and im- provement of these orders and of the community at large. By his fairness in dealings, his sympathy and kindness to all, he has won an enviable place in the esteem of the people of Youngstown, and his ability in his work has earned an ever increasing patronage.
JARED E. CONE. M. D.
There is nothing that should be more inspiring to the youth of our coun- try than the record of the life which has filled, in its various activities, honor- able positions in public service to the satisfaction of constituents, together with an unsullied private life which meets the approbation of friend and neighbor. Dr. Cone, of Youngstown, is such a one,-a man without guile and whose life is worthy of emulation. He was born in Conesville, Musca- tine county, Iowa, in 1856, and continued his residence at that point until he was twenty-five years of age. He received his primary education in the public schools of his section, also attending the University of Iowa at Iowa City as far as the sophomore year. In 1882, having matriculated in the medical department of that college previously, he was graduated. He first located in South Dakota, where he practiced four years in Brule county. He then removed to the east, locating in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1886, where he has since practiced his profession. From 1883 to 1886 he was coroner of Brule county, South Dakota, resigning during his second term. In 1898 he was elected to the board of education, and again in 1900.
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