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Mr. Logan was married to Miss Cornelia G. Graham. She was edu- cated at West Farmington, Ohio, and was a graduate of the first Chautauqua class. Her mother was Cornelia C. Gaskel, the wife of the Rev. John Graham, and the other children in the latter's family were: Charles G. Graham died July 12, 1883, at the age of thirty-seven; James M. lives in Poland, unmar- ried; William P., D. D., a graduate of Mount Union College, is a Methodist preacher and has a wife and one daughter; the fourth child was Cornelia; Henrietta, the wife of Frank White, died at Batavia, Ohio, at the age of thirty-four, leaving three children; Sarah Minnie, who was the wife of J. Q. Fuller, died at the age of thirty-seven in 1890, leaving two sons; Emily M. Graham is a teacher of music at Aurora, Illinois. Mr. Logan resides in the house which was built by his father in 1854, but which was remodeled by the former in 1893; there are twelve acres in the grounds, and the site is an ideal one, affording a delightful home. Mr. Logan is a Republican in politics, and has been three times elected as mayor of the town. He is now a member of the common council, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist church, of which he is a trustee and steward.
EMANUEL STAHL.
Emanuel Stahl was born February 5, 1844, in Green township, upon the farm which is still his home, his parents being John and Christiana (Baird) Stahl. His father was born in Wittenberg, Germany May 1, 1800, and was brought to this country by his parents, John and Barbara (Hahn) Stahl. The grandfather, John Stahl, Sr., was born in Germany on the 24th of July, 1772, and his wife's birth occurred in the same country on the 6th of August, 1773. They became the parents of two children: John, born May 1, 1800; and Catherine, born September 10, 1802. With these children they left the fatherland and sailed for the new world. On reaching this country they settled in Philadelphia, where they remained for a time and then came to Ohio, establishing their home in Columbiana county. From the latter place they removed to what is now Mahoning county about the year 1820, and the grandfather erected a log cabin in which they remained until he could build a more modern and commodious residence. He was a strong, sturdy man, honest, and upright in all his dealings, and his genuine worth won for him the high respect of all with whom he was brought in contact. He died in 1843, and his wife, surviving him for about fifteen years, passed away in 1858.
John Stahl, the father of Emanuel Stahl, was but a lad at the time of the emigration of the family to the new world. He was reared under the parental roof, and succeeded his father in the ownership of the old home farm.
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By trade he was a stonemason, and he followed that pursuit in connection with agriculture for many years. In 1826 he was united in marriage to Miss Christiana Baird, who was born January 25, 1800, and they became the par- ents of seven children, as follows: Mary, Christian, Lydia, John, Barbara, Solomon and Emanuel; of this number Solomon is now deceased. The home farm comprised two hundred and twenty-three acres of valuable land, and thereon the children were reared to habits of industry, economy and honesty. The parents were members of the Swedenborgian church, and were consistent Christians, whose lives had a beneficial influence on the com- munity. The father died on the 21st of August, 1870, and the mother passed away December 18, 1880.
At the usual age Emanuel Stahl entered the public schools and therein ac- quired his education. In the months of summer he worked on the farm, early becoming familiar with the labors of field and meadow, and through- out his entire career he has carried on agricultural pursuits. Practical ex- perience had well fitted him for the work when he began farming on his own account. In 1882 he became the owner of his present property, a tract of seventy-five acres, which constitutes a part of the old family homestead, on which his father settled in 1819. The soil is productive and he raises good crops. He has likewise good grades of stock upon his place, and his methods of farming are enterprising and progressive.
On the 21st of September, 1876, Mr. Stahl was joined in wedlock to Miss Anna M. Zwissler, a daughter of Gustavus and Catherine Zwissler. Three children grace this union : Clarence O., Arlis A. and Hallie M. Mrs. Stahl was born in Columbiana county, October 4, 1856, and has been a faith- ful companion and helpmate to her husband during the twenty-seven years of their married life. For twelve years Mr. Stahl has served as a school director, and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend. He enjoys in a high degree the confidence of his fellow citizens, and that his stanchest friends are among those who have known him from boyhood is an indication that his life has been well spent.
J. C. MARSHALL.
There is perhaps no more important public institution in Mahoning county than the county infirmary, which is situated about two miles northwest from Canfield. It has as fine equipment as any of its kind in the state; the buildings cover about four acres, and these are surrounded by a valuable and productive farm of two hundred and ten acres, well stocked and supplied with
J. Real Marshall
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all the improvements known to modern agriculture, from which the estab- lishment is almost self-supporting. The infirmary was established first about 1856, but in 1896 the buildings were destroyed by fire, and two years later the present commodious structure was completed. Everything about the in- firmary is neat and well ordered, and the management of the whole place is an honor to its efficient superintendent, which is the position J. C. Marshall holds, a sketch of whose life would be most appropriate in this connection.
His parents were Joseph and Elizabeth (Patterson) Marshall, both of whom were native of Pennsylvania, and it was in Lawrence county of that state that this son was born to them on October 15, 1838. He was reared and educated in the common schools of that locality and spent his younger days on a farm. But in 1876 he removed to Poland, Mahoning county, where he turned his attention to milling. He was not only the jolly miller of the place, but was also its popular landlord, understanding thoroughly the needs of the traveling public. He was engaged in these lines of activity until 1889. but in 1890 was appointed to his present office and at once took charge. Two years later he was nominated on the Republican ticket for the office of sheriff, but it chanced that on that year there was a turn in the political fortunes of his party, and he not only was defeated for this office,-by a small major- ity, however,-but on entirely political grounds was removed from the su- perintendency. But in 1900 he was re-instated because of his former excel- lent record, and he now enjoys the full confidence of the board of trustees and is making the institution the factor it should be in the county.
Mr. Marshall has been married twice, the first time in 1861 to Miss Elizabeth Mckean, who was born in Pennsylvania in September, 1842; of the nine children of this union four are deceased. Mrs. Marshall was the matron of the infirmary during her life time, and on her demise was suc- ceeded by her daughter Olive. On February 8, 1900, Mr. Marshall married Mrs. Sarah J. Taylor, who is the present matron and a lady of most estimable qualities of heart and mind; she was born in Pittsburg in 1849. Mrs. Mar- shall's father, Alexander W. David, was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, reared in Pittsburg, and was for forty years foreman for one man, as house carpenter. He still lives with Mrs. Marshall, being now past eighty-three years. He was the father of two children, a son and a daughter, Mrs. Mar- shall being the only one living. Mrs. Marshall has three sons from her former marriage : Albert, connected with Farbanks, Morse and Company, of Chicago; Harry, with the McCormick Reaper Company; Ralph, paymaster's yeoman on the ship Olympia. Mr. Marshall's children that are living are: Olive, of Youngstown; Annie, wife of J. F. Cover, of Poland; Jennie, wife of E.
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D. Wanamaker, of Alliance, Ohio: Fannie, wife of Charles S. Henderson, of Struthers, Ohio; Martha, wife of John H. Taylor, of Youngstown. Mr. Marshall was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church, but he holds no dogmatic views on religion, and in every point of contact with his asso- ciates, his family and his personal affairs has shown himself to be a broad- minded and capable citizen.
WILLIAM P. COY.
William P. Coy, one of the enterprising and successful merchants of Greenford, Mahoning county, Ohio, carries a full line of farm implements, hardware, handmade harness, paints, oils, patent medicines, and enjoys a large and constantly increasing patronage, not only from the residents of his own town, but from surrounding points throughout the county. Mr. Coy was born in Green township, this county, in 1871, and was there reared and educated, and with the exception of two years spent with his parents in Salem, he has always made his home in this township. His boyhood days were spent upon his father's farm, and in coal mining, and for four years he operated on his own account, succeeding beyond his most sanguine expec- tations. In 1899 he founded his present business in partnership with I. E. Hendricks, but in 1901 the firm dissolved, and Mr. Coy has continued alone.
In 1898 he was married to Miss Otella M. Weikart, a daughter of James and Margaret Weikart, and born in Green township in June, 1879. Two children were born to them, namely: Garth D., January 14, 1901, and an infant, April 8, 1899, deceased.
William P. Coy is a son of John W. and Barbara (Stahl) Coy, both natives of Green township, where the former was born in 1845, and the latter in 1839. John W. Coy has been a farmer and coal miner, and a very successful and substantial man. The family born to himself and wife is as follows: Lawrence E., born in 1870; William P .; Pearl J., born in October, 1876, deceased; and Berdella J., born November 3, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Coy were united in marriage in 1869.
John W. Coy is a son of Jonas Coy, also a native of Green township, who married Jane Parish, and, second, Lavina Callahan. By calling he was a farmer and owned about one hundred acres of land at the time of his death. The birth of Jonas occurred in 1820, and his first marriage in 1842, and by it he had ten children, namely: Simon S., John W., Sarah, Mary and Martha (twins), Madison, Amanda, Addison, and Laura and Clara (twins). By his second marriage he had four children : George, Gleason, Emma and Gertrude.
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Jonas was a staunch Republican and his religious affiliations were with the Methodist church. Being a man of intelligence and possessing ability as a conversationalist, he enjoyed arguing upon questions of the day, about which he was well informed. At the time of his death in 1898 he had a farm of one hundred acres well stocked and in good condition. The Parishes came from Virginia about the same time that the Coys migrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio.
Jonas Coy was a son of Daniel Coy and Barbara Callahan; Daniel was the first Coy to migrate to Ohio, while he was yet under age. He was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1800, and his family consisted of these chil- dren, as follows: Jonas, Susan, Wesley, Jesse, Hannah, Catherine and Charles. Later he married a second time, his wife being Elizabeth Gears, by whom he had one daughter, Alice. Daniel died in 1858, and was highly respected by all who knew him.
The Beards, who were maternal ancestors of Mrs. Barbara (Stahl) Coy, came from Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1812. John Beard the great - grandfather of Mrs. Barbara Coy, entered section 4 in what is now Green township, Mahoning county, Ohio. He had two sons, John and Henry. John Beard married Hannah Brown, who bore him sixteen children, all of whom are now deceased. He was a wealthy, refined and well educated man, and owned about eight hundred acres of land and was very influential in his community. Being a practical farmer, he not only managed his own prop- erty with ability, but did much towards the advancement of the county. Of his numerous children was a daughter Catherine, and she married John Stahl, by whom she had seven children, seven of whom are living, namely : Mary, Christian, Lydia, John, Barbara, Soliman and Emanuel. The Stahl family originated in Wuertemberg, Germany, whence they came to America in 1818. John Stahl, above mentioned, was born in 1800, and was a son of John. The family located in Mahoning county, then Columbiana county, Ohio.
The ancestors of Mrs. Otella M. Coy were early settlers in Mahoning county. Daniel, David, Henry and John Weikart came to Green township in 1805, and located on a section previously purchased from the government by their father, Peter. David Weikart was for thirty-five years a dry-goods merchant in Greenford. In religious faith he was a member of the Lutheran church, and in politics was a Democrat. His wife was Elizabeth Roller, by whom he had children, as follows: Margaret E., James M., Joseph H., Urbin S. and Martin D. James M., of the above family, had children as follows : S. E., Lillie, I. M., C. D., Myrtle M., Otella and Jennie L.
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FRANK L. OESCH, A. M.
Although of Swiss parentage, Mr. Oesch claims to be a full-blooded American, his birthplace warranting him in that statement. Mr. Oesch's grandfather was Isaac Oesch, born in Canton Bern, Switzerland, in 1796. He came to America in 1861 and directly to Columbiana county, where his son, the father of our subject, had preceded him some years. The elder Oesch located on a farm in the above mentioned county, where he died in 1884 at a ripe old age. The son, Ulrich Oesch, was also born in Canton Bern, Switzerland, in the year 1829, and on coming to America came directly to Ohio, where he took up the occupation of farming. His first marriage was with Margaret Denny, by whom he had two children, Louisa, now Mrs. Batzli; and William F. He was married in 1863 to Elizabeth Denny (origin- ally spelled Thoeni), and to this union there were born ten children, of whom seven survive, as follows: Edward S .; Frank L .; Charles A .; Anna E., wife of Joseph Redman; Elizabeth A .; Celestia M .; and Alice F.
Mr. Frank L. Oesch, of the firm of Kistler & Oesch, was born on the pa- ternal homestead in Columbiana county in 1870, where he lived until he was sixteen years old, attending the country school, and assisting on his father's farm. He was very ambitious for an education, and the year 1893 saw him a graduate of Mt. Union College of Alliance, Ohio, he having taught school between times in order to complete the education he so well deserved. He was elected superintendent of schools of Nelson township, Portage county, from 1893 to 1895, after which he served as principal of the high school at Powhatan, for two years and one year of that time he was president of the Belmont County Teachers' Association. He used his vacations to study law in Youngstown, in the office of Hon. E. H. Moore. He made rapid progress in his studies and in 1897 was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, and in March, 1901, formed his present partnership with Mr. Kistler. Mr. Oesch is a chapter Mason, and member of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is well known among the younger Republicans of Youngstown.
JOHN IRVING WILLIAMS.
This gentleman, who is at present a retired capitalist of Youngstown, deserves especial mention as one of that group of men whose energy and or- ganizing skill have made the iron industry of this country one of the wonders of the world. From earliest childhood he became familiar with rolling mills, around which his little hands found something to do when only ten years old. Thus early trained in the business and mastering the details more and more thoroughly as years and improved employment afforded him opportunity,
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Mr. Williams gradually advanced until he became one of the influential iron men of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Much of his career of usefulness was spent at Pittsburg, greatest of all iron centers, but in later life Mr. Williams became one of the most conspicuous figures in the iron line at Youngstown, until a desire for repose from business cares induced his retirement. He is of English parentage, and his father, like himself, devoted most of his life to one or the other branch of the great iron trade. With these preliminary re- marks as an introduction, the lives and achievements of both will be given more in detail.
Joseph Williams, though born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, in 1798, was reared principally in Staffordshire, England. When sixteen years old he and a younger brother ran away from an unpopular stepmother and sought refuge in the industrial town of Wolverhampton. Arrived there, the older boy managed to get a job in the rolling mill, being one of the first four puddlers with the great English firm of Thorneycroft. This was the first lesson, which was not only destined to shape the whole future life of the father but also of his yet unborn son, as will subsequently appear in this nar- rative. The runaway boy, after serving his apprenticeship as a puddler and other of the minor positions in the mill, gradually became experienced and about 1822 went to France as a skilled workman. He married Mary Bratt, in England, who became the mother of eight children, of whom seven grew to maturity. These are Maria, widow of James Bickley; Mary, wife of Ben- jamin Bratt; John Irving, immediate subject of this biography; Joseph; Sarah, wife of Solon S. Jackman; Benjamin B .; and Annie L., deceased wife of Clinton Gates.
John Irving Williams, third in age of the above enumerated children, was born near Burges, France, May 11, 1824, and spent the earlier years of his infancy in the land of his nativity. Originally, after the manner of the French, he was burdened with the appellation of Louis Phillippe John Joseph? Williams, but when he reached the age of discretion, experience suggested the elimination of several superfluous cognomens and reduced his name to more reasonable proportions. When about five years old, John Irving returned with his parents to Wolverton, England, and shortly afterward the family emigrated to America. They located at Boonton, New Jersey, where John attended school several years, and at the age of fourteen went with the family to Pittsburg, which was the scene of his first serious attempt in the line of work that shaped his future destiny. Previously he had obtained some experience in a Jersey rolling mill and he secured employment in a similar es- tablishment at Pittsburg, with which he remained until 1846. Having demon- strated his aptitude for the business by that time, he was placed in charge
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as superintendent of a new mill at Kittaning, Pennsylvania, which he man- aged for the owners about four months. His father was with him in these occupations, and the two went together to Hanging Rock, Ohio, where they purchased an abandoned rolling mill, repaired the plant and conducted it until 1852. In that year the father and son disposed of their property and built a mill at Portsmouth, Ohio, to make bar iron and allied articles, which they operated for about four years. In 1856 the father and son, hitherto so closely allied, separated to go in different directions. The former purchased a farm in Illinois to which he removed, and which he made the place of his residence and business until 1861. The son, after selling his share of the establishment at Portsmouth, returned to Pittsburg and took charge as su- perintendent of the Girty's Run Rolling Mill, which position he held until 1878. In that year, associated with others, he purchased the Keystone Roll- ing Mill at Pittsburg, which was operated for two years under the firm name of Williams, Long & McDowell. Mr. Williams then disposed of his interest and in 1880 came to Youngstown, where he was installed as superintendent of the Brown-Bonnell Mill, and this position he continued to hold until his final retirement from active business in June, 1899. In 1860 Mr. Williams purchased a farm in Wisconsin and remained there a year or two during the temporary suspension of the establishment at Pittsburg with which he was engaged. His parents and a younger brother occupied this farm during his absence and there the former ended their days, the mother dying in 1874 and the father in 1887. At the present time Mr. Williams still owns the Wiscon- sin farm of five hundred and thirty-one acres; he was president of the Dol- lar Savings and Trust Company until February, 1903, when he resigned; and he is also interested in the Brown-Bonnell works, which he managed for so many years with his characteristic energy and ability.
In 1846 Mr. Williams was married at Pittsburg to Elizabeth, daughter of John Winterburn, who died without leaving any children. For his second wife Mr. Williams espoused Miss Emma, daughter of Samuel Tompkins, and this marriage resulted in the birth of five children, of whom there are three survivors: Fanny, widow of Philip S. Stambaugh; John I., Jr .; and Louie H. Though upholding the principles of the Republican party, Mr. Williams has been too busy a man to seek or hold office, his only official position being that of burgess, which he held for eight years while a resident of Millvale, Pennsylvania. Though a member of no church, his affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and he has long been con- nected with Masonry, in which ancient and honored order he has reached the thirty-second degree.
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PATRICK H. McEVEY.
Though of Irish parentage, the subject of this sketch, who is named above, is a native of Ohio and has spent all of his life at Youngstown and in the neighboring counties. In youth and early manhood he was connected with mines and mining, and few men better understand that business from the point of view of the laborer, in whose cause Mr. McEvey has always been earnestly interested and to whose service he has devoted much valuable time. Having been a hard worker himself, he knows how to sympathize with workmen, and those who labor "down in a coal mine underneath the ground" have no stauncher friend than Mr. McEvey. His father, John Mc- Evey, was born in Ireland in 18II, came to America about 1832 and ended his days in Youngstown in 1895. He married Nora Manning and became by her the father of ten children, of whom the seven survivors are: Mary, wife of Michael Loftus; Bridget, wife of Michael Riley; John; Ellen, wife of Michael Campbell; Patrick H., subject of this sketch; Margaret, wife of Thomas McTighe; and Katie. The mother of these children died at Youngstown in 1881.
Patrick H. McEvey, as will appear from the foregoing list, is fifth in age and was born at Youngstown, March 25, 1854. He had but little oppor- tunity for learning, as he was compelled at the early age of twelve to leave school and go to work for a living. His father was a coal miner, and the lad joined him in the coal bank at Hubbard, in Trumbull county, seven miles distant from Youngstown. This, his first and not very desirable job, lasted some four or five years, when Patrick became a "wiper" at the coal bank and later a brakeman. He abandoned this employment in 1876, came to Youngstown and after two years secured a position as puddler's helper in the Brown-Bonnell mill. One year's service in this line brought him promo- tion to the place of boss puddler, and he held this position without a break until 1892. From 1890 to 1892 he was district vice president, and from 1892 to 1894 assistant president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. In 1894 Mr. McEvey opened a retail shoe store at Youngstown, which he conducted a year, and then changed his mercantile venture to the sale of groceries, which he has continued to the present time. In August, 1900, he received the appointment as superintendent of streets and has exhibited his usual energy and good judgment in the discharge of the duties connected with this important position.
In 1887 he was elected to the city council as a representative from the fifth ward of Youngstown and served in that capacity until 1891, showing. during the time, a remarkable aptitude for public business. In 1881 Mr. Mc-
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Evey was united in marriage with Miss Lottie, daughter of James Thomas, and this union resulted in the birth of five children: John, Mary, Lottie, Leonora and Paul W. Mr. McEvey is an attentive member of the Roman Catholic church and belongs to the Society of Hibernians. In politics he is a Republican and has for years taken quite an active part in the political affairs of Youngstown and Mahoning county.
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