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JONAS GOODMAN.
Jonas Goodman, one of the leading representatives of the agricultural interest of Mahoning county, Ohio, resides on his farm in Green township, and belongs to that class of self-made men who command respect and admira- tion by reason of their industry, intelligence and success. Mr. Goodman was born in Green township, this county, December 31, 1845, and was here reared and educated. His father dying when he was but six years of age, he was early thrown upon his own resources, but the privations of his boyhood only served to stimulate him to greater industry, and soon developed a sturdy independence which enabled him to surmount all difficulties. As the years went on he was enabled to purchase a farm in Columbiana county, and on it he made his home for eight years, at the expiration of which period he pur- chased his present fine farm consisting of one hundred and eighty-six acres, and has operated it since 1884, devoting it to general farming and stock-rais- ing. He has made many excellent improvements upon the land and his entire farm indicates the character of the owner, and bears witness to his energy and ability.
In 1874 Mr. Goodman was married to Miss Sarah M. Wolf, a daughter of Samuel and Eliza Wolf. The following children were born of this mar- riage: Mrs. Hattie C. Weaver, who was born in 1876, and has one son; Celesta B., a graduate of Greenford high school and a teacher of four years' experi- ence, who was born in 1881; Belva M., who was born in 1886; Rachel A., who was born in 1888; and an unnamed infant born in 1884. Mrs. Good- man was born in Butler township, Columbiana county, Ohio, July 5, 1853, and she, with her husband and family, is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Goodman has held several township offices and is highly regard- ed throughout the entire neighborhood not only on account of his financial standing, but also for his many excellent qualities.
Jonas Goodman is a son of William and Julia A. (Smith) Goodman, the former of whom was born in Green township in December, 1803, and the latter in Pennsylvania, January 5, 1809. Their family consisted of twelve children, eleven of whom grew to maturity. One son, Isaac, was
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a soldier during the Civil war and laid down his life in his country's defense, in 1863. Of the other members of the family, six are now living: Han- nah, Catherine, Amelia, Jacob, Jonas and Eli. William Goodman was a blacksmith by trade and also a practical farmer, and accumulated one hun- dren and fourteen acres of land. He was a most excellent man, a good citizen and worthy member of the Lutheran church, with which his wife was also connected. On January 13, 1851, he died, and his wife passed away Febru- ary 4, 1884.
William Goodman was a son of John Goodman, a native of Germany, who came to America after his marriage. He first located in Pennsylvania, but after a short time removed to Ohio and purchased one hundred acres in Green township, Mahoning county. John Goodman was a hard-working man, who endured many hardships in his pioneer life. Both he and his wife were consistent members of the Lutheran church. Their family con- sisted of six children, namely: John, Henry, William, Nicholas, Catherine and Hannah, all of whom became well and favorably known throughout the county.
The great-grandfather of Mrs. Jonas Goodman, Jacob Wolf, removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio at a very early date. His wife was a Miss Troxell, and the two located in Georgetown, Columbiana county, Ohio, where he became possessed of two sections of land. They were earnest members of the Lutheran church, to which they contributed liberally, and gave to many works of charity, but of this few had any knowledge. One of the donations of Mr. Wolf to the church was a farm, the income of which was to go towards its support. Among his family was a son Adam, grand- father of Mrs. Jonas Goodman, and he married Catherine Mountz, and had these children : Sally, Polly, Phoebe, Lucinda, Anna, Christina, Catherine, Hannah, John, George and Samuel; George is the only one living. Samuel Wolf, the father of Mrs. Goodman, was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Heighton, by whom he had six children, five of whom are living, namely : Adam, Thomas, Samuel, John and Elvira. His second wife was Eliza Metz, and six children were born to this marriage: Sarah M., Emaline, Catherine, Frank, William, and one deceased. Samuel Wolf owned a fine farm of three hundred acres in Butler township, Columbiana county, Ohio, and at one time conducted a mercantile establishment in the same county, and sunk seventeen thousand dollars in it. He then retired to his farm and by hard work paid off every cent of indebtedness. Physically he was very stout, possessed of strong muscles and steady nerves. Morally he was equal- ly strong, and deserved all the praise which was given to him both before
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and after his death. His son Alonzo, who was born of the first marriage, was a soldier in the war of the rebellion and there lost his life. The death of Samuel Wolf was caused by an accident. In ascending a remarkably steep hill, the king bolt came out, separating the team from the wagon. The wagon dashed down the hill with great speed. Mr. Wolf jumped to save himself, but was struck by the wagon and pinned to a tree. The accident occurred September 21, 1875. and he expired five hours later on the same day. His birth occurred on his father's farm in Butler township, May 5, 1808, and his wife Eliza was born in 1821 and died in 1879, aged fifty- eight years.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT BALDWIN.
The above named now retired from active business, is enjoying the repose due to one who has spent a long and useful life in honorable employ- ment, fulfilling every duty both private and public to the best of his ability. Mr. Baldwin has been a resident of Youngstown for more than half a century and during that time, though mostly employed as an expert and confidential bookkeeper for others, has filled positions of importance on his own account, including two terms as auditor of Mahoning county. He comes from an old Connecticut family and is a son of one of the early pioneers of Ohio. The founder of the American branch of this name was Joseph Baldwin, who emigrated from Aylesbury, England. He left a son named Ezra, who became the father of Curtis Baldwin, whose birth occurred at Durham, Con- necticut, June 21, 1766, and his death November 13, 1824. Samuel, son of Curtis Baldwin, was born at Durham, New York, in 1793 and in 1818 set- tled in Atwater, in Portage county, Ohio, where he became a farmer, served many years as justice of the peace and was a man of consequence in his community. He married Sallie (Dunn) Spencer, and they had nine children, of whom the only survivor is Timothy D. The mother departed this life December 30, 1844, but her husband long survived her, his death occurring at Ravenna, Ohio, in 1874, at the advanced age of eighty-one years.
Timothy Dwight Baldwin was born at Atwater, Portage county, Ohio. in 1827. He remained upon the farm until seventeen years of age, after which he taught school during the winters for several years until 1848, when he located at Youngstown and secured a position as bookkeeper. He continued in this employment for eleven years and in 1859 was elected auditor of Mahon- ing county, obtained a second term and in all served four years. After the expiration of his term he acted as assistant auditor in Cuyahoga county for a while and then returned to his original occupation of keeping books at Youngstown. After continuing in this line for some time, he abandoned it
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temporarily for a sojourn in New York city, where he was employed as man- ager of a business firm for six years. Again returning to Youngstown, he resumed bookkeeping and so continued until his permanent retirement from business.
In 1849 Mr. Baldwin was married to Lucretia, daughter of Dr. Henry Manning, who was at that time president of the Mahoning county bank and one of the most prominent citizens of Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Bald- win have had ten children, of whom the only survivors are William Henry ; Mary Helen ; Frank L .; and Emily L., wife of L. A. Osborn. Mr. Baldwin is a man of profound religious convictions and has been a member of the First Presbyterian church ever since his arrival at Youngstown in 1848. During a long and useful life he did his work and duty faithfully and in retirement enjoys general esteem.
ANSON THORNTON.
In this land of unceasing change the varied occupations a man may enter excite but little comment among his fellows, yet it is this infinite var- iety of experience which oft-times is responsible for the development of our commercial magnates. To Anson Thornton have come widely divergent business interests and duties, and his ability to meet the requirements of all shows well the measure of his attainments.
He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in the year 1857, where he was reared and received his education. At about twenty years of age he left his books and procured a position in the baggage office of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad in Youngstown, which he held for about five years, during all of which time he rendered efficient service to the road, in recognition of which he was given a position as fireman, running between Youngstown and Andover, and in this position he continued about five years more.
At this time he wished to leave his old life of railroading and enter the commercial world, and therefore procured a position as shipping clerk for the American Tube & Iron Company. Here he continued for about four years, discharging his duties with conscientious ability. Again seeking change, together with his brother Carroll Thornton, whose life history appears else- where in this volume, he opened up a laundry in Youngstown, which he con- tinued, with an ever increasing volume of business, until about 1898, when he decided upon another radical change of business, and opened up the grocery which he now conducts so successfully at 423 Crossman avenue.
In the year 1875 he was united in wedlock to Inez Corl, in Mogadore, Ohio, who was the daughter of A. C. Corl. Mr. Thornton is a prominent
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Republican, though he has never sought any political offices or rewards, and is an honored member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the blue lodge of the Masons. He has also long been a member of the Disciples church, which has had the able support of himself and wife for many years. He occupies the responsible office of vice president of the Youngstown Retail Grocers' Association. He has had the rare faculty of attaining success in many dif- ferent lines of business, and now in the prime of his life is able to see the results of his earlier efforts and trials, and may well point with pride to his succeeding steps, all rising as they have done, to higher levels and more re- sponsible positions.
WILLIAM SHAW ANDERSON.
The name given above will be readily recognized throughout the Mahon- ing valley as well as in other parts of the state as belonging to one of the most distinguished and eloquent members of the Ohio bar. He has been connected with the profession for thirty-two years and during most of that time has enjoyed a practice of large proportions, besides a reputation of the highest order for ability, eloquence and a knowledge of the law. He has become especially famous as a criminal lawyer and has been leading counsel in some of the most sensational cases in his section of the state. He is of Irish parentage and comes of one of the most substantial families of the famous Isle of Erin.
His father, the late David Anderson, who was born in county Donegal in 1817, was the first of the name to cross over, his emigration taking place in 1832. He located first in Philadelphia, but soon after moved farther west and eventually found a permanent abode in Ohio. Though he owned a farm, his principal occupation was merchandising and for forty years he was a lead- ing merchant at North Jackson, Ohio, where he settled about 1846. He was married in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, to Hannah L., daughter of Dr. William Shaw, an eminent physician and early settler of that section. Mrs. Anderson was born in 1816 and died in 1878, and her husband departed this life in 1890, after a long and useful life, during which he earned the reputation of being an honest man of business and an excellent citizen. Their children, consist- ing of two sons and two daughters, were William S., Elizabeth, Margaret, deceased, and Daniel F.
William Shaw Anderson, eldest of the children, was born at North Jackson, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1848 and spent the first eighteen years of his life on his father's farm. Besides obtaining a primary education in the country schools, he learned the details of farm work by assisting in the
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fields during busy seasons. . Before reaching his majority he taught school for two years and then decided to enter the profession of law. With this end in view he took a position in a law office at Warren, Ohio, went through the necessary preparation for practice and obtained admission to the bar in 1870. He practiced a while at Niles and then located at Canfield, which was at that time the county seat of Mahoning county, and there he remained for several years. In 1876, with a view of obtaining a larger field of opera- tion, Mr. Anderson decided to "hang out his shingle" at Youngstown, and accordingly that year found him located in the thriving capital of Mahoning county ready for business. From that time on he has continued to be one of the fixtures of the city, gradually rising until he stood in the front rank of his profession. At the present time he is a member of the firm of Jones & Ander- son, which has a large clientage and does a large part of the legal business transacted at Youngstown. Aside from his reputation as a criminal lawyer, he is regarded as exceedingly well informed and well equipped in other branches of the profession.
In 1868 Mr. Anderson was united in marriage with Miss Maria L. Shields, and they have four children to cheer their household: Blanche, William N., Randall H. and Anne. Mr. Anderson has no church connec- tions, but is a Republican in politics and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
MOSES COOMBS.
Practical training often makes more able and proficient men than books and colleges can ever do. Some men seem born to carve out their destinies wholly unaided by the world's theories and experiences, as expounded in the schools. An example of this type of man, able to solve all necessary questions as they presented themselves in his lifework, is Mr. Coombs. His father, of the same name, was born in England in 1819 and came to Pennsylvania in in- fancy with his parents, dying in 1888. He married Julia Ludlow, a native of New Jersey, and to them were born seven children, all of whom are now living. His paternal grandfather was Thomas Coombs.
Moses Coombs was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and came in infancy to Youngstown, where his earlier and later manhood has all been passed. Here he received his education in the common schools, until at the age of sixteen, when tiring of school and its confinements, he took up black- smithing under his father, and worked for him for about two years. He then obtained employment with the Youngstown Gas Company in 1866, and with this company, through its many changes of name and workings, he has
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since remained. His first employment with the Youngstown Gas Company was in the humble capacity of fitter's helper, but his ability soon became apparent and in only two years he was selected as the most capable man con- nected with the company, and made superintendent. In 1872 he remodeled the works, increasing their capacity and improving them in many ways. So well was this work done that no material change has been necessitated during all the time intervening.
In 1864 he enlisted in the army, in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, where he served four months. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Griner in 1875 and reared a family of seven children, as follows: Fred F., Elmer J., Charles, Carrie, Nellie, Julia and Hazel. Mr. Coombs is a Republican and an influential member of the Tod Post No. 29, G. A. R., also of the First Presbyterian church. From humble beginnings and by his own unaided endeavor Mr. Coombs has succeeded in establishing himself in the responsible position we have named. It is needless to say that after these many years of his association with the interests of the Con- solidated Company, he is familiar with all branches of the work and is well-nigh indispensable. He is, withal, a man respected by high and low and one who discharges his duties of business and society in such a manner as to win the admiration of all.
ALMON EASTMAN.
Jonathan Eastman was a native of the old Green Mountain state, born there in 1794, and when he was twenty-one years old set out from his home to walk the long distance to Warren, Ohio: this long and toilsome journey, a part of which was over the mountains, was accomplished at the average speed of fifty-five miles a day, something which seems almost incredible, but it indicates the real spirit of the young man and was an earnest of his future success. He took up farming and became the owner of considerable land in Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, where he was honored for his quali- ties of good citizenship, and was a beneficent influence not only to his imme- diate family but to his fellow citizens. In 1822 he had married Miss Margaret Truesdale, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Their family comprised eight children, and of this number five are living. Mr. Eastman was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church, but later joined the Methodist Episcopal. He died in 1864 and his wife in 1878.
Their son Almon Eastman was born on April 22, 1831, in that part of Mahoning county which at that time formed a portion of Trumbull county but is now Canfield township. He was reared there and when old enough
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applied himself to the learning of the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked for thirteen years. He was working at his trade when the Civil war broke out, and in August, 1862, he laid down his hammer and enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being made corporal. He was disabled in the battle at Perryville, Kentucky, in October of the same year and was then placed on special duty at Camp Douglas in Chicago, where there were at one time fourteen thousand prisoners. He received his honorable discharge on July 3, 1865, and then entered into a partnership with John Flick in the sawmill business, which was continued for fourteen years, since which time he has been on the retired list and enjoying the fruits of earlier toil, but at the same time has been devoting his leisure to the manage- ment of his farm.
On May 30, 1859, Mr. Eastman was married to Miss Mary A., the daughter of John and Rachel Flick; she was born in Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, in 1836, and as her father was also the partner of Mr. Eastman, it would be well to give a few words regarding his history. John Flick was born in Pennsylvania in 1814 and came to Ohio in 1826, where he has made his home to the present time. By his first marriage he had four children, and he was afterward married to Mrs. Jane Courtney, by whom he had no children, but she was a mother by her first marriage. Mr. Flick was a shoemaker and a carpenter and also a blacksmith later in life, and is now a well preserved man for his age and has outlived both of his wives, whose children are all married and in different walks of life. Mrs. Eastman is the only one of this family living. Mr. Eastman by his marriage to Miss Flick had eight children, Martha Etta, Frances, Serena M., Myra M., Vinnie R., Mary L., Charles E. and Lynn A. He is one of the surviving members of Tod Post No. 29 of the Grand Army of the Republic at Youngstown, and, further, is past noble grand in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Canfield. His wife is a member of the Christian church, and they are both highly esteemed in social circles.
GEORGE E. HUGGINS.
Occupying a responsible position in connection with one of the great industrial enterprises of the city of Youngstown, Mahoning county, and rec- ngnized as a capable and discriminating official, the subject of this review is well worthy of representation in this work. He is incumbent of the office of assistant superintendent of the Brown-Bonnell Works of the Republic Iron & Steel Company, an establishment with whose interests he has been identified for nearly a quarter of a century, his able efforts and marked fidelity having secured him advancement to his present position.
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Mr. Huggins is a native of the city of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, where he was born on the 23rd of October, 1860, being a son of Thomas G. Huggins, who was born in Gloucestershire, England, in the year 1840, and who came to America in 1866, when the subject of this review was a lad of six years. In the year 1859 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Summers, and they became the parents of two children, George E., our subject; and John D., a resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania. Thomas G. Huggins died in 1880, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and his widow now main- tains her home in Youngstown, Ohio. He was a jeweler by trade and voca- tion and was a man of utmost integrity of character, commanding unquali- fied confidence and esteem. The paternal grandfather of our sub- ject was Thomas G. Huggins, who likewise was born in Gloucestershire, the year of his nativity having been 1800, while he passed his entire life in his native land, his death occurring in 1868. He, also, was a jeweler by oc- cupation, and his active business career was devoted to this line of enter- prise, in which he was successful.
George E. Huggins accompanied his parents to America in 1866, as has already been noted, and the family located in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where they maintained their home for one year, at the expiration of which time they removed to Fairmount, West Virginia, which was their place of abode for about a decade. In that place our subject attend- ed the public schools until he had attained the age of fourteen years, when he gave inception to his independent business career by securing employment as clerk in a local mercantile establishment. To this line of work he devoted his attention until he was eighteen years of age, when, in 1879, he came to Youngstown, Ohio, and here secured employment as shipping clerk in the sheet mill of the Brown-Bonnell Company, retaining this incumbency about one year and then being advanced to a similar position in the general ware- house of the company. Six months later came further recognition of his effective and faithful service, since he was then promoted to the position of inspector of material, an office created at that time and of which he was the first incumbent. He showed a marked discretion and efficiency in sys- tematizing and handling the work thus assigned to him and he continued to serve in this capacity until September, 1900, when he was given his present responsible position as assistant superintendent of the great plant, which had been merged into the Republic Iron & Steel Company's holdings, under the name of the Brown-Bonnell Works. Mr. Huggins is essentially a business man and is untiring in his efforts, sparing no pains to further the interests of the company and to secure the maximum service from those laboring under
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his direction while he has ever had the confidence and esteem of all the em- ployes with whom he is thus brought into contact, and his successive pro- motions indicate the value placed upon his services by his employers.
In politics Mr. Huggins is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, but he has never sought official preferment nor taken an active part in political affairs, deeming his business duties worthy of his undivided atten- tion. On the 25th of March, 1891, Mr. Huggins was united in marriage to Miss Maria L. Manning, daughter of Henry Manning, of Youngstown, and they have two children, Caroline A. and Henry M., both of whom re- main at the parental home and both of whom are being accorded the best possible educational advantages.
CHRIST MAUSER.
There is an obscurity in the game of life that, to the robust mind, is always attractive as a subject of study. The important uncertainty of the final outcome justifies the axiom that there is nothing so certain in life as its uncertainty, and yet this same uncertainty begets and fosters incentive and definite effort. To push forward and win the battle is the one common im- pulse and ambition of humanity. But in this vast concourse of struggling warriors the number who achieve definite success is comparatively small, for "the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong," and thus he who makes a proper use of the talents and abilities which are his and gains such a degree of success as is possible under the circumstances and conditions is deserving of all credit and honor, whether his endeavors have been directed upon the loftier plane of public activity and distinguished ser- vice, in the field of professional life, in the realm of the professions, in the direction of industrial enterprises of wide scope and importance, or in the humbler walks of life, where he figures as one of the rank and file of the world's noble army of workers. He who has wrought out his own fortune through his indomitable will, untiring energy and native shrewdness and ability, naturally bears off the palm, and to such the great republic of Amer- ica has ever offered superior opportunities, of which many a young man from foreign climes has availed himself and advanced to position of inde- pendence and honor in connection with our best citizenship and our indus- trial activities. One of the sterling citizens whom the great German father- land has given to the United States is Christ Mauser, of the firm of Christ Mauser & Son, one of the representative business men of Youngstown, Ma- honing county, where he is successfully engaged in the work of contracting and building as a stone and brick mason.
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