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GEORGE E. McNAB.
By no means least among the business firms of Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio, is that of Guess & McNab, whose large merchant-tailoring and clothing establishment is the center for the buyers of men's wear, and contrib- utes not a little to the enterprise of the town. The junior member of this firm belongs to a family which had been known in Ohio before that common- wealth took on a separate political existence, for it was about the year 1799 that James McNab, who was born in Scotland, after living for a time in Washington county, Pennsylvania, took up his abode in what was then Trum- bull county, but now Mahoning county, at a point near Poland. He was a successful farmer in that neighborhood till his death. His wife was Mary Latimer, and she was the mother of Latimer Boyd McNab, who was born near Poland in 1820, and is still living in that vicinity, retired. He married Mary Hahn, and their five children were as follows: Lamira, widow of Robert Featherstone; Charles W .: J. B .; M. C .; George E.
It will be noticed that George E. McNab is the last of his parents' chil- dren, and he was born at Poland in September, 1854. It will be one of the lasting distinctions of this little village that it was one of the scenes of the younger life and political career of the late lamented President Mckinley, and Mr. McNab recalls with pleasure the fact that a great part of his earlier instruction was received at the hands of Mrs. Andrew Duncan, then Miss
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McKinley, the sister of the future President. When George was sixteen years of age, the family moved to Salem, Ohio, and there he gained his first experience in business by clerking in a dry-goods store for three years. In 1873 he went to Youngstown, and was a clerk in one of the dry-goods houses there for six years, at the end of which time he had gained the experience and the necessary courage to embark in business for himself. So, in January, 1880, he entered business as a merchant tailor in partnership with J. B. Housteau, and for the next six years they were associated in this enterprise, at the end of which time Mr. McNab bought out his partner. He was alone for the following six years, and in 1892 the present firm was formed, and the men's furnishing and clothing department was added, so that Guess & McNab are now in the forefront of the business interests in their line in Youngstown.
On June 9, 1880, Mr. McNab was married in Youngstown to Miss Emma W., the daughter of Edward Bell, and the names of the four children of this union are Clara B .. Mary L., Helen E. and George E., Jr. Mr. McNab's political belief is that of the Republican party, and in fraternal circles he has risen to the thirty-second degree in Masonry, and is an Elk, and is a trustee of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. Furthermore, he has taken an active interest in educational matters. In 1899 he was ap- pointed a member of the board of education to fill out the unexpired term of D. P. Holmes, and in April, 1899, he was elected as a regular member, and re-elected in April, 1901.
GEORGE T. FARRELL.
There are few young men in Columbiana county, Ohio, who have been favored with a greater degree of confidence and public esteem than has at- tended the career of George T. Farrell, who fills the honorable position of mayor of the prosperous city of Lisbon. He is widely recognized as a Re- publican leader who labors earnestly for the success of the party, while close study has given him a keen insight into the important political problems, and his interest in the issues of the day that affect the national weal or woe is of the highest.
The birth of Mr. Farrell occurred on the 31st of May, 1876, in Lisbon, Ohio, and he is a son of James D. and Mary (Maloney) Farrell, who came to this commonwealth from the county of Roscommon in Ireland, in 1845. The educational advantages of George T. were secured in the public schools. His close application to the study of law, under the direction of Attorney C. S. Speaker, resulted in his admission to the bar of Columbiana county in March, 1898, and his ability and fitness for public life were almost immediately
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recognized, for in 1900 he was elected mayor of Lisbon, to which position he was re-elected in 1902 and again in 1903, being the present incumbent. His hold on municipal affairs has been strong, and his administration has been successful, and judging from the past a brilliant political future awaits the young mayor of Lisbon.
On the 27th of June, 1900, Mr. Farrell was united in marriage to Miss Nellie M. Cavanagh, of this city. In political matters he gives an earnest and efficient support to the principles of the Republican party, and his fra- ternal relations connect him with Salem Lodge No. 305, B. P. O. E. Both he and his wife are members of the Roman Catholic church, and they are held in the highest regard by all who enjoy their acquaintance.
FREDERICK T. MILES, M. D.
In the great competitive struggle of life, when each man must enter the field and fight his way to the front or else be overtaken by disaster of circumstance or place, there is ever particular interest attaching to the life of one who has turned the tide of success and has shown his ability to cope with others in their rush for the coveted goal. Dr. Miles is recognized as one of the most able and successful of the younger practitioners of medicine and surgery, and has also achieved success in the political world, being the present postmaster of the little city of Salem.
The birth of our subject occurred in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1868, he being the son of Thomas and Rebecca ( Bell) Miles. The father was a native of West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1822, and his death occurred in 1890, when he had reached the age of sixty-nine years, having passed his entire life as an agriculturist on a tract of land entered by his father, Thomas Miles, Sr., in the early part of that century. The last named came from Plain Grove, Lawrence county, Penn- sylvania, in the latter part of the eighteenth century and entered a tract of five hundred acres, a part of which still remains in the possession of the family. His death occurred in Mercer county when he had reached the age of seventy-one years. He is remembered to have been a leading citizen of his community, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife bore the maiden name of Polly Tredaway, and by her marriage she became the mother of the following children: Acquilla, deceased; John; James, also deceased; Norris, a resident of Royalton, Minnesota; Ellen, the wife of Hugh Miles, of Warren county, Pennsylvania; Clara, the wife of Morrison Lewis, of Lawrence county, that state; Rebecca, the deceased wife of Robert Young, of Little Falls, Minnesota; and Betsey, the wife of John Clinge, of
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Poland, Ohio. To Thomas and Rebecca (Bell) Miles were born eight chil- dren, as follows : John, Mary, Jane, Nancy, Clara, Alice, Maggie (deceased) and Frederick T.
Frederick T. Miles secured his literary training in the high school of West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, and in Allegheny College, while his medical studies were pursued in the medical department of the Western Reserve University, of Cleveland, Ohio. Immediately after his graduation in that institution in 1892, he located in Salem, Columbiana county, where he has since been numbered among the general medical practitioners, and in the community he is highly esteemed for his many excellent traits of citizenship. He is a diligent student, and endeavors to keep abreast of the times in every- thing relating to discoveries in medical science. The Doctor is a stanch Republican in his political affiliations, and for a number of years has taken an active interest in the affairs of his party. On the 6th of March, 1900, he was appointed by the late President Mckinley to the position of post- master of the city of Salem, the duties of which he is now filling to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.
Dr. Miles was married in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Helen P. Satterfield, a representative of an old and honored pioneer family of that county. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Masonic order. Al- though young in years, he is held in high esteem in the community, and the prominent position which he has taken in the public eye augurs well for a bright future.
MYRON AUGUSTINE NORRIS.
This gentleman is one of the foremost members of the Youngstown bar, and since establishing himself in his profession has taken a leading part in the public and social life of Mahoning county and as a lawyer has won several brilliant forensic battles. Mr. Norris traces his ancestry back to the early settlement of the New England states. His grandfather Eliphalet Norris was a soldier in the Revolution, having entered the ranks of the continental army when a boy of seventeen. His son Jairus was a native of New Hampshire, but at the time Myron Augustine was born to him he was a resident of Ash- tabula county, Ohio, being in limited circumstances.
Myron Augustine Norris was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, Sep- tember 24, 1849, and as his father died before he had arrived at manhood, he was early thrown upon his own resources. His education was such as could be received in the common schools and about one year at a college in Willoughby, Lake county,-not a great fund of learning for the future law-
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yer. He made the best of his advantages, however, and at the age of sixteen began teaching school, for the next two years dividing his time between teach- ing, attending school, and working on a farm. His school days were ended at his eighteenth year, but he continued with his pedagogical labors until he was twenty-two. In 1871 he began reading law in the office of Judge W. P. Howland, of Ashtabula, and in September, 1872, he was admitted to the bar at Cleveland, and in the following spring began the practice of the profession at Kent, Ohio, having to break his way through the usual obsta- cles in the path of a young practitioner. In a short time, however, he was enjoying a prosperous business, and remained at Kent until 1884, at which time he formed the acquaintance of General T. W. Sanderson, of Youngs- town, who induced him to come to the latter place. Under the firm name of Sanderson and Norris a general practice was carried on for some years, but in time their business became more and more concerned with corporate interests.
Mention should be made of several of the important cases in which Mr. Norris has been involved as counsel. He represented Kent against a manu- facturing corporation for the recovery of sixty-five thousand dollars, which the council had donated the concern as a bonus for establishing their plant at Kent. The council was claimed to have exceeded its constitutional powers in levying taxes for other than public purposes, and Mr. Norris established a precedent which is far-reaching and will in a measure prevent similar misuse of the public funds. He represented the plaintiff in the case of Day vs. Pitts- burg, Youngstown & Chicago Railway Company and the Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, in a dispute over the title of the land occupied by the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company, and which had been abandoned for canal purposes. The case finally went to the supreme court, which handed down a decision to the effect that when the land had been abandoned for canal purposes it reverted to the original owners from whom it had been appropriated, and that the trustees of the canal could not sell it to the rail- road. In the case of Andrews vs. the Ohio Gas-Fuel Company, the law was confirmed in Ohio that a gas company must keep its gas under control, and is responsible for damages whenever accident occurs, though the company may not have been negligent.
Mr. Norris has been interested in the success of the Republican party since he was old enough to vote, and in 1872 was a supporter of Horace Greeley. While a resident of Kent he served as city solicitor. In 1892 he was a presidential elector, and in 1896, at the Republican convention held in St. Louis which nominated Mckinley, he was an alternate delegate from his
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district. On January 5, 1876, Mr. Norris was married to Miss Mary E. Howdon, a native of Kent, Ohio, and they are the parents of three children : Katherine A., Martha E. and Eleanor L. Mr. Norris has served as president of the Rayen Club of Youngstown, and is a member of the fraternal orders of Masons and Elks.
CHARLES ROBINSON TRUESDALE.
Among the leading members of the bar of Mahoning county, Ohio, is Charles Robinson Truesdale, who has ably represented its interests as prose- cuting attorney upon two different occasions, and is an honored survivor of the Civil war and one of the valued citizens of Youngstown. The birth of Mr. Truesdale was on a farm in Boardman township, Mahoning county, Ohio, on September 15, 1841, and he is a son of Alexander and Harriet (Leach) Truesdale. The former was born in Pennsylvania in 1797, where his father had settled after his service in the Revolutionary war. Alexander Truesdale was a farmer all his life, locating in Ohio, where he died in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Truesdale had a family of ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity, and three of whom still survive, as follows: William W .; Lucy J., the wife of Sheldon Jacobs; and our subject. One son, Joseph, was a private in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and was killed at Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1862. The mother of this family died in 1866.
Until he was twelve years of age, Charles R. Truesdale remained in Boardman township, and then accompanied his parents in their removal to Youngstown township, where he attended the country school and assisted on the farm until the outbreak of the Civil war. With loyal devotion to his country Mr. Truesdale enrolled his name in company E, Second Ohio Cav- alry, in July, 1861, and faithfully performed a soldier's hard duty until he was mustered out of the service at Columbus, Ohio, in July, 1865, rising in rank from private to corporal. Mr. Truesdale took part in many of the great battles of the war: Knoxville, Tennessee; the Wilderness; Spottsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg ; Reams Station : Yellow Tavern; Bethesda Church ; and many minor engagements. He was not wounded, but in July, 1864, had his horse shot from under him, at Monocacy Junction, and was captured there. As a prisoner he was first taken to Danville, Virginia, thence to Libby Prison, where he was held for seven horrible months before he was exchanged at Annapolis.
Upon his return from the army Mr. Truesdale completed his interrupted education, entering the Western Reserve College, and graduated there in 1871, subsequently beginning the study of law. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar
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at Warren, Ohio, and immediately located at Youngstown, Ohio, where he has since enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. From 1874 to 1876, and again from 1879 to 1883, he served as prosecuting attorney for Mahoning county. His ability is recognized through both city and county, and he is regarded as a leading member of his profession.
In 1872 Mr. Truesdale was united in marriage with Miss Louisa A., a daughter of Nicholas and Phoebe (Kirk) Jacobs. The two children of the family are Phoebe K., who graduated from Vassar College in the class of 1899; and Joseph R., who is a member of the class of 1902, at Princeton College. The fraternal associations of Mr. Truesdale are with the Masonic bodies and with Tod Post No. 29, G. A. R.
CHARLES HENRY WEBB.
The subject of this sketch, though starting life under every disadvantage of orphanage and poverty, has managed by hard work and economy to estab- lish himself in the world and reach positions both of trust and profit. Orig- inally a blacksmith, and accustomed to make his living by the hardest kind of manual labor, he rose steadily and has been repeatedly honored by his fellow citizens by election to offices of responsibility, including those of trustee and justice of the peace. His father, Francis Webb, was an Englishman, married Mary Davis, of the same country, and by her had five children, of whom those surviving are: Emma, wife of a Mr. Thomas; John; Charles H .; and Ellen, wife of a Mr. Thurman.
Charles Henry Webb, third in age of these survivors, was born at Bristol, England, in 1846, and by the death of his father in 1848 and his mother a year later, was left an orphan at three years of age. When ten years old he was sent to an aunt in Nova Scotia, who took care of him for two years, after which he found refuge for six years with friends in Canada. While in that country he learned the blacksmith's trade, which afforded him a liveli- hood during his subsequent residence at Cleveland, Ohio. Securing a posi- tion in the nut and bolt factory in that city, he worked there for five years, and then sought a new location at Youngstown. Shortly after his arrival he secured employment in another nut and bolt factory, located at Youngs- town, and continued to work there for the five following years. This ended his active career as a mechanic, as at the end of the period mentioned he was called by the people to a different kind of employment. The office of trustee of Youngstown township having become vacant, Mr. Webb was ap- pointed to fill out the unexpired term of eight months, which he did so acceptably as to lead to his election for the full term of four years. At the
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expiration of that time he was re-elected for a second term, which was fol- lowed by election to the office of justice of the peace. He served three years in that position, and in April, 1901, got another endorsement of his official conduct by being re-elected for the term which he is now filling.
Mr. Webb was united in marriage, at Kingston, Canada, with Mary Davis, of that city, and they have had four children, of whom the only survivor is Isabella, now the wife of Fred Donaldson, of Youngstown. Mr. Webb is a member of the Episcopal church, of the Knights of Pythias, and his po- litical connections are with the Republican party.
GEORGE FRANCIS ARREL.
One of the representative members of the legal profession in Youngs- town, Ohio, is George Francis Arrel, who has been identified with the public life of this city since 1868, and who has occupied a number of responsible positions. Mr. Arrel is of Irish ancestry, his great-grandfather having been born in Ireland. He was the founder of the family in America, locating after his emigration in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. There his son John was born, who migrated to Ohio in 1800, married Martha Stewart, reared a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters, and died in 1848. He took part in the war of 1812, and the records show that he was a man of prominence and was held in great esteem.
David Arrel, son of John, was the eldest of the family of his parents, and was born in Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1803, and resided there during a long and useful life. In 1830 he married Martha Moore, who was the daughter of James Moore, and they had a family of four children, as follows: William, deceased; Margaret, the wife of James M. Pence; John; and George F., of this sketch. The mother of our subject died in 1872, but the father survived until 1888.
The birth of George Francis Arrel was on the family farm, in Poland township, Mahoning county, on October 1, 1840, and until he was eighteen years of age he remained at home, assisting his father and attending school. Later he enjoyed educational advantages at Westminster College, at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and graduated at this institution in June, 1865. His inclination was in the direction of the legal profession, and he remained in Warren, Ohio, for one year, in the study of law, in the fall of 1866 enter- ing the law department of the Albany University. In 1867 he was graduated, was admitted to the bar in August, 1867, and located in Youngstown, in May, 1868. Since that time Mr. Arrel has won a prominent position in his profession. In 1870 he was elected city solicitor, and was re-elected,
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holding the office for four successive terms. In 1880 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, and his course was justified by a successive re-election for five terms, serving until February, 1887. His services have been retained by a number of the railroads, and he is highly valued as a safe advisor where large corporation interests are at stake.
On October 18, 1876, Mr. Arrel was united in marriage with Miss Grace Tod, the daughter of Governor David Tod, and the two children of this union were a son and a daughter, David and Frances Maria.
GEORGE HANSON DICKSON.
The Dicksons have resided west of the Allegheny mountains for over a century, or since 1801. John Dickson, the grandfather of the present generation, settled among the woods of Mahoning county, Ohio, where he took up four hundred acres of land from the government, improved a farm of two hundred and fifty acres and built a house of logs. This was after- ward burned, and was replaced with a frame dwelling which was erected eighty years ago. John Dickson was three times married, having reared six children, four sons and two daughters, by his last wife, while he had two children by his first wife, and none by his second. The family were Presbyterians in religious belief.
George Dickson, the father of our subject, was born on the old home place, and spent his life there, dying at the age of eighty-two years. He married Martha Isabell McBride, and seven sons and two daughters were reared, a record of whom is as follows: J. D. died at the age of fifty-four years, leaving two sons and two daughters; Alexander died at the age of fifty-one, leaving two sons and four daughters; William, who was in a Missouri cavalry regiment during the Civil war, was compelled to make a forced march when sick with the jaundice, causing his death at the age of thirty-six, his remains being brought home from Sedalia, Missouri; the fourth child was George H .; Andrew J. died in Iowa in 1901; Mariah died at the age of twenty-three; Isabelle was the youngest of the family to die, passing away at the age of seventeen; Cowden, now in California for his health, has three sons and two daughters; James H. died in 1900, leaving a wife and a daughter. The mother of these children died in 1860, and Mr. Dickson was then married to Mrs. Walker, who survives him and makes her home in Poland.
George Hanson Dickson was born near Lowellville, April 9, 1839, and remained at home until he was twenty. All the children were given good school advantages, two of them attending an academy, and after completing
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his education George took up the trade of a carpenter. He has met with gratifying success in this line, has built many residences in the county and was a contractor in Iowa for two years. He has acquired considerable prop- erty, and is now living retired, enjoying the fruits of his previous efforts.
On the 4th of March, 1863, Mr. Dickson was united in marriage to Eliza Jane Dubes, who was born in Poland township about 1841. John, the first son of this union, is a yard master at a furnace near Pittsburg, and has a wife and one son; George H. has followed in the footsteps of his father and is a carpenter in Struthers, and has a wife and two children; Frank C., a telegraph operator above Pittsburg, is married; Alton M. is a young man of seventeen residing in Struthers. Mrs. Dickson died in 1898, and Mr. Dickson took as his second wife Mrs. M. L. McGill, widow of Samuel McGill and the daughter of James S. and Jane (McComb) Cow- den. Mr. Dickson owns the old farm, which has been reduced to eighty- two acres, but in 1900 he built his present dwelling house in Lowellville, where he is very pleasantly situated. He is a Republican, but has never desired office, and he has traveled over fifteen states, but in his judgment none compare with the grand old state of Ohio.
ANDREW W. SCHILLER, M. D.
Though only resident at Salem for about nine years, Dr. Schiller is a native Ohioan, and has spent his entire life in the state. He has been prac -. ticing medicine at different points for over twenty years, and wherever lo- cated has achieved standing as one of the worthiest and most painstaking mem- bers of his honorable profession. Being well educated, progressive in his methods and studious of all the latest discoveries and innovations in medical science, supplemented by popular manners and courteous address, he has never lacked either for friends or clients at any period of his busy career. Though of German origin, the family has long been identified with different states of the Union, and several generations back became thoroughly Americanized. Christian and Magdalene Schiller, who were natives of Stuttgart, Germany, started on their voyage to the new world in 1817, but met with shipwreck and drifted to the coast of Norway. After much tedious delay and con- siderable privation another start was finally made, but this time the voyagers reached the shores of the United States without further accident. They set- tled at Philadelphia, where the father went into business, and there they re- mained during the balance of their lives. Their son, Israel Schiller, who was born at Stuttgart, February 14, 1809, was about eight years old when the ocean trip was made, and shared with his parents the dangers and sufferings
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