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NANCY A. ARMSTRONG.
Miss Nancy A. Armstrong, a resident of Crabtree Creek, Youngstown township, and a most highly esteemed lady in this section of Mahoning county, was born March 8, 1844, at Youngstown, and is a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Robb) Armstrong, the latter of whom had been the widow of Amos Loveland. Miss Armstrong's parents were married in June, 1843, at Weatherfield, Ohio, and the three children born to this union were: Miss Nancy, of this sketch; Rebecca, who died in infancy; and Mary, born August 20, 1851, married John F. Mitchell, and died of bron- chial consumption, August 19, 1900.
David Armstrong, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Law- rence county, Pennsylvania, at the forks of the Slippery Rock creek and Wolf creek, in 1747, and died in 1811. His wife was Sallie Harris, and she died in 1816, aged fifty-six. They reared these children: Thomas, George, David, Rebecca, Polly, Roland, Archibald, Samuel, Betsey Anna. The family, with one exception, was disposed to pulmonary complaints.
Samuel Armstrong, father of Miss Nancy, first married Jane Ervin, and they had five children, as follows: Henry, born in July, 1830, died in 1855, leaving one son; Henrietta died in childhood; Rachel married a soldier, who died in Washington, D. C .; Sarah married L. J. Jacobs and died early; and William. Samuel Armstrong was born in 1803, and died in his old home in February, 1853, and his wife, who was born in 1807, died here April 10, 1894. Samuel Armstrong came to Youngstown before his first marriage and engaged in building and contracting, and was one of the first
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to open up a brickyard here. Many of the early houses in this city were built of brick of his burning, and they yet stand solid and secure. In 1847 he sold his brickyard and bought a farm of one hundred and six acres in Youngstown township, paying for it the sum of two thousand dollars. He proposed to build here a fine new residence, but he was advised by his wife to first build a commodious barn with which to house the crops, and this he did in 1849. It still stands, with new additions and improvements. The father never lived to build the new house, and the present residence is one of the oldest in Youngstown or the township. The mother had owned a farm at Weatherfield, and this she sold and put the money into this place, one of great value at the present day. Here Miss Nancy has lived over half a century, and it is very dear to her. Its original size has been reduced, but still is sufficiently large for all her wants. One feature on the farm is the old spring at the foot of the orchard, situated beneath a magnificent oak, which shades its waters while it draws its life from the same. Many shade trees still stand, and during the summers, the bees are busy in the branches of the locusts. The old home is not only one of rare historic in- terest but also of great beauty, and a perfect picture of it in its summer glory or winter dignity would make immortal fame for an artist.
Miss Nancy Armstrong received a good common school education, and also walked into Youngstown to enjoy better advantages, but delicate lungs prevented too great exercise or much exposure. She also taught school at Brier Hill and Crabtree Creek. Like her beloved parents, she adheres to the strict Sabbath day Presbyterian faith, and is careful in church observances. Her farm is managed by her brother-in-law, John S. Mitchell, who has proved a kind and helpful brother. The family is one which is held in the highest esteem all through the county.
NATHANIEL GARDNER DABNEY.
Nathaniel Gardner Dabney was one of the first pioneers at Youngstown, Ohio. He was born at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1776, and died in 1814 at Youngstown, Ohio. His father was Dr. Nathaniel Dabney, and was born about 1750, and married Elizabeth Gardner, who was a daughter of Samuel Gardner, a prominent merchant at Salem and a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1732. Samuel Gardner's wife was Esther Orne, who was a daughter of Timothy and Lois (Pickering) Orne, of Salem. John Picker- ing wedded Sarah Burwell, who was a daughter of Lieutenant John and Lois (Ivory) Burwell, and John Pickering (2) married Alice, daughter of William and Alice Flink.
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Dr. Nathaniel Dabney was lost at sea on his return voyage from Europe. to America in 1784, and his widow, born in 1750, married James Bridges, of Andover, Massachusetts, and after his death married Ebenezer Stephens, of Andover, Massachusetts. Children were born to each marriage, all of whom became distinguished. She died in 1834, aged eighty-four years. Dr. Nathaniel Dabney was a physician and apothecary in Salem, and was a descendant from Robert and Elizabeth Dabney (D'Aubigney), who were French Huguenots. They fled to England in 1685 and settled at Boston prior to 1717, this being the earliest record of the family there. Robert, John and Cornelius emigrated from England about the same time. The family is now to be found in almost every state in the Union, the original spelling of the name having been D'Aubigney. Charles Dabney, father of Dr. Nathianel, married Elizabeth Gardner, December 13, 1739. He died in Boston in 1756, aged thirty-eight years. She was born in 1717 and married, second, Dr. Hurlow, of Boston, and died in 1807. Dr. Dabney was under obligation to England for the kindness extended his ancestors, and hence could not take up arms against that country in the Revolutionary war, and he went to France until the war was over, losing his life on his return voy- age as noted above.
GODFREY HABEGGER.
Godfrey Habegger, one of the progressive residents of Austintown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, owns and operates a fine farm of forty- eight acres, part of which is known as the Miller place. He is not only a farmer, but also a first-class mechanic, and has spent twenty years in one shop. Mr. Habegger is a native of Switzerland, where he was born in 1864. In 188I he came to the United States and completed his apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade, which he had begun in his native land. He located at Youngstown, Ohio, and has lived in its vicinity ever since. For twenty years he has been in the employ of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, and by honesty, integrity and good workmanship made himself a very valued man. At present he is in the employ of the Ohio Steel Company, and is recognized as one of their best general workmen.
In 1896 Mr. Habegger was united in marriage with Miss Louisa, the daughter of Frederick and Martha Karlin, and to this happy union four chil- dren have been born, namely: Martha, born in 1897; Ida, born in 1898; Fred, born in 1899; and an unnamed baby in 1903. Mrs. Habegger was born in Switzerland in 1874, and came to Ohio with her parents. They settled on the farm adjoining the Miller place, which Mr. Karlin now owns and operates. Frederick Karlin was born August 19, 1849, and learned the car-
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penter's trade in his native land, and was also an excellent cheese-maker and farmer. Upon first locating in this county they settled at Alliance, and for some years he and his sons engaged in farming in the vicinity of that city, - and then embarked in steel manufacturing, but, as before stated, he came to Austintown township in 1892. His wife bore the maiden name of Madeline Langercher, and she and all their children were born in Switzerland. The members of the Habegger and Karlin families are all Lutherans or German Reformed Lutherans, and are highly esteemed in the neighborhood by a large circle of friends.
JOHN W. ROGERS.
The picturesque and prosperous county of Monmouth, South Wales, is a portion of Great Britain which has long held high relative precedence in connection with the great iron industry, and from its confines, after re- ceiving excellent discipline in the various details involved in the mining and manufacturing of this great natural product, have come to America many men who have here found ample opportunity for the practical and successful exercise of their abilities along the same line of industrial enterprise, while the prestige of American commerce has been materially advanced through the able and discerning efforts of such representatives of the British isle. Mr. Rogers, who is now incumbent of the office of secretary and treasurer of the Youngstown Steel Casting Company at Youngstown, Mahoning county, has the distinction of being a native son of Monmouthshire, though his par- ents emigrated thence to the United States when he was a mere child, so that his training is purely American, and he is imbued with that progressive spirit which is so characteristic of our great republic. He has developed marked business and executive ability, and has risen to a position of prom- inence in the industrial affairs of the Buckeye state, as is implied in the office which he now holds.
John W. Rogers was born in the town of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, in 1864, being a son of John and Celia (Lewis) Rogers, both of whom were born in Wales, the year of the former's nativity having been 1838. They became the parents of three children, John W., William R. and Richard T. The devoted wife and mother was summoned into eternal rest in 1871, when her eldest son, the subject of this sketch, was a lad of but seven years, and the father subsequently was again married, and had one daughter, Nellie. John Rogers is a pattern-maker by vocation, and is now a resident of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, having emigrated to the United States with his family in the year 1868. He is a son of Richard Rogers, who likewise was
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born in Wales, where his entire life was passed, the lineage of the family tracing back for many generations in that country.
John W. Rogers was about four years of age when his parents came to America, the family locating in the city of Beloit, Wisconsin, where he received his early educational training in the public schools, completing a course in the high school. In 1877 the family returned to Wales, where they remained about a year, and in 1879 they came to Youngstown, Ohio, where our subject secured employment in the Brown-Bonnell rolling mill, his initial services being rendered in the capacity of "hooker," and he continued in the employ of this concern about three years, at the expiration of which he became a salesman in the boot and shoe establishment of Turrell & Cor- nelius, in this city. He was thus engaged until 1896, when he became chief deputy clerk in the office of the probate judge, Hon. George E. Rose being the incumbent at that time. He rendered efficient service in this capac- ity, and was retained in the position under Judge J. Calvin Ewing until June, 1902, when he resigned, for the purpose of accepting his present re- sponsible office as secretary and treasurer of the Youngstown Steel Casting Company.
In 1892 Mr. Rogers was elected to the office of township clerk of Youngstown township, serving until 1896, and thus he has figured as a factor in public affairs, of a local nature. Mr. Rogers is an appreciative and valued member of several fraternal organizations, namely: the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Independent Order of Foresters, while his re- ligious faith is indicated by his membership in the Congregational church, of which Mr. Rogers is likewise a member. In 1886 Mr. Rogers was united in marriage to Miss Margaret E. Wilson, daughter of John Key Wilson, of Girard, Ohio, and they have three children, Worthington Otis, Harriet Celia and Clifford.
CALVIN PIERCE.
Calvin Pierce, of Youngstown, who has just passed the seventieth milestone of his life's journey, deserves mention not only on account of his loyal services in the war of the rebellion and for his long retention among the employes of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, but because of his descent from one of the old families of the United States. He is the son of Jonas Pierce, a successful Massachusetts farmer, and of Martha Edgell Pierce, and he and his father are descendants in the eighth and ninth generations, respectively, of John Pierce (Pers), who came from Norwich,
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Norfolk county, England, and was one of the first settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts.
Calvin Pierce was born in South Gardner, Massachusetts, July 7, 1833, later moved to the west, and in October, 1853, entered the employ of the Ohio Chair Company at Newburg, Ohio. He was getting well started in life when the Civil war broke out, and he enlisted from Cuyahoga county, Ohio, October 4, 1861, to serve three years. He was mustered into service, November 27, 1861, at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, as a private of Cap- tain Charles P. Jewett's Company G, Forty-second Regiment, Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, Col. James A. Garfield, commanding. On May 2, 1862, Mr. Pierce was promoted to second sergeant, March 25, 1863, to orderly ser- geant, July 11, 1863, to second lieutenant, May 25, 1864, to first lieutenant, and from July 30, 1863, to November 12, 1863, was acting adjutant. He received an honorable discharge on December 2, 1864, at the expiration of his term of service.
Mr. Pierce was in the internal revenue service for about four years; in March, 1865, was employed as assistant assessor of internal revenue of the ninth division, eighteenth collection district of Ohio; he was postal clerk from Buffalo, New York, to Toledo, Ohio, during the year 1872, and was appointed agent of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad in 1873 for the station of Youngstown, Ohio, and he energetically and conscien- tiously filled that position for nearly thirty years, resigning December 15, 1902, and is at present pensioned by the railroad company on account of ill health.
Mr. Pierce is a member of the Republican party. With his excellent record during the Civil war, he naturally takes much interest in the Grand Army of the Republic, and belongs to Tod Post No. 29, Department of Ohio, and is also a member of the Loyal Legion. Fraternally he affiliates with the Masonic Order and the Royal Arcanum. December 7, 1865, Mr. Pierce married Cordelia F. Lockwood, in Cleveland, Ohio, and of this union were born Herbert E., Lillian F. and Alice L., but Lillian F. is the only one sur- viving infancy. Mr. Pierce has no cause for regret as he looks over his career of useful activity, and he is profoundly respected by all the citizens of Youngstown.
ADDISON MARSHELL CLARK, M. D.
Two generations of this branch of the Clark family have been identified with the great profession of medicine. Mathew Henderson Clark, the father of the well known Youngstown physician, was a skilled and popular prac- titioner at Washington, Pennsylvania, where he carried on his practice for
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forty years, and he also served for one hundred days in the Civil war, in 1863. He was born in Washington county, of that state, in 1810, and lived to be sixty-eight years of age. He married Rebecca Blaine Marshell, (also spelled Marshall) and they had four children: Margaret, the wife of Howard Hazlett, of Wheeling, West Virginia; A. M. Clark; David W., of Boston, Massachusetts ; Janet M., residing at Washington, Pennsylvania. The mother of these children died in October, 1901.
Addison Marshell is thus the second, in his father's family, and was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1857. He passed all his younger years in the town of Washington, where he received good com- mon school advantages. He next took a full literary course in the famous old school, Washington and Jefferson College, where he was graduated in 1877. As he had decided that medicine was to be his profession, he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he com- pleted the course and received his degree of M. D. in 1880. He was ap- pointed interne at the West Penn Hospital at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and the following year was spent in that institution in the acquirement of addi- tional knowledge and practical experience. He then came directly to Youngs- town, and from the date of the opening of his office there in 1881 until the present he has been an energetic, conscientious and increasingly successful physician.
In 1887 Dr. Clark was married at Youngstown to Reinette, daughter of John W. Ford, of Albany, New York. The two children of this union are Margery and Edward Ford Clark. Dr. Clark is not a politician in any sense of the term, but he rejoices and takes a keen interest in the welfare of his party, the Republican. He is one of the foremost Masons of the vicinity, having taken the thirty-second degree of that ancient order. In the line of his profession he belongs to the Mahoning County Medical Association and to the Cleveland Medical Society. He attends the Episcopal church.
WILLIAM P. DUNLAP.
William P. Dunlap is a descendant of one of the pioneers of Mahoning county, Ohio, his grandfather William having been among the first to settle in that locality, near what is now known as Mineral Ridge. William mar- ried Rachel Frazer, and they owned about four hundred acres of land. The grandmother was a native of Germany. In religion they were strict Pres- byterians. The grandfather always advocated all measures he deemed would advance the best interests of the community. The children born to this wor- thy couple were: Jonathan, Rachel, Josiah, Stephen, Chauncy, Perry,
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Mary A. and Peggy A., the last two being twins. These children all grew to be of importance, and stood well in the estimation of their neighbors.
Of the above mentioned family Jonathan was the father of our subject, and was born in Trumbull county in 1808. He chose for his occupation the life of a farmer, and he owned one hundred acres of fine land, with which he was very successful. In 1852 he removed to Hancock county, Ohio, and there owned one hundred and sixty acres. His wife bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Philips, and to them were born eight children, namely: Sally, Eli, William P., Harlow, Lemuel, Oliver, Mary, and one that died in in- fancy. These children were all born at Mineral Ridge, and of them only two are now living, while the father died in 1868, and his widow in 1878.
William P. Dunlap was born in Mineral Ridge, August 13, 1832, and was reared and educated there. When young he learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1850 began working at that calling, continuing along that line until quite recently. In 1855 he was married to Miss Sarah Blunt, and there was one child, Addie, born to them. Mrs. Dunlap died in 1867. In 1868 Mr. Dunlap married Miss Harriet Van Vlut, and by her he had these chil- dren, namely : Richard H., Elma L. Jones, Clyde, Minnie A. and Eva E. Mrs. Dunlap was born in Pennsylvania in 1839. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap are consistent members of the Christian church of Mineral Ridge.
The farm owned by Mr. Dunlap consists of fifty-five acres, and he also owns a fine farm south of Mineral Ridge, which has been in his possession since 1874. During his life in the township, Mr. Dunlap has served as trus- tee of the township, and is a man who stands very high in the estimation of all who know him.
The Van Vlut family is an old one in Ohio, and it is traced back to German origin. The grandfather of Mrs. Dunlap owned about two hundred acres of land and reared a family of twelve children. In the family of his son Richard there were four children, all of whom are living. The members of this old and substantial family are numbered to-day among the progressive, enterprising and wealthy people of the several communities in which they make their homes, and those who have any connection with the family may be proud of the stock from which they have sprung.
THOMAS JOSEPH MALLOY.
Thomas Joseph Malloy is the efficient roller at the Mahoning Valley rolling mills at Youngstown, and his residence is at 38 Madison avenue. He was born December 28, 1858, at Marietta, Ohio, a grandson of Michael Malloy, who was born in 1806 and with his bride came to America from
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Ireland in 1824. The name of his wife was Margaret Quigly, and they reared two daughters and six sons, one of these, Peter Malloy, still being a resident of Marietta, where the grandfather of our subject died. He was a contractor on public works at Philadelphia and Marietta, reaching the latter place from Pittsburg on a raft.
The father of our subject was also named Michael, and was born in Philadelphia, October 14, 1831. His wife was Bridget Hines, who was born in 1840 in county Galway, Ireland, and came with her parents to America in 1853. She was the daughter of Edward and Mary (Malloy) Hines, the former of whom was a college graduate, and was a fluent speaker both in the English and Gaelic languages, and was also a fine Latin scholar. He was engaged in government work in Cincinnati, and died in Alabama in 1891, aged sixty-one years. Mrs. Bridget (Hines) Malloy, who was married in Cincinnati at the age of fifteen years, still retains her fine home and other property in Cincinnati, and Mr. Malloy died in Birmingham, Alabama, in I891.
Our subject is the eldest of the six children born to his parents, the others being: Edward, an iron worker at Cincinnati, has eight children; Mary married William N. Leffel, and died at the age of twenty-two years, leaving two daughters; Bernard died aged two and one-half years; Hannah is the wife of Samuel Gray, of Cincinnati; and Bernard (2) died aged six months.
Thomas J. Malloy was educated in the schools at Marietta, although he ended his school days at the age of thirteen years as he wanted to go into the iron mills. He became a straightener in the Marietta mills, and then went to Portsmouth in the same capacity, then to Ashland, Kentucky, and then to Parkersburg, Virginia. Here he had charge of the transfer of cars on the Ohio river, all this time being with his father. Mr. Malloy always earned good wages, and for a long time was accustomed to give his mother the sum of five dollars every day. The family home was changed as the father's and son's work changed from place to place. In 1874 Mr. Malloy returned to Cincinnati and worked as roller, then to Aurora, Indiana, where he remained five years. He worked also at Cleveland and at Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Malloy owns valuable property at Youngstown. His pres- ent home is one of luxury and comfort, and he takes much pleasure in his fine library.
On September II, 1879, he married Miss Sarah Nightengale, who was born in Staffordshire, England, in 1858, and is a daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Heathcote) Nightengale, who came to America in 1870, the father being an iron worker. They reared six children, Mrs. Malloy being the third
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in order of birth. Mrs. Nightengale died in Birmingham in 1884, aged forty-nine years, and the father died in 1893, aged fifty-four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Malloy have lost one little son, Thomas Joseph. The surviving children are: Lulu, the wife of John Conway, of Cleveland, was married at the age of seventeen years, and has two children; Edward Aaron was born April 25, 1883, at Louisville, Kentucky, and he is assistant roller to his father; and Sarah Elizabeth, who was born March 13, 1890, at Birm- ingham, Alabama, is a bright young lady, very talented in music. Mr. Malloy is a very prominent member of the Order of Elks, in which he has passed all the chairs. He is identified with the Republican party. With his mother he affiliates with the Catholic church.
CHARLES WESTLAKE.
Charles Westlake, bookkeeper and expert accountant with the Witch Hazel Coal Company, of Youngstown, was born in this city, February 9, 1854, and is a son of Covington Westlake, who was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1825. His grandfather, Josiah Westlake, was born in England, and there married Hysobeth Willard. She died early, leav- ing two sons and two daughters, namely: Susan; Covington; Aaron, a resi- dent of Salineville, Ohio, a wealthy retired farmer; Sarah, widow of Andrew Lyons, who left six children. The grandfather was a farmer in Pennsylvania, and died within a few years after coming to Ohio, and was buried on the spot now occupied by the court house square. Later his remains were re- moved to the beautiful city cemetery.
The mother of our subject was Laura J. Dabney, and she is a daughter of Gardner and Catherine (Van Wye) Dabney. The Dabneys came from France, and the name was originally D'Aubigne. They were early citizens at Boston, Massachusetts. Gardner Dabney was a son of Nathaniel and Mary (Kiefer) Dabney. He was college bred, and came of intellectual and wealthy ancestry. The family was an early one in the settlement of Ma- honing county, Ohio, coming about 1796, and grandfather Dabney was born here in 1807. Our subject's mother was one of six children. She was finely educated, and taught her first term of school at the age of sixteen years. She married Covington Westlake, March 12, 1850, when twenty years old, and they began housekeeping in the house where her father was born, and where her grandmother, Mary (Kiefer) Dabney, died in 1858, aged eighty years. Her grandmother was a native of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and her husband was one of the first three cash purchasers of land in this section, and owned a large tract, many of the iron and steel plants of the locality be-
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