History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Part 66

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia : Williams brothers
Number of Pages: 458

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BANKING.

The Conneaut Mutual Loan Association was organized April 20, 1871, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, in shares of two hundred and fifty dollars each. The first board of directors consisted of Cyrus Cleveland, Ahner Kellogg, Josiah Hicks, H. D. Cook, E. A. Keyes, S. Hayward, and J. S. Stearns; C. Cleveland, president, and S. Hayward, cashier. January 1, 1872, S. Hayward was elected president, and E. A. Higgins cashier. In April, 1874, Mr. Higgins

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retired, and Charles Hayward was appointed teller, and January 1, 1875, elected cashier. The officers for 1878 are: Directors, C. Cleveland, Charles Hall, Hiram Judson, S. J. Smith, S. Hayward, Conneaut; A. Kellogg, Jefferson ; L. D. Kel- logg, Ashtabula ; S. Hayward, president; Charles Hayward, cashier. The asso- ciation owns and occupies nineteen fect front of Monroe block, corner Main and Washington streets, three stories and basement, valued at three thousand six hundred dollars.

CONNEAUT CEMETERY.

A more beautiful spot for a burial-place is rarely to be found. Located in the southwestern part of the village, on a fine rise of ground that forms a portion of the north bank of Conneaut creek, it has a natural beauty and adaptation to the purposes for which it is used, which, supplemented by the great pains taken by the citizens in their efforts to further beautify it, make it one of the finest

CONNEAUT MILLS

CONNEA

CONNEAUT STEAM FLOURING MILLS.

BENTON, AYERS & CUSHING, PROPRIETORS, CONNEAUT, OHIO.

The last published statement, made April 1, 1878, shows the condition of the bank to be as follows :

RESOURCES.

Loans on real estate ..

$21,060.00

All other loans and discounts

137.808.26

Due from other banks.

9,301.06

Real estate ..

3,600.00

Furniture and fixtures.

1,543.86

Current expenses and interest.

2,316.08

Cash items.

115.00

Gold, $123.28 ; silver, $300.

423.28

National bank notes

4,593.15

Total

$180,760.69

LIABILITIES.

Capital stock.

$80,000.00

Surplus fund

3,600.00

Undivided profits

4,474.06

Dividends unpaid ..

60.00

Individual deposits

91,664.73

Due to banks and bankers.

961.90

Total

$180,760.69

cemeteries to be found anywhere in towns of similar size. 'Squire Aaron Wright, one of the first settlers of this township, in the year 1826 made a donation to the village of one acre of ground, which the present limits of the cemetery now in- clude, and afterwards adjacent ground was added, until now it embraces about ten acres. The cemetery contains many very elegant and costly monuments, and the people are justified in taking great pride in their beautiful cemetery.

TOWN HALL.

This fine structure-an engraving of which may be seen elsewhere in this vol- ume-was built in 1876, and cost twenty thousand dollars. It is a two-story brick building, fifty by eighty feet, containing in the first story (fifteen feet high) the mayor's office, the clerk's office, the voting-room, fireman's room, engine- rooms, and lock-up, and in the second story (twenty-two feet high) a large, fine hall, capable of seating about six hundred people. This elegant building reflects great credit on the people of Conneaut, and shows them to be animated with the spirit of enterprise and progress.

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The present officers of the village (1878) are A. M. Cox, mayor ; Charles Hay- ward, recorder; Dr. E. D. Merriam, J. N. Fredericks, H. A. Blood, Hiram Jud- son, S. Hayward, and Dr. A. K. Fifield, councilmen ; S. B. Atwood, Dr. E. D. Merriam, Dr. H. W. Simons, S. J. Smith, Hiram Judson, and Harry Hollis, members of school-board; C. W. Hall, treasurer; G. W. Allen, marshal; A. Jennings, C. Cleveland, and M. D. Townsend, cemetery directors,-A. Jennings, superintendent.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HON. DANIEL C. ALLEN.

Among those who are widely known to and highly esteemed by the people of this county is he whose name heads this sketch. Prominently connected with the material interests of the county, and especially of his own township, which he lahored in a signal manner to promote ; occupying a position as the editor of an influential newspaper, which, through many years, carried his name, his words, and his influence to the firesides of a large number of residents in the county ; stanch and persistent in the advocacy of measures calculated to improve the habits and morals of his fellow-men ; his has heen a career of which any citizeu might well feel proud.

Mr. Allen was born in Sommer Hill, Cortland county, New York, January 10, 1818. He died in Conneaut. Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 5, 1878. When fifteen years of age he commenced to learn the printer's trade at Cortland, New York, and in 1837 came to Conneaut, Ohio, and began work in the Gazette office. In the following January he associated himself with a Mr. Finch, and began the publication of the only daily paper ever published in Ashtabula County. It was called The Budget. It was devoted chiefly to news relating to the troubles in Canada at that time. Mr. Allen, as soon as navigation opened, walked to the harbor-two and a half miles-every evening to gather the latest intelligence, upon the arrival of the daily steamer from Buffalo, for his paper, which would appear the next morning, and on which he would work until a late hour in the night, so as to issue it early in the morning, and have it delivered by carriers to its readers at breakfast-time. The Gazette suspended June 12, 1841, for lack of patronage, but on the 11th day of September, of the same year, its publication was resumed by Messrs. Allen and Tait. In September of the year 1842, Mr. Allen retired from connection with the paper, and the following April it ceased to exist. The inconvenience of not having a newspaper was soon appreciated by the people of Conneaut, and in the winter of 1843-44, Mr. Allen raised a small amount of money, went to Buffalo, and purchased new material, which he transported from that place as one wagon-load, and in January of 1844 issued the first number of the Conneaut Reporter. The struggle for a long time was a severe one. It re- quired great business tact, indomitable perseverance, rigid economy, and unremit- ting toil to establish the paper on a paying basis. Mr. Allen possessing in a high degree these essentials, succeeded when most other men would have failed. Under his management the paper became remunerative for the lahor expended upon it. It seldom happens in the history of journalism that so long and fierce a battle, with seemingly insurmountable obstacles, is so successfully maintained, and in the end so signally won, as was the case in this instance. In 1860 he sold the estab- lishment to John P. Rieg, Esq., the present proprietor of the Reporter.

To show the character of Mr. Allen and to illustrate his adherence to principle and to his convictions, we give the following incident in his life :

In the spring of 1847, at the township election, when a vote was taken for " license" and " no license," Mr. Allen, being a stanch temperance man, took a decided stand against license. The feeling ran high, and the excitement was great. The license men were bitterly incensed against Mr. Allen for his course. After counting the vote and ascertaining that the license party had been successful, Mr. Allen was called out into a shed and was faced by two men with whips in their hands, since quite prominent citizens, who demanded a retraction in his paper of what he had said against license. This he refused to do, and the men would un- doubtedly have executed their threats of violence but for the timely arrival of some of Mr. Allen's friends. In the next issue of the paper, instead of a retraction, ap- peared a full account of the dastardly attack, with the names of the two assailants published in full.

He lost about fifty subscribers from among the license party, but this fact nor nothing else could make him swerve from his honest convictions.

In 1858 and 1859, MIr. Allen represented his county in the Ohio house of rep- resentatives. His name being the first on the roll of members, he was invariably called upon for the first " aye" or " no" on all questions, and so prompt and de- cided were his responses that the house tendered him a unanimous vote of com- inendation on the last day of its session. In March, 1861, he was made postmaster

at Conneaut, and retained the office six years. These offices he filled acceptahly to the people and creditably to himself.

On the 16th day of February, 1840, he was united in marriage with Rachel L. Gifford, daughter of Elijah and Esther Stevens Gifford, of Conneaut. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have been the parents of six children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows :

Oscar E., born December 9, 1840, died September 24, 1871 ; Lydia E., born May 18, 1845 ; Henry C., born January 26, 1849; Jeannette W., born April 30, 1852 ; Mary A., born December 28, 1858 ; Laura F., born January 7, 1861. The eldest son married Martha Houston, May 4, 1866; Lydia E. became the wife of Corwin N. Payne, October 2, 1867 ; Henry C. married May E. Fowler, July 19, 1868.

Mr. Allen was for forty years a member of the Baptist church. He was a prominent and influential member of the Republican party. He was connected with a lodge of Good Templars, and was ever, both in his life and teaching, a strong advocate of temperance. For more than twenty years he was a prominent member of the Conneaut Agricultural society, holding the office of secretary and treasurer of that society for about eighteen years from its organization. His life was one of great usefulness, and his death was deeply and widely deplored.

DR. DAVID WEBSTER RAYMOND

was born in the town of Austerlitz, county of Columbia, and State of New York, on the 7th day of November, 1808, he being the sixth of a family of nine chil- dren, as follows : Margarette, Lucretia, Cynthia, Isaac, William, David W., Betsey M., James N., and Catherine. In the winter of 1819, the family moved from Austerlitz to West Springfield, Erie county, Pennsylvania, where the doctor's father, Jacob Raymond, died March 28, 1829 ; while his mother, Elizabeth, died at his residence in Conneaut, August 25, 1851. At the age of twenty-three, he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Fenton, of Conneaut, finishing his course with Dr. Peck, of Attica, Genesee county, New York, and graduating on the 14th day of January, 1833, in the Fairfield Medical college, county of Herki- mer, and State of New York, his diploma bearing the signature of the venerahle Dr. Wested Willoughby, June 22. 1833. He established himself as a physician in Rome, Ashtabula County, remaining there a few months upwards of two years. In November, 1833, he came to Conneaut, and formed a copartnership with the late Dr. Greenleaf Fifield, which existed until July 11, 1839. May 1, 1836, he was married to Frances J., daughter of Dr. L. L. and Jerusha C. Chester, of Rome. By this marriage three children were born, as follows : Ellen A., May +, 1837. She was liherally educated, and became a most accomplished musician. November 30, 1871, she was married to Mr. James W. Sutherland, of Neodesha, Kansas, where she is still living. Lee Chester, the second child, was born April 27, 1843. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the Second Ohio Battery, serv- ing for thirteen months as a corporal, when he was honorably discharged on ac- count of sickness. Restored to health, in the spring of 1864 he commenced the study of medicine with his father, finishing his course with Dr. J. C. Huhhard, of Ashtabula, and receiving his diploma from the Bellevue Hospital Medical col- lege, New York city, February 28, 1867. Having graduated with honor, he established himself in his father's office, where he practiced until February, 1873. September 12, 1867, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Burgess. February 27, 1873, accompanied by his wife, he went to San Francisco, California, where he continued with marked success in the practice of medicine until the time of his death, which occurred May 15, 1876, leaving his widow and an only son, Lee Burgess Raymond, who was born May 3, 1874, to mourn his untimely death. His remains, accompanied by his wife and child, were hrought to Conneaut for burial, and now rest by the side of those of his father. Henry Atkins, the youngest, was born October 30, 1845, and died July 2. 1846.

December 4, 1848, his wife Frances J. died, and March 4, 1850, he was again married to Miss Mary L., eldest daughter of Thomas and Lucretia Gibson. From this marriage no children were born, and Mrs. Raymond is still living.

Dr. Raymond died in Conneaut, Juue 18, 1865, in the fifty-seventh year of his age. For thirty-three years he had been a leading and most universally success- ful physician. He was loved and respected by all who knew him. The imme- diate cause of his death was the result of an injury which he received at the age of fourteen, and which had made him a cripple for life.

CAPTAIN ONEY SALISBURY

is the youngest of a family of six children. He was born in Cortland county, New York, in the year 1812. His parents were Olender and Rebecca Tolbert Salisbury, the former of whom was horn in Gloucester, Rhode Island, October 19, 1772, and the latter in Killingly, Connecticut. The family removed to Ohio,

PLIN SMITH

MRS. PLIN SMITH.

PHOTO Br BLAKESLEE & NOORE.

GEN. HENRY KEYES.

DR. D.W. RAYMOND (CONNEAUT. OMID)

HON. D.C. ALLEN. ( CONNEAUT, OHIO.)

NELSON BURINGTON .

A.C. DIBBLE.

AUNT LYDIA KING.

BENONI ANDREWS.

MRS. B. ANDREWS.

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and located in Conneaut township, in October, 1822. The father died here in 1850, and the inother some three years previous. Captain Salisbury was educated prior to his removal to Ohio. At the age of fourteen years he commenced his seafaring life as a cook on the " Conneaut Packet ;" was on her two scasons, then went " before the mast" on the " New Connecticut" two seasons. The season of 1834 he was in command of the sloop " Dart," and the following spring sailed as captain of the schooner " Commercial ;" and from this time until the year 1865, when he retired to his farm, he sailed as commander on eight sail- and eleven steam-vessels. Two years of this time, however, viz., 1849 and 1850, he re- mained ashore, and during this time built the Empire flouring-mill at Conneaut. This was a fine mill. During the entire time the eaptain sailed he never mnet with any serious misfortune, and never cost an insurance company one dollar ; and when he retired he was well and favorably known throughout the entire chain of lakes. On December 10, 1837, Captain Salisbury was married to Miss Sarah Benjamin. The children of this marriage are as follows : Loren G., born Novem- ber 19, 1838, married Ellen Castle, resides in Conneaut ; Ellen A., born May, 1840, married Theron A. Macumber ; Frank D., born December 3, 1843, married M. E. Griswold,-he, with Milo O., who was born December 24, 1844, and married Ida Parker, resides on the old homestead. The next three children are deceased, viz., Sarah B., Mary E., and Oncy W. The captain and his esti- mable wife are regular attendants at the Christian church at Conneaut. Politi- cally, Captain Salisbury is stanch and true to the teachings of the Republican party, as arc his sons. He was an Odd-Fellow from the commencement of a lodge in Conneaut till its close, and is at present a member of Evergreen lodge, F. and A. Masons, of Conneaut, Ohio.

NELSON A. BURINGTON*

was born in Burke, Caledonia county, State of Vermont, September 8, 1807. He removed to Ohio with his parents in 1819, and died in Conneaut, Ohio, March 6, 1877. Mr. Burington was well and popularly known as a man of high character and standing. He was an accomplished and thoroughly scientific mechanic, skillful, and competent for any position as an artisan and builder. His name and avocation have been for the past thirty years or more identified with the building and completion of the United States public works upon the entire chain of lakes, and perhaps no other individual has filled so prominent a position in this line of duty as Mr. Burington. He was engaged upon nearly all the public improvements from Mackinaw to Buffalo, consisting of light-houses, beacon-lights, public piers, jetties, etc. He possessed a singular and happy power of attraction, and secured the respect and affection of all those with whom he was engaged ; especially was this the case with the United States topographical engineers, their assistants, clerks, etc.

As an artisan his experience was ripened by long services ; his judgment good, sound, and reliable. Thus was it easy for him to win and retain confidence in his ability, integrity, and purity of character.

He was a member of the Masonie lodge in Conneaut, Ohio, and by the order highly esteemed for his many virtues and excellent qualities.

In the death of Mr. Burington, a man of exalted standing was removed, leaving a void that cannot easily be filled. His death was deeply lamented.

He was married, in the year 1836, to Miss Mary A. Lewis, of Conneaut, who survives him as his widow. Their issue was seven children, three of whom have died and four survive,-two sons and two daughters. They are all married.

THOMAS GIBSON

was born in Windham county, Connecticut, on the 6th day of September, 1800. He is the sixth of a family of nine, the children of James and Elizabeth Gibson, of the before-mentioned point, and who resided there until their decease. Mr. Gibson was educated at the district school in his native place, and for some nine years after attaining his majority was employed in the cotton-mills in different parts of Connecticut. At the age of thirty years (1830) he removed to Ohio, and located in the same township which is now his home. Soon after his arrival he became a partner in the firm of Farnham & Gibson, and crected the grist-mill yet known as the " Farnham mill." There was also a saw-mill in connection. He continued in this business some three years, when he disposed of his interest and purchased and located upou the farm he now occupies,-lots 42 and 54,-consisting at present of two hundred acres. The business of his life since his occupancy of the farm has been that of stock-raising and farming. He has served as trustec of Conneaut township for some fourteen years ; was first elected in 1842. Mr. Gibson was united in marriage, on December 23, 1822, to Lucretia, daughter of Thomas and

Abigail Farnham, of Hampton, Windham county, Connecticut. From this union have been born to them the following children, viz. : Charles C., born April 11, 1824, married Loanda Moon (deceased) ; Mary L., born January 6, 1826, married Dr. D. W. Raymond, and now resides in Conneaut village; Maria E., boru January 22, 1828, married James M. Fifield, also a resident of Conneaut ; Henry C., born May 2, 1832 (died young) ; Julia L., born September 8, 1834, married George C. Brown, now living in Jefferson county, Kansas; John M., born January 25, 1838, married Roxy R. Burington, is living on the old homestead; Thomas F., born May 9, 1840, married Mary Clark, resides in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Politi- cally, Mr. Gibson is heartily in sympathy with the Republican party, and his religious views are in unison with the teachings of the Universalist church.

A. C. DIBBLE,

the son of Ezra and Deborah Dibble, was born in the State of New York, August 10, 1810. Mr. A. C. Dibble has resided in the township of Conncaut since 1825. His father was a native of Massachusetts, where he was born June 30, 1778, and his mother, of Conneaut. The date of her birth is November 14, 1781. His mother died in Conneaut township, August 7, 1848, and his father in the same place, February 15, 1856. Mr. Dibble came to Ashtabula County with his parents in 1810. His education was such as he was able to acquire in the common district schools during the winter months of his boyhood. Mr. Dib- ble is a useful and worthy citizen, and has ever been held in high esteem by his fellow-denizens. He has held numerous offices in his township; has been justice of the peace since 1854; has held the office of township trustce and assessor. In 1834, March 15, he was united in marriage with Diadena de Marauville. Their children have been Deborah A., born October 10, 1841, who was married to Rufus Frock, and now living in Amboy ; and Ezra H. Dibble, born October 3, 1844, is married and is living in Dallas county, Iowa. Mr. Dibble lost his wife April 27, 1874, and on the 1st day of October, 1876, married Ellen MI. Fuller, with whom he is now living. A Republican in politics aud a member of the Free and Ac- cepted Masonic society, he occupies an influential positiou among his neighbors, by all of whom he is held in high estcem.

ELISHA FARNHAM.

This gentleman was of Puritan origin. His father and grandfather partici- pated in the Revolutionary struggle, and he inherited the same spirit of loyalty. He contributed liberally in aid of the flag during the Rebellion. Mr. Farn- ham was born in Hampton, Connecticut, June 8, 1806, and was the sixth of a family of ten children. His parents, Thomas and Abigail Farnham, were by no means wealthy, and his advantages for schooling were limited, yet he acquired a good common-school education. Being the eldest son, he was, at an carly age, obliged to rely on his own resources ; beside, a portion of his wages were contrib- uted to the support of his father's family. He learned the machinist trade, and it is said was a skillful workman. In the fall of 1830 he packed his worldly effects in a knapsack and came to Conneaut, Ohio, locating on land still occupied by his heirs. He crected in 1841 the grist-mill on the south ridge, still in operation,-at present owned by his son. Mr. Farnham, with good health, a strict adherence to business, and a Connecticut birthright combined, accumu- lated a competence. His death occurred on October 4, 1875. Mr. Farnham was twice married : first to Mary A. Ring, of Couneaut, Ohio, November 14, 1833. This lady died August 11, 1849, and on January 30, 1850, he was again married ; this time to Mrs. Harriet A. Sanborn, who is still living. The children, who were all born from the first marriage, are as follows: D. Alphonso, born June 5, 1835, married Sophia Brooks ; he was a soldier of the Union army during the Rebellion, and died in the service. Flora, the next child, was born June 12, 1837 ; she is now the wife of our popular sheriff, T. S. Young. P. Henry, born November 14, 1838, married Mary Mallory, and lives in Conncaut. Mary, born February 27, 1841, married Martin Reals. Lydia E., born March 30, 1843, married C. L. Fuller, who was drowned in Lake Erie. Emily, the last child, was born September 21, 1847 ; married Wm. G. Buss. Mr. Farnham held many positions of trust, and was for many years a township officer. He was uot only a worthy citizen, but an obliging neighbor and an indulgent husband and father.

MRS. LYDIA KING.

This lady, who is the widow of Benjamin Howard King, is daughter of Avery and Lydia Proctor Moulton, whose nativity was, the former, Amesbury, Massa- chusetts, and the latter Kingston, New Hampshire. Mrs. King was born in London, New Hampshire, in May, 1794. Her parents removed to Stanstead,

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where her father died in 1825. The mother came to Ohio, and died in Conneaut, November. 1565. The education of Mrs. King was acquired at Stanstead ; was married in 181s. and her husband died in 1-52. and left her on a farm, but hav- ing no heirs, the property reverted to her husband's brothers. She, however, bought them ont, and eventually sold the farm to the late D. C. Allen. Mrs. King is a very worthy woman, and has been a member of the Christian church for more than fifty-five years.

CALVIN POOLE, JR.

Calvin Poole, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Connecticut. When twenty years of age removed to . the State of New York, and, it is said, taught the first school west of the Genesee river. His wife was Hannalı Per- kins. Of their four children, Calvin was the youngest, and is now the only one living. He was born in Genesce, Livingston county, New York, on April 22, 1811. His parents removed to Wheatland, New York, in 1812, and his mother died there in 1>13. In the year 1819, Calvin was " bound out" to one Francis Smith ; remained with him until 1832, and during this time was not allowed the advantages of school. After leaving him, drove team one year, for twelve dollars per month. On December 1, 1834, he was married to Miss Harriet Trowbridge, and started soon for Ohio. Ile, however, went no farther than Allegheny county, New York. Here he made his first purchase of land. This was forty acres, for which he paid four hundred dollars. Remained on this farm only one year, when he sold out, and again started westward, halting this time at North East, Penn- sylvania, for one year, and from this time until the date of his removal to Con- neaut (February, 1873) resided in New York and Pennsylvania. While in New York did some military duty ; was in 1841 appointed on the staff of Colonel Stoner. One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Regiment, receiving his commission from Hon. William H. Seward. In 1855 was appointed steward of the Erie county almshouse, and retained the position until his removal to Ohio, as above. In April, 1874, began the mercantile business, in connection with Jno. A. Cald- well, at Conneaut village, and is yet engaged in that avocation. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Poole are as follows : Dolly M., who was born August 14, 1836; her present husband is C. R. Buchling ; resides at Erie, Pennsylvania. Daniel P., born August 22, 1537 ; died October, 1859. Delia D., born November 26, 1838 ; married John A. Caldwell ; resides at Conneaut, Ohio. Emeline E., born March 15, 1840 ; married Bensone Bingham ; home at North East, Pennsylvania. John C., born November 9, 1842; enlisted August, 1862, in One Hundred and Forty- fifth Pennsylvania; was wounded May 12, 1864, at battle of the Wilderness, in left knee, from which it became necessary to amputate the limb ; this he endured with hervic fortitude : was removed to Fredericksburg, and died there on the 26th of same month. Almost his last words were, "I am glad that I died for my country." The next child was Henry P., who was born November 18, 1843; he married Mary W. Brown; lives in Conneaut. Harriet S., the last child, born September 20, 1850, married Dennis McCarty, and is uow resident of Ashtabula. Politically, Mr. Poole is a Republican, and feels a just " pride in belonging to that grand party." There are perhaps few men in the township who have battled with the strong current any more successfully than has he, and in closing he pays to his companion in life the highest compliment possible : " She always made our home pleasant.

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History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Part 66

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.) Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Philadelphia : Williams brothers Number of Pages: 458

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia : Williams brothers
Number of Pages: 458