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were born in Canada and still reside there. Their family consisted of four children: Caro- line, who married Andrew Jamieson, a farmen of Inverness, . Quebec, and has four children; Robert, deceased; Alexander, our subject ; and William, who resides at home.
Alexander Cruikshank received his pri- mary and also his academic education at Inver- ness, Quebec. He was graduated from the medical department of McGill University at Montreal in 1895, and then practiced two years at Inverness, going from there to San Marcial. New Mexico, as division surgeon for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. He continued with that corporation for five years, the position affording him most valuable experience, and then moved to Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania. £ In the spring of 1904 he located in the village of Han- over, Columbiana County, where he con- tinued about a year, and a half, re- moving on October 1, 1905, to the city of Salem. He was very successful in his work at Hanover and it is expected that he will take his place among the most prominent practi- tioners of medicine of the city where he now makes his home.
Dr. Cruikshank has an interesting family. In 1897 he was married at the home of his bride's uncle, William Black, a leading mer- chant of Coburg, Ontario, to Grace Ethelwyn Black, who is a daughter of Dr. Charles Black, of Pittsburg. They have two children, viz: Charles Lyman, who was born at Inverness, Quebec, in January, 1898; and Kenneth Mel- rose, who was born at San Marcial, New Mexi- co, in June, 1902. Dr. and Mrs. Cruikshank are members of the Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Foresters.
HARLES W. HARRIS, the head of the great label-printing business of Harris & Company, at Salem, is one of the leading men of the northern section of Columbiana County. He was born in 1845 at Salem, and is a son of the late Dr. John and Mary ( Trescott) Harris and grandson of Jacob Harris.
GEORGE FREDERICK
MRS. SARAH B. FREDERICK
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The Harris family was one well known in Adams County, Pennsylvania, prior to the Revolutionary War, the paternal grandfather's home being in that section of the State during the continuance of the struggle for indepen- dence. Jacob Harris subsequently removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, and settled on a farm in the vicinity of Salem, where he re- sided many years and then located in Stark County, where he died. His son, Dr. John Harris, was born in Adams County, Pennsyl- vania, in 1808, and in 1839 accompanied his parents to Ohio. Shortly afterward he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Ben- jamin Stanton at Salem, and later entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He practiced medicine at Salem until 1855 and then became interested in dentistry, which he fol- lowed until the close of his life.
Dr. Harris was a very prominent citizen of Salem, serving many times as its mayor and being identified for years with its educational interests. In religious belief he was a Quaker. and was one of the agents of the "Underground Railroad," that mysterious system of trans- portation by which slaves were assisted to free- dom. He married Mary Trescott, a daughter of Samuel C. and Sophia ( Lane) Trescott. Mr. and Mrs. Trescott were members of the Connecticut colony which settled in the West- ern Reserve, Ohio, when that section was claimed by Connecticut. Two sons were born to Dr. Harris and wife, viz: Augustus H., who died in January. 1903, and Charles W., the subject of this review.
Charles W. Harris was reared and edu- cated at Salem and in early manhood turned his attention to civil engineering and thus be- came connected with the Pennsylvania Canal, with headquarters at Harrisburg. In 1876 he returned to Salem and in association with his brother, Augustus H., he purchased a label- printing business, which, although established in 1869, up to this time had not been energetic- ally pushed. When Mr. Harris entered into the business, he brought business capacity and progressive spirit and the effects of the same are seen in the great development of this concern until his clients are found all over the United
States and in a number of foreign countries. He has now one of the largest industries of its kind in Ohio. He supplies mainly manufac- turers and druggists.
Mr. Harris is identified with the Republi- can party but in no sense is a politician, consent- ing to serve only in those civic offices which advance the communtiy along educational and philanthropic lines. He has been in the City Council frequently, and has been a member of the Board of Health and of the Board of Edu- cation.
Mr. Harris was married in Dauphin Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, to Maria Greenawalt, and they have five children, namely: Mary T., wife of J. F. Layng, of Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania ; Dixon, member of the firm of Harris & Company; Frank G., a machinist at Salem; Augustus E., also a machinist; and Edna E., a student in the Salem High School. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Harris has long been an elder. The beautiful family home is situated at No. 319 Mckinley avenue, Salem.
EORGE FREDERICK, a retired farmer and well-known citizen of Salem township, resides on a well- improved farm of 20 acres, located in the environs of Leetonia, but also owns a farm of 75 acres in section 3, Salem township. He was born in December, 1832, at Washingtonville, this county, and is a son of Michael Frederick and grandson of Joseph Frederick.
Michael Frederick. the father, was one of the pioneers of the southeastern part of Salem township, and became one of the substantial men and respected citizens.
George Frederick was reared on his father's farm and obtained his education in the log schoolhouse at Washingtonville, which in his boyhood was the best the place afforded. In youth he learned the mason's trade and worked at that for a number of years prior to engaging in farming. For a considerable period he car- ried on general farming, but for some years
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has been practically retired. His land is all well improved and very valuable.
In 1853 Mr. Frederick was married to Sarah A. Betz, who is a daughter of John Betz, one of the old pioneers of the county. They have two sons, viz: John B., who is assistant cashier of the First National Bank, of Lee- tonia; and Orlando W., who is proprietor of the "Maple Grove Farm" in Salem township. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick also reared a little girl from the age of four years, who is now the wife of Edward Smith, of Columbiana County.
For more than a half century Mr. and Mrs. Frederick have been members of the English Lutheran Church. He is a man who commands the universal respect of the community, a man whose word is as good as his bond. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick accompany this skeích.
G. MACKENZIE, formerly mayor of Wellsville, and a citizen of promin- ence here, has spent the greater part of his life in this, his native place. He is the youngest child of Hon. N. K. Mackenzie, M. D., who is the oldest phy- sician at Wellsville, who has been often referred to in the historical portion of this work.
A. G. Mackenzie learned the drug business with William M. Hamilton, of Wellsville, with whom he remained three years and then entered Eastman's Business College, at Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was graduated in 1872. During the following year he taught in the col- lege and then accepted a position in a whole- sale drug house in Pittsburg. Later he became bookkeeper for M. L. Miller, wholesale drug- gist, at Steubenville, Ohio, and subsequently was connected with the house of Collins' Brothers, in the same city. In 1877 he re- turned to Wellsville and started a retail drug store, at the corner of Main and Ninth streets, which he conducted until 1897, when he sold out to T. A. McIntosh.
In 1883 Mr. Mackenzie was elected justice of the peace and has served continuously ever since. In 1884 he was elected mayor of Wells- ville and served two years. He has frequently
been chairman of the local Republican commit- tee and has more than once been shown great consideration by his party. From 1896 until 1900 he was deputy State inspector of oils, under Capt. J. B. Lucky, of Toledo, during Governor Bushnell's two terms. He is known as a zealous supporter of the principles of his party and as one ready to work hard in its-in- terests.
In 1904 when J. L. McDonald ran as an in- dependent candidate for auditor of Columbiana County, Mr. Mackenzie was chairman of the local committee that advanced Professor Mc- Donald's candidacy, on this occasion taking issue with his party for special reasons. He has served on the School Board for a number of years and has proved himself a useful and public-spirited citizen.
In 1882 Mr Mackenzie was married to Margaret Given, who was a daughter of Joseph Given, of Toronto, Ohio. Mrs. Mackenzie died in 1897, the mother of one son, who died in 1892. Mrs. Mackenzie was a lady of lovely character, whose memory has been tenderly cherished.
In addition to his drug business, Mr. Mack- enzie has been more or less interested in the oil industry, having a holding in some fairly pro- ductive territory.
OSEPH TURNBULL, secretary and manager of the Crockery City Brew- ing & Ice Company, is one of the lead -. ing and responsible business men of East Liverpool. He was born at Mc- Keesport, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1856, and is a son of Joseph and Dorothy (Brack) Turnbull.
Joseph Turnbull, father of our subject, was born at Newcastle, England, and died at East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1893, aged 63 years. He grew up a coal miner and was more or less connected with coal interests all his life: When he came to America he lived one year at Mc- Keesport, Pennsylvania, and then removed to Salineville, Ohio. This was in the infancy of our subject and before any railroad line had
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penetrated through this section. The trip was made in a two-horse wagon, which carried the family and household goods. At Salineville Mr. Turnbull became manager of a mine be- longing to Joseph Walton and he remained here until 1869 when he removed to a point near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in coal mining on his own account. In 1885 he sold his mine and located in East Liverpool, where until his death he gave his attention to a retail coal business, which he had estab- lisched in 1875. He was a man who enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens. His good judgment and stability of character made him a useful member of the City Council, to which he was elected as a Republican. For a number of years he belonged to Riddle Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M. He had the following children : Joseph, our subject, who is the oldest of the family ; Marie, wife of T. C. Foster, of East Liverpool; Dorothea, deceased; and Sarah, de- ceased, who was the wife of Dr. O. D. Shay, of East Liverpool. The mother died in 1888, aged 58 years.
Joseph Turnbull attended the public schools in the various towns 'where the family resided as best suited the father's business. When he came to East Liverpool, he assisted his father in the coal office and succeeded to the business on his father's death. He then broadened his business field by going into the brewery busi- ness, becoming the representative of the Schlat- ter Brewing Company, of Cleveland, and he continued with them until September, 1900, when he became one of the organizers as well as secretary and manager of the company with which he is now identified.
The Crockery City Brewing & Ice Com- pany is successor to the Crockery City Ice Company, which was organized in 1894 with these officers : Philip Morely, president; G. W. Meredith, treasurer ; Thomas Cochrane, now de- ceased, secretary. At that time two artesian wells were sunk and a frame building, which is still in use, was erected. The plant for the man- ufacture of artificial ice at that time had a ca- pacity of only 15 tons a day but the business continued to increase until, when the present company was formed, the plant had a capacity
of 75 tons a day. In September, 1900, the Crockery City Brewing & Ice Company was organized. It purchased the plant and inter- ests of the old ice company and in the following November erected the present modern plant. The brewery is a substantial five-story brick structure 100 by 71 feet in dimensions, with a capacity of 40,000 barrels of beer per annum. Employment is given to about 45 men during the season and four beer wagons are run and six ice wagons. The original officers were: G. WV. Meredith, president; Joseph Turnbull, sec- retary and manager, and John Pfeffer, treas- urer. The present officers are: S. J. Wain- wright, president ; G. W. Meredith, treasurer. and Joseph Turnbull, secretary and manager. Mr. Turnbull is regarded as a fine business man, possessing the tact and good judgment which enable him to successfully manage men and the business sagacity which gives him the power to look far ahead and to seize opportuni- ties close at hand.
Mr. Turnbull married Ellen Barrett, of Wintersville, Ohio. In politics he is a Republi- can, and fraternally he is a member of the Elks.
OHN KIPP, a leading agriculturist of Unity township, was born in West- moreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1837. and is a son of George Kipp, who settled in Iowa and died in the prime of life at the age of 38 years. Of a fam- ily of seven children born to George Kipp but two are now living,-our subject and his sister Barbara, who is the wife of William Floding, of Leetonia.
John Kipp came to Unity township when a lad of 12 years and entered the employ of John Smith, a prominent farmer. Mr. Smith had come from Lancaster County, Pennsyl- vania, in 1824. with one George Cook, for whom he worked a number of years At the sante time Dorothy Ulmer, whom he afterwards made his wife, was working for Mrs. Cook. The young people purchased 29 acres of tim- her land, which he cleared and converted into
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a farm. To this was later added 56 acres, pur- chased of William Kintner who had entered it. This gave Mr. Smith 85 acres in sections 11 and 12. He was a thrifty, frugal and hard- working man, kind-hearted and ever ready to help a neighbor. Mr. Kipp worked for him 25 years and at employer's death, in 1875, suc- ceeded to the farm upon which he still lives. He has added to this property from time to time until he now has a fine farm of 195 acres, all in one body, located in sections 11, 12 and 13. Mr. Kipp has expended considerable money in improvements on this land, having erected neat, substantial buildings and has but lately put in over 600 feet of tiling. The original buildings, a house and barn of hewed logs, are still stand- ing but have been weather-boarded in order to preserve them.
Mr. Kipp was united in marriage with Mary Ann Lemley in 1862. Mrs. Kipp, who was a daughter of Jacob and Rica ( Metzger) Lem- ley, died December 31. 1900, without issue. Mr. Kipp is a director of the First National Bank of East Palestine.
Mr. Kipp is a stalwart Democrat and has served as trustee of Unity township for two terms. He is an active politician and belongs to the Democratic Central Committee. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.
D AVID SILVERS FIRESTONE, who resides on his well-improved farm in section 2. Fairfield township. be- longs to one of the oldest pioneer fam- ilies of the northern part of the coun- ty. He was born October 28. 1840. one mile east of his present home, and is a son of Peter and Sally ( Allen) Firestone.
Nicholas Firestone. the paternal grand- father, was one of the earliest settlers in Fair- field township. He was of German paternity and on the maternal side came from an old Quaker family. He was born and reared in Virginia and it is related that he made a jour- ney on foot as far as Tennessee, where he re- mained a year with his mother. He was mar- ried close to the Maryland line to Elizabeth
Good and they had these children: Mrs. Kate Christ : Mrs. Polly Cristy : Betsey, who married Joseph Hisey : Peter: John: Henry and Mrs. Susan Clinker. Nicholas Firestone brought his family to Ohio in a covered wagon, arriv- ing in the eastern part of Fairfield township in 1801. This was all a wilderness at the time and the family lived in the wagon until he could cut down forest trees and build a log house. After the death of his first wife, he married the widow Church, formerly a Linn. There was no issue to this union.
After this marriage he appears to have moved to the Jonathan Hisey farm. He died just before the Civil War. For many years he had been one of the township's leading men, was one of its first trustees and was a great temperance man, very active in the Washing- tonian movement. He was survived by a num- ber of his children and by a young woman whom he and his wife had reared, now a Mrs. Harold
Peter Firestone. father of our subject, was born in Fairfield township. June 2, 1802, a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth ( Good) Firestone. He was twice married, his first wife dying in July. 1830. On February 2. 1831. he married Sally Allen, who was a daughter of David Allen, also a pioneer in Fairfield township. To this union seven children were born, namely : Benjamin, born November 19. 1831. who mar- ried and had a family of children: David Sil- vers, our subject, who was named for the fam- ily physician: Levi, deceased, born July 4. 1835: Mary Ann, wite of Solomon Vollnogle. of New Waterford: Lydia Ann, born October 21. 1838. deceased : Eliza. born June 28, 1843 .. wife of Peter Smith, of Fairfield township: and Sarah, born July 2. 1845. deceased. The mother of this family died February 6. 1885.
David Silvers Firestone was reared on the. home farm, spending his boyhood and youth in the enjoyment of better home conditions and school opportunities than were given many of his associates. In early manhood he made a trip to Kansas, in company with his cousin. Abner Allen, in order to enjoy the excellent hunting to be found in that region. It seems strange to recall this incident, for now that:
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whole section of the country is covered with every 'evidence of civilization. Mr. Firestone was in Kansas during the troubled year of 1857 but he took no active part in the political strife in that locality. While in Clay County, however, he was so well pleased with the ap- pearance of the land that he entered a quarter- section, one portion for himself and the other for his brother. Later he sold his land to his brother and the property is still owned by the family.
Following his marriage, Mr. Firestone set- tled on a farm of 87 acres of choice land in the southeastern part of section 2, Fairfield township, just across the Youngstown and East Liverpool main road, which runs by his home, from the homestead entered by his grandfather. The present comfortable home was erected and the grounds attractively laid out in 1870 and some years later the commodious barn was put up. The place little resembles the wild, uncul- tivated tract that it was when he first located here.
Mr. Firestone can with pleasure look over his many improvements and recall the occasion when he cleared this or that field, made the fences, set out the trees and erected the build- ings, each year marking progress. He now has one of the most attractive homes in the town- ship. He still makes this his settled home, but all the farming operations are directed by his capable son-in-law, David Walker. During his active years he was an extensive and suc- cessful breeder of cattle, hogs and sheep, mak- ing a specialty of the last named. He still re- tains his membership in the Black Top Merino Association, of Washington, Pennsylvania, and the American Shropshire Association. He is probably one of the best judges of stock to be found in the county.
On September 26, 1861. Mr. Firestone was married to Sarah A. Armstrong, who was born February 28. 1839, and died April 20, 1902. They had four children, namely : AAllen, a ma- chinist, located at Alliance, Ohio, formerly a resident of Columbiana, who married Ella Seidner and has one daughter .- Eva; Dora, who married David Walter and has two chil- (Iren,-Ina May and Goldie Fay; Anna, who
married Andrew Dickey, of Louisiana, and has four children,-Florence, Mabel, Ola and Etta; and William, of Columbiana County, who mar- ried Bessie Lyon and has four children, Grace, Richard, Walter and David Arthur. Few fam- ilies in the township are more prominent that the Firestones.
ASON CALVERT BEAUMONT, a prominent citizen and representa- tive farmer. of Butler township, the owner of a fine farm of 80 acres in section 10, was born February 19, 1851, at Canastota, Madison County, New York, and is a son of James T. and Henrietta (Cramphire ) Beaumont.
The Beaumont family is a very old one in America and is descended from old Huguenot stock. The father of our subject was born at West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1814, which was his home until IO years of age when he came, about 1854, to Ohio, later settling on the farm now occupied bv his son, where he died in 1893, aged 79 years. His whole life was devoted to agricul- tural pursuits and he made a specialty of sheep growing, raising them for breeding purposes. He also was a scientific horticulturist and gave considerable attention to floriculture. He was a great reader and a very well-informed man. His father. James Davis Beaumont, was for many years keeper of the "Whitehall Tavern," at West Chester, Pennsylvania, which was a popular resort for politicians and stockmen. James Davis Beaumont lived to the age of 91 years and was a man of unusual virility. It is recorded that when he was 80 years old he could crack hickory nuts with his teeth. James T. Beaumont was a Republican in his political sentiments. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
The mother of our subject was born March 5, 1818, on a Maryland plantation situated be- tween Washington City and Baltimore, and died at the present farm of our subject in 1893. She was a daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Calvert) Cramphite. Her father owned 10,000 acres of land and more than 150
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slaves, being one of the typical lords of the manor of those days, keeping open house and welcoming frequently to his board such men as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. His wife was descended from one of the Calverts who founded the city of Baltimore, one of the proudest old families of wealth and aristocracy in Maryland. Mrs. Beaumont took three of her slaves with her to New York, where she later freed them and be- came a convert to anti-slavery beliefs at a sub- sequent date. Our subject is the third child of the family of five born to his parents, the others being : Virginia, of Salem; James D., deceased in 1903, who was an engineer on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway for 15 years; Alexander, a gold and silver miner in California and Arizona; and Charles O. The last named is a leading business man of Phila- delphia, who conducts a large copper sheet works, established by Joseph Ost in 1784. Much of his time prior to engaging in his pres- ent business had been spent in the great ship- building plant of the Cramps.
Our subject was three years old when the family came to Ohio and five years old when they settled north of Salem. In 1861 the family removed to the farm in section 10, But- ler township, now owned by our subject. His fathers' first purchase was one of 50 acres, his second purchase, one of 30 acres, coming 10 years later. An old house of hewed logs, built about 1800, stood on the place but the family did not occupy it. The substantial family home was built in 1850. The property is one of the finest in the township and is known as "Locust Farm." For the first 15 years after its pur- chase it was operated as a sheep farm, being stocked with the finest strains brought from New York, having been purchased of Wright's celebrated stock. Then it was con- verted into a dairy farm and a fine herd of registered Jersey cows has been kept ever since. The product is sold in Salem.
Mr. Beaumont was married in 1889 to Leora Welker, who was born at North Jackson. Ohio, June 27, 1855, and is a daughter of Peter Welker, a large merchant and produce man at Jackson before the days of railroads, maintain-
ing long wagon trains between distant sections and trading extensively in produce and es- pecially in wool.
Mr. Beaumont is one of the educated men of his community and is especially well fitted to fill the public offices to which he is so fre- quently elected. Politically he is a Republican and has served two terms as township treas- urer, many years as school director and is a leader in all local affairs. For the past 36. years he has been the leader of the choir of the Presbyterian Church and has frequently served as superintendent of the Sunday-school.
EORGE W. HISCOX, one of the prominent general farmers and stock- raisers of Center township, who owns a well-improved farm of 59 acres in section 25, was born in this town- ship, a half mile north of Lisbon, August 19. 1846. and is a son of John and Mary (Slug) Hiscox.
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