History of Columbiana County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 75

Author: D. W. Ensign & Co.
Publication date: 1879
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Number of Pages: 541


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Pa., and lived a while with John Straughn, his brother. In 1822 he settled on section 34, of which he bought 74 acres. Daniel Straughn, father of John and Jesse, some years earlier settled the east half of section 34, and gave it to his children. Daniel Straughn, a grandson, now lives on the place.


Stacy Stratton (a brother of Michael and Aaron Stratton, who came in 1806) came from Burlington Co., N. J., and settled first on Mr. Cattell's farm, on the Ellsworth road. In 1823 he purchased the northwest quarter of section 10, where his son, Daniel, and the widow and children of another son, William C., now reside.


Benj. F. Regle purchased the northwest quarter of sec- tion 10, about 1831. His descendants still live on the farm.


Adam Fast, in 1816, purchased the southwest quarter of section 1, and was probably the first person who settled in that part of the township. Jacob Leyman, from Lan- caster Co., Pa., Who married the daughter of Mr. Fast, received from him this piece of land in 1821. They had six sons and one daughter. Jackson and Joshua settled in the northwest quarter of the same section, and Levi A. in . the southwest quarter of section 3, near Patmos.


Peter Gloss, about 1820, bought land in the southeast quarter of section 12, where he built a factory and manu- factured wooden bowls. He afterwards settled upon the Cessna farm.


Josiah and Jacob Bowman (sons of Philip Bowman, who settled in Green township), about 1831, settled on the northeast quarter of section 1. Josiah Bowman still resides on the farm. This part of the section was entered by a man named Bowers in 1816.


Drade Husk entered and settled upon the northwest quarter of section 2, which was afterwards purchased by Raphael Campbell.


William Cook, entered and lived upon the southeast quar- ter of section 3, where .James Campbell now lives, and afterwards sold it to Capt. Wicks.


William Bradshaw, in 1832, came from Bucks Co., Pa., and bought 106 acres on the northeast quarter of section 9. This land was entered by William Swenn as early as 1820. Ryneer H. Swenn entered the southeast quarter.


William Ware, a native of Baltimore Co., Md., moved to Jefferson Co., Ohio, in 1823, where he remained till 1827. In the winter of 1828-29 he married Elizabeth Gallagher and moved to Salem. He was a blacksmith, and opened a shop, where he worked at his trade until 1839. He then bought 50 acres on section 3, near Patmos, where he now lives. Mr. Ware is a Methodist, and has been a class- leader fifteen years. He has had six children, four of whom are living.


Among other early settlers may be mentioned Noah Deed, Christian and David Countryman, Isaac Evans, Enoch Gaus, Joseph Mirl, Nathan Brown, Benjamin and Joshua Owen, Thomas Johnson, Levi Rakestraw, Charles Curl, and Abraham Keffer.


ORGANIZATION.


Goshen was incorporated Sept. 11, 1810. The first vol- ume of records contains, as the first minute of proceedings, under date of Dec. 30, 1810, an account of the appointment


of Thomas Watson to the office of constable by the trus- tees. The names of the trustees are not given.


Jan. 8, 1812, " the township officers met on the first Second day of March," and settled the town accounts. April 6, 1812, the following resolution was passed at a meeting of the inhabitants :


" Resolved, That Isaac Votaw, Michael Stratton, Thomas Conn, Thomas French, and Joel Sharp be a committee to view the southeast quarter of section No. 16, and to con- clude on a suitable piece of ground for to set a house for to hold elections in, and to warn the inhabitants to meet and raise a sufficient house for that purpose, and to have the house to hold the fall election in."


The following officers were chosen at this meeting : Township Clerk, Joseph Wright; Trustees, Michael Strat- ton, Isaac Votaw, Levi Jennings ; Overseers of the Poor, Anthony Morris, Isaac Barber; Appraisers of Property, Thomas French, Josiah Stratton ; Fence-Viewers, Robert Armstrong, Asa Ware ; Supervisors, Barzilla French, Stacy Shreeve, Thomas 'Votaw, Thomas Conn, Abram Warring- ton ; Treasurer, George Baum ; Constable, Joseph Kindle.


There seems to have been some difficulty in securing a constable, for, on April 10, 1813, out of thirty-three per- sons named for that office, thirty were summoned, of whom twenty-eight refused to serve, and were fined. The follow- ing is the list of the names chosen : Isaac Ellison, Bazel Perry, Henry Hinchman, Christian Countryman, Joseph Hoile, Simeon Jennings, Isaac Gaus, William Johnson, Levi Rakestraw, Joshua Owen, Enoch Gaus, Joseph Mirl, Joel Sharp, Charles Stratton, Nathan Brown, Robert French, John Webb, Noah Reed, David Countryman, Robt. McKim, Evan Gaus, Levi Hoile, Joshua Morris, William Faucett, Richard Webb, Abraham Barber, Thos. Johnson, Jonathan Votaw, Benjamin Owen, Samuel Votaw, Charles Curl, Abraham Keffer.


The trustees met March 8, 1815, to settle with the officers. The following is a record of their proceedings:


" Michael Stratton, Supervisor, an order was given on the Treasurer for one labor on the roads for one dollar and twelve and a half cents. " David Gaskill, another ditto, received an order on the Treasurer for one dollar and fifty cents.


"Benj. Malmsbury, another ditto, received an order for seventy- five cents.


"George Baum received twenty-fore cents for his services as Treas- urer, and there remains in his hands twenty-six cents of the Township money.


"Joseph Wright received an order for five dollars and seventy-five cents for his services, and there remains forty-two dollars of above fine" to collect.


" Levi Jennings received an order on Treasurer for three dollars for services as Trustee.


"Wm. Cattell received an order on Treasurer for three dollars for services as Trustee.


" At this meeting it was resolved that the town-house shall be made convenient for holding Election by the fall Election."


CIVIL LIST.


The following is a list of the principal officers of the township from 1813 to 1879 :


TRUSTEES.


1813 .- Levi Jennings, William Cattell, Joseph Wright. 1814 .- Thomas Cown, Noah Reed, Thomas Votaw.


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1815 .- Benjamin Butler, Wm. Fawcett, Joel Sharp. 1816 .- Levi Jennings, Benjamin Butler, Win. Cattell. 1818 .- Michael Stratton, Barzilla French, Isaac Votaw. 1819 .- James Brooks, Michael Stratton, Barzilla Frenob. 1820 .- James Brooks, Zachariah Ellison, Joseph Votaw. 1821 .- Zachariah Ellison, James Brooks, Joseph England. 1822 .- Michael Stratton, Joseph England, Matthias L. Severn. 1823 .- Levi Jennings, Isaac Votaw, Wm. Fawcett .. 1824 .- Robert Armstrong, Stacy Stratton, Benjamin Harmult. 1825 .- Robert Armstrong, David Park, Matthias L. Severn. 1826 .- Wm. Davis, Matthias L. Severn, Daniel Stratton. 1827-28 .- Wm. Davis, Isaac Ellison, Joseph England. 1829-30 .- John Carson, Richard S. Templin, Thomas Votaw. 1831 .- John Dalzell, Isaac Ellison, James Wright. 1832 .- John Dalzell, James Wright, George Shreeve. 1833 .- Ephraim Oliphant, Ebenezer Fogg, Jacob Hendershot. 1834 .- Ephraim Oliphant, John Dalzell, Levi Arnold. 1835 .- Levi Arnold, Isaiah B. Brook, John Fawcett. 1836 .- John Fawcett, Isaiah B. Brook, Wm. Gibbons. 1837 .- Isaiah B. Brook, Benjamin B. Shreeve, Elijah Smith. 1838 .- Benjamin R. Shreeve, Richard Templin, Isaac Ellison. 1839 .- John Shinn, John Cessna, John Butler. 1840 .- John Cessna, Stacy Cook, John Crew. 1841 .- Stacy Cook, John Crew, Abel James. 1842 .- Abel James, John Crew, David S. Elliot. 1843-44 .- Samuel Hardman, John Crew, David S. Elliot. 1845-46 .- John Crew, John Shinn, Hodgson Kidd. 1847 .-- John Shinn, Hodgson Kidd, Isaiah B. Brooks. 1848 .- John Shinn, Elijah Smith, Jacob Lyman. 1849 .- Jobn Shinn, Elijah Smith, Isaac Carr. 1850 .- John Sbinn, Elijah Smith, John J. Bowman. 1851-52 .- John Shinn, John J. Bowman, John Templin. 1853 .- John Templin, Robert Campbell, Benjamin R. Shreeve. 1854 .- John Templin, Robert Campbell, David Park. 1855-57 .- John Templin, David Park, Lewis Thoman. 1858 .- David Park, Edwin A. Arnold, Thomas Mead. 1859 .- David Park, Edwin A. Arnold, Joshua S. Cassidy. 1860 .- Joshua S. Cassidy, Edwin A. Arnold, Elijah Shinn. 1861 .- Joshua S. Cassidy, Benjamin Butler, Elijah Shinn. 1862 .- Joshua S. Cassidy, Benjamin Butler, John Templin. 1863 .- Jobn Templin, John Townsend, Edwin A. Arnold 1864 .- William Cook, Joseph T. French, John S. Strawn. 1865-66 .- John S. Strawn, William Cook, Joseph 8. French. 1867 .- John S. Strawn, William Cook, D. Townsend. 1872.ยช-Thomas Mather, Stacy Shreeve, Richard Killan. 1873 .- Thomas Mather, Tilman Hall, James Campbell. 1874 .- James Campbell, David Park, Stacy Shreeve. 1875 .- James Campbell, Matthias Johnston, L. S. Middleton. 1876 .- Stacy Shreeve, Levi S. Middleton, Nelson K. Gunder. 1877 .- Stacy Shreeve, Caleb Maris, Nelson K. Gunder. 1878 .- Thomas Mather, Caleb Maris, William Hutton. 1879 .- William Hutton, Caleb Maris, D. I. Richards.


TREASURERS.


George Baum, 1813; Joel Sharp, 1814 ; Aaron Stratton, 1815; James Langstaff, 1816-17; Zachariah Ellison, 1818-19; Robert Arm- strong, 1820-25; Joseph Wright, 1826-57 ; Lewis Thoman, 1858; Thomas Mead, 1859-63 ; Joshua 8. Cassidy, 1864; Matthew R. Campbell, 1865; Stephen B. Richards, 1866; J. H. Levan, 1872; W. Cook, 1873; Tilman Hall, 1874-75; James Campbell, 1876-79.


CLERKS.


Joseph Wright, 1813; Simeon Jennings, 1814-16; Wm. Fawcett, 1818; Joseph Wright, 1819-22; James Richards, 1823-26; James Hemingway, 1827-42; Samuel Richards, 1843-55; Stacy Cook, 1856; John J. Strawn, 1857-60; Joseph King, 1861-63; Ezekiel Shelton, 1864; David Park, 1865-66; William Town- send, 1866; S. H. Armstrong, 1872; J. W. Templin, 1873-75; R. L. Armstrong, 1876-77 ; G. B. Kinsey, 1878-79.


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.


William Cattell, David Gaskell, Jonas D. Cattell, John Swan, Mat- thias L. Severn, Samuel Carr, David Park, Henry Hinchman,


* Records from 1868 to 1871, inclusive, are lost.


Stephen Wisner, Levi Arnold, Benj. R. Shreeve, Abel James, Samuel Hardman, A. B. Mackintosh, W. Bradshaw, Comly Townsend, Benj. R. Shreeve, Landen Mastin, David Park, James M. Hole, Wm. Bradshaw, David P. Strawn.


VILLAGES. DAMASCUS.


This village is situated on the line between the townships of Butler and Goshen .. It contains about 400 inhabitants, and on the Goshen side has one church (the Methodist Wesleyan), a post-office, academy, steam saw-mill, a woolen- mill, and several stores and shops


The town was first laid out and platted by Horton How- ard in 1808.+


PATMOS.


This part of the township was last settled. It was known as the " Beech Country," and, settlers being distrustful of its productiveness, it was not until 1820 that many began to settle upon its lands.


The first road was opened from east to west across the town, in 1827 ; the north and south roud several years later. Prior to their completion blazed trees were the only guide through the forest. A saw-mill was built in 1848 by Charles Grove and John Regle. Benjamin Regle, John Templin, William Ware, and Levi A. Leyman were among the first settlers in Patmos. The first store was opened in 1850 by James W. Templin. Levi A. Leyman, in 1850, was appointed the first postmaster, and continued in office twelve years. Capt. Coit, of Ellsworth, and Levi A. Ley- man, while cogitating. upon a name for the new post-office which should be unlike any other name in the State, noticed an open music-book lying near, upon whose pages appeared the good old tune " Patmos." The word was spoken and the name adopted, and " Patmos" it remains. The post- masters who have succeeded Mr. Leyman are Mrs. Catha- rine Roller, Wm. Bradshaw, and James W. Templin, who is the present incumbent. The settlement contains a post- office, store, saw-mill, blacksmith-shop, carriage-shop, and ten or twelve dwellings.


POST-OFFICES. DAMASCUS.


The territory for which this office receives the mails is less than formerly. Beloit, Boswell, Valley, and Garfield have all been taken from it. The first office was established at Damascus in 1828, James B. Bruff being the first post- master. He was succeeded by Martin Dalzell, John P. Gruel, Simeon Fawcett, and Israel Stanley.


The office is situated in the township of Goshen, but the appointment of the postmaster has always remained with Columbiana County.


BOSWELL.


Boswell post-office was established about the year 1850. John Martin was the first postmaster; James Early and Peter Morton have succeeded him.


GARFIELD.


Garfield post-office was established about 1875, at Gar- field station, on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago


t See history of Butler, in this volumno.


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Railroad. S. A. Fogg was appointed postmaster, and still holds the office.


SCHOOLS.


The Friends at an early day formed by far the largest part of the population of the township, and instituted schools, which they kept up even after the organization of the township into school districts. There were at one time nine schools under the care of a visiting committee ap- pointed by the " Monthly Meeting," whose territory com- prised the townships of Butler and Goshen. Several of these were family schools.


The first school in the town was opened in the winter of 1812 at the log meeting-house in Goshen, a settlement near the west line of the township. The house was in size about 15 by 24 feet, and was built for both school and "meeting" purposes. The first teacher was Samuel Votaw, a son of Isaac Votaw, an early settler in the north west section of the township. He was a good and kind teacher, and maintained authority without an excessive application of the young and pliant shoots of the birch growing in the vicinity, which were in that day considered efficient " per- suaders" to study and good behavior.


A school was opened a little later, near the Stratton mill, and was taught by Daniel Stratton. The teachers who served at the school in the Goshen neighborhood after Mr. Votaw were Martha Townsend (now Mrs. Martha Stanton, living at Salem), who taught in the fall of 1814; William Green, an Irishman ; William Titus, a Yankee; and Joshua Crew, who let the pupils do us they pleased; Benjamin Marshall, who taught three winters; John Butler, who taught ten winters; Isaac Trescott, Solomon Shreeve, Jesse Lloyd, and Stephen Roberts.


At Damascus a school was first taught by Joshua Lynch, afterwards by .James Bruff, John P. Gruel, Jacob Hole, Simeon Fawcett, Lydia Maria Stanley, and others.


Prof. Israel P. Hole, with his brother Jacob, afterwards established a school in a large two-story building of brick, situated in spacious grounds on the Goshen side. This they continued for three or four years, when the Friends purchased the property for a " Quarterly-Meeting School." Jesse Lloyd, William P. Pinkham, and Otis Beal were the principal teachers. Prof. Hole conducts a school at present in this building, having leased the property for six years.


There was a school in the Votaw settlement in its earlier years, mostly taught by females. Elizabeth Blackburn taught during several summers. . James Hemingway taught in the Benjamin Malinsbury neighborhood.


A log school-house was built and a school supported by subscription about 1825, in what is now district No. 1, half a mile east of Patmos. Andrew Templin was the first teacher.


In 1821 a law was passed authorizing the township trus- tees to submit the question to the people whether the town- ship should be divided into districts. Laws were passed subsequently, from time to time, in the interest of educa- tion. Section 16, in this township, had been set apart in the original survey for school purposes. This land was sold by the State, and the purchase-money, deposited with the Auditor of State, constitutes a fund the interest of which is yearly paid to the school districts. The town has eight school districts.


The following schedules give the value of the school- houses and grounds of the several school districts, as shown by the reports of the board of education in October, 1853, and September, 1878 :


1853.


1878.


District No. 1


$50


$400


40


400


3


75 350


4


75


1700


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5 ( private)


350


6


20


350


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7


100


300


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8


75


2700


Total


$435


$6550


The number of children of school age in 1877 was 459, of whom 242 were males and 217 were females.


ECCLESIASTICAL.


FRIENDS.


The first meeting of Friends for worship in the township was at Goshen. Soon after, a log school- and meeting-house was erected in the southeast quarter of section 18, where several of the Friends had located. Among the families were those of Isaac Votaw, Stacy Shreeve, Thomas Votaw, Samuel and Thomas Langstoff, and Benjamin Butler. One Sunday morning in 1842, after the fires had been built for morning service, the building caught fire, and was totally destroyed. The Friends immediately built a long log build- ing, rough but commodious, as a temporary place of worship, to last until they could complete a better one. In 1825 they built the present brick meeting-house. The society numbers at its Monthly Meeting about 350 members.


In the winter of 1826 the " Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting" was established at Damascus, and included the settlement at Goshen. In 1837 the " Upper Springfield Quarterly Meeting" was established. After 1827 a few Hicksite Friends met occasionally at the school-house, then situated in the north part of the township, on section 5, and near the present cemetery.


METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.


About 1820, in the neighborhood of what is now " Pat- mos," Isaiah Bogle, William Swenn, William Ovington, Daniel Applegute, Ann MeKim, and Rachel Perry formed a class and held religious services. A small log church was built where the present church now stands, and preach- ing way enjoyed occasionally; but it was not continued with much success. About 1830 successful efforts were made to infuse new life into the organization, and in 1836 a frame church, 30 by 40 feet in size, was erected. This building answered the purposes of the society until 1863, when a new one was built, whose dimensions were 40 by 60. feet, at a cost of $4400, on the southeast corner of section 8, the site of the log church.


Among the pastors have been Revs. Kineer, J. M. Bray, Murray, White, Cunningham, Weckly, Fast, Campbell, Thomas Stover, McCarty, Brown, J. M. Bray, J. Lang, Crook, and G. W. Anderson, who is now in charge, 1879. The church has 73 members and a Sunday-school of 100 pupils, of which Ezra Shreeve is superintendent. The church was at first in the Sulem charge, Alleghany district, but is now in Damascoville charge, Canton district.


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BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH.


About 1840 services were held at the house of John King (where Joshua Bowman now lives, in the southeast quarter of section 1) by persons identified with the Meth- odist denomination. Nicholas Gee, a local preacher of what is now Youngstown district, organized the class with the following members: John King and wife, Joseph Gluts and wife, Keziah Grubb, Theron Laudon und wife, John Leyman, Margaret and Martha King. John King was leader. Services were held at Mr. King's house for about four years, and subsequently in the school-house. In 1847 the society erected a church about two miles east of Patmos.


The pastors who succeeded Mr. Gee were Revs. Kent, Kineer, Hueston, Hess, Butts, Henderson, White, Fribley, Montgomery, Ambler, Roller, Wright, Fast, Dules, Camp- bell, Kendig, High, Murray, Smith, and Ward .. The latter was pastor at the dissolution of the church, which had at that time about 16 members, part of whom joined the Goshen Methodist Episcopal church. During its existence it was under the Salem charge.


METHODIST WESLEYAN CHURCH.


This church was organized, in the fall of 1874, at Da- mascoville, or Damascus, with about 25 members, under the Rev. C. F. Hawley, who was succeeded by Rev. Childs. A church was erected, in 1875, on Poplar Street, in the township of Goshen, at a cost of $2100.


BURYING-GROUNDS.


The first burying-ground in the township was opened at Damascus, but is now unused. One was opened at Goshen in 1813, which is still used. The first body buried within it was that of an Irishman named Wm. McConnell.


Another ground for burials is situated on the north side of the township, and belongs to a number of Hicksite Friends, who had at one time a small church near it.


A burying-ground is also connected with the Methodist Episcopal church at Goshen, and is used for that part of the township.


INDUSTRIAL.


DUNN, SAMPLE & CO.


This woolen-mill was erected in 1866, by a company called the "Quaker Manufacturing Company," composed of J. Fawcett, S. Shreeve, David Purk, J. M. Hole, A. Stanley, G. Hively, Buker & Beuford, and Stanley & Shriver. A change of ownership was first made in 1873, since which time the mill has passed to numerous other proprietors. In June, 1878, it became the property of Dunn, Sample & Co., who run 200 spindles.


THE PRESS.


The art of Fuust and Guttenberg found a lodgment in the sparsely-settled township of Goshen in the year 1842, when Aaron Hinchman, a native of the town, founded a paper, to which he gave the name of the Self- Examiner. This publication was based upon the comprehensive princi- ples of the following prospectus, which was published in the Village Register soon after the first few numbers of his paper' were issued :


" PROPOSALS .- For improving and extending the circulation of the Self- Examiner. The proprietor of the Self- Examiner, encouraged by the liberal support already received, is induced by the solicitations of his friends to offer proposals for the further improvement and extension of its circulation.


" The leading object of the Examiner will be to aid in restoring man to bis proper station, that he may accomplish the end for which he was created.


"It will endeavor to eradicate prejudice and selfishnees from among mankind, and institute in their place a spirit of liberality, forbearance, tolerance, and brotherly love.


"It will scalous'y oppose all combination of power which has a tendency to injure or abridge the rights and privileges of others. "" All combined parties organized to cover with reproach whoever may differ from themselves, and to drown the free expression of opinion, will be condemned and held up to public view.


"The subject of ' Association' will be discussed and commented upon, and all other subjects calculated to interest or benefit the reader will find a place in its columns; and to further enhance the value of the work, the aid of several socomplisbed writers has been solicited, and it is confidently expected that they will become its rega- lar contributors.


" TERMS .- It will be issued monthly, in newspaper form, of respect- able sise, at the following unprecedentedly low rates, vis. : 25 cents per year, in advance; 37} cents if paid within twelve months; and 50 cents if delayed until after the expiration of the year.


"The fret improved number will be issued as soon as an amount of subscription can be obtained sufficient to meet the necessary outlay. (Address, post paid), Self- Eramitter, Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio. " GOSHEN, October, 1842.


" AARON HINCHMAN,


" Editor and Proprietor."


The name of this publication was afterwards changed to Friend of Man, and continued a short time, when Mr. Hinchman became interested in the Village Register, pub- lished at Salem, and removed to that place.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


JONATHAN DAVIS.


Solomon Davis, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Virginia, from whence he moved to Ohio in 1821, and settled in Columbiana County. He brought with him a family of ten children, and eleven were subsequently born, making the large family of twenty-one children ; nine are now living, of whom seven are the issue of his second marriage. His first purchase in Columbiana County was eighty acres in Hanover township. Two years later he moved on to a farm near Wellsville, but remained only a short time, again removing to Columbiana County, and settling in Knox township, where he purchased a farm of one hun- dred and sixty acres. He lived in that vicinity until his death, which occurred in Butler township, Nov. 6, 1847.


Jonathan Davis was the only son by his father's first marriage, and was born in Monongahela Co., Va. He as- sisted his father in the hard labor incident to the life of farmers of the pioneer period. No beautiful prairie, with its waving grass, met the eye of the early settler who came to find a home in this part of the county at that early day, but the tall trees of the forest, nodding in the wind, seemed to defy the axe of the early settler. The sons of farmers understood the meaning of the words " clearing," " log-roll- ing," " bee-coursing." and many other terms familiar then,


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C.C. BOWMAN. (DECEASED)


RESIDENCE+OF MORRISON ELIZABETH JUSTICE, GOSHEN TP. MAHONING CO.


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