History of Medina county and Ohio, Part 145

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, 1852-1926; Baskin & Battey. Chicago. pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : Baskin & Battey
Number of Pages: 1014

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pendent of sects and denominations, and has always endeavored to throw his influence in whatever direction he thought it would accom- plish the most good.

HENRY M. REID, farmer ; P. O. Remson's Corners ; is a native of Granger Township, where he was born in 1834. His father was Harris Reid, a native of Connecticut, born in 1795 ; his mother was Sally Spencer. She was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., in 1800. They were married in Canandaigua, and came to Ohio about 1828, first locating uear Sandusky, where they remained about three years. They then removed to Granger Township, and were resi- dents of the township for many years. His father's death occurred in March, 1866 ; his mother is still living with a daughter in Hinck- ley Towuship. Our subject's early life was passed upon his father's farm. He was mar- ried to Miss Persis Treeman April 15, 1857. She was boru Dec. 28, 1834, and is a daughter of John M. and Betsey (Hatch) Treeman, old residents of Grauger Township. He was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., July 12, 1811, and came with his parents to Granger in 1818. She was a native of Berkshire Co., Mass., where she was born Dec. 24, 1811, and came with her parents to Granger Township in 1833. They were mar- ried in Granger, and first located on a farm on the Granger and Medina Road, where they re- sided for fourteen years. They theu removed to the Remson Tract, where Mr. Treeman first purchased 104 acres, and afterward added to the original purchase until he had 210 at the time of his death, which occurred April 23, 1875. His wife still resides upon the old homestead with her daughter Persis. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Reid remained in Granger Town- ship about nine years, then removed to Michi- gan. After a residence of four years there, they returned to Granger Township, where they have since resided. In 1878, they removed to her mother's farm, and have been located there up to the present time. They have two children -Lynn L. and Frank L.

JACOB SPELLMAN, blacksmith, Remson's Corners ; is a native of Greene Co., Penn., where he was born in 1825. His father, Charles Spellman, was a native of Pennsylvania ; his mother, Jane Wells, was born in Suminit Co., Ohio. They were married in Ohio, and re- moved to Pennsylvania, where Jacob was born. In 1834, they returned to Ohio and located in

Wadsworth Township, where they resided for nearly twenty years ; then removed to Mont- ville Township, where they were residents until their decease. His father's death occurred in October, 1877, aged 95 years ; his mother's in October, 1868. Jacob, at the age of 18, began to learn the blacksmith's trade with his brother Joseph at Wadsworth. He remained with his brother three years, and then went to Bedford, where he worked at his trade for one year ; thence to Montville for one year, and, in 1848, located in Remson's Corners, where he has since been engaged at his trade. He was united in marriage, iu June, 1850, to Miss Mary Wiard. She was born in New York in 1829. Her father's name was John ; her mother's maiden name was Julia French. They came to Granger Township in 1847. . John died in Oc- tober, 1867 ; his wife still resides at Remson's Corners. Mr. and Mrs. Spellman have five children-Laura, now the wife of A. Crooks ; they reside in Remson's Corners ; John, born July 8, 1854 ; he was married to Miss Sarah E. Bradley March 17, 1878 ; she is a native of Canada, where she was born Sept. 12, 1857. John entered the store of Isaac Whitman, at Rem- son's Corners, in 1872, and has been engaged there since. He is a popular and obliging clerk, and has added considerable to the large trade now enjoyed by Mr. Whitman. Anson is married to Miss Leonora Straight, and is a resi- dent of the township ; Lucia and William are at home. Mr. Spellman is one of Granger's most esteemed citizens. He has served as Constable about fifteen years. In 1862, he en- listed in the 1st Ohio Sharpshooters, and served until the close of the war. As a neighbor, he is kind and obliging, hospitable in every sense of the word, and well worthy of the respeet awarded him by his fellow-townsmen.

FAIRFAX R. SMITH, farmer ; Remson's Corners ; was born in Madison Co., N. Y., Dec. 10, 1812 ; he is the sou of Fairfax and Abigail (Thayer) Smith, old residents of Montville Township ; his father was a native of Massa- chusetts, and his mother of New York, and were located in Madison Co., previous to their removal to Ohio. Our subject worked upon the farm in Madison Co. until he was 20 years of agc. His father, about this time, desired to come to Ohio, which he did, and bought 260 acres of woodlaud in Montville Township in the year 1833 ; returning to New York State

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he sent out Fairfax R., to clear the land ; the family did not remove until the following spring, in 1834 ; his parents were residents of the township from that time up to their decease, his father's death occurring in 1848, and his mother's about five years subsequent. Our sub- ject, Fairfax R., worked at home upon the farm for three years after he became of age ; he then bought 50 acres of new land, which he eleared, and then disposed of it. In February, 1848, he removed to Granger Township, purchasing 80 acres of land near Remson's Coruers, where he at present resides ; he has added about 42 acres to the original purchase, making a total of 122 acres, about 40 of which is timbered land ; he was married Dee. 10, 1835, in Mont- ville Township, to Miss Desdemona Wilbur, a daughter of Smith and Nancy (Falkner) Wilbur, early settlers of Montville Township ; she was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1818; her father was a native of Massachusetts, and her mother of Rhode Island ; they removed from New York to Ohio, locating in Montville in the spring of 1834 ; her father died in 1861, while on a visit to Michigan, and her mother August, 1876, at the home of her brother, O. F. Wilbur, in Granger Township. Mr. and Mrs Smith have four children living-Halsey R., married to Miss Nancy Crumb, of Hinckley Township, now living in Nebraska, farming : Fairfax W., married to Josephine Simmons, they are living in Granger Township; Polly F., married to John W. King, and living in Nebraska, and Ella V., living at home; a son of Francis B., died at the age of 21 in Grauger Township.

FRANKLIN SYLVESTER, P. O. Granger. Francis Sylvester, father of the above gentle man, was born Nov. 7, 1798, at Kinderhook (now called Stuyvesant), N. Y. He was the eldest of a family of six children, and, at the death of his father, when he was 12 years of age, he went to live with his grandparents, with whom he remained until 18 years of age, at which time he began learning the wagon-maker's trade, with Mr. Jason Clapp, of Pittsfield, N. Y. He was united in marriage with Miss Cynthia Hatch, in 1822, at Barrington, N. Y. He con- tinued to work at his trade in his native State until 1833, when he removed to Granger Town- ship, this county, where he ever afterward re- sided, working at his trade. He was a man of much more than ordinary intelligence and in- formation, noted for his great conversational

powers, kindness of heart, and social qualities. He departed this life May 10, 1878; his wife survives him, and is a resident of Granger Township. They were the parents of seven children, all of whom are now living, the oldest being 56, and the youngest 40 years of age. This family of Sylvesters are descended from a gentleman of that name who came from Holland to America previous to the war of the Revolu- tion, and located in New York. He afterward became a Judge in the " Empire " State, and was well and favorably known throughout the Eastern and New England States. Franklin Sylvester was born in Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., March 28, 1831. The limited means of his parents and the disadvantages of those early days afforded but a limited education in early life. He began when about 10 years of age to work for the farmers of the neighborhood in which he resided, eagerly accepting any honor- able business that promised a reasonable com- pensation, and earefully hoarding up his hard- earued wages. He was always fond of the horse, and, when yet quite a boy, by trading in sheep and cattle, which he had bought with his earnings, found himself the possessor of a fine young horse. He kept ou trading and working by the month and day until after he had reached his majority. At 25 years of age, we find him the possessor of the snug little sum of $3,000, which he had accumulated by his own exertions. About this time, he and Mr. R. N. Hickox em- barked in the mercantile business in the town- ship, also ran an ashery and dealt quite largely in live stock. He was united iu marriage with Miss Eunice M. Reid Oct. 4, 1857. This lady was born in Granger Township, this county, Aug. 4, 1839. She is the daughter of Harris and Sally (Spencer) Reid, who came to the township in a very early day. Since his marriage, Mr. Sylvester has for most part been engaged in real estate transactions, and raising and shipping live stoek. For some years past he has paid con- siderable attention to the raising and breeding of short-horn eattle. His two-year-old bull, " Buckeye State," is one of the best in North- crn Ohio ; his short-horn heifer, "Cora Smith, 2d," is a calf of " Cora Smith, 1st," who sold in Kentucky, when 8 months old, for $4,000. He has others of this well-known breed, all of them being registered in the American Herd Book, where full descriptions of them can be obtained. Mr. Sylvester is deserving of great

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credit for his endeavors to better the grade of cattle in Granger and adjoining townships. He is a man of broad and liberal views, opposing everything known to be wrong, and favoring everything known to be right. He is, in the fullest sense of the term, a self-made man, and his career has been one of signal success- the elements of which are found in an excellent judgment, a remarkable business tact, an in- domitable energy and perseveranee, a strict in- tegrity in dealing, and a power (which few men possess) of keeping.his own counsels. Through all his pecuniary prosperity, it is but simple justice to say he has been notably magnani- mous in the use of a wealth that a propitious Providence has thrown into his hands. His donations for educational, religious and other charitable purposes have been very consider- able ; nor have they been confined to Granger Township alone ; many of them are yet unknown in the community in which he resides. He owns over 500 acres of well-improved land in Granger Township, and 160 acres in Kansas, which he has obtained by close attention to business, combined with economy and industry.

THOMAS H. SYLVESTER, farmer ; P. O. Remson's Corners; is a native of Granger Township, and was born July 28, 1833 ; he is a son of Franeis and Cynthia (Hatch) Sylves- ter, who are mentioned more prominently in other portions of this work. Thomas, at the age of 16, commenced learning the blacksmith's trade, and after three years' apprenticeship, en- gaged in the business for himself in Granger Township, where he continued for about fifteen years ; he then turned his attention to agricult- ural pursnits, first renting a farm for two years, and then purchasing one on the Granger road, where he resided for four years. In April, 1873, he purchased the farm located about one- half mile east of Remson's Corners, where he still resides ; he has 103 acres of land, about 25 of which is timber; his marriage to Miss Nancy Hateh occurred Feb. 13, 1859; she is a daughter of Hoel and Saloma Hatch, who also are mentioned more fully in other parts of the work. Nancy was born in Granger Township April 18, 1839. Their children are as follows : Grove E., Addie M., Fred. E., Edith A. Al- though young in years, Mr. Sylvester is a prom- inent and respected eitizen of the township.

EDWARD TRIFFIT, farmer ; P. O. Remson's Corners ; was born in Geneva, N. Y., in 1820; his

parents were Richard and Sarah (Carnaby) Trif- fit, both natives of England. Richard was born in Leeds in 1774 ; his wife in Yorkshire Oct. 10, 1784 ; they were married in England and came to America in 1818, being eight weeks on the passage ; they first settled in Geneva, N. Y., and from there removed to Castile, Genesee Co., where they resided about seven years ; they then removed to Bath Township, now in Summit Co., residing there until his death, June 22, 1838; his wife survived him until Nov. 30, 1875, when she died, aged 91 years. They had ten children, seven of whom were buried in England. James, a son born in England and a resident of Bath Township, died about 1863, leaving a wife and one child; Mary, married to Chester Bills and residing in Michigan, died about 1854; Edward is now the only living child ; at 19 years of age, he left home and went to learn the carpenter and joiner's trade, which oeeupation he followed for a number of years in Hudson, Akron and Cleveland. When the land comprising the Remson Tract, in Granger Township, was of- fered for sale, he purchased 50 aeres located on the northern township line, where he now re- sides ; he was married Nov. 18, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth A. Miller, and in August, 1846, re- moved upon his farm, where he has since re- sided ; his wife died July 17, 1850, leaving one ehild, Sarah A., born Nov. 25, 1847, died July 28, 1849 ; he was united in marriage to a see- ond wife, Miss Elsie J. Hatch, Aug. 27, 1851 ; she was born Mareh 31, 1828, in Granger Township ; her parents, Simeon and Bethiah (Taylor) Hatch, were natives of New York and pioneers of Granger Township, locating there about 1824. Their union has been blessed with two children-Amelia A., born Feb. 27, 1853, the wife of F. A. Woodruff, who has one child, Ernest ; Lauretta B., born Oct. 7, 1860. Mr. Triffit has now 70 acres of im- proved land all under good cultivation, and adorned with neat outbuildings and a pleasant and elegant residence. He is a prosperous and industrious farmer and an honorable, upright citizen. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church of Granger.

ISAAC WHITMAN, Postmaster and mer- chiant, Remson's Corners ; one of the most promi- nent business men of Granger Township, is the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Massa- chusetts ; was born Oct. 17, 1834. His parents,

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Isaac and Hannah (Parker) Whitman, were also natives of Massachusetts. They came to Me- dina Co. in 1842, and first located in Chatham Township, remaining there eleven years ; then moved to Granger Township, where they made their homes up to their deaths. His father's death occurred March 22, 1861, and his mother's March 1, 1863. Previous to engaging in the mercantile trade, Isaac, in partnership with his brother Alden, operated a saw-mill in Granger Township for twelve years ; they then disposed of the mill property, and bonght out the store of French & Boughten, of Remson's Corners. They continned in partnership for eight years, and then Alden sold his sharc to his brother and removed to Chatham Township, where he is now engaged in farming. Since that time, Isaac has continued in trade alone. His stock consists of a general line of merchandise, em- bracing dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hard- ware, etc. He has been Postmaster since 1869. As a merchant, Mr. Whitman is deservedly popular, being in his manner genial, obliging and courteous. As a citizen, he ranks as one of the most enterprising and public-spirited, an obliging neighbor, and a useful and honorable member of society. He was nnited in marriage, Dec. 1, 1858, to Miss Susan A. Perin. She was born in Hinckley Township Dee. 24, 1839. Her father, Orrin Perin, was a native of Massa- chusetts. Her mother, Elizabeth Willey, a ua- tive of Vermont. They were married iu Mon- roe Co., N. Y., and eame to Ohio in 1833, first locating in Granger Township, remaining there bnt one year ; thence to Hinckley Township, where they resided until 1865. They then re- moved to McLean Co., Ill., and, in 1875, to Ford Co., where her father died in April, 1880. Her mother is now living with her children in Granger Township. Mr. and Mrs. Perin's chil- dren were as follows : Asa D., now living in Kansas ; he served three years in the 5th Kan- sas Cavalry ; Reuben W., enlisted in the 36th Ill. V. I., and served nearly three years, when he was killed at Chickamauga ; Charles H., enlisted in the 5th Kansas Cavalry, and was in the serv- ice nearly three years. He was killed at Pine Bluff, Ark., while in service ; Susan A .; Orrin O. ; he served nearly a year in the 178th O. V. I. ; he is now living in Hinckley Township ; Mary A. Thompson, living in Kansas ; Eliza F. Sprague, living in Nebraska ; Heman L., living in Granger ; Cora T. Rankin, living in Illinois,

and Clara E. Lewis, living in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Whitman's children are as follows : Jessie E., born Nov. 4, 1861, died March 3, 1863 ; Earnest W., July 12, 1863; Arthur I., born Sept. 27, 1868, and Cora E., Dec. 7, 1874 ; died Sept. 23, 1876. Mr. Whitman has a sister liv- ing in Granger Township-Harriet N. Raw. He has served the township as Treasurer about five years, and in educational matters has always taken an active interest.

GEORGE WORDEN, farmer ; P. O. Wey- month. Is a son of Zara and Sally (Frisbee) Worden, who were natives of Connecticut, and early settlers in Medina Co. They first lo- cated in Liverpool Township, where George was born in June, 1822. When he was abont a year old, his parents removed back to Con- necticut and remained there abont three years ; then, tired of the rocks and hills of Connecti- cut, they returned to Liverpool Township, where they resided for a number of years. Subsequently, they removed to Lorain Co., and then to Weymonth, Medina Co., where they both departed this life. George remained with his parents until he was 24 years old ; he theu eame to Granger Township, and took np 112 acres of timbered land, which he has since eleared and improved with fences, buildings, etc., and where he has resided up to the present writing. He was married, Aug. 23, 1852, to Miss Mary A. Clark ; she was a danghter of Phineas and Saloma (Brown) Clark, natives of New York, and pioneers of Brunswiek Town- ship, coming there as early as 1817, and resi- dents of the township up to 1864, when Phineas died and his wife removed to Weymouth, Medina Township, where she died in 1875. Mary was born in Brunswick in 1834 ; she has a sister, Jane Wallaee, living in Weymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Worden had but one ehild- William S .- who is now living at home. They are both members of the Methodist Church. The children of Zara and Sally Worden, now living, are as follows : Nathan, now a resident of Henry Co .; George, the subject of this sketch ; Joseph, living in Medina ; Sally Anu, residing in Medina ; Caroline Upson, living in Medina, and Thomas, now living in Medina.

S. P. WOLCOTT, Granger. This gentleman was born in Middlesex, Washington Co., Vt., Sept. 25, 1804. He is the son of Joseph and Luey (Hills) Wolcott, both natives of East Windsor, Conn., where they were married and

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resided till the latter part of the eighteenth century, when they removed to the birthplace of their son S. P. They remained in the Green Mountain State until 1816, and then removed to Ontario Co., N. Y. In the fall of 1820, they came to this county and located iu Granger Township. They were the parents of seveu chil- dren, four of whom are now living. Mr. Wolcott was the Captain of a company, and served his country with distinction during the war of the Revolution. Three of his brothers were also in this war. He died in 1866, at the advanced age of 91 years. His wife died in 1855. S. P. Wolcott was raised upon a farm, receiving but a limited education. He worked for his father until of age, and contributed no little toward caring for the family. He was frugal and in- dustrious, and as fast as he earned money he invested it in land. In 1828, he returned to Ontario Co., N. Y., where he found employ- ment as a farm laborer for two years. During this time he had saved enough money to finish

paying for the land he had purchased. He was united in marriage to Miss Nancy W. Codding Scpt. 20, 1835. She was born in Bristol, On- tario Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1814. From this union there were sixteen children-Fernando, Alzina M., Horace, Sarah J., Harriet C., Chester, Clay- ton C., Clayton, Cornelius, Cornelia, Samuel M., Alice A., Frank L., Mary L., Amelia C. and Ida M. Horace, Chester and Clayton were in the late war. After the war, Horace entered the employment of the Government and went overland to the Pacific coast. On his return to the East he took a trip South, since which time he has never been heard of by the family. Mr. Wolcott began life as a poor boy, and is, in the fullest sense of the word, a self-made man. Although too old to work he still has charge of his farm, which is one of the best improved in Granger Township. Hc is an intelligent, en- terprising gentleman, a jovial companion and one of the county's best citizens. In politics, he is a Republican of the stalwart kind.

HOMER TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT LEE, farmer ; P. O. Albion, Wayne Co. ; was boru in the latter county Jan. 23, 1833, and was married, Oct. 9, 1856, to Miss Maranda R. Tanner, who was born July 19, 1839. Their children were named Sarah J., born Oct. 4, 1857 ; Rosa M., April 19, 1859, dicd Feb. 26, 1862 ; Cora B., Jan. 15, 1865 ; Lillie G., Jan. 26, 1877 ; Sarah J., now Mrs. Aaron Swartz, married Dec. 6, 1877 ; they have one child-Lucius L. Swartz, born Jan. 31, 1879. Mr. Lee went to California in 1852, during the gold fever excitement, taking the overland route and traveling in the saddle or with the wagon train. It took them three months to make the trip, halting a week at Salt Lake City to recruit their teams. They were threatened on the way by Indians, who were probably more in search of plunder than a fight. At this time, they were joined by an- other train, and, by coralling their teams and protecting themselves as best they could, they passed a very disagreeable night, waiting for the expected attack. Morning came, and they were left to pursue their way unmolested, with the exception of losing some of their stock.

They entered the Golden State at Hangtown, now called Placerville. He worked in the mines in various parts of the State, remaining there three years, coming home via the Nicar- agua route, landing safely in New York, and arriving home by way of Cleveland. Mr. Lec has been living in Homer Township for twenty- four years, on what used to be called the Albro farm of 80 acres, but has made additions from time to time, until now he owns 181 acres of good land, making a farm of which he may well be proud, as he is pleasantly situated and surrounded with home comforts of no ordinary degree. His father, Josiah Lee, living in Al- bion, Wayne Co., was born in the State of Con- necticut, Thompson Township, Oct. 14, 1796, and moved to the State of New York with his father in 1798. He married Miss Agnes Lafler Nov. 3, 1816, and came to this State in 1819, settling in Jackson Township. There werc no improvements on the land he entered, and no roads but as they cleared them between here and Cleveland, coming by way of Mediua, which then could boast of one solitary log house and another in process of construction.

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Before they reached the future county scat, it grew quite dark and threatened rain. Turning the oxen loose to browse in the slashing, they sought the log house for slielter, but were lost in the darkness of the stormy night. Their loud halloos were finally heard, and they were kindly taken in and carcd for by the pioneer's family. They reached Wayne Co. in due timc, and entered 320 acres of land, at $2 per acrc. Mr. John Mason, three-fourths of a mile east, was their only neighbor, and Wooster the near- est post office. Their children were John H., born March 14, 1818, died Aug. 17, 1822; Phobe, Nov. 24, 1819, died Aug. 11, 1822 ; James, April 30, 1822; Josiah, July 2, 1824, died Aug. 20, 1851; Elizabeth, March 23, 1826 ; Jacob, July 12, 1828, died Oct. 23, 1853; David B., Oct. 21, 1830 ; Robert, Jan. 23, 1833; Oliver, Jan. 9, 1836 ; Lucene, Feb. 7, 1839 (now Mrs. G. M. Reed) ; Elizabeth mar- ried Mr. P. C. Bunt ; George, July 14, 1841,

died Dec. 15, 1854. Mrs. Agnes Lec died April 8, 1860, and on Jan. 26, 1868, Mr. Lee married Phoebe Smith. They had one child- Jessie, born Dec. 6, 1869; she died March 2, 1878. Three of the brothers were in the army during the war of the rebellion. David en- listed in Co. B, 4th O. V. C., and served in the Army of the Potomac until the battle of Get- tysburg, where he was wounded in the right hand. Soon after, he was honorably dis- charged from the service, but, upon the wound healing, he again enlisted in the 178th O. V. I., and served to the end of the war, participating in the great battle of Murfreesboro and many skirmishes between Nashville and the front. James enlisted in Co. K, 102d O. V. I., and served for three years. Oliver enlisted in the same regiment and company (Capt. J. M. Sloan's), and was in the battles of Decatur, Ala., Stevenson, Perryville, Frankfort, etc.

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ADDENDUM.

JUDGE SAMUEL HUMPHREVILLE, Me- dina, Ohio, died of apoplexy, Feb. 4, 1881. The following tribute to his memory is taken from the Medina Democrat of Fch. 10, 1881 : "Our community was greatly shocked ou Friday morning last to learn of the sudden death from apoplexy of cx-Judge Humphreville, au old and respected citizen of Medina, whosc demise occurred about 10 o'clock, at the office of the Gazette newspaper. The judge, after breakfast, as was his custom, came down towu and visited the Gazette office to look after some job print- ing that had been ordered, and while there in conversation with Mr. Green, he suddenly fell back in his chair, gasped a few times, and ex- pired. The judge, we are informed, had been in his usual health, with the exception of a slight headache which had annoyed him for a few days, and though 73 years of age, had the appearance of good health and promise of a longer lease of life than was allotted him. The deceased was boru and bred in Berkshire Co., Mass .; from there he came to Medina, about forty years ago, and engaged in the practice of law. He represented Medina Co. in the Cou- stitutional Convention which framed the Consti- tution of 1851. Next, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for this district, going on the beuch in February, 1852, and serving a term of five years, he being the first

Judge elected in this district after the adoption of the present Constitution, whence the code practice of law dates. Prior to about the year 1850, Mr. Humphreville was a Democrat, and was elected to the above-mentioned offices by his Democratic constituents, among whom he was a leader. But when the rebellion of the Slave States became inevitable, he joined the Republican party, and as a member of that party represented this Senatorial district in the General Assembly of Ohio for the period of three years, beginning in 1862. He was next elected a member of the third Constitutional Convention, which met in May, 1873. For some years, he has been a member of the Board of School Examiners for this county, and, at the time of his death, was at the Gazette office for the purpose of getting some examination cards printed. He spent considerable time during the past few months iu writing a history of the bar of Medina Co., which he finished about two weeks ago, and which will appear in the forthcoming county history. Throughout his whole life, he has been a faithful and per- sistent worker. As a public officer, he faithfully discharged his trust ; as a lawyer he was honest and upright and an honor to his profession, and as a neighbor and citizen he was always genial and kind to all, and a man in the true sense of the word."

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History of Medina county and Ohio, Part 145

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, 1852-1926; Baskin & Battey. Chicago. pub Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago : Baskin & Battey Number of Pages: 1014

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, 1852-1926; Baskin & Battey. Chicago. pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : Baskin & Battey
Number of Pages: 1014