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WILLIAM DUSTMAN, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio, February 6, 1836; son of Daniel and Catherine (Good- man) Dustman, natives of Mahoning County, where they still reside, and par- ents of the following children now living: Jacob, William, Hannah (wife of Hugh Swartz), John, Abraham, Mary Ann (wife of C. Harman), Isaac, Louisa (wife of E. Harman). The maternal grandfather, John Goodman, and paternal grandfather, Jacob Dustman, were among the early founders of Berlin Town- ship, Mahoning Co., Ohio. Our subject was married at Berlin, in 1860, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Henry Goodman, by whom he has two children- Milton H. and Minnie V. In 1864 Mr. Dustman settled on his farm of eighty acres in this township, also retaining the ownership of his farm of ninety acres in Mahoning County. He has served in several official positions in Deerfield Township, this county. He advocates the principles of the Repub- lican party; is a citizen highly esteemed. A member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church.
MASON GIBBS, retired, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Worcester County, Mass., in 1801; son of Dolphin and Asineth (Fay) Gibbs. The family removed to Cheshire County, N. H., where the parents died. Our subject was married, October 31, 1835, to Miss Mary, daughter of Charles Reed, who died June 19, 1880, the mother of two children, and of whom the only survivor is
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Julia, who is living at home and caring for her aged father. Mr. Gibbs came West in 1828, and located at Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; from there he moved to Deerfield, this county, in 1831, and entered into mercantile trade in same year. This he carried on successfully until 1871, and was also largely interested in stock-growing. At the close of his mercantile career his store was converted into a dwelling, one of the neatest and most commodious in the township. Mr. Gibbs retired from all active pursuits in 1883. He is Trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been long identified.
IRA GILBERT, farmer, Deerfield, was born in Palmyra Township, this county, in 1831, son of James and Charlotte (Cox) Gilbert, and a direct descendant of Sir John Gilbert, of England, who obtained the first land grant in Connecticut from the Crown. The parents of our subject settled in Pal- myra Township, this county, in 1811, where they lived to the close of their lives. Their children are Everett, Ira and Lucinda, wife of David Daniel. Our subject was twice married, on first occasion in 1855, in Paris Township, this county, to Miss Harriet, daughter of John Colwell, of this county, and who died in 1879. She was the mother of six children, four of whom are now living: Frank, John, Frederick and Mary. Mr. Gilbert married, on second occasion, in January, 1882, Mrs. Cynthia Green, daughter of George and Polly (Ward) Carris, of Rootstown, Ohio, and who were among its earliest pioneers. "Mother" Ward's pond was named after one of Mrs. Gilbert's ances- tors. Mr. Gilbert has been a resident of Deerfield Township, this county, for forty five years. His present farm, comprising 155 acres, was first settled by Alva, son of Judge Day, and was among the first cleared in the township. Our subject is a stanch supporter of Democratic principles, and one of the most active and respected citizens of Deerfield Township.
HENRY HARTZELL was born in Northampton County, Penn., October 5, 1801. His father, John Hartzell, with his family, moved from Pennsylvania to Deerfield in 1805, and after living for some time in a log-house he burned brick and built the first brick house in the township. Of the ten children of the family at this date, March 26, 1885, there are only two living, Henry and Polly, now wife of Rev. John Shaffer. Henry Hartzell remained at home until twenty-three years of age. He then married Miss Annie Sheets, who died, leaving three children. They are still living, being named Simon, Mary and John. His second wife was Miss Jane Smart, a native of Pennsylvania. Three sons, Eli, James and George, and two daughters, Annie and Lucy, sur- vive her. His third wife was Catherine B. Sullivan, to whom he was married October 19, 1848. To them no children have been born. Their married life is yet unbroken by death. Mr. Hartzell settled on the farm where he now resides, in the southern part of Deerfield, in 1857, on which years ago he erected a large and commodious brick residence, and when eighty-one years old-1882-planned and superintended the building of a very large and con- venient barn. For twelve years he has suffered severely from varicose ulcers upon his limbs, but in body and mind he is still strong and vigorous. In the days of slavery he was a bold, outspoken anti-slavery man, bearing the brand of an "Abolitionist." Since then he has been a supporter of the Republican party, and on temperance he is a radical Prohibitionist. Without the advan- tages of education, by untiring industry he has been a successful business man, and in his ripe old age, with bright Christian trust, he is patiently wait- ing for the end.
MRS. MARGARET HARTZELL, Deerfield, Ohio, was born in Milton Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1816; daughter of James Parshall and
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Margaret Baight, a pioneer family of Trumbull County, Ohio. Our subject was united in marriage, in 1841, with John Hartzell, a native of Lancaster County, Penn., who at fourteen years of age came with his father to this county. Here he grew up, and by industry and perseverance accumulated sufficient means to purchase the land where he established a home which stands as a monument to his memory. He died September 1, 1873, aged eighty years, eleven months and twenty-five days, leaving a widow and two children-Anna and Mary, the latter the wife of Mark Bosworth-to mourn his loss. Mrs. Margaret Hartzell is a member of the Presbyterian Church at North Benton, Mahoning Co., Ohio.
FRANK HARTZELL, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Deerfield Township, this county, September 14, 1838, a son of George Hartzell, who was born in Deerfield Township, May 12, 1811, and who, with his father, William Hartzell, and his grandfather, George Hartzell, settled in the eastern portion of Deerfield Township in 1807. The family came from Bucks County, Penn. George Hartzell, father of our subject, was married to Miss Emily, daughter of Peter Mason, and who was born in Deerfield Township, in 1813. To this union were born Sebra W., Frank and Lewis D. George Hartzell died April 5, 1881, and his widow now resides near her son. Our subject was married, July 8, 1875, to Miss Laura E., daughter of Heman E. Day, and a native of Deertield Township, this county. Three children have been born to this union, all now living: M. Cecelia, H. Augustus and G. Nelson. Mr. Hartzell possesses a farm of 133 acres. He is a man of enterprise and highly esteemed by all who know him.
JOHN H. HOFFMAN, Deerfield, was born in Northampton County, Penn., April 4, 1823, son of John and Maria (Siegfried) Hoffman, natives of Penn- sylvania. Their living children are John H., James J., Henry E., Michael S. and Amanda. The father died in 1879, aged eighty-three years; the mother is now in her eightieth year. Our subject learned the tinsmith's trade and settled at Reading, Penn., where he was married in 1847, to Miss Rosan- nah Baker, a native of Reading, Berks Co., Penn., and to this union were born three children, now living: Mary A., wife of J. N. Gibbons, Winfield S., who is engaged in the tin and stove trade at Alliance, and Josephine, wife of Edwin J. Day. Mr. Hoffman settled in Deerfield, this county, in 1858, and in 1862 as a substitute entered the ranks of the Union Army, in Company F, Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge and the siege of Vicksburg, from which point he was hon- orably discharged and returned to his home in Deerfield, Portage Co., Ohio. Mr. Hoffman bas served as Constable in Pennsylvania, and in Deerfield Town- ship, this county, and for eighteen years has been Justice of the Peace. He frequently attends the German Reformed Church in his native State. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He cast his first ballot in the old Whig party, for Henry Clay.
H. D. HUTSON, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Paris Township, this county, August 4, 1827, son of Lazarus and Minerva (Laughlin) Hutson, the former born on the banks of the Juniata River, Pennsylvania, the latter a native of Deerfield Township, this county, and a daughter of James Laughlin, who erected the first grist-mill on the Mahoning River, and died in Deerfield Township in 1852, aged eighty years. The children born to this union now living are Hiram, Homer, Henry and H. D. In 1852 our subject began his career in life as a pilot on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers between Pitts- burgh and New Orleans. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he entered the
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service as pilot of the Mississippi squadron, assigned to the brig "Restless," subsequently was put in charge of the repair boat "Swallow," and was so engaged at No. 10, Fort Pillow, Memphis and Vicksburg, where he was taken sick and confined in hospital for three months, during which time his vessel was destroyed by the Rebels. On his recovery he took his position on the "W. H. Brown " dispatch boat, and had charge as pilot of the "Benton" on her memorable trip on the Yazoo River, and participated in the battle at Fort Donelson. His service terminated with the close of the war. He subse- quently purchased a share in a steamer which he commanded seven years suc- cessfully, and disposed of it in 1875, then came to this county, settling on his present farm of 150 acres.
He is the founder of and interested in the Hutson Coal Company. Mr. Hutson was married, in 1862, to Miss Charlotte C. Vaughn, a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, by whom he has had one child-Charles W. H .- who died in 1876. Our subject has served the township as Trustee. He is a member of the Disciples Church.
JOHN W. JONES, P. O. Deerfield, a successful and progressive farmer, was born in North Wales, in 1818. His parents, William and Ann Jones, immigrated to the United States in 1831 and settled in Pittsburgh, where the father died; they had a large family, eight of whom came to this country. Our subject had no educational advantages and early learned to labor. He worked at the big hammer in the mills at Pittsburgh, and by close economy and perseverance was enabled to save something from his hard earned wages. He was married in that city, May 2, 1839, to Miss Mary Griffith, a native of Maryland and of Welsh descent. Mr. Jones came to Deerfield Township, this county, in 1853, and located on his present farm (of which he is now the owner) comprising fifty acres of good productive land. He has erected a fine commodious residence, and made all the improvements necessary to a first-class farm. Our subject gave his services to the Union Army in 1862, enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After a service of over ten months he was honorably discharged on account of sickness occa- sioned by exposure. Politically he supports the Republican ticket.
JOHN LAZARUS, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Northampton County, Penn., June 22, 1804; son of Frederick and Christena Hartzell, natives of that county. This family pioneered its way west, in 1807, traveling through the wilderness to Ellsworth, from whence a road had to be cut, and they passed the remainder of their lives in Deerfield Township. Their living chil- dren are Joseph, John, George, Annie, Mary and Betsey. Our subject was married in Trumbull County,! Ohio, in 1829, to Miss Isabella Moore, who died in 1855, the mother of three children, two of whom are living: Sarah, wife of F. Kirkbright, and Mary, wife of Joshua Hartzell. Mr. Lazarus owns a farm of 160 acres on which he settled after marriage. He is connected with the Presbyterian Church of Benton. In politics he supports the Republican party.
DANIEL LAZARUS, a member of the firm of Lazarus & Bosworth, mil- lers, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Deerfield Township, this county, in 1839, son of George, a native of Pennsylvania, and Jane (Craig) Lazarus, a native of Mahoning County, Ohio, of which place the latter's parents were among the earliest pioneers. Our subject was married, in 1865, to Miss Drusilla, daughter of Thompson Bosworth. They are the parents of the following children now living: Effie and Mary. Mr. Lazarus is the senior partner of the above firm, which operates a mill erected by him in 1872, on the site of a structure built in 1822, by Peter Lazarus, and adjoins a saw-mill erected in 1816, the first built in Deerfield Township. The present mill is provided with
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two run of buhrs, and has a capacity of sixty bushels of wheat and 200 of feed per diem. Our subject is an officer in the Presbyterian Church of Benton, and is highly esteemed as a citizen and neighbor.
H. S. LOOMIS, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Randolph Township, this county, December 12, 1834; son of Harlow and Maria (Ward) Loomis, the former born in Wallingford, Conn., in 1798, the latter in Randolph Town- ship, in 1808, a daughter of Josiah Ward. These families were among the earliest pioneers to settle in Randolph, Josiah Ward coming in 1803. The parents lived to a ripe old age, combating the privations and hardships of pio- neer life to see as the results of their labor the fields to bloom and ripen with abundance. Of their children five are living: Alfred, a resident of Washing- ton Territory; Celinda, wife of William Brocket; H. S .; Sardis and Albert H. Stephen J., the fifth child in the family, enlisted during the late war of the Rebellion, in the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at Atlanta, Ga. The subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, and was married, in Suffield Township. this county, in 1860, to Miss Malinda Wise, a native of Greentown, Ohio. Four children were born to this union all now living: Alva A., Stephen W., Rose B. and Humbert H. Mr. Loomis has always been industrious, and very successful, and as the results of his many years of labor has a fine farm of 242 acres in Deerfield Township, which he is continually improving. The family are highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
A. MARSH, proprietor of flax-mill, P. O. Deerfield, was born in England, in 1827; son of Emanuel and Anna Marsh. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 and located at Waterford, N. Y., where he worked at his trade. Four years later he removed to Springfield, Ohio, and was employed at various places until his coming to Deerfield, this county, in 1864. He operated a mill in Deerfield Township (since destroyed), and in 1876 came into possession of his present mill, originally built by Peter Lazarus in about 1840. It has now a capacity of turning out 3,000 pounds of flax per day, which is marketed in Pennsylvania and Indiana. Mr. Marsh has made his investment successful. He was married, in Waterford, N. Y., in 1850, to Miss Mary A. Wright, a native of England, by whom he has the following children: Alice; Giles H., married to Rhoda Mahuran; Flora L., wife of P. Case; Emma; Rose; Mattie; Minnie and Frank. Politically Mr. Marsh supports the principles of the Republican party. His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
BENJAMIN D. MISNER, carpenter, P. O. Deerfield, is a native of Indi- ana County, Penn., where he was born in 1819: son of Benjamin and Eve (Ditch) Misner, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1822 and were among the early pioneers of Mahoning County, where the father died in 1854 They reared a family of ten children, as follows: John, Samuel, David, Jacob, George, Benjamin D., Joseph, Elizabeth, Catherine and Eve. Our subject was married, in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1861, to Miss Caroline A. Hart- zell, a native of Pennsylvania, who has borne him one daughter-Mary H., wife of William Wilson. Mr. Misner came to Deerfield Township, this county, in 1862. He is a carpenter by trade, an occupation he followed through life with considerable success, and as the fruits of his industry has secured the needed comforts for his old age.
ISAAC MOTT, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, one of the oldest native residents, was born in Deerfield Township, this county, May 10, 1812. His grandfather, Ezekiel Mott, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was among the pilgrims of 1807 to Deerfield Township, where he cleared a farm and lived to the close of his life. Elijah Mott (father of our subject) was born during the Revolutionary
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war, and was married to Miss Annie Rose, who bore him ten children, of whom only Sylvester and Isaac survive. The subject of this sketch was mar- ried, in Deerfield Township, this county, April 17, 1834, to Miss Elizabeth Jobes, born June 25, 1810. Their living children are Cornelius, married to Miss Carson (have one child-Ada); Cornelia, married to Samuel Mell (their children are Isaac, Frank and Minnie). In 1844 Mr. Mott settled on his present farm consisting of 150 acres, where he has since made his home. He is a member of the United Brethren Church. Politically he is a stanch Republican.
T. R. MOWEN, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, May 14, 1824; son of Daniel and Elizabeth Mowen (whose record appears elsewhere in this volume). Our subject was married, in 1844, to Miss Elizabeth B., daughter of Ephraim B. Hubbard (deceased), a pioneer of Deer- field Township, this county. To this union there was born one son-Walter E., married to Miss Alice, daughter of Stephen Randall, by whom he has one son-Don T. Mr. Mowen came to this county in 1844, settling in Deerfield Township. In 1858 he purchased his present estate, comprising seventy acres, and his farm is well improved and ably managed by himself and son. Mr. Mowen is a Deacon in the Disciples Church.
OLIVER P. MOWEN, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born at Fredericks- burg, Ohio, April 25, 1843; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Rudicill) Mowen, the former born September 11, 1792, at Hagerstown, Md., on the field where the battle of Antietam was subsequently fought, and died at Fredericksburg April 8, 1845. The latter is a native of Springfield, Mahoning Co., Ohio, where she was born April 21, 1797, of German descent. She is now in the eighty-eighth year of her age. She is the mother of ten children. Our sub- ject enlisted during the late war of the Rebellion in Company D, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in the efforts made to repulse John Morgan when he ventured on his raid through Ohio, and was discharged on account of sickness December 9, 1862. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Rosella, daughter of Samuel Diver and a native of Deerfield Township, and by this union there is one child living-Mabel. Their eldest child, Sammy, born October 15, 1872, died after a brief illness July 8, 1874. In 1870 Mr. Mowen settled on his present farm of sixty acres, which he has greatly improved and converted into one of the neatest homes in Deerfield Township. It may be observed that it is the same farm settled on by Mrs. Mowen's grandfather, Peter Mason, an early pioneer of Deerfield Township. Our subject is a member of the congregation of the Disciples Church; he; has served as Township Assessor for two years.
HENRY W. MUERMAN, tanner and currier, P. O. Deerfield, is a native of Westphalia, Prussia, where he was born in 1838; a son of Charles H. and Sophia S. (Thierman) Muerman, both deceased. Of their children four came to America, of whom three are now living: Christian A., in 1851, President of the Board of Equalization, also engaged in the insurance business at Cleve- land; Harman, in 1855, proprietor of the Burnet Hotel, Lima, Stark Co., Ohio; and Henry W. In 1853 our subject came to America and direct to Deerfield, this county, where his brothers, Christian and Morris, were operat- ing a tannery, formerly the property of Dr. Curtis. It was built about 1815, by Jesse Grant, father of Gen. U. S. Grant. Our subject subsequently leased the tannery of his brothers, succeeding them in the business in which he has since been very successful. He was married in this township in 1862. to Miss Jen- nie R. Schaeffer, a native of Smithtown, Mahoning Co., Ohio, and has three children living and one deceased. Those now living are John C., Paul M.
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and Helen E. Charles is deceased. Mr. Muerman has a farm of forty-six acres, which he conducts in addition to his other business. He is a consistent member of the Christian Church, of which he is Deacon, chorister and organ- ist. He is well and favorably known.
CHARLES PARHAM, farmer, P. O. Yale, was born in Dorsetshire, En- gland, in 1817; son of Thomas and Mary (Babcock) Parham, both now deceased. Our subject immigrated to this country in 1835, and located in Buf- falo, N. Y., where he learned the painter's trade. After remaining there two years, he removed to Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, working at his trade there until his settlement in Deerfield Township, this county, in 1842. At this time he had, by careful management, saved enough to purchase twenty-five acres of land; a second purchase of nine acres followed, and at this time he is the possessor of a farm of 155 acres, secured by his own industry and frugality. He was married in Warren, Ohio, June 2, 1840, to Miss Rebecca Davis, who has borne him six children-Henry, who served three months in the Union Army during the late Rebellion; Albion, who enlisted in the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed before Atlanta, Ga., during the war of the Rebellion; Martha, wife of N. Dodge; Sabina, Hiram and Frederick C. Mrs. Parham died June 17, 1859, and on August 4, 1861, our subject married Miss Mary A. Meads, a native of Brighton, England, by whom he has one son., John M., married to Miss Eliza Kibler, and residing on the homestead. Mr. Parham is a Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.
ANTHONY REED, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in October, 1811, son of William and Mary (Middlesworth) Reed; for mer born in the State of Delaware; the latter in West Virginia. (Their his- tory appears in another portion of this volume.) The family settled in the southern portion of Deerfield Township, this county, in 1812, where the par- ents lived to the close of their lives. Our subject's advantages for receiving an education were very limited, and his father realizing this fact, erected a log-schoolhouse, in which he taught his own and the neighbors' children in his spare moments. Anthony resided on the old homestead until thirty years of age. He was married in 1842 to Miss Elizabeth Lazarus, a native of Deer- field Township, this county. This union has been blessed with two children -Amelia, wife of William R. Shilliday (have four children, Maggie, Arad, Mattie and Mary), and Mary, widow of George Ganze (by whom she had two children, Joel and Mabel), and who is residing on the old homestead with her children, a comfort to her father in his declining years. Mr. Reed, when twenty-one years of age, purchased sixty-six acres of land, to which he subse- quently added until he is now owner of 429 acres. He inherited but a small amount of money, and his accumulations are the result of his own energy and industry. He is a member of the Congregational Church.
JAMES REED, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born in Brooke County, W. Va., in 1809, a grandson of Anthony Middlesworth, a Hollander by birth, and son of William and Mary (Middlesworth) Reed, the former born in the State of Delaware August 23, 1778; the latter a native of West Virginia. They had a family of twelve children, of whom eight are still living. The family were among the pioneers of this county of 1812, and settled two and a half miles south of the center of Deerfield Township. William Reed here cleared eighty or ninety acres of land and passed the remainder of his life, attaining the ripe age of eighty-five years. Our subject was brought up on the farm, receiving the limited education obtainable in that early day. Being reared in the wilderness he early learned to swing the ax and to toil with his hands. At
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the age of twenty-one he began the struggle of life for himself, and by per- severance, industry and frugality he accumulated a fine estate, comprising over 290 acres of land. He was married September 14, 1852, to Miss Rebecca A. McMillen. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church.
LINUS REED, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born March 30, 1815, in Deerfield Township, this county, son of William and Mary (Middlesworth) Reed, whose history appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject attended the school taught by his father, and held in the log-schoolhouse erected by the latter, and resided on the old home farm until his marriage in 1838, in Stark County, Ohio, with Sarah B., daughter of David Swaine, and a native of New Jersey. To this union were born two children, Mary A. (deceased) and Ardelia. Our subject is a self-made man; commencing with but $50, he has accumulated a comfortable competency. He taught school for fifteen terms at $12 per month, and from his savings made his first purchase of land at $9 per acre; for his next purchase he paid $30, and the residence which he is now building to replace one destroyed by fire will cost $1,800. When he first set- led on his present farm it was covered with woods, which had to be cut away to make room for his log-cabin. His first purchase was twenty-six acres, to which he added seventy-two, and he has also bought lands elsewhere which he disposed of advantageously. Mr. Reed is one of the oldest residents of Deer- field Township. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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