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CAIRNS, ROBERT, was born on the McFall corner, in Mansfield, Feb. 3, 1815; at the age of 3 years, his ' parents removed to the opposite corner, now occupied by M. L. Miller ; he has always resided in the city and county. lle was married, in 1835, to Elizabeth Gor- don, by Rev. James Johnson, the first minister of the U. P. Church in Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs. Cairns are the parents of nine children-four boys and five girls -all living. Mr. C. comes of a family remarkable for longevity, size and activity ; they were all prominent actors in the history of this county. His father, Joseph Cairns came to this county from Muskingum County directly after Hull's surrender ; he acted as a Captain in a regiment in the early part of the war of 1812. Mr. C. is of Irish parentage, rugged, hardy and active, and bids fair to live many years to relate the incidents
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of pioneer times ; no one has a better and more accu- rate memory than he, and no one enjoys telling of old times more than Robert Cairns.
CAKE, HIRAM, employe of A. & G. W. R. R .; he was born in Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, Aug. 23, 1823 ; he came to Richland Co. May 2, 1840, and immediately engaged as a clerk in the dry-goods house of the late William McNulty, which was then situated on the northwest corner of Main and Fourth streets ; he re- mained with him until 1846, when he enlisted in the United States Army and joined the company from this county as private, under Capt. William McLaughlin, in the war with Mexico ; after the expiration of his term of service, he returned to Mansfield and soon after engaged in the employ of Isaac Smith, a dry-goods merchant of Monroeville, Ohio ; after several months' residence there, he went to New York City, where he was em- ployed in the wholesale dry-goods house of Marsh & Trear, with whom he remained four years, when he returned to Mansfield and again engaged in the employ of William McNulty for one year, taking charge of the business during McNulty's absence in California. He then was employed by W. L. Strong in the same busi- ness for some time, when he went to California, in 1852; after an absence of fourteen months, he came back to Mansfield and was employed by the Penn. R. R. Co., as book-keeper, for several years, since which time he has been constantly engaged in the railroad business, in different capacities, until the present time. At the age of 21, he joined the Masonic Order and be- came a member of the Mansfield Lodge, No. 35, in which he is yet a member ; during his long membership in this order, he was repeatedly elected as its Secre- tary, and has been, and now is (1880), Secretary of Mansfield Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and the Mans- field Council of Royal and Select Masters; he now holds the position of Recorder of the Mansfield Com- mandery, No. 21, Knights Templar. He was married in Mansfield, in June, 1850, to Miss Maria L. McCul- lough, oldest daughter of Judge David McCullough ; they were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living. Mrs. Maria Cake died in this city in 1869.
CANTWELL, WILLIAM (deceased), was born in August, 1786, in Brooke Co., Va. He married Ann Williams, and afterward removed to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where they remained until 1820, when they removed to Richland Co. and settled on a farm two miles from Mansfield, on the Spring Mill road, where they resided almost continuously up to the time of the death of the wife of Mr. Cantwell, which occurred in January, 1850; he survived his companion, with whom he had lived over fifty years, but died in 1857. William and Anne Cant well will be remembered by the pioneers, who still survive, very favorably and kindly, and Mrs. Cantwell will be remembered as one of extraordinary intellect- ual acquirements for one in the period of pioneer life in which she lived; they raised a family of twelve children, eleven of whom grew up to be men and women. Thomas, the oldest, located on a farm near Olivesburg, in Richland Co., about 1820, and remained there till his death in 1868; William was accidentally killed by the fall of a tree; Martha married Jacob George; Margaret married David Jacques; Rachel married William Williams; Elizabeth married John
Cary ; Jane married John Scott; Col. James married Sarah S. Ferguson ; Nancy married Samuel H. Davis ; John F. married Matilda Casebeer, and J. Y. married Mrs. J. C. Curtis ; they were all at one time residents of Richland Co. Only three of the family survive- Margaret Jacques, Jane Scott and J. Y. Cantwell. James Cantwell was born in December, 1810, and hence was 10 years old when he came with his father to Richland Co .; in 1845, he responded to the call of the Government and volunteered in the military serv- ice for one year during the Mexican war; he was elected and served as First Lieutenant of the company of which McLaughlin was Captain ; after the war, he represented Richland Co. two terms in the Ohio Legis- lature, and the district of which Richland forms a part, one term in the Ohio Senate. In 1859, he removed to Kenton, Hardin Co., and, at the breaking-out of the rebellion, he raised a company the second day after Fort Sumter was fired upon, and went to Columbus April 16, 1861, when his company was assigned to the 4th O. V. I., and he was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, Louis Andrews being Colonel. In
October following, he was tendered a commission as Colonel of the 82d O. V. I., which he accepted, and recruited and organized in less time than any other three-years regiment was organized. In January, 1862, the regiment was ordered to West Virginia, and from the first was one of the most active regiments in the field ; it took part with Schenck and Milroy at the battle of Bull Pasture Mountain in May, 1862; then marched with Fremont and Seigel across the Shenan- doah Mountains and took part in the memorable cam- paign of Jackson and Banks in Shenandoah Valley ; was at the battle of Cross Keys; then marched over the Blue Ridge and joined the Army of the Potomac ; was at the battle of Cedar Mountain. It was one of four regiments connected with Milroy's brigade, the advance guard of Pope's army in its march toward the enemy, and the rear guard on its retreat, and hence for ten successive days prior to the second battle of Bull Run the regiment was continually under fire; it was engaged actively and in the foremost of the second Bull Run battle on the 30th of August, 1862, and while gallantly leading his regiment on a charge, Col. Cant- well was instantly killed, the ball passing in just below the left eye and out at the back part of the head. Thus fell one of the bravest of men, beloved by all the soldiers, and leaving many friends behind him ; but he died as a trne soldier would choose to die, upon the field of battle, and his widow and family, who reside still in Kenton, Ohio, appreciate the sentiment inscribed by an officer upon the board that marked his tempor- ary grave upon the battle-field :
" How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest."
His family and friends revere his memory as a true and faithful husband and father. noble man and sol- dier, and a firm friend. J. Y. Cantwell was born in December, 1824, within two miles of Mansfield ; he grew up to manhood in this locality ; read medi- cine with J. W. Chandler, in Mansfield; graduated in the spring of 1847, and practiced medicine in his native town successfully until the breaking-out of the rebellion, and entered the service of the Medical
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Department on the 15th of April, 1861 ; was first con- nected with the 4th O. V. I., but was afterward appointed Surgeon of the 82d O. V. I., Col. Cantwell's regiment, and was in active duty in the field till December, 1863, filling the position of Brigade, Divis- ion and Corps Surgeon, as official orders will show ; he participated in more than twenty battles, in all of which he occupied the position of Operating Surgeon. In January, 1864, he was commissioned by President Lincoln Surgeon of the U. S. Volunteers, and assigned to duty by the Surgeon General as' Inspector of IIospi- tals, with Washington as headquarters ; in this capacity, he visited all the principal cities, inspecting hospitals, discharging, etc .; returning to duty, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, where he remained till April, 1865, when he was assigned to duty at Columbus, Ohio, as Superintendent of Hospitals, where he remained till the Government property was disposed of and the hospitals closed in October following, when he was mustered out of service, but, by recommendation of the Surgeon General of the U. S. Army, for merit- orious services, he was breveted Lieutenant Colonel, and he now holds a commission, signed by Andrew Johnson and Edwin M. Stanton, conferring upon him that rank. After the war, he went to Alabama and engaged in the planting interests as well as his profes- sion, but has now returned to his native city, where he expects to spend the greater portion of his time during the balance of his life.
CAREY, F. C., proprietor of soap factory ; was born in Ashland Co.(formerly Richland), Perry Township; came to Mansfield recently, and purchased the soap factory, which Was established in 1868 and' has been one of the leading enterprises of this city; the com- pany have the capacity to manufacture 40,000 pounds per month ; they manufacture the following varieties of soap : laundry, toilet, castile, barbers', tar, and also the celebrated coldwater soap; they are introducing and extending the sale of their soap in a number of States. They exchange soap for grease, also pay the highest market price for tallow.
CARPENTER, GEORGE F., attorney ; was born Aug. 8, 1820, in Worthington Township. Was mar- ried, July 2, 1852, to Jennette L. Reid, of Mans- field ; their children are Reid, Frank, John, Nettie, Dan and Lizzie. Mr. Carpenter came to Mansfield in the fall of 1842, studied law with James Purdy ; was admitted to the bar in February, 1845, in New Lisbon, Ohio; entered in partnership with James Purdy ; continued till 1847, then formed a partnership with Gen. William Mclaughlin ; continued till 1852, then resumed the practice of law alone for several years, after which he formed a partnership with Col. Isaac Gass. Was in the army from April 6, 1863, till Nov. 12, 1865; appointed Paymaster of the Army of the Cumberland ; returned to Mansfield and resumed the practice of law; in 1874, entered in partnership with H. P. Davis, which continues up to the present time ; office in the Carpenter Block, corner of Third and Main streets.
CARPENTER, W. B., tanner; he was born Sept. 15, 1825, in Worthington Township; he served as an apprentice at the tanner's trade for three years in New- ville, with T. F. Simmons; at the expiration of this
time, he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and completed his trade; he then returned to Newville and superintended the tannery for his father ; he afterward formed a part- nership with G. F. Carpenter, and remained six years ; in 1852, he dissolved partnership, but he continued the business, making twenty-seven years' continuous work in a tannery. He was married, Sept. 15, 1846, to Eme- line Grove, who was born in 1828, in Montgomery Co., Penn .; they had the following family-Alfred George (married to Alice Boyd), and resides in Cleveland, engaged in the practice of law ; Clara L. (married 10 Joseph Charlton) ; Electa (married to T. Y. Smiley), and resides in Ashland ; Alice E. (married to Albert Seiler) ; Eugene is attending the Ohio University at Del- aware; Ada E .. , Otto W. and Jennie are stillat home with their parents ; one daughter-Lucy, is dead. Mr. Car- penter has been a member of the M. E. Church since 16 years of age. Donn A. Carpenter, brother of W. B., was born in 1830; he was in the Mexican war ; he was elected State Senator from Jones Co., Iowa, in 1863, and also in the late war; he died in January, 1864. Mr. Carpenter can trace back his ancestry to 1638; they landed at Boston Mass., in early American days, and from there spread over the United States ; Mr. C.'s father came to Ohio in 1818.
CARROTHERS, SAMUEL (deceased), was born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1780, and was the only son of George and Jane Workman Carrothers, who were old residents of that county, and came to this country before the Revolutionary war. He was married in Washington Co., in the year 1802, to Miss Mary Dye, who was born in 1781 ; they removed to this county in 1815, and were the parents of five children-Susan Lake Carrothers was born in the year 1807, and is now a resident of Linn Co., Iowa; Elizabeth Grant was born Jan. 24, 1809, and is a resident of this city ; Jane Workman Hoffman was born in 1811, is a resident of Olney, Ill .; Rebecca D. McCollough was born in 1813, and is now living in Olney, Ill .; George W. was born in January, 1815 ; Mary Carrothers Ridgeway was born in 1817; Samuel Leet Carrothers, the young- est son, was born in 1819; he lives in the city, and is a builder and contractor; Elizabeth Carrothers was married in Mansfield, to Edwin Grant, in 1834; he was born in Fairfield, Conn., in 1797, and came to Rich- land Co. in 1819 ; for many years he carried on a tau- nery, near the corner of First and Main streets, in this city, in which he was quite successful; he died in 1845, in Mount Carmel, Ill .; after his death Mrs. Grant returned to this city, where she has since remained ; they were the parents of one child, Esther Ann, the wife of Robert Ray Smith, the well-known painter of this city. They were married March 9, 1858, and are the parents of four children.
CARTER, MERCHANT, County Treasurer ; was born in Springfield Township, Richland Co., Oct. 15, 1832. Married Nov. 22, 1859, to E. U. Gass. Was elected County Treasurer in 1877, re-elected in 1879.
CHANDLER, J. M. (deceased), was born in Jerome- ville, now in Ashland Co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1815, and there received a good common-school education; after- ward studied medicine, and passed through the regular course ; at the early age of 21 years, Mr. Chandler graduated with honor at the Ohio Medical College at
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Cincinnati ; in the year 1842, he removed to Mansfield and commenced practice, which he continued until the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 18, 1863; the Doctor was buried at Mansfield on the 20th of Jan- uary, 1863 ; during his residence in Mansfield, he was engaged in a large practice, and was reputed by his brothers in the profession as one of the best-read phy- sicians and counselors, in this part of the State; for a number of years, he was in partnership with the late Dr. G. F. Mitchell, and their business extended through- out the adjoining counties. Dr. J. M. Chandler was married, Ang. 12, 1845, to Miss S. A. Mount, who died Aug. 10, 1847 ; Frank, a son by this marriage, died May 4, 1855 : on Dec. 30, 1852, the Doctor was mar- ried to Miss R. E. Mount, who still survives ; three children, two girls and one boy, by this marriage, now live in Mansfield-Charles M , at present is telegraphı operator in the Western Union office in Mansfield.
CHARLTON, JOSEPH Y., tanner; was born Jan. 21, 1841. He was married March 16, 1865, to Clara L. Carpenter ; she was born July 6, 1847 ; they have four children-Mattie B. was born in February, 1866; Grove, May 17, 1868 ; Alfred Doyle, Jan. 1, 1870; Lettie Nell, Feb. 14, 1874. After marriage, located in Wayne Co , engaged in farming; thence to Lucas ; from there to Newville, engaged in tannery ; in 1879, he went to Mansfield ; since then has been engaged as foreman in the Carpenter tannery. Enlisted in the army during the late rebellion in the 32d O. V. I .; served his time of enlistment; was wounded twice during battles.
CLABERG, ISAAC N., attorney ; he was born Oct. 6, 1847, in Butler Township; son of Jacob Claberg ; he attended the Savannah Academy and also the Smith- ville Academy, and graduated at the Law Department of the Indiana State University ; afterward read law with Manuel May, and was, admitted to the bar at Bucyrus, Ohio, in March, 1878; now engaged in the practice of law in Mansfield.
CLAPP, EMILIUS, wine merchant; Emelius Clapp is the descendant, in the seventh generation, of Roger Clapp, who came to this country from England in 1630, settling in Dorchester, Mass .; here he married Miss Joanna Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford, of Dorchester, England, who, with her parents, came over in the ship with himself. Roger Clapp was appointed by the Gen- eral Court, in August, 1665, Captain of the Castle (the principal fortress in the province), which position he held for twenty years, and was universally respected and honored ; he also held various other offices, both civil and military ; in 1686, he removed to Boston, where he died in 1691, in the 82d year of his age; his wife died in 1695, in her 78th year : by this union there were fourteen children, one of whom, Preserved, was born Nov. 23, 1643, who married Sarah New- berry, of Windsor, and settled in Northampton ; he was Captain of the Town, a representative in the General Court, and Ruling Elder in the church, and died from the effects of a gunshot wound received from an Indian ; he had seven children, one of whom, Roger, was the father of Maj. Jonathan, one of the first set- tlers in Easthampton ; he had three sons and eight daughters ; the youngest son, Benjamin, was born in 1738, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1815 ; his wife died in 1847, at the advanced age
of 97 years ; there were born to them fifteen children. The eighth was Solomon, the father of Emelius Clapp, who was born in Easthampton, Sept. 2, 1782, and died Nov. 25, 1827; he married Miss Paulina Avery, of Wallingford, Conn .; there were ten children by this marriage, of whom Emelius is the first son, born Dec. 5, 1808 ; he received his education at the public schools and Amherst Academy ; after his father's death, he remained at home until the spring of 1832, then removed to Ohio, where he lived until the following fall when be returned to Massachusetts, where he married Lydia Hutchinson April 15. 1833 ; the same year, he again came to Ohio, and settled in Chester, Geauga Co., where he remained until 1836, when he removed to Mentor, Lake ('o., and there lived one year ; then com- menced the manufacture of candy at Painesville, which business he followed in connection with the manufact- ure of silk ; specimens of his handiwork are now in possession of the family aud show him to have been an expert workman; he resided in Painesville until the spring of 1844, then to Elyria, where he continued the manufacture of candy until September, 1850, when he came to Mansfield ; during his residence in this city, he was constantly engaged, in partnership with his son- in-law and alone, in the manufacture of candy, and the grocery trade, for many years. Nov. 20, 1865, the firm of E. Clapp & Co. sold their stock to Remy, Hedges & Co .; since 1855, he has been extensively engaged in the manufacture of wine from grapes grown at his vine- yard on Kelly's Island. Emelius and Lydia Hutchin- son Clapp are the parents of four children, one son and three daughters ; James Birney died in Elyria, aged 5 years ; Francis H. died in infancy ; two dangh- ters are now living-Ellen Mariette (wife of Mr. G. C. Wise). of this city, and Mary Paulina (wife of Joseph H. McKee), of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Lydia Clapp died in Mansfield Feb. 20, 1870; his present wife was Miss Carrie Beardsley, of Garrettsville, Portage Co., whom he married May 30, 1872.
CLARKE, W. P., merchant. This gentleman entered the store of Arnold Constable, of New York, as clerk, in the spring of 1857; he commenced business for himself in the fall of 1859, having purchased the stock of the late firm of E. & C. Hedges, of Mansfield ; he occupied the old stand, 15 Public Square; he now occupies the entire building, and is at present crowded for room to accommodate hisincreasing business, which is now the most extensive in the city; he employs five clerks, and wholesales and retails staple and fancy dry goods, carpets, oil-cloths and mattings, together with ribbons, laces, hosiery, gloves, and fancy goods of all kinds ; his stock is at all times very large, and one of the most complete of the kind in Mansfield ; Mr. Clarke has, by his affability and courtesy to customers, contributed very much to his business, and is to-day recognized as the leading dry-goods merchant in the city ; Mr. Clarke occupies several places of trust and responsibility ; he is Director of Mansfield Savings Bank, a Director in the Mansfield Fire Insurance Com- pany, Director and Treasurer of the Mansfield Loan and Building Association.
CLUGSTON, GEORGE A., banker; he was born Oct. 5, 1842, in Franklin Co., Penn .; came to Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1849 ; he received a liberal education,
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and engaged in teaching, in all three years ; came to Mansfield in March, 1863; read law with Henry Hedges ; wasin Provost Marshal's office fourteen months, also Deputy Clerk in office of Probate Judge; he was admitted to the bar in 1865, by District Court held at Bucyrus, and in United States Court in 1867, at Cleve- land ; continued in practice till October, 1873, when he was appointed Cashier of the Farmers' National Bank, and continues to hold that position ; held the office of City Clerk of city of Mansfield in 1872-73. 1Ie was - married, Jan. 1, 1867, to Sarah M. Larimer, who was born in Mansfield, Ohio, where she has always lived.
COOK,. JABEZ (deceased). Mr. Cook was a resi- dent of Mansfield and Madison Townships for sixty years, an honest, upright citizen, well informed and possessed of social qualities of a high order ; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., July 11, 1792; came to Ohio in 1814, and settled in Madison Township in 1815, and on what has since been known as the Cook homestead, on which he remained about forty years. He was married in March, 1815, to Miss Hannah Pier- son, of Washington Co., Penn .; nine children were born to them, seven of whom are living ; James Hervey and Thomas McCurdy, the one a resident of Mansfield and the other of Sandusky City, are twins and the first children of Jabez Cook ; they were born in September, 1816 ; Alice, the third child, is a resident of Mansfield ; Emily, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Elizabeth, of Iowa City ; Mortimer and Lydia Jane, in Santa Barbara, Cal .; Abbie Ellen and Willis M., are dead. Mr. Cook removed to Mansfield in 1854, where ,he continued to reside until his death, which occurred Feb. 6, 1875.
COOK, JAMES HERVEY, was born in Madison Township, two and a half miles south of Mansfield, in September, 1816; he received his elementary educa- tion at what is now known as the Sandy Hill School- house, and afterward at Granville, Ohio, when he returned home and worked on the farm and taught school several winters; he came to Mansfield in the winter of 1840-41, and taught a school on the corner of Fourth and Mulberry streets in the little red school- house, which the older residents will remember. He was married, March 27, 1842, to Miss Mary Ann Wiler. of this city, with whom he has raised four children ; until the year 1849, Mr. Cook was alternately engaged in teaching school, farming and buying produce; in the spring of that year, he took possession of the Wiler House, in which business he was engaged without inter- ruption ten years, and again in 1864 until 1869; he has always been considered one of Mansfield's best citizens, and interested in all public improvements ; he is now connected with the Richland Mutual Insurance Company as one of its officers.
COLWELL, SAMUEL B. (deceased). IIe was born in Southampton Township, Cumberland Co., Penn., June 12, 1810, where he worked at liis trade of black- smithing, until his removal West in 1836; he came to Richland Co. in May, 1837, and settled in Troy Town- ship, where he took charge of a grist-mill with a brother ; he continued at this business for some time before removing to his farm west of Lexington, on which he lived until 1862, when he returned to Lexing- ton and thence removed to Iowa and entered land ; returning to Ohio, he bought a farm south of Lexing-
ton, which he soon after exchanged for the mill prop- erty ; for five years previous to his death. he was a resident of Missouri; he died in Mansfield June 23, 1879, respected for his many good qualities of head and heart. Mr. Colwell was married in Troy Town- ship to Miss Mary McIntire, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are living, three sons and three danghters ; James is in the employ of the Aultman & Taylor Co., and Samuel in the wholesale house of Joseph Miller.
CRAIG, J. W., M. D., physician. Dr. Craig's father, Samuel Carson Craig, was born in Beaver Co., Penn., in 1783. He was married to Jane Woods, and came to Belmont Co., Ohio, where Dr. Craig was born ; not long after, his parents came to this county, where they resided during the remainder of their lives ; his father dying Feb. 7, 1862; his mother, Sept. 18, 1875. When J. W. Craig was about 9 years of age, he went back to Belmont Co., where he lived with an uncle, a law- yer, and attended school and read Blackstone, his uncle desiring he should prepare for the profession of law ; J. W .. did not fancy Blackstone to any great degree, and often read medical works, evincing a desire in that direction ; when near 17 years of age, he went to HIar- rison, near Cincinnati, where he continued to read medicine, and also taught school two years; he after- ward went to this county, and, with Dr. Bricker, read medicine in the office of Dr. John Mack, of Shel- by ; from there, he went to the Cleveland Medical College, where he graduated in 1851; April 7 of that year, he located in Ontario, where he remained in practice nineteen years ; at the end of that time, 1870. he removed to Mansfield, where he still resides. Dr. Craig was married, Jan 24, 1854, to Eliza McConnell, whose father, Ilugh McConnell, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., July 11, 1802 ; one of his sisters, born July 14, 1800, is now living, in good health, in Mansfield. Ile was married to Mary J. McCommon May 24, 1827 ; she was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Aug. 26, 1803 ; five years after their marriage, they came to Mansfield, and soon after bought a farm in Richland Co., where they now reside; Dr. and Mrs. Craig are the parents of four children-Wilda, James HI., Maggie and May.
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