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his family for a period of sixty-two consecutive years. Mrs. Ripley departed this life April 13, 1874. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, as is her husband, and was an estimable woman, and a devoted wife and mother. She left surviving her her husband and nine children, her own death being the only death which has oc- curred in the family. The names of the chil- dren are as follow: Judith P., widow of Walter Smith, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Miller, in Ellsworth; Thomas, in Alliance, Ohio; Warren L., at Ellsworth center; Ward S. and Edgar, in Olathe, Kansas; Florence E., at home; Emma C., at home ; William, at Burton, Ohio, and Mar- garet V., at home. Four of the sons served in the Union army during the war of the Rebel- lion, viz: Thomas, Warren, Ward, and Edgar, the latter in the one hundred day service; Thomas was in the Third Iowa infantry, and was discharged at the expiration of six months on ac- count of sickness. Warren and Ward were members of the Forty-first Ohio volunteer in- fantry, and served all through the war, partici- pating in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Nash- ville, Lookout Mountain, and Stone River, and came out unhurt. Walter Smith, the husband of the eldest daughter, was a member of the same regiment and died at New Haven, Kentucky, in February, 1862.
MARTIN ALLEN.
Martin Allen was born in Windham, Connec- ticut, on the 25th day of August, 1807. His early days were spent in farm labor and attend- ing the common schools. Having decided upon the study of medicine, after his common school education was completed, he attended Plainfield academy for a while with a view of training him- self, by a thorough preparatory course, for the career he had marked out. After teaching for a time he at length decided that a professional life would not suit him, and resolved to devote him- self thenceforth to farming. About this time he determined to make his home in the West, and in 1829 came to Ellsworth township and located upon the farm which he still occupies. After his arrival here he continued teaching for several years, following the usual custom of district school-teachers, of teaching during the winter
months and farming in summer. Those of his pupils now residing in the neighborhood are unanimous in their testimony as to his popular- ity and worth as an instructor.
March 21, 1832, Mr. Allen married Miss Lucy M. Fitch, of Ellsworth township-a union which has resulted in a long and happy married life and the rearing of a large family. Mr. Allen, by economy and enterprise has prospered abundant- ly, and is now the owner of a pleasant home, a well selected library, and a large, well cultivated farm. His home is beautifully situated, and its surroundings afford evidence of the care and taste of its owner.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen both united with the Presbyterian church about the same time (1843) and have ever remained constant, faithful mem- bers. For many years Mr. Allen has been a ruling elder and one of the main supporters of this church.
Martin Allen is a man of cultivated tastes and of more than ordinary ability. The friends of the family are many, and in simple justice it should be stated few men enjoy the respect of their fellow-citizens in as high a degree as Mr. Allen. Modest and unassuming he has always refrained from seeking notoriety of any kind, much preferring the pleasures of home life and the enjoyment of the rewards of industry and social kindness. A contented mind, and a heart filled with a spirit of Christian resignation are in deed the greatest boons a man can have.
Mr. Allen was the third son and the fourth child of Enoch and Betsey (Witter) Allen, who were married in 1794. They had five children: Asa Witter, born 1795; John, 1797; Eliza, (died young; Martin, 1807; and David, 1809. Enoch Allen was born in Windham, Connecticut, May 23, 1768. His father, Asahel Allen, was born in the same place in the year 1742. The Allen family were among the earliest of the New Eng- land colonists. Martin Allen is a direct descend- ant of Samuel and Ann Allen, of Bridgewater, Somersetshire, England, who located at Brain- tree, Massachusetts, ten miles south of Boston, in the early part of the seventeenth century.
To Mr. and Mrs. Martin Allen have been born twelve children, of whom eight are now living. The names of the survivors are as follows : Lloyd, born July 14, 1833, married Fannie M. Beardsley, resides in Ellsworth ; Mary Eliza, born
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August 26, 1837, married Robert A. Kirk, Can- ton, Ohio; Jesse Fitch, born August 13, 1841, unmarried, at home; Chester, born February 1, 1843, married Fannie M. Coit, in Ellsworth; William Hoyt, born January 3, 1845, married Ella Brooke, Ellsworth; Henry Bingham, born April 26, 1847, married Emma R. Weaver, Salem, Columbiana county ; Lucy A., born November 5, 1848, at home; Jettie W., born April 6, 1851, at home; Enoch, Enoch Fitch, Betsey Ann, and an infant son are deceased.
JAMES WILLIAMS.
John Williams was among the pioneers of Canfield township, and bore with fortitude the experiences of pioneer life. He enlisted in the army during the War of 1812, immediately after Hull's surrender, and served as first lieutenant. He married Mary Smith. The names of their children were James, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Ban- ner, Nancy, and Rachel. Rebecca (deceased) married Jacob Bower; Elizabeth married Al- medius Scott, and resides in Canfield ; Banner married first Clarissa Lew, and second Margaret McDaniels, and resides in Canfield; Nancy the wife of Ormon Dean, resides in Lordstown; Rachel married John Porter, and resides in Pal- myra, Portage county.
James Williams, the oldest child of John and Mary Williams, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1809. He was mar- red November 17, 1836, to Miss Almyra Cook. She was born in Columbiana county, August 28, 1818. Their children are as follows: Henry A., married Irene Greathouse, and lives in Oregon ; Mary E., the wife of George Bennett, resides in Illinois; Delos E., married Esther Jane Bennett, and resides in Ellsworth; Homer married Mary Brooke, and resides in Canfield; Alice J., mar- ried Samuel S. Gault-her home is in Ellsworth; Lewis died at the age of two years.
Mr. Williams worked at the trade of a carpen- ter and joiner for about forty years of his life, but is now retired from active business, having secured a competency sufficient to support him- self and wife during the remainder of their days, besides amply providing for all their children.
Although Mr. Williams never sought office, his fellow-citizens, have shown their confidence in
his integrity by electing him to the office of justice of the peace three times.
No better tribute of respect to this worthy couple can be paid than the universally preva- lent sentiment of their associates and friends, that their lives have been distinguished by acts of kindness and benevolence toward many a one in need of friends and help.
NOTES OF SETTLEMENT.
Dr. George W. Brooke, son of Basil and Rachel (Morris )Brooke, was born in Goshen township, then Columbiana (now Mahoning) county, Ohio, April 29, 1828. He began the study of medicine in 1846, under Dr. James W. Hughes of Berlin township, and attended lec- tures at the Cleveland Medical college, where he graduated in the spring of 1851. He immedi- ately commenced practice under the supervision of his preceptor in Berlin, removing in the spring of 1852 to Ellsworth, where he has since been engaged in his profession. He married in 1852 Miss Theda A. Carter, of Darien, Genesee coun- ty, New York. The children born of this union are Ella E., Clara R., Mary Q., Georgie, and Theda Carter. Mrs. Brooke died December 29, 1874, and he married September 21, 1878, Miss Mary E. Williams. Dr. Brooke was a Republi- can presidential elector in 1860, and cast the electoral vote of the Nineteenth Congressional district for Abraham Lincoln. He was elected a representative in the State Legislature in 1877, and re-elected in 1879.
Richard Fitch, Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, is the son of Richard Fitch, Sr., one of the early pioneers of Ellsworth township. Rich- ard Fitch, Sr. was born in Salisbury township, Litchfield_county, Connecticut, and emigrated to Ohio in 1806. He settled in Ellsworth, in sec- tion thirteen. His wife was Lucinda Buell, a native of Connecticut. They had a family of two sons and eight daughters, three of whom are living, viz: Sally, Antoinette, and Richard. The latter was born on the homestead in section thir- teen. In 1838 he was married to Nancy F. Webb, by whom he has had six children, two of whom are deceased, having died in infancy. The rest live in Ellsworth. Frank, the oldest son, was born September 20, 1842, in Ellsworth
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township. May 2, 1867, he was married to Miss Martha B. McNeilly, and has had five children- Lizzie M., Jesse B., Charles P., and Bertha B., who are living, and John S., who died at the age of twenty-three months. Frank Fitch enlisted in 1864, in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio national guard, serving one hundred days. Richard Fitch, Jr., the subject of this sketch, was justice of the peace of this township for fif- teen years. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
William Dean (deceased) was born in Litch- field county, Connecticut, in the year 1774. He emigrated from that State with his family in company with his father's family in the year 1810 and settled in Canfield township, then Trumbull county. The country was then very wild; Indians were not uncommon and frequent- ly visited the cabins of the settlers while passing over their lost hunting-ground. There were also plenty of wild animals and game, wolves, deer, and bear being far more plenty than sheep and cattle. Not long after their settlement in their new home, mother Dean was called away, her husband surviving her but a few years. William Dean married Miss Parthenia Bailey and had a family of eight children, six sons and two daugh- ters, viz : Orpha, Hiram, Orsemus, James, Ben- jamin, William B., Orman, and Balinda; of these James, Benjamin, and Balinda are de- ceased. By his second marriage he had one daughter, Rebecca. Mr. Dean followed farming during his life, and by dint of industry and good management acquired a good property. He died at the old homestead in 1847 at the age of seventy-three years. He was married three times. His third wife is still living.
William B. Dean, farmer, Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, son of William Dean, the pio- neer above mentioned, was born in .Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 1810. In October of that year his parents emigrated to Ohio, or New Connecticut as the Reserve was then called. William B. Dean grew up on the farm and was trained in the severe school of pioneer times. In 1832 he was married to Phebe Diehl. They have one child, Ward, born January 18, 1834. Mr. Dean settled in Ellsworth in 1835 and cleared the farm on which he lives.
In the year 1840 a part of the family of James Dixon, consisting of five sons and one daugh-
ter, emigrated to this country from Ireland. They came to Ohio and settled about a mile south of the present fair grounds. John Dixon, the third child, was born in county Down, Ire- land, in 1809. He married in 1838 Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, by whom he had eight children, viz : James, Agnes, Mary Ann, Eliza, Margaret, Mary Agnes, Robert, and Martha. Agnes, Mary Ann, and Mary Agnes are deceased. Mr. Dick- son is now seventy-two years old but is still active and can do his day's work in the harvest field. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
Philip Arner (deceased) was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1776; was married in 1801 to Miss Susan Broadsword, and had five sons and three daugh- ters, as follows: Peter, Elizabeth, Chloe, Lewis, Mary, Caleb, Daniel, and Eli T., two of whom are deceased. Mr. Arner came to Ellsworth township, now in Mahoning county, in 1802, and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land on Meander creek, the farm now being owned by his son Daniel. He made a small clearing, the first in Ellsworth township, and built a log cabin and then went back for his family, whom he brought out in 1804. He was an industrious man, worthy citizen and was held in high esteem by the entire community. He lived to an ad- vanced age.
Eli T. Arner, farmer, Ellsworth township, Ma- honing county, youngest son of Philip Arner, was born in Ellsworth, May 8, 1825. In 1846 he married Miss N. Orcleroad, and has three children-Susan, Ella, and Jessie. Mr. Arner is a thorough and successful farmer, and pos- sesses a well improved farm.
Charles Fenstemaker (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania in 1817. He came to Ohio with his father, and settled about one and a half miles from where his widow now lives. He resided upon his father's farm until the year 1837, when he married Miss Abby Antony. He then bought and settled where his family now lives. Mr. Fenstemaker, by industry, prudence, and econ- omy acquired a good property and pleasant home. He had two sons and three daughters- Anna, Elizabeth, Susanna, Ira and Aaron. The three daughters are deceased. Mr. Fenste- maker died in 1880. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, as is also his widow.
Jonathan Howard, farmer, Ellsworth town-
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ship, Mahoning county, third son of William and Mary Howard, was born in Poland town- ship, then Trumbull county, now Mahoning, March 30, 1811. His father was born in Mary- land in 1774. He came to Ohio in 1802, and settled in Poland township. About 1816 he moved to Ellsworth township. April 6, 1802, he married Miss Mary Rose, by whom he had thirteen children, as follows: Susan, Mary, John, Jesse, Jonathan, William, Rebecca, Jane, Louisa, Melvina, Isaac, Albert C., and one that died in infancy. It is a singular circumstance in the history of this family that the circle of twelve children was not broken by death until the youngest was forty years of age. Jonathan was some five years of age when his parents moved to Ellsworth. He married, in 1849, Margaret Hoover, and has one son, Frank C., born September rr, 1852. He lives at home with his parents.
Albert C. Howard, farmer, Ellsworth town- ship, Mahoning county, youngest child of William and Mary Howard, was born in Ells- worth, November 5, 1826. He married, March 3, 1857, Miss Susan Teegarden, by whom he has had two children, a son and daughter, viz : Martha, born January 17, 1858, who died March roth of the same year, and L. U., born February 24, 1859, now a student in Mount Union college, having attended some four terms. Albert Howard taught school for a number of terms in Jackson, Newton, and Green townships, and has studied medicine to some extent, but has never practiced.
J. M. Howard, farmer, Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, was born in section twenty, Ellsworth township, in 1833. When about two years of age he went to live with his grand- parents (McCreary), who resided in the same neighborhood, and of whom a brief sketch is given elsewhere. Mr. Howard was married in 1859 to Sarah M. Rose, of Jackson township, and has one child, Jeannette. He owns and occupies the farm previously owned by his grandfather McCreary.
Philo Spaulding (deceased) was a native of Connecticut, where he was born June 26, 1786. In 1808 he married Miss Amanda Bingham, by whom he had six sons and two daughters, as fol- low: Augustus, Moses, Amos, Newman, Isaac, Jeremiah, Paulina, and Jerusha. In 1813, with
his family of wife, daughter Paulina, and sons Augustus and Moses, he came to Ohio making the journey in an ox-cart. He settled in Ells- worth township, now Mahoning county. Two years afterward he located upon the farm where his son Moses now lives. He began there in the woods and by hard work and under the dif- ficulties incident to pioneer life built up a good home and reared his family. His wife and com- panion of his pioneer days died in 1835, and in 1837 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Kidd. By the second marriage there were no children. He died in 1876 at the advanced age of ninety years, surviving his wife twenty years.
Moses Spaulding, farmer, Ellsworth, Mahoning county, son of the subject of the preceding sketch, was born in Connecticut December 21, 1811. He remained upon the farm with his parents until his marriage, which took place October 8, 1834, to Miss Harriet Ann Dakin. The result of this union was eleven children, as follow: Horace, Caroline E., Emily, Julia, Homer, Susan, Charlotte, Horace (2), Ella, Ida, and Mary. Horace (r), Julia, and Homer are dead. The latter enlisted in the war of the Re- bellion, although only fifteen years of age, and was severely wounded in his first engagement at the battle of Shiloh. He rallied for a time and was brought home where he received the kindest attention and care, but the wound proved a fatal one and he died December 2, 1862, his loss be- ing a severe blow to his parents. Mr. Spauld- ing is an enterprising farmer and has accumu- lated a good property. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
James McNeilly (deceased) was born in Ire- land, July, 1804. He married Elizabeth Trim- ble in 1824, and in 1827 emigrated to America; came to Ohio and settled in Mahoning county, then Trumbull, Jackson township. He remained there about three years and then moved to Ells- worth and located in section twenty-three, where he lived until his death. His children were John, Robert, William, Margaret, Eliza, Samuel, Mary, James P., and Martha, all of whom are living but John.
James P. McNeilly, farmer, Ellsworth, Mahon- ing county, son of James McNeilly of the above sketch, was born February Ist, 1844, in Ells- worth township. At the age of twenty-seven he was united in marriage to Miss Jerusha Fitch,
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by whom he has had two children, Frances F. and Fannie A., one of whom died at the age of sixteen months. Mr. McNeilly enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio National guard in 1864, and served one hundred days. Himself and wife are both members of the Presbyterian church.
Samuel A. McNeilly, farmer, Ellsworth town- ship, Mahoning county, was born in Ellsworth in 1839. In 1860 he married Miss Mary W. Smith, and has a family of four children, viz: Walter 1., Helen V., Mary E., and Charles S. Mr. McNeilly has a good property in Ellsworth center. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
John McCreary (deceased) was born in county Down, Ireland, in 1770. He emigrated to America in 1787, and settled in New Jersey. Shortly afterwards he moved to Erie, Pennsyl- vania. In 1801 he married Miss Jane McFar- land, and two years afterwards he came to Ohio, and settled in section nineteen, Ellsworth town- ship, now Mahoning county. He cleared up and improved a fine farm, on which he lived until his death in 1839. He left surviving him a wife and two daughters, Mary and Jeannette.
Samuel Knauff (deceased) was born in Green township, now Mahoning county, in the year 1822. He lived with his parents until his mar- riage, which event occurred in 1850. He mar- ried Miss Barbara Hardman, and began married life on the farm now occupied by the widow. The family consists of five sons and five daughters as follows: Anna, Henry, John, Lida, Erin, Mary, Amos, Lovina, Amanda, and Ensign. Mr. Knauff died in 1872, and was buried in Green township beside his parents, who died many years ago. He was a member of the Lutheran church.
William J. Mckinney, postmaster, Ellsworth center, Mahoning county, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1852, and came to Ohio with his father in the latter part of the year 1858. He was married to Miss Hannah Mygatt, but has no children. He was appointed postmaster at Ellsworth center in 1874, and also elected township treasurer the same year. He is a mer- chant at Ellsworth center.
George W. Harroff, farmer, Ellsworth town- ship, Mahoning county, was born in Augusta county, Virginia, July 11, 1833. He married in
1865, Miss Mary McLaughlin, who died Decem- ber 22d of the same year, while on the way to Ohio, and was buried at Wellsville. He was again married, early in 1867, to Miss Mary Diehl, by whom he had one child, Mary S. C. His second wife died December 22, 1867. Mr. Harroff was married a third time, to Miss Sarah Diehl, sister of his second wife, March 20, 1868, by whom he has had one child, George A., born February 14, 1869.
Henry C. Beardsley, farmer, Ellsworth town- ship, Mahoning county, was born in the State of Connecticut, December 2, 1823. He came to Ohio with his father, Almus Beardsley, and set- tled in the woods in Ellsworth township. Henry C. Beardsley married, in 1851, Miss Elizabeth Smith, and has had eight children. Four daugh- ters and two sons are now living, viz: Laura, W. L., Ora, Lucy M., Edith, and Arthur. Mr. Beards- ley still resides on the old homestead. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Republican.
Henry Boyd, grandfather of Dr. F. Wilson, came to this county in 1830; settled in Ellsworth township first, afterwards in Berlin ; was a mem- ber of the State Legislature in 1847, and it was probably on his recommendation that the lines bounding the county were run. He was a justice of the peace for many years ; an elder in the Presbyterian church ; was a man of influence and highly esteemed. He died in Lima, Ohio, in 1864.
CHAPTER V. BERLIN.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
Berlin is township one of range five, Connecti- cut Western Reserve, and was, until the forma- tion of Mahoning county, the southwest corner township of Trumbull county. Berlin has Mil- ton on the north, Ellsworth on the east, Goshen and Smith on the south, and Deerfield, Portage county on the west. In natural beauty it is un- surpassed by any portion of the county. The winding Mahoning washes a portion of the west- ern borders of the township. The surface in its vicinity is more or less broken, and with
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woody banks and verdant valleys, the river helps to make a scene of picturesque loveliness. Mill creek waters the southwestern quarter of the township. One of its tributaries has the suggestive name of Turkey Broth. Turkey Broth creek is a small stream rising in the north- eastern part of the township, and flowing south- westerly until it reaches Mill creek. Several small runs empty into it.
The land of Berlin is mostly very nearly level, and consists of a succession of broad swells with wide and very slight depressions interven- ing. The surface is so nearly uniform that an observer, upon almost any of the gentle rises of land, can obtain a view of nearly all parts of the township. The soil is deep and fertile; very lit- tle clay or sand, but a good strong loam, well adapted to fruits and cereals. A traveler along almost any of the roads in the township can scarcely fail to note and admire the beautiful fields on every hand.
Berlin center, a straggling settlement of twenty or more houses, is the only village, and is pleas- antly situated on a slight elevation a short dis- tance east of the geographical center of the town- ship.
Belvidere, where Schilling's mill is located, advanced far enough toward the dignity of a vil- lage to receive a name, and apparently its ambi- tion was satisfied. Shelltown in the northeast is a thickly settled community. At Christy's cor- ners, in the southwestern part of the township, quite an extensive business has been carried on for a number of years in the manufacture of pottery.
The township was but sparsely settled until about 1824 for the reason that the greater por- tion of the land was not offered for sale until that time.
ORGANIZATION.
The township, which for several years had been a part of Ellsworth, was erected a separate township and election precinct by the county commissioners in March, 1828.
THE FIRST ELECTION
of township officers took place at the school- house near the center April 7, 1828, Matthias Glass, Salmon Hall, and Joseph Stall being judges of election, and Peter Musser and Joseph H. Coult, clerks. The following officers were
elected: Nathan Minard, Thompson Craig, Samuel Kauffman, trustees; Salmon Hall, treas- urer ; Joseph H. Coult, clerk ; John Stuart, con- stable ; William Kirkpatrick, Christian Kauff- man overseers of the poor; Joseph Davis, Joseph Leonard fence viewers; Edward Fankle, Benja- min Misner, Abraham Craft, supervisors.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
In 1828 the township was divided into four school districts. Four years later the number had increased to nine. The old township rec- ords give the following names of the inhabitants of the four school districts in 1829. Where the name is illegible in the old book, or where the spelling is of doubtful authenticity, a question mark (?) is placed after the name :
District Number One .- Joshua Minard, John Vosburg, William Kirkpatrick, Edward Fankle, John Crumrine, John Ween (?), Benjamin Leon- ard, Nathan Minard, Adam Morningstar, Henry Morningstar, Adam Morningstar, Jr., John Lud- wick, John Kimmel.
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