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The first marriage was that of Jacob Baugh- man and Barbara Good. The ceremony was performed by Lyman Potter, justice of the peace.
The first practicing physician was Dr. Chan- dler B. Chapman. He remained a number of years and was highly esteemed in his profes- sional capacity and in society. He afterwards became a professor in a Cincinnati Medical school. Other physicians have been here to tarry longer or shorter periods, and the township now has two good doctors in its midst.
The first store was opened at the center by Salmon Swetland, previous to 1830.
'Squire Potter kept the first tavern, Cyril Green, Lyman Kibbee, and others, succeeding nim in the business.
TOWNSHIP BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
General stores : H. H. Pierce, E. L. Kibbee, Bristolville; and E. A. Pierce, North Bristol.
Drug store : E. T. Finney, Bristolville.
Furniture store : A. E. Miner, Bristolville.
Tin shop : R. G. Kelso.
Bristolville post-office, Jacob Norton, post- master; North Bristol, E. A. Pierce postmaster.
Bristolville physicians : A. J. Brockett, M. D., and F. C. Corey, M. D.
Grist-mills : Mc Bride Brothers & Vraden- burg, Bristolville; and Hutton & Freel, North Bristol.
Carriage and blacksmith shop, Eckstine & Reel, North Bristol.
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Cheese factories : Jere Barton, North Bristol; Tift & Chryst, southwest part of township.
Steam saw-mills: Strome & Reed have a large saw-mill, planing-mill, handle and spoke manu- factory, etc., east of Bristolville station, and carry on an extensive business. Mayhew Brothers have a steam saw-mill and planing-mill at Oak- field station. Two other saw-mills are owned by Sager & Cox, North Bristol; and Osborn & Harclerode, in the southwest of the township.
The above are the principal business interests, not including shoemaker and blacksmith shops.
NOTES OF SETTLEMENT.
Jacob Sager was born in Bristol township October 25, 1805. His father, William Sager, was a native of Shenandoah county, West Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1805 and settled in Bristol township, and was among the early settlers of the township. He settled in the north part of the township and resided upon his farm until his death, which occurred in 1856. There were eight children in his family-five boys and three girls-Joseph, Jacob, Sally, John, Solomon, Annie, Rebecca, and William. John, Solomon, and Annie are deceased. Mr. Sager was a mill- wright by trade, though he carried on fartuing in connection. Mr. Jacob Sager has always lived in the township. He was the first white child born in Bristol. He has lived to witness many changes; has seen a dense wilderness change to a thriving community. He was married Sep- tember 8, 1831, to Miss Leah Kagy, daughter of Jacob Kagy, of Bristol. They have had six children, five of whom are living-Susan, Wil- liam J., Henry F., Mary E., Sophia, and Jacob A. Mr. and Mrs. Sager are members of the Disciples church, and in every respect are good citizens.
Joseph Sager, a well known resident of Bristol, was born June 1, 1802, in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1805 in company with his father, William. Gabriel Sager, father of William, was a native of Germany, and came to America in an early day. Mr. William Sager made a trip to Ohio in 1801, though it is not known whether he made a purchase at this time or not. In 1805 he removed his family. He made his journey to Ohio in a covered wagon, and lived in this several weeks while a hut was in process of construction. He brought a cow. Mr. Sager cleared up a good
farm, upon which he lived till his death, which occurred September 24, 1856. Joseph Sager is one of the oldest residents of the township. He was married in 1829, to Miss Catharine Peters, daughter of Daniel Peters, of Bristol township. There were two children by this marriage : Mary A. and Daniel W. Mrs. Sager died in 1854. In 1856 Mr. Sager was married a second time, to Mrs. Hewitt, daughter of Eli Young, of Farmington, and has one child by this union: Frank J. Both himself and wife are Methodists.
William Sager was born February 14, 1821, in Bristol township, upon the farm where he now lives. He is the youngest son of William Sager. He has always lived in the township. Farming has been his chief business. He has a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres of good land. He was married in 1844, to Miss Mary M. Norton, daughter of Zachariah Norton, of Bristol. Eight children are the fruit of this union: Flora, Delia, Olive, Julia, Jennie, George, Minnie, William. William died in infancy. Mrs. Sager is a member of the Disciple church. Politically Mr. Sager is a firm Republican. He has held several of the township offices, has been township trustee, assessor, and justice of the peace, thus showing the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow-townsmen.
Isaac Barb, an old resident of Bristol town- ship, was born December 18, 1822, in Bristol township, Trumbull county, upon the farm where he now lives. His father, Gabriel, was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1805, when he was eleven years of age, in company with his father, William, who came to the township with the Sager family. There were very few settlers in the township at the time of their arriving. William Barb began in an un- broken wilderness, and succeeded in building up a grand farm, upon which he lived till his death, which occurred in 1839, leaving a family of six children, Peter, Gabriel, William, Jacob, Abram, Mary. Mrs. Barb died in 1854 or 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Barb were members of the Mennon- ite church. Mr. Gabriel Barb came upon the farm where his son Isaac now lives, in February, 1822. The first tree he cut down came very near killing him. Timothy Cox did the most of his chopping. Abram Kagy was his nearest neighbor. At the time of Mr. Barb's death he
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had about one hundred acres of land cleared. There were three children in the family, Isaac, Henry, and Elizabeth. Isaac and Henry reside upon the old home place. Elizabeth (Diehl) lives in Nebraska. Mr. Barb was a Mennonite. Mrs. Barb was a Dunkard. Isaac Barb, the subject of this sketch, has a farm of three hun- dred and fifty acres. He is engaged in general farming. He was married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth Norton, daughter of Zachariah Norton, of Bristol. They have two children, Joseph S. and Maria. Mr. and Mrs. Barb are church mem- bers and are sincere Christians. Mr. Barb has been unable to do work for the last few years on account of lameness. His son carries on the farm.
Henry Barb was born January 14, 1826, in Bristol township, upon the farm where he now lives. His father, Gabriel, was one of the first settlers in the township. Mr. Henry Barb has always been engaged in farming, though in con- nection with this he has been in a saw-mill, in which he did an extensive business for several years. He has one hundred and sixty-seven acres of excellent land. Mr. Barb was united in matrimony to Miss Jane A. Thompson, daughter of Robert Thompson, of Bristol township. Three children are the fruits of this union, Harriet, Nettie A., George E. Harriet is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Barb are Methodists.
S. A. Davidson was born in 1800 in New Haven, Connecticut, and came to Ohio in a very early day, over fifty years ago, and settled in Boardman township, Trumbull county, now Ma- honing. Here he lived several years, and then moved to Mecca township, Trumbull county, where he resided till 1865, when he moved to Bristol township and resided till his death in 1875. He was a carpenter by trade. He was married in December, 1838, to Miss Martha A. Chaffee, daughter of Rev. J. Chaffee, of Bristol town- ship. They had five children, three of whom are living-Lurena, Orrin E. Flora A. Mr. Davidson was a member of the Disciple church. Mrs. Davidson is also a member, He had been justice of the peace twelve years; also notary public nine years.
Rev. J. Chaffee was born in Massachusetts. He came to Ohio about 1814 and settled in Bristol township, west of the center, and was among the early pioneers. He began in the
wilderness and cleared up a good farm, and lived there till 1824. and then moved to Mecca town- ship, where he resided till 1865; then returned to Bristol and spent the remainder of his days. He died September 3, 1869. Mrs. Chaffee died September 14, 1874. Mr. Chaffee married Miss Theodosia Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher, of Massachusetts, March 1, 1813. There were nine children in the family-Theodosia, Sally L., Martha A., Joseph G., Eunice P., Mary M., John M., Betsy, and Nancy. Rev. J. Chaffee was a minister of the Disciple church, though he carried on a farm; also worked at shoemaking at intervals.
Hoshea Moffet, a former old resident of Bris- tolville, was born March 22, 1787, in Connecti- cut, and came to Ohio in 1828 and settled in Bristol township, Trumbull county. He located in the northwestern part of the township, where he lived till his death, which occurred January 18, 1857, leaving a family of nine children to mourn his loss. Mrs. Moffet died in 1830. He was married November 6, 1801, to Miss Polly Porter, daughter of Alexander Porter, of Con- necticut. The names of his children are as follow: Edwin, Lucine, Adaline, Louisa, Orlando, Erastus, Chauncey, Charles, Amanda. Edwin, Orlando, Chauncey, and Amanda are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Moffet were members of the Meth- odist church, and enjoyed the esteem and confi- dence of all who knew them.
Stephen Osborn, an old resident of Bristol township, was born in Litchfield county, town of Colebrook, Connecticut, November 20, 1797. His father, Joshua, was born in Connecticut, and came to Ohio in 1809, and settled in Southing- ton township, Trumbull county, and was among the early settlers of the township. Like the early pioneers he began in the woods and made him- self a good farm and lived upon this till his death. He died in 1837, leaving a family of thirteen children-Chloe, Reuben, Mansfield, Dorcas, Sheldon, Roxy, Gilbert, Leonard, Ste- phen, Amanda, Sterling, Annie, Phoebe. Ste- phen, Amanda, Annie, and Phœbe are the only surviving members of the family. Mr. Stephen Osborn came to Bristol township in 1830. He first settled upon the turnpike south of the cen- ter and here resided about twenty years, then moved upon the farm where he now lives. Many improvements have been made by Mr. Osborn.
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Farming has been his occupation, and even at his present advanced age he is able to do much labor in the field. He was married in 1826 to Miss Mary Hillman, daughter of Shubal Hill- man, of Bristol. He had four children by this marriage. Mrs. Osborn died in 1834. He then married Miss Amanda Hillman, sister of his first wife, and had four children by this marriage. Mrs. Osborn died in 1855. He married in 1858 his third wife, Mrs. Rebecca Difford, of Bloom- field, who died in 1870. Mr. Osborn has one hundred and thirty-four acres of good land. He has been quite a hunter and trapper in his day, and takes much pride in exhibiting his old wolf-trap at the present day. He is a member of the Methodist church.
Among the first settlers of Bristol was Aaron Fenton, Sr., who removed from New Jersey. He located where his son Aaron now lives. He died many years ago, leaving a family of five sons and two daughters, viz: Daniel, William, Aaron, Abraham, Enoch, Mary, and Lydia (Baird). William, the second son, was born in Bristol in 1811; married Adaline Moffet in 1835, and set- tled at the center of Bristol, where he resided a number of years, then purchasing the farm which his widow still occupies. He was a carpenter by trade. He died in 1860. Mrs. Fenton was born in Herkimer county, New York, in 1814. Her father wasHoshea Moffet, a brief notice of whom is elsewhere given. To Mr. and Mrs. Fen- ton were born seven sons and two daughters, as follows: William W., living in Bristol ; A. W., dep- uty collector of customs, Cleveland, Ohio; Shur- ben, on the farm with his mother; Marshal, in Warren, and Dr. Hoshea Fenton, of Troy, Geau- ga county; Mortimer and Charles and the two daughters, Mary and Delia, are deceased.
Jacob Norton, an old resident of Bristol, was born in 1820 in Bristol. His father, Zachariah, was a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio in a very early day, and settled in the northeastern part of the township. Jacob Norton, the grandfather of Jacob, the sub- ject of this sketch, came from Germany. He was one of the early pioneers of old Trumbull. Like the most of the early settlers he began in the woods and cleared up a good farm, and lived upon it until his death. There were nine chil- dren in his family. Mr. Zachariah Norton lived in the township till his death. He was a farmer
by occupation, and like his father made a farm for himself. There were twelve children in his family, ten of whom are living. Mr. Jacob Nor- ton, one of the number, has always resided in the township. He has been engaged in the mercantile business chiefly, though he has been postmaster since 1861, and is still serving in that position. He was married in 1844 to Miss Hannah A. Whitmore, daughter of Beriah and Nancy Whitmore, of Gustavus township. They have one child, Francis B., who is a practicing physician at Newburg, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Norton are members of the Methodist church.
C. W. Huntly was born in Canandaigua, Ontario county, New York, in 1813, June 3d. His father, Rufus Huntly, was a native of Connecticut, and came to Ohio in 1832, and settled in Sharon, Medina county, where he lived till his death. He was an early settler in the section where he located. There were twelve children in his family, only six of whom are now living. Mr. C. W. Huntly came to Trumbull county in 1846, and located in Bristol township, upon the farm formerly owned by Jacob Norton. Here he lived till he came to the center. He was proprietor of the hotel at Bristolville about fifteen years, and won the good wishes of the traveling public. He was married in 1834 to Miss Julia A. Fair- child, daughter of Abel Fairchild, of Ontario county, New York. They have had thirteen children, twelve of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Huntly are members of the Methodist church, and are sincere Christians. Mı. Huntly served a short time in the late war. He had four sons, who also acted in defense of their country, one of whom died at Vicksburg. Mr. Huntly may well take pride in the war record of his family. Politically Mr. Huntly is a stanch Republican, and is held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen.
Scott F. Huntly was born April 22, 1847, in Bristol township, Trumbull county, Ohio. His father, Calvin W., came to Ohio in 1846. Mr. S. F. Huntly has lived most of his life in Bris- tol; was in Michigan nine months. At the pres- ent time he is proprietor of a hotel at Bristol- ville, and is universally liked by the traveling public. He was married in 1869, to Miss Lizzie Mullen, daughter of Samuel Mullen, of Mecca township. Mr. Huntly served nearly two and a half years in the Rebellion, though very young
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at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted in February, 1862, in the Twenty-third Ohio in- fantry, and participated in thirteen different en- gagements, was at Cloyd Mountain, New River Bridge, Cedar Creek, and many others. Mr. Huntley is a carpenter by trade.
Samuel White, an old resident of Bristol, was born April 1, 1808, in Bristol township, Trum- bull county, Ohio. His father, Benjamin, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio in 1802, and was among the pioneers of the county. He first settled in the west part of the township of Bristol. He purchased his land of Richard Iddings, and soon after bought the farm now occupied by Mr. Spitler, through the agency at Warren. He probably owned about one hundred acres. He cleared up a good farm, and built the first grist-mill in the township, which he carried on in connection with his farming for several years. He then went to Middlefield, Geauga county, where he lived till his death, which occurred in November, 1815. Mrs. White died in November, 1875, in her eighty-eighth year. They were married in 1804, in Bristol township, by 'Squire Tracy of Mesopotamia. They had eight children, six of whom are living, two dying in infancy-Samuel, Elijah G., Polly, Jane, Patterson, and Benjamin. Mr. Samuel White has always lived in the town- ship, never having been out of it for a month at a time since he was born. He learned the car- penter trade when he was about eighteen years of age, and followed it till 1840, though he pur- chased a farm in 1834. He was married Oc- tober 12, 1835, to Mary Ann Flower, daughter of Horace Flower, of Bloomfield township. Seven children were the fruit of this union, three of whom are living. Mrs. White died February 7, 1851. Mr. White was married the second time in 1854 to Mrs. Malvina Seaton, of Erie county, New York. One child was born to them. Mrs. White is a member of the Congre- gational church. Mr. White has filled several of the township offices; was justice many years; also has been town clerk and trustee. In politics he is a firm Republican.
Anan Gordon was born February 12, 1823, in Warren, Ohio. His father, Robert Gordon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1796. His grandfather, Colonel Thomas Gor- don, came from Scotland in an early day, and
settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. An attempt was made to bribe him to go into Bur- goyne's army in the Revolution, but Mr. Gordon remained steadfast in his loyalty to the land of his adoption, and spurned the insult with indig- nation. In 1799 he came to Ohio and located in Poland township, and was one of the first in the township. He cleared up a good farm and lived upon it several years, then moved to Ashtabula county, where he resided till he re- moved to Lordstown, Trumbull county. He died in 1840. Mr. Robert Gordon came to Warren about 1817, from Ashtabula county. He was a brick-maker by trade and lived in Warren till his death. There were twelve chil- dren in his family, six boys and six girls, all of whom lived to maturity. Mr. Anan Gordon has always lived in the county. In 1850 he went to Bazetta township, where he lived twenty-one years, and was engaged in farming in the mean- time, In 1861 he came to Bristol, where he has since resided. He was married February 15, 1849, to Miss Ruanna Bell, daughter of Jabez and Anna Bell, of Bazetta. There were two children by this marriage. Second marriage September 29, 1859, to Miss Harriet Nutt, daughter of Chauncey Nutt, of Southington township. Four children by this marriage. Third marriage March 30, 1876, to Mrs. Fran- ces F. Lightfoot, daughter of Michael Chandler, of Parkman, Portage county. Mr. Gordon has two hundred and thirty-three acres of fine land. He is engaged in general farming.
Gideon Bowers was born May 21, 1831, in Bristol township. His father, John Bowers, was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1829, and settled in Bristol township, west of the center, but soon after moved to the eastern part of this township upon the farm where he now lives. Mr. John Bowers began in the dense wilderness and made for himself a good farm. There were six children in his family-Leah, Levi, Gideon, Lydia, Sarah, Mary. Levi is deceased-was killed by the falling of a a tree in 1848. Mr. John Bowers and lady are still living. Gideon Bowers has always resided in this township; farming has been his occupa- tion. He was married in 1858 to Miss Sarah Crozier, daughter of James Crozier, of Mecca township. They have four children-Charles J., Hattie A., Jay L., George Washington. Mr.
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and Mrs. Bowers are members of the Methodist church, also Hattie. Mr. Bowers is a sound Republican.
Jacob Eckstine, a well known resident of Bris- tol township, was born in Germany August 3, 1818. His father, Michael Eckstine, was also a native of Germany and came to America in 1820, landing in Baltimore, Maryland, where he resided a short time, then went to Virginia, Shenandoah county, and located and lived until 1834, when he moved to Ohio and settled in Bristol township, upon the farm where his son Jacob now lives. He began in an unbroken forest and built up a good farm and lived to en- joy the fruit of his labor until his death, which occurred July 23, 1861. Mrs. Eckstine died January 17, 1864. There were two children, Jacob and Mary. Mary died in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Eckstine were members of the Lutheran church. Jacob Eckstine has always lived upon the old home place ; has made farm- ing a life occupation. He was married in 1848 to Miss Leah Bowers, daughter of John Bowers, of Bristol township. Five children have been born to them: Mary J., Amos, Cyrus, Charles, Sarah Ann. Sarah, who is the oldest of the family, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Eckstine are hospitable people and merit and enjoy the good wishes of all who know them.
A. J. Brockett, M. D., son of Alanson and grandson of Chauncey Brockett, early settlers in Farmington, was born in Bristol, Trumbull coun- ty, Ohio, In 1836. He was the first child born on what is called West street, where his father had settled the year before. Dr. Brockett read medicine with Dr. C. T. Metcalf, of Bristolville, now of Warren, for three years from 1858 to 1861. In the spring of the latter year he grad- uated at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In the spring of 1864 he went into the army as surgeon of the First regiment Ohio volunteer in- fantry, serving until mustered out with the regi- ment. He afterwards, as assistant surgeon, had charge of the Eighty-eighth Ohio volunteer in- fantry at Camp Chase, Columbus, until the close of the war. He then returned to Bristolville and bought out Dr. Metcalf and has been engaged in the practice of his profession there since. He is president of the Trumbull County Medical society. In the spring of 1882 he formed a partnership with his younger brother, Dr. O. H.
Brockett, a recent graduate of Cleveland Med- ical college. He married January 10, 1878, Amelia J. Noyes, who died February 21, 1879. July 14, 1880, he married Mrs. Mary Maria Pond, a daughter of Daniel Gates, an early resi- dent of Farmington.
Dr. Frank C. Corey, a rising physician of Bris- tol, was born October 7, 1853, in Bristol. His father, Frank H., was a native of Vermont and came to Bristol in 1850. Dr. Corey studied medicine at Mt. Vernon with Dr. J. C. Gordon, and graduated at Cleveland Medical college in 1874. He also attended one course of lectures at Philadelphia. Dr. Corey practiced in Mt. Vernon about thirteen months, then came to Bristol, where he has since practiced. He was married in 1877 to Miss Ida M. Bennett, daugh- ter of Edwin Bennett, of Hartford township. They have one child-Loule L. Mr. and Mrs. Corey are members of the Congregational church Politically he is a Republican.
Newell Maltby was born in Tompkins, New York, in 1832, and moved with his parents, Na- thaniel H. and Betsey (Patchen) Maltby to Bristol township in 1841. They settled on the farm now owned by Newell Maltby who is the young- est of eight children, only three of whom are now living. His mother died in 1836, and his father in 1855, at the age of seventy-three. Mr. Maltby was married, in 1856, to Jane Pierce, a native of Vermont, daughter of Thaddeus Pierce, who settled in Bristol in 1854. Their children are Mellie J., and Hattie Dell.
E. D. Baldwin was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1846. His father, Isaac S. Baldwin, was a native of Vermont, though he moved to New York when he was very young and remained there until he was thirteen years old, then moved to Pennsylvania where he still resides. Mr. E. D. Baldwin came to Ohio in 1877, in October, and settled in Bristol town- ship upon the farm where he now lives. He is engaged in general farming and has one hundred and thirty-seven acres of good land. He was married in 1877 to Miss Elizabeth McMahan, daughter of Thomas McMahan of Howland township. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are members of the Congregational church and are good citi- zens.
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CHAPTER VII. BROOKFIELD.
This township is known as town number four in range one, and is bounded on the north by Hartford, east by the Pennsylvania State line, with Hubbard on the south and Vienna on the west. Save the coal interest which in recent years has been one of considerable importance and a source of great profit to many land owners, Brookfield is purely an agricultural community. It was first settled by a class of people, mainly New Englanders, who were noted for their in- telligence and morality. The settlement first began at or near the center of the township, and as families collected at that point a nucleus was formed for the growth of the little village, the largest in the township, known as Brookfield center.
The main water-course is Big Yankee creek, which takes its rise a short distance north of the central part of the north boundary, in Hartford township, and flowing from this point in a south- east direction empties into the Shenango river in the southeast corner of the township. This creek with its tributaries drains the northwest, the west, and central parts of the township. Lit- tle Yankee creek enters the township at the northwest, and flows southeasterly across the southwest corner, where at a point west of the center it enters Hubbard township, but after reaching Hubbard center it turns northeast, and again enters Brookfield at the southeast corner and flows into the Shenango. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad extends across the southwest corner, following in this township the general course of Little Yankee creek, and has its main station at the crossing of the main east and west center road, about two miles west of Brookfield village, and near Payne's corners.
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