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married to Dr. Flower November 8, 1810. They were the parents of eight children, of whom only two survive-Mrs. E. D. King, living in Warren, and Mrs. A. Chew, living in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. The deceased children were Amanda (first wife of Dr. T. Garlick), Lucy (wife of Pierce Wallahan), Sylvia (second wife of Dr. Garlick), Orlando, Emeline M., and Peter Allen.
E. D. King was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, November 20, 1804. His father, Ed- ward King, was a native of the same place, and removed with his family to Youngstown, Ohio, In 1806. He resided in Youngstown until his death which occurred at about the age of forty-five years. His occupation was principally that of a butcher. He married in Maryland, Catharine Pool, and reared a family of five boys and five girls ; four are now living. His wife survived him a number of years and died in Youngstown. E. D. King came to Ohio with his parents in 1806, being then the youngest of five children. He was brought up to farming until twenty years old, then engaged in the boot and shoe business in Youngstown as an employe of George Hardman. He remained with him some four years, then commencing the same business for himself in which he continued for over twenty years. In 1847 he engaged in the dry goods business at Brookfield with his brother-in-law, A. Chew, in which he continued for three years. For the subsequent three years he kept the hotel at Brookfield center, and afterwards, until 1872, was engaged in farming in Brookfield and Vien- na. In that year he removed to Warren and has since that time led a comparatively retired life. Mr. King was a justice of the peace in Brookfield for six years and was elected to the same office in Vienna, but did not serve. In 1855 he was elected county commissioner, serv- ing three years. He married in 1827, Maria, daughter of Dr. Elijah Flower, of Brookfield, born in Connecticut in 1811.
Jacob Ulp came from New Jersey to Brook- field in 1804 and settled on the farm where his sons now live. He married Elizabeth Scheiner and raised three sons and two daughters. All are living except one daughter, viz: William and Amos, Brookfield; Enoch, Hickory town- ship, Mercer county, Pennsylvania; Eliza (Clark) Girard, Pennsylvania. Susan is dead. Jacob
Ulp died in 1860 aged eighty-three ; Mrs. Ulp died in 1836 aged about sixty-two. William Ulp was born in Brookfield on the farm where he now lives in 1810. He married, first, Elizabeth Carkuff, a native of New Jersey. She bore four children, all now living: Timothy Dwight, Enoch, William, and Adelaide. Mrs. Ulp died in 1845 aged thirty-two. Mr. Ulp married for his second wife Nancy Wright, a native of Mas- sachusetts. Five children, Eliza, Jane, Leoni- das, Ella, and Ida. Amos Ulp was born in Brookfield in 1813, and is still a resident of the township. He married Rachel Conover and has three children-Robert, Charles, and Alfred.
Robert Montgomery, from Washington county, Pennsylvania, settled in Brookfield in 1804. He raised a family of seven children, who arrived at maturity: Robert, James, William, Hugh, Morgan, Eliza Jane, and Mrs. John Kearney. All are now living except William and Mrs. Kearney. Eliza Jane married Wyatt McKay, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Mr. McKay died in 1874, aged about fifty-four. He was the father of six children, four of whom are living: Myrtilla Jane, S. A., F. B. and F. M. (twins), Nannie, James. The daughters are both dead. The sons are living, located as follows : S. A. married Maggie McMichael first, and second, Mary Clark. He is now in Sharon in the book and news business. F. B. married Mary Gill- mer and resides in Brookfield ; F. M. married Arie Long and resides in Brookfield ; James is attending school in Valparaiso, Indiana, fitting for the legal profession ; Wyatt McKay settled on the old Montgomery farm, where his widow still resides. Mr. McKay was an active business man and a prominent citizen of Brookfield.
James Bentley was born in Sharon, Pennsyl- vania, in 1798. In 1806 he came to Brookfield with his parents, Benjamin and Mary Bentley, who settled north of the center road. They raised eight sons and two daughters. All are dead but James and Aholiab. The latter lives in Portsmouth, Ohio, where he has been engaged in the iron business. Benjamin Bentley, the father, died in October, 1818, aged sixty-two. His widow died about 1867, aged eighty-six. James Bentley lives on the old farm. He mar- ried Temperance Buttles, a native of Connecti- cut, in 1823. She moved from Connecticut to Brookfield in 1817 with her parents, Benoni and
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Mary Buttles. Mr. and Mrs. James Bentley have five children living, two deceased: Amos B., Missouri ; Anson G., Niles; Martin V. died, in Iowa; Benjamin F., Brookfield; Joel B., Mis- souri; Caroline (Woodbridge), Iowa; Eveline (Devol), dead. Mr. Bentley served as justice of the peace two terms. In 1840 he took the cen- sus of the south half of Trumbull county before Mahoning county was formed. Mr. Bentley Is in the enjoyment of vigorous health and has a vivid recollection of pioneer times.
William Squires was born in Burlington, Con- necticut, in 1810, and came to Ohio with his parents, Jason and Elizabeth (Wilmot) Squires, when eight years old. They settled in Vienna, on the farm where William lived. William Squires in 1834 married Sarepta Woodford, who survives him. They had six children : Jason, Willard, Sidney, Docia, Lucia, and Nellie. Mr. Squires died August 22, 1879. Mrs. Squires is the daughter of Isaac and Statira (Cowles) Wood- ford, who settled in this township among the first arrivals. Only four of their children are living, viz .: Isaac, Emeline (Truesdell), Laura (Smith), and Mrs. Squires.
Abiel Bartholomew came to Vienna from Waterbury, Connecticut, arriving in October, 1804. His son Ira came with him. Ira married Boadicea Church. They raised five children : Abiel, Mary, Eli, Rachel, Erastus. Abiel resides in Vienna, Eli in Indiana, Mary (Fuller) in Vienna. Rachel and Erastus are dead. Abiel was born September 14, 1805. He married Lorinda Maria Tyrrell in 1830. They have seven children : Rebecca, Mary Antoinette, Epenetus R., Boadicea, Ira, Celesta and Austin. All are married and have familics. Mr. Bar- tholomew is the oldest native of the township now living in Vienna.
James Stewart settled in Coitsville in 1802, coming from Pennsylvania. He was twice mar- ried. By his first wife he had four children, all of whom are dead. For his second wife he married Jane Buchanan. Eight children were born to them, five of whom are living : Polly, James, Joseph, Alexander, and David. David Stewart was born in Coitsville in 1828. In 1849 he married Aurilla Gray, of Coitsville. They have three children living-John M., George H., and Luella. Mr. Stewart first settled in Liberty township, moved thence to Hubbard, and in
1867 moved to his present location in Brook- field. Mr. Stewart is a member of the United Presbyterian church. Mrs. Stewart died in Au- gust, 1878, aged forty-nine. She was a member of the same church. Both the sons are married. John resides in Brookfield. George is in the hardware business in Hubbard.
Phineas Wheeler was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1826, and came with his par- ents, William and Margaret Wheeler, to Brook- field when young. Of William Wheeler's chil- dren eight are yet living, five sons and three daughters. Phineas, the fourth child, married Emily Jones in 1859. She is a daughter of John E. Jones, of Brookfield. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have but one child, Earl. Mrs. Wheel- er belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Wheeler is a Republican in politics.
James Christy, a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, settled in Brookfield in 1816. His wife was Elizabeth Struble. They had nine chil- dren, six of whom are living, Robert, Emeline, David, Seth, William, and John. James Christy died in 1861 in his seventy-third year. Mrs. Christy died about seven years later. Robert Christy was born in New Jersey in 18Ir, and has lived in Brookfield since 1816. He married Amanda Reno in 1837. They have six children -Albina, Minerva, J. N., Elizabeth E., Charles R., and J. P. Mr. Christy is a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife is a Methodist.
Dr. Robert P. Hays was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, in 1840. He studied medicine with Dr. Robert Crawford, at Coopers- town, Pennsylvania. He attended medical lect- ures at the University of Pennsylvania, Phila- delphia, and graduated in March, 1866. In May of the same year Dr. Hays settled in Vien- na, where he now enjoys a large practice. He is a member of the Masons and of the Temple of Honor, and in politics a Prohibitionist. DI. Hays was married in 1876 to Miss Lavinia C. Bacon, of Vienna. They have one child, a daughter-Frank-three years old.
Among the Welsh residents of Brookfield David S. Jones, who lives on a farm in the southwest of the township, is one of the most prominent. At the time of our visit he was absent, visiting his native land, therefore we are unable to give a personal history of him.
John and Lucy Bentley were among the early
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settlers of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, adjoin- ing Brookfield. Their son Elam Bentley was born in 1811. He married first Rachel Dilley, and after residing two years in Hubbard moved to Brookfield and there spent the remainder of his days. By his first wife he had six children, three of whom are living, James Lauriston, John Emery, and Cornelius. In 1860 he married Elizabeth Thomas, a native of Hartford, who survives him. One child, Mary Louie, is living; Lucy Anna died in 1881 aged ten years. Mr. Bentley died in 1873. He was a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Bentley is a member of the Methodist church.
Samuel D. Gettis came to Ohio from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and settled with his parents, James and Margaret Gettis, in Liberty township, at an early date. S. D. Gettis married, first, Eliza Tully, by whom he had three children, two of whom are living-Lorinda, Emeline, and Mary Jane (dead). Mr. Gettis married for his second wife Ellen Branning. Three children by this mar- riage are living-John, Eliza M., and Lina. Lorinda Gettis first married Austin Alderman. One child by this marriage-Lyman G., dead. Mr. Alderman died in 1857. His widow mar- ried Joseph Hart, and by him had one child- Mary Elizabeth. Mr. Hart died in 1860. Mrs. Hart still resides upon the homestead in Vienna.
Isaac D. Price, son of Isaac and Christiana (Hibler) Price, was born in Hubbard in 1836. His father was a native of Hubbard and his mother came to that township from New Jersey when young. Mrs. Price is still living. Mr. Price died in 1867. Six of their children are living, three sons and three daughters. I. D. Price in 1867 married Nancy Hall, daughter of Jesse and Jane Hall, old residents of Hubbard. In 1873 Mr. Price settled in Brookfield. He is the father of three children-Isaac, Clara J., and Mary F. Mr. and Mrs. Price are members of the Disciples church. In August, 1862, Mr. Price enlisted in the Ninety-fourth Ohio volun- teen infantry, and served two years. He was taken prisoner in September, 1862, near Lexing- ton, Kentucky, but was released on parole after two days. He was in the battles of Richmond, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, etc.
R. R. Miner, son of Julius and Lucy (Rowe) Miner, was born in Hartford, Trumbull county, in 1822. His father, from Hartland, Connecti-
cut, came to Ohio in 1820; settled in Vernon ; lived there several years, removing to Hartford, and died there at the age of seventy-seven. Mrs. Miner was a daughter of Titus Rowe, who settled in Hartford in 1820, and there lived and died. R. R. Miner is the third son of a family of nine children, of whom two sons and four daughters are living. He was married in 1850 to Paulina 1. Lewis, daughter of Levi Lewis, of Vienna. They have three children living: Eugenia (Groves), Sharon; Cornelia (Sanburn), Brookfield, and Clara, at home. Mr. Miner has lived in Brookfield about twenty-seven years.
Peter Cook was born in the province of Bava- ria, Germany, in 1830. In 1852 he came to America, and remained in New York one year ; settled at Sharon, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and on his present farm in Brookfield in 1865. He married Margaret Dininger, also a native of Germany, in 1855. They have nine children liv- ing: Leonard J., Sophia R., Martha L., Theo- dore H., Godlove G., Alfred C., Jonathan S., Martha, Selina. Mr. and Mrs. Cook belong to the Lutheran church.
James Lafferty was an early settler of Brook- feld. He was a native of Ireland. His sons were James and William; his daughters, Jane, Rebecca, Martha, Margaret, Orpha, and Lettie. Of this family only three are living-Martha, Or- pha, and Lettie. William Lafferty lived in Brook- field on the home place. He married Mary Arthurholt for his first wife, and for his second Fannie Eacrett. By the first marriage there were six children, three of whom are living-Orpha, Drusilla, and William Andrew. The children of the second marriage are Ella and Edward, both living. Mr. Lafferty died in 1875 aged fifty- eight. He was a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church and a respected citizen.
J. G. Treat, son of J. H. Treat, was born in 1855 in Weathersfield township. He is now en- gaged in keeping a livery stable at Cortland. He followed the same business two years in Vienna, and moved from that place to his present location in the spring of 1882.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,
BLISS HART AND FAMILY.
The Hart family is a very numerous and honorable one, and highly distinguished for piety, industry, and patriotism, of which the principal subject of this sketch is a worthy rep- resentative. Bliss Hart, one of the pioneer settlers of Brookfield township, was the third son of the Hon. Simeon Hart, and his wife Sarah (Sloper), of Burlington, Connecticut. He entered the Continental army in 1777, at the age of fifteen, was in a number of hard-fought battles, and after much hardship, privation, and suffering, was discharged May, 1780. In May, 1783, he married Sylvia Upson, a lady of good family, and of first-rate intellectual endowments, a brilliant conversationalist. Witty, beautiful, and warm-hearted, she was worthy of her husband, who was a man of strong powers of mind, and was much respected, and had much influence in the church, town, and society of Burlington, which he represented at six sessions of the General Assembly; was a magistrate, and was a member of the convention to form the constitu- tion, but having gone security for a large amount for a friend he was obliged to sell his real estate at a heavy sacrifice, and in the year 1823 re- moved with his family, which at this time con- sisted of himself and wife, and a son, Oliver Ellsworth, and a daughter, Amanda (their other children having previously married), to the south part of Brookfield township, where he pur- chased four hundred and fifty acres of land, upon which he set about building up a new home, clearing, erecting buildings, planting fruit trees, etc., so that in a short time the wilderness bloomed and blossomed as the rose.
Mrs. Hart was a woman of much native strength of character, kind-hearted, and sym- pathetic, very energetic, with an indomitable will, thrifty and industrious, possessed of a genial and sunny disposition. She was a fit help-meet for her husband under the changed circum- stances in which they were placed, and instead of repining at the adverse dealings of Providence, she went to work with a will, to help redeem their fallen fortunes. Heaven smiled upon their earnest endeavors, and plenty soon crowned their
hospitable board, while good cheer and happi- ness reigned.
The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,
Sate by the fire, and talked the night away,
Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won.
It is related, as an instance of Mrs. Hart's pluck, that a rabid dog came into their door-yard one day when there was no one at home except herself and her two little grandchildren. She saw that the animal was on its way to the barn- yard, and with wonderful presence of mind, without a moment's hesitation, ran out through the wood-yard and picked up a stout hickory club, which fortunately lay there, and armed with this weapon of defense, drove the savage animal away, and down the road, without its having offered to attack her or showing any re- sistance. Mr. and Mrs. Hart were among the "pillars of the Presbyterian church, never ab- senting themselves from its services, except in case of severe sickness in their family. Mrs. Hart was noted for her ministrations by the side of the sick bed and also for her benevolence, verifying the Scripture that it is more blessed to give than to receive." After a long life of active usefulness, beloved by all who knew her, "like a shock of corn, fully ripe," she passed to her rest, August 20, 1854, at the advanced age of eighty- nine years, and was interred in the old burying- ground in Brookfield by the side of her husband, who departed this lite March 6, 1831, aged seventy years. Their children were Oliver Bliss, Sylvia, Experience, Levi, Amanda, Oliver Ells- worth, Rosalinda, Melissendia, and Robert Sloper, the first and last of whom died young ; the others lived to grow up and have families of their own. All of them, except Experience, finally removed to Brookfield, and settled there. Upon the death of Bliss Hart the old home- stead reverted to his son, Oliver Ellsworth Hart, who afterward married Susannah White Dan- forth, of Palmyra, New York, a cultured, Chris- tian lady, of excellent family, lovely in disposi- tion, and exemplary in character. Five children were the fruit of this union, two sons and three daughters, all of whom were born and brought up, at the old homestead, except one son, who died at the age of three years. In middle life Mr. and Mrs. Hart were called to their long home. Surrounded by their children and friends
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they died in the triumph of a living faith, and were buried in the village graveyard in Brook- field. A beautiful monument marks their graves.
Simeon O. Hart, the surviving son of Oliver Ellsworth Hart and his wife, is a young man of good natural ability, who has had good educa- tional advantages, and has improved his mind by extensive reading, observation, and travel. He studied law at the Cleveland Law school ; but his health failing he has never entered upon its practice. In politics he is a Republican. At the age of fifteen years he united with the church of the Disciples, of which he is still a constant member. He is known and respected in business circles for his integrity of character. He is the owner of considerable real estate in Trum- bull and Mahoning counties, and in other parts of the country.
Harriet Eliza Hart, granddaughter of Bliss Hart and his wife Sylvia (Upson), and daugh- ter of Oliver Ellsworth Hart and his wife, Susannah White (Danforth), early evinced a love of learning, and an aptitude for the acquisition of knowledge. With a miser's greed she sought knowledge, and eagerly devoured the contents of every book or newspaper which fell into her hands. She especially delighted in books of poetry, history, and biography. She was diligent and painstaking while in school, and always stood at the head of her class. At an early age she contributed to the press both prose and poetry. It is related as an instance of her readi- ness with the pen, that a leading member of the Mahoning county bar, having read an article in one of the newspapers dated at Brookfield, under the signature of H., inquired of a friend of his, whose home was in Brookfield, what legal gen- tleman they had in their town capable of writing such a paper as the one published in last week's Review? His friend informed him that the author of the contribution was Miss Hart. The president of a college where she studied, says in speaking of her: "She possesses a mind of the highest order, as to powers of reading and forc- ible, elegant, persuasive expression. I feel sure that providence calls her to serve her generation and age in some needed work, where her supe- rior culture and deep sympathy with the needy can be brought into active daily recognition." She is an active temperance worker, and occu- pies advanced ground upon all questions relating
to the uplifting of humanity. True to her con- victions, she permits no lion in the way to turn her aside from duty's path. Doing with her might what her hands find to do, she will go on her way, laboring for the advancement of every good cause, until death shall crown her victor.
Orenus Hart, the oldest of the ten children of Bliss and Sylvia (Upson) Hart, married Sabra Lewis in Connecticut. They had five children, viz: Charles (deceased), Robert S., Blucher B. (deceased), Adeline (deceased), and Henry, who died in Andersonville prison. Orenus Hart was born in 1785, and died in his eighty-sixth year. His wife died at the age of eighty-nine in No- vember, 1877.
Robert S. Hart, only living representative of the family of Orenus Hart, was born in Burling- ton, Connecticut, June 29, 1814. In 1838 he married Mary Ann Christy, a native of New Jer- sey. She died in 1871, leaving seven children, six of whom are now living-Orenus, born 1839; Seth, born 1842; Dennis B., born 1843; John, born 1850; Florence (Forward), born 1852; George, born 1853; Emeline, born 1854, died 1880. Emeline married Samuel Seaburn, and left one child, a daughter. The children are all married. All live in Brookfield except Dennis B., who re- sides in Portage county, and Florence in Wayne county, Iowa. Mr. Hart served three years as justice of the peace. His son Seth was in the One Hundred and Fffth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was under Sherman during his march to the sea. In 1873 Mr. Hart married Mrs. Mary E. Scovill, nee Roberts, a native of Vienna. Mr. and Mrs. Hart belong to the Disciple church. Mr. Hart recalls the manner of the journey from Connecticut to Brookfield. His father and his uncle Bliss journeyed with ox-teams, and were six weeks upon the road. They came via Al- bany, Buffalo, Erie, Meadville, and from Kins- man down the first range of townships to Brook- field. His father taught school at the center in the winter of 1822-23, in a small frame school- house which stood on the present site of the Disciple church. The scholars sat on benches made from slabs. This was the only school in Brookfield at that time, and between fifty and sixty scholars attended it.
Chauncey Hart, eldest son of Ard and Mil- licent (Roberts) Hart, was born in Burlington, Connecticut, June 9, 1802. He married in
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Burlington, December 17, 1823, Millessendra Hart, daughter of Bliss Hart, born in Burling- ton December 17, 1803. They removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1825, and settled in Vienna township, where they resided about seven years. Subsequently they resided in Hartford for a time, but in the spring of 1835 they located in Brookfield, where he lived until his death, September 18, 1844. Mrs. Hart afterwards be came the wife of Samuel Baldwin and resided at Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio, surviving the death of her second husband. Chauncey and Millessendra Hart were the parents of the follow- ing named children : Helen M., born August 17, 1824, now wife of Henry H. Long, residing in Hubbard; William E., born April 9, 1826, re- siding in Cleveland; Alphonso, born July 4, 1830, a lawyer, residing at Hillsborough, Ohio - ex-State Senator and ex-Lieutenant-governor of Ohio; Orlando, born July 29, 1832, residing at Ravenna; Edgar L., born April 13, 1825, a mer- chant of Cleveland.
William E. Hart remained on the farm until eighteen, taught school and was employed as clerk in a store until 1852, when he began a gen- eral mercantile business at Newton Falls. Re- mained there until 1866, doing a prosperous bus- iness, and removed to Cleveland. In the spring of 1868 he engaged in the wholesale grocery business under the firm name of Thompson, Hart & Co. He continued in that business un- til 1875, when his impaired health compelled his retirement from business. He married in 1852 Miss Rachel H. Wheelock, born in Portage county, and has a son and a daughter-Frank W., born September 9, 1853, a member of the firm of Hart & Co .; and Clara A., born Decem- ber 2, 1857.
Edgar L. Hart was educated at a private school in Youngstown, where he resided with his mother until 1850; taught school two years (from fourteen years of age to sixteen). In 1852 he entered the employ of his brother, William E., in the dry goods trade at Newton Falls. He was then a student at Bryant & Stratton's Com- mercial college, Cleveland, taking a full course and acquiring a practical knowledge of mercan- tile business. He then entered the employ of H. S. Day, of Ravenna, where he remained until 1860, when he went to Cleveland and engaged as salesman for Morgan, Root & Co. After the
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