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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
In 1818 Rev. Ira Eddy formed a class in this township. Charles Thayer was leader and seven- teen members composed the organization. After a few years the religious interest died out some- what, though occasional meetings were held by circuit preachers, generally in the old log school- house in the southern part of Bloomfield. In 1830 a revival of interest took place and a number joined the church, which has since pros- pered steadily. Among the active members were Leonard Osborn and wife, Zimri Baker and wife, Willard Terrell and wife. Terrell was class-leader and a faithful worker. The church now has between one hundred and thirty and one hundred and forty members.
Through the combined efforts of the Method- ists and Presbyterians, in about 1836 a house for public worship was erected, which was destroyed by fire later, through carelessness in taking up ashes and leaving them in the building.
In 1857 the two congregations built the church now standing, and continued to own and occupy it jointly until about seven years ago, when the Methodists bought the Congregationalists' share of the property. The house is a good one, pleasantly situated, and well furnished.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
This church was organized as Presbyterian September 9, 1821, by Rev. Giles H. Cowles, missionary, and consisted of the following mem- bers: Leman and Elizabeth Ferry, Jared Kim- ball, and Jemima Chapman. The following were afterwards received : October 22, 1822, Asa and Olive W. Smith; September 27, 1823, Sybil Brown; June 5, 1825, Deacon John Barnes and Lucretia Barnes, Francis and Nabby Proc-
tor, David Neal, William Root, and Charlotte Kendall; April 9, 1826, Noyes Parker, Ann Beckworth Bigelow; June 11, 1826, Calvin and Diadama Clark, Susan Parker; July 8, 1826, Eliza Otis; August 19, 1827, Philena Otis, Helen Hart, Sarah Comstock, David Comstock, Elijah Ballard, Joel Morley, Chauncy H. Latimer ; October 5, 1828, George Haskell; January 4, 1829, Sally Teed, Pamelia Barnes, Mary Lati- mer, Julia Ann Wright. These were all the members prior to 1830.
Calvin Clark and Asa Smith were chosen dea- cons July 8, 1826. Elijah Ballard was chosen deacon January 14, 1832, and remained a faith- ful officer a long term of years until he was called from earth.
Among the early missionaries and preachers who ministered to this little flock were Revs. G. H. Cowles, J. W. Curtis, and Randolph Stone. Rev. Edson Hart was ordained pastor of the church June 6, 1827. In 1858 the church adopted the Congregational form of government. Slavery was the cause of the disruption. This society in conjunction with the Methodists built the house which the latter now occupy. During recent years they have met in the house built by the Disciples, from whom they purchased a half interest. The church is in a good condition morally and financially. There are about seventy members. Rev. E. B. Chase is the present pas- tor.
THE DISCIPLES' CHURCH.
About 1827 Benjamin Alton, of Genesee county, New York, settled in this township. He was a man of much religious zeal, and was quite early converted by the Methodists. In 1829 the citizens of Bloomfield at a public meeting re- solved to unite in raising money to support preaching at the center school-house. This union was to allow the Presbyterians the use of the house one-half of the time, the Baptists and Methodists one-fourth, and the Unitarians one- fourth. Alton was engaged by 'Squire Brown to preach the portion of the time allowed to the Unitarians. He heard Thomas Campbell and became a convert to his views, and on announc- ing his belief the union exploded into fragments. Alton, however, continued to keep his appoint- ments, and in 1830-31 converted several to his newly accepted doctrine. In 1832 he preached half of the time, holding meetings in a school-
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house. The first persons gathered into the Disciple fold were ten in number, viz: Mr. Nettlefield and wife, Benjamin Alton and wife, Mary Sager, Polly Green, Mehitabel Thayer, Nelson Works, Clarissa Wilder, William Parker. Revs. Hayden, Henry, Applegate, Bos- worth and others visited the little band and by their labors added other worshipers. In 1836 Mr. Alton moved to Illinois, carrying with him the best wishes and the prayers of the church in Bloomfield. In October of the same year Rev. Marcus Bosworth visited this place and meas- ures were taken to complete an organization, which was effected October 19, 1836. New names were then added as follows : Rohama Luse, William M. Bellows, Benjamin Bellows, Josiah and Rachel Bellows, Mary Ann Bellows, Henry G. Neal, Clarissa Neal, William Parker, Charles Thayer, Candace Green, Anna Sager, and Mariam Smith. Early preachers were Revs. Hayden, Henry Applegate, Hartzell, Cyrus and Marcus Bosworth, Clapp, and Collins; a little later Lucy, Brockett, Perky, Calvin Smith, E. Wakefield, W. A. Belding, C. C. Foote, and H. Reeves.
In 1848, under the preaching of Rev. Isaac Errett the Disciples doubled their numbers. In 1849 the house at the center was built and Isaac Errett became the first pastor. He remained two years.
April 19, 1840, Nelson Works and H. G. Neal were appointed elders. In 1842 John Sager was elected deacon. April 19, 1854, the officers, who had thus far been unordained, were or- dained. Edwin Wakefield was ordained "to the work of an evangelist ;" Nelson Works and Charles Brown, elders ; John Sager, David Snyder, Chester Howard, and N. B. Ferry, dea- cons ; Cyrus Bosworth, M. S. Clapp, Isaac Errett, and B. F. Perky were the officiating min- isters.
To the unwavering faithfulness of Nelson Works, now for many years an elder, the church owes much of its prosperity. The present mem- bership is about eighty. The church edifice, erected in 1849, cost about $1,600. In 1875 half of the church building and grounds were sold to the Congregationalists, who now occupy it one-half of the time. Good will and harmony prevails. The two congregations have remod- eled, enlarged and repaired the church, added a
steeple and bell, and made other improvements.
The Second Adventists have an organization and hold meetings at a school-house in the north- ern part of the township. This society has been in existence here some twelve or fifteen years and numbers some very good people among its mem- bers.
THE CEMETERV.
The chief burying-place in this township is the cemetery near the center. One acre of ground was given to the township by 'Squire Brown, and additional ground has since been purchased. The cemetery is a beautiful spot, thickly shaded by evergreens and other ornamental trees. In- terments were made at an early day, and here repose the pioneers, their life struggles ended.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool, sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
In the northern part of the township, a small piece of land was purchased and laid out as a graveyard. But few interments have been made here.
TOWNSHIP DIRECTORY.
Bloomfield center: stores, William C. Savage, D. W. Smith, and J. W. Haine. Post-office, George W. Howe. Hardware, tinware, and fur- niture, T. J. Sealey. Harness shop, R. Welch- man. Manufacturer of wind-mills, H. F. Head- ley.
Cheese factories: Center Brook factory, cen- ter, Kincaid & Little. Clover Hill factory, north part of the township, George E. Haine.
Grist-mill : William Haine, in the north of the township.
Steam saw-mills: Russell & Ackley, east of the center, and A. Canfield in the north.
Hay-bailing: Steets & Davis, east of the center.
MASONIC.
Rural lodge No. 328, North Bloomfield, was granted a charter October 17, 1860. The fol- lowing were the charter members: James Peir- son, Horace Flower, George W. Howe, Chester Howard, Benjamin Cutter, Alvin A. House, Be- riah Hill, Sumner Stoughton, Lucius S. Ball, William Harrington, Walker M. Price, and George W. Harrington. The lodge had been working under a dispensation from December 22, 1858. The lodge has steadily prospered
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ever since it was formed. At one time two hun- dred and eighty members belonged, but the or- ganization of lodges in neighboring places caused several to withdraw, so that now only about sev- enty members are included in Rural lodge. The building in which the hall is, is owned by the lodge. They have pleasant rooms tastefully fur- nished, and are in excellent financial condition.
SCHOOLS.
The citizens of the village about fourteen years ago succeeded in establishing a special dis- trict at the center. A select school has been in progress about three years under the care of Pro- fessor Andrews. The school was divided into three grades, and Rev. Hiscock elected principal of the high school. He got the school into good working order, and it has since continued prosperous. Tuition scholars from abroad are received. Mr. Viets, the present principal, is now serving his second year in this school. The school-building is a substantial two-story frame house, used both for the school and as a town hall.
ROAD AND RAILROAD FACILITIES.
Bloomfield is on the Ashtabula & Warren turnpike, and is the southern terminus of the Painesville & Bloomfield plankroad from the northwest. The turnpike passes across the town- ship from north to south, following a direct line a half mile west of the center line of the town- ship. Just one mile east of the turnpike the Ashtabula, Youngstown & Pittsburg railroad crosses the township, uniformly straight, except- ing one slight bend near the southern township line.
Before the railroad was opened, Bloomfield was comparatively far inland, and a journey to Warren, sixteen miles distant, was necessary whenever the inhabitants wished to go to market or visit the county-seat. Consequently the peo- ple formed the habit of living very much by themselves, and established stores and shops of almost every kind to avoid the necessity of fre- quent trips over the turnpike to Warren.
The railroad station, one inile east of the vil- lage, now affords great convenience to travelers and shippers of produce.
THE SWAMP.
The tamarack swamp was known far and wide as a favorite hunting ground for both white nien
and Indians. The tamarack trees grow very tall, and close together. Other kinds of soft wood are also found here. Fine oak timber, beech, maple, walnut, and hickory formerly covered the surface of the higher portions of the township, but tamarack, basswood, and poplar abound in and about the swamp. Whortleberry, or huckleberry bushes, covered many acres of ground, and almost fabulous numbers of quarts of berries were gathered in this swamp years ago. The ground has been burned over several times, and now but few berries can be found.
Formerly pigeons in countless numbers flocked to the swamp in autumn and spring, but hunting them has destroyed so many that only small flocks ever enter the swamp now.
The ground in this swamp was so wet in early years that a horse could nowhere cross it. Now it is easily crossed in almost any place, and if the process of draining continues to be carried on in a few years the great swamp will exist only in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. On an island, or rather a dryelevation in the midst of this moist land, the Mound Builders have left a memo- rial of themselves in the shape of three mounds. They are circular in form, and raised several feet above the adjacent surface. The largest is about fifteen feet in diameter, and five or six feet deep.
SETTLEMENT NOTES.
John Smith was born February 2, 1800, in Warwick, Massachusetts. His wife, Julia Ann Smith, nee Wright, was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, September 4, 1806. They were married December 31, 1829. Mr. Smith came to Ohio in an early day, and settled in Bloom- field township, south of the center. He cleared up a good farm, and lived upon it till his death. He died November 17, 1868; Mrs. Smith died April 16, 1870. Farming was Mr. Smith's oc- cupation. He was well known as a surveyor ; was justice of the peace many years, also town clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were members of the Congregational church, formerly Presby- terian. There were four children in his family- Cornelia, born May 8, 1831; Justin E., born October 25, 1832; Dwight W., October 28, 1835; Mary Elizabeth, October 2, 1839; all born in Bloomfield. Justin is deceased ; he died February 2, 1862, in hospital at Cincinnati.
Dwight Smith, son of John Smith, was born
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in Bloomfield, October 28, 1835. He has always resided in the township ; followed farming till 1872, then went into the mercantile business at the center. He was married May 28, 1856, to Miss Mary Richelieu, daughter of William P. Richelieu, of Scotland. William P. Richelieu was born November 5, 1805, in Scotland. Mrs. Richelieu was born May 28, 1817, in Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had five children- John W., born April ro, 1857; Lazette and La- fayette (twins) born March 28, 1858; Martha C., April 8, 1864; Justin D., October 14, 1868. Lazette, died August 30, 1873; Lafayette, Sep- tember 6, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, also two of the children, are members of the Congrega- tional church.
Hon. Thomas Howe was born in Westmore- land, New Hampshire, on the first day of Feb- ruary, 1779. His opportunities for acquiring an education were meagre; however, he improved the chances presented him to the best possible advantage. Early in life he devoted himself to mercantile pursuits, and eventually settled in Williamstown, Orange county, Vermont, where he carried on the business of a merchant suc- cessfully. In 1817 he moved with his family to Bloomfield, Ohio,-a family comprising wife and five children; his wife survived the subject of our sketch about one year, and the children are all living. Clarissa, wife of Thomas Howe, was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. She was a woman of exalted virtue and unbounded benev- olence, exerting a Christian influence on all with whom she had intercourse. Her memory is treasured by her children. The late Hon. Thomas Howe several times represented Trum- bull county in the Ohio Legislature, honorably to himself and to the satisfaction of his con- stituents. He lived to be an octogenarian, and his whole life was one of exceeding worth, and fit for emulation by the youth and middle-aged, and even by those made venerable by the gray hairs of many years. The noblest tribute that either poet, sage, or sophist could not excel, is that expressed by his son, who has said that "he remembered no word or action of his lamented father he would wish changed for his memory's sake."
Dr. G. W. Howe, son of Hon. T. Howe, was born in Williamstown, Vermont, December 21, 1809. He was favored with the advantages for
acquiring a good education, and he wisely im- proved the passing time. In the year 1817 he came to Bloomfield. During two winter seasons he taught school. September 25, 1832, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia A. Austin ; from this union six children have been born ; three are living. Mr. Howe studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin Palmer ; followed his profession forty-four years ; from 1862 to 1865 he was sur- geon of board of enrollment ; near the close of the service he received a communication from the assistant provost-marshal-general, certifying that the skill and fidelity manifested in the dis- charge of his official duties were highly creditable to himself, and deserving special commendation; that there was only one surgeon that stood as high as himself. Dr. Howe has twice represented his people in the Ohio Legislature.
William H. Howe was born January 5, 1817, in Williamstown, Vermont. His father, Thomas Howe, was one of the original owners of the township. Mr. William Howe came to Ohio with his father in 1817. In 1832 he went to Pittsburg where he was engaged in mercantile business till 1845. He then went to Michigan and was among the first miners of copper about Lake Superior. He remained here two years, then returned to Bloomfield and went into busi- ness for his brother George. In 1864 Mr. Howe returned to Lake Superior and was engaged in mining seven years. During the war he was clerk in the provost office at Warren. In 1871 he went to Corry, Pennsylvania, where he was an overseer in a manufactory of pails, tubs, etc., for five years, then' returned to Bloomfield township, where he has since re- sided. He was married in 1850 to Miss Mal- vina Flower, daughter of Hiram Flower, of Bloomfield. They have had nine children, four of whom are living. Mrs. Howe is a member of the Congregational church.
Asa Works, an early settler of Bloomfield township, was born in 1775 in Richmond town- ship, New Hampshire. He came to Ohio in 1817 and settled in Bloomfield upon the farm now occupied by his son, Nelson Works. He purchased two hundred acres of Brown & Howe. The county was an unbroken wilder- ness at this time. Asa Works died in 1826, March 3d, aged fifty-one years. There were four children in his family-Nelson, Sophia, Mary,
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and Martha. Sophia is deceased. Mr. Works was a hatter by trade. Mrs. Works died Septem- ber 28, 1862, aged seventy-nine years. Mr. Works was a member of the Bible Christian church. Mrs. Works is a member of the Dis- ciple church. Mr. Nelson Works has always lived in the township since he was six years old. Farming has been his chief business. He mar- ried Miss Delia Cleveland, daughter of William Cleveland, of Aurora. He had two children by his first marriage-Ellen A, and Laura J. Mrs. Works died January 25, 1852. Mr. Works was married again January 19, 1854, to Miss Harriet A. Booth, daughter of Peter Booth, of Greene township. She was born October 20, 1823. Mr. Nelson Works was born December 15, 1811, in Williamstown, Vermont. His family consisted of three children-Charles N., Lilian M., John B. Mr. and Mrs. Works are members of the Disciple church. Politically Mr. Works is a sound Re- publican. At the present time Charles is teach- ing in Youngstown; Lilian attending school at Hiram; John is at home; Ellen is teaching at Niles, and Laura is the wife of Dr. Ferrey, of Bloomfield.
William Haine, an old resident of Bloomfield township, was born in Somersetshire, England, February 8, 1806. His father, John Haine, was a native of England and lived and died in the old country. Mr. William Haine sailed from England April 11, 1835, landing on Prince Edward island after a passage of about thirty days. He soon went to Pictou, Nova Scotia, then to Castine, Maine, from there to Boston, from Boston to Ohio, where he had two sisters living in Bloomfield township, Trumbull county. Mr. Haine purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land of George Huntington, of Painesville, though the original deed was from 'Squire Brown. Mr. Haine began in the woods, or about the same, as there was but a small clearing in which he started. He has cleared most of his present farm by his own hard labor. He was married April 11, 1836, to Miss Mary Haine, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Haine, of Somersetshire, England. They have had ten children-William J., Sarah, Lottie, Emma, George, Ellen, John, Clara, Charles, and Ellen (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Haine are members of the Methodist church, also the children. Politically Mr. Haine is a Republican.
John Sager was born April 12, 1Sio, in Bris- tol township. His father, William, was an early settler in Trumbull county. Mr. John Sager spent his entire life in Bristol and Bloom- field townships. He came to the latter in 1835 and settled upon the farm where his widow and daughter now live. The farm was formerly owned by George Norton. The many improve- ments now apparent have all been made by Mr. Sager. He was married April 12, 1835, to Miss Louisa Moffat, daughter of Hosea Moffat, of Bristol township. She was born July 11, 1816, in Orleans county, New York. They have had seven children-Mary, Martin, Sarah, Albert, Edwin, Sophronia, and Ella. Mr. Sager died April 2, 1881. Martin was killed at Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 28, 1864. He was in com- pany A, Sixth Ohio cavalry. Sophronia died December 20, 1850. Ellen died May 29, 1871. Mr. John Sager was a member of the Disciple church, also Mrs. Sager and children.
Israel O. Proctor, an early resident of Bloom- field, was born February 4, 1796, in Manchester, Massachusetts. His father, Francis Proctor, was born February 28, 1758, at Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. His mother, Abigail Edwards, was born in Manchester, Massachusetts, August 30, 1784. There were twelve children in Francis Proctor's family : Isaac, Daniel, Francis, Israel, Arriel, Arriel William, Abigail, Abba, Eliza, Lucy, Ann, all of whom are dead. Mr. Israel Proctor came to Ohio in about 1819, and settled in Bloomfield township, and was a pioneer in this part of the county. He began in an un- broken forest and cleared up a good farm, which he worked till his death. He was married Oc- tober 2, 1833, to Miss Delana Cornell, daughter of Richard Cornell, of Schenectady, New York. She was born March 24, 1813. Mr. Proctor died March 5, 1843. There are four children in the family : Abbie, born July 19, 1834; Richard, born December 29, 1835 ; Israel O., born September 27, 1837; Lucy D., born March 26, 1840. Abbie (widow Northway) is at home with her mother. Richard is in southern Illi- nois, Israel in Montana, Lucy (widow Pinney) is teaching in Massillon, Ohio.
Joseph Knowles Wing, a son of Barri and Lucy Clary Wing, was born in Wilmington, Ver- mont, July 27, 1810. At sixteen years of age he left his home for a clerkship in a store in Al-
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bany county, New York, and came from there to Bloomfield, Trumbull county, Ohio, in June, 1831, where he now resides. He married, Octo- ber, 1842, Mary, the eldest daughter of Ephraim and Mary Huntington Brown, of Bloomfield, who was born May 28, 1812. He has spent some thirty years of his life as clerk and propri- etor in mercantile pursuits. On the breaking out of the civil war he was commissioned by President Lincoln captain and assistant quarter- master of United States volunteers, and brevet- ted major and lieutenant-colonel: served on the staff of General G. M. Dodge until the taking of Atlanta, was then ordered to Newbern, North Car- olina, as acting chief quartermaster of the dis- trict of North Carolina, remaining there until the close of the war. In 1869 he was elected a member of the House in the State Legislature, and re elected in 1871. Their children are Mary Huntington, Elizabeth Brown, Virginia Passa- rant, died February 1871; George Clary, resides in Washington, D. C .; Francis Joseph, resides in Cleveland, Ohio; Julia King, and Anna Mar- garet.
William C. Savage, a well known merchant of Bloomfield, was born in Middletown, Connecti- cut, April 25, 1823. His father, Amasa Savage, was also a native of Connecticut. He was a ship carpenter by trade and followed this occu- pation many years, and was master-builder of many a craft upon the lakes after his coming to Ohio in 1831. He settled in Ashtabula county and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1855. The "fated schooner" Washington was probably the last he had charge of building, in 1838 or 1839. There were fourteen children in his family, eight girls and six boys, twelve of whom lived to maturity. Mrs. Savage died in 1865. Her maiden name was Sarah K. Hatch, of Weathersfield township, Connecticut. She was a devoted member of the Congregational church, as also was Mr. Savage in his latter days. Wil- liam C. Savage, the subject of this sketch, came to Bloomfield in 1843. He has been engaged in mercantile business all his life. He was mar- ried in 1849 to Miss Martha I .. Wright, daugh- ter of Paul Wright, of North Hampton, Massa- chusetts. They have had but one child ; this died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Savage are members of the Congregational church and are sincere Christians. Mr. Savage is a deacon of
the church. Politically he is a firm Republican and has held several of the township offices; has been town clerk, also was justice of the peace several terms and finally refused a re-election, thus showing the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow townsmen. He was also post- master several terms.
Arthur V. Crouch was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1827, oldest son of George and Mary Crouch. George Crouch, born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1804, was a resident of Trumbull county some ten years. He married, in 1826, Mary, daugh- ter of Arthur Van Wye, who was a pioneer in Weathersfield, where he settled about 1802. He was a soldier from Trumbull county in the War of 1812. Mrs. Crouch was born in Weathers- field in 1806 and died in 1848. A. V. Crouch in earlier years followed school-teaching some eight or ten years. Was a resident of Pittsburg some time where he was deputy county treasurer in 1858. From 1859 to 1874 he was connected with the Pittsburg Plow works, removing to Greene, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1863, and conducting a branch business there, at the same time being engaged in farming and dairying. In April, 1881, he removed to Bloomfield, where he still resides. In 1858 he married Jennie F. McVey, who died in 1862. In 1864 he married Mrs. Mary F. Lewis, daughter of Captain Archi- bald Green, of Bloomfield, where she was born in 1842, and has six children, as follows: Martin L., Mary F., Florence M., Arthur V., Jr., Archi- bald G., and John B. Mr. Crouch was elected county commissioner for Trumbull county in 1878, and re-elected in 1881.
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