History of Trumbull and Mahoning counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Vol. II, Part 8

Author: Williams (H.Z.) & Bro., Cleveland, Ohio, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland : H. S. Williams
Number of Pages: 726

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Allen Calvin, miller, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born in Green township, Mahoning county, in 1842. He is a son of Robert Calvin.

He lived at home until of age, then went to Southern Illinois, and was there nearly all of the time for eighteen years engaged in milling. In 1880 he returned to Mahoning county, and began milling in Canfield. Mr. Calvin was married in 1868, to Miss Julia E. Reese, of Annapolis, Crawford county, Illinois. She was a native of Pennsylvania ; she died in November, 1874, leaving two children living-Eva Laura and Joe V. Another, Cora Lee, is dead. Mr. Calvin is a Democrat politically.

William Schmick, retired merchant, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born in Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1812. When fifteen years of age he began to learn the trade of making hats, and worked at this trade until 1840. In September, 1833, Mr. Schmick came to Ohio, and began working at Green village, now in Mahoning county. There he continued fifteen years. During this time he was elected a justice of the peace, and served three terms. In the fall of 1848 he was elected sheriff of Mahon- ing county, and moved to Canfield, which has since been his home. In 1850 Mr. Schmick engaged in business as a merchant and continued until 1861, when he gave up his store to his sons. From 1853 to 1861 Mr. Schmick served as post- master in Canfield. Four years, 1857-61, he was deputy United States marshal of the North- ern district of Ohio. He was cashier of the bank in Canfield four years (1870-74). He has been a very active and successful business man. During recent years he has not been in active business, though he continues to take deep interest in all that relates to the prosperity of his town or county. In 1881 he was nominated by the Democrats of Mahoning county, without his knowledge or consent, for State Senator, but of course in a strongly Republican district an elec- tion could not be expected. Mr. Schmick was married in 1837 to Mrs. Rhoda Trevett (nee Brookhart) of Frankfort, Hampshire county, Vir- ginia. To them have been born two sons, Wil- liam Henry and Charles Nelson. Both are prosperous business men of Leetonia, Colum- biana county, where they are engaged in bank- ing and mercantile business; also doing an ex- tensive business in iron manufacture, being the proprietors of a rolling-mill, two blast furnaces, etc.

Hosea Hoover, Canfield, Mahoning county,

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was born in Kendall, Stark county, Ohio, No- vember 27, 1814. He is the oldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shellenberger) Hoover, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early date. His father died in 1835; his mother is still living. The family consisted of eight chil- dren, of whom five are living-Hosea, Canfield; David, Marlboro, Stark county; Hector, Alli- ance; Mrs. Mary Tribbey, Ravenna ; and Frances, Alliance. Mrs. Hoover, the mother, is still liv- ing at Alliance, at the ripe age of eighty-eight years, in good health, and in full possession of her faculties. The names of her children who are deceased are Hiram P., died at Petersburg; Humphrey, died at Alliance ; John, died in Stark county. After the death of his father, Hosea being the oldest of the children, the care of the family devolved largely upon him, and for many years all his earnings were contributed to its support. Mr. Hoover has resided in this county nearly all of his life ; his parents moved to Springfield township, now in Mahoning county, when he was about four years old, and he has since resided in Mahoning. When a young man he learned carpentry and joining, and worked at that busi- ness until 1854. In that year he was elected treasurer of Mahoning county ; moved to Can- field with his family in 1856. Having been re- elected in 1856, he thus served two terms with great credit to himself and satisfaction to the citizens who elected him. Mr. Hoover was em- ployed in the drug business about nine years. He served as deputy collector of internal revenue in this county for four years and eight months. He was married January 26, 1842, to Mary Seid- ner, daughter of Christian Seidner, of Spring- field township. Mr. Hoover is an active mem- ber of the Odd Fellows, which organization he joined twenty-six years ago. He has been a member of the Methodist church forty-six years, and has contributed liberally toward its support.

Pierpont Edwards, manufacturer, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born in New Milford, Litchfield county, Connecticut, July 7, 1812, the second of a family of seven children. His grandfather, Edward Edwards, of Welsh parent- age, was born in London, July 16, 1743, and died in this country October 19, 1823. Edward Edwards sailed from Bristol, England, April 6, 1764 ; arrived in New York the 27th of May following, and settled in New Milford. His wife,

Martha, died June 3, 1824, aged eighty-two. The father of Pierpont Edwards was Martin Luther Edwards, born May 18, 1781, and died September 14, 1870. His mother was Sarah Hoyt, who died February 25, 1851, at the age of sixty-seven. Her father was Nathan Hoyt, who was driven out of Norwalk when it was burned by the British during the Revolutionary war. M. L. Edwards and family moved to Warwick, Orange county, New York, in 1821, and resided there until the spring of 1827, when the whole family started for Ohio in a two-horse wagon. They were three weeks on the way. They settled in Canfield permanently, excepting one year afterwards spent in Boardman and one in Steubenville. Pierpont Edwards followed chair-making and painting a number of years with his father, and afterwards by himself. In 1838 he was married to Electa Chapman, daugh- ter of Edmund P. and Fanny Tanner. She died September 22, 1840, aged twenty years, and an infant son died the 11th of the following month. November 8, 1842, Mr. Edwards mar- ried Mary Patch, formerly of Groton, Massa- chusetts. She has borne three sons and three daughters. The oldest, Albert Tanner, died October 4, 1863, in his twentieth year. The re- maining five are living-Sarah Electa, George Rufus, Lucy, Ellen, and Martin Luther. In 1851 Mr. Edwards' house and shop were burned. He then engaged in selling stoves, clothing, etc., and for a few years was in the drug and medi- cine business with the late Dr. W. W. Prentice and his brother, Dr. N. P. Prentice, now of Cleveland. During the late war he was in part- nership with J. Sanzenbacher in the drug and grocery line. His health failing he dissolved partnership and sold out. In 1866 he built a new store and commenced dealing in groceries and notions in 1867. This business he con- tinued until May, 1881. In 1869 he formed a partnership with J. Sanzenbacher and began the business of tanning and manufacturing leather belting, which business is still carried on in the name of J. Sanzenbacher & Co., who are as- sisted by George R. Edwards and Charles Sanz- enbacher, sons of the partners, and I. Callahan, Mr. Sanzenbacher's son-in-law, who have an in- terest in the business. This industry is more fully noticed under the head of Canfield town- ship.

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Stephen W. Jones, Canfield, Mahoning coun- ty, was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, July 29, 1799. He passed his early life farming, and has followed that business principally, though with the usual characteristics of a Yankee he has turned his hand to almost every kind of mechanical labor, such as carpentry, wagon manufacturing, furniture making, etc. In mid- dle life he became much interested in scientific studies, especially geology, and has followed up his investigations zealously through many years. In 1853 he was sent to the Holy Land by the Society for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Jews, looking to the colonization and im- provement of the Jews of that portion of the world. He was there during the Crimean war and saw many of the trying scenes of those troublous times. In 1855 he returned to his home in Massachusetts and resumed farming and mechanical work. In 1864 he sold his farm and for four years was engaged in various occupa- tions. In 1864 he was among the mines of Nova Scotia five months, being employed as a geological expert. Returning to Boston he was immediately engaged by a mining company to investigate the newly discovered oil regions, and followed this work some time, traveling a por- tion of each year. He journeyed hundreds and frequently thousands of miles yearly, often on foot, and made explorations in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, etc. In 1868 he moved to Salem, Columbiana coun- ty, Ohio. His wife died that year and he again became a wanderer, visiting and residing in various localities. In 1871 he settled perma- nently in Canfield, his present home. Mr. Jones possesses a keen, investigating mind, and his travels and studies have enabled him to acquire a large amount of valuable scientific information. His travels have extended over all the northern States east of the Mississippi and through Canada and the provinces. He has published many articles in the press, and his opinions are regarded as of weight and value by scientific men. At the advanced age of eight-two his mind is remarkably active and his capacity for mental and physical labor great. He possesses a rare and valuable collection of minerals from all parts of America, as well as many choice relics gathered in the Holy Land. Mr. Jones was married, March 3, 1824, to Dalesa Crosby,

of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She died in 1869, having borne one . child, Sarah Elizabeth, born in 1825 and died at the age of twenty- three. January 13, 1872, he married Almira Mygatt, youngest daughter of Comfort S. My- gatt, one of the early merchants of Canneld.

Judson W. Canfield, farmer and county sur- veyor, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born in Canfield, December 5, 1828. He is the only son of Henry J. Canfield. He was educated in the schools of his native place, studied surveying with his father and S. W. Gilson, and began its practice in 1849. He has served three terms of three years each as county surveyor and is now serving a fourth term. As a practical surveyor Mr. Canfield sustains an enviable reputation. He was assistant provost marshal of the Nine- teenth district during a portion of the war period, and was also assistant assessor of internal revenue several years. In addition to his other duties Mr. Canfield manages a large farm. On the 28th of February, 1853, he was mar- ried to Betsey M. Turner, daughter of James Turner, of Canfield. They have five children, namely : Julia A., Maude M., Walter H., Judson T., and Colden R. For Mr. Canfield's ancestry see the chapter on Canfield township. The- first map of Mahoning county, made in 1861, is the work of Mr. Canfield.

John Dodson, merchant, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born at Stepney Green, near Lon- don, England, in 1808. In 1852 he emigrated to America, settling in Cleveland and engaging as a clerk in 1853. In 1859 he removed to Canfield and engaged in merchandising, which he continues to follow. Mr. Dodson was mar- ried in England in 1832 to Eleanor Sullivan. She died in 1854 in Canfield, having borne no children. In 1865 he married Melissa R. Skyles, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has two children living and one dead, viz: Victoria (de- ceased), Tom Vass, and John Warren. Mr. Dodson is a successful business man.

J. O. Corll, druggist, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born in Canfield township, Novem- ber 20, 1857. He is a son of William Corll. He was educated in the schools of Canfield, and commenced business for himself in 1879. Mr. Corll is a young man of enterprise and is fast laying the foundation for a successful business career.

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S. E. Dyball, dentist and merchant, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born in Orange, Cuya- hoga county, May 2, 1856. He was educated in the schools of his native county; studied den- tistry at Chagrin Falls, came to Canfield and began its practice in May, 1877. He soon found his business rapidly increasing and is now kept busy constantly. In the spring of 1881 he joined Mr. M. i. Edwards in a partnership in the dry goods business. Mr. Dyball was married Octo- ber 31, 1877, to Lora J. Antisdale, of Chagrin Falls. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge. At the spring election, 1880, he was chosen mayor of the vil- lage of Canfield, which office he still continues to hold.

Dr. Jackson Truesdale, merchant, Canfield, Mahoning county, was born in Austintown town- ship, in 1820. He is a son of John and Mary (Reed) Truesdale, of Poland township. His parents died when he was between four and five years of age, and thenceforth he was cared for by his grandmother until about twelve years old, at which time he became a member of the family of his uncle, Dr. Joseph Truesdale, of Poland township. He attended the select schools of Poland, and about the age of sixteen began studying under private tutors at Oberlin, and afterwards at Allegheny college. At the age of seventeen he commenced teaching in the district schools of this county, and in 1840 went to Kentucky, where he continued in the same em- ployment. He taught three years or more in Kentucky and Tennessee, employing his spare time in the study of medicine. In 1844 he re- turned to this county and continued his studies under his uncle's tuition; attended medical lec- tures at the Cleveland Medical school ; began the practice of medicine in 1846 at Lordstown, Trumbull county, removed thence to Frederick, Milton township, Mahoning county; from Fred- erick to North Benton, thence to North Jack- son, and to Canfield in 1855. While residing in Jackson Dr. Truesdale was elected justice of the peace and served several years, and in 1854 he was elected county auditor of Mahoning county. At the expiration of his first term he was re- elected and administered the duties of that re- sponsible office during another term to the entire satisfaction of the citizens of the county. In 1859 the doctor embarked in mercantile enter- 7

prise, in which he still continues. Dr. Truesdale has been married four times; first to Julia Tan- ner, of Kentucky, she lived only a few months and died of consumption; second to Lola M. Tyler, of Lorain county, who died ofter being married three or four years, leaving two children, Henry T. and Lola M. Henry entered company E, Second Ohio cavalry at the age of sixteen ; was captured by the enemy, and after nine months' imprisonment died at Andersonville. He was a noble young man and his untimely death was a heavy blow to his parents. Lola is the wife of Edgar Cummins, of Lorain county, where she resides. Dr. Truesdale was next mar- ried to Hannah Eckis, of Milton township, who lived about sixteen years after her marriage. There were no children. In 1865 he married the lady who now presides in his home, Lucy Allen Ripley, of Berlin, daughter of Edwin Rip- ley, and granddaughter of General Ripley. The fruits of this union have been three children, two of whom are living, viz: Eddie (died in in- fancy), William J., and John. Dr. Truesdale is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge, from which he has re- ceived the highest honors within its gift. He has been a member of the Methodist church from boyhood.

Isaac Manchester, the third son of Benjamin Manchester, was born in Canfield in 1810, and was married October 2, 1834, to Eleanor, daugh- ter of Hugh Wilson, who emigrated from county Down, in the north of Ireland, and settled in Canfield at an early day. She died October 18, 1867. To them were born six children, who are now living, viz: Hugh Alexander, born March 5, 1837 ; Robert Asa, born August 13, 1838 ; William John, born September 27, 1840; Mary Margaret, born April 22, 1844; Benjamin Oscar, born November 11, 1847; Hannah Jane Eliza- beth, born July 20, 1854. They are all married. The oldest two live in Mahoning county, and the others all live in the State of Indiana. Ben- jamin Oscar is, at present, city clerk of Elkhart. H. A. Manchester and Miss Rose A. Squire, who was born September 27, 1838, were married November 8, 1859. She was the daughter of Asher Canfield Squire, who was a native of Con- necticut, and moved with his father to Canfield, Ohio, at a very early day. Her mother was Mary, daughter of Thomas Jones, who moved

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from Maryland and settled in Ellsworth town- ship in 1804. H. A. and Rose A. are the par- ents of six children-Mary E., born June 20, 1861, an intelligent and amiable girl, who died September 22, 1880; Laura E., born De- cember 5, 1862 ; Fanny C., born July 8, 1865 ; Isaac Asher, born July 22, 1867 ; William Charles, born December 25, 1873 ; Curtis Asa, born November 6, 1876. H. A. received a liberal education at the Poland and Mahoning academies. He commenced teaching school at the age of eighteen, and has followed that pro- fession more or less every year since. His gen- eral practice has been to teach in the fall and winter months, and to cultivate his farm in the spring and summer. He has taught the district school where he now lives, and in which he was raised, for twenty-three winters. He is now, and has been for the last six years, a member and clerk of the board of county school examiners. He has also been moderately successful and thrifty as a farmer, having acquired, by the aid of a most industrious and economical helpmeet, a farm of over two hundred acres in the south- west part of the township. He has been elected to fill, at different times, nearly every important local and township office. He is now one of the justices of the peace of the township, and has held the office for the last fourteen years. He was the Democratic candidate for Represen- tative in the State Legislature at the last election, and though defeated, as the county is largely Republican, in his own township he received the entire vote of his party and nearly one-half of the whole Republican vote.

Jacob Barnes was a native of New Haven, Connecticut, born in 1785. In 1813 he mar- ried Nancy Carroll, who is still living. She was born in Surry county, Virginia, in 1790. The family moved to Canfield in 1826. There were twelve children, eight of whom arrived at ma- turity, and seven are still living-Ann (Doud), Chicago ; Jacob H., Bement, Illinois; Jane (Ellett), Alliance, Ohio ; Lois (Hine), Leetonia ; Nancy (Neff ), Humboldt, Kansas; Theophilus and Sarah, Canfield. Mr. Barnes was a pro- nounced anti-slavery man, and his efforts to assist the fugitives are of considerable local notoriety. He died in 1848. His widow now resides in Canfield village.

T. G. Barnes, son of Jacob and Nancy Barnes,

was born in Canfield township, August 8, 1828. He has always followed farming, and has always lived upon the farm where he was born and of which he is now the owner, which consists of seventy-one acres. He married October 14, 1857, Miss Alice A. Cowden, the result of which union was three children, two sons and one daughter-Williard S., Gertrude C., and John J., all of whom are living.

Darius J. Church, of Canfield township, Ma- honing county, was born in that town in 1825. He received a good common school education, and afterwards followed general merchandising, in which business he was successfully engaged for many years. In 1852, two days after the election of President Pierce, he was married to Miss Electa Morrel, of Orangeville, Wyoming county, New York, and by this union is the father of two children-Fannie, born July, 1853, now the wife of John T. McConnell, a merchant of Mineral Ridge, Mahoning county ; and Fred Church, of the firm of Church & Coffee, of Youngstown, born September, 1854.

R. J. Crockett, farmer, Canfield township, Mahoning county, was born Jannary 3, 1837. He was the second son of James and Sarah Crockett, who were the parents of ten children who grew up and were married. The subject of this sketch came from his native State, Virginia, when but two years of age with his parents to Ohio, the family settling in Portage county. At the outbreak of the rebellion he enlisted in com- pany A, First Ohio light artillery, and served for four years. He participated in some of the severest engagements of the war, Shiloh, Chick- amauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Mission Ridge, Stone River, etc. He received a wound in the arın near the shoulder by a ball from one of the enemy in one of the engagements, but the in- jury did not prove serious. At the expiration of his term of service he returned to his home, then in Stark county. He had learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and he now took up that business and followed it for a few years. He then went to Ellsworth, Mahoning county, and was married to Miss Caroline Lour. To them have been born three children Perry J., Frank, and Florence E. Mr. Crockett is the owner of a finely improved farm, the result of industry and economy. James Crockett, his father, was a soldier in the War of 1812.

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Lewis Cramer, farmer, Canfield township, Ma- honing county, second son of W. F. and Agnes C. Cramer, was born in Beaver township, Ma- honing county in 1837. His father and mother were natives of Germany, born respectively in the years 1793 and 1795. They emigrated from Germany with their family consisting of four daughters and one son and the father of Mr. Cramer, in the year 1830. They came to what is now Mahoning county and settled in Beaver township. He cleared up and improved a farm which he occupied until 1855, when he moved to Berlin township where he resided until his death, 1860 or 1861. His wife survived him some twelve years. Lewis Cramer, when sixteen years of age learned the trade of carpenter and joiner and followed it with industry for sixteen years. He afterwards became a farmer and still contin- ues in that occupation. He was married in 1867 to Miss Mary Ann Kenreigh and has two sons, Noah M. and William F. Mr. Cramer is a farmer of thrift and enterprise, as is plainly evi- denced by his surroundings. Himself and Mrs. Cramer are both members of the Lutheran church.

David Clugston, of Canfield, Mahoning coun- ty, fifth son of Thomas and Mary Clugston, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in De- cember, 1829. He was married in 1851 to Miss Lavona McKelvey, of Portage county. Mr. Clugston is a blacksmith by trade and is asso- ciated with Thomas C. Scott, under the firm name of Clugston & Scott, in that business in Canfield. He is an enterprising citizen, taking an active interest in educational matters. Him- self and wife are both members of the Disciple church at Canfield.

J. S. Collar, manufacturer of lumber, Canfield township, Mahoning county, fourth son of Ira A. and Sarah E. Collar, is a native of Mahoning county, born in 1849. At an early age he began work in the mill with his father in the manufact- ure of lumber, which business he has success- fully followed. He was married in 1873 to Miss Christina Toot and has two children-Carrie D. and Ella May.

William Y. Comstock, farmer, of Canfield township, Mahoning county, was born in Wil- liamstown, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, January 12, 1816. He came to Portage county, Ohio, in 1832. September 1, 1842, he married

Miss Betsey Hine, of Canfield, by whom he has three daughters, viz: Chenia W., born March 21, 1847; Carrie S., born October 26, 1853; Mary H., born April 22, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Comstock are members of the Presbyterian . church of Canfield. They are now residing up- on the old Hine homestead.

Hiram Dean, farmer, of Canfield township, Mahoning county, is a native of Connecticut, born in the year 1799, and came with his father's family to Canfield. He married in 1821 Miss Ruby Mason, by whom he has had seven chil- dren, four sons and three daughters: Austin, Mason, Priscilla, Benjamin, Mary, William and Minerva. Mason and Mary are still living. The rest are deceased. Benjamin died at Mur- freesboro, Tennessee, during the war of the rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Dean are prominent and zealous members of the Disciple church.

Orvill Edsall, eldest son of Henry Edsall, was born on the old homestead, where Amos Swank now lives, east of Canfield, December 13, 1825. He was married in April, 1852, to Lydia Ritter, daughter of Henry Ritter, now eighty-seven years of age, and living in Berlin township. For sev- eral years after his marriage Mr. Edsall resided in Canfield, where he kept a grocery and pro- vision store for some time, and then moved to the farm where he now lives. Mr. Edsall has a family of one daughter and two sons, viz : Julia, Charles H., and Edwin. One child is deceased -Hiram, who died in infancy. Julia married Charles Wetmore, and has one child, Frank.

Benjamin L. Hine, fourth son of David and Achsah Hine, was born upon the old homestead in Canfield township, December 17, 1814. He assisted his father in carrying on the farm until twenty years of age, when he went to take care of his uncle Justus Sackett's farm, which he superintended for seven years while his uncle was absent dealing in stock. He then returned to his father's home near Canfield, and took charge of the old farm for three years. He then purchased sixty acres near by, and as he pros- pered added to his original purchase, the farm containing one hundred and forty-two acres at the time of his death. He married Miss Silia W. Comstock October 5, 1841, and had one son and one daughter, Henry M. and Lucy E. He died October 20, 1872. His widow still survives and lives with her son Henry, who owns the old

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History of Trumbull and Mahoning counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Vol. II, Part 8

Author: Williams (H.Z.) & Bro., Cleveland, Ohio, pub Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Cleveland : H. S. Williams Number of Pages: 726

Author: Williams (H.Z.) & Bro., Cleveland, Ohio, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland : H. S. Williams
Number of Pages: 726