History of Trumbull and Mahoning counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Vol. II, Part 9

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

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farm. He was born October 17, 1843; married January 1, 1866, Miss Clara Williams, and has two children-Charles H. and Frances Irene, two having died in infancy. Lucy married, Jan- uary 3, 1870, Henry Cozad, by whom she had one child. Her husband lived but two years, and she subsequently married again and now resides in Akron, Ohio.

William Hine, the youngest child of David and Achsah Hine, was born upon the old Hine homestead in Canfield township, January 9, 1828. He married, September 30, 1851, Miss Mary A. McClelland, which union has been childless. From boyhood Mr. Hine has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and is now situated upon finely improved farm in Canfield. He is a rep- resentative of a pioneer and respected family. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church of Canfield.

Horace Hunt, farmer, Canfield township, Ma- honing county, eldest son of Ezra Hunt, was born in Boardman township, that county, in 1805. Ezra Hunt came from Milford, Connec- ticut, about the beginning of the present century to Boardman township in company with Elijah Boardman, for whom the township was named. Mr. Hunt purchased a lot of Boardman on which he built a log cabin. About the year 1804 he married Miss Dema Sprague, daughter of an early settler. They encountered the various hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, and now sleep in the burying ground at Canfield. They had a family of five sons and one daugh- ter as follow : Horace, Charles, Emeline, Or- vill, Richard, and Harmon. Orvill, Richard, and Emeline are dead. Richard died while in the army, at Nashville, Tennessee, during the war of the Rebellion. Horace remained on the farm with his father until twenty-five years of age, and also worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner. As early as sixteen he began teaching school. In 1833 he married Miss G. Ruggles, and has had five sons and one daughter Cornelius C., Alfred A., Chauncey M., Alice M., Azor R., and Henry M. Alfred and Chauncey enlisted in the army in the war of 1861-65. Alfred fell in bat- tle at Atlanta, Georgia, and lies buried in a Southern grave. Chauncey returned to his home at the close of the war in a shattered physical condition, but with careful nursing by a kind mother finally recovered. He now resides in

Warren, Ohio, and is manager of the Kinsman Machine works. Horace Hunt is still residing on his first purchase. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church of Can- field.

Eli Harding, farmer, Canfield township, Ma- honing county, is the fifth child and third son of John and Elizabeth Harding, of the preceding sketch, and was born on the old homestead, near Canfield, December 20, 1821. He was raised upon the farm and remained with his father until he was twenty-five years of age. In 1849 he married Miss Rosa Yager, whose parents were early settlers in Mahoning county. They have a family consisting of one son and three daughters, all of whom are living, namely: Betty, John A., Julia A., and Charlotte. Mr. Harding is an enterprising citizen and prosperous farmer.

George E. Harding, farmer, Canfield township, Mahoning county, was born September 1, 1819. He is a representative of a family who were among the earliest settlers of that township. His grand- father, John Harding, came to the township with his family as early as 1805 or 1807, and settled on the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch. He died in his seventy-ninth year, after a long life of toil and usefulness, his wife surviv- ing him some years. After their death the home- stead was bought by John, the second son, who was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1787. He came to Ohio with his parents. At the age of twenty-four he married Miss Eliza- beth Crumrine. He had a family of five sons and three daughters, viz: Mary Ann, Elizabeth, John A., George E., Eli, Peter, Lucy Ann, and Jacob. Elizabeth, John A., and Jacob are de- ceased. John was killed by a hay fork striking him upon the head while unloading hay. The father and mother are both deceased. Mr. Harding survived his wife nine or ten years. 'They were good citizens, earnest Christians, and useful members of society. George E. Harding, the fourth child and second son, as before stated, occupies the homestead which for so many years has been in possession of the family, and is one of the enterprising farmers of the community. He married, in 1850, Miss Elizabeth Lynn, and has a family of six daughters and one son, viz: Emma E., Fannie Alice, Melissa S., Anna S., 1da, Celia, and George L. One daughter (Mary Ellen) is dead.

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Peter Harding, youngest son of John and Elizabeth Harding, was born on the old Harding homestead, near Canfield, October 18, 1824. He assisted his father in carrying on the farm until twenty-five years of age. Three years later he purchased sixty acres adjoining the old farm, and when thirty years of age he married Miss Amanda Diehl. They have four children as fol- low : Mary E., Willie G., Clara B., and Frankie I. Mary E. is the wife of J. A. Ebert, a farmer of Ellsworth township, and has one son and two daughters, Flora B., Scott Wilson, and Lizzie E. Mr. Harding is among the substantial and enterprising farmers of his township.

Jonathan Kline was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, in 1796 or 1797. His father was Abraham Kline, who came to Ohio in the early settlement of the county and located where the city of Youngstown now stands. Here he reared his family, consisting of three sons and three daughters. He was an active man and a large property-holder, dealing largely in stock, in which he was very successful. He was born in Northampton county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1769, and died December 1, 1816, at the age of forty-seven. Jonathan Kline at the age of twenty-five was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Arner, having settled two years before upon a portion of his father's estate in Canfield township. He followed in the foot- steps of his father, superintending his large estate, consisting of one thousand acres, and also dealt largely in stock. He was the father of five sons, viz : Solomon, Gabriel, Peter, Caleb, and Heman ; all living but Caleb who died at the age of four years. Mr. Kline died in 1871, leav- ing a family of four sons and a widow, and numerous friends to mourn his loss. His widow is still living on the old place in Canfield. Peter Kline was born August 25, 1830, and in 1853 married Hannah Beard. The fruit of this union was one son, Jonathan Allen. Mr. Kline, like his father and grandfather, turned his attention to farming and stock raising and is the owner of one of the best improved farms in his township. Heman Kline, the youngest son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Kline, was born in 1844, and at the age of nineteen married Miss Martha Folk, and settled in Berlin township on the farm where he now lives. He has three children, Charles H., Warren C., and Ida May.

John Kirk, farmer, Canfield township, Ma- honing county, son of John and Ann Kirk, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1827. He came with his parents to Jefferson county, Ohio, in the year 1829. His father having died he remained with his mother until the twenty- third year of his age, when he married Miss Mary Pow, whose parents were early settlers in Mahoning county, owning the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. To Mr. and Mrs. Kirk have been born three daughters-Elizabeth, Jane, and Barbara. Jane is the wife of M. S. Frederick. Mr. Kirk has given a good deal of attention to the raising of stock, and is the owner of a well-improved and good farm. Mrs. Kirk is a member of the Disciple church.

George D. Messerly, oldest child of John and Susannah Messerly, was born in Beaver town- ship, now Mahoning county, in 1836, on the old Messerly homestead. He remained at home assisting his father upon the farm until his mar- riage in 1861. He married Miss Mary Ann Miller, and has one daughter and two sons -- Hattie E., Joseph, and Charlie A .; Joseph died in infancy. Mr. Messerly is a thrifty and pros- perous farmer, owning two hundred and forty- eight acres in the eastern part of Canfield township. He and his wife are both members of Paradise Reformed church, in Beaver town- ship.

John C. Miller, manufacturer of lumber, Can- field township, Mahoning county, was born in that county in 1847. He remained upon the farm with his father until his marriage in 1869. His wife was Sarah E. Collar, by whom he has one child, Rollis R. In 1877 Mr. Miller and J. S. Collar formed a co-partnership for the manufacture of lumber, under the name of Mil- jer & Collar. Their saw-mill is situated about two and a half miles south of Canfield.

Henry M. Meeker, carpenter and joiner, Can- field, Mahoning county, was born March 3, 1837. His father, Marion Meeker, was born in Connecticut in 1806; came to Mahoning county, then Trumbull, Ohio, in 1822. During his life- time he was engaged in various pursuits; first a farmer and stock dealer and later proprietor of the American hotel, of Canfield, or more com- monly known as the Meeker house. This he conducted until his death in 1865. His wife, whose maiden name was Cynthia D. Cleland,

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survived him several years, dying in March, 1872. They had a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters-Mary A., Anthony Wayne, Henry M., Marion, William C., Louis M., Maria H., Ora J., and Winfield Scott. William C. and Winfield are deceased. Henry Meeker, the subject of this sketch, is the only one of the family now residing in Mahoning county. At the age of seventeen he learned his trade, which he has since followed. He enlisted early in the war of the Rebellion in the Second Ohio volunteer cavalry, but became disabled, and was discharged after a service of a year and a half. Returning to Can- field he married, in 1867, Miss Jennie Slaugh. To them was born one daughter, Minnie E. Mrs. M. is a member of the Disciple church.

John K. Misner, farmer, Canfield township, Mahoning county, was born in Berlin township, said county, in 1836. His father, George Mis- ner, is a native of Pennsylvania, whre he was born in 1813. He came to Mahoning county with his parents, Benjamin and Mary, about the year 1820, and settled in Berlin township. He married before reaching his majority, Miss Han- nah Swartz, and raised a family of ten children -four sons and six daughters, as follow: Har- riet, Zimri, John K., Lucy M., Frances, Isabella, George, Hannah, Jane, and James. One daugh- ter, Lucinda, is deceased, dying in infancy. In 1837 the father removed with his family to Trumbull county, subsequently removed to Indi- ana, where he lived several years, then returned to Trumbull county, and at present resides in Southington township in that county. John K. Misner was married February 1, 1860, to Miss Lystra A. Beeman, and has a family of two sons and two daughters-C. E., Etta A., Charlie J., and Celia. Mr. Misner is one of the enterpris- ing farmers of his township, owning one of the best improved farms, his farm containing one hundred and ninety acres, and situated two miles northwest of Canfield village.

Conrad Neff, with his wife and family of six children, emigrated from Berks county, Pennsyl- vania, to the then far distant West in 1802, and settled in Canfield township, then Trumbull county. Mr. Neff was among the earliest of that noble band of pioneers who invaded the wilderness of Canfield, and after untold hard- ships and privations made it to " blossom as the

rose." Mr. Neff began with but little besides his own strong hands, and a determination to conquer the obstacles that lay in the way to suc- cess. He was a hard-working and industrious man, and succeeded in acquiring a good prop- erty. He died at an advanced age, his wife surviving him but a few years. The estate after- ward came into the possession of John and Conrad, his sons.

John Neff was born in 1797, and came with his father's family to Ohio, and always afterward resided upon the Neff homestead. At the age of twenty-four he married Elizabeth Kline, a representative of an early family in the township. To them were born five children-four sons and a daughter, as follows: Eli, Mary, Edward, Mar- tin, and John. John, our subjeet, was an active and prosperous farmer, and dealt largely in live stock, principally in the buying and selling of cattle, in which he was very successful. He died in the spring of 1861, one week previous to the breaking out of the rebellion, He left sur- viving him a family of three children, and his wife, who died sixteen years later. They are buried in the cemetery at Canfield.

Martin Neff, son of John and Elizabeth Neff, was born on the old homestead March 24, 1828. His occupation through life has been that of farmer, having given considerable attention to stock-raising and the buying and selling of stock. April 5, 1848, he was married to Miss Catharine Wilson, the result of which union was five chil- dren, namely: John E., Caroline, Elizabeth J., Mary A., and Lewis, all living but Elizabeth. Mr. Neff is the owner of his father's old home, and is pleasantly situated on one of the best im- proved farms in that locality. He is one of the most substantial and respected citizens of his township.

John E. Neff, the oldest child of Martin Neff, was born on the old home farm February 24, 1849. March 31, 1870, he married Miss Harriet Louisa Sanzenbacher, and has a family of four sons and one daughter, as follows: Sadie, Ensign, Martin, Calvin, and Cyrus. Mr. Neff owns a fine farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres near Canfield, and is one of the most enterprising and prosperous young farmers of the township, giving considerable attention to the buying and selling of stock. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church in Canfield.

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Azor Ruggles, one of the early settlers of Can- field township, was born and brought up in Brookfield, Litchfield county, Connecticut, the date of his birth being May, 1769. He was a millwright and in 1810 came to Ohio on horse- back for the purpose of doing some work for Judge Canfield. After remaining a year he re- turned to Connecticut and in 1813 brought out his family, consisting of his wife and six chil- dren. The journey was made with two wagons and teams and consumed one month. The oldest daughter drove one of the wagons. Mr. Ruggles first located on the farm where John Sanzenbacher now lives, remained one year and a half and settled permanently about two miles south of Canfield, where he died December 10, 1843. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Peck, whom he married in Connecti- cut, and by whom he had six children, viz: Alice, Harriet, Julia, Charles, Galetsy, and Hepsey. Of these three are living, Charles, Galetsy (now Mrs. Horace Hunt), and Hepsey, who is un- married and occupies the old homestead. His first wife died in 1828 and in 1832 he married Miss C. M. A. Mitchell, by whom he had two children, Robert M. and Mary Helen, now Mrs. James Mackey, of Youngstown. His second wife survived him and she afterwards became the wife of Dr. Manning, of Youngstown. Miss Hepsey Ruggles who is now seventy-one years of age, has in her possession a couple of pillow cases made by her mother before her marriage, in 1790, and a picture frame made of the rim of the wheel on which the material used in the making of the pillow cases was spun ; also a rocking chair in which her mother rode all the way from Connecticut when the family moved to Ohio.

Jacob Resch, tanner, Canfield, Mahoning county, only son of John and Catharine Resch, is a native of Germany, born December 26, 1835. In 1852, at the age of seventeen, he started out to seek his fortuna and sailed for Amcrica. He learned the tanner's trade, and soon after his arrival in this country commenced business at Newton Falls, where he remained for a short time, when he removed to Berlin Center where he carried on the business for ten years. He settled in Canfield in 1870 and has since been engaged in the manufacture of leather. He married, in 1857, Miss Mary Goeppinger,

and has a family of nine children, named as follows : John, Charles, Frank, Albert, Fred, Mary, Laura, Louisa, and Lilly. Mr. Resch has a leather and finding store in Youngstown. He is a member of the Lutheran church, as is also his wife.

Jacob F. Stambaugh, coal dealer, Canfield, Mahoning county, second son of William and Sarah Stambaugh, was born in Liberty town- ship, Trumbull county, Ohio, February 3, 1845. He assisted his father upon the farm until fifteen years of age, and at the age of eighteen he en- listed in company B, One Hundred and Fifty- . fifth regiment, one hundred day service, in the late war. After the expiration of his service he returned to Youngstown, Ohio, and until thirty years of age was engaged in various pursuits. In 1875 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Milliken, and has had two children, Frederick and Roy. In 1880 Mr. Stambaugh went to Canfield, and the same year engaged with others in mining in Green township, Ma- honing county. The parents of Mr. Stambaugh were early settlers in Trumbull county.

Mathias Swank (deceased) was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1812. Soon after attaining his majority he married Margaret Strone, by whom he had three children, one son and two daughters : Hannah, Mary Etta, and Emery. His wife died January 8, 1867, and he afterwards married Miss J. E. Wetmore. There were no children by this marriage. Mr. Swank's business was principally that of carriage manu- facturing, which he carried on successfully for a period of nearly forty years, settling in Canfield in 1835. He died July 1, 1881, leaving a de- voted wife and many friends to mourn his loss. He was an active, enterprising business man, a good neighbor and citizen. His remains were interred in the cemetery in Canfield. Mrs. Swank still lives at the old home in Canfield.

Thomas C. Scott, blacksmith, Canfield, Ma- honing county, second son of Hiram B. and Elizabeth Scott, was born in Stark county, Ohio, September 24, 1845. At the age of twenty-three he went as an apprentice to learn the trade which he now follows, with David Clugston, and subsequently entered into partnership with him, and the firm is now known as Clugston & Scott. He married, in 1872, Miss Mary C. Parshall, and has three children-Charles William, Er_

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nest David, and Sophia Elizabeth. Mr. Scott was in the hundred-day service in the war of the Rebellion. He and his wife are members of the Disciple church of Canfield.

Julius Tanner, farmer, Canfield township, Ma- honing county, eldest son of Edmund P. and Fannie Tanner, is a native of the township in which he resides, having been born October 6, 1818, on the farm which he now occupies-the Tanner homestead. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mary Wadsworth, daughter of one of the earliest pioneers of the township. By this marriage there were four children, three sons and one daughter, named as follows: Ed- ward W., Henry W., Henry A., and Mary 1. All are living except Henry W. The mother died in 1855, and Mr. Tanner subsequently married Mrs. Fidelia Sackett, widow of Ward Sackett. By his second wife he has three children- Fan- nie C., Edwin P., and Horace B. Fannie is de- ceased. Mr. Tanner is one of the substantial and esteemed citizens of his township. He and his wife are members of the Congregational church of Canfield.

Ira M. Twiss, superintendent county infirmary, Canfield township, Mahoning county, was born in that county, Poland township, October 7, 1837. His father, John Twiss, with his wife and one child, emigrated about the year 1820 from Con- necticut to Ohio and settled in what is now Ma- honing county, Boardman township. There he reared a family of five sons and three daughters, viz: Frederick, Mary, Seymour, Minerva, Sam- uel, Sarah, Ira, and Titus. Three of the chil- dren are deceased, to wit : Frederick, Minerva, and Sarah. Only two of the children are now living in Mahoning county, viz: Titus, of Board- man, and Ira, of Canfield. Mr. Twiss, the sub- ject of this sketch, had followed agricultural pur- suits until his appointment as superintendent of the county infirmary in the spring of 1878. This institution is pleasantly situated about two miles northwest of Canfield, the farm containing two hundred and thirty acres of land, with good buildings. Soon after attaining his majority our subject was married to Almira Osborn. The re- sult of this union is one son- Curtis W.

John Williams (deceased), a native of Penn- sylvania, emigrated with his family from Bedford county in wagons to Ohio about the year 1820. He came to Mahoning county and settled in

Canfield on what is commonly known as the At- wood place. Here he lived and reared a family of two sons and three daughters named as fol- lows: James, Betsey (Scott), Banner, Nancy (Dean), and Rachael (Porter). Mr. Williams was an industrious and hard-working man, and was in the War of 1812. He died at his home in Canfield at the age of sixty-five. His wife survived him four years.

Banner Williams, farmer, Canfield township, Mahoning county, second son of John Williams, was born in Pennsylvania in 1813 and removed to Ohio with his parents. He was united in marriage in 1841 to Miss Clarissa Lew, who died two years afterward. He married for his second wife Miss Margaret McDonald, by whom he has had four daughters and one son, viz: Clarissa, James, Mariette and Mary Ellen (twins), and Flora. Mariette is deceased. She was the wife of James Van Horn and left three children. Mr. Williams has always been engaged in farming and stock raising, and has given special attention to the growing of wool. Mrs. Williams is a member of the Disciple church.

Azariah Wetmore (deceased), one of the earliest pioneers in Canfield township, Mahoning county, came from Connecticut in 1801. He was then single, and came out with the Wads- worths, driving an ox team, the second team of oxen brought into that locality. He made his home with the Wadsworths and helped to clear the same fall some four acres where the village of Canfield now stands. In a few months he returned to Connecticut, but came back the next year. He afterwards purchased one hun- dred and twenty-five acres of land south of the present village of Canfield, where his son George now lives. He married in 1806 Miss Balinda Sprague, and had a family of three sons and five daughters, as follows: Caroline, Har- riet, Cornelia, Sarah, Betsey, William, Henry, and George.

William Wetmore, farmer, Canfield township, Mahoning county, eldest son of the subject of the preceding sketch, was born in 1816. At the age of twenty-two he married Miss Susan Ed- wards, daughter of an early and prominent family, and has had three children -Walden, Luther E., and Henry P. Walden is deceased. Mr. Wetmore is an industrious, intelligent, and influential citizen.

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Thomas J. Wise, coal operator, Canfield, Ma- honing county, second son of John and Mary Wise, was born in Mahoning county, February 8, 1849. He remained on the farm of his father until sixteen years of age, when he be- came a clerk in a store. In the fall of 1880 he engaged in operating in coal, the mine being situated in Green township, Mahoning county. The mine is one of the most promising in that locality, and preparations are being made to work it extensively. Mr. Wise was married in 1872 to Miss Jennie R. Thorn, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. They have only one son, James T.

Eli Yager, farmer, Canfield township, Ma- honing county, was born on the farm where he now lives, in 1832. The Yager family were among the earliest in that neighborhood. Henry Yager came with his family from Pennsylvania to Canfield township, now Mahoning county, in 1800 or 1801, and resided there until his death. His wife survived him about ten years. After their death the homestead was bought by Daniel, the third son. He was born on the farm now owned and occupied by his son Eli, whose name heads this sketch, in 1811. He married Elizabeth Carr, by whom he had three children-Eli, Edwin, and Mary. Edwin is deceased. The mother died in 1871. Eli Yager has always lived on the farm which he now occupies, a period of nearly half a century. He was mar- ried in 1865 to Miss Rebecca Corll, and now has two children-Eda P .. and Irvin C. Mr. Yager is an industrious and prosperous farmer, his farm being one of the most highly cultivated and improved in the neighborhood. He and his wife are both members of the Reformed church.

CHAPTER II. POLAND.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

This township is the southeastern town- ship of the Western Reserve, and is therefore township one of range one of the Reserve. It is bounded on the north by Coitsville, on the east by Pennsylvania, on the south by Spring- 8

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History of Trumbull and Mahoning counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Vol. II, Part 9

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