History of the Western Reserve, Vol. II, Part 73

Author: Upton, Harriet Taylor; Cutler, Harry Gardner, 1856-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago ; New York : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 886

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STANLEY CORWIN ANDREWS, a successful practitioner at the Ohio bar for nearly a quar- ter of a century and a leading citizen connected with the public affairs of Conneaut, Ashtabula

county, is of a stanch New England family long identified with the agricultural, educa- tional and professional activities of the West- ern Reserve. Samuel Andrews, his great- grandfather, was a resident of Vermont prior to 1800, and the westward migration of the family commenced in 1807, when he moved to Germantown, Greene county, New York. He was married four times, and became the father of twelve children, of whom Benoni was born April 8, 1809. This son married Miss Betsy Sweet Parmeter, at Wayne, Ashtabula county, July 17, 1825, his wife having been born on the 13th of April, 1806. Their children were as follows: Hile, born April 17, 1826; Sally, January 30, 1828; Philo, September 11, 1829; Candace, June 10, 1831 ; Flobel, June 5, 1832; Alvero, August 16, 1833; Oliver, March 19, 1834; Sylvia, March 29, 1836; Mary, June, 1838; Sabra, June 26, 1839 ; Harrison A., June 14, 1840; Calphurnia, June 29, 1842; Adeline, May 31, 1844, and a son who died as an infant in 1846.

Harrison A. Andrews, the father of Stanley C., was educated at Lindenville and at Kings- ville Academy, Ohio, and commenced teaching at Conneaut and East Conneaut. For several years prior to 1875 he served as principal of the public schools of Conneaut, resigning that year to assume a similar position at Pierpont, Ohio. He remained at the head of the educa- tional system of that town until 1882, having also been mayor of Conneaut, justice of the peace and honored with other public responsi- bilities. He owned a farm south of the latter city, on the Under Ridge road, and was a man of decided practical abilities, as well as a thor- ough educator. On May 8, 1862, Harrison A. Andrews was united in marriage with Miss Corda S. Payne, of Conneaut, where the cere- mony occurred, and the children of their union were as follows: Sarah C., born February 20, 1864; Stanley C., born October 5, 1865; Hor- tense A., born September 8, 1872; and Bessie M., born June 25, 1876. Sarah C. married Paul R. Berdemann and resides at Jackson, Mississippi: Hortense A. is the wife of Ed- ward R. Sloan, and is also a resident of that city ; and Bessie M., who is the wife of John M. Firmin, lives at Findlay, Ohio.

The American origin of the Paine family (the maternal line) was Moses, who was born in England, came to this country in 1630, set- tled in Braintree, Massachusetts, and died in June, 1643. He was a man of wealth and posi- tion, owning large estates in Cambridge and

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Concord and thousands of acres near the Blue Hills. First married to Elizabeth Pares, and secondly to Judith, her sister, Moses Paine became the father of three children-Moses (born in England in 1622), Elizabeth and Ste- phen. The last named, whose birth in Eng- land occurred in 1628, came to Massachusetts with his father, and November 16, 1651, mar- ried Miss Hannah Bass. Their children, who were all born at Braintree, were Stephen, Samuel, Hannah, Sarah, Moses, John and Lydia. Stephen Paine, of the third genera- tion, was born in 1652 and married February 20, 1682, Ellen Veasey. Their children were Stephen, Ellen and two Samuels, one of whom died as an infant. The Samuel who reached manhood was born April 14, 1689, and mar- ried November 5, 1728, Miss Susanna Rug- gles, and the children of their union were Su- sannah, Eleanor, Joseph Ruggles, who died in infancy, and a second son by the same name. The Joseph Ruggles Paine who reached ma- turity, and continued the family line, was born in Braintree (now Quincy ), Massachusetts, June 30, 1735, and on March 13, 1758, wedded Miss Mehitable Gittings. In 1767 they moved to Ashfield, that state, where the husband and father died on the 18th of February, 1831. The deceased was a Revolutionary soldier and a stanch citizen of his time. He was the father of Joseph, Abel, Ruggles, Asa, Benjamin and two daughters. The first-born, Joseph, was a native of Ashfield, Massachusetts, who spent most of the year 1856 at Conneaut, but re- turned to the town of his birth, where he died about two years later. The deceased had mar- ried Miss Anna Billings, by whom he had two sons, Samuel and Joseph Paine-the latter changing the spelling of the family name from Paine to Payne. Joseph Payne, born Septem- ber 12, 1796, came to Ashtabula county in 1836, dying at Conneaut in 1843. He was the great-grandfather of Mr. Andrews, his wife Polly being also a native of Massachu- setts, whose death occurred at Conneaut, as the mother of Carlton, Newton B., Calista, Julia, Cyrenus M., Caroline, Jane and Lex- anna. Newton B. Payne, the grandfather, was born at Dearfield, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 12, 1821 ; migrated to Ohio in 1836, and October 7, 1842, married Miss Sarah Ann Thompson. He was a farmer by occupation, a member of the Free Will Baptist church, and a citizen of conscience and usefulness. Al- though in poor health during the Civil war, he actively participated in the raising of re-

cruits for the Union army and, while not sub- ject to draft, paid a substitute to take his place at the front. His death occurred at Conneaut, August 25, 1883. The wife and grandmother was the daughter of Zebadiah and Polly Thompson, with whom she came to Conneaut about 1830. The children of Newton B. and Sarah (Thompson ) Payne were Corwin N., Adelbert O., and Corda S. Payne, Mrs. Har- rison A. Andrews, mother of the subject of this sketch.

Stanley C. Andrews obtained a public school education at Pierpont, Ohio; pursued a business course at the Indiana Normal School, in Valparaiso; and in 1886 graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan, being admitted to the Ohio bar on the 5th of October of that year. He has es- tablished a fine practice at Conneaut, his public official service including a term as its city solicitor. For many years in his earlier years he was a leader in the development of the fire department, having been foreman, assistant chief and chief. As a stalwart Republican he has taken an active part in municipal affairs generally. He has also been a leader in the work of the Baptist church, and is well known in fraternal circles through his connection with the Knights of Pythias (Uniformed Rank), Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen, B. P. O. E. and K. O. T. M. Mr. Andrews was first married, August 5, 1885, to Miss Madge E. Bliss, daughter of Alvin E. and Louise (Harrington) Bliss. Mr. Bliss was a leading farmer and citizen of Conneaut township, serving for some years as trustee of his township and holding other offices as evidences of the general esteem in which he was held by his associates. Mrs. Madge E. Andrews died at Conneaut January 27, 1897, and Mr. Andrews' second wife, whom he mar- ried October 5, 1898, was Julia S. Hollister, daughter of Luther W. and Lizzie (Mc- Creary) Hollister, and born February 5, 1870. Her father is a prominent citizen of the town- ship, and owns and operates a large farm on the Lake road, just north of Kingsville. By his first marriage Stanley C. Andrews became the father of the following: Marjorie B., born September 9, 1888, and unmarried; Louise E., also single, who was born Septem- ber 4, 1893; and Harrison A. Andrews, born January 20, 1897.

ROBERT CHRISTIAN WARD, sheriff of Lorain county, Ohio, was born at Rockville, Parke

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county, Indiana. September 11, 1850, a son of John E. and Margaret E. (Mulhallen) Ward. John E. Ward was a native of Kentucky, and his wife of Virginia. She was the daughter of a slave holder, who freed his slaves when she was about six years of age, and then re- moved to Indiana, making the journey by wagon. She was born in 1826 and died in 1907: Mr. Ward was born in 1824 and died in 1859. They were married at Rockville. Indiana, and from there removed by wagon to Fulton county, Illinois, thence to Peoria, same state. They removed later to Lacon, Marshall county, Illinois, where Mr. Ward died, leaving a widow and five children; he had followed the trade of blacksmith for a number of years. Mrs. Ward remained at Lacon with her children two years after the death of her husband, and then located thir- teen miles east of there, near Winona, where the boys worked on a farm, earning, jointly, thirty-seven and one-half cents per day the first year, and the next year each receiving that amount, making seventy-five cents for the two.

At the age of fourteen years, Robert C. Ward began working on a farm for fourteen dollars per month ; he drew no money until the end of eight months, when he was paid one hundred and twelve dollars, which he at once took to his mother. He and another brother worked for the support of the family, assisted by a sister who was engaged in teach- ing school. The family remained in Marshall county, Illinois, until about 1878, and then re- moved to Missouri, where the oldest son and daughter are now living. In 1873 Robert C. came to Henry county, Ohio, and for a time worked in Napoleon, the county seat, in a sawmill; in June of that year he left the town with one thousand head of sheep bound for Huron county, Ohio. He located at Greenwich, and there worked in a sawmill un- til 1875, when he began driving through the country gathering butter and eggs. In the spring of 1880 Mr. Ward began work in the employ of Wadsworth, Peabody & Hossler, who built a new planing mill at Greenwich. In 1893 he removed to Wellington, Lorain county, Ohio, where the same company em- ployed him in a mill. In 1899 Mr. Ward en- gaged in conducting a pool room, at Welling- ton, but in 1900 sold his interests and went into a buggy and implement business for a season and then sold out.

Mr. Ward has been identified with. Elyria since 1901, when he came to the city as bailiff

and deputy sheriff, holding the office until 1906, when he was elected county sheriff ; he was re-elected in 1908 without opposition at the primary. His term will expire in January, 19II. He has given conscientious service in the performance of his duties, and is well known and generally respected. Fraternally Mr. Ward belongs to the subordinate lodge and encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, to the blue lodge and chapter in the Masonic Order, and has a large circle of friends. He has been for years an enthusiastic supporter of the Republican party, although he had never sought office or honors for himself until the time of his running for sheriff.

Mr. Ward married. November 4, 1874, Emerett Washburn, who was born on a farm in Greenwich township. Huron county. Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry Craft and Char- lotte C. (Griffin) Washburn, pioneers of Hu- ron county, both now deceased. Mr. Wash- burn was born in Greenwich, son of Henry Washburn, pioneer of Huron county, whose father, Joseph Washburn, also lived in Huron county ; the family came to Ohio from New York state. Mrs. Charlotte Washburn was born in Greene county, New York.

JAMES A. CORNELL is one of the most prominent residents of the little city of Aus- tinburg, its postmaster, a business man and a well known public official. He was born at Lodi. New York, July 7. 1846, a son of Barent and Jane ( Huff ) Cornell, and in 1854 he moved with the family to Plymouth, Ohio, and after to Shelby, this state, where the father of the family died in 1868 and the mother in 1902. Their children were: William, Tunis H., Peter D., James A., John G., Elbert B., Lydia S., Catherine (born in 1844 and died in 1858), Martha and Elizabeth.

As a boy of seventeen James A. Cornell enlisted for the Civil war, joining Company H, One Hundred and Sixty-third Ohio volun- teer Infantry, while later he was made a mem- ber of the One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the last two years of the war. Previous to entering the army, in the fall of 1863 he drove stage from Youngstown to Salem, and in 1867 he secured a position as brakeman with the Big Four Railroad Company, and it was while serving in that position that he suffered the loss of one arm while coupling cars in 1870. For a time following this accident Mr. Cornell recorded baggage in Cleveland, was later the

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private secretary to the superintendent of the Big Four Company, and was next in the coal business in Cleveland with his brother Elbert. Buying a farm in Austinburg township of one hundred and forty-one acres, Mr. Cornell lived there for twelve years and followed dairy farming. He then purchased the shoe busi- ness of W. E. Orcott, and is now the post- master of Austinburg. He served as personal property assessor during nine successive years, was a justice of the peace, a township clerk, a clerk of the educational board and is the present notary public. He is an active member of the local Republican party, and for several years has been central committeeman and also a member of the County Republican Executive Committee, is a member and treasurer of the Grange, a member of the National Union, and is actively identified with the fraternal orders of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pyth- ias.

Mr. Cornell married Helen M. Field in 1869. She was born in Shelby, Ohio, a daugh- ter of James D. and Mary (Richards) Field, and the children born of this union are: Chauncey, who married Marian M. Strong, of Austinburg, by whom he has a son James, and Chauncey is in the store with his father ; Nydia S., married C. A. Henderson, from Austinburg, and they now live in Cleveland and have four children; Robert B., married Hattie Towne, of Saybrook, and they have four children : James A. W., is a graduate of the Grand River Institute and is now in the west ; George is a surveyor and lives with his parents : Lillian is attending the Grand River Institute.

JOHN HARRISON .- A colony of Manxmen came to the Western Reserve in the twenties and thirties, settling in the vicinity of Paines- ville, and they and their descendants are now numbered among the best citizens of this part of the state, taking, great interest in the prog- ress and improvement of their community. The Harrison, Lace, Craine. Garrett, Boyd, Cowan, Quine and Callow families all came about this time. Thomas Harrison, as well as members of the other families helped to organize the Methodist Episcopal church, and all were very strict in the observance of the Sabbath.

Thomas Harrison, Sr., was born on the Isle of Man, May 4. 1791, and died in Leroy, Octo- ber 12, 1868, being buried in Williams ceme- tery. He married in the Isle of Man, in 1817, Catherine Corlett, who was born January 12.

1800, and died September 24, 1865. They came to Buffalo, New York, in 1827, and here their son John was born February 16, 1831. They remained in Buffalo six years, coming to Ohio in 1833, living above Painesville on the Grand river, at the old Railroad furnace, for twelve years and in 1845 they settled on a farm in Leroy. Thomas Harrison, Sr., began at once to clear this and built a log house. The first building put up in the township of Leroy being a surveyor's shanty which was built on this farm. He had fifty acres and put it all under cultivation. He was the first of the name on the place, and his grandson, Thomas Harrison, is the present owner, this farm being in the family since the grandather settled here, 1845. In 1850 Grandfather Harrison built a new frame house and here he spent the remain- der of his days. Hugh Kaighin, a companion of the elder Mr. Harrison, came to the United States with him and settled on a farm adjoin- ing him. Thomas Harrison, son of Thomas Harrison, Sr., started west with his family in the early days and died with a fever before reaching his destination. Thomas Harrison, Sr., had nine children, all of whom reached maturity. And they were: Thomas, married Mary Woodruff, and died at the age of thirty- three; Catharine, wife of Charles Harrison, died when seventy ; Ann, married James Quine, and died at the age of sixty-four; Jane, who married John Crellin, died at the age of sixty- five; Mary, became the wife of Acton French, and died when thirty-two years old ; John, sub- ject of this sketch, died in 1905, age seventy- four : Margaret, died unmarried at the age of thirty-four : Eliza married Orlin Loomis and died when thirty-four ; and Melissa, who mar- ried Lucien Loomis, died at the age of twenty- five.

John Harrison learned the trade of a moulder at Canfield, Mahoning county, and he followed this trade for a number of years in Cleveland, and Painesville, working for the Geauga Furnace Company and the Rust Fur- nace Company. In 1865 he returned home to care for his parents, and a few months later his mother died on September 20 of that year, his father dying some years later, October 12, 1868. Mr. Harrison remained on the home farm the remainder of his life, building the present house on it in 1895. and adding ten acres to the place. He settled on the farm now occupied by his family in 1865, and died there July 14. 1905.

THOMAS AND CATHERINE HARRISON

John Harrison

Hannah. Harrison.

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June 13, 1853, John Harrison married Han- nah, daughter of Elias and Ann (Hildebrandt) Hull. She was born in Morristown, New Jer- sey, February 27, 1833, and when two years old was brought by her parents to Youngstown, Ohio, coming with an ox wagon, the journey being, completed in four weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison had six children, namely: Harriet Ida, born November 13, 1854, who taught school ten or twelve years in Lake county, and now resides with her mother and brother's fam- ily; Frankie, born March 16, 1857, died in childhood ; Frederick Wallace, born December 31, 1859, operates a basket and veneer works in Leroy, and married Nevettie Manley and has four children, Lila May, Dan M., his father's partner, Lizzie Adella, and Frank Merle ; Thomas Hull Harrison was born Sep- tember 20, 1863. On February 26, 1902, he was married to Miss Louesa Jane Upson, daughter of David and Ellen Upson, who was born April 3, 1870, at LeRoy, Ohio, her par- ents being natives of England. Two children were born to them, a daughter born December 12, 1902, who died four days later, and a son, George Arthur, born October 14, 1906; Cath- arine Ann, born December 22, 1869, died in childhood; and John Henry, whose sketch is given elsewhere in this work. The father, John Harrison, was a strong Democrat, though he did not care for public office, being a man who greatly loved his home. A great reader, he kept himself well informed on all topics of the time. He was a kind friend and neighbor, earnest and sincere in his opinions. An inci- dent of his childhood which he used to men- tion, was that the cradle in which he was rocked, was also used for General Jack Case- ment, a noted general of the Civil war. Their parents came across the ocean at the same time and after landing in Buffalo both families lived in the same house, and rocked their babies in one cradle.

Thomas Hull Harrison, since acquiring the homestead, has added forty acres to it, making it now 100 acres, and here he carries on general farming. He also has erected a barn, seventy by seventy-two feet, with cement floor. He is treasurer and director of the telephone com- pany. All the family are members of LeRoy Grange No. 1608, which is in a flourishing con- dition, having 100 members.

JOHN HENRY HARRISON, a well-known farmer residing on part of the old Lace place in LeRoy township, Lake county, is of a stanch

family of Manx origin, which was established in the Western Reserve near Painesville in the year 1831. It was transplanted from the Isle of Man in the person of Thomas Harrison, who was born in that section of England on May 4, 1791; married Catherine Corlett in 1817 and came with his family to Buffalo, New York, in 1827. Their son John was born in that city February 16, 1831, and in the same year the family migrated to Ohio and settled on the Grand river above Painesville. In 1845 they located on the farm which is still occupied by Thomas Harrison, the grandson of the original owner. The homestead has therefore been a family possession for nearly eighty years, Grandfather Harrison dying there October 12, 1868. John Harrison, the father, was a well- known moulder at Canfield and Cleveland, Ohio, also the Rust and Geauga furnaces, but in 1865 returned to the old homestead to care for his parents, and after faithfully fulfilling such filial duties continued to operate the an- cestral place, where he died July 14, 1905. In 1853 he had married Hannah Hull, a New Jersey woman, daughter of Elias and Ann (Hildebrandt) Hull, and their sixth and last child was John Henry.

Mr. Harrison of this sketch was born on the old Harrison homestead in Leroy township on June 20, 1874, and was there reared and re- ceived his education in the district schools of the neighborhood. He has spent the indus- trious, useful life of the faithful agriculturist, and is the owner of a fine farm of eighty-five acres, with a comfortable residence and modern outbuildings. A Democrat in politics, he has never been troubled with ambitions for office or public advancement, but has been content to conscientiously perform the duties of a good husband, father and private citizen. On No- vember 6, 1901, Mr. Harrison was married to Miss Dessie Locke Mariner, daughter of John N. and Martha (Hogg) Mariner, who was born at Youngstown, Ohio, October 26, 1882. Her father is a native of Mahoning county, Ohio, and her mother, of Streetsville, Canada. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Harrison are as follows: Marie Ruth, who was born November 12, 1902, and died three days later ; Elias Newton, born on May 18, 1904; and Harold Eugene, born Au- gust 20, 1906.

DAVID D. SMEAD .- The present chief execu- tive of the municipal government of the thriv- ing little city of Madison, Lake county, is one

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of the representative business men of this section of the historic old Western Reserve, and in Madison he now conducts a unique manufacturing enterprise-that of manufac- turing all kinds of willow baskets for florists' use. The industry is of comparatively recent establishing, but the products of the factory find a ready demand wherever introduced, thus taxing the full capacity of the well ordered institution known as the Basket Craft. Mr. Smead being the secretary and treasurer.

David Dudley Smead was born in Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, on the 6th of November, 1862, and is a son of James P. and Ellen H. ( Bailey) Smead. The father, James Porter Smead, was born at Greenfield, Mas- sachusetts, in which state he was reared and educated, having been seventeen years of age when his parents, James and Alcemina Smead. removed from the old Bay state to Ohio and took up their residence in Madison township, Lake county, where his father secured a tract of land and turned his attention to agricul- tural pursuits. James Smead later removed from his farm to the village of Madison, and his old homestead in this place is now owned and occupied by his grandson. David D., the present mayor of the city. James Smead was a man of strong individuality, alert mentality and great physical strength. As to the last mentioned characteristic there can be no meas- ure of doubt when we revert to the fact that when he was past seventy years of age he killed a bull, and that without assistance. He and his wife continued to reside in Madison until their death, and they took up their residence in this county about the year 1850. Of their two sons, James P. was the elder and the younger, Samuel, became a skilled physician and sur- geon and was engaged in the practice of his profession in Madison until his health became so impaired as to necessitate his temporary retirement ; he thereupon received the appoint- ment to the office of deputy United States mar- shal for his district, and later he removed to the city of Cleveland, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession about twenty years, at the expiration of which he returned to the old homestead in Madison, where he lived retired until his death in 1897, at the age of sixty-six years. His widow still resides on the old homestead. Besides the two sons there were three daughters in the family of James and Alcemina Smead, namely : Rachel became the wife of Albert King, who was for many years a prosperous merchant in Madison,

where he died, and she died in the home of a daughter in Omaha, Nebraska; Sarah is the wife of Ashbel Bailey and they reside at Ran- toul, Illinois ; Hannah never married and she passed the closing years of her life in the home of her sister, Sarah, at Rantoul, Illinois.

James P. Smead devoted his entire active career to the great basic art of agriculture, and he continued to reside upon a part of the old homestead of his father, adjoining the village of Madison, until his death in 1905. at the age of seventy years. His wife passed to the life eternal in the preceding year at the age of sixty-five years. He was one of the repre- sentative farmers and influential citizens of Madison township, where he ever commanded the most unqualified confidence and esteem. He was a man of fine intellectuality and well fortified convictions, and his influence in all the relations of life was ever of the most benefi- cent order. He was a staunch and effective advocate of the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor. and while laying, no claims to facility as a campaign speaker, he was twice elected to represent Lake county in the state legislature in the '80s. He was one of the principal stock- holders of the Exchange Bank, in Madison, and was vice-president of this institution at the time of his demise. He was one of the pillars of the Madison Congregational church. of which he was a trustee for many years. His wife also was a devoted member of this church, and active in the various departments of its work. They became the parents of three children, and of the number the subject of this sketch is the second in order of birth.

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History of the Western Reserve, Vol. II, Part 73

Author: Upton, Harriet Taylor; Cutler, Harry Gardner, 1856- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: Chicago ; New York : The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 886

Author: Upton, Harriet Taylor; Cutler, Harry Gardner, 1856-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago ; New York : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 886