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down. After several similar experiments, Lynch managed to enter the fireman's side of the cab, and apply the air-brakes. The train came to a standstill, and the passengers, fright- oned and wondering, piled off to ascertain the trouble. The rod connecting the forward drive- wheels was broken into two pieces, one of which could nowhere be found. Lynch promptly dis- connected the rod on the forward wheels on the other side of the engine, and again mounted the foot-board and pulled the throttle for Cleve- land. He was over half an hour late at that time, but still with his crippled engine, only four drive-wheels being used, he ran into Cleve- land on time. His escape from instant death seems almost miraculous, and the passengers can thank their Incky stars that Lynch's hero- ism saved them from death or maiming."
Mr. Lynch was married in Cleveland, in 1872, to Christina, daughter of Adam Karn. They have six children, viz .: Ilarry, a fireman on the Big Four Road; Frank E. and Mand, at- tending the high school; and Arthur, Luln and William, at home.
In his social relations, Mr. Lynch is a mem- ber of the B. of L. E. and of the Knights of Pythias.
B M. BARR, a prominent business man of Cleveland, was born near the city of Cincinnati, in 1864, a son and one of the two children of James A. Barr, of that city, who was a Lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the late war. Mr. Barr's ancestors came to America about 1773, locating in New Jersey. The Barr family, a prominent one, settled early in Cincinnati, Major William Barr, the paternal great-grand- father of Mr. Barr, being one of the first settlers of that city. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Barr was John Barr, in his time a prominent merchant of Cincinnati.
The subject of this sketch received a liberal education and early became interested in elec-
tricity, beginning business in 1883 as an elec- trical salesman for the Edison Electric Manu- facturing Company, remaining with that com- pany in the successive capacities of manager of their business in the States of Iowa and Mis- souri, and later of the State of Ohio, with head- quarters at Cleveland until the Edison and Thomson-Houston Companies were merged in the General Electric Company.
Mr. Barr came to Cleveland from St. Louis in 1890, and though a young man has gained a prominent position in his chosen field, and is in every way an active, progressive and sagacions business man. In 1885 he was united in mar- riage with Miss Louise Little, daughter of William Little, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and they have two children, B. M. and Lonise.
While in no way active, Mr. Barr is a pro- nounced Democrat in politics.
A W. BISHOP .- One of the distinctly representative business men of Berea, Ohio, and one who has done much to further the advancement of the place and conserve its stable prosperity, is he whose name initiates this brief review. By virtue of his position as one of the substantial capitalists and progressive citizens of Cuyahoga county, it is imperative that he be accorded due attention in this connection.
Mr. Bishop was born in Orleans county, New York, July 1, 1833, and in October of the same year his parents removed to Medina county, Ohio, where the father was engaged in the milling business for some time, finally dis- posing of his interests in this line and devoted his attention thereafter to farming. Our sub- ject was reared on the farm, in Medina county, securing a thorough common-school education, and at the age of nineteen years he engaged in school-teaching in Lorain county, Ohio, being thus occupied during four winters and working on a farm during the summers. About this time he invented an animal poke, which was
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the first contrivance of the sort ever invented in the United States. In this connection it may be incidentally noted that since our sub- jeet originated this valuable device more than one hundred other designs have been invented, patented and placed on the market. It is cer- tainly interesting to thus trace an article now in such common use back to its original type. Realizing that his invention was one of practi- eal utility, Mr. Bishop began manufacturing the pokes at Medina, continuing the enterprise at that place from 1865 nutil 1871, when he removed his business to Berea, where he erected a factory and resumed operations upon a much larger seale. The industry, which is now one of much importance, has been carried snecessfully forward and represents at the pres- ent time one of the representative manufactur- ing enterprises of the State. Mr. Bishop has perfected several improvements npon the orig- inal design of the poke, which is yet recognized as one of the best, if not the best, on the market. IIe has also invented a unique machine for planing rubber and an apparatus for cleaning boilers. His business interests in Berea include varied enterprises aside from the one noted, and it is doubtful if there be another single individual who has done more to advance the prosperity of the town along the normal avenues of enter- prise than has our subject. In the way of municipal improvemonts he has maintained a lively interest and has practically made the enuse of the little city his own. Ile actually built the Front street extension in Berea and was notably instrumental in locating the Union Depot where it now stands. He has songht, in more ways than one, to improve the town and has contributed ungrudgingly of his means with this end in view.
Publie-spirited to a pronounced degree, Mr. Bishop has always taken a very active part in local affairs, is a member of the Common Conn- cil and is universally recognized as one of Be- rea's most enterprising and progressive citizens.
February 5, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Doane, a sister of Josiah Doane,
a prominent resident of Columbia, Lorain county, Ohio. Our subject and his wife had two children, a son and a daughter. The lat - ter, Lunette, died at the age of six and one-half years; the son, Frank L. is engaged in the oil and gas business at Muncie, Indiana. Mrs. Lydia Bishop, the devoted wife and mother, entered into eternal rest, in Medina county, in the year 1867.
December 31, 1869, Mr. Bishop consum- mated his second marriage, being then united, at Medina, to Miss Zora Harrington. Of this union two children have been born: Mary L., the wife of Frank M. Kuederle, and Leo A.
Mr. Bishop was the projector and has been actively interested in the construction of the Cleveland & Berea electrie railway and is the superintendent of the system at the present time. In company with others he built the street railroad at Sandusky, Ohio, and also the one at Mt. Clemens, Michigan. In the way of scenring local improvements, it may be noted that he was foremost in establishing at Berea the gas wells and pipe line which supply the city.
Conducting individual enterprises which are of incalculable benefit to Berea, ever ready to contribute of his time and means to such ob- jeets as conserve the best interests of the place, a thorough and discriminating man of business, respected and honored by the community with which he is closely identified, Mr. Bishop richly merits the slight recognition of his abil- ity and worth that has here been accorded.
C HIARLES A. UIIINCK, one of the suc- cessful farmers and highly respected citi- zens of Parma township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a descendant of German ancos- try and From his forefathers inherits the thrift that is so characteristic of the German people. As one of the representative men of the town- ship, the following record of his life is appro- priate in this connection.
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Charles A. Uhinek was born in Parma town- ship, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, December 13, 1853, son of William and Margaret (Boyer) Uhinek, both natives of Germany, the former born January 12, 1825. Soon after their mar- riage they emigrated to America and settled in the township in which their son Charles A. now lives. That was in the year 1848. Here the mother died March 6, 1887. The father is still living. They had six children: William; John; Margaret, wife of II. R. Henninger; Charles A .; Katie, who died in childhood; and Jacob L. All are residents of Parma township.
In this township our subjeet was reared and edneated. For several years he was engaged in the butchering business, and aside from that his whole life has been devoted to agricultural pur- suits. He owns sixty acres of fine farming land, all of which is well improved with good fences, buildings, etc.
Mr. Uhinek was married in Parma township, February 20, 1877, to Miss Emma Henninger, a native of this place, born June 29, 1850, daughter of Philip G. and Sophia (Orth) Hen- ninger. Her father died in this township, July 15, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Uhinek have three children living, namely: Henry Robert, Eda and Elsa. Their son Rubart died in infancy.
Mr. Uhinek affiliates with the Republican party and takes a commendable interest in po- litical affairs. For a number of years he has served as School Director. Both he and his wife are active workers in the Presbyterian Churel.
AMES F. J. DAVIS, Sergeant at Arms of the City Council, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Orleans county, New York, Au- gust 6, 1839, son of Paul II. and Caroline (Le- land) Davis, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. Paul II. Davis was seven years old when he went with his parents, Joseph and Dolly Davis, to Orleans county. That was in 1820, and there he has since remained, all those years being spent on
the same farm where he now lives retired. Joseph Davis bought his article for this land in the old Holland purchase. The great. grand- father of our subject, Sergeant Paul Davis, served five years, nine months and eighteen days in the war of the Revolution. His dis- charge, dated June 8, 1783, is now in the pos- session of Mr. Davis. It bears the signature of George Washington. At the early age of three years Mr. Davis was deprived of a mother's loving care, her death having occurred when she was twenty -five.
Upon reaching young manhood, Mr. Davis turned his face westward, and in Michigan spent the winter of 1857-'58 in teaching school. Following that experience he entered the em- ploy of a Goverment contractor in the Terri- tory of Nebraska, with whom he remained about a year. Then he was in railroad employ for some months, next went to Memphis and from there to Wisconsin. The winter of 1860 he spent in the pineries of Wisconsin, and was there when the war broke out. He enlisted in May, 1861, for three years, and as a member of Company G, Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer In- fantry, went to the front, his regiment becom- ing a part of the Army of the Potomac. Ile served until February, 1863. At the battle of Antietam he was seriously wounded, and from the time of that battle until his discharge he was in hospital. Previous to the engagement at Antietam he was in several other battles, in all of which he acted the part of a true and patriotie soldier.
After his recovery Mr. Davis located in Cleveland, Ohio, and since March, 1863, he has been a resident of this city. For eleven years he was in the employ of the Adams Express Company. Then he looked after the city trade for the Marion & Morgan Paralline Company for eleven years. Since April, 1892, ho has served in his present official position in the City Council.
Mr. Davis was married in June, 1861, to Miss Annie Benbow, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Benbow, natives of England but resi-
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dents of Beloit, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Da- vis have had five children, namely: Frank An- nie, wife of Dr. K. B. Waite, of Cleveland, Ohio; Elizabeth C, who died at the age of twenty-four years; James II., who died at the age of twenty two; Herbert, who married Emma Cushman and resided in Cleveland; and Burt, a student in the Cleveland high school.
In Knight of Pythias cireles Mr. Davis is well known. Hle has passed through all the chairs in the lodge and Endowment Rank, and has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge three terms. He is also a member of Memo- rial Post, No. 141, G. A. R., Cleveland, his name being on the list of charter members, and in this organization he has also held official position.
[ARED FARRAND, a soldier of the Revo- Intion .-- Among the early settlers of Cuya- hoga county were the Farrands. Jared Farrand, the senior member of the family, came to this country in 1832, locating in Dover town- ship, where he purchased land and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was born at Nor- wich, Connectient, in the year 1756. While he was a boy his father, Thomas Farrand, moved with his family to Vermont, and settled in Bennington county. Here the elder Farrand commenced to hew out for himself and family a home in the wilderness, and here young Jared grew up. In these early days the woods were alive with wild game, and the boy never lost an opportunity for a hunt, and thus became, in the language of the times, a crack shot with the rifle. Hle bore the distinction of being one of the number that were required to pay double price for a shot at the turkeys, at shooting matches, and then was only allowed to aim at the head of the bird. It is said that he could drive a nail with a bullet at a hundred paces, three times out of five. It was these wonder- fully accurate marksmen that finally became a terror to the officers of the British army during the Revolution.
Just as he was emerging into manhood the war for Independence burst on the country. The people went wild with excitement. Such tur- bulent spirits as Colonel Ethan Allen and Seth Warner did their full share in arousing the people of that section to take up arms in resist- anee to the tyrannical spirit manifested by Great Britain toward the colonies in America. A scheme was soon set on foot for the capture of Ticonderoga aud Crown Point. Ethan Allen rallied around him a band of as brave and fear- less men as ever followed a gallant leader to victory. Young Farrand caught the war fever, ran away from home, joined Colonel Allen's expedition, and thus received his first lesson in war at the capture of Ticonderoga. Soon after this he joined an independent company of mili- tia, called the Rangers. Later on he was em- ployed by General St. Clair, as scout. Early in the spring of 1777 he and a companion by the name of Myron Pangburn, dressed in the garb of backwoods hunters, and with a birch-bark canoe, skirted the shores of Lake Champlain to its lower end, and as far down the Richelieu river as St. Johns, taking note of the prepara- tions going at that place, and picking up all the information possible in regard to the threatened invasion of the colonies by a British army from Canada, which was to ascend the Richelieu river to Lake Champlain. From information that had been received from various sources, the people of that section were convinced that an invading army would soon be in their midst. Vigorous preparations were soon set on foot, for collecting arms and ammunition and enlisting men for defense.
It was at this time that Mr. Farrand enlisted in Captain Joseph Safford's company, the " Green Mountain Boys," which became a part of the first regiment of regulars raised in Ver- mont for the Continental Army. This regi- ment remained in service until the close of the war. Ile was with Stark at the battle of Ben- nington, also took part in the engagement at Bemis's Heights, and was severely wounded at the battle of Saratoga. After recovering from
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this wound he rejoined his regiment, and was promoted to be First Sergeant of his company.
During these eventful years of the Revolution he had many thrilling experiences. Especially was this so while he was acting as scout. Some of these incidents may not prove uninteresting in this connection. It is related that on one occasion, early in the summer of 1777, while west of Lake George watching the movements of Burgoyne's army in that direction, he sud- denly found himself surrounded by a band of Mohawk Indians, and was made prisoner. Watching his opportunity, he contrived to make his escape at night. llis absence being dis- covered, he was hotly pursued by the savages, but from his knowledge of wooderaft he man- aged to elude bis pursuers for two days, finally reaching the shore of Lake George ahnost worn out with fatigue and famished from hanger. Fortune favored him. Concealed in the bushes near the lake, he discovered a canoe containing a spear and paddle. He lost no time in setting it afloat, and his new-found treasure was soon cleaving the waters of the beautiful lake, but not a minute too soon, as his pursuers were almost immediately on the shore, only to see their prisoner beyond their reach. lle crossed the lake in safety, and reached Fort Castleton without further molestation.
At another time he was sent to learn some- thing, if possible, of the movements and designs of the force under Colonel St. Leger and Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, who were known to have a large force of Tories and Indians under their command. Night coming on, he put up at a tavern near the Hudson river. He had just scen that his horse was stabled and fed, and had ordered supper, when it seems, as chance would have it, a British officer and a Tory who was acting as guide rode up to the same tavern to stop for the night. As they were passing by the dining-room on their way to the stables, the Tory saw Sergeant Farrand eating his supper, and, as they had been well acquainted before the war, recognized him at once. The Tory made haste to inform the officer that the man inside
eating his supper was a noted seont from Gates' army. Highly related, the British ofliee em- mediately began to concoct some plan to effect his capture. In this it seems they were success- ful. Early next morning they set out with their prisoner toward their destination. Sergeant Farrand took his capture in a very philosophical manner: appeared to be perfectly unconcerned about its results. We may well infer, however, that his mind was not idle in weighing every circumstance that might allord an opportunity for his escape. Such an opportunity must have presented itself, for a few days later he came riding into camp on his own horse, his holsters bristling with horse pistols and leading two other horses. When asked where he got his horses he merely remarked that a certain British ollicer and a Tory of his acquaintance had given him so much trouble that he had coneluded to take their horses to get even with them!
There are many more interesting adventures connected with his long and eventful life, which. if well written up, would make a first-elass romance, but we have not time to recount them here.
After the war for independence had been brought to a successful close, Sergeant Farrand returned to his old home in Vermont. In 1783 he married Miss Hannah Evans, of Bennington, and they settled in Chittenden county, Vermont. Here he engaged in the manufacture of Inmber with an old-fashioned sawmill run by water power, and in the cutting of the largest and tallest pine trees for shipmasts. These were made into rafts and floated by way of Lake Champlain and the Richelieu river to St. Johns, where they were sold for masts and spars of vessels.
A few years previous to the war of 1812, Le moved with his family to a place called Dun- ham's Flats in Canada. Here he purchased some very fertile land in the valley of the Sorel river, and commeneed farming. He was just getting comfortably fixed and doing well when the second war with Great Britain came on. Cavala demanded an oath of allegiance from all
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her citizens. Mr. Farrand, not being willing to take this, returned to Vermont, leaving his property in Canada, which was confiscated. Ile was now compelled to make a new start in life, and in addition had a large family of children to support. In this dilemma he set up in the business of shoemaking. Ile had learned this trade when a young man, and it now stood him well in hand for a support for himself and family. He finally opened a store at Essex, Vermont, where he lived until 1832, when he joined a party of settlers going to Obio. Ile had raised a family of fourteen children, -- eight boys and six girls. At this time they were nearly all married and gone for themselves. When he came to Ohio he was accompanied by two of his sons, William and Jared, Jr., and his youngest daughter, Polly.
At this time he was nearly seventy-five years old, but well preserved and vigorous. IIe was a man of mark among men; stood six feet two inches in his stockings, was powerfully built, and possessed a fine physique and noble pres- ence. He was a good type of the class of men that made American liberty possible. He pos- sessed great muscular strength and endurance, and had a strong will and indomitable persever- ance. When a centenarian, he went out and constructed a seetion of rail fence, and did many other things equally remarkable for a man of that age. On his one hundredth birthday his neighbors gave him a surprise party. It was participated in, and highly enjoyed, by the old settlers round about the country, while the young folks had as lively a break down as had been seen in these parts for many a day, the grand old man cansing inch merriment by himself leading in the dance.
Mr. Farrand's first wife, Hannah, died in Middleburg, Cuyahoga county, November 5, 1844, aged seventy-six years. He married again in 1846, a Mrs. Emma Gallup, of Rockport township, this county. At the time of his second marriage he was ninety years old, and his bride sixty-tive. Even at this time of life he seemed quite well preserved, and she was the
brightest and spriest little woman of her age in all the country. The old gentleman caused considerable merriment at his wedding, espe- eially among the young people of the place, by remarking to the minister that he thanked God that he had got such a young wife! They lived very happily together for thirteen years, when she died August 14, 1859, aged seventy-eight years. Mr. Farrand made Cuyahoga county his home until his death, which occurred June 28, 1862, his age being 105 years and seven months!
Ile had always been a man who took a keen interest in public affairs. In politics he was a straight out and out Andrew Jackson Democrat. He had voted at every presidential election from Washington to Abraham Lincoln. He claimed that the South had committed a grievous wrong in firing on the flag at Fort Sumter, and thought they should be punished for it.
In religion he was a Methodist, of which church he had been a member for more than half a century. He was a man strictly temperate in all things, very regular in his habits, never seemed to be in a hurry or excited, always ready with a good story, and no one liked a good joke better than he. Possessing this even disposi- tion, he lived on enjoying his pension, and often "fighting his battles over again" for his great- grandchildren. Ilis mind appeared to be clear until a short time before his death, and he seemed to enjoy himself to the end of his long and eventful life.
Captain Jared Farrand, Jr., one of the sons of Jared Farrand, the old Revolutionary soldier. that came to Cuyahoga county in 1832, was born in Chittenden county, Vermont, in 1804. IIe was reared to farming and the lumber business. In 1827 he married Miss Sarah Randall, of Colchester, Vermont, and they soon after settled in Burlington, same State. It was about this time that he and his brother bought a Inmber vessel, and were engaged for several years in carrying freight between the ports on Lake Champlain and Whitehall. In 1832 he came with a party of emigrants to Ohio. These set-
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tlers stopped first in Buffalo, and then at Ashta- bula, but finally decide'l to come to Cleveland, Soon after arriving here, he bought land in Dover township, this county. Here he lived until 1841, when he sold his farm in Dover to Dr. Jason Bradley, and bought again in Middleburg township, this county.
The writer of this article, Addison J. Far- rand, after an absence of more than forty years, took occasion in the summer of 1893 to visit the old place in Dover where he was born, and re- ports as follows: " I found a daughter of Dr. Bradley (who is now a Mrs. Van Gelder), living on a part of the old homestead. She had in her possession the old deed showing the conveyance of my father's larm to her father, which bore date of 1841. She was then only a school girl, but is now seventy years old. She said she re- membered Jared Farrand, the old soldier, very well, as he was at that time living next door to her people. She told me that soon after my parents moved to Middleburg my father and mother came to Dover after her to go and teach their district school. It was settled that she should go and they were to set out on the journey as soon as a horse could be procured that she could ride. They had to go on horse- back, as there was only a path cut through the woods a part of the way, which was a distance of about eight miles. She remembered being much frightened before the end of the journey was reached, as it began to grow dark and there was such a wild, deep shadowy forest all around her; she began to feel lonely, and was startled by every slight noise she heard, as the woods at that time were full of wild animals. She boarded with my parents and told me more about those early times than I had ever known."
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