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Mr. Farrand followed the occupation here that he had learned at home in Vermont,-that of farming in summer, and cutting the timber off his land in winter for lumber. He made Middleburg his home until his death, which oc- curred in 1853. Being in Buffalo, New York, on business, he was taken suddenly sick with cholera, and died there. His wife, Sariah, had
preceded him four years, she having died in 1849. She was a very exemplary pious woman, zealous in all good Christian work. She had belonged to the Baptist Church for many years. and her whole life testified to the sincerity of her convictions and the reality of her faith. Mr. Farrand had always been an active citizen in all public affairs. In politics he was a Whig. Ile took quite an active part in the log-cabin and hand-cider campaign of 1840, which resulted in the election of William Ilenry Harrison to the presidency. During the agitation of the ques- tion in regard to war with Mexico, he raised a company of militia, and was commissioned Captain, but never entered on active service in the war. lle had always been a man of striet integrity, a good neighbor, a warm, ardent and faithful friend, and highly respected by all who knew him.
Jared Farrand, Jr., reared a family of six children, as follows: Hannah, who married George O. Bliss, of Euelid township, this county, now deceased; Ilarriet, wife of A. G. Hopkinson, a prominent business man of Cleve- land, Ohio; Addison J., real-estate dealer, La Fayette, deceased; Mary, wife of William Buchholz, a merchant of Cleveland, Ohio; and George A., now a retired Baptist minister and living on a farm in Rockport township, this county.
The descendants of Jared Farrand, the only Revolutionary soldier, are now living in almost every State in the Union, and followed varions occupations and professions.
Addison J. Farrand, oldest son of Jared Far- rand, Jr., was born in Dover township, Cuya- hoga county, in 1840. Ilis parents soon after- ward moved to a farm in Middleburg township, where he grew up. His mother died when he was nine years old, and his father four years later. lle then went to live with Luther Moses, one of the old shipbuilders of Cleveland, where he remained five years, attending school most of the time. At the age of eighteen he became a teacher in the public schools. After teaching several terms he changed his occupation to that
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of clerking, and later to bookkeeping, which he followed until May 26. 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The duty assigned to this regiment was to guard the country between Harper's Ferry and Cumberland, and to disperse or capture the various marauding bands of guerrillas that were engaged in taking wagon trains of supplies, arms and other munitions of war from Maryland to the rebel army, by way of the Shenandoah valley. Company D, to which he belonged, spent much of the summer of 1862 in Virginia in this service. The Eighty-fourth was mustered out at Camp Dela- ware, Ohio, September 20, 1862. May 5, 1864, Mr. Farrand enlisted again, this time in Com- pany G, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, Ohio National Guard Volunteers. They were . stationed in the fortifications around the nat- ional capital. They took part in the battle of Fort Stevens with the forces under General Early, when he made his attack on the defenees of Washington, July 11 and 12, 1861. Mr. Farrand was mustered out of service at Cleve. land, Ohio, August 23, 1864.
After his army service he was engaged in life and fire insurance for five years. He then entered the mercantile business, opening a store at Akron, Ohio, millinery, notions and fancy goods being his specialty. At another time he had a store in Fremont, Ohio, and still later he opened a store in Cleveland, where he remained until 1888, when he sold out his store and re- tired from mercantile life. He has since inter- ested himself in mining and real estate. In religion he is a Congregationalist, both be and his wife belonging to that church. He is a member of Memorial Post, No. 141, G. A. R., also a mem- ber of Haleyon Lodge, No. 498, F. & A. M., and a charter member of the Western Reserve Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and also belongs to several patriotic orders.
On January 8, 1866, he married Miss Amelia C. Rausch of Akron, Ohio, and they have but one child living,- - Walter Cleveland Farrand.
George A. Farrand, youngest son of Jared
Farrand, Jr., was born in Middleburg, Cuya- hoga county, Ohio, November 10, 1846, and received his edneation in the Cleveland schools, and at Oberlin. In the early part of 1864 he enlisted in the quartermaster's department at Nashville, Tennessee, to serve six months. When discharged ho again enlisted, September 17, 1864, this time in Captain Theodore Priec's Company G, Fourth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery. They were sent immediately to the front and assigned to the first division of the Second Army Corps. Ile was with General Grant's army in all the fighting around Peters- burg and Richmond, and at Appomattox Court House when General Lec surrendered. Was minstered ont of service at Albany, New York, in July, 1865.
In January, 1866, he received a commission as missionary, under the auspices of the Ameri- can Missionary Society, and was ordered to report to Major Buckley, at Montgomery, Ala- bama. From there he was sent as Superintend- ent of the freedmen's schools, with headquar- ters at Gainesville, Alabama, where he labored nearly a year. July 4, 1867, at a mass meeting of about 5,000 people, held at the county seat of Sumter county, Alabama, he delivered the first Republican speech made in the State of Alabama after the close of the Civil war, and revolvers were drawn on him three times during his talk of something more than an honr.
Hle then became an active organizer of the Union Leagne in the Southern States. While in the midst of this work he received a commis- sion from General O. O. Howard as agent in the Freedinen's Bureau. Soon afterward, being attacked by fever, he was obliged to come North to regain his health. In 1869 he was ordained pastor of the regular Baptist Church at North Hampton, Ohio. He followed his chosen profession for a number of years with commendable results, until failing health com- pelled him to change his ocenpation, at least for a time. Ile is now turning his attention to fruit and grape culture on a farm in Rockport township, in this county.
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L EWIS L. DIBBLE, of Cleveland, Ohio, is descended from one of the early pioneer families of this place. He is a son of Lewis Dibble, who was brought to Cleveland by his father, in 1812, from some point on the river Raisin in Michigan, he and his family having been driven from that place by the hostile In- diaus. Elisha Dibble, the grandfather of our subject, was born in New York State. He married there and about 1809 took his family to a frontier home in Michigan, they being among the first settlers on the river Raisin. After locating in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, he left his family in Newburg township while he raised a company for service in the war of 1812. Of this company he was chosen captain. He took his men to Toledo and reported to General Harrison for duty. Ile did not remain in the service long, however, for he was attacked by malaria which was so prevalent here at that time, and was forced to retire to his family, then residing on what is now Woodland Hills ave- nue. Ile took up his life-long ocenpation, that of farming, and cleared up a small tract of land in advance of almost any other person.
In the work of clearing this land Lewis Dibble rendered efficient service, and remained at home until he was eighteen. He then began sailing on the lakes. After seventeen years spent on the water, he retired, and some time afterward took charge of the Marine Hospital, as super- intendent. Ile remained in this position eight years, and, with the exception of lighthouse tender, which place he filled four years, he held no other political office. Ile was a stanch Jackson Demoerat. Believing in the future greatness of Cleveland, he invested some in real estate, which is now most valuable. In 1826 he purchased fifty feet on Euclid avenue, next to the Opera House, paying for it $100: this is now worth $75,000. In 1839 he bought fifteen aeres on Norwood avenue, which he afterward platted. It is now well built up, and is a beau- tiful residence portion of the East Side. Seventy- nine years of his life were spent in Cleveland, and at the time of his death, in 1891, at the age
of eighty-three years, he was the oldest pioneer in the city. He was a vigorous and robust man and during his whole life here he never required the attendance of a physician until his final sickness. He married in this county, Mary Amnock, the daughter of a pioneer, who came here in 1830. Of their six children we make reeord as follows: Phebe, wife of Samuel Thompson, is deecased; Minerva is the wife of John J. Shepard, of Cleveland; Lewis L .; Charles E., deceased; Anson, deceased; and Florence, who was the wife of a Mr. Kenny, is deceased.
Lewis L. Dibble, whose name heads this arti- cle, learned the machinist'e trade under the instructions of Dennis Holt, of Cleveland, beginning in 1861 when he was eighteen, the date of his birth being November 30, 1843. During the summer season for a number of years until 1885 he was employed as a lake en- gineer, then worked at his trade for a short time, and since then has followed no vocation. When Ohio was invaded by Southern troops during the Civil war, Mr. Dibble joined a company of "Squirrel Ilunters " for the defense of Cincin- nati against General Morgan, and served until the company was disbanded.
April 17, 1865, he married Josephine, daugh- ter of Michael Cogan, who came to Cuyahoga county from New Haven, Connecticut. Their children are as follows: May, Lewis, Edith (wife of larvy Fuller), Harvey, Lillian and Norma.
C HIARLES F. BRUSH .- To trace the specifie onteome of practical genius must ever prove an indulgence feeund in inter- est and value. It is conceded, however, that the mere subjective possession of this almost indefinable attribute will not of itself insure either snecess or an application of practical value to the world. There must be a mentality that will direct genius into fields where good may be accomplished and provont digression
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and the turning of the power into abnormal or clandestine channels. To even briefly outline, then, the salient points in the life history of one who has been granted the intellectual acumen to bear his native talent onward to the goal of sue- eess, must prove profitable in every case.
Born in Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, March 17, 1849, it is grateful to note that the subject of this review has in his native county attained to a position that has made his name conspicuous in the most diverse sections of the civilized world. Charles F. Brush is a son of the late Colonel I. E. Brush, being one of a family of eight children. Ile is of purely Eng- lish lineage, his parents' early ancestors -- both notable families-having come from England to this country about the middle of the seven- teenth century. Mr. Brush's early years were passed on his father's farm and in attendance at a neighboring school, at Wickliffe, Lake county, Ohio. While still a mere youth the natural talents and proclivities of the future inventor began to manifest themselves: at home and in school he prosecuted individual experi- ments that indicated his special taste and apti- tude for chemistry, physics and engineering, being precocious and yet thorough in all of his studies and early investigations. At the age of thirteen years he entered the Shaw Academy, at Collamer, Ohio. While at this institution he made his first experiments with static elec- trical machines and batteries, all of which he manufactured himself. In 1864 he became a student in the Cleveland high school, from which he was graduated with honors in June, 1867. While in attendance at the high school he became much interested in microscopes and telescopes, making a number of each for him- self and companions. It was characteristic of the youth, as it has been of the man, to trace any subject or line of investigation back to its basie elements, making all knowledge thorough to the degree rendered possible by the oppor- tunities and facilities offered. In the matter of the instruments just mentioned, it is worthy of note that he constructed every part utilized,
even to the extent of personally grinding the lenses. Within the same year he evolved and perfected the scheme of igniting and extin- guishing the gas of street lamps by the use of electricity. Thus it may be seen that there was a practical bent to all of his experiments even at an early date, his intellectual comprehension of practical valnes dominating the inherent ability which in the average case would have directed its efforts to perhaps diverting but valueless experimentation. Ile also became in- terested in photography, and executed some excellent work by means of the dry-plate pro- cess, which at that time was practically but ineepted. Incidental to his course in the high school he passed a very rigid examination in physics, his knowledge of which branch of science had been gained by personal application alone. IIe made marked progress in the line of chemistry, in which he was deeply interested. During his senior year the physical and chemi- cal apparatus belonging to the school was placed in his charge.
About this time Mr. Brush did his first dis- tinctive work along that line in which he has won distinction, high honor and incidental sne- vess. Ile constructed an electric motor, whose field magnets and armature were excited by the battery current. He also produced the first are light, with a lamp and battery of his own manufacturing. The most consistent subject of his commencement oration was: " The con- servation of force," the line of thought having been inspired by the then recent work of Wilde, with his dynamo-electric machine and single electric light, in England.
In the autumn subsequent to his graduation at the Cleveland high school, Mr. Brush entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, whero he took up a course of study and research particularly suited to his tastes, and by diligent and discriminating application thereto, gradu- ated with the degree of Mining Engineer in 1869,-one year in advance of his class.
Having completed his theoretical and techni. cal training he was not slow in putting his
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knowledge to practical use. In 1873 he formed a partnership with Mr. C. E. Bingham, of Cleveland, for the purpose of marketing Lake Superior pig iron and iron ore. While thns concerned Mr. Brush still pursued his electrical investigation and experimentation, and in 1876 he constructed his first dynamo electrical ma- chine. This machine was of a new and original type, and embodied the first of Mr. Brush's series of brilliant inventions which have brought him renown and representative wealth.
In 1877 the partnership between our subject and Mr. Bingham was dissolved, after which the former devoted his entire attention to the increase and development of his electrical in- ventions. At that time he entered into a con- traet with the Telegraph Supply Company, by the provisions of which that corporation was to manufacture his patents, place them on the market and pay him a consistent royalty. In 1881 the corporate title of this company was changed to the Brush Electric Company,-a name which is known the world over.
In 1877 Mr. Brush constructed his first com- mereial are light, which, with one of his dyna- mos, he exhibited at the Franklin Institute, where the two inventions attracted much atten- tion and secured all the honors. To Mr. Brush is due the credit for perfecting the inventions that have made possible the commercial are lighting from central stations. All of the various systems in use at the present time in the line of are lighting are based upon his inven- tions,-a circumstance which, when fully taken into recognition, places his name among those of the great inventors whose work has been of inealeulable benefit and value to the entire world.
At an early date Mr. Brush completed what is undoubtedly his most wonderful and valuable invention, the fundamental storage battery, con- sisting in the mechanical application of the active material to the electrodes, and after four years of litigation in the patent office he finally secured recognition and letters patent. He has the honor and the control of all the modern
forms of storage battery, and he may most eon- gruously be designated as the father of the are lighting industries of the world. He secured foreign patents upon many of his early inven- tions, and eventually sold them to an English syndicate, known as the Anglo American Brush Electric Light Corporation, Limited. From this corporation he received in exchange for his patents a pecuniary consideration of about 8500,000, and from that time his magnificent inventions have continued to yield the most gratifying returns, securing to Mr. Brush a position as one of the representative capitalists of the Union.
IIe has at no time conrted notoriety, having early adopted the policy of keeping out of print, preferring to give to the world the actual and practical embodiment of his inventions rather than to devote his time to the discussion of his investigations.
Mr. Brush stands forth conspienonsly as pos- sessing that great desideratum, "a sound mind in a sound body," being one of the finest mental and physical specimens of the human race. He is of magnificent physique, six feet and two inches in height, broad of shoulder and of elest, and with figure ever erect, the easy grace and dignity of conscious strength and health being manifest in his very bearing. It is almost tantological to say that his mind is a storehouse of original and acquired knowledge, and that his conversation affords great pleasure and satisfaction to scentists as well as others to whom comes the privilege of an acquaintance- ship with him. He is ever active and busy and is concerned in a capitalistie and executive way with many representative manufacturing and commercial corporations. His efforts have en- riched and benefitted the entire world, and the crown of maximum success has not been denied him. The Michigan University conferred upon him the degree of Mining Engineer, as already noted, and the Western Reserve University in- vested him with the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy. At the former institution he was made a member of the well-known Greek
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fraternity, the Delta Kappa Epsilon. In 1881 he was decorated Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, by the French Government.
Mr. Brush was united in marriage, October 6, 1875, to Miss Mary E. Morris, of Cleveland, and they are the parents of three children. The beautiful family home is located on the best part of Cleveland's famous Euclid avenue, and is surrounded by a private park of nearly seven acres.
In his political adherency Mr. Brush supports the principles and policies advanced by the Re- publiean party. In religious faith he is a mem- ber of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of Trinity parish. He is a very liberal contribu- tor to the church of his choice and to charitable institutions and societies, as well as other wor- thy objects.
A man of high endowments, successful in the highest sense of the term, and holding not to himself all the honor, having due cognizance of nature's favors and of all incidental elements which have contributed to his success. Mr. Brush stands forth as one whose example is worthy of emulation and whose life offers both lesson and incentive.
E DMUND C. STROUD, deceased .- It is most fitting that in this connection there be incorporated a record memorial to one who passed nearly his entire life in Cuyahoga county, Ohio; one who gained to himself, as the result of his integrity and unswerving rec- titude of character, the respect and esteem of all; one whose ability and well directed efforts brought him recognition as one of the truly representative men of the community in which he lived his useful and active life and in which death came to him in the fullness of years. Edmund C. Stroud was born in the State of New York, June 7, 1818, and came with his parents to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, when he was Fourteen years of age. They settled in Middle- burg township, and there the parents died. Our
subject continued to reside in Parma township until he was married, in 1842. About 1845 he settled in Middleburg township, where he re- sided most of the time until the hour of his death. For a number of years he operated a flouring and saw mill in Rockport township, this line of enterprise, together with that of farming, constituting his chief occupation. Ile was a most thorough and discriminating busi- ness man, upright in all his dealings, public- spirited to a degree, and a man of influence in his community. He brought his excellent farm into a high state of cultivation, and improved the same with convenient and substantial build- ings. At the time of his death he owned fifty- six acres.
Ile was married February 24, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Michener, who was born in Ohio, and who survives her lamented husband. They had a family of eight children: Alonzo; Naney, who became the wife of Lorenzo Frost, and who died in Cleveland; Thomas, who married Maggio Fry, now deceased; Lucy, who is the wife of William Ohle; Adelia, the wife of Wesley Blackburn; Jennie became the wife of William E. Widdow, her death occurring in April, 1891; Sallie, who died in childhood; and Morris II., who is one of the prominent and progressive young farmers of Middleburg township.
Morris HI. Stroud was born in the same town- ship of which he is now a resident, February 14, 1865, standing as the date of his nativity; he was reared to manhood on the old homestead, receiving a thorough common-school education, and ultimately turning his attention to agri- cultural pursuits, a vocation for whose success- ful carrying forward he is eminently quali- fied both by inclination and long association. April 5, 1882, at Cleveland, Ohio, he was uni- ted in marriage to Miss Katie Becker, who was born in Rockport, Cuyahoga county, November 30, 1862, the daughter of Fred and Margaret Becker, who were prominent residents of Rock- port township. Mr. and Mrs. Morris HI. Strond are the parents of four children, namely: Will- iam C., Florence L., Ernest 1 .. and Emory B.
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Edmund C. Stroud, the immediate subject of this memoir, lived to see his efforts crowned with success, to see his children well established in life, and to attain a venerable age, his death being the consistent end of a long and well; spent life. He died at the old homestead in Middleburg township, April 11, 1893, regretted by all who had known him and gained in appre- ciation of his noble attributes of character and unassuming dignity of bearing. He had long been a devoted member of the United Brethren Church, of which his widow is also a zealous adherent.
E EDWARD V. SPRING, engaged in the grocery business in Collinwood, also ex- Po-tmaster of this city, was born in Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, June 5, 1836. ITis parents were Virgil and Mary (Richmond) Spring, natives of Massaelmsetts, The father came from his native place to Rich- mond settlement, Euclid township, this county, in June, 1817. The mother's people settled in the same locality in March, 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Spring were married November 25, 1825, and lived to celebrate their golden wedding in 1875. Three persons, a brother, sister and brother-in- law of the bride, were the only ones present who attended the wedding in 1825. Mr. Spring was a conscientious, painstaking and trust- worthy man. For thirty years, twenty-seven of which were successive years, he served as Town- ship Trustee. A manly character only could have inspired such confidence, and only a faith- ful service could have secured its continuance for so long a period. Both he and his wife were of Puritan stock. Mr. Spring died Feb- ruary 5, 1887, at the age of eighty-eight years. The wife departed this life in August, 1877, aged seventy-eight years. She was a life-long member of the Congregational Church. In political matters Mr. Spring was first a Whig, and after the organization of the Republican party was ever afterward in harmony with the principles of that party. Mr. and Mrs. Spring
had six children, viz .: Julius, born in 1827, died in 1871; Anrelia M., born in 1829, mar. ried llezekiah Wenban, was the mother of six children, and died in April, 1892; Fidelia E, . who married Clark 11. Leslie, and after his death became the wife of Milo J. Tilden, of Euclid, Ohio; Albert, born in 1831, died in 1855; Edward V., our subject; and Addie II.
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