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Daniel Moyer was about thirteen years of age when his father was killed, and, being one of the two oldest children, it fell to him to bear much of the burden of the family support and the care of the younger children. He was able to attend the district school for a limited period, but the greater part of his education was ob- tained in the stern school of experience. At the age of sixteen years he entered the dry goods store of Samuel Mosier, at War- ren, as a clerk. Though his wages here were naturally small at first, yet he managed to save something every week to turn over to his mother, who was struggling to get along and keep her family together. He remained with Mr. Mosier about seven years, during which period he had, by faithful and intelligent service, gained his employer's confidence and good will and he was promoted at var- ious times until he occupied a position of trust in the establish- ment. Just when he felt that he was making substantial headway in life, the terrible tocsin of war sounded throughout the land and, being an intense Union man, Mr. Moyer laid aside all thought of personal interests and hopes for the future and enlisted in Com- pany D, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He went at once to the front and had some active service, but he was taken ill with typhoid fever and later, because of physical disabil- ity, he was honorably discharged at Johnson's Islands.
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In the spring of 1865 Mr. Moyer came to Youngstown and en- gaged in the grocery business with a partner named McGlathery, under the firm name of Moyer & McGlathery, the store being lo- cated on the present site of the Home Savings & Loan Company Building. In the fall of the following year, Mr. McGlathery re- tired, his interest being acquired by David Reel, the firm name be- coming Reel & Moyer. For nearly a quarter of a century this firm continued in business, acquiring an excellent reputation and being prosperous in their affairs. In 1890 the business was sold to Arthur R. Moody and in the following year Mr. Moyer and Noble R. Detchon started a grocery store at No. 25 East Federal Street. In 1896, Noble Detchon was succeeded in the firm by his brother, Jesse Detchon, with whom he was associated until 1905, when the business was purchased by Fred R. Moody, and Mr. Moyer retired from active business relations with the grocery trade, though he was by no means inactive, for he built several apartment and busi- ness buildings and engaged to some extent in the handling of real estate, in all of which lines he was successful. He was a man of sound and mature business judgment, whose counsel and advice were held in high value by those who had occasion to confer with him. Persistent industry, close attention to his business affairs and absolute integrity in all his dealings, were the keynotes to the eminent success which accompanied his business efforts. Intensely optimistic in his views of things, his influence on others was always uplifting. Large-hearted and generous almost to a fault, he never turned a deaf ear to appeals for help or assistance, and many were the material benefactions which he scattered during the years throughout the city where he lived. His own early struggles he never forgot and because of his memory of them he was ever thoughtful and considerate of those in like circumstances. Though he believed in doing good, and scattered the seeds of kindness wherever he went, he was entirely without ostentation of any sort, and few, aside from his own family and those close to him, knew of the extent of his benefactions. Mr. Moyer was very domestic in his tastes and no place was as dear to him as his own home and fire- side, where he spent his most pleasant hours. He was an ardent lover of God's out-of-doors, his favorite sport being deer hunting. For many years he had gone to the woods of Michigan and other points and spent several weeks hunting, and, indeed, had made his plans for another trip when he was taken ill. His deathi was due to a stroke of paralysis, from which he suffered for a few days, his death occurring on March 3, 1911, at his home, No. 21 East Rayen Avenue.
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Politically, Mr. Moyer was a Republican and took an active interest in public affairs, though never a seeker after public office. However, he was a member of the city Board of Education for many years and rendered efficient and appreciated service in that capacity. Fraternally, he was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to Western Star Lodge, and to St. John's Com- mandery Knights Templars. He was also affiliated with Tod Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Religiously, he was a faithful member of the Evangelical Reformed Church at Warren, which he had joined in 1845, though in Youngstown he usually attended the Methodist Episcopal Church.
On March 7, 1866, Daniel Moyer was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann McCartney, who was born in Weathersfield, Trum- bull County, Ohio, the daughter of James and Sarah (Erwin) McCartney. James McCartney, who was a native of Pennsylva- nia, was a son of Andrew and Ella (Wilson) McCartney, who moved to Ohio when their son James was but a child. The latter became a substantial farmer in Trumbull County. Sarah Erwin, whom he married, was born and reared in Mahoning County, Ohio, her parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Osborn) Erwin, having been among the pioneer farmers of that section. James died near Girard, Ohio, he being the first to pass away, and Sarah McCartney died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Daniel Moyer, in Youngstown, Ohio. They were the parents of three children, namely: John, a successful physician at Girard, Ohio; Elizabeth A., Mrs. Moyer, and Andrew, deceased. For a short time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moyer lived in rooms over his store, eventually moving to their comfortable home on Rayen Avenue, where they lived up to the time of Mr. Moyer's death, since which time she has resided with her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Wright. She enjoys a wide ac- quaintance, especially among the older residents of this city, among whom she is well liked, because of her estimable qualities of character and her womanly graces. During her long residence here she has been an eye witness of the wonderful development which has characterized this locality and, possessing an excellent memory, her reminiscences of other days are extremely interest- ing.
To Daniel and Elizabeth Moyer were born the following chil- dren: John W., who died at the age of ten years; James E., who married Lotta Hinkle and resides in Cleveland, Ohio; Elsie is the wife of William Canfield, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Ella is the wife of J. W. Wright, of Lora Avenue, Youngstown, and they have two children, Elizabeth Jean and Elsie Moyer.
Robert Rogers
N MANY respects the career of the late Robert Rogers, long one of the progressive agriculturists of the vicin- ity of Springfield, Ohio is peculiarly instructive in that it shows what a well defined purpose, supplemented by correct principles and high ideals, can accomplish in the face of discouraging circumstances. It is an example of triumph over ob- stacles, the winning of success by honorable methods and as such may be safely followed by those whose life work is yet to be ac- complished. He was a fine type of the sterling toiler in the arena of the world, not being afraid of its rougher work and its hardest tasks. He began his career on his father's farm. He was a man who never permitted discouraging circumstances to influence him, but forged ahead despite of them, and won not only material suc- cess, but the good will and esteem of all who knew him. He spent the latter years of his life in honorable retirement at his pleasant home in Springfield. He was a man of patriotic impulses and was a veteran of the Civil war and did what he could in bettering local civic conditions.
Mr. Rogers was born near Harmony, Clarke County, Ohio, January 4, 1845, on his father's farm, he having been a son of John C. Rogers and wife. The father was a native of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and a descendant of an old family of the Keystone State, of Revolutionary stock. John C. Rogers was born on March 28, 1814, and his death occurred on December 12, 1885. On January 13, 1839, he married in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Eliza Brown, who was born on December 27, 1810, and who died at her home in Springfield on January 13, 1857. She was the second daughter of John and Margaret (Ainsworth) Brown, the line com- ing down through John Brown who was born in 1626, and who icd in 1685. He married twice; had one daughter, Janet, by his first wife, whose name is not known. He was a most pious Chris- tian and was one of the famous Covenanters, and during the per- secution of the Church in Scotland, he was driven out of Scotland and before the year 1670 he was married a second time to Isabell Wier, and in 1685 he came to the extreme point of his opposition by liis enemies and he was shot because he refused to attend the curate. To him was born among others, by his second wife, one John Brown, who emigrated to America in 1720 and probably lo-
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cated in Pennsylvania, and the line then comes down through John Brown, Sr., Mathew, Thomas, Eliza (Mrs. John Carr Rogers) and our subject. The history of the family of Mathew Brown in America, by Robert Shannon, of Brooklyn, New York, shows that the family was prominent in the different walks of life and were for centuries leaders in the Presbyterian Church, and they have been leaders in the communities in which they dispersed.
After John Carr Rogers and wife were married they came to Clark County, Ohio, whither his father Robert Rogers had pre- ceded them a short time before, and established and owned a mill on Beaver Creek, which mill is still running and is known as Red- monds Mills. Robert Rogers married in Pennsylvania, Isabella Carr and they both died at their home on Beaver Creek when ad- vanced in years, being known to the community for their piety, hospitality and charitable impulses, and leaders in the work of the Presbyterian Church.
John Carr Rogers was all his life a farmer in Springfield Township, near Harmony, and there he developed a fine farm and built up a good home, becoming one of the leading agriculturists of the township and one of its influential citizens. He and his wife were people much beloved and respected. Politically he was a Republican, and was influential in local affairs of his party.
Robert Rogers was one of a family of six children, one of whom is still living. He received a good common school educa- tion, later attending Harmony Seminary.
Deciding to devote his life to agricultural pursuits he pur- chased his father's homestead which he ran successfully until his failing health caused him to sell his land and move to the city of Springfield where he built a home at 1563 East High Street, and where his widow still lives. He had so skillfully managed the old homestead that it retained its original fertility of soil, and he was exceptionally successful as a general farmer and stock raiser, accumulating a handsome competency through his close application and able management.
Mr. Rogers was a life long Republican, but not especially ac- tive in the ranks. However, his support could always be depended upon in local affairs and in matters having for their object the bettering of conditions in his county in any way. He was a mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Springfield, by virtue of the fact that he was in the one hundred day service, as a soldier in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty Second Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, in which he faithfully served the Union.
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Mr. Rogers was married in his own vicinity in 1881 to Sarah J. Stickney, who was born in Clark County, Ohio, and there grew to womanhood and received an excellent education in the public schools. She proved to be a good helpmeet and sympathetic com- panion, her encouragement and counsel doing much toward the success of Mr. Rogers as a business man and citizen. She has a very wide circle of friends. Mrs. Rogers is a daughter of Henry and Isabelle J. (Baird) Stickney, natives of Clark County, Ohio, the father having been born here on November 26, 1821, and hav- ing spent his entire life in the section of his nativity, engaging in general farming and stock raising in which he was most successful. His death occurred on December 31, 1893. He was a member of Fletcher Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church, all his mature life. He was known for his piety, his neighborliness and his many good qualities, and was popular in his community. He was a son of John and Sarah (Cook) Stickney, who were natives of Heming- borough, Yorkshire, England, where they grew to maturity and were married, and there three of their children were born, John, George and Harriett. Then, in 1819, the family emigrated to America and settled on what is now known as the Stickney home- stead in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, where they established a comfortable home through their industry. There occurred the death of the elder Stickney in 1851, at the age of seventy-one years, his widow surviving until April 17, 1867, when she passed away in her eighty-fourth year. Her religious faith was pinned to the old established Church of England, but after coming to the United States she became a Methodist. After coming to this country there were born to the elder Stickney and wife, two children, Henry, who was the father of Mrs. Rogers, and Mary Ann. All of the five Stickney children are now deceased.
To Robert Rogers and wife was born one child, Harriett S., who married Laban H. Murray, of South Charleston, Ohio, where they now reside; he is a commercial traveler; they lost their only child, Robert James Murray, when he was one year old.
Mrs. Rogers and her daughter are both active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The death of Robert Rogers oc- curred at his home in Springfield on June 6, 1910, after an honor- able, successful and useful life.
onathan S. Kitchen
OT long after the close of the Revolutionary War and the establishment of the United States Government, the country north and west of the Ohio River was organized as the Northwest Territory and thrown open to white settlement. A tide of immigration from the older States east of the Appalachian Mountains immediately set in, many veterans of the Continental army crossing the Ohio to locate their land grants in the new territory. Among the pioneers of Warren County, Ohio, was Stephen Kitchen, whose father, Richard Kitchen, came from England about the close of the Revolution and settled in Adams County, Pennsylvania. One of his brothers located in the State of New York and the other in southern Virginia. Richard Kitchen married Margaret Vorhees, a native of Sweden, who came to America in childhood with her parents, who were among the pioneer families of Adams County, Pennsylvania. Stephen Kitchen was born in that county, but when a young man was at- tracted to Ohio by the reports he heard regarding the country. After becoming a resident of Warren County, he married there a Miss Anna Bercau, who died at the age of twenty-two years, leav- ing two sons and two daughters, namely: Abraham, Isaac, Sarah, and Margaret. Some time after the death of his wife, he removed with his children to Clark County, which was then a primitive wilderness. He entered government land in Green Township and built his home in the wilds, where his children grew to maturity. Sarah married a man named Albert and Margaret became the wife of James Hatfield. Before the children were grown, however, Stephen Kitchen, with a considerable sum of money, started west to purchase land or stock, and never returned. Some time after- ward his orphaned children learned that when he reached the Illi- nois River he was murdered for the money he carried and his body thrown into that stream. That was some time in the forties, and he was a man well along in years. He was a Whig in his polit- ical convictions, an influential citizen in the community, and for that day was regarded as a well-to-do man.
Abraham Kitchen, the eldest son of Stephen and Anna Kitchen, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1808. After the death of his mother he accompanied his father to Clark County, where about the time he became of age he found employment with
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a neighboring farmer. Later he engaged in farming on his own account, and at one time he owned some twelve hundred acres of land in Green Township. At the time of his death he owned sev- eral hundred acres, most of which were well improved and under cultivation. He was an extensive stock raiser. He was an influ- ential man in local and county affairs, was a prominent member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, and in his political views was an uncompromising Republican. He was unalterably opposed to slavery, and in the troublous times immediately preceding the great Civil War, his house was a station on the historic "Under- ground Railway," by means of which runaway slaves were con- veyed in safety to Canada. How many of these unfortunates were sheltered and aided by Mr. Kitchen will probably never be known. He married Miss Matilda Jones, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, in June, 1809, of Welsh ancestry, and they had four sons and four daughters, six of whom grew to maturity, married and reared families. The eldest, Margaret, is now living at Clifton, Ohio, aged eighty-two years, and is the widow of John McCullough. Abraham Kitchen died on July 1, 1888, his wife having died on the 28th of the preceding April. She was a member of the Baptist Church all her life.
Jonathan S. Kitchen, the second child and eldest son of Abra- ham and Matilda (Jones) Kitchen, was born in Clark County, Ohio, November 7, 1831. He grew up on the farm and received a fair education in the public schools. Upon arriving at man's es- tate he engaged in agricultural pursuits and soon came to be rec- ognized as one of the most scientific and progressive farmers in the community where he lived, owning at one time a considerable amount of fine farming land. In 1878 he removed to the city of Springfield, having previously purchased a nice residence at No. 724 South Limestone Street in that city. After becoming a resi- dent of Springfield he became identified with several important business and financial concerns there. He was one of the organiz- ers and a director of the Farmers' National Bank; was president of the W. F. Tuttle Hardware Company for some years, and was a stockholder in the Reeser Floral Company, besides being inter- ested in other enterprises. Mr. Kitchen, however, never lost inter- est in rural and agricultural affairs, always taking an active part in the management of county fairs, and never missed attendance upon them while he lived. In this way his example as well as his precept was an encouragement to his brother farmers, and the influence he wielded will continue to live long after he has passed away.
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Politically, Mr. Kitchen was a lifelong Republican. Before removing to Springfield he held the offices of justice of the peace and township treasurer, and after his removal to the city he served two terms as county commissioner. His course as a public official was marked by the same conscientious care and fidelity that he bestowed upon his personal affairs, and he retired from office with the utmost confidence and respect not only of the members of his own party, but also of his political opponents, who recognized in him an honest and capable representative of their interests in all matters wherein he had a voice. In early life he united with the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and continued as a member of that congregation until his removal to Springfield, when he joined the Clifton Avenue Baptist Church. When that Church was dis- banded he transferred his membership to the First Baptist Church, to which he belonged at the time of his death. Although he was a liberal contributor to the good works of the Church, in dispensing charity he believed in the scriptural injunction not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth, so that many of his good deeds were performed without ostentation and unseen by men. His fraternal relations were with Clark Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was an honored member for years prior to his death.
November 10, 1853, Mr. Kitchen was married in Warren County, Ohio, to Miss Amelia Ridge, daughter of Simpson and Jemima (Hisey) Ridge, both natives of the State of Pennsylvania, Simpson Ridge having been born in Bucks County in 1801 and his wife in Shenandoah County in 1809. They were married in Ken- tucky, as a matter of convenience, though both were at the time residents of Warren County, Ohio, near Waynesville, where Mrs. Kitchen was born on December 14, 1830. Simpson Ridge was a son of Mahlon and Hannah (Hicks) Ridge, his mother having been a kinswoman of the founder of the Hicksite Quakers. They were married in Pennsylvania but later settled in Warren County, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives, his death occurring at the age of eighty years and hers at the age of seventy-nine. They were members of the Friends Church and their bodies lie buried in the Friends Cemetery at Waynesville. Simpson Ridge was one of a family of eleven children, nearly all of whom grew to matur- ity. He and his wife spent their lives upon the farm, and after their marriage united with the Baptist Church. He was a Whig until that party ceased to exist, after which he affiliated with the Republican party. Mrs. Kitchen received her education in the public schools of her native county. She is still living at her home
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No. 724 South Limestone Street, and although past the age of four score years is as strong in mind as she was in the days of her girl- hood.
Jonathan S. Kitchen died at his home in Springfield, Septem- ber 11, 1912, leaving a widow and two children. The daughter, Alsa J., attended the public schools of Springfield, Ohio, and Hills- dale College in Michigan. The son, J. Forest, also attended Hills- dale College, after which he read law with Judge Kunkle and grad- uated at the Cincinnati Law School as a member of the class of 1896. Soon after leaving that institution he was admitted to the bar and has since been in active practice, being recognized as one of the leading attorneys of Springfield. He married Miss Minnie Neal, of Springfield, and they have one daughter, Louise, born Oc- tober 20, 1901. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Junior Order of American Mechanics and the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife and daughter belong to the same Church.
To record the lives of such men as Jonathan S. Kitchen is to write the history of the State of Ohio. Their ancestors came into the State in its infancy, braved the dangers and hardships of fron- tier life, conquered the primeval forest and its savage inhabitants and handed down to their posterity a commonwealth that stands second to none in the Union of American States. By their indus- try they paved the way for the many blessings that the present generation enjoys, and the recognition of their deeds in a work of this character is but a fitting tribute to their courage, their labors and the unblemished character that most of these pioneers sus- tained through life.
Capt. Charles Stout
UCCESS is only achieved by the exercise of certain dis- tinguishing qualities and it cannot be retained without effort. Those by whom great epoch changes have been made in the political and industrial world began early in life to prepare themselves for their peculiar duties and respon- sibilities, and it was only by the most persevering and continuous endeavor that they succeeded in rising superior to the obstacles in their way and reaching the goal of their ambition. Such lives are an inspiration to others who are less courageous. These things were clearly understood in early life by the late Captain Charles Stout, for many years one of the foremost business men and influ- ential citizens of Springfield, Ohio, and a veteran of the Civil war in which he distinguished himself for meritorious service for the Union.
Captain Stout was born in Springfield, Ohio, January 14, 1836. He was a son of Charles, Sr., and Margaret (McCard) Stout, na- tives of Morristown, New Jersey, and there they grew to maturity, were educated and married, each being representatives of old fam- ilies of that State. After the birth of their first son, Joseph, they came to Ohio, making the dangerous overland trip over the moun- tains on horseback in the early twenties. They located at Cadiz where they remained a few years, then came on to Springfield, when the latter was a mere hamlet. Here the elder Stout farmed and engaged in the livery business, and he became successful and was one of the influential business men and citizens of this locality. From the effect of a fall he died a few years afterwards, in 1856. His widow lived to be ninety-one years of age, and died in Spring- field. She was born about 1800. They were faithful members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Stout was a Republican politi- cally. Of their four sons and three daughters, Captain Charles was the youngest. One of them, John, is still living, making his home in Ottawa, Illinois, a widower, now eighty-four years old; the eldest was Dr. Joseph, who died in Ottawa, Illinois, at the ad- vanced age of eighty-nine years; James died in Oregon when nine- ty-one years old; he was a lawyer by profession; Matilda died in Vincennes, Indiana, after her marriage to J. J. Miller, and was past eighty-eight years of age; Rachael was the wife of ex-Su- preme Judge William White, both of whom died in Springfield
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