Twentieth Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 121

Author: Sanderson, Thomas W
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 993

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ferson, Ohio. He is a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and has served as city attorney. His children are: Rowland Minor, born May 21, 1886, died June 14, 1890; Homer Hine, born December 20, 1887; Henrietta Maude, born February 28, 1890; Edward Emerson, born August 24, 1891 ; Elizabeth Julietta, born De- cember 25, 1894; and Edith, born December 10, 1896.

Clarence Augustus, son of Homer H. Hine, was born May 16, 1860, resides at Painesville, Ohio, and April 6, 1881, was married to Annie Doran. They have these children: Marie Agnes, born March 3, 1882; Homer Hubbell, born November 1, 1883; Eliza Hewlitt, born January 29, 1885; Felix Doran, born April 5, 1886; Edward B., born October 4. 1887, died March 11, 1888; Cynthia, born October 26, 1888; Noble Nelson, born May 9, 1890, died December 7, 1891; Clarence William, born January 7, 1893, and Esther Eva, born Feb- ruary 3, 1896.

Henrietta Maria Hine, daughter of Homer H. and Julietta Hine, was born September 12, 1862, and married Nathan Breed.

(VI) Augustus Hine, son of Homer and Mary (Skinner) Hine, was born March 21, 1827, and September 25, 1860, married Eliza- beth Loughridge. He married (second) at Painesville, Ohio, and later removed to Los Angeles, California. He has four children. one daughter, Mary Helen, who married a Mr. Alford, of Painseville; Augusta; Mabel and Dudley Baldwin, all born at Youngstown.

m ARTIN NEFF, whose fine resi- dence farm of 210 acres is situated in Canfield township. a mile and three-quarters east of Canfield, on the Boardman and Canfield road, owns also a farm of 75 acres on the other side of this highway and 86 acres south and east of the agricultural fair grounds. Martin Neff was born March 25. 1827, on his present farm, in Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Elizabeth ( Kline ) Neff.

Conrad Neff, the grandfather of Martin, was the pioneer of the Neff family in the Western Reserve, to which he came, from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1802. The Pennsylvanians who accompanied him num- bered 16 souls and they made the journey in the strong old Conestoga wagons, which were built to traverse forests and cross unbridged streams, as was necessary in traveling through this section of Ohio in those early days. The travelers found a little settlement of. 16 log houses where now stands the flourishing town of Canfield. Conrad Neff purchased 140 acres of land in the adjacent wilderness and erected a small log cabin near the site of the present comfortable home of his grandson. It took hard work and considerable time before any crops could be raised and in the meantime, the family subsisted on wild game, which was very plentiful, deer and wild turkey being easily secured. Conrad Neff was a mason by trade and he did a large part of the mason work for his neighbors in those days, his sons doing the larger amount of clearing and land cultivating. Both Conrad Neff and wife died on this place, having reached the age of 70 years.

The children of Conrad Neff and wife were: Conrad; John; Henry; Mary, who married Henry Crum: Margaret, who married Henry Peatry; and Mrs. Henry Brunstetter.

John Neff, father of Martin, was born in 1795, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and thus was seven years of age when he came to Ma- honing County. His early educational oppor- tunities were meager but he was reared with the practical ideas which resulted in his be- coming a man of ample fortune and a highly respected citizen of his community. His first land was purchased for $2.50 an acre and he accumulated a large amount, at one time pos- sessing 600 acres. Ile sold a portion of this to advantage and utilized the rest in general farming and stock-raising. He was a man of sound judgment and on a number of occasions was selected to hold township offices. Po- litically, he was a strong Democrat, but he did not approve of the War of the Rebellion. He

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died one week after the first gun was fired at Fort Sumter, aged 64 years, nine months and seven days.

John Neff married Elizabeth Kline, who was born in Northampton County, Pennsyl- vania, and died in Mahoning County, aged 79 years, surviving her husband for 16 years. She was a daughter of Abraham Kline, who settled at an early day in Youngstown town- ship, Mahoning County. They had five chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy during an epidemic of scarlet fever, the others being: Eli, residing in Kansas, having reached his 86th year; Mary, deceased, who married Rus- sell F. Starr, also deceased; and Martin, the youngest of the family.

Although his family had been settled many years in Canfield township, when Martin Neff came on the scene of life, many pioneer condi- tions still prevailed and his educational oppor- tunities were limited to a short period of school attendance in the old log school-house near his home. His father was greatly inter- ested in raising and dealing in cattle at this time and a large part of the hard work of the farm fell on young Martin and his brother. As his father drove his own cattle over the mountains and disposed of them in the eastern markets, he was away from home a great part of the time. The sons, especially Martin, de- veloped good judgment in cattle, and he also became a dealer and on his own account drove stock as far as Pittsburg. The business was very profitable as long as no lines for cattle transportation had been built and no great cat- tle ranches had yet been established in the West. Mr. Neff has lived on this farm all his life, but has traveled on horseback all over the country and on one occasion was in the saddle for 31 days. He started out. with a farm of 73 acres and when he went into the stock business was obliged to rent pasture land. but gradually acquired field after field until. at one time. he owned more than 600 acres. He has been very generous to his chil- dren, but still retains 335 acres. With the assistance of Thomas G. Stradford, whom he reared from childhood, Mr. Neff still carries on farming and stock-raising.

Mr. Neff was married April 5, 1848, to Catherine Wilson, who is one of the first chil- dren born at what is now the town of Dublin, Mahoning County, Ohio. Her parents were John and Jane (Trimble) Wilson, who were natives of Ireland and were carly settlers at Dublin, this county. Mrs. Neff was reared and educated in that village.

Mr. and Mrs. Neff have had five children, as follows: John, Caroline, Mary, Lois and Elizabeth, the last named dying at the age of seven years. John Neff, residing at Canfield, is engaged in a dry-goods business. He mar- ried Hattie Sanzenbacher and they have six children, namely: Sadie; Ensign, who mar- ried Mary Porter; Martin, who married Ann Fithian, has two children; Calvin; Silas, who married Miss Waters, has one child; and Roy. Caroline, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neff, married G. S. Beard, and they reside in Beaver township and they have two children: Bert, who is married and has three children; and Alexander, who is engaged in the milk business at Youngstown. Mary Neff, the sec- ond daughter, who married Floyd Blackburn, died in 1900. Lois Neff, the third daughter, married Charles Edsall and they reside near the parental home and have two children, Julia and Bertha.

Politically Mr. Neff has always been in sympathy with the Democratic party. He has been elected to almost all the township offices at various times and has served with the great- est efficiency on the township board of trus- tees, on the board of education and as super- visor, and his advice and counsel is consid- ered valuable by his fellow-citizens whenever any important township matter is under con- sideration.

Mr. Neff and family have enjoyed the ben- efits and pleasure of travel and are most en- tertaining in recalling what they have seen with their own eyes. Mr. Neff. himself, has seen a large portion of his native land west of Ohio, and in 1902 he was accompanied by his wife and some of his children on a delight- ful trip which extended through a large part of the most enjoyable regions of a number of States. The party started from Canfield and

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went west to Chicago, remaining one night in the famous Windy City, going on irom there to Denver, Colorado, and then through the great mountain ranges to Sacramento and viewing the beautiful city of San Francisco be- fore the great calamity of 1906. From there they went to Los Angeles, then covered 750 miles to Junction City, Oregon, going from there to Salem and Portland and thence to Seattle and through the great pine timber country to Spokane, Washington. On their return they visited St. Paul and other inter- esting cities. The enjoyment and advantages of such an extended trip can scarcely be over- estimated.

F RENCH F. CLINGAN, one of the leading business men at Youngs- town, is secretary and treasurer of the Mahoning Builders' Supply Com- pany, and secretary and treasurer of the Lowellville Coal Mining Company. He was born 'in 1873, at Hubbard. Trumbull County, Ohio, and is a son of C. N. Clingan.

The father of Mr. Clingan was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning County, Ohio, but for the past 30 years he has been engaged in the wholesale and retail flour and feed busi- ness at Hubbard.

After completing his education, French F. Clingan assisted his father in his business for several years. He then accepted the position of secretary and treasurer with the Youngs- town Ice Company, remaining with them for three years. In 1903, in association with James D. Gibson and William Tod, Mr. Clingan organized and incorporated the Ohio Stone Paving Company, with William Tod as president and French F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. In the following year, the same parties, with S. B. Clegg, L. D. Gibson and J. K. Home, of Struthers, organized and in- corporated the Mahoning Builders' Supply Company, with a capital stock of $25.000. Of this company, S. B. Clegg is president ; J. K. Home, vice president, and F. F. Clingan, sec- retary and treasurer and is also manager.

This company deals in all kinds of builders' supplies, with the exception of lumber, and in connection with this business, have built a hard-wall plaster plant, for the manufacture of hard-wall plaster. The company has also large coal interests, owning a coal bank at Lowellville. The Lowellville Coal Mining Company was incorporated and capitalized at $3,000, with Jacob Stambaugh as president and F. F. Clingan as secretary and treasurer. These different business combinations repre- sent immense capital and give work to 100 em- ployes.

In 1898 Mr. Clingan was married to Jose- phine Jacobs, who is a daughter of Millard Jacobs, of Hubbard, and they have one son, Millard Calvin. Mr. and Mrs. Clingan belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hub- bard.

D L. ROSE president of The Rose & Johnson Company, wholesale gro- cers, located on West Front street, Youngstown, was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1855, and was 11 years of age when his parents moved to Ma- honing County. Until he was 27 years of age, Mr. Rose remained on the home farm and then embarked in a mercantile business at Rosemont, where he continued in business for 17 years. In 1895 Mr. Rose came to Youngs- town in the capacity of city salesman for the Baldwin-Carnahan Company, wholesale gro- cers, and remained associated with that firm until it was absorbed by the J. H. Fitch Com- pany, a period of six years. In 1901 Mr. Rose, in partnership with Alfred Johnson, engaged in the produce business, under the firm name of Rose & Johnson, later drifting into the wholesale grocery trade. On June 1. 1905. their business became an incorporated con- cern, The Rose & Johnson Company, capi- talized at $50,000. The officers are: D. L. Rose, president : N. P. Johnson, vice president, and Alfred Johnson, secretary and treasurer.

In 1905 the company erected a fine brick building for business purposes, locating it on

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Front street, having three stories and base- ment, its dimensions being 40 by 154 feet. This gives them 25,000 icet of floor space. The company keeps four men on the road, covering western Pennsylvania and northeast- ern Ohio.

Mr. Rose was first married, in 1875, to Miss Rebecca W. Smith, who passed away in February, 1900, aged 44 years, leaving one child, Minna, now Mrs. Minna E. Leedy, a resident of Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Rose was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

In 1902 Mr. Rose was married to Emma Wickline, of Salem, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rose belong to the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Politically, Mr. Rose is a Republican. Fra- ternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to Council No. 233, Protected Home Cir- cle, and is a charter member of the United Commercial Travelers' Association of Mahon- ing County.

A L.FRED JOHNSON, secretary and treasurer of The Rose & Johnson Company, mentioned in the preced- ing sketch, was born in 1874. in Sweden, and came to America at the age of 16 years. He located immediately at Youngstown and began work for D. B. Stam- baugh, with whom he remained for two years, in the meantime attending the public schools and graduating from the Front street school. In 1802 he began work with Baldwin, Morgan & Company, wholesale grocers, and remained with them until that firm sold out to the John H. Fitch Company. As noted above, in 19os. he engaged with D. 1 .. Rose in a grocery and produce business, on a small scale, being lo- cated then in the Park Theater building. One year later removal was made to larger quar- ters on account of rapidly increasing business.

Youngstown, and is assistant superintendent of the Sunday-school. Mr. Johnson belongs to the executive committee of the Youngs- town Credit Men's Association, and the firm belongs to the Chamber of Commerce.

ILLIAM D. SHIREY, who is en- gaged in general farming on a tract of 90 acres located in Can- field township, was born April 29. $846, in Austintown township. and is a son of John and Maria (Brobst) Shirey.

Adam Shirey, his great-grandfather, was a native of Germany and at a very early period came to this country, settling in Pent- sylvania. He was taken prisoner during the Civil War and died from starvation, leaving a family of three children, namely: George, grandfather of William D. Shirey; Sanmel, who settled in Indiana; Adam settled in Co- lumbiana County, Ohio. George Shirey was a cooper by trade and conducted a shop in Pennsylvania ior many years. He was 60 years of age and his wife was 66 years old when they came to Ohio. They walked the entire distance from Pennsylvania to Ohio and came with three other families, including the parents of the subject of this sketch, and six children, Samuel Roof, wife and six children. and John Houser and wife, young people. George Shirey came to Mahoning County on October 13. 1835, and settled where the in- firmary farm is now located. lle cleared about 50 acres of timberland and also followed his trade for many years. His death occurred in Canfield township at an advanced age.

John Shirey, father of William D., was born December 25. 1800. in Lehigh County. Pennsylvania, and died in April, 1870. He learned the cooper's trade from his father and was married in Pennsylvania to Maria Brobst. They were the parents of 11 children: Jona- than, deceased: John, deceased; David, de- ceased : Pully, deceased: Lydia, widow of Levi / Shissler : Peggy, married Benjamin Berringer,

In 18gg Mr. Johnson was married to Au- gusta Kell, of Youngstown, and they have four children. He is a member and one of the trustees of the Swedish Mission Church of I both are deceased; Mary Ann, married John

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Sisco, who was killed in the Civil War; Sarah (Mrs. Cornelius Miller) ; Susan, married James B. Moore, member of the Grand Army of the Republic; Elizabeth, married Eli Stitle; and William D., the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Shirey died in 1879.

William D. Shirey passed his early boy- hood days in Austintown township and when a lad of it years his father sold his farm and removed to a farm near the county infirmary, where he was reared to manhood. What little schooling he obtained was received at the old Stone Pile school on Turner street, but the greater part of his time was devoted to farm work. When quite young he learned the car- penter's trade with his brothers, working with them for eight years, when he bought an outfit for moving houses and buildings, and still fol- lows that business in connection with his farm- ing. Mr. Shirey bought his present farm in 1902 from James Mackey after selling his farm in Beaver township. He was married March 16, 1874, to Lydia Snyder, a daughter of David and Catherine ( Hollabaugh) Snyder. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shirey: Esther Viola, who married Benton Tressle, overseer of the Buckeye Machine Company of Salem, Ohio, and has three chil- dren, Ralph, Ornan and Leonard; and Willis Ensign, who married Anna Collar, and is en- gaged in business with his father, moving honses, buildings, etc. Mr. Shirey is a Dem- ocrat, politically, and he and family are mem- bers of the Reformed Church.

F ARRY A. ERNST, attorney at law at Youngstown, Ohio, and one of the active politicians of this section of the State, was born in Greenford, Ma- honing County, Ohio, and is a son of Jonathan and Margaret (Crum) Ernst. The Ernst family is one of the ohl families of Mahoning County, having been founded by Abraham Ernst. who came to Mahoning County from Maryland in 1820 and became prominent in the county. While a resident of Maryland he had served in the War of

1812. Jonathan Ernst was born on the farm in 1827, at New Middletown. He entered the mercantile business as a boy and at the time of his death was established at North Lima. He married Margaret Crum, who was .also born in Mahoning County.

Harry A. Ernst obtained his education at the Northeastern Ohio Normal School at Can- field, at Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio, and at Buchtel College at Akron, Ohio, and then studied law in the office of Green, Grant & Seiber at Akron. He completed his legal studies in the office of A. W. Jones and W. S. Anderson, of Youngstown, and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He entered immediately into practice at Youngstown and enjoys the distinction of not only being one of the most successful but one of the youngest attorneys here. Ile is a member of the Mahoning County Bar Association. Political life has also attracted him and he is a hearty worker for the Republican party.

IRVING CALLAHAN, senior member of the firm of Callahan & Neff, deal- ers in grain, mill feed, hides and build- ing supplies, at Canfield. represents one of the carly pioneer families of Green township. Mr. Callahan was born at Greeniord, Ohio. October 26. 1853, and is a son of Lewis and Catherine (Zook) Callahan.

John Callahan, the founder of the family in America, was married to a Miss Eleanor, whose family name has not been preserved. Born in Ireland in 1702, he emigrated to America and was a soldier in the Revolution- ary War. The children of this union were Jesse, William. James, Jeremiah and Nancy. John Callahan moved from Brownsville, Penn- sylvania. to Green township. Mahoning Coun- ty, in 1804. His son Jesse married Susan Stewart and of this union were born Thomas, Barbara. James, William, Elizabeth. Jesse. Sarah. Jeremiah and Susan. James Callahan of this family married Catherine Baker and they had the following children: Christina. John Lucy, Ann, Isaiah, Lewis (father of the

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subject of this sketch), Mary, Mandy and Catherine.

Lewis Callahan was born in 1825, in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. When old enough he went to Salem, where he learned the trade of brick-making. In the fall of 1857 he came to Canfield and opened a brick-yard of his own. continuing in the business for a number of years, furnishing building material for a large number of the school-houses, churches and other buildings in the village and vicinity. Prior to his death he returned for a season to the farm, but subsequently came back to Can- field and continued to make himself useful in his son Irving's business until his death in 1898. He married Catherine Zook, who died in 1802. They had seven children, namely : Lenora, widow of H. H. Harter, who resides at Canfield; Preston, residing at Canfield, a blacksmith; Irving, whose name begins this article: Henson, who died aged eight years; John L., residing at Canfield; Ida, who mar- ried Henry Beard and resides in Jackson town- ship; and an infant, deceased.

Irving Callahan was educated in the schools of Canfield and learned the trade of wood-worker, serving an apprenticeship of three years in the carriage shop of William Correll. his wages being $180, with no pro- vision being made for his clothing. As an in- dication of Mr. Callahan's thrift and good management, it may be stated that when he left Mr. Correll he still had $too of his wages left. Mr. Callahan then went into the tan- nery business with his subsequent father-in- law, April 1, 1875, under the firm name of John Sanzenbacher & Company. Later, with George Edwards, one of the company. Mr. Callahan bought Mr. Sanzenbacher's interest, the name becoming Edwards & Callahan, and he thus continued for three years, when Mir. Sanzenbacher returned to the firm. and its style became J. Sanzenbacher & Company. When Mr. Callahan decided to go into his present business he sold out his interest in the other firm. In 1900 Mr. Callahan took his nephew. C. H. Neff, into partnership and the firm began dealing in feed. Mr. Neff has re-

sided with Mr. Callahan since he was five . years old and is manager of the firm, which does a large business. The firm's sheds, ware- houses and offices cover an acre of land, very conveniently located near the Erie Railroad. thus facilitating transportation. The partners divide their labors, Mr. Callahan giving his attention to dealing in hides, while Mr. Neff, besides being general manager, attends to the grain husiness. Three men are given employ- ment.

On May 20, 1875, Mr. Callahan was mar- ried to Rebecca Sanzenbacher, who is a daugh- ter of John Sanzenbacher. Both Mr. and Mrs. Callahan are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he united when he was 15 years of age, and in which he is steward and trustee. Mr. Callahan still owns 137 acres of valuable land on North Broad- street, a part of which is situated within the corporate limits of Canfield. His spacious res- idence, containing 10 rooms, was formerly the old Judge Newton residence, but it has been thoroughly modernized.

Cyrus H. Neff, the junior member of the firm of Callahan & Neff, was born February 28, 1881. at Canfield, and is a son of John and Hattic (Sanzenbacher) Neff. On August 20, 1903, he was married to Melva Watters, and they have one child, Marjorie. Mr. and Mrs. Neff reside in an elegant home on North Broad street, Canfield.

RANK E. PROBST, who fills an im- portant position with the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway and Light Company, being in charge of the collection department, with offices on Fast Boardman street, Youngstown, was born in this city, in 1859, and is a son of John S. Probst. The father of Mr. Probst was born in Pennsylvania and came to Youngs- town in 1854. Here he engaged in a harness and sakllery business for many years, one of the old and representative business men of his day.

Frank E. Probst went to work for his fa-

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ther after completing his schooling, but after a trial of eight years, decided to go into some other line of business. Just then he was ap- pointed deputy clerk of the courts and served for the following 13 years. From this public office he entered the employ of the Mahoning Valley Railroad, as claim agent, and he is now the efficient manager of the collection de- partment of the Mahoning and Shenango Val- ley Railway and Light Company.

In 1881 Mr. Probst was married to Clara E. Kaiser, who is a daughter of Frank J. Kaiser, who, for years, was connected with the lower mills of the Carnegie Company, but is now retired. Mr. Probst is a member of the Protected Home Circle. Since 1875 he has been a member of the Belmont avenue Metho- dist Episcopal Church and for 25 years was on its official board. Mr. Probst has been closely identified with the Young Men's Chris- tian Association, for 15 years being a trustee and has held the office of recording secre- tary for a number of years. He is a man who stands very high in the regard of his fellow- citizens.

A F. JUDD, architect, at Youngstown, where he has been established in his profession since 1900, was born in 1853, at Rush, Monroe County, New York.

Mr. Judd was left an orphan at the age of 12 years and since that time has practically taken care of himself, has succeeded in a ma- terial way and has risen to a prominent place in a very exacting profession. ' Until he was 18 years old he worked on a farm in New York, and then learned the carpenter's trade. In the spring of 1874 he began contracting, locating at Warsaw, and was thus led into the study of architecture. He continued in business at Warsaw for 18 years. during which time he built many of the finest residences and best business blocks there. Iu 1879 he opened an architect's office, and in connection with contracting and building, did his own de- signing. In 1892 he moved to Conneaut.

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Twentieth Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 121

Author: Sanderson, Thomas W Publication date: 1907 Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Biographical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 993

Author: Sanderson, Thomas W
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 993