Twentieth Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 92

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

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lowing eight years, resigning that office to organize the Struthers Savings & Banking Company of Struthers, of which he was sec- retary and treasurer. Resigning lis offices some two and a half years later, Mr. Liddle went to the First National Bank at Niles, Ohio, of which he was teller for one year, and he then became treasurer of the Savings Bank Company, of Warren, Ohio. Later he sold his stock and came to Canfield, on April 1, 1907, assuming the duties of his present re- sponsible position.

In 1892 Mr. Liddle was married to Daisy E. Seaburn, a daughter of Frank and Sylvia Seaburn. He and his wife are the parents of four children-Ethel May, Eugene Mark. Carl Lester and Ruth Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Liddle have a pleasant home on Lisbon street, Canfield. They are esteemed and use- ful members of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Liddle belongs to Youngstown Lodge, No. 55, B. P. O. E., and he is also very promi- nent in Masonry, having attained the 32nd

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degrec. He belongs to Hillman Lodge, No. 481. F. & A. M., at Youngstown ; St. John's Commandery. Knights Templar, at Youngs- town, and Lake Erie Consistory and Al Koran Temple, at Cleveland. His portrait on a neighboring page adds interest to this bio- graphical outline.

JOHN A. CREED. a successful agri- culturist and representative citizen of Coitsville township. who owns two fine farms aggregating 149 acres, re- sicles in a handsome modern home at Marian Heights, on the Coitsville road. Mr. Creed was born July 9, 1842, in England, and is a son of William and Harriet (Ames) Creed.

In 1848. William Creed removed with his family, from England to America. locating shortly afterward at Youngstown. For a short time prior to leaving his own country he had kept a hotel, but after reaching Mahoning County, he engaged in farming and for 30 years rented property from Judge William Rayen. in Coitsville township.

Julm A. Creed was six years of age when his parents emigrated from England and he was reared in Coitsville township. He was the second eldlest of a family of nine children. as follows: Sarah, who married George Haine. residing at North Bloomfield, Ohio: John A., whose name appears at the head of this sketch: Mrs. Elizabeth Kirk, who died in Towa : Thomas: Mrs. Mary Millikin : William, a farmer residing at Struthers: Henry. re- siding at Coitsville: Mrs. Ellen Haskell, and Mrs. Harriet Welshman. The mother of the above-mentioned family resides with her daughter. Mrs. Millikin, at Youngstown. hav- ing reached her 8gth year. She is a remark- ably preserved lady, and until her 85th year was quite capable of writing a letter unas- sisted, and played the piano with taste and skill. The father of this family died at the age of 55 years. General farming, stock rais- ing and dairying has claimed Mr. Creed's at- tention since he finished going to school.

Formerly he was a large cattle raiser and ship- per, and sent many fine animals all over the west and to Texas for breeding purposes. He has always paid attention to thoroughbred stock.

In 1863 Mr. Creed was married (first) to Caroline Vail, and she lived to be the mother of nine children, dying in 1901. The family consisted of six daughters and three sons. namely: Susan, who died aged 19 years ; Emma, who married Fred Brown. residing at Youngstown; Lottie, who married Lemuel Haskell; Anna, who married Arthur Welsh- man, residing at Steubenville; Edward, who married Edna Pothour, residing on his father's farm: Grace, who died in infancy; Charles; George, who married Emmma Knight, and Flora, at home. Mr. Creed was married (second), in 1902, to Mary Kerns.

Politically Mr. Creed is a stanch Republi- can. He is one of the township's responsible men and has served two terms as trustee. For many years he has been a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Coitsville township, and is one of the trustees.

EORGE S. JORDAN, one of the rep- resentative farmers of Anstintown township, who is serving in his sec- ond term as a member of the board of infirmary directors, of Mahoning County, was born December 31, 1851, in Ans- tintown township. Mahoning County, Ohio. and is a son of J. S. Jordan, who was born in Mahoning County, where he was engaged in farming all his life.

George S. Jordan was reared on a farm in Austintown township, and was educated m the district schools. After his marriage in 1882. lic located in Jackson where he engaged in business for about three years, after which he traded his property for a farm in Trumbull County, Ohio, on which he remained for about one year, when be disposed of it and bought property in Youngstown, Ohio, where he en- graged in a meat business for eighteen months. After selling the meat business he moved to a

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farm in Austintown township, where he now owns a farm of 60 acres.

Mr. Jordan was trustee of Austintown township for about five years, resigning the office in 1902 when he was elected an infirit- ary director. He was reelected to this office in the fall of 1905.

Mr. Jordan was married in 1882 to Miss Lizzie Clinker of Beaver township. and they have two children : Hazel D., and Tod Scott Jordan. Mr. Jordan is a member of the United Evangelical Church. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias.

€ DWARD C. BRUNGARD, township trustee and a prominent citizen of Springfield township, resides on his farm of 180 acres, which formerly was the William Maurer farm, and for fully twenty-two years he was extensively engaged in threshing, making it a leading fea- ture of his agricultural operations. Mr. Brun- gard was born October 19. 1864. on the old Brungard homestead farm, near New Middle- town, and is a son of Cornelius George and Mary Ann ( Hoffmaster ) Brungard.

His grandparents, George and Barbara Brungard, moved from Maryland to Spring- field township. Mahoning County, Ohio, where the grandfather purchased first a farm of 160 acres of the old Summers section, in section 15, and later 18 additional acres. situated across the road. The place was partially cleared when George Brungard settled on it. Honey Creek has its source on this farm, and in the early days the German Baptist Brethren or Dunkards, did their baptizing at this place. The grandparents died on this farm.

Cornelius George Bringard was born in Maryland. December 14. 1831, and was six months old when his parents moved to Spring- field township. where he spent his whole life. dying March 11, 1907. lle was a capable business man and a hard worker, and thus added largely to his means and became one of the most successful men of Springfield town- ship. At the time of his death he still owned

174 acres of the old home place. having dis- posed of the four acres on which the Justice residence stands; 161 acres in section 28. where his son Homer lives, together with the 180 acres on which his son Edward C. lives. The old home place of the grandfather is now conducted by a son, Charles, who lives there with his mother. Cornelius George Brun- gard, in partnership with a brother, operated a grist mill at Pittsburg, for a time, and also one at Wooster, Ohio, and later they con- ducted a store at New Middletown. He thus had many business interests, and possessed the capacity to control them all. He married Mary Ann Hoffmaster, who was born in Springfield township, and is a daughter of Philip Hoffmaster, a pioneer resident herc. To this marriage were born three sons: Ed- ward C .; Silas Homer, residing in Springfield township; and Charles, residing on the orig- inal home farm.

Edward C. Brungard was educated in the township schools and remained at home until he was 22 years of age, when he moved on the old Flohr farm, which was owned by his father, and remained there for seven years, when he came to the present place, situated in section 35, where he has lived continuously ever since. As mentioned above. Mr. Brun- gard has long been engaged in the threshing business ; during his first three years he was in partnership with his father and Joseph Sitler, and for the next fifteen years was with his two brothers. The latter sold their inter- ests to Louis Lipp, with whom Mr. Brungard was associated four years, and he then sold his interest to Mr. Lipp. Mr. Brungard is a stock- holder and a director in the Petersburg Creant- cry Company. and is also a director in the L'nity Township Telephone Company.

Ile was married .August 2, 1886, to Minda Burkey, who was born in Springfield township and is a daughter of Elias and Hannah ( Sipe) Burkey. They have had four children : Edith, Raymond, Ralph and Ethel, the latter of whom died in infancy. The family belong to the Lutheran Church at New Middletown. In politics Mr. Brungard is a Democrat.

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L D. COY, M. D., a prominent phy- sician of Canfield, who has had his home in this place for over a quarter of a century, was born on his father's farm in Green township, Mahoning County, Olio, August 13, 1848, and is a son of Wesley and Dorothy ( Bush) Coy.

The great-grandparents of Dr. Coy were Henry and Hannah ( Miller) Coy. the former of whom was a native of Alsace, France, and the latter of Pennsylvania, in which state they were farming people. One of their family of sons was given the name of Danicl, and he came in young manhuod to Green township, Mahoning County, settling on wild land situ- ated between Green village and New Albany. on the Cherry Park Creek, where he developed a farm. Ile married Barbara Callahan and they had the following children: Jonas, Wes- ley. Jesse, David, Silas, Susanna, Sarah Ann, Catherine and Hannah, all of whom have com- pleted their days on earth and passed away, except Jesse, residing in Columbiana County ; David, residing in Green township; and Cath- erine, who married Peter Henry, residing at Fairbury, Illinois. From Ohio the grand- father of Dr. Coy moved to Indiana, where his wife died, and he then returned to Penn- sylvania and died at Greenville.

Wesley Coy, father of Dr. Coy, was born in 1827. in Green township. Mahoning Coun- ty. He was reared on his father's farm until abont the time of his marriage, when he moved to one not far distant, on which he spent the rest of his life. dying in 1899. He was mar- ried (first) to Dorothy Bush, who died in 1860. She was also born in Green township and hecame the mother of five children, name- ly : Lewis Deweese; Mary Alice, deceased, who married the late David Dressel; Daniel, deceased: Jonas D., residing in Green town- ship; and Malissa, deceased. Wesley Coy was married { second) to Harriet Roller, a native of Green township, who died in 1883, leaving no issue.

Dr. Coy was reared on his father's farm and had the advantages given the boys of his age and neighborhood, district school and aca- demic training at Canfield. Ile was 16 years

old when he enlisted as a private for service in the Civil War, in February, 1864, in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, in which he continued for 18 months, doing a man's work in spite of his youth, He partici- pated in the battles fought by the Army of the Potomac around Petersburg. Hatcher's Run. Stony Creek, Five Forks and others. and when the rebellion was over he gladly returned to peaceful pursuits. For the subsequent 18 months he was engaged with his father in a Imnber business, and then went to Cincinnati to complete his medical studies, being gradn- ated at the Eclectic Medical Institute in 1876. For three years he practiced at Green village. near his home, but April 9. 1879, he came to Canfield, where he has continued until the present. He has seen a wonderful change in this part of the country since he first settled here and rode many miles on horseback to visit patients in parts of the country poorly equipped with roads. He is the physician for the county infirmary.

On October 8, 1868. Dr. Coy was married to Laura C. Bowell, who was born in Green township. Mahoning County, April 17. 1849, and is a daughter of David and Maria ( Hunt- er ) Bowell. They had seven children, name- ly: Jesse L., deceased: Olive R., who married 11. S. Nease, of Salem, Ohio; Rev. Warren L., residing in Kansas; Ambrose and William. deceased; one other who died in infancy ; and Laura, now Mrs. Coy.

Dr. and Mrs. Coy have two children, Olive F. and Warren D). The former married E. E. Dyhall and has two children. Estella, who is a graduate of the Northeastern Ohio Normal College, and Mabel, who is an undergraduate of the same college. Warren D. Coy, Dr. Coy's only son, follow his father's profcs- sion. He was born in 1872, in Green town- ship, and was educated first at Canfield and took his medical degree at the Eclectic Med- ical Institute at Cincinnati, subsequently grad- uating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, Illinois. He has his residence and office on West Main street, Can- field. He married Olive Fullwiler.

Dr. Lewis Coy is identified with the Re-

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publican party and he has served on several occasions in the village council. With his family he belongs to the Presbyterian Church. His home and office are situated on East Main street, Canfield.

A DREW KROECK, one of the sub- stantial business men and highly re- spected citizens of Lowellville, who is engaged in retailing groceries. hardware, paint, oils, harness and farming implements, was born June 28, 1879, at Austintown Centre, Mahoning County. Ohio, and is a son of August and Susan (Young) Kroeck.

August Kroeck, father of Andrew, has been engaged as a general merchant for the past 40 years at Austintown Centre. Hle mar- ried Susan Young and they have reared a family of five children, namely: Kate, who married Orville Harroff of Alliance, Ohio; William, who married Daisy Kirk and has one child; Andrew; Charles, who is a resident of Austintown; and Lewis, who is also a resi- dent of Austintown.

Andrew Krocck was reared and educated in Austintown, and assisted in his father's store until he came to Lowellville. On Sep- tember 8, 1905, he purchased a grocery store oi John Quinn, which was located on the oppo- site side of the street from liis present place of business, and on April 1, 1906, he bought a hardware store from Frank Leish, and since April 1, 1007, he has been located in the Opera House Building. He carries a full line of groceries, hardware, paints, oils, harness and farm implements.

Mr. Kroeck was married November 23, 1905, to Jennie Toot, a daughter of John Toot, of the village of Canfield. They had one child, Marjory, who died aged 10 weeks. Mr. Kroeck is a member of the Modern Maccabees and is finance keeper of that organization at Lowellville. Politically he is a Democrat, and was elected treasurer of Austintown for two terms, his removal to Lowellville causing his resignation of the office before the expiration of his second term.

m RS. ELIZABETH SHREVE, re- siding on her excellent farm of 50 acres in the southern part of Gosh- en township, is one of the most highly esteemed ladies in this sec- tion. Mrs. Shreve was born in Goshen town- ship. Mahoning County, Ohio, November 29, 1841, and is a daughter of James and Polly (Smith) Weaver.

Casper Weaver, the grandfather of Mrs. Shreve, accompanied his parents from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, to Mahoning County, and settled in Ellsworth township. They were among the pioneers there, and for many years endured hardships and assisted in developing that part of the county from the deuse forest. James Weaver and wife had ten children, and the following still survive: Caroline, re- siding in Ellsworth township, who is the widow of Eli Diehl; Elizabeth; Thomas, re- sidling in Ellsworth township; Samuel, resid- ing in Mahoning County ; and Peter and Lew- is, both residing in Goshen township.

Elizabeth Weaver was reared in Goshen township and was educated in the district schools. Her girlhood was spent in learning housewifely duties and in enjoying the social life of her neighborhood, and she was married April 7, 1862, to William R. Shreve. He was horn in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and died February 10, 1892. He was a son of Israel Shreve, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Goshen township with his family. as an early settler. His log cabin was built on the farm Mrs. Shreve now occupies and owns. William R. Shreve came of Revolu- tionary stock, his grandfather, John Shreve, having been a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. Shireve carried on general farming, He was a man of high character and one who was be- loved in his family for his many excellent qualities, and respected and esteemed in his neighborhood on account of his kindness and helpfulness to all who were in need. He is survived by his widow and two sons: Wil- liam R., residing in the far west, and Albert B., who manages the home farm.

Mr. Shreve never took any very active part in politics, but he was identified with the

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Republican party. He is remembered as one of Goshen township's honorable men and guod citizens.

S B. CLEGG, of Clegg Brothers, whole- sale grain, flour and feed merchants, at Youngstown, was born in 1857. in central New York, where he was reared and educated.

Mr. Clegg was almost 21 years of age when he came to Youngstown, where he was employed for one year as clerk for the Penn- sylvania Railroad, then embarked in the gro- cery business, and in 1882 engaged in his present enterprise. The firm of Clegg Broth- ers was formed by A. B. Brownlee, H. S. Od- bert and S. B. Clegg, under the firm style of A. B. Brownlee & Company. On October 1, 1888, on the retirement of Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Clegg light Mr. Brownlee's interest and took in his brother as partner, when the firm style became as at present, Clegg Brothers. The concern is one of importance and large dealing. They make a specialty of carload business and cover the country for some to or 50 miles, employ about 15 men and do an annual business of fully half a million dollars.

Mr. Clegg is interested also as a stock- holder and member of the board of directors in the Wilkins Leonard Hardware Company. is president of and stockholder in the Mahon- ing Builders' Supply Company, and is a mem- ber ni the firm of Charles Miller & Company. stave manufacturers, at Bristolville, Ohio, These important and successful enterprises do not include all of Mr. Clegg's interests, he being one of the leading business men of this city.

In 1880 Mr. Clegg was married to Emma S. Caufield, of Youngstown, and they have two children, George R., with Clegg Brothers. and Henrietta, wife of Dr. C. I .. Marsteller. of Youngstown. The family belongs to Trin- ity Methodlist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of the board of trustees. . lle is a valuable member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, belonging to the street and food

committees. Mr. Clegg is a member also of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the National L'nion and the Royal Arcanmm.

R OLLAND E. BALDWIN, a repre- sentative business man of Youngs- town, Ohio, is president of the Youngstown Dye Works and snper- intendent and manager for the John H. Fitch Coffee Company, of Youngstown, and was born in 1862, in Geanga County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated.

In 188t Mr. Ballwin came to Youngs- town and embarked in a retail grocery busi- ness, which he conducted for three years, and then entered into partnership with his brother. W. E. Baldwin, in a wholesale coffee and gro- cery business, under the firm name of Bald- win Brothers, which they carried on for about seven years. At that time R. E. Baldwin withdrew from the firm and engaged in the reasting of coffee and the manufacture of gro- cery specialties, which he continued until the establishment of the John H. Fitch Coffee Company, when the two firms consolidated, under the alawe firm name. This is one of the largest, most reliable and most successful houses of its kind in this section of the state, and their products are known all over Ohio, the name carrying with it the proof of purity. The house employs some 12 salesmen to rep- resent the business on the road, and in fac- tory and office there are 24 employes. Mr. Baldwin is also a stockholder and director in the John H. Fitch Company, wholesale gro- cers. . \ large amount of real estate at Youngs- town belongs to Mr. Baldwin, much of it high- ly improved.

In 1885 Mr. Baldwin was married to Olive Warner, of Youngstown, and they have had five children, namely : Earl May, Hazel F .. Harold F., Gertrude and Robert. Hazel F. died aged t6 years. The family belongs to the First Christian Church of Youngstown, and Mr. Baldwin is chairman of the board of deacons. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow.

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GEORGE W. HARDING

MRS. LUCRETIA M. HARDING

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6 EORGE W. HARDING, a retired farmer of Canfield, owner of 800 acres of valuable farm land in Ells- worth township, Mahoning County, Ohio, was born July 24, 1834. in Ellsworth township, and is a son of George and Elizabeth ( Borts) Harding.

George Harding was born in 1792, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and at the age of 15 came to Ohio with his parents and set- tled in the timberland north of Canfield. Dur- ing these days meat was very scarce, but game of many kinds was very plentiful, and npon one occasion, when the rest of the family was at church, he and his brother killed and dressed eight wild turkeys. After the land was cleared and cultivated, it was not neces- sary to depend quite so much upon their guns to supply them with meat. George was one of a family of seven children: Jacob, John. George, and four danghters, He remained at home until his marriage to Elizabeth Borts. whose father was also one of the early settlers of North Canfickl, after which he bought a farm uf 80 acres in Ellsworth township. He first erected a log house, which was subse- quently replaced by a frame building, in which the subject of this sketch was born. He was a very successinl farmer and dealt extensively in cattle, buying in the spring and selling in the fall, after feeding on grass during the sum- mer months. He also dealt in sheep, horses, colts, etc. He died on his farm in 1877. and at that time was the owner of 800 acres of land. His wife died in 1866, Their only childt was George W.

George W. Harding was reared in Ells- worth township. and attended the district schools. Ile, early in life, devoted a great deal of time to his father's business, often as- sisting his father's eastern patrons in getting cattle ready for the trip. When just a mere hoy he learned to handle a horse, and being the only child. soon became associated with his father in the business. Ile was married at the age of 25 and continued to remain at home for several years after his marriage. After leaving his father's home he purchased

his grandfather Borts' farm of 184 acres in Ellsworth township, on which in 1879-1881. he built a large twelve-room stone house, which is one of the finest homes in that sec- tion of the county, and cost between $15.000 and $20,000. He has always followed stock raising, dealing in cattle, sheep, horses and hogs, and during the war he was very successful in sheep raising and selling wool. Hle contimed to reside on this farm until 1895, when he re- nywed to Canfield and built his present fine residence and barn on West Main street. He continued to add to his land, and with what he inherited from his father. he at one time owned 1.100 acres of well improved land in Ellsworth township, part of which he has given to his chiklren, his son James having charge of the old home farm.

Mr. Harding married Lucretia Musser. who was born near Petersburg. Pennsylvania. a daughter of John Masser. Three children completed their family, namely : James S., who married Cora Bowman, resides on the home farm of 184 acres in Ellsworth town- ship: Mary, who married C. M. Kirk, has one child, Donald: Ahra, widow of Charles Buck, lives with her father. and has one child, Ber- nice. Mrs. Harding died in 1902, after a two weeks' illness cansed from an injury received while she and Mr. Harding were driving across the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks on a cold winter's day, when their vehicle was struck by a train. Mr. Harding was also seriously injured at the time. Mr. Harding is a stockhokler in the First National Bank at Youngstown, Ohio, and owns government bols. He also has stock in the Equity Sav- ings Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, and has been a stockholder and director of the Farmers' National Bank at Canfield since its organiza- tion. He is an attendant and liberal contribu- tor of the Presbyterian Church of Canfield. and was a member of the building committee at the time of its erection. His portrait, with that of his wife. herewith presented. will be welcomed by their numerous friends through- ont the county.

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J AMES A. COOPER. of the J. A. & D. P. Cooper Company, of Struth- ers, Ohio, and for many years one of the substantial citizens of Youngs- town, was born October 11, 1845, in Coitsville township, and is a son of David and Jemima (Raney) Cooper.

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Twentieth Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 92

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