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MINOS COLE, farmer, P. O. Keepville, was horn June 28, 1830, where he now lives, in Conneaut Township, Erie County, Penn., son of Andrew and Polly (Keep) Cole. The
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former came to Erie from York State in 1805 with his parents, and was married May 13, 1820. He was a soldier in the war of 1813, and his father (our subject's grandfather) served in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Andrew Cole raised a large family here, and most of those now living reside in Erie County. His wife died March 20, 1851, and he followed her July 8, 1862. Minos Cole was united in marriage, May 4, 1854, with Miss Priscilla, daugliter of Luke Harris, formerly of New York State. She was born March 12, 1834, in Springfield Township, Erie County, Penn. To this union were born three children, two of whom died in infancy. The survivor-Dora P .-- was born August 3, 1867, and is now living at home. Mrs. Cole's brother, Sylvenus, was a soldier in the late war ; a brother of Mr. Cole also served in the same war, three years with the Army of the Cumberland, par- ticipating in the siege of Vicksburg and in several engagements. He served in the Second Ohio Battery, and received an honorable discharge in 1864. Mrs. Cole is a member of the Universalist Church. Mr. Cole has about eighty-six acres of fine improved land, which is a part of the old Cole homestead. He is an Anti-Monopolist in politics. Barnabus Cole, the grandfather, was born March 20, 1751, in Chatham, Barnstable Co., Mass .; Sarah Alworth, the grandmother, was born June 4, 1754, in Dutchess County, N. Y. Their children were Phebe, born May 23, 1778; Priscilla, born January 8, 1780, died in in- fancy ; Priscilla. born December 3, 1780 ; Sylvanus, born January 21, 1783; Sarah. born March 15. 1785; Barnabus, born June 15, 1787; Benjamin, born November 18, 1788; Amplias, born August 4, 1791 ; Andrew, born March 8, 1797, and John W., born February 9, 1800. CYRUS W. DEVEREAUX, farmer, P. O. Clark's Corners, Ohio, was born February 13, 1845, in Conneaut Township. Erie County, Penn., son of W. C. Devereaux, who came to this county in 1833, from New York State, and married for his first wife Mary Harring- ton, a descendant of Mathew Harrington, one of the carly settlers. After her death. he married Harriet Smith (daughter of Hezekia Smith, who came to this county in 1817), the mother of our subject, who is now living with him. His father died December 27, 1879. Cyrus W. Devereaux was united in marriage, March 23, 1876, with Miss Jennie Gibson, of Erie City. She is a native of Mercer County, Penn., born March 27, 1846. Three chil- dren have been born to this union, viz., Hattie L., Ralph G. and Willie O. Mr. Deve- reaux and brother have a fine farm of 150 acres. His oldest brother, Ralph, enlisted in the Second Ohio Cavalry, was promoted to a Second Lieutenancy, and served in the Army of the Cumberland, and died from disease in 1863 at Tuscumbia, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Devereaux belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church; the former's father and family were prominent church members. Mr. Devereaux is a member of the A. O. U. W. at Girard, and also a member of the E. A. U. He is a strong Republican ; is now Collector of taxes in Conneaut Township.
JOHN P. FERGUSON. farmer. P. O. Keepville, was born January 1, 1841, in Springfield Township, Erie County, Penn., and is a sou of William Ferguson, who came to Erie County from the eastern part of Pennsylvania in 1803. He raised a family of nine children, two of whom are now living. William Ferguson departed this life in April, 1869. Our subject enlisted in April, 1861, with the three months' men, and August 14, 1862, he joined the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, Company, K, serving with Hancock's corps, Army of the Potomac. He participated in the battles at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Petersburg (where he received a wound in his right side), and in the capture of Lee's army. He joined as private, was color-bearer one year, then Sergeant, then promoted to the position of Second Lieutenant, and honorably discharged August 16, 1865. He is a member of the G. A. R. Mr. Fergu- son was united in marriage February 10. 1870, with Maria A., daughter of John Spaulding, and sister of F. M. Spaulding, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. She is a native of Erie County, Penn., born June 10, 1848. Five children have blessed this union, viz., George S., John W., Priscilla, Chauncey, Daisy M., all now living. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson are members of the Universalist Church. He is the owner of fifty acres of very fine land; in politics a Republican.
VANNESS N. FORBES, farmer, P. O. Albion, was born October 8, 1827, in Spring Township, Crawford County, Penn., is a son of Bartholomew Forbes, of New York State, who came to Crawford County about 1824, and to Erie County in 1833, raised a family of five children, two of whom are living in this county; he died September 27, 1879. Our subject was married in 1848, to Elmina E., daughter of Erastus Cornell, of Crawford Coun- ty, Penn. Ten children were born to this union, six of whom are living, viz .: Spencer V., Hannah C. (wife of Benjamin Mong), Elvey R. (wife of C. W. Zinn), Frank L., Charles W. and Darwin B. ".Mrs. Forbes died March 15, 1883. Mr. Forbes afterward married Mrs. Olive, widow of Albert T. Forbes. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the mother of four children, viz .: Carson R., Almira L. (wife of O. H. Hewit), Harley J. and George Lee. Carson R. is married and living on the same place our subject does, and is one of the leading Sabbath school workers in his section. Mr. Forbes is living on a farm of 140 acres of well-improved land, belonging to the heirs of Albert Forbes. He is a member of the E. A. U. and of the Democratic party.
CURTIS GRATE, farmer and proprietor of saw mill, P. O. Keepville, was born March 18, 1844, in Portage County, Ohio. In August, 1878, Mr. Grate came to Erie 2
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County, Penn., bringing with him a steam saw mill, and engaged in the lumber busi- ness, in which he has since continued in the same neighborhood. His mill, which has a capacity of 10,000 feet per day, is kept running constantly. He purchases all the logs he can procure, and is also owner of timber lands from which he uses the lumber; he has also a shingle mill in connection, and makes large quantities of shingles; his lumber is sold in Conneaut, Ohio, and large quantities are shipped from Albion, Penn., to other points; he uses hemlock, beech, cucumber and soft maple lumber. Mr. Grate was united in marriage, November 1, 1866, with Miss Jeanette, daughter of Michael Houck, of Ohio. Two children have been born to this union, viz., Caddie M. and Clyde M. Mr. Grate owns 160 acres of land. Our subject enlisted August 12, 1863, in the One Hundred aud Fourth Ohio Infantry, serving under Gens. Burnside aud Sherman with the Army of the Cumber- land, and took part in the siege of Knoxville, battles of Cumberland Gap, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, battles of Wilmington. N. C., Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and was with Sherman in his celebrated march to the sea, and in several other engage- ments. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865. Mr. Grate is a member of the G. A. R.
WILLIAM M. GRIFFEY, farmer and dairyman, P. O. Cherry Hill, was born in Cou- neaut Township, on the place he now occupies, March 5, 1819, and is a son of George Griffey, Sr., who came to Erie County about 1797, settling on our subject's farm, Conneaut Township, in 1802; he was a native of Wales; he raised a family of eight children, four of whom are now living; he was a soldier of the war of 1812, and departed this life in 1843. Our subject was united in marriage. February 13, 1843, with his first wife, Maria Sartwell, a native of Vermont. Two children were born to this union, viz., Sarah L., wife of Mode Brown, and Elvira, wife of George Putney. His wife died March 7, 1845, and May 24, 1846, he married his second wife, Ann M. Baird, daughter of Stephen G. Baird, of Ver- mont. Seven children have crowned this uuion, one dying in infancy. The names of those now living are William H., Ida O., Herbert L., John J., Elmer E. and Morton B. Our subject has about 250 acres of well-improved land, over and above a great amount he has given his children; he also owns a cheese factory in West Springfield, which his son Elmer is now running; he is a Republican in politics.
JASPER O. GRIFFIN (deceased) was born April 5, 1799, in Addison County, Vt., son of James Griffin. Our subject came to Erie County December 3, 1835. Mr. Griffin was united in marriage, February 14, 1833, with Miss Margaret, daughter of Daniel Auder- son, a native of Maine; his mother came from New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin have raised four children, three now surviving. Mary died when aged twenty-three. The others are John A., Washington I. and Maria L., wife of William Loomis. John A. was a soldier in the late war; enlisted in the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served uuder Gen. Greig in the Army of the Potomac; he participated in the siege of Petersburg, the engagement at Thatcher's Run and in the capture of Lee's army; he was honorably dis- charged August, 1865; he is a member of the G. A. R., Washington; served in the United States Navy one year during the war. Jasper O. Griffin was the owner of fifty acres of fine land; he was a member of the F. A. M. and a member of a Chapter of R. A. M., of which he had been a member since 1823; he served as Justice of the Peace ten years; he died September 27, 1883, and was buried with Masonic honors September 30.
M. A. HARRINGTON. The Harrington family, according to the best information, are lineal descendants of one of two brothers who came to America from England about 1549. Israel Harrington was of the third generation, and was born in Rhode Island February 11, 1734. Mebittebel, his wife, was born March 11, 1739. They had two daugh- ters-Mary, born August 31, 1762, and Lucretia, born March 5, 1767. They moved to Dan- by Township, Rutland Co., Vt., in 1770, where two sons were born-Israel, October 16, 1774, and Matthews, April 17. 1782. Mehittebel died in Vermont March 9, 1798. Israel, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolution, and died in Sandusky County, Ohio, September 10, 1825. Mary married a Mr. Harrington in Vermont, and died in that State. Lucretia mar- ried Nathaniel Harrington, who was born in Vermont April 2, 1774; they moved to Michi- gan, and reared a large family near Lansing. Lucretia died June 27, 1854, and Nathaniel died August 22, 1855. Israel, Jr., married and moved to Sandusky County, Ohio: raised a large family, kept hotel, was a Judge of the courts for many years, and died at Elmore, in that county. Matthews, the youngest. settled in Springfield Township in the year 1799, and soon moved to Conneaut Township. In 1802, he married Elizabeth Spry, born near Chesapeake Bay November 26, 1786. Elizabeth. his wife, died April 16, 1845. They reared a family of ten children -- William, born March 22, 1805; Sally, April 18, 1807; Lu- cretia, July 9, 1809; Catharine, September 9, 1811; Mary, March 6, 1814; Daniel, April 11, 1816; Israel, May 20, 1818; Ira S .: May 26, 1822; Lorretta, August 13, 1824; and Moses A., April 2, 1828. William married Jane Porter. They raised a family of six children-Ira P., Mary, John, Milton, Margaret and Judd. William died January 31, 1881. Sally mar- ried James Morse, and settled in Sandusky County, Ohio; they raised a family of six chil- dren-Harriet, Israel, Vashti, Josephine, Sarah and Nathan. Sally died February 11, 1869; James died June 11, 1870. Lucretia lived and died in Conneaut Township Septem- ber 19, 1858. Catherine married William B. DeWolf, a farmer of Conneaut Township;
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they raised a family of eight daughters-Elenor, Melissa, Sarah, Loretta, Mary, Matilda, Estella and Izora. Catherine died February 16, 1876; William B. died November 11, 1883. Mary married William C. Devereaux, a farmer of Conneaut; raised three children-Ralph, Emily and Jane. Mary died March 3, 1843; William C. died in December, 1879. Daniel married Margaret Porter, and had two daughters-Loretta and Louisa. Daniel died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1841; Margaret died about the year 1876. Israel married Matilda Bar- ney; had eight children-Barney, Lucy, Chester, Cassius, Elizabeth, Smith. Hattie and Jay. Ira S. married Amarilla Case, who died September 9, 1855; had three children- Milo, Lizzie and Sarah. Ira's second wife is Mary J. Patterson, married March 5. 1857; had two children-Fannie and George. Ira was a Sheriff in Taylor County, Iowa, also United States Marshal, and Lieutenant in the rebellion. Loretta married Benjamin F. Barney; they had three children-Harriet, Henry and Lottie. Benjamin died May 27, 1882. Loretta married for her second husband Abner Scott, of Conneaut, Ohio. Moses A. married Harriet S. Patterson; they raised three children-Rose De Allertie, Inez M. and George Lee. Moses A. commenced business at Cherry Hill as farmer and store-keeper. In 1862 and 1863, was a Lieutenant in the State service, and in the fall of the latter year moved to Iowa, where he engaged in mercantile business until his return to Pennsylvania in 1865. Matthews Harrington, who was born, as before stated, in the State of Vermont April 17, 1782, left his native State at the age of sixteen years, and worked by the month on a farm in the State of New York for two years. Subsequently, after many adventures, he bought a claim in Springfield, which he afterward sold, and bought land of H. J. Hui- dekuper. where Cherry Hill now stands. Besides this, he bought from time to time in other localities and States about 1,500 acres of land. Mr. M. Harrington's first regular house was made of logs, with puncheon floor. and, in the absence of nails, was covered with shakes held fast by weight poles. About the year 1820, he built a large frame barn now standing at Cherry Hill. the timbers of which are very large, and in 1829, he built a large frame house, which was burned in 1841. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. He married for his second wife Mrs. Ruth Pomeroy, formerly Miss Ruth Crane, daughter of Elihu Crane. She was the first white female child born in the township. She died about the year 1875. Matthews Harrington died April 1. 1864.
IRA P. HARRINGTON, farmer and dealer in agricultural implements, P. O. Albion, was born August 30, 1830, in this township, son of William Harrington, a native of same township, born March 22, 1805, died January 29, 1881; his remains are buried at Keepville, this county. Our subject's grandfather, a native of Vermont, came to this county abont 1800, and here spent the remainder of his days, being one of the very first settlers. Mr. Harrington was united in marriage, September 10, 1855, with Mahaley Bently, a daughter of Martin Bently; she was born in New York July 13. 1833. But one child blessed this union, dying in infancy. Mr. Harrington is now the owner of forty-three acres of well- improved land, situated near Albion Station; he deals extensively in agricultural imple- ments, selling a great number of the Rawson Mowers and Reapers, of which he makes a specialty. Both Mr. Harrington and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former is a member of the order of Freemasons. He enlisted August 22, 1862, in Company A. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served with the Army of the Potomac; he engaged-in the battle of Fredericksburg, and was after- ward appointed Commissary Sergeant of the brigade, serving as such sixteen months; then as Commissary of the division until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged May 5, 1865. After the war, he engaged in mercantile business at Keepville, Penn .; was also Postmaster. In the winter of 1879-80, he was an officer in the House of Representa- tives; he is a Republican in politics.
JOHN HARRINGTON, farmer, P. O. Keepville, was born September 6, 1835, in Conneaut Township, Erie County, Penn., son of William Harrington, also a native of Erie County, dying January 31, 1881. Our subject is a brother of Ira P. Harrington, whose biograpby appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. John Harrington was united in mar- riage, October 23, 1859, to Miss Mary, daughter of William Kinney, formerly of Crawford County, Penn. Seven children have crowned this union, viz., Alice A., Mark W., Mag- gie, Millie, Josie, Frankie and John R. Mr. Harrington enlisted during the late war, Au- gust, 1861, in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served in the Second Army Corps under Gen. Hancock, with the Army of the Potomac. After serving about a year, he was honorably discharged on account of disability, caused by disease contracted in the army. He is the owner of about one hundred acres of fine land, with nice buildings. He is a Republican in politics, and is one of the substantial men of Con- neaut Township, in which he has served as Township Auditor one term, and now as Road Commissioner. His grandfather, Harrington, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and assisted in getting Perry's fleet over the bar at Erie.
MRS. LUCY J. HEDDEN, P. O. Cherry Hill, was born March 31, 1835, in New York. She is a daughter of John Rose, who came to Erie County in 1832, settled near Albion, and died in 1868. Our subject was married, August 24, 1847, to Ephraim C. Hedden, born June 30, 1811, died April 3, 1882, at the age of seventy-one. All that knew him hold his memory in deepest respect. He left his widow in possession of his entire estate, upou a portion of
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which, in Cherry Hill, she is now residing. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hed- den, both living, viz., John G. and Charles R. The former is a blacksmith and carriage manufacturer. Cherry Hill; he was united in marriage, June 11, 1872. with Miss Martha Barrett, of Ohio. They are the parents of one child-Lena M., born February 8, 1879. They belong to the E. A. U. Mr. Hedden is a Republican in politics.
IRA HOGLE, farmer, P. O. Clark's Corners, Ohio, was born September 10, 1818, in the State of New York, and is a son of William Hogle, who came to Erie County when our subject was a small boy. He settled in Springfield Township, and was one of the prominent men of the county. He raised a family of ten children, and died about 1848. Ira Hogle was united in marriage, February 22, 1844, with Miss Pattie Pope, who died March 18, 1880. Six children were born to this union, two of whom died in infancy. The survivors are Flora (wife of Henry C. Dow), Wallace W., Ida E., Guy S. Mr. Hogle married for his second wife, December 13, 1880, Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, widow of Oren Bennett. and daughter of Russell Buffum, of Ashtabula County, Ohio. She was the mother of seven children by her first husband, viz., Mary A. (wife of Alfred Zimmerman), Joseph R., Olive E. (now the wife of E. Randall), Charles D., Emma J. (now the wife of Frank Washburn), William A. and John. Mr. Hogle has 153 acres of finely improved land. During the war he held the office of Town Commissioner. Three of his brothers engaged in the war-Manvill was killed at the battle of Lookout Mountain, but Horace and Hosea returned home after the conflict; both are now living in Ohio. Our subject is a Republican in politics, and during the war aided the Union by his able administration as Commissioner.
SAMUEL E. HUNTLEY, farmer, P. O. Clark's Corners, was born February 26, 1827, on the farm where he now resides, in Conneaut Township, Erie Co., Penn; lie is a son of Orin Huntley, who came from Pierpont, Ohio, in 1826; he was a native of the State of New York, and his wife of Connecticut. S. E. Huntley was united in marriage No- vember 31, 1852, with Miss Charlotte H., daughter of John Woodard, of Crawford County, Penn. ; her mother was a Foster, and is descended from the first family that ever settled in Beaver Township, Crawford County. Mrs. Huntley was born April 26, 1824, Five children, all now living, were born to this union-Lois J., wife of Oscar B. Wait; Mary J., wife of Perry Hayward; Lamira I., wife of L. L. Lewis; Caroline C., wife of Burt H. Fuller, and Florence A. Mr. Huntley owns 204 acres of well-improved land. All his chil- dren are living near him; he is a strong Republican, has held the office of Township Treas- urer; he has been in the dairy business eighteen years, and his wife has made $10,400 worth of butter and cheese in twelve years, besides what was consumed on the farm; at an early day. the Indians boiled salt on the farm now occupied by our subject; there is a salt spring on it, and a large chestnut tree grown over the cinders of the Indians' fire.
SAMUEL HURST, farmer, P. O. Albion, was born April 16, 1815, in England, son of Daniel Hurst, a native of Manchester, England. Samuel Hurst emigrated to America in 1838, returned to England in 1839, where he remained three years, and buried his par- ents; he returned to this country, settling in Erie County, Penn., in the year 1842; be- came naturalized five years after arriving, and with the exception of the time spent in the army has always resided in this county; he married his first wife in England, where she dicd, leaving one child, a resident of that country. Mr. Hurst was united in marriage, Novem- ber 30, 1845, with his second wife, Ann, daughter of Thomas Beaumant, an Englishman. To this union have been born five children, all dying in infancy, with the exception of Thomas, who survives, born May 23, 1847. Our subject eulisted September 1861, in Com- pany C. First Regiment Ohio Artillery; he served in the Army of the Cumberland, under Buell; he participated in the battle of Mill Spring and in several skirmishes. While in the army, he contracted rheumatism and chronic diarrhoea, from which he has never re- covered, and for which he receives a pension; he was discharged for disability in June, 1862; he was then abont forty-six years of age; he loves the country which he helped to defend as much as any native born citizen. Mr. Hurst is the owner of eighty acres of well-improved land near Albion; he is a member of the G. A. R.
LYSANDER P. JACKSON, farmer, P. O. Cherry Hill, was born in Elk Creek Township, Erie County, Penn., January 5, 1823, son of Lyman Jackson, a native of Vermont, who came to Erie County in 1805, with his father, and settled in what is now known as Albion, but at that time called Jacksonville, after the grandfather of our subject. This grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution; he raised a family of thirteen children, ten boys and three girls; seven of the former were soldiers in the war of 1812, and their father at the same time; but one of these uncles is now living, Abner, residing near Wellsville, Ohio. Our subject's father died in Wisconsin January 11, 1879; he was a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church for fifty years; he held the office of Justice of the Peace for a number of years, and was a very prominent man, and a devoted Christian, Lysander P. Jackson was united in marriage, May 21, 1846, with Miss Elizabeth, a daugh- ter of Robert McKee, and sister of James McKee, whose biography appears in this volume. They have one child, Sadie E., born July 29, 1852. L. P. Jackson has been in the saw mill business, was in the oil regions, and has also worked at the carpenter's trade; he was at one time in mercantile business, also Postmaster; he is now a very successful
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farmer, owning fifty-five acres of well-improved land; he is a Democrat in politics. Mrs. Jackson's brothers, William B. and Thomas J., make their home with them.
ABNER N. KEEP, farmer, P. O. Keepville, was born October 3, 1824, in Conneaut, Erie Co., Penn., on a farm located within half a mile of the one on which he now lives. He is a son of Marsena Keep, Jr., a native of New York, who came to this county with his father in 1803. Abner N. Keep's father lived in Conneaut all his life. The town- ship was then all woods, infested with a great number of wolves, bears and deer: lie caught many wolves for which a bounty was offered. He was married, in 1823, to Polly Hewitt, and they raised a family of eleven children, our subject heing the eldest. He married, October 12, 1848, Miss Maranda, daughter of Elijah Amidon, of Crawford Coun- ty, Penn. This union has resulted in the birth of nine children, all surviving, viz., Zach- ary T., born October 10, 1849; Ellen L., horn August 9, 1851; Emma, born February 28, 1853; Frank E., born September 8, 1855; Polly E., born October 28, 1857; Sallie L., born August 18, 1860; George A., born January 29, 1863; Marsena L., born December 14, 1864, and Hiram A., born February 2, 1867. Mr. and Mrs, Keep are both members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church; the former's father was one of the founders of the church at Keepville, where he is now buried, Mr. Keep owns 105 acres of well-improved land. He is a stanch Republican, was at one time a Whig; he and wife are members of the E. A. U.
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