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DANIEL ROSITER, farmer, P. O. Cherry Hill, was born August 17, 1835, in Con- neant Township, Erie County, Penn., aud is a son of Daniel and Sarah Rositer. The former. a native of Vermont, was a soldier in the war of 1812, for which he drew a pen- sion; he died February 19, 1884, in his ninetieth year. The latter, a native of Connecti- cut, was born June 1, 1792. This patriarchal couple lived together in Erie County over sixty-nine years. They were the parents of eleven children, four of whom are living in Erie County. Our subject was the youngest child. He was united in marriage to his first wife. Jane Furgison, of Springfield, July 4, 1853; she was a daughter of William Fur- gison. Seven children were born to this union, viz., Addie, wife of Samuel Randall; Will- iam H., George N., Silvey V., Nathan A., two children died in infancy. Mrs. Rositer de- parted this life April 3, 1880. On December 25, 1880, Mr. Rositer was united with his second wife, Huldey Dexter, a widow. daughter of James Lilley. Two children have crowned this union, the first dying when an infant; Junnie E. is now living. Mr. Rosi- ter enlisted in 1862, in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Second Corps under Hancock, with the Army of the Potomac, and par- ticipated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Culpepper Wil- derness, at the siege of Petersburg, and finally in the capture of Lee's army. While at Cold Harbor, he received a wound in his left leg. He served nearly three years, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. He owns ninety-seven and a half acres of well-improved land. Mr. Rositer is a Democrat in politics; a member of the G. A. R.
GEORGE RUNYAN, farmer, P. O. Albion, was horn March 5, 1835, in the State of New York, son of Henry and Emily Runyan, who came from New York to Erie County. in 1836. They were the first settlers in Elk Creek Township, where they lived for about a year, then settled on the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives. The father died in 1863, and his widow in 1880. George Runyan was married in October, 1865. to Miss Arrilla, daughter of Lindsy Anderson. Her parents were old settlers of Erie. Mr. and Mrs. Runyan have had three children born to them, viz., Homer E., born August 13.
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1863; Ida M , died in infancy, and Byron G., born January, 1872. Mrs. Runyan is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her husband is an A. O. U. W. Mr. Runyan nearly lost his life in 1880, by a bank barn falling, while he and others were trying to un- derpin the same; he is the owner of a nice farm of sixty-five-acres, situated near the sta- tion. Mr. Runyan is a Democrat in politics.
LIBERTY SALSBURY, farmer, P. O. Albion, was born March 28, 1822, in Con- neaut Township, Erie Co., Penn., son of John Salsbury, who came to this county from Vermont about 1800. He lived, died (February 10, 1834) and was buried on the homestead. where our subject now resides. Mr. L. Salsbury was united in marriage June 18, 1842, with Miss Anner, daughter of John S. Sherman, an old settler here. She was born Au- gust 9, 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Salsbury have been the parents of sixteen children, three of whom died in infancy. The survivors are: Sarah E., born April 13, 1843, now the wife of Henry Johnson; John S., born May 16, 1844; Polly A., wife of Henry Weed, born Sep- tember 7. 1815; Alonzo L., born October 14, 1847; Albert D., July 13, 1849; Susan A., born November 16, 1850, wife of William Joslin; Mary A., January 5, 1852, wife of Adelbert Marsh: Effie L., December 15, 1853; Martha M., March 31, 1855: Josephine J., December 31. 1857, wife of Clarence Borker: Vina B., December 15, 1858; Thomas C., July 21, 1860, and Lola A., August 23. 1865. Mr. Salsbury is an A. F. & A. M., and a member of the I. O. O. F., also L. S. R. A. He is a Republican in the fullest sense of the word. He is the owner of ninety-three acres of land. His father set out the first orchard in Conneaut Township.
ABNER P. SALSBURY, Justice of the Peace and farmer. P. O. Albion, was born September 2, 1835, in Tinmonth, Rutland Co., Vt .. of English descent. Nathan Salsbury, his grandfather and two brothers-John and Howard-came to America before the Revo- lutionary war. The latter two settled in Virginia and Delaware respectively, the former settled permanently in Vermont, locating in Danby, Rutland County; where he raised a large family, among whom was Howard, the father of the subject of this sketch. Howard Salsbury came to Conneaut, Erie Co., Penn., about the year 1800, settling on the piece of ground now occupied by his son. He was united in marriage, March 8, 1819, with Rebecca Pratt, daughter of Ahner Pratt, of Tinmouth, Vt. They were the parents of two children-John, the eldest, born January 10, 1821, in Tinmouth, Vt., who came to Con- neaut in 1845, a farmer by occupation. He removed to Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa, a short time before the rebellion. He was a member of the Twenty-ninth Regiment Iowa Volun- teers, losing his life in the Red River expedition May 6, 1863, and is buried on a battle- field at Helena, Ark. Howard Salsbury served in the war of 1812, under Perry, was school teacher of the early settlement, and Justice of the Peace for many years in this township; his office, a log building. was located a few feet east of our subject's present residence. He died about the year 1827, and is buried in the Springfield Cemetery, Erie County, Penn. His wife, born November 11, 1795, died November 16, 1881, in Tinmouth, Vt., lies there. Abner P. Salsbury spent the most of his life until twenty-five years of age in Tinmouth and Poultney, Rutland Co., Vt. He was a teacher in the common schools of Granville and Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y., for a number of years, coming West first in the spring of 1847, returning to Vermont the same year. October 6, 1851, he re- turned to Conneaut and settled permanently where he now resides. He was united in marriage, April 17, 1853. with Betsey E., daughter of Henry Wood, an early settler in the township. She was born August 13, 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Salsbury have been the parents of two daughters-the eldest, Emma J., born October 1, 1854, is now at home with her father; Eunice Lillian, born December 3, 1868, died January 3, 1875, and is buried in the Springfield Cemetery, Erie County, Penn. Our subject is a farmer by occupation. He is a Republican in Politics, formerly a Whig. He has served as Town Clerk for ten years, and held the office of Justice of the Peace for eighteen consecutive years on the same spot of land on which his father's office was located. He owns fifty acres of well-improved land, on which lie resides, and thirty-two acres of woodland in Springfield. Mr. Sals- bury's present family are all members of the church
CAPT. DAVID SAWDEY, third son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sawdey, was born in Providence, R. I .; his parents were of Scotch-Irish descent. When David was a mere child, his father moved to New Bedford, Mass. At the age of sixteen, he was apprenticed to a blacksmith, but soon afterward bought his time and embarked on a whaling voyage. He next engaged in mercantile trade with the East Indies, making several voyages; he gradually rose to the rank of Captain, and became half owner of the ship and cargo. On one of his return voyages, during the French and English war, he was taken prisoner by the English, his ship and cargo confiscated, and himself and crew thrown in prison; he was soon afterward released through the intercession of the United States Government, and returning to this country, opened a dry goods store at Paris, N. Y .. and shortly after- ward married Zerviah Smith, daughter of an eminent Quaker of New Bedford, Mass. In 1818. he sold out his interest in the dry goods trade to his partner, and bought a farm in Conneaut Township (where he settled in 1819), which is now known as the Sawdey farm, but at that time and long afterward known by the early settlers as Lexington, a town of 1,600 acres, laid out in town lots by Col. Dunning McNair, in 1797. He opened a store in
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1820, and for several years thereafter supplied the wants of the early settlers. In 1823, he was appointed Postmaster and held the office until it was moved to Pomeroy's Corners, and thence to Albion. David Sawdey, Samuel Bradish and Matthew Harrington were the first Commissioners of Conneaut Township. In 1837, he was elected to the Legislature along with Gen. Reed, and iu 1841, County Commissioner, which office he held for three years. His first wife died in 1847, and in 1849, he married Eliza A. Bond, of Fredonia, N. Y., who still survives him; he died December 5, 1857. By his last marriage, he had two children, a daughter, who died when a child, aud a son, D. A. Sawdey, who is now a practicing Attorney at Erie, Penn. The latter received an academic education at Fredonia, N. Y., and graduated from the literary department of the University of Michigan, in 1876; was a candidate for Clerk of the Courts, in 1879, and admitted to the Erie County bar as attorney December 1, 1881.
GEORGE L. SEARS, farmer and proprietor of a creamery, P. O. Albion, was born February 22, 1845, in Massachusetts, son of Layman Scars. Our subject, at the age of eighteen, went to Chautauqua County, N. Y., where he was engaged in manufacturing butter for about eight years. In 1871, Mr. Sears came to Erie County; he is now running the only regular creamery in Erie, situated about half a mile north of Albion, where he manufactures about 250 pounds of butter per day, which consumes the milk of about 300 coWS. The milk is placed in large vats, that stand in running water, and hold about 3,000 pounds of milk. The cream is churned iu large quantities. Mr. Sears was united in mar- riage. December 13, 1865, with Miss Laura Heminger, who was born in 1849 in the State of New York. Five children have beeu boru to this union- Wilson O., born May, 1867; Minnie, born May, 1870; Bertha, born June, 1877; Edgar H., born December, 1878; Frank M., born July, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Sears are members of the E. A. U. Society. The former is a Greenbacker in politics.
JOSEPH P. SMITH, merchant, Cherry Hill, was born September 18, 1843. in Ashtabula County, Ohio, son of Parker Smith, a resident of Cherry Hill. During the late rebellion our subject enlisted September, 1862, in Company I, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving under Gen. Avrell, in the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the battles of Winchester, White Sulphur Springs, Fredericksburg, Droop Mountains. Cham- bersburg. and in other engagements. He contracted typhoid fever in the winter of 1863-64, but served until his time expired, receiving his discharge at the close of the war. Mr. Smith was united in marriage, February 26, 1867, with Miss Julie, daughter of Rasell Chapman, of Erie County, one of the old settlers of this section. Two children have been born to this union, the first dying in infancy; the surviving child is Clifford W., born An- gust 1, 1873. Our subject is carrying a heavy stock of merchandise at Cherry Hill, where he has been in business since April, 1879. He is competing with the surrounding towns, and is doing a good trade. His goods are shipped via the Nickle Plate Railroad to Spring- field. He is a member of the G. A. R. and E. A. U., and is a sociable, business man.
MARTHA I. SPAULDING, Postmistress and merchant, Keepville, was born De- cember 8, 1830, in Erie County, N. Y., and is a daughter of Frederick Haughton, who came here from New York about 1832. She was united in marriage in 1848, with Dexter Spaulding, who was a son of David Spaulding, born in Erie County, Penn., in 1802. To this union were born five children-Dexter R., born August 20, 1849; Louis A., born Feb- ruary 2, 1852; Ellen, born January 2, 1854, died January 22, 1872, and Allie, born Novem- ber 22, 1859; Martha J., born January 21, 1864. died February 24, 1882. Mr. Spaulding departed this life February 14, 1882, in Hancock County, Ohio, and is buried at Keepville, Penn. Our subject has been engaged in mercantile business at Keepville, since her hus- band's death, carrying a nice little stock of general merchandise, supporting her family very nicely. In addition to the store, she has twenty acres of fine land, and is proving herself to be a better business manager than many of the opposite sex.
JONATHAN SPAULDING, farmer, P. O. Keepville, was born December 23, 1834, in Conneaut Township, Erie County, Penn., and is a son of David Spaulding, also a native of same township, and probably the first male child born therein. Our subject's grand- father, Spaulding, was a native of Vermont, and came to Erie County, Penn., in 1795. He married Margaret Stontz, and raised a family of eight children, many of whose de- sceudants are living in this county; he was a soldier of the war of 1812; died in 1855, aged eighty-three years, and is buried at Keepville. Our subject's father is still living in Con- neaut Township, and has raised a family of ten boys, six of whom are living; he has been one of the substantial men of his section for many years. Jord Lan Spaulding was united in marriage March 2, 1856, with Miss Loanda, daughter of Mart.) Bently. This union has been blessed with two children-Nora B. and David E. Mr. Spaulding enlisted, August 2, 1862, in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served in the Sec- ond Army Corpsunder Hancock. He was connected with the Army of the Potomac during the war, and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and in the seige of Petersburg, aud finally in the capture of Lee's army. He also took part in several minor engagements; he was honorably discharged in May, 1865, and returned home. He is a member of the G. A. R .; is the owner of 250 acres of fine land. In politics, he is a Republican. Our subject held the rank of
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First Lieutenant with the position of Quartermaster, having passed through a regular line of promotion from the position of private.
FRANCIS M. SPAULDING, farmer, P. O. Keepville, was born August 24, 1839, in Con- neaut Township, Erie Co., Penn., son of John and Priscella Spaulding. His father was a native of Erie County, and his mother of Ohio. The former was a son of Jonathan Spaulding, who settled here in 1801. John Spaulding died in 1873. His widow is still living with her son, John L .; he was Justice of the Peace many years, and at one time Director of the Poor; he was a prominent citizen; he was the father of eleven children, seveu of whom survive him. Our subject was united in marriage, March 24, 1864, with Miss Ange- line, daughter of John McClintock, of Ashtabula County, Ohio. She was born Novem- ber 30, 1840. They had one child which died in infancy. Mr. Spaulding owns about sixty acres of the old Cole homestead, and is the owner of the celebrated horse known as "Prince George," a three-quarter Percheron. Mr. Spaulding is a prominent man in this section; is Independent in politics, and a member of the Universalist Church.
GEORGE W. SPAULDING, farmer, P. O. Keepville, was born September 23, 1842 in Conneaut Township, Erie County, Penn., son of David Spaulding, born in same township. The father of David was a native of Vermont, and came to this county in an early day. Our subject enlisted in the army, 1862, in the One Hundred and Forty-nfth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving in Gen. Hancock's Corps in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Antietam. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, siege of Petersburg, and finally in the capture of Lee's army; he was honor- ably discharged, May, 1865. Our subject was united in marriage, November 19, 1865, with Josephine H., daughter of Garner Palmer, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. Three children have been born to this union-Florence, Garner and Nellie, all liv- ing at home. Mr. Spaulding is a descendant of one of the first settlers of Erie County, is the owner of 130 acres of well-improved land; he is an Anti-Monopolist in politics, was a good soldier, and is a good citizen.
EDWARD W. STUNTZ, farmer and local surveyor, Albion, was born July 29, 1812, and came to Albion with his parents in 1815; he had but poor opportunities in obtaining an education, attending a subscription school held in a log house, whose windows were made of greased paper; he attended school one term in the city of Erie, when near of age. While Deputy Sheriff of the county, Mr. Stuntz was united in marriage, December 25, 1836, with Miss Isabel, daughter of Amos Hilborn, of New York. Nine children have blessed this union, one of whom, Edward S., was killed, October 1, 1871, when twenty-two years of . age, by a log roliing on him. The names of the other children are as follows: Arba L., born May 22, 1838; Mary E., born July 23, 1839: Matilda, born January 20, 1842; Amanda J., born March 23, 1844, the wife of Dr. A. B. Herd; Martha R., born December 1, 1846; Harriet I., born August 15, 1852, the wife of J. J. Hewit; George H., born October 23, 1855, and Homer C., born January 29, 1858. The entire family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Stuntz possesses 150 acres of fine, improved land in the corporation of Albion, and a dairy of ten cows; he is a prosperous farmer, highly thought of in the community; he is a Republican in politics.
JOSHUA THORNTON, proprietor of grist mills, Albion, was born May 15. 1846, in England. and came to Erie, Penn., when only an infant, with his parents. Mr. Thorn- ton has lived in this county ever since May 16, 1876, when he married Miss Jennie Sher- man, boro March 31, 1847, daughter of William and Rachel Sherman; two children have been born to this union-Price, born June 17. 1879, and Leroy, born April 11, 1882. The father of the subject of this sketch purchased the Juliet Mills about 1861. the oldest grist mill in this section, situated near a beautiful artificial lake, in the northern part of the borough of Albion: it is run by water and steam, and does a large amount of business. Joshua Thornton is now the proprietor of this mill, and the owner of about twelve acres of fine land, on which is his residence; he is a pleasant social gentleman, a Republican in politics, and one of the most prosperous business men in Albion.
GEORGE Van RIPER, mannfacturer, P. O. Albion, was born February 6, 1847. in Erie County, Penn., a son of James and Elmina Van Riper, the former a native of New York, the latter of Erie County. Our subject was united in marriage, December 25, 1871, with Miss Daphna, daughter of Horace and Fannie Sanders. One child, dying in infancy, was born to this union. Our subject has always engaged in the manufacturing business, generally very successfully; he is now manufacturing lumber, staves, horse rakes, handles, cultivators, wooden scoops, etc. Mr. Van Riper and wife are members of the Methodist Church. The former is also a member of a Lodge of F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and E. A. U. In politics he is a Democrat.
GEORGE WARNER, railroad employe, Albion, was born May 30, 1823, in Germany, emigrating to this country in 1847, and coming to Erie County, Penn., about eighteen months later. He was united in marriage, in 1850, with Margaret, daughter of John Forbs, born March 15, 1832; her parents are old settlers of Erie County. Four children, all now living. were born to this union. viz .: Else M., wife of George Scott: Perry F .; Huldah M., wife of Richard Holmes, and Leroy G. In September, 1861, during the late war, Mr. Warner enlisted in the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers,
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serving in the Twelfth and Twentieth Corps, in the Armies of the Potomac and Cumber- land, commanded by Gen. Slocum. He first participated in the battles of Slanghter Mountains, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettys- burg: then his corps was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and he took part in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and was with Gen. Sherman in his celebrated march through Georgia. He was honorably discharged at Atlanta, Ga., hav- ing served three years. Mr. Warner was naturalized in the year 1871; he was a good sol- dier, and makes a first-class citizen. Since the war be has been in the employ of the E. & P. R. R. Co .; he is a member of G. A. R .; a Republican in politics.
JEDUTHAN WELLS, Justice of the Peace, manufacturer of oars, Albion, was born December 25, 1824, in Erie County, Penn., son of Franklin Wells, who came to this county from Vermont in 1820. Our subject passed through the common schools of this section in an early day, then attended the academy at Albion, and afterward the Grand River Institute at Austiuburg, Ohio. He was united in marriage, in 1844, with Mary J., daughter of Potter Sullivan, who came to Erie County about 1833. To this union have been born seven children, viz., Aurora H., Hattie P., wife of E. F. Daven- port, died June, 1876; Mary M., wife of Hon. Edgar Pierce, of Michigan; Rozine A., wife of M. J. Harrington; Franklin P., Sarah and Florence. Excepting the latter, all the fam- ily are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Wells is W. M., of the F. A. M., and A. P. G., of the I. O. O. F. He has served as Burgess of the borough of Albion several terms, and as Justice of the Peace for about thirty years. He is independent in polities. Mr. Wells has manufactured oars to a great extent at Albion.
MRS. HANNAH WRIGHT, Albion, was born April 5, 1829, in Conneaut Township, Erie County, Penn., daughter of Isaac and Ruth Pomeroy, the latter born in same town- ship April 20, 1799, and was probably the first white child horn in Erie County, although a cousin Eliza Crane, was born about the same date. She died June 28, 1874. Our sub- ject was married October 11, 1849, to George B. S. Montgomery, a native of Ohio, wlio departed this life November 23, 1872. Hannah was united in marriage, October 14, 1875, with John R. Wright. her present husband, who is a native of Franklin County, N. Y., born September 13, 1835. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Equitable Society. They own abont forty-seven acres of fine, improved land, on a portion of which the father and mother of our subject died, and where she was born. John R. Wright enlisted in 1864, in Fifteenth New York Engineers, and served with the Army of the Potomac at the battles of the Wilderness, siege of Petersburg, and at the capture of Lee's army. He received an honorable discharge July 16, 1865; he is a member of the G. A. R. He had the typhoid fever in 1865, and has never been physically sound since. He is a Republican in politics.
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LIBERTY BALL, farmer, P. O. Platea, was born in Girard, Erie Co., Penn., April 11. 1826, son of Samuel Ball, who came here in an early day, and raised a family of nine children, four now living, two residents of Erie County; he was a prominent farmer, and a man who took special interest in church matters; was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he died in 1876. Our subject was united in marriage, May, 1854, with Miss Martha, daughter of Philip Bristol, an old settler of Girard Township, and an influ- ential man in the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a Deacon. Mr. and Mrs. Ball were the parents of two children, both living-Floyd S. and Ray C. Mrs. Ball departed this life, August 4, 1874; onr subject owns 200 acres of fine land, part in Elk Creek and part in Girard Townships; he is a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics, he is a Republican.
JOHN BEAUMONT, merchant, Wellsburg, was born in England, May 30, 1827, and emigrated to Erie County, Penn., with his father in 1842, the remainder of the family fol- lowing in the summer of 1843. Mr. Beaumont, Sr., engaged in farming; he raised a fam- ily of eight children, four now living, residents of Erie County; his wife's decease occurred in 1866, and he followed her in 1877. Our subject has been twice married, the first time in 1852, to Miss Julia, daughter of Aaron Gary, an old settler of this county. One child, Ida A., wife of M. C. Peck, of Ashtabula County, Ohio, blessed this union. Mrs. Beaumont departed this life November, 1863, and in 1868, Mr. Beaumont married, for his second wife, Mrs. Almira Stevens, widow of W. Stevens, of Conneaut Township. This union has been crowned by the birth of one child-William P. Mr. Beaumont commenced his mercantile career as grocer on the Erie Extension Canal at Cranesville. Erie Co., Penn., in the year 1856. In 1873, hepurchased D. Roberts' entire interest in a general stock of merchandise in this place. For the want of store accomodations, he was compelled to move his stock of
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goods to Richmond, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1875, at which place he remained eight years. February 1, 1883, he came to Wellsburg, Penn., where he is carrying a heavy stock of general merchandise, worth not less than $13,000, and has a first-class trade, he is a sociable, genial gentleman as well as a good business man.
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