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G. W. BRAKEMAN. dry goods, boots, shoes and carpets, Union City, was born in Venango Co., Penn., in 1847, son of Lorenzo and Sarah (Thompson) Brakeman, natives of the same State. They moved from Mercer Co., Penn., to York Co., Neb., in 1870, where Mrs. Brakeman died. Our subject came to this city in 1870, engaging as a salesman until the spring of 1882, when he opened his present place of business in the Gillett Block. Possessing good business qualifications and carrying a good stock, he does a large and in- creasing business. Mr. Brakeman married, in Mercer Co., P'enn., in 1870, Almira C. Mccutcheon, a native of same. Three children blessed this union. all living. viz., James D., Frank E. and William. Our subject is connected with the M. E. Church, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., K. of H. and Royal Templars. He is a highly esteemed bus- iness man of Union City.
CHARLES W. BREED. farmer, P. O. Union City, was born in Hawley, Franklin Co., Mass., in 1822. son of John and Catherine (Fish) Breed, the former a native of Conn., the latter of Vt. They mig. ated to Crawford Co., Penn., in 1834, but after a year's res- idence there moved to Union Township, Erie Co., Penn. He was one of the pioneers in the wilderness, entering 100 acres of land in Crawford Co., and 60 in Wayne, where they passed the remainder of their lives. They reared a family of 11 children, 6 now living- Maria, John, Eunice S., Charles W., Catherine and Henry. Our subject was married, in this county, June 17, 1847, to Emma, daughter of Jacob Shepard, a distinguished pioneer of this county, where she was born. Six children were born to this union, but one surviving -Alta, wife of Willis Hubbell, who resides on the homestead. Mr. Breed settled on his present farm of 100 acres in 1849, which at that time was an unbroken wilderness, but which he has cleared and improved. He erected a commodious, substantial residence, and is living a quiet, unostentatious life. Mr. Breed is a member of the M. E. Church.
FERDINAND CARROLL was born in the North of Ireland in 1757, and spent his boyhood days with his widowed mother. He served a 7-years' apprenticeship at the weaver's trade, and when twenty-four married Isabella Johnson, who bore him 12 children. In the spring of 1801, he, with his wife and 10 children, set sail in an old war vessel for N. Y. After a stormy voyage of 8 weeks (during which his daughter Isabella died and was buried), he landed at New Castle, Del. Their destination was Chillicothe, Ohio, but. on arriving at Pittsburgh and hearing of the inducements offered by the Holland Land Co., Mr. Carroll, with his sons Samuel and George, came to Erie Co., where he purchased for $30 in gold, a Dutch pioneer's claim to Land Tract No. 159, on which was a rude hnt, and brought the family on pack-horses from Pittsburgh. He departed this life, Feb. 1, 1831, his wife Sept. 30, 1830. He beqneathed his estate to William, his youngest son. William married Hannah Slauson in 1820, by whom he had 10 children. She died in 1872. Wm. Carroll died in 1882, leaving the greater part of the homestead to George W., who, by ad-
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ditional purchases, has now 167 acres of land. He married, in 1863, Susan A., daughter of Levi Barnes, a pioneer of Union Township. She is a lady of rare energy and business capacity. In 1871, Mr. Carroll erected a cheese factory, which he is conducting success- fully, and is making annually over 50 tons of cheese. Mr. Carroll and wife are descended from pioneer stock. They are intelligent, progressive and highly esteemed citizens.
H. C. CHENEY, of Cheney & Lowry, chair manufacturers, Union City, was born in Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1836, and learned chair-making at Ashburnham, Mass. At the break- ing-out of the war, our subject, in 1861, enlisted in Co. G, 21st Mass. V. I. He was wounded in the arm in the battle a Camden, N. C., in April, 1862, and returned home on furlough. He rejoined his regiment in Aug., and participated in the 2d battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania, and was with Burnside at Roanoke, through the battle of the Wildernesss with Grant, and was again wounded at the mine explosion before Petersburg, Va., in July, 1864. He was mustered out Sept., 1864, at Wor- cester, Mass. Mr. Cheney, in 1870, contracted for clair-making at Jamestown, N. Y. Two years later, he became proprietor of a hotel at Canisteo, N. Y., but 4 years after re- turned to Jamestown. In 1881, he came to this city and organized this firm, of which he is the manager. They purchased the old factory of Wheeler and rebuilt it, but it was destroyed by fire the same year. The present edifice is 40x150 feet. The engine. boiler and dry-kiln room 36x64, and a new addition to the main 30x60. It is the largest manu- factory in the city, employing from 50 to 60 men. Mr. Cheney married at Fitch- burg, Mass., in 1861, Ellen P. Burgess, a native of the same, wlio bore him 2 sons- Harry C. and Louis I. Our subject is a member of the I. O. O. F., K. of P., and A. O. U. W.
H. L. CHURCH, of the firm of H. L. Church & Sous, millers, Union City, was born in Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn., in 1811. His father, Thomas Church, a native of Haddam, and his mother, Sallie N. (Parmelee) Church, born in Killingworth, moved to this town- ship in 1855, where Thomas passed the remainder of his life. Mrs. Church, an estimable lady, died aged ninety-four years one month and seventeen days. Three of their children are living -- H. L., Russell S. and Thomas R. Mr. Church entered mercantile trade in Union City in 1855, under the firm name of Summerton & Church, erecting and conduct- ing the Union City Mills, until 1864, when they dissolved. Mr. Church retained his in- terest, and Charles H. and R. S., his sons, are now associated with him. The mill has { run of buhrs, with a capacity of 25 barrels per day, besides an extensive run of custom work. A saw mill, rebuilt in 1855, is also run in connection with the same. The water-power is supplied by a dam erected in 1800. Mr. Church married in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1838, to E. M. J., daughter of Henry Whitney, a native of Oneida Co., N. Y .; of the children born to this union, 4 are living-Charles, R. S. second, Horatio L. and Carrie E. Mr. Church served as Treasurer of Warren Co., Penn., one term and has filled various offices of trust in this township. He is one of the active business workers of this city.
W. E. CLARKE, produce dealer, Union City. The Clarke family are of English stock. John Clarke, from whom the later generations sprang, was the founder of Rhode Island. Our subject was born in Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 22, 1838, and is a son of Isaac D. and Sophia (Taft) Clarke, who came to the West in 1847, and settled in Wattsburg, Erie Co .. where the latter died in 1865. John, who has attained the age of eighty years, is the father of 4 children-Artemus N. and Henry T., residents of Omaha; W. E. and Augus- tus W., of Papillion, Neb. Mr. Clarke has been dealing in produce since 1861, and is no doubt the most extensive butter buyer in Erie Co. His business averages $100,000 per annum in produce. He is also largely engaged in real estate, bonds and mortgages. Mr. Clarke was married at Waterford, Erie Co., Penn., in 1877, to Mary A., daughter of S. G. Brotherton. Three children have been born to this union-Ward B. Louis S. and Edith H.
L. S. CLOUGH, wholesale lumber dealer, Union City, is a grandson of Levi Clough, a native of the State of N. Y., where he was reared, educated and married. In early life, he worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner, and afterward followed farming. When about eighteen years of age, he settled in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he married and resided many years. For several years previous to his death, he resided with his son in Crawford Co., Penn., and there retired from active business, and enjoyed the fruits of his past labors and the loving care of his children and friends. Walter R. Clough, his son, and father of our subject, was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1826. He remained at home assisting to till the home farm and receiving an education, until he was twenty-one years of age. He then began farming on his own account, and in 1854 came to Penn., and settled in Sparta, Crawford Co., where he remained until 1874. and then removed to Dover, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where he now resides, engaged in fruit farming. His wife, Melissa H. (Smith) Clough, is a native of N. Y. State, born about 10 miles east of Lockport. She is a daugh- ter of Levi Smith, of R. I., a participant of the war of 1813, who died in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, after a long and useful life. Mrs. Clough is the mother of 7 children, viz., L. S., Emma A., Kate A .. George W., Alton A .. Eugene D. and Charles L. Levi Smith Clough, the subject of this sketch, was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Feb. 11, 1848. At eighteen years of age, he left home and engaged in working at the trade of car-
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penter and joiner, and thereby earned the means which enabled him to buy books and se cure an education. After about 2 years' experience at the carpenter's trade, he began con- tracting, and 8 years later engaged in the wholesale lumber business. Since 1876, he has been residing in Union City, where he has built up a large and increasing business. When he opened his business here, it was on the small capital of $4,500, but by perse- verance, honesty and industry, he has met with success, and now carries an average stock of $15,000, and besides is engaged in manufacturing in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and Craw- ford Co., Penn. His residence, a model of refinement and neatness, shows its owner to be a wide-awake and public-spirited citizen. In July, 1876, he married Miss Sarah M., daugh- ter of Perry G. Stranahau, whose portrait and biography appear elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Clough is an active member of the order A., F. & A. M., and though yet young, is looked upon as one of the leading and enterprising men of Union City.
JOHN S. COE, farmer, P. O. Union City, was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1815, son of Samuel and Sally Coe., the former of Conn. and the latter of Madison Co., N. Y., a daughter of John Stockholm, a native of Newport, England. They came to Erie Co. in 1837, and, excepting a short residence at Mayville, lived here till their deaths. They reared 9 children, 8 now living. Our subject, John S., came to Erie Co. in 1836, empty handed. He worked for $10 per month, but by perseverance and frugality was enabled to purchase 100 acres of land, which he has, by additional purchases, increased to 256 acres. He was united in marriage, Nov. 4, 1841, with Eliza Louther, now deceased, a native of this county; she was the mother of 3 children-Mary E., George W. and Martha J. George W. enlisted Oct. 16, 1864, in the 145th Reg. P. V. I .; was taken prisoner and died at Anderson- ville. Mr. Coe's second union was with Lucy Utter, a native of Allegany Co. N. Y .; 3 children have blessed this marriage, viz., John E., Charles S. and Ella E. Mr. Coe is descended from one of the esteemed pioneer families of this county.
ELI DUNCOMBE, deceased. Among the early ancestry of this gentleman, was Sir Charles Duncombe, who emigrated from England to Boston in 1730, married in that city, and reared a family of 4 sons and 1 daughter. Charles, the eldest son, was born in 1747; married Mary Treadwell, and moved to Conn. Their family consisted of 5 sons and 1 daughter. David, the 3d son of Charles, was born in Conn. in 1777, amid the living events of the Revolution. After the war, his parents moved with him and some of his brothers from Conn. to Stamford, Delaware Co., N. Y. David was married, in Stamford. in 1802, to Phebe Nickols, of that place. To them were born 3 sons-Eli, Almond and Charles H. Eli Duncombe, the subject of this sketch was born in Stamford, Delaware Co., N. Y .. in 1804. His early days were spent at the farm home of his father, he receiving such school training as could be imparted in those early days. At the age of twenty, he entered the study and practice of medicine with his cousin, Dr. C. H. Duncombe, of St. Thomas, Can. In 1827, he married Selina Champlain, of Stamford, Delaware Co., N. Y. In the spring of 1830. in company with his parents and their family, they moved to the then "far West," and located in Amity Township, Erie Co., Penn., on French Creek, 2 miles below Watts- burg. Here in the unbroken forest he formed the nucleus of his new home, and by the assistance of a frugal and industrious wife they soon found themselves surrounded by a very pleasant home. To them were born 4 sons and 2 daughters, 2 of whom died in infancy. To these he gave the best educational advantages the country afforded, fitting them to oc- cupy the most worthy position of citizenship. His counsel was sought on all subjects of public note, and where arbitration could prevent litigation, few if any equaled him in adjusting difficulties. He served his township in various official capacities, not from choice, but in obedience to the demands of its citizens. His study was laden with the most practical, historical and progressive literature of the day, of which he was a close student. He was zealously attached to the interests of the church in his home town of Wattsburg, and very few can be found who contributed more or labored more assiduously in advancing its usefulness. He died, of congestion of the lungs, in the spring of 1877, aged seventy-three years. Mrs. Duncombe is still living (1884) with her daughter, Mrs. W. T. Everson, in Union City, in her eighty-first year.
W. T. EVERSON, Union City, Penn., was born in 1827, in Moravia, N, Y. His parents, Wm. and Catherine (Thompson) Everson, were natives of N. J .; his school educa- cation was completed at the Homer Academy at the age of eighteen years, when he en- gaged in teaching school in the counties of Onondaga and Cayuga, N. Y., for 6 years. In 1851, he taught school in Ripley, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. In 1858, he located in Wattsburg, Erie Co., where he carried on wagon manufacturing for a number of years. In 1857, he mar- ried Phebe J., only surviving daughter of Eli and Selina Duncombe, of Amity, Erie Co., but uatives of Delaware Co., N. Y. (See biography of Eli Duncombe.) Mr. Everson's family consists of 3 children-Wm. E. and 2 adopted children, J. F. Duncombe, orphan and nephew of Mrs. E. and Mary C., adopted from the Home in N. Y. Mr. E. engaged in producing and refining petroleum oils in 1862, and was actively engaged for 6 years, when he returned to Amity, Erie Co., and engaged in farming. With former experience and practical life, he soon became a noted agriculturist, and his counsels were sought after by patrons of husbandry throughout the entire State. He was the Prohibition candidate for Congress in fall of 1882, receiving a very complimentary vote for the infant cause in
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which he is zealously engaged. Mr. Everson is at present Director and Vice President in the Farmers' Trust Co., a banking institution organized in Union City in 1883. He is highly esteemed and respected by all who know him. He is a member of the M. E. Church, in which he has acted in the capacity of Class Leader and Sunday School Superintendent a large portion of his life.
A. O. GILLETT, furniture dealer and undertaker, Gillett Block, Union City, second child and only son born to William A. and Julia A. (Organ) Gillett, natives of Geauga Co., Ohio, and Putnam Co., N. Y., respectively. They moved on a farm in Union Township, Erie Co., Penn. They now reside in Union City. Our subject was born in 1841, in Steuben Co., N. Y. He remained on the homestead farm until eighteen years of age. He was second to respond to the first call for troops in this place, and served 3 months in Co. H, 83d P. V. I. After his return, he engaged in various mercantile pursuits, and established the first fur- niture store in this city, in Brooklyn Block, which was destroyed by fire in 1878. Recov- ering from this severe loss, he erected the Gillett Block, cor. Main and Market streets, which is a monument to his enterprise; it has a frontage of 41 ft., depth 102 ft., also a frontage of 21x61 ft. on Market street. His furniture store and undertaking establishment is the largest husiness house in the city, and he carries an average stock of $6.000. He has a large trade, getting the bulk of this class of business. He is a member of the School Board, and has served 3 years in the City Council; is also a member of the K. of H. and I. O. O. F. Mr. Gillett married in this city, in 1867, Caroline, daughter of Alex. Whitney, of Chantauqua Co., N. Y., who bore him 3 children-Willie H., Maud E. and Martha J. OSCAR GLEZEN, blacksmith, Union City, is a native of Broome Co., N. Y., born in ៛ 1827. He is a son of Marcellns and Abigail (Howland) Glezen, who were the parents of 2 children-Ezra F., of Tompkins Co., N. Y., and Oscar. Mrs. Glezen was a native of Delaware Co., and Mr. Glezen of Berkshire Co., Mass., and died at the age of eighty-five at New Jersey. Our subject, with the family moved to Tioga when a boy, and there he learned his trade. Mr. Glezen remained at home until his marriage, in 1850, with Sarah S. Cross, a native of Berkshire Co., Mass. They came to this city in 1869, and Mr. Glezen opened a shop which was destroyed by fire Aug .. 8, 1875. In March, 1883, he opened his present shop, where he does a large and increasing trade, employing 3 men continually. His eldest son-James L., was connected with him in business until his death in 1877. Oscar B., his second son, is a resident of Tioga County. Mr. Glezen served as Justice of the Peace in Tioga Co. 9 years, Justice of the Sessions 1 year, and as Assistant Revenue Assessor 5 years. He was one of the City Council for a term, and is a member of the Presbyterian Clinrch, the I. O. O. F., and E. A. U.
C. N. GOUCHER, physician, Union City, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1845, son of William S. and Deborah (Webb) Goncher, natives of Ohio and residents of Green- ville, Penn., where he is Justice of the Peace. Of their 5 children, only C. N. survives. Our subject acquired his education in the schools of Hartford, Ohio, and graduated at the Henniston Institute, in Cleveland, in 1863. Then for 4 years he applied himself to the study of medicine with Dr. Allen Jones, of Kinsman, Ohio, completing same at the Cleveland Medical College, graduating in the class of 1869. In 1870, he began to practice In Girard, Ohio, remaining 4 years, when he moved to Mercer Co., Penn .; thence to this city in 1881, where he has since very successfully followed his profession. Dr. Goucher was married in Girard. in 1871, to Emma Kincade, a native of same, and a daughter of Joseph Kincade; 1 son-Willie, has blessed this union. Mrs. Goncher died in 1872. Mr. Goucher subsequently remarried in Mercer Co., Penn., Louisa, daughter of Geo. Battiger, a native of same county: 2 children have been born to this union, viz., Addie B. aud Curtis N. The Doctor is connected with the Presbyterian Church, and is a member of the I. O. O. F.
HENRY N. HALL, proprietor of market on Main St., Union City, one of our active business men, is the only son of Noah Hall. who was born in Warren Co., Ohio. In 1836. he married, in Orleans Co., N. Y., Evaline Drake, a native of same, and soon after moved to Burton, Ohio, where he engaged in mercantile trade until 1843, when he returned to Orleans Co., dealing in stock, which he drove over the mountains to Philadelphia. Leaving his family enjoying the comforts of his home, he returned, in 1847, to Burton on business: from thence journeyed to Shiloh, Richland Co., Ohio, where he was murdered in cold blood by R. G. M. Ward, with whom he was boarding, in March, 1852, and who escaped the law. but afterward was sentenced to be hung for murdering a woman, and, before execution, confessed to the murder of Mr. Hall and an unknown peddler. His widow subsequently purchased a farm and hotel in Riceville, Penn., where she settled with her family and passed the remainder of her life. Onr subject was born in Burton, Ohio, in 1839. He as- sumed the proprietorship of the hotel at Riceville, Penn., for several years. After 1861, he entered the mercantile trade and manufactured barrels; 7 years later he disposed of his interest and came to this city, where he conducted a market several years. From 1877 to 1880, he ran a wholesale and retail flour and feed store at Tarport, Mckean Co., Penn. At the expiration of this time he returned to this city and opened his present place of bus- iness. He employs 2 men, and with the assistance of his son attends to his large and in- creasing trade. During the late war lie was drafted in 1862 and 1863 for the Union army, and furnished 2 substitutes. Mr. Hall has about 400 acres of land in Crawford Co., where
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he carried on the lumber trade for a short time. He served as a member of the Council at Riceville, and is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and the K. of H. His mar- riage to Mary E. Mallery, of Jamestown, N. Y., occurred at Riceville in 1863. She was a daughter of Wm. Mallery, an early settler of Riceville, where she was reared and educated. She died in 1880, leaving one son-J. Park. Mr. Hall was again married, on this occasion Sept. 5, 1883, to Abbie V. Burchfield, of Edinboro, Penn.
EDWIN W. HATCH, broom manufacturer, Union City, was born in Amity Town- ship, Erie Co., in 1835. He is a grandson of Roswell (a soldier in 1812, a prominent char- acter, founder of the M. E. Church at Hatch Hollow, where he passed his life), and son of Jason C. Hatch, born in Herkimer Co. in 1806, and who married Maryann King; she died in 1838, and he afterward married her younger sister, Elizabeth, daughter of Levi King, born in Vt. in 1784, who with his father, Adinijah, born in 1857, settled in Waterford Township in 1815. Adinijah, familiarly known as the Yankee King, died at Waterford. Levi purchased our subject's estate, but moved to Amity, where he died. To Jason C. were born 15 children, 10 surviving-Edwin, Daniel W., George, Arvilla, Julia, Scott, EI- win, Wilson, Eugene and Fred. Daniel W., George and Cyrus served in the late war; the latter was killed in the second battle of Fredericksburg. The family settled in Amity Township in 1825. Jason and William, his older brothers, entered 2 tracts of 200 acres each, and erected the first saw mill in the township, which was operated by the Hatch fam- ily until 1872. Jason was extensively engaged in farming, and at the time of his death in 1865 owned over 600 acres of land. Our subject married, in Amity Township, in 1856, Nancy, daughter of Ira Chaffe, one of the pioneer settlers of Amity Township, Erie Co. Their children are Leon W., Frank P., P. Luther and Augustus E. Mr. Hatch came to Union City in 1872, engaging in business. He purchased and improved a tract of land known as the Hatch Hill, on which he erected his residence. Our subject made staves until 1875, when his place was burned. In 1876, he, with his brother George, erected the broom fac- tory, with a capacity of 10 dozen brooms per day. George withdrew in 1879, and he ad- mitted his sons. Leon W. and Frank, as partners, and increased the capacity to 30 dozen per day. Mr. H. has been connected with the M. E. Church for the past 26 years, and was Superintendent of Sabbath school 15 years.
J. P. HEARN, photographer, Union City, is a native of Devonshire, England, born in 1846. He immigrated with his brother- John in 1872, locating in Ottawa, Canada, 1 year; thence to St. Catharines, Ontario. where he was a pupil of G. F. Maitland, with whom he remained 1 year in St. Catharines, and 2 years in Buffalo, N. Y. In the spring of 1875 he came to this city, built and opened a photograph gallery, which was destroyed in the "Brooklyn Fire" in 1879; he lost his entire stock. By pluck and perseverance he again established himself in business, over the post office, where he has fitted a gallery with all modern improvements, and has built up a large trade. He is a fine artist, and specimens of his handiwork not only attest to his skill, but to the progress of photography. Mr. Hearn was united in marriage, Sept., 1878, with Annie McClelland, a native of St. Catha- rines, Ontario. Their eldest child, Robert Raleigh, was born Sept. 19, 1880; George Leland was born Oct. 21, 1882, died Jan. 14, 1883; Lulu Alice was born Feb. 27, 1884. Our subject is a member of the M. E. Church, in which he is chorister and a teacher in the Sabbath school. He is also an honored member of the I. O. O. F. society.
D. B. HITCHCOCK, farmer, contractor and builder, P. O. Union City. was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., in 1830, son of Darius and Elizabeth (Bailey) Hitchcock, both resi- dents of that place. Our subject came to Erie Co. in 1853, and located in Amity Town- ship, where he remained until 1870, when he sold this farm and went to Kan. and was en- gaged in stock-raising and farming 10 years. In 1880, he returned to Erie Co. and pur- chased in Union Township his present farm of 140 acres, well known as the Smith farm. This he has greatly improved, and has erected a fine, commodious, residence. Mr. Hitchcock was united in marriage, in 1855, with Elsie E., daughter of Sylvester Inman, of this county. The children now living born to this union are Adelaide A., Devillo B., Esther E., Mortimer B., Minnie M., Elsie E. and Melvin D. In 1870, Mr. Hitchcock re- signed the office of Commissioner. On going West he served as Justice of the Peace during his residence in Kan., and has held other offices of trust. He is a man of enterprise.
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