(From Trumbull or Mahoning Counties.) Served from August 26, until November 8, 1812. Capt. Joshua T. Cotton Lieut. George Monteith Lieut. Edmond 0. Fanner Ensign Jacob Irwing Sergt. John Cotton Sergt. John Myer Sergt. George Wintermate Sergt. Abraham Wintermate Corp. John Carlton Corp. Boardman Robins Corp. John Russell Corp. George Ounsbury Fifer, Daniel Wick Privates […]
Downie, William; master painter; born, Cleveland, 1874; son of William and Margarite McLaughlan Downie; married, Warren, O.; 1896, Cora Evarts Green; issue, two sons; pres. Wm. Downie Co. and Downie Real Estate Co.; sec’y and treas. Whittle, Downie Sign Co., vice pres. Panama-Pacific Exposition Tour Co.; member Chamber of Commerce (member municipal committee), Clan Grant,
Severance, Solon L.; banker; born, Cleveland, Sept. 8, 1834; son of Solomon Lewis and Mary H. Long Severance; educated in district and private schools; married, Kinsman, O. Oct. 10, 1860, Emily C. Allen; issue, three children; Julia, now Mrs. B. L. Millikin; Prof. Allen D. Severance, and Miss Mary Severance; one of the organizers of
Sigler, Lucius M.; jeweler; born, Trumbull County, O.; son of Gilbert and Lorinda Tyrell Sigler; educated, Oberlin College; married, Trumbull County, O., Alice L. Silliman; issue, one son, Gilbert L. Sigler; in February, 1874, began business in Cleveland, forming a partnership with Chas. E. Sumner in the wholesale jewelry business; in May, 1875, bought Mr.
Sheadle, Jasper Holmes; Iron ore and lake transportation; born, New Bedford, Pa.; son of Obediah and Sarah Barnheisel Sheadle; educated, public schools and Hiram College; married, New York, Kate Buckingham; Republican; joined his father in banking business, in Girard, O.; two years teller of the Girard Savings Bank; at the age of 22 became asst.
A pioneer of this country before Wallowa County had a separate political existence, entrusted frequently with the duties and responsibilities of public office by his fellows, a prominent figure in the county today, and one who has assisted materially in up building the same and in its substantial advancement, the subject of this sketch is
Allen, Dudley Peter; surgeon; born, Kinsman, O., Mar. 25, 1852; son of Dudley and Janette (Frame) Allen; A. B., Oberlin, 1875, A. M., 1883; M. D., Harvard, 1880; (LL. D., Oberlin, 1908); married, Elizabeth S. Severance of Cleveland, Aug. 4, 1892; prof. principles and practice of surgery from 1893; now ’emeritus prof. surgery, Western Reserve
Taylor, John Warren; law and real estate; born, Mecca, O., Nov. 10, 1851; son of William D. and Mary A. Moran Taylor; educated, West Farmington Seminary, University of Michigan, LL. D., 1898; not married; adopted daughter, Mary B. F. Taylor; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1876; practiced in Warren, O., until 1884; resident
Everett, Sylvester T.; financier; born, Liberty, O., Nov. 27, 1838; son of Henry and Sarah von Pheil Everett; early education in district schools and Cleveland public schools; married, first time, January, 1860, Miss Mary Everett of Philadelphia; issue, four children; second marriage, Oct. 22, 1879, Alice Louise Wade, issue, two sons and three daughters; one
Peck, Francis J.; engineer; born, West Farmington, O., Sept. 7, 1866; son of Dr. Allen Francis and Cordelia A. Fuller Peck; educated, public schools, Cleveland and Warren, O., Hudson Academy, Hudson, O., University of Michigan, Ph. C., B. S., E. M.; married, Elyria, O., Nov. 20, 1901, Caroline Margaret Cramer; one daughter, Helen Dorothy Peck;
Wilson, Thomas H.; banker; born, Liberty, Trumbull County, O., Oct. 9, 1841; common school education; married, Youngstown, O., Nov. 10, 1863, Louise Fellows; issue, two sons, Willard and Henry Bliss; in 1860, began as clerk in private bank of Wick Bros. & Co., Youngstown, 0.; came to Cleveland in 1888, as cashier of First National
ISAAC SHAFER. – The venerable pioneer and estimable citizen of whom we now have the privilege to speak, is eminently worthy of a place in this volume of chronicles of Union county, since he has always maintained a high sense of honor, displaying stanch qualities of worth and courage, and since he gave himself to
Sigler, Gilbert Lee; merchant; born, Fowler, O., Feb. 28, 1874; son of Lucius M. and Alice L. Silliman Sigler; educated, Cleveland public schools and Case School of Applied Science; graduated, 1896; married, Cleveland, Oct. 6, 1897, Sarah Louisa Martin; issue, four children; treas. The Sigler Bros. Co.; member Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Athletic, Automobile, and
At the first enumeration of the inhabitants of eastern Vermont, as made by the authority of New York in 1771, Norwich was found to be the most populous of all the towns of Windsor County, having forty families and 206 inhabitants. Windsor followed with 203, and Hartford was third with 190. The aggregate population of
Sullivan, John J.; attorney; born, New York City, Oct. 25, 1860; son of Daniel J. and Mary (Sheehan) Sullivan; came to Trumbull County, O., at the age of 12; educated, common schools, and Academy at Gustavus, O.; married, Dec. 28, 1886, Warren, O., Olive S. Taylor, daughter of the late Matthew B. Taylor of Warren,
Dietz, William George; investment banker; born, Warren, O., April 7, 1857; son of August A. and Katherine Baehr Dietz; educated public school and in the private school of Miss Sackett, in Warren; graduated Hiram College, 1881, Ph. B.; married, Solon, O., Nov. 18, 1885, Jessie B. Pettibone; one daughter, Marian; deputy auditor Trumbull County, 1867-1877;
David C. Chase, the secretary and treasurer of the great Payette Valley Mercantile Company, Limited, doing business in Payette, Idaho, is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Johnsonville, Trumbull County, on the 26th of April 1853. He traces his descent from English ancestors who were early settlers of Connecticut, and participated in
J. O. Rudy, real estate agent, Mattoon; was born near Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky., May 1, 1827; his parents moved to Illinois, and settled near Paris, Edgar Co., in 1830; his early life was spent upon the farm, and his early experiences were those of a farmer’s son; his education was derived from the common
(Probably from Trumbull and Mahoning Counties). Served from August 26, until November 30, 1813. Capt. Warren Bissel Lieut. Caleb Baldwin Lieut. Alexander Reany Ensign, Nicholas McConnel Ensign, Joseph Porter Sergt. George A. Stilson Sergt. Asa Baldwin Sergt. Simon Hall Sergt. John Dowlin Sergt. Parkis Woodruff Sergt. Philarmon Stilson Sergt. Andrew Stull Sergt. Isaac Blackman Corp.
Brett, William Howard; librarian, Cleveland Public Library; born, Braceville, O., in 1846; son of Morgan Lewis and Jane Brokaw Brett; educated, public schools, Warren, O., studied Western Reserve College, Hudson, O., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; graduated from Hiram College, Hiram, O., degree A. M.; married, Cleveland, 1879, Alice L. Allen; issue, 6 children,
