BENJAMIN K. BAKER, one of the proprietors of the planing and saw mill in Orwell, Ohio, and a man of superior worth of character, was born in that city, Oct. 8, 1851.  His father, Josiah W. Baker, was a pioneer of Ohio, and well and favorably known for his many estimable qualities.
     The subject of this sketch was reared until the age of fifteen on the home farm, and attended the Orwell graded and public schools.  His occupation after completing his education was varied.  He spent three seasons on the road in the lightning-rod business, one season with a circus and menagerie, owned by his brother-in-law, M. M. Hilliard, and was in J. W. Baker's hotel at Orwell for three years.  In 1881 Mr. Baker, in company with Mr. Paine, purchased the planing-mill in Orwell.  After conducting it a year Mr. Baker bought his partners interest, and subsequently admitted to an equal partnership Mr. Kile.  Mr. Kile afterward sold his interest to his brother, who, with Mr. Baker, then built a sawmill, which they equipped with all the modern and improved machinery, where they do every kind of planing work, and manufacture everything in the line except sash and doors.  They also operate a lumberyard, where they supply builders and contractors with every kind of building material.  Besides this, they have a large trade for pump tubes, which are used in oil wells throughout the Eastern oil fields.  Independently of his business Mr. Baker is a large land owner, having fifty acres in Windsor township, and owns a substantial residence in Orwell, on which he carries $500 insurance.  This prosperity has followed Mr. Baker’s industrious and persevering efforts, and he justly deserves his good fortune.
     May 25, 1876, Mr. Baker was married to Miss Alice M. Childs, a lady of engaging personality, a resident of Rome, Ohio.  Her parents, Horace and Ruby (Cooley) Childs, were both natives of New York State, the former born in Rensselaer county, June 25, 1817, and the latter in Orange county, Dec. 19, 1820.  Mrs. Baker’s father was a farmer and mechanic and settled in Rome, Ohio, at an early day.  He died there Mar. 7, 1874, leaving many friends to mourn his loss.  His worthy wife survived him many years, expiring in Orwell, Feb. 12, 1889, likewise deeply regretted.  They had nine children: William R., born Sept. 12, 1840; Cynthia J., born Oct. 11, 1842, married Myron Dutton, a prominent citizen of Thompson, Ohio, and her death occurred in that place, Nov. 22, 1870; Maretta L., born in Sheffield, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1846, died May 6, 1888; Orrin H., also born in Sheffield, Apr. 2, 1848; Alice M., wife of the subject of this sketch, born in Rome, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1850; Melvin A. and Mary A., twins, born in Rome, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1854; the former died Nov. 23, 1874, and the latter married Ernest Blanchard, of Orwell, Ohio; Nelson P., born May 20, 1856; Frank E., born Mar. 30, 1859, resides in Merrill, Michigan.  Mr. and Mrs. Baker have one child, Cora May, who was born Dec. 27, 1876, and who already enjoys a reputation for ability beyond her years.  In the spring of 1893, when but sixteen years of age, she graduated at the Orwell Normal Institute, and, although the youngest in her class, held her audience spell-bound by the strong and earnest delivery, comprehensive breadth of thought, and rhetorical execution of her essay.  Her education completed, Miss Cora is not content to lapse into a life of ease, but is preparing herself for the duties of a stenographer and typewriter.  She is an elocutionist of note and has assisted at numerous public entertainments.  Mr. and Mrs. Baker and daugh- are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Orwell.
     In politics, Mr. Baker is a Democrat, and has held, several offices of public trust.  He is now a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Education of the special district, in both of which he has done able service.  He is trustworthy and public-spirited, and of a kind and generous disposition, deservedly enjoying the high regard of all worthy men.
  Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page  284

DR. CLINTON D. BAKER, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1859, son of Lewis and Sarah A. (Webb) Baker.
     Lewis Baker was born and reared in Buffalo, New York, the date of his birth being 1812. His father, William Baker, owned the land on which a large part of Buffalo now stands.  Lewis Baker moved to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, when a young man, and was married at the age of twenty-three, his bride being "sweet sixteen." His whole life was spent in agricultural pursuits.  A true Christian, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, honorable and upright in his dealings with his fellow men, industrious, public spirited and generous, his life was one worthy of emulation.  In his home genial hospitality was dispensed to all, and especially did the Methodist minister find a warm reception there. Oct. 24,1883, at the age of seventy-one years, he passed from earth to his reward.  His widow, born May 10, 1819, is still living.  They reared a large family to occupy useful and honorable positions in life, and of them we make the following record: James, who served five years as Drum Major of Company E, One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, married Miss Laura Alden, and is now a resident of Spring Creek, Warren county, Pennsylvania; Josiah W., First Lieutenant of Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was detailed as Captain of Company G, and was acting as such in the battle of the Wilderness when he was shot and instantly killed, aged twenty-six and unmarried; William, an extensive lumber dealer of Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, married Abi Grant, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Grant; Adelia, wife of William Bates, resides on a farm in Crawford county, Pennsylvania; Agnes and her husband, Dr. John Gray, are both deceased; Mary E. is the wife of L. E. Pearce, a banker and prominent citizen of Morris, Minnesota; Ellen M., wife of J. H. Symons, of Elyria, Ohio; Frances, wife of William Baker, is deceased; Sarah, who died at the age of nine years; Clinton D.; Irvin W., who married Minnie Foreman, is in the lumber business with his brother in Spring Creek.
     Dr. Clinton D. Baker received a common and high-school education and then served an apprenticeship in pharmacy, under G. W. Clarkson, M. D. After this he became a member of the firm of Weist & Baker in a drug store, and before they had conducted business a year were burned out. This was in 1873. The following seven years he was employed as traveling salesman.  Then, in company with Dr. W. O. Gilson, he bought a drug store at Spring Creek, and while in this business be­gan the study of medicine.  He passed the State examination in pharmacy.  Then he took a three years' course at the "Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, graduating with the class of 1892, and after his graduation established himself in the practice of his profession at Conneaut, where he is meeting with excellent success.
     Dr. Baker was married June 11, 1885, to Miss Laura B. Calvin, daughter of Atchison and Essie Calvin, of Brookville, Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, her people being of Scotch descent.  She is a line pianist, has a beautiful voice, and is a graduate in music.  They have one child, Harold Lewis. Mrs. Baker is a member of the Presbyterian Church.  The Doctor is a stanch Republican.  He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow and is also a member of the Equitable Aid Union.
  Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page  258

O. P. BAKER, A farmer of Richmond township, Ashtabula county, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, June 12, 1847, a son of Nathan T. Baker, who was born in Penfield, Monroe county, New York, Mar. 24, 1821.  The latter's father, Stephen Baker, was a native of that county, and his father, Elisha Baker, was also born in New York.  Stephen Baker married Betsy Clark, a native of Connecticut.  They had ten children, viz.:  William, Sarah, George, Adaline, Nathan, Elisha, Betsy, Eunice, Maria and Mary J.  The father was a carpenter and farmer, voted with the Whig party, and was a member of the Baptist Church.  He died at the age of eighty-two years, and his wife departed this life at the age of sixty years.  Nathan Baker remained in New York until eighteen years of age, spent eleven years in Russell township, Geauga county, later went to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and in 1865 came to his present farm of 186 acres in Ashtabula county.  He has a good, thirteen-room house, a large barn and a diary.
     Mr. Baker was married at Chardon, Geauga county, September, Sept. 1, 1846, to Tilmida Paine, a native of Monroe county, New York, and a daughter of Eben Paine, a native of Vermont.  His father was also a native of that State.  Eben Paine married Rhoda Thompson, a native of Vermont, and a daughter of Ben Thompson.  The father died when Mrs. Baker was ten years of age after which the widow and children came to Geauga county, Ohio.  They had five children, Abdon, Eder, Samuel, Rhoda and Philena.  The mother died Dec. 7, 1871.  Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Baker have two children, Omer Paine of this township; and Emer Turner, who is married and has one child.
     O. P. Baker, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.  He is a mason by trade, and has followed that occupation many years.  In 1865 he came to Richmond township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and in 1881 located on his farm of fifty-three acres, which is well improved, and contains good buildings.  Mr. Baker was married at the age of twenty-two years, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, to Frances H. Nims, a native of that State, and a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Bailey) Nims.  To this union was born four children:  E. C., a popular teacher of Ashtabula County; Ernest W.; Eda, wife of E. Hulett; and Mabel.  The wife and mother died in August, 1878.  In February, 1882, Mr. Baker was united in marriage with Mrs. Catherine Reed, widow of Charles Reed.  By her first marriage she had two children, Nellie and Lizzie, the latter now deceased.  Our subject and wife have two sons, Omer and Carl.  Mr. Baker is identified with the Democratic party.
Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 992

L. I. BALDWIN, a venerable citizen of Conneaut, for several years engaged in milling, and now retired from active business, dates his birth in Oneida county, New York, October 26, 1811. The facts in regard to his life and ancestry have been gleaned and are herewith presented.
     The Baldwins trace their ancestry back to Nathaniel Baldwin, of England, whose son, Samuel, was the father of Nathaniel Baldwin, the great-great-grandfather of the subject of our sketch. Nathaniel Baldwin and his wife, nee Abigail Camp, came from England to America and settled in Milford, Connecticut, in 1639. He was born in Bucks county, England, and died in Connecticut in 1658. His wife died March 22, 1648. At the time they came to America his brothers, Timothy, Joseph, John and Richard, also came. Nathaniel and Abigail Baldwin had seven children: John, Daniel, Nathaniel, Abigail, Samuel, Sarah and Deborah.  Samuel, the fifth, was born November 28, 1744, and died February 22,1804. His wife, who before her marriage was Mercy Stanley, died January 6, 1768. They had a family of six sons and five daughters, one of whom, Enos Stanley Baldwin, married Charlotte Bailey, and had four sons and four daughters. Enos S. died October 20, 1828, and his wife died February 26,1815. One of their four sons, Remus, the father of L. I., was born in Milford, October 5, 1791, and his wife, whose maiden name was Julia Ives, was born December 20, 1787, she, too, being a native of Connecticut.
     Remus Baldwin moved to New York and subsequently to Pennsylvania, in Erie, in the latter State, spending the closing days of his life. He was for some time engaged in farming and afterward in various occupations. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years, he being an officer in the Church. They were married September 9, 1810. Their family of live children is as follows: L. I.; Almira C., wife of David Brand, is deceased, as also is her husband; Samuel, who married Abigail Snow, is deceased; Horace and his wife, Nancy A. (Welton), are both deceased; and Caleb Parker, unmarried, died on the Pacific ocean, July 29, 1852, while on his way to California, the supposed cause of his death being cholera. The father of this family died in Erie, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1853; the mother at the same place, February 10, 1873.
     L. I. Baldwin removed with his parents from Oneidato Genesee county, New York, and in 1820 to Cattaraugus county, same State, whence they afterward removed to Erie county, Pennsylvania. He remained on the farm with his father until after they went to Erie county, when he located at Erie for the purpose of learning a trade, that of woolen manufacturer. After remaining there six years, he went back to the farm. For many years he farmed in Erie county. In the spring of 1872 he located in Conneaut, and here for four years ran a gristmill. He served as Justice of the Peace of Conneaut three years, having filled the same office while a resident of Elk Creek and Girard, Pennsylvania.
     Mr. Baldwin was married August 10, 1837, to Miss Rosanna Battles, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Brown) Battles. Her father was born in Massachusetts, April 10, 1786, and her mother in Vermont, May 9, 1787. The former died in 1848, and the latter in 1868. In the Battles family were six children, as follows: Rosina, the oldest, born June 27, 1815; George, a resident of California; Alsina, of Girard, Pennsylvania; Lucina, also of Girard; Asa, deceased; and Rush, a banker, manufacturer and farmer of Girard.
     Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have had twelve children, namely: Byron A., a real-estate dealer of Chicago, is married and has two children; Julia, wife of James A. Moorehead, Erie county, Pennsylvania, has six children; Narcissa, wife of J. C. Denslow, died at the age of twenty years; Remus Asa, who married Adaline Foot and has seven children, was in the war two years, and the past twenty-seven years has been in the employ of the Pittsburg & Cleveland Railroad, being now a resident of Cleveland Georgia A. A., wife of Morton H. Gould, of Arizona, has seven children; Gorham Ives, an engineer, was killed in a railroad wreck in 1882, and left a widow and three children; Florence E., who died at the age of thirty-six years; Rush Emerson died at St. Louis, at the age of twenty-one years; Lucene, wife of C. R. Goddard, of Conneaut, has four children; Leslie, who died at the age of twenty-six years; Kent Kane, married and living in Chicago, has three children; Elmer E., of Conneaut, is married and has one child. There are forty grandchildren in the family and five great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage August 10, 1887.
Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 215
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  L. I. Baldwin was buried in City Cemetery, Conneaut, Ohio

WARREN BALLARD, prominently identified with the progressive element of Hampden township, is numbered among the leading citizens of Geauga county.  He was born in Allegany county, New York, Sept. 18, 1836, a son of Enoch Ballard, a native of Putnam county, New York.  The family is of French descent.  Enoch Ballard was a farmer by occupation, and when a young man lived in Dutchess county, New York.  HE removed thence to Allegany county, New York, where he owned 125 acres.  He married Polly Tichenor, who was born in Tompkins county, New York, and they had a family of eight children: Edward, deceased; Sherman, deceased; John; William; George, Warren, Mary; and Wesley, deceased.  The father died at the age of seventy-three years, and the mother at the age of eighty-two.  Both were members of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Ballard voted the Whig and Republican ticket successively.  Warren Ballard is the fifth of the family.  He received his education in the district schools, and was reared to the life of a farmer.  The country was new, and the labor of clearing land and placing it under cultivation land and placing it under cultivation was not an easy occupation.
     He was married, Feb. 16, 1860, to Orpha Wiseman, who was born in Wyoming county, New York, a daughter of William D. and Mary (Jordan) Wiseman also natives of Wyoming county, New York.  Mr. Wiseman was among the early settlers of Wyoming county, and did his share in reclaiming the wild land.  He is still living, at the age of eighty years, though his wife passed away at the early age of twenty-nine years.  They were both consistent members of the Baptist Church.  Mr. and Mrs. Ballard have no children of their own, but have reared and educated three children, whom they look upon with a fond, parental interest: Wallace F., De Witt C. and Clara.
     After his marriage Mr. Ballard settled in Ogle county, Illinois, Mar. 9, 1861, where he resided four years, engaged in farming, when he returned to Allegany county, New York, where he owned a farm of 135 acres.  It was in August, 1881, that he removed to Geauga county, where he purchased 200 acres of well-improved land, and where he carries on a general farming business and runs a small dairy.  In 1882 he erected a large, well-arranged bar, and the year following built a handsome residence.  The improvements are of the most substantial character and entirely modern in style.
     Mr. and Mrs. Ballard are worthy members of the Baptist Church, and are zealous workers in behalf of that society.  Politically, Mr. Ballard supports the Republican party.  He is one of the directors of the county infirmary, and for five years has served the township as Trustee.  He is a member of the Short-Horn Breeders' Association of Geauga county; also of the Hampden township Grange, of which he is Lecturer.  A man of unquestioned honor and strict integrity, he has a confidence of the entire community, and is in every way worthy of the trust reposed in him.
Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 615

PHILO A. BEARDSLEY, a successful farmer of Ashtabula county, was born at Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, May 20, 1841, being the son of Philo and Lois (Gunn) Beardsley, who, in 1816, came from Litchfield county, Connecticut, to Mahoning county.  They resided in the latter county until their death, the mother dying in 1847, at the age of fifty years, and the father in 1870, at the age of seventy-five years.  Philo Beardsley, sr. was a farmer by occupation, a Republican in his political views, and religiously a member of the Congregational Church.
     Philo A., the subject of this sketch, became early inured to the toilsome duties of pastoral life, and received his education in the schools at Canfield.  In October, 1861, he enlisted for service in the late war, as a private in Company F, Forty-first Ohio Infantry, remaining until the final cessation of hostilities.  He was a participant in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Cross Roads, Stone River, Bald Knob, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Pickett's Mill, the siege of Corinth, the engagements around Atlanta and the battle of Nashville, Tennessee.  Mr. Beardsley was wounded at Pickett's Mill, in which engagement his company went into action with sixteen men, of whom six were killed and five wounded.  Nov. 27, 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio, he was discharged from service with the regiment, being mustered out as Lieutenant of his company.  He had gained the several promotions in recognition of meritorious conduct in the field.  In 1872 he located on his present farm of 273 acres, in Andover township, Ashtabula county, where he devoted his attention to general farming and to the raising of fine-grade stock.  His imported Shropshire sheep are very fine types of that famous breed.
     Mr. Beardsley was married in Oneida county, New York, at the age of twenty-six years, to Carrie Siegler, a native of Lewis county, that State, and a daughter of John and Caroline Siegler.  To this union has been born three children: Addie Gunn, Kate Lena and Harry Morton.  Mr. Beardsley affiliates with the Republican party, and has held the office of Township Trustee.  In his social relations he is a member of the G. A. R., Hiram Kile Post, No. 80.
Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 283

PERRY GREENE BECKWITH.— Among the pathfinders of Ohio who blazed a way for future generations to follow, none is more worthy of mention than the subject of this sketch, who materially assisted in starting her car of progress on the road which has led to her present prosperity.
     Perry Greene Beckwith, deceased, a sturdy Ohio pioneer, was a native of Connecticut, and in 1811 joined the westward tide of emigration, moving his family by ox team from Lyme, his native State, to the southern part of Ashtabula county, Ohio, being six weeks on the way. To the small settlement which was started in his vicinity he gave the name of New Lyme, in remembrance of his Eastern home, which name it still retains. At the time of his settling here, Indians were plentiful, and many of these would visit the family and ask for food and clothing. He had six sons and two daughters: Elijah, Perry G., Alvin, Ezra, Edward and Samuel; the daughters being Esther and Joanna. This worthy man passed a truly patriarchal life among his children and friends, and died at an advanced age, sincerely lamented by all who knew him.
     Ezra M. Beckwith was six years of age when his parents came to Ohio, where he has since resided, his present home being in Colebrook, Ashtabula county. He was reared on a farm and received the educational advantages afforded by the country in his day. He married Lucinda Phillips, whose father, Halsey Phillips, was the second settler in what is now Colebrook township, Ashtabula county, and they had four children: Halsey P. and three daughters.
     Halsey P. Beckwith, for many years a prominent citizen of Jefferson, Ohio, was born in New Lyme, on the old homestead of his paternal grandfather, September 28,1837. He was reared on a farm and received a common-school education in the pioneer schools of the day. On arriving at maturity he began to farm, which occupation he followed until he was appointed Deputy Treasurer of Ashtabula county in 1879. He served in that capacity for three years, when, in 1882, he was elected County Treasurer, serving one term of two years, at the expiration of which time he was re-elected for another term. When his second term of office expired, he was retained by his successors as Deputy Treasurer, covering in all a service of eleven years and six months, in all of which time he proved himself to be an able and faithful officer, never being absent from his post of duty but thirty days during this entire time. He has since lived retired from active business, looking after his landed interests in this county and town.
     In politics Mr. Beckwith has affiliated with the Republicans since the organization of that party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. As a citizen and man he is deserving of the high esteem of his fellow-men, which he so universally enjoys.
Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 172

MOSES S. BEEDE, manufacturer of succor rods, and a dealer in hard woods, Lenox township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, has long been identified with the manufacturing interests of northeastern Ohio, and is well known throughout this part of the State.  Thus it is appropriate that more than a passing notice of him should be made on the pages of his work.  Of his life the following facts have been gleaned:
     Moses W. Beede was born in Bristol, Grafton county, New Hampshire, August 28, 1839, son of Caleb and Mary (Worthing) Beede. His father was born in Vermont, July 25, 1805, and was a descendant of an old German family.  Great-grandfather Beede, by trade a weaver of silk stockings, came to America in the king's ships at a very early day, paying part of his passage by the mending of a chest of damaged stockings.  He settled near Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he bought a tract of land that is still in the family, and is one of the best farms in the State.  Caleb Beebe was left an orphan at an early age, and was bound out under the blue laws.  Being treated with cruelty by the man to whom he was bound, he ran away and was secreted and aided by friends.  When he reached his majority he and a number of other young men clubbed together to educate themselves, and after he had completed his education he entered the ministry, in which for a number of years he was an efficient worker.  He was compelled, however, to abandon the work of the ministry on account of the failure of his voice.  He then learned the trade of ship carpenter, and afterward that of carpenter and joiner, and did an extensive business in contracting and building.  During eight years he erected sixteen large churches besides various other buildings.  Later he purchased a large farm and mill.  In this enterprise he had a partner, who proved himself a rascal by running away with all available funds and leaving Mr. Beede in debt.  Mr. Beede, however, paid off the debt.  After that, in 1850, he emigrated to Ohio with his family and settled on a rented farm in Morgan township.  The following spring he bought a mill, which was lost by fire in 1852.  He then moved to Lenox and built a mill, turning his attention to manufacturing interests here, and continuing the same until the outbreak of the Civil war.  He and one of his sons enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  While in the service he met with an accident which resulted in blood-poisoning, and later in paralysis, which finally terminated his life in 1877, in the seventy-second year of his age.  He was a self-made man, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a man whose life was worthy of emulation.
     The mother of our subject was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, May 6, 1809, and in that State, at the age of twenty, she was married to Mr. Beede.  In time she became the mother of nine children, seven of whom are still living.  She united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in her early life and remained in loving communion with it until the time of her death, June 2, 1889, at the age of eighty years.
     It was in 1852 Moses W. Beede came to Lenox, Ohio, he being at that time a lad of thirteen years.  Here he grew up on his father's farm and in the mill, receiving his education in a log schoolhouse.  When the war came on the enlisted in the three months' service, as a member of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the West Virginia campaign under General George B. McClellan.  After his discharge he enlisted in the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry, under John Brown, Jr., son of the distinguished John Brown.  He accompanied his regiment to Chicago, where, after an examination, he was rejected on account of his physical condition.  Upon being rejected from the service and having only $2 in cash he looked about him for something to do, and soon found employment near the city, engaging to run a stream engine for a farmer at a salary of $18 per month.  Here he remained until spring, when he went home and took charge of his father's mill.  The mill was encumbered at this time, and to his credit be it said that he not only paid off the debt, but that he also educated his sisters.  He manufactured nearly all the boat oars used by the Union army on the Mississippi river during the war.
     June 1, 1863, he married Miss Eliza Henderson daughter of Grove Henderson.  She was born in Austinburgh township, this county, July 31, 1835, and previous to her marriage was engaged in teaching.  She had two children: George O., born Feb. 28, 1865, and now a promising young business man in the Northwest, where Mr. Beede has extensive iron interests; and Bernice G., born June 14, 1868, wife of Leonard Worcester, residing in Leadville, Colorado.  Mrs. Beede was a faithful member of the Congregational Church all her life.  She passed to her reward in 1874.  In 1876 Mr. Beede married Mrs. Frances L. (Curtis) Watson, widow of Harlow Watson and daughter of Amos Curtis.  Her father was born in 1817, and was one of the pioneers of Illinois, having located in Camden, Schuyler county, in the fall of 1837.  Mrs. Beede was born Feb. 27, 1843, and was reared in Augusta, Illinois.  When in her seventeenth year she was married to Mr. Watson, by whom she had one child, Nettie L., now the wife of B. A. French, of Lenox, Ohio.  Mr. Watson died of a fever, in Alabama, in 1862, while in the service of his country.  By his present wife Mr. Beede has two children: M. Frances, a student in the Jefferson Educational Institute; and Lulu E., also attending school.
    Mr. Beede continued to run the mill until 1877, when, while he was sojourning in Colorado for the benefit of his health, the whole plant was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $4,000.  Since then he has been variously occupied, and for the past twelve years has been engaged in the manufacture of succor rods, used in oil wells, in which enterprise he has met with eminent success, having gained an enviable reputation as an honorable and upright business man.
     For eighteen years Mr. Beede was Township Trustee.  He also served six years as School Director.  When he was twenty-one he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and subsequently became a Congregationalist.  IN both church and Sabbath-school work he takes an active part, having served ten years as Superintendent of the Sabbath-school.  With various other organizations Mr. Beede is also identified.  He is President of the "Soldiers' Relief Committee of Ashtabula County; is a member of the Giddings Post G. A. R., and has been a Mason since 1864.  He owns one of the finest mineralogical collections in Ashtabula county, having specimens from many States in the Union and also from the old world.  In this collection he takes great pride.  Politically he affiliates with the Republican party.  He had two great-grandfathers who were soldiers in the war of the Revolution.
Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 290

DR. LUCINDE E. BRAYMAN, a leading physician and surgeon of Pierpont, Ohio, also a prominent business man and financier, was born in Ashtabula county, Oct. 26, 1844.  He comes of good old New England stock, his father, Harry Brayman, being a native of Connecticut, while his mother was also of New England birth and a descendant of an old and respected family, her name before marriage having been Mary M. Snow.  This worthy couple were among the early settlers of Ashtabula county, where they took new land, which the father assiduously cultivated, together making a home for themselves and children in this new country.  In 1851 the family had the misfortune to lose the hard working and kind father, who died leaving a widow and six children:  Edwin, deceased; Jeannette; Bennet; Sylva; Lorenzo E.; and Lucinde E., whose name heads this sketch.  The father was a Whig in politics, a firm patriot and worthy man, who enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
     The subject of this sketch was reared in Pierpont township, and received his preliminary education in the common schools of his vicinity.  He commenced to study medicine in the fall of 1865, under Dr. Trimer, a prominent pioneer doctor of Pierpont, with whom he continued three years.  He then  attended the State University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later the Cleveland Medical College, graduating at the latter institution in February, 1869, after which he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania for four years.  He then commenced the practice of medicine at Pierpont, where he has been for twenty-four years, meeting with the greatest success, and is the leading physician of the county.  He also does an extensive drug business, in which he has been engaged for twenty years, having one of the best drug stores in his part of the county, with a complete stock and a large business house two-stories high.  He also owns other valuable property, a hotel in Pierpont and a brick business house in the best part of Andover, the latter of which is 23 x 100 feet and two stories high.  He has one of the best residences in Ashtabula county, which cost $7,000, also a brick barn, 26 x 60 feet, which cost $2,500, and is used for road horses.  He owns several good farms, aggregating 800 acres, which are devoted to general farming and stock purposes, principally the raising of thorough-bred horses, of which he has seventy-four, the leading members of the herd being Atlantic Wilkes, Flood, Jet, Gold Leaf and Blazing Star, all well known as horses of unusual merit.  This prosperity is the result of perservering endeavor and good management on the part of the Doctor, combined with upright business methods, gaining for him not only financial success but the respect of all who know him.
     Apr. 5, 1888, Dr. Brayman was married in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, to Miss Lizzie Fitzgerald, a lady of education and refinement, daughter of John Fitzgerald, a prominent and respected citizen of the Keystone State.  They have one son, John Harry, born Mar. 5, 1889.
     In politics, Dr. Brayman is a Republican.  He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Pierpont Lodge, No. 284, the Chapter of Conneautville, No. 76, Commandery No. 27, and the Mystic Shrine of Cleveland.  Few men have contributed so much to the general welfare of the county as the Doctor, and he is justly numbered among its representative citizens.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 996)

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