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NOAH PAGE,
deceased, was an influential man in the community, belonging to
the law-abiding element and seeking always to elevate the
standard of morality. He was born in Burton township,
Geauga county, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1821, a son of Noah Page, a
native of Connecticut, born in New Haven county, Mar. 20, 1772.
Noah Page, Sr., emigrated to Geauga county in 1803, and
located in Burton township, being one of the first settlers.
He took up a tract of land which has been occupied by his
descendants since that time. He built a log cabin, put in
a crop of wheat and then returned to the East, and while there
he procured various seeds of fruits and grains which he planted
afterward on his own land. He was united in marriage Feb.
4, 1806, to Jennie Wallace, whose people were among the pioneers
of Ohio. They reared a family of eight children, two of
whom survive. Both father and mother died in Geauga
county, at a ripe old age. Noah Page, the subject
of this notice, received his elementary education in the
primitive log schoolhouse, and later entered the Burton Academy.
When his school-days were ended, he devoted himself to
agricultural pursuits, which he followed to the end of his life.
He was married Feb. 14, 1855, to Delia Thompson,
a native of Middlefield township, Geauga county, Ohio, and a
daughter of James and Mercy (Tracy) Thompson. Mrs. Page
was one of the pioneer educators, having taught several terms of
district school. They had one daughter, Carrie,
wife of Perry D. Reed, now residing on the Page
homestead with her mother. She was married Aug. 16,
1892.
Mr. Page answered the call for men in the
nation’s extremity and enlisted in the One Hundred and
Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, May 2, 1864. He was
on guard duty at Johnson’s Island and later he was sent to Camp
Dennison; he was in pursuit of Morgan and was taken prisoner,
being paroled at Camp Dennison. He died Mar. 8, 1884, at
the age of sixty- two years. Politically, he was
identified with the Republican party, and held many local
offices, discharging his duties with a fidelity that won the
respect and confidence of the entire community. He was
very successful in his farming operations, and at the time of
his death had 250 acres in a high state of cultivation.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis
Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 983 |
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CHESTER PALMER, for many
years one of the much revered pioneers of Chester township, Geauga
county, Ohio, but now of Willoughby, this State, is a native of the
township of Danby, Tompkins county, New York, born Dec. 13, 1812.
He belongs to the ninth generation of the descendants of Walter Palmer,
who emigrated from England to this country and settled at Stonington,
Connecticut, in Colonial times.
The grandfather of our subject was Ezekiel Palmer,
a native of Connecticut and a Revolutionary soldier. He died at a
ripe old age. Rev. Erban Palmer, son of Ezekiel and
father of Chester, was born July 1, 1787 at Warren, Litchfield
county, Connecticut. At the age of thirteen he was bound out by
his father to Chester Bennett of Warren, Connecticut, to serve
apprenticeship at blacksmithing. He was to work eight years, but
at the expiration of seven years he purchased his release for $150.
Going to Salem, Massachusetts, he was employed in a foundry until his
health failed from overwork, after which he spent three years at sea,
visiting South American ports. During this time he became master
of a vessel. Returning to Warren, his old home, he was married,
Dec. 22, 1811, to Lucy Ranney, and moved to Danby, Tompkins
county, New York, where he resumed work at his trade. He had
always been skeptical in his religious views and finally became an
infidel; but at Danby he was converted and at once began to prepare for
the ministry, and was in the ministry of the Presbyterian Church the
remainder of his life. While pastor at East Genoa, New York, his
health failed and he was advised by a physician to come West to Ohio.
Following this advice in 1822, he traveled to Chester, Geauga county,
Ohio, on horseback. Soon after his arrival here he conducted a
revival meeting at Kingsville, which resulted in about 300 conversions.
HE then removed with his family to Chester, Geauga county, where
he preached several years. One year he had charge of a church at
Monroeville, Huron county, Ohio. His health again failing, he
retired and moved to Orwell, Ashtabula county, where he died of
consumption, at the age of sixty. He was one of the most
remarkable pioneer ministers in the Western Reserve. He organized
many churches and did a great amount of good at the various places where
he lived. His wife died while they were residents of Chester.
They had seven children, Chester, and a brother who is now a resident of
California, being the only ones of the number that survive.
Chester Palmer lived in Tompkins county, New
York, until he was eleven years. When he was thirteen his father
found a place for him to work in Kingsville township, Ashtabula county,
where he was employed by one man about three years, chopping wood and
clearing land. As he had to work out in his youth, his educational
advantages were of course limited, but he made the best of his
opportunities, studying at night by the light of a pine knot.
Thus, in the school of experience, he gained a store of valuable
information. In 1827, when his father moved to Chester township,
Geauga county, he accompanied him and found employment at farm work
there. In 1835 he married and settled on a farm. This farm
he cleared and improved, and as the years rolled by prosperity smiled
upon him. To his original purchase he added other land until he
became the owner of 300 acres. For thirty-five years he followed
farming in Chester township. During this time he became noted as a
breeder of fine stock, especially sheep and Durham cattle. He at
one time had a fine herd of sixty Durhams, which he sold for breeding
purposes and sent to all parts of the United States. He was one of
the pioneer stock men of Geauga county. In 1838 he arranged with
E. P. Morgan & Co., of Massachusetts, to buy wool in exchange for cloth,
and in 1842 he was engaged by another firm to buy wool, the firm
furnishing him money so that he could pay cash for the wool he
purchased. The latter arrangement was a great accommodation to the
people of this section at that time, as money was what they needed.
He bought wool for this firm for twenty-nine years, during which time he
disbursed in four counties over $800,000.
Mr. Palmer has been a man of the strictest
integrity all his life. During the many years he had dealings with
men all over this part of the State he made hosts of warm friends, and
few men of Geuaga county were better known than he. He
relates many interesting reminiscences connected with his early life
here, recalling the time when there was no money in the country and no
market for farm products; when postage on a single letter was 25 cents;
and when the latchstring hung out at the pioneer's cabin and genial
hospitality and good cheer prevailed around the open fireplace.
During the past few years Mr. Palmer has lived retired at
Willoughby, enjoying the rest that comes after years of honest toil.
He has been twice married and his sons and daughters
have grown up to occupy honorable and useful positions in life.
His first wife, Achsah S. Melvin, died Mr. 11, 1848, leaving six
children: Harriet, Charles, Melvin, Lucy, Lowell M., and
Henry, all still living. In 1851 he married Ann Wise,
and they have one daughter, Lura E. The sons are all
prominent business men, two of them being residents of New York city.
In early life Mr. Palmer was a Whig, but has
been a Republican since the organization of that party. He was
commissioned Paymaster of a regiment by Governor Sherman, under
the old military law of Ohio, and served as such, but other than this
has always refused public office. At the outbreak of the Civil war
Governor Todd appointed a county committee to secure volunteers
in Geauga county, the subject to this sketch being one of the committee
and his associates being Hon. Peter Hitchcock, of Burton;
Josiah Tilden, of Parkman, and Colonel Erastus Spencer, of
Claridon. Under the direction of this committee the One Hundred
and Fifty Regiment was organized. The incidental expenses of
preparing the regiment to go to the front were borne by the committee,
who never asked for Government re-imbursement. Both he and his
wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an
Elder for many years.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis
Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 493 |
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SAMUEL WORCESTER PECK was born
at Tyringham (now Monterey), Berkshire county, Massachusetts, Sept. 23,
1821, a son of Horace and Abigail (Allen) Peck; the father was born April
7, 1794, and died Aug. 20, 1884, aged ninety-one years; the mother was
born August 19, 1793, and died Dec. 25, 1856, aged sixty-three years.
Horace Peck was a carpenter and joiner by occupation, as had been
his father before him. He emigrated to Ohio in 1834, locating at
Chardon, Geauga county, in September of that year; here for nearly fifty
years he followed agricultural pursuits and carpentry. Samuel W.
Peck was also engaged in the carpenter's trade for a quarter of a
century, and assisted in the erection of many of the buildings in the
township of Geneva. He has given some attention to farming, and has
owned several valuable tracts of land which he has managed with excellent
success. He is one of the original stock-holders of the First
National Bank of Geneva, and has continued his connection with that
institution since its founding.
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., the teachings of
which fraternity comprise his religious belief. July 1, 1892, he was
presented with the Veteran Jewel by his brother members; he has a record
of attending over 1,300 consecutive meetings of the lodge, and has rarely
missed a meeting. He is a Past Grand, Past Patriarch, Past Special
Deputy and Past Representative.
Mr. Peck was married January 16, 1845, to
Louisa Webster, who was born Jan. 22, 1824, a daughter of Norman
and Ruth (Norton) Webster, pioneers of Geneva township. The
father was a native of Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., and the mother was from
the same county; he died Apr. 11, 1867, at the age of ninety-two years,
and the mother, Apr. 17, 1878, aged eighty-seven years. Mrs.
Peck's grandfathers, Timothy Webster and Ambrose Norton,
were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. Her father traded a fine
farm in New York for a tract of 700 acres, extending from the creek east
of Geneva village to the Saybrook township line, and south to the Geneva
township line. He was a man greatly respected for his many sterling
traits of character. Mr. Peck's great-grandfather was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served as Major under Washington.
Politically, Mr. Peck supports the Republican party, and is an
ardent advocate of temperance.
Source:
History of North Central Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company -
1893 ~ Page 241 |
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ALFRED PHELPS, JR. - Of
the many people who have lived in Chardon and have crossed the "great
divide" into eternity, there are none more worthy of a place on the
pages of this history than the one whose name stands at the head of this
memoir, the citizen-soldier, Alfred Phelps, Jr. He was born
at Chardon, Ohio, July 2, 1827, and was the son of Judge Alfred
Phelps, Sr., and Anne B. Towsly. The elder
Phelps was born at Aurora, New York, Apr. 3, 1792, and was the son
of Hon. Seth Phelps, who was a native of
Connecticut, where he was born Nov. 17, 1751. He was a
distinguished soldier of the Revolution, and concerning him there was a
very interesting Revolutionary romance. He married Lucy
Ledyard, a sister of General Ledyard and a niece of
Colonel Ledyard, who was slain by a British officer while
heroically defending a post at Groton, Connecticut, against an attack
led by Benedict Arnold. When a body of troops was
marching through a town in Connecticut one day during the Revolution,
there stood among the admiring throng a beautiful young maiden, who,
pointing to a gallant young officer in the column, remarked, “Do you see
that handsome young officer? He will be my husband some day.”
This young maiden was Lucy Ledyard. She became the
wife of the brave officer, Seth Phelps, Sept. 10, 1780. He
was with General Wayne when he carried Stony Point with
unloaded muskets, and was aide to Washington at the great day of
Monmouth. He served through the Revolution and was noted always
for his efficiency and gallant conduct. The Ledyards were
distinguished not only for their historical but social prominence.
After the war Seth Phelps, in company
with John Walworth, purchased a tract of several hundred
acres of land, now the site of the beautiful town of Aurora, Cayuga
county, New York, to which he removed about the year 1790. Here he
built him a fine house, which became somewhat famous as “ Castle
McComber.” He laid out the town of Aurora, and was appointed
President Judge of a court answering to the Ohio Court of Common Pleas.
Later, on the division of Herkimer county, Aurora became the county
seat, and of the new county of Onondaga Judge Phelps
though not a lawyer by profession, was made County Judge. He held
various public positions, and was for many years a member of the New
York Assembly. He sold his property in New York, and about the
year 1813 removed to Parkman, Ohio, where he purchased a large tract of
land, and where he died in 1826, much respected and regretted by all.
Judge Seth Phelps was a man of magnificent physique and
noble presence; he was tall and commanding, with an intellectual head
and a face handsome in youth and of marked symmetry and power throughout
his entire life. It was little wonder that the fair Lucy
picked him out from among the many soldiers who were fighting to make a
nation: little wonder that she subsequently loved him and became his
wife.
Seth Phelps and the fair Lucy became the
parents of six children: Seth, Jr., who was a physician and died
in Demerara, South America; Lucy, who became the wife of Judge
Robert B. Parkman; Ann, who was married to Samuel Ledyard,
II; Mary, the wife of Captain Edward Paine of Chardon;
Alfred and Edwin G. Mrs. Phelps died
at the birth of the latter, March 9, 1796.
Alfred Phelps, the father of the subject
of this biography, was born at Aurora, New York, Apr, 3, 1792. His
childhood and youth were saddened by the untimely death of his mother,
which left a deep impression on his memory. His early years were
spent on the beautiful shores of Cayuga Lake, where he was wont to dream
and meditate upon his future life. At the age of nine years he
accompanied his sister Lucy and her husband, Judge
Parkman, to Ohio. He passed several years in Parkman, and then
returned to Aurora, New York, where great care was taken of his
education. He was fond of study and possessed a superior mind,
though modest and diffident. When the war of 1812 broke out he,
though only a youth of eighteen years, was as eager to go to the defense
of the Government as his distinguished father was to establish it, and
was appointed Lieutenant of infantry in the regular army. His
regiment was ordered to the Niagara frontier, and formed a part of
Van Rensselaer’s force at the ill-starred battle of
Queenstown, where, as history records, the militia refused to cross over
the river to the aid of the regulars who had made a successful landing.
Their excuse was that it was unconstitutional for militia to march off
the national soil. Seth Phelps, in his effort to
cross, was carried down the river below the proper point and was obliged
to land under a steep bank lined with British musketeers, who opened
their deadly tire. Nothing daunted, young Phelps jumped
ashore, formed his men and attempted to lead them up the almost
perpendicular bank under a slaughterous tire; many of his command were
killed; some retreated under cover; a few followed their gallant leader
toward the top. there to be killed or captured. Lieutenant
Phelps, sword in hand, had nearly gained the height when a shot
struck him across the forehead, carrying away the left brow and leaving
a scar which he carried through life. He fell and rolled down the
bank, where he remained unconscious until the battle was over. The
cowardice of the militia compelled Colonel Winfield Scott
to surrender, and Lieutenant Phelps with others was taken
prisoner. Soon after capture he, with other prisoners, was about
to be massacred by Brock’s Indians, but was saved by the great
daring of Scott and the timely intervention of British officers.
He and the other officers were paroled and sent to Albany. The
United States had then no officers to give in exchange, but finally
President Madison and his war council decided that the paroled
officers could do garrison duty, and Lieutenant Phelps and
his associates were ordered to rejoin the troops stationed at the forts,
so they can take the field. There was no alternative for Phelps
but to break his parole of honor or to resign. The latter,
much to his regret, he felt compelled to do. In this course he was
upheld by his father, who, with other prominent men, had made an
unsuccessful effort to have a change made at Washington in the order of
the war office. Young Phelps’ military career was
thus early cut off, much to his disappointment, for he felt that he was
especially fitted for the profession of arms, and in it lay his road to
fame.
He went back to his books and finally returned to Ohio,
studied law under Judge Parkman, was admitted to the bar and
established himself as an attorney in the village of Parkman, in 1821.
Previous to this, July 1, 1820, he was united in marriage to Anne B.
Towsly, a maiden whom he had wooed and won, and a native of Aurora.
He resided at Parkman five years, during a part of which time he was
Prosecuting Attorney, discharging the duties of this office with
ability. It was while holding this office that he prosecuted and
convicted Benjamin Wright for the murder of Warner,
Wright being the only man ever hanged in Geauga county. In
1826, Mr. Phelps removed to Chardon and opened his office,
which was for many years the only law office in the town. Here he
established the first newspaper in the county, which he for several
years successfully conducted. He was an able and vigorous writer
and had a taste as well as a natural gift for editorial work. He
had a high standard as to what an editor should be, and was above the
slang style and reckless tone of the present day in the conduct of his
paper. He had a relish for literature of the higher order.
In politics he was a Whig and was a strong supporter of Henry
Clay. He had for his law partners, first, A. G. Riddle,
then A. H. Thrasher. In 1842, he was elected to the
Legislature and re-elected in 1844. In 1854 he became an
independent candidate for Probate Judge and was elected. He filled
these positions with marked ability and to the satisfaction of his
constituents.
He became the father of five children Eliza, who
died unmarried; Seth L., who became a distinguished soldier
during the late war, serving in the navy under Commodore Foote
and in command of gunboats on the Cumberland, Tennessee, Mississippi and
Red rivers. Afterward was agent of the United States mail
steamship company to China and Japan. He was made Vice President
of the company and his duties took him to South America, Europe and Asia
repeatedly. Subsequently he left the service of this company and
was appointed by President Grant one
of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. He was
subsequently appointed by President Arthur as Minister to
Peru, where he died about the year 1885. The next child was the
subject of this sketch; then Mary, who became the wife of Dr.
H. M. Mixer, of Iowa; Edwin F. and Lucian, who
died in infancy.
Judge Phelps died in 1864. His
widow survived him many years, departing this life in 1882.
Judge Phelps was of the larger mold, like his ancestors.
He was of full height, dignified in bearing, with an intellectuality
strongly stamped on his features, was polished in manners and a
gentleman of the old school. He was logical, forcible and
attractive in conservation, always choice in his diction and happy in
illustrations. In his profession, his chief part was in chancery
and probate cases. He was by nature tender and gentle, yet withal
capable of great firmness. He was devoted to his family, was a
kind, sympathetic neighbor and a firm and true friend, and greatly
beloved by those to whom his character was thoroughly revealed. He
had an exalted idea of manhood, exceedingly conscientious, guiding his
life by the highest standard of justice, truth and honor.
Alfred Phelps, Jr., secured his education in the
schools of Chardon and vicinity, which instruction was supplemented by
extensive reading. He read law in his father’s office, was
admitted to the bar and subsequently formed a law partnership with A.
G. Riddle and engaged in practice up to the time of the rebellion.
Confinement was not his to taste; he was a man of broad manhood, full of
energy and vitality, fond of the open air, the sports of the field and
the forest, like all of his family. When the war broke out he
volunteered his services to the country and was placed as paymaster on
the gunboat “ Conestoga,” then commanded by his brother Seth. He was not
adapted for a paymaster, especially in war time; the Phelpses
were not constructed that way. He was soon transferred to the
Jag-ship “ Eastport,” a famous gunboat, as Master, and subsequently was
assigned to the command of the “Champion.” During the war he
commanded different boats, and atone time a small fleet, but the boat he
commanded the longest time was the “Champion.” He was in service
on the Cumberland, Tennessee, Mississippi and Red rivers, was at the
siege of Port Henry, Donelson, Island No. 10, and took part in many of
the important engagements and manoeuvers of our navy on those rivers,
most of the time under Commodore Foote. He was one of the most
daring, gallant and self-possessed officers of the navy, always at the
front where the content was the fiercest and the danger the greatest.
One of his noted exhibitions of coolness and bravery was on White river.
In one of his engagements with the enemy on shore a cannon ball struck
and penetrated the boiler of his boat, causing an explosion and forcing
his men who were scalded into the river for relief, but thus exposing
them to the deadly fire of the enemy. Not in the least daunted,
Commander Phelps took a small boat and went to the rescue of
his men amid a shower of hail and shot, and saved the lives of many of
them.
During the Red river expedition he was stationed at the
mouth to guard the entrance, much to his chagrin, as he wanted to take
part in the active movements against the enemy. He asked the department
that he be allowed to join the expedition, and on being refused tendered
his resignation on account of ill health and returned home.
As an officer, Commander Phelps ranked high and
had the confidence and admiration not only of those under him but of his
superiors in command.
In 1866 Captain Phelps entered the
service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, as one of its agents to
foreign ports. He first shipped by way of Cape Horn. When
out some distance a severe storm came up which satisfied the passengers
that the vessel was un seaworthy, and after holding a council they
forced the captain to return to New York. He then, in December,
sailed via the Isthmus to California, and from there to Hong Kong, where
he remained a year. He was promoted and sent to Yokohama,
transferred from there to Hioga and Kobi, where he suddenly died, of
pulmonary apoplexy, Mar. 8, 1869. His remains were embalmed and
brought to Chardon to be interred with those of his father. The
mortal remains arrived on Decoration day, the members of the bar went
out to meet the reliquiae, which, upon their arrival, were buried with
military honors.
Captain Phelps was united in marriage at
Chardon, Oct. 17, 1854, to Jennie M., the accomplished daughter
of Noah and Marcia S. (Jones) Pomeroy. They ranked among
the best known people of the county, the former being a native of
Massachusetts, where he was born Oct. 9, 1802, the youngest child of
Ichabod and Lucy Pomeroy of Southampton, Massachusetts. Ichabod
Pomeroy served in the war of the Revolution, and was a pensioner by
reason of injuries received in that conflict. Noah
Pomeroy was highly educated and a gentleman of the old school.
He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and in stock dealing nearly all
his life, shipping his cattle to eastern markets. He was
public-spirited, a prominent man among the agriculturists and aided
largely in bringing forward this branch of industry. He was a man
of large charity and benevolence, a devoted husband and father and a
worthy citizen. He died Oct. 17, 1884. Marcia, his
wife, was the daughter of the late Elisha Jones, formerly of
Hinsdale, Massachusetts. She died Apr. 4, 1856. She was a
woman of strong character, warm in her friendships, kind and benevolent,
and her death was lamented by all who knew her. They were the
parents of six children, four of whom were reared to maturity: Noah
M., Jennie M., Daniel W. and Willis B. Jennie M.,
now the widow of Captain Phelps, is a woman of fine personal
appearance, pleasing manners and high culture. She has achieved a
reputation as an artist, especially in portrait painting. She is
the mother of three children: Anna Marcia, Edmund H., and Mary A.
Anna Marcia was united in marriage, Feb. 5, 1883, to H. H.. Crum,
of Cleveland, Ohio. Two children bless this union: Alfred
Phelps and Ralph Pomeroy. Edmund H. died in
infancy during the war. Mary A. was married June 27, 1890,
to Franz S. Briggs, formerly of New Hampton, Iowa, but now
resides in Cleveland. They are the parents of two children:
Henry M. Mixer and Franz Sigel.
Source:
History of North Central Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company -
1893 ~ Page 822 |
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HON. DAVID L.
POPE, one of the prominent men of
northeastern Ohio, and a resident of Troy township, Geauga county, has
long been identified with agricultural interests and is an authority on
the subject. Of his life we present the following resume:
David L. Pope was born at Richfield Springs, Otsego
county, New York, March 25, 1827, son of Lewis S. Pope, a native of
Fairfield county, Connecticut, and a grandson of Lewis Pope, who was born,
lived and died in the latter State. Lewis S. Pope was a farmer and
stock dealer. He emigrated to Otsego county, New York, after his
marriage and in 1835 came to Ohio, settling in Auburn, Geauga county,
where he lived three years and from there he removed to Troy township.
In 1865 he located at Chagrin Falls, where he spent the residue of his
life retired from active duty, and where he died in 1876, aged
seventy-nine. His life was characterized by honest industry and was
crowned with prosperity. At an early day he dealt extensively in
horses and cattle, driving large numbers of them to Eastern markets.
He served as a Justice of the Peace for several years. Of his life
companion, we record that her maiden name was Sarah Smith, and that she
was a daughter of David Smith. Her father came from Connecticut to
Auburn, Ohio, at an early day and was engaged in farming here. For
many years he was Postmaster of Auburn. He died at the advanced age
of ninety-two. Mrs. Pope was one of two children, her brother, at
one time a prominent citizen of Chagrin Falls, is deceased. She died
in 1883, aged eighty-eight. Lewis S. Pope and his wife had seven
children, five of whom are still living.
The subject of our sketch received a district-school
education and also attended a select school one term. About the time
he reached his majority he was married to Emily Fox, daughter of
Captain John Fox, one of the first settlers of Troy township, this county.
Captain Fox was a wealthy farmer and public-spirited citizen. He
gave liberally of his means to the poor and also donated a large sum to
Oberlin college. He died in 1849, and his wife the previous year.
The latter was a prominent physician in her day, being called far and near
to attend the sick among the early settlers.
After his marriage Mr. Pope located in Troy township.
Subsequently he bought out the Fox heirs and secured the old Fox homestead, which he traded for the
Pope homestead. Mr. Pope is a
business man of more than ordinary ability, which has been evinced all
along his life by the success that has attended every enterprise with
which he has been connected. For a number of years he owned and
operated a sawmill at Benton. He erected the Geauga county fair
buildings at Benton. In the winter of 1859-'60 he rented the
grounds, and the following season conducted the fair himself. In the
winter of 1864-'65 he returned to the Fox homestead and built a large
cheese factory. This factory was the first one in the vicinity, and
the third one in northeastern Ohio, and is still being operated by him.
He also conducted a store for some time. In 1876 he operated seven
cheese factories, four of which he owned. All these years and up to
the present time he as been extensively engaged in farming, much of the
time keeping a diary of from forty to sixty cows. He now owns 325
acres of land at what is known as Pope's Corners in Troy township.
Mrs. Pope died in the fall of 1865, leaving one son,
Lewis L., who is a member of the firm of Lawrence William & Co., of which
he is secretary and manager. Mr. Pope was subsequently married to
Miss Lucy Ann Hodges, a native of New York, her parents having moved to
Ohio when she was a child.
Politically, Mr. Pope is a Republican. Formerly
he took a part in politics, and has held various local offices. He
was a member of the State Board of Agriculture from 1875 to 1881, and had
charge of the dairy depot at the Centennial in Philadelphia in 1876.
Fraternally, he has for several years been identified with both the Masons
and the Odd Fellows. He assisted materially in the building and
rebuilding of the I. O. O. F. hall at Auburn. Mr. Pope and his
estimable wife are among the most highly respected people of Geauga
county. The hospitality of their charming home has been extended to
many distinguished people. Hayes and Garfield were on various
occasions entertained by them, both being warm friends of Mr. Pope.
Source:
History of North Central Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company -
1893 ~ Page 1005 |
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ORANGE POMEROY, M. D.,
was born at Huntsburg, Geauga county, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1835, a son
of Horace Pomeroy, born at Northampton, Massachusetts,
and grandson of Stephen Pomeroy, a native of the same
place. The family traces its origin to the De Pomeroys
who came to England with William the Conqueror. In
Colonial times two brothers came to America, and settled in
Massachusetts about 1630. The grandfather emigrated to
Ohio in 1807, and bought the first land that was sold in
Huntsburg township; he erected a log cabin, and then returned to
the East, bringing his family to the frontier the following
spring, with a wagon and one yoke of oxen and a horse.
Indians were numerous, and were frequent callers at the cabin
door until after the war of 1812. Stephen Pomeroy
died at the age of eighty-five years. Horace Pomeroy
was a lad of eight years when he was brought West with his
parents in 1808; he received his education in the first log
schoolhouse erected in Huntsburg township, the primitive
building being constructed and furnished in the rudest fashion.
He and his brother Elijah were skilled hunters, and
during early days killed over six hundred deer. He spent
his life on the old homestead, making many substantial
improvements; he died at the age of sixty-one years. His
wife, Villetta Kile, was born in Delaware county, New
York, in 1805, and is now living with her son, the Doctor in her
eighty-eighth year; she has long been a consistent member of the
Congregational Church. They reared a family of two:
Horace S. is now deceased; Dr. Pomeroy is the
second child. Joseph Kile, maternal grandfather of
our subject, was a native of the Empire State, but removed to
Geauga county in 1825; he was a blacksmith by trade, and worked
at the business many years in Huntsburg township; he lived to be
eighty years old.
Dr. Pomeroy attended the common school and was
also a student at the Western Reserve Seminary, at Farmington.
He began his professional education with Dr. S. D. Steer,
with whom he read until he entered the College of Medicine and
Surgery in Cincinnati; he was graduated from this institution in
the spring of 1860. His marriage occurred Jan. 8, 1862,
when he was united to Mary E. Smith, of Geauga county;
they have had no children but have reared an adopted daughter,
Emma. Mrs. Pomery died Mar. 17, 1893. She was
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and took an active
interest in all the varied work of the society; she was also a
member of the East Star.
After his graduation Dr. Pomeroy settled at
Fowler's Mills, where he practiced seven years, and in 1867
came to Chardon. For more than a quarter of a century he
has been prominently identified with the Medical profession of
the county. He has done a large general practice, but now
makes a specialty of diseases of the eye, ear and throat.
He took a degree in surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, New York, in 1871. In 1882 he took a course at
the Polyclinic Hospital, New York city, on the eye and ear, and
in 1892, took a second course on the eye, ear, nose and throat.
His pioneer work is done, and his practice is confined to the
town and office. Politically the Doctor supports the
issues of the Democratic party. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Chardon Chapter, eagle
Commandery, No. 29, and the Alkoran Temple, Mystic Shrine, of
Cleveland; he also belongs to the Royal Arcanum. His
professional associations are with the Geauga County Medical
Association, the Ohio State Medical Association.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis
Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 604 |
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C. R. POST, ESQUIRE,
one of the wealthy farmers of Bainbridge township, Geauga
county, Ohio, was born in Chester township this county, Dec. 15,
1835.
Jabez Post, his father, was born in Connecticut,
as also was his grandfather, David Post. The family
are of English extraction. They trace their ancestry back
to the sixteenth century. Jabez Post was married in
Connecticut, and in 1835 emigrated to Geauga county, Ohio,
making the journey hither by the Erie canal to Buffalo and from
there to Ohio by the lake. Upon his arrival here he
settled in Chester township, where he owned 260 acres of land,
200 acres of which he cleared. His whole life was
characterized by honest industry. When he was a young man
he worked out for five years and a half, and during that time
never lost a day. He never took a dollar's worth of
medicine until after he was seventy years old. He was in
his eightieth year at the time of his death. Of his life
companion be it recorded that her maiden name was Mary A.
McGillis, that she was a native of Boston, Massachusetts,
and that she was reared in the family of John Todd,
author of "Student's Manual." They had eight children, two
of whom died young. She died at the age of seventy-three.
For many years she was a member of the Congregational Church.
C. R. Post is the oldest of this family.
He received his education in the district school and the old
Geauga Seminary, spending about three years in the latter
institution. At the age of twenty he began teaching, and
taught for ten consecutive terms, in Geauga and Scioto counties.
After his marriage he spent four years in Chester, where he
owned a farm of sixty-five acres. Disposing of that
property , he came in 1869 to his present location in Bainbridge
township. Here he owns 180 acres, nearly all improved
land. He raises grain and stock and for some time has kept
a dairy, among which are some fine Holstein cattle. On his
farm is a fine sugar orchard, comprising over 800 trees.
His fine, large barn, 100 x 33 feet, with stone basement, he
built in 1883. He erected his neat and commodious frame
residence.
Mr. Post was married Nov. 10, 1864, to Juliet
Chamberlin, a native of this township. They have two
children, Orlo J. and Cleon C.
Mr. Post is a man of excellent business
qualifications, and aside from his farming operations has
various other interests. During the past ten years
he has settled a number of estates in this township. He is
a Republican and is identified with the best elements of his
party. In the spring of 1888 he was elected the Justice of
the Peace, and in 1891 was re-elected to the same position.
He served three years here and three years in Chester township
as Trustee. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow, having his
membership at Chagrin Falls, Lodge No. 290.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis
Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 400 |
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DAVID G. PROCTOR, M. D.,
has been prominently identified with the medical profession of Geauga
county for the past thirty-seven years, and has won an enviable
reputation as a successful practitioner of the old-school system.
He was born in the State of New Hampshire, June 8, 1827, a son of
Aaron Proctor, a native of Hollis, New Haven, and a grandson of
Moses Proctor, a native of New Hampshire, and a great grandson of
Moses Proctor, Sr., also a native of New Hampshire. Moses
Proctor, Sr., was killed by the bite of a rattlesnake, and his wife
was gored to death by an infuriated bull. The Proctor family
emigrated from county Kent, England, and settled in the United States at
an early day. Moses Proctor, Jr., was a cooper by trade, and
removed from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, where he died, on Proctor
Hill, at the age of ninety years. Aaron Proctor is one of a
family of four children, and was a cooper by trade. In 1834 he
removed with his family to Ohio, and settled in Thompson township,
Geauga county; he worked at his trade until his death, which occurred at
the age of seventy-six years. He was one of the pioneers of his
locality, and was deeply respected for his sterling worth. His
wife, Hannah Davis, a native of Massachusetts, born Apr. 16,
1749. Four brothers of Silas Davis were soldiers in the
Revolutionary war. The family is descended from county Kent,
England, in 1634, and settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hannah Davis Proctor died Feb. 4, 1870, aged seventy-eight years.
She and her husband were consistent members of the Congregational
Church.
Dr. Proctor is one of a family of fifteen
children, nine of whom are living. He was a child of seven years
when his parents came to Ohio, so he received his literary education in
the rude log houses of pioneer days, and at the academy at Painesville.
At the age of twenty-one years he started out to meet the world on his
own responsibility; his first occupation was in a sawmill, where he
worked three years. Desiring to fit himself for the medical
profession he read under the direction of Dr. M. P. Sherwood & Son,
of Unionville, Ohio, for four years, and then entered the Cleveland
Medical College, fro which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in
1857. He was engaged in active practice at Thompson, Geauga
county, for fourteen years, and then began a course at Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, from which he also took a degree. He has
had a wide and varied experience in his professional work, and is
recognized as one of the most skillful members of the fraternity.
He belongs to the medical societies of Geauga and Lake counties, where
his counsel is often sought and highly esteemed.
Dr. Proctor was married Dec. 31, 1867, to
Rosana Louisa Raphold, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, who
emigrated with her parents to America in 1852. Dr. and Mrs.
Proctor are the parents of two daughters: Florence S., who
was born Jan. 9, 1869, and was graduated from the Western Reserve
Seminary, at Farmington, in 1889; she has entered upon the duties of a
teacher and gives promise of a brilliant success: Mary Julia was
born June 16, 1871; she was also a student of the Western Reserve
Seminary, and now holds a responsible position at Delphos, Ohio, with a
millinery firm.
Politically, the Doctor supports the principles of
Democracy; he has been considered for Representative and other county
offices, but his party is greatly in the minority in this section.
He and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source:
History of North Central Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company -
1893 ~ 952 |
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