LORENZO S. EDDY, a representative farmer of Windsor township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, residing a mile and a half north of Windsor, was born in Tolland county, Connecticut, July 22, 1817.  His father, Moore Eddy, was a farmer who came to Windsor township in 1830, and settled on the land now owned by the subject of this sketch, which the father purchased before coming here.  The farm then had no improvements but a small log house, being virtually a virgin forest.  The subject of this sketch stood by the side of nearly every tree which was cut down, and is positive that every log-heap burned bore the marks of his hands.  The father of Mr. Eddy was one of the most earnest, conscientious and upright men, energetic and industrious, well and favorably known throughout the county.  He died Feb. 22, 1875, at the advanced age of eight-two, regretted by all who knew him.  The mother of the subject of this sketch was before marriage Miss Elizabeth Whittaker, also a native of Tolland county, Connecticut, whose parents, Timothy and Charity (Whittaker) Eddy, came from that State to Windsor township, Ohio, previous to the arrival of Mr. Eddy’s parents.  She and her parents made the journey overland with an ox team and two cows, six weeks being passed on the way.  The mother of Mr. Eddy died in August, 1868, leaving many friends to mourn her loss.  This pioneer couple had six children:  Paulina, who died many years ago; Lorenzo S., whose name heads this notice; Susan, now Mrs. Teel; William, now of Chicago, Illinois, where he is one of the prominent horse dealers and financial men; Emily married Amherst Harrow, of Kinsman, Ohio, and died several years ago.  Her son, Clarence Harrow, is now a leading lawyer of Chicago, who recently came to notice by his winning a long contested land case involving $455,000.  Gardner, the youngest child, is now dead.
     The subject of this sketch was early inured to pioneer farm work and received the educational advantages provided by the district schools of his day, although his time for such pursuits was much limited, owing to the necessity for his labor on the farm.  Of naturally quick intuitions and a studious, observing disposition, he has by persevering self application attained superior financial success, as his present status amply testifies.  He now owns a farm of 136 acres, on the improvements of which there is an insurance of $3,000, and is justly numbered among the most substantial men of his community.
     Yet, although eminently successful in all his business enterprises, he has been much afflicted by the death of his loved ones, the angel of sorrow having been a frequent visitor to his home.  His first wife, Elizabeth Eaton, of New England birth, and excellent family, died Apr. 18, 1862, at the comparatively early age of forty-nine years.  Previous to her death, death claimed their first-born son, George, who died at the age of six.  The two sons surviving her death were Clayborn
A. and Burdette.  The first of these was a brave soldier in the late war, serving as Sergeant in Company K, of the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was wounded on the last day of a battle in North Carolina and died in McClellan hospital, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1865, at the age of twenty-one years.  He was a young man of much promise and his death was a great blow to his parents and friends.  Burdette, the youngest child, now resides in Youngstown, Ohio, and is official stenographer of the county.  He is also an attorney, having been admitted to the bar in 1874, and is a graduate of the law department of the State University at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
     The second wife of the subject of this sketch was Mrs. Lorinda Payne, whose maiden surname was Barnard.  They had no children, but a son of her’s by her former marriage is now a prosperous book dealer in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Mr. Eddy’s third and present wife was Mrs. Maggie A. Parsons.  whose parents, Alexander and Frances Quayle, were both natives of Ireland, but came to America when children.  Her parents had eight children, six sons and two daughters: James; Maggie, wife of the subject of this sketch; Thomas, John, William, Lawrence, Anna E. and Homer.  The devoted devoted and loving father died at Greensburg, Trumbull county, Ohio, in December, 1874, aged forty-eight years.  His widow re-married, becoming the wife of George Parker, Sr., a prominent and respected citizen, who died in the spring of 1889, and Mrs. Parker now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Eddy.  Mrs. Parker is now sixty-three years of age, bright and active as ever and enjoys the esteem of a large circle of friends.  Mrs. Eddy had one child by her first marriage, Nellie J., born Aug. 13, 1881.  By the present marriage there are no children.
     It is such men as Mr. Eddy who give stability to a community, by his upright and generous methods, hard-working industry and intelligent management contributing to the general welfare, and he justly enjoys the highest regard and best wishes of his fellow citizens.
  Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page  849

ROYAL EDSON, dealer in stock and real estate, Jefferson, Ohio, is one of the successful business men of this place.
     Mr. Edson was born Apr. 14, 1842, son of Otis and Lucinda Edson.  His father was born in 1806, in Massachusetts, where he was reared and married.  He grew up on a farm and was engaged in farming for several years, afterward turning his attention to speculating in real estate, in which he continued during the latter part of his life.  He came with his family to Ohio in 1838 or 1839, and settled in Cuyahoga county, where he resided until 1863 or 1864, and where he owned a large landed estate.  From there he moved to Ashtabula county and located on a farm near Jefferson, where he spent nearly all the rest of his life, his death occurring Feb. 28, 1869.  Politically, he was an old line Whig and afterward a Republican; and in his religious faith was a Universalist.  The mother of our subject was born in Massachusetts and was seventeen years old at the time of her marriage.  She became the mother of ten children, eight of whom are living, five near Jefferson.  The Edson family is well represented in the farming interests of Jefferson township.  The mother, now in her seventy-eighth year, makes her home with one of her sons.  She is a devoted member of the Universalist Church.
     Royal Edson was reared on his father's farm and received a district school and academic education.  In 1862 he enlisted in the United States service; was mustered in at Cleveland, Oct. 28, went out as a private in Company E, Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Whitbeck, was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and immediately went South.  He participated in numerous engagements, among which were those of Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain.  He was on the raid through Knoxville and the charge made from Knoxville across the line into Georgia.  After that he was placed upon detached duty, serving as clerk at post-head-quarters, and was located at Jeffersonville, Indiana.  He was honorably discharged June, 1865, at Jeffersonville, Indiana.  During his career as a soldier he was twice captured, but each time made good his escape soon afterward.  The war over, he returned home.
     Mr. Edson was married May 15, 1867, to Miss Clarissa V. Hickok who was born in Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1842.  Her father, Jurista Hickok, a native of Massachusetts, came to Ohio in 1812, at the age of twenty-one, and settled in Ashtabula county, where he engaged in farming and where, a few years later, he married Miss Susanna Whelply.  They had eight children.  Mrs. Edson is one of six children by a subsequent marriage, five of whom reached maturity.  Her father died in 1868, and her mother in 1872.  The latter's maiden name was Acenith Belknap.  Mr. and Mrs. Edson have had three children, viz.: Henry N., Linda C., and one that died in infancy.  Mr. Edson is a member of the Baptist Church.
     The subject of our sketch began life on his own responsibility at the age of fourteen, buying stock for Cleveland butchers.  From a mere boy he has always been considered a good judge of stock.  He bought his first piece of land in 1865, - a tract of sixty-seven acres in Jefferson township.  This was his start in real-estate business.  Since that time he has dealt extensively in realty, and also in stock and wool.  In 1890 he shipped from the West 2,000 sheep, which he sold to farmers at reasonable rates.  He also buys sheep and wool and ships to Eastern markets.  Mr. Edson now owns a large amount of real estate at various places.  He has property in Detroit, Michigan, about a dozen houses and lots in Ashtabula, and owns two or three farms.  He held the office of Deputy Sheriff four years, was a member of the School Board eight years, and is now Township Trustee.  He is a member of Giddings Post, G. A. R., in which he has filled the office of Company inspector for the past three years, and is also identified with the I. O. O. F.
  Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page  154