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	BIRDSELL MANLEY, a native son of Andover, Ohio, of which he is a representative citizen, was born here Apr. 17, 1826.  He comes of good old New England stock, his grandfather, David Manley, having been a native of Massachusetts and a brave soldier in the war of 1812.  Almon Manley, his son, and father of the subject of this sketch, was also a native of the Bay State, and married Charity Marvin, who was born in Massachusetts, but later went to New York.  Almon Manley was a carpenter by trade, which occupation he followed for many years.  In 1817 he came to Andover, Ohio, then a small hamlet.  He built and conducted the first hotel in the town, and there he successfully operated many years, also doing a large business as a contractor, in which he employed a large number of men, and being engaged in the undertaking business.  He was an enterprising business man and took an active part in all matters pertaining to the interest of his county and town.  He was a zealous Whig and later a prominent Republican and a political leader in local affairs.  He was the father of eight children:  Henry M., deceased; Hiram, deceased; William, residing in Conneaut, Ohio; Elvira, now Mrs. Partridge, of Warren, Ohio; Clarissa, deceased; Birdsell, whose name heads this notice; Diantha, now Mr. Lilley, also of Conneaut; and Elsie Herriott, of Andover.  Colonel Almon Manley died in 1856, universally regretted as a great and good man; his widow survived him several years..      The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Andover, the place of his birth.  On commencing life for himself, he started in the manufacturing of cheese for the Morleys, who had the best cheese factory in the county, and who conducted the same successfully for fourteen years.  He then engaged in farming and the dairy business, which he followed twelve years, when, in 1882, he settled in town, where he has since resided, although still owning and conducting his farm.  He has a handsome modern residence, the surroundings and appointments of which suggest a refined and cultured taste, and give evidence of much comfort.  He also owns other valuable property and is altogether financially well situated, all of which prosperity is the result of continued and intelligent effort, combined with the highest integrity.      Oct. 17, 1850, Mr. Manley was marred to Mary E. Morley, a native of Chemung county, New York, but who came with her parents to Andover when three years of age, where she has ever since resided.  She is a daughter of William H. and Sybil (Watson) Morley, widely known and highly respected people and old settlers of Andover.  Mr. and Mrs. Manley have reared two adopted children: Rosa, wife of Walter Talcott, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Millie, wife of Lester Dixon, of Andover.      Mr. Manley advocates the principles of the Republican party.  He takes a deep interest in the advancement and welfare of his community, and is justly regarded as a representative citizen. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 761
	BYRON E. MANN, a farmer of Cherry Valley township, was born in New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Aug. 28, 1837, a son of John Mann, who was born in Vermont, in December, 1785.  He was married, in New York, to Anna Bromley, and was born in that State in 1796.  In 1818 they moved to New Lyme, this county, and 1820 located in Cherry Valley township, where the mother died at the age of eighty-six years, and the father at the age of ninety years.  The latter was a farmer by occupation, voted with the Republican party, and was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Mann had nine children:  Sophia, Nancy, John, Melissa, Alta, Lucinda, Maryetta, Byron E., and Irving.  Four of the children are now deceased.      Byron E. Mann now owns 292 acres of fine farming land in Cherry Valley township, where he has three large barns and a good dairy, keeping twenty cows.  He was married, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, at the age of twenty-eight years, to Charlotte M. Grokenbarger, a daughter of John and Jane (Williams) Grokenbarger.  The father was a native of Germany, but came to America at the age of seven years.  His death occurred at the age of forty-one years.  His death occurred at the age of forty-one years, leaving a widow and four children: John, who died in McPherson county, Kansas; Edd O., of Unionville, Ohio; Charlotte M., wife of our subject; and Harriet.  The mother, a native of New York, now resides in Wayne township, Ashtabula county.  Mr. and Mrs. Mann have had five children, viz.:  Myrtle Jane, wife of L. M. Loveland, of Wayne township, Truman E., engaged in farming with his father; Anna L.; Jessie A.; and John Lee, deceased at the age of six years.  Mrs. Mann is a member of the Baptist Church.  In political matters, our subject affiliates with the Republican party. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 1003
	ORLO L. MAPES, M. D., a leading physician and surgeon of Orwell, Ohio, and a cultured, popular gentleman, was born in Kirtland, Lake county, this State, Aug. 9, 1859.  His parents, Abram and Jane (Burke) Mapes, were both natives of the Buckeye State, the former born in Willoughby, Lake county, Oct. 27, 1827, and the latter in Lake county, Oct. 4, 1832.  The father was an expert mechanic and a retiring, unassuming man.  He was a devoted member of the Christian Church, after the precepts of which his life was fashioned.  He was married Dec. 31, 1851, to Miss Jane Burke, a lady of business ability and tastes, and a popular milliner, who now conducts a millinery store in Rock Creek.  Her father, E. J. Burke, was an early pioneer of Ohio.  The parents of the subject of this sketch had three children: one died aged eighteen months; Roselba, born Nov. 25, 1852, married Augustus Walker, of Chester, Ohio, and they have one son, Harry, born in May, 1878; and Orlo L., whose name heads this sketch, who was the only son.      Dr. Mapes received his primary education in the common schools of Geauga county, Ohio, after which he completed a course at Hiram College, which he attended three years.  Jan. 28, 1881, he commenced the study of medicine under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Atwood, of Chardon, Ohio, where he remained three years, after which he attended a course of lectures at the Eclectic Institute of Cincinnati, where he continued one year.  He then pursued his studies at the American Eclectic College, in the same city, graduating at that institution with distinction and receiving a diploma, with the degree of M. D.  He practiced the first year in Chardon, Ohio, and afterward for six months in Painesville, the same State.  He then settled in Mesopotamia, where he successfully pursued his practice until Apr.  20, 1891, at which time he came to Orwell, where he has ever since remained.  He purchased the residence of Dr. Tucker, which he has remodeled until he now has one of the handsomest homes in Orwell.  A well appointed and commodious office, containing the Doctor’s library and surgical instruments, etc., occupies a part of the premises.  By his careful and conscientious work, he has gained the confidence and esteem of the community, and justly stands high in his profession.      Jan. 10, 1885, Dr. Mapes was married to Miss Lucy Ellen Alderman, a lady of many social accomplishments, born in Painesville, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1863.  She was the only child of Bidwell and Mary (Earl) Alderman, both natives of Ohio.  July 22, 1865, her mother died, after which she went to live with her grandparents, where she resided until her marriage.  Her father remarried and had two sons: Earnest M. and William O. he died in Florida, Dec. 25, 1878, after which his widow remarried twice, her second husband being Mr. Platt, and her third being a Mr. Buell.  The sons, with their parents, reside in Florida.  Dr. and Mrs. Mapes have three sons: Orlo Earl, born May 12, 1886; Horace A., born June 28, 1889; and Lloyd B., born Feb. 15, 1893.      Politically, the Doctor is a Republican, but takes no active part in public affairs.  He is, fraternally, State representative of Orwell Lodge, K. P., 510, and District Deputy as well as Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, besides being an active member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics; also an active member of the I. O. O. F.  He is a useful member of the Diciples’ Church, while his worthy wife is an earnest worker in the Congregational denomination.  In his profession, the Doctor has established a reputation as a physician and surgeon of note, while as a citizen he ranks with the best and justly enjoys the regard of all right-minded men. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 998
	CHRISTOPHER C. MARCH, a progressive farmer and stock-raiser of Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, residing two and a half miles northeast of the attractive town of Jefferson, is a descendant of one of the oldest and most worthy pioneer families of his township.  He was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28, 1825, and is a son of James and Susan (Potter) March, the former born in Portland, Main, in 1792, and the latter a native of New York State.  The father grew to maturity in the State of his birth and enlisted at the age of twenty in the war of 1812, serving his country faithfully and well.  On the close of hostilities, he learned the cooper's trade, at which he worked, in connection with farming and stock-raising.  He afterward removed to Delaware township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he worked, mostly at his trade, until 1837, when he came by wagon to Ohio.  He settled on land in Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, and soon afterward bought a farm near the town of Jefferson, to which he moved and there passed the remainder of his life.  His farm was in the woods and covered with timber, which he cleared away, and effected on his place good and substantial improvements.  This farm is now one of the best and most valuable in the township, and is owned by his descendants.  He was politically an old-line Whig and later a Republican with strong anti-slavery opinions.  A man of strictly upright principles, straight-forward and honest, he had many friends, and his death, which occurred in 1864, in his seventy-second year, was a signal for universal mourning.  To him and his worthy wife is due much credit for their efforts in reclaiming land from the wilderness and converting it into productive and valuable fields, thus paving the way for other improvements to follow, and contributing to the general advancement of the community.  The mother of the subject of this sketch was a typical pioneer woman, versed in all the duties of a household, brave and self-reliant.  She grew to womanhood in New York, the State of her birth, and was married at the age of twenty.  Of ten children, eight reached maturity, of whom six now survive.  The devoted mother died at the age of eighty-six, leaving her family and many friends to mourn her loss.  She was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which she united in girlhood.      The subject of this sketch was the fourth child in order of birth, and was reared on the home farm in Jefferson township, attending the district schools of the vicinity.  He was early inured to hard work, and by industry and economy accumulated sufficient men is by the time he was twenty-six years of age, to purchase eight acres of timbered land, which be at once began to clear.  He built a house on this place and cut road-ways and made other improvements, such as the erection of ample barns and other outbuildings.  His home is beautifully situated with picturesque surroundings, and in every way a desirable place in which to live.  He has resided here uninterruptedly ever since his settlement, and has contributed by his labor and energy to the growth and prosperity of the community.      He was married in the twenty-eighth year of his age to Miss Eliza A. Knapp, a lady of education and ability, daughter of Alexander and Lucinda (Hillman) Knapp, early settlers of Ohio.  Her father was a blacksmith by trade and for many years a resident of Southington township, Trumbull county, whence he later removed to Bloomfield township, Morrow county, and from there to Jefferson, dying in his eighty-third year, greatly lamented by all who knew him.  Mrs. March was born in Southington township, Trumbull county, in 1833, and grew to womanhood in Bloomfield.  She received good educational advantages and taught school for a number of years previous to her marriage, which occurred when she was twenty-two.  Of her seven children, five survive: Lois, wife of D. W. Griggs, a railroad man, resides at Ashtabula Harbor; James H., a blind boy, died in his twentieth year at Columbus College, on the eve of his graduation in music, in which he was most proficient; Orphia A., wife of Alfred Coon, resides in Jefferson; Mabel O., wife of J. D. Hitchcock, resides in Jefferson; Jesse W. married Miss Hattie Lane and lives at Ashtabula Harbor; Fred C. married Helen Martin and resides in Warren; and Hattie E. is deceased.  All of the children received good educational advantages by which they have profited, and were given a fair start in life, and those surviving have comfortable homes of their own.  All are useful members of business and society and reflect credit on their parents and the State of their birth.      Mr. March has taken a deep interest in educational matters, and was one of the prime movers in securing; a schoolhouse for his district.  In this school may be found a complete set of charts, maps and globes and all other necessary furnishings of a first-class institution.  He has served as School Director in his district for eighteen years, and was recently re-elected for a further term of two years.  This endorsement is most flattering and plainly indicates the estimation in which he is held.      In politics Mr. March is a Prohibitionist and does efficient work for the cause he advocates.  Both he and wife are useful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. March is always ready to aid any project having the advancement of his community as its object, and much of the present prosperity of his vicinity is traceable to his public-spirited efforts, for which he is entitled to great credit. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 421
	HIRAM J. MARSH, a dealer in coal, and one of the prosperous businessmen of Conneaut, Ohio, was born at this place, Mar. 28, 1835, his parents being among the pioneers of Ashtabula county.  He and the older brother, Steven W., are now the only ones of the family residing here.  Of them we make the following record:      Among the people of New York who came West to Ohio, in 1828, were Silas Marsh and his family.  Mr. Marsh was of Scotch descent, was born in New York, in 1792, and in 1818 married Miss Mary Williams, also a native of that State, the date of her birth being 1800.  He was a pearler by trade, and after coming to Conneaut worked in the ashery where the Shenango station is now located.  His home was within a few rods of this spot.  Mr. Marsh was a man of sterling qualities and was well known and highly respected here.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and during that struggle received a wound, from the effects of which he never recovered and which no doubt hastened his death.  He died in the faith of the Christian religion, in March, 1861, aged sixty nine years.  His wife joined the church the year she was married, and hers was a beautiful Christian character.  She passed to her reward in November, 1877, at the age of seventy-seven.  They had a family of twelve children, namely: Jefferson, who died in Rochester, in 1859; Lucy, wife of B. Jones, is a resident of Valparaiso, Indiana; Sarah, wife of John Laferty, is deceased; Steven W.; Betsey, wife of Charles Condon, is deceased; David F., of Chicago; Hiram J.; Electa, wife of James Goldring; Lucius, who died in 1866; and two that died in infancy.      Hiram J. Marsh began life as a farmer boy, working for wages.  The first pair of shoes he ever wore were a pair for which he and his brother earned the money to buy them by picking mulberry leaves, and they took turns in wearing them, he wearing them one week and the next week going barefoot while his brother wore them.  After he was eleven years old he went on the lakes, being employed as cook, handy boy, etc., on various vessels until the war broke out.      Aug. 9, 1862, the three brothers, Hiram J., David F., and Steven W., all enlisted in the Second Ohio Independent Light Artillery, and their war record is perhaps without a parallel in the history of any country.  They were with the forces that operated in the West and South.  To give an account of the engagements in which they participated would be to write  a history of the greater part of the war.  Suffice it to say that three truer, braver, more patriotic soldiers never went into battle; that all enlisted on the same day, served in the same command three years, returned home together on the same day; and that none of them were ever wounded or taken prisoner, although they were often in the thickest of the fight with comrades falling all around them.  The date of their discharge was in August, 1865, exactly three years from the day of their enlistment.      Hiram's health was so impaired after the war that the first winter he was unable to do much work.  Mar. 1, 1867, he was employed by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, and remained in the service of that corporation sixteen years, being first employed as baggage master, afterward as clerk and later as chief clerk in the freight office.  Then he turned his attention to the coal business, in which he has since been engaged.      He was married Mar. 12, 1854, to Miss Louisa Biffin, a native of England, and a daughter of William Biffin.  Following are the names of their children: James H., who married Emma Culbertson, is a resident of Conneaut; Lina wife of Joseph G. Salsbury, conductor on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad; Alice L., wife of Byron L. Gifford, of Conneaut; George H. married Mollie Darling and lives in Conneaut; Fred E., fireman on the Nickel Plate Railroad; and Clara Bell, of the home circle.  Both Mr. and Mrs Marsh are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of the G. A. R.  Mr. Marsh is one of the self-made and substantial men of Conneaut.      Steve W. Marsh of whom mention has been made in the preceding sketch, is another one of the highly respected citizens of Conneaut.      He was born in Conneaut, July 25, 1829, six weeks after the family landed here.  His war experience has already been referred to in the biography of his brother, Hiram J., and was very similar to that of his brother, with this exception, however:  He was detailed at the Soldiers' Home in Vicksburg, through the recommendation of Mrs. Plummer, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, who in person went to the headquarters of General Grant and had him detailed to attend hospital, which he did for fourteen months.  By a mistake on the part of the lady in not giving him a duplicate of the detail, he drew no money for this service.  During this time his good wife supported herself and two children by rolling cigars at her home in Conneaut.      On his return from the war, Mr. Marsh engaged in railroading, and was employed as baggage master of this station for fifteen years.  Then he was engaged in draying for some time.  He is now an invalid and not in any active business.      Feb. 22, 1853, he married Minerva Clark, daughter of Norman S. and Amanda (Laferty) Clark.  Her fathers and mother were natives respectively of Virginia dn Pennsylvania, were married in New York, and came to Springfield township, Erie county, Ohio, about 1846.  Mrs. Marsh is the oldest of eleven children, seven of whom are still living.  Her father died in 1873, aged sixty-three years, and her mother in 1888, aged seventy-five.  The latter was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have two children:  William H., of Cleveland, married Mary E. Brown, and has two children, Arthur S, and Dora M.; and Kate I., wife of Stilman Vining, of Lisbon, Dakota.  Mr. Marsh and his wife are among the oldest members of the Methodist Church of Conneaut, having united with the same in 1857.  He is a member of the State Police and also of Custer Post, No. 9, G. A. R., he and his brother Hiram being charter members of this post. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 372
	STEPHEN J. MASSINGHAM Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 292
	WILLIAM M. MATHEWS, conductor on the Eastern Division of the Nickel Plate Railroad, and a resident of Conneaut, was born in Pierpont, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1853, his parents Benjamin and Olive (Simmons) Mathews, both being natives of this county.      Benjamin Mathews was a carpenter by trade and was well and favorably known all over the county.  He died in 1855, aged forty-seven years.  He was a member of hte United Brethren Church.  The mother of our subject was married three times.  Her first husband was Benjain Jones, a native of this county, and her last marriage was to Solomon Tyler, a native of Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  By Mr. Mathews she had two children, William and Seldon, the latter dying at the age of twenty years.  Her children by Mr. Tyler were O. B. and Benjamin.  She died July 20, 1880 in her seventieth year.      William Mathews worked on a farm until 1872, when he entered upon a railroad career, beginning as a brakeman on the Erie & Pittsburg Railroad.  He next served in the same position on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, and on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio.  While on the last named road he was promoted to conductor.  In August, 1883, he came to Conneaut and accepted a position as brakeman on the Nickel Plate.  He has remained in the service of this company ever since and the past six years has been conductor.  His whole railroad experience has been characterized by careful attention to business.  He has been in three wrecks, but in none of them was he held responsible.  One was on the Erie & Pittsburg and one on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, he being brakeman in both cases.  In the other he was conductor on a freight train for six cars when he had a collision with an excursion train that was running on his time, and although he did everything in his power to avert the catastrophe it was to no avail.  This was at Silver Creek where eighteen persons were killed and six wounded.      Mr. Mathews was married Sept. 6, 1876, to Miss Justina Broughton, daughter of William and Esther (Flowers) Broughton, natives of New York, and residents of Crawford county, Pennsylvania.  Her parents moved to the farm where they now live Feb. 18, 1892.  Her father is seventy.  Recently they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.  Of their children we record that Lucy, wife of L. W. Odel, resides in Stoneborough, Pennsylvania; Addie, wife of J. E. Fenner, lives in Lyonsville, Pennsylvania; Ette, wife of M. B. Young, Ashtabula, Ohio; Mary, wife of Frank F. Hicksin, Conneaut; Aurilla, at home; Mrs. Mathews; Edith, cashier in Mr. Penton's store for the past four years.  Mr. and Mrs. Mathews have one child, Edith M.      Mr. Mathews is a member of the K. of P. and of the O. R. C., Nickel Plate Division, No. 145, Conneaut.  His political affiliations are with the Republican party. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 1000
	W. H. McCALL, tinner and slater, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Mercer county, Pa., July 9, 1856, son of John and Mary Ann McCall, both natives of Pennsylvania.      John McCall was a contractor and builder.  He passed his life in Middlesex, in his native State, and died there in Oct., 1888, at the advanced age of eighty-three years.  During the late war, notwithstanding his age, he volunteered and served two years.  At the battle of Gettysburg he was shot in the ear, after which he went home on a surgeon's discharge, and never returned to the army.  His wife died in March, 1887, aged sixty-nine years.  Both were life long members of the United Presbyterian Church.  Their family was composed of two sons and nine daughters, as follows:  Alonzo, who was killed in the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, aged twenty years; Melissa, wife of John Gundy; Elizabeth, wife of D. W. McCready; Sarah Jane, wife of John Lytle; Matilda and Marilda, twins the former the wife of F. Means, and the latter of F. J. Glasgow; Mary and Emma, twins, the former the wife of C. Mayrs, and the latter of Matthew Boggs; W. H., whose name heads this sketch; and Eva and Ida, twins, the former now Mrs. W. W. McCance and the latter Mrs. Cal. Hayes.  Emma was twice married, her first husband being John A. Wilson.      W. H. McCall learned the tinner's trade in New Castle, Pennsylvania, of his brother-in-law, John A. Wilson, and has been engaged in this business ever since.  For the past four years he has been engaged in business for himself in Conneaut.  He is a finished workman, understanding his business in its every department, and has met with good success here.      Mr. McCall was married Mar. 8, 1883, to Miss Kittie I. Loomis, daughter of F. A. Loomis.  They have three children, Frederick John, Irene Luella and Wade William.  The oldest is deceased.      Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church.  He is also a member of the Mystic Circle in Salem, Ohio, Jr. O. U. A. M. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 144
	CHARLES ABRAHAM McNUTT, of East Plymouth township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, an early settler, prosperous farmer and influential citizen of this vicinity, was born on Blandford, Massachusetts, Apr. 17, 1833.  When he was about six years of age his father, M. C. McNutt, brought his little family to Ashtabula county, Ohio.  Here the subject of this sketch grew to maturity, attending the common schools in the vicinity.  In 1851, he returned to New England, for the purpose of learning the hatter's trade.  Four years of close application amply fitted him for the business and he returned to Ohio, only to forsake that which he had spent so much valuable time to acquire.  He immediately interested himself in farming and the sale of farming machinery, soon after which he engaged with his brother, James A., in the milling business, manufacturing soft and hard wood lumber, including vessel oars, continuing this enterprise for many years.  Of late years Mr. McNutt's undivided attention has been claimed by the farm, in the cultivation and improvement of which he has been very successful, until he now has one of the most valuable pieces of property in the county, a circumstance due entirely to his own energetic and persistent efforts.      In March, 1865, at the time of the Civil war, Mr. McNutt went to Brooklyn, New York, and enlisted in the United States Navy as a first-class fireman, being practically an assistant engineer, and worked on half a dozen or more vessels during his year's service.  These vessels patrolled the coast as far south as the West Indies and the coast as far south as the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico, but without any encounter with the enemy. On being honorably discharged, Mr. McNutt once more returned to Ohio, and after closing up his interests to Ohio, and after closing up his interests in Richmond township, Ashtabula county, he moved to the city of Ashtabula, where he was four years a partner with his brothers in a machine shop.  Since then he has continuously made his home in Plymouth township, where he is surrounded with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.  His business ability and integrity have commended him to the people of his township as a proper person to represent them in an official capacity, and he has been elected to the positions of Township Clerk, Treasurer and Justice of the Peace, in all of which he discharged his duties to the full satisfaction of the public and with great credit to himself, his frequent re-election to the last named office amply testifying to his fitness for its requirements.  At the present time (July, 1893) he is Postmaster of Plymouth.      Mr. McNutt was first married in Connecticut to Matilda Ellen Fox, a lady of Superior culture and refinement, daughter of William Henry Fox, a prominent and esteemed citizen.  They had six children:  Henry C., William S., Robert E. L.., Bert S., Hattie E., wife of C. T. Leonard; and Laura E., wife of Fred Newton, of Ashtabula.  This family were called upon to mourn the loss of the devoted wife and mother, whose every thought had been to serve their interests and advance their welfare.  Apr. 12, 1877, Mr. McNutt was married to Maria Graham, a highly estimable lady of Ashtabula, who is well known and greatly respected.  Mrs. McNutt is a lady who by her own superior business qualities, prudence and energy, has secured to herself a competence. This has not been acquired by means of sordid parsimony, for to the kindly deeds of charity she has ever devoted herself and her means.  She has contributed most liberally to the support of St. Matthew’s Church (Episcopal) at Plymouth, having been a prominent member and communicant in that parish. Her father, H. C. Graham, was a most thorough churchman, and it was largely due to his zealous efforts and pecuniary contributions that the erection of the church edifice at his old home, in Plymouth, was made possible. He was also prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity.  The sorrowing and the unfortunate ever find in Mrs. McNutt a sympathizing friend, and one whose sympathy is not that of words alone, but of kindly ministration and of tangible aid when needed.  It is scarcely necessary to say that to her has come the reward, in the love, respect and gratitude accorded her in the community.  She is a firm beliver in the virtue of economy, and this is exemplified in her domestic relations.  By her nothing is wasted, and in her home are saved many articles of furniture, not a few of which were brought from England more than a century and quarter ago, being of value not alone by reason of association and practical utility, but also on account of their antiquity.  Mrs. McNutt has a large family Bible, which was buried, in Canada, at the time of the war of 1812, in order to preserve it from destruction by the soldiers.      Her father, Henry C. Graham, was a prominent and popular pioneer of Ashtabula county,  Graham’s road alone being sufficient to recall his public spirit and general interest in the county’s welfare.  This is a wagon road through the marsh between Ashtabula and Jefferson, and was proposed and mainly executed through his influence and efforts.  He espoused the cause most ardently, and when the interest of others flagged he was to be found at his post, building corduroy road with his own force of men and team, feeding such of his neighbors as donated work, and often paying out his own money for some needed article.  This commendable perseverance in a good cause was finally rewarded by the completion of the road, which is a perpetual memorial of his enterprise and public spirit.  The right of way for the Jefferson & Franklin Railroad was given by him for a distance of more than a mile through his farm; but he did not live to see its completion, having built for others to enjoy, and being therefore entitled to the grateful remembrance of posterity.  A brief notice of a man whose efforts who were so largely instrumental in advancing the welfare of a community will be of interest to the people of this county.  Mr. Graham was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mar. 23, 1796, and when but a boy went with his father and the family to Niagara, Canada.  Here he remained until shortly after the outbreak of the war of 1812, when his early love for his native country revived and prevented his joining the king’s army.  He bought a boat and with a few friends came to the United States, landing at Ashtabula, Ohio.  Among those who accompanied him was Elizabeth Miller, a native of New York, born Oct. 16, 1798, and who, in 1819, became the wife of Mr. Graham.  They had seven children: Henry; Robert; Hannah Maria, born Oct. 9, 1825; Julia Ann, who married Daniel Wood; Levi, Joseph and John.  Politically, Mr. Graham was a strong Republican, and religiously a member of the Episcopal Church.  The Graham family was of English origin, the founder of the American branch being Robert Graham, who was born in London, in 1745.  He married Hannah Claper and they had eight children: David, Henry C., Hannah M., Nancy, Joseph, Benjamin; Phoebe, who married a Mr. Haines; and Frances, who became the wife of James Lawrence.  Many descendants have risen to distinction, but none have more unselfishly served the interests of the common people than Mr. Henry C. Graham, the Ashtabula county pioneer. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 659
	CHESTER J. McNUTT, manufacturer of steam engines and mill machinery, in Ashtabula, Ohio, a capable business man and public-spirited citizen, was born in Austinburg township, Ashtabula county, this State, Sept. 29, 1845.  He comes of hardy New England stock, his parents, John C. and Lucy Ann (Tinker) McNutt, having been born, reared and married in Russell, Massachusetts.  The farmer, born in 1810, is now living, hale and hearty, at the age of eighty-two years.  In 1832, he, with his wife and three children, joined the westward emigration, coming to Ashtabula county, Ohio, settling first in Lenox, but later removed to Austinburg.  The father has always been a mechanic, and is a man of genius in his department, having invented and manufactured many valuable mechanical appliances.  He has followed sawmilling many years, and built and operated the first portable engine and sawmill in the United States.  Few have contributed more by their ability and energy to the growth and prosperity of the county, and are more worthily entitled to the admiration of their fellow men.  Mr. and Mrs. McNutt are living on their farm in Saybrook, and are in the enjoyment of good health.  He and his estimable wife had ten children, eight of whom survive: Charles A., James A., Lucy A., Henrietta, Lindsey B., Curtis, Mary L., our subject, Frederick E., Hurbert.  Lucy and Hurbert are deceased.      The subject of this sketch was reared in Ashtabula county, and received his education in the common schools.  When nineteen years of age, he and his brother, L. B. McNutt, opened a machine shop in Ashtabula, in which business other brothers became associated, but which was afterward closed.  In the spring of 1877, Mr. C. J. McNutt became sole proprietor of a shop, and in 1884 established his present shop on Center street.  He has been the manufacturer for the last fourteen years of the patent bevel jig mill for ship timber, and of the patent shaft and pole bending machinery, all of which have been pecuniarily remunerative.  Combined with this, he possesses unusual business tact and ability, which have placed him in his present prosperous position.      Oct. 28, 1881, Mr. McNutt was married to Miss Annie O. Cheney, a lady of many graces of mind and character.  Both are worthy members of the Reformed Episcopal Church, to which they render much valuable assistance.      In politics, Mr. McNutt advocates the principles of Democracy, but as evidence of his universal popularity, it is only necessary to refer to his present incumbency as a member of the City Council, a position to which he was elected in a ward which is largely Republican.   Socially, he belongs to the I. O. O. F., the Knights of Pythias and the Order of Elks.  In domestic and business life he has ever been characterized by the highest integrity, liberality and cordiality, and enjoys the esteem of a large circle of friends. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 382
	CURTIS McNUTT, a lumber manufacturer and farmer of Plymouth township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, an estimable man and enterprising citizen, was born in the same county, Jan. 22, 1842.  He was reared in his native county, attended the common schools, and received his practical business training in a sawmill, in which line of occupation he has continued, with scarcely an intermission, for more than a quarter of a century.  At the age of twenty, he became a partner with his brother L. B., in a mill, which they operated five years, after which the subject of this sketch became one of the firm of McNutt Brothers, who conducted a machine shop in Ashtabula.  In 1876, he went to Lake county and engaged in farming, but soon drifted back into the milling business, which he followed continuously until his return to Ashtabula county, in 1882.  Since then he has lived within a radius of five or six miles of his present farm.  May 15, 1890, he purchased of Joseph Hubbard 100 acres of timber, which he is now sawing up, furnishing hardwood lumber on contract and meeting with deserved success in his undertaking.      Oct. 6, 1865, Mr. McNutt was married, in Painesville, Ohio, to Geraldine S. Williams, a lady possessing many worthy qualities.  Her father, John B. Williams, was an early settler in Concord township, Ashtabula county, where he followed farming, and kept a tavern in Ashtabula in 1850.  He served his country faithfully in the war of 1812, and was a worthy patriot and man.  He married Jane Fleming and they reared two children, of whom Mrs. McNutt alone survives.  Mr. and Mrs. McNutt have four children: Jennie, wife of Fred Jones, has two children, Florence and Henry; Lizzie married Clark Callow; and Mabel and Rolla, at home.      Energetic, enterprising and progressive, Mr. McNutt has pushed his way to success, at the same time observing the highest business integrity, and gaining just title to the esteem 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 448
	D. B. McMULLIN, train dispatcher on the Nickle Plate Railroad, also Secretary of the Conneaut Building and Loan Company, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa,  January 23, 1855.  His parents were D. B. and Sarah Ann (McClelland) McMullin, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively.      The senior Mr. McMullin was a cabinet-maker by trade, which business he followed in Newark, Ohio, for some years.  He went to Iowa in 1854, and after remaining there about a year came back to Ohio and settled at Middletown, where for some time he was engaged as cabinet-maker and undertaker, and subsequently at farming.  He went from Middletown to Newark in 1866, and there spent the rest of his life dying in 1874, at the age of fifty-six years.  He was a man of good business qualifications and was honorable and upright in all his dealings with his fellowmen, and, while not a member, attended the Presbyterian Church and was a liberal supporter of the same.  His widow is still living at Newark, now seventy-four years of age.  The subject of this sketch is the fifth born in their family of five sons and one daughter.  James, the second, was a soldier in the late war.  He died in January, 1890, at the age of forty-three years.      D. B. McMullin started out in life for himself at the age of sixteen years, securing a position in the telegraph office at Newark, Ohio.  He went from thereto Birmingham, Alabama, where he was engaged in the same business one year, returning to Newark at the end of that time.  For about twelve years he was in the service of the Pan Handle, being stationed as train dispatcher at Columbus from 1874 to 1880, and at Dennison from 1880 to 1886.  In October, 1886, he came to Conneaut, where he has since been employed as train dispatcher for the Nickel Plate.  This position is one of great responsibility and requires the closest attention, and that he is eminently fitted for it is simply demonstrated by the high degree of satisfaction attending his efforts during the years he has been here.      The Conneaut Building and Loan Company, with which Mr. McMullin is connected, has been in existence five years.  It is an enterprise of considerable importance and is extensively patronized.  It has a capital stock of $500,000.  Following are the officers of the company:  President, E. A. Miller, master mechanic of the Nickel Plate at Conneaut; Vice-President, E. M. Comstock; Treasurer, Charles Hayward; and Secretary, D. B. McMullin.  Its office is located on Main street.      Mr. McMullin was married in 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Donaldson, daughter of A. L. Donaldson, of Columbus, Ohio.  They have one child, Roy A., born in Dennison, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1883.  Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.      In political matters Mr. McMullin takes a commendable interest, affiliating with the Republican party.  Fraternally, he is associated with the I. O. O. F., the Royal Arcanum, the American Train Dispatchers' Association, and the league of American Wheelmen.  He is Regent in the Royal Arcanum, and Local Counsel in the League of American Wheelmen. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 306
	A. METCALF - As a member of a historic pioneer family of Ashtabula county, Ohio, a well-known business man and public spirited citizen, the subject of this sketch deserves special mention in connection with the history of his community.      John Quincy Metcalf, his father, brother of E. R. Metcalf, whose biography appears in this history, came to Ohio in an early day.  He married Nancy Barnes, also from the East, whose father, Josiah Barnes, was born in Connecticut.  She was the oldest of six children: Nancy; Adaline, wife of L. D. Metcalf; Charles, living in Geneva; Thomas, deceased; Harriet; Martha, deceased in 1891, was twice married, first to a Mr. Graham whose son was murdered at Fairport, and next to Rev. Mr. Burris.  J. Q. Metcalf was the father of ten children: Cassius, deceased; the subject of this sketch; Matilda, wife of Fred Carpenter, of Boston county, Iowa; Martha, wife of A. B. Bisby of Oakland, Michigan; Alice, wife of J. B. Northrup; Clara, wife of E. A. Bird; John; Minnie, married to C. H. Mott, of Detroit, Michigan; Thomas, a railroad man residing in Ashtabula; and Lillian, unmarried.      The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1851, and was reared in his native county, receiving his education at the district schools.  He remained under the parental roof until he attained his majority, when he commenced life for himself by entering the employ of N. S. Humphrey as a clerk, where he continued as am employee for six months, receiving $10 a month and his board and lodging.  At the end of thsi time, he bought a half interst in the business, which remained continued for eight months, when he purchased the entire establishment, with the exception of the building, and two years and a half later bought that.  This prosperity continued until he was enabled, after a few years' time, to purchase another tract on which he now resides, having made many improvement which have greatly enhanced it in value.  He also owns a frontage of 148 feet on Lake street, a most desirable piece of property.  Few men have been more continuously prospered than he, all of which is directly traceable to his persistent industry and economical habits, supplemented by shrewd business ability and excellent judgment.      Sept. 17, 1885, Mr. Metcalf was married in Jefferson, Ohio, by the Rev. Mr. Blinn, to Miss Minnie Humphrey, a lady of many estimable traits of character, daughter of George and Caroline (Kelley) Humphrey, both early settlers of Ashtabula County, the latter being a daughter of Charles Kelley, for many years a prominent resident of Connecticut.  Mrs. Metcalf was one of two children: Nina, who married Henry Hobbs of Michigan; and Minnie, born Aug. 25, 1867.  Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have one child, Hazel May, born May 15, 1891. Both he and his worthy wife are useful members of the Congregational Church.      In politics, Mr. Metcalf advocates the principles of the Democratic party and lives an active interest in all questions of public importance.  Upright industrious of public importance.  Upright, industrious and progressive, he is a citizen of which any community may feel proud and justly enjoys the highest esteem of his fellow men. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 780
	EZRA R. METCALF. Few men in Ashtabula county, Ohio, have contributed as much to her material and moral advancement as the subject of this sketch, who has greatly aided, by his energy and ability, in pushing her car of progress along the road leading to the point of high eminence now attained. He inherits his sturdy qualities from hardy New England ancestors, who have been in this county since early Colonial times. His grandfather, Ezra Metcalf, was born in New Hampshire about the middle of the eighteenth century, and spent his life in the Granite State. John Metcalf, his son, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in that commonwealth in the latter part of the same century, and was reared and educated there. When he had attained the age of manhood, he went to Canandaigua, New York, where he secured the contract for carrying mail from that point to Niagara, the same State, his route being afterward extended as the road was opened up to Buffalo, to which latter city he was the first man to carry a mail bag. From that city he pushed his way westward on foot, with a mail bag on his back, blazing a path through the untraveled wilderness, his course afterward becoming a beaten track, over which many hundreds passed to the promised land of the West. Later on, he settled in Ashtabula, Ohio, where he established a small mercantile, business in East Village, resigning to the Government his commission as mail-carrier. The desire for his old occupation, however, grew upon him, until he shortly afterward secured another mail contract from the Government, this time for the route west of Ashtabula to Cleveland, his familiar face being again seen in Uncle Sam's service as far toward the setting sun as Fort Meigs, Defiance and other distant points. He visited Washington on horseback as many as fourteen times to renew his contract with the Government, when, becoming by this time aged, and being a cripple from youth, he surrendered his commission, after a service in the mail department of the Government for more than thirty years. His remaining years were spent in retirement, and he died in Ashtabula, Aug. 20, 1853, aged seventy years. He thus passed from the midst of his family and many admiring friends, to whom his many sterling qualities of mind and heart had greatly endeared him. His wife, mother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Peleg Sweet, Sr., a prominent character of Ashtabula county, of which he was a pioneer. He was a native of Connecticut and a shoemaker by trade, an occupation he followed in earlier life, but which he abandoned after coming to this county. He traded his old home in New England for 800 acres in Ashtabula county, to which he removed, and on which he made his home until death, cultivating and improving his land until it became a valuable piece of property. He donated several pieces of land to Ashtabula,—a cemetery plat, a tract for a park in East Village and an eighty-foot street,—which are lasting monuments to his liberality, as well as his devotion to the interests of his adopted city. He is deserving of the regard of all patriots, having sealed his devotion to his country by an efficient service in the war of 1812. His wife, Mary Wilkinson, was the daughter of an Englishman, and was one of thirteen children, of whom eleven attained maturity, those besides herself being: Clarissa, Lauren, Isaac, Lewis, Asa and Aria (twins), Fretus, Peleg, Susan and Orphia, the others dying in infancy. John Metcalf and wife had six children: Birdsey S., who was married three times, first to Samantha Cheney, next to Eliza Hall, and lastly to Emily Hall; he died in 1890; E. R., the subject of this sketch; John Q.; Clarissa, who married Robert Johnson; Lauren D.; Mary M., who married Dennis Dean, who died in New York city while on a visit; her remains were brought to Ashtabula for interment.      E. R. Metcalf, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, Mar. 17, 1818, and was reared on his father's large farm, attending the schools in his vicinity. At the age of sixteen years he secured employment as a cabin boy on a boat plying the lakes, in which capacity he worked three months, when he was advanced to a position before the mast. He worked in different positions after that, serving for five years on a sail boat and four years on a steamer, severing his connection with, the lake trade while holding the position as second mate of a steamboat. On relinquishing that position, he invested his small earnings in a farm, his first purchase being a tract of twenty-three acres. By industry, careful economy and excellent management, he gradually increased his means, adding to his land from time to time until he now owns 400 acres, all well cultivated and improved. The place is contiguous to the city, and is one of the good farms of the county. He also owns a home in Ashtabula, in which he has passed the last few years of his life, enjoying, in ease and comfort, the accumulations of former years of toil and economy, blest in the affection of a worthy family and the universal esteem of his fellow men.      When twenty-five years of age, Mr. Metcalf was married in Ashtabula, by Elder Low to Miss Virginia Sweet, a lady of social culture and domestic accomplishments, daughter of Peleg and Hannah (Stevens) Sweet. She was one of eleven children: Sidney, who married Adaline Easton; Virginia W., born Jan. 25, 1822; Albert, who married Candis Sweet; Harmon married Rebecca Woodbury; Pembroke married Betsy Castle, nee Cheney; Rushbroke married Lucana Sweet; Jesse M.; Letitia married William D. La Zade; Emelia married Truman Shaw; Emma died young; and Wilson married Alice Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Metcalf have four children: Marion, who married James Forsyth; Friend married Lewella Hayward; Chauncey J. married Abbie Foot; Dennis D. married Martha Askew. In politics Mr. Metcalf is a Republican, having cast his first vote for William H. Harrison and his last for his grandson, Benjamin.      Mr. Metcalf is essentially domestic in his tastes, finding his greatest happiness in his home surroundings. Like his honored father before him, he is deeply imbued with the love for his native city and country, whose progress seems a part of himself. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 164
	JAMES METCALF, Saybrook, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, June 29, 1814.  He grew to manhood in his native land, a farmer's son, and followed agricultural pursuits there until his emigration to America in 1837.  Upon his arrival in New York, he came immediately to Ashtabula county, Ohio, his sister having come to this place a few months previous.  He located in Ashtabula and hired out by the month, working in this way for Esquire Griswold nine months, and, by the day, for other parties, until 1840.  That year he rented a farm of Jabez Strong, and lived on it four years, at the end of which time he bought a tract of land in Saybrook.  This property he improved and made his home upon it until about eight years ago, when he turned it over to his son, since which time he has resided upon a handsomely improved two acre tract, planted to a variety of fruits.  He has known no prosperity save that resulting from hard labor.  In all his dealings with his fellow men he has been honorable and upright and has won their confidence and esteem, so that now, as old age creeps on, he finds himself surrounded by a large circle of friends.      He was married first in England to Miss Hannah Hines, by whom he had five children.  She died in 1852.  Of her children, we make record as follows: John, a member of the Eleventh New York Battery, was wounded by a sharpshooter while in the service, dying from the effects of the injury soon afterward, June 20, 1864.  While at home on a furlough that year he married a Miss Lucas.  Of George, the second born, further mention is made in connection with this sketch.  Alice Ann died when young.  Harriet is the wife of of Charles Luce, and Mary is now Mrs. Young.  June 6, 1854, Mr. Metcalf married, in Chautauqua county, New York, Henrietta L. Freeman, daughter of Jonathan Freeman.  She died June 19, 1892, without issue.  She was a consistent Christian woman and a member of the Methodist Church.  Mr. Metcalf is also a Methodist, and is noted for his charity and Christian acts of kindness.      George Metcalf was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, Apr. 15, 1843.  His father being a farmer, he early became inured to farm work.  He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-four years of age, when he married and set out for himself, locating on a farm, which, some years later, he sold to Ezra Metcalf.  Fifteen years ago he came to Saybrook township, and for the past eight years has resided at his present home.  Mr. Metcalf is known somewhat in local politics, having served his town as Trustee six successive years.      In 1865 he married Emily Caldwell, daughter of David Caldwell, her father being a familiar character here in pioneer days, he having served as mail carrier between this point and Buffalo, New York.  Mrs. Metcalf died without issue, June 7, 1875, and October 10, of the following year, Mr. Metcalf married Lillie L. Albin, widow of John G. Albin and a daughter of Rev. L. W. Day, a prominent Methodist divine, now deceased.  Her father was born in New York about 1827 and died May 10, 1890; and her mother’s maiden name was Ellen Cheney.  By her former marriage Mrs. Metcalf is the mother of two children: Leland D., attending school in Cleveland, and Cora Leone, wife of G. M. Winslow.  She and Mr. Metcalf also have two children: Fred James, born Dec. 26, 1878, and Harry Edward, born Jan. 25, 1883.  The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Metcalf has for many years served as a Steward and Trustee. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 401
	JOHN QUINCY METCALF, a worthy member of the notable family of Metcalfs who settled in East Village in an early day, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1819.  He is a brother of E. R. Metcalf, also a prominent citizen of Ashtabula county, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume.      The subject of this sketch learned farming in his youth, being reared at home, and attended the district schools of his vicinity.  When he became old enough, however, to strike out in the world for himself, he did so with much courage and determination, choosing the occupation of wheelman and shipping before the mast on the lake. This employment yielded more than was promised to an ambitious beginner, and for five years he performed his part of the contract well and thoroughly.  By careful economy, he was able at the close of his service to show more clear money than any other man of the crew, not excepting the captain.      On leaving the water, he invested his savings in fifty acres of heavily timbered land, just north of Ashtabula. Into the forest he went with an ax and grubbing hoe, clearing his land and overcoming all other incidental difficulties. With strong determination and persistent industry, lie succeeded from the first, and gradually added more territory to his little farm until he is now the proprietor of more than twice as many acres as he originally owned, being justly numbered among the most substantial men of the county. This prosperity is entirely due to his own efforts and wise management, and he deserves much credit for his persistence under circumstances which would have tried the souls of most men.      Sept. 5, 1843, Mr. Metcalf was married, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to Nancy Barnes, a lady of education and refinement, daughter of Joseph Barnes, an old settler of Ohio.  He was a native of Connecticut and came to Ohio in pioneer days.  He was a hatter by trade, but followed farming exclusively in his new home, becoming a prosperous and prominent citizen.  His wife before marriage was a Miss Robertson, a woman of unusual ability and a member of an old and respected family.  They reared six children, four of whom now survive.  Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have reared a large family of sons and daughters, who reflect credit on them by their worthy actions.  The names of these appear on another page, in the biography of their son, Arthur Metcalf.  The parents are now alone, their youngest child having married in June, 1893, and gone to Michigan to live, where many of her brothers and sisters reside, all occupying honorable positions in business and society.       Mr. Metcalf’s life may well serve as an example to all poor and deserving young men, who have but their will and good health to depend upon in making a start in life.  What he has done, others may essay, and it rests with them alone whether they reach his position of wealth and renown. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 1024
	T. B. MILLER - Among the enterprising business men of Jefferson, Ohio, the subject of this sketch holds first rank as being a man of energy and thoroughly alive to the needs of the public in his line.      T. B. Miller, a prominent grocer and respected citizen of Jefferson, was born in Austinburg, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1858.  His parents, Benneville and Elizabeth (Poorman) Miller, were natives of Pennsylvania and New York State, respectively, the former born near Meadville.  Grandfather Daniel Miller was a native of Holland, who settled in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in an early day, where he was a merchant until his death.  Benneville Miller was reared in his native county, spending most of his life in the manufacture of cigars, but later engaging in farming.  He was married in New York to Elizabeth Poorman and they lived in several places in the Empire State, until, in1848, shortly after their marriage, they moved to Austinburg, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where they spent the rest of their lives.  The father engaged in farming on coming to this State, which vocation he afterward successfully followed.  He enlisted in the Federal army at the time of the Civil war, serving as a private three years, his eldest son also serving with him.  This worthy couple had five children, three sons and two daughters: C. V.; E. O.; Clayton H., deceased; R. E.; and T. B.  It is a singular coincidence that the parents died within an hour of each other one night in 1880, the father at the age of sixty-one and the mother a few months older.  They were well and favorably known throughout the community, where their loss was generally mourned.     The subject of this sketch was reared in Austinburg and educated in the Grand river Institute.  He afterward learned the carpenter's trade, which he subsequently followed five years in Erie, Pennsylvania.  In 1884, he removed thence to Jefferson, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until 1889.  He then entered a grocery store as a clerk and after one year as an employe engaged in the grocery business on his own account with his own capital, in which he has ever since successfully continued, evidencing what energy  and careful management can accomplish with small means.      In 1881 Mr. Miller was married to Miss Cora Adams, an estimable lady of Jefferson, and they have two children living, having lost two in childhood.      Fraternally, Mr. Miller is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to which he has belonged for a number of years.  By correct business methods and a genial personality he has secured the confidence and esteem of a large community, and enjoys the best wishes of all his for future success and happiness. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 862
	CLINTON MONTGOMERY, proprietor of the Evergreen Dairy farm, of Jefferson township, was born in Ashtabula county, in 1841, a son of Robert Montgomery, a pioneer of this county.  He was a tanner by trade, followed that occupation in Conneaut township, this county, a number of years, and then pursued the same vocation at Saybrook.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812.  Mr. Montgomery died in 1848, having been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  The mother of our subject was a native of Vermont, but came to Ohio with her parents when young, where she was afterward married.  After her husband's death she found a comfortable home with her son, Clinton, until her death in 1862.      Clinton Montgomery, the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood days on the farm, attending school during the winter months.  After marriage he rented land and worked at various occupations until he could accumulate sufficient stock to engage in the dairy business.  He steadily advanced in this industry, and in 1882 purchased the farm he now owns, consisting of 160 acres of grazing and farming land.  Only sixty acres of the place was cultivated at that time, but he has since cleared the remainder of the farm, erected a portable sawmill, in 1886 built a good barn, 30 x 70 feet, has also a stock barn, 32 x 40 feet, a one-story residence of eight rooms, and all other farm conveniences.  In 1888 Mr. Montgomery began the dairy business in connection with his farming, and now owns fourteen Durham and Jersey cows.      Jan. 1, 1863, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Jane Brown a daughter of Harry Brown, who was born in New York in 1811.  He followed farming in his native State until 1835, in that year located in Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio, one year later went to Jefferson, and in 1850 removed to Iowa, where he died in 1851.  Early in life he became a convert to the Mormon religion, and afterward, in connection with farming, filled the pulpit in that church.  In his political relations he was formerly a Whig, and later a Republican.  The mother of Mrs. Montgomery was born in New York, where she grew to years of maturity, and was married at the age of sixteen years.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown had eight children, five of whom still survive.  The mother died in 1865, having been a member of the Methodist Church from early life.  Mrs. Montgomery, wife of our subject, was born in Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, in 1844, enjoyed the advantages of the common schools, and was married at the age of nineteen years.  Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have three children:  Daisy E., a teacher by occupation; L. May at home; and Earle attending the J. E. Institute.  Our subject and wife are members of the township grange, No. 1311, and the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Montgomery is Sunday-school Superintendent and Steward.  He has held the position of Township Supervisor and School Director, and is one of the progressive and enterprising citizens of Ashtabula county. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 931 *SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  This was inserted as the first line on page 932 but didn't quite fit there:  "mother of Ira P. was by maiden name Miss".   It should be included in the first line of page 933 in the Biography of Irad P. Felch.
	M. S. MOODY, a representative citizen of Windsor, Ashtabula County, Ohio, was born in Connecticut in the year 1837, but has been a resident of the Buckeye State since he was two years old.  His parents, Martin and Catharine (Barne) Moody, had seven children, as follows:  Lydia, Eliza, Noble J., Catherine, M. S., Chauncey and Laura.  His father was an honorable and upright man, and was a Democrat in politics.      M. S. Moody was married in 1855 to Miss Phoebe Haskins, one of the four children of E. and Permelia Haskins  They have had seven children, namely: Myron, who was born in 1855, married Jennie Spargo; Kate, born in 1857, is the wife of Freeber Thomson; Stella, born in 1859, is the wife of Joseph Grisinger; Andrew, born in 1863, and died in 1892; and Eliott, who was born in 1872.      Like his father, Mr. Moody affiliates with the Democratic party.  He owns a fine farm of 140 acres. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 845
	PHILLIP MOORE, another one of the worthy citizens of Conneaut, who is employed as conductor on the Nickel Plate Railroad, ws born in Erie County, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1867, son of Elijah and Mary E. (McGuire) Moore.      Elijah Moore was born in Pennsylvania, and was twice married - first, June 4, 1845, to Mary E. McGuire, and, Sept. 18, 1885, to Mrs. Julia (Mills) Barnum.  The latter is still an honored resident of Conneaut/  During the war, Mr. Moore rendered efficient service in Company A, One Hundred and forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, enlisting Aug. 21, 1862, and being honorably discharged May 31, 1865.  He was in the Army of the Potomac and was corporal of his company.  He came to Conneaut from Girard, Pennsylvania, in 1872, and resided here until the time of his death, Oct.  31, 1892.  He was a teamster, worked for the Conneaut Paper Mill Company for a number of years, and by all who ever knew him was regarded as an honorable and upright man.  His first wife died May 13, 1884, at the age of sixty years.  Their four children were as follows:  Jennie, a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, was married Feb. 3, 1869, to Joseph Hamilton, and has six children, Ella, Nelson, Willie, Martha, Eddie and Viola; Desda, of Sandusky, Ohio, was married Feb. 11, 1872, to Orlando Orcott, and has five children, Alice, Lloyd, Mary, Samuel and Joseph; George, of Cleveland, Ohio, was married Nov. 25, 1887, to Margaret Stevens; and Philip, the subject of our sketch.      Phillip Moore started out in life as a clerk, and after clerking for awhile, he kept a feed store.  Then he turned his attention to railroading and has been in railroad employ ever since.  He began as brakeman on the Nickel Plate  in 1884, and in 1887, at the age of twenty, was promoted to the position of conductor.  He has been a conductor ever since, and in that employ of the same company, his efficient service making him a valued employe.      Mr. Moore is a member of the Uniformed Rank, K. of P., No. 114, and Maple lodge, No. 217, K. of P., Conneaut; also of the Nickel Plate Division, No. 145, Order Railroad Conductors.  He is a Republican.      In concluding this sketch, we relate the story connected with the life of Mr. Moore's mother, which, indeed, reminds us of the old saying that truth is often stranger than fiction.      Mary E. McGuire was born on board a clipper ship, sailing under American colors, in the waters of the Mediterranean sea, her father being captain of the vessel.  Captain Daniel McGuire and his wife were drowned off the coast of Maine.  He was in the American marine and was just returning from Japan after an absence of three years.  His wife and little daughter were with him, the former, a consumptive, being in a dying condition.  The vessel had seventy-five cabin passengers, besides a crew of twenty-five persons.  During his absence the channel had been charged.  The night was dark, a storm was approaching, his wife and was thought to be dying, and he was an anxious to get to land.  In this troubled and excited condition he had neglected to give the signal for a pilot.  This oversight caused the vessel to run against the breakers and she was torn to pieces.  The captain tied his daughter to some rigging, tossed her into the sea, and jumped in after her.  The dying wife and mother sank to rise no more, as also did the crew and cabin passengers.  Mary and her father were picked up the third day.  She was unhurt, but he, having been struck by timbers was injured fatally and lived only a short time after they were brought to shore.  This occurred in 1836, when Mary E. was ten years of age.  She was adopted by Rev. R. A. Sheldon, and Episcopal clergyman, and his wife, and was reared by them.  Her father married her mother very much against the will of the latter's parents.  The young couple eloped.  This so incensed the parents that they disowned her.  The parents were immensely wealthy, and if the certificate or proof of Captain McGuire's marriage to their daughter could be produced, the descendants of Mary E. would be heir to an independent fortune.      After the little orphan had lived for some years at the home of Rev. Sheldon, he and his wife took her with the to England, and while there, they visited her grandparents.  The clergyman introduced their granddaughter to them and told them of the sad death of her parents.  The grandmother, who still had a mother's love for her erring and lost daughter, suggested to her husband that they adopt the child as their own.  After considering the matter, he replied: "No! she looks like her father; I can't consent to it."  Those who knew the old gentleman were well aware that when he said "No" h meant it with all the impetuosity of his English Nature.  She returned to America with the clergyman and wife, who gave her a happy hoe while she remained with them.  Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 995
	ENOS MORGAN, a thrifty farmer and esteemed citizen of Plymouth township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Vermont near Lake Champlain, Jan. 22, 1828.  His father, Hiram O. Morgan, was a pioneer of Ashtabula county, and a native of the same State in which her son was born, while the mother of the subject of this sketch, whose maiden name was Narcissa Brewster, was also a typical New Englander, possessing all the best traits of that truly admirable people.  The father was an industrious and intelligent farmer and was contented and prosperous until he lost his little farm because of a defective title, after which he was reduced to the necessity of working by the month, his employer being ex-Governor Meach, a wealthy farmer of Vermont.  Money accumulated slowly in the old State and Mr. Morgan decided to try his fortune in the West, where land was cheap and fertile and afforded many inducements to those of energy and perseverance.  He accordingly removed with his family to Ohio, their first home being in a small hut near Harvey Nettleton's farm in Plymouth township, Ashtabula county, but their permanent settlement was made on land four and a half miles north of Jefferson.  After many years they removed to the center of Jefferson, where the father died, July 14, 1877, greatly lamented by all who knew him.  He was a great worker, possessed the highest sense of honor and was a generous, kindly disposition.  He carefully advised and trained his sons, who have greatly profited thereby.  He was the father of eight children: an infant, deceased in Vermont; Cornelius; Enos, whose name heads this sketch; Mary, wife of J. H. Whelpley; Josiah H.; Hiram, Seymour; and Narcissa, who married Sylvester Strickland.      The subject of this sketch attended the pioneer schools of Ohio, and remained on the home farm with his parents until he was eighteen years of age.  He then, in company with his brother, began to clear a tract of school land, for which his brother and himself had contracted to pay in four years.  By cutting and burning the timber, making sugar and block salts, the proceeds of their labor was ample to meet their first obligation. For three years the brothers kept bachelors' hall and when the subject of this sketch married, he owned his own home.  On dividing the property, the share of Mr. Enos Morgan was 117 acres, to which he has since added until he now owns 185.  this has all been accumulated by hard labor and strict economy, and he is most worthy of his success.      In the spring of 1856, Mr. Morgan was married to Betsy Davis, a lady of domestic tastes, daughter of Benjamin Davis, formerly of New York and a tanner by trade, who now resides with Mr. Morgan, at the age of ninety-one years.  Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have had six children, of whom three are living:  Those surviving are, G. Vernon, H. W. and an adopted daughter.      Religiously, Mr. Morgan is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a Steward and an active laborer.  He is an enterprising and successful farmer and progressive, liberal-minded citizen, and is justly numbered among the representative men of his county. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 831
	JAMES MORGAN has for many years been a conspicuous figure in business circles in Ashtabula county, and is entitled to more than passing mention in this history.  He is a native of the State of New York, born at Hartwick, Otsego county, Feb. 24, 1824.  His parents, James and Anna (Lyon) Morgan, are also natives of the Empire State, but emigrated to Ohio about the year 1828.  They settled at Bloomfield, Ashtabula county, selecting a tract in the wilderness one mile from any other settler, and courageously faced all the dangers and privations of life on the frontier.  Their meat for many years was bear, venison, wild turkey and fish.  The father met with a painful accident by the fall of a tree, a broken limb being the result; from this he was a cripple all his life.  His wife, a woman of extraordinary ability, with the aid of two older sons, continued the cultivation of the land, and also spun, wove and made all the clothing for her family, besides supplying much cloth to her neighbors.  Mr. Morgan cast the first Democratic vote in Bloomfield township after its organization.  He and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He had exchanged a fine improved farm in New York for 325 acres on the frontier, but before his death the entire tract was under cultivation and had many excellent improvements.      James L. Morgan was reared amid the wild surroundings of a pioneer home, but at the age of sixteen years had acquired a good education for those times.  He was apprenticed to a carriage builder, but afterward decided to continue his studies and gain a thorough education.  He began a course under private instructors and later on entered an academy in Otsego county, New York.  Returning home in 1846, he engaged in teaching school for several terms, but finally turned his attention to mercantile interests.  He also became the owner of a sawmill at Orwell, assuming possession of the same in order to secure himself on quite large pecuniary loans which he had made to the original proprietor.  He operated the mill for a time and then disposed of it and came to Geneva, where he embarked in trade with his brother Ezra.  He carried on a mercantile business with different partners until about 1868, when he directed his energies to the establishing of a banking business.  As the result of his efforts the Savings Exchange Bank was established in 1869, and has ever since been recognized as a sound and successful financial institution.  By the various enterprises in which he has been engaged he has accumulated a handsome estate.  Politically he has been an ardent Democrat and is a stanch supporter of the temperance reform movement; he has been a member of the Board of Education for twelve years, all of this time serving as its President.      Mr. Morgan was married May 16, 1850, to Olive Gould, of Geneva, Ohio.  Five children have been born to them, three of whom survive; Edwin Fannie and Kate, the last named being the wife of Walter Stephens.  They are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Morgan is an official.  He has always been deeply interested in the welfare and growth of the town, and now worthy enterprise has failed to receive his support and encouragement.      Mr. Morgan is a member of the Masonic order and the I. O. O. F., also a member of the Geneva Encampment, No. 94, I. O. O. F.  He was the prime agitator among those who finally effected the removal, to Geneva, of the post office formerly located at the old town one mile north, and who also brought about the holding of the elections in the new town.  Mr. Morgan was also largely instrumental in securing the location of the Normal School at Geneva. Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 273
	REV. F. E. MORRISON, Superintended of the Schools of Kingsville township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Jefferson, this State, Jan. 18, 1863, son of Rev. C. and Sarah M. (Goodale) Morrison.  His maternal ancestors were natives of Connecticut.  His father, Rev. C. Morrison was born in Geneva, Ohio, June 19, 1823.  He now resides on a farm near Richmond, this State, where he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits for some seventeen years.      He was for a number of years a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, but withdrew for the purpose of organizing a new church, to be known as the Zion Church, in which he was a traveling preacher for many years, until age disqualified him for active work.  He and his wife have had a family of ten children, all of whom are living except two.   Seven are in Ashtabula county, and one resides in Kansas.  Professor F. E. Morrison is next to the youngest in this family.  He received his education in the Jefferson public schools, Grand River institute, and New Lyme Institute.  At the age of sixteen he began the study of telegraphy in a railway office.  It was three years after this that he entered New Lyme Institute, where, the following fall, he accepted the management of the telegraphic department of the institution, which he conducted in a very acceptable manner until the time of his graduation.      Since his graduation he has devoted his time to public-school work, and has conducted the schools under his charge in a manner that has gained him a reputation among the best teachers and managers in the county.  Two years he has held the superintendency of Orwell Normal Institute.      Under this management the schools prospered to an extent highly gratifying to all.      From a list of twenty-nine applicants of leading educators, from this and surrounding States, Professor Morrison was selected for Superintendent of the Kingsville Schools by the board of education.  The favorable opinion formed by the members of the board of education at that time has been imparted to all the people of the township, and greatly strengthened since Professor Morrison has taken up his work here.  He has recently been retained for a term of two years as Superintendent of the Kingsville Schools, with an increase in salary of $100 per year.      He was married Mar. 26, 1885, to Miss Inez H. Campbell, daughter of John C. and Lodema (Scribner) Campbell.  Her father and mother are natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio.  Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have an only child, Hazel May, born May 1, 1889.      Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he takes an active interest, being a local preacher and holding the office of president of Epworth League.  He is also a Mason and an Odd Fellow, being a member of both the subordinate and encampment lodges, having passed all the chairs in the subordinate lodge of the same. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 230
	FRANK A. MORRISON, physician and surgeon, is one of the progressive young professional men of Rock Creek, Ashtabula county, Ohio.  He was born in Jefferson township, this county, Sept. 5, 1858, and lived there until he was eighteen years of age.  He attended the district schools and the Jefferson Educational Institute.  Being then thrown upon his own resources, he went to Portage county, Ohio, where he engaged in business for himself, and for several years dealt successfully in real estate.  We next find him in Albion, Erie County, Pennsylvania, studying medicine in the office of Dr. Skeels, a noted physician.  After remaining under his tutorage for a period of three years, young Morrison attended a course of lectures at Cleveland.  He then came to Rock Creek and entered upon the practice of his profession.  Three years later he went to Cincinnati, where he further prepared himself for his chosen profession by taking a two years' course in the Pulte Medical College, where he graduated.  After that he took a course in the Old Pathological School and spent three months in clinic work.  Returning to Rock Creek, he resumed the practice of his profession, in which he has since been eminently successful, now having a practice representing about $5,000 per annum.      Dr. Morrison was married Sept. 5, 1878, to Miss Clara A. Churchell, who was born in Randolph township, Portage county, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1856, daughter of Orwell Churchell.  They have one child, Frankie A., born Aug. 29, 1889.  Mrs. Morrison is a lady of much culture and refinement, is popular in society circles, and presides in charming manner over her cozy and attractive home.       Dr. Morrison is a son of Cornelius and Sarah (Goodall) Morrison.  His father was born in Geneva, Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 19, 1823, and grew up at his native place, receiving a high school education.  He located in Jefferson, where he was married in 1848, and where he resided for a number of years, owning a fine farm near Jefferson.  In early life he was ordained a minister of the Gospel.  His first work in the pulpit was in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jefferson.  Later he united with the Zion Church, with which organization he labored for many years.  Now, after a useful and active career, he resides at Richmond Center, retired from active live.  The Doctor's mother was born in Connecticut.  Her parents coming to Ohio when she was four years old and settling on a farm in Ashtabula county, she was here reared and educated.  Of her ten children, eight are still living, representing various trades and professions.  From her youth up she has been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.      In political matters, Dr. Morrison is a Republican.  Since 1889 he has been identified with F. & A. M. and the I. O. O. F.  In the Masonic order he has taken the Royal Arch degree.  He is a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, the oldest medical institute in America; of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio, and is Medical Examiner for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and also for the Manhattan Insurance Company of New York.   Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page 704
	HON. HENRY LAWTON MORRISON. - This gentleman is a worthy representative of a long line of ancestors, his career having been such that his name is synonymous with all that is good and great.      His remote American ancestor, William Morrison, came to North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1740.  It is not known where this ancestor was born, but it is quite probable that he was of Scotch-Irish lineage.  In 1748 he married Sarah Montgomery, whose ancestry can probably be traced to the Brigend family of Montgomery, Ayrshire, presumably of British origin.  William Morrison was a brave and efficient soldier in the French and Indian war, in which he was captured by the enemy and removed to a prison in Quebec, where he died.  He had the following sons:  William, Alexander, John, Robert and James.      James Morrison, his youngest son, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1757.  In 1783 he was married to Hannah Gunn, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and they had five sons and five daughters, the oldest of whom was James Morrison, Jr.  June 6, 1806, in company with several other people, James Morrison, Sr., started with teams for the West, arriving in Ashtabula county, Ohio, after six weeks' toilsome and wearisome journeying.  Shortly after his arrival here, he selected and purchased 400 or 500 acres of land in the new township of Geneva, to which he removed his family.  A rude home was built in the forest, after which the older members set about clearing the land, thus beginning their pioneer experiences in Ashtabula county.  The father gave to his sons, James, Jr., William, Strobridge and Riley, who accompanied him, each a tract of land, reserving the old homestead for himself, on which his youngest son was to reside.  The father was at first a Universalist, but after coming to Ohio he became a Methodist, being a zealous churchman of sturdy character.  He had been an efficient soldier in the Revolutionary war, for which he drew a pension during the last few years of his life.   He died in 1854, at the advanced age of ninety-seven years, leaving many sorrowing friends to mourn his loss.      James Morrison, Jr., his oldest son, was born in 1784, in Blandford, Massachusetts, and in 1805 was married to Susanna McNutt.  In 1806 he came with his wife and oldest son to Ohio, in company with his father, and settled on land in Geneva, Ashtabula county, on which he resided until his death in 1867, at the venerable age of eighty-three years.  He was married four times.  His first wife died in 1811, by which marriage he had four sons.  He then married her sister, Sarah McNutt, and they had five children.  She died at the birth of Henry Lawton Morrison, the subject of this sketch, who was born in Geneva, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1820.  His father married for a third wife Mrs. Ruth (Ellis) Turner, who died in 1845, leaving four children.  In 1847 he married Mrs. Abigail Palmer of Massachusetts, who had no children.      Henry Lawton Morrison whose name heads this notice, on account of his mother dying at his birth, was given to an uncle named Lawton, whose wife, Sarah, was a sister of James Morrison, Jr.  These relatives be- stowed upon him all the care and affection the kindest parents could give, and in their quiet, humble home on the farm he grew to boyhood with such advantages of schooling as the common schools of his day afforded.  When Henry was fifteen years of age, his uncle sold the farm and Henry became a clerk in a store in the then village of Ashtabula, thus beginning what has been a long, active and successful business career.  He has since lived continuously in this place, which he has seen grow from a village of 500 to a flourishing city of 10,000 inhabitants, during which time he has been actively identified with the best interests of his chosen home.  In 1848 Mr. Morrison was admitted as a partner into the establishment in which he had worked so long as a clerk.  The death of his partner in 1861 left him sole proprietor of the business.  He occupied the same place of business for more than forty-five years, conducting for the greater portion of the time a general merchandise trade.  He recently built an excellent business block in another part of the city, and took his two sons into partnership with him.  These are active and promising young men, the firm of H. L. Morrison & Sons now conducting a large trade in dry goods, notions, millinery and carpets, being a leading business firm of the city.  Besides his other interests, Mr. Morrison has been for more than twenty years a director in the Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad Company.      Politically, Mr. Morrison is a Republican, although he has been conservative and some- what independent.  He was for ten years an active member of the School Board; was Mayor several terms; County Commissioner three years; and has held other minor positions of honor and trust in the gift of an admiring people.  He manifests much interest in history, and has been for some time president of the Ashtabula County Pioneer Society.      In 1846 Mr. Morrison was married to Miss Haney Pamelia Castle, of Ashtabula, and they have had four children: Katherine Amelia, Mary Watrous, Williard Henry and Frederick Root.      Mr. Morrison, wife and daughters are communicants of the Baptist Church.  The family hold high social rank in Ashtabula, and Mr. Morrison enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 437
	EUGENE L. MULLEN, proprietor of the Maple Shade farm, of Jefferson township, was born in Williamsfield township Ashtabula county, in June, 1856, a son of William S. and Lucy A. (Woodruf) Mullen.  The father was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31, 1833.  His parents died when he was young, after which he lived with a sister in Hart’s Grove township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and later in Williamsfield.  He received the best school ad vantages the county afforded, and learned the trade of a wheelwright and carriage builder. He was married in Williamsfield in 1854, and immediately began work at his trade on his own account at that place.  In 1884 be began work at his trade in Jefferson, where be still resides.  He is identified with the Republican party, and for a number of years served as Justice of the Peace of Williamsfield township, in February, 1835, the mother of our subject was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, where she grew to womanhood, and was married at the age of nineteen years.  Mr. and Mrs. Mullen have had three children, two of whom still survive, Eugene L., our subject; and a daughter at home.  The latter received her education at the Jefferson Educational Institute.  The mother still survives, and has been a consistent member of the Methodist Church from childhood.      Eugene L. Mullen, the subject of this sketch, grew to manhood in Williamsfield township, and received good common school advantages.  He also graduated in 1875, at the Grand River Institute, of Austinburg, where he was a classmate of E. L. Lampson, present State Senator from this district.  After graduation, Mr. Mullen learned the trade of carriage painting and afterward took charge of that branch of his father’s business during the summer months, and taught penmanship in the winters.  Turn years later he moved to a farm two miles south of Jefferson, but a few years afterward traded that place for an interest in the city flour mills at Jefferson.  Mr. Mullen immediately turned his attention to the upbuilding of the mill, and was given the position of bookkeeper, but later became the traveling representative of the firm.  In 1881 our subject sold his interest in the mill and moved to his father's farm in Williamsfield township.  In the fall of the same year he bought his present home, the Maple Shade farm, consisting of 120 acres of choice farming and grazing land.  Mr. Mullen has a sugar orchard of about 400 trees, and produces annually 200 gallons of high grade maple syrup, a part of which is sold to local customers, and the remainder shipped to St. Louis.   He has sixty head of high grade Shropshire sheep, and a herd of Jersey cows.  In 1887 he built a good barn, 82 x 30 feet, later a stock barn, 42 x 30 feet, and has a sugar house 18 x 30 feet.      In 1875 our subject was united in marriage to Miss Ida A. Newman, who was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in July, 1856, a daughter of J. A. Newman, of Jefferson township, this county.  Mrs. Mullen when nine years of age, came with her parents to Austinburg township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where they purchased large tracts of land.  She attended the Grand River Institute of Austinburg, and afterward taught school several terms.  Mr. and Mrs. Mullen have had six children: G. Karl, born in July, 1878; Emma May, in December, 1879; Maud L., in October, 1881; Homer A., in 1883; Walter S., in March, 1885; and Hugh, in December, 1887. Mr. Mullen is a member of Tuscan Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 342, of Ensign Lodge, 1. O. O. F., of the County, Grange, and holds the office of Overseer of the Subordinate Grange. Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 721
	GEORGE P. MUNGER, deceased, was an old and highly respected citizen of Geneva where he was born Feb. 8, 1823.  He was the eldest son of Rufus B. Munger, and a brother of Henry, both of whose biographies appear elsewhere in this volume.  His educational opportunities were limited, as he had not a robust constitution, and for many years prior to his death suffered from impaired health; his release came Nov. 26, 1884, when he passed peacefully to his reward.  He was a man of genial, kindly impulses, was a consistent Christian and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.      Mr. Munger was united in marriage to Helen Babcox at Geneva, in December, 1849, and four children were born to them:  Oran B., is a merchant at Anderson, Indiana; Edgar O., is engaged at carpentry in Geneva; George G., is conducting a mercantile business at Creston, Iowa; Maud M., is an enthusiastic student of music, and has spent some time in Europe in pursuit of her favorite art.  Mr. Munger was a devoted husband and an indulgent father; his death was a deep bereavement to his family and a real loss to the community of which he was an honored citizen.   Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page 708
	HENRY S. MUNGER, deceased, was born at North Center, Ohio at North Center, Ohio, Mar. 8, 1826, and here he passed his boyhood days, being employed with the duties that fall to the lot of a farmer's son.  At the age of fifteen years he removed with the family to Geneva; he made the most of the meager educational advantages afforded by the common schools, and by great perseverance acquired a fair business education.  Possessed of broad comprehension and keen observation he took a prominent place in the community, and displayed unusual ability in public affairs.  In early life he established a mercantile business, of which he disposed to become agent for the Lake Shore & Michigan southern Railway at Geneva.  He filled this position with great satisfaction for twelve years, and was the first telegraph operator at this point.  He erected the first brick block at Geneva, and in 1862 was largely instrumental in the organization of the First National Bank at Geneva; he was elected president and occupied that office for about ten years and until the time of his death.      In the time of his country’s peril he was among the first to respond to the call for men, and participated in one of the earliest engagements of the conflict, that of Philippi.  He was a man of many noble qualities, genial, warm-hearted and loyal to his friends; he was a consistent Christian and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  In politics he was intensely Republican.  He served well and faithfully as Mayor of the town, and filled various other offices within the gift of the community.      Mr. Munger was married June 25, 1851, to Huldah Gould, horn Jan. 4, 1830, a daughter of George and Betsey (Hubbell) Gould, natives of Tompkins county, New York, and pioneers of Ashtabula county.  Mr. and Mrs. Munger had born to them nine children, five of whom survive: Frank H., W. H., Rufus H., Charles H. and Jennie N.  Mr. Munger died May 20, 1883, at the age fifty-seven years. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 307
	RUFUS B. MUNGER,  deceased, was the father of Henry S. Munger.  He married Maria Andrews in 1820, when they emigrated from Saratoga county, New York, the birth-place of both.  He was born May 16, 1796, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-three years.  His father served in the war of the Revolution.      Mr. Munger endured all the privations and hardships with which the lot of the pioneer is fraught.  Settling in an unbroken wilderness he had a hard struggle for many years, but being a man of courage and energy he overcome all obstacles.  In 1841, he traded his farm at North Center, where he settled, for 160 acres lying in the north part of the present village of Geneva.  From this time success attended his every effort, and he rapidly accumulated a handsome estate.  At the time of his death his property was valued at a quarter of a million dollars, and he had previously made gifts for benevolent purposes to the amount of $150,000.      He was active in securing the right of way of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, was prominently connected with the First National Bank from its organization and was its president for many years.  He lent a generous support to many other enterprises.  For many years he was Justice of the Peace and held other local offices.      Mrs. Munger died in 1845; she was a devoted wife and mother, a true and steadfast friend; she and her husband were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church from an early age.  His death occurred Nov. 22, 1888.  His daily life was always in keeping with his profession of religion, a fact which won him the esteem and regard of all classes of men with whom he mingled.  In his death the community lost one of its pillars, a man of sterling worth. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 308
	RUFUS B. MUNGER, deceased, was born at Saratoga, New York, May 16, 1796, a son of Solomon and Ruth Munger, also natives of New York State: the father was born Feb. 10, 1767, and died May 8, 1814; the mother, born in 1762, died Oct. 17, 1836.  Rufus B. was reared to agricultural pursuits, which occupation his father followed during life.  He attended the common schools, and, making the most of his advantages, fitted himself for a teacher, and was one of the pioneer educators.  He emigrated to Ohio about the year 1816 and in 1819 returned to New York, where he was united in marriage to Maria, daughter of Jason Andrews.  Coming again to Ohio he settled on a farm, which he cultivated until 1841; then exchanged this tract for the homestead, which is still occupied by his daughter, a portion having been sold for lots within the corporation of Geneva.  He witnessed the growth of this thriving town from a cluster of four or five houses, and was always a staunch supporter of those enterprises which tended to develop and increase the resources of this section of country.      Mr. and Mrs. Munger were the parents of five children, two sons and three daughters:  Ann, born in 1820, married Plymton Sweet, and died in 1846; Mary M., born in 1822, married John O. Swan.  They had one son, Heber R., who is the father of one son, John O., who died in California Jan. 26, 1891. George P., the first son, was born Feb. 8, 1824, and died Nov. 26, 1884, being the father of five children, all of whom are living; Henry S., the second son, was born in 1826; he married Hulda Gould, and they had nine children, five of whom are living: Frank, W. H., Henry, Charles and Jennie; he died May 20, 1883, having amassed a large fortune.  Maria Theresa was born Mar. 25, 1829; she married Dr. Joseph Edson, and died Nov. 24, 1849.  The mother of this family died Apr. 23, 1845.      Mr. Munger retired from active occupation in 1860 and spent the remainder of his days in making careful investments of the capital he had accumulated: he was a large stock-holder in banks, railroads and other coporations, and possessed excellent judgment.      Politically he adhered to the principles of the Republican party.  For fifteen years he filled the office of Justice of the Peace.  A man of sterling worth and unquestioned integrity he was deeply mourned when the hand of death was laid upon him, Nov. 22, 1888, at which time he had attained the age of ninety-two years, six months and six days.      Mr. Munger was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than half a century, filling some of the most important offices in the Church and contributed largely for its benevolence and for its benefit and support.  He died in full hope and faith in the life eternal.   Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page 462
	WILLIE H. MUNGER, President of the First National BAnk, Geneva, is a native of Ashtabula county, Ohio, born at Geneva, Oct. 26, 1852.  He is a a son of Henry S. and Huldah (Gould) Munger, whose history will be found on another page of this volume.  He enjoyed the educational advantages offered at the common school of his home and when he had finished his studies he was employed in the manufactory of the Geneva Tool Company, a position he held six years.  He then embarked in the commission trade, which he carried on for two years.  In September, 1878, he became cashier of the First National Bank, and at the end of six years he was made Vice President.  In 1886, he was chosen President, an office he fills with marked ability.  Politically Mr. Munger supports the Republican party; socially he is affiliated with the Masonic order, the I. O. O. F., the Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arcanum, the Home Guard and the Sons of Veterans.      He was united in marriage in June, 1878, to Emma A., daughter of Elihu B. and Laura A. (Frisbie) Gill of Geneva, and they have one son, Ralph R., born Nov. 4, 1874.  Mrs. Monger’s father served as engineer on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad for more than thirty years.  Mr. and Mrs. Munger are identified with the Episcopal Church, and have been the prime movers in the erection of an edifice to be occupied by the society.  It was dedicated May 8, 1893.  In 1889, Mr. Munger planned and superintended the erection of the handsomest block in Geneva, a memorial to his father. Source:  Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 308
	JUSTUS F. MUNSELL   Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Publ. by Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co. - 1893 - Page 323

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