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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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COLUMBIANA COUNTY,
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BIOGRAPHIES
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Source:
Mack, Horace -
History of Columbiana County, Ohio
: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co.,
1879
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)< CLICK HERE to RETURN to 1879 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX >
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BENJAMIN STANTON, son of Henry and Abigail Stanton, was born in North Carolina, Aug. 28, 1793. In 1800 his mother, who was then a widow, removed with Benjamin and several other children to Brownsville, Pa., where they remained until the following spring, and then again removed to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. At the age of twenty Benjamin began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Hamilton, of Mt. Pleasant. He opened an office in Camden, Ohio, where he remained a short time, and in1815 settled in Salem.
The next year he married Martha Townsend, who taught school in New Lisbon in 1811 and 1812, at Beaver Falls in 1813 and afterwards in 1815, at Salem, in the old Baptist Log meeting-house in Dry Street. They lived nearly two years at the west end of Main Street, then purchased the property on the northwest corner of Chestnut and Main Streets, and in 1854 moved to the corner of Chestnut and Green Streets, where Mrs. Stanton still resides.
He practiced medicine for nearly half a century, and was respected as a physician and beloved as a man. He was a member of the Society of Friends, but the dissensions which arose in that body induced him to withdraw.
He was a leader in all good works. Religion with him was a vital, living principle, and "life was a state in which a free human being was to work out for himself a high and holy character; man, a responsible being, sustaining physical and moral relations to God and the universe; and pure religion, the perfection of human character, consisting in the performance of the duties and obligations growing out of these relations."
Through his influence the first tax was raised in Salem to establish a district school, upon the principal that property should education the children of the community. He was also active in the cause of temperance, and among the earliest friends of the slave before the anti-slavery cause had many advocates.
His children were Oliver, Rebecca, Laura, Joseph, David, Caroline, William, and Byron all of whom are living except Joseph and David who were both physicians. Joseph practiced in Akron, Ohio, and was a physician of good repute and a man of undoubted integrity. David was elected auditor-general of Pennsylvania, and became widely and favorably known. William was a lawyer, studied with his favorably known. Williams was a lawyer, studied with his cousin Edwin M. Stanton (late Secretary of War), and now lives near Pittsburgh. Byron is a physician now practicing in Cincinnati. HE was superintendent of the Northern Lunatic Asylum of the State of Ohio. Two of his daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Weaver and Mrs. Caroline Adams, are living in Salem. Benjamin Stanton died Feb. 28, 1861.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 206Goshen Twp. -
ABEL STRAWN was born in Bucks Co., Pa., in 1800; lived with his father until 1822, when he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Goshen township; in 1823 married Miss Hannah Spencer, who lived to rear a large family.
His father (Daniel Strawn) entered land in Goshen township in 1805, which is now owned by his grandson, D. P. Strawn. Daniel Strawn's family consisted of sixteen children, - eight boys and eight girls. This large family all lived to be grown and married.
When Mr. Abel Strawn purchased his land but little of it was ready for cultivation. He has cleared it and made for himself and family a desirable home. This he has done by hard labor and strict economy. He did not devote his entire time to farm-work, but found time to engage in the manufacture of brick, his sons, J. S. and D. P. Strawn, managing this part of the work a part of the time. Mr. Strawn is now living at the age of fourscore years. He has lived to see the almost unbroken forest give place to the beautiful farm-houses with their modern conveniences which dot every hill and valley around him, and to see villages on either side of him with their stores, mills, churches, schools, and comfortable residences.
The Strawn family held a reunion in July, 1879. From the Salem Republican the following notice is taken: "The family connections of Able Strawn gathered at the old homestead, three miles west of Salem, on the 8th of July, to celebrate his eightieth birthday. Those present were Abel Strawn (the subject of this sketch); Jesse Strawn, his only surviving brother; Ella Livesley, his only surviving sister; and her husband, Jason Livesley." It then enumerates forty-six other family connections, adding: "And these are all Republicans. After partaking of a refreshing supper and tarrying a while in the evening, cheered with pleasant music, they all returned to their several homes well pleased with the reunion, felling it was time well spent."
Mrs. Strawn has been deceased some time. The helpmate of a pioneer in all the vicissitudes of a new country, with its trials and privations, fills no less an important place than the pioneer himself. Such an one was Mrs. Strawn. The place left vacant by the death of a good mother can never be filled. "Her children rise up and call her blessed."
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 298Goshen Twp. -
D. P. STRAWN. One of the thriftiest farmers of Goshen township is D. P. Strawn. He was born in Columbiana County, in 1827, where he assisted his father in the business of farming and brick-making during the early part of his life. He and his brother J. S. Strawn superintended the manufacturing of the brick. At nineteen years of age he left his business and decided to commence the battle of life for himself, hiring out by the month to work. From the time of his earliest recollection he had a great desire to have an education. This he revolved in his mind, and finally decided it could be done. While laboring by the month he used the strictest economy, both in time and money, not wasting his evenings and leisure moments, as many young men of his day were then doing. He had received but little assistance from the district schools, as they were poor; but, by studying at night, he was able, finally, to enter Mount Union College, in Stark Co., Ohio, and there took his place in the highest class in mathematics then in the school. He attended school here two years, and during his entire stay was a hard student and ranked among the best in mathematics in the institution. In 1855 he purchased his first real estate, consisting of a house and lot joining his father's farm. In 1856 he added fifty acres to this. In 1856 he was elected to the office of township clerk, and in 1857 justice of the peace. These offices he held with credit to himself and perfect satisfaction to the community. He still farmed for several years and taught school during the winter months. Thus we see he has ever been engaged in active life, believing it "better to wear out than to rust out."
In 1864 he sold his farm and bought one hundred acres in Goshen township, Mahoning Co., which had been entered by his grandfather (Daniel Strawn) in 1805. He is still living on this farm, having spent much time and money in its improvement. He has taken pride in getting together a fine collection of fruit-trees, an Illustration of which can be seen on another page of this work, in connection with a rear view of his house. D. P. Strawn has been solicited often by prominent men of the county to accept offices of trust, but, not wishing to become a public man, has always declined this honor. He is fully competent to fill any of these offices, as he has spent considerable time in the study of law, never having been admitted. In 1855, D. P. Strawn married Esther, daughter of Wm. R. and Judith Spencer. Their family consists of five children, all boys, and all living at home with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Strawn rightfully enjoy the respect and esteem of the community in which they live, and we feel assured that their portraits, as also the illustration of their residence, will be a source of satisfaction to themselves, to their children, and to their many friends.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 299Goshen Twp. -
J. S. STRAWN was born in Butler township, Columbiana Co., July 29, 1824, on the farm owned by his grandfather, John Spencer, who purchased the farm in1805, and came from Pennsylvania with his family in 1806.
When J. S. Strawn was but one year old he was brought over to Goshen township by his parents, who had bought a farm where two years before. J. S. Strawn remained on the farm with his father until he was twenty-two years old; he then bought a farm of eighty acres in Goshen Township. This purchase was made in March 1847. He has since added seventy-four acres more to his first purchase, making a farm of one hundred and four acres. One hundred acres of this land has been cleared by him and put under cultivation. Jan. 28, 1848, J. S. Strawn married Betsey, daughter of John and Mary Mead. They have four children, - Esther M., Margaret A., Eva H., and Josephine. All are living. Esther is now Mrs. Albert Burton. Margaret is now Mrs. J. P. Smith. J. S. Strawn has been engaged not only in farming, but has had charge of a saw-mill, of which he bought a half-interest from William Kidd. These two gentlemen ran the mill two years, when Kidd sold his interest to Mead, and it was in operation under the management of this firm for sixteen years. In 1872, J. S. Strawn sold to a son of Mead. This mill was built in 1847, and the engine then put in by Thomas Sharp is still in the mill. Mrs. Strawn is of English descent, and was born in England, Oct. 26, 1827, coming to this country with her parents when but three years of age.
J. S. Strawn has held several offices of trust in the township in which he lives. He is at present treasurer of the Summit Oil Company, of Pennsylvania. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Strawn, together with an illustration of their pleasant home, will be found elsewhere in this work, where it will remain as a monument to their industry and economy.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 299
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