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Source:
History of the Upper Ohio Valley
with Historical Account of Columbiana County, Ohio.
A statement of the Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages. Family History and Biography
Vol. I & II. Illustrated
Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller -
1891

(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

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HENRY LAWRENCE, one of the prominent business men of Columbiana county, Ohio, was one of eleven children born to John and Ann Lawrence, the former of whom was born in Staffordshire, England. In 1869, the father came to America and secured work in the coal mine at Salineville, Ohio. One hear after his arrival in this country he sent for his wife and children, who shortly joined him. After living in various different places in the state the family finally settled at East Palestine, where the father died Feb. 27, 1889, his wife having preceded him March 8, 1886. Henry Lawrence was born in England in 1863, and received a good schooling in his native land. After his coming to the United States he worked in the coal mines, and when twenty-one years of age was married to Jane Clark, daughter of James and Mary Clark. Gertie, born in 1884, and Annie, born in 1887, are the children that have come to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence. In the year 1885, Mr. Lawrence. In the year 1885, Mr. Lawrence embarked in the hotel business at Negley, and has since built up a very desirable business in this line. Three years after establishing the hotel he engaged in the general mercantile business, and one year later sold a half interest in the latter business to J. W. Sutherin, and this firm is now in a very prosperous condition.
Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 185

WILLIAM LEE. The Lees are among this family to come to America was William Lee, a native of Nottinghamshire, England, who emigrated to this country prior to the revolution, and served throughout the seven years of the war. He then took up a soldier's patent of a quarter-section of land in Middleton township, Columbiana county, and settled there about 1793. Later, he removed to a farm of fifty acres in Centre township, and remained there the rest of his days. His wife was Barbara Shoemaker, by whom he had ten children: Mrs. Sarah Smith, Mrs. Mary Earick, George, William, Mrs. Ann Coulson, Mrs. Dorothea Ward, Rachel, Elizabeth, Mrs. Catherine Freed, and Mrs. Hannah Skelton George was born in Middleton township in 1793, and took up a section of land in Center township in 1819. This land he redeemed from the surrounding wilderness and remained on it during his life. He died in June, 1870, in his seventy-seventh year. His wife, Mary A. E. was a daughter of Henry and Barbara Kisner, of Stark county, Ohio, by whom he had twelve children: Mrs. Sarah Vogan, Mrs. Elizabeth Stock, William, Henry, George, John, Alfred, Ezra, Harvey, Mrs. Mary J. Chandler, Mrs. Catherine Lewis and Alvin. John P. Lee, the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in Centre township, Columbiana Co., Ohio, Nov. 15, 1828, the son of George and Mary Lee, as before stated. After obtaining a good common school education, he became a painter and paper-hanger, which vocation he followed for thirty-five years, working in various parts of Ohio during that period. Since 1851 he has made Salem his home, and for many years has been engaged in the grocery trade there. The firm name is now M. Lee & Co. In 1851, Mr. Lee married Ruth A. Garretson, daughter of Joseph and Maria (McMillan) Garretson, of Salem. They have been blessed by the birth of three children: Malcolm, Joseph G. and Edgar J. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, the F. & A. M., and is a faithful democrat. Mr. Lee is held in high esteem by the Salem public.
Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 224

JACOB LINDESMITH is descended from an old and patriotic family of German extraction. He was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1824, the son of Jacob and Susan (Crissinger) Lindesmith. Jacob Lindesmith was born in Pennsylvania, he was a son of Joseph Lindesmith, a native of Germany, who emigrated to America at an early date. The latter was a brave soldier in the war of the Revolution and three of his sons fought in the war of 1812. Jacob Lindesmith came to Ohio in 1812 and settled on wild land from which he made a farm of much value. At one time he was the proprietor of over 640 acres of choice farming land, and was a man of considerable wealth. Jacob Lindesmith, the principal of this biographical mention, was raised on his father's farm. He was a student in the old log school house of the district in which he lived and passed through the trials and privations incident to that time. Miss Nancy McKarns became his wife in 1865. Three children have come to bless their home, they are: Ella, Bennie and one deceased. The mother was born in Columbiana county, and came from a leading family. For twenty-five years Mr. Lindesmith has had the honor of serving his fellow-townsman as justice of the peace. The length of his service is the best evidence of his popularity. He is a man who commands the respect of the community in which he lives. Mr. and Mrs. Lindesmith are communicants of the Presbyterian church.
Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 230

JOSEPH L. LUTHRINGER, druggist, is a native of Ohio, born in Marietta, in the year 1864. His father, Emery Luthringer, a native of France, came to America with his parents a number of years ago, and settled in Pittsburg, thence moved to Marietta, Ohio, where he followed the tinner's trade and also carried on the hardware business. He came to East Liverpool in 1882, and has since resided in this city. Joseph L. Luthringer was educated in the schools of Marrietta, and after spending a few years at different occupations, began clerking, in 1880, in a drug store, and one year later accepted a similar position in the city of Pittsburg. In the fall of 1882, he came to East Liverpool and entered the employ of A. H. Metz, druggist, with whom he continued until 1889, at which time he purchased an interest in the business and continued a member of the firm until March, 1890. In that year he purchased the entire stock and is now conducting one of the most successful drug houses in the city. Mr. Luthringer is familiar with every detailed of the drug business, and his popularity as a salesman is exceeded by that of few business men in Columbiana county. His success has been the result of his unaided efforts, and he is justly entitled to the claim of a self made made. In September, 1890, Mr. Luthringer was united in marriage with Miss Ella Cronin, a popular young lady of East Liverpool.
Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 335

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