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WARREN BALLARD,
prominently identified with the progressive element of Hampden township,
is numbered among the leading citizens of Geauga county. He was
born in Allegany county, New York, Sept. 18, 1836, a son of Enoch
Ballard, a native of Putnam county, New York. The family is of
French descent. Enoch Ballard, a native of Putnam county,
New York. The family is of French descent. Enoch Ballard
was a farmer by occupation, and when a young man lived in Dutchess
county, New York. He removed thence to Allegany county, New York,
where he owned 125 acres. He married Polly Tichenor, who
was born in Tompkins county, New York, and they had a family of eight
children: Edward, deceased; Sherman, deceased;
John; William; George; Warren, Mary; and Wesley, deceased.
The father died at the age of seventy-three yeas, and the mother at the
age of eighty-two. Both were members of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Ballard voted the Whig and Republican ticket successively.
Warren Ballard is the fifth of the family. He received his
education in the district schools, and was reared to the life of a
farmer. The country was new, and the labor of clearing land and
placing it under cultivation was not an easy occupation.
He was married, Feb. 16, 1860, to Orpha Wiseman,
who was born in Wyoming county, New York, a daughter of William D.
and Mary (Jordan) Wiseman, also natives of Wyoming county, New York.
Mr. Wiseman was among the early settlers of Wyoming county, and
did his share in reclaiming the wild land. He is still living, at
the age of eighty years, though his wife passed away at the early age of
twenty nine years. They were both consistent members of the
Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Ballard have no children of
their own, but have reared and educated three children, whom they look
upon with a fond, parental interest: Wallace F., De Witt C. and
Clara.
After his marriage Mr. Ballard settled in
Ogle county, Illinois, Mar. 9, 1861, where he resided four years,
engaged in farming, when he returned to Allegany county, New York, where
he owned a farm of 135 acres. It was in August, 1881, that he
removed to Geauga county, where he purchased 200 acres of well-improved
land, and where he carries on a general farming business and runs a
small dairy. In 1882 he erected a large, well-arranged barn, and
the year following built a handsome residence. The improvements
are of the most substantial character and entirely modern in style.
Mr. and Mrs. Ballard are worthy members of the
Baptist Church, and are zealous workers in behalf of that society.
Politically, Mr. Ballard supports the Republican party. He
is one of the directors of the county infirmary, and for five years has
served the township as Trustee. He is a member of the Short-Horn
Breeders' Association of Geauga county; also of the Hampden township
Grange, of which he is Lecturer. A man of unquestioned honor and
strict integrity, he has the confidence of the entire community, and is
in every way worthy of the trust reposed in him.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.,
1893 - Page 615 |
OREN M. BARNES,
prominently identified with the commercial and agricultural interests of
Geauga county, was born here April 25, 1837, a son of Michael
Barnes, a native of Connecticut, and a grandson of Michael
Barnes, Sr., also born in Connecticut. There the
grandfather passed his life, but the father emigrated to Ohio in 1835 and
settled two miles south of the village of Huntsburg, where he developed a
large farm, and he and his brother Zenas established a flourishing
industry in the manufacture of cheese. He lived to be sixty-six
years old, and owned at the time of his death 400 acres of land. His
wife was Esther A. Cleveland, a native of Connecticut; she reared a
family of four children, and lived to the ripe old age of eighty-four; she
was a consistent member of the Congregational Church. In politics
the father adhered to the principles of the Whig party and afterward
supported the Republican party.
Oren M. Barnes was the eldest-born of the
family; he attended the early pioneer schools, Burton Academy and Hiram
Institute under the principalship of James A. Garfield. After
leaving the schoolroom as a pupil, he entered as an instructor, and taught
for a period of three years. He was united in marriage Jan. 1, 1861,
to Lucy A. Kile of Huntsburg, Ohio. They have had no children, but
have been father and mother to three adopted daughters: Belle, who
was married to George W. Pease; Anna, who was married to
Herbert A. Barnes; and Lizzie.
After his marriage Mr. Barnes located
in the southeastern part of Huntsburg township, where he operated a steam
sawmill for five years; at the end of that time he bought a farm of 133
acres, three quarters of a mile south of the village, which he cultivated
until he removed to town in 1885. He then bought a sawmill which he
has since managed with gratifying success. In 1890, he invested in
another mill, and has the management of both; he has a large local
trade, and ships a considerable amount of lumber to other sections.
He rented his farm when he came to town, and in connection with his other
interests owns a small store. He was appointed Postmaster in 1889,
and has filled the office of County Commissioner for a period of six
years, having been elected to the office by the Republican party. He
is a man of sound judgment and unusual business ability, standing high in
the estimation of those who known him. Mrs. Barnes is a
member of the Congregational Church, and is possessed of those traits
which go to make a fine type of womanhood.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis
Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 601 |
EDWIN BETTS.—Among the successful farmers of Geauga county none is
more deserving of mention than Edwin Betts, and it is fitting
that his biography be recorded upon the pages of this history. He was
born in Niagara county, New York, October 19, 1835, a son of Samuel
Betts, a native of Vermont. The grandfather, Ebenezer
Betts, was a New Englander by birth, of German descent. He was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving through that conflict. He
carried mail and messages, and was accompanied by an Indian scout. He
also participated in the war of 1812. He reared a family of four sons
and one daughter. Samuel Betts was the youngest son; was a
carpenter by trade, and followed this vocation through life. He
emigrated to the West and located in the State of Michigan, where he
died in 1846. His wife's maiden name was Mary Hall. She
was a native of Vermont, and emigrated with her family first to New York
and thence to Michigan; she died in 1846, five weeks before her husband
passed away. Of their five children Edwin and his twin brother,
Edgar, survive.
They were young children when their parents died, and
went back East to live with their grandparents. Edwin had very
few opportunities to gain an education, as he was obliged to work for
his board and could not always attend the short term regularly. At the
tender age of eleven years he began to work out at $4 a month, and when
fifteen he and his brother came to Ohio, and were employed in Summit
county for a number of years in farm work. At the age of nineteen they
entered Hiram College, where they were students two terms during the
time that President Gar field was one of the faculty.
It was in the spring of 1869 that Mr. Betts
purchased his present farm in Hampden township, Geauga county. He was
married in 1858 to Clarissa Clark, who was born in Summit
county, Ohio, her parents being early settlers. Her father was three
times married, and had a family of seven children. After his marriage
Mr. Betts was engaged in farming in Summit county for four
years. His only child, Wendell P., was given better educational
advantages than those enjoyed by his father, having attended the college
at Meadville, Pennsylvania. At the age of fifteen years he began
teaching, and followed this vocation for some time. He is now a clerk in
the treasury department, Washington, District of Columbia, and is a
graduate of the law school of Washington, and a well-read lawyer. He was
married to Libbie Harrison, who died in 1883. He afterward
married her sister, who is also deceased. He had by his first wife one
son, Howard G., who is living with his grandfather.
Politically Mr. Betts affiliates with the
Republican party, and has represented the people of his township as
Trustee, discharging his duties with great fidelity. He is also a member
of the Grange. He has a finely cultivated farm of 156 acres, which he
has improved through his own efforts. Too much credit cannot be given
those brave men and women who faced the dangers, trials and privations
of life on the frontier that they might make way for the onward march of
civilization and the general progress of mankind.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.,
1893 - Page 1019 |
HENRY BOSWORTH - Upon
the sturdy and intelligent yoemen of our nation does the essence of its
prosperity depend, and Geauga county, Ohio, is favored in having a class
of farmers representing in their methods and labor not the animus of
stolid drudgery and not the deplorable narrowness of judgment, which
impose the stigma of brainless toil, but men of distinctive animation
and enterprise; men who never touch the point of inertia, but live,
learn and advance, ever keeping pace with the march of progress.
Of such class is the subject of this review, and his fine farm of
fifty-two acres is located near Ford, and shows in its appearance
the well-directed care which has brought it to the present state of high
cultivation.
Mr. Bosworth was born in Newbury township,
Geauga county, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1838, being the son of Harmon and Lucy
(Fargo) Bosworth, who were natives of the beautiful old county of
Berkshire, Massachusetts. Harmon Bosworth came from the old
Bay State to Ohio in 1818, and purchased a piece of land in Newbury
township, Geauga county, being one of the first settlers in said
township, which was yet given over to sylvan wilds. His brother
had preceded him to the frontier by one year, and had cleared up a few
acres by the time Harmon arrived. After grappling
vigorously with nature for about a year, and having made his efforts
count in the reclaiming of his land, Harmon Bosworth felt that
there was yet lacking one element most essential to his happiness.
Accordingly, he returned to Massachusetts, and there wedded Miss Lucy
Fargo, Feb. 22, 1820. The bridal tour of the young couple was
not one of majestic pomp. They secured an ox team and a wagon, and
set forth for their future home in Ohio. Of such pioneer journeys
record has been handed down to posterity, and it is needless to revert
to the same more fully. They arrived at their destination in due
time and slept in their wagon until their and slept in their wagon until
their primitive log cabin could be completed. That they endured
privations and hardships in their frontier home is certain, but
they were sustained and given strength as the number of their days, and
to them, as to others who endured these trials, do a later generations
owe a debt of gratitude. In their little home Mr. and Mrs.
Bosworth lived a life of honest frugality. Farm products
commanded very small prices, and necessary provisions were
correspondingly high. On one occasion Mr. Bosworth hauled a
load of wheat to Pittsburg and exchanged the entire amount for one
barrel of salt. As the country became more thickly settled he
occupied a prominent place among its pioneers, holding various local
offices at different times. He was Township Clerk for some time,
and was also one of the trustees of the township. Both he and his
wife lived to enjoy the fruits of their labor and to attain to the
fullness of years. He died in 1875, at the age of eighty-two
years, and his widow survived him by five yeas, passing away at the age
of eighty-one. For more than a half century they lived together,
mutually sustaining and sustained. Both were members of the
Baptist Church, Mrs. Bosworth having been one of the first
members of that denomination in the vicinity. There were born to
them seven children, of whom the three youngest are still living.
Henry Bosworth received his early education in
the district and select schools, and remained at home until he attained
his majority. He then found employment for some time in Cleveland
and Warren, Ohio. Aug. 15, 1866, he was married to Miss Frances
Wilson, who was born in Marcy, Oneida county, New York, Nov. 6,
1842, and whose parents emigrated in 1849 to Ohio, where her father
subsequently died. Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth have two sons,
Charles W. and Clarence F.
In addition to general farming our subject has for
the past decade given particular attention to agriculture; has made the
matter a subject of careful study and experiment, and has formulated
methods which have made the enterprise a very successful and duly
profitable one. He is without doubt the leading and best informed
apiarist in Geauga county.
Mr. Bosworth is an advocate of the principles
and policies maintained by the Republican party, and has served as
Treasurer of the township for about fourteen years. May 2, 1864,
he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was assigned to duty at Camp Dennison, Cincinnati and
Cleveland, and in guarding Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island,
being mustered out at Sandusky, after a service of about 120 days.
Both he and his wife are active and zealous members of the Disciple
Church, in the local organization of which he is an Elder. Having
led upright and conscientious lives it is needless to say that both
Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth have high place in the regard and respect of
the community, to whose best interests they have ever been devoted.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.,
1893 - Page 702 |
CHESELTON
P. BRAINARD, an old settler of Munson township, Geauga county,
Ohio, was born at Chesterfield, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, October
20, 1814. His father, Leonard B. Brainard, was a native of Rhode
Island, and emigrated to Ohio in 1833, locating in Munson township,
Geauga county, when this country was an unbroken forest. He died in
September, 1849, aged fifty-nine years; his wife lived to be
eighty-seven years old. C. P. Brainard is the eldest of a
family of six children, all of whom are living. He was twenty years of
age when he came to Geauga county, and remained with his parents four
years, assisting in clearing the land and making improvements. In 1837
he went to Union county, Ohio, where he resided twelve years, being
variously employed. In 1850, he returned to Munson township,
buying out the heirs of the homestead property and living there two
years. He then sold that place and bought his present farm which
comprises 106 acres.
He was united in marriage January 19, 1851, to Polly
Justice, of Chardon, Ohio, a daughter of John R. Justice,
one of the first settlers of Chardon village. He built there a tannery,
which he operated for years. He died at the age of seventy-nine years,
and his wife lived to be seventy-four. Mr. and Mrs.
Brainard have one son, William L., who is married and
lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
An ardent supporter of Whig principles Mr.
Brainard became a Republican upon the organization of the party. He
has been a Trustee of the township for many terms, giving excellent
satisfaction in this position. He and his wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is Trustee.
He owns 107 acres of land in his home farm, and another small tract. He
does a general farming business, and at one time had a dairy, keeping
twenty cows. He owns and operates a cider-mill, which was built in 1861,
and still does good service.
Mr. Brainard has always taken an
interest in military tactics, and has been both Second and First
Lieutenant of the militia companies. He received his commission as First
Lieutenant from Governor Corwin. In his younger days he was quite fond
of hunting, and one was one of the best marksmen in the country. He has
been industrious, frugal and persevering, and has accumulated a
competence.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.,
1893 - Page 1014 |
EMERY BROWN, who was born
at Hiram, Ohio, February 6,1845, is the son of Thomas Brown, one of the
honored pioneers of Ohio, and grandson of Reuben Brown, a native of New
York, who emigrated to Ohio in very early times and settled in Geauga
county. The grandfather cleared and improved, in Auburn township, a
farm, which he sold before removing to Hillsdale county, Michigan. There
he cleared and improved another tract of land. His wife died in their
new home, and he returned to Geauga county, where he passed the
remainder of his life. Thomas Brown was the second of a large family,
and was a small boy when his father came to Ohio from New York, his
native State. When a youth of eighteen years his father gave him his
time, and he started-out to seek his own fortune. His first work was on
the farm of David Brown, which was being cleared and put under
cultivation. At the end of three years he had saved sufficient means to
make an investment, so he bought sixty acres adjoining David
Brown's tract in Hiram township, Portage county.
His marriage to Esther St. John occurred soon
after he had provided this little home, and they lived on this place ten
years. At the end of this period he exchanged his sixty acres for 160
acres in Troy township, Geauga county. Seven years later he sold out and
moved to Burton township, where he bought 225 acres, to which he added
as his means increased until he finally owned 740 acres. He died in
1892, at the age of seventy years. He was Trustee of Burton township
during the last twenty years of his life, and transacted the business of
this office with the same fidelity and good judgment that had always
characterized his dealing. He was purely a self-made man, starting
without capital in early life to make a place for himself in the world.
How well he fulfilled this purpose is attested by the handsome estate he
left and the character he bore, as a man above reproach. Esther St.
John, his wife, was a native of New York, and came with her parents
to Ohio. They settled in Newbury township, where they were among the
pioneers. She died in 1854. Mr. Brown was married a second
time, being united to Martha Osmer. They had a family of
five children, all of whom are living. After her death Mr.
Brown was married to Jane Angeley, who survives him.
Emery A. Brown is the only child of the first
marriage. He attended the pioneer school until he was twelve years old,
and then began to help his father, remaining at home until he was of
age. He then spent a few years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, but
later returned to the vocation of his youth. He has a fine farm of 232
acres, and makes a specialty of the dairy business. In politics he
follows the line pursued by his father and casts his vote for the
candidates of the Democratic party.
Mr. Brown was married in 1881 to
Lizzie Homer, a native of Olean, New York. They had no children.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.,
1893 - Page 1018 |
ELDRIDGE BURR,
a self-made man and prosperous farmer of Burton township, Geauga county,
was born at Smithfield, New York, February 10, 1818, a son of Moses and
Eunice (Austin) Burr, also natives of the Empire State. The father
was a farmer by occupation, and at an early day emigrated to Newbury
township, Geauga county, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life
engaged in agricultural pursuits. Eldridge Burr thus passed his
boyhood upon the frontier, and secured his education in the primitive log
school-house, cutting wood to pay his tuition. At the age of
eighteen years he went to work on the farm by the month, and since that
time he has made his own way.
He located permanently in Burton township, where he
cultivated land on the shares, but by economy and industry he saved
sufficient means to buy land, and has occupied his farm for more than
thirty-five years. At one time he lived in Troy township, where he
owned a small farm, which he sold.
Mr. Burr was united in marriage in 1838, to Louisa
Minor, who died in 1865. They had born to them two children:
Correll, who died at the age of eighteen years; and Eunice now the wife of
Sidney Hall, of Huntsburg township. Mr. Burr was married a second
time in 1866, being united to Mrs. Densly Warren. They have no
children.
The principles of the Republican party form the
political faith of our subject. He has accumulated a competence for
his declining years, and through all the struggles of life he has
preserved a reputation for unswerving rectitude, and has made a host of
friends who respect his many sterling traits of character.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.,
1893 - Page 1007 |
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