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FRANK E. GEE, a leading
druggist of Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Thompson, Geauga county, this
State, Mar. 8, 1849. His parents, Ebenezer and Susan (Tilley)
Gee, were natives of Ohio and England, respectively. The
former was a son of William Gee, who came from Connecticut to
Ohio in an early day, and the latter accompanied her parents to America
about 1827. This worthy couple had four children, and when they
ware small the mother was deprived of her husband by death, after which
she was the sole support of the family, until the subject of this sketch
became old enough to assist her. She reared them all in Geauga
county, giving them such advantages as her limited means permitted,
while her wise counsel and affectionate care proved a rich dower and a
liberal education.
The subject of this notice was reared on a farm and
enjoyed but limited opportunities for securing an education, being
thrown up on his own resources early in life. When about eighteen
years of age, he began clerking in a grocery in Painesville, Ohio, where
he remained three years. He had during this time accumulated by
careful economy sufficient means to start in business for himself, and
accordingly opened in Andover, the same State, a grocery which he
successfully conducted three years and then sold out. He then
returned to Painesville, where he again clerked until 1878, at which
time he came to Ashtabula and entered the drug and grocery business with
a partner, but eight years ago became sold proprietor. Since 1888
he has handled only drugs, and enjoys a large and lucrative patronage in
his line.
In 1885 Mr. Gee was married to Miss Ida May
Stafford, a lady of domestic tastes, and they have one son.
Fraternally, Mr. Gee belongs to the Knights
of Pythias, the I. O. O. F., the Royal Arcanum and the Foresters.
As a business man he is upright, energetic and obliging; as a citizen he
is public-spirited and progressive and justly holds a high position in
the regard of his fellow man.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis
Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 363 |
J. W. Goodrich |
JOSEPH W. GOODRICH, a prominent
and successful farmer of Hampden township, is a native of Geauga
county, Ohio, where he was born Mar. 29, 1827. His father,
Oliver S. Goodrich, was a native of Newburyport, Massachusetts,
born in 1788. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was
taken prisoner and confined at Montreal, Canada, for a time.
He came to the West in the '20s and settled at Warren, Trumbull
county, Ohio. For some time he teamed from Fairport to Warren,
and about 1830 removed to Madison, Lake county, where he was
employed in the Arcol furnace. Later he came to Chester,
Geauga county, afterward to Chardon, and finally settled in
Hartford, Trumbull county where he died at the advanced age of
eighty-seven years. He married Catherine Levins, a
native of New York State, who came with her parents to Ohio when a
girl. They reared a family of eleven children: Joseph W.
(the subject of this notice), Susan, Betsy, Sarah, Addie, Cyrus
(deceased), William, Malinda, John, Laura and Mary.
Andrew died when an infant of two years. The mother
is still living, in her eight-sixth year, a resident of Hartford,
Trumbull county. She is a devout member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Joseph W. is the eldest child. He was
reared to manhood on the farm, and when a boy attended teh primitive
log schoolhouse, with its rude accessories of slab benches and open
fire-place. He saw the deer roam the forests, and heard the
howl of the wolf not far from the cabin door. From the time he
was ten years old he worked away from home, and at the age of
eighteen began the foundation of his own fortune. He followed
agricultural pursuits until 1848, when he went to Cleveland and
secured employment in a hotel and livery stable, remaining there
five years.
Mr. Goodrich was married, Apr. 18, 1850, to
Jane McKinley, a second cousin to Governor McKinley.
Her father and Governor McKinley's grandfather were first
cousins. She was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania Nov. 21,
1828, and came to Ohio in 1848. Her father, Joshua McKinley,
was a native of Ireland, and was brought across the sea to America
when a child of four years. He was a farmer by occupation, and
followed this calling until his eighteenth year. His death
occurred in Clarion county, Pennsylvania. He married Mary
Monks, and they reared a family of seven children. She
died Oct. 7, 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich are the
parents of one child, Annette, wife of Loren B. Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Simmons have two children: Mabel and
Genivieve. After this marriage Mr. Goodrich
lived one year in Leroy, Lake county, and then removed to Chardon
township and purchased a partially improved farm of fifty-seven
acres, where he lived for five years. He then sold this farm
and moved to the north part of Chardon township and bought a farm of
sixty-nine acres, which he cultivated for about six years. In
1861 he exchanged this place for his present farm in Hampden
township, the place then comprising 230 acres. He later on
sold this farm and purchased one of 100 acres on Wooden Hill, same
township. He retained said property and made his home there
for about eight years. He then made an exchange, by which he
once more acquired his old farm, where he has since made his home.
Of the 230 acres, he has deeded to his daughter fifty-five acres.
He carries on a general farming business, and raises horses, cattle
and sheep. He has once of the finest of sugar orchards; it
consists of 800 old trees, besides 2,000 young trees. Mr.
Goodrich has taken a special pride in his bush, which is more
like a park than a sugar-bush. A coach and four could be
readily driven through any part of it.
In early days Mr. Goodrich was a Whig, but he
adopted the principles of the Republican party upon the organization
of that body.
When Mr. Goodrich started out for himself he
was $20 in debt. His success in life demonstrates what may be
accomplished in farming by industry, economy and good judgment.
For many years he conducted a dairy, which proved a very profitable
enterprise. Although he has now attained nearly three score
years, he is still vigorous in both mind and body. He stands
over six feet in height and is as straight as an arrow. He has
ever been distinguished for his integrity of character and upright
dealing; as a neighbor he has always been highly esteemed, and he is
benevolent, charitable and a true Christian gentleman. Of
these goodly attributes of character his wife has an equal quota,
and, surrounded with the comforts of life and blessed with the
good-will and esteem of all who know them, they may now, in the
evening of their lives, enjoy that calm content which comes as the
just heritage of those who have striven to do unto others as they
would have others do unto them.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The
Lewis Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 605 |
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