BIOGRAPHIES
** Source:
1798
History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men.
Publ. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers
1878.
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Painesville Twp. -
DAVID R. PAIGE was among the active, energetic,
influential men of Painesville. He was a farmer, merchant, and
general man of business, but retired from active life in 1863. He
was born in Rutland, Vermont, in the fall of 1806, and removed to
Madison, Lake County, Ohio, where he went into the mercantile business
in 1832. He remained there thirty-years, removing to Painesville
in 1863. He was one of the associate judges of the court of common
pleas, holding his position for seven years. When the Cleveland,
Painesville and Ashtabula railroad was originated, Mr. Paige took
an active part in organizing the movement, and was one of the first
erectors of the company which established this line, afterwards
developed into the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad. He
was active in public affairs, and gave strong support to various
institutions and interests of the places in which he dwelt, among these
Like Erie Seminary. In politics he was a Democrat, and one of the
most influential in his section of country. He was a member of the
convention of 1856, which nominated James Buchanan, and during
the war gave support to the Union cause in various ways, being
instrumental in raising a company of men, of which he was offered the
captaincy. He originated the Painesville Savings and Loan
Association, of which he was a director, and contributed in other ways
to the business of Painesville. His religious preferences were
with the Episcopal church, of which he was a member for many years and a
vestryman. Mr. Paige died at his home in Painesville, July
7, 1877, aged seventy-one years. He was married in 1837 to
Nancy J. Kimball, of Madison, and had seven children, of whom four
are now living, - David R. and Albert in Akron, and
Charles C. and Ralph K. in Painesville.
Source: 1798 - History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia: Williams Brothers - 1878 - Page 224 |
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Painesville Twp. -
JEROME PALMER. Judge Palmer
was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, January 14, 1816. He is
the seventh in a family of nine children of John and Sarah (Kilbourne)
Palmer, deceased. In his young boyhood he manifested an
indifference for study, prefer ring the sports of hunting, fishing,
and swimming, in which he indulged to the neglect of attendance at
school. In all athletic games he excelled. His father
was a foreman of a slitting and rolling-mill, and, although
industrious and frugal, was kept in limited circumstances through
life by reason of the assumption of certain debts of his father,
which be discharged to the utmost farthing. In consequence of
this he was unable to give his children tangible aid.
Jerome remained at
home until about the age of fifteen, when he came to Painesville
with his oldest brother, Edwin Palmer, who had
previously established himself here as a carpenter and joiner.
On his arrival here—in the fall of 1831—he commenced work with his
brother Edwin, of whom he learned his trade, and with whom he
made his home. He now began to feel a strong desire for the
acquirement of an education, and evinced a determination to gratify
it. During the summer he would work at his trade, and in the
winter go to school, his first attendance being at a select school,
there being no common schools here at that time. The second
winter he attended the academy at Burton, and on the establishment
of the Painesville Academy the following winter, became a pupil of
that institution, where he completed his education four years
subsequently. He then determined to adopt the law as his
profession, and accordingly entered upon a course of reading in the
office of Hitchcock & Wilder. By teaching
winters and doing other work in the line of his trade, he earned the
means necessary for the prosecution of his legal studies. In
due time he was admitted to the bar, after an examination the most
rigid by a committee of the following able attorneys: Joshua R.
Giddings, Edward Wade, Seabury Ford, David Tod, Wm. L. Perkins,
Benjamin Bissell, Thomas D. Webb, of Warren, and others.
Notwithstanding his careful and thorough preparation, he never
entered upon the regular practice of his chosen profession. He
has always taken great interest in the political movements of the
day, with some of which he has been prominently identified, and few
men are more conversant with past and current political events than
he. He early imbibed the political sentiments of Henry
Clay, of whom he was a great admirer, especially indorsing the
“great commoner’s” views as to a single presidential term. He
was formerly a Whig, with a strong anti-slavery bias, and was one of
the originators of the Free Soil party, being an active attendant
upon the convention at Buffalo, which gave birth to that
organization. Upon the formation of the Republican party the
judge became an enthusiastic member of it, and so remains to-day.
True, he, as did many other firmest of Republicans, voted for
Greeley, but in doing so he considered he was voting for the very
Nestor of Republicanism; besides, as a matter of conscience, he
could not support Grant, holding, as he does, to the one-term
principle.
In 1840 he made the canvass for General Harrison.
In 1851, Mr. Palmer became the
Free-Soil candidate for the office of probate judge of this county
and was elected. He was the first incumbent of the office
under the new State constitution. He served one term,
discharging its duties acceptably, but owing to "ways (political)
that are dark," he failed of a re-election. While judge of
probate he was appointed by the city council mayor of the city, and
at the subsequent election became his own successor.
He was one of the first directors of the union school
of Painesville, to which the interests of the academy had been
transferred. He was also a member of the board of education at
the time of the erection of the present commodious high school
building, of which he made the plan (with the assistance of
Professor T. W. Harvey, as to the interior), together with the
estimated cost of construction. The building, furniture,
heating, etc., cost some twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and
the board was for a time severely criticised for alleged
extravagance in erecting a building beyond the requirements of the
city. But we believe there are none to-day who question the
wisdom of their action. It is a matter, at least, which the members
of the board take pride in referring to, as they have reason.
At the time of its erection, for convenience of arrangement and plan
of ventilation, the building was not surpassed by any other of the
kind in the State.
The names of the members of the school board under
whose auspices the house was erected, are as follows: David
D. Aiken, Dr. H. C. Beardsley, Seth Marshall, William Clayton, C.
L. Hoyt, and the subject of this sketch. Aiken,
Beardsley, and Palmer were the building committee.
In 1864 the judge entered the service of the government
in connection with the quartermaster's department in the Army of the
Cumberland, under General Thomas, and was placed in charge of
the army repair-shops at Chattanooga. He became incapacitated
for service by reason of sickness, and was subsequently honorably
discharged on the recommendation of the army surgeon, Curtis
Bellows.
In June of 1840 he was united in marriage with
Eunice H., daughter of Milo and Nancy A. Harris,
originally from the East, now of Painesville. The fruits of this
marriage are the following-named children: Sarah A., Cassius C.,
and Thomas F. The daughter is unmarried and resides
with her father,—-the mother having died Apr. 20, 1865; Thomas
is also a resident of Painesville, and Cassius C. of
California.
Mr. Palmer's present business is that of
undertaking and embalming in the city of Painesville, where he and
his father-in-law before him have carried on that business for more
than half a century.
Mr. Palmer can say with truth what very
few men, who have seen threescore years, can say,—that he was never
intoxicated, never played a game of cards, never was sued at law,
and never, for his own default, was non-suited, never but once took
a chew of tobacco, and then when about eight years old, which
satisfied his desire in that direction forever afterwards, and never
since he came to Ohio has he smoked a cigar or pipe of tobacco.
Source: 1798 - History of Geauga and Lake
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers - 1878 -
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Perry Twp. -
JAHIAL PARMLY was the sixth of ten children of Eleazar and
Hannah (Spear) Parmly, and was born in Braintree, Vermont, July 14,
1799. The first of the family to penetrate the woods of Perry was
his sister Hannah, who, with her husband, Samuel Burridge,
made a settlement in 1814. The father arrived in the fall of 1816,
and the remainder of the family followed the next spring. Their
first location was on the road known a the "River road," on the Datus
Abel place. They remained here until December of that year,
and then purchased of Captain Granger, the owner of the land,
resided in Canandaigua, New York, and Mr. Parmly, Sr., walked all
the way there to make the purchase, after which he returned in the same
manner.
The subject of this sketch remained on the farm with
his father until his majority, when he decided to enter the profession
of dentistry, and, with that end in view, accompanied his brother,
Levi S. Parmly, who was then a practicing dentist, to London, where
he remained two years engaged in the study of his chosen profession.
At the end of that time he returned to this country, and began
practicing in Washington, D. C. He subsequently practiced in
Charleston, South Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia. In May, 1826, he
married Miss Eliza A. Pleasants, of the last-named city. To
them were born seven children, all boys. Jahial lives in
Perry, and is a farmer; James L. and Leo L. reside in the
city of Painesville, the former engaged in hardware, and the latter in
general merchandise; Henry C. and Samuel P. are residents
of Chicago, and are engaged in real estate; David is deceased.
Shortly after his marriage, in July, Mr. Parmly
returned to the old homestead in Perry, then his own, his father having
met with an accidental death on the 4th of that month. He
continued afterwards to reside here, but for thirty-two years spent the
winter seasons (with two exceptions) in the south, during which he
prosecuted his profession. In 1867 he removed to Painesville,
where he died, May 23, 1873.
Source: 1798 - History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia: Williams Brothers - 1878 - Page 244 |
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Painesville Twp. -
W. L. PERKINS
Source: 1798 - History of Geauga and Lake
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers - 1878 -
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