BIOGRAPHIES
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Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. -
1893
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DAN O. CARTER
for more than fifteen years has been Superintendent of the Lake County
Infirmary near Painesville, Ohio. He is one of the very old
settlers of the Western Reserve, having lived here since he was ten
years old. His father her since he was ten years old. His
father settled in Medina county, in 1816, locating in the wilderness.
His Christian name was Newcomb, and Warren, Litchfield county
Connecticut was the place of his birth. He built a log cabin in
the woods and developed a farm of 160 acres. The Indians were
friendly, and he often tried his skill with them in shooting at a mark.
He was a great sportsman and killed numbers of deer and bear, thus
furnishing his family with meat. In 1825, he removed to Cuyahoga
county, and from there came to Lake county ten years later. He
married Alohe E. Eldred, also a native of the Nutmeg State, and
to them were born four sons. They were both consistent members of
the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Carter, who was a strong
Abolitionist, was in turn a Whig, Free Soiler and Republican. He
died at the age of seventy years, and the death of his wife occurred in
her sixty-ninth year.
The subject of this brief notice is the youngest of his
father's family. His birth occurred in Medina county, Ohio, in
1820, and his boyhood was passed partly there and partly in Cuyahoga
County. He attended the old-fashioned pioneer school, maintained
under the subscription system, and for a while he was a student in the
old academy in Kirtland township. When twenty-five years of age,
he started out to carve his own fortune, and as he had been brought up
to farm life, he most naturally turned his attention to agricultural
pursuits. The first farm that he owned was one of 100 acres in
Leroy township. This he developed and improved, and after selling
it purchased another farm of seventy-five acres in Painesville township.
In the year 1845, Mr. Carter and Lydia Cox
was united in wedlock. The lady was born in Merrimac county, New
Hampshire, in 1828, and in 1838 came to Lake county with her parents,
who were David and Lydia (Been) Cox, likewise natives of New
Hampshire. They settled in Mantua township, Portage county.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter have had two children: Ella E. and Frank
H. Ella became the wife of Richard H. Foss. She was
born Feb. 2, 1849, and died Mar. 13, 1877, leaving two children:
Carter H. and Harry C. Frank H., who was born Jan. 16,
1855, is married and has one child: Ella B. He is
engaged in the lumber business at Castleton, North Dakota.
In the fall of 1877, Mr. Carter was placed in
charge of the County Infirmary, and has since been its efficient
Superintendent. Many improvements have been made during his
administration of affairs, and the State Inspector has made reports,
saying that the management of this institution is second to none in the
State. The farm comprises 236 acres, and as it is well cultivated
each year, it almost pays the expenses of the Infirmary. At the
present time there are twenty-six inmates, but the average number for
the past fifteen years has been about forty persons.
Mr. Carter has witnessed nearly all
stages in the development of this section of the State, he has seen the
country transformed from a wilderness, inhabited only by Indians and
wild beasts, to the condition of this day, when one may see well
cultivated fields, the curling smoke from farm-houses which are thickly
dotted over the landscape, and may descry thriving villages on every
hand. The length of his life spans the distance between the sickle
and the self-binder, and the wonderful changes that have been made in
mechanical lines are undoubtedly accountable, to a great extent, for the
advanced civilization and prosperity of the present time. Our
subject is a man of strong constitution, and in the past he has been a
very hard worker. Where the court house now stands in the city of
Cleveland, he has often garnered wheat for his father’s cousin,
Lorenzo Carter, the first white man who settled on the original site
of that city.
†Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of
Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 -
Page 445 |
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E. G. CLARK, M. D.,
a prominent physician of Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, is one of the
early settlers of the place, having resided there for about forty years.
When he landed here he only had $40, but being possessed of energy and a
determination to succeed, he overcame all obstacles in his pathway, and
for many years has occupied an enviable position in professional and
social circles. He is descended from an old New England family,
and is a son of Linus Clark, who was born near Boston,
Massachusetts, in 1798, being the youngest of a large family. His
parents removed to St. Lawrence county, New York, where the father died
at a ripe old age and the mother lived to be ninety-eight years old.
Linus Clark was a lawyer in early life and
manifested considerable talent in that direction, being possessed of a
wonderful memory and good judgment. He afterward turned his
attention to farming and emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1833. He
settled in Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, paying $3.50 an acre
for the land, on which he erected a log cabin, and there resided for two
years, when he sold his land for $10 per acre. He died February,
1881, aged eighty-five years. His wife, formerly Hulda
Bunnell, was born near Hannibal, Massachusetts, in 1802, and died in
1880. She was the mother of nine children, who all lived to
maturity. The eldest was born in 1823 and died in 1887. At
the present time only three of the number are living. Linus
Clark was elected Justice of the Peace and was given other local
offices.
The Doctor attended the district schools and afterward
was a student in the Academy at Twinsburg, Ohio, then a noted
institution. He taught school for a few terms and for four months
received only $16 per month and took his pay in checks on a Wooster “
wildcat” bank, realizing only twenty-five cents on a dollar. In
the spring of 1848, he began the study of medicine with Dr. S. U.
Torbell, of Bedford, and remained under his instruction for three
years. He next attended the Cleveland Medical College, from
which he graduated in the spring of 1852.
Going to Fairfield county, the Doctor began the
practice of medicine at a point ten miles from Lancaster, but was only
located there for a few months. He came to Willoughby on the fifth
of December, 1852, and has made this the field of his operations ever
since with the single exception of three years. For six years he
lived on a farm in Willoughby. In the early days he had quite a large
practice, considering the fact that the country was yet sparsely
settled. As a sample of one of his busy days, we give the
following: he pumped water and fed seventy head of cattle and ten
horses, drew five logs to the mill, which was two miles distant, and saw
six patients, besides attending to other matters on the farm.
On the 15th of May, 1854, was celebrated the marriage
of Dr. Clark and Miss Sarah E. Drake, a
native of the Green Mountain State. Her father, Alonzo
Drake, emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Bedford township, Cuyahoga
county, and lived thereon his farm, for about one half a century.
He died at the age of eighty-five years. He was a skillful
shoemaker, and carried on work in that line in addition to that of his
farm. Our subject and wife are the parents of three children:
Nettie, wife of J. W. Wheeler, who is in the stave and hoop
business in Paulding, Ohio. For a number of years he was business
manager of the Moline (Illinois) Plow Works. Edwin A., the
second child, graduated from Willoughby high school, after which he
attended Hiram College for two years, and then graduated from the
Adelbert College of Cleveland. He afterward entered the Cleveland
Medical College, and is now practicing, his office being on Cedar
avenue, Cleveland. Mary Josephine, the youngest of
the family, is a graduate of Hiram College and is now teaching in the
public school at Willoughby.
In former days, Dr. Clark was an
Abolitionist, and since the formation of the Republican party has
championed the same. He and his family are members of the Disciple
Church, in which he is now a Trustee. In 1891, he built a fine
substantial residence, which is pleasantly situated.
The mother of Mrs. Clark, a native of
Vermont, died in her seventy-seventh year. Both she and Mr.
Drake were active in the work of the Disciple Church. S.
S. Drake, a brother of Mrs. Clark, is president of the
Eagle Oil Refining Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
†Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake -
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 620 |
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E. R. CLEVELAND, a
prominent and wealthy farmer and a highly respected citizen of Madison
township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in Washington county, New York,
Oct. 17, 1829, a son of Daniel R. Cleveland, a native of Rhode
Island.
The Clevelands are of English descent and can
trace their ancestry back a number of generations. Benjamin
Cleveland, a grand-father of our subject, was born in Exeter, Rhode
Island, in 1744, son of Deliverance Cleveland, who was born in
North Kingston, Rhode Island, in 1720. Deliverance Cleveland
was a son of Edward Cleveland, who was born in Woburn,
Massachusetts, May 20, 1663, son of Moses Cleveland, the first of
the family who came to America, the date of his arrival here from
England being 1635. Moses Cleveland was married to Ann
Weim, who came to America from England with her father, Edward
Weim, in 1834.
While some of the Clevelands have been
professional men and others engaged in business lines, most of them have
been farmers.
Daniel R. Cleveland went from Rhode Island
to New York State at an early day, and was there engaged in farming,
being the owner of 300 acres of land, in later life he disposed of his
farming interests and turned his attention to the railroad business.
While helping to construct a line of railroad at Macon, Georgia, he died
at that place, in 1836, at the age of fifty-two years. He was
twice married, and had three children by his first wife, two sons and a
daughter; and two by the second, E. R. being the only one now
living. The second wife, nee Ester Monroe, was the
mother of E. R. She died at the age of forty-seven years.
Both parents were members of the Presbyterian Church, and the father was
in politics a Whig.
E. R. Cleveland went with his parents from
Washington county to Chautauqua county, New York, when he was eight
years old, and when he was twelve came with his mother to Ohio and
settled in Harpersfield township, Ashtabula county. He received
his education in the district schools. After the death of his
mother he lived with an elder brother until he was twenty-two years old.
After his marriage in 1851 he settled in Trumbull township, Ashtabula
county, and a year and a half later moved to Unionville, where he
clerked in a store for several years. In 1857 he went to Steamboat
Rock, Hardin County, Iowa, and for three years conducted a grocery
business at that place. Returning to Ohio, he engaged in the
produce business, buying potatoes, fruits, etc., and shipping to the
large cities. He retired from that occupation in 1870. Then
he operated a cider mill and manufactured jelly, syrups, etc., until
1890, when he turned the business over to his son. In 1882 he
settled on his present farm of 120 acres, all improved and devoted to
general farming and stock-raising. He has given considerable
attention to the raising of fine shorthorn cattle, and also raises a
large number of hogs. His bank barn, the largest one in the
township, he built in 1891, after his own plan. This barn is 44 x
88 feet, with three additions, one 40 x 60 feet, another 30 x 40 feet,
and the third 24 x 70 feet.
Mr. Cleveland was married, Oct. 16, 1851, to
Miss A. M. Archer, of Macedon, Wayne county, New York, where she
lived until her marriage. They have two children, Arthur B.
and Leila E.
He and his wife are both members of the
Congregational Church, and in politics he affiliates with the Republican
party. Mr. Cleveland started out in life dependent upon his
own resources, and the success he has attained he attributes to hard
work and good management.
†Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake -
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 527 |
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JAMES H. COOK, one of the most intelligent and
progressive farmers of Perry township, Lake county, Ohio, is a native of
this township, born Feb. 6, 1839.
Joseph Cook, his father, was born in Essex
county, New York, in 1800, and was married in that State to Nancy
Richmond, a native of Massachusetts, the date of her birth being
May, 1807. They were among the early settlers of this country,
coming here in 1831. Joseph Cook was a blacksmith by trade,
and as such was a prominent factor in the early history of Perry
township. He bought fifteen acres of land on the North Ridge road,
where his shop was located. For a number of years he also kept the
postoffice. Politically, he was a Democrat. He died Sept.
13, 1844. In their family of twelve children James H. was
the seventh born, and one of the ten who reached mature years. The
mother died Feb. 17, 1875, at the age of seventy years. At the
time of her death she was the wife of Horace Lamson, having
married him in 1852. She was a woman of sterling qualities and
deep religious convictions, and for over thirty years was a member of
the Church of Christ.
James H. Cook received his early
training in the district schools, but the chief part of his education
has been gained in the school of experience, he having started out in
life on his own responsibility at the age of sixteen. When he was
seventeen he engaged in grafting trees, in pursuance of which business
he traveled through Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and North
Carolina. After his marriage Mr. Cook settled down
on his present farm of 120 acres of improved land. The soil here
is varied and well adapted to general farming, in which Mr. Cook
is engaged. He has ten acres of fine onion land and raises large
crops of onions. Since locating here he built his barns and fine
frame residence, and from time to time has made other improvements, the
general surroundings of which all indicate the owner to be a man of
enterprise and thrift.
Mr. Cook's attractive home is presided
over by a wife of culture and refinement. He was married Nov. 22,
1865, to Ann M. Wood, a native of this township. Her
father, Otis M. Wood, was born in Vermont, Nov. 29, 1801, and in
1816 came with with his father, Lewis Wood, to this county and
settled in Perry township near the lake. Lewis Wood lived
here until 1845, when he went to Cass county, Illinois, and there spent
the residue of his life and there died. Otis M. remained
here, married Electa Lyman, and reared a family. He was
engaged in farming all his life, and died at the age of sixty-six years.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook have one child, Willis W., at home.
Politically, Mr. Cook is a Democrat. He is
a member of the Masonic fraternity in Painesville, and both he and his
wife are members of the Christian Church.
Such, in brief, is a sketch of the life of one of the
most prominent and successful farmers of Lake county.
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Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake -
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 540 |
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W. A. CORLETT,
one of the popular and successful merchants of North Madison, Ohio,
has for a number of years been identified with the business
interests of this place. Of his life we present the following
review.
W. A. Corlett was born in Madison township, Lake
county, Ohio, May 19, 1844, son of William C. Corlett, a
native of the Isle of Man. William C. Corlett came to
America in 1830, when a young man of twenty, and settled in Madison
township, Lake county, Ohio, making the journey from Buffalo to this
place by stage. He worked in the furnace and learned the trade
of molder, an occupation which he followed for a number of years,
becoming an expert molder. Going to Buffalo, he was foreman of
large molding works in that city for a few years, after which he
returned to Ohio and worked in the old Geauga furnace at Painesville
for some years. He finally settled in this township on a farm
of 100 acres, which he bought in 1835, and on which he spent the
remaining years of his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was a man of strong constitution, and was a hard worker all his
life. He died at the age of sixty-eight. His wife, whose
maiden name was Eleanor Corlett, and who was also a
native of the Isle of Man, came to this country with her mother in
1828. Although they were natives of the same isle, Mr. and
Mrs. Corlett had no acquaintance previous to their coming to
America. They reared four children, namely: John
(deceased), Thomas, William and Edward.
The father was a Methodist and the mother an Episcopalian, both
being earnest Christians. He was superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday-school here for a number of years, and few men in
this community were more highly respected than he. His
obituary was published in the Cleveland Leader, and was copied by
the Herald on the Isle of Man, his brother, Thomas, seeing it
in the latter paper and thus learning for the first time in
forty-eight years of the whereabouts of his brother. He
immediately wrote to W. A. Corlett, the subject of this
sketch, directing his letter in care of the Cleveland Leader.
The latter was received and an interesting correspondence opened.
W. A. Corlett received his education in the
district school, the Madison Seminary, and Bryant & Stratton’s
Business College at Cleveland. At the age of twenty-one he
launched out in life on his own responsibility, and until 1876 was
engaged in farming. He still owns an interest in the old home
farm, which comprises 100 acres. In 1876 he turned his
attention to a business life, at that time buying the general
merchandise store, which he has since conducted. He carries a
full line of groceries, hardware, boots and shoes, and does an
extensive business in fertilizers, his trade extending for miles in
every direction. Since the time he engaged in business here he
has also been Postmaster of the town, serving as such most
acceptably during all these years. Also, since October, 1876,
he has served as Justice of the Peace. Politically, he is a
Republican. Mr. Corlett began life without
financial aid and the success he has attained may be attributed to
his own honest efforts.
He was married, in April, 1868, to Nellie M. Cole,
a native of Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and their four
children are: Grace, Lucien, Sherman and
Nellie.
The family are members of the Congregational Church.
 Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis
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