BIOGRAPHIES
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Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. -
1893
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EDWARD E. GOULD is one
of the prominent business men of Painesville, Ohio, and a member of the
firm of Gould & Clark, hardware dealers. He is a native of
Geauga county, Ohio, born Sept. 28, 1841, and is a descendant of an old
New England family. His father, Harris Gould, was born in
Genesee county, New York, as was also his father in turn.
Harris Gould was a farmer by occupation, and
when a boy came to Geauga county, locating here at a very early day.
In 1887 he removed to Painesville, where he lived a retired life until
his death in 1889, at which time he had attained the age of eighty-two
years. He owned over one thousand acres of land in Geauga county
at one time and was abundantly prosperous. Having commenced his
career entirely without means, his success was the more remarkable.
He was an extensive land dealer, buying, selling and trading farms, and
in this way acquired his wealth. his wife, whose maiden name was
Attaresta Wright, was born in Geauga county and came from a
pioneer family of that region, to which her parents removed from
Vermont. Mrs. Gould is still living, though she has passed
four score years.
In a family of six children, all surviving, E. E.
Gould is the fourth in order of birth. He was brought up on a
farm and received a common-school education. With his parents he
removed to Painesville, where he attended the high school. When
the war broke out he joined a company of young men who were enlisted as
Company G, Second Ohio Cavalry, under Colonel Doubleday. He
enlisted early in 1861, and was sent out on the frontier in Kansas and
the Indian Territory, where the red men were causing trouble.
In 1862 he joined the Army of the Cumberland, being assigned to the
Twenty-third Army Corps. In 1864, with his company, he was
attached to the Army of the Potomac, and was present at Appomattox when
Lee Surrendered. He was at the battles of Winchester and
Cedar Creek and saw General Sheridan as he came from Winchester
after his famous ride. Mr. Gould participated in the
nine-days Battle of the Wilderness, Petersburg and South Side Railroad.
During this time he had two horses shot from under him, but never
received any personal injury. Although at times he was within the
rebel lines, hiding in the mountains, etc., he was never taken prisoner
or in the hospital for a day. Going to Washington, he took part in
the grand review, after which he was sent to Southwestern Missouri,
where he was stationed until October, 1865, then being mustered out at
Benton Barracks, near St. Louis.
Returning to Painesville, Mr. Gould embarked in
the hardware business, having associated with him Mr. Henry Holcomb.
This partnership existed for one-quarter of a century, Mr.
Holcomb then being succeeded by R. H. Clark, who is now the
junior member of the firm. This hardware concern is an extensive
one and command a large share of the trade of this vicinity. Well
assorted lines of general hardware, tools, farming implements, etc., are
carried in stock.
In 1873 our subject married Sarah L. Chesney,
daughter of B. D. Chesney, an early and honored resident of
Painesville, who previously lived in Warren, Ohio. For many years
he was Auditor of Lake county, and made an efficient officer. He
did in 1870, leaving behind him the record of a life well spent.
Mr. and Mrs. Gould are the parents of two children: Annie L.
and Chesney H.
For sixteen years Mr. Gould was a member of
the city council with only one intermission, a period of two years, when
he refused to be a candidate. He has always taken a great interest
in local political affairs and is influential in the same. He is
active in the support of the Republican party, and for two years
discharged the duties of Treasurer of Lake county to the full
satisfaction of all.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 243 |
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ROBERT R. GRAVES,
retired from active service on the Great Lakes, is a native of the
State of Ohio, born at Madison, Lake county, Jan. 29, 1838.
His parents, Eli and Nancy A. (Crane) Graves, were natives of
Massachusetts; the father emigrated to Fredonia, New York, and
thence came to Ohio, where he was extensively engaged in
agricultural pursuits; his grandfather was at the "Boston Tea
Party," and assisted in unloading the cargo. Nancy A. Crane
was the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Crane, a Presbyterian
clergyman of note, who was a native of Connecticut. Captain
Graves lived on the farm until sixteen years of age, when he
went on the lakes as a common sailor. He was promoted from one
position to another until he reached that of captain, which he
filled for thirty years. He was on the lakes in all
thirty-nine years and had a wide and varied experience; he has had
an interest in many a worthy craft, and has accumulated a competence
for his declining years.
Captain Graves was united in marriage, in 1860,
to Marietta A. Wright, of Harpersfield, a daughter of
Jonathan and Lucretia (Woolsey) Wright, most worthy and
respected pioneers of Ashtabula county. The father of
Jonathan Wright came to Ashtabula county in 1840, and located in
Harpersfield. Captain and Mrs. Graves have one
daughter, Altha L., born in September, 1863. In
politics he affiliates with the Republican party; he is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and has reached the degree of Knight
Templar.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern
Ohio - embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 272 |
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MARTIN E. GRAY
is one of the prominent farmers of Willoughby
township, Lake county, Ohio. He owns a farm of 280 acres of
choice land, lying along the banks of the lake shore. This
place is one of the finest in the neighborhood, and is kept up in a
manner befitting this decade. The birth of Mr. Gray
occurred in Madison county, New York, Jan. 29, 1815. He is a
son of Andrew and Sarah (Harkness) Gray, who were natives of
Hampshire county, Massachusetts, and Amherst, Massachusetts,
respectively. Our subject’s paternal grandfather, Jacob
Gray, was also born in Massachusetts, where he passed his
entire life on the farm. The Gray family were
for many generations inhabitants of New England.
Andrew Gray left his native State and
removed to Madison county, New York, in 1810. He was a
blacksmith by trade and followed that occupation for a number of
years until 1830, after which he turned his attention to farming.
In 1837, he removed with his family to Ohio and settled on the lake
shore in Willoughby township. The country was wild and
sparsely settled and wild game was abundant. For seven years
he lived in a log house and devoted himself to clearing the land.
He was in the service during the war of 1812. When he had
passed four-score years, or in 1861, he departed this life in the
faith of the Baptist Church with which he had long held membership.
His wife also lived to a good old age, being about ninety years old
at the time of her death. She was a life-long; member of the
Baptist Church also.
Our subject is one of eight children who grew to adult
years, and of the number only three are now living. One
brother, who lives in Painesville is eighty-four years of age, while
the sister, who lives in this neighborhood, is now well advanced in
years. Mr. Gray attended the old-fashioned log
schoolhouse, conducted on the subscription plan and helped his
father in every possible way to develop and clear his homestead.
Miss Mary Hopkins, who was horn in Groton,
Tompkins county, New York, became the wife of Mr. Gray
in 1844. Her parents came to Ohio in 1833. Two children
were born to our worthy subject and wife: Andrew
married Miss Marie Bostwick, and is engaged in farming on the
old homestead. He attended the Dennison University until the
senior year. Ophelia, the little daughter of our
subject died when only two years of age. The mother was called
from the shores of time in 1881, leaving many friends who deeply
mourn her loss. Both she and her husband were members of the
Baptist denomination and for many years the latter has been a
Deacon.
The first presidential vote of our subject was cast for
William H. Harrison, and he has voted at every presidential
election since until chat of 1892, when he was, unfortunately, too
ill to go to the polls. He was in former years a Whig, and
since the organization of the Republican party, has been one of its
strong adherents. He has been given a number of responsible
local positions, served as Township Trustee for one term, and has
been Justice of the Peace for six years. As a business man he
ranks high, and on his farm keeps good grades of horses, cattle,
sheep and hogs.
Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio - embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and
Lake Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 1027 |
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ALONZO GREEN, who holds
prominent rank with the earlier settlers of Willoughby township, Lake
county, Ohio, was born in Rensselaer county, New York, May 2, 1823.
John Green, the father of Alonzo, was also a
native of the Empire State. He was a farmer in Rensselaer county for many
years, and died in Malone, Franklin county, that State, at the advanced
age of ninety years. He was twice married. His first wife, nee Nancy
Vial, died in 1827, leaving eight children, of whom Alonzo
was next to the youngest. By his second marriage he had one child. Four of
the nine are still living. Alonzo Green attended the district
schools in his youth, his educational advantages being limited to them.
When he was twelve years old he began work in a cotton factory at
Bennington, Vermont, and was employed there for three or four years,
afterward working two or three years in a cotton factory in Middlebury,
Vermont. During this time he mastered every department of work connected
with the manufacture of cloth. In August, 1840, at the age of seventeen,
he landed in Willoughby, Ohio, making the journey hither by canal boat and
steamer, and being eleven days en route. His brother James was
living here at that time. For more than a year after he came to
Willoughby, Alonzo was sick and unable to work, but as soon as he
recovered he turned his attention to the blacksmith trade and worked at it
for two or three years. After that he began farming in Willoughby township.
In August, 1851, he located on his present farm, 115 acres of fine land,
on Willoughby Plains, which he purchased a few years later. To the
cultivation and improvement of this place he devoted his energies, for
some years living in a log house. He has cleared all of the land and now
has an excellent farm. At the time he located here much of the land in
this section of the country was in its wild state and there was still
plenty of game in the forest. Mr. Green relates that he once killed
a deer in this vicinity. He worked bard in those days to clear his land
and provide for his family, and to the loving assistance and cheerful
companionship of his good wife he attributes much of the success he has
attained. She spun flax and wove the material for her children's clothes
and also wove the woolen carpets for their home. Her old spinning wheel
and loom are still in good repair and are pointed to with pride by Mrs.
Green as she refers to their early life on this farm, where she and
her husband have shared each other's joys and sorrows for over forty
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Green were married in 1851. Her maiden
name was Harriet A. Star, and she was a native of Leroy township,
Lake county, her parents having emigrated from New Jersey to this State at
an early day. Her father, at an advanced age, and also her mother, are
still living, being residents of Missouri, and the mother being nearly
ninety years of age. Six children compose the Green family, their
names being as follows: Linda S., Ida A., Clara M., Willie A.,
Hattie N. and Eddie G.
Mr. Green was formerly an old line Whig;
in 1856 he joined the Republican party, and for several years past he has
been a Democrat.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 243 |
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GEORGE GRIFFIN
is
a leading and successful agriculturist of Orwell township, where his
well-cultivated farm of ninety-three acres is situated. This
property, which he purchased in 1879, lies on section 3. With
the exception of ten acres, the land is arable and yields abundant
crops in return for the care and attention bestowed upon it.
The owner is engaged in general farming and stock-raising and keeps
good grades of stock. He is practically a self-made man, as
whatever fortune he has acquired is his through his own industry and
well-directed efforts. Although he was born in England, he is
a patriotic son of America, although an adopted one, and declares
that America is good enough for him.
Mr. Griffin was born in Devonshire, England, May
30, 1849, and is a son of Robert and Ann Griffin. The
former died in 1880, but the latter is yet living. They were
the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, namely:
Mary Ann, Eliza J., William, George, Charles and James.
Of this number two are now living in this country, our resides in
Orwell township.
In the years 1869, Mr. Griffin emigrated to
America and landed in Boston. Later he removed to New York,
from which city he came directly here, his brother having preceded
him by some three years. Several years prior to this, his
uncle, James Chilcote, had settled in this vicinity. As
Mr. Griffin was entirely without means upon his arrival in
Ohio, he went to work by the month for Harvey Hill of New
Lyme. At the end of eight months he entered the employ of a
Mr. Gee, for whom he worked for three years. Until 1880,
he continued working by the month, carefully putting aside a large
share of his earnings, and with this money he purchased his present
farm, which he has since cultivated.
On Christmas day, 1879, George Griffin and Miss
Jennie L. Gillmore were united in matrimony. The lady is
the daughter of Nathan and Esther Gillmore, old residents of
Orwell. The former, who was a successful farmer, is now
deceased, but his wife is still living on the old homestead.
Mrs. Griffin has one brother and three sisters, namely:
George; Belle; Ruth wife of Ambrose Fenner, whose home
is in the Empire State; and Anna, wife of Joseph Dixon.
Mrs. Griffin has a good public-school education and was given a
certificate to each. She is the mother of two daughters:
Anna, born Aug. 2, 1881, shows a decided musical talent; Ruth,
whose birth occurred Dec. 22, 1884, is a bright and engaging little
girl. The mother is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. Griffin holds membership with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Orwell Lodge.
In politics, he supports the nominees and the platform of the
Republican party. He and his family are widely and favorably
known in this vicinity, and are justly numbered among the leading
citizens.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern
Ohio - embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 297 |
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