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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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DAVID LAW,
proprietor of the Willoughby Heights farm, and one of the prominent men
of Lake county, Ohio, dates his birth in Belfast, Ireland, June 22,
1822.
His parents, David and Alice (Willis) Law, were
both natives of Belfast, Ireland, the father born in 1785, and the
mother in 1791. They settled in Carrickfergus, Ireland, where
Mr. Law was engaged in the milling industry, owning flouring,
oat-meal and linen mills. They emigrated to America in 1835 and
located in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where the mother's death occurred soon
afterward, - Oct. 1, 1835. The father purchased land in Mayfield
township, to the clearing of which he at once devoted his energies.
He died here, Jan. 15, 1839, at the age of fifty-four years. Both
were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They left a family
of eight children, some of them quite young, David being the
fourth born. The children soon became scattered, finding homes
where best they could. Six of them are still living.
David Law was twelve years old when he came with
his parents to this country. His educational advantages were
limited to the common schools and a few terms at the high school at
Chagrin Falls. After his father's death he started out in life on
his own responsibility, but before this he had worked out for a time.
For a while he worked at the cooper's trade. Then he turned his
attention to farming in Mayfield township, and has since been engaged in
agricultural pursuits. In 1851 he purchased his present farm in
Willoughby Heights, coming here at that time to live with his
father-in-law.
Mr. Law was married in 1847 to Louise Fuller,
a native of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio. Her father,
Hon. Simeon Fuller, was born July 25, 1791, in Westfield, Washington
county, New York, son of Captain Simeon Fuller, a soldier in the
Revolutionary war. He was a self-made man, having few early
educational advantages. He became a teacher, however, at the age
of twenty-one, and was engaged in teaching at Manchester (now Niagara
Falls) the second year of the war of 1812. At the time of the
capture at Fort George he dismissed his school, and with others
volunteered for service in the militia. That same day he and a
number of others were captured by the Indians, he receiving a bullet
hole in the rim of his hat and another in his coat sleeve. The
Indians marched their captives back to Lewistown and delivered them up
to the British. For six weeks Mr. Fuller remained a
prisoner, suffering many hardships and being nearly starved at one time.
At last he made his escape near Kingston and traveled on the ice along
the river several miles, walking a part of the way on floating cakes of
ice. He then directed his course to his father's home in Steuben
county, continuing his journey on foot, and reaching his destination
foot-sore and with little clothing. In 1818 Mr. Fuller came
to Ohio and settled at Chagrin, Cuyahoga county, now Willoughby, Lake
county, where he spent the rest of his life. He taught school some
after coming here. Apr. 30, 1820, he married Miss Minerva
Sprague, a native of Middletown, Connecticut. Her father,
Seth Sprague, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, died Dec. 4, 1812,
at Lewistown, New York. Her mother, Olive (Tenny) Sprague,
a native of Holliston, Massachusetts, was born Aug. 31, 1763, and died
July 1, 1848. Mr. Fuller was a man of prominence in this
part of Ohio, and had the respect and esteem of all who knew him.
He filled various important positions, ever regarding with strictest
fidelity the trusts reposed in him. Nov. 3, 1826, he was elected
County Commissioner of Cuyahoga county, and filled the office several
years. In 1832 he was elected by the Legislature as Associate
Judge of Cuyahoga county, which important position he occupied seven
years. In 1838 he was elected to the State Senate, and served a
term of two years; in 1841 was again elected to the Legislature; from
1846 to 1853 served as Township Assessor. He was a stanch Whig and
was strongly opposed to slavery. He died Sept. 15, 1861, and his
good wife passed away Apr. 6, 1865. Mrs. Law is the only
one living of their three children, - two sons and one daughter.
Previous to her marriage she taught two terms of school.
Mr. and Mrs. Law have had five children, namely:
Malcom S., who died at the age of twenty months; Myron D.,
an expert electrician; Belle, deceased; Jennie, deceased;
and George, a druggist in Willoughby. The children have had
good educational advantages.
Mr. Law's farm, Willoughby Heights, now
comprises only 220 acres, portions of it having been sold. The
magnificent brick residence on this farm, built over twenty years ago,
is one of the most attractive homes in all the country round. For
ten years Mr. Law had been using natural gas here, having a gas
well on his land. Besides carrying on farming operations he has
for some years been engaged in contracting and building. Recently,
however, he has confined himself altogether to agricultural pursuits,
and is classed with the representative farmers of the county.
Politically Mr. Law is a Republican. He
has served as Township Trustee several terms. Mrs. Law is a
Universalist.
Since the preparation of the foregoing review Mr.
Law has made a radical change in his field of operations, and it is
but consistent that we bring the biographical sketch more nearly up to
date by making record of such change. In May of the present year
(1893) Mr. Law sold his farm in Willoughby and removed to the
village of Willoughby, where he has built a commodious new residence and
has engaged actively in the milling business, having built a large steam
mill and equipped it with the most modern and approved appliances for
the grinding of all kinds of grain. The enterprise is one that has
all the elements of success, and that it will prosper under the
effective direction of the proprietor is a foregone conclusion.
†Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake -
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 706 |
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NELSON OAKS LEE Source: Biographical History of Northeastern
Ohio - embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 315 |
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ALANSON
LOVELAND, a prominent
and wealthy farmer of Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, has been an
industrious man all his life, and to his honest industry he attributes the
success he has attained. As one of the representative men of the
county, we present a sketch of his life in this work.
Alanson Loveland
was born in Rutland county, Vermont, Mar. 2, 1823, son of Alanson
Loveland, the grandson of Treat Loveland, both natives of Vermont, the
family being of English descent. Grandfather Loveland was a farmer
all his life. He came to Ohio about 1826, and died here at the age
of eighty years.
The father of our subject, Alanson Loveland,
Sr., was a cloth dresser
by trade. Moving to Ohio in 1826, he located in Thompson,
Geauga county, everything being in its wild state here then. For
some time he lived in a log house without doors and windows, the openings
being screened by blankets. Subsequently he removed to Licking
county, Ohio, and a short time later to Painesville, this county. At
the latter place he worked at his trade for awhile. His last move
was to Madison township, where he died at the age of fifty-eight years.
His wife, Sophia, was a daughter of General Orms, who served in the war of
1812. Mr. and Mrs. Loveland reared two children,
Cornelia and
Alanson. The mother died at the age of fifty-eight years.
Alonson Loveland was three years old at the time his father emigrated to Ohio, and
in the primitive log schoolhouses of this State he received his education.
With the exception of eight months spent in work at his father's trade,
his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. After his
marriage, which occurred in 1843, Mr. Loveland settled on a tract of
timber land in Madison township, and after clearing and developing 100
acres sold it. He then located on his present farm, 107 acres,
nearly all of which is devoted to general farming and stock-raising.
Mrs. Loveland's maiden name was Laura Long. She was born in New
Hampshire and has been a resident of Ohio since her girlhood. Their
three children are: Henry, Lamar and Ella.
In his political views,
Mr. Loveland is in harmony with the principles advocated by the Republican
Party.
†Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake -
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 873 |
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