BIOGRAPHIES
COMMEMORATIVE
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF THE COUNTIES OF
HURON AND LORAIN, OHIO
CONTAINING
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens
and of Many of the Early Settled Families
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
J. H. BEERS & CO.
1894
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Jas. H. Fairchild |
PROF. JAMES HARRIS FAIRCHILD
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio -
Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1894
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J. H. Faxon |
FAXON.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio -
Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1894
- Page 614 |
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FAY FAMILY -
See W. L. FAY
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Record of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. - 1894 - Page 872 |
W. L. Fay |
W. L. FAY,
attorney at law, as one of the influential citizens
of Lorain county, deserves a place in this volume.
The first of the
FAY FAMILY to
land in America was John Fay who came from
England, A. D. 1656 in the good ship "Speedwell,"
and settled in Massachusetts. From him
descended in a direct line the subject of this
sketch, as follows: John, Jr., James,
Daniel, Aaron (great-grandfather, who married
Rebecca Winslow), Lyman (grandfather, born in
Vermont), Winslow (father), and Winslow
Lamartine (subject), the eighth of his
generation in America.
Dr. Lyman Fay (grandfather) came to Ohio in
1815, and soon after located at Milan, Erie county.
He soon gained a wide reputation as a physician and
business man. In addition to his professional
labors he kept a drug and general store, a large
grain warehouse, and was one of the promoters of the
Milan Canal which, before the days of railroads,
made Milan the principal grain market of northern
Ohio. He accumulated a large property, and
died of cholera Sept. 2, 1854. On July 21,
1816, he married Catherine Kellogg who
survived him, dying Dec. 3, 1862.
Joseph Brooks (maternal grandfather) came to
Ohio from eastern New York at an early day; his wife
was Rachel Barnum of Danbury, Conn., related
to Phineas t. Barnum, the great showman.
WINSLOW LAMARATINE FAY, the subject of this sketch, was
born at Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio, Sept. 12,
1848, a son of Winslow and Mary Ann (Brooks) Fay,
the former of whom was
born Apr. 21, 1817, on the Huron river, at Avery,
near Milan, Erie Co., Ohio, and died Aug. 4, 1884.
He (the father) was the oldest of a family of ten
children. He was a merchant during the greater
part of his life, but during his later years was
engaged in farming. He was married Jan. 6,
1839, to Mary Ann Brooks, who was born at
Florence, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1818, and died May 4, 1878.
The mother was educated at the seminary conducted by
Dr. Monteith of Elyria, who at that early day
was widely known as a successful and thorough
instructor. W. L. was the second of
three sons who grew to manhood. He received a
liberal education at Oberlin College, and during his
vacations taught school for a number of years in
Huron and Lorain counties. When just past
sixteen years of age, becoming dissatisfied with
farm life, he asked the consent of his father to be
allowed to start out and make his own way in the
world; the consent was kindly granted, and without
further aid, by perseverance and hard study and
close application, he provided means to secure his
own education, and obtain his profession. He
read law with Hon. John C. Hale, then of
Elyria, where he was admitted to the bar in 1870
under twenty-two years of age; for four years
thereafter he practiced his profession with his
preceptor, at the end of which time he opened an
office on his own account. Up to 1879 he did a
successful general practice; but close confinement
to office and professional work seriously affecting
his health, he gradually gave his attention to other
matters less confining, until now his law practice
occupies only a small portion of his time. He
is the inventor of the Fay Sulky Scraper for
moving earth, and was engaged in its manufacture for
several years. Afterward he invented the
“Fairy Tricycle” for ladies, girls and cripples,
which he manufactured in lame numbers, and which
have been sold extensively all over this country,
and many shipped to foreign lands. He
organized the Fay Manufacturing Co., and was
principal owner of same until he sold his entire
interest in December, 1891. A short time
previous to this he bought the controlling interest
in The Elyria Stone Co., which has extensive
quarries at Grafton, Ohio, and he now holds the
offices of secretary, treasurer and manager of said
Company. Since his connection with this
Company the plant has been greatly enlarged and
improved, and the business very much increased.
He is also engaged in the manufacture of Babbitt
metal under the firm name and style of W. L. Fay
& Co., which business he has conducted since 1876.
He has also been engaged in farming all his life, he
now owning an interest in a large grape farm on Avon
Point, Lorain county; he also has vessel interests
on the lakes, and has many other investments that
require more or less time. In addition to his
business Mr. Fay has found leisure to
travel quite extensively, he having visited and
traveled over the greater portions of this country,
of interest, and a considerable part of Europe.
Mr. Fay was first united in marriage in
May, 1878, to Emma A. Vincent, who died in
June, 1879, leaving to his care an infant daughter -
Mary Emma. He was married, the
second time, in 1886, to Ophelia Goss
Lawrence, a daughter of Rev. John
Lawrence, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. His
present wife was the fifth of a family of eight
children, and was born at Wilton, Me., during her
father's pastorate at that place. Her father,
Rev. John Lawrence, is a direct
descendant of John Lawrence, born at
Wisset, England, in 1609, and who soon afterward
came to this country and settled in Watertown, Mass.
Her mother was Nancy Temple
Wakefield, of Reading, Mass. By his second
marriage Mr. Fay has four children:
Lamartine Brooks, and Lawrence
Temple (twins), Rachel Charlotte,
and Florence.
Politically our subject is one of the stanchest
Republicans, although he has never been an office
seeker. He is a member of the Masonic Lodges
of his place, and in this has followed in the line
of his forefathers as far back as he has any record;
is also a member of a number of other secret
Societies. He is the examiner of the Savings
Deposit Bank of Elyria; one of the directors,
secretary and attorney for the Elyria Savings and
Loan Co., of which he was one of the founders; is
also director in a number of other enterprises of
which he is a member. Whatever business he has
undertaken, he has made a success of, and those that
know him best are his best friends. Mr. Fay
is a thorough believer in temperance, and at all
times is ready and willing to lend his aid in
anything that will help remove the curse of this
evil from the land, although he does not follow all
the ideas that are advocated by extremists in this
direction; he is also a believer in the Gospel of
Christ, but has never united with any Church.
He is a stockholder in the Gospel News Co., of
Cleveland, Ohio, publishers of the Gospel
News, a weekly religious paper which was started
for the purpose of furnishing Christian reading
matter to the masses, at a low price.
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Record of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. - 1894 - Page 872 |
Charles A. Finley |
CHARLES A. FINLEY Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of
Huron and Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago:
J. H. Beers & Co. - 1894 - Page 1062 |
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DAVID C. FISHER,
a prominent real-estate dealer and ice merchant in
Lorain county, is a native of West Virginia, born in
June, 1850, a son of Robert and Mary (Fowler)
Fisher, of the same State, where they passed
their entire lives.
Our subject, when a boy came to Lorain county, Ohio,
and made his home in Oberlin, where he was educated,
attending the college at that place for some time.
In 875 he was in the employ of the Land Company, in
which he has been more or less interested since,
buying, improving and selling real estate.
Since 1884 he has been doing business in that line
for his own account, and in eight yeas turned over
as much as fifty thousand dollars worth of property,
the amount in 1892 alone having reached eighteen
thousand dollars. In 1881 he embarked in the
ice business, the first one in that industry in
Lorain, and practically the only one. The
buildings for this purpose were located on Black
river, and he made a complete success out of it, as
he has done in the real-estate business. He at
one time owned nine residences in Lorain - of which
he sold two, lives in one, and rents the rest -
besides other property. Mr. Fisher is
also engaged in the commission business. He is
largely interested in the improvement of the West
Side (Lorain), where he bought an addition, portions
of which he has sold on land contracts.
In 1883 David C. Fisher and Miss Elizabeth Dorsey
were united in marriage. She is a native of
Ashland, Ohio, daughter of George and Margaret
Dorsey, who at one time lived in Elyria.
Her father, in 1861, in the war of the Rebellion,
enlisted at Ashland, Ohio, was sent to the front,
was wounded, and died in hospital, all within the
year; his widow is yet living. To Mr. and
Mrs. David C. Fisher have been born two
children: Arthur Edwin and Ruth Anna.
Our subject is an active Republican, and with his
wife is a member of the Congregational Church, in
which he holds office, and in the Sabbath-school of
which he takes a lively interest. For a number
of years he has been a member of the board of health
in the village of Lorain, and is also constable.
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Record of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. - 1894 - Page 1158 |
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O. L. FISHER,
a prominent and enterprising farmer and dairyman of
Huntington township, was born June 11, 1839, in
Brighton township, Lorain Co., Ohio, a son of
Danforth and Lucinda (Wilcox) Fisher.
The father of the
subject of sketch was born in Burlington, Otsego
Co., N. Y., July 9, 1807, and was married in
Henderson, Jefferson county, Jan. 1, 1832, to
Miss Lucinda Wilcox, born in that county Apr.
14, 1812. In New York State they had born to
the two children, and then, in 1836, they came by
water to Ohio, settling in the southeast corner of
Brighton township, then a wilderness, and here were
born to them nine children. In 1863 the
parents removed to Michigan, and made their final
home in Johnstown, Barry county, dying there, the
mother May 12, 1888, the father Apr. 16, 1889.
Mrs. Fisher was a member of the Disciple
Church; Mr. Fisher was a strong Republican in
his political preferences. Their family
numbered in all eleven children, one of whom
Phoebe Alice died in infancy, the rest being as
follows: Eliza, wife of Joseph Powers,
residing in Michigan; H. Clinton who was a
resident of Michigan, now deceased; Edward B.,
a farmer of Huntington township, served one year in
the Tenth Michigan Cavalry; O. L., subject of
sketch; Alma, who was married to Hiram
Wilson and lived in Cleveland, and who is now a
widow, residing in California; Newton D.,
late a resident of Cleveland, where he was a lumber
merchant, who served four years in the Second Ohio
Cavalry (he died Nov. 17, 1893); George F., a
carpenter, of Chicago; Oren D. who was
educated at Oberlin College, at Olivet (Mich.)
College, and later at Yale College, and is now a
minister in the Congregational Church at Toledo,
Ohio; Peter, a farmer in Michigan; and
Wilbur, in the lumber business at Cleveland.
O. L. Fisher, whose name opens this sketch,
attending during the winter months the district
schools of Wellington township, Lorain county, and
worked on his father's farm summers. In 1862,
in Brighton township, he enlisted in Battery I,
First Ohio Light Artillery, and was sent to Eastern
Virginia. He participated in the battles of
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg. Lookout Valley,
Rocky Face, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, bombardment of
Fredericksburg, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta, Ga.,
in fact all the engagements his battery took part
in. On June 13, 1865, he was discharged, after
having been in hospital five months, and returned to
his home in Brighton township, Lorain county, whence
after a month's stay he went to Michigan, whither
his parents had gone, as above stated. At the
end of six year he again came to Lorain county, and
bought his present farm of 127 acres in Huntington
township, where he successfully carries on general
farming, including a lucrative dairying business.
On Dec. 27, 1865, Mr. Fisher married Miss
Sarah A. Ledyard, a native of Huntington
township born July 11, 1846, and they have two
children, viz.: Louis, at present residing at
home, and Erva.
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Record of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. - 1894 - Page 1048 |
H. S. Follansbee |
HERBERT
S. FOLLANSBEE
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Record of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. - 1894 - Page 866 |
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G.
D. FOOT. Dell Foot, the
courteous, obliging and popular "mine host" of a
leading hotel and livery in Wellington, is a native
of Lorain county, born Sept. 21, 1836, in Huntington
township.
AMOS FOOT, father of
subject, was born Mar. 5, 1812, in Chester, Hampden
Co., Mass., and in 1835 came to Ohio, locating in
Huntington township, Lorain county. He brought
with him one hundred and fifty dollars in cash,
which latter he invested in fifty acres of land.
He married Miss Mary Chapman, a native of
Montgomery, Hampden Co., Mass., and for years
thereafter he followed farming; then became a
preacher in the Wesleyan Church, holding forth for a
considerable time in Avon, Lorain county, afterward
in Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga county. Returning
east he preached for ten years at Cochituate, Mass.,
near Boston, where his wife died Apr. 20, 1869, and
then once more came to Lorain county, where he
married his second wife, his last days being spent
at the home of his son, our subject. He died
in 1888, his second wife in 1882. He was a
very large man, in his prime weighing some 290
pounds, and he had a voice remarkable for its
strength and volume. He had two children -
G. D. and Emma J. (wife of George
Royce, of Wellington) - by his first wife, none
by his second.
The subject of this sketch was reared to agricultural
pursuits on the farm of his father, with whom he
lived until 1856, when he purchased the farm.
To the original tract he added until he had 500
acres of as fine land as could be found in the
township, and carried on general farming, including
dairying and stock-raising. During seen years
he milked an average of one hundred cows, and dealt
in cattle, horses and hogs. In 1873 he moved
to Wellington, where he is engaged in the hotel and
livery business, his house being most complete in
every respect, fitted with water and gas supply,
although there is neither system in the town - in
fact it is essentially a metropolitan hotel.
In 1856 Mr. Foot married Matilda Rush,
who was born in Green county, Penn., and they had
five children, viz.: Celia, Lucy,
Jessie, Dell and Orrie, of whom
Celia married E. D. Bush, a successful
farmer and proprietor of a meat market; she died in
January, 1891, aged thirty-six years, leaving four
children, Walter, Charles, Fred and
George. Lucy married George
Lambert, one of the firm of the Wellington
milling Co., and has two children, Robert and
Celia. Jessie married Chris.
McDermott, one of the proprietors of the
Machine Co., at Wellington, and has three children,
Lucile, James and Louise.
Mr. Foot in his political faith is a
stanch Republican. Personally he is most
affable, good-natured, social, and is in every
respect, as a caterer to the wants of the public,
"the right an in the right place.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio -
Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1894
- Page 753
See Note 1 below |
Frank H. Foster |
FRANK
H. FOSTER
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Record of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. - 1894 - Page 778 |
NOTES:
NOTE 1.
Found:
1870 U. S. Federal Census - Wayland, in Middlesex
Co., Mass - P. O. Cochetnate, Mass
Dwelling 52 Family 64
| Loker, Ebenezer |
60 |
M W |
Farmer |
b. Ireland |
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| Loker, Adeline A. |
53 |
F W |
Keeping house |
b. MA |
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| Loker, Ebenezer H. |
18 |
M W |
Attends School |
b. - |
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| Loker, Edgar B. |
13 |
M W |
- - |
b. - |
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| Foote, Amos |
58 |
M W |
Wes. Metohdist Preacher |
b. - |
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Source
Citation
Year: 1870; Census Place: Wayland,
Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_633;
Page: 393B; Family History Library Film:
552132 |
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Found:
1860 U. S. Federal Census - Huntington, Lorain Co.,
OH on June 22, 1860
Post office: Huntington
Dwelling 416 Family 424
| Foot, Amos |
48 |
M |
Methodist Minister |
$-- |
$-- |
b. MA |
|
|
|
| Foot, Mary |
49 |
F |
|
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|
b. MA |
|
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| Elizabeth Smith |
17 |
F |
Servant |
|
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b. OH? |
|
|
|
Source: Huntington,
Lorain Co., OH Roll M653-1001; Page 118; Family
History Library Film #805001
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Found:
1870 U. S. Federal Census - Wellington Corporation,
Lorain Co., OH on June 12, 18
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Found:
1880 U. S. Federal Census - Wellington Corporation,
Lorain Co., OH on June 12, 1880
Dwelling 351 Family 370
| Foot, Geo. D. |
W |
M |
43 |
|
Married |
Livery Stable |
b. OH |
Fath. b. MA |
Moth. b. MA |
| Foot, Matilda |
W |
F |
43 |
Wife |
Married |
Keeping house |
b. PA |
Fath. b. PA |
Moth. b. PA |
| Foot, Lucy |
W |
F |
19 |
Dau |
Single |
At home |
b. OH |
Fath. b. OH |
Moth. b. PA |
| Foot, Jessie |
W |
F |
16 |
Dau |
Single |
At School |
b. OH |
Fath. b. OH |
Moth. b. PA |
| Foot, Dell R. |
W |
M |
8 |
Son |
Single |
At School |
b. OH |
Fath. b. OH |
Moth. b. PA |
| Foot, Orrie M. |
W |
F |
1 |
Dau |
Single |
|
b. OH |
Fath. b. OH |
Moth. b. PA |
| Coller, Malinda |
W |
F |
42 |
Servant |
Single |
|
b. OH |
Fath. b. NJ? |
Moth. b. NJ? |
Dwelling 352
Family 371
| Foot, Amos |
M |
F |
69 |
- |
Married |
Retired Farmer |
b. MA |
Fath. b. MA |
Moth. b. MA |
| Foot, Savalla A. |
W |
F |
72 |
Wife |
Married |
Keeping house |
b. NY |
Fath. b. RI. |
Moth. b. RI |
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Ohio, County Marriage Record
Name:
Amos Foot
Gender:
Male
Marriage:
12 Sept. 1835
Marriage place: Medina, OH
Spouse:
Mary Chapman
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Ohio, County Marriage Record: FOR REFERENCE
Name:
Amos Foote
Gender:
Male
Marriage:
9 Nov. 1870
Marriage place: Lorain, OH
Spouse:
Savalla R. Ferris
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