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Biographies
Source:
History of Trumbull
& Mahoning Counties
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
Vols. I & 2 -
Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro.
1882
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WILLIAM LAIRD, son
of James Laird, was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, Nov. 20, 1809. He came to Mesopotamia in 1811.
His father moving there at that time, and bringing his wife and
eight children, was the eleventh settler in the township. His
father and mother both died in 1826, and William, who was the
youngest son, lived with an older brother until he arrived at the
age of eighteen, when he commenced life for himself. He
resided in Mesopotamia until 1874, at which time he went to Dakota
Territory, where he pre-empted a claim in the Vermillion valley and
became a citizen of that Territory. In 1832 he was married to
Hannah Chambers, of Champion, Trumbull county, a
daughter of John Chambers, with whom he lived
forty-two years, and buried in Dakota, Oct. 9, 1874. In 1877 he came
to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1880 he was married a second time, to
Mrs. Eliza Sartin, of Cleveland, and now
resides at No. 34 Herman street, in that city. Of his
children, five in number, Matthew A., the oldest son, married
Rachel McDonald, of Toledo, Ohio, and is now a manufacturer
and dealer in Kansas City, Missouri; John Chambers,
his second son, died in 1855 at the age of eighteen and lies in
Mesopotamia; Elizabeth M., his only daughter, married
William B. Fauss, of Mesopotamia, and now resides with her
husband and three children at Elk Point, Dakota, in the town where
her mother is buried; Edwards W. married Ada E. Williams,
daughter of Justin Williams—he is a member of the law firm of
Marvin, Laird & Cadwell, of Cleveland, and
resides at No. 266 Franklin avenue, in that city; Marcellus G.,
his youngest son, died in Dakota, Aug. 20, 1874. Maggie
Pierce, his wife, and daughter of Deacon Joseph
Pierce, of Champion, Ohio, died Sept. 21, 1874, in the same
Territory, and son and daughter lie by the side of the mother in Elk
Point. William Pierce, their son, and the name
sake and only grandson, died in May, 1875, at the house of his
grandfather, in Champion. Mr. Laird is of Scotch
descent, being of the third generation born in this country. He
has been a member of the Presbyterian church for more than fifty
years, and was for many years one of its ruling officers. His
early life as well as a part of his later years, has been spent on
the frontier and his whole life has been an active one, yet at the
age of seventy-three he is hale and hearty, retaining all his
faculties. Though residing in Cleveland, he retains his old
home in Mesopotamia, and says he will as long as he lives, and when
he says home it means either Cleveland or Mesopotamia, the meaning
of the word depending upon which place is spoken of.
Source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties - Vol. II - Trumbull Co., Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882
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JOHN H. LEWIS
was born at Gwynnedd, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, July
2, 1814. His parents were Jesse and Susannah Lewis,
natives of that place. He graduated at Gwynnedd high school in
1835, removed to Greenford, then in Columbiana county, Ohio, Sept.
18, 1841; read law with Umbstaetter & Stanton in New Lisbon,
Ohio, and was admitted to the bar at New Lisbon in the spring of
1843. He practiced at Greenford until the spring of 1846, when
he removed to Canfield on the organization of Mahoning county.
He practiced there about eight years and then removed to Cincinnati,
and remained about eight years engaged in practice. He then
returned to Greenford, where he has since resided, engaged in other
business, and also practicing law to some extent.
Source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties - Vol. I -
Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882 - Page 237 |
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