Biographies
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
Embracing the Counties of
Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with a
Biography of each,
together with Portraits and Biographies of Joshua R. Giddings, Benjamin
F. Wade,
and a large number of the Early Settlers and
Representative Families of to-day.
"Biography is the only true history." - Emerson
CHICAGO:
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893
Transcribed by Sharon Wick
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GEORGE A. BAKER. -
The estimate placed upon a city by a visitor is necessarily gauged
to a considerable degree by the character and quality of the
accommodations he finds in its hotels. The possession of good
houses of public entertainment is therefore a most valuable one to a
city; and Youngstown is peculiarly fortunate in this respect.
Among those that give its good name to the city in this particular,
the leading one is the Tod House, which enjoys the special
distinction of being one of the best hostelries in the State.
This popular hotel is operated by George A. Baker, who was
born in Delaware County, Ohio, September, 1848, a son of Horace
Walker and Elizabeth (Thomas) Baker, both natives of Ohio.
The father, a cabinet-maker by trade after his marriage in his
native State, crossed the plains in 1849, and died in California in
1850, of a disease contracted in making the journey. Having
been born in 1818, his death occurred in 1850, but his wife survived
him until 1891, dying at the age of sixty-six years. Both
parents were life-long members of the Methodist Church, in which
body they were faithful workers. Four sons were born of this
marriage, of which our subject was the third in order of birth, and
is now the only one living, the two older ones having died in
infancy, and the younger one, Horace, in Delaware, Ohio, in
1854, of cholera, aged four years. Mrs. Baker married a
second time, in 1855, in Delaware, Ohio, her choice being Andrew
Jackson Crawford, by whom she had four daughters, namely:
Mary Elizabeth, now Mrs. W. C. Hilliard; Jennie,
now Mrs. E. A. Blakeslee; Annie and Eva, both
deceased.
Obtaining his education at the common schools of
Delaware, Ohio, our subject began supporting himself at a very early
age, his first step in this direction being his filling of a
clerkship for Johns & Pratt, and later a following which he
drove a grocery delivery wagon for two years. At the age of
seventeen he entered the employ of the railroad at Corry,
Pennsylvania, and in 1865 was made a messenger boy, and later a
telegraph operator. Being advanced as a result of his ability
and proficiency he was placed in the freight office of the company,
and finally became the general freight agent, for the Buffalo,
New New York and Philadelphia Railway in Buffalo,
continuing in this capacity for eight years, when, in 1885, he
removed to Youngstown, where he has since resided.
The marriage of Mr. Baker occurred in
Buffalo, in 1876, to Miss Julia Brewster Hurlbert, a daughter
of John Forbes and Maria Hurlbert. The father is
deceased, but his widow and son, George Forbes, are operating
the Continental Hotel. The other son, William Griswold,
is secretary and treasurer of the Bostwick Metal Lath
Company, of Niles, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are the
parents of four children, namely: Horace Forbes, George
Albert, Jr., Marie Elizabeth and Crawford Hurlbert.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Baker are faithful and consistent members
of the Episcopal Church, in which body they are earnest workers.
Mr. Baker is a member of Hillman Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 481;
Youngstown Chapter, No. 93; St. John Commandery, K. T., No. 20;
Alkoran Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Cleveland, Ohio, and is
a Scottish Rite Mason having attained to the thirty-second degree.
Although he takes but little interest in politics, Mr. Baker
is a Democrat in principle, and is ready and willing to aid in the
advancement of his party.
The hotel now operated by Mr. Baker,
which was leased by him in 1885, upon coming to the city, is the
best in the entire city and is attractively and elegantly appointed
and furnished throughout in the latest and most modern manner.
It contains 156 comfortable sleeping rooms, in addition to a large
parlor, dining room, office and other public rooms, while the prices
charged are reasonable in the extreme, considering the excellent
entertainment furnished, and the house is widely known and popular,
enjoying a specially large patronage from visitors from all parts of
Ohio and neighboring States, and its rooms are nearly always filled.
The efforts of Mr. Baker are directed toward
thoroughly satisfactory service of the traveling public, the table
being supplied with the choicest offerings of the market, well
cooked and properly served, while a large force of trained
attendants looks after the wants of guests in such a manner that
those who have once been patrons of the house are permanently
attached to it, and return to it on their subsequent visits to the
city. Mr. Baker is a pleasant and entertaining host,
who looks carefully alter the wants of his guests, and under his
management the Tod House is steadily growing in favor.
The visitor to Youngstown, wishing to enjoy good fare and desirable
accommodation will find it to be to his interest to patronize the
Tod House.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ.
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 635 |
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HON. JESSE BALDWIN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 680 |
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H. J. BARDWELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 538 |
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MRS. MARY BENTLEY
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 603 |
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FREDERICK BIXLER
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 649 |
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I. G. BLACKMAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 695 |
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S. P. BLACKMAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 695 |
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S. P. BLACKMAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 597 |
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JACOB BLOSSER
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 660 |
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HENRY BONNELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 603 |
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HENRY O. BONNELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 606 |
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JOHN MEEK BONNELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 572 |
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W. SCOTT BONNELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 617 |
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WILLIAM BONNELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 601 |
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DR. CARLOS C. BOOTH
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 696 |
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JAMES LAWRENCE BOTSFORD
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 687 |
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CONAD F. BRENNER
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 625 |
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DR.
G. W. BROOKE, who is well known not only in
professional circles but as a prominent politician of Mahoning
county, Ohio, is the subject of the following biographical sketch.
He is a native of the county in which he now resides, born in Goshen
township, April 29, 1828, a son of Basil Brooke, who was born
in Genesee county, New York in 1805. His paternal grandfather,
James Brooke, was a native of Maryland and belonged to one of
the prominent Quaker families of that State. He married a
Miss Boone, cousin to Daniel Boone of Kentucky, and they
removed to Mahoning county, Ohio, and settled in Goshen township,
where they passed their lives. They reared a family of eight
children, of whom Basil Brooke was one. He was married
at the age of twenty-four years to Rachel Morris, a native of
New Jersey and a member of a Quaker family. His death occurred
in 1832, the result of a malignant fever. He left a widow and
four children: Hester B., G. W., Deborah, and Basil.
The mother still survives, at the age of eighty-seven years, and is
an honored resident of Goshen township. Dr. Brooke grew
to years of maturity in Goshen township, and received his education
in the common schools and academies of the county.
He began the study of medicine in 1847 under the
preceptorship of D. J. W. Hughes, a successful physician of
Berlin township. The following year he attended lectures in
the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1851 was graduated from the
Cleveland Medical College. In 1852 Dr. M. B. Hughes
died at Ellsworth and immediately Dr. Brooke located there.
He has had an active career in his profession, and has met with
marked success as a practitioner. He is a member of the Union
Medical Society, Ohio State Medical Society, American Medical
Congress and the American Medical Association. He has,
however, not been confined strictly the medical profession, but has
represented the people of Mahoning county in the legislative halls
of Ohio, as a member of the House of Representatives; he was elected
to the office in 1867, and served two terms, - a period of four
years, -- with great credit to himself and to the best interests of
his constituency. In the time of the lamented Garfield he was
his warm personal friend, and gave the martyr president his
enthusiastic support. He was one of the Presidential Electors
in 1860, and cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has
frequently been a delegate to national, State, district and county
convention that first nominated Garfield for Congress.
In 1863 he was appointed by the Government as surgeon of the Twelfth
Ohio Cavalry, and saw much service on the field of battle.
Mr. Brooke was united in marriage in 1852 to
Theda A. Carter, who was born in Genesee county, New York, a
daughter of Loren Carter. The Doctor and his wife had a
family of four children: Ella wife of William Allen;
Clara, Georgia and Theda. Mrs. Brooke passed from
this life to the unknown future in 1874. In 1878 Dr. Brooke
was married to his present wife, Mary E. Williams, a daughter
of B. and Margaret Williams. They have one son,
Syden B. Brooke.
Having a birthright in the society of Friends, Dr.
Brooke has never united with any other denomination. He is
a man of sterling worth, sincere in his convictions, stanch and true
in his friendships, and worthy of the confidence reposed in him by a
wide circle of professional colleagues and political associates.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
Embracing the Counties of
Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing
Company, 1893 - Page 684 |
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M. BUCK
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 652 |
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ALBERT C. BURNETT
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 512 |
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LEWIS BUSH
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 704 |
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