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
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PATTERSON C. CALDWELL - The
large and extensive interests that center at Youngstown afford ample
opportunities for the exercise of the ability possessed by its
leading business men, who have thus been enabled to lay the
foundations of fortunes which are constantly increasing with every
succeeding year. Among those thus representative is
Patterson T. Caldwell, secretary and treasurer of the Youngstown
Gas Company and the Mahoning Electric Light Company, who was born in
Beaver, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9, 1839, a son of
William and Mary (Duff) Caldwell, both natives of Pennsylvania.
The family originated in Ireland and Scotland, and belonged to the
landed nobility, having a coat of arms. Protestant in religion, they
were stoical and sturdy in disposition and took kindly to the faith,
doctrines and communion of the Presbyterian Church. Throughout
the entire history of the family, no taint or blemish has spotted
its fair name, all taking pride in upholding its honor and prestige.
William Caldwell, the great-grandfather of our subject, a
nobleman by birth, came from Scotland to the United States, settling
in Pennsylvania. His children were: William, our
subject’s grandfather; Daniel; Robert; Jane,
who married John Johnson; Nancy, who married
William Smiley; Peggy, who married a Mr.
Anderson ; and Martha, who married William
Nesbit—all of whom are now deceased. William
Caldwell, our subject's grand father, was born in Washington
county, Pennsylvania, but later moved to Beaver, now Lawrence
county, where he resided on a farm and died there at the age of
seventy-three years, a member of the Presbyterian Church. He
was married to Miss Mary McEwen, also a member
of the Presbyterian Church, who bore him eight children: William
Smiley; John; Robert; William; MaryAnn,
who died at the age of eighteen years; Jane, wife of John
Ripple, who moved to Mahoning county in 1858; Nancy,
wife of A. Shaffer, a resident of Youngstown, and the oldest
of the name now living; and Margaret, wife of Edwin
Still, who is now deceased, having died in 1846, aged about
twenty-seven years.
The parents of our subject were William and Mary
(Duff) Caldwell, both natives of Pennsylvania, where the former
carried on the occupation of farming. Although he enlisted in
1861, he was not accepted owing to ill health. Both he and his
wife were life-long members of the Presbyterian Church, dying in
that faith, he in 1881, and she in 1885, both having been born in
1813.Mrs. Caldwell’s parents were William and
Mary Duff, the former a native of Ireland, who came to
this country at the age of sixteen, and the latter a native of
Pennsylvania. Our subject is the second in a family of three
children, namely: William, a merchant of Harlansburg,
Pennsylvania; our subject, and James, who is now serving as
Postmaster at Sharon, Pennsylvania, having received his appointment
under the Harrison administration.
During the late war P. T. Caldwell enlisted in
Company G, Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, and was elected Orderly
Sergeant. The company was stationed at Gallipolis and did some
effective work in West Virginia. Both brothers of P. T.
Caldwell enlisted for the war and saw years of hard service.
Our subject was educated at Canfield, Ohio, and the
College of Cannonsburg (Jefferson College), Pennsylvania.
After graduating he engaged in teaching for ten years in Canfield
and then was made superintendent of the schools of Youngstown for
five years, his term of service ending in 1873, during which time he
gave the most uniform and general satisfaction. At that date
he received an offer to take charge of the coal companies of
Brown, Bonnell & Company and Himrod Furnace
Company, which he accepted and retained for thirteen years, but in
1886 resigned his position and went West, where he remained two
years. He has retained his present position since 1877 and
came to Youngstown in 1865.
Mr. Caldwell was married Dec. 24, 1868,
to Miss Julia I. Cornell, a most cultivated and pleasant
lady, a daughter of Gideon and Julia A. Cornell, then
residents of Youngstown. Our subject and his wife have two
children, namely: Augustus Backus, who is engaged by the gas
company as plumber; and Amy, who is attending the public
schools at Youngstown. Both parents are members of the
Presbyterian Church, in which our subject is an Elder and has charge
of the Bible class in the Sunday-school of which he was
superintendent for many years. In political matters he is an
ardent Republican, and takes pleasure in upholding the platform and
measures of his party on all occasions. Mr. Caldwell
is one of the sound and reliable business men of Youngstown, and his
many admirable qualities have tended to make him popular with all
classes with whom he comes in contact.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
Embracing the Counties of
Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing
Company, 1893 - Page 489 |
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DELORMA CALLAHAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 442 |
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ALLEN CALVIN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 580 |
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BALES M.
CAMPBELL, a member of the City Board of
Commissioners of Youngstown, was born in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, Apr. 21, 1856, a son of Matthew and Caroline
(McCauley) Campbell. The Campbell family is one of
the eldest in Westmoreland county, and is of Scotch origin.
the McCauley family is also of Scotch lineage, and our
subject's mother was a descendant of the Fletcher family of
Massachusetts, from which State her ancestors removed to
Pennsylvania in a very early day. She was a devout Scotch
Presbyterian, and was left a widow very early in life, but
subsequently married a second time.
Bales M. Campbell, our subject, was thrown on
his own resources in early life, and at the age of ten years was
taken by a brother to Pittsburg, where he found employment.
Many and varied were the experiences and engagements of young
Campbell in his youth. He visited the West, South and
other sections. At about nineteen years of age he returned to
Pittsburg from the West, where he was engaged in business a short
time. He succeeded in saving a few hundred dollars, which he
concluded to use in improving his education. He came to
Youngstown in 1878, where he was engaged in school-teaching until
1885. During that time he also studied law in the offices of
C. R. Truesdale and A. J. Woolf, and in June, 1885,
was admitted to the bar. He had taken rather an active part in
politics in the Democratic party, and in September, 1885, Mr.
Campbell was appointed Deputy Revenue Collector for the
Eighteenth District of Ohio, Fourth Division, by President
Cleveland. He held this position four years, or until the
change of administration. Our subject was afterward engaged in
several business enterprises until in April, 1892, when he was
appointed a member of the Board of City Commissioners, and still
holds that position. Mr. Campbell is an efficient
officer, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of a wide
acquaintance. He is a self-made man, has seen a great deal of
the rough side of life0, and by his unpretentious character and
unswerving integrity has gained a high place in the esteem of his
fellow-citizens.
Mr. Campbell was married Apr. 28, 1892, to
Miss Ella Reel, a native of Youngstown. He is Senior
Warden in the blue lodge of Masonry, is Grand District Deputy of the
order of K. of P., Past Exalted Ruler of the order of Elks and a
member of the I. O. O. F.
Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and
Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page
686 |
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WALTER
LOWRIE CAMPBELL of Youngstown, Ohio, was born
in Salem, Columbiana county, this State, Nov. 13, 1842, a son of
John and Rebecca P. (Snodgrass) Campbell. The mother was
born near Steubenville, Ohio, and her death occurred in 1892, at the
age of eighty-five years. The father, a native of Ireland, was
a son of Alexander Campbell, a minister in the Scotch
Presbyterian Church. He came to York county, Pennsylvania, in
1806, where he was engaged in the ministry several years, and
subsequently died. John Campbell was brought to America
when ten years of age, was a saddler by trade, and also served as
Justice of the Peace. In political matters, he was identified
with the Democratic party. His death occurred in February,
1845, leaving a widow, six sons and one daughter. The mother
was afterward obliged to keep boarders to educate her children.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had eight sons and two daughters, of
whom three sons and one daughter still survive. One son,
General John A. Campbell, was the first Territorial Governor of
Wyoming, and signed the first legislative act granting woman’s
suffrage, and twice vetoed a bill to repeal the law. He was
also for two years Third Assistant Secretary of State, at
Washington, District of Columbia. On account of ill health, he
went as Consul to Basle, Switzerland; he died in Washington,
District of Columbia, in August, 1880.
Walter L. Campbell, our subject, was wounded in
the left eye by a playmate in June, 1847, between four and five
years, of age which caused him to become blind in both eyes.
In 1851, he was sent to the Institution for the Blind, at Columbus,
Ohio, where he remained a part of the time for seven years. He
received a thorough education, and for the last three years there he
was under the care of Dr. Lord, having become specially
perfected in music. At ten years of age he could not carry a
tune properly, but in one year’s time he could tell the name of
every note struck on the piano. Mr. Campbell left this
school in 1859, after which he taught music at Salem one year, and
the following five months were spent in a musical institute at
Philadelphia. He then gave up music and entered the Western
Reserve College, at Hudson, where he took every study in the
curriculum, and graduated with honor in 1867. He was prepared
for college by taking up geometry, having the diagrams drawn by
punched holes on paper, and after ward advanced to higher geometry.
He delivered an oration at the junior exhibition of his class,
having previously taken a prize for Latin translation in the
freshman year and for English composition in the sophomore year.
After leaving college Mr. Campbell read law in Salem until in
September, 1868, when he entered the Harvard Law School, at
Cambridge. In June, 1869, his brother having been appointed
first Territorial Governor of Wyoming, our subject went to Cheyenne,
where be practiced law, and was also appointed United States
Commissioner by the United States Court. In August, 1870, he
came to Ohio, and in the following February located at Youngstown,
where he purchased au interest in the Youngstown Register, in May,
1874. He was engaged in editorial work until 1882. In
1884, Mr. Campbell was elected Mayor of this city, on
the Republican ticket and was appointed Trustee of the Working Home
for the Blind by Governor Foraker, which office he
held for three years. In 1886 he published a discussion in
rhyme.
Oct. 4, 1877, Mr. Campbell was united in
marriage with Helen C. La Gaurgue, and they have two
children, Allen R., aged fourteen years; and Mary Rebecca,
twelve years. Mr. Campbell is a fine chess-player,
which is very remarkable for one who is blind.
Source: Biographical
History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula,
Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company,
1893 - Page 693 |
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JOHN F. CANTWELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 686 |
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W. F. CARSON, M. D.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 667 |
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DR. JOSEPH P. CESSNA
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 577 |
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PETER CHRISTOPHEL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 664 |
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DR. M. S. CLARK, one
of the leading physicians and surgeons of Youngstown, Ohio, a man of
sterling worth and great popularity, was born in Gallipolis, and
great popularity, was born in Gallipolis, that State, Oct. 9, 1840.
He is of New England ancestry, both of his parents, P. P. and
Sarah E. (Barber) Clark, having been natives of Massachusetts,
the former born Aug. 3, 1813, and the latter, Jan. 12, 1820.
The mother of the Doctor came to Portage county, Ohio, in 1824,
while his father removed to Mesopotamia, Ohio, in 1834. In
1840 his father went to Gallia county, Ohio, where he taught school
for one year, when, in 1841, he returned to Mesopotamia, and
remained on a farm for eight years. At the end of that time,
in 1849, he went to Portage county and settled on a farm, remaining
there until 1883, when he removed to Wauseon, Fulton county, Ohio,
where he now resides. The mother of the Doctor died in 1859,
at the early age of thirty-nine years. She was a worthy member
of the Congregational Church and active in all good work. The
father of Dr. Clark was married, in 1859, to Henrietta
Birge, an estimable woman, who proved a worthy helpmeet.
She died in 1886, aged fifty-three years, leaving many friends to
mourn her loss. She also was a useful member of the
Congregational Church. The children of these two marriages
were: M. S., whose name heads this sketch; Amy B.,
deceased in 1848, aged five years; Prof. A. A., the able
principal of penmanship in the public schools of Cleveland; Edgar
L., deceased in infancy; Sereno J., editor of the Maumee
Sentinel, of Toledo; and Edgar and Ettie E., children
of the second marriage, the former deceased in 1867, aged six years,
and the latter at home with her father.
Dr. Clark received his early education in the
common schools of his vicinity and later took a course in the
academy at Freedom, Ohio. When fifteen years of age, he went
to the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, now called Hiram College,
which was then under the presidency of the martyred president,
James A. Garfield. Here he remained five years, and feels
that he owes much to that noble man, whom memory he reveres next to
that of his own father. He was at Hiram until the breaking out
of the war, in 1861, in the fall of which year he opened an academy,
or select school, at Windham, Portage county, Ohio, and had just
completed a half term, when his patriotism overcame his love for the
school room, and he enlisted Oct. 21, 1861, as Corporal of Company
K, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was
ordered to Gallipolis, Ohio, to look after General Buckner
of the Confederate army, and from there sent forward, December 1, to
Green river, Kentucky, to guard bridges around Mumfordville, that
State. He there contracted disease, being first afflicted with
measles, the first case in the regiment, which was followed by
diphtheria and typhoid pneumonia. He lay in the field hospital
from December, 1861, to about the first of February, 1862.
This hospital was a very uncomfortable place for a sick soldier, so
poorly protected from the outer weather that the winter winds
whistled through the building, and was supplied with no conveniences
of any kind. About the first of February, he was removed from
there to Planters’ Hospital, in Louisville, Kentucky. On his
arrival in the latter place, the surgeons said he could not live
three weeks, and his father was sent for, who arrived the last of
that month and took the invalid home on a discharge furlough.
He remained at home during the spring and summer of 1862, where, in
what was presumed to be his last illness, he received the most
tender care of the “girl he left behind him,” who is now his
affectionate and devoted wife. Oct. 28, 1862, he received his
final discharge from the army, at Columbus, Kentucky, on account of
general debility. That winter (1862-’63), he taught a select
school, and, in March, 1863, began the study of medicine at Windham,
Ohio, under the preceptorship of Dr. F. C. Applegate, a
prominent practitioner of that place. In October, 1863, he
entered the medical department of the Michigan University, at Ann
Arbor, where he remained until the first of April, 1864, when he
returned to Windham to pursue his studies.
In the course of that month, however, Governor
Brough, of Ohio, made a call for recruits for 100 days, to which
Dr. Clark responded, enlisting as a private in Company I of
the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He
was mustered into service at Sandusky, Ohio, and accompanied his
regiment to Johnson’s island, where they were detailed to guard
rebel prisoners, Dr. Clark being immediately commissioned
hospital steward by the Governor of Ohio. On May 9, 1864, this
regiment was ordered to Kentucky, to intercept General
John Morgan, who was headed toward the Ohio river, and on
June 11 the battle of Kellar’s Bridge occurred, at which time the
Doctor acted as assistant surgeon. After six hours’
engagement, the Union forces, which numbered 1,000 to the enemy’s
3,000, surrendered, the Union regiment losing on that day thirteen
killed and fifty-five wounded. The surgeon and Dr.
Clark, his assistant, were made prisoners of war, but they were,
on the following day, recaptured by the Union forces under
General Burbridge, at the battle of Cynthiana, in which
engagement General Morgan’s forces were nearly
annihilated. Dr. Clark had the sorrowful duty of taking
a carload of General Hobson’s wounded men to the
hospital at Covington, Kentucky. In the mean time, the One
Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment, to which the Doctor belonged, on
being captured by General Morgan, had marched back
twenty miles on the double quick and been paroled, the Union forces
interpreting the parole as “not too binding.” The regiment
then went into camp at Dennison, Ohio, where it remained a short
time and where Dr. Clark and his superior officer joined the
command. From there, the regiment returned to Johnson’s
island, where it remained until the expiration of its term of
service, receiving its discharge the last of August, 1864, at which
time the Doctor ended his war experience.
On Oct. 1, 1864, the Doctor
re-entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, at
which he graduated Mar. 28, 1865. He at once began his
practice in Austintown, Ohio, where he remained until fall, at which
time he removed to Warren, the same State, continuing in the latter
place until the spring of 1868. At this time, he went to
Bristolville, Ohio, and, in the fall of 1873 to his present location
at Youngstown, Ohio, where he has ever since remained, meeting with
a large and lucrative patronage, the deserved reward of skillful and
conscientious work.
May 9, 1867, Dr. Clark was married, at Hiram,
Ohio, to Miss Hettie J. Smith, the ceremony being performed
by Dr. L. L. Pinkerton, of Lexington, Kentucky, assisted by
General James A. Garfield, at that time President of Hiram
College. Mrs. Clark was a daughter of Elder John T.
and Esther (Cheney) Smith, old and respected residents of Hiram,
both now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Clark have had three
children: Clayton A., born Sept. 25, 1874, died Feb. 10,
1887; James A., born June 10, 1878, died Sept. 23, 1879; and
Louie P., born July 9, 1880, is a promising boy, now
attending the grammar grade of the public schools.
In politics, the Doctor is staunchly Republican, being
enthusiastic in the support of those principles which appear to best
subserve the interests of the country. He is prominent in
medical and educational matters, to both of which he lends the aid
of his influence and ability. He is ex-President of the
Mahoning County Medical Society, and at present belongs to the Ohio
State Medical Society and to the American Medical Association.
He has served efficiently for several years as a member of the Board
of Health, greatly advancing by wise counsel the hygenic condition
of the community. He has also been for several years an active
member of the Board of Education of Youngstown, of which he was
president for one year. He is official examiner for a number
of insurance companies and other organizations. He is Past
Commandant of the Patriarchs Militant or Uniform rank of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canton Royal, No. 61, and is
permanent Secretary of the subordinate lodge of the same order in
Youngstown. He is Past Grand Chief Ranger of the Grand Court
of Ohio, in the Ancient Order of Foresters of America, and was
Representative from the State to the Supreme Court of this order,
which convened at New Haven, Connecticut, in September, 1893.
He has been a State and district delegate at various supreme
conventions, and acted as Representative at the supreme convention
in Minneapolis, in August, 1889, when the order passed the
declaration of independence from the English order, in which 683
yeas to 5 nays were cast for seceding. He is now acting
President of Tod Court, No. 685, Independent Order of Foresters;
also Past President of the Star of Albion Lodge, No. 58, Sons of St.
George. He is a prominent member of the G. A. B., being Past
Surgeon of Tod Post, No. 29, of Youngstown.
Notwithstanding the fact that Dr. Clark
was reared under the teaching of the strict Presbyterian faith, yet,
under the preaching of James A. Garfield, he confessed his
faith in Christ, and was immersed by Garfield in the
winter of 1858, uniting with the Christian Church, at Hiram, Ohio.
Dr. Clark was elected, in 1875, and ordained Elder of
the Christian Church at Youngstown, Ohio, in which official capacity
he is still acting. His entire life has been one of
irreproachable honesty and rectitude, much of his valuable time
having been devoted to the Welfare of the church. In his home,
as husband and father, he is provident, affectionate and faithful,
being most indulgent to his wife and son. The community is
fortunate in possessing one so active in good works, whose worth is
reflected in the esteem in which he is universally held by his
friends.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 705 |
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MRS. DR. M. S. CLARK.
- Possessing all the attributes of a noble Christian woman, Mrs.
Hettie J. Clark is justly entitled to the admiration and esteem
of all, who know her. she was born Apr. 10, 1839, at Red
Stone, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Rev.
John Tune Smith, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, while her
mother was born in Westchester, Pennsylvania, their marriage having
occurred in Philadelphia in 1824. Elder John T. Smith
was a clergyman of the Christian church and filled several pulpits
throughout Western Pennsylvania, being a friend and a colaborar with
that eminent devine, Alexander Campbell. In 1842 Mr.
Smith removed with his family to Ohio, where he spent the
remainder of his life laboring for numerous churches on the Western
Reserve. His last sermon was preached at Hiram, Ohio, his
death occurring in the spring of 1861, when he was fifty-seven years
of age, his devoted wife surviving him until June, 1874.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born in the same year, 1804, and
throughout their married life were typical examples of earnest
Christian people. Mr. Smith was throughout his ministry
a zealous worker for his church. His funeral sermon was
preached by General James A. Garfield, who was a prominent
member of the Christian Church. Mr. Smith’s parents
came from England, bringing with them two children: Frances
and John Tune. The parents died soon after their
arrival in this country, and John Tune was reared by a Mr.
George, of Baltimore, Maryland, while his sister was adopted by
another family. The death of Mr. Smith was deeply
mourned throughout a large territory, his labors having gained for
him the esteem and confidence of all who knew him, while his
Christian character and upright, honor able life, won for him the
admiration of all his parishioners. His earnest endeavors in
behalf of his church are the best heritage he could leave it, his
name being inseparably connected with its history.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith had seven children: Edith,
Dr. J. T. Smith, William H., Frances, Hettie J., John Henry, and
Rev. C. C. Smith. Edith married when nineteen years of age
and had three children, two sons and one daughter. Her son,
J. W. Robbins, accompanied U. S. Grant on his memorable
trip across the continent, and all have preceded her to “the land
that is fairer than day.” Dr. J. T. Smith married
Maria Ramsey. He was a. surgeon in the Second Ohio
Volunteer Cavalry, and spent three years in the service, a portion
of which time he was on General Custer’s staff.
He was engaged in almost every battle in which his regiment
participated, and was at one time almost continuously in his saddle
for seventeen days and nights, while after Morgan in his raid
through Ohio and Indiana. His record as a brave and valiant
soldier was one of which any man might well be proud. He had
the misfortune, in March, 1892, to lose his wife, who had been
faithful throughout so many years. The third child,
Lieutenant William H. Smith, enlisted in the summer of 1861, in
the Fourteenth Ohio Battery, leaving his sick-bed to take charge of
the battery at Pittshurg Landing, which proved his last ser vice, as
he came home after that battle on a sick furlough and died at the
age of twenty eight of quick consumption, brought on by exposure.
The date of his death was Sept. 2, 1863, and he was deeply mourned
by his friends and associates, to whom he had endeared himself by
his many noble qualities. He was in the Army of the Cumberland
throughout his term of service, and yielded up his life in the prime
of manhood for the benefit of his country. He proved himself a
true patriot in every sense of the word, and his memory will long be
cherished by those who knew him, not only because of his social
qualities, but also and more especially by reason of his earnest
Christian character. Frances, after finishing her
course at Hiram, became a teacher, in which calling she was very
successful. She was later made the matron of the Staten Island
Hospital, where she remained several years, but is now operating a
large millinery establishment in Akron, Ohio. John Henry
enlisted in the summer of 1861 in the Sixth United States Cavalry of
the regular army, and, after serving in thirty five different
battles, was discharged in front of Richmond, his term of service
having expired. One month after his return to his home, he
died of quick consumption, giving, like his brother, his life in the
service of his country. During the three years of his service,
he lost but one month from his command. The youngest, Rev.
C. C. Smith, of Massillon, Ohio, is a clergyman of the Christian
Church, and has filled many pulpits throughout the State, having
been at one time pastor of the church in Youngstown for seven years,
during which the beautiful edifice now occupied. by that
denomination, was erected. He was also stationed at Akron,
Ohio, for the same length of time, after which he was sent by the
General Christian Missionary Society to Milwaukee, where he labored
for three years, and was then stationed in southern California for
ten months. He subsequently returned to Ohio, and was placed
in charge of the church at Massillon, where he labored about three
years, during which time a beautiful church was built. He was
then employed as Secretary of the Board of Negro Education and
Evangelization, with headquarters at Massillon. During the
war, he served his country for one year, enlisting, in 1863, as
Hospital Steward in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and at the end of that
time was discharged on account of ill health. His marriage
occurred in the spring of 1869 to Miss Florence Dennison, who
has proved a worthy wife to a good and noble man.
Hettie
J. was educated at Hiram under James A.
Garfield, completing her course in the spring of 1861. She
commenced teaching at the age of sixteen, and from that time until
the date of her marriage to Dr. M. S. Clark, May 9, 1867, she
spent the largest part of her time in the school room, either as
pupil or teacher. She taught in the public schools of Warren,
Ohio, two winters in the southern part of the this State, in a
select school at Parkman, this State, and in various districts in
Portage county, being a popular and successful teacher.
Mrs. Clark united with the Christian
Church at the age of twelve, and throughout her life has embraced
every opportunity to advance the interests of the church. Not
content with giving financial support, she has been a zealous worker
in the church, teaching in the Sunday-school for years and taking an
active part in all church societies. She was for several years
chairman of the church finance committe committee,
secretary of the Missionary Society; president of the same society;
secretary of the Twenty-second district one year; president of the
same district two years; superintendent of children’s work in Ohio
for two years, during which time the children in that State raised
more than $1,600 for missions and put a window in the church at
Missoula, Montana, in memory of her son, Clayton A. Clark.
During this time, Mrs. Clark visited various churches and
delivered addresses on missionary work. She is a well known
figure in all channels of work in the city, having labored in city
mission work among the poor, in the industrial school for the Y. M.
C. A., for the Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union, and the
City Hospital, and she has not forgotten the “boys in blue."
She is a member Tod Woman’s Relief Corps, No. 3, and Past Corps
Treasurer, in which capacity she has served two years. She is
Past Corps President and President of the Corps at this time, and
also Past Department Chaplain of Ohio.
Mrs. Clark’s name is a synonym for all that is
good and true in womankind. In her home she has ever been
faithful and most helpful to husband and children. She fitted her
boys for the fourth-reader grade, when they first entered school,
and was ever ready to assist them as they advanced in their studies.
Her purse is to open to all demands . made upon her, and her
Christian sympathy and loving kindness are freely given to all.
It is to such women as Mrs. Clark that the nation owes
its present prosperity, for through the influence of such as she the
world is made better and purer, and men are turned from the paths of
wickedness and vice into those of virtue and deeds of nobleness.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
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JOHN H. CLARKE, a
lawyer of high rank and a representative citizen of Youngstown, was
born at Lisbon, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1857. His father, the late
Hon. John Clarke, of Columbiana county, this State, was born in
county Antrim, Ireland, in 1814. His people were of Quaker
origin, but before his birth they united with the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Clarke received a careful and thorough
education in his native country. Predilection led him to the
study of law, and after arriving in this country, in 1832, he began
to prepare for the practice of that profession, which was well
suited to his tastes and character of mind. In October, 1835,
he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court on the Circuit, and
immediately entered into the practice of law at New Lisbon, Ohio.
Mr. Clarke soon gained a large clientage and
appropriate rank in his profession, which he held through a period
of nearly a half century, and up to the time of his death, Oct. 26,
1884. He served two terms as Prosecuting Attorney of
Columbiana county, one term as Judge of Common Pleas Court, under
appointment of Governor Medill, was profoundly learned
in his profession, and was a close student throughout the course of
his life. In 1847 Mr. Clarke married Melissa
Hessin, a daughter of an early settler of New Lisbon.
She was a woman of domestic taste, charitable disposition and
sterling character, and added much to his happiness and success in
life. They had four daughters and one son.
John H. Clarke, the subject of this sketch, was
prepared for college at the home of his parents in New Lisbon.
In 1873 he was sent to the Western Reserve College, then at Hudson,
Ohio, where he graduated with honors in the class of 1877, in his
twentieth year. He immediately began the study of law under
the direction of his father, and in October, 1878, was admitted to
the bar by the Supreme Court at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Clarke
then formed a partnership with John McVicker, a former
partner of his father in the practice of law, and they continued in
practice at New Lisbon until 1880. In that year he purchased
the Youngstown Vindicator, removed to this city to edit and publish
the paper, and rendered the same a newspaper of merit and value.
In 1882 he sold the paper, since which time he has devoted his
entire time and energy to the practice of law. Mr. Clarke
first formed a partnership with Judge L. D. Thoman, who, in
February, 1883, was appointed a member of the United States Civil
Service Reform Commission, and our subject then began practice with
M. W. Johnson, with whom he continued until in Februmy, 1886.
He then entered into a partnership with C. D. Hines, under
the firm name of Hine & Clarke, which is now one of
the strongest law firms of Youngstown. Their practice consists
largely of railroad and corporation work.
In matters of public interest Mr. Clarke
has taken no little part. He is of a progressive spirit, and
of untiring energy in work for measures tending to benefit the
public. Since 1888 he has been President of the Youngstown
Public Library Association, for which he was instrumental in
securing a public tax. By cultivating public interest, by
means of personal efforts and appeals, the library has grown from a
small affair, open on two evenings of the week, to one of 10,000
volumes, now open to the public every day and evening in the week
excepting Sundays. In politics, Mr. Clarke has been
closely identified with the Democratic party. In September,
1892, he was tendered a nomination by acclamation to Congress by his
party, and the nomination was equivalent to an election, but he
declined, preferring to continue the practice of law. In the
Ohio Democratic State convention, of 1893, though Mr.
Clark protested that he was not a candidate and refused to make
any effort to secure the nomination, he received eighty votes for
nomination for Governor of the State. He is a close student,
and an able advocate of eloquence and power. For years he has
been a special strident of Shakespeare, and has delivered several
lectures on Shakespearean subjects with marked ability and success.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 621 |
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LUCIUS E. COCHRAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 557 |
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D. P. COOPER, the head
of the J. A. & D. P. Cooper Company, manufacturers of
carriage wood work at Struthers, Ohio, one of the leading business
concerns of that place, is possessed of superior qualifications for
the transaction and management of business affairs, and has won an
enviable reputation for his sound judgment and strict integrity.
Robert Cooper, the father of D. P. Cooper, was born in
Coitsville township, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1828, and their
passed his life on the old homestead taken up by his father in
1800. He was a farmer by occupation, and followed agricultural
pursuits all his life. Politically, he was identified with the
Democratic party, and was well informed upon the leading questions
of the day. His parents were David and Rebecca (Armstrong)
Cooper, whose names are mentions in the sketch of J. A.
Cooper, which will be found on another page of this volume.
They reared a family of twelve children, named as follows:
James, deceased; Jane, deceased; Rebecca,
deceased; John, a stockholder and director of the J. A. &
D. P. Cooper Company; Sarah, deceased; David,
deceased; Eliza, a resident of Coitsville; Margaret,
deceased; Polly, deceased; William, a citizen of
Coitsville; Robert, the father of our subject; and
Armstrong, who died in Kansas in 1859. D. P. Cooper
was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning county, in 1853, and
resided in the place of his birth until 1871. He received a
good common-school education. At the age of eighteen years he
went to Youngstown, Ohio, and there was apprenticed to Siegfried
& Lemley to learn the carriagemaker’s trade; he served the
term of three years, and in the meantime occupied his leisure hours
in study. He completed a commercial course in the night
sessions of the business college, his diligence and industry winning
the hearty sympathy and admiration of his employers and teachers.
He followed the trade he had mastered for three years at various
places, and then went to Coitsville, where he was located for ten
years previous to his coming to Struthers. In 1887 the
partnership was formed with J. A. Cooper. This company
was reorganized in 1892, when D. P. Cooper was elected
president and general manager of the J. A. & D. P. Cooper
Company.
Mr. Cooper was married in 1877 to Miss Mary
McClelland, a. daughter of David and Mary A. (Murray)
McClelland, and to them have been born three children: Ralph,
Dahl and Mary. Our subject supports the issues
of the Democratic party. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
lodge No. 495. of Hubbard, Ohio. He and his wife are members
of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 544 |
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JAMES A. COOPER, a
member of the J. A. & D. P. Cooper Company, is a son of
David Cooper, who was born in Coitsville township, Mahoning
county, in 1819; here he passed his life, which ended in 1885.
He was a man of strict integrity, and enjoyed the confidence of the
entire community. His parents were David and Rebecca
(Armstrong) Cooper; the father was a native of Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania. He removed from his own State to Maryland, and
in 1800 came to Ohio, purchasing four hundred acres of Government
land. Rebecca Armstrong was a native of
Washington county, Pennsylvania, where she was married to David
Cooper in 1809. They endured the dangers and hardships
incident to pioneer life, and had many adventures common to the
frontier. David Cooper affiliated with the Democratic
party, and was a member of the Seceders' Church. His father,
David Cooper, Sr., was a native of Ireland, and his mother
came from England; the first members of the family to settle in
America crossed the sea to the New World in 1760, and located in
Franklin county, Pennsylvania. David Cooper, Jr.,
father of James A., married Jemimah Rany, a daughter
of Alexander and Nancy (Dickson) Rany, natives of Washington
county, Pennsylvania. Alexander Rany was a soldier in
the war of 1812. James A. Cooper was born in Coitsville
township, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1845, and has all his life been
a resident of this county. His early life was spent on the
farm, performing the duties that fall to the lot of the farmer’s
son, and attending the primitive pioneer school of the district.
He had the advantage of a course at the Iron City College, after
which he went to Michigan, and there was employed as bookkeeper for
a hardware firm. He afterward returned to Coitsville and
engaged in the lumber business with his uncle, John Cooper;
this he continued until 1883, when he became a member of the firm of
Stewart, Cooper & Company, proprietors of a tannery;
this relationship existed until 1887, when he formed a partnership
with D. P. Cooper, establishing the J. A. & D. P. Cooper
Company; in 1892, this company was reorganized with a capital stock
of $50,000, and J. A. Cooper was elected superintendent and
treasurer.
Mr. Cooper was united in marriage in
1870, to Alice K. Jacobs, a daughter of Nichols and Phebe
(Kirk) Jacobs, and to them have been born a family of four
children: David N., Sarah L., S. Dill, and
Helen M. At the age of twenty-three years Mr.
Cooper began the struggle for a position in the business world.
How well he has succeeded is attested by the following; he owns a
fine farm under cultivation, and with his cousin, D. P. Cooper,
owns the controlling interest in the Gear Works, one of the
important industries of Struthers. In politics he adheres to
the principles of Democracy; he has served as Justice of the Peace,
and has been Township Clerk for a number of years, discharging his
duties to the satisfaction of the people whom he represented.
He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Western Star
Lodge, No. 21, Youngstown Chapter, No. 93, R. A. M., and St. John’s
Commandry, No. 20, K. T.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 517 |
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ROBERT COOPER, of
Coitsville township, Mahoning county, Ohio, is prominently
identified with the agricultural interests of this place and is
ranked with the most highly respected citizens here.
Mr. Cooper was born in the township in
which he now lives, July 23, 1827, the eleventh in the family of
twelve children of David and Rebecca (Armstrong) Cooper.
His father owned 400 acres of land here and was engaged in farming
and stock-raising. At the time he settled on this land, in
1800, it was all covered with timber, and he spent years of toil in
clearing and developing it. In politics he was a Democrat; in
religion, a Presbyterian. He was one of the liberal supporters
of the church of his choice, and, indeed, was generous in his
contributions toward all worthy causes.
Robert Cooper was married in 1852 to
Catherine Buchannan, daughter of John and Rebecca (Aplegate)
Buchannan. They have four children: David P., who
married Mary McLeland, of Youngstown, Ohio; Laura R.,
wife of W. B. Carleton, of Girard, Ohio; Sarah J.; and
John A., who married Jennie Jackson of Coitsville.
Mrs. Cooper was an invalid from 1885 until her death, June
28, 1893. She was a devoted Christian woman and a member of
the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Cooper owns 104 acres of fine farming land,
all susceptible of cultivation, and is engaged in general farming
and stock-raising. His political views are in harmony with
Democratic principles, and with that party he has affiliated ever
since he was a voter. By his many estimable traits of
character he has won the friendship and esteem of all who know him,
and he has a large circle of acquaintances in the county in which he
has spent the whole of his useful and active life.
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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WILLIAM COOPER,
one of the respected citizens of Coitsville township, Mahoning
county, Ohio, is located on a small tract of fine farming land, and
is successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. During
his early life he was engaged in teaching here for ten years, and is
well known throughout this vicinity.
Mr. Cooper was born in Mahoning county,
Ohio, in the year 1825; son of David and Rebecca Cooper.
His father, one of the early settlers of this part of Ohio, was born
in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1762; was married in 1807,
and died in 1855. He was a Democrat in politics, and both he
and his were members of the United Presbyterian Church.
William Cooper was married in 1853, to
Sarah J. Dickson. A record of their children is as
follows: D. S., born in 1854, married a Miss Silic;
Martha K., born 1857, is the wife of Dr. F. L. Round;
Evaline A., born in 1859, is the wife of Fyndale Palmer;
Jane 1., born in 1863; James A., 1866; John Q.,
1868; and Clara B., born in 1873, died in 1878. Mrs.
Cooper was born 1835, and died in 1891. She was a devoted
Christian woman and was for many years an active member of the
United Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Cooper is a stanch Republican, and for eight
years has served as Township Clerk.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 578 |
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WILLIAM CORNELIUS
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 644 |
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A. B. CORNELL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 471 |
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NELSON CRANDALL
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 469 |
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J. A. CREED
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Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 625 |
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GIDEON CRUM
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 578 |
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LEVI CRUM
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 634 |
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DR. JOHN S. CUNNINGHAM
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
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