DR. GARDNER FERRIN, a veterinary surgeon and proprietor of a livery, feed, boarding and sale stable, Youngstown, Ohio, is prominently identified with the interests of this place.
     He was born in Erie county, New York, May 30, 1832, son of Francis and Laura (Stenbro) Ferrin, natives of Concord, New Hampshire.  Francis Ferrin, a farmer by occupation, emigrated with his parents to New York in the latter part of the eighteenth century.  Ebenezer Ferrin, the Doctor’s grandfather, was one of a colony, composed of seventeen families, that settled in Erie county, New York.  He had the honor conferred on him of naming the town and he named it Concord, in memory of his old home in New Hampshire.   He died at the age of eighty-four years, and his wife out lived him a short time, her death occurring at the age of eighty.  They were honest, industrious and frugal, and well typified the worthy old pioneers of their day.
     Francis Ferrin was married four times.  His first wife, the Doctor's mother, died in 1836, aged about twenty-five years.  She left two children, Gardner and Uriah.  The latter, only four days old at the time of her death, is now a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  For his second wife Mr. Ferrin married a Miss Dolley, who died of typhoid fever, about 1861, aged twenty-seven, leaving one child.  He married his third wife in Genesee, New York, and his fourth wife in St. Paul, Minnesota.
     Dr. Ferrin was reared and educated in New York.  He left his native State Nov. 24, 1862, and went to Albany, Wisconsin, where he remained two years.  For three years he was engaged buying army horses and cattle, buying in large quantities from small dealers. It was not an unusual thing for him to buy 200 horses in a day, and often he bought fifty in a bunch.  From his early boyhood he had a fondness for horses, and, indeed, he has spent a lifetime with them.  He began reading books pertaining to the horse when he was fourteen, and he still keeps it up.  From Wisconsin he went to Chicago in 1866, remaining in that city until 1869, during which time he was in active veterinary practice there with George H. Dadd, at the same time having all the advantages of the Veterinary Institute, including lectures, etc.  In 1869 he went from Chicago to Bloomington, Illinois, where be practiced his profession for two years, coming from there to Cadiz, Ohio.  While at Cadiz he discovered a proprietary preparation for "foot rot” in sheep.  This remedy proved a perfect success and netted him a handsome sum.  He sold the right for Trumbull county for $2,400; Ashtabula county, $750; Geauga county, $350; Lake county, $250; and the State of Vermont for $4,500.  This sale was all between 11 a. m. and 2 a. m. the next morning.  The right expired many years ago.  From Cadiz Dr. Ferrin went to Wellsburg, Virginia, two months later to Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he was subsequently burned out, and May 11,1874, he came to Youngstown, where he has since practiced his profession and conducted a livery business.  He has built three barns in this city, all of which are still standing.  The barn he now occupies accommodates thirty-eight horses, twenty-one of which is owned by him.  He runs two backs to the railroad stations.  During his business career here he has won the confidence and respect of all with whom he has dealt, and has gained the reputation of being the best veterinary surgeon in the city, indeed, in northeastern Ohio.
     Dr. Ferrin was married July 3, 1856, in Buffalo, New York, to Miss Anna J. Morse, a distant relative of the celebrated inventor.  Her father, Charles Morse, died in 1879, aged sixty-four years, and her mother, now at the age of eighty-two, is a resident of Wauseka, Minnesota.  Mrs. Ferrin is the oldest of a family of six children, the others being as follows: Josiah, a resident of McGregor, Iowa; Julia, Wauseka, Minnesota; Frank, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Joseph, Austin, Minnesota.  One is deceased.  Dr. Ferrin and his wife have five children: Herbert A., Charles Eugene, Lulu Adel, lda Bell and Carrie May.  The oldest, Herbert A., married Emma Barber, and they have two children, Grace and Jennie.
     Dr. Ferrin is one of the useful and substantial men of Youngstown, and both he and his wife have the confidence and respect of a large circle of acquaintances.  He affiliates with the Republican party.  Mrs. Ferrin is a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 631

JOHN FINK, who owns twenty acres of land in Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, and who is one of the prominent horticulturists of this part of the country, was born here, Nov. 21, 1817.  He is a son of John and Charretta (Dice) Fink, the third born in their family of seven children.  The other members of the family were: Mary, Barbara, Betsey, Kattie, Samuel and Rachel.  His father was one of the earliest settlers of Mahoning county, having located here in 1802.  Our subject’s grand father, George Fink, owned 640 acres of land, a portion of it now being in the possession of our subject, and here he was engaged in farming and stock-raising, and also operated a sawmill for thirty years.  This mill was built in 1828 and was run by water power.  The average number of logs sawed per year was 600.   He and his wife were members of the Reformed Church, were generous in their support of the gospel and all public enterprises, and were ranked with the most prominent of the early pioneers.
     John Fink, the subject of our sketch, was married in 1844, to Caroline Arner, and they had ten children: James W., Elizabeth, Frank, Lynda, Mary, Delia, Caroline M., Charles, Clara and John W.  Seven of this number are still living.  Mrs. Fink died in 1876, and in 1880 Mr. Fink married Mary Newhouse.  She is a member of the Christian Church, while Mr. Fink is a Presbyterian, as also was his first wife.
     Mr. Fink was formerly engaged in the saw mill business, running his mill day and night for thirty years.  He now gives his whole attention to his farm.  Unlike his father, who was a Democrat, Mr. Fink gives his influence and support to the Republican party.  He is one of the most worthy citizens of Mahoning county, and his family are likewise highly esteemed.
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