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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WILLIAM F. MAAG
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 720 |
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JAMES MACKEY
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Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 731 |
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MAJ. JAMES MACKEY
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 694 |
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HON. ROBERT MACKEY
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 605 |
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J. W. MANGUN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 537 |
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REV. W. J. MANNING
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 524 |
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REV. ALEXANDER BENNETT
MAXWELL Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and
Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page
725 |
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ROBERT A. McCLAIN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 609 |
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WILLIAM McCOMBS
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 439 |
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WILLIAM S. McCOMBS
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 518 |
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WILLIAM McCOY
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 648 |
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JOSIAH McCULLOUGH
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 596 |
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CHARLES W. McNABB
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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MELVIN CARY McNABB
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 654 |
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J. McNAMARA JR.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 645 |
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EMANUEL P. MILLER,
one of the representative agriculturists of Ellsworth township,
Mahoning county, was born in the township in which he now resides
Oct. 17, 1829, a son of John Miller, who was born in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1798. The paternal
grandfather, John P. Miller, was a native of Germany, but
emigrated to this country in time to participate in the war of the
Revolution. He married Elizabeth Frederick, also
a German by birth, and they emigrated to America, coming to
Ellsworth township, in 1811. They reared a family of three
children: George, John and Mary, who became the
wife of George Wolf, now deceased. John
Miller grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, and was married to
Susan Ann Stambaugh, a daughter of John Stambaugh; she
also was reared in the Keystone State. They had born to them a
family of. eleven children: Eliza, Lydia, Jeremiah, John,
Carolina, Eli, Sarah, David, Emanuel P., Levi and Abraham.
The mother died at the age of seventy-two years, and the father
survived to the age of ninety years. He was a shoemaker by
trade and followed this vocation in early life, later turning his
attention to farming. Emanuel P. was reared on the old
farm to a life of honest industry, he assisted in the laborious task
of clearing the land and from out the heart of the forest developed
a fertile and productive spot.
In 1852 he began an independent career in the world,
purchasing the Simon Cope farm, a tract of seventy-one acres.
As his means increased he added to this first purchase until he now
has 262 acres, the entire body being well under cultivation and the
improvements being of a most substantial character. The
buildings are capacious and convenient and thoroughly adapted to the
various purposes for which they were designed.
One of the special features of Mr. Miller’s farm
is the well equipped dairy which he and his son John S. have
fitted up. For cleanliness and utility it cannot be surpassed
in the county; twenty Jersey cows supply the milk aud 5,000 pounds
of “extra gilt-edge” butter are produced in a season.
Mr. Miller was married Apr. 14, 1852, to
Margaret McNeilly, who has been the faithful partner
in all his undertakings. She is a native of Ellsworth
township, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Tremble)
McNeilly, natives of Ireland who settled in this township in
1827. They have reared a family of ten children: John,
deceased, Robert, William, Margaret,
Elizabeth, Sam, Mary, Joseph P., Sol
and Martha. The father died in 1849, and the mother in
1871.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one child, John
Sherman, who was born Dec. 12, 1859; he was educated in his
native county, and at Oberlin, Ohio; his marriage to Miss Jessie
Smith, occurred in October, 1881. Mrs. J. S.
Miller is the daughter of Walter and Judith (Riply) Smith.
John S. Miller and wife have two children: Walter W.
and Lula May; one child, John L., died in
infancy.
Emanuel P. Miller affiliates with the Republican
party, and in 1890 took the census of his township; he has
also served as Assessor. He is a man of good business
qualifications, and worthy of the respect and esteem in which he is
held by his fellow men.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 734 |
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HON. I. B. MILLER. -
Within the last decade of years the city of Youngstown has
materially advanced in commercial and industrial importance, has
doubled its population, and now figures as the sixth city, in point
of population, in the State of Ohio. To be Mayor of such a
city is not only to hold a position of honor and trust, but also
means much responsibility in guarding the interests of scarcely less
than 40,000 people. Competent to fill this important office,
the citizens of Youngstown so regarded I. B. Miller when they
elected him their Mayor in April, 1892. He had been twice
elected Justice of the Peace, the first time in 1888, and
again in 1891, serving his second term when he was elected to the
Mayor’s office. In this official capacity, sagacity and
ability have characterized his administration, under which the city
has maintained a commendable condition of affairs.
Mr. Miller was born in Mahoning county,
Jan. 18, 1850, a son of Joseph and Jane Miller. The
father was born in Virginia, in 1800. He came with his first
wife; who bore him several children, to Mahoning county, Ohio, in
1825, where he was engaged in farming. He was afterward
married to Jane Jones, who was born in this county in
1804, a daughter of Edward and Jane (Price) Jones, early
settlers of Austintown, Ohio.
I. B. Miller, our subject, graduated at the
Rayen high school of Youngstown in 1872. He afterward began
the study of law with General T. W. Sanderson, and was
admitted to the bar in 1873. In the following year he was
married to Miss Ella I. Coombs, who had also graduated in the
Rayen high school of Youngstown in 1872, and they have two children,
Howard C. and Maud E. Mr. Miller.
votes with the Republican party, although is liberal in his views,
and indorses men and measures best calculated to benefit public
welfare. Socially he is a genial spirit and popular member of
Elks, Odd Fellows, and K. G. E.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 653 |
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W. L. MILLER, who is
engaged in farming in Beaver township, Mahoning county, Ohio, is a
native of Springfield township, this county, born in 1853. His
parents, Samuel and Eliza (Lower) Miller, had a family of six
children, all of whom are living, namely: Sarah A., Tobias,
W. L., Selista, Melissa, and Laura.
Samuel Miller was born in 1827 and died in 1887. He was
a farmer and stock-raiser, and at the time of his death was the
owner of 155 acres of good land. He was a self-made man.
When he started out in life he bought eighty acres of timber land,
going in debt for the same, and at once bent all his energies to the
improvement of this land. He cut off the timber, dug up the
stumps, erected buildings and put up fences, and as prosperity
crowned his efforts he was soon able to buy sixty acres more land.
This property he subsequently sold and soon afterward bought the
land on which the subject of our sketch now lives. Misfortune
overtook him in the way of fire and storm, his loss probably
amounting to more than $4,000. He went in debt for that
amount, rebuilt and made improvements, but before he died he paid
off the claim and was in comfortable circumstances. He was
identified with the Democratic party. and was an active worker in
its ranks.
W. L. Miller, following in the footsteps of his
honored father, is devoting his time and attention to agricultural
pursuits. His farm comprises 120 acres of good land, and among
his stock are found some specimens of fine Jersey cattle. He
started out with limited means and by honest industry worked his way
to success. In 1876 he married Laura A. Sensenbacher,
and their only child, Park F., was born in 1877.
Mrs. Miller’s father was a farmer, and both her parents were
active members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Miller
are also Lutherans. Mr. Miller is one of the prominent
members of the Order of Chosen Friends, in which lodge he has filled
every chair. Politically he is a Democrat.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 711 |
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DANIEL MOHERMAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 626 |
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JEFFERSON S. MOHERMAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 659 |
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JOHN F. MOHERMAN
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 627 |
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HON.
ROBERT MORRIS MONTGOMERY,
one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Youngstown, was born
at Warren, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1815. His father, Robert
Montgomery, a native of Pennsylvania, was a son of William
Montgomery of Scotch-Irish lineage. The latter lived for
many years in Chester county, Pennsylvania, took an active part in
the American Revolution, and served as Surveyor General for the
State of Pennsylvania. Robert Montgomery, his son, was
reared in that State, and when a young man came to Ohio. He
located at that part of Poland now known as Struthers,
Mahoning (then Trumbull) county, where, in 1805, he built an iron
furnace and operated the same until about 1812. He afterward
followed farming, in which his interests grew large and important.
Mr. Montgomery died in Pennsylvania in 1859. He was
twice married, and by his first wife there was but one child, a
daughter. He married for a second wife Mrs. Louise Maria
(Morris) Edwards, widow of Colonel John Stark Edwards
To this union were born two daughters and one son; one daughter and
the son still survive.
Robert M. Montgomery, the subject of this
memoir, removed with his parents when a child to a farm just east of
Youngstown, Ohio, where he was inured to farm labor, and was given a
fair education. He has always devoted his attention to the
vocation of farming, in which he has been very successful. As
a wool-grower he has also met with good success, was instrumental in
promulgating the measures providing for the wool tariff of 1867, and
for years no man has been better informed on the subject of wool and
wool-growing. In an early day Mr. Montgomery took an
active part in politics, having cast his first presidential vote for
Andrew Jackson, and was a bold and aggressive anti-slavery
man. In 1862-'63 he served in the Lower House of the
Legislature, and in 1867 visited Washington, District of Columbia,
where he was instrumental in securing the placing of a tariff on
wool.
Mr. Montgomery was married at the age of
twenty-two years, to Miss Nancy Higgins Wolcott, a
native of Trumbull county, Ohio. Her father, Lewis Wolcott,
was born in Connecticut, of Scotch Decent. He came to Trumbull
county, Ohio, in 1808. Our subject and wife have two children:
Lewis Wolcott, a farmer of Youngstown; and Mary Correy,
wife of T. S. McKinley, also a resident of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have been active members of the
Presbyterian Church for a number of years.
Source: Biographical
History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula,
Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company,
1893 - Page 539 |
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D. T.
MOORE, who has been engaged in the lumber
business, at Haselton, Mahoning county, Ohio, for the past eight
years, is a native of this place, born in1848. He is one of
the five children of William and Mary (Stewert) Moore.
Mr. Moore was married in 1872, to Miss Martha
Vail, sister of Mrs. J. Creed. They have nine
children, all of whom are living except one. A record of their
names with date of birth, is as follows: George T., born in
1873, died in 1890; Mary E., born Mar. 26, 1873, she being a
twin of George T.; Jessie, July 1, 1875; Clark,
Aug. 23, 1877; Arthur, Aug. 25, 1878; Anna, Mar. 22,
1883; Emaline, June 16, 1885; Grover C., May
18, 1887; Minnie, June 24, 1889.
Mr. Moore owns fifty acres of land in Coitsville
township, this county, and for a number of years engaged in farming,
but for the past eight years, as above stated, has given his
attention to the lumber business, in which he has met with good
success. Some time ago he had interests in the oil regions of
the county, where he was engaged for four years, and was also
successful in the enterprise. He has served six years as
Trustee of his township and three years as County
Comissioner Commissioner, being elected to these offices by
the Democratic party, with which he has affiliated all his life.
He and his wife and three of their oldest children are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an active Sunday-school
worker, serving both as superintendent and as teacher. He is a
member of both the I. O. O. F., and the K. of P., having taken three
degrees in both lodges. He is a man of general information,
broad and progressive .views, is generous and public-spirited, and
on the whole is one of the most popular men of his vicinity.
Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and
Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page
703 |
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H. R.
MOORE, M. D., was born in Poland, Mahoning
county, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1842, son of James S. and Hannah R.
(Truesdale) Moore. His parents had a family of seven
children, all of whom are living.
James S. Moore was for many years prominently
identified with the history of this part of Ohio. He came here
from Pennsylvania in 1812, a babe in his mother's arms, their
journey being made on horseback. Here he was reared amid
pioneer scenes, and in time became the owner of 500 acres of land.
For many years he carried on farming and stock-raising on an
extensive scale, and for ten years was engaged in the merchandise
business at Lowellville, Mahoning county. He was a man of
general information and decided opinions. Although he was
reared with the old-fashioned idea about stimulants, he was the
first man in this part of the country to banish the jug from his
harvest field. He was not, however, a “crank” on the subject.
He was a strong anti-slavery man, and assisted many a colored man to
make his escape through Ohio to Canada. He was a stanch
Republican from the time that party was organized. Both he and
his wife were prominent members of the Presbyterian Church, and in
Sabbath-school work he also took an active part, serving as
Sabbath-school superintendent for a quarter of a century.
Mr. Moore also took a prominent and active part in
educational affairs, being a member of various educational
societies. He attended the Mahoning Academy at Canfield for
three years under Professor David Hines, and
then taught one winter.
In 1860 H. R. Moore began the study of medicine
under the instruction of Dr. Joseph Truesdale, of Poland.
He afterward attended lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
graduated in 1866. It was during this time that the Civil war
was in progress, and his service in the Union ranks for a time
delayed the completion of his medical course. He and one of
his brothers enlisted in 1862, in Company A, Eighty-sixth Ohio
Regiment, and he was honorably discharged the following year.
Since the war Dr. Moore has been engaged in the practice of
his profession in his native county, and as a skilled physician has
gained an enviable reputation.
Dr. Moore was married, Aug. 8, 1866, to
Maggie Woodruff, and they have had three children, as
follows: Eliza W., wife of B. E. Sexton; Mary K.,
who died at the age of fourteen months; and George C., still
under the parental roof, is now working with his uncle, Frank M.
Moore, on the old homestead.
For two years he served as Mayor of Poland, and has
been one of the Councilmen of the town for twelve years, and is
still serving as such. He is a member of the G. A. R., A. O.
U. W., and served for six years as Grand Medical Examiner for the A.
O. U. W. of the State of Ohio. He has filled all the chairs in
the A. O. U. W. He has been a member of the School Board for
the past ten years. Mrs. Moore is a member 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 733 |
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THOMAS L.
MOORE, one of the oldest residents of
Youngstown, Ohio, was born in this city, Apr. 17, 1825. His
parents, Edward and Mary A. (Irwin) Moore, were born in
county Leitrim, Ireland, and there were reared and married.
Emigrating to America they located in Youngstown, Ohio, the former
engaged in contracting and building till 1830, then farmed in
Mahoning county up to 1852, then moved back to Youngstown, Ohio,
where he lived until his death. The wife died in 1847, and he
survived until 1870; they were devout members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Moore was one of the earliest
contractors of the city, and built many of the first brick houses
erected in Youngstown; he made liberal contributions to the pioneer
churches and assisted in the erection of many of the houses for
worship in the surrounding country. Upon great moral questions
he was decidedly radical, and believed in the vigorous prosecution
of the war of the Rebellion. Thomas L. Moore is the
fifth of a family of nine children, who grew to years of maturity;
John H. married Laura Weller, deceased, and has
a family of three sons aud and three daughters;
Irwin died in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1892, at the age of
seventy-four years: he married Jennette Clapp, who
died many years ago, and his second wife was Mary A. Harper,
who died in 1887; Eliza A. is the wife of Franklin Powers,
now deceased; William G. died in April, 1893, at the age of
three score and ten; Thomas L. is the fifth of the family;
Edward died in California in 1850; Martha M. died at the
age of thirty years; Charles P. is a farmer in Ashtabula
county; Caroline is the wife of John Weller.
Our subject embarked in the jewelry business in
Youngstown under the firm name of Carroll & Moore, and
at the end of two years sold out his interest and went West; he
carried on a lumber business on the banks of the Missouri river at
Muddy Run, and afterward returned to Youngstown. He was
appointed Postmaster of this place by President Lincoln,
Apr. 13, 1865, which was probably the last appointment to this
office made by the martyr president; he served in this capacity for
eight years, and the following eight years operated a coal bank at
Haselton in the interests of Andrews Bros. At
the end of this time he became associated with the same firm in the
iron works, of which his son, E. N. Moore, is now
superintendent. He was importuned to accept almost every
office within the gift of the people of the county, but steadily
declined all excepting that of Road Supervisor, which he accepted in
the interest of improved roads; he was the right man in the right
place, and to him is largely due the credit of the many miles of
well-paved streets in the city of Youngstown.
Mr. Moore was married, in 1858, to Miss Phebe
Rose Andrews, a daughter of Norman Andrews and a sister
of Chauncey, Lawrence G. and Wallace C. Andrews.
Five children have been born of this union: Edward N. Helen E.,
Lawrence, bookkeeper for Andrews Bros.; William
Wallace died at the age of twenty years, being the second-born;
Thomas J. died in 1871, at the age of two years. Mrs.
Moore is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and is
devoted to the comfort of her family. Our subject has been a
Republican since the organization of the party in 1856. He is
a man of strong intellect, broad sympathies and generous
disposition, and has a wide circle of warm friends.
Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and
Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page
528 |
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JOHN W. MORRISON.
- Resting upon laurels won by a life of unremitting toil, our
subject, John W. Morrison, is now enjoying a well-earned
prosperity, living retired from all active business. Mr.
Morrison was born in New Castle county, Delaware, Sept. 26,
1826, a son of Robert and Agnes (Carter) Morrison, natives of
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was a
farmer and fruit-grower of Delaware, owning a peach orchard in the
center of the peach belt, and was very successful in the cultivation
of this fruit. He was born in 1790, and died upon his peach
farm in 1865, his wife surviving him until 1872, when she died, aged
seventy-two years. Both parents were devout and faithful
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which body they were
earnest and conscientious workers. Mr. Morrison, Sr.,
was a fifer in the United States army, and his regiment was
stationed at Marcus Hook during the war of 1812, and his fife is now
in the possession of J. W. Morrison, Jr., son of our subject.
On the paternal side of the family, the ancestry is of Irish
extraction, and the father of Robert Morrison, John
Morrison, was a ditcher, and followed that occupation in New
Jersey. The maternal side of the family sprang from Swedish
progenitors, who emigrated to this country in 1642, and were the
projectors and builders of the Swedish church in Wilmington,
Delaware, which, although erected in 1642, is still standing in an
excellent state of preservation. In the little cemetery
surrounding the church are interred the bodies of those who played
so important a part in the early history of that section of country,
and the quaint inscriptions to he found upon the tombstones are of
the greatest interest to to the antiquarian.
Our subject is the fourth child in a family of thirteen
children, eight of whom are still living, although he is the only
member of the family that came West, the journey having been
performed in 1858. Having learned the trade of a machinist in
the employ of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and later with
Harlan & Hollingsworth, of Wilmington, Delaware, he
proceeded to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1852, and engaged in the employ
of the Steamboat Transportation Company, of the Northern Line, which
was stationed at St. Paul. At this time Minneapolis had not
yet been incorporated as a town, still belonging to Fort Snelling.
One house, near Lake Harriet, was the only one in what is now this
most flourishing city, and it still stands, a memento of those early
days. This house was seen by Mr. Morrison while
attending the Republican convention held in that city in 1892.
Following this line of work until the fall of 1860, he removed to
Youngstown, where he engaged in farming, and later purchased a coal
hank at Briar Hill, hut in 1868 removed to Brazil, Indiana, where he
engaged in extensive coal mining, and remaining until June 20, 1878,
when he returned to Youngstown, where he has since remained.
Enlarging his business from time to time, Mr. Morrison
soon became one of the leading coal and iron merchants of the city,
making a specialty of buying and selling scrap iron for mills and
maintaining his interest in the coal district of Brazil, Indiana.
Mr. Morrison was married Feb. 24,
1858, to Miss Kate Everett, a daughter of Peter Shearer
and Mary (Dabney) Everett, the former a native of Pennsylvania
and the latter of Youngstown, Ohio. He returned with his young
bride to St. Paul, where they resided nine months. Mrs.
Morrison is descended on his father's side from the same stock
as Edward Evrett, of Massachusetts, and on the mother's side
from Huguenot ancestors, traced back to Theodore Agrippa
D’Aubigne, the French historian, the name being changed at
Boston to Dabney. Peter Everett was a
farmer by occupation, and died in 1847, aged fifty-two years, his
wife surviving him until 1860, when she died, aged sixty years,
having been born Mar. 10, 1800. Both were faithful members of
the Methodist Protestant Church, in which they were most highly
esteemed. Nathaniel Gardner Dabney,
father of Mary Dabney Everett, came to this county in 1796,
having been born in Boston. His father was Dr.
Nathaniel Dabney, and his mother Elizabeth
Gardner Dabney, and her father, Samuel Gardner,
graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1732.
Nathaniel Dabney was one of the nine earliest settlers of
Youngstown, and his oldest daughter, Betsy, now the wife of
Ramsey Curtis, was one of the first white children
born in Youngstown, having been born in 1798; while Mrs. Mary
Everett, wife of Peter Everett, was the second
child, her birth occurring in 1800. Mrs. Morrison
is the seventh child in a family of ten children, four of whom are
still living, namely: John, residing at Briar Hill; Susan,
wife of Ashael Shook, a resident of Coitsville; Mrs.
Morrison ; and Mary, the youngest child, the wife of
William McGoun, a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Nathaniel Gardner Dabney descended from Huguenot and Puritan
ancestors, and his upright life showed that he combined the virtues
of both sides. Mrs. Morrison, prior to her marriage,
taught in the union school of Youngstown, for several years, being a
most successful teacher, rendering the highest degree of
satisfaction. She is a lady of much refinement and culture,
and is numbered among the leading pioneer settles of the county.
She still owns a portion of the farm owned by her grandfather,
Nathaniel Gardner Dabney, which is now included in the corporate
limits of Youngstown. Among the other early settlers
contemporaneous with the latter was Judge Tod, father of
David Tod; John Young, Colonel Hillman, Mr. Thorne, and
Colonel, later Judge, William Rayen.
Mr. Morrison has in his possession a pipe of peace
given him by the chief of the Sioux Indians as a treaty between that
tribe and the Government, Oct. 14, 1854. The stem is two feet
long and the bowl three inches long, having been made of red stone
by an Indian. Four children have been born to the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison; John W. Morrison, Jr.,
Sallie, Kate and Agnes, the former being among
Youngstown's most enterprising young business men. He
owns and operates the Morrison Foundry & Machine Works and
the Youngstown Brass Works, which extensive concerns are located at
111 North avenue, near the street railway power house. Mr.
Morrison, Jr., first started in business in 1889, on
South Market street, but a constantly increasing trade demanded a
more commodious plant, and he removed to his present location, the
building being 140 x 150 feet in dimensions, and is thoroughly
equipped with all the necessary machinery, tools and appliances for
the proper prosecution of the business in hand. An ample force
of experienced workmen is employed, and all kinds of iron, brass and
bronze castings, soft metal and light iron castings are
manufactured, a specialty being made of castings for scale
mountings. The workmanship and material are always of the
best, and he finds ready market for his wares all over Pennsylvania
and Ohio. The plant is eligibly located on the main lines of
railroad, affording extraordinary facilities for shipping, and all
orders are most promptly and carefully filled.
He married Adrie Hyde, of West
Farmington, Ohio, June 14, 1893. Sallie and Kate died
in infancy. The youngest child, Agnes, is the wife of Samuel W.
Luce, of Boston, who succeeded to the business of his father-in-law,
to which he has added tiling, flour, feed, hay, lime, cement, etc.
Mr. Morrison has played an important part in the
upbuilding of the city, and in the promotion of his branch of trade
throughout this section of country, and the success attained by him
is not entirely due to his business sagacity, but also and more
especially to his courteous, gentlemanly bearing and his high and
honorable methods of conducting business. He is thoroughly
alive to the best interests of the day, keeping fully abreast of the
times, and advocates and upholds the principles of the Republican
party, to whose actions he is a most faithful adherent.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 507 |
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WILLIAM A. MORRISON, M. D.,
a successful physician of Struthers, Mahoning county, Ohio, is a son
of James F. Morrison, a native of the State of Pennsylvania.
The father was born in Lawrence county in 1826, and there resided
until his death. He was actively engaged in business,
conducting an extensive mercantile establishment in connection with
agricultural pursuits. Politically, he affiliated with the
Republican party, and for several years held the office of Justice
of the Peace. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian
Church and served as ruling Elder for thirty years. At an
early age he was thrown upon his own resources with only a limited
education, but by diligence, frugality and thrift he accumulated a
modest estate, and became one of the best informed men of his
community. Employing the most honorable business methods he
won a reputation for integrity and upright dealing which will be a
source of pride to his posterity. He was the son of Francis
and Mary Ann (Frew) Morrison, natives of Pennsylvania; his
father was a prosperous farmer, and a most worthy citizen; he
belonged to the United Presbyterian Church, of which he was a
Trustee; his father was Joseph Morrison, who was descended
from Scotch ancestors. James F. Morrison married
Anna Mehard, who was born in Lawrence county,
Pennsylvania, in 1828, a daughter of Robert and Christianna (Leevendorper)
Mehard, natives of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania.
Robert Mehard was a millwright by occupation, and served
four terms as Commissioner of his native county; he was a member of
the United Presbyterian Church, of which he was ruling Elder.
The parents of our subject were united in marriage in 1848, and to
them were born live children: William A., the subject
of this sketch; Christianna, who died at the age of eight
years; Haley, who died at the age of four years; Minnie,
who resides with her mother on the old homestead in Lawrence county,
Pennsylvania; and Robert, a member of the class of ’94 at
Jefferson Medical College.
Dr. William A. Morrison was born in Lawrence
county, Pennsylvania, in 1856, and received his academic education
at Wurternburg in his native county; he entered Washington and
Jefferson College in 1875, and was graduated with the degree of A.
B. by that renowned institution in 1879; the following fall he
entered the Cleveland Medical College, and in the spring of 1881
received the diploma from this school, conferring the degree of M.
D. for the second time. He then returned to his old home in
Wurtemburg, and began the practice of his profession; at the end of
eight months he came to Struthers, Ohio. He has won a large
and profitable practice, his efforts in behalf of suffering humanity
meeting with gratifying success. Dr. Morrison is
the owner of a large number of dwellings in Struthers, and in
addition to his professional work serves as vice-president of the
Carriage Gear Works, a corporation having a capital stock of
$50,000.
He was united in marriage in 1880 to Miss Mary E.
Hazen, a native of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter
of Nathan and Judith (Segler) Hazen; to them have been born
two children: Gertrude and James Homer.
The Doctor is a Republican in his politics; he is a member of the
Masonic order, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter and commandry.
He and his wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church
and most worthy residents of their community.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 440 |
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