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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HON. L.
C. OHL, one of the prominent men of Mahoning
county, Ohio, resides in a beautiful rural home in Austintown
township. Of him we make biographical mention as follows:
L. C. Ohl was born in the county in which he now
lives in the year 1857, son of David and Elizabeth (White) Ohl.
The other members of his father’s family are: E. G., a
resident of Geauga county, Ohio; A. N., of Mineral Ridge,
Trumbull county, Ohio; Julia, James E. and Michael,
at home; and Jennie, wife of William Ewing, who
resides at Youngstown, Ohio. David Ohl was a
millwright by trade, at which he worked for a period of thirty
years. He also carried on farming operations, being the owner
of 200 acres of land. He was born in 1813 and died in 1890,
and his wife, born in 1829, is still living. He was a
Republican in politics, and was identified with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which church his widow has also been a member
for many years.
L. C. Ohl was reared on his father’s farm, had
the benefit of good educational advantages, and for eight years was
engaged in teaching. He has all his life been identified with
the Republican party and been an active worker in its ranks.
He has served as Representative of the county, and on two occasions
has been the choice of his party for a position in the State Senate,
where he performed his duty in a manner that reflected credit on
himself and also on his constituents. He is a member of the
Masonic order and also of the Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Ohl was married Dec. 23, 1891, to Miss
Elizabeth Armour, of Millersburg, Ohio, daughter of a Probate
Judge and retired lawyer. They have one child, Thomas A.,
born Nov. 13, 1892, named in honor of his grandfather Armour.
The Ohls are among the most prominent people of
eastern Ohio, they having come to this State from Pennsylvania at an
early day, where they were also ranked with the leading families of
their vicinity.
Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and
Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page
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JAMES K.
ORR Source: Biographical History of
Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and
Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page
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JOHN S. ORR
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 486 |
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ELDER
LEVI OSBORNE, a prominent merchant of
Youngstown, Ohio, and a widely and favorably known minister of the
Disciples' Church, was born in Danbury, Connecticut, Jan. 28, 1824.
He Comes of patriotic American stock, his paternal grandfather, also
Levi Osborne, after whom the subject of this sketch is
named, having been a faithful soldier in the Revolutionary war three
years and drew a pension for his services thus rendered. He
is, however, best known as one of the original workers and for many
years a minister in the Disciples’ Church, possessing the stern
qualities of a spiritual leader as well as the determined will of a
Revolutionary soldier. He was a man of marked ability,
religious zeal and practical goodness, enjoying great popularity,
his influence being far-reaching and effective. He commenced
his religious work by going to New York city and being baptized, and
on his return baptized his wife, Miriam, and they practically
worshiped in their own home as a church. They gathered others
around them, until there was a large and devout congregation, and a
church of the most primitive kind was the result. This was the
first church of the kind in New England, and it has now become a
powerful organization, owning a large, pretentious church, and
numbering many members. Levi and Miriam
continued devout members of that church until their death, her
demise occurring ten years previous to his. They were leaders
of their organization, in which benevolence to the poor was taught
as never before. Miriam, who was a most saintly, devout
woman, of the Dorcas type, and possessing rare intelligence and
Christian character, was appointed by the church to go once a week
to distribute the contributions of the church among the poor, entire
confidence being reposed in her wisdom and fairness in the
distribution. They were contemporaries of Alexander
Campbell. This worthy couple were the parents of six
children, but one of whom now survives, Lucy M., an unmarried
lady, aged eighty-six. White Osborne, father of
the subject of this sketch, and his wife, Margaret (Shepherd)
Osborne, were natives of Connecticut, the latter a daughter
of Israel Shepherd, a man of worth and local renown
White Osborne was engaged in the hat-manufacturing
business in Danbury, that State, in which city was made the first
hat ever manufactured in the United States, that business being the
principal enterprise of the place. White Osborne
was a zealous member of the Disciples’ Church, imbibing all the
enthusiasm of his godly parents. He died in March, 1850, at
the age of sixty-five, sincerely mourned by all who knew him.
This good couple had seven children, four of whom survive: Mary
F. is a resident of Danbury, Connecticut, more than eighty years
of age. She has had a private school for many years and has
spent a useful, though not conspicuous life, and is the
personification of goodness. Edward B., a Senator of
New York State, resided in Albany: he died in July, 1893; William,
for many years Government cotton inspector in Mobile, Alabama, died
suddenly in that city, at the age of forty-five; Harvey, in
the mercantile business in Danbury, Connecticut, is seventy-eight
years of age; Levi, whose name heads this sketch; and
Harriet, deceased.
The subject of this sketch was reared in his native
city and educated in the common schools and the Danbury Academy.
His first practical business experience was in the printing office
of the Danbury Times, which was owned and managed by his brother
Edward B., who, until his death in July, 1893. was a Senator of
New York. Edward published this paper twelve years,
after which he removed to Poughkeepsie, New York, and there
published the daily and weekly Press for eight or ten years, when he
was elected to the State Legislature for two terms. He was
afterward County Clerk for three years and was then elected to the
State Senate of New York, in which he was serving his second term.
The subject of this sketch and his brother Harvey bought
Edward’s interest in the Danbury paper on the latter’s removal
to Poughkeepsie, New York, and these two published that journal
during the war. It was then sold to James M. Bailey,
familiarly known as the “Danbury News Man,” who is still publishing
it, as the Danbury News. Mr. Bailey wrote “The
Sunny South in Slices,” a special work, and many other interesting
publications. After selling his interest in the paper, Mr.
Osborne, of this notice, was elected by the Disciples’ Church
in Danbury to preach in that edifice, the members of which had
greatly increased in numbers. He was afterward called to Troy,
New York, to take charge of church work there, where he remained two
years, meeting with excellent success, the result of his unwearying
and energetic efforts. He then went to Williamsville, New
York, where he filled the pulpit for three years, having among his
parishioners sixteen teachers, most of whom were from a local
academy. He subsequently went from that city to Buffalo, the
same State, where he remained two years. From there he went to
the lumber city of Tonawanda, New York, in which he remained ten
years, and this was the great work of his life in the ministry.
Here he unfortunately lost his voice, through unremitting and
arduous exertions; but of all the places in which he has worked this
has the strongest attraction for him, and to this day the people
there look to him as their spiritual guide. In March, 1886, he
came from Buffalo to Youngstown, accompanied by his son, George,
and shortly afterward started the store of L. Osborne &
Company, in which he is senior member. This is one of the
large dry-goods and notion stores in the vicinity, and is conducted
on the strictest business principles and in the most systematic
manner. The result of this excellent management is a large and
growing patronage, founded on the confidence of the people, with its
attendant prosperity.
Apr. 15, 1850, Elder Osborne was married
to Miss Mary Emma Moffat, a lady of
culture and refinement, the fourth in a family of five children, and
the only surviving member. Her father, Captain
Anthony Moffat, was for thirty years commander of a
merchantman and was afterward Port Warden in New York city for
fifteen years. He later became paralyzed and was removed to
the home of the subject of this sketch in Danbury, Connecticut,
where he died at the age sixty-seven years. Captain
Anthony Moffat’s father, John Moffat, was a
Major in the Revolution under General George
Washington. His wife, whose maiden name was Julia
Curtis, also died at Mr. Osborne’s home some
time later, at the same age, sixty-seven. They were a worthy
couple and left many friends to mourn their loss. Mr. and
Mrs. Osborne have four children: Julia, doing excellent
service as cashier in her father’s store; George, who started
as clerk in Danbury, Connecticut, at fourteen years of age, serving
there for eight years, when he went to Buffalo and was in the
estalishment establishment of Barnes, Bancroft &
Company. Here he went from the lowest counter to the position
of manager of the cloak department, where he had more than 200
ladies under his charge in the manufacture of cloaks. He is
now junior partner of the Youngstown firm. He married Ollie
Bellinger, of Tonawanda, New York, and they have three
children: Eugene, Norman and Marion.
Gussie is the wife of Arlington Bellinger, a
receiver and forwarder of lumber, of Tonawanda, and they have two
children, Geneva and Kenneth. Mr.
Bellinger had three children by a former marriage: Eva,
Daniel and Frank.
The whole family are members of the Disciples’ Church,
as were Mr. Osborne’s parents and all their family,
except three children. Mr. Osborne is president
of the family reunion of Osbornes, which occurs every August,
more than 100 families being represented. He is president of
the Youngstown Bible Society, which is an auxiliary of the American
Bible House, and he is Elder in the Disciples’ Church in Youngstown.
His active years have all been earnestly given to the promotion of
divine goodness, and the result has been a most glorious reward.
His commercial career testifies to his worth, such men being those
who help to make a flourishing city and give character to a
community. He has baptized and buried many people and married
many couples, his agreeable manner of performing the latter ceremony
rendering him in great demand for that pleasant service. His
path through life lies amidst hosts of earnest friends, who will
cheer and sustain him to the last.
Source: Biographical History
of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull
and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 -
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