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Biographies
History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio
Vols. 1 & 2
By Jos. G. Butler, Jr. -Publ. American Historical Society -
Chicago & New York
1921
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GEORGE B. EASTLAKE.
In the respect that is accorded to men who have fought their own way
to success through unfavorable conditions we find an unconscious
recognition of the intrinsic worth of a character which can not only
endure so rough a test, but gain new strength through the
discipline. The gentleman to whom the reader's attention is
now called was not favored by inherited wealth or the assistance of
influential friends, but in spite of this by perseverance, industry
and a wise economy, he has attained a comfortable station in life
and a high place in the estimation of those who know him.
George B. Eastlake was born at Jamestown,
Pennsylvania, on Sept. 30, 1878, and is the son of George W. and
Melissa Jane (Lawyer) Eastlake. George W. Eastlake
who is now living in Andover, Ohio, at the age of eighty years, was
a farmer by vocation during his active years. During the Civil
war he offered his services in defense of the Union and served two
years as a member of Company C., Twenty-ninth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. He was seriously wounded and disabled and
received an honorable discharge. He is a republican in his
political views and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He comes of sterling old English stock, and his wife, who is now
deceased, was of Welsh ancestry.
They became the parents of seven children, of whom six are living,
Byron having been killed in an accident when twenty-seven
years old.
George B. Eastlake received his education in the
public schools of Jamestown, Pennsylvania, and Andover, Ohio,
graduating from the high school in the latter place, whither the
family had moved in 1890 After leaving high school Mr.
Eastlake taught country schools for two years, and then became a
traveling salesman in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.
His next employment was as a driver for the Adams Express Company at
Canton, Ohio, from which he was appointed express agent at
Wellsville, Ohio. Nine years later he became bookkeeper for
the Franklin Manufacturing Company at Franklin, Pennsylvania,
remaining there two years. Again he joined the Adams Express
Company as agent at Alliance, Ohio, but a year later he was sent to
Indianapolis, Indiana, as night bill clerk for a few months,
following which he was sent to Coshocton, Ohio, as agent. In
1912 the Adams Company sent him to take charge of the Youngstown
office, but one year later he quit the express business and became
manager of the Wheeler Mineral Springs Company, with which company
he has remained to the present time. His practical business
experience prior to coming here has enabled him to manage the
affairs of this company with splendid success, its volume of
business growing from year to year in a very satisfactory degree.
This company is erecting a modern sanitary building to take care of
the ever increasing demands for this wonderful spring water.
In 1910 Mr. Eastlake was united in marriage with
Mary M. Graham, the daughter of C. C. Graham, of
Coshocton, and they are now the parents of four children,
Virginia, John, Robert and Eleanor. Politically
Mr. Eastlake is nominally a republican, but at the ballot, as in
other things, he is honest to his convictions, voting for the men
and measures which he believes to be for the general good. He
is an active member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, in
which he is a member of the board of trustees, the board of
stewards, the estimating committee, and is assistant financial
secretary. Although a quiet and unassuming man, with no
ambition for public position or leadership, he has contributed his
share to the material, civic and moral advancement of his community,
while his admirable qualities of head and heart and the
straightforward course of his daily life have won for him the esteem
and confidence of the circles in which he moves.
Source: History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. American Historical Society - Chicago & New York - 1921
- Page 133 |
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JOSEPH EVANS.
For many years prominently connected with the mercantile and
manufacturing affairs of this section of the country, Joseph
Evans is well qualified both by training and experience, for the
high position he is so successfully filling as manager of the
Telling-Belle Vernon Company's Youngstown Plant, which manufactures
and distributes half a million gallons of ice cream each year, using
in the distribution of this vast amount four trucks and eight teams.
This wide-awake firm has plants in Cleveland, also, and in other
near-by places, and is carrying on an enormous business, its
manufactures in the various plants aggregating 5,000,000 gallons
yearly, ice cream being in greater demand in every place, and at all
seasons of the year, than almost any other product that is not
strictly necessary to sustain human life. A son of Thomas
Evans, he was born in Youngstown in 1886, and has spent the
greater part of his life in this city.
Born and bred in Wales, Thomas Evans there
worked in the mines until reaching man's estate. Soon after
that important event he married Anna Jones, and with his
newly wed wife sailed for America. Making his way directly to Ohio,
he located in Youngstown, and was here first employed in the Brown-Bonnell
Plant, and when that business was merged into the Republic Iron &
Steel Company he remained with the new firm, and has since held
various positions of responsibility and trust, now, at the age of
sixty-eight years, being one of the firm's oldest employes in point
of service. Both he and his wife are members of the Elm Street
Congregational Church. Four children have been born of their
union, as follows: Catherine, wife of James A.
Faulkner who is with a motor company in Cleveland; Marie,
wife of Thomas H. Chambers, with the Maxwell Motor Company,
in Detroit, Michigan; Ben, manager of the Beil-Evans
Printing Company, of Youngstown; and Joseph, of whom we
write.
Acquiring a practical education in the Front Street
School, Joseph Evans began work when young, and at the age of
seventeen years held a responsible position with the W. H. Lewis
Pump Company, a part of the time serving as manager of the plant.
At the end of four years he went to Pittsburgh, and was there
employed in the offices of the Ward-Mackey Biscuit Company for a
year. Returning then to Youngstown, Mr. Evans was for
four years connected with the wall paper and carpet department of
the H. S. Williams store, a position that he resigned to
become manager of the Youngstown plant of the Telling-Belle Vernon
Company, which under his supervision is carrying on an extensive and
rapidly increasing business.
Mr. Evans married, in 1911, Marie,
daughter of William Bowstead, of Pittsburgh. Mr.
Evans is a member of the Free and Accepted Order of Masons,
belonging to the blue lodge, chapter and commandery and is a member
of Al Koran Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
of Cleveland, Ohio. He is also a member of the Order of United
Commercial Travelers of America.
Source: History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. American Historical Society - Chicago & New York - 1921
- Page 377 |
James E. Ewing |
JAMES GIBSON EWING
Source: History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. American Historical Society - Chicago & New York - 1921
- Page 13 |
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