PHILIP KIMMEL was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1793, and in 1798 came to Trumbull county with his parents.  His father settled near Brier Hill, on what is now the Wirt farm.  Philip Kimmel learned the blacksmith trade, which was the principal occupation of his life.   At one time he kept the American house on West Federal street.   He was in the War of 1812, and was at Sandusky under Colonel Musgrove, and was the last survivor of that war from Youngstown.  He was also captain of the militia.  He died Apr. 3, 1873.  He married Sarah J., daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Baldwin) Kirkpatrick.  Mrs. Kimmel was born in Youngstown, Oct. 12, 1806.  Her parents came to Ohio, and settled a mile south of Youngstown in 1798.  When they first settled here, they were obliged to go to Beavertown, Pennsylvania, for flour and salt.  They raised a family of fourteen children, eight of whom are yet living.  Thomas Kirkpatrick was a blacksmith by trade, and is said to have established the first shop in Youngstown.  In 1828 he removed to the vicinity of New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1856.  He was a native of New Jersey, born in 1769.  Mrs. Kirkpatrick was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Kimmel is still living near Youngstown, and preserves many interesting recollections of early times.

     NATHAN AGUE, one of the earliest settlers, died in the year 1872 at the advanced age of eighty two years.  When about eight years of age he came with his father, Frederick Ague, in 1798 or 1799.  John Swazy, with his family, came at the same time, from Washington county, Pennsylvania.  All the effects of the two families were brought on two pack-horses.  At that time there were no roads but simply paths made by the Indians.  One of these they followed from the Ohio river, starting at Georgetown, at which place they crossed over, coming to what is now called Flint Hill.  At this place they put up two huts made of poles.  Mr. Ague was drafted and served a term on the frontier in 1812 as a private in Captain Joshua L. Cotton's company, First regiment, Third brigade, Fourth division, in the Ohio militia.  He lies buried in the Mahoning cemetery.

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     JOSHUA KYLE, senior, a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, came West about 1800, and settled on Mill creek, Youngstown township, then Trumbull county.  He bought a large tract of land, and erected one of the first saw-mills in the vicinity.  His wife, Mary Stewart, was a native of Ireland, but came to this country with her parents when a small child.  Joshua and Mary Kyle were the parents of twelve children, as follows: John, James, Eleanor, Anna, Jane, Thomas, Robert, Hannah, Joshua, William H. Harrison, A. Stewart, and Joseph.  Five are living, all residing in Mahoning county, viz: Mrs. Jane Henry, Robert, Mrs. Hannah McCollom, Joshua, and A. S.  Mr. and Mrs. Kyle were long members of the Presbyterian church.  He was a soldier of the War of 1812, serving under General Harrison.  He died Apr. 25, 1842, and his wife Mar. 3, 1844.

     JOSHUA KYLE, junior, was born in Youngstown township, Apr. 2, 1810.  He married Apr. 9, 1839, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Brickley, who was born Oct. 9, 1815.  The result of this union was one child, Otis W. Kyle, an attorney of Youngstown.  Mrs. Kyle died Oct. 6, 1845, and Apr. 20, 1848, he married for his second wife Barbara Ann Bowman, who was born in Pennsylvania Sept. 12, 1809.  One child was born to this marriage—Joseph, born Aug. 18, 1852.  Mrs. Barbara Kyle died Oct. 3, 1877.  Mr. Kyle is a farmer of Austintown township.  He is a member of the Disciple church which he joined more than forty years ago.

     A. S. KYLE was born on the old place in Youngstown township in 1815.  He married, in 1843, Mary W. Henderson, who died in 1865.  By this marriage he had three children—Mrs. Margaret L. Knox, Anna M. Lett, and John C.  He settled on a part of the original farm, removing to his present location about 1854.  In October, 1869, he married Mary Baldwin, born Oct. 31, 1821, daughter of Eli Baldwin, who came from Connecticut to Boardman as early as 1810, coming out first as a surveyor in the employ of the Connecticut Land company.  He died in Boardman about 1841, in his sixty-fourth year.  His wife's maiden name was Mary Newport.  Mr. Kyle has for many years operated In coal, while at the same time he has carried on farming.

     HUGH BRYSON WICK, son of Henry Wick, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1809.  He engaged in mercantile business in Youngstown in 1828, which he continued until 1857, when he engaged in banking, being the senior partner of Wick Brothers & Co.  Mr. Wick was a prominent business man of Youngstown for many years, widely and favorably known.  Oct. 30, 1832, he married Miss Lucretia G., only daughter of Orrin and Laura (Cook) Winchell, who was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, Sept. 5, 1813.  Mrs. Wick's parents died in infancy and she was raised in the family of an uncle, Dr. Charles Cook.  Until fourteen she was a pupil at a select school in New Haven.  In 1827 she came to Ohio and for a year or two afterward resided in Ellsworth, Mahoning county, removing to Youngstown with her uncle, Dr. Cook, in 1829, where she has since resided.  Mr. and Mrs. Wick have had a family of ten children, of whom four survive, as follow: John C., of the bank of Wick Brothers & Co.; Mrs. Lucretia H. Bonnell; Henry, of the Youngstown rolling mills, and Mrs. Emily Bonnell, of Chicago.  Mr. Wick died April 22, 1880.

     PIATT WILLIAMSON was born on the old homestead not occupied by his son Horace in Youngstown township, now Mahoning county, Mar. 1, 1801.   His father, Joseph, a native of New Jersey, came from Pennsylvania and settled the year before on the place where Piatt was born, which then comprised seventy acres.  He was the father of one son and one daughter, viz:  Piatt and Betsey.  Piatt was married in 1826 to Annie Knox, and reared a family of eight children, of whom six are living.  He died Jan. 9, 1877, and his wife Oct. 11, 1879.

     JOSEPH WILLIAMSON (son of Piatt) was born July 31, 1827.  He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner.  He purchased a farm and has since then directed his attention, more or less, to farming.  He married, Nov. 23, 1856, Belinda A. Detcheon, born in Boardman township.  Two daughters and one son were born, viz:  Warren P., now a student at a commercial college in Pittsburg, Mary B., and Martha B.

     ISAAC WILLIAMSON was born Jan. 31, 1833.  He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and in 1855 went to Tennessee in the employ of a company engaged in the manufacture of windmills, where he remained over four years, the

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last year as partner in the business.  Returning to Youngstown he resumed work at his trade.  For the last year or two he has given considerable attention to bee culture.  December, 1868, he married Julia McClurg, born in Boardman, and has had three children - William Judd, Addie J., and Olo Blanche.

     HORACE WILLIAMSON was born Aug. 4, 1835.  He was reared on the farm, and owing to the crippled condition of his father was obliged to take charge of the home place on reaching majority.  He has been quite successful in his business, owning now over one hundred acres adjoining the city of Youngstown.

     W. S. CRAWFORD was born in Youngstown, Ohio, May 5, 1819.  His father, Moses Crawford, was a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, born in 1769.  In 1801 he was married to Isabel Scott, who was born in 1779, and the same year removed to Ohio and settled in Youngstown.  He was a carpenter and cabinetmaker by trade and was perhaps the first undertaker in the community.  Mr. and Mrs. Crawford were among the first five families in Youngstown to meet and organize for public worship, being members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Mr. Crawford operated what are now the city mills for a number of years.  They raised a family of eight children, of whom Mr. W. S. Crawford, now of Cleveland, is the only survivor.  Moses Crawford died Apr. 1, 1844, and his wife in 1855.  W. S. Crawford, after receiving an ordinary education in the schools in Youngstown, began clerking in Mecca for Daniel Shehy, Jr., and subsequently was in the employ of Francis Barclay, of Youngstown, until 1840.  That year he entered into partnership with S. C. Stevens, of Gustavus, with whom he continued for three years.  He then removed to Freedom, Portage county, where he resided until 1846.  He conducted a store for R. G. Parks, at Girard, for one year and then removed to Beaver, Pennsylvania, for two years, then came back to Girard and was in partnership in the mercantile business with N. Crandall until burned out in 1854.  He was employed in Philadelphia two years until 1856.  Mr. Crawford then entered the employ of the Cleveland & Mahoning railroad and continued in that position for a period of thirteen years and six months.  He ran the first train from Cleveland to Youngstown June 30, 1856.  He resigned his position Jan. 1, 1870, and removed to Cleveland, entering into partnership with D. Theobald & Co., of Youngstown, in the sale of sewing machines in which he continued until 1875.  He commenced in his present business as dealer in gas fixtures and gas stoves in 1876, No. 156 Erie street, Cleveland.  Mr. Crawford was married first, Jan. 11, 1841, to Miss Jane C., daughter of Colonel Williams of Gustavus, Trumbull county, and by this marriage had four children, of whom one is living, Isabel J.  His first wife died at Girard Aug. 20, 1853, and he was again married May 19, 1857, to Miss Hannah Townsend, his present wife, who was born in Youngstown, of which place her parents were also among the early settlers.

     WILLIAM FITCH was born in New York City, June 15, 1808, came to Ohio in 1822 and was a resident of Canfield, and also of Warren, where he completed his trade, that of cabinet maker.  He was engaged in the business for some time in Youngstown but was compelled to give it up on account of ill health.  He was then canal collector at Youngstown for some years, and afterwards clerk for Freeman Arms.  He then accepted the position of book-keeper in a bank, now the Mahoning National bank, which position he filled until his death, which occurred Apr. 27, 1881.  He married, Nov. 8, 1829, Eleanor, daughter of Richard and Sarah VanFleet, born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3, 1805, and had a family of twelve children, eleven of whom are living, namely: William H., born July 21, 1830, residing in Detroit; Charles L., Dec. 27, 1831, in Cleveland; Edward F., Aug. 22, 1833, in Youngstown; Martin B. Aug. 28, 1835, in Youngstown; VanFleet, Aug. 5, 1837, in Youngstown; Mary E., June 22, 1839, wife of G. W. Washburne; Christmas E., Dec. 2, 1840, residing in Wampum, Pennsylvania; John K., June 28, 1843, in Youngstown; Sarah M., Aug. 5, 1845, widow of David Stambaugh, in Youngstown; Hannah L., Apr. 25, 1847, wife of William S. Stigleman, in Youngstown; Homer L. and Helen L., born May 27, 1851.  Homer is living in Youngstown and Helen is deceased, Mrs. Fitch has also brought up three children of her son Edward F., their mother dying when they were young.  Two of them are married.  The oldest,

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Edith Jane Fitch, is still with her grandmother.  William Fitch, is still with her grandmother.  William Fitch was a prominent member of the Disciple church many years, and was active in Sunday school work, and assisted in organizing the first Sabbath-school in Youngstown.

     NORMAN ANDREWS was born in Hartford county, Connecticut, May 15, 1799.  His parents were Whitely Hunn and Rosanna (Hamblin) Andrews.  His father came to Trumbull county as early as 1804, and purchased a tract of land in Vienna township.  He afterwards settled in Brookfield township, where he lived until his death.  Norman remained at home until seventeen, when he came to Ohio and located in Vienna, and afterwards engaged in mercantile business at Paine's corners, the firm being Andrews & Fuller.  He was married about 1822 to Julia, daughter of Isaac Humason.  Six children were born of this marriage, five of whom are living - Laura Ann, born Aug. 12, 1822, now wife of William G. Moore, of Youngstown; Chauncy H., Dec. 2, 1823, a prominent business man of Youngstown; Lawrence G., Sept. 12, 1828; Wallace C., June 17, 1833; Phebe R., Feb. 8, 1837, wife of Thomas L. Moore, of Hazelton; Savilla P., born Nov. 30, 1825, died in 1846.  His first wife dying, he married, in 1851, Mrs. Lucia Cotton (nee Huchins), daughter of Samuel Hutchins, of Trumbull county, and by this marriage had two children - Emma R., born Mar. 26, 1852, and Norman C., Dec. 30, 1856.  Mr. Andrews came to Youngstown in 1841, and bought the old Mansion House of Governor Tod, which he conducted as a hotel for several years, until the death of his first wife.  For the last twenty years he has led a retired life.  Mr. Andrews, notwithstanding the limited opportunities enjoyed for the acquirement of an education, is a man of much intelligence, and is familiar with some of the best works of our literature being particularly fond of Shakespeare.

     JAMES McKINNIE was born in Pennsylvania in 1793, came to Ohio with his parents in an early day and settled on a place now occupied by his widow ___ Youngstown.  He was a prosperous farmer.  He served in the war of 1812, for which his widow now draws a pension.  He died Mar. 1, 1843.  He married, Feb. 26, 1826, Hannah Fusselman, who was born in Pennsylvania June 25, 1805, and came with her parents, John and Barbara, to Warren, Trumbull county, in 1814.  James and Hannah McKinnie have raised nine children, of whom seven are living, six of them residents of Youngstown and vicinity: John F., a farmer, Matthew, a carpenter, Andrew J., Alfred, Mrs. Joseph Bressett, George, a farmer, and Mrs. Alfred Gilmore.  Andrew resides at Richmond, Indiana.  Mr. Bressett was in the employ of Brown, Bonnell & Co. for fourteen or fifteen years.  He died July 7, 1874, leaving a wife and two daughters.  Mrs. Bressett resides with her mother.

     PHILIP BORTZ, father of George and Philip, now living in Mahoning county, was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio with his father, Philip Bortz, Sr., about 1805.  The family settled in Ellsworth township, and cleared up the place now owned by George Hardman.   The family of Philip Bortz, Sr., consisted of three daughters and two sons, of whom one daughter and one son survive.  Philip, Jr., was the oldest son.  He resided in Ellsworth township until about 1833, when he removed to Youngstown, and settled on the place now owned by his sons George and Philip, then consisting of two hundred and seventy acres.  It was then but little improved.  A log cabin and a double log barn then stood on the place.  He cleared up the place, and put up a good dwelling, which was destroyed by fire about 1855.  He died in 1852.  He raised seven sons, of whom George and Philip are the only survivors.   William, the youngest son, was a member of the Sixth Ohio cavalry, and was killed in the service.

     GEORGE BORTZ was born in Ellsworth, Mahoning county, Ohio, May 31, 1827.  Nov. 18, 1847, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Christy, born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in 1828.  They had six children, as follow: Mary, wife of J. S. Pollock, of Youngstown; Edward, who died at the age of sixteen; Charles A., superintendent of Youngstown rolling mills, California, William, and George C.  In the spring of 1848 Mr. Bortz purchased a farm in Berlin township, and resided there until the death of his father in 1852, when he moved onto the home place.  He was in California some three years engaged in mining.  In the fall of 1861 he returned to Youngstown, and engaged in draying for three years, the first to engage in that business.  He is now engaged in farming.

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     ROBERT KYLE, son of Joshua and Mary (Stewart) Kyle, was born in Youngstown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, May 13, 1805.  He remained at home until twenty-two, when he purchased the site of his present home.  In 1829 he was married to Dinah Phillips, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9, 1810.   By this marriage there were born ten children, of whom eight are living, as follow:  Mary Ann, born Oct. 21, 1831, wife of John Osborn, of Canfield; Kate L., Jan. 12, 1833, wife of Hiram Lynn, of Canfield; Joshua, Dec. 4, 1834, of Canfield; William H. H., Oct. 8, 1836, of Canfield; Lefford T., Aug. 3, 1838, of Kyle's Corners; Alice O., Dec. 10, 1842, wife of David S. Loveland, of Coitsville; Amanda, Dec. 16, 1844, wife of Emory Knox, of Youngstown township; and Ira M., Apr. 19, 1850, residing on the home place.  Mr. Kyle has resided upon his present place since his marriage.  He discovered coal on his farm about 1870, which has since been profitably mined.

     JAMES SMITH, oldest son of William and Mary (Wishart) Smith, was born in Youngstown township, Mar. 21, 1808.  William Smith was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1784, and came to Ohio in 1895, settling on the place known owned by James Smith and S. F. Foster.  He settled in the woods and occupied the place until his death.  He raised a family of eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only survivor.  He was an elder in the United Presbyterian church at Liberty for many years.  He sent a substitute to the War of 1812.  He died in 879 in his ninety-sixth year.  James Smith was raised on the farm and finally took charge of the home place.  In 838 he was married to Miss Mary Ann Gibson, by whom he had two sons - William, a graduate of the Deaf and Dumb asylum at Columbus, Ohio, and now a farmer of Boardman township; John F., a resident of Colorado.  His first wife died Dec. 4, 1843 and May 17, 1848, he married Harriet Goorley, a native of West Virginia.  By this marriage he had two daughters and four sons, as follow:  Hannah Mary Ann, wife of David Houston, of Lowellville, Ohio; Nancy Adaline, James G., both at home; Joseph in business in Youngstown; George B., a student of Westminster college; Eleazer S., attending a commercial college at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  Mr. Smith located where he now lives in 1858.  besides his large farm of nearly three hundred acres, he has several coal banks in operation.  He is an elder in the Presbyterian church in Youngstown of which he was one of the original members.

     PHILIP JACOBS, son of Abraham and Elizabeth Jacobs, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 1811.  His father came to Ohio as early as 1805 or 1806, and was employed in a mill where now stands the city mills.  He married Elizabeth Kimmel and raised a family of nine children, of whom four are living.  He died in Coitsville.  Philip remained at home on the farm until he was of age, and received an accident which crippled him for life.  While assisting his father in cutting down a tree his ankle was broken by the falling tree, which resulted in the amputation of the leg above the knee.  He afterwards engaged in teaching school, and also in the mercantile business in Youngstown, keeping a general store, in which he continued until 1865.  during those years he was also engaged in the buying and shipping of life stock.  Since his retirement from the mercantile business he has been interested in coal mining.  In 1836 he was married to Miss Sallie, daughter of John and Betsy Kimmel, born in 1818.  Her parents settled in Youngstown township in 1819, and cleared up a farm.  Mr. Kimmel was a blacksmith by trade, which he carried on in connection with farming.  He and his wife both died in 1881.  Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs are the parents of eleven children, of whom nine are living, namely: Amanda, at home; Orrin, in Youngstown; Millard, in Coitsville; Emma, wife of John H. Nash, of Youngstown; Flora, wife of J. H. Thompson, of Fowler, Stambaugh & Co.; Frank, a lawyer by profession; Jennie, at home; Berne and Belle, (born Dec. 1, 1861,) the former residing in Pennsylvania, and the latter at home.   

     CHRISTOPHER KINCAID was born in Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1808.  His father was Robert Kincaid, who was born in Pennsylvania, Feb. 13, 1784, and came to Ohio in 1802.  He was a blacksmith by trade and assisted in building the mill where the Baldwin mill now stands.  He married in 1805, Margaret Erwin, and settled, on the place now owned by his son Christopher, cleared up

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the place and occupied it until his death.  He was active during the War of 1812 in raising recruits.  He died in 1857, and his wife in 1868.  Christopher Kincaid remained at home until of age; was weigher of coal for four years and engineer for three years.  He married, Nov. 22, 1832, Miss Mary Phillips, born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 11, 1806, and has had four children, two of whom are living, as follows:  Salome, wife of William Oatstene who conducts the home place, and Margaret, residing at home with her parents.  Julius and Emeline are dead.  Julius was a member of the Second Ohio volunteer cavalry during the rebellion and was at Belle Island as prisoner.  After his exchange he again returned to the army and was wounded at Cedar Creek.  He served three years.  He died Feb. 11, 1874.  In 1855 Mr. Kincaid purchased the home place of his father, where he has since resided.

     RICHARD HOLLAND, oldest son of Benjamin and Rebecca Holland, was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, Apr. 27 1805.  In the fall of 1806 his parents came to Ohio, and settled in the woods in Youngstown township, on the banks of Dry run, near where Hazelton now is.  In the spring of 1807 they moved into Youngstown, and in 1808 located on the site of the present home.  Benjamin Holland was a carpenter by trade.  He was deputy sheriff, constable, etc.  During the War of 1812 he was drafted five times, but on account of sickness provided a substitute.  He died in 1847.  Richard, only survivor of seven children, learned the trade of carpenter with his father, but adopted that of carriage making, and commenced the business under the firm name of Holland & Upham, December, 1826, continuing the business until 1844.  He was then engaged in the clothing and dry goods trade for twelve years, being the first to sell ready made clothing in Youngstown.  In 1856 he resumed his former business of carriage making, which he has since carried on.  He married Sept. 13, 1827, to Rosana McLean, a native of county Antrim, Ireland, born in 1807.  The result of this union was one son, Andrew, born July 8, 1828; married Miss Dorcas Wilson, June, 1854, and has two children - Ada R. and Harris F.

     MRS. ANN TRUESDALE, daughter of Isaac and Annie Kimmel, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1809.  Her parents settled in what is now West Youngstown, in  the early years of the present century.  They raised a family of eleven children, of whom two are living.  She was married in 1831 to John Shehy, a blacksmith by trade, who was born in Youngstown in 1805, by whom she had the following children, viz: Robert, now engineer of the Youngstown water works; Ellen, wife of George C. Wilson, residing in Youngstown; Lois, wife of James Ross of Youngstown; Anna (now Mrs. T. J. Lewis) is at home, and Daniel J. is at home.  John Shehy died in 1844.  Mrs. Truesdale was subsequently married to Alexander Truesdale, who died in 1874.  Mrs. Truesdale has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years.

     JESSE PRICE, son of James and Hannah (Kyle) Price, was born in Youngstown township June 8, 1811.  James Price was a native of Maryland, born June 8, 1782.  He went to Pennsylvania in 1795, married in Westmoreland county in 1803 and came to Ohio in 1809, settling on the place now owned by his son Samuel, which he cleared up and improved.  He raised a family of ten children, of whom four daughters and two sons survive.  He died Apr. 13, 1869, surviving by nearly two years the death of his wife, which occurred July 11, 1867.  Jesse Price married in 1843 Miss Nancy Leach, born in New Jersey in 1813, and has had a family of eleven children, of whom only four are now living, as follow:  Rufus J. resides in California; Phebe Maria, wife of William Crowley of Youngstown; Malvina Florence, wife of William A. Edwards, of Youngstown, and Charles T., in the employ of the Morse Bridge company.  Sallie Ann, wife of Thomas P. D'Camp, died Feb. 14, 1867; Eliza Jane, wife of Henry P. Wise, died Mar. 7, 1863; William B. died in hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 7, 1864.  Mrs. Price removed to Champion, Trumbull county, where he was engaged in farming some three years, afterwards lived in Warren township, coming to Youngstown about 1855, where he has since lived, engaged until about 1875 in carpentering and building, a trade that he learned in form years.  He was assessor of Youngstown township in 1863.

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Elizabeth Powers was born in Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1811.  He was brought up on the farm; was married Feb. 14, 1841, to Miss Lucy M., daughter of Abijah Silliman, who was born in Fowler township, Trumbull county, Mar. 6, 1821.  They are the parents of eleven children, of whom five are living, two daughters and three sons, as follow:  Austin R., foreman in a furnace; Emma E., wife of Frank P. Wick; Emmor P., a resident of Bradford, Pennsylvania, at the present writing; Frank W. and Ada, still at home.  After his marriage Mr. Powers located upon the Hayden place, which he had previously purchased and which he continues to own.  On this place he opened a coal bank which the Powers Coal company are still operating.  HE purchased his present home, consisting of twenty-eight acres and known as "Parks' place," in 1853.  Formerly for some fifteen years Mr. Powers was an extensive livestock dealer, driving at one time five hundred head of cattle to Philadelphia.  During the Rebellion he was a large shipper of stock.

     WILLIAM BARCLAY, son of Francis and Elizabeth (Wilson) Barclay, was born in Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, Mar. 9, 1814.  Francis Barclay, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, coming to Ohio about 1805 or 1806, settling in the woods in Poland, where he lived and died.  He raised a family of eleven sons and three daughters, of whom eight are living.  He served in the War of 1812; died about 1845.  William, when about twenty, learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he has since followed until his retirement some three years since, residing in Youngstown.  In 1840 he married Miss Mary Morley, born in Atwater, Portage county, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1818, daughter of Daniel S. Morley, a former well known resident of Youngstown. He was a mayor in the year 1812.  Mr. and Mrs. Barclay are the parents of four children, of whom two survive, viz: Helen, widow of William H. Hall, at home, and Julia H., wife of Cyrus Roose.  Mr. Roose and wife are both teachers in the public schools of Youngstown.  Mr. Barclay has been a member of the city council of Youngstown for some five years.  His wife died Jan. 14, 1882.                                                                                                                        

     JOSEPH BARCLAY, son of Francis and Betsey (Wilson) Barclay, was born in Poland, Mahoning county, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1816.  He came to Youngstown in 1833, and began clerking for McClurg & Barclay, (the latter a brother) with whom he remained three years.  During this time he fitted himself, by reading, for the occupation of a civil engineer, and after leaving the store obtained a position for two years as engineer on the Pennsylvania & Ohio canal.  He then went into mercantile business with his brother, under the firm name of F. & J. Barclay. His wife, Lavina Crandall, whom he married Sept. 9, 1838, was born in Chenango county, New York, May 6, 1815.  Three children were born, two living, viz: Charles D., Apr. 29, 1839, a surveyor residing in Youngstown, and Lucy Zade, July 2, 1848, wife of Oliver Creed of Youngstown.  Mr. Barclay was engaged in con ducting business for Wood & Tod for three years, and was in mercantile trade with Dr. Braedon for some years.  He was salesman in a wholesale house in New York city two years.  Ill health finally compelled him to relinquish active business.  He filled the position of book-keeper for Tod & Stambaugh for some time.  For three years he conducted a store for William Porter of Austintown.  He was elected county surveyor for Trumbull county in 1845 for three years, and afterwards elected to the same office for Mahoning county.  In 1875 he was elected to the Legislature.  He has also served two years as county treasurer, and as assessor several terms.  He is now quite feeble, having had a second stroke of paralysis.

     ALEXANDER BARCLAY, son of Francis and Eliza beth Barclay, was born in Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, June 20, 1819. He remained at home until of age, during which he learned the carpenter trade.  After becoming of age he took charge of the home farm which he carried on for eight years.  He was married Apr. 29, 1842, to Miss Amelia Morse, by whom he had three children, only one of whom is now living, viz: Lois, wife of Porter Watson, of Poland.  He married for his second wife in 1853, his first wife having died in 1851, Nancy Liggett, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1823.  By this marriage were born the following children, viz: Charles W., Alice J., George W., Willie L., and Frank.
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six years he was clerk in a general store, when he resumed his trade which he still follows.  In the fall of 1881 he removed to Youngstown, where he now resides.  In 1854 he was elected a justice of the peace, but after filling the position some eighteen months, resigned.  He was also township assessor one term.

     SAMUEL PRICE, son of James and Hannah (Kyle) Price, was born in Youngstown Nov. 2, 1815.  He was brought up to farming, and he always resided on the home place.  He was married, Apr. 25, 1839, to Miss Lydia Stewart, who was born in Pennsylvania Mar. 11, 1815.  Their family numbered five children, three of whom are living, namely: Margaret, wife of Perry Wehr; Lydia E., wife of N. A. Beecher, of Youngstown, and James S.  Mr. Price commenced mining coal on his place in 1870, the Reno bank, which is now exhausted.  He is also interested in other mines adjoining.

     PETER CORLL, son of John and Elizabeth (Bailey) Corll, was born in Austintown, Mahoning county, Ohio, Aug. 22, 1817.  John Corll was a native of Pennsylvania and came to Ohio in 1812 or 1813.  He settled in Austintown on the place now owned by David Greenwald, clearing up that place and spending the balance of his life there.  He had a family of seven children, of whom six are living.  Peter learned the trade of carpenter and worked at it two years.  Nov. 4, 1839, he married Sarah Rubright, who was born Oct. 30, 1822.  They are the parents of seven children, of whom six are living, as follow:  William, born Sept. 11, 1842, now of Geneva, Ashtabula county; Henry, July 23, 1844, of Boardman; Franklin, Nov. 30, 1858, of Austintown; Freeman, Feb. 25, 1855, at home; and Susannah, Nov. 12, 1859, wife of Eli Stidle, of Canfield township.  Mary Ann, the eldest, born Mar. 23, 1841, was the wife of Wilson Wehr, and died in 1879.  Henry enlisted in 1863, and was in the service about eighteen months, making the march to the sea with Sherman.  In 1852 Mr. Corll purchased of his father-in-law the place where he now lives.

     JACOB STAMBAUGH was born in Youngstown, Nov. 20, 1820; son of Philip and Rebecca (Bower) Stambaugh.  Philip Stambaugh was an early resident of Youngstown, where he kept tavern five years.  He raised a family of eight children, of whom one daughter and five sons are living.  He died in 1845 or 1846, and his wife in 1857.  The subject of this sketch was married in 1857.  The subject of this sketch was married in 1850 to Lydia Wise, who was born in Weathersfield, May, 1826.  They are the parents of five children, three living - Rachel Priscilla, born Jan. 21, 1853; David W., Aug. 31, 1857; Maggie E., Oct. 5, 1867. Mr. Stambaugh located where he now lives in 1852, his farm consisting of one hundred and fourteen acres.

     JOHN F. HOLLINGSWORTH, oldest child of Christopher and Elizabeth (Horner) Hollingsworth, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, Oct. 4, 1804.  With his parents he removed to Wheeling, Virginia, about 1806, and about 1810 the family removed to Belmont county, Ohio, locating in St. Clairsville.  In 1820 they came to Youngstown.  Christopher Hollingsworth was a hatter by trade, purchasing the business of John Townsend, of Youngstown, which he continued for many years.  He afterwards purchased a farm in Austintown, and still later a farm upon which a portion of Girard is now situated, where he spent the balance of his life.  He was a member of the Society of Friends, the nearest place of worship being Salem, Ohio.  He died February, 1842.  John F., the subject of this sketch, learned the trade of his father and followed that business for a number of years, conducting the business established by his father.  He married, Dec., 1827, Miss Maria Tibbitts, born in Youngstown Mar. 8, 1807, by whom he has had seven children, of whom five are living, viz: Charles, now of Jackson, Michigan; John F., Jr., a merchant of Youngstown; Sheldon, Sarah Ann, and Elizabeth (Lenegan), all living in Youngstown.  Mrs. Hollingsworth died Aug. 31, 1880.  Mr. Hollingsworth for some thirteen years conducted a general mercantile business in Youngstown, and after quitting that trade has since been engaged in the tin and stove trade.  In 1870, in connection with his son-in-law, Mr. Lenegan, he added a general hardware stock, afterwards continuing the business alone and adding agricultural implements.  His business now consists of stoves, tinware, agricultural implements, etc.  Mr. Hollingsworth is one of the original members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Youngstown.  He was a member of

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the board of education for fourteen years and township treasurer several terms.

     PETER WIRT, deceased, born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, about the year 1793, came to Mahoning county, Ohio, about 1821, and afterwards settled on a farm at Brier Hill.  He discovered coal upon his place at an early day, and it was used by him for domestic purposes long before its real value became known.  He leased the farm afterwards to Thomas Davis, and still later to William Philpot.  It is now owned by Mackey brothers, and is embraced in an addition to the city of Youngstown.  Mr. Wirt was a successful farmer and man of business.  He was an elder in the Disciple church.  He married Margaret Ettenburg, born in Middlesex, Pennsylvania, daughter of William Ettenburg and Betsey Gilmore.  He died June 8, 1874.  His widow still resides in Youngstown.  They were the parents of five daughters and three sons, all of whom are living, viz: William, of Youngstown; Mrs. Elizabeth Mosteller, of Middlesex, Pennsylvania; Sarah, widow of William Shannon, of Youngstown; Josiah, of Youngstown; Jennie, wife of James Irving, of Fredonia, New York; Angeline (Mrs. R. E. Gundy) of Middlesex, Pennsylvania; John P., occupying the old home at Brier Hill, and Emma L., living at home with her mother.

     WILLIAM WIRT, oldest of the family of the subject of the preceding sketch, was born in Brier Hill, Ohio, Mar. 9, 1826.  He was brought up to farming, but before becoming of age he learned the trade of carpenter.  He was engaged in the coal office of Mr. Philpot for a couple of years, and about the same length of time with Crawford & Price.  Jan. 18, 1848, he was married to Miss Eliza Jane Sankey, born in Lordstown, Trumbull county, Ohio, by whom he has one son, B. F., born in Pennsylvania, an attorney of Youngstown.  Mr. Wirt came to Youngstown about 1852, having for a year or two previously resided in Middlesex, Pennsylvania, engaged in the foundry business.  During his residence in Youngstown he has followed the business of builder and contractor.  His wife died in September, 1881, an active member of the Disciple church for many years.

     G. A. YOUNG, only child of Robert and Lucinda T. (Day) Young, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, Jan. 5, 1816.  With his mother he came to Ohio in October, 1821, and settled in Youngstown.  Mrs. Lucinda Young, “Auntie Young,” as she was familiarly called, was a native of Maryland, born in 1791, and died Dec. 20, 1863.  She was an active Christian woman and the originator of the first Baptist church in Youngstown.  The subject of this sketch was raised in the family of Colonel James Hillman, one of the earliest settlers of Youngstown.  When sixteen he commenced the trade of glover; subsequently learned the cooper trade and carried on the two trades jointly until seven years ago when he abandoned the former and has since been engaged exclusively in the coopering business in Youngstown, manufacturing flour barrels extensively.  Oct. 27, 1842, he was married, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Elmira H. Noon, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1819, and has eight children, as follow: Mary E., wife of W. W. Clark, of Youngstown; Kate, wife of M. L. Andrews, residing in Enon valley, Pennsylvania, Elmira H., wife of James M. Owen, of Steubenville, Ohio; Susan M., wife of Edwin Tidball, of Youngstown; Arthur G., an architect of Youngstown; Dillman, a silversmith of the same city; and Emma and Allie Manning Young, still at home.  One died.  Mr. Young was a resident of Boston five years prior to his marriage.  Of all of his acquaintances in Youngstown when he first came there, in 1821, only five are now living there.

     D. J. WICK was born in Austintown, Mahoning county (then Trumbull), Dec. 28, 1814; son of William Wick, one of the early residents of Youngstown.  D. J. Wick was for years one of the leading residents of Youngstown, and an influential citizen.  He died Apr. 26, 1857.  He married, July 19, 1838, Miss Emeline C., daughter of Ebenezer and Delia (Morley) Griffith, who was born in Caledonia, New York, Aug. 28, 1818.  When six years of age Mrs. Wick was left an orphan, and with an elder sister came to Ohio, locating in Youngstown.  She remained with her sister until her marriage.  Mrs. Wick is the mother of one daughter and three sons.  The daughter, Caroline L., died Nov. 29, 1858, aged twenty. The sons are Ralph J., in business in Youngstown, Frank P., of the Mahoning Valley Iron company, and Daniel J., residing in Pennsylvania.

     WILLIAM KNOX

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     JOHN VAN FLEET

     JONAS FOSTER

     WILSON S. THORN

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     CHARLES THORN

     JOHN H. THORN

     EMLEN P. THORN

     CLARK WOODS

     JOHN WEHR

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     PERRY WEHR

     JOHN A. WOODS

     JOHN F. McKINNIE

     MRS. CHARLOTTE P. SHEEHY

     MANUEL HAMILTON

     ASAHEL MEDBURY

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     RICHARD G. GARLICK

     JOHN W. D'CAMP

     FERDINAND LYNN

     JOHN K. JACOBS

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business which he carried on successfully until his retirement from active business a few years since.

     STEPHEN F. BURNET

     DR. JACOB E. STAMBAUGH

     S. C. K. GRIFFITH

     JOB FROGGETT

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children, as follow:  Emma A., born Apr. 19, 1852, died Mar. 18, 1854; Susan B., born Aug. 30, 1853; Edwin, Aug. 18, 1855; Willis W., Sept. 16, 1857; Annie L., born Apr. 13, 1860; John A., Nov. 19, 1866, died Dec. 19, 1867; Lucy M., Sept. 23, 1868, died Feb. 16, 1871; Joseph F., Aug. 21, 1870; Mary H., Mar. 3, 1873.

     JOSEPH HARBER

     GEORGE W. LODWICK

     WILLIAM CORNELIUS

     MYRON J. ARMS

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     DAVID THEOBALD

     THOMAS H. WARD

     WILLIAM M. FISHER

     JAMES FOWLER

     DANIEL MOYER

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     JAMES MANSELL

     GEORGE McKINNIE

     GEORGE W. HANEY

     THOMAS DAVIS

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     THOMAS H. WILSON was born in Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1841.  He was brought up on a farm, and in 1860 entered as a clerk the banking ho9use of Wick Brothers & Co., of which he is now casiher.  He was elected a member of the State Legislature in 1879.  He married in 1863 Miss Louise E. Fellows, daughter of Isaac Fellows, of Youngstown, and has a family of two sons, Willard and  Henry B.

     LLOYD FORDING

     E. G. HOLLINGSWORTH

     WILLIAM DENNISON

     REES HERBERT

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     SAMUEL E. HOLLAND

     REV. DAVID PROBERT

     HON. W. B. POLLOCK

     DAVID L. STAMBAUGH

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     GERMAN LANTERMAN

     JOHN W. SMITH

     A. H. RICE

     CALVIN SHOOK was born in Warren, Trumbull county, November, 1818.  Nov. 16, 1847, he was married to Julia A. Stambaugh, daughter of John Stambaugh.  He located on the Governor Tod farm, afterwards settling on the Stambaugh homestead, where he resided till 1864 when he removed to Youngstown, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for several years.  His first wife died in 1866.  By this marriage he had three children - John W., now of New Orleans; Silas, conducting the Brier Hill farm, and Sarah, at home.  He was married again Apr. 25, 1867, to Mary Gray, born in Fowler township, in 1834.  He died Nov. 11, 1881, and his wife is living in Youngstown.

     WILLIAM POLLACK

    
     GENERAL J. H. FORD

     J. E. KNOX

     JENKIN T. JENKINS

     ALLEN HELAWELL

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     JOHN L. GALLAGHER

     M. T. JEWELL

     S. K. SHEDD

     JOHN S. PROBST

     THOMAS C. CONROY

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     ALEXANDER CAUFIELD

     JOHN JEHU

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     SHELDON JACOBS

     GEORGE TURNER

     JOHN M. RANEY

     IRA McCOLLUM

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     D. N. SIMPKINS

     JOSEPH B. COUCH

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     J. D. RANEY

     WILLIAM T. HUGHES

     LUCIUS E. COCHRAN

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     JOHN R. DAVIS

     ABRAHAM HUBLER

     WILLIAM JONAS

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     JAMES H. THOMPSON was born in Chatham, England, Sept. 20, 1844, son of William H. and Mary W. Thompson.  He came to the United States with his parents in 1849, locating in Cleveland.  In 1862, being then but seven teen years of age, he enlisted in company A, Twenty-third Ohio volunteer infantry.  He participated in the battle of Cloyd Mountain, was in the Lynchburg raid, and served under Sheridan in the Shenandoah campaign; was at Berryville, Fisher Hill, Cedar Creek, and other engagements, serving out his enlistment; was mustered out as quartermaster sergeant in September 1865.  Returning home he engaged in mercantile pursuits, entering the employ of Fowler, Matherson & Co., in the hardware trade.  He continued as employe till 1868, when the present firm of Fowler, Stamburg & Co., wholesale and retail hardware, was formed, of which he became a partner.  Mr. Thompson was married in 1870 to Miss Flora, daughter of Philip Jacobs of Youngstown.  They have three children, Philip J., George F., and Florence.

     DAVID REEL

     J. J. HAMMAN

     GEORGE RUDGE

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     FRANK McMASTER

     EDWIN WEBB was born in Gloucestershire, England, Nov. 21, 1843, and emigrated with his parents to America in 1854, locating in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania.  When sixteen he commenced to learn the shoemaking trade, at which he continued until 1862, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, under Colonel Freck. He was at Antietam, Bull Run, and Fredericksburg, where he was taken prisoner.  He was soon paroled and for some time there after was in hospital.  He was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1863.  He resumed his trade of shoemaking, completing it at Philadelphia.  He was in Meadville, Pennsylvania, some fifteen months, part of the time in business for himself.  Came to Youngstown, Ohio, in the spring of 1867 and engaged in trade with Mr. Clark, the firm being Clark & Webb.  After continuing two years Mr. Edward Turner purchased Clark's interest, the firm being then Webb & Turner.  In 1874 he disposed of his interest to Mr. Turner.  In March, 1869, he was married to Miss Emma Copeland who was born in London, England.  They are the parents of four children, as follow: Alice B., Edwin H., and Eva. Carrie died when four years old.

     GEORGE J. WILLIAMS

     AMOS PITTS

     EDWARD H. TURNER

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     B. S. DECKER

     ABRAHAM RITTER

     LIPPMAN LIEBMAN

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     CHRISTIAN MAUSER

     S. D. CURRIER

     HENRY WENDLER

     FERRIN GARDENER

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     J. K. WOLF

     JARED HUSLEY

     J. R. BAIRD

     J. O. McGOWAN

     J. A. ESPY

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     JAMES H. COOK

     J. M. BOWMAN

     O. J. SIMPKINS

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     JAMES WILSON

     JOEL K. APPLEGATE

     JAMES B. DRAKE, son of Simeon and Elvina (Houk) Drake, was born in Howland township, June 10, 1835.  His father died in 1845 or 1846, and soon after he purchased of the heirs of home place, on which he remained until 1869, when he removed to Mahoning county and engaged in milling with his uncle, James Brown.  In 1875 he was elected sheriff, and was re-elected in 1877, and since the expiration of his term of office has been a member of the livery firm of N. R. Miller & Co.  Mr. Drake was married, in 1862, to Catharine Jane, daughter of Robert Kerr.  They have had a family of four children, three of them now living - Simeon D., Annie A. and Ella K.

     R. D. BURNETT was born in Weathersfield township, Mar. 22, 1841.  His father, Henry Burnett, was born in 1801, near the present town of Hudson, where his parents had settled in1798.  He died in August, 1876, in the suburbs of Youngstown, after participating in the many and varied incidents of pioneer life; and living to see cities, towns, and villages, and waving fields of grain take the place of the wilderness of wood and swamp.  His children were eight in number - Caroline, Sarah, Ann, Hattie, Hirma, Henry L. (who became a major-general during the war of the Rebellion), and R. D.  The latter read medicine when seventeen years of age with Dr. Wilcox, of Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, and afterwards took some part in the Kansas troubles.  In 1862 he enlisted in the Second Ohio volunteer cavalry as hospital steward, and was discharged for injuries received from a fall.  He afterwards engaged in coal mining, and became president of the Hocking Valley Iron, Coal, and Coke company; was later engaged in the limestone business.  He was married in 1860 to Eliza M., daughter of Henry Clark, an old resident of Hubbard.

     A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JAMES A. GARFIELD

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