BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Portage County, Ohio
Vol. 2
by Warner, Beers & Co.
1885
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Atwater Twp. -
IRA JACKSON, firm of Baith &
Jackson, merchants, Atwater, was born in Mt. Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio, in
1853, and is an adopted son of Josiah and Lucy A. (Phinney) Jackson,
former of whom, now in his seventy-ninth year, is a native of Rutland County,
Vt., and the latter of Dover, Ohio. The family settled in Freedom
Township, this county, at an early date and cleared a farm where they resided
until their removal to this village. The subject of this sketch served an
apprenticeship of ten years at Ravenna in merchandising,, and in the spring of
1884 formed the present partnership. This firm are successors to Brush,
Alden & Butler, the leading business house of Atwater. Mr. Jackson
married, August 15, 1877, Miss Mary F., daughter of Capt. J. C. Long,
of Nantucket, commander of a whaling vessel for years, but now living a retired
life in Ravenna. The children born to this union are William and
George. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Congregational Church; a
member of the Royal Arcanum.
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Streetsboro Twp. -
SAMUEL W. JENKINS, farmer, P. O.. Streetsborough, was born
in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY, Mar. 8, 1828, a son of Samuel and Ursula
(Brewster) Jenkins, who settled in Streetsboro , this township, in June,
1837, locating east of the Center on the farm now owned by C. R. Doolittle,
which they cleared and improved, and where they lived for many years.
Samuel Jenkins, Sr., was a native of Fort Ann, N. Y., and a son of Obiah
Jenkins, formerly of Providence, R. I., who was of Welsh descent and a
soldier of the Revolutionary war. Ursula, the wife of Samuel
Jenkins, Sr., was a native of Middletown, Vt., and a daughter of Oramel
Brewster of English descent and a tanner and currier by trade. They
had seven children: Julia E. wife of Henry Peck; Norman B.,
Eunice, wife of A. W. Hurlburt; Samuel W.; Martha U., wife of Rev.
J. M. Chapman; Lydia, wife of Henry Peabody, and Wilbur A.
Our subject, from nine years of age, was reared in Streetsboro, and has always
engaged in farming. He assisted in clearing his father's farm, and when
twenty-one years of age bought a farm adjoining, most of which he cleared and
improved, and where he has always resided, excepting ten years at the Center.
He has been twice married; on first occasion, in 850, to Delia, daughter
of Edward and Love (Spencer) Russell, who settled in Brimfield Township,
this county, in 1829, and by whom he had two children: Eva, wife of
Ransome Richards, and Sumner. Oct. 5, 1870, he was united in
marriage with his present wife, Julia, daughter of Alexander and
Electa (Power) Wilcox, of Twinsburg. The issue of this union was three
children: Stella, Theodore and Albert. Mr. Jenkins
has held various township offices; is one of Streetsboro's representative
citizens. In politics he is a Republican.
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Palmyra Twp. -
WILLIAM JENKINS, M. D., Diamond, was born in Treforest,
Wales, in 1852, a son of Thomas and Ann (Jones) Jenkins. His
father, who was a clergyman, came to the United States in 1863, and after
locating at various places he settled in Waterville, N. Y., where he presides in
the pulpit of the Congregational Church. The subject of this sketch was
married in Delaware County, in 1875, to Mary E. Thomas, by whom he has
the following children now living: Mary A. and Thomas S. Mr.
Jenkins received his collegiate education in the University at Delaware,
where he graduated in the class of 1876. He attended two courses of
lectures at the Howard University of Boston, Mass., a graduated at the Columbus
Medical College in 1881. His brother, Dr. Jenkins, of Plain City,
Madison Co., Ohio, was his preceptor, from whom he received all the advantages
for his studies. He subsequently became assistant to Dr. Hamilton,
in the college at Columbus, with whom he was connected until he came to this
place in May, 1884. Dr. Jenkins has built up a rapid and increasing
practice and is will established in the hearts of the people and all who know
him. He is a consistent member of the Congregational Church; an honored
member of the Masonic fraternity.
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Ravenna Twp. -
ANDREW JACKSON JENNINGS, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was born
Jan. 15, 1827, in Ravenna, this county. Oct. 11, 1849, he was married to
Miss Sophia P. Trowbridge, born in Ontario County, N. Y., Mar. 14, 1825.
Her parents, Daniel and Sallie (Blakely) Trowbridge, former a native of
Franklin County, Mass., came to Ravenna Township, this county, in Oct., 1833.
They moved to Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1852, where Mr. Trowbridge
died in February, 1881, and where his widow still resides. After his
father's death our subject purchased the heirs' interest in the estate, and now
owns the homestead. Hr is proprietor here of a farmer of 100 acres of
well-improved land. He takes a deep interest in progressive and scientific
farming, and has taken a leading part in the Portage County Agricultural
Society.
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Ravenna Twp. -
DAVID JENNINGS (deceased) was born Sept. 18, 1798, in
Hartford, Me., and came to this county in 1802 with his parents. He
married, Nov. 13, 1825, Miss Hannah Rawson, born in Warwick, Franklin
Co., Mass., with her parents, Elliott and Sarah (Williams) Rawson. Mr.
Rawson purchased a tract of 400 acres of land, adjoining the western
corporation line of Ravenna. He died in 1825, leaving six children:
Elizabeth Price (now deceased), Mrs. Hannah Jennings, Ebenezer
(deceased), Mrs. Sarah Clark, Mrs. Czarina Harper, and Elliott
(latter deceased). After their marriage MR. and Mrs. Jennings
settled on their property in Ravenna Township, three miles north of Ravenna.
Here Mr. Jennings died, Jan. 25, 1862. He was a man of upright
integrity, and exerted a good influence in the community. He was a
life-long and consistent Democrat. He took an active part in the public
affairs in the township; held the office of Township Trustee and other township
offices. Mr. Jennings still resides with one of her two sons, on
the family homestead.
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Ravenna Twp. -
DR. DAVID RAWSON JENNINGS, of Cleveland, Ohio, married
Miss Elizabeth H. Monroe, of Rootstown Township, this county, a native of
Nantucket, Mass. He took thorough course in dentistry and after practicing his
profession fourteen years in Ravenna, this county, He located in Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1873. He is a skillful and scientific dentist and has a large and
increasing practice.
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Ravenna Twp. -
LEWIS E. JENNINGS, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was born July
14, 1811, on the farm which he now occupies. He shared the usual lot of
pioneer boys and attended school in the old log schoolhouse of the home
district. He was married, Jan. 22, 1833, to Miss Elizabeth Knowlton,
born in New Sharon, Kennebec Co., Main, Jan. 14, 1813, and came to Ravenna, this
county, in 1832. To this union have been born twelve children, seven now
living: Mrs. Hanna H. Wain, in Cleveland, Ohio; Elizabeth
Amelia; George W. and Mrs. Martha W. Gledhill (twins, and being born
Feb. 22, they were named for Gen. Washington and his wife respectively);
Helen M.; Arminta L. and Albert B. The five deceased
died in early life. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have
resided on the homestead farm. Here they own a comfortable home of 189
acres of well-improved land. Mr. Jennings has held the office of
Trustee, and has been School Director thirty years. In politics he is a
Democrat.
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Mantua Twp. -
PHINEAS U. JENNINGS
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Ravenna Twp. -
SQUIRE L. JENNINGS, retired, Ravenna, was born Dec. 28,
1807, in Ravenna Township, this county, being the second oldest white boy born
in the township now living. On Oct. 22, 1833, he was married to Miss
Nancy A. Sapp, born in Maryland in 1810, daughter of Jacob Sapp, of
Rootstown Township, this county. To this union were born Sylvester F.
and Mrs. Anginette Bosworth (latter deceased). They lived on a farm in
Franklin Township until 1845 when they sold out and have resided in Ravenna
since. From that time Mr. Jennings has followed the trade of
carpenter and joiner. He has been very active in public affairs, and has
held the positions of Deputy Sheriff, Constable and Trustee at different times.
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Randolph Twp. -
JOSEPH B. JEROME
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Franklin Twp. -
ALONZO JOHNSON, farmer and butcher, Kent, was born in
Shalersville Township, this county, May 25, 1835, son of Ebenezer and Annis
(Stoddard) John, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire respectively, the
latter born Apr. 8, 1811. His paternal grandfather, Sylvester Johnson,
was a farmer of Rutland, Vt., and his maternal grandfather, Stoddard, a
native of New Hampshire, settled in Freedom Township in 1834, afterward removed
to Iowa and died there. The parents of our subject settled in Stowe
Township in 1834, and in 1835 located in Shalersville Township, this county,
where they purchased an eighty-acre tract of heavily timbered land which they
cleared and improved, and where they lived until the death of the father in
1850, in his forty-second year. They had seven children: Alonzo,
Lucinda (deceased), Emeline (Mrs. Willard Seward), Sylvester, Leander,
Silas (died in the army during hte late war) and Eben. The
mother next married Rufus Newton, of Franklin Township, this county, in
1857. He died in 1862 and she moved to Daviess County, Mo., in 1869, and
subsequently married William Hughes, who died in 1879, and his widow
returned to Ohio in 1880, and is now residing in Kent. Our subject was
reared in Shalersville Township, this county, and was educated in the common
schools. He resided in Shalersville Township until 1863, when he removed
to Kent, Ohio, and embarked in the grocery business, in which he was engaged two
years. He then built the hotel known as the "Collins House," which he
conducted for three years, and during that time opened a meat market, which he
carried on from 1866 to March 30, 1885, when he retired from that business.
He is also engaged in farming, now owning three farms in Franklin Township, this
county, in company with his two eldest sons, living on the farm formerly
occupied by Warren Burt. Mr. Johnson was married in November, 1855,
to Mary J., daughter of William and Lavina Cook, of Franklin
Township, this county, by whom he had twelve children, nine now living:
Willard, Perry, Emma (Mrs. Henry Barker), Albert, Ora, Nella, Clayton, Cora
and Selah. Mr. Johnson is a representative citizen of hte township.
In politics he is a Democrat.
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Ravenna Twp. -
HARLOW S. JOHNSON, Health Officer, Ravenna, was born Feb.
1, 1821, in Nelson, this county. His father, Alanson Johnson, a
native of Litchfield, Conn., was a great-grandson of the famous Sir William
Johnson, who took great part in settling a colony in the Mohawk
Valley, N. Y. The town of Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., was built on
an estate of the family. Alanson Johnson was a cousin to Richard
M. Johnson, late Vice-President of the United States, and also to Mrs.
Martin Van Buren, and was second cousin to President Andrew Johnson.
He married Miss Betsey Northrop, of Cornwall, Conn., a descendant through
her grandmother of the family of Sir Francis Drake, and one of the oldest
Puritan Families of New England. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and
in 1816 they came to this county, and settled in Nelson. Of their five
children Mrs. Elizabeth S. Spencer now lives in Windham, this county;
Mrs. Antoinette Couch, of Nelson, died July 6, 1884, aged seventy; Mrs.
Julia Hunt, of Nelson, died Apr. 6, 1884, aged sixty-six, and one daughter
died in childhood. The father and mother lived the lives of useful
pioneers and were honored by a large circle of friends. She died Mar. 6,
1877, aged eighty-three. He died Jan. 2, 1880, aged eighty-eight.
Our subject was their only son. He married Miss Emily Baldwin, of
Nelson, Aug. 22, 1844. She was born Oct. 19, 1827, and is a daughter of
Stephen Baldwin, who was among the earliest settlers of that township,
having come from Granville, Mass., in 1803. Her mother's maiden name was
Hannah Clark, a native of Cornwall, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson have been born four children: Loren Alanson, Auditor of the
freight department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, Cleveland,
Ohio; Andrew J., in Warren, Ohio, inventor of a successful fire-escape
and Superintendent of the Warren Fire Escape Company; Frank H.
(deceased), late journalist, Bay City, Mich., and an infant (deceased).
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnson resided on their farm until
1872, when they sold out and located in Ravenna. Our subject has held the
position of Health Officer of the city since 1880. He is discharging his
duties faithfully and efficiently and has put the city in first-class sanitary
condition. Mr. Johnson is a life long Democrat. Mrs.
Johnson is a consistent member of the Congregational Church.
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Ravenna Twp. -
R. B. JOHNSON, physician, Ravenna, is a native of Stark
County, Ohio, born Nov. 14, 1839. His grandfather, Joseph Johnson,
was a pioneer of Stark County, settling in the woods in 1822, and clearing a
farm where he passed the remainder of his years. John Johnson, the
father of our subject who was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1815, married
Esther Holloway and resides on the farm where he first settled. Of
their children, three are now living: R. B., Nathan W. and
Sarah, wife of Isaac Scott, of Kosciusko County, Ind. Our
subject was brought up on a farm and received the advantages of a common school
education, attending also the high school of Alliance, Ohio. He taught
school for four successive winters, commencing when nineteen years old. He
studied medicine in the office of Dr. J. G. Heaton (deceased), in
Alliance, and graduated at the Cleveland Homeopathic College in 1869. The
same year he began practice in Ravenna, where he has since remained. He
was married, in Washington County, Penn., in November, 1861, to Elizabeth
Lilley, by whom he had six children, three now living: Nellie L.,
Thaddeus L. and George D. The Doctor has won popularity both as
a physician and as a citizen, and has given successful advancement to Charles
D. Painter, of Alliance, and M. G. McBride, of Ravenna, both of whom
are practicing physicians. He united with the Disciples Church in 1860,
and has held some official position for the last fifteen years, and is now an
Elder in said church. He is an honored member of the I. O. O. F.
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Atwater Twp. -
S. W. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O.
Atwater, was born in New Haven County, Conn., in 1825; son of Levi and Eliza
(Riggs) Johnson, who crossed the country, arriving in this county in 1834,
and settling in Rootstown Township, where the father purchased a farm and
founded a home. In 1846 Levi Johnson removed to Atwater Township,
where he lived till the close of his life, August 25, 1862. His widow is
now in the eighty-sixth year of her age. Of the children born to this
couple, but two survive: S. W. and Henry. The subject
of this sketch was married, in 1849, to Miss Sally, daughter of
Stephen Wooley, deceased. His living children are James R. and
Eliza, wife of B. F. Hathawayb, present Clerk of Atwater Township.
In 1850 Mr. Johnson settled on a farm of 100 acres in the northern part
of Atwater Township, on which he resided until 1882, when he moved to his
present farm, comprising sixty acres, situated near Atwater Station. He
has spent a life-time a labor and toil in clearing land and creating from the
wilderness scenes of growth and abundance.
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Edinburg Twp. -
EDWARD JONES
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Deerfield Twp. -
JOHN W. JONES
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Streetsboro Twp. -
JAMES T. JUDD, farmer, P. O. Streetsborough,
was born on the farm where he now resides in this township, Oct. 20, 1838, son
of Orrin and Minerva (Blair) Judd, parents of six children: Cordelia,
deceased; Sophronia, wife of L. F. Wyatt; Mary, wife of John
Wyatt; Amanda; Watson E., deceased, and James T.
Of these Watson E. was in the late war of the Rebellion, serving in the
Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died of disease contracted in the army
after three years' service. The parents of our subject settled in
Streetsboro in 1830, coming from Blanford, Conn., and here they cleared and
improved the farm now occupied by James T., and on which they lived the
remainder of their days, one of the first families to help raise the Baptist
standard in Streetsboro, dying in full faith of eternal life. Our subject
was reared on the old homestead, and was educated in the common and select
schools. He was married Jan. 26, 1864, to Huldah L., daughter of
Ananias and Samantha (Squires) Derthick, of Bedford, O. Mr. Judd,
wife and three eldest daughters are members of the Baptist Church. In
politics he is a Republican.
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Franklin Twp. -
HARLEY JUDSON
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