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BIOGRAPHIES
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Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of
Prominent and Representative Citizens,
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Presidents of the United States.
Chicago - Chapman Bros. -
1892
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JAMES
M. CLARK is a most excellent gentleman, whom it is a
pleasure to know, and who has many warm personal friends,
not only in Massillon, where he resides, but throughout
Stark County. He takes a prominent part in all affairs
relating to the welfare of his community, and by means of
energy, tact and good judgment he has made a success of his
business, that of a wholesale fruit dealer, his place of
business being located on Exchange Street.
The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in
Oneida County, N. Y., May 12, 1842, and is a son of
Thomas Clark who was born in Lincolnshire, England, in
1812. The latter named gentleman was reared to farming
pursuits in his native country, and when coming to the
United States in his nineteenth year located in Oneida
County, where he was employed on a farm. He later
bought a farm in New York State and there resided until his
decease, which occurred in the year 1889. As an
agriculturist, he occupied a high place among his brethren,
and in religious affairs was a member of the Universalist
Church. Politically, he voted the Democratic ticket.
Maria (Brockham) Clark, the mother of our
subject, was born in Schenectady, N. Y. Her father
participated in the War of 1812. Mrs. Clark
died in New York, after having become the mother of eight
children, five of whom are living. James M., of
this sketch, was reared on his father's farm and obtained a
fair education in the schools near his home. He
remained under the parental roof until reaching his
majority, when he learned the butcher's trade and later
owned and operated a market in Waterville, N. Y. He
remained thus engaged until 1869, when he disposed of his
interests and the following year came West and located at
Massillon, where he was given the position of Superintendent
of the Excelsior Agricultural Works, owned by E. B.
Bayless. After various removals, Mr.
Clark entered the employ of Russell & Co., as
Superintendent of outside work, remaining with them for
three years, and at the expiration of that time became the
proprietor of the Fremont House, which he operated for a
twelvemonth.
In 1884, our subject started in his present business on
North Main Street, which has gradually grown until it is now
ranked among the leading enterprises of the city. In
1887, he removed to his large building, which is 80x60 feet
in dimensions and three stories in height. He handles
all kinds of fruit, which he receives direct from the
importers, and in variety and quality can compete with any
establishment in Cleveland or larger cities. He also
keeps on hand in their season all kinds of oysters, and from
this line of business derives a handsome income.
Mr. Clark also is largely engaged in the oil business
and is one of the prominent and progressive citizens of the
place.
The lady who became the wife of our subject in August,
1872, was Miss Ellen Chandler, who was
born in this State. Their family of three children
includes a son and two daughters, namely: William,
Nellie and Florence. Mrs.
Clark is a regular attendant and active member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark is
a public-spirited man and takes great pride in fulfilling
the obligations of life, both great and small, and is highly
esteemed by his business associates. He is a stanch
supporter of the Republican party, and though by no means an
office-seeker, is greatly interested in the welfare of his
party.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Stark County,
Ohio - Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 245 |
AMOS
W. COATES, of Alliance, is one of the prominent and
representative men of Ohio, and throughout the country he is
well known both personally and by reputation as an inventor
and genius. He was born in Marlborough Township, Stark
County, Apr. 24, 1834, and comes of an old Pennsylvania
family. His paternal grandfather was the founder of
Coatesville, Pa. His parents, Amos and Jane B.
(Norris) Coates, were natives of the Keystone State, and
emigrated to Ohio in a moving wagon in 1823, locatin in
Marlborough Township, Stark County, when it was sparsely
settled. Mr. Coates was a man of scholarly
attainments and had charge of an academy in Chester County,
Pa. Subsequently he was a merchant of Philadelphia,
and after coming to Ohio engaged in farming and teaching
school. He was very successful in both pursuits and
accumulated a handsome property, being surrounded in his
later years with all the comforts and many of the luxuries
of life. He had a family of twelve children, our
subject being the seventh son.
Amos W. Coates, of this sketch, completed a
course of study in Marlborough Academy at the age of
seventeen years, after which he spent two years in learning
stove plate and machine casting. He subsequently
formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, J. D.
Arnold, and under the firm name of Arnold & Coates,
began the manufacture of plows and castings in Paris, this
county. The enterprise proved a pecuniary success, and
in the summer of 1855 they added to their foundry the
manufacture of hay rakes, on the old Sander's patent, and in
the latter part of the same year introduced what was
believed to be the first sulky spring-tooth horse hay rake
ever used in Stark County. However, they soon disposed
of their interest in the rake business and for several years
devoted themselves to the manufacture of plows and castings.
During this time, commencing in 1858, Mr. Coates
spent his leisure moments in reading law under the
instruction of Alexander Pierce, of Canton. In
1860, he purchased the factory and foundry, but in the fall
of 1861 sold the same and enlisted in the Fremont Body
Guard, going to St. Louis with a part of a company. On
account of the removal of Gen. Fremont and
disbandment of the guard, he was soon discharged from the
service and returned home.
On Mar. 22, 1859, Mr. Coates wedded Miss Ada
F., the accomplished daughter of A. B. and
Catherine Freer, of Paris, Ohio. Of the nine
children born of their union, six are yet living:
Hallam F., who was graduated from Amherst College, of
Massachusetts, is now Secretary and Superintendent of the
Cambridge Foundry Company, at Cambridge, Ohio; Horatio
was drowned in the city reservoir, Jan. 1, 1880; Ida
is a graduate of the musical department of Mt. Union
College; Nellie is a student of the same college;
hartwell W., Hays K. and Effie are attending the
High School of Alliance.
ON being discharged from the service, Mr. Coates
resumed his law studies and was admitted to the Bar in the
December term of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1862), but did
not enter upon practice. Early in 1863, he repurchased
the Paris Foundry and Plow Works, which he conducted for
about a year. In September, 1864, he removed to
Alliance, Ohio, and began the erection of a portion of the
buildings now occupied by his works, and there continued the
manufacture of plows. In the spring of 1865, he
abandoned this business and embarked in the manufacture of
what is known as the White Hay Rake. In the fall he
invented his lock-lever rake, which was patented in 1867,
and has since continued to manufacture the same, frequently
improving it to keep pace with the ever advancing progress
in farm implements. In the fall of 1867, on account of
his increased business, large additions were made to the
buildings, and again the following year the already
extensive establishment had to be enlarged. In 1869,
the partnership was formed known as Coates, Gray &
Co., the connection being dissolved in 1874, when Mr.
Coates purchased the interest of the other members of
the firm.
Mr. Coates has made many wonderful and useful
inventions, and has secured eight important patents - three
on his lock-lever hay rake, one on a spring seat for the
same, two on guarded scissors, one on a child's
pocket-knife, and one on a water elevator for wells and
cisterns. Applications have come clear from Spain for
his last article. He is also one of the principal
promoters of the Essick telegraph system, which S.
V. Essick patented in 1883. It is now being used
successfully in all parts of the world, and when it is more
widely known will no doubt enter into general use, Stock
companies are being formed in many places with vast capital
for the purpose of operating this system of telegraphy.
In January, 1888, Mr. Coates organized the rake works
into a corporation with a paid-up capital of $60,000.
The reputation of "Coates lock-lever hay and grain
rake" is so thoroughly established that it finds sale in all
parts of the United States and is shipped largely to Europe
and South America. The grounds, buildings and
machinery are valued at about $50,000. Fifty men are
employed, and from $80,000 to $100,000 worth of work is
annually turned out, while the gross sales of the rake alone
have exceeded $1,000,000. At the Paris Exposition in
1878, the Coates lock-lever rake received the only silver
medal and diploma awarded to any horse rake separate from
other foreign implements. The business is now
conducted under the corporation name of The A. W. Coates
Co., and is one of the most substantial manufacturing
enterprises of the State. It stands forth to-day with
a strong reputation and largely increasing patronage.
At a cost of $20,000, in 1877, our subject erected the
Coates Block, one of the finest business blocks in
Alliance, the upper story of which forms a commodious and
elegant public hall that is fitted up as an Odd Fellows'
lodge room.
In the fall of 1875, Mr. Coates was the
candidate on the Republican ticket for State Senator, and,
although the Democratic majority was over one thousand, he
was defeated by only forty-eight votes. This certainly
indicates his prominence and great popularity. He has
been a member of the Alliance City Council, and for a time
was proprietor of the Independent Age, a
journal published in the interest of literature, news and
religion. He is connected with nearly all the secret
societies, including the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd
Fellows, Knights of Honor, and Royal Arcanum, and has held
all the offices of the subordinate lodges except in the
Masonic order. That Mr. Coates is a man
of more than ordinary ability, this record of his successes
shows. In the legitimate channels of business he has
won wealth, and at the same time gained the confidence of
all with whom he has been brought in contact, and their
good-will and respect are his.
Source: Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio - Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892
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A.
BRUCE CORRELL, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
at Canton, Ohio, is a native of Ohio, born in Muskingum
County, near Zanesville, on the 1st of March, 1857, and is
the eldest son born to Daniel A. and Amanda J. (Boies)
Correll, the parents both natives of the Buckeye State,
the former born in Tuscarawas County, and the latter in
Muskingum County. The mother was a daughter of
James Roies. Daniel A. Correll was a traveling
salesman from Pittsburgh for many, and is now engaged in the
meat business in Canton. He is a prosperous business
man, and one who takes a decided interest in all movements
of importance in the county.
The original of this notice passed his boyhood in Odon,
Ind., whiter his parents had moved when he was quite young,
and there he received a thorough training in the common
branches. Later, he went to Loogootee, Ind., and there
he entered the office of the Martin County Herald, w
here he stocked his mind with much and varied information.
A bright young man attends a pretty good school when he
works in a country newspaper office at the case. In
this office he learned the printer's trade, and in 1872 he
returned to Ohio, and at East Palestine took a two-years
course in the High School. Following this, he embarked
in the newspaper business with E. J. Roberts, and
published the Valley Echo for three years. On
the 1st of April, 1882, he came to Canton, and became
foreman for R. A. Cassidy in his job-printing office.
Here he continued until 1889, when he was appointed Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eighteenth District of
Ohio, composed of Summit, Portage and Stark Counties, and
this position he holds at the present time, discharging its
duties in a manner reflecting credit upon himself and the
above-mentioned counties.
On the 15th of May, 1881, Mr. Correll was united
in marriage to Miss Isabel Stobbs, of East Palestine
Ohio, but who was born in New-castle-on-Tyne, England.
Three living children have blessed this union. Mr.
Correll has served two terms as a member of the Board of
Education, and held other local positions. In
politics, our subject is a stanch supporter of the platform
of the Republican party, and takes a very active part in
county and local politics. He was the first Counselor
of Patrick Henry Council, Junior Order of the United
American Mechanics. Mr. Correll resides at No.
4 Newport Street, Canton, and the reputation he enjoys is
not only that of a substantial and progressive citizen, but
of an intelligent and thoroughly-posted man in all public
affairs.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Stark County,
Ohio - Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 513 |
JOSIAH CORRELL. Many pleasant homes
are seen throughout the extent of Stark County, some of
which are of more than ordinary beauty, either in
architectural designs or surroundings. Among those in
Plain Township which are commodious and convenient is that
of Josiah Correll, whose substantial residence is set
in the midst of a neatly trimmed lawn, which makes of it one
of the most beautiful places in the county. It is
furnished in accordance with the taste of the occupants, and
displays the presence of refined womanhood in its
arrangement.
A native of this township, our subject was born on
section 15, the date thereof being Nov. 19, 1836. His
father, John Correll, was born in Adams County, Pa.,
in 1788, and was of German descent, the first
representatives having come to this country from Alsace, and
settled in Pennsylvania. The father of our subject
came with his family of ten children to this county in 1824,
the trip, which was made overland, consuming two weeks.
Here he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the
southwest quarter of section 34, on which the only
improvements we3re a log cabin and barn. He was a hard
worker, and ere long had placed the entire amount under good
tillage, and his well-directed efforts resulted in supplying
his family with a comfortable home and many enjoyments.
He was a member of the Christian Church, and sided in the
organization of the church in Canton, and toward the
erection of the building gave material support. His
death occurred at the age of seventy-one years, three months
and ten days. He was a Democrat in politics until the
appearance of the Republican party, when he joined its
ranks.
The mother of our subject, prior to her marriage, was
Mrs. Elizabeth Lind, and was born in Adams County,
Pa., in 1794. She became the mother of twelve
children, namely: Jacob N., Samuel, John, Catherine,
Fannie, Maria, Ann Eliza, Sarah J., Nancy, Jeremiah,
Margaret and Josiah. Five of the family are now
deceased. The wife and mother, who survived her
husband a number of years, departed this life in March,
1875, when eight-one years of age. She, too, was a
member of the Christian Church.
The original of this sketch received a limited
education, owing to the comparatively rude surroundings of
his boyhood. The early public schools of Ohio having
on their curriculum only the common branches, he was well
grounded in these, and being imbued with native intelligence
and a desire for information, he has by reading, observation
and experience become well informed. The natural beat
of his mind and early training combined to lead him to
farming as his life work, and after his marriage, Mar. 20,
1862, he took charge of the home place for one year, and
then, removing to this township, purchased fifty acres of
land, and there resided until 1866, when he traded for the
tract which he now occupies. The estate comprises
ninety-two and one-half acres of land, the greater portion
of which is placed under excellent cultivation, and which
gives indication that the owner is determined to make his
home pleasant as well as remunerative. His
intelligence, enterprising nature and honorable dealing have
given him an excellent standing in both business and social
circles, and caused him to be classed among the
representative agriculturists of the county.
The maiden name of our subject's wife was Mary E.
Mentzer, and she was born in this township, Mar. 9,
1838. She is the daughter of David and Christena
(Hull) Mentzer. To Mr. and Mrs. Correll
have been granted a family of five children, namely:
Charles G., who is married and makes his home on a
farm in the township; Edwin S., Ada M., Nettie J.,
and Lillie L., at home. Besides raising the
cereals which are best adapted to the soil of his estate,
our subject buys horses every fall, which he feeds during
the winter, and then sells at a handsome profit in the
spring. In 1891, he shipped a carload to Boston, where
they were sold. He has stock in the new imperial Brick
Company, and judging from the superior article which they
manufacture it is destined to take a high place among the
industries in this section.
Mr. and Mrs. Correll are members of the
Christian Church in Canton, and it is their constant
endeavor to order their lives aright, and to train their
children in the way they should go. In politics, our
subject votes with the Republican party. He has been
very successful in life, and owns residence property on
Logan, Aultman and South Cleveland Avenues in Canton.
His fellow-citizens hold him in great respect, and upon
their solicitation he has held the office of Road Supervisor
for six years, being now the incumbent of that position, and
during that time has done much to add to the comfort of the
traveling public by the good improvements which he has
projected and carried to completion.
Source: Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio - Chicago -
Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 479 |
SAMUEL
L. CORRELL. Pleasantly located in Plain
Township is a home supplied with many comforts, and the
center from which the influences of a happy domestic life
emanates. It is occupied by the gentleman whose name
introduces this paragraph, who during the time with which he
has been identified with its interests has been engaged in
agricultural pursuits, and has manifested the qualities of
true manhood and won an honorable name among his fellow-men.
Samuel L. Correll is ranked among the prominent
agriculturists of this section, and is descended from an old
pioneer family in the county. He was born in
Harrisburg, this State, Dec. 25, 1852, and is a son of
Samuel Correll, Sr., who was born Mar. 10, 1815, in
Adams County, Pa. Grandfather John Correll was
of German descent, and was also born in the Keystone State,
the date thereof being Jan. 5, 1788. He was a farmer
by occupation, and July 17, 1831, landed with his family in
this county, our subject having in his possession a portion
of the wagon which was used on that eventful trip. His
wealth in money when arriving in this county consisted of
$2,200, which was hid in a chest, and carried on the front
bolster of the wagon. This old relic of pioneer times
is also owned by our subject. John Correll
purchased a farm in this county and, leasing another, at
once began the active operations of a farmer. His
property, however, was only partially developed at the time
of his decease, which occurred Apr. 15, 1859. He was a
member of the Christian Church, and enjoyed the good-will of
the people among whom he lived. Until 1856, he voted
with the Democratic party, and on the organization of the
Republican party, joined its ranks.
The grandmother of our subject bore the maiden name of
Elizabeth Lind, and, like her husband she too, was a
native of Pennsylvania, and was born July 10, 1793.
Her family of twelve children bore the respective names of
Jacob N., Samuel, John, Catherine, Fannie, Maria, Anna
E., Sarah J., Nancy, Jeremiah, Margaret and Josiah.
The grandmother was also a member of the Christian Church,
and died Mar. 1, 1875.
The father of our subject was a young man in his
nineteenth year on making his advent into this county, and,
learning the trade of a farmer, followed it until 1864.
In 1839, he established a tannery in Harrisburg, where he
built up an extensive trade, shipping the greater portion of
his manufactures to Cleveland. He moved on what is now
the farm of our subject in 1863, having bought the interests
of the other heirs three years previous. There he
farmed very successfully until 1881, when, in the fall of
that year, he removed to Canton, where he is living retired
from active life. The lady to whom he was married,
Dec. 31, 1810, was Miss Lucetta DePuy; she was born
in Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of John H. DePuy,
a relative in Chauncey M. Depew of New York, but who
spelled his name differently. The mother of our
subject was brought to this county by her parents when quite
young, and by her marriage with Samuel Correll were
born seven children, of whom the following five are living:
John H., William W., Emma E., Julia A., and Samuel L.
Edson L. and Lucetta are deceased. The wife
and mother, who died Dec. 27, 1883, was a devoted member of
the Methodist Church.
He of whom we write remained in Harrisburg until ten
years of age, when he received his preliminary education in
the early schools, and when eighteen years of age entered
the Mt. Union College, where he took one term of the
literary course. In 1870, he again became a student in
that institution, this time entering the commercial
department, from which he was graduated in the spring of
1871. When ready to establish a home of his own, he
was married, Sept. 22, 1881, to Miss Lena Wettach,
who was born in Lake Township, this county, Sept. 3, 1857.
She was the daughter of Frederick J. and Magdalena
(Bricker) Wettach, both of whom were born in the city of
Berue, Switzerland. There they were married, and after
becoming the parents of four children, came to America, and
making their way directly to this State, located near
Greensburgh, Summit County. Later, they took up their
abode in this county, where Mr. Wettach plied his
trade of a cabinetmaker, together with the operations of his
farm. He died in Lake Township in 1879, while his good
wife, who is still living, makes her home in Uniontown.
To Mr. and Mrs. Correll have been born two
children, Laura and Hugh. The old home
farm, of which he is the proprietor, comprises our hundred
and sixty-two acres of finely-improved soil, which he is
cultivating in a most profitable manner. He devoted
his attention to mixed farming, and keeps on his place a
good grade of all kinds of stock. He has on his estate
a large frame residence, which is conveniently fitted up,
together with a good barn, granary, and all the necessary
building to be found on a first-class estate. He has
carried on his work with untiring industry, which has been
seconded by sound judgment in regard to business matters,
and he has, therefore, been much prospered. His
political affiliations are with the Republicans, and we
always find him favoring every movement that will in any way
benefit the township and county.
Source: Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio - Chicago -
Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 460 |
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