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Biographies
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with a
Biography of
each, together with Portraits and Biographies of Joshua R. Giddings,
Benjamin F. Wale,
and a large number of the Early Settlers and Representative
Families of to-day.
Published: Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1893
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JAMES
H. BEAN, a dentist at Girard, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born
in Lagrange county, Indiana, Jan. 30, 1859, a son of John and
Mary (Berry) Bean, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and
Indiana. James H., one of a family of nine children,
five now living, was reared to farm life, and educated in the public
and high schools of Lagrange. He began the study of dentistry
in 1886, with Dr. A. C. Beecher, of that city, with whom he
remained two years. For the following two years Mr. Bean
was engaged in the practice of his profession, and then entered the
Dental College at Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating at that institution,
in 1893. Since that time he has practiced dentistry in Girard,
Trumbull county.
June 10, 1891, Dr. Bean was united in marriage
with Miss Della Smart, a native of Lagrange county, Indiana,
and a daughter of Richard W. and Carolina (Thurston) Smart,
natives of England and Indiana. They had five children:
Dellin D., Ada, Hannah, Bryson, and an infant, who died young.
Our subject and was have one child, Mary Vivian Viola.
Dr. Bean is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the S. of V.
Religiously, the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 552 |
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C.
W. BUTLER, proprietor of the leading grocery store of Niles,
was born in this city, Apr. 21, 1863, a son of Miles G. and
Elizabeth (Battles) Butler. The father was born in Mercer
county, Pennsylvania, was a salesman for the Mahoning Valley Iron
Company for sixteen years, was a member of the Travelers' Protective
Association, and was a man highly respected by all who knew him.
His death occurred Mar. 5, 1892, at the age of fifty-four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Butler had seven children, viz.: Allie May,
wife of L. H. Cook, of Cleveland; Charles W., our
subject; I. E.., on the old home farm; Ella, wife of
Charles Gearing, of Warren; James P., of Niles,
Mary Zell; and Laura Belle, deceased at the age of eleven
years.
C. W. Butler, the subject of this sketch,
received his education in the high schools of Niles. He was
first employed by Young Brothers for a time, next by
McConnell & Church about four years, was with George C.
Campbell & Company, and also with L. S. Cole & Company.
Mr. Butler has had about ten years' experience
in the grocery business. He now carries a full line of fish,
staple and fancy groceries, and is one of the most popular business
men of Niles.
Oct. 14, 1884, at Girard, he was united in marriage
with Dora B. a daughter of Joseph and Caroline Lintz.
They have one child, Charles Raymond. In political
matters, Mr. Butler affiliates with the Republican party, and
socially is a member of the Knights of Pythias, No. 138, of Niles.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 547 |
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J.
G. BUTLER, JR. - One of the names which is destined to go
down to posterity connected with the industrial iron world is that
of J. G. Butler, whose energy and enterprise have greatly
aided in the upbuilding of Youngstown and the entire Mahoning
valley. It is so much men as he that the great corporations
which are now in so prosperous a condition here own their success,
and it is proper that a record, however short, be preserved of the
life of so important a factor in the city's history.
Mr. Butler is a native of the Keystone State,
having been born in Mercer county, that State, Dec. 21, 1840, a son
of J. G. and Temperance (Orwig) Butler, both natives of
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Prior to leaving Pennsylvania in
1842, the father of our subject was connected with the iron works in
Mercer county, and pursued the same business in Trumbull county, but
retired from active business several years ago, having attained the
advanced age of eighty years, his wife being seventy-seven
years old. After coming to Ohio Mr. Butler was elected Sheriff
of Trumbull county, from 1861 to 1865, in which capacity he served
his constituents most acceptably.
Coming to Illinois with his parents in 1842, our
subject has remained here ever since, gradually rising from the
bottom of the ladder to the topmost rung, from which proud eminence
he can now look back with pride upon the weary ascent. In 1863
he removed to Youngstown and engaged in the iron works of Brown,
Bonnell & Co., representing Hale & Ayer, large owners in
the enterprise, with whom he remained until 1866, when he became
partner in the Girard Iron Company, of Girard, Ohio, with
Governor David Tod, William Ward and William Richards,
and continued this association until 1878, when he became the
general manager of the Briar Hill Iron and Coal Company, in which
capacity he has continued ever since. He is also interested in
the Ohio Steel Company, of which he is vice-president, which will
employ more than 1,000 operatives, and is president of the Bessemer
Limestone Company, which company was incorporated Apr. 26, 1888,
with a capital stock of $60,000, the following officers being
elected: J. G. Butler, President; Charles M. Crook,
Secretary and Treasurer; and J. D. Shilling, Superintendent.
The company at present operates three distinct quarries, which now
have an annual output of 250.000 tons, which could be increased to
nearly double that amount if necessary, and at present 150
operatives are employed. He is also president of the Mahoning
and Shenango Valley Iron Manufacturers' Association and a member of
the British Iron and Steel Institute.
The marriage of Mr. Butler occurred in 1866,
when he was united with Miss Harriet V. Ingersoll, a daughter
of Jonathan Ingersoll, a lieutenant in the United States Navy
and a resident of Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Three children have
been born of this marriage, namely: Blanche, wife of E. L.
Ford, superintendent of the Youngstown Steel Company, a resident
of the city; Grace, wife of Arthur McGraw, cashier of
Park, Davis & Co., a resident of Detroit; and Henry
A., a graduate of the Rayen public school, now attending Harvard
University. Mrs. Butler and her children are members of
the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, in which body they are
esteemed and valued factors.
Having devoted his entire life to the pursuit of this
particular line of business, Mr. Butler is an authority upon
all matters pertaining to iron, and the honorable methods upon which
he has always conducted all his transactions have commended him to
the favor and patronage of a large circle of friends, while to his
energy and foresight is due much of the prosperity of the mammoth
concerns with which he is connected. Possessing the
qualifications necessary to success, combined with the strictest
sense of honor, Mr. Butler has won for himself the confidence
of all with whom he has had business relations, and he is most
justly regarded as a leading and representative exponent of the
great iron interests of Youngstown and the Mahoning valley.
Although not active in political matters, he is a strong Republican,
and embraces every opportunity to further the interests of that
organization. His home, which is a model of elegance and
refinement, contains the finest private collection of paintings in
the State, Mr. Butler being an authority on the fine arts,
and the exquisite taste displayed in its furnishings and
appointments render it one of the finest residences in the entire
city. Mr. Butler is a man of whom it would be difficult
to say too much in praise, as he possesses all the qualities which
make a noble and perfect man, while his pleasant, genial manner and
address have gained for him friends wherever he is known. To
such men as Mr. Butler is due the prosperity of a community,
and Youngstown has reason to congratulate itself upon its good
fortune in possessing so public-spirited and enterprising a citizen
within its limits as J. B. Butler.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing
the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 467 |
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