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Biographies
Source:
A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio
by
Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren - Vol. II - Illustrated
Published by The Lewis
Publishing Company - Chicago
1909
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EDWARD CLARE CALDWELL, a
representative of the legal profession practicing at Niles, Ohio,
was born in Warren, Ohio, May 19, 1881, a son of Frank E.
Caldwell, a native of Trumbull county, horn at Bristolville.
His father, James Caldwell, grandfather of Edwin
Clare, was one of the pioneers of Trumbull county, who came
to the county by boat, up the Ohio river.
Frank E. Caldwell married Matilda E. Geffrey,
a native of Trumbull county, Ohio. Her father, William H. Geffrey,
was born in England and there married. At an early day he went
to Warren, Ohio, but subsequently settled at Mecca and was married
in Trumbull county, afterward locating in Tuscarawas county; he then
moved back to Trumbull county, settling in Mecca township on a farm,
from which later he moved to Warren, where he was deputy county
clerk and deputy sheriff. After running for the office three
times, he was elected sheriff, which position he filled for four
years, from 1898 to 1902. He was secretary and treasurer of
the Warren Hardware Company for a time and owns a farm on which he
is breeding horses. He resides, however, in Warren.
There were two children in the family — Edwin Clare
and a sister, Amy Blanch, at home, keeping house for
her father, the faithful wife and good mother having died in 1892.
Edwin Clare Caldwell, only son and youngest
child of Frank Caldwell and wife, was educated in Warren at
the common and high schools, and later graduated from Adelbert
College, in 1902, attending four years. He then entered and
graduated from the Western Reserve University law department in
1905. He first located in Cleveland, where he practiced law
until 1907 and then located at Niles. Mr. Caldwell
is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, at Niles, and a member of
the college fraternity known as Delta Tan Delta; also of the Phi
Delta Phi fraternity, a legal college society. In his legal
practice, he has won distinction and is classed among the dignified
and broad-minded attorneys of Trumbull county, who has come into
practice since the retirement of the older class of practitioners,
who formerly carried the honors of the bar in this section of Ohio.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County,
Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 -
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GEORGE L. CAMPBELL,
a pioneer settler and a real estate and insurance agent at Niles,
Ohio, was born at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1844, a
son of George and Polly (McConnell) Campbell. The
father was born in Liberty township, Trumbull county, and the mother
in Weathersfield township, of the same county. The grandfather
Campbell, one of the pioneers of this county, was a farmer,
and was born in Ireland. The maternal grandfather, John
McConnell, also a farmer by occupation, was a native of
Scotland. George L. Campbell's parents were united in
marriage in Trumbull county, and located at Mineral Ridge, where
they reared the following family: John, Allen, Calvin, Alexander,
George L., Martin and Nancy J., wife of John Leavitt,
of Youngstown, Ohio.
George L. Campbell was the seventh child and sixth
son. He was reared and educated in his native place, and
remained at home assisting his parents until he embarked in the
grocery business; later he ran a livery barn at Sharpsville,
Pennsylvania. In 1876 he engaged in the real estate business,
coupled with insurance. Along with this he served for eight
years as superintendent of the city water and light plat of Niles.
In his political choice Mr. Campbell favors
Republican party principles. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, being a Master Mason at Niles, and also belongs to the
Elks of that place. He is a life-long resident of Niles and
Trumbull county, and comes of pioneer stock.
In the month of October, 1868, Mr.
Campbell was married to Mary Garside, daughter of
Benjamin and Cordelia Garside, Canfield, Mahoning county,
Ohio. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell:
James B., state agent for an insurance company; Charles L.,
residing in Niles; George E., connected with a wholesale
grocery house; Nellie L., at home; and Cordelia, wife
of L. J. Campbell, who has one child, Uretta Place
Campbell, born in 1906, at New Haven, Connecticut.
Source: A Twentieth Century History
of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing
Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 124 |
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JOHN CAMPBELL,
postmaster at Warren, Trumbull county, not only represents a family
whose activities are woven into the pioneer history of Ohio, but is
intimately associated with the McKinleys, being himself a
cousin of the lamented president. He was born in Niles, this
county, on the 2nd of October, 1830, son of David Campbell, a
native of Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio, who came hither in 1825
with William McKinley, the father of the future chief
executive of the United States. The two neighbors and friends
were first associated in the conduct of the old Eaton furnace, and
engaged for some time in the manufacture of charcoal iron.
About ten years thereafter David Campbell removed to Akron,
Ohio, and subsequently operated various furnaces at Millville (seven
years) and Salem (two years.) He then returned to Niles, and
for the remainder of his active life was connected with various
sawmill enterprises at that place, Vienna, Bristol and Fowler, his
death occurring in the town last named, at the age of seventy-nine.
President McKinley's mother and the father of
Postmaster Campbell were first cousins, and the father of the
late president and Mr. Campbell's mother (Elizabeth
McKinley) were brother and sister.
Mrs. David Campbell was born in Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of James McKinley.
Her parents died at South Bend, Indiana, and as they were separated
by death for only two hours, they were buried in the same grave.
They also were about the same age, seventy-nine years. They
had given eight children to the world, seven of whom reached
maturity and three of whom are living at this writing - Sarah,
Aldrich and Alexander.
Postmaster Campbell is the
second child and the second son of his family, and he remained at
home assisting his father until he himself married, at the age of
twenty-two, and established a household of his own. By his
first wife (nee Losina Jordan), who died in 1856, he had two
children: Charles, now deceased, and Lewis, an
Ashtabula county farmer. In 1866 Mr. Campbell married
as his second wife Miss Eliza E. Kingdom, and their four
children were as follows: Frederick, deceased; George D.,
a resident of Washington; Allen J., assistant postmaster of
Warren; and Alice J., now Mrs. F. H. Buchanan, of
Terre Haute, Indiana, whose husband has been connected with the
Vandalia Railroad for more than fifteen years, his present position
being that of signal inspector. The two children of the
Campbell family last mentioned (Allen and Alice)
are twins.
The postmaster commenced his active business life in
1862, when he became connected with the sawmill business at North
Bloomfield, Ohio, and afterward built and operated a cheese factory
at the same place. He then entered the hotel field, conducting
various houses at North Bloomfield, Orwel, Youngstown and Warren,
his career in this line at Warren covering a period of twelve years.
Mr. Campbell's long business experience and his natural
sociability made him an ideal landlord, added greatly to his
popularity, and caused his appointment to the postmastership, Apr.
1, 1900, to be an act most gratifying to his old friends and fellow
citizens. His kinsman, President McKinley, appointed
him to his first term and his marked resemblance to the honored and
beloved chief executive materially increased the warmth with which
the citizens of Warren always looked upon McKinley and his
administration. It seemed like a strong and intimate bond of
union stretching from Warren to Washington, and no part of the
country was plunged into more profound grief over the tragedy which
so shocked the world.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio -
Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page
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MRS.
RUBIE CANFIELD, widow of the late Whitney L. Canfield,
of Hartford township, for many years assisted her husband in the
conduct of their farms. Mr. Canfield was a native of
this township, born Dec. 22, 1833. His father, Levi
Canfield, came from the state of Connecticut and settled in
Trumbull county in the pioneer period of its history.
Whitney L., was reared and educated in Hartford township, and
Mar. 14, 1868, was united in marriage to Miss Rubie Bates, a
daughter of Samuel and Emily (Mason) Bates. Mrs. Canfield's
mother was born in New York state and her father was a native of
Connecticut. Her parents came to Hartford township in 1824 and
here Mrs. Canfield was born and passed her entire life.
There were three brothers in her family: Samuel, John and
Linus.
Whitney L. Canfield was a Republican and served for
some time as trustee of the township. He was a Mason and was
identified with Jerusalem Lodge No. 19, of Hartford, and both he and
his wife were active members of the Disciple church, in which for
many years he served as deacon. Mr. and Mrs. Canfield
had no children, but received a girl into their household and reared
her as their own daughter, and she married Augustus Hyde.
Their adopted daughter and her husband now live with Mrs.
Canfield, who superintend the farm which she and her husband
improved and developed together.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County,
Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 -
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CHARLES C. CHRYST - Endowed by
nature with keen mental faculties, and possessing the energy,
ability and tact necessary to insure business success, Charles C.
Chryst is an important factor in promoting the material
interests of the city of Warren, being widely known as the secretary
and treasurer of the Warren Provision Company. A native of
Trumbull county, he was born Sept. 12, 1856, in Weathersfield
township, a son of S. E. Chryst, and is the eldest of a
family of three children, the others being Judge F. S. Chryst,
and a sister, Blanche, now deceased.
Receiving his elementary education in the Warren
schools, Charles C. Chryst completed his early studies in
Meadville, attending the Alleghany College. Embarking in
business for himself when young, he was for twelve years proprietor
of the Park Hotel. He has for thirty-four years been actively
employed in business in Warren, and since the organization of the
Warren Provision Company, in 1904, has served as its secretary and
treasurer, his father being president of the company. Mr.
Chryst holds, also, other positions of trust and responsibility,
being secretary and treasurer of the Realty and Trust Company,
president of the Riverside Recreation Company, a member of the
Warren Board of Trade, and proprietor of the Hotel Topliff, of
Elyria, Ohio. Public-spirited and enterprising, he has ever taken an
interest in promoting and advancing beneficial projects, and was
secretary of the Good Roads Committee, and the originator of the
movement that resulted in the building of sixty miles of macadamized
roads in this locality, one of the greatest possible benefits to the
community.
Mr. Chryst married, in 1901, Elizabeth Tuohy,
a native of Trumbull county. Fraternally Mr. Chryst is a
member of Warren Lodge No. 295, B. P. O. E., and of the Knights of
Pythias.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County,
Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 -
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C. I.
CLINITE. - A man of energy, industry and perseverance,
endowed with much mechanical ability and ingenuity, C. I. Clinite,
of Warren, is busily and successfully engaged in business as a
contractor and builder, his home being at No. 68 West Market street,
Warren. A son of John Clinite, he was born April 29,
1852, in Fowler, Trumbull county, coming from substantial pioneer
stock, his Grandfather Cinite having located in Trumbull
county on coming to the United States from Germany, in the early
part of the last century.
Born in Germany, John Clinite was but two years
old when he was brought to Ohio. He was reared to agricultural
pursuits, and when ready to establish a home of his own located in
Warren township, where he carried on general farming for some time.
He subsequently moved with his family to Fowler, and there spent his
last years. He married Lucy Baker, who was born in
Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, of German ancestry, being a daughter of
Philip Baker, who was born in Germany.
With the exception of a few years spent in Union City,
Randolph county, Indiana, C. I. Clinite has always been a
resident of Trumbull county. He was educated in Warren,
attending the graded and high schools. At the age of eighteen
years he began learning the trade of a brick layer, and after
becoming proficient in it almost the first work that he did was on
the present Methodist Episcopal church edifice. For thirteen
years Mr. Clinite was in the employ of J. R. Sealy,
and was afterwards foreman, in Youngstown, for Thomas Connell.
Forming then a partnership with R. S. Elliott, he was
associated with him for six years, carrying on a lucrative business
as a contractor and builder. Sine the death of Mr. Elliott,
Mr. Clinite has conducted the business alone, in his operations
being uniformly successful, being one of the leading contractors of
the city.
Mr. Clinite married, in 1874, Rebecca Mesmer,
and to them two daughters have been born, namely: Mary, wife
of C. L. Schoroer, of Warren, and Helen, wife of A.
. Ohl, of Warren. A zealous advocate of the principles of
the Republican party, Mr. Clinite has acceptably filled many
local offices, serving in the City Council and on the City Board of
Health. He is a prominent member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and takes great interest in promoting its welfare.
He is widely known throughout Trumbull county, and has erected many
buildings of note, among them being the Christian Church building,
the First Church building, the Wallace and Parker blocks, and other
buildings in Warren.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County,
Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 -
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HON.
ROLLIN A. COBB,
a leader in the business and
industrial life of Warren and a prominent Republican in the section
of Ohio, is a native of Jamestown, New York, born on the 2nd of
December, 1852. His father, Norval B. Cobb, was also
born in that town, where he was reared and educated, migrating
westward in 1860 and locating in the West Mecca oil district of
Trumbull county. There he engaged in the oil business until
his retirement in 1873, when he returned to Jamestown, where he
passed the balance of his life, dying at the age of fifty-six.
The mother, known before marriage as Amelia M. Lord, was a
native of England, her father coming to the United States when she
was eighteen years of age and settling with other members of the
family at Busti, Chautauqua county, New York. Mrs. Norval
B. Cobb, a resident of Jamestown. The Cobb family
is of good New England stock, the paternal grandfather Adam B.
Cobb, being a native of Vermont and in his mature life became an
early settler of Jamestown, New York.
Rollin A. Cobb was eight years of age when his
parents removed from Jamestown to the oil fields of Trumbull county,
and he received all the education which he has ever imbibed from
regular school teachers at what was known as the Red school house of
district No. 2, at Mecca. At the age of nineteen years he
located at Warren, his first employment there being as a clerk in
the drug store of H. G. Stratton and Company, in which firm
he afterward became a partner. He was also an independent
proprietor in the business at various points. In 1881 he
removed to Alliance, but disposing of his store there, returned to
Warren and became identified with The Winfield Manufacturing
company, of which he was secretary and treasurer for twenty-five
years and with which he is still associated as a director,
vice-president and leading stockholder. He is also
vice-president and director of The Western Reserve Furniture
Company, president and director of The Enterprise Electric Company
and vice-president of The Union National Bank. Outside of his
large and expanding industrial and financial interests, Mr. Cobb
is prominent in the field of Republican politics, for several years
past having greatly extended his influence in public affairs.
His nomination for representative to the state legislature from
Trumbull county in 1908 is evidence positive of the above statement.
In strictly local matters he is also active in fraternal and
charitable circles; in Masonry he has reached the Knight Templar
degree, and is secretary and treasurer of the Warren City Hospital
Association, of which he is also a trustee.
In 1879 Mr. Cobb was united in marriage to
Miss Lucy P. Stiles, daughter of William R. Stiles of
Warren, to whom have been born William S., Norval H.
and Elizabeth A. Cobb.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County,
Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 -
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