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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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W. GEORGE LANE
 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 - Page 54
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JAMES R. LEACH
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 - Page 166 |
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JEREMIAH H. LEAMING
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 - Page 266 |
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ANDREW
J. LEITCH, M. D., who died on the 7th of May, 1904, was a
native of Donegal, Ireland, born Jan. 22, 1848, but when only four
years of age he was brought by his parents, Robert and Elizabeth
Leitch, to America, the family locating on a farm in the
southwestern part of Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, Ohio,
where Dr. Leitch grew to manhood in the manner of most of the
lads of his time and location, working, playing and attending the
country schools during a few months of each year.
As a young man he entered Hiram College, of which
James A. Garfield was principal, but who then little dreamed of
the future honors awaiting him as the President of the United
States. While yet a student in that college young Leitch
conceived the idea of becoming a physician, and without remaining
for graduation entered the Western Reserve College at Cleveland,
Ohio, where he pursued courses in medicine and graduated with the
class of 1871. Within a few weeks after his graduation he
became a practicing physician at Niles, Ohio, and although at that
time just entering the threshold of manhood he was soon in
possession of a good practice and within a decade or less he ranked
with the ablest in his profession in the autumn of 1898 to engage in
the iron business. The medical profession of this county had
numbered him among its faithful devotees during the long period of
twenty-seven years, and his name will long be remembered for the
excellent work he accomplished.
In company with R. G. Sykes, Dr. Leitch
purchased the sheet and galvanizing mill in Hammond, Indiana, but a
year and a half later he sold the mill to the United States Steel
Corporation. This was just four years prior to his death, and
returning to Niles he again identified himself with the manifold
industries of the city. He was one of the incorporators of the
First National Bank in 1889, ever afterward remaining a stockholder
in that institution, and he was its president from 1901 until the
time of his death. He was also a stockholder in the Bostwick
Still Lath Plant and at one time its president, and was a director
in the Ohio Galvanizing and Manufacturing Company, and treasurer of
the Eureka Springs Cattle Company, of Phoenix, Arizona. He was
also interested in the Bradshaw China Company, the Niles Car
Manufactory and the Standard Electric Works. But however great
was his business relations he never neglected his duties as a
citizen and filled several local offices with honor and
faithfulness. He was made a member of the Niles city council,
in which he served in the capacity of treasurer, and was the first
president of the board of public safety. Fraternally he was
associated with the Masonic order at Niles and Warren, affiliating
with the Knights Templar at the latter place and with the Trumbull
Council of the Royal Arcanum at Niles. In church faith he was
identified with the Presbyterian denomination and was a lover of its
sacred institutions. His life, although short in duration, was
replete with good deeds toward his fellow men, and he was known and
honored for his loyalty to home and native land. He died of
paralysis at ten o'clock on Saturday evening of May 7, 1904.
He was married in 1881, at Niles, to Ella M. Ward,
and they became the parents of the following children:
Harriet E., Isabella, Florence E., Alma G., Robert Andrew, and
Paul Ward. Harriet, the eldest, is a graduate of the
Niles high school, the Rayen school of Youngstown, and of Smith
College at Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied for four
years. Isabella graduated at the Rayen school and then
attended the Emma Willard school, in Troy, New York.
She also graduated from the Pittsburg Kindergarten College, and is
now connected with the Pittsburg Kindergarten Association in that
city. Florence, after graduating from the Rayen school
in Youngstown, attended the Rye Seminary, at Rye, New York, where
she pursed a musical course. Alma is now attending
Oberlin College, Robert is at Hiram College and
Paul is at home. At of the children received their early
educational training in the Niles public schools.
Mrs. Leitch was born in Wheeling, West Virginia,
a daughter of Volney and Eliza Ann (McCombs) Ward. She
received her educational training in the graded and high schools of
Warren, and at the Poland Union Seminary, and taught both in Niles
and in Warren.
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 - Page 15 ok |
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JOHN G. LEITCH
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 - Page 110 |
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L. G. LELAND
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 - Page 101 |
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ELMER A. LEWIS,
who is a retired farmer living on his farm in Vienna township,
Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in Fowler township, Dec. 20, 1850, a
son of Abraham and Lucia (Vahn) Lewis, both of whom were
natives to Trumbull county. The father was born in 1817 and
the mother in 1824. The paternal grandfather, Abraham Lewis
was a native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and among the early
settlers in this township. He located on a farm, and there
cultivated the soil until his death. Abraham Lewis
remained at home until he had nearly reached his majority, then
engaged in business at Youngstown, Ohio, doing a machine business
for about two years, when he went onto a farm in Fowler township.
Here he remained for the long period of sixty years, then sold and
moved to Vienna township. Subsequently, he moved to Brookfield
township and there he died about 1900. His wife died in 1905;
she was then residing near Warren.
Elmer A. Lewis remained at home with his parents
until twenty-one years of age, working on the farm on shares for
about four years, after which he removed to a thirty-three acre
farm, where he now resides, which was given his wife at the death of
her father. To this they have added about as much more land,
and here Mr. Lewis carries on general farming. He has
been in ill health for several years and does not attempt to do hard
manual labor. His two youngest sons carry on the farm, under
their father's management. In his political views, Mr.
Lewis is a Republican.
He was united in marriage, Oct. 4, 1875, to Hellen
Boys, born in liberty township, Jan. 9, 1854, a daughter of
Hiram G. and Elsie (Wellman) Boys. The father was born in
Liberty township in 1827 and the mother in Vienna township in 1834.
He was of Irish descent, and an early settler in this township,
following farming for a livelihood. He died in Vienna township.
He married at the age of twenty-one years, and moved to the Perkins
farm in Howland township, where he resided until the death of his
wife, after which sad event he engaged in the butchering business
for a year or so. He then married again and went into the
hotel business in Sharon, Pennsylvania, continuing there for four
years, when he went to Youngstown, Ohio, and followed the same
business two years longer. He next moved to a farm in Liberty
township, where he farmed successfully for about eight years, after
which he engaged in teaming and transfer work, at Youngstown, Ohio,
where he was killed by a passing train, about one year later.
To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were born nine children:
Elsie L., born June 9, 1876, married A. W. Ferry,
residing at Phalanx, Ohio; Fred, born June 6, 1880, married
Grace Burlingame, and is engaged in the grocery trade at
Warren, Ohio; Mina Olera, born Jan. 16, 1884, wife of Jess
Williams, residing in Vienna, and he is engaged there in the saw
mill business and is a mechanic; Mary Susan, born Apr. 6,
1885, wife of Floyd Ward, residing in Warren, a machinist by
trade; Katherine, born Aug. 22, 1886, unmarried and resides
at Dixmont, Pennsylvania; Ruth Helen and Roy (twins);
Hiram G., born Mar. 28, 1892, at home. Edna, the
second born in this family, was born in 1879 and died in 1890.
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 - Page 265 |
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JAMES G. LEWIS.
- During many years the Lewis family have been honored
residents of Trumbull county, and during later years have been
conspicuously identified with the public life of Girard.
Edward J. Lewis, the father of James G., was born in
Weathersfield township of Trumbull county Jan. 20, 1860, but his
father, J. E. Lewis, was from Wales.
On coming to America in 1836 he established his home in
Pennsylvania, and later became numbered among the early pioneers of
Trumbull county, Ohio, where he found employment as a
bookkeeper and was also associated with Todd and Morris
in the mining business. He lived to the age of sixty-four
years, and was laid to rest among others of the honored early
pioneers of Trumbull county. His politics were Democratic and
his fraternal relations were with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. In his early life J. E. Lewis married Sarah
Perry, who was of Welsh descent, but a native daughter of
Pomeroy, Ohio.
Edward J. Lewis is the younger of the two sons
born to J. E. and Sarah Lewis, and in his native township of
Weathersfield he grew to mature years and received his educational
training. When but a lad of ten he started out for himself,
working for a time at any honorable occupation that presented itself
and thus became familiar with many lines of work, principal among
which was the milling business, which he followed for sixteen years.
From 1892 until 1899 he was engaged in the coal business, and in
1898 he was appointed by President Lincoln as the
postmaster of Girard, and is now serving his third term in that
office. He is a stanch and true Republican, an efficient
worker for his party's interest,
and he is well known in the county in which his life has been spent.
In 1880 Edward J. Lewis was married to Elizabeth Williams,
whose birth also occurred in the township of Weathersfield, but her
father, Richard W. Williams, was born in Wales. Coming to the
United States he established his home in Weathersfield township,
Trumbull county, Ohio, during the early history of this community,
and soon became one of its well known residents. Six children
were born to Edward J. and Elizabeth Lewis, - James
G., Bessie, Adessa, John T., Richard W. and Edna.
James G. Lewis is a native born
son of Girard, his birth occurring on the 22nd of September,
1881, and here he was reared and received his elementary educational
training, this being supplemented by a course at Hall's Commercial
College at Youngstown. He is now serving his ninth year as the
assistant postmaster of Girard and his second term as the city
treasurer. Like his father, he is an active party worker in
the interest of Republican politics, and in addition to his official
duties he is an able newspaper correspondent for several journals.
He is a member of the Masonic order, of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Royal Arcanum.
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 - Page 427 |
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LYNN W. LOOMIS
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 - Page 385 |
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D. S. LOTZ
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 - Page 211 |
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CHARLES B. LOVELESS
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 - Page 64 |
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SETH L. LOVE
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 - Page 425 |
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WARREN W. LYNN
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 - Page 370 |
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