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BIOGRAPHIES.
 Source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties,
Ohio
Published: Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bros.
VOLUME I
1882 CHAPTER XIV.
VIENNA TOWNSHIP
Trumbull County, Ohio
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JAMES J. AND
ELIZA HUMASON.
James Julius Humason was born in the city
of Hartford, Connecticut, Sept. 27, 1801. His parents,
James and Honor Humason, removed from Connecticut to Ohio
and settled in Brookfield township. Their family consisted
of Leonard, Henrietta, Maria, James J., Mary, and
Laura Sterne. Soon after his settlement in Brookfield
Jacob Humason died, and the family removed to Vienna,
where Mrs. Humason died Aug. 3, 1843, aged seventy-three
years.
James Julius Humason taught district
school and followed other employments in the summer. He
was married Apr. 12, 1829, to Eliza Woodford, a daughter
of Darius and Bathiah Woodford. This introduces us
to one of the largest and most respected families in the
township. Four of the sons of Isaac Woodford
settled in Trumbull county. Isaac, Jr., was for
many years deacon in the Vienna Presbyterian church; he had a
family of fourteen children. Sylvester Woodford had
thirteen children; he removed from Vienna to Sandusky county in
1832 and died the following year. Sidney settled in
Farmington township and afterwards removed to Mantua; he was one
of the founders of West Farmington seminary. Darius
was born at the old family seat in Farmington, Connecticut, in
the year 1780. He was married in Connecticut to Bathiah
Bass, and in 1805 removed to Vienna. Six of the
family of thirteen children came to maturity, viz: Eliza (Humason),
Celarcia (Hayes), Sophronia (McClung), Henry, Mary, and
Darius. Mr. Woodford died Mar. 28, 1867; Mrs.
Woodford died Dec. 11, 1877, aged ninety-three
years.
Eliza, the oldest daughter, was born Jan.
10, 1810. She attended district school and received
instruction at Warren. The year 1828 she spent at Hartford
and attended part of the time the seminary at that place while
Catherine Beecher was principal and Harriet
Beecher Stowe assistant. Mrs. Humason
expresses preference for the former but retains a warm
admiration of both these illustrious women. After leaving
the seminary she learned the milliner and dressmaking trade in
Hartford. The following year she was married and settled
with her husband on the farm which she still owns, and which was
given to her by her father. Mr. Humason
taught school and gave some attention to the farm during his
lifetime. Since his death, which ocurred Apr. 13, 1853,
the entire management has devolved upon his widow. She is a
woman of extraordinary energy and strength; is intelligent
and possesses a correct and radical judgment. She is a
persistent temperance advocate. On the temperance question
her family have a record. Her uncle, Deacon
Sidney Humason, organized the first temperance
society in the county, and one of the first in the State, in the
year 1827. He soon prevailed upon his brothers and
neighbors to abandon the free use of whiskey and gradually
worked a revolution in public opinion on that topic.
Mrs. Humason joined her uncle's society and her chief
source of pride in the family is founded on the fact that none
of them were drunkards. She hopes to have the privilege of
casting a vote in favor of total abolition of the traffic.
James J. and Eliza Humason have had a
family of four children—Celarcia is married to Miles
Munson and lives in Fowler township; J. Eliza died
in childhood; Martha Jerusha married Henry
Fowler and lives in Vienna; James Henry
married Juliette A. Betts and lives in Vienna.
Source: History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Publ. 1882
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ICHABOD
B. PAYNE
I. B. Payne was a prominent and influential
citizen and a representative of one of the oldest families in
Vienna township. His father, Soloman Payne,
was a native of Amenia, Dutchess county, New York, and was born
Aug. 23, 1782. He was married to Polly Gates
and removed to the Reserve, having purchased the farm on which
Simeon Wheeler had made one of the first settlements in the
township. Dortha Gates, Mrs. Payne's
mother, at the time of her death, Jan. 7, 1855, was the oldest
person in the county, being in her centennial year.
Solomon Payne died Oct. 22, 1857. Polly
Payne, his wife, died Apr. 24, 1862, in her seventy-second
year. The family consisted of seven children:
David R. settled in Lawrence county, Ohio; Almon L.
settled in Jefferson county, Indiana; Charlotte was married to
Benjamin Brainard, who lived in Gustavus township;
Elihu R. settled in Jefferson county, Indiana; Sally
L. was married to Alfred Russell, and is the
only one living—her home is at Clear Point, Ashtabula county;
Theophilus G. settled in Jefferson county, Indiana;
Ichabod B., the youngest son who grew to maturity, was born
in Vienna township, Feb. 18, 1824; he attended the district
school till his eighteenth year and then began teaching; he
taught about twenty terms in Brookfield, Weathersfield,
Hartford, and Vienna townships. As a teacher he was held
in high regard wherever known. Large and dignified, he
governed a school with ease, and long practice made him
efficient in giving instruction.
Mr. Payne married Dec. 18, 1848, Betsy
Jane Vinton. She was a daughter of John and
Sally Vinton, and was born Mar. 10, 1826. Her parents
removed to Brookfield township from Rochester, New York.
They had ten children, seven girls and three boys, seven of whom
are living: Mary (Alderman), deceased; Elcena (Miner),
resident of Bloomfield; Hiram, Mercer county,
Pennsylvania; Betsy Jane (Payne); Aaron, Vienna;
Almira (Roy), Mercer county, Pennsylvania; Eliza
(Snyder), Hartford; Harriet, died single; Arnitha (Seaburn),
deceased; Homer resides in Brookfield. John
Vinton was born Aug. 7, 1794; he married Sally Madison
Jan. 13, 1820. She was born June 30, 1801, and still resides in
Vienna.
Ichabod B. Payne was chosen from time to time to
fill the several offices of his township, being justice of the
peace several terms. In 1867 the Republican county
convention placed him in nomination for county commissioner, an
office to which he was elected, and again reelected in 1869.
He took to the office good business talent, and gave close and
conscientious attention to the public affairs. During the
war Mr. Payne took an active part in the
recruiting service, and when Cincinnati was threatened by
Kirby Smith with a strong rebel force, he hurried to
the danger point in obedience to the call of Governor
Tod, being one of that unorganized force known as “squirrel
hunters.” He contributed considerable time and money to
clear the township of draft, and altogether his record was
highly creditable. In politics Mr. Payne was
an active and working Republican, and in religion was a
Disciple. His connection with that denomination covered a
period of twenty-two years. In appearance he was striking,
being six feet four and a half inches tall, and well
proportioned, having an average weight of two hundred and fifty
pounds. He was always industrious, painstaking, and
reliable in everything in which he engaged, whether private
business or public affairs. He left at his death besides
the record of an honorable life a competence for his family.
The family of I. B. and Mrs. Payne consists of
four children—Jerusha P., wife of Benton
Williams; Almon W., married to Rilla Card and
lives in Vienna; Ellen G., and Cornelia M.
Mrs. Payne lives on
the old homestead at Payne's corners, a place thus
named on account of the prominence of this family.
Source: History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Publ.
1882 - Pg. 454 |
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