Portage County OH

Biographical Sketch of Floyd D. Shook

Shook, Floyd D.; insurance; born, Randolph O., March 5, 1867; son of David and Linda A. Stambaugh Shook; educated, Hiram College, 1882-1883; finished at Ohio Normal University, Ada, O., 1887; married, Randolph, O., Nov. 20, 1889, Josephine E. Trescott; with The Adams Ford Co.; with firm twenty years, until August, 1913, when he became associated with The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, as associate general agent; director The Rotary Mnfg. Co.; director The Ohio Insurance Agency Co.; director The Knollwood Cemetery Co.; trustee Cleveland Christian Orphanage and Euclid Ave. Christian Church; member Masonic Order, McKinley Chapter, Royal League, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Howard H. Knapp

Knapp, Howard H.; lawyer; born, Garrettsville, O., July 4, 1886; son of Edmund and Adelia Higby Knapp; educated, Garrettsville public schools and High School, Cleveland Law School, degree of LL. B., honor of “Cum Laude”; not married; after admission to the bar, he was associated with E. M. Fisher, in the Williamson Bldg., as Fisher & Knapp; in March, 1911, withdrew from that partnership to form the present firm of Alden, Knapp & Magee, in the B. of L. E. Bldg.; member Sigma Kappa Phi (Legal Fraternity), Garrettsville Lodge, F. & A. M., Silver Creek Chapter, R. A. M., of … Read more

Roll Of Lieut. Ira Morse’s Company

(Probably from Portage County) Served from August 24, until September 4, 1812. Lieut. Ira Morse Sergt. Hamlet Coe Sergt. Alexander K. Hubbard Sergt. Jeremiah Jones Corp. Caleb Mattoon Privates Baldwin, Allen E. Baldwin, Ami Baldwin, Moses Bucksley, Asabel Carter, James Chittendon, Almon Day, Oratio Granger, Ralph Hartsell, Abraham Hartsell, John Hartsell, Peter Hartzell, William Hubbard, Ephraim B Laughlin, James Mason, Peter Morse, Amos Mott, Elijah Mott, Ezekial Quier, John Strong, William A Sutliff, Jesse Taylor, Robert Whittlessey, John H.

Biographical Sketch of Jay P. Dawley

Dawley, Jay P.; lawyer; born, Ravenna, O., March 7, 1847; son of Perry P. and Rebecca Clemens Dawley; educated, Ravenna High School, and Western Reserve College; married, Corry, Pa., Sept. 12, 1873, Iva G. Canfield; issue, Frances C., William J., Arthur A. and Ruby S.; member of Company C, 16th Ohio Batallion Infantry; member Cleveland Board of Education and Cleveland Library Board; practiced at Cleveland Bar for forty years; director Webb C. Ball & Co., and Baldwin Hotel Co.; member Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

Biographical Sketch of George R. Canfield

Canfield, George R.; oil business; born, Mantua, O., Dec. 1, 1857; son of George W. and Jannette L. Merryfield Canfield; education, country and Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Nov. 11, 1879, Ella M. Summonds; issue, Charles H. Grace Brewster, Gilbert B.; first wife died 1884; married, Oct. 19, 1887, Mrs. Lucy E. Long (nee Quayle); 1877, began work as clerk for The Republic Refining Co.; became supt. of plant, which was later absorbed by The Standard Oil Co.; remained with firm as supt. until 1887; organized The Canfield Oil Co.; pres. The Canfield Oil Co. and The Canfield Realty Co.; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Clifford W. Fuller

Fuller, Clifford W.; lawyer; born, Garrettsville, O., Feb. 6, 1864; son of Sherman W. and Flora R. Case Fuller; educated, Garrettsville public schools, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., A. B., M. A. and Ph. D. pro merite; capt. 10th O. V. I., war with Spain; admitted to the Ohio bar, 1890; practiced law in Cleveland since 1891; sec’y The Cleveland & Youngstown R. R. Co.; sec’y and treas. Willowick Country Club; director The West Ninth Co., The Shaker Vineyards Land Co., and The Sedgwick Land Co.; sec’y Terminal Bldg. Co.; trustee The H. B. Hurlburt Trust for Art; member Phi Gamma … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Asa K. Berraugh’s Company

(Probably from Portage County). Served from August 28 until September 24, 1812. Capt. Asa K. Berraugh Lieut. Hezekiah Hime Ensign, Richard E. Gay Sergt. Samuel Menson Drummer, Horace Berraugh Fifer, Greawhood Berraugh Privates Baker, Joel Brown, Ephraim Bradley, Benjamin Hine, Abel Hine, Lyman Probably only a partial listing, however records show no further Private names.

Biographical Sketch of Charles W. Chase

Chase, Charles W.; trustee of The Estate of Edwin Cowles; born, Edinburg, O., Aug. 8, 1846; son of Charles W. and Eliza Brown Chase; attended public school in Portage county, O., and High School at Newton Falls, O.; married, Cleveland, Aug. 1, 1872, Almira F. Cowles; one daughter, Helen (Mrs. E. C. Bassett) ; treas. of the City, April, 1895-1899; in clothing and men’s furnishing business from 1870 to 1890, at No. 15 Public Square; director Chamber of Commerce, 1905-1906; pres. of The Cleveland Leader Co., 1901-1905; sec’y, treas. and director The Electric Smelting & Aluminum Co.; sec’y and director … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Warren Sherman Hayden

Hayden, Warren Sherman; investment banker; born, Danbury, Ct., Oct. 20, 1870; son of Warren L. and Anna Flower Sherman Hayden; his father was born in Ohio and mother in Vermont; educated, Hiram College, 1892, Ph. B.; married, Hiram; O., 1893, Blanche R. Squire : one daughter, Margaret Hayden; second marriage, Cleveland, 1906, Elizabeth Strong; one son, Sherman Strong Hayden, and one daughter, Eleanor Hayden; pres. Cleveland Council of Sociology, 1909-1910; vice pres. Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1912; vice pres. Investment Bankers Ass’n of America, 1912; pres. Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1913; representative Lamprecht Bros. & Co., 1892-1895; manager Bond Department … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Delanne Mills’ Company

(Probably from Portage Co.) Served from September 28, until October 12, 1812. From March 7, until September 6, 1814. From August 24, until September 4, 1812. From February 24, until March 14. 1815. Capt. Delanne Mills Lieut. John Caris Lieut. David Barret Lieut. John Redden Lieut. Thomas Robison Ensign Asa Trusedale Ensign John Brooks Sergt. Titus Belding Sergt. Gershon Norris Sergt. Chester Adams Sergt. Samuel Coe Sergt. Oliver Mills Sergt. George Young Sergt. Benjamin Higley Sergt. John Streator Sergt. John Randall Sergt. John Smith Sergt. John M. Baldwin Sergt. George G. Redden Sergt. Daniel Sawtell Sergt. Griswold Gillet Corp. David … Read more

Roll Of Capt. William N. Hudson’s Company

(From Geauga or Portage Counties.) Served from August 24, until August 31, 1812. Capt. William N. Hudson Ensign Erastus Creary Corp. Ashbel Gilmore Privates Archer, William Jr. Archer, William Sr. Eames, Isaac Gilmore, Samuel Kent, Elihu L Lacey, George D. Lacey, Jaspar B McConnaughey, Porter D. Minor, John Osborn, Alexander Sheffield, Alpheus Sheffield, Leroy Singletary, Uriah I

Biography of Reverend Samuel Goddard

Mr. Samuel Goddard was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, July 6, 1772. We have no information concerning his early life. His opportunities for education are said to have been scanty. After coming to manhood he was for several years in trade with a brother in Royalston, Mass. Here he married his first wife (Abigail Goddard of Athol, a town adjoining Royalston), and here his older children were born.

Biography of Leland Everett Call

Leland Everett Call is professor of agronomy in the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan. Though still a young man he has gone far in the science of agriculture, is already a recognized authority in several special lines, and since coming to Kansas ten years ago has done much to uphold the prestige of the splendid school at Manhattan. He was born at Kent, Ohio, February 9, 1881, the oldest of the four children of Charles A. and Olive (Prior) Call. Both his parents are natives of Ohio, and are still living in that state. His father is a farmer … Read more

Clarence Lewis Todd of Pittsburgh PA

Clarence Lewis Todd8, (Lewis C.7, Lewis C.6, Caleb5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Feb. 23, 1849, in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio, died May 5, 1905, in Pittsburg, Penn., and was buried in Ashtabula, O., married Emma Wiley. Children: *2401. James G., b. June 16, 1876. 2402. Lena, b. Feb. 28, 1878. 2403. Agnes. 2404. Sarah.

Biography of Col. Horack L. Moore

Col. Horack L. Moore, of Lawrence, had seen valiant service as a soldier of the Civil war and in after campaigns against the hostile Indians of the West. He had also been a successful business man and banker, had served a term in Congress and is still a local leader in substantial and beneficial enterprises. He is a native of Ohio, born at Mantua, February 25, 1837, and received his higher edueation at the Western Reserve Electric Institute, at Hiram, Ohio. In 1858 he moved to Kansas with his brother Francis, who died a mouth after their arrival in Atchison … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Albert Finney Donaldson

Donaldson, Albert Finney; real estate dealer; born, Charlestown, O., Aug. 17, 1889; son of Levi Judson and Margaret Frew Donaldson; early education in the district schools of Florida and Georgia, later attending Oberlin College at Oberlin, O., took gold medal as 1st prize for original oration in Oberlin, 1910; spent about two years traveling for Frontier Press Co. of Buffalo, N. Y., doing general agency work; went to the Northwest, and engaged in the real estate business in Vancouver, B. C.; returned to Cleveland, and established the firm of Heintz & Donaldson, specializing in the sale of East End property; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George W. Crile

Crile, George W.; surgeon, born, Chili, O., Nov. 11, 1864; son of Michael and Margaret (Deeds) Crile; A. B., Ohio Northern University, 1884, A. M., 1888; M. D., Wooster University, Cleveland, 1887; student Vienna, 1893; London, 1895; Paris, 1897; (hon. Ph. D., Hiram College, 1901); married Grace McBride, of Cleveland, Feb. 7, 1900; prof. clin. surgery, Western Reserve University, since, 1900; surgeon, Lakeside Hospital Alvarenga prize, College Physiology, Phila., 1901; fellow, A. A. A. S.; member-Association of American Pathologists and Bacteriologists, A. M. A.; American Surgical Association; Soc. Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Physiology Society. Author: Surgical Shock, 1897; Surgery … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John F. Scott

John F. Scott, attorney at law, Mattoon; was born in Geauga Co., Ohio, A. D. 1844; his early life was spent upon the farm, and his experiences those common to a farmer’s soil; at the age of 16, he became a student in the Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College), at that time presided over by Gen. J. A. Garfield; here he remained one year; returning home, he engaged in farming one year, and subsequently engaged in teaching; in 1866, he entered the Commercial College in Poughkeepsie, N.. Y., remaining eight months; he next engaged in the sale of territory for … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Corydon Hutchins

Hutchins, John Corydon; lawyer; born, Warren, O., May 8, 1840; son of John Hutchins; mother’s maiden name Andrews; educated, Warren public schools, Oberlin College and Albany Law School; married, Ravenna, O., Dec. 28, 1861, Jane M. Campbell; issue, five children, two daughters and three sons; 1st lieut. 2nd Ohio Cavalry in Civil War; came to Cleveland to live in 1868, and from that time on has lived an active professional business and official life; member of School Board, 1873; prosecuting attorney, 1871-1880; Judge of Police Court from 1883 to 1887; member of Public Library Board thirteen years, and pres. eight … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Alden

Alden, Charles E.; attorney-at-law; born, Middlefield, O., Dec. 18, 1875; son of Edward H. and Hercy Dunham Alden; educated, Hiram College; degree of A. B. 1901; legal education at the Cleveland Law School and W. R. U., finishing in 1905; admitted to the Bar that year; married, Brunswick, O., Dec. 25, 1902, Ina May Gibbs; issue, Marcella Eugenia Alden age 5, and John Butler Alden age 3 years and 9 months; in Jan. 1906, formed partnership with E. J. Hopple, firm of Alden & Hopple; in 1909 firm changed to J. M. Cullough, firm of Alden & Hopple; in 1909 … Read more