Portage County OH

Roll Of Capt. Frederick Caris’ Company

(Probably from Portage County) Served from August 22, until September 4, 1812 Capt. Frederick Caris Sergt. David Collins Sergt. Titus Belding Sergt. Samuel Coe Sergt. Graham Norris Corp. Samuel B. Spellman Corp. Ariel Case Corp. Lemuel Chapman, Jr. Drummer, Alpheus Andrews Fifer, Ashur Guerley Privates Bostwick, Charles H Bostwick, Joseph R Chapman, Beman Chapman, Chester Chapman, Ephraim Collins, Daniel L Elsworth, Colvin Heroff, John McKnight, Robert Newberry, William Reed, Abraham Reed, Timothy Richardson, Mason Willyard, John

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 Lewis H. Wain

Wain, Lewis H.; real estate; born, Ravenna, O., Oct. 15, 1863; son of Hugh and Hannah Jennings Wain; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, May 5, 1897, Mary Jenness Merwin; issue, three children; active in the reorganization of the Cleveland Real Estate Board in 1895; pres. of the Board in 1896, and a trustee for five years; operator and broker in real estate and mortgages; pres. The L. H. Wain Co.; director Land Title Abstract Co.; pres. Cleveland Realization Co.; member Sons of American Revolution; has demonstrated the substantial and profitable character of Cleveland and adjacent real estate as an … Read more

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

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.

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

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 William George Dietz

Dietz, William George; investment banker; born, Warren, O., April 7, 1857; son of August A. and Katherine Baehr Dietz; educated public school and in the private school of Miss Sackett, in Warren; graduated Hiram College, 1881, Ph. B.; married, Solon, O., Nov. 18, 1885, Jessie B. Pettibone; one daughter, Marian; deputy auditor Trumbull County, 1867-1877; sec’y to Dr. B. A. Hinsdale, supt. of the Cleveland public Schools, from September, 1882, to February, 1886; was one of the first two teachers in the night schools of Cleveland; taught news boys; with Lamprecht Bros. & Co., bankers, 1886-1893; organized the firm of … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Andrew Lytle

Andrew Lytle, deceased, was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in 1812. His parents moved to Akron, Ohio, when he was a small boy. At the age of twenty-one years he went back to Pennsylvania and married Hannah Hull. This lady was the daughter of Abner and Martha (Skinner) Hull, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Connecticut. In 1834, two years after his marriage, he moved to Portage County, Ohio. Next he moved to Bidwell County, Missouri, and two years later to Nauvoo, Illinois. From the latter place he removed to Salt Lake, where he remained several years. In 1850 he came … Read more

Biography of Marshall F. Price, M. D.

Among the prominent physicians of Colton, and of San Bernardino County, mention should be made of the subject of this sketch. Dr. Price was born in Portage County, Ohio, in 1834. His father, Dr. George Price, was a native of Pennsylvania, but was reared and educated in Ohio. Dr. Price remained in his native State until fourteen years old; his parents then moved to Illinois and settled in Knox County. He was given a good education, and in his young manhood he entered upon the study of medicine. In 1861, when the war of the Rebellion broke out, he was … Read more

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.

Mary Ellen Todd Brown of Nelson OH

BROWN, Mary Ellen Todd8 , (Lewis C.7, Lewis C.6, Caleb5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Sept. 3, 1855, in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio, married E. W. Brown Children: I. Frank, b. March 24, 1874. II. Turca, b. Sept. 29, 1876. III. Todd Lewis, b. May 10, 1884. IV. John, b. Jan. 23, 1886.

Lewis C. Todd of Garrettsville OH

Lewis C. Todd7, (Lewis C.6, Caleb5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born July 30, 1824, in Ellery, Chautauqua County, N. Y., d. Mar. 18, 1890, in Garrettsville, O., where he married first, Feb. 11, 1845, Mary P. Cook, who was born Nov. 1, 1828, died Oct. 24, 1861. He married second, Electa Jane Young, who lived in Geauge County, Ohio, she was born Nov. 27, 1834, died March 18, 1890, in Garrettsville, Ohio. Children by Mary P. Cook: *1720. Clarence Lewis, b. Feb. 23, 1849. *1721. Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 3, 1855. Children by Electa Jane Young: 1722. Melvin Brain, b. … Read more