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1878
History
of
Ashtabula Co., Ohio
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of its'
Pioneers and Most
Prominent Men.
Philadelphia
Williams Brothers
1878
256 pgs.
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Morgan Twp. -
VICTORIAN D. LATIMER. The subject of
the following sketch was born in the township where he now resides, on
the third day of September, 1843. He is the fifth child of
William and Corresta Reed Latimer, the former of whom was born
in Otis, Massachusetts, and the latter in Granby, Connecticut. The
family came to Ohio in 1818. The mother still resides there, the father
having died in 1870. Victorian D. received a fair
academic education. He was a member of the Eighty-seventh Regiment,
Ohio Volunteers, and was taken prisoner by the southern Confederacy at
Harper's Ferry, on Sept. 18, 1862. Returning after the expiration of
his term of service, he engaged in the mercantile business. In the year
1875 he erected the fine brick block where he now carries on the drug
and hardware trade.
He was united in marriage on Oct. 4, 1864,
to Esther, daughter of Baldwin and Harriet
Fitzgerald Morris. From this marriage have been born two
children; these are Lenah, born May 8, 1866, and
Frank O., whose birth occurred Apr. 16, 1868.
----- Source: 1798 History of Ashtabula
County, Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its
Pioneers and Most Prominent Men by Publ. Philadelphia - Williams
Brothers - 1878 - Page 198 |
Ferdinand Lee |
FERDINAND
LEE.
In the group of editors of leading newspapers in Ashtabula County
will be found a fine portrait of this gentleman, who presides over the
destinies of the Jefferson Gazette,
and is the youngest editor in the county. He was born Normandale,
Ontario, on the 1st day of October, in the year 1852, and is the eldest
son of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Lee,
who are both of Canadian nativity. The father was in early days a
seafaring man; was at one time the owner of the schooner “Queen,” and
was for a time engaged in the coasting trade on Lake Erie. Among the
peregrinations of Daniel
Lee and family we
find that their first move was to Georgian bay, in the north part of
Canada West, where he was for a time engaged in the fishing trade,
whence he removed to Wyandotte, Michigan, and thence to Miami, seven
miles west of Toledo. Their residence at this point was located on the
site of the old Fort Miami. Here Mr.
Lee obtained,
at district school, a rudimentary education. Their next halt was made
in Weston township, Wood county. Here they remained some six years,
Ferdinand in the mean time dividing his time between farm labor and the
district school. In the year 1866 removed to North Madison, Lake
county, in which township the family still reside. Here was finished
the education of the gentleman under consideration. This was
consummated at Madison seminary, under the respective administrations
of Professors
J. P. Ellenwood and W.
N. Wight.
During his attendance at this school he began the publication of an
amateur paper, a monthly sheet, entitled the North
Madison Star,
and it was here that he first obtained a taste for the “art
preservative.” This paper was issued regularly for one year, when he
removed to Madison village, procured the necessary outfit, and on Jan.
3, 1872, issued the first number of the Independent
Press,
a weekly issue. This sheet was afterwards merged into the Dairy
Gazette as
an adjunct in promoting that interest, which proving financially a
failure, the title was changed to the Madison Gazette,
under which name it was published until Sept. 6, 1876. Shortly
afterwards the office was removed to Jefferson, and on Nov. 3, 1876, the
first number of the Jefferson Gazette was
issued. This paper has, under his able management, acquired a large
circulation, and is steadily increasing. On the 16th day of September,
1874, Mr.
Lee was
united in marriage to Miss
Effie A.,
daughter of Salmon G. and Lucy A. Mack, of Madison, Ohio. Politically Mr.
Lee is
unreservedly Republican. He is also a member of the fraternity of
Masons, and is at this time affiliated with Lake Shore lodge, No. 307,
Free
and Accepted Masons, Madison, Lake county, Ohio.
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1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men by Publ.
Philadelphia - Williams Brothers - 1878 - Page 123 |
E. B. Leonard
(Pros. Atty.) |
EMERSON B. LEONARD, PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY a fine portrait of whom appears with the group of officials, is
the seventh of a family of ten. His parents, Anson
and Elizabeth (Baker) Leonard,
were originally from Massachusetts, settled in Pierpont, this county, at
an early date, and were among the pioneers of that township. The
education of Emerson
B. was
acquired at the common school and the Kingsville academy. He early
decided to make the practice of the law his profession, and to this end
read several elementary law-books prior to beginning a regular course.
In April, 1870, he entered the law-office of Hon.
W. P. Howland,
and read until September, 1871, when he was admitted to the bar at
Cleveland. The spring following began the practice, and met with good
success. At the age of twenty-six, fall of 1875, his friends put him in
nomination for the office of prosecuting attorney, and he was elected,
and in 1877 was re-elected; this position he at present occupies, and
performs the many and arduous duties incident thereto ably and well.
The election to this important position of one so young was truly a
compliment to his ability. He was united in marriage in July, 1876, to Miss
Amanda,
daughter of David
C. and Mary Lewis,
of Mount Vernon, Ohio. It is perhaps needless to state that Mr.
Leonard is,
politically,
a Republican. He is a fluent and forcible speaker, energetic and
zealous in his profession, and is one of the rising young men of the
county.
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1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men by Publ.
Philadelphia - Williams Brothers - 1878 - Page 125 |
Res. of
Horace Lindsley,
Cherry Valley,
Ashtabula Co., O |
Cherry Valley Twp. -
HORACE LINDSLEY. The parents of the gentleman
whose name appears at the head of this sketch were Abraham and Molly
Bidwell Lindsley of Litchfield, Connecticut. Their ancestors were
of English origin. Removed to Paris, Oneida county, N. Y., where Horace was
born on the 7th day of July, 1811. His father died at this point, and
in 1818 his mother was married again, to John Fenn, and soon
after removed to Ohio, coming via the lakes, and after a long and
tedious voyage, not devoid of danger, arrived at the mouth of Ashtabula
creek. At this time there was at this place one log cabin and a
partially-constructed building intended for a warehouse. They first
went to Madison, Lake county; only remained a short time, however, and
then removed to No. 9 of the second range (now known as Cherry Valley);
here they effected a permanent settlement in the wilderness. There was
but one other family at this time in the township, their neighbors being
principally the wild beasts of the forest. At night they were lulled to
sleep by the soothing howl of wolves and the hootings of the owls. Mrs. Lindsley Fenn died
Sept. 27, 1842. The education of the gentleman under consideration was
acquired at common school, and his first occupation was the felling of
the huge forest-trees surrounding his home. In his youth he taught
school in winter seasons for a time, but his life-work has been that of
farming. On Dec. 26, 1842, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth A.
J., daughter of Joseph and Esther Giddings Warren, of
Williamsfield. Eight children were born of this marriage. These are John
Quincy Adams; Joseph Warren, married Elma C. Sweesy; Mary
E., married George H. Burnell; Lucretia Weston,
married E. H. Greene; Lucretia M. (died); Matthew Hale (died); Frank Hildreth,
and Wendell Phillips. Their political position is shown
by the names of their children. They were ever warm friends of the
colored man, and many a slave had reason to thank them for food,
clothing, and shelter while en route for that freedom in a foreign
country which was then denied him here. John Brown and
his sons were intimate friends, and the last home of the unfortunate Aaron
D. Stevens, who was one of the victims of the Harper's Ferry
affair, and was executed at Charlestown, Virginia, was at one time with Mr.
and Mrs. Lindsley.
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1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men by Publ.
Philadelphia - Williams Brothers - 1878 - Page 238 |
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