LEWIS HARPER, a real estate dealer in Conneaut, Ohio, is a veteran of the late war and prominent and highly respected citizen of this place.  Following is a resume of his life:
     Lewis Harper was born in Perry, Lake county, Ohio, Nov. 30, 1841, son of Aaron and Sarah (Richardson) Harper, both natives of Ohio.  He is the only son and oldest child in a family of three children, his two sisters being Mrs. Laura Ford, of Conneaut, and Mary, wife of Henry Strong, a wholesale merchant of Newark, Ohio.  The mother died in 1847, at the age of twenty-three years of age, is in the enjoyment of health and strength.  His life has been one of honest industry, and by his sterling qualities he has gained the respect of all who know him.
      Mr. Harper was engaged in farming in Ashtabula county until the breaking out of the Civil war.  In Sept., 1861, he tendered his services to the Union cause, becoming a member of Company E, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps, in the Army of the Potomac.  After the battle of Winchester, in the spring of 1862, he was taken sick and was sent to the hospital at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where he remained a month and then rejoined his regiment.  Among the important engagements in which he took part were those of Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.  After the battle of Gettysburg the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps were transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, where they were consolidated, forming the Twentieth Army Corps and rendering valiant service.  To give an account of all the engagements in which they participated would be to write a history of the war.  Suffice it to say that Mr. Harper was among the victorious soldiers who saw the stars and stripes floating on Lookout Mountain after the battle; took part in nearly all the battles in the Atlanta campaign; that he was with Sherman's forces on that memorable "march to the sea;" that he was in the march northward through the Carolinas, and that he witnessed the Grand Review at Washington.  He had a furlough of thirty days, beginning Dec. 2, 1863, and with this exception and the one above referred to, he was in the service until the war closed, being mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, and discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, July 13, 1865.  And during all this time, although he was often in the thickest of the fight and in close quarters, he never received a wound nor was he ever taken prisoner.  At one time he had a lock of hair shot off just above his ear, and in two different battles had bullet holes cut through his coat.  Mr. Harper has a valuable relic of the late war, an English-make Enfield rifle, which he captured on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, and which he carried from that time until the close of his service.  Both his paternal and maternal grandfather were in the army of 1812.  All honor to these brave, loyal soldiers who without flinching went into the heat of battle, faced the cannon's mouth, endured privation and exposure, and often subsisted on short rations - all for the love of country and the protection of the Old Flag.
     The war over, Mr. Harper turned his attention to the business of ship carpentry, which he followed for sixteen years, and afterward for three years was foreman mechanic in the shop of G. J. Record's butter-tub factory.  Since then he has been engaged in the real-estate business of Conneaut.  He platted the Marshall Capron place, and has been successful in his business operations.  Mr. Harper was a member of the City Council for two years, from 1890 to 1892.
     He was married Dec. 26, 1865, to Miss Augusta Dodge, daughter of James and Susan (Culver) Dodge of Conneaut.  They have four children, namely: Carrie, wife of James C. Tyler, Conneaut; Ann M., Wallace M. and Sadie O., these three being of the home circle.
     Mr. Harper and his wife are members of the Christian Church.  He is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees in the blue lodge, chapter, council and Cache Commandery.  He is also an active member of Custer Post, No. 9, G. A. F., and has filled nearly all its offices.  Politically, he is a Republican.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 526)

A. F. HARRINGTON, an enterprising and successful business man of Conneaut, Ohio, who has various interests in this city, is deserving of some personal mention on the pages of this work.  A brief sketch of his life is as follows:
     A. F. Harrington was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 16, 1851, son of Reuben and Permelia (Campfield) Harrington.  His father and mother were natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively, and were married in Pennsylvania.  About 1857 they settled in Conneaut, Ohio, where they spent the rest of their lives.  The senior Mr. Harrington was a cooper and bridge carpenter, and after coming to Conneaut was chiefly engaged in work at the former trade.  He was twice married, and his second wife is still living, aged about sixty years.  He died in 1887, at the age of seventy.  He was the father of nine children, four by the first union and five by the second.  In the last family were three sons and two daughters, of whom A. F., the subject of this sketch, is the oldest.
     Mr. A. F. Harrington made his own start in life, and the success he has attained is due solely so his own well directed efforts.  He first worked with his father, then he spent one year in a marble shop, and after that clerked for Captain Capron in the ship yard three years.  He subsequently spent one year in Wisconsin, working in a stave factory.  He is a man of marked energy and business ability, which has been amply demonstrated by the successful manner in which he has handled the various interests to which his attention has been called.  At this writing he runs a fishery in the lake, is engaged in the oil business, has a grocery and meat market, deals in hides, etc., and also has a large real estate interests.  With an eye ever open to business opportunities, he has made a number of judicious investments and is now the owner of valuable property interests in Conneaut.  While he looks well to his own private business affairs, he is public-spirited and generous and takes a lively interest in whatever pertains to the welfare of the community in which he lives.
     Mr. Harrington was married Feb. 22, 1876 to Miss Hattie L. Keep, adopted daughter of Luther and Fanny Keep, of Monroe township, this county.  Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have two children, Arthur A. and Minnie V., both attending school.  He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Conneaut, of which he is serving as a Steward.  Mr. Harrington is also a member of the Protected Home Circle, Junior Order of American Mechanics, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and of the State Police Force.  Politically, he is an ardent Republican.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893)

WILLIAM S. HARRIS, engineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, and a worthy citizen of Conneaut, dates his birth in Jefferson county, this State, Aug. 15, 1843.  His parents, Nathan S. and Susan (Smith) Harris, were natives of Ohio, and for many years were residents of Jefferson county, where they were married and where they reared their family.  Nathan Harris owned a farm and flouring mill, doing custom work.  He was well known and highly respected, and at various times held minor offices in the county.  Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  His death occurred Oct.15, 1870, at the age of forty-nine years.  His first wife, the mother of our subject, died Aug. 17, 1859, aged twenty-eight years.  They had seven children, as follows:  William S.; Jennie, wife of Thomas Keiger, Barnesville, Ohio; Anna, wife of Samuel Cecil, died Feb. 2, 1891, aged forty-seven years; Lizzie, wife of E. A. Miller, Conneaut; Emma, wife of Josiah Quillin, died Aug. 3, 1890, aged thirty-eight years; Ella, wife of David McKever, Conneaut; and Susan, wife of H. F. Brown, Conneaut.  By his second marriage, to Anna Clark, Mr. Harris had one daughter, Grace, now the wife of John Shearer, of Leesville, Ohio.  Mrs. Harris makes her home with his daughter.
     William S. Harris farmed in Jefferson county until he was twenty-five years old.  He entered upon a railroad career about 1869 as fireman on the Pan Handle, and for the past twenty-two years has been serving as engineer.  He continued with the Pan Handle until 1882, when he resigned his position with that company to accept one with better pay on the Nickel Plate.  No further evidence of his efficiency and fidelity is needed when his long continuance with the company is known.
     Mr. Harris was married Sept. 17, 1873, to Miss Anna Mary Andrews, a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and a daughter of John W. and Permelia (Tharp) Andrews.  Her father was born in New Jersey, July 3, 1825, and her mother was a native of Euclid, Ohio.  They were married in Middletown, this State.  Mrs. Harris is the oldest of their six children, the others being as follows:  George, Martin Lewis and James W., the second, third and sixth born, are all married and living in St. Louis, Missouri, all employed as painters.  Joseph H., the fourth born, died in 1852, aged eighteen months; Alice, the fifth, is the wife of George W. Smith, of Cedar Falls, Iowa.  The mother of this family died June 17, 1862, aged thirty-six years.  She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Andrews' second marriage was to Sarah Smith.  Their two children are Cyrus, a fireman on the Vandalia Railroad, and Ida May, wife of Dr. Beaver, of Decatur, Indiana.  During the late war Mr. Andrews was a member of the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in Company A, and being in nearly all the battles of the Army of the Potomac.  For some time his health has been poor and he is now in the Soldier's Home at Sandusky, Ohio.  Mrs. Harris is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Politically, Mr. Harris affiliates with the Republican party, having cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 719)

JOHN WINSHIP HASKELL, deceased. K I —One of the representative men and pioneers to whom Ashtabula owes much of her growth and present development, is the late John W. Haskell, the subject of this memoir. He was a descendant of old Puritan stock, and was born in Tunbridge, Vermont, Aug. 16, 1810, being the son of Aretas Haskell and Betsey Moody. Upon the death of his wife Betsey, the father married Annie Folsom, who was of that family from whom Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland descended. The elder Haskell (Aretas) was born in Vermont, in 1783, of Welsh ancestry. He spent his entire life in that State, dying in 1858, at the age of seventy-five years. John Winship was reared at home, securing his education at the common schools. His youth was spent in various kinds of work until he arrived at the age of twenty-four years. At this period, 1834, he started out in life for himself, seeking the West as the most advantageous country in which to better his condition. He first located at Conneaut, where for a time he was engaged in school teaching and in peddling goods, in the northern part of the State. Later on he settled at South Ridge, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for several years. In 1846 he removed to Conneautville, Pennsylvania, where he continued his mercantile business and also engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber. He and his partner, Edwin R. Williams, erected the first steam sawmill in that section of the country, the same being located at Steamburgh, Crawford county, Pennsylvania. The enterprise created quite a sensation and people came from Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and many other points to see it. It was predicted by the people in that vicinity that this mill would cut up all the timber in that part of the country in a few years. It is worthy of note that this mill is still in operation, and that there yet appears to be plenty of timber for it to work upon. This mill marked the introduction of steam power for running mills in this section of the country.
     In 1857, Mr. Haskell again moved to Ohio, settling this time in Ashtabula, where he followed the same business, making lumbering and the shipping trade on the lakes special features, together with railroad building. The advantages of lake transportation were the principal cause of his removal. He, with his partners, Oran Baldwin and Edwin R. Williams, under the firm name of O. Baldwin & Co., secured the contract for the construction of the Ashtabula & New Lisbon Railroad from Ashtabula harbor, on lake Erie, to the Ohio river. The work on the road was suspended on account of hard times brought about by short crops. The firm took mortgages on the road bed and other property, which subsequently they disposed of. The road was finally completed and is now known as the Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad.
     In 1836 Mr. Haskell was united in marriage, at South Ridge, to Mary Ann, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Wright) Williams, a native of Ashtabula county, Ohio.   Four children were born to them: David Williams Marshall Harrison, William Cassius and Ida, now Mrs. Frank Sherman. They also adopted Fannie Harriet as their daughter.
     Mr. Haskell departed this life at Ashtabula, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1885, having lived to the same age as did his father.
     Mr. Haskell was originally a Free Soiler, but upon the formation of the Republican party he became an advocate of its principles, never, however, seeking public office. During his earlier years he was a member of the Baptist Church, but later on in life he joined the Presbyterian Church, of which he was for many years an Elder.
     Mr. Haskell was eminently a self-made man, the architect of his own fortune. By his energy, perseverance and good financial judgment, by his strict integrity and honorable business methods, he accumulated a fortune and established an enviable reputation. He was a man of noble character, public, spirited, liberal and charitable, giving generously to the poor and to the church. To his family he was much devoted, looking carefully after their wants, and making the domestic hearth his place of rest. He died as he had lived, a Christian, holding the confidence and esteem of all who knew him.
     David Williams Haskell, the oldest son of John Winship Haskell, was born at South Ridge, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Apr. 14, 1838. He was educated at the common schools, and in 1857 accompanied his father to Ashtabula, which has since been his home. For a time he was associated with his father in business, but subsequently started in business for himself, conducting a dry goods store for about ten years in a very successful manner. He is now conducting a lumber business and has also extensive interests in real estate, operating chiefly in his own realty.
     Mr. Haskell was married at Ashtabula, Dec. 24, 1861, to Harriet E., the accom­plished daughter of Honorable Henry Fassett, whose portrait and biography will be found in another part of this volume. This estimable lady met an untimely death, departing this life in October, 1862, to the great sorrow of her devoted and loving husband and her numerous friends. She was a woman of fine culture and rare musical talent, of a sweet, winning disposition, and much beloved by her many admirers.
     June 12, 1867, Mr. Haskell was married the second time, to Julia Ann, the amiable and talented daughter of Joseph D. and Lucinda C. (Hall) Hulbert, whose portraits and biographies appear in this work. This union has been blessed with eight children: Harriet Fassett, born May 16, 1868; Mary Lucinda, born Aug. 22, 1870; Josephine Dewey, born Apr. 10, 1872 ; Phyana Hulbert, born Apr. 29,1874; Julia Dewey, born Jan. 2, 1876; Alma Chadwick, born Nov. 16, 1878; Andrew Stone, born Sept. 4, 1880; and Ethel Williams, born Nov, 22, 1882, - all living bat Josephine, who died Oct. 10, 1872, and Julia, who died Apr. 28, 1881.
     Mr. and Mrs. Haskell are members of the Congregational Church, the former holding the positions of Trustee and Treasurer. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and has taken the Royal Arch degree.
     Mr. Haskell is a gentleman of good presence, genial, social disposition and winning manners. He is liberal in his views, progressive and interested in the develop­ment of his native county; he is a worthy representative of his noble father and is held in high esteem by the community in which he was born and reared, and by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 598)

EDWIN R. HATCH, a carpenter and contractor, of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Monroe township, Ashtabula county, this State, Mar. 9, 1829, son of Daniel and Mary (Shoudler) Hatch, both natives of Vermont.
     Rufus Hatch, the grandfather of Edwin R., came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, with his family of five sons and four daughters, in 1824.  His daughters married, and all his children settled on different farms in Monroe township.  Not one of the number is now living.  One son, Harvey, went to Michigan in 1848 and settled on a farm near Grand Rapids, where he spent the rest of his life and died.  The youngest son, Alpheus, moved to Kansas, and died on a farm in that State.  The rest of the family spent their lives in Monroe township, where they were well known and highly respected for their many estimable traits of character.  Daniel Hatch located, in 1824, at Hatch’s Corners, which place was named in honor of him.  He died in 1880, at the age of seventy-seven years, and his good wife passed away in 1883, aged eighty-one.  Both were members of the Universalist Church.  They had eight children - seven sons and one daughter.  Five of the sons are still living, four in Conneaut and one in Michigan.
     Edwin R. Hatch, when a young man, was engaged in sailing on the lakes, being thus occupied until after the time of his marriage, which event occurred Nov. 24, 1850.  After that he learned the carpenter’s trade, including both house and ship carpentry, and has followed contracting and building ever since.  During the war he rendered efficient service on the Monitor Wehawken for nine months.
     When Sumter was fired upon in 1862 by our Monitors, they became damaged and withdrew to Port Royal for repairs.  Captain Ericsson, who built the vessels, said another deck could be placed upon them.  Mr. Hatch was at that time in New York city, in the employ of the Government as ship carpenter.  He and some twenty-five others were sent to Port Royal to do the carpenter work in putting on the decks.  They took with them timbers, iron and all necessary material, and in due time arrived at Port Royal.  The officers, however, would not permit the extra decks to be put on the Monitors, as they thought the additional weight would sink the vessels.  Mr. Hatch relates that while he was on the Monitors, officers would come on board to, nominally, look around.  They would incidentally remark: “This is a long boat,” and would then be invited to the cabin to measure the length, which, as our subject facetiously explained, usually amounted to about two to three “fingers” in a common tumbler.
     Some of the ship carpenters went home, but Mr. Hatch remained and was engaged in repair work on the Wehawken.  He continued on this vessel nearly nine months.  During this time the ship Courier, a tea vessel that formerly ran between this country and China, came in under the United States flag.  Mr. Hatch was transferred from the Wehawken to her for blockade running off the coast of Charleston.  One morning three blockade runners came out of Charleston, loaded with cotton, and the Courier at once proceeded to capture them, which result was accomplished.  Two of the three vessels were placed in command of the second and third mates of the Courier, and the third, the Maria Bishop, was put in command of the Courier’s purser.  Mr. Hatch was one of the crew on the Maria Bishop, and, taking the place of a sick officer, he steered the vessel for fourteen hours, the sea covering them all the time.  Dripping wet, he remained all those long hours at the post of duty, without the least hope of ever seeing land again.  In passing Hatteras they went on the inside channel next to the lighthouse.  The weather then was fine until they neared Fortress Monroe, when, on account of a northern gale, they ran back to Chickatis, Virginia, and, missing the stakes, ran ashore.  Here they intercepted a schooner, Tom Collier, belonging to some insurance companies of New York, transferred the cargo of cotton to this vessel and proceeded to New York.  The Maria Bishop was unseaworthy and they abandoned her.  They reached New York ten days before the draft for more soldiers was made there.  Mr. Hatch’s name was on the list of drafted, and it was not until after he had had some difficulty and had paid a lawyer to write a letter to the enrolling officer in Ohio, that he succeeded in proving the fact that he was enrolled in Ohio.  After this he was sent in charge of fifteen men to repair the Great Eastern, which work was completed in twelve days.  Then he went south on the Fulton to take charge of building docks at Port Royal, where he remained nine months, at times having under his chgare as many as 400 men.
     On his return from Port Royal the second time, he made a visit to his family.  Feb. 1, 1864, in company with others, Mr. Hatch left Cleveland and proceeded south to assist in the building of gunboats for river defense at Bridgeport, Alabama, on the Tennessee river.  Here he was at work at the time when General Sherman started on his memorable march to the seaboard.  After remaining in Alabama for some five months, Mr. Hatch returned home.
     About thirty-five years ago Mr. Hatch invented a vessel for navigating the air.  The draft of it is still in his possession, and was photographed and taken by him to the Columbian Exposition.  He still thinks it feasible.  It has a length of forty feet and a capacity of carrying from forty to sixty people.
     Since the war the subject of our sketch has been engaged in contracting and building in Conneaut, and many of the buildings of this city are the result of his handiwork.  He erected the gristmill, papermill, the business block occupied by Hoskins & Palmer, besides other busines_ houses and numerous dwellings.
     The date of Mr. Hatch’s marriage has already been given.  Mrs. Hatch, nee Amanda J. McElvain, was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McElvain.  Her father died in the summer of 1885, and her mother has been dead over fifty years.  Mr. and Mrs. Hatch had four children, namely: Mary, a resident of New Bedford, Pennsylvania, has been twice married, by her first husband, E. Heiler, having one child, Fannie, and by her second husband, Wilson McCluskey, three children—Clara, Nellie and Earl; Emma C., wife of Lou Naef, photographer, of Conneaut, has two children - Otto and Leo; T. R., foreman in Pond’s planing-mill at Conneaut, married Louella Warren and has one child, Walter E.; and Frank H., baggage-master on the Conneaut accommodation, married Tillie Ellen, of Cleveland, their only child being Dorotha.  Mr. Hatch has one great-grandchild, Benjamin E. Maltley, son of Fannie and James Maltley, of Geneva, Ohio.  Mr. Hatch was buried Christmas, 1892.  She was born Sept. 10, 1829, and for forty-five years was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  From her girlhood up, her life was characterized by the sweetest of Christian graces.  A kind and obliging neighbor, a loving mother, a devoted wife, a true friend, an earnest Christian.  Such a character was hers.
     During his long life in Conneaut, Mr. Hatch has ever been identified with the best interests of the place.  In the days of slavery he was an ardent Abolitionist, and when a boy in his ’teens helped many a negro to make his escape to Canada and freedom.  For thirty-eight years he has been a blue lodge Mason, and for thirty years has been a member of the chapter.  Politically, he is a full fledged Prohibitionist.  He has been a delegate to various State conventions; was a delegate to the Rational Temperance Convention at Saratoga Springs in June, 1892, and this year (1893) is a delegate to the World’s Temperance Congress at Chicago.  He is a member of the Grand Lodge of Royal Templars of Temperance, of Ohio, a member of the Good Templars, and an honorary member of the Sons of Temperance, of New York.  He has been identified with the last named organization since he was eighteen years of age.  In many respects Mr. Hatch is a remarkable man.  He never drank a glass of beer in his life, never used a drop of liquor as a beverage, never used tobacco, nor does he drink tea or coffee.  A man of varied experiences, keen powers of observation, more than ordinary intelligence, and, withal, possessing a disposition to improve time and opportunity and keep pace with current events, Mr. Hatch has accomplished much in life.
     The above, while only a brief and imperfect sketch, will serve to show something of the life of one of Conneaut’s best citizens.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 666)

H. N. HAVENS, a member of the firm of Wright & Havens, proprietors of a planing mill and contractors and builders, Conneaut, Ohio, is one of the substantial and highly esteemed citizens of this place. 
     H. N. Havens was born in Chautauqua county, New York, July 13, 1846, son of Nelson and Eliza (Ashley) Havens.  His parents were born, reared and married in New York, and his father was a well-to-do farmer of that State, living an active and useful life and dying in 1866, aged fifty-eight years.  He took an active interest in the educational affairs, and served as School Trustee for many years; religiously, was an Universalist; politically, a Republican.  He was connected with the Underground Railroad.  He believed in a vigorous prosecution of the war and was deeply interested in the success of the Union forces.  Few men in his vicinity had more friends than he.  His good wife, who shared in his religious belief and who was a member of the same church, passed away in 1849.  The subject of this sketch is the youngest of their eight children, four of whom are still living.
     In early life, Mr. H. H. Havens learned the trade of shoemaker and worked at that trade for five years.  Then he began working at the carpenter's trade and has since been engaged in contracting and building.  He is a natural mechanic.  Since 1888 he has been identified with the firm of Wright & Havens, which firm has from the beginning done a most successful business, their business amounting the past year to about $50,000.
     Mr. Havens was married Sept. 3, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Loucks, daughter of John R. and Eunice Loucks, both of whom are deceased.  Mrs. Haven was a devoted wife and loving mother and was a member of the Christian Church.  Her untimely death occurred in 1874, at the age of twenty-six years.  She left two children, Eunice and Ralph B.  The former died at the age of eleven years.  Ralph B. is an expert wood turner, probably not having a superior in the State, and he is in the employ of the Glenville Standard Manufacturing Company.  He married Miss Kate Woodbury, daughter of T. W. Woodbury, of Conneaut, and has one child, Nelson.  After the death of his mother, Ralph B. Spent six years in the Wade family at Andover, this county, Mr. Wade being a brother of Mrs. Colfax, wife of the vice president.  He was educated in the schools of that place and while he was there the Colfax family visited Mr. Wade and one of the Colfax boys and Ralph became fast friends.
     The subject of this sketch, like his father, affiliates with the Republican party.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 855 with notes added by Sharon Wick)

ALEXANDER HAY, the popular landlord of the Nickel Plate Eating House,* Conneaut, Ohio, is a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, born in 1846.  His parents were Alexander and Mary Hay, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania.  The senior Mr. Hay was a man of excellent business qualifications, all his active life being spent as a proprietor of a hotel at Coshocton.  He died in 1846.  His wife survived him until August, 1892, when she passed away at the age of seventy-four years.  She was one of the pioneers of Coshocton county, having gone there with her parents when she was a little girl.  From her girlhood she was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and her whole life was characterized by the sweetest of Christian graces.  She had thirteen children, the subject of our sketch being one of the six who are still living.
     When the Civil war broke out Mr. Hay was only in his 'teens, and, young as he was, he enlisted, in August, 1861, in Company E, Fifteenth United States regulars.  After the battle of Shiloh, in which he participated, he detailed in recruiting service, and was at Newport Kentucky, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newport, Rhode Island.  From Newport he went South, reaching Lookout Mountain two days after the battle; thence to Mobile, and from there to Selma, Alabama.  He was discharged at Selma in 1867, after a service of five years and four months.  He served as drummer four years.  He stood the service well, and has never made any application for a pension.
     The war over, Mr. Hay turned his attention to work at his trade, that of machinist, and for eleven years worked for the Pan Handle Railroad Company at Dennison, Ohio.  He learned this trade after the war.  In 1878 he went from Dennison to Coshocton, where he worked at his trade until 1887.  Since that year he has been a resident of Conneaut.  After being in the employ of the Nickel Plate as machinist here one year he turned his attention to the hotel business, having been proprietor of the Nickel Plate Hotel ever since.
     Mr. Hay was married Feb. 8, 1872, to Miss Lucy F. Furgeson, daughter of Edwin Ferguson, of Uhrichsville, Ohio.  She is a lady of many estimable qualities and is a member of the Congregational Church.  They have three children, all in school:  Eddie, Mary E. and Frank F.
     Mr. Hay is an ardent Republican, and is prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of the Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank, the G. A. R., A. O. U. W. and Home Circle.
     Of Mrs. Hay's father we record that he was born in Culpeper, Virginia, and was for many years engaged in work at his trade, that of tailor, at Cadiz and Uhrichsville.  He served all through the Mexican war, participating in its leading battles, and in the Civil war was a lieutenant in the Second Ohio Battery, serving three years.  He died at the home of his only child, Mrs. Hay, his wife having passed away two years before at Uhrichsville.  Mr. Ferguson was a stanch Republican and a prominent Mason, having taken the Knights Templar degree.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 150)
* NOTE: The Nickel Plate Eating House and rooming house for the Railroaders was where Hercules Packing Company was on the corner of Madison & Chestnut Streets.

CAPTAIN SAMUEL HAYWARD, deceased, for many years prominently identified with the banking and other interests of Conneaut, and at the time of his death Mayor of the city, was a native of New York, and came to this place with his parents when he was six years old.
     He was the second born in the family of twelve children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Campbell) Harvard, natives of Vermont.  Samuel Hayward, Sr.,  came with his family to Ohio in 1833 and settled on a farm in Monroe township, Ashtabula county, where he passed the rest of his life, honored and respected by all who knew him.  He was not only one of the leading farmers of his day, but also served the public as a Justice of the Peace, and filled other minor offices.  Politically he was a Whig.  He died in 1851, aged fifty-four years.  His wife survived him until August 25, 1891, when she passed away at the advanced age of eighty-eight.  She was a Universalist.  Grandfather Campbell, a venerable citizen of Conneaut, was accidentally drowned at Conneaut Harbor when he was over seventy years old.  Samuel and Elizabeth Hayward reared a large family of children, three of whom, Samuel, George and Charles served in the late war.  George was a First Lieutenant, and was acting as commander of his company - Company E, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry - in the battle of Gettysburg when he was instantly killed, July 3, 1863, aged twenty years.  His remains rest in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
     Samuel learned the tanner's trade when a boy and worked at it until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in the army, and was made Captain of a company.  Through the influence of Ben Wade, who was a warm friend of his father, he received the appointment of Captain in the regular army.  He served as recruiting officer three years, being stationed at Toledo, where he rendered most efficient service.  At the close of the war he resigned his position.
     After the war Captain Hayward began speculating in wool and provisions, and subsequently turned his attention to the oil business in Pennsylvania, where he was engaged several years.  In 1872 he moved to Conneaut and engaged in banking, which business he followed the rest of his life.  He was president and one of the charter members of the Mutual Loan Association of Conneaut, being president of that institution at the time of his death.  In 1886 he was elected Mayor of Conneaut to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Burgiss, but met the council only a few times, his death occurring six weeks after his election.  He died Dec. 30, 1886, aged fifty-eight years.  Few men were better or more favorably known in Conneaut than he.  Indeed he was one of the leading citizens of the town.  Generous to a fault, public-spirited and enterprising, he could always be depended upon to support any movement which had for its object the best interests of the city.  Personally he was a man of fine appearance and his conduct was such that he commanded respect in whatever position he was placed.  Few men here had more friends than he.
     Captain Hayward was married, Apr. 1, 1848, to Miss Edna Dean, and had four children, as follows:  Kate, wife of James T. Parmer; Mrs. Minnie H. Burington, who has two children: Edna and Ruth; Abner K., who married Mrs. Kate Demon, resides in Findlay, Ohio; and Collin D., engaged in the lumber business with his brother, Abner, at Findlay.
     Mrs. Edna Hayward is a native of Ohio, and the youngest of the eleven children of Harvey and Phoebe (Kellogg) Dean, natives of Massachusetts.  She has two brothers and two sisters living.  Harvey Dean was one of the seven children of Captain Walter and Abigail Dean.  The former was born in New Lisbon, Connecticut, Sept. 5, 1751, and died Jan. 19, 1814, aged sixty-two years, and the latter died Apr. 11, 1811, at the age of fifty-seven.  Captain Walter Dean enlisted at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry, and served seven years in the Revolutionary war, participating in the battles of Monmouth, White Plains, Brandywine, Valley Forge, Trenton, Saratoga, and others.  At the close of the war he received a certificate, commending him highly as an officer, and signed by General George Washington.  This document is now in the possession of Mrs. Hayward's family, and is highly treasured.  Mrs. Hayward is a woman of wide general information, skilled in the duties of home and possessing unusual business tact.  She and Mrs. Lyon, another of Connecticut's estimable ladies, are double cousins, Mrs. Lyon's father being a brother of Mrs. Dean and Mr. Dean and Mrs. Lyon's mother being brother and sister.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 434)

GEORGE HENRY, a prominent and well-known engineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in the city of New York, May 19, 1855, son of Peter and Agnes (Crozier) Henry.
     Peter Henry was born in Roxburyshire, Scotland, Sept. 12, 1826, and Dec. 28, 1850, married Agnes Crozier, of the parish of Sprouston, Scotland, the date of her birth being Mar. 16, 1828. Mar. 3,1851, they sailed from Glasgow; were shipwrecked in the English Channel, and after some delay, but without any serious loss, the voyage was continued, and Apr. 16, 1851, they landed at New York city, their destination. Mr. Henry had learned the trade of stone-cutter in the old country, and after his arrival in New York continued work at that trade. He bought a farm in Erie county, New York, and, while he worked at his trade, superintended its cultivation. The mother and a sister still reside on the old home place in Erie county. Mr. Henry served as Assessor for twelve successive years, and was also for some time Supervisor of his county. He was perhaps as well known as any man in that part of the State. He was one of the finest mathematicians in western New York. His educational advantages were poor, but he was one of the most indefatigable students. He was well read in general literature, was a fine reasoner and an impressive conversationalist. He died of cancer of the stomach, Oct. 18, 1890. Both he and his wife were reared in the Presbyterian Church. Following are the names of their nine children: James, who married Miss Harriet E. Holt, died Mar. 24, 1885, aged thirty-two years; George; William, who died at the age of six years; Frank, who died at the age of five; Agnes, wife of Levi McCullor, resides at Evans, Erie county, New York; John, a resident of Angola, Erie county, New York, married Nellie Clark; Susan, wife of F. L. Culbertson, Conneaut, Ohio, has one child, Mildred; Isabel, wife of J. J. Brown, lives at West Spring Creek, Pennsylvania; and Maggie, who resides with her mother.
George Henry received his education in the Angola Academy, of which institution he is a graduate. He worked on the farm and also learned the trade of stone-cutter. On account of ill health he quit work at his trade, and in 1878 secured a position on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad as fireman, continuing as such four years.
He began work on the Nickel Plate June 15, 1882, and has been on that road ever since, serving as engineer. He has never been in a wreck of any kind, but has made some very narrow escapes.
     He was married Jan. 1, 1878, to Miss Ada Elsie Parker, daughter of John K. and Mary (Smith) Parker, of Evans, Erie county, New York, of which State she is a native. Her father, born Mar. 19, 1824, is still living. Her mother is deceased. The seven children composing the Parker family are as follows: Anson S., Brant, Erie county, New York; Elizabeth, wife of George Fuller, Collinwood, Ohio; John H., Grand Rapids, Michigan; Charlotte Jane, wife of A. S. Farrand, Cleveland; Samuel A., North Collins, New York; Sarah Ann, wife of E. S. Webster, Brant, Erie county, New York; and Mrs. Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Henry have had two children, Mary Agnes and Lulu Belle. The latter died in infancy.
     Mr. Henry is a full-fledged Mason, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter, council and Cache Commandery, all of Conneaut. He is also a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in which he is First Engineer; and of the Protected Home Circle. In politics he is an ardent Republican.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 228)

EDGAR L, HILLS. - Ohio is peculiarly fortunate in her public officers, who are universally men of worth and ability.  Conspicuous among these is the gentleman whose name initiates this sketch.
     Edgar L. Hills, the efficient and popular Recorder of Ashtabula county, worthy citizen and successful business man, was born in Albion, Erie county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 4, 1852, and is a son of Humphrey A. Hills, a widely known and highly respected resident of that State. Humphrey Hills was born in Goshen, Connecticut, Aug. 10, 1811, and was married at Cranesville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11. 1834, to Antha, daughter of Georde and Eunice (Green) Reed, by whom he had nine children: Charles W., Marcus A., Alice P., Henry H., Mary A., W. Scott, Lucy E., Humphrey A. and Edgar L.  Of these all are living except Alice.  His second marriage occurred at Albion, Pennsylvania, Dec. 11, 1853, when he wedded  Louise Adelia, daughter of Hiram and Susan (Powers) Williams, by whom he had four children: Willis P., James L., Victor F. and Jessie May.  Four of the sons responded to their country's call and took arms in the great civil conflict.  The four were Charles, Marcus, Henry and Scott.  Charles was Captain of the Seventh Iowa Infantry, and afterward in command of Company B, One Hundred and Fortieth Illinois Infantry; Marcus was First Lieutenant of the Third Iowa Infantry; Henry served in the First Colorado Regiment; Scott served in the Navy, on the United States man-of-war  "New Ironsides."   In early years Mr. Hills secured various official preferments in Erie county, Pennsylvania, having served as Constable, Justice of the Peace, School Director, and in 1847 County Commissioner.   In 1850 he was Surveyor in charge of the work of establishing the county line between Erie and Crawford counties.  Later on he was the incumbent as United States Marshal for his district, and in 1852 and 1853 was a member of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature. He died Mar. 14,1887, at Springfield, Pennsylvania.
     Edgar L. Hills, concerning whose life this sketch has mainly to do, was reared in his native county, receiving a common-school education. He then took a position in a dry goods establishment at Springfield, Pennsylvania, and after a time took a course in the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland, Ohio.  Upon the completion of his studies in this institution he entered a dry-goods establishment at Cleveland, as salesman, retaining the position for about three years.  He then returned to the Keystone State, where he clerked for four years longer.  He was then married, and shortly afterward removed to Conneaut, Ohio, where he entered the mercantile held upon his own responsibility, continuing in business until his election, in 1886, to his present office as Recorder of Ashtabula county.  In December, 1886, he removed to Jefferson, the county seat, where he has since resided.  He has twice been elected as his own successor, -  at the expiration of his term, in 1889, and again in 1892, his election for the third term being the first instance of the kind in many years, and serving to show the high regard in which he is held, both as an officer and a man.
     Mr. Hills was united in marriage June 28, 1877, to Miss S. Louise Doty, an estimable lady of Springfield, Pennsylvania, who was born in Eagleville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 28, 1855, and they have two daughters, Maude L., who was born at Conneaut, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1879, and Margaret, who was born at Jefferson, Ohio, Dec. 24,1887.
     Politically, Mr. Hills sympathizes with the Republican party, and socially, is a member of Columbian Lodge, No. 491, Knights of Pythias, at Jefferson, and the Royal Arcanum, at Conneaut, while, as a citizen and business man, he enjoys preeminence in his community.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 171)

WILLIAM HOFFMAN, locomotive engineer on the Nickel Plate Railroad, and a resident of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Jefferson county, this State, Oct. 2, 1862.
     His parents, Andrew and Anna (George) Hoffman, were born in Germany and were married in Steubenville, Ohio, Andrew Hoffman having settled in Steubenville upon his arrival in this country in 1858.  He learned the trade of stone mason in the old country and has followed that trade all his life.  Both he and his wife are members of the German Lutheran Church.  Their three children are Anna, John and William.  Anna is the wife of Andrew Rosenhomer, a farmer of Beaver county, Pennsylvania.  They have five children: Henry, Albert, Maggie, Lawrence and Christopher C.  John, a resident of Little Washington, Pennsylvania, is a locomotive engineer.  He and his wife, Ella (O'Brien) Hoffman, have three children: William John and Stella.
     William Hoffman, the subject of this article, remained on his father's farm until he was sixteen years of age, at which time he went to Wheeling, West Virginia, and entered the car-shops of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to learn the painter's trade, working at that a year and a half.  The paint not agreeing with him, he sought another line of work, and for a year was employed as hostler in the Pan Handle engine-house in that city.  Then he began firing on the Pan Handle, and ran between Dennison and Pittsburg two years.  In 1882 he came to Conneaut and accepted a position as fireman on the Nickel Plate.  After serving as fireman two months he was promoted as engineer and has been acting as such ever since.  By his careful attention to duty and the best interests of his employers, he has never met with any accident and has gained an enviable reputation as an engineer.
     Mr. Hoffman was married Nov. 5, 1885, to Miss Mary Sullivan, daughter of Dennis and Ellen Sullivan.  Her mother died Aug. 27, 1884, at the age of forty years, and her father is still living, in Conneaut.  She is the oldest of three children.  Her brother William lives in Conneaut, and her sister Ann in Pittsburg.  All three were born in London.  The Sullivan family came to America in 1871 and settled in Collingwood, Ontario, and in 1876 came to Ashtabula county, Ohio.  They are members of the Catholic Church.  Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have one child, William John.
     Politically, Mr. Hoffman is a Democrat.  He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and of the Junior Order of American Mechanics.  Like many of the Brotherhood, he owns a comfortable home which his industry and frugality have secured.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 1001)

W. P. HORTON, an aged and highly respected citizen of Conneaut, Ohio, is a dealer in groceries, provisions, furnishing goods, notions, etc., corner of State street and Bartlett avenue.
     W. P. Horton was born in Alexander, Genesee county, New York, Oct. 15, 1814, son of Solomon and Philena (Peters) Horton, the father a native of Hartford, Connecticut, and the mother of Vermont.  His parents were married in Vermont and their oldest son was born in that state.  In 1813 they moved to the Holland Purchase, and in the woods of Genesee county, by dint of hard work and good management, the father developed a nice farm.  In 1831 he moved to Alden, Erie county, New York, where he improved another farm.  The same year he settled in Alden he and his wife and four of their children united with the Free­will Baptist Church.  His wife died at the age of fifty-five years, five months and five days.  She was a most devout, earnest Christian woman, whom to know was to love.  Her great concern in life was to see all her children converted and have a working place in the church.  This precious boon was granted her, she being permitted to live until they were all zealous Christian workers.  After the death of his first wife Mr. Solomon Horton married a widow who had grown children living in Wisconsin.  They moved to that State, and there he died at the age of about seventy-seven years.  For many years he was a Deacon in the church.  His nine children were as follows: Rev. H. W., who was a minister in the Baptist Church for over forty years, and who was, like his father, a great Abolitionist, passed to his reward some years ago; William P., whose name heads this article; Sallie, who married a Mr. Dow, died in Illinois; Cynthia, who is married and living in Lansing, Michigan; Orsemus, who has been a Deacon in the Baptist Church at Grand Rapids, Michigan, for more than forty years; Orville, a farmer of Union, Pennsylvania; Amanda, wife of Josiah Kilburn, died near Grand Rapids, Michigan; Almira, widow of Dr. Ingals, resides in Illinois; and Alonzo, a resident of Michigan. In this large family all reached mature years, and the oldest was over sixty before there was a death in the family.
     W. P. Horton was reared on his father's farm and assisted in developing it.  He also cleared a farm of his own, and after his marriage settled thereon.  He was married in Darien, Genesee county, New York, Oct. 2, 1836, to Dennis Almira Carter, who was born in New York, Aug. 21, 1810, daughter of Seth and Almira Carter.  Her parents were born and married in Connecticut, and were pioneers of the Holland purchase.  Of the Carter family we make record as follows: Mrs. Horton was the fourth born in a family of two sons and four daughters.  Two of the latter, Mary Ann and Caroline, are married and living in Kentucky, and the youngest daughter, also married, has her home some place in the west.  Samuel lives in the northern part of Michigan.  William died at Union, Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1890.  The father's death occurred in 1851, at the home of Mr. Horton, in Conneaut, Mrs. Carter having passed away some years before in Erie county, Pennsylvania; both are buried in the East Conneaut Cemetery.  Mr. and Mrs. Horton had three children, Caroline S., Miles L. and Burrel W., only one of whom, Miles L., is living. Caroline S. became the wife of B. F. Thompson, by whom she had two children, Lida and Alice.  Her death occurred Dec. 1, 1881.  Mr. Thompson is a farmer and resides in East Conneaut.  Mr. Horton's first wife died Apr. 6, 1859. Dec. 31, 1859, he married a widow, Mrs. Mary C. (Knox) Folsom.  Mr. Folsom, her deceased husband, had two children by a former marriage, one of whom is the wife of Miles L. Horton, above referred to.  Of Mrs. Mary C. Horton's family be it recorded that her parents, Hugh and Martha Knox, had eight children, viz.: Anna, wife of Pyatt Williamson, is deceased, as also is her husband; John, who married Catherine Bow, died Feb. 18, 1861, at the age of fifty-five years; James, who died Apr. 24, 1842, at the age of thirty-three years; William, who died June 8,1873, aged sixty-one years; Mary C., born Oct. 10, 1815; Thomas S., residing near Warren, Ohio; Jane G. Scott, also living near Warren, Ohio; and Robert, who died Mar. 14, 1842, aged twenty-two years: Mary C. Horton died May 30, 1893, leaving the subject of our notice a widower again in his old age.
     Mr. W. P. Horton removed from New York to Union county, Pennsylvania, Apr. 12, 1843, and there developed another farm, on which he remained until he came to East Conneaut, May 5, 1855.  About this time he began selling medicines, traveling in the interest of Dr. John S. Carter, of Erie, making his home in East Conneaut, his son having charge of the farm.  Following his experience on the road, he was sick seven years, with white swelling, and not able to get out or in.  He is still afflicted, although he is able to get around, chiefly, however, in his chair.  In December, 1883, Mr. Horton moved to West Conneaut and opened a store at his present location, where be has continued to do a successful business.
     Mr. Horton, at the age of eleven years, was baptized, and, with his father and mother, united with the first Free-will Baptist Church ever organized on the Holland Purchase, so called, the church being located at Bethany, New York.
     For over sixty-seven years Mr. Horton has bean a member of the Free-will Baptist Church, and for more than thirty years of that time has acted as chorister in the church.  He also served as Church Trustee.  Mrs. Horton is a Methodist.  Mr. Horton and his son, Miles L., both affiliate with the Republican party.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 231)

A. O. HOSKINS, dealer in general merchandise at Conneaut, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in May, 1850.  His parents, W. L. and N. A. (Trimmer) Hoskins, were natives of Vermont and New York respectively.  W. L. Hoskins was a tanner by trade and carried on the tanning business at Pierpont for many years.  He came to this county with his parents at an early day when the place where Conneaut now stands was covered with dense forest.  He held township offices from the time he was a voter until he died.  He was Town Clerk for perhaps more than twenty years, and for a number of years was Postmaster, his wife taking the office at the time of his death and serving the rest of the term.  In church work he was also prominent, being a member of the Baptist Church and an officer in the same for many years. Politically, he was a Republican.  To know him was to respect and esteem him. Indeed, few men in the county had more friends than he, and his untimely death in 1872, at the age of forty-nine years, was a shock and a bereavement to all.  He was found dead in one of the vats in his tannery.  The cause and particulars of his death were never known. He had been complaining of dizziness during the morning and it is supposed he in some way lost his balance or tripped.  His widow, born Jan. 29, 1829, is still living, well preserved in body and mind.  She, too, has been a member of the Baptist Church for many years.  This worthy couple had a family of six children, A. O. being the oldest. Frank L., a merchant of Edinborough, Pennsylvania, married Miss Louise Thompson, of that city.  Marion Adel, wife of A. S. Venen, and a resident of Oregon, has five children; Linn died at the age of live years; R. T., a partner in the store of A. O. Hoskins & Co., married Lizzie Griffin and has one child, Benjamin Harrison; Nina J., the youngest, has been an efficient clerk in the store for some time.
     A. O. Hoskins has been in the mercantile business for a number of years.  At the age of fifteen he went behind the counter as clerk for T. S. Winship, of Pierpont, and remained in his service for five years.  Then he clerked for S. J. Smith, of Conneaut, five years, at the end of which time he became a partner in the business, under the firm name of Smith & Hoskins, at Pierpont.  Two years later Mr. Smith sold out to Mr. Hoskins, who continued the business under his own name seven years.  Then, disposing of the store at Pierpont, he established himself in business at Conneaut under the firm name of A. O. Hoskins & Co., Mr. Smith representing the silent interest for one year.  Then Mr. Hoskins bought out Mr. Smith's interest and took in his (Hoskins) brother as partner.  The firm carry a full stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, crockery, etc., and are doing a successful business.  Mr. Hoskins has served as Councilman of the city two terms.
     He was married May 31, 1872, to Miss Emma Bartlett, daughter of N. W. Bartlett.  She died in July, 1885, at the age of thirty-one years, leaving an only child, Lois Pearl.  Mrs. Hoskins was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Hoskins affiliates with the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 218)

RICHARD HUBBARD. - Much of the proverbial prosperity of Ashtabula, Ohio, is traceable to her energetic and capable business men, of whom no one is more worthy of mention than the subject of this sketch.
     Of New England ancestry, from whom he inherits clear judgment, an energetic disposition, hardy manhood and uprightness of character, it is not surprising that he should have gained foremost rank in the commercial circles of his community, otherwise he would belie his Puritan ancestry, as history has never represented that race as laggards.  His great grandfather, Nehemiah Hubbard, was a native of Middletown, Connecticut, and was a Revolutionary patriot.  He was a man of great wealth and owned at one time most of the town site of Ashtabula besides large tracts of land in Ashtabula and adjoining counties.  He was thrice married, his first wife being a Miss Sill, who had one child, now the mother of Mrs. Senator Wade and Henry Parsons.  He next married a Miss Starr, and they had four children: Thomas Richard, Cornelia, Lucy and another daughter.  His third wife was a widow by the name of Latimer, who had no children.  Richard Hubbard, grandfather of the subject of this notice, was also born in Middletown, Connecticut, who had four children: Lucy; Edward C., who died young; Edward C., father of the subject of this sketch; and Frances Cornelia.  Edward Cone Hubbard was also born in Middletown, Connecticut, the birthplace of so many generations of his ancestors, his birth occurring Sept. 21, 1824.  He was reared and educated in his native city where he was married, and in which place he was engaged for a few years, in his younger days, in the drug business.  He then settled in Ashtabula county, Ohio, near which place he was for a while engaged in fruit-farming, being at the same time proprietor of a brick and tile factory, besides which he was for three years in the milling business at Conneaut.  He was married June 20, 1849, to Sarah Maria Humphreys, of Derby, Ohio, daughter of an old and prominent resident of that city.  They had six children: W. H., born Apr. 13, 1850, now a leading attorney at Defiance, Ohio; R. W., the subject of this sketch; Mary C., born June 8, 1858; Lucy M., born Mar. 10, 1861; Ellen C., Feb. 28, 1867; and John P., Nov. 21, 1870, now with the Ashtabula Banking Company.
     R. W. Hubbard, of this biography, a resident of Ashtabula, Ohio, a dealer in hardware at Conneaut and traveling salesman for the McIntosh Company of Cleveland, and an all around hustling business man, was born in the same city as his father, Oct. 14, 1853.  He secured his education principally at the boarding school of William H. Hubbard, in Bunker Hill, Ashtabula county, an institution founded before the war but now extinct.  On leaving school, Mr. Hubbard entered the hardware establishment of John C. Selden, at Erie, Pennsylvania, as clerk, where he remained one year.  He next entered the employ of McConkey & Shannon, of the same city, and after eighteen months' faithful and efficient service with them, severed his connection to accept a position as traveling salesman for Messrs. Pratt & Company, of Buffalo, for which latter firm he completed a service of fifteen years in 1889.  This arrangement being concluded, Mr. Hubbard secured a similar position with his present firm, the McIntosh  Company, of Cleveland.  Besides this, he engaged in the hardware business in Conneaut in 1891, under the style of R. W. Hubbard & Company.  He has been justly prospered and enjoys the best wishes of a largle circle of friends for his future success and happiness.
     Politically, Mr. Hubbard advocates the principles of the Republican party; fraternally, he belongs to the blue lodge of the Masonic order; and socially is president of the Lenewawee Society of Ashtabula.
     On June 30, 1886, Mr. Hubbard was married, by the Rev. Jabez Hall, to Miss Clara Gertrude Cadwell, a well known society lady, daughter o Judge Darius Cadwell, now a prominent attorney of Cleveland, this State.  They have no children.
     Judge Darius Cadwell has been so intimately connected with the progress and development of this country for so many years, that it is but fitting that some extended mention should be made of him in this connection.  He was born in Richmond, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Apr. 13, 1821, and was a student of Alleghany College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania.  He read law with Ramey & Wade, of Jefferson, Ohio, in which firm he later became a partner.  In 1856, he was elected a member of the Lower House of the Legislature, and in 1858 and 1859 represented his district in the Senate of Ohio.  On the organization of the Provost-Marshal General's department at the time of the internecine struggle, he was appointed Provost-Marshal for the nineteenth district, which he held until the close of the war, being stationed at Warren, this State.  He was then transferred to other departments and closed out the business of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth districts, being himself mustered out of service Dec. 20, 1865.  In the fall of 1871, Judge Cadwell opened a law office in Cleveland, and in 1873 was elected Common Pleas Judge of Cuyahoga county, in which capacity he served two terms, his incumbency being distinguished by a prompt and efficient discharge of duty.  He has since devoted his attention to the practice of his profession, in partnership with his son.
     The Judge was married Apr. 13, 1847, to Miss Ann Elizabeth Watrous, daughter of John B. Watrous, widely and favorably known and a descendant of an old and distinguished Connecticut family.  They had four children:  Florence, deceased at three years; James, died aged eleven; Mrs. Hubbard, born Nov. 5, 1855, who was educated in the common schools and at Guilford Academy; and Frank, unmarried.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 829)

D. C. HUGABOON, one of the worthy citizens of Conneaut, and for many years conductor on the Nickel Plate Railroad, dates his birth in Erie County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 12, 1852.
     His parents were James and Mary (Russell) Hugaboon, natives of Vermont and Pennsylvania respectively.  His father was engaged in farming and stock-raising in Pennsylvania, and at one time made a specialty of fine horses.  He was well known in his county as a man of the strictest integrity, and fully lived up to his high ideas of morality.  He died June 13, 1868, at the age of sixty-one years.  His wife passed away May 14, 1880, aged forty-six.  Of their family we make the following record: Mary, the oldest, is the widow of W. D. Feidler, and lives in Erie; Helen M., wife of G. N. Johnson, is also a resident of Erie; Margaret, wife of T. H. Collins, lives in Ashtabula; Nettie, who died at the age of twenty-eight, was the wife of H. R. Bissell; Frances Lillian died at the age of twenty-three years; Charles J., a resident of Erie, is machinist in the Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad shops.
     D. C. Hugaboon, the fourth born in his father's family, remained on the home farm until he was eighteen years old.  At that time he entered upon a railroad career.  He served four years as brakeman and has ever since been a conductor.  He was on the Erie & Pittsburgh until 1883, since which time he has been on the Nickel Plate, with the exception of the winter of the Ashtabula disaster.  At that time he was braking on the Lake Shore Railroad.  That night the engine of the freight, on which he was employed, was taken from the train to assist a passenger, there being deep snow and a heavy storm.  This gave him and his fellow brakeman,, William Burrell, a chance to take a much needed sleep.  They were in the caboose when the wreck occurred.  They were awakened by the pumpman and told of the disaster, and at once hastened to the scene.  Only one man had reached the wreck before them, and he, with ax in hand, stood appalled at the sight before him.  Mr. Hugaboon, rushing up and taking the ax from his hand, knocked open the door of a sleeper and, unaided, carried six of the passengers to a place of safety before the fire reached that car.  In other cars he found trunks of human beings with head and limbs burned off, and the screams of the injured and dying rose above the storm of the night.  He carried out a child which was still living, though perhaps unconscious, its legs being burned off below the knees.  For six hours in the slush and snow he worked, thinking all the time that his sister might be the next he would carry out of the wreck, for he thought she was on the train.  She and her husband went to Erie, expecting to board that train, but, owning to its lateness and the extreme cold and severe storm, they returned home, and were thus saved from an awful death.  In all the twenty years of his railroad experience, Mr. Hugaboon says that was the worst night he ever saw for a wreck.
     In 1882 he located in Conneaut, and has been here ever since.  His own railroad experience has been a remarkably "lucky" one.  He was never suspended a day in his life, has never had to made out an accident report for a person hurt on his train, and is today the oldest freight conductor on the road.  He was chosen a member of the City Council since coming to Conneaut, and served two years, at the end of that time declining a second term.
     Mr. Hugaboon has been twice married.  In 1875 he married Mary C. Uber, daughter of Jacob Uber, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania.  Their only child, Alice May, died at the age of eight years.  The wife and mother died Mar. 10, 1892, aged thirty-six.  She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He present wife, nee Lydia Brown, is a daughter of Abijah and Emiline (Galloway) Brown, the latter a relative of Hon. Samuel Galloway.  Her father died in 1858, aged fifty-one years, and her mother in 1871, aged fifty-two.  Mrs. Hugaboon is the older of two children.  Her brother Alonzo, a resident of Conneaut, is a decorator and paperhanger.  Mr. Hugaboon and his wife are members of the Christian Church.  He belongs to the Order of Railway Conductors, the I. O. G. T., and the Protective Home circle.  He was formerly a Republican, but now affiliates with the Prohibition party.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 854)

D. L. HUNTLEY, a well-known business man of Pierpont township, Ashtabula county, was born in this city, Oct. 25, 1832, a son of James Huntley, a native of Massachusetts, and a soldier in the war of 1812.  The latter's father, Amos Huntley, was also a native of Massachusetts, and of Scotch parentage.  James Huntley came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, early in life, and was married at Denmark, this State, to Lydia Hart, a native of Litchfield, Connecticut, and a daughter of a Revolutionary soldier.  Mr. Huntley was a farmer by occupation, a Republican in his political relations, and a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church.  His wife came from Connecticut to Ashtabula county, on horseback.  Mr. and Mrs. Huntley had five children:  William Milo (deceased), Harriette, Phoebe Wright and D. L.
     D. L. Huntley, the subject of this notice, received his education in the Kingsville Academy, and was a successful school-teacher for a number of years.  He was engaged in trade at Pierpont for a time before the war,  and was also engaged in farming at the old home place.  In his political relations he votes with the Republican party, and has held the positions of Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee.
     In 1871 Mr. Huntley was united in marriage with Susan Carver, a native of Pennsylvania.  They had one daughter, Ethel E.  The great loss of our subject's life was in the death of his beloved wife, which occurred Aug. 29, 1890.  She was an affectionate wife and mother, a kind neighbor, and lived a consistent Christian life.  Mr. Huntley is frank and cordial with all whom he meets, and is one of the popular citizens of Ashtabula county.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 1017)

ORLANDO L. HUSTON, a substantial farmer and venerable citizen of Ashtabula County, Ohio, was born in Canada, Mar. 8, 1815.
     He is a son of William Huston, whose birth occurred in New York in 1790.  His father having died when William was a mere lad, the latter moved with his mother to Eaton, District of Three Rivers, Canada, where he was subsequently employed on the river and where he lived until 1820.  That year he came to Ohio and located in Conneaut township, Ashtabula county, near where the subject of our sketch now lives.  He afterward lived in Ashtabula and then Pennsylvania and about 1850 came back to this county and settled in Monroe township.  Here he died some time in the sixties.  His political affiliations were formerly with the Whig party, and after the organization of the Republican party he gave it his support.  The mother of Orlando L. was before her marriage Miss Sarah Learned.  She was born in New Hampshire in 1797, and went from her Native State of Canada, where, about 1813, she married Mr. Huston.  Her father had a contract to make a turnpike from Quebec to Montreal.  An expected invasion of the country by Bonaparte, however, caused that enterprise to be abandoned, and thus it was that in 1822 her parents, Abijah and Ann (Sullingham) Learned, came to Ohio.  Her father and mother were natives of New Hampshire, the former's ancestors being English and the latter's German.  William and Sarah Huston had four children, viz.: Orlando L., the oldest; David W., a resident of Monroe township, Ashtabula county, Ohio; Sophronia, widow of Robert Jennings, is also a resident of Monroe township; and Maria, widow of William Fitz.
     Orlando L. Huston came to Ohio with his parents and remained with them until he was sixteen years old, when he bought his time of his father and began farming on the shares at the place where he now lives.  In this way he continued his farming operations until 1852.  That year he bought his present farm, and upon it he has since resided.  He is indeed one of the old landmarks of this vicinity, having resided here since 1829, and few men here are better known or ore highly respected than he.
     Mr. Huston was married in 1836, to Flora H. King, who was born in Conneaut, Ohio, in 1812, and who died in 1884.  She was the daughter of Elisha and Mercy (Bruce) King, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Virginia.  Mr. and Mrs. King were married in Ohio, being among the very earliest settlers of the Western Reserve.  Elisha King was the son of Peter King, the Kings being of English descent.  The Bruce family originated in Scotland.  Mr. Huston's grandfather was a Presbyterian Minister.  Our subject and his wife have had two children: Mary, who died in January, 1890, was a deaf mute; and Martha, widow of Oscar Allen, lives with her father.  Mr. Allen died in 1871, leaving his widow and two children.  Fred W., the older of these two, is a widower with one child, Juva, that lives with its grandmother.  The younger, Carrie, is now the wife of Charles E. Hicks.
     In his political affiliations Mr. Huston is a Democrat.  He has served as Township Trustee twenty-eight years; has also rendered efficient service on the School Board.  He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Home Guard.  In 1861 he enlisted in the Second Ohio Independent Battery, under Esquire Cartin, and was sent to the West.  While foraging at Osage Springs, Arkansas, he was captured and was taken prisoner to Fort Smith, where he was  held one month, after which he was exchanged.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 941)

PERRY G. HYDE, a Notary Public and the efficient and popular Postmaster of South New Lyme, Ohio, having held the former position twenty-four years and the latter eight years, is deserving of prominent mention in a history of Ashtabula county.  He comes of a worthy and large family, originally of New England.  His father, Hyram Hyde, was born in Hartland, Connecticut, Dec. 16, 1804, and had two brothers and six sisters, of whom only two sisters now survive; Mary, now Mrs. Wayne Bidwell, of Kinsman, Ohio, and Julia, now Mrs. Chrisholm, of Kenosha, Wisconsin.  While Hiram is an infant, his parents removed to Vernon, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he was reared and educated.  On attaining his majority, Hiram engaged in the mercantile business at Penn Line, Pennsylvania, later going into the hotel business, first at Leon, Ohio, from 1836 to 1840, and then at Conneaut, the same State, where he kept the Mansion House until 1844, afterward going to Jefferson, where he conducted the Beckwith House until 1846.  He then engaged in farming, to which he devoted the remainder of his life, first following that occupation near Jefferson for one year, and afterward removing to a farm near New Lyme, where he resided until his death, Dec. 16, 1889.  The mother of the subject of this sketch, was before marriage, Olive Sargent, of Kelloggsville, Ohio.
     Mr. Hyde, of this notice, was born in Penn Line, Pennsylvania, Nov. 15, 1834, when his father was in the mercantile business there, and was reared in the several different places which was afterward his parents' home.  He received a good education in the schools of Penn Line, Conneaut and New Lyme.  He removed with his parents to New Lyme in 1847, which has ever since been his home, and where he has devoted himself to farming until called to official life.  Few men have discharged a public trust with so much efficiency and honor as Mr. Hyde, who brought to his work an extensive business experience and a conscientious regard for his duty and the rights of others, qualities which are, unfortunately, too often conspicuous for their absence.
     June 28, 1865, Mr. Hyde was married to Temperance A. Dodge, an educated and accomplished lady of New Lyme, daughter of Jeremiah Dodge, a well-known and widely respected resident of that city.  They had four children: Hattie Olive, born Mar. 22, 1866; Bernice Eugenie, born Feb. 16, 1868; Perry G., Jr., Nov. 20, 1870; and Edward J., Mar. 26, 1872.  In 1874, the loving and devoted mother was removed from the family which so much needed her care.  Mr. Hyde afterward remarried and had nine children by his second union: Jessie B., born Aug. 31, 1876; Mabel O., born Apr. 15, 1879; Hiram L., Feb. 17, 1882; Glenn R., Mar. 12, 1884; Ruby, Jan. 28, 1886; Ruth, Jan. 28, 1886; Walter W. Oct. 8, 1887; Carl N., Feb. 21, 1889; and Ethel M., Aug. 8, 1891.
     Politically, Mr. Hyde is conservative, finding much to endorse in the principles of both parties.  His position on the tariff question has led him to vote with the Republicans.  Fraternally, he is an honored member of the Masonic order.  As a Postmaster, Mr. Hyde has been a most popular and capable public servant, and much regret is expressed over the fear that party affiliations may lead to his removal.  As a private citizen, he enjoys the best wishes for his prosperity of all who know him.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 847)