DR. W. A. WARD, a prominent citizen of Conneaut, and one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Eastern Ohio, was born in Chautauqua, Chautauqua county, New York, son of Arvin and Plooma (Preston) Ward, both natives of the Empire State.
     Arvin Ward was by trade a tanner and currier, but for many years was engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He held numerous minor offices.  For a number of years he was inspector of Militia, filling the position until the law was changed.  He was well and favorably known over southwestern New York.  During the gold excitement of 1849, Mr. Ward went to California, where for some time he was engaged in mining, being very successful in his operations.  Returning to New York, he passed the remaining years of his life at Westfield, where he died about 1888, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years.  His venerable widow is still living.
     Dr. Ward is the oldest of four children, all of whom are living, two being in Pennsylvania and two in Ohio.  He was educated at Westfield, in his native county, and there began the study of medicine under the instructions of Dr. John Spencer.  He attended the Western Reserve Medical College in Cleveland, at which institution he graduated in 1861.  After his graduation he began the practice of his profession in Monroe, Ashtabula county, Ohio, were he remained for three years.  Then he entered the hospital service of the army, and during the winter of 1864-’65, was at Little Rock, Arkansas.  He located at Conneaut in 1865; soon established a large and lucrative practice, and has remained here ever since.  He is surgeon for the Nickel Plat Railroad Company, and also for several insurance companies, both live and accident.
     Dr. Ward was married in December, 1861, to Miss Mary E. Chapin, daughter of Z. Chapin, of Painesville, Ohio.  They have had six children, one of whom, Charles, died in infancy.  Those living are as follows:  Julia E., Fred A., chief clerk in the Nickel Plate yard office: Gertrude P., wife of M. Nolan, a resident of Conneaut; Mary E.; and Lizzie A.  Mrs. Ward is a member of the Congregational Church.
     The Doctor is public-spirited and for the past twelve years he has served as a member of the School Board.  He is a member of the Ashtabula County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, the New York Medico-Legal Society, the National Association of Railway Surgeons and the Ohio Association of Railway Surgeons.
     For more than a quarter of a century Dr. Ward has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and in all that time his interest has not abated.  He has taken the higher degrees of the order, both of the commandery and the consistory, and has filled various official positions, and is a past officer in all bodies of the so-called York rites.  He was on the staff of the Grand officers of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Ohio for six years, and is the representative of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia near the Grand Lodge of Ohio.
     Such is a brief sketch of one of the prominent physicians and highly respected citizens of Conneaut.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 329)

CORNELIUS WASHBURN, one of the most successful mechanics and contractors in brick and stone work, at Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Ashtabula county, July 1, 1837.  He comes of sturdy New England ancestry, his father, Cornelius Washburn, Sr., having been born in Massachusetts, whence his parents afterward removed to Vermont.  He married Lavina Merritt and in 1834 removed from the Green Mountain State to Ohio, settling in Ashtabula county, where he followed farming.  This continued to be his home until his death in 1862, at the age of sixty-six years.  His ten children were: Adaline Ann, died in infancy; Ann, deceased; Adaline is the wife of P. M. Darling, of Conneaut; Abigail, deceased, in Tennessee, was married to John Pains; Cornelius, subject of this sketch; Lavina, wife of John Dick, of Kingsville; G. H., residing in East Village; and Marnette, wife of Lun Fry, of Lansing, Michigan.
     Being one of a large family, whose parents were in limited circumstances and pioneers of a new country, the subject of this sketch early learned to rely on his own resources.  At the age of eleven he began to support himself, working for a number of years for his board and clothing.  On becoming large and strong enough to work for wages, he was variously employed until twenty-seven years of age.  He then decided to learn the Mason’s trade, and for that purpose secured employment with Messrs. Pratt & Brooks, plasterers and masons, and so industriously and persistently did he apply himself that in less than two years he was capable of taking contracts and becoming responsible for their proper execution.  On completing his apprenticeship, he became a partner in this business with Elijah Upton, which union continued three years. The succeeding year, Mr. Washburn made a profitable arrangement with Messrs. Brooks Brothers, with whom he continued seven years.  Since then he has been alone, except during one season, when he, with George Russell, secured the contract for erecting the water-works buildings and foundations for tanks.  Among others, Mr. Washburn has plastered the Haskell, Baser and Sherman residences, the Ducruos store and hundreds of minor structures, his work in every instance being a sufficient guarantee of its merit.  Nor has this prosperity come by accident, but by arduous and continued endeavor, which might well be emulated by all ambitious young men starting in life for themselves.  Mr. Washburn now owns a beautiful place covering an acre in East Village, which he purchased in 1859, and which he has improved with a handsome residence and ornamental surroundings, until it is now one of the most attractive places in the city.
     Nov. 23, 1865, Mr. Washburn was married in Ashtabula, to Miss Flora Allen, a cultivated lady, daughter of Rev. Henry M. and Elizabeth (Whitford) Allen.  Her father was a Baptist minister, originally of Lake George, New York, who removed in 1859 to Pennsylvania, dying in Springboro, that State, in 1875, aged sixty-seven.  He was the father of twelve children, ten of whom attained maturity and all but three of whom reside in Pennsylvania.  Mr. and Mrs. Washburn have had four children: George Francis, who died in 1880, aged fourteen; Norman C., born June 11, 1870, a mason by occupation, married Miss Addie May Smith, of Springfield, Pennsylvania; Leland M., born Mar. 8, 1872, also a mason by trade, assists his father; and Allie S., born March 2, 1879, died June 19, 1890, of lockjaw, occasioned by running a piece of corn stubble into his foot.
     Fraternally, Mr. and Mrs Washburn are members of the Royal Templars of Temperance and both belong to the Congregational
Church.  Both enjoy the highest regard of the community in which they have lived so long and to the material and moral advancement
of which they have greatly contributed.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 796)

P. H. WATSON, one of the leading business men of Pierpont, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born at Woodstock, Canada, Apr. 23, 1851, a son of Joseph and Abigail (Hendershot) Watson, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Canada.  They were married in that country, where they still reside, the father aged sixty-seven years, and the mother sixty-five years.
     P. H. Watson, the eldest of seven children, six sons and one daughter, was reared and educated in his native city.  At the age of twenty years he went to Chautauqua county, New York, where he learned the art of cheese making.  After remaining in that city five years he came to Pierpont, Ohio, where he is now employed as superintendent of the cheese factory, and is considered one of the finest cheese-makers in Ashtabula county.  About 200,000 pounds of cream cheese is manufactured annually, and the product is second to none manufactured in the United States.  Mr. Watson is also engaged in the general mercantile business.
     He is united in marriage to Dora Platt, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Henry and Emily Platt.  Mr. Watson affiliates with the Prohibition party.  He was made a Mason in Chautauqua county, New York, in Sylvan Lodge, No. 303, and is now Junior Warden of Relief Lodge, No. 284.  He is also Master of the Grange.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 628) 

AUGUSTUS LIVINGSTON WEBSTER
     Forty-three years ago Augustus Livingston Webster became connected with the mercantile interests of Danville and continuously throughout the intervening period he has been identified with the business interests of the city. His record is such as any man might be proud to possess, for he has never made an engagement that he has not fulfilled nor incurred obligations that he has not met. In the legitimate channels of trade he has sought his success, placing his dependence upon the substantial qualities of industry, perseverance, and the wise utilization of opportunities.
     Mr. Webster was born in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1842, and is a son of Daniel Noble and Emma (Wallingford) Webster, the former a native of Swanton, Vermont, and the latter of Stanstead, Province of Quebec, Canada. Both were descended from good old New England families, our subject being of the eighth generation from John Webster, who came to this country from England about 1633 and settled in Hartford, Connecticut, where he became a member of the general court in 1637 and was elected governor of the colony of Connecticut in 1656. He died at Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1661. On the maternal side our subject traces his lineage to David and Elizabeth (Lemar) Wallingford, both natives of New Hampshire, the former having been born in Bradford in 1744 and the latter in Hollis in 1747. The Wallingford family was also of English origin and was founded in the new world in an early day.
    During his boyhood Augustus L. Webster attended Conneaut Academy at Conneaut, Ohio, but his education has principally been acquired through contact with the world after leaving school at the age of sixteen years to commence the battle of life. He was first engaged in the hardware business in Conneaut where he opened a store in 1864, but two years later removed to Aurora, Illinois, where he continued in the same line of trade until coming to Danville in 1867. Here he opened a hardware store in partnership with the late George B. Yeomans and they carried on the same together until 1879 when they sold out to Messrs. Giddings & Patterson, who continued the business for many years in the building erected by Mr. Webster at the corner of West Main and Franklin streets. After disposing of his hardware stock in 1879 Mr. Webster embarked in the wholesale grocery business with the late Robert Coddington, under the firm name of R. Coddington & Company, but in 1884 he withdrew from that firm and established a wholesale business for himself under the firm name of A. L. Webster & Company. In 1889 A. H. Heinly was admitted to partnership and for seven years the business was conducted under the style of Webster & Heinly. In February, 1896, the Webster Grocery Company was incorporated and is now doing business at the corner of North street and Washington avenue, where they own and occupy a fine large building well equipped in all its appointments. The company has a paid up capital and surplus of one hundred and forty thousand dollars and has a large trade which extends over a large amount of territory. Its officers are A. L. Webster, president, George R. Angle, vice president, and Lewis Williams, secretary and treasurer.
     Mr. Webster was married in Conneaut, Ohio, Sept. 30, 1862, to Miss Eliza E. Innis, an adopted daughter of Dr. James and Harriet Innis. She was born at Fairview, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Thomas and Eliza Baxter, but as her mother died at her birth, she was adopted by Dr. Innis and his wife with whom she made her home until her marriage. Later she was enabled to return their great kindness by giving her foster mother a home for many years. Mr. And Mrs. Webster became the parents of four children, namely: Emma H., who died in Danville, Jan. 5, 1898; Katie M., who died in Danville, Mar. 7, 1899; Clara M., who was married in 1893 to Dale Remble now deceased; and Nellie E., the wife of Dr. R. L. Hatfield.
     In 1862, when the Confederate general, Kirby Smith, made a raid northward from Kentucky and threatened to march through the state of Ohio to Lake Erie, Mr. Webster enlisted as a member of the militia company belonging to the Ohio Squirrel Hunters Brigade and aided in repelling this invasion. The Republican party finds in him a staunch supporter of its principles but he has never cared for official honors, having served only as a member of the school and library boards and as assistant supervisor for two terms. As a public spirited citizen, however, he takes an active interest in those measures which he believes will prove of public benefit and has served as president of the Danville public library and as treasurer of the Spring Hill Cemetery Association. He is one of the prominent Masons of this section of the state, holding membership with all the Masonic bodies of Danville and also with the Oriental Consistory of Chicago, having attained to the thirty-second degree in the Scottish rite. He was grand commander of the Illinois Knights Templar in 1895-1896 and is also identified with Danville Lodge, No. 332, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His business affairs, however, claim the greater part of his time and attention and he was for many years a director of the Palmer National Bank and also a director of the Vermilion County Building Association, with which he has been connected for many years. He is justly accorded a place among the prominent and representative citizens of Danville, for he belongs to that class of men whose enterprising spirit is used not alone for their own benefit. He also advances the general good and promotes the public prosperity by his able management of individual interests. He has excellent ability as an organizer, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution. This enables him to conquer obstacles which deter many a man and it has been one of the salient features in his success.
(Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois: a tale of its evolution, settlement and progress for nearly a century. Lottie E. Jones - Publ. Chicago: Pioneer Pub. Co., 1911 - Page 1328 pgs.

NOTE:  Augustus Livingston Webster can also be found at American Biography: A New Cyclopedia - Vol. 20, Page 232

Dr. ELIZUR M. WEBSTER, physician and surgeon, Kingsville, Ohio, was born at this place, May 21, 1827.  He comes from an ancestry in which he may justly take pride, and he likewise has reason to be proud of his posterity.
     The first of the Websters who came to Ohio landed in Ashtabula county in 1808, when this county was nearly all wilderness.  Among them the oldest was the great grand-father of the Doctor, Michael Webster, who was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, May 8, 1748, a direct descendant of John Webster, who came for Warwickshire, England, about the year 1636, and became Governor of Connecticut in 1856 and who was also one of the Commissioners of the United Colonies.
     By occupation Michael was a farmer. He served as a soldier all through the Revolutionary war and died at Williamsfield; Ashtabula county, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Minerva North, Feb. 15, 1850, lacking only two months of being 102 years old.  The day he was a hundred he walked from Jefferson to Kingsville, a distance of sixteen miles.  Elizabeth (Clark) Webster, his wife, died Oct. 15, 1842, aged seventy-seven years.  They had twelve children, two of whom, Michael and Daniel, settled in Jefferson, Ohio, and their families now live in that township.  All the children's names were in order:  Clark, Elizabeth, Daniel, Michael, Jr., Luman, Leman, Polly, Sally, Elemuel, Fanny, Clarissa and Minerva.
     Clark, the oldest son, was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, Dec. 3, 1774, married Naamah Hall, by whom he had seven children, namely: Michael, Hiram H., Frances Almira, Michael W. (2d), Ardavan and Sally.  Michael (1st) died in infancy.  Hiram H. was born at Lanesborough, Massachusetts, May 17, 1800, and was married to Corinna L. Loomis, Apr. 10, 1824.  They were the parents of Corinna, Elizur, Michael (our subject), Laura A., Ann Eliza, Clarinda L., Charles H., Emily F. and Henry C.
     Hiram H. came with his parents to Ashtabula county, where he received his preliminary education, subsequently supplementing the same with a course at the grammar school at Conneaut.  He began the study of medicine at Kelloggsville, Ohio in the office of Dr. Vosburgh, completing his studies under the perceptorship of Dr. Coleman, of Ashtabula, in 1824.  After passing a rigid examination before the State Medical Board, he was admitted to practice and opened an office at Kingsville.  He was appointed Justice of the Peace July 8, 1839, by Governor Wilson Shannon.  He was a member of the "underground railway" association and assisted to freedom many a poor fugitive from the slavery states.  He was a charter member of Orion Lodge, F. & A. M., a member of the Disciples' Church, and a strong believer in its doctrines.  He died at Kingsville, Feb. 19, 1888, his wife having entered into eternal rest May 29, 1870.
     When Dr. Hiram H. Webster was five years of age his parents moved to Franklin, Delaware county, New York.  After two years passed at this point, his father made a trip to "New Connecticut," as the Western Reserved was then called, and without making a purchase of land put in a piece of wheat on the Ashtabula flats.  This land was owned by Matthew Hubbard.  Returning to Franklin for his family, he soon started for Ohio, calculating to reach Buffalo on runners.  At Skaneateles he found two families named Pratt and Bartlett, also en route for the "promised land," and in company with them proceeded onward, and in due time arrived at Black Rock, where they found a large open boat, which was offered them at a low price, as it had become unseaworthy, - indeed was almost a wreck.  However, an arrangement was effected whereby Mr. Webster repaired the boat, and in return was given a passage for his family and goods to Ashtabula landing.  It was not altogether a safe voyage, as not one of the company was acquainted with handling a boat except Mr. Webster.  The motive power was supplied by oars and setting-poles, aided by extemporized sails of bed blankets and sheets.  There were twenty-one on board.  At night the boat was beached and made fast, the greater portion of the passengers going ashore to sleep.  Reaching Ashtabula, they tarried there until June, 1809, when the family removed to Kingsville and made a permanent settlement.  In the nineteenth year of his age Hiram Hall Webster commenced the study of medicine, and in 1824 entered upon the practice of his profession.  For over thirty years he was a practitioner at Kingsville, where he became well known and had the respect of all. 
     Dr. E. M. Webster is one of a family of eight, namely:  Corinna N., who died Jan. 17, 1861, was born Mar. 10, 1825, and was the wife of Rev. Erastus C. Williams, a minister in the Presbyterian Church at Kingsville for many years; Dr. Elizur Michael, the subject of this article; Laura Ann, who died in infancy; Ann Eliza, wife of D. P. Venan, was born Dec. 14, 1830, and died Aug. 23, 1852; Clarinda L., born Aug. 19, 1833, is the wife of D. P. Venan; Charles H., born Jul. 21, 1836, lives in Kelloggsville; Emily F., born Sep. 6, 1839, is the wife of A. L. Newcomb and lives at Hiawatha, Kansas; and Henry C., born Feb. 11, 1842, a soldier in the late war, died in the hospital at Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1862.
     The subject of this sketch had excellent education advantages for his day.  He read medicine under the instruction of his father, and in due time entered the medical department of the Western Reserve College at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was graduated Feb. 22, 1854.  He began the practice of his profession at Kingsville with his father, and has continued his professional career here up to the present time, meeting with eminent success.  He is examiner for several insurance companies, and for twenty-three years served as county physician.  In the winter of 1874-75 he was at London in Guy's Hospital with Dr. John C. Hubbard, of Ashtabula.
     Dr. E. M. Webster was married June 4, 1851, to Miss Emily A. Beckwith, daughter of Lemuel and Sarah (Palen) Beckwith, her parents having located in Kingsville, Ohio, in 1838.  The Doctor and his wife have had two children:  Darwin P., who died in infancy; and Dr. George E., born July 25, 1858.  Dr. George E. is a graduate of the Western Reserve Medical College with the class of 1880.  He spent two years in the Cleveland City Hospital, and since then has been a practitioner in Ashtabula county.  He married Alice M. Blodgett, daughter of Ira A. and Alice J. (Kent) Blodgett, Dec. 31, 1883, and they have two children, George Kenneth and Alice Geraldine.
     Dr. Webster and his son are Knights Templar, and affiliate with Cache Commandery, No. 27, at Conneaut.  They are Republican in politics.  Both are elders in the Presbyterian Church, of which their wives are also members.  The father and grandfather of Dr. E. M. Webster were station agents and conductors on the underground railway before the war.  They kept the sable sons of Ham in the garret in Clark Webster's house.  For many years the senior Dr. Webster has been an honored leader not only in the professional ranks but also in business and political circles.  He is still active in his profession, and, although now well advanced in years, has no occasion to retire from the large and lucrative practice which he has so successfully established.  It is but just to say of the younger Doctor that he takes rank as a leader among the rising physicians of the county.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 634)

CHARLES F. WESTCOTT, a resident of Conneaut and a conductor on the Nickel Plate Railroad, was born in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, Dec. 21, 1845.
     His parents were Jesse and Cynthia (Earl) Westcott, both natives of New York, and his father was one of the earliest pioneers of Buffalo.  He bought 32 square miles of land of the Indians, on a portion of which the city of Buffalo now stands, and before Buffalo was incorporated he built the Franklin House, and was its first proprietor.  For many years he was engaged in the hotel business there.  He was Chief Magistrate in that section of the State, having control of the Indian estate.  He and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church.  He died Aug. 8, 1862, at the age of 76, and his wife passed away in Nov. 1864, aged 53 years.  During the war of 1812 Jesse Westcott and General Wood raised a company of cavalry.  The subject of our sketch is the tenth in a family of twelve children, of whom eleven are still living, he being the only one in Ohio.  All the others reside in New York except one, Jesse, who is in Michigan. 
     Charles F. Westcott left home at the age of ten years, and for three years and a half was employed as driver on the Erie canal.  Then, at the age of 14, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, and served until 1877, beginning as brakeman and afterward serving as fireman and then as conductor.  He was in Buffalo in 1877 at the great strike.  Next he turned his attention to the hotel business in that city, being thus engaged there two years.  After that he served as brakeman, and subsequently as fireman on the Western New York & Pennsylvania, leaving that road in the spring of 1883 to accept a position in the yard work for the Nickel Plate.  He has lived in Conneaut since 1889, and been on the road as brakeman and conductor since that date.
     Mr. Westcott was married in 1873, to Miss Emma Pierce.  Her father James Pierce, was a resident at Buffalo and a carpenter by trade.  He died in 1879, aged about 42 years.  Mr. and Mrs. Westcott had four children, namely:  George F., born Aug. 13, 1874; Charles H., Aug. 12, 1877; Addie S., Aug. 13, 1879; and Murry T., Sep. 5, 1886.  George F. has been a brakeman on the Nickel Plate since 1891.  All the rest are attending school.  Mrs. Westcott and three of the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
     Of Mr. Pierce's family we make record as follows:  Esther, the oldest, is the wife of J. G. Simpson, and has three children: Robert G., Etta and Mary; John C., the second, died at the age of 33 years; Orin, who married Maggie Lang, has two children: Orin and Laura; and Mrs. Westcott, the youngest.
     As a railroad man Mr. Westcott is prompt and efficient, ever discharging his duty with the strictest fidelity; as a citizen, he ahs the respect of all who know him.  He is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, and Junior Conductor of the same.  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 845)

H. C. WHITTEKIN, civil engineer and surveyor, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 22, 1851.
     His parents, Frank and Martha (Koch) Whittekin,  were natives of Germany, and were married in Pennsylvania.  His father was born in June, 1799, came to America in 1836; settled in Pittsburgh; was a farmer and furnace contractor; was self-made, lived an honorable and upright life, and won the respect of all who knew him.  He died Aug. 23, 1863.  The mother was born in June, 1822; came to America in December, 1835; settled in Cleveland, and a year later moved to Pittsburgh.  In 1842 she went with her husband to Venango county, Pennsylvania, where they bought a farm and spent the rest of their lives.  Her death occurred in June, 1891.  Both were members of the Lutheran Church.  Their four children are as follows:  Mary; Albert F., who married Edith Moore, of Venango county, is engaged in farming in Pennsylvania; H. C., the subject of our sketch; and Frank F., who learned civil engineering with his brother, and who married Addie C. Chadman, resides in Tionesta, Forest county, Pennsylvania, he being chief engineer of the Philadelphia, Honesdale & Albany Railroad.
     H. C. Whittekin received his early education behind the kitchen stove, his mother being the instructor.  She was a woman of marked intellect, and had an excellent education, being a graduate of the school at Erfurt, Germany, and also having had experience as a teacher.  She is said to have been better posted in politics than any one else in the county.  Her specialty, however, was mathematics, in which science she took particular delight.  She continued her studies all her life, being as much of a student at sixty as at twenty.
     Mr. Whittekin's first business enterprise was in drilling and prospecting for oil in Pennsylvania in 1866.  He was successful at this for a time and continued the business until 1872, when he sold his interest and took up civil engineering.  Then he spent some time in the Western States and Territories, being in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon and California, a portion of the time in the employ of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company.  In 1880 he located in Forest county, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the real-estate business and surveying, making that place his home until 1891.  Then he traveled through Mexico, in the interest of the Mexican National Railroad Company, and afterward in the United States of Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Chili and Patagonia, prospecting for railroad enterprises, in the employ of the United States of Columbia.  Since locating in Conneaut he has been engaged in civil engineering and the real-estate business.
     He was married, in 1892, to Miss Alberta E. Lowden, daughter of Rev. E. T. Lowden, of Nebraska, Forest county, Pennsylvania.  They have one child, Frank L.
     Mr. Whittekin is a member of the Episcopal Church, and is prominently known in Masonic circles.  He is a member of blue lodge, No. 557, Olive, Pennsylvania; Conneaut Chapter, Conneaut, Ohio; Keystone Council, Pennsylvania; Cache Commandery, Conneaut; Pittsburgh Grand Consistory, Pennsylvania; and Syria Temple Shrine, Pittsburgh.  His political views are in harmony with Republican principles, and he has always been identified with that party.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embraching Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 547)

JUDGE HAMILTON B. WOODBURY - That distinguished philospher and statesman, Lord Bacon, very truly said that, "Histories set forth rather the pomp of business than its true and inward resorts; but the lives of eminent men, if they be well written, representing individual achievements in the various spheres of life, in which actions both great and small, public and private, have a commixture, must necessarily contain a more true, natural and lively representation."  Hence works of history in which biography forms the main part or is largely interwoven, is the most attractive and instructive, and leaves a greater impress on the mind of the reader.  Biographies, to be readable, should be so written that they will impress coming generations with the rewards that follow industry, perseverance and merit, and set forth the value of honest individual exertion.  Then those who peruse them will try to imitate the virtues therein set forth and will be benefited thereby.
     These thoughts are suggested by reviewing the life of the distinguished jurist whose name heads this memoir.  Woodbury is an old name, of English origin and very prominently associated with the history of this country since the early part of the seventeenth century.  It is a name borne by many counties and towns in the different States of the Union.  It is a name which fills a large place in the library catalogues and in the dictionaries of authors.  It is the name of an ancient numerous and substantial family.  The name has been variously spelled, - Woodberi, Woodberye, Woodberry, Woodburie, Woodburye, Woodbury, etc.; but the pioneer, John Woodbury, who was called the "Old Planter," preferred the latter spelling.
     John Woodbury, according to the best information, was a native of Devonshire, removing from there to Somersetshire, and from the latter place, according to the disposition of his son Humphrey, he removed, in 1624, to America, settling at Cape Ann, where he was known as the "Pioneer."  His farm lay across from what is now Salem.  There were no roads or bridges in those days, but there were water ways and canoes in plenty, and it was a familiar sight to see the Old Planter on his way to and from his farm, tending his sail or plying his paddle, and occasionally taking a shot at a duck, brant or goose.  He was a man of considerable parts and something of a leader.  He became the first Constable of Salem, and the first "envoy," as they were pleased to call him, sent by the settlement to the mother country.  He accomplished his mission successfully.  Supplies were shipped and the vessel ready.  Then, taking his son Humphrey, a lad of twenty years, he bade adieu to old England, and, following the sun, started homeward for the New World, landing at Nahumkeik, in June, 1628.  His younger brother, William followed him as early as 1631, with his family, settling at Salem.  John and William had each secured a good education for the day and region, John having received sufficient training in trigonometry and other branches of higher mathematics to qualify him for land surveying.  He was married in England, in 1596, to Joan Humphrey.
     By the best authority it is recorded that the first official elected in America was Woodbury.  This was done by the governor and his eleven assistants, which included six justices of the peace at a court holden at Charlton, Sep. 28, 1630, at which sitting John Woodbury was chosen Constable.  He was also an original member of the first church in Salem.  Quite a settlement formed around the "Old Planter."  William Woodbury had forty acres there; so also did Laskins, Patch, King, Hardy, Richard and William Dodge, Robert Conant and John Balch.  In 1636, he received a grant of 200 acres from the crown.
     Upon his arrival in America William engaged in agriculture and other pursuits.  His lands and town lots are referred to in 1635 and 1636.  He was born in 1589, and departed this life in 1677, surviving his brother John by many years, the latter having died in 1641.  He left a large family of children, whose descendants, scattered in the different States of the Union, filled from time to time high and honorable positions.  But the world has moved since the seventeenth century, and the Woodbury brothers and their descendants have moved with it.
     Judge Woodbury, the subject of this memoir, is a direct descendant of William Woodbury.  He was born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Nov. 27, 1831, and is the son of Ebenezer B. and Silva (Benson) Woodbury.  Ebenezer was the second son of Wheeler Woodbury, a native of New Hampshire, who removed to Ohio in 1812, settling in Ashtabula county, where he was engaged in farming, suffering all the hardships and deprivations incident to pioneer life.  His wife, Maria, was a relative of the distinguished Pease family of New Hampshire, and a cousin of General Putnam, of Revolutionary fame.  They were the parents of three sons and five daughters.  Of the sons there were Nathan, who was a farmer in Huron county, Ohio, where he finally died; Ebenezer B., and Wheeler P., a farmer who lived in Monroe township, Ashtabula county, where he died a few years sine.
     Ebenezer, the father of the subject of this biography, was born at Acworth, New Hampshire, Aug. 5, 1805, and died in Jefferson, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1870.  At one time he was a distiller, and later a merchant; was successful in his business operations and accumulated quite a fortune.  He resided for many years in Kelloggsville.  Rather late in life he began the study of law at Conneaut, Ohio, under the distinguished jurist, the late Horace Wilder, and was admitted to the bar at Jefferson.  Subsequently he formed a partnership with Judge Chaffee, and the firm became one of the leading ones of the county, securing a large portion of the legal business.  The partnership continued for about twenty years.  Mr. Woodbury was elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, and distinguished himself for his efficient service.  Politically, he was originally a Whig, later a Free Soiler, and was among the first to give his support to the Republican party.
     By his wife, Sylvia, who was a descendant of an old and prominent family of New York, he had six children:  Hamilton B., our subject; Almira, now the wife of James A. Davidson, of Jefferson; Edward B.; Silva M., wife of F. W. McEntyre; Delia, who died when abut twelve years of age; and Lucius K.
     Young Hamilton was reared at home, securing his education at the commercial and high schools of his native county.  He selected law as his profession, and at the age of seventeen entered his fathers office and began his studies.  At the age of twenty-one he was admitted to the bar at Jefferson, and in 1857, became the junior member of the law firm of Chaffee, Woodbury & Woodbury.  Thus the subject of this biography was happily launched in the profession of which he was destined to be a bright ornament.  Upon the election of Mr. Chaffee to the bench in February, 1862, the firm became Woodbury, Woodbury & Ruggles.  Not long after he settled in Jefferson, Mr. Woodbury was elected to the office of Mayor, which position be ably filled, inaugurating during his term many reforms and materially advancing the municipality.  In 1872 he was elected by the Republicans a member of the State Constitutional Convention, and was an able second to the work of his father had begun.  In 1875 he was chosen Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the duties of which he discharged with marked ability until 1885, when he was elected Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, to which position he was re-elected in 1891, for the second term of six years.
     Judge Woodbury was united in marriage, at Jefferson, October 24, 1854, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Peter and Sallie (Wellington) Hervey, a native of New York, and an accomplished lady.  They have four children:  Fred H.; Jennie, now the wife of Ralph Stone, a prominent farmer of the county; Hamilton B., Jr. and Walter W.
     A few thoughts in regard to Judge Woodbury as lawyer, judge and man, will close this biographical sketch.  From the time he adopted law as his occupation he has been devoted to it and his chief aim in life has devoted to it, and his chief aim in life has been to be useful and to adorn the profession.  He has always been a close and deliberate reader of the law, going into wide research for authorities.  He is careful and painstaking, and masters in his cases as far as possible before going into court, when he brings out their full strength.  His briefs are clear, sound and to the point.  He is a good advocate, but his great power is in examining and bringing into bold relief intricate points of a cause, and in his analyzation of every feature pertaining to it.  In the trial of cases he was never known to resort to petty tricks or take any undue advantage of a brother attorney, or to oppress a client.  As a judge he is quick to detect the strong or weak points of a case, every feature of which is brought before his analytical mind as the trial proceeds.  His decisions are rendered with clearness, force and impartially, and rarely if ever are they reversed by the higher courts.  He is a great favorite with the members of the bar, as he always treats them with uniform kindness and courtesy.  These qualities, added to the confidence which the public has in him, attest that he is an ideal jurist, - one of the best and ablest that ever presided over the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
     In personal appearance the Judge is of medium height, well and compactly formed and of attractive presence.  His face, which is full and bearded, is expressive of intellectuality and firmness and is made additionally attractive by bright brown eyes that beam with kindness and sympathy.
     In private life Judge Woodbury is domestic, and his character is pure and unsullied.  He is kind, devoted, indulgent and affectionate father.  He is a firm friend, a good neighbor and a charitable citizen.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 986)
NOTE:  See additional biography and portrait in History of Ashtabula Co., Ohio publ. 1878, page 91.

CAPTAIN JAMES P. WOODWORTH was born at Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, August 2, 1845, a son of James and Martha (Sackett) Woodworth.  The father was a native of New York State and came at an early day with his parents to Ohio, being among the early settlers of Ashtabula county; his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.  James Woodworth is still one of the leading agriculturists of Geneva township, and is well preserved in both mind and body at the age of seventy-seven years; he was for many years manager and part owner of a large furnace at Amboy, Ohio.  Captain Woodworth was reared in Kingsville township, his youth unmarked by special incident until September, 1862, when he answered the call for men to enlist in defense of the nation.  He became a member of Company F, Second Ohio Cavalry, and was in active service until peace was declared.  He was taken prisoner at Morristown, Tennessee, December12, 1863, after he had been wounded by a minie ball; he was confined at Belle Isle and at Pemberton, but was paroled and exchanged in October, 1864.  Again in active service, he was wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, and is now a pensioner of the United States Government. 
     After the war was ended he turned his attention to photography, and for twenty-three years devoted his time to this art, retiring at the end of this period to his farm.  Since 1878 he has been Captain of the State militia at Geneva.  Politically, he is identified with the Republican party.  He is a member of the G. A. R., and is Commander of his Post.
     He was married Oct. 11, 1867, to Ruby M. Thorp, who was born May 22, 1853, a daughter of Dennis and Clarissa Thorp.  Mr. Thorp was the first Mayor of Geneva, and for 21 years was one of the energetic and enthusiastic workers in the ranks of the Republican party.  Mrs. Woodworth is also a photographer, and previous to her marriage and afterward devoted much of her time to the profession.  Three of her brothers, Jason O., Henry H., and Freeman, were soldiers in the late war; Henry H. is the founder of the Geneva Times, and Freeman was for several terms a member of the State Legislature.  Captain and Mrs. Woodworth are the parents of four children:  Roy D., born May 22, 1874; Hottie R., born Mar. 22, 1881; Nora P., born Aug. 1, 1883; and Nellie C., born Dec. 22, 1886.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 1001)

E. O. WORK, one of the prominent citizens of Conneaut  and a locomotive engineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, is a native of Harrison county, this State, born July 20, 1853.
     His parents, Samuel and Ruth (Gren) Work, are natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio, the father born in 1818 and the mother in 1824.  For many years Samuel Work was one of the prominent farmers of Ohio.  About the time of the war he kept a station, Hopedale, on the line of the "underground railroad," and many a poor wanderer he assisted to freedom.  He and his good wife now reside in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio.  They united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the ages of sixteen and twelve years respectively, and have sweetly held to its communion ever since.  they have reared a large family to occupy useful and honorable positions in life, and of them we make the following record:
     Julius, the oldest, married Ella V. Smith of Virginia.  They now reside in Chicago, where he is employed as purchasing agent of the city for the public institutions.  During the war he was a member of Company G, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and took part in several battles, serving until, on account of ill health, he was honorably discharged.  After recovering his health he returned to the army and was detailed as clerk in the Quartermaster's department at Washington, District of Columbia.  This position he held for nearly eight years.  He subsequently served as Postmaster of Lynchburg, Virginia, four years, and as deputy in the same office four years longer.  Rev. Granville Work, the second of the family, is a Methodist minister stationed in Indiana.  He married Jane M. Cullough of Ohio. Josephine resides in New Philadelphia.  Alvin married Sarah J. Cummings of Ohio.  They live at Pullman, Illinois, where he is master car builder for the Pullman Car Company.  E. O., the subject of our sketch, was the fifth born.  Alexander S., the next in order of birth, married Callie Shipman of Ohio.  He is travelling engineer on the Nickel Plate Railroad and makes his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Ella, wife of J. B. Wand, died at the age of twenty-nine years.  Mary lives in New Philadelphia.  Samuel G., an engineer on the Nickel Plate, married Ella Crooks, and his one child, Laura.  They reside in Conneaut.  Laura I. died at the age of eighteen years.
     O. E. Work was reared on his fathers' farm and when he grew up he learned the trade of cabinetmaker.  Then he sailed on the lakes for three years.  In 1875 he entered upon a railroad career, starting out as fireman.  In the fall of 1878 he was promoted to engineer on the Pan Handle, and as such ran between Pittsburg and Columbus until 1883.  Then he severed his connection with that road, came to Conneaut and accepted a position on the Nickel Plate, and has since been engineering on this road.  Mr. Work is a careful engineer, and in his experience on the road has never hurt but two persons; one had his hand mained while coupling cars, and the other was killed.  The latter is supposed to have been a suicide, as the man placed himself on the track in front of the engine when it was impossible for the train to stop.
     Mr. Work has always taken an interest in public affairs.  Before he left the farm, and when he was only eighteen years of age, he was elected constable.  In 1890 he was elected Councilman for the Second Ward of Conneaut, has been re-elected, and is now serving in that office.
     He was married in 1881 to Miss Rosaline Ross, of Fort Washington, Ohio, a daughter of Benjamin Ross.  Her parents are both deceased.
     Mr. Work is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order of American Mechanics.  He is in politics an ardent Republican.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 863)
SHARON WICK'S NOTES:  I was curious as to what E. O. Work's name was so I looked up some records below here.
FIND A GRAVE lists the following:
Orlando Everett D. Work. b. Jul. 20, 1853 at German Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio, died Oct. 12, 1940 at Dover, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio and is buried in Union Cemetery, Port Washington, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, His Spouse: Rosalind Work; his mother: Ruth Work; his father: Samuel Ebenezer Ferguson Work.
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1860 Census - Union, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio - Family 71 Dwelling 72:
Saml. Work, ae 41, b. PA; Ruth Work, ae 36 b. Ohio; Julias Work, ae 15, b. Ohio; Granville Work, ae 13, b. Ohio; Joshua Work, ae 11, b. Ohio; Alvin Work, ae 9, b. Ohio; Orlando Work, ae 7, b. Ohio; Seward Work, ae 5, b. Ohio; Ella, ae 1, b. Ohio.

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1870 Census - found living in Union Twp., Tuscarawas Co., Ohio - Dwelling 4 - Family 4 as follows:
Samuel Work, ae. 52, b. PA; Ruth Work, wife, ae 46 b. Ohio; Justice B., 25, MW, b. Ohio; Janville?, MW, ae 25, b. Ohio; Josephine, FW, ae 21, b. Ohio; Alvin S., MW, ae 19, b. Ohio; Ranaldo?, MW, ae 16, b. Ohio; Alexander, MW, ae 14, b. Ohio; Alla B., FW, ae 11, b. Ohio; Mary W., FW, ae 9, b. Ohio; Samuel G., MW, ae. 6, b. Ohio; and Louisa J., FW, ae 4, b. Ohio.
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1880 Census - New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio - Dwelling 144 - Family 159:  Work, Samuel E. F., WM ae 62, b. PA; Ruth Work, WF, ae 56, b. Ohio; Josephine Work, WF, ae 30, b. Ohio; Ella, WF, ae 21, b. Ohio; Willsmina, WF, ae 19, b. Ohio; G. Samuel, WM, ae 16, b. Ohio.
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1881 MARRIAGE
Orlando E. Work married Math. R. Ross on Nov. 3, 1881 at Tuscarawas, Ohio
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Death of Rosaline Ross Work:
P. Washington Native Is Dead.  Mrs. Rosaline Ross Work, aged 73, a native of Port Washington, died at her home in Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday.  she was born in Port Washington in 1858.  She was a member of the Presbyterian church at Pittsburgh.  The husband , O. E. Work, and a sister, Mrs. William Holbrook, both of Pittsburgh, survive.  Funeral services will be conducted at the Moravian church at Port Washington on Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. Howard Nelson, and burial will be made in Union Cemetery.  Source: The Trubune, Coshocton, Ohio, Friday, Jan. 22, 1932.
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MARSHALL WILLIAM WRIGHT, a resident of Kingsville, Ohio, has for years been prominently identified with the affairs of Ashtabula county, having served at various times as Sheriff, County Commissioner, Infirmary Director and Justice of the Peace, and always exerting his influence to promote the best interests of the people.  Without extended mention of him a history of Ashtabula county would be incomplete.
     Marshall Williams Wright was born in Conneaut township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1818, son of Sherman and Fanny (Howes) Wright, the former born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Jan. 19, 1784, and the latter in Windham county, Connecticut, Mar. 16, 1790.  They were married in Connecticut, Sept. 1, 1811, and a few days later, in company with several families, came to Ohio, making the journey with ox-teams, and landing  at Conneaut (then called Salem) after being six weeks en route.  Sherman Wright and three brothers, Diocletian, Ralph and George, had exchanged property in Massachusetts for land in the Western Reserve, between Cleveland and the Pennsylvania line, and all came out here together.  Their two sisters were also members of the party; Betsey, wife of Lemuel Jones, and Marcia, who subsequently became the wife of Obed Edwards.  All of them settled on farms in Conneaut township, except Mr. Jones, who gave his attention to milling and the hotel business.  Sherman Wright and his wife spent the rest of their lives in Conneaut, and died there,  his death occurring Jan. 3, 1847, and hers Jan. 15, 1872.  They had eleven children, of whom we make the following record:
     Zenis H., born June 24, 1812, died Aug. 18, 1815.  Elizabeth H., born June 18, 1814, is now the widow of Albert Clark; has been almost a helpless invalid for over twelve years; in her active life was an earnest church worker, and now, having the use of only one hand, passes her time in reading; Eunice, born June 18, 1816, died Apr. 20, 1844; M. W., whose name heads this article, was the fourth born; Fanny, born Sept. 14, 1820, is the widow of Hiram Lake, and resides in Conneaut; Zenis (2d), born Mar. 25, 1823, died Aug. 20, 1877; Edward Lee, born June 6, 1825, resides in California; Alfred H., born June 30, 1827, died Mar. 6, 1878; Junius F. is a resident of Dodge county, Minnesota; Emily C., born Oct. 9, 1832, is the wife of John B. Lyon; Marther G., born Apr. 2, 1834, died May 28, 1874.
     The father of our subject was by occupation a farmer, tanner and shoemaker, and was ably assisted by his son M. W., who remained a member of the home circle until after the father's death, and who still continued to care for his mother and the rest of the family.  M. W. Wright was married Mar. 27, 1844, to Sarah Ann (Saxton) Jacobs, her father being a Baptist minister of Conneaut for many years.  Some yeasr later he bought a farm in Dorset township, and was living on it at the time he was elected Sherriff in 1853.  He then disposed of his farm and moved to Jefferson, where he lived during his two terms of office, having been re-elected by a large majority of votes.  At the expiration of his term, he moved to Kingsville.
     Previous to his election to the Sheriff's office he served one term as Justice of the Peace, and since that date has been an incumbent of that office for a number of years, altogether about fourteen.  At the time the war broke out he was Postmaster at Kingsville, having been appointed to that position by President Lincoln.  He was an active Abolitionist and kept an underground railway station.  When the Republican party was organized he joined its ranks, and has ever since been a stalwart Republican.
     Aug. 1, 1862, Mr. Wright entered the volunteer service of the United States in the capacity of Quartermaster of the One Hundredth and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, his regiment being a part of the Fourteenth Army Corps, under General Thomas; he served until April, 1864, at which time he was compelled by failing heath to resign.  Among the prominent engagements in which he took part were those of Perryville, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge.  He left his command at Ringgold, just as the army started to Atlanta, and three months before this time he was unable to discharge the duties of his office.  .  He consequently resigned on account of his disability, and was very much broken down in health.  In his army service, however, he was never wounded.
     In 1869, Mr. Wright was elected County Commissioner, and served three yeas.  He has also served three years as Infirmary Director.  He has always taken a deep interest in educational affairs, and until recently has in various ways been more or less closely connected with the schools. He is a member of the G. A. R., Webster Post, No. 8, and has filled nearly all of its official positions.
     Mr. Wright's marriage has already been referred to.  Following are the names of his children: (1) Elizabeth, wife of Levi T. Schofield, of Cleveland, Ohio, has five children, William M., Donald Cleveland, Sherman, Harriet, Elizabeth and Douglas Franklin.  Mr. Schofield is an architect and sculptor.  He made and designed the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' monument and has been the architect of many of the State buildings of Ohio.  (2) Lydia, wife of Conrad J. Brown, Erie, Pennsylvania, has four children: Marshall W., a graduate of the Polytechnical School, of Troy, New York, and Kate D., Jessie and Conrad. (3) Alta, wife of Rev. J. Phillips, of the Free-will Baptist Church; the names of their children are Sarah, Alta Elizabeth, John Howard, Alice and Thomas Guthrie.  (4) Sherman, unmarried, resides with his father.  (5) Nellie, wife of William McCallep, Columbus, Ohio, has four children: Emily L., Wright, Mabel and Carrington Albert.
     Mr. and Mrs. Wright and all their children, with one exception, are church members, Mrs. Wright being a regular and her husband a Free-will Baptist.
     Of Mrs. Wright's family we further record that her father and mother have both passed away, and that of her four brothers and six sisters only two are now living: Cynthia, wife of Harry Hubbard, of Conneaut township, and Esther, widow of La Fayette Sawtell, Conneaut.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 521)