OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 856 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Edinb [Betty Ralph ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 17:48:46 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.19991226234846.006c8574@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Edinburg # 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Calhoun, Calvin, Chapman, Clark, Coe - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright © 1999 by Betty Ralph. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. bralph@hiwaay.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ SAMUEL CALHOUN, patentee, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, September 23, 1823; son of Andrew and Elizabeth Calhoun, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Trumbull County in a very early day and there remained until their death, in 1833 and 1877 respectively. Our subject was married, October 3, 1844, to Martha J. Lynn, born in Pennsylvania in 1826, daughter of John Lynn (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun have had five children: Mary E. (wife of C.G. Fisher), James G., Emily J. (wife of J.W. Wilson), Florence E. (wife of Col. Vaughn), and Viola A. (wife of Will Hilliar). Our subject was a stock-dealer for some years, but for the greater part of his life has been engaged in inventing, and has made improvements on gates and fencing. JOHN CALVIN, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born June 15, 1820, on the farm where he and his family now reside in Edinburg Township, this county, son of Robert and Margaret Calvin, the former born February 9, 1780, in Virginia, latter June 9, 1800 in Pennsylvania. They were married in this county and in 1814 settled upon the farm where they lived and died, the father May 31, 1870, the mother January 24, 1872. They were the parents of eleven children. Our subject was married April 25, 1848, to Margaret Fisher, born in this county April 10, 1822, daughter of George and Esther Fisher, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to this county with their parents, remaining until their death in 1869 and 1866, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin are the parents of ten children: Joshua, Uranie, George, Maryett, Rhodie, Robert, Esther, Sarah, Harriet and Ellen. He is a carpenter by trade, and has also been engaged in farming. He owns 413 acres of land on which he and his family now reside, all of which, with the balance of his estate (except $1,000 inherited), he has acquired by his own exertions. THOMAS P. CHAPMAN, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Edinburg Township, this county, February 5, 1837, son of James and Mary E. (Inghram) Chapman, the former born in England January 15, 1800, came to America in 1829, the latter born in Chester County, Penn., January 6, 1811. They were married March 10, 1831, and during the same year they came to Columbiana County, Ohio, and in 1834 to Edinburg, this county, where they remained until their death. The father died April 8, 1872, the mother November 9, 1879. Our subject was married November 26, 1863, to Mary M. Knight, born in Ellsworth, Mahoning Co., Ohio, August 2, 1844, daughter to James and Susan Knight, the former born in Chester County, Penn., May 20, 1812, the latter in Ellsworth, Mahoning county, June 18, 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Knight first settled in Mahoning County, Ohio, and thence removed to Ashtabula County, where they remained some time; then returned to Mahoning County, and from there moved to Newton Falls, Trumbull County, in 1856, where they lived for several years, when they finally settled in this county in April, 1865, and here died, August 28, 1884, and May 25, 1883, respectively. To Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have been born two children: James W., born June 27, 1865, and Lina M., born September 6, 1867. Mr. Chapman has been a farmer all his life, and owns forty-eight acres of land where he and his family reside. He has been for eighteen years a member of the I.O.O.F. JOSEPH E. CHAPMAN, blacksmith, Edinburg, born in Edinburg Township, this county, June 17, 1839; son of James and Elizabeth Chapman; the former born in England in 1800, and died April 8, 1871; the latter born in Pennsylvania in 1811, and died November 9, 1880. They were married in Pennsylvania and moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, thence to this county in 1837, and remained here until their death. Our subject was thrice married, first to Susanna Grate, November 26, 1863 (she was born in this county 1845, and died April 3, 1864). His second wife, to whom he was married February 28, 1865, was Carrie Patterson (born in Mahoning County, Ohio, Februsry 28, 1847, died October 29, 1875), and his present wife, whom he married April 26, 1876, was Nettie Heller born in Fostoria, Ohio, September 24, 1848. Mr. Chapman is the father of two children - Mary A. and Embra C. - and resides at Edinburg, where he owns thirty-two acres of land, on which he and his family reside. WILLIAM A. CLARK, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Edinburg Township, this county, August 26, 1830; son of Russell and Marilla Clark, natives of Connecticut, who came to this county, the former about 1814, and the latter about 1815, where they were married in 1829, then settled in Edinburg Township, and here remained until his death in 1874. His widow is now residing with her son. Our subject was married, January 24, 1856, to Orrel Payne, born in Rootstown Township, this county, June 17, 1834, daughter Joyce and Louisa Payne. They were natives of Connecticut, came to this county, and here remained until his death, October 13, 1840. His widow is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have had four children: Lelia A. (wife of Grover Calhoun), Mary G. (wife of Charles Byers), Charles C. and Emma L. Our subject, who was reared on a farm, now owns 110 acres of improved land in Edinburg Township, where he and his family reside. WILLIAM L. COE (deceased) was born in Granville, Mass., February 28, 1809; son of Samuel and Lucy Coe, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of Connecticut, and who emigrated to this county during the summer of 1809, settling first in Rootstown, afterward in Edinburg, where they both died, August 26, 1852, and October 20, 1870, respectively. Our subject was married on the first occasion, January 24, 1833, to Nancy Bostwick, born in New Milford, Conn, December 24, 1814, and died 15 March, 1854, the mother of three children: Leroy B., Henry B. and Elbert H. She was a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Coe was again married April 6, 1855, to Adeline f. Brush, born in Atwater, Ohio, November 6, 1819, and the widow of John C. Brush, born in Massachusetts in 1814 and died January 15, 1854. Mr. Coe, who has been engaged in farming, died April 1, 1883. He was a member of the Congregational Church, as is also his widow. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #856 *******************************************