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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 803 Today's Topics: #1 Fw: Bio - 1885 - Portage co, OH, R ["Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <04da01bf386c$80546060$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Bio - 1885 - Portage co, OH, Ravenna # 13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ralph To: Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:58 PM Bios: Kinney, Knapp, Krake, Linkens, Linton - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright C 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 ************************************************************************ BERNARD KINNEY, capitalist, Ravenna, was born in Corraloona County, Leitrim, Ireland, June 24, 1830, and there married Miss Gilbride. They immigrated to America in 1855, came at once to Ohio and settled in Ravenna in about two years thereafter. Here our subject acted as Section Boss on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad for about fifteen years. He opened a grocery and provision store in Ravenna, which was carried on by his family for about four years previous to his retirement from the railroad. He has also been engaged in several successful real estate dealings, purchasing tracts of timber land and developing and improving them. He purchased in 1866 what was known as the old State Bank Building, which he still occupies; owns several other valuable pieces of property in various parts of the city. He is agent for three Atlantic Ocean steamship companies, viz.: the Cunard, the Williams & Guion and the Anchor lines. To Mr. and Mrs. Kinney have been born ten children: James, Mary Ann (now Sister Cammillus in the Ursuline Convent, Toledo, Ohio), John, Catherine (deceased), Rose (a teacher in the Catholic school, and organist in the church at this place), Sarah (died September 10, 1883), Bernard, Thomas, Agnes and Charley. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney and their entire family are consistent members of the Catholic Church. Our subject was the leading spirit in establishing and building up the church at Ravenna. EDWARD KNAPP, manufacturer, Ravenna, was born January 23, 1820, in Charlestown, this county. His father, Junia Knapp, a native of Connecticut, went to Northmpton, Mass., in early boyhood with his parents. There he married Miss Martha Edwards, and the entire family then came to this county and settled in Charlestown Township in 1815. The family of Junia and Martha (Edwards) Knapp consisted of six girls, of whom three now live, and six boys, of whom five are now living. Edward, Robert, Dwight, and Mrs. Sallie M. Palmer all reside in Ravenna. The parents moved to Ravenna in 1865, Mr. Knapp, dying October 2 of the same year, and his widow April 30, 1867. Our subject remained with his parents and assisted them in conducting the farm. He married, September 15, 1857, Mrs. Charlotte C. Parker of Chester, Conn., where he father, Ely Dickenson, resided until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp moved to Ravenna in 1860. Here our subject carried on a foundry on Main Street, in partnership with his brothers, Robert, Dwight and Henry, until their establishment was destroyed by fire in August, 1876. Our subject then built the foundry near Pittsburgh depot, which he carried on until October, 1875. He now rents it to the Haley Bros. He established a pump factory in partnership with his brother Robert in 1875, and they have since carried on the only pump factory in Ravenna. They manufacture a complete line of suction, force and rubber bucket pumps. Their goods have an excellent reputation, and are sold throughout Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and other Eastern and Southern States. Mrs. Knapp is an adherent of the Baptist faith. Mr. Knapp is a F.&A.M. Robert Knapp was born April 8, 1828. He married Elizabeth Carson, October 4, 1854. Their children are Mrs. Clara A. Linton and Arthur D. W.S. KRAKE, Postmaster, Ravenna, was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., in 1840, son of James and Sally (Wadsworth) Krake, native of New York State (both deceased.) James Krake, who was a manufacturer of fanning-mills in Jefferson County, was prominently identified with and was an officer in the State militia. Our subject was but twelve years of age when his father died. He enlisted in 1862 in the Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, receiving promotion to Second Lieutenant, in which rank he was discharged at the close of three years' service. He participated in the battles of Shenandoah Valley, at Winchester, and in the general skirmishes, serving most of the time, however, on detailed duty. He came to this county soon after the war and engaged as salesman in a dry goods and clothing business. In May, 1869, he was appointed Assistant Postmaster at Ravenna, and in April, 1873, was promoted to be Postmaster by President Grant, occupying the position to the present time. Mr. Krake was married in Lewis County, N.Y., in 1861, to Amelia U. Mitchel, who bore him one child - Florence M., an active assistant to her father. Mr. Krake is a F.&A.M., a member of the I.O.O.F. and R.A. JAMES LIKENS, farmer, P.O. Ravenna, was born October 17, 1816, in Brighton, Beaver Co., Penn. His parents, Thomas and Luda Likens, came to this county in April, 1838, and after living three years in Rootstown Township finally settled across the line in Ravenna Township. Thomas Likens was a soldier of the war of 1812, and followed the occupation of iron molder before locating here. He was one of the old time Democrats, and took an active part in public affairs. He served the township as Trustee one term. He died February 12, 1872, aged eighty-four years. His widow followed him May 20, 1880, in her ninety-fifth year. They were pious members of the Lutheran Church. Of their nine children, six are now living: James, Lewis, Thomas, and Mrs. Alvira Hartle, in Ravenna Township, this county; Mrs. Emma J. Hartle, in Rootstown Township, this county, and Josiah, in Iowa. Our subject married, March 6, 1851, Miss Mary M. Caris, born July 15, 1828, and daughter of John and Elizabeth Caris, of Rootstown Township (now deceased). To this union have been born three children now living: Ellery O., James Calvin and Hattie Minerva. John W. died in infancy, and Mettie M. died at fourteen years of age. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Likens have resided on the farm which they now own. Here they have a fine property of eighty acres of well-improved land. Mr. Likens is a consistent member of the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a life-long Democrat. ISIAH LINTON, civil engineer, Ravenna, was born September 29, 1817, in Washington County, Penn., where his parents Mahlon and Ann (Hillis) Linton, resided until their death. At eighteen years of age our subject entered the engineer service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on which he was engaged for four years. He was then employed on the Pittsburgh & Connellsville railroad until 1847, when he came to Ohio and entered the service of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Road as Assistant Engineer, on which he has since remained. In 1840 Mr. Linton married Miss Victoria Dutton, of Washington County, Penn. She died in 1844, leaving one daughter - Mrs. Ellen Galway, of West Virginia. Mr. Linton afterward married, in 1849, Miss Mary Riley, of Brownsville, Penn., and in 1852 they settled in Ravenna where they have since resided. Their children are William H., Luther (deceased) and Edith. William H. married Miss Clara Knapp of this place. He has also adopted the profession of civil engineer, and is engaged on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad with his father. Mr. Linton has held the position of Trustee of Ravenna about four years; has been on the Board of Education two years; has held the office of County Surveyor from 1862 to 1864, and was mainly influential in the establishment of the Ravenna Gas Light & Coke Company, of which he has been President since its organization in 1873. In politics our subject is a Republican. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 19:15:54 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <04e201bf386c$9209c340$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Bio - 1885 - Portage co, OH, Ravenna # 14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ralph To: Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 12:29 PM Bios: Lord, Loughead, Lyman - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright C 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 ************************************************************************ SQUIRE ELEAZER LORD, dealer in real estate, Ravenna, was born December 17, 1823, in Norwich, Conn. His parents, Lynds and Pricilla (Potter) Lord, natives of the same place, lived in Fairview, Erie Co., Penn., from 1829 to 1836, and in Ellsworth, Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co., Ohio from 1836 to 1858. Lynds Lord died in Aoril, 1856, and in 1858 his widow and the family came to Ravenna. Here the mother died in March, 1876. They raised a family of nine children: Mary A., died in 1871; Rev. Nathan L., was a graduate of Hudson College and a missionary to the East Indies (he died in New York City in January 1868); Mrs. Carrie P. Pingham, in Santa Barbara, Cal.; Rufus, in Durand, Ill.; Charles F., in Chicago, Ill.; David H., was born December 5, 1827, married Henrietta F. Bingham September 29, 1853 (their children are Mrs. Laura A. Sanford, in Le Sueur, Minn.; Helen H., Ginerva J.; Frank L.; Mary B., and Hattie G. Mr. Lord settled in Ravenna in 1873, where he has been chiefly engaged in dealing real estate); Eleazer; Laura; A., died in Ellsworth in 1851; William Thomas died in St. Louis in 1859. Our subject received his educated in the academies at Ellsworth, Ohio, and Fredonia, N.Y. He married, April 8, 1865, Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Lewis, of Palmyra, Ohio. They have one daughter, Lydia C., and one son, Louis E. Squire Lord has been for sixteen years a very successful dealer in real estate. He was elected Justice of the Peace in July, 1872, and again in April, 1876. In politics he is a Republican. Mrs. Lord is a member of the Congregational Church. BYRON B. LOUGHEAD, A.B., M.D., Ravenna, was born January 29, 1847, in Charlestown Township, this county. His father, Richard W. Loughead, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Hiram Township, this county, and here married Miss Maria Foster, daughter of the pioneers, Eliakim and Wealthy Foster, of Mantua Township, this county, and who came from Williamstown, Mass., to this county, in about 1835, residing in Mantua the remainder of their lives. Our subject's parents resided in Charlestown Township, this county, about thirteen years, finally settling in Windham Township in February, 1858. The mother died January 28, 1884; the father still resides in Windham Center. Our subject, after receiving instruction in the schools of the home district and the academy in Windham and attending two years at Hiram College, entered upon a course of study at Oberlin, Ohio, and graduated from that institution with the degree of A.G. in 1875. He supported himself entirely by teaching between the sessions. He held the position of Principal of the high school at Tallmadge, Ohio, two winters. After his graduation he at once entered upon the study of medicine under Dr. T.C. Miller, of Cleveland, Ohio, Professor of Obstetrics in the medical department of the University of Wooster, Ohio, at which institution he took the degree of M.D. February 28, 1877. He then located in the practice of his chosen profession in Windham, this county. In January and February of 1883 he took a post-graduate course in the New York Polyclinic. In September, 1884, the Doctor established in Ravenna, where he has rapidly built up an influential practice. He is genial and courteous in manner, and is recognized as a skillful and scientific physician. Dr. Loughead married, October 31, 1878, Miss Mary Alvord, of Bolton, Conn., and they have two children: Charles Foster and Mary Alvord. Mrs. Loughead graduated in the ladies' course at Oberlin College in 1874. Our subject and wife are members of the Congregational Church, the Doctor having joined at Windham when but eighteen years of age. DARIUS LYMAN (deceased), born at Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., July 19, 1789, died at Cleveland, Ohio, December 13, 1867, aged seventy-six years, five months. He graduated at Williams College in the class of 1810. Soon after he entered the law school at Litchfield, then under the charge of Judge Gould, where by diligent application to his studies he soon won the respect of his distinguished teacher and all those who were associated with him. After leaving Litchfield Law School he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., and in order to more fully perfect his legal studies he spent several months in the law office of Hon Henry Baldwin, subsequently one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. In the spring of 1814 he came to this county, was admitted to the bar, and established himself permanently in his profession in Ravenna. He was soon appointed Prosecuting Attorney of the county, and in 1816 he was elected to the State Senate, where he served two terms ending in 1832. In the fall of the latter year he was the anti-Masonic candidate for Governor, and was defeated by Robert Lucas by a small majority. Judge Lyman has ever been regarded one of the pioneer lawyers of Portage County. Although not a brilliant advocate, his thorough knowledge of legal principles, his unswerving integrity and love of justice gave him great influence with both court and jury, which made him a formidable competitor. For some years he was in partnership with the late Hon. Luther Day. Judge Lyman acquired an extensive practice in Portage and adjoining counties. His well-balanced, clear and discriminating mind, inflexible uprightness and unsullied purity of heart won the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He was an ardent friend of education, and for many years an efficient member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve College. He early identified himself with the Free Soil party, and in 1850 was elected to the State Senate on that ticket. This was his last service as legislator. In 1855 he was elected Probate Judge of Portage County, was re-elected and occupied the position until 1864. After retiring from the Judgeship re removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he lived to the time of his death. Our subject was twice married. He was the father of six children, some of them dying young. His eldest son, Prof. Darius Lyman, for nearly twenty years has held an important position in the Treasury Department at Washington, D.C. Henry D. Lyman, his grandson, is now Second Assistant Postmaster-General. His daughter, Laura, is the widow of the late Hon. William S.C. Otis, of Cleveland, Ohio. The other surviving children are Mrs. Mary L. Hood, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Anna L. Woodworth, of St. Louis, Mo. In all his relations as a citizen Judge Lyman was a worthy exemplar; opposed to all forms of oppression, he was ever guided by the highest principles of honor and rectitude; his heart and hands were ever ready to do all in his power to preserve peace and order in the community and to improve and elevate society. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 19:16:13 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <04e801bf386c$9d76df60$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Bio - 1885 - Portage co, OH, Ravenna # 15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ralph To: Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 12:29 PM Bios: Marvin, Meharg, Norton, Oakley - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright C 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 ************************************************************************ JOHN S. MARVIN, dealer in lumber, Ravenna, was born in Lancaster, Niagara (now Erie) Co., N.Y., May 30, 1831. The family are descended from the well-known Marvins, first settlers of Saybrook, Conn. His immediate ancestors for four generations were residents of Litchfield County, Conn. His great-grandparents died of small-pox contracted from Burgoyne's Army, then passing through the county. His mother died in Lancaster, N.Y., when he was four years of age, and his father returned to Connecticut, where he resided until his death. Our subject learned the shoe-maker's trade under the old apprentice system, in Litchfield County, Conn., and came to Ravenna, Ohio, June 25, 1855. After spending two years in traveling in Kentucky and Tennessee, he finally settled here in 1857, and was in the boot, shoe and leather business until 1867. Here he married, November 20, 1859, Miss Sarah M. Woodruff, daughter of Chancy and Perlina Woodruff, who came in 1830 from Hartford, Conn., to Atwater Township, this county, where Mrs. Marvin was born April 30, 1837. To our subject and wife have been born eight children: Anna L., Fannie C. (deceased), Charles L., Lydia Perlina, John C., Edward W., Rollie Hutchuson, William Bray. Our subject and wife have resided in Ravenna since their marriage, with the exception of fifteen years (1867 to 1882) spent on a farm in the western part of the township. Mr. Marvin purchased an interest in the lumber yard with Robert Smith in 1874. Our subject, wife and eldest daughter are members of the Universalist church. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin were kindly remembered by their numerous friends on the twenty-fifty anniversary of their wedding, November 20, 1884, on which occasion they received many beautiful and valuable presents. JOHN MEHARG, attorney, Ravenna, is a native of County Down, Ireland, where he was born in 1839; son of James and Margaret (Bingham) Meharg (both now deceased) who immigrated to this county in 1852, and located on a farm at Canfield, Ohio. Here our subject was brought up and his early education was obtained in the Mahoning Academy at Canfield, where he began the study of law, but in 1862 he entered the army as Sergeant in Company H, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving to the close of the war. He shared the fortunes of the Army of the Cumberland, joining the forces of Sherman in his memorable march to the sea, and after passing through the grand review at Washington, D.C., was mustered out. He resumed the study of law with S.W. Gilson, of Canfield; was admitted to the bar in 1865, and formed a partnership with Taylor and Horton, that was continued until 1872, when he was elected Clerk of the Courts, in which capacity he served nine years. His relations with the same firm were renewed and continued until the death of Mr. Horton in September, 1882, since when he has been associated with Judge Taylor, of Warren, Ohio. Mr. Meharg was appointed Prosecuting Attorney to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Horton; served as Mayor five years; was a member of the Board of Education, and some years Justice of the Peace. He became interested in the Ravenna Republican in 1882, and now owns that publication. He is an adherent of the Disciples Church; a member of the I.O.O.F. and G.A.R. He is a F.&A.M. S.D. NORTON, attorney, Ravenna. The name Norton, a contraction of North-town or North-ville, is of English origin. It is properly Norville, and the first known to bear it in this country were two brothers, Richard and Thomas, the former landing in America in 1620, the latter in 1635; one settling in Massachusetts, the other at Martha's Vineyard. The great-grandfather of our subject, Bethuel, was an explorer, employed by the British Government. He served in the French-English and Revolutionary wars, and was one of the soldiers who scaled the Heights of Abraham. Our subject was born in Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1825; son of Thuel and Harriet (Harrington) Norton, the former of whom, with his father, Peter, immigrated to this State in 1807, and settled in Summit County, thence removing to Hiram Township, this county, in 1832, where he died. He was a carpenter by trade, and raised a family of nine children, eight of whom are living. Our subject was reared on a farm and learned the blacksmith trade, which he abandoned for the law, the study of which he pursued after having received a common school education, and was associated with Charles W. O'Neil, one of the best lawyers of the State, his practice being largely in Allen and Hancock Counties. He located in Garrettsville in 1858, and five years later removed to Ravenna, where he has since resided. He was married, in 1845, to Miss Maria Wetherell, a native of New York, and they are the parents of the following children: Adelaide, wife of George Nichols; Julia M., wife of S.R. Poe; Lydia, wife of N.P. Catlin; and Emma. He has served two terns as Mayor of Ravenna; is at present Justice of the Peace; has twice run for Probate Judge and came near being elected, though his party is largely in the minority, and is a man well known and highly respected. J.H. OAKLEY, photographer, Ravenna, was born in Charlestown Township, this county, December 9, 1842. His father, Abram Oakley, was a native of England, but left that country while yet a mere boy and located for a number of years in Canada, going thence to the State of New York, and finally removing to Portage County, being among the earliest settlers of Charlestown Township. In 1844 he removed to this township, where he continued to reside until some time after the death of his wife, Minerva (Beach) Oakley, which occurred in 1860. In 1865 he went to Indiana, having a daughter residing at Elkhart, at whose home he died in 1867. Their children, four in number are all living, viz.: Maria J., Julia A., John H. and Mary C. At the outbreak of the Rebellion our subject was among the first to respond to the call for volunteers, and enlisted for the three months' service in Company G, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In October, 1861, he re-enlisted for three years in Battery I, First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and served therein until December 9, 1864, when he was honorably discharged by reason of expiration of term of service. He participated in many of the important battles of the war, among them being the second battle of Bull Run, and the engagements at McDowell, Cross Keys, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mission Ridge and all the battles of the Atlanta campaign. In January, 1865, he took up the study of his profession, in July of that year formed a partnership with his preceptor, Mr. Ford, whom he succeeded the following year, and has since carried on the business alone. In September, 1884, he occupied Room No. 4 in the Opera House Block on the ground floor, having a depth of 120 feet, with new skylight and operating room. In addition to his regular photographic work, which ranks among the very best in the State, he is a large dealer in pictures, frames, art goods, etc. Mr. Oakley was married in 1872 to Miss Isodene E. Horr, a native of shalersville, this county, and has two sons: Harry B. and Warren B. He is a member of the I.O.O.F, Encampment, Royal Arcanum and G.A.R. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #803 *******************************************