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SLACK - GRANVILLE, OHIO [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #6 T.R. BRANES-MAHONING CO. & MANSFIE [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] 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: #2 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:49:11, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909270149.VAA03950@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: ELIAS CRIST - MAHONING COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 ELIAS CRIST, a farmer of Washington Township, was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, June 22, 1836, son of Samuel and Sarah Crist, natives of Pennsylvania, who were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living -Jacob P., Samuel L., Elias, Jonathan, George and Elizabeth. In the fall of 1845 he came to this county with his parents, who located for a short time in Kirkland Township, then removed to Washington Township where the parents passed the remainder of their days. Elias assisted the remainder of their days. Elias assisted largely in the support of the family after the death of his father. He was reared to manhood in this county, and has been a lifelong farmer. His education is necessarily limited, as his advantages were poor. He had all the experiences of pioneer life. He was married October 27, 1859, to Elizabeth Dunaphin, born June 25, 1840, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and daughter of David and Elizabeth Dunaphin, early settlers of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Crist have had six children -Samuel D., Sarah C., John F., Hattie M., Charles W. and Elmer L.; the latter is deceased. Mr. Crist is a Democrat in politics, and has served as assessor and constable of Washington Township. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity at Decatur. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:49:19, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909270149.VAA03998@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: W.D. McCREARY - MAHONING COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume IV, page 195 W.D. McCREARY is a Youngstown business man whose experience has been largely in technical fields and for several years he has handled electrical accessories and represented the Prest-O-Lite Company, acytelene gas and storage batteries. He was born in Chicago, May 29, 1884, son of Jonas E. and Louisa (Wiseman) McCreary, his father a native of Beaver, Pennsylvania, and his mother of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jonas McCreary was master mechanic for the Western Stone Company of Chicago, and his widow now lives at Early Road, near Youngstown. W.D. McCreary finished the work of the grammar schools in Chicago in 1900, and after a year and a half in high school took up salesmanship as a traveling man. He also studied draughting and engineering, and in 1904 came to Youngstown, where he was employed as an engineer and draughtsman with the P. & O. Electric Company. He also did work as a general salesman for the General Fireproofing Company, and since 1918 has been distributor for the Prest-O-Lite Company, with salesroom and office at the corner of Commerce and Holmes streets. Mr. McCreary married in 1921 Miss Hallie Brush, who was born in Buffalo, New York, but a resident of Youngstown, Ohio. He is a republican, a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, a member of Al Koran Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of Youngstown Lodge, No. 55, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Rotary Club. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:49:16, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909270149.VAA13454@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: WALTER O.R. JOHNSON - MAHONING COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume IV, page 375-376 WALTER O.R. JOHNSON. Both as an able attorney and veteran of the World war, Walter O.R. Johnson is well known at Youngstown and throughout Mahoning County, and his present prestige has been honorably earned in various ways. He was born at Renova, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1893, a son of Nels P. and Emma C. (Nelson) Johnson, natives of Sweden, who were married in the United States. For some years the father was in a general merchandise business at Renova, but in 1906 migrated to Youngstown, and since that date has been connected with the firm of Rose & Johnson, wholesale grocers of Youngstown. Following his graduation from the high school course of Youngstown, Walter O.R. Johnson entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1919 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and in January, 1920, he was admitted to the bar of Ohio. Locating at Youngstown, he has since been engaged in the general practice of his profession. In May, 1917, Mr. Johnson enlisted in the service, and spent three months at the First Officers' Training Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, from whence he was sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was trained under the supervision of French army officers in a school of French warfare. In September, 1917, he was assigned to the machine gun company of the Three Hundred Thirty-second Infantry, Eighty-third Division, stationed at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. He sailed overseas June 6, 1918, and after his arrival in France, sent to Chatillon-sur-Seine, Third Corps Army School, and from there to the Italian front, where he participated in the battle of Vittorio Benito, as well as others of less importance. In April, 1919, he sailed from Italy for the United States, and was discharged from the service May 21, 1919. He held the rank of first lieutenant. On June 1, 1918, Mr. Johnson married Miss Maude Osberg, and they have two children: Theo Virginia and Nels Paul. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, while Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Methodist Church. He also belongs to the Swedish Mission Church and to the Swedish Fraternity of America, to the Phi Alpha Delta and Youngstown Lodge No. 403, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as well as to the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce. An enthusiast with reference to the American Legion, he not only is a member of the local post, but has also served the organization as post advocate. Since returning to Youngstown he has built up an excellent practice, and is making a name for himself as a resourceful and honorable attorney. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:49:12, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909270149.VAA13438@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: CHARLES B. SLACK - GRANVILLE, OHIO Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 299 CHARLES B. SLACK. One of the prominent business men and highly esteemed citizens of Granville, Ohio, is Charles B. Slack, cashier of the Granville Bank, and having large farming interests in Licking County. Charles B. Slack was born at Granville, Ohio, January 23, 1865, and was educated at Denison University. Subsequently he became well known in the educational field, and for five years was superintendent of the schools maintained in the Ohio State Penitentiary. In 1903 Mr. Slack was one of the founders of the Granville Bank at Granville, of which he is cashier and a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Slack's marriage was with Miss Dora McClain, of Granville, Ohio. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:49:09, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909270149.VAA13406@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: T.R. BRANES-MAHONING CO. & MANSFIELD, OH Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 157-158 T.R. BARNES founded, the Barnes Manufacturing Company at Mansfield, promoting the original company in 1895, the capitalization of $100,000. The industry has grown and steadily prospered, and in 1920 the capital was raised to $500,000. Mr. Barnes from the beginning has been secretary and general manager of the business. The president is C.H. Voegele, of the old and well-known family of that name in Richland County. Mr. Voegele succeeded the original president, R.G. Hancock. The Barnes Manufacturing Company is a concern that has had much to do with making Mansfield known to the outside world as a source of manufactured products. Its output consists of house and farm pumps, hand and power pumps for spraying of all kinds, also pumps operated by electric and gas power, and pumping machinery for oil wells and highway road construction. A few years ago a line of portable power pumping units was added for contractors' uses. The company also manufacture sanitary porcelain enameled ware. In earlier years the industry employed about fifty, and the average payroll is now for two hundred and twenty-five men. The business has an annual output valued at $1,000,000, and the investment in the plant and equipment is approximately $700,000. An able business man, a citizen of broad public spirit, T.R. Barnes has been a notable figure in the life and affairs of Mansfield. He was born near Salem, in Mahoning county, Ohio, on a farm, son of R.A. Barnes, a native of Maryland, who married Avarilla Ann Gilbert. In 1858 they settled on a farm near Salem, Ohio. T.R. Barnes had a public school education, and at the age of twenty-one came to Mansfield. For four years he was an employe of the Adams Express Company and then became secretary of the Humphreys Manufacturing Company, a concern that manufactured pumps. While there Mr. Barnes acquired his practical knowledge of pump manufacturer, and with that experience and some capital he promoted the Barnes Manufacturing Company in 1895. Mr. Barnes has become responsibly connected with a number of Mansfield's progressive institutions. He is a director of the Mansfield Savings and Trust Company, director of the Mansfield Lock Washer Company, director of the Superior Brass Company, director and vice president of the Buckeye Tempered Copper & Brass Company, vice president and director of the citizens Savings and Loan Company, director of the Richland Mutual Insurance Company. He has been a contributor to all worthy public causes and acted as chairman of the community Chest during the war. He is a member of the county Executive Committee of the republican party, is president of the City Club, for six years was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian Church, also member of City Council, and is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. Mr. Barnes married Miss Lida R. Scott, daughter of George Scott, a veteran employe of the Pennsylvania Railway company living at Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have one daughter, Ruth, wife of James C. Gorman, who is a graduate of Lehigh University and is treasurer of the Barnes Manufacturing Company. Mrs. Gorman is a graduate of Smith College at Northampton, Massachusetts, and is prominently identified with social work at Mansfield, being active in the Young Women's Christian Association, and is president of the Friendly House in that city. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #690 *******************************************