OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 332 *********************************************************************** 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 332 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Stree [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, 12 Nov 2000 16:10:38 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20001112221038.006ff9d8@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Streetsboro # 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Bios: Eldridge, Fillmore, Hawkins, Hill, Jenkins, Judd - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 ************************************************************************ 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 LUCIUS O. ELDRIDGE, farmer, P.O. Streetsborough, was born on the farm where he now resides, August 10, 1843, and is a son of Daniel and Mary A. (Mason) Eldridge, who had three children: Merrick E., Mary A., wife of Joseph Lindsey, and Lucius O. His father came to Aurora Township, this county, from Buffalo, N.Y., about 1820, and afterward settled in Streetsboro on the farm now owned by L.O. Eldridge, which he cleared and improved, and where he resided until his death. He died in 1879, at the age of seventy-nine years. The subject of this sketch was reared on the old homestead, where he has always resided. He participated in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting, August 10, 1862, in the Ninth Ohio Independent Battery, serving until June 29, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married September 29, 1869, to Augusta, daughter of George W. and Tryphena (Wilson) Barrett, of Streetsboro, by whom he has two children: Clarence and Clayton. In politics Mr. Eldridge is a Republican. He is one of the enterprising farmers of this township. JAMES FILLMORE, farmer, P.O. Streetsborough, was born in Middletown, Rutland Co., Vt., July 14, 1817; son of John and Huldah (Whitmore) Fillmore, former of whom died when our subject was but four years of age. James Fillmore was then reared by his uncle, Asher Seward, of Jefferson County, N.Y., with whom he remained until seventeen years of age. He then worked by the month on a farm for one man until he was twenty-two years old, at $10 per month. Mr. Fillmore married, on the first occasion, January 1, 1840, Juliette E., daughter of Ezra Nutting, of Henderson, Jefferson Co., N.Y. His second wife was Sophia Myers, daughter of Stephen Myers, of Streetsboro, by whom he had one child - Dyer V. By his third wife, Rachel E. Likers, of Streetsboro, he had three children: One deceased in infancy, Luther U. and Lucia M., wife of Adelbert Pierce. His present wife was Mrs. Louisa French, nee Tucker, by whom he has one child - Gracie L. In 1840 Mr. Fillmore came to Streetsboro Township, this county, and purchased fifteen acres of wild-land, where he lived three years, and then bought thirty-five acres now owned by Curtis C. Singletary. In 1860 he settled in the southwest part of the township, where he still resides. He has been elected to the office of Township Trustee two terms; in politics he is a Republican. LYNN HAWKINS, farmer, P.O. Hudson, Summit County, was born in Streetsboro, this county, November 3, 1843; and is a son of Jesse G. and Sally (Hubbell) Hawkins, who were the parents of eight children: Mary, wife of Z. Snow; Delia, wife of A.S. Cannon; Lewis; Lucy, wife of G.N. Wheeler; Louisa (deceased); Crayton; Lynn and Lillie, latter the wife of Sebastian Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse G. Hawkins settled in 1840 on the farm now occupied by our subject, part of which they cleared and improved, and where they lived and died, the father in 1850, at the age of sixty, and the mother in 1877, aged seventy-five years. Our subject was reared on the old homestead, where he now resides, and was married March 11, 1873, to Addie, daughter of Orris and Sally (Blair) Leach, of Twinsburg, by whom he had one child - Guy (deceased). Mr. Hawkins is an enterprising, public-spirited citizen; in politics he is a Democrat. WILLIAM S. HILL, retired farmer, Streetsboro, was born in Guilford, New Haven Co., Conn., April 19, 1810, son of William and Lucy (Scovill) Hill. William Hill, Sr., was also a native of Guilford, and a son of Thomas Hill, whose father, Thomas Hill, Sr., was originally from England. His wife was a grandniece of Gen. James Wolfe, who was killed on the Plains of Abraham, at Quebec, Canada, and a daughter of Israel Scovill, a native of Guilford, Conn. Our subject was reared in his native town until ten years of age, when he was thrown on his own resources. The succeeding ten years of his life was spent on the sea, starting in the capacity of cabin boy and ending as Second Officer. He then went to Wallingford, Conn., and worked as an assistant at the carpenter's bench until he learned the trade. He has been twice married, first, September 29, 1831, to Ruth A., daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Rice) Page, of Wallingford, Conn. By this union there were three children: William H., Isaac P. and Elizabeth A. (latter deceased). April 21, 1844, he married his present wife, Asenath A., daughter of William and Eleanor (Wood) La Du, of Shalersville. His son William H. married Augusta C. Darling, and has three children: Le Ette A. (wife of Dr. C.A. May), Burdell A. and Henry S.; and his son Isaac P. married Marion L. Lord, and has three children: William R., Arthur E. and Clayton E. On October 4, 1838, Mr. Hill settled in Streetsboro locating on a farm on Lot 29, in the northeast part of the township, a part of which he cleared and improved. About 1852 he purchased an addition to his farm of eighty acres, and since 1850 has done a general dairy business in connection with his farming interests. He and his son are also doing quite an extensive business erecting the white bronze monuments (being sole agents in Portage County) at present manufactured in Bridgeport, Conn.; they erected the first monument of the kind here to the late Henry Peck, of Streetsboro, and have already put over 100 of these monuments in the county. Mr. Hill is a member of the Baptist, and his wife of the Congregational Church. He is Treasurer of his church; has held the office of Township Trustee. In politics he is a Republican. SAMUEL W. JENKINS, farmer, P.O. Streetsborough, was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N.Y., March 8, 1828, a son of Samuel and Ursula (Brewster) Jenkins, who settled in Streetsboro, this township, in June, 1837, locating east of the Center on the farm now owned by C.R. Doolittle, which they cleared and improved, and where they lived for many years. Samuel Jenkins, Sr., was a native of Fort Ann, N.Y., and a son of Obiah Jenkins, formerly of Providence, R.I., who was of Welsh descent and a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Ursula, the wife of Samuel Jenkins, Sr., was a native of Middletown, Vt., and a daughter of Oramel Brewster, of English descent, and a tanner and currier by trade. They had seven children: Julia E., wife of Henry Peck; Norman B.; Eunice, wife of A.W. Hurlburt; Samuel W.; Martha U., wife of Rev. J.M. Chapman; Lydia, wife of Henry Peabody, and Wilbur A. Our subject, from nine years of age, was reared in Streetsboro, and has always engaged in farming. He assisted in clearing his father's farm, and when twenty-one years of age bought a farm adjoining, most of which he cleared and improved, and where he has always resided, excepting ten years at the Center. He has been twice married; on first occasion, in 1850, to Delia, daughter of Edward and Love (Spencer) Russell, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1829, and by whom he had two children: Eva, wife of Ransom Richards, and Sumner. October 5, 1870, he was united in marriage with his present wife, Julia, daughter of Alexander and Electa (Power) Wilcox, of Twinsburg. The issue of this union was three children: Stella, Theodore and Albert. Mr. Jenkins has held various township offices; is one of Streetsboro's representative citizens. In politics he is a Republican. JAMES T. JUDD, farmer, P.O. Streetsborough, was born on the farm where he now resides in this township, October 20, 1838, son of Orrin and Minerva (Blair) Judd, parents of six children: Cordelia, deceased; Sophronia, wife of L.F. Wyatt; Mary, wife of John Wyatt; Amanda; Watson E., deceased, and James T. Of these Watson E. was in the late war of the Rebellion, serving in the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died of disease contracted in the army after three years' service. The parents of our subject settled in Streetsboro in 1830, coming from Blanford, Conn., and here they cleared and improved the farm now occupied by James T., and on which they lived the remainder of their days, one of the first families to help raise the Baptist standard in Streetsboro, dying in full faith of eternal life. Our subject was reared on the old homestead, and was educated in the common and select schools. He was married January 26, 1864, to Huldah L., daughter of Ananias and Samantha (Squires) Derthick, of Bedford, Ohio, by whom he has five children: Nellie, Carrie, Mertie, Addie and Clayton O. Mr. Judd, wife and three eldest daughters are members of the Baptist Church. In politics he is a Republican ______________________________ ------------------------------ End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #332 *******************************************