OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 349 *********************************************************************** 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 349 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Suffi [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: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 14:29:36 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20001116202936.006fb02c@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Suffield # 5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Bios: Smyth, Ticknor, Way, Weber, Wilson, Wise, Zoller - 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 HENRY SMYTH, farmer, P.O. Suffield, born September 29, 1806, in County Antrim, Ireland; son of James and Elizabeth Smyth, who lived in Scotland three years, soon after embarking for the New World. They came by way of Hudson's Bay up Nelson River and into the wild Red River country of Minnesota, landing there in 1812. Here they remained three years, then moved South, traveling by bark canoes through Lake Winnipeg, Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake into Lake Superior, thence down the lakes to Cleveland and located at Cuyahoga Falls. After ten years residence there they settled in Suffield Township, this county, in about 1828, where they died at an advanced age. One son, John, died in California in 1870, and their daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Pendleton, died here about 1833. Henry, our subject, married Miss Mary Gilbert, of Summit County, Ohio, about 1830, and with her cleared up and developed their home, now consisting of 222 acres of finely improved land with excellent buildings thereon. Mrs. Smyth died in 1870. She was a believer in the Episcopal faith, a lady highly esteemed by all who knew her. Four of their sons, James, Ernest, Gilbert and Edward, enlisted during the war of the Rebellion, the latter being killed at the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Their other children are Orrin, Lyman (in Dakota), Frank (in Illinois), Mary (Mrs. Spencer, in Iowa), and Ella (Mrs. Hale, in Mogadore, Summit Co., Ohio). Mr. Smyth is living on the homestead, enjoying the comforts of a quiet old age. Beginning with Gen. Jackson he has supported the Democratic party ever since. HORACE ADELBERT TICKNOR, farmer, P.O. Mogadore, Summit County, born in Suffield Township, this county, February 9, 1845; son of J. Wooster Ticknor (a native of Sharon, Conn., who came with his parents hither in 1812) and Rachel (McCarty) Ticknor (who moved here from Columbia, Penn., in 1822). They lived the lives of pioneers and raised a family of five children, three of whom survive: Horace Adelbert, Pulaski and Celestia. J. Wooster Ticknor died December 31, 1882, and is buried in Kent, Ohio. His widow resides with her two youngest children. Our subject in August, 1863, enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served two years, in the Army of the Cumberland, where he made an honorable record as a brave and faithful soldier, receiving his discharge in November, 1865. July 2, 1874, he married Sarah Ann White, born March 10, 1848, in Stark County, Ohio, daughter of Timothy and Nancy (Moore) White, who settled in Suffield Township, this county, in 1849, and where the father died November 4, 1854, leaving three children: Henry, Sarah Ann and Rachel (Mrs. Mishler). The mother is yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Ticknor have three children: Eva, Emma and Ella Pearl. They are now owners of the White estate, 149 acres of well-improved land. SOLOMON WAY, farmer, P.O. Suffield, was born August 3, 1817, in Suffield Township, this county; son of David and Rebecca (Baldwin) Way, natives of Connecticut, who came to this county by wagons in 1801, stopping one year in New York en route. After living the lives of upright pioneers and passing a few years of retired life both died in Springfield Township, Summit Co., Ohio. Our subject received his education in the Common schools of those early days. He married Mrs. Hannah Potter, widow of Joseph Potter, by whom he had three children: Luna (Mrs. Palmer), Thomas Jefferson and Melissa (Mrs. Thorp). Mrs. Way died in 1853, and Mr. Way then married Mrs. Rebecca Brittan. Their children are Clara (Mrs. Crist), B.F. (deceased), Almina (Mrs. Royer), Andrew Jackson, Laura (Mrs. Potts) and Minnie (Mrs. Keister). Our subject has a farm of 113 acres, is an old and respected pioneer citizen, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the entire community. In politics he is a Democrat. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOHN WEBER, farmer and horticulturist, P.O. Suffield, was born in Rhine Pfalz Byron, Germany, September 13, 1833, and immigrated to America in 1854, where he married, October 28, 1856, Miss Margaret Wilhelm, also born in Germany, then a resident of Suffield Township, this county, and who bore him the following children: Jacob, Mary, George, Adam, Frank William, John, Albert, Katie, Frederick, Clara, Ellen and Charles. For a few years our subject resided in Tallmadge, Ohio, but finally settled in Suffield Township, this county, where he now resides. He here has a farm of fifty acres highly cultivated and improved, containing a carp pond, and, in addition, in the township an orchard of 600 trees, a vineyard, and other first-class improvements. Mr. Weber does a large business supplying the markets of Akron, Ravenna and Kent with supplies of fruits and vegetables, and is a prosperous citizen. He is a Democrat in politics. SAMUEL WILSON, farmer, P.O. Mogdore, Summit County, was born September 2, 1812, in Columbiana County, Ohio; son of Charles Wilson, a native of London, England, who was apprenticed to a cloth dresser, but ran away and immigrated to America at fifteen years of age. He married Elizabeth Shelton, of Maryland, and resided some years each in Maryland, Stark Co., Ohio (where he clerked for seven years with Gideon Hughes, of New Lisbon), and in Suffield Tpwnship, this county. The most of his life he followed the profession of a teacher. Our subject was married, November 3, 1836, to Miss Catherine Soldars, born October 4, 1818, in York County, Penn., but who immigrated to Ohio when six years of age with her widowed mother. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, after living four years in the southern part of this township, settled where they now reside, and by industry and good management have acquired title to a fine farm of 100 acres of well-improved land. They are the parents of the following sons and daughters: John, Mrs. Hetty Lutz, Mrs. Mary Ann Arehart, Mrs. Catharine Lutz, Mrs. Angeline Upham, Aaron, James Elmer and Mrs. Lethy Ellen Lutz (twins). Mr. Wilson is a Democrat in politics. He has served his township as Trustee three terms. DANIEL WISE (deceased), who was a native of Pennsylvania, settled in 1812, at a very early age, with his parents, Henry and Elizabeth Wise, in Greentown, Stark Co., Ohio, where he was brought up, and where, in 1830, he married Miss Susanna Stripe, by whom he had the following children: Jeremiah, Abraham (has resided in Grand Rapids, Mich., since 1851), Mary (Mrs. Flickinger, in Stark County, Ohio), Henry, J. Wesley, William, Anna (Mrs. Hinman) and Sarah (deceased in 1862). The family moved to Suffield Township, this county, in 1846, where our subject died in 1848, and where his widow brought up the children, keeping them together. In 1855 the family came to where they now reside, and where Mrs. Wise now, at an advanced age, enjoys the love of all who know her. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her son Henry and one of her daughters with her husband are living with her. JOHN WESLEY WISE, farmer, P.O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio, November 10, 1838, and in 1846 settled with his parents, Daniel and Susanah (Stripe) Wise, in this township and county, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during the first two years served in the campaigns of Virginia. His regiment was then transferred to the West and became part of the Army of the Cumberland. He passed through the noted battles of that region, and was wounded in the left shoulder at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 17, 1864. The following September he secured an honorable discharge and returned home, where he engaged in farming. On November 20, 1870, our subject was married to Miss Anna Shafer, and in 1875 they settled where they now reside, and own a farm of sixty acres. They are the parents of the following children: Wilkie Anson, Rosa J., Preston E., Daniel W., Chester Garfield and James Blaine. He is an enthusiastic Republican; himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ANTHONY ZOLLER, manufacturer, Mogadore, Summit Co., born November 24, 1846, in Rhenish, Bavaria, Germany, son of Frank and Frances Zoller, who still reside at the place of our subject's nativity. He immigrated to America in 1866, locating at Akron, Ohio, where for seven years he was employed in the drug store of E. Steinbacher. On June 1, 1872, he was married to Mary Eckstein, of Akron, and one year later removed to Suffield Center, where, along with George Michael, he opened a general merchandise store, which, however, was burned within the succeeding ten months. Our subject then purchased and kept the Suffield Hotel, also the hotel at Mogadore, Summit County, which latter he still owns. In 1882 he secured an interest in the Eagle Block in Mogadore, and a year subsequent became owner of the clay works in the same place. Mr. Zoller is the father of three children: Frank, Joseph and Helen. He is a Democrat in politics; a member of the Knights of Pythias. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #349 *******************************************