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A. B. C. PALMER,
superintendent of the division of electricity for the city of
Ashtabula, is one of the well known and substantial citizens of the
county. He was born at Fitchville, in Huron County, Ohio, July
14, 1872, and is the son of Edwin and Mary (Chase) Palmer.
A. B. C. Palmer was reared and educated at
Fitchville, Ohio, and his first business position was with the
Western Union Telegraph Company. He later was connected with
telephone work and did construction work in the long distance
division. On Jan. 28, 1900, Mr. Palmer came to
Ashtabula and entered the employ of the city. Since his
connection with the electric light plant, many improvements have
been made in the service, a new power plant being completed in 1921
at a cost of $1,000,000. All power and light in the city of
Ashtabula is furnished by the local plant and the city railways
street cars are also operated by the city power. Electric
power is also furnished to several towns near Ashtabula, including
Jefferson and Rock Creek.
In 1900 Mr. Palmer was married at Norwalk, Ohio,
to Miss Byrd Tucker, a native of Fitchville,
Ohio, and the daughter of Edgar and Mary (Clark) Tucker,
natives of New York.
Mr. Palmer takes an active interest in the
Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce. He is a man of integrity and
ability and is an excellent citizen.
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B. L. PALMER,
city auditor of Conneaut, is among the prominent and influential
citizens of Ashtabula County. He was born in Erie County, Pa.,
July 20, 1878, and is the son of Charles C. and Mary (Doty)
Palmer.
Charles C. Palmer was a native of Erie County, Pa.,
as also was his wife. They were early settles of Ohio,
locating at Conneaut, where Mr. Palmer worked at his trade as
millwright. He was a Republican and a member of the United
Brethren Church. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, now deceased,
were the parents of four children: B. L., the subject of this
sketch; George H., who died at the age of 12 years; Pear
A., married William Fuller, and lives at Albion, Pa.; and
Fred J., who died at the age of two years.
B. L. Palmer received his education in the
public schools of Bemus Point, N. Y. He learned the
machinist trade and was employed by the Dick Company of Conneaut for
10 years as a stationary engineer. Mr. Palmer was also
in the employ of the Prudential Insurance Company for several years.
He has served as city auditor of Conneaut for two terms.
On Nov. 7, 1901, Mr. Palmer was married to
Miss Lena R. Fowler, a native of New York, born Mar. 9, 1881,
and the daughter of Walter and Ella J. (Barker) Fowler
natives of New York. Mr. Fowler is deceased and his
wife lives at Portland, N. Y. They had two children: Sarah,
married J. M. Paul, and died in December, 1923; and
Mrs. Palmer. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have no children.
In politics Mr. Palmer is identified with the
Republican party. He is a member of the Christian Church and
has been superintendent of the Sunday school for eight years.
He is past grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Palmer was a member of the volunteer fire department of
Conneaut for 14 years. He is one of the dependable and
substantial citizens of Conneaut.
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HENRY
PARTANEN, well known building contractor of Conneaut, was
born in Finland, June 28, 1888, and is the son of Henry and Anna
(Niskanan) Partanen. Mr. and Mrs. Partanen, who live in
Finland, are the parents of the following children: Powell,
Christina, Maude and Mary, all living in Finland; and
Henry the subject of this sketch.
Henry Partanen grew up in Finland and received
his education in the public schools there. In 1910 he came to
the United States and located at Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, where he
worked at his trade as carpenter. He also spent one year in
Cleveland, and on Jan. 10, 1914, removed to Conneaut, where he
entered the employ of Mr. Walton, a building contractor.
In 1918 Mr. Partanen engaged in business for himself.
He has been successful in his work and is favorably known in the
county. The Partanen home is located at 1013 Buffalo
Street.
On June 3, 1915, Mr. Partanen was married to
Miss Sanna Laituri, a native of Finland, born Jan. 22, 1891, and
the daughter of Alturi and Josephine (Karhula) Laituri, both
deceased. Mr. Laturi died in September, 1913,
and his wife died Jan. 23, 1924. They had five children:
Matt, John, and Gustave, woh live at Conneaut;
Mrs. Partanen; and Edward, deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
Partanen have an adopted daughter, Lillian, who was born
May 15, 1911.
Mr. Partanen belongs to the Modern Woodmen of
America.
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CLAYTON
L. PECK, formerly identified with
the business interests of Ashtabula county and one of its best known
and most successful merchants, resides upon the fine farm in
Colebrook, Ohio. Mr. Peck was born June 19, 1860, in the
township which he now resides. His parents, Josiah and Minerva
(Phillips) Peck, were also natives of Colebrook. The former was
born July 6, 1834 and the latter May 14, 1838. For many years
they occupied a fine farm near the center, removing to Jefferson
township in 1885, and purchasing the hotel formerly belonging to Joseph Ruggles of that place. This
Mr. Peck conducted with great
success till 1892, when he returned to his former vocation, that of
farming at Penn Line, Pennsylvania, where he now resides.
Our subject is the oldest of five children all of whom
survive. The second, B., born Sep. 30, 1862, resides in
Colebrook; Urbine W., born Jun. 16, 1865, holds a responsible position
at Andover, Ohio, as a dispatcher for the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railway Company. He was formerly a most successful
teacher in the public schools of Ashtabula county, an energetic
student, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. The third,
Betsey Eldora, born Nov. 9, 1867, a loveable and accomplished young
lady, resides at home; Clark, the youngest, born Nov. 6, 1869,
is also a resident of Penn Line, Pennsylvania.
The early educational advantages of our subject were
those usually granted to the average country lad, consisting of one
term a year in the district schools. Later, however, this was
supplemented by a few terms at the celebrated Grand River Institute
and Orwell Academy. The next few years he spent upon a farm and
as a clerk in a general store at Triumph, Ohio. December 29,
1880, he was united in marriage to Jennie E. Smith, daughter of Alonzo
R. and Marcia Smith, old residents of Colebrook. Mr.
Smith at
present resides with our subject; Mrs. Smith passed away in April,
1883. The fruit of this marriage is one child, Bernard J., a
bright little fellow of eight years, born September 5, 1885.
Returning of Colebrook in 1885, our subject embarked in
the mercantile business in connection with his brother, L. B., with
whom he was associated for two years. During this time the Peck
brothers did the heaviest business, probably, that has ever been done
in Colebrook, averaging over $2,000 per month. His health,
however, compelled our subject to leave the mercantile business for a
time, and, selling his interest to his brother in 1887, he engaged in
the insurance business for a few months, representing eleven old
companies. Partially representing eleven old companies.
Partially recovering his health, he soon after purchased the stock of
goods from his brother in Colebrook and removed to Jefferson, where he
occupied, for two successful years, a part of the Flitch Block.
The business done here exceeded anything previously done in that
village, reaching nearly $40,000 per year. The confinement and
care of the business again impaired his health, however, to such an
extent that he was once more compelled to retire from business for a
time, and he resumed the management of his fine farm in Colebrook.
He was soon after offered a very lucrative position as general agent
for the State of Ohio of the Read Fertilizer Company of New York city,
a position which he accepted and has since constantly filled with
profit to himself and his employers. In 1891 he united with the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Colebrook and has since been a very
active worker in Christian work. He holds a local preacher's
license from that denomination, and finds time to occupy many pulpits
in this locality. Fraternally, our subject is a member of the I.
O. O. F. of Jefferson and the J. O. U. A. M. of Colebrook, Ohio.
As a business man, as a citizen, as an earnest church worker, our
subject is highly esteemed by his many friends in Ashtabula county.
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ROY PECK,
deceased, was for many years identified with Orwell as a substantial
citizen. He was born at Joliet, Ill., Mar. 30, 1874, the son
of Daniel Peck.
Roy Peck was reared by his aunt, Mrs. Evelyn
Peck. He received his education in the schools of New
Lyme, Ohio, where he remained until after his marriage in 1896.
He then removed to Orwell, where he was employed as a railroad
telegraph operator for a number of years. Later he engaged in
the milling business there under the firm name of Northway & Peck,
and was so engaged until his death, May 2, 1916.
On Jan. 15, 1896, Mr. Peck was united in
marriage with Miss Clara Hendren who was born in Mercer
County, Pa., June 28, 1876. She was the adopted daughter of
Mrs. Elizabeth (Hendren) Peck a daughter, Dorothy, was
born July 27, 1898. She was graduated from Orwell High School
in 1916 and after teaching school for two years was married to
Howard Rex. They reside with Mrs. Peck.
Mr. Peck was a Republican, a member of the
Presbyterian Church and belonged to the Masonic Lodge. The
Peck family is widely known in Ashtabula County.
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NORRIS T.
PHELPS, a well-known business man, blacksmith and apiarist,
of Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, was born in Portage county,
this State, May 15, 1838, son of Truman and Caroline (Gardner)
Phelps, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and two of Lyman
Phelps' brothers also took part in that war, one being killed in
Perry's engagement on Lake Erie, and the other drowned in a military
operation at Braddock's Field, Pennsylvania.
Truman Phelps was born in Connecticut, August
14, 1812, and in 1828 came to Ohio, settling in Ashtabula county,
where he has resided ever since, with the exception of a little over
a year spent in Nelson township, Portage county, this State.
He is a blacksmith and mason by trade, but is now living retired.
During his active career he filled various minor offices, and gained
a wide acquaintance all over the county, being highly respected by
all who know him. He was married in Kingsville, May 1, 1836,
to Caroline Gardner, whose birth occurred in Massachusetts,
May 15, 1814, and who still shares with him the joys and sorrows of
life. She has been a member of the Christian Church for many
years. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of their
family of seven children, the others being as follows: Obed
K., a mechanic, residing at West Farmington, Ohio; Dr. Bryan
H., physician and surgeon for the Erie & Philadelphia Railroad,
resides at Corry, Pennsylvania; Addison B., a mechanic of
some note, and a resident of Andover in the employ of the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railroad Company; Charles H., also a
mechanic of superior ability, resides at Terre Haute, Indiana;
Lyman C., a druggist of Andover, Ohio; Sophia M., wife of
Charles Tuttle, resides at Andover, Ohio.
Norris T. Phelps received a common school and a
select-school education, and as soon as he was old enough began work
at the blacksmith trade, at which he has continued ever since, and
in which he has developed marked skill, being able to make almost
any thing out of iron. For two years he worked on the road.
Mr. Phelps has been twice married. May 1, 1861
he wedded Abbie J. Leonard, daughter of Asahel Leonard,
of Williamsfield township, this county. She died in 1872, at
the age of thirty-three years, leaving an only child, Belle C.,
who died at the age of thirteen years. Mrs. Phelps was
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a number of years.
August 14, 1876, Mr. Phelps married Miss E. Rosetta
Tourgee, a halve sister of the distinguished author, Albion
W. Tourgee, and a daughter of Valentine and Roena Tourgee.
Valentine Tourgee, a native of Massachusetts, was a farmer and a
much respected citizen of Ashtabula county. He was in ardent
Republican and an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He died in 1889, at the age of seventy-eight years. By his
first wife he had one child. A. W., and by his second
wife three children. Mrs. Phelps being the only one of
the three now living. Mrs. Roena Tourgee, now
seventy-three years of age, makes her home with her daughter Mrs.
Phelps. She, too, is identified with the Methodist Church,
and has been a Christian from her girlhood. Mr. Phelps
and his wife are also Methodists. He has been chorister at
Williamsfield for thirteen years, ten years of this time also
serving as chorister of the Congregational Church.
Mr. Phelps has been Captain of the State Police
Association the past five years. In the order of K. of P. he
is Master at Arms. Politically, he is a Republican. He
has served as Trustee of Williamsfield township, but has never been
an office seeker, preferring to give his attention to his own
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ARTHUR J.
PICARD, an enterprising and successful young merchant of
Conneaut, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born at Meadvile,
June 8, 1898, and is the son of Saturn and Ida (Balizet) Picard.
Saturn Picard, a native of France, now lives in
Conneaut where he has been general roundhouse foreman for the Nickel
Plate Railroad for the past 12 years. He was in the employ of
the Erie Railroad at Meadville, Pa., for 14 years as foreman of the
boiler shop department. Mr. and Mrs. Picard are the
parents of the following children: Arthur J., the
subject of this sketch; Regina, deceased; Gerald,
lives in Conneaut; Claire, associated in business with his
brother; Cletus; and Paul and Pauline, twins.
Arthur J. Picard was educated in the parochial
schools of Conneaut, his parents having moved here in 1904. He
began life as a bookkeeper for the Fred F. Smith Coal Company
of Conneaut and later was employed as a clerk by the Nickel Plate
Railroad. In July, 1920, Mr. Picard established his
present business at 493 Harbor Street. He carries a fine line
of groceries and has an extensive trade. Mr. Picard is
a member of the Catholic Church and is highly esteemed in Ashtabula
County.
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RALPH H.
PITCHER, who is successfully engaged in the jewelry business
at Conneaut, was born there in 1885, and is the son of Harvey and
Jennnie (Press) Pitcher.
Harvey Pitcher was among the pioneer business men
of Conneaut, being a photographer there for many years. He
died in 1907. His wife was born in Gowanda, N.Y. She now lives
at Conneaut, Ohio. There were three children in the Pitcher
family: James, lives in Cleveland; Ralph H., the
subject of this sketch; and Margaret, who died at the age of
six years.
Ralph H. Pitcher received his education in the
public schools of Conneaut and has been engaged in the jewelry
business since 1900. In 1910 he formed a partnership with
Charles Griffith, and in 1917 purchased Mr. Griffith's
interest in the business. Mr. Pitcher has an up to date
place of business and has a complete stock of jewelry, silverware,
clocks, etc.
In 1911 Mr. Pitcher was married to Miss Agnes
Cowle, a native of LeRoy, Ohio, and a daughter of John and
Mary (Wilson) Cowle, native of Ohio, and now living in Los
Angeles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Cowle were the parents of
four children: Paul, lives in Chicago; Mrs. Pitcher;
and Harland and Wayland, twins, both deceased.
The American Legion Post in Conneaut is named in honor
of the Cowle twins who both died in service during the World
War. Harland served throughout the wasr with the air forces
as First Lieutenant and saw active service in France as a flier.
He died while on his return to this country, Dec. 18, 1918, and is
buried at Conneaut.
Wayland Cowle enlisted with the Engineer Corps
and was commissioned second lieutenant. After serving
overseas, owing to disability, he was ordered home, were he died in
October, 1919. He also is buried in Conneaut.
Mr. Pitcher and his wife are members of the
Congregational Church and are well and favorably known in Ashtabula
County.
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CALVIN POOLE,
a merchant of Conneaut, is a son of Calvin Poole, a native of
Connecticut. When twenty years of age he removed to the State
of New York, and, it is said, taught the first school west of the
Genesee river. His wife was Hannah Perkins. Of
their four children, Calvin was the youngest, and is the only
one now living. He was born in Genesee, Livingston county, New
York, April 2, 1811, and in 1812 his parents moved to Wheatland,
that State, where his mother died in 1813. In 1819 Calvin
was "bound out" to Francis Smith, remained with him until
1832, and during that time was not allowed school advantages.
After leaving him Mr. Poole drove team one year, receiving
$12 per month. Dec. 1, 1834, he was married to Miss Harriet
Trowbridge, and soon afterward start of Ohio. He, however,
went no farther than Allegany county, New York, where he made his
first purchase of land, for $400. One year later he sold his
farm, and again started Westward, halting this time at North East,
Pennsylvania, for one year, and from that time until the date of his
removal to Conneaut, Feb., 1873, he resided in New York and
Pennsylvania. While in the former State Mr. Poole did
military duty, in 1841 was appointed on the staff of Colonel
Stoner, the One hundred and Sixty-sixth Regiment, and received
is commission from Hon. William H. Seward. In 1855 he
was appointed steward of the Erie county almshouse, retaining the
position until his removal to Ohio. In April, 1874 in
connection with John A. Caldwell, Mr. Poole began the
mercantile business in Conneaut, in which he is still engaged.
Mr. and Mrs. Poole have had the following
children: Dolly M., born Aug. 14, 1836, is the wife of C.
R. Buchling, of Erie, Pennsylvania; Daniel P., born Aug.
22, 1837, died in Oct., 1859 Delia D., born Nov. 26, 1838,
married John A. Caldwell, and resides in Conneaut; Emeline
E., born Mar. 15, 1840, married Benson Bingham, of North
East Pennsylvania; John C., born Nov. 9, 1842, enlisted in
Aug, 1862, in the One Hundred and Forth-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry,
was wounded in the left knee in the battle of the Wilderness, May
12, 1864, for which it became necessary to amputate the limb, which
he endured with heroic fortitude, was removed to Fredericksburg, and
died there on the 26th of the same month. Almost his last
words were, "I am glad that I died for my country." The next
child was Henry P., born Nov. 18, 1843, married Mary W.
Brown, and resides in Conneaut; Harriet S., the youngest
child, born Sept. 20, 1850, married Dennis McCarty, and lives
in Ashtabula. Politically, Mr. Poole is a Republican,
and feels a just pride in belonging to that grand party. There
are perhaps few men in the township who have battled with the strong
current more successfully than he, and in closing he pays to his
companion in life the highest compliment possible. "She always made
our home pleasant.
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HENRY
H. POOLE, one of the progressive and
enterprising farmers of Ashtabula county, Ohio, and at this writing
Trustee of Conneaut township, was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania,
November 18, 1843, son of Calvin and Harriet (Trowbridge)
Poole. His honored father, a resident of Ashtabula county for a
number of years, now living retired at Conneaut, is one of the
venerable citizens of the place. The facts as gleaned in regard to his
life are as follows: Calvin Poole was born in
Canandaigua, New York, April 22, 1811, son of Calvin and Hannah
(Perkins) Poole, both natives of the Empire State. The
senior Calvin Poole was a carpenter by trade and a
school-teacher by profession. The first school west of the Genesee
river was taught by him. However, he never came farther West than New
York. He was more than ninety years of age at the time he died. His
wife died in 1813. They had three children, of whom Calvin was
the youngest, and is the only one now living. The oldest was
Archibald, and the second born was Abigail M., who was the
wife of Emanuel C. Henshaw. Calvin was reared on the
farm, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. In
1872 he located in Conneaut, and has remained here ever since. For a
time he was a partner in the grocery business with his son-in-law,
J. A. Caldwell.
Calvin Poole was married in 1833 to Miss
Harriet Trowbridge, daughter of Daniel and Dollie
(Shears) Trowbridge, a native of Ithaca, New York. Mrs.
Poole's grandfather, Zachariah Shears, was a native
of Massachusetts, and at one time was a member of the Assembly. He was
a wealthy land-holder and stock-dealer and reared a large family.
Mr. and Mrs. Poole have had seven children,
namely: Dollie M., wife of C. R. Beechling, of Erie,
Pennsylvania, has two children by him, Harriet G. and
Calvina M., and by her former husband, Pressly Caldwell,
had one child, Jennie Bell; Daniel P., who died at the acre of
twenty-one years; Delia D., wife of J. A. Caldwell;
Ernma E., wife of B. Bingham, died at about the age of
thirty-five, leaving four children, Harriet R., Frank H., Fred D.
and John P.; John C., a member of the One Hundredth and
Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company C, was wounded in
the battle of the Wilderness and died from the effect of wounds, aged
about twenty-one; Henry Harrison, whose name heads this
article; and Harriet Sophia, wife of Dennis
McCarty, died at the age of thirty-three.
During his residence in Erie county, Pennsylvania,
Calvin Poole was appointed keeper of the infirmary of that
county, which position he filled ten years, and while there both he
and his wife were highly complimented for their efficient service. In
political matters Mr. Poole takes an active interest,
being a thorough Republican.
H. H. Poole was early in life engaged in
farming. In 1868 he turned his attention to the oil business in
Pennsylvania, continuing such connection two years. After that he was
employed as fireman on the Lake Shore Railroad, running between Erie
and Cleveland, and since 1870 he has been identified with the farming
interests of Ashtabula county. He has served as School Director for
more than a dozen years, and for nearly as long was Supervisor of
Highways. He was elected Township Trustee in 1887, and has held the
office continuously up to the present time, his election to this
office being without parallel here, as he had no opposition whatever.
He was Captain of the State police for four years, then, after an
interim of two years, was again elected, and is now the incumbent of
that office. He is an ardent Republican. In Masonic circles he holds
prominent rank, having taken the degrees in the blue lodge, chapter,
council and commandery, and holding official position in each.
Mr. Poole was married February 2, 1871,
to Miss Mary U. Brown, daughter of Samuel C. and Eva
Brown, of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Her father died in 1863, aged
about fifty-five, and her mother is still living, now about eighty-two
years old. Following is a record of Mr. and Mrs. Brown's
family: John T., who married Sarah A. Fickenger, resides
on a farm in Erie county, Pennsylvania; Sarah, widow of John
McKee, Girard township, same county; Samuel C., who married
Clara Stohlman, lives at Mill Creek, Erie county,
Pennsylvania; William M., who married Rosanna Love,
is also a resident of Mill Creek; Mrs. Poole; George
W., who married Henrietta Fehr, is a resident of
Mill Creek; Charles F. E., who married Mary Fickenger,
is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Poole have had five children: John
C. P., Bessie C, Harry S., Charley and Willie G. Bessie C.
died March 10, 1892, at the age of sixteen years, and Charlie
died in infancy.
Such, in brief, is a sketch of one of the prominent and
highly respected families of Ashtabula county.
SHARON WICK'S NOTE: The
Pooles were buried in
City Cemetery,
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REV. R. O. POST,
D.D., pastor of the Congregational Church at Conneaut, Ohio,
was born in Logansport, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1850, a son of Rev.
Martin M. and Eliza M. (Breed) Post, the former a native of
Vermont, and the latter of New Hampshire. The father attended
the Andover Theological Seminary, was one of the founders of the
Wabash (Indiana) College, was one of its trustees, and was a
minister in the Presbyterian Church from 1829 to 1876. He was
an exceedingly fine linguist, could read the Hebrew bible as an
English text; so could examine any candidate for ordination in the
Presbyterian ministry in the original tongue. During his long
pastorate he was offered professorships in several leading colleges
of the West, was offered the presidency of an Eastern institution,
also the editorship of the Herald and Presbytery, when it was yet
known as the Herald. Dr. Post was regarded as a man of
the finest literary attainments of the Central West. He was an
intimate friend of Henry Ward Beecher, the latter being a
frequent visitor at his home, and also filling his pulpit many
nights in succession. Beecher wrote of him in the
Christian Union: "He was a man of essentially fine fibre, finely
cultivated, of gentle heart heroism, in which patience, fidelity,
suffering, labor and poverty were made beautiful. In these
gems he was rich. Here, in is only parish, Rev. Post
lived and died, although he still lives in the hearts of all who
ever knew him." He was born Dec. 3, 1805, and died ct. 11,
1876. His wife, born in 1817, died in March, 1884. She
was a member of the first-class to graduate at Mt. Holyoke Seminary,
taught in the Granville (Ohio) Female Seminary until her marriage,
and was a very active woman, not only taking care of the affairs of
her own household, but looked well into the charities of the town.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was president of
both the Orphans' Home at Logansport and the Ladies' Aid Society.
The poor she had with her at all times. Dr. and Mrs. Post
had seven children, of whom our subject was the sixth in order of
birth. Lucy, the youngest daughter, is the wife of
Prof. Stanley Coulter, Professor of Biology in Purdue University
of Indiana, and one of the leading educators of the State. The
five sons entered th ministry of the same church, two of whom,
Alfred and Edward, are now deceased. Alfred died
while pastor of the church of Santa Clara, California, at the age of
twenty-nine yeas. Edmond died at St. Andrews, aged
forty-one years where he had charge of a work. The remaining
children are: Martin, pastor of the Congregational Church at
Sterling, Illinois; Aurelian, a minister in the same
denomination at Tolland, Connecticut; and Mary, wife of Z.
S. Ely, of New York city. She was a fine scholar, and was
offered the principalship of Rutger College before she was twenty
years of age.
Rev. R. O. Post, D. D., our subject, was
educated at Wabash College, graduating in the class of 1871.
He then took a post-graduate and theological course at Yale, in the
class of 1874, after which he took charge of his father's old church
at Logansport, remaining there five years. Dr. Post
spent the following ten years in Springfield, and in May, 1891, came
to Conneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he has ever since served
acceptably in the Congregational Church. He has received the
degree of A. B. from Crawfordsville, also the honorary degrees of A.
M. and B. D. from Yale, and D. D. from the Illinois college in the
State. Rev. Post has lectured at Chautauqua and other
assemblies, but prefers pulpit work. He has a decided talent
for literary work, and for seven years made out the programs for the
work of the Authors' Club. In 1890 Rev. Post made a
tour of the continent, visiting Holland, Belgium Germany, Austria,
Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, walking
over 500 miles, among the Bavarian and Swiss Alps, and through the
Lake country of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.
In November, 1876, our subject was united in
marriage to Miss Janette Morhous, a daughter of J. R.
Morhous, who has been superintendent of the Redemption Division
of the United States Treasury for the past twenty-seven years.
For his singular ability in his line of work he has been retained
through all the administrations, and there has never been a mistake
of a cent in his department. His wife was Miss Emily
Hughley, a native of New York, but now deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
Post have three sons: Stanley, John and Roswell.
Mrs. Post is a member of the Congregational Church. Rev.
Post was for four years Chaplain of the Illinois Senate, for
nine years was Chaplain of the Fifth Regiment Illinois National
Gaurd, has badges for handling the gun, and has had the highest rank
as a sharpshooter in the State of Illinois, - in short, is an
"all-around man."
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MRS.
CARL PRAHL, who has successfully operated a maternity
hospital in Conneaut for the past seven years, is a native of
Ontario, Canada. She was born and reared there and is the
daughter of Theron and Lydia (Flint) Patterson.
Thereon Patterson was a native of Canada and
died in 1908. Lydia (Flint) Patterson is now the wife
of Frank Kiser and they live at Conneaut. They were the
parents of the following children: Myron, lives in
Ashtabula; Mrs. Prahl; Jessie Ann, married Dr. E.
W. Iden, lives in the Cleveland Heights, Ohio; and Harvey
Bruce, died in 1915.
Violet M. (Patterson) Prahl was educated in
Ontario, Canada, and has been a trained nurse since she was 16 years
of age. After doing settlement work in New York City, she
entered maternity work and since 1917 has conducted the Prahl
Sanitarium at Conneaut. Mrs. Prahl has been most
successful in her work and is widely and favorably known throughout
this part of the country.
Violet M. Patterson was united in marriage with
Carl Prahl, a native of Finland, and the son of Andrew
John and Amelia (Patterson) Prahl, both natives of
Finland. Mr. Prahl died in 1904 and his wife died the
following year. They were the parents of the following
children: Matilda, lives in Finland; Andrew J.,
died in 1896; Carl; Victor, lives in California; and Emil,
who died in 1920.
Carl Prahl settled in Conneaut in 1894 and was a
marine engineer on the Great Lakes. Since 1907 Mr. Prahl
has been a helpless invalid.
On May 14, 1896, Mr. Prahl was married the first
time to Miss Isabel Hammell, a native of England, born
May 14, 1876, and to this union two children were born: William
F., died in infancy; and Helen, born April 18, 1899,
lives in Chicago. Mrs. Prahl died in 1899, and Mr.
Prahl was united in marriage with Miss Violet M. Patterson.
To this union five children were born, as follows: Carl
F., died in infancy; Victor Hiram died at the age of two
years; Martin Francis, died in infancy; Lydia M., born
in 1906, lies at Conneaut; and Eugena May, born in 1908, at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Prahl are members of the Baptist
Church and are highly esteemed citizens of Ashtabula County.
Source #2 |
CHARLES A.
B. PRATT, deceased, was a prominent pioneer of
Ashtabula County. He was born at Lyme, Conn., Jan. 23,
1818, the son of Ezra and Frances (Marvin) Pratt.
Ezra Pratt came to Ashtabula County from
Connecticut with his family in 1832, and located on the present
Pratt farm in Orwell Township. He was a well known merchant of
this section for many years and died Sept. 8, 1854. To Mr.
and Mrs. Pratt the following children were born:
Frances P. Anderson, born in 1809; Julia L. Newell,
born Jan. 8, 1812; Joseph Marvin, born July 12,
1814, died in 1835; Charles A. B., the subject of this
sketch; Phoebe S., born June 6, 1820; Ezra
Huntington, born Sept. 2, 1822, died Aug. 5, 1847; A. S.,
born June 16, 1825; and Jane Wood, born Oct. 17, 1828.
Charles A. B. Pratt became a leading merchant of
Ashtabula County, and was also interested in Orwell Academy.
He died May 12, 1895, and is buried at Orwell.
On Feb. 28, 1850, Mr. Pratt was united in
marriage with Miss Mary Ely, who was born in Ashtabula
County, the daughter of S. M. and Esther (Griffin) Ely.
To this union were born seven children, as follows:
Elizabeth S.; E. H., lives in Chicago; Mary Elizabeth,
lives on the home place in Orwell Township; Charles Marvin,
died in infancy; Joseph Marvin, died in infancy; Francis
Marvin, lives on the home place; and Charles A. B>, an
attorney, lives in New York City. Mr. Pratt was married
the second time to Miss Helen A. Cogin, and to this union one
son was born, Jacob Cogin Pratt, who lies in Chicago.
He has two children, Jacob Cogin, Jr., and Delos Porter
Pratt.
Charles A. B. Pratt is a graduate of Columbia
University and has an extensive law practice in New York City.
He spends his summers at the old homestead in Orwell Township.
The Pratt Family is well known and representative of the best
citizenship.
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CHARLES
SUMNER PUTNAM, of Conneaut, born in the township of Stockton,
Chautauqua county, New York, May 27, 1859, is one of the prominent
business and public men of Ashtabula county, having been a leader in
the newspaper field, as well as given noteworthy service to both the
state and national governments. He is directly descended from
John Putnam, who emigrated from England with his three sons
and settled in Massachusetts early in the seventeenth century.
Although General Israel Putnam sprang from a collateral
branch, Charles S. has an almost equally famous ancestor in
the person of General Rufus Putnam, a Revolutionary officer
of distinction, and the founder of Marietta, Ohio. Captain
Andrew Putnam, a near relative of the latter, moved from
Massachusetts and finally settled in Chautauqua county, New York, in
1817. His entire family of twelve boys and one girl
accompanied him at that time to what was a forest wilderness of
western New York. Newell, the eldest son (grandfather
of Charles S.), cleared and improved most of his farm of one
hundred acres, situated near the original family homestead, and
resided there for more than forty years. Then, retiring from
active work, he disposed of the property to his son, Welcome,
and removed to Conneaut, Ohio, living twenty years near the home of
his daughter, the wife of Rev. O. T. Wyman. At the
death of his wife, in 1887, Newell Putnam returned to
Chautauqua county, whither Mr. and Mrs. Wyman had moved, and
again made his home with his daughter. Two years prior to his
demise he again removed with her to Norwich, New York, where he
remained until his death, at the advance age of ninety-five years.
The decreased was an industrious, thorough and successful farmer, a
man of strict, even stern, morality, a tee-totaler, and a member of
the Baptist church. He was also a stanch patriot, being a
soldier in the war of 1812 and a participant in the battle of
Lundy's Lane.
Welcome, the father of Charles S. Putnam, was
born and reared on the old farm in Stockton, Chautauqua county, and
also died there in October, 1872, aged fifty-two years. He was
a sturdy pillar of the Methodist church, well educated, intelligent
and public-spirited. From the date of organization of the
Republican party, in 1856, he was one of its more ardent members in
Chautauqua county, and his unbounded admiration for its great
Massachusetts leader, Charles Sumner, was the cause of
bestowing the name upon his son. Welcome Putnam married
Mrs. Maria L. (Flagg) Putnam, and besides the son mentioned,
became the father of a daughter, May V., who was born in1861,
and married W. B. Horton, an insurance agent of Jamestown,
New York. The mother died in March, 1892, at the age of
seventy years, her characteristics of great energy and intense
devotion to the cause of the Methodist church being lightened by a
cheerfulness and sunny kindness which gave her broad and remarkable
influence. Mrs. Welcome Putnam was twice married, her
first husband being James Putnam,, cousin of Welcome,
by whom she had one son, Edgar P., of Jamestown, New York.
The latter made a fine record for bravery as a Union soldier, being
promoted from the ranks to major and honored with a congressional
medal of honor for distinguished gallantry on the battlefield.
He was with the Army of the Potomac all through his service of about
four years, serving for a time on General Sheridan's staff.
After the war he was employed on the government surveys in northern
Minnesota and invested in pine lands, which eventually netted him a
small fortune. In 1873 he returned to his former home in
Stockton and soon moved his own and his mother's family to
Jamestown, New York, where he, after several years in the drug
business, became postmaster and later county clerk of Chautauqua
county. He is now a prominent Republican and citizen f that
city, superintendent of its public parks, a director in its leading
banks, and owner of several valuable business blocks.
Charles S. finished his education in the
Jamestown union high school and in 1876, at the age of seventeen,
settled at Conneaut, the residence of his grandparents. He
there became a printer in the office of the Conneaut Reporter,
and on Mar. 8, 1878, married Laura E. Stone, daughter of
E. A. and Eliza A. Stone, and the children of their union are as
follows: Eppie May, born Jun. 3, 1879, now registry
clerk in the postoffice; and Walter E., born Feb. 14, 1886,
now manager of the Conneaut Printing Company, publishing the
Conneaut News-Herald. Mrs. Putnam was born Jun.
23, 1858, and is a lady of culture and high moral character, devoted
to her family and home rather than to social life. She is a
member of the Eastern Star.
In the fall of 1878, in company with his
brother-in-law, L. V. Stone, he established the Conneaut
Express. In the following year Mr. Stone sold his
interest to G. P. Foster, of Geneva, Ohio, where the
publication of that paper was continued, with Mr. Putnam as
editor and manager. After a long illness, the latter disposed
of his interest, and with restored health, located at Cleveland,
where he followed his trade as a printer for a year. In 1882
he returned to Conneaut, purchased a half interest in the
Reporter, with J. P. Reig, and the two continued its
publication until 1889. During the last year of this
partnership he held the state office of warden of Lake Erie, his
enforcement of the fishing laws being both vigorous and, at times,
most exciting. He resigned the office after one year's
experience. During 1888-89 he was also in the newspaper
advertising business. In 1890 he was appointed special census
agent, assigned to the work of collecting statistics relative to
farms, homes and mortgages. At its conclusion he was
transferred to a clerkship in the census bureau at Washington, but
resigned in June, 1892, to establish himself at Conneaut in the
furniture and undertaking business, with John Smith, who, in
June, 1893, sold his interest to C. H. Simonds, of Jefferson,
Ohio. Under the firm name of Putnam & Simonds, the
business was continued until March, 1900, when he sold his interest.
July 1, 1899, he became, by appointment of President
McKinley, postmaster of Conneaut, which position he still
occupies on the date of this publication, and is now serving his
third term in that office. Soon after becoming postmaster, he
was instrumental in securing the erection of one of the finest
buildings, with best equipment for postoffice purposes, outside of
the federal buildings, on the Western Reserve, and he is now
working, with good prospects of success, toward securing the
erection of a public postoffice building by the government.
One year after taking office he had secured city free delivery, this
service beginning simultaneously with the removal of the office into
its new building, in July, 1900. In March, 1904, he secured
rural free delivery for the entire territory around Conneaut.
Four routes were established, which superseded and abolished eight
small postoffices. During the period of his incumbency the
Conneaut postoffice has trebled its business and receipts. He
started in office with four employes; now he has supervision over
twenty-five regular and substitute employes.
Mr. Putnam is a member of the Colonial Club, the
Masonic and Elks lodges and is affiliated with the fraternal
insurance orders of Royal Arcanum, National Union and American
Insurance Union.
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WALTER
EDWARD PUTNAM was born in Conneaut on Feb. 14, 1886, the
second child of Charles Sumner and Laura E. (Stone) Putnam.
With the exception of short periods, when the family
home was located in Geneva, Ohio, and Washington D. C., he has
resided in Conneaut continuously. The beginning of his
education was in the old "Academy" building on Main Street and he
continued through the public schools, graduating from Conneaut High
School in the class of 1903.
It must have been a trace of printers' ink in the
blood, inherited from his father, that caused this subject early in
life to become identified with newspaper work and to enjoy the
following of the printing ans publishing business up to the present
writing. About as soon as he was able to shoulder a sack of
newspapers and face the storms, he became a carrier boy on the daily
Evening News, P. E. Bissell's second newspaper undertaking in
Conneaut. He continues this until he was old enough to assume
the responsibilities of city circulator, which position he held
until Mr. Bissell sold his newspaper property to the first
The Conneaut Printing Co.
Upon graduating from school in 1903, Mr. Putnam
again joined the Evening News force, this time as a cub reporter
under Editor V. V. McNitt. He gradually worked up
through the organization and continued on after the birth, Jan. 1,
1907, of the News-Herald, the result of the consolidation of the
Conneaut Evening News and the Conneaut Post-Herald. In 1909 he
took a heavy financial interest in the company and became editor and
general manager which position he has held to date.
This subject is a descendant of John Putnam,
who, with three sons emigrated from England to the colony of
Massachusetts in the seventeenth century. He follows along the
same branch of the family as General Israel Putnam and
General Rufus Putnam, both of Revolutionary War fame, and the
latter the founder of Marietta, Ohio. He comes directly
however, from the branch of Captain Andrew Putnam who moved
from Massachusetts to Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1817.
In 1919 he was united in marriage to Charlotte E.
Bartlett Laughlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellery C.
Bartlett, of New York City. Mrs. Putnam is a
descendant of the Bartlett family of early Puritan history.
Josiah Bartlett, one of he signers of the Declaration of
Independence.
Mr. Putnam is a member of Conneaut Lodge No. 256,
B. P. O. Elks, Conneaut Rotary Club, and a member of Civic
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