BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of the Upper Ohio Valley
with Historical Account of Columbiana County, Ohio.
A statement of the Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages.  Family History and Biography
Vol. I & II. Illustrated
Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller -
1891

(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

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EDWARD GARMAN, a prosperous citizen of Knox township, and proprietor of its principal blacksmith shop, was born about two proprietor of its principal blacksmith shop, was born about two miles northwest of North Georgetown, on Feb. 6, 1855.  His parents were John and Elizabeth (Hultzer) Garman, both natives of Canton Berne, Switzerland.  The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in his native township, and attended the common schools until he was seventeen years of age, when he began to work at the carpenter's trade.  After one season at this business, he worked six months at Blacksmithing, after which he went west, where he worked for seven months, and then returned to North Georgetown.  He there resumed the blacksmith trade, working with Christ. Harry for awhile, afterward going to Homeworth.  He worked at that place for two years and then returned to North Georgetown, where he started a shop of his own which he has kept up ever since.  Besides his business as a blacksmith he acts as agent for all kinds of farming implements, machinery and vehicles.  Mr. Garman was married Oct. 3, 1878, to Miss Susannah Wyss.  The union resulted in the birth of two sons and three daughters: Effie, James, Lester, Ella and Lizzie.  At the April election of 1890, Mr. Garman was elected clerk of Knox township.  On May 3d of the same year, he was chosen as delegate to the republican congressional convention and also to the state convention.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Damascus, No. 586.  He and his wife are members of the Reformed Lutheran church of which he is one of the trustees.  Mr. Garman is an enterprising citizen, always alive to the interests of his community and enjoys the esteem of a numerous list of acquaintances. Source: History of the Upper Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 278

WILLIAM S. GEORGE was born in Allegheny county, Penn., Oct. 15, 1821, the son of John and Elizabeth (Shaw) George, both natives of Pennsylvania.  The father was formerly a chairmaker, cabinet-maker and wheelwright, but in his later life became a farmer.  He died at the age of seventy-seven years, and his wife when seventy-six.  John was an elder in the Associated Reform church, and subsequently in the United Presbyterian denomination.  They had twelve children, William being the oldest.  John and William are the only ones who survive.  William began farming when twenty-six years of age, and continued in this vocation for eight years, after which he became a partner in a steamboat, of which he was commander for a time, and engaged in this business for three years.  For eight or ten years subsequent he was engaged in agriculture, and at the expiration of this time embarked in a manufacturing business at Liverpool and continued in this for twelve years.  For the last five years he has been assisting his son on the farm.  Himself and son are much interested in the breeding of fine draft horses.  They now own a Clyde which weighs over 1,800 pounds.  This noble animal is only a sample of what this splendid farm turns out every year.  Mr. George owns 192 acres, of which 120 are under the highest cultivation.  His marriage to Miss Mary G. Cavett took place Dec. 1, 1848, and has resulted in the birth of six children, viz.: Frank, who married Anna Swallow, by whom he has had two children, Stella and Edna; he resides in Liverpool, where he is in the firm of Quay & Co.; Mary E., died at the age of twenty-one years; John married Lovena Calvin, they lived on the home farm, Mary and Carrie are their offspring; Aggie died in infancy; Jennie, wife of Joseph A. Quay, their children are James K. and Greer A.; and William, who married Anna Campbell, of Philadelphia, who have one child, William Campbell.  Mr. George is an ardent republican, and a valued citizen. Source: History of Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Pub. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - page 257

WILLIAM GILSON (deceased), at one time a prominent farmer of Columbiana county, of which he was a native, was born in Madison township, January 2, 1817.  He was the son of Richard and Martha Gilson, who, with their family, moved from Madison to Washington township about the year 1820, and located on the farm, near Salineville, where the subject spent the early part of his life in acquiring an education and assisting his father in the fields.  He was married October, 1840, to Miss Lydia Hart, daughter of John and Prudence Hart, of this county, and shortly thereafter removed with his wife to a farm which he had purchased, and upon which he resided until his removal to Salineville a few years previous to his death.  While on the farm his first wife died October 23, 1858, and in December, of the following year, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Grafton of this county, who still survives him.  By the former marriage, there were seven children, but four of whom are now living, viz.: John H., Richard E., Phila A. and Amy A.  To the second marriage were born two children, of whom one, Ariel C. is living.  Mr. Gilson was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and took an active part in local politics as a member of the republican party; he was a man who, by his own exertions, arose from comparative obscurity to prosperity, and at the time of his death was one of the most successful farmers in this part of the Ohio valley.  He possessed those rare qualities that enabled him to bind many persons to him in the bonds of friendship and love, and when he was called away by death, June 19, 1888, was deeply mourned by the entire community.  He furnished three sons who served in the war of the Rebellion, one of whom, Calvin W. Gilson, died in the service April 3, 1864 at Memphis, Tenn. Source: History of Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - page 306

JAMES GODWIN is one of the old-time citizens of East Liverpool.  For many years he was identified with her manufacturing interests, and was one of the leading men in that line.  Mr. Godwin was born in Wiltshire, England, in the year 1826, and is a son of William and Sarah Godwin.  His father, William Godwin, was a farmer by occupation, and followed that business until his death in 1852.  He came to the United States in 1845, and was a resident of Pittsburg, and Mercer county, Penn., up to the time of his death.  His family consisted of eleven children, seven of whom are yet living, consisting of five sons and two daughters.  The subject of this sketch received but a limited education in the schools of his native land.  He spent his early life on the farm, but determining to enter a different line of business, he spent several years endeavoring to learn the trade of a brick-layer.  This pursuit was interrupted by the emigration of his parents to his country.  Remaining in Pittsburg for a short time, and not being able to find employment, Mr. Godwin came down the river and succeeded in finding work in the brick yards of Jas. & M. Porter, of New Cumberland, W. V.  He continued in the brick yards at this place and in Trumbull county, Ohio, until 1851.  In that year he came to East Liverpool, where he found employment with Woodward, Blakely & Co., and other firms for several years.  In 1857 he determined to branch out for himself, and for his purpose formed in combination with Samuel and George Marley and others, who engaged in the manufacture of Rockingham and yellow ware, having purchased the old Santa Anna pottery.  Mr. Godwin continued with his firm until the year 1874, and then went into the manufacture of white granite, and since his retirement in the year 1882, has not been engaged in any active business.  He married while in Trumbull county, on May 2, 1848, Miss Sarah Crooks, but the couple have no children.  They are not members of any church, but usually attend services at the Methodist Protestant church.  Mr. Godwin is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Knight Templar.  He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. in all its departments.  Though he votes the republican ticket he has never concerned himself actively with politics.  Mr. Godwin has served the people of his township as trustee for a period of ten years, and has filled this responsible office in a very acceptable manner to all concerned.  He has been very prosperous in his business ventures, and is now one of the stockholders in the Potters' National bank.  He stands well in the community and has many warm friends. Source: History of Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 321

JASON R. GREEN was born in Elk Run township, Columbiana county, May 4, 1822, and is a descendant of Thomas Green, of Westmoreland county, Penn., who died in that state before the beginning of the present century, about 1793.  The father of Jason R. was William Green who was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., Sept. 18, 1789, and came to Columbiana county with his widowed mother in 1804.  He was married here Jan. 4, 1811, to Margaret Frederick by whom he had a family of eleven children, viz.:  Mrs. Emily Gaskill (deceased, Mrs. Lydia A. Johnson (deceased), Thomas H., Mrs. Matilda Rowles (deceased), Joseph F., Jason R., William H., Mrs. Mary J. Sheets, Presley H., Mrs. Arabella C. Patterson, and Margaret (deceased).  Mr. and Mrs. Green died in Columbiana county Nov. 2, 1869, and May 27, 1888 respectively.  Jason R. Green was married Mar. 18, 1847, to Mary, daughter of Arthur Whan to which marriage no children have been born.  He was reared a farmer, received his education in the public schools, and in 1884 moved to New Lisbon where he now resides.  He served in the late war as a member of Company K, One Hundred and Forty-third regiment, Ohio volunteers, enlisting July 1863, and serving until honorably discharged the following September. Source: History of Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 224-225

WILLIAM F. GRIM, a prominent business man of Columbiana county, was born in that county Jan. 29, 1844, his parents being Michael and Mary (Hammel) Grim, natives of Ohio.  The father was a carpenter by trade, but the last years of his life were spent in the merchandising business.  He died when sixty-six years old, in August, 1883, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1873, at the age of forty seven years.  She was an active and devout member of the Presbyterian church.  Their ten children are: Geo. W., enlisted in the Union army at beginning of rebellion, in Thirty-third Indiana volunteer regiment, and was in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, in Atlanta Campaign, battle of Look-Out Mountains, and others.  Is still living.  Married Martha Billingsly, and has six children: Katie, John Doughterty, now a resident of Green county, Ind.; Mrs. Lina Kinsey; and Mary the mother of our subject.  At the birth of the last named child the father disappeared and has never been heard of since.  Mary and the other children were reared by their grandmother, Fisher, who brought them up in an admirable manner.  William Grim had a common school education.  When fourteen years old he began farming as an employe, and later embarked in the butchering business, and was thus engaged when he enlisted in 1862 in Company F. Eighty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry.  Before this he had enlisted in the Second Ohio, but being too young he was brought back by his father, again he enlisted in the Thirty-second regiment, but his father reclaimed him once more.  He, with 14,000 others, was taken prisoner by Stonewall Jackson.  Their commander, General Miles, was soon after shot, presumably by one of his own men.  He was wounded and kept by the enemy for two weeks, and was then sent to Camp Delaware where he was discharged on account of disability.  He was twice examined afterwards, but was rejected.  After the war he engaged in the oil business, until 1884, when he came to St. Clair township.  His career has been a successful one, and his name is held in respect and esteem by all who know him.  In 1870 he married Henrietta, daughter of Upton and Sarah Smith, of Richland county, Ohio.  Maud L., Gertrude, Burdell and Roy are their children.  Mr. Grim is a member of the G. A. R, and a staunch democrat. Source: History of Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 258

ALTON J. GRISWOLD, the proprietor of the Hostetter house, a popular hotel of New Lisbon, was born in the town of Twinsburg, Apr. 25, 1846.  His father, Ira Griswold, was born in New York in 1811, moved to Twinsburg, Ohio, when a young man and married Elizabeth Hall, daughter of David Hall, who bore him three children as follows:  Alton J., Orville E. and Mrs. Estelle E. Story.  Alton J. Griswold attended the schools of his native town until sixteen years of age and then became a student in graded school of Salem which he attended two terms.  February 1865, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Fourth regiment Ohio volunteers, with which he served until the close of the war, receiving his discharge in the following August.  On leaving the army he attended three terms at Baldwin college at Berea, Ohio, and afterward took a commercial course at Mt. Union college.  June 24, 1869, he was united in marriage with Mary Francis Farquhar, daughter of Allen Farquhar, of Salem.  After his marriage Mr. Griswold engaged in the general mercantile trade at Macedonia, where he sold goods with success about five years, disposing of his stock at the end of that time and purchasing an interest in an elevator in Cleveland where he went into the flour, feed and grain trade.  After continuing there two years he engaged with a lightning rod firm of Cleveland, with which he remained on year and then became a commercial traveler, which he followed from 1877 until 1888, making his home in Cleveland during six eyars of that time.  HE moved from Cleveland to Twinsburg in 1883 and then became a resident of Salem and in 1889, in partnership with John Hartzell, purchased the Hostetter house in New Lisbon, with which he is still connected, the firm at this time being known as Griswold & Hershey, S. J. Hershey having purchased an interest in 1889.  The Hostetter house is well patronized and is one of the favorite stopping places for the traveling public in this part of the county.  Mr. Griswold is a democrat in his political affiliations and takes an active part in fraternal societies, being a member of the commercial traveler's association and New Lisbon lodge No. 65, F. & A. M. Source: History of Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 225

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