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| LEONARD
CLARK, son of Abel and Eunice (Lamphear) Clark,
was born in Petersburg, Rensselaer county, New York, February 27,
1808. His early educational advantages were limited, yet by
self study he acquired a fair education for the times. He
remained at home (but working for others) until he was twenty years
of age. He was a resident of Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
engaged in factory work for seven years. December 23, 1836, he
was untied in marriage to Miss Lucy Olds, who was born in
Middlefield, Massachusetts, January 17, 1813. The following
spring he removed to Ohio and settled upon the place where he still
resides in Fowler township. The land was then wild, but he
rapidly improved the place, supplanting the log house with his
present residence in 1845. The farm is now fully improved, and
comprises two hundred acres, having deeded three farms to his
children. Mr. Clark is a prosperous, self made man, and
a gentleman of literary tastes. He was one of a family of
twenty-two children. One of his brothers, Adam A., was
a drum major in the War of 1812, and was the celebrated drummer.
Mr. Clark is the father of eight children, of whom six are
living, as follows: Harriet E., born July 29, 1839, now
wife of Emanuel Evarts, of Brookfield township; Leonard,
born March 4, 1841, widow of Abner Viets, living in Fowler
township; Lester A., born June 18, 1843, living on a farm
adjoining the home place; George W., born December 17,
1845, a resident of Hartford township; Sherman S., born
September 26, 1850, at home; Lucy, born November 5, 1852,
wife of Henry Viets, of Fowler township. Since coming
to Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Clark have been members of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Fowler center. |
C. I.
CLINITE. - A man of energy, industry and perseverance,
endowed with much mechanical ability and ingenuity, C. I. Clinite,
of Warren, is busily and successfully engaged in business as a
contractor and builder, his home being at No. 68 West Market street,
Warren. A son of John Clinite, he was born April 29,
1852, in Fowler, Trumbull county, coming from substantial pioneer
stock, his Grandfather Cinite having located in Trumbull
county on coming to the United States from Germany, in the early
part of the last century.
Born in Germany, John Clinite was but two years
old when he was brought to Ohio. He was reared to agricultural
pursuits, and when ready to establish a home of his own located in
Warren township, where he carried on general farming for some time.
He subsequently moved with his family to Fowler, and there spent his
last years. He married Lucy Baker, who was born in
Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, of German ancestry, being a daughter of
Philip Baker, who was born in Germany.
With the exception of a few years spent in Union City,
Randolph county, Indiana, C. I. Clinite has always been a
resident of Trumbull county. He was educated in Warren,
attending the graded and high schools. At the age of eighteen
years he began learning the trade of a brick layer, and after
becoming proficient in it almost the first work that he did was on
the present Methodist Episcopal church edifice. For thirteen
years Mr. Clinite was in the employ of J. R. Sealy,
and was afterwards foreman, in Youngstown, for Thomas Connell.
Forming then a partnership with R. S. Elliott, he was
associated with him for six years, carrying on a lucrative business
as a contractor and builder. Sine the death of Mr. Elliott,
Mr. Clinite has conducted the business alone, in his operations
being uniformly successful, being one of the leading contractors of
the city.
Mr. Clinite married, in 1874, Rebecca Mesmer,
and to them two daughters have been born, namely: Mary, wife
of C. L. Schoroer, of Warren, and Helen, wife of A.
. Ohl, of Warren. A zealous advocate of the principles of
the Republican party, Mr. Clinite has acceptably filled many
local offices, serving in the City Council and on the City Board of
Health. He is a prominent member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and takes great interest in promoting its welfare.
He is widely known throughout Trumbull county, and has erected many
buildings of note, among them being the Christian Church building,
the First Church building, the Wallace and Parker blocks, and other
buildings in Warren. |
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HON.
ROLLIN A. COBB, a leader in the business and
industrial life of Warren and a prominent Republican in the section
of Ohio, is a native of Jamestown, New York, born on the 2nd of
December, 1852. His father, Norval B. Cobb, was also
born in that town, where he was reared and educated, migrating
westward in 1860 and locating in the West Mecca oil district of
Trumbull county. There he engaged in the oil business until
his retirement in 1873, when he returned to Jamestown, where he
passed the balance of his life, dying at the age of fifty-six.
The mother, known before marriage as Amelia M. Lord, was a
native of England, her father coming to the United States when she
was eighteen years of age and settling with other members of the
family at Busti, Chautauqua county, New York. Mrs. Norval
B. Cobb, a resident of Jamestown. The Cobb family
is of good New England stock, the paternal grandfather Adam B.
Cobb, being a native of Vermont and in his mature life became an
early settler of Jamestown, New York.
Rollin A. Cobb was eight years of age when his
parents removed from Jamestown to the oil fields of Trumbull county,
and he received all the education which he has ever imbibed from
regular school teachers at what was known as the Red school house of
district No. 2, at Mecca. At the age of nineteen years he
located at Warren, his first employment there being as a clerk in
the drug store of H. G. Stratton and Company, in which firm
he afterward became a partner. He was also an independent
proprietor in the business at various points. In 1881 he
removed to Alliance, but disposing of his store there, returned to
Warren and became identified with The Winfield Manufacturing
company, of which he was secretary and treasurer for twenty-five
years and with which he is still associated as a director,
vice-president and leading stockholder. He is also
vice-president and director of The Western Reserve Furniture
Company, president and director of The Enterprise Electric Company
and vice-president of The Union National Bank. Outside of his
large and expanding industrial and financial interests, Mr. Cobb
is prominent in the field of Republican politics, for several years
past having greatly extended his influence in public affairs.
His nomination for representative to the state legislature from
Trumbull county in 1908 is evidence positive of the above statement.
In strictly local matters he is also active in fraternal and
charitable circles; in Masonry he has reached the Knight Templar
degree, and is secretary and treasurer of the Warren City Hospital
Association, of which he is also a trustee.
In 1879 Mr. Cobb was united in marriage to
Miss Lucy P. Stiles, daughter of William R. Stiles of
Warren, to whom have been born William S., Norval H.
and Elizabeth A. Cobb. |
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