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EDWARD
MAHAN was born in 1812 in Ireland, and came to America in
1831, landing in Quebec after a perilous voyage of five weeks and
four days. His father, Thomas, came to America about
eighteen months afterwards, and at once came to Ohio where his son
resided in Trumbull county. Here he remained several years,
then went to Guernsey county, Ohio, where he died in 1841.
There were nine children in his family, five boys and four girls.
Six of the children came to this country. Mrs. Mahan
died in Bristol some years after the death of Mr. Mahan.
Mr. Edward Mahan has always lived in Liberty township since
1831, with the exception of eighteen months in Guernsey county.
He learned the brickmakers' trade and followed this for over thirty
years, then went upon the farm where we now find him. He was
married in 1835 to Miss Lydia McFarland, daughter of
William McFarland, of Coitsville, Mahoning county. They
have had twelve children, all of whom are living and are the joy of
their parents in their old age. Mr. and Mrs. Mahan are
members of the Methodist church and are good citizens.
 Source
#2: History of Trumbull &
Mahoning Counties - Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. - 1882 |
JAMES
B. MCCLELLAND, an old resident of Liberty township, was born
in Liberty, April 10, 1811. His father, William McClelland,
came from Pennsylvania or New Jersey, somewhere near Monmouth,
though he was living in Greene county, Pennsylvania, when he came to
Ohio, which was in 1805. He located in Liberty township, and
was one of the early settlers, and knew well from experience what
the trials and hardships were to which the pioneers were subject.
He cleared up a good farm and resided upon it till his death, which
occurred Jan. 23, 1843. Mr. William McClelland was a
member of the Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder for many
years, being appointed when he was twenty-four years of age.
Three of his children lived to maturity - Robert, Ann, James.
Mr. James McClelland has always lived near his old home.
He has made farming an occupation, though not exclusively. He
has been justice of the peace six years, giving the best of
satisfaction in his official position. He is a stanch
Republican and a worthy citizen.
Source
#2: History of Trumbull &
Mahoning Counties - Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. - 1882 |
ALMON GREENE McCORKLE, who
has been identified with the best interests of Trumbull county, is a
native of Lordstown township, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he was
born Feb. 1, 1842. He is a son of Archibald
McCorkle, born Mar. 9, 1809, at Boardman, Mahoning county,
Ohio. In 1799, three brothers, William, John and
Archibald McCorkle, came from Ireland to the United States.
One settled in Niagara, where his descendants have been prominent in
public affairs. John McCorkle, grandfather of Almon G.,
and the brother Archibald, stopped a short time
near Philadelphia, then went on to Ohio, settling near the present
site of Youngstown, where both purchased timber lands from which
they hewed out good farms for themselves. The descendants of
these two brothers are very numerous and can be easily found in many
states and territories. The descendants of these two brothers
are very numerous and can be easily found in many states and
territories. The maiden name of the grandmother was
Isabella Montgomery, a native of Ireland, who became the
mother of children, as follows: William, Margaret,
Sarah, Deborah, Archibald, John, Andrew and James.
ARCHIBALD McCORKLE was reared to agricultural pursuits.
He came to Lordstown township directly after his marriage and bought
a tract of timber land, a half mile east of the center. He
there provided himself and family with a rude log house in which
Almon G. was born. This was long before there
were any railroads or carriage drives in the country. There
were few, if any, stores, and the few hardy settlers subsisted upon
what the native soil afforded, together with such game as the man of
the house might kill with his trusty rifle. The good housewife
employed much of her time at carding, spinning and weaving cloth,
which was known as "home-spun," for the making of the clothing
needed by the family. In later years the father dealt in live
stock in which he was successful and accumulated a sufficient sum to
enable him to purchase more land, until he possessed three hundred
acres, well improved and finely equipped with all necessary
buildings to carry on a farm in that day. There he lived and
labored, dying Mar. 9, 1861, being killed in the born in Austintown
township, Mahoning county, Ohio, Mar. 29, 1814, and who died Oct.
27, 1894. Her father was John Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McCorkle were the parents of six
children: Seymour, died aged forty-two years; Martha,
died aged eighteen years of age; Miranda, died aged
twenty-two; Almon G., John Alva and
Samantha J. John Alva studied at Hiram and graduated
from the medical department of the State University at Ann Arbor,
Michigan. He took a post graduate course at Long Island
College, was elected a member of the faculty and is now president of
that college.
Almon G. McCorkle
attended the district school and the Lordstown Academy, later
graduating from Duff's Business College of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
When eighteen years of age he commended teaching school, beginning in
Warren and later teaching in the graded schools of Georgetown and
North Jackson. He then engaged in farming, purchasing a part
of the old home place, and later bought the remainder of it and now
owns two hundred and seventy acres. He has two good sets of
buildings, including the handsome and spacious residence which he
built a few yes since. This house is built in modern style and
provided with many a convenience not hitherto known in farm houses.
In 1886 upon the advice of physicians. McCorkle
went to far away Arizona and there he purchased a ranch and engaged
in cattle raising, subsequently establishing a ranch in Dakota, to
which the younger stock were shipped and there made ready for the
market. This business he successfully carried on several
years. When he recovered his health he sold his ranch property
and returned to his old home in Ohio, where he now resides,
practically a retired man.
Nov. 15,
1865, he was married to Martha M. Leitch, a native
of Ireland, born in county Donegal, a daughter of
Robert and Elizabeth Leitch. The children
born to Mr. and Mrs. McCorkle are as follows:
Lydia, born Jan. 28, 1867, married John M. Metts
and they lived in Ossian, Indiana, and have three children -
Mary, Isabelle and John A.; Mary B., born
July 18, 1870, married Charles E. Rose, of Niles,
and their issue is - Martha; Archie, born May 9,
1872, married Ruie Pardee and has three children:
Thelma, Helen and Martha; Robert,
born June 8, 1879, married Ann Eaton and has one
son - John Almon; Charles, born Oct. 10, 1886, is
now a student at Cornell University. Mr. and Mrs.
McCorkle, with their family, are members of the Christian
church. Politically, he is a supporter of the Democratic
party, having cast his first vote for Gen. George B.
McClellan for president, when he ran against Mr.
Lincoln in 1864.
~ Page 407 -
History of Trumbull County, Ohio by
Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren - Vol. II - Illustrated - The Lewis
Publishing Company - Chicago - 1909 |
R.
L. McCORKLE, one of the bankers doing business at the city of
Niles, Ohio, was born at Lordstown, Trumbull county, Ohio, June 8,
1878, the son of Almor G. and Martha (Leitch) McCorkle.
The father was also born in the same place, and is still a resident
of that location. Mr. McCorkle's mother was
born in Ireland, and her mother, Elizabeth Leitch,
is also a resident of Trumbull County, Ohio, aged ninety-five years,
a native of the Emerald Isle also. The grandfather
McCorkle was one of the pioneers of Trumbull county and
Lordstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Almor G.
McCorkle were the parents of two daughters and three sons,
all now living: Lydia, wife of John W.
Metts,; Mary B., wife of Charles E. Rose,
of Niles, Employed in the Niles Car Company; Archie A.,
of Lordstown; Charles A., attending school, fitting
for a lawyer, and R. L.
R. L. McCorkle is the fourth child and second son
in his parents' family. He obtained his education at the
public schools, including the high school. When eighteen years
of age, in 1896, he went into the City National Bank at Niles and
held a position for two yeas, then became bookkeeper, which position
he filled for six years, when he was elected teller. In 1904
he went to the First National Bank as their teller, giving him now
twelve years' banking experience. Politically he is a
Republican. In fraternal affairs he is connected with the
Masonic order. McCorkle was married May 1,
1902, to Anna M. Eaton, daughter of John W.
and Anna Mary Eaton. Her father is in business at
Niles.
~ Page 133 -
History of Trumbull County, Ohio by
Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren - Vol. II - Illustrated - The Lewis
Publishing Company - Chicago - 1909 |
MARSHALL, JOHN G., Soldier
and Lawyer, was born, May 3d, 1823, in Trumbull county, Ohio, and is
the fourth of six children, whose parents were John and Margaret M.
(Grant) Marshall; the latter being a sister of Jesse Grant, an early
pioneer of Clermont county, and father of General Ulysses S. Grant,
now President of the United States. She was born in Pennsylvania.
John Marshall, her husband, was a native of Virginia who settled in
Trumbull county at an early day, and who followed through life both
agricultural and trading pursuits. John G. Marshall was early
trained to industry. From the age of nine until he was fourteen
years old he worked in the tannery of his uncle, Jesse Grant, and
then entered a printing office, where he learned the mysteries of
that art, and worked at this occupation in various parts of Ohio
and Kentucky until 1845.
In the latter year he commenced the study of law in
Georgetown, Brown county, under the supervision of Grafton B. White
and Hamon L. Penn, prominent attorneys of that place. He pursued his
studies with great industry and application, and having passed the
requisite examination, was admitted to the bar April 1st, 1846.
During his first year his receipts were actually less than one
dollar; but his practice began to increase, and he has continued to
reside in Georgetown until the present time, and has been constantly
occupied with professional duties, except when in the service of his
country as a soldier in the field. In June, 1847, he joined the 4th
Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and accompanied that command to Mexico. He
was an active participant in numerous skirmishes and minor
engagements in that country. Shortly after his enlistment he was
promoted to a Second Lieutenancy in Company G. His term of service
was about thirteen months, until the close of the war. In 1862 he
was commissioned Colonel of the 89th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and served with his command about three months in
Kentucky, when he resigned, and returning to Georgetown, resumed the
duties of his profession. He was Prosecuting Attorney of Brown
county for two years, and a member of the lower branch of the
Legislature for a like period. He has, in general, neither sought
nor accepted public offices of a political or partisan nature. He
was a Whig until the disintegration of that party, and has since
co-operated with the Democrats. He was enthusiastic in his
admiration of, and in his friendship for, the late Senator Stephen
A. Douglas. Religiously his views are not circumscribed by the
doctrines of any particular church. He is agreeable, affable, and
courteous in manner, and of unimpeachable honesty and integrity. He
was married in 1849 to Ann B., sister of Hon. Chilton White, of
Cincinnati. She died in 1863. During the following year he was
united in marriage to Amanda Jenkins, a native of Brown county,
Ohio.
(Source: The Biographical encyclopaedia of Ohio of the nineteenth
century -
Cincinnati: Galaxy Pub. Co., 1876) |
SAMUEL M.
MEAKER was born in Fowler township, Trumbull County, Ohio,
Apr. 9, 1817. He married, May 8, 1842, Perlia Clark,
daughter of Samuel Clark, a well known citizen of Hartford
township. Mrs. Meaker was born in Southwick, Hampden
county, Massachusetts, Jan. 6, 1821. After his marriage our
subject settled in Fowler, on the farm still owned by his widow,
occupying a log house which gave way to the present residence built
in 1850. Only slight improvement had then been made. The
farm consists of one hundred and fifty acres and is now fully
improved. Mr. Meaker was an industrious, respected
citizen, upright in all his dealings. He served as township
trustee one term. He died Nov. 17, 1876, aged fifty-nine
years, seven months and eight days. Mrs. Meaker
continued to reside on the home place until 1880, when she purchased
the old Captain Jones' place, in Fowler center, where
she now lives. There was built the first framed house in
Fowler township. Mr. and Mrs. Meaker were the parents
of one son and one daughter - Lucy, born Aug. 11, 1843; died
Oct. 21, 1850, aged seven years, two months, and ten days; Isaac,
born July 11, 1845, a promising, well educated young man, died Oct.
10, 1871, aged twenty-six years, two months, and twenty-nine
days. He attended a college in Cleveland two winters, fitting
himself for a chemist. Mrs. Meaker came to Ohio
with her parents in the winter of 1835, who settled in Hartford
township. There were five children, four of whom are still
living, viz: Mrs. Abner Leonard, Mrs. Orson Trumbull,
and Mrs. Meaker, of Fowler township, and Mrs. Milton
Goddard, of Iowa.
Source
#2: History of Trumbull &
Mahoning Counties - Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. - 1882 |
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