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DR. ALBERT W. THOMPSON, a
leading physician of
Bristol,
Ohio, and a popular citizen, was
born in the town in which he now resides.
On Sept. 4, 1846, and with the exception of a brief period of
time, has lived there ever since.
His parents, Joseph C.
and Nancy
(Downs) Thompson, were natives of New England, of Scotch-Irish
descent, who, shortly after marriage emigrated like many others to
what was then the El Dorado of the West,
known in Eastern parlance as the “Connecticut Western Reserve.”
Before reaching Bristol,
however, they resided for a short time in Pennsylvania.
The father of the subject of this sketch was twice married.
His first wife died within a year after marriage, leaving an
infant son, Malan, who found in his stepmother an affectionate and careful
guardian, who gave to him every attention enjoyed by her own
children. He is now
(1893) a prosperous farmer near Johnstown, Ohio.
Both parents are now deceased.
Their children are:
Frances, widow of John T.
Mathary; Mary, deceased, who was the wife of
Jacob Saegar; Albert W.,
whose name heads this sketch;
Emmogene, now
Mrs. Tipps; Frank, who married
Miss Hattie Ulrich and
resides in Bristol; and Rhoda Ann, deceased at the age of five.
Joseph C. Thompson,
father of the subject of this sketch, was for a long time one of the
most prominent citizens of
Bristol.
He was also well known at the county seat where he held the
office of Justice of the Peace for a great many years, his decisions
being characterized by impartiality and wisdom.
By experience and self-culture, combined with a naturally
incisive and comprehensive mind, he became well versed in the law,
and was frequently an arbiter between his neighbors, and was widely
sought for advice. He
was also a mill owner, and had at various times large property in
flouring and other mills.
The history of Bristol would be incomplete without a notice
of Joseph C. Thompson
occupying conspicuous rank, commensurate with his prominence in the
community of which he was for so many years an honored citizen, and
to the material and moral advancement of which he gave the best
energies and years of his life.
Dr. Thompson,
whose name heads this sketch, was reared in Bristol, receiving his early education in the
common schools of that town.
He afterward attended Western
Reserve College, and subsequently commenced the study of
medicine in the office and under the supervision of
Dr. A. J. Brockett, an able practitioner of Bristol.
Following this, young
Thompson entered the Western Reserve Medical College,
at Cleveland,
at which he graduated with honor in February, 1873.
He then began the practice of medicine with his old
preceptor, Dr. Brockett,
with whom he continued two years or more.
At the end of that time, in 1875,
Dr. Thompson removed to
Cortland, Ohio, where he opened an office alone, but after five
years he returned, in July, 1880, to
Bristol, where he will probably remained the
rest of his life. He
here enjoys a large and lucrative practice, the result of skillful
and conscientious work, and has a social prestige vouchsafed to his
merit as a man and citizen.
August 13, 1874, Dr.
Thompson was married to
Miss Caroline J. Moffet, a lady of sterling qualities, daughter
of Chauncey and Lizzie Moffet,
old and esteemed residents of Orangeville, Ohio.
Mrs. Thompson has
been a helpmeet in every sense of the word, and by her industry and
thrifty management has contributed in no small measure to her
husband’s prosperity.
They have five sons: Jesse
E., born Jan. 27, 1875;
Albert W., born Nov. 30, 1878;
Clifford A., born Aug.
12, 1879; Lee R., Apr. 3,
1882; and Wells, born
Aug. 26, 1884.
Politically, the Doctor supports the principles of the
Republican Party, and affiliates, fraternally, with the Odd Fellows
and Masons. In his home
life, as well as in his professional and civic career,
Dr. Thompson is characterized by integrity of purpose and kindness
of heart, thus chaining him by his genial traits those whom his
intellectual gifts attract to his standard.
 Source
#3: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing the Counties of
Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company -
1893 ~ Page 928)
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JOHN
THOMPSON, deceased, who in his lifetime was a large
landholder in Trumbull County, Ohio, was a native of Ireland, born
April 19, 1840, a son of John and Ellen (Dobson) Thompson,
also natives of Ireland. They came to the United States
bringing with them and three eldest children and leaving the three
youngest in Ireland. Among the number of John of this memoir,
he being the eldest of the three left across the sea.
In 1856, when John Thompson was sixteen years of
age, he being the last one of the family left, worked and secured
funds with which to pay his transportation to this country. He
came to Bristol township, Trumbull county, Ohio, where his parents
then lived, and where he worked on a farm by the month until
his marriage to Marietta Hyde, August 27, 1868. She was
born in Bristol township, November 10, 1841, a daughter or Nelson
and Adelia Ann (Green) Hyde. The father was born
in Farmington township and the mother in New York state. The
grandparents, Eli and Hannah (Porter) Hyde, were natives of
Connecticut and of English descent; and Waite P. and Dolly (Peck)
Green were natives of New York. In 1818 the
grandparents Hyde went to Farmington township, settled on
timber land, which they purchased, clearing up and finely improving
it. They remained there until the death of grandfather Hyde.
Mrs. Thompson's parents were married in Farmington township
and moved to Bristol township, bought a timber farm, cleared the
same up, and sold out, after which they bought another place within
the same township. The father died there in May, 1904, aged
eighty-six years. His faithful wife died in 1875.
After John Thompson had married he purchased one
hundred and seven acres of land in the eastern part of Bristol
township. He made further improvements on this farm, in 1880
erecting a frame house, having lived in the old frame house up to
that date. He made many valuable farm improvements and as he
could afford it kept adding to his landed estate, until he owned,
free of incumbrance, three hundred and fifty acres of choice
farming land, all within Bristol township. He carried on
general farming and raised much stock. He was killed by
accident - a tree falling upon his body - January 29, 1902. He
was an excellent man and one who believed in good citizenship and
who never failed to provide for his family. Politically he
voted the Republican ticket. The children born to Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson were: Frank N. of Bristol township;
Robert Clinton, of the same township; and Elmer M., of
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ELMER E.
TRAVIS, one of the substantial farmers of Bristol township,
Trumbull county, was born Oct. 22, 1869, in Bristol, Ohio. He
is a son of Chauncey E. and Elizabeth (Barb) Travis, both
natives of Trumbull county. Chauncey E. Travis was born
on the 6th of April, 1839, and died on the 7th of July, 1898, and
his wife, Elizabeth, born Feb. 14, 1839, died Oct. 22, 1900.
She was a daughter of Solomon and Susan (Spitler) Barb, both
from Trumbull county. Solomon Barb died on the 30th of
Jan., 1848, and his wife Susan, born July 10, 1817, died Nov.
1, 1840. On the paternal side the grandparents of Elmer E.
Travis were Samuel and Elizabeth (Orr) Travis. Samuel
Travis was born Feb. 13, 1801, in Saratoga county, New York, and
died Dec. 8, 1894, and Elizabeth (Orr) Travis, his wife, was
born Sept. 10, 1800 and died Sept. 17, 1885.
Sylvanus Travis, father of Samuel, was
born Oct. 6, 1752, in England, but came to America before the
Revolutionary war and was a captain in the army under George
Washington. He married Mrs. Sarah (Baker) Smith,
born in Holland Nov. 3, 1753. They settled in the state of New
York, on the Hudson river, and of their eight children Samuel
was the youngest. On the 17th of Nov., 1821, he married
Elizabeth Orr, from Rensselaer county, New York, but her father
was born in Ireland and her mother in England.
Samuel and Elizabeth (Orr) Travis emigrated to
Farmington, Ohio, in 1835, and thence to Bristol about 1844, where
they purchased a small farm and lived until the spring of 1885.
They then went to the home of their son, Chauncey, and spent
the remainder of their lives there. Samuel Travis was
by trade a shoemaker, and teh family suffered many hardships during
the pioneer days. He was one of the best shots on the Western
Reserve and killed many a wild deer, wolf and wild turkey.
Samuel and Elizabeth Travis had ten children, as follows:
Sarah, Nicholas, Fanny, Seth, Isaiah, Smith, Sylvanus, Charles,
Chauncey and Mary, all of whom are deceased with the
exception of Nicholas, who lives in Minnesota, and Smith
and Mary, both of Bristol, Trumbull county.
Chauncey E. Travis and Elizabeth Barb were
married in Bloomfield township, Sept. 29, 1858. After their
marriage they located in a log house in Bristol, and later on
purchased a farm in Bristol township, where they spent the remainder
of their lives. He was a prominent farmer and stock raiser.
He gave his political support to the Republican party, and while
serving as a soldier in the Civil war he was wounded in the hand.
There were four children in their family: Rosie, who married
Emmet Kincaid and has one child, Blanch E.; Charles M.,
who married Martha Kniffin, and their only child
died in infancy; Sarah J., whose husband, Fred Abrams,
died Aug. 1, 1895, leaving a child, Lana E., born Dec. 17,
1894; and Elmer E.
Elmer E. Travis, the youngest of the children,
attended the public schools of Bristol and he remained at home until
the death of his parents. He then purchased the interest of
the other heirs, and has since carried on the work of the old
homestead, his sister, Mrs. Abrams, and her daughter residing
with him, as he never married. In politics he is a firm
supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and fraternally
he is a member of the Knights of Maccabees, Lodge No. 181, of
Bristol.
The Travis family have been residents of Bristol
township during three generations, and some of them have war
records. Sylvanus was a captain in the Revolutionary
War, Samuel served as a drummer boy in the war of 1812, and
Chauncey was a soldier in the Civil War.
(Source: History of Trumbull County, Ohio by
Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren - Vol. II - Illustrated - The Lewis
Publishing Company - Chicago - 1909) |
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| ASAHEL
TYRRELL was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 23,
1802; oldest son of Elijah and Clarisa (Meeker) Tyrrell, of
Connecticut. His father was born March 8, 1775, and his mother
May 21, 1774. They were married July 23, 1796, and came to
Ohio in October 1806, and located at Tyrrell's corners in
Fowler township, Trumbull county. They were among the pioneers
of the county, and worthy ones, too. They raised a family of
eight children, six of whom are living. Elijah Tyrrell
was a blacksmith by trade and also a successful farmer. He
bought one hundred acres and cleared the same, now owned by A. H.
Tyrrell. He was an active Whig. He died April 11,
1848. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father,
Asahel Tyrrell, was in the Revolutionary War and was killed at
the surrender of Burgoyne, in October, 1777. Asahel Terryll,
the subject of this sketch was a scholar in the first school taught
in Fowler township, taught by Miss Esther Jennings, one of
the original party consisting of seven families that came to the
county with the Tyrrells. The heads of those families
were all uncles of the subject of this sketch. Mr. Tyrrell's
opportunities for obtaining an education were exceedingly limited,
attending school but one month. He assisted his father in the
blacksmith shop and also learned the trade of carpenter and joiner.
He had built a saw-mill of green timber in the woods before coming
of age. He erected a house for his father to compensate him
for eight months of his time before reaching his majority. He
followed building and contracting for some twenty years, erecting
many of the finest residences in Fowler and surrounding townships.
Mr. Tyrrell was first married in 1823, to Lucretia
Webster, by whom he had four children, all living. One
son, A. H., is a well known resident of Fowler township.
Mr. Tyrrell's first wife died November 10, 1871, and he has
since been married twice. His present wife, to whom he was
married February 20, 1875, was Polly Reeder, born in
Connecticut September, 1, 1811. Mr. Tyrrell has always
been active in promoting every public enterprise, was prominent in
the founding of Tyrrell Hill, and has taken an interest in the
building of the railroad and other interests. He was formerly
a Whig, but has been a Republican since the formation of the party.
His home residence was erected in 1840. The farm consists of
one hundred and forty-five acres, and he also owns three hundred and
eighty acres in Vienna and Howland townships. |
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