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20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois
1907
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R. JUSTICE, M. D., physician and surgeon,
vice-president of the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland,
Ohio, is one of the leading men of this part of Mahoning County, and
is a representative of one of its old and honorable families.
Dr. Justice was born at New Middlepoint, Springfield
township, Mahoning County, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1867, and is a son of
James and Julia (Kirtland) Justice. The grandfather,
David Justice, came to America from Ireland, and in 1802 crossed
the mountains from Pennsylvania with a four horse team, settling in
Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he bought a half
section of land.
James Justice, the Doctor's father, was born at
Shippinsburg, Pennsylvania, and was young when he accompanied his
parents to what was then Columbiana, but is now Mahoning County.
He was a farmer and a tanner and became a man of large substance and
much importance in his community. For many years he served in
the office of justice of the peace and was a member of the first
board of commissioners of Mahoning County. He supervised, in
person, the building of the old jail, and assisted in the erection
of the first court house, at Canfield. He was married (first)
to Ann Carson, a native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and
they had eight children, all of whom are deceased. He was
married (second) to Julia Kirtland, who was born in
Middletown, Connecticut, a daughter of Frederick and Martha
Kirtland. Dr. Justice is the only child of the
second marriage, James Justice died Apr. 2, 1865, his wife
passing away a few months later. She had been previously
married to William Fitch, of Boardman township, and had two
children (both deceased), one of whom, Julia Ellen, was the
wife of Charles Kirtland, of Poland.
Dr. Justice was a boy of 13 years when his
parents died. He then came to Poland to make his home with his
half-sister, Mrs. Kirtland. During the summer months he
assisted on the farm, and in the winter time attended the district
schools and the Poland Seminary, up to the age of 17, when he began
to teach, alternating teaching with further attendance at school.
In 1873 he began the study of medicine, entering what was then known
as the Western Reserve College, but what is now the medical
department of Adelbert College, at Cleveland, where he was graduated
in 1879, remaining one year longer as an instructor.
When Dr. Justice started in to practice at
Poland, he entered into partnership with an old established
practitioner, of fifty years; experience, Dr. Eli Mygatt, and
he also opened a drug store, which he still carries on in the same
building.
In 1886 Dr. Justice was married to Bertha
Long, a daughter of John and Emma Long, who came to
Poland from Pittsburg. Dr. and Mrs. Justice are members
of the Presbyterian Church. Upon the death of Charles
Kirtland, in 1901, Dr. Justice was elected vice-president
of the Farmers' Deposit and Savings Bank of Poland. He is
president and superintendent of the Poland Cemetery Association and
is a member of the board of supervisors of elections of Mahoning
County. He is also United States pension examiner, having been
appointed by President Harrison, through the influence of the
Hon. William McKinley, when a member of congress.
Fraternally Dr. Justice is a Mason.
Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown
and Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 527 |
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DOLPHUS COLUMBUS JUSTICE,
residing on a farm of 93 acres located one mile west of Berlin
Center, Berlin township, was born in Canfield township, Mahoning
County, Ohio, in 1848, and is one of the substantial and
enterprising citizens of the township, and one who has made his own
way in the world.
Mr. Justice was reared until his ninth year with
his grandfather, Ross Justice, whose name he was given, his
father having been killed by an accident before his birth, but
afterwards he lived with strangers. At the outbreak of the
Civil War, when only 14 years old, he enlisted in Company K, 197th
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and immediately went to Camp
Chase, at Columbus, where he was mustered in with the regiment
and went to Washington, thence to Alexandria and back again to
Washington, then to Dover, Delaware. From there he went to
Havre-de-Grace, Maryland, thence to Fort Wellington, at Baltimore,
and in all saw about five months' service, and was mustered out at
Tod Barraqcks, Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Justice returned to Canfield township, where
he worked in a mill and drove a team on the railroad until 1878,
then worked for William Swanson until the fall, when he went
to Indiana, returning to Ohio in 1879, after which he cut ties
for the New Lisbon Railroad until spring. He continued to be
industrious and worked for John Boland during the succeeding
summer months, and then for William Swanson for two years,
and for Charles Swanson for one year, then at Boardman for
one summer, and spent the following winter with Charles Swanson.
Other farmers for whom he worked were: Henry Hartzel
for one summer, Solomon Hartzel for one year, Frank Robins
for one year, and Simon Hartzell for eight years. In
the spring of 1888 Mr. Justice bought his present fine farm
of 93 acres, where he has ever since engaged in general farming.
Mr. Justice was married in 1890 to Sarah
Hartzell, who was born in 1844, in Stark County, Ohio, and is a
daughter of Tobias and Susanna (Dustman) Hartzell
Source: 20th Century History of
Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 -
Page 573
Sharon Wick's note: Hartzell is spelled Hartzell &
Hartzel in this biography. |
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