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by Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren - Vol. II - Illustrated
Published by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago
1909

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N. H. Bailey
  NELSON HOMER BAILEY - Especially deserving of mention in this biographical record is Nelson Homer Bailey, who served bravely as a soldier of the Union Army during the Civil war, and is now carrying on a substantial business as a contractor in stonework, his home being at No. 521 East Market street, Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio.  A son of Russell Bailey, he was born, Nov. 5, 1842, in Gustavus, this county, of honored New England ancestry.  His paternal grandfather, Ido Bailey, was born and reared in Connecticut, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812.  Coming from New England to Ohio in 1802, he took up land in Gustavus, having previously visited Gustavus in 1797, and the farm which he improved from its primitive condition is still in possession of the family.
     Born in Connecticut, Russell Bailey was but a child when he was brought by his parents to Trumbull county.  He was brought up and educated in Gustavus, and was there employed in agricultural pursuits during his active life.  He married Dorothy B. Hart, who was born in Gustavus township, this county, a daughter of John H. Hart, who came from Connecticut, his native state, to Ohio in 1807, becoming a pioneer settler of that place.  Of their union, three daughters and two sons were born, two of whom are living, namely:  Nelson Homer, who was the fourth child and second son; Huldah A., widow of the late Charles Herrick.  One son, Ambrose J., served as a soldier in the Civil War, and died while in the army, in 1864, belonging to Company I, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Malinda A., married Albert Farnsworth, of Mentor, Ohio, and Cornelia E., married Benton Whiston of Gustavus.
     Reared and educated in Gustavus, Nelson H. Bailey was well drilled in agricultural pursuits while on the home farm, and until eighteen years of age ably assisted his father in its care.  In August, 1861, responding to his country's call, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, veteranized by enlisting in the same company and same regiment in 1863, and was discharged, two years later, as orderly sergeant of his company.  With his comrades he endured all the hardships and privations incidental to life in camp and on the field, and for twenty days was in the camp hospital at Duval, Virginia.  He was at the very front in many of the more prominent engagements of the war, in March, 1862, taking part in the battle of Winchester.  On June 9, 1862, he was taken prisoner, and was held for ninety-one days by the enemy, first at Lynchburg, and then at Belle Island.  Being paroled, he was sent to Fort Delaware to recruit, and on Feb. 15, 1863, rejoined his regiment.  On May 1, 2 and 3 of that year Mr. Bailey took part in the battle of Chancellorsville, and just two months later was in the thickest of the fight at Gettysburg.  He was subsequently sent, with the veterans of the Army of the Potomac, to New York City to quell the draft riots.  In September, 1863, Mr. Bailey's regiment was transferred to Hooker's command, and was sent south, where he participated in the battles at Wauhatchie and Lookout Mountain, and in the various engagements that took place between Chattanooga and Atlanta, while with Sherman.  As a part of the Twentieth Army Corps, Mr. Bailey, marched with Sherman to the sea, thence through the Carolinas, Bentonville and Richmond to Washington, where he took part in the Grand Review.  Receiving his honorable discharge July 22, 1865, he returned to the parental home, in Gustavus, and for a number of years was a resident of that place, being employed for seven years in the hotel business, and afterward as a contractor.  In 1891 Mr. Bailey located in Warren, and as a contractor in stonework has since carried on a large and lucrative business.
     On March 5, 1872, Mr. Bailey married Minnie M. Roberts, a daughter of William and Electa (Humphrey) Roberts, natives of Connecticut, and early settlers of this county.   She comes of patriotic stock, her great-grandfather, William Roberts, having served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war.  Her brother, Frederick Roberts,  had the distinction of being the first man in Gustavus to offer his service to his country.  He enlisted in Company H, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at the end of two years was honorably discharged on account of physical disability.  Mr. Bailey's other brother, Lorin Roberts, also served in the Civil War for more than two years, belonging to Company C, Second Ohio Cavalry.  He was a graduate of Oberlin College, and for many years was a judge in the court of common pleas, in Traverse City, Michigan, and of a man of much prominence in that locality.  To Mr. and Mrs. Bailey had two children have been born, namely: Nelson Burdette, born July 2, 1874, married Addie Mentzer, and Frances C., born Feb. 21, 1878, wife of David R. Estabrook, of Warren, has one child, Dorothy Ruth.
    
Politically Mr. Bailey is a sound Republican.  In 1900, he was elected county commissioner to fill a vacancy and served for six years, being chairman of the board one term, and on Nov. 3, 1908, was elected a director of the county infirmary board.  The infirmary was enlarged, improved and modernized while he served as commissioner.  While living in his native town, he was township trustee for a number of years, rendering excellent service in that capacity.  Fraternally he is a member of Bell-Harmon Post, No. 36, G. A. R., and of Prisoners of War Association.
Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 151 ok
  JOSEPH SYLVANUS BARB, a farmer and bee keeper of considerable note, and whose pleasant home is situated within the fertile township of Bristol, along the Spokane rural free delivery route No. 1, is a native of Bristol township, Trumbull county, Ohio, born March 5, 1850, a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Norton) Barb.  The father was born on the farm where now resides Joseph Sylvanus, Dec. 18, 1822, while the mother was born in Bristol twp. Oct. 22, 1825.
     The grandparents, Gabriel and Elizabeth (Kagy) Barb, were natives of Shenandoah county, Virginia, and on the maternal side the grandparents were Zachariah and Lydia (Hammon) Norton, of the same county in Virginia.  William Barb, the great-grandfather, was also fo Shenandoah county, Virginia.  He moved with ox teams, following the old Indian trail, through the dense forests and wilderness to Bristol, Ohio, where in the month of June, 1805, he settled in the big timber district.  He cleared and handsomely improved his lands, and died after well performing his labors as a hardy pioneer./
     Abraham Kagy, a brother of Elizabeth (Kagy) Barb, moved from Shenandoah county, Virginia, to Bristol township in the summer of 1818, locating on the farm where Michael Kagy now lives, and in the spring of 1819 Elizabeth Kagy, accompanied by one of her brothers and a cousin, John Kagy came from Shenandoah county to visit their relatives here.  She had bought a horse for one hundred dollars, and they made the journey on horseback.  She continued her visit until towards fall, when she returned to her southern home, selling her horse at the close of her journey for the same amount she had paid for it.  But during her sojourn north she had become acquainted with Gabriel Barb, their friendship gradually broadening into true love, and in 1819 he went to Shenandoah county, Virginia, where on the 5th of September, 1820, he claimed her as his own.  But it was not long until trouble crossed the path of this happy young couple, for early one morning in the month of Feb., 1821, the husband Gabriel went from his father's home to the farm he had bought, about two miles distant, to begin clearing a space for their log cabin.  He cut first a good sized poplar that stood within a few feet of the site of the present home, intending to fell the trees toward the east, and as the tree fell he ran back to seek safety behind a clump of basswoods.  However, as the poplar fell it struck a beech tree, which sprang back and threw a limb from the poplar against Mr. Barb, putting his hip out of place, inflicting a wound in his head and breaking one of his arms between the elbow and shoulder.  There he was alone, two miles from home, the nearest neighbor on the south a mile away and to the northeast about a mile and a half distant, a dense woods separating these places.  Many and many a time he called for help until finally an old lady living about a mile and a half to the northeast, on the farm where Allen Cadwallader now lives, heard his call and finally succeeded in starting the men from the place to the rescue.  They came to within a short distance of where he lay and were about to turn back, thinking their search in vain, when they again heard his call.  They found him in this pitiable condition and after returning to his hoe for help carried him back over the rough paths of the woods to his home, arriving late in the afternoon.  Although he never fully recovered from these injuries, he became able to continue his work, and finally, with the help of his neighbors, erected his little cabin, where he moved with his young wife in September of 1821, and there he lived until his life's labors were ended in death on the 11th day of July, 1838, his widow, Elizabeth, surviving him until the 4th of July, 1881, and they were laid to rest in the East Bristol cemetery, where on the stone which marks their last resting place is recorded their ages as forty-four years and five months and eighty-eight years and ten months respectively.  Such were the privations and hardships of the early pioneers that their children and grandchildren might enjoy the fruit of their toil, such the lives of these hardy settlers who built their rude domiciles, grappled with the giants of the forest and from the wilds evolved the fertile and productive fields which have these many years been furrowed by the plowshare.  But the establishment of a home amid such surroundings, the coping with many privations and hardships, the inevitable concomitants, were characteristics of these pioneers, and their names and deeds should be held in perpetual reverence by those who enjoy the fruits of their labors.
     Isaac Barb, the father of Joseph Sylvanus, married, Nov. 30, 1848, and settled on his parents' farm, the old Barb homestead, where he built its present farm hose in 1863.  It is an eight-room dwelling, with spacious halls, closets, etc., and he set out many ornamental trees and continued to improve and add to his place until he owned three hundred and fifty-five acres at the time of his death, Nov. 21, 1886.  This land is all within Bristol twp.  The wife and mother died April 20, 1899.  Their issue was two children, Joseph S., of this sketch, and Mariah, Mrs. Joseph Gale, the wife of a farmer of Bristol twp.
     Joseph S. Barb has always resided upon the old homestead on which he was born.  After the death of his father he secured two hundred acres of the original place, but has sold from this until his present holdings are eighty-two acres, forty-five acres of which are under cultivation.  He has superintended the farming of his land, but not being sufficiently rugged for the hardest of labor, ahs rented much of his farm, and he is also quite extensively engaged in raising cattle.  As a keeper of honey bees he has achieved note, having forty stands, from which he secured over one thousand pounds of surplus honeycomb during the season of 1908.  Bees have been kept on this place since 1836, seventy-two eyras.   The grandfather Barb bought a bee hive made of hollow log in 1821, and this hive is still in use.  The bees in this hive made two pails of honey, nearly forty pounds, during the past season.  Mr. Barb also has an apple orchard of five acres, besides plums, cherries and peaches.
     On April 12, 1891, he was married to Lydia A. Coffman, of Smithville, Wayne Co., Ohio, a daughter of David and ___ (Bott) Coffman, of Juanita Co., Pennsylvania.  Mr. Barb died Sept. 30, 1892, and for his second wife he married on Oct. 15, 1896, Eliza Clapper, born near Robertsville, Stark Co., Ohio, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Neidig) Clapper.  The parents of Mr. Barb were of the German Baptist religious faith.
Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 351 ok
  EDWARD A. BIERY - A life-long resident of Trumbull county, and a man who has ever been interested in the development and advancement of its resources, Edward A. Biery, residing at 220 Scott street, Warren, is well and favorably known throughout the county as a former sheriff.  In his official capacity he was wide-awake, keen and alert, doing his duty promptly and faithfully, and with perfect justness.  A son of Reuben Biery, he was born in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, Dec. 28, 1855.
     Of German descent, Reuben Biery was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and was there reared and educated.  Coming to Ohio in pioneer days, he settled in Trumbull county, living first in Howland township, then in Weatherfield, then in Niles.  He was a farmer by occupation, and was engaged in the prosecution of his independent calling until his death, in the sixty-seventh year of his age.  His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Hartzell, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and died in Trumbull county, Ohio, aged sixty-one years. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living, Edward A. being the youngest of the family.
     But seven years old when his parents removed to Niles, Edward A. Biery was there brought up and educated, remaining at home until the death of his parents.  Thrown then in a large measure upon his own resources, he began his career at the age of sixteen years, working for a year and a half for the Erie Railroad Company, first as a brakeman and then as a clerk in the office.  He was afterwards clerk in a store at Niles for six years, and subsequently served an apprenticeship of eighteen months at the machinist's trade.  Becoming proficient in his trade, Mr. Biery established himself in the hardware and tinner's business at Niles. and continued for two years, when he sold out.  Coming in January, 1886, to Warren, he soon became active in political circles, and was especially influential in Republican ranks.  Subsequently, when Dr. A. P. McKinley was nominated for sheriff, Mr. Biery was one of the delegates to the convention, and was appointed one of the tellers.  Mr. McKinley was elected in 1885, and at once made Mr. Biery deputy sheriff, a position in which he served for eight years, the last four years being under J. H. Dilley.  In 1893 he was elected sheriff, and served with ability and fidelity for four years.
     On Sept. 20, 1893, Mr. Biery married Alice M. Eatwell, daughter of William and Julia (Smith) Eatwell, both natives of London, England, while she was born and bred in Warren.  Mr. and Mrs. Biery have three daughters, namely: Mildred, Mary and Julia.  Fraternally Mr. Biery is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to both the lodge and the encampment of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Royal Arcanum.
Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 81
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:   The house at 220 Scott Street, Warren, Ohio is no longer there.
JANE BOYD

Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 103 ok

  ANNE F. BROWN

Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 49

  EPHRAIM BROWN was one of the real pioneers of Trumbull county and at one time was the principal owner of the township of Bloomfield.  He was the son of Ephraim and Hannah (Howe) Brown and a descendant of Thomas Brown and John Howe, his pioneer ancestors, who coming from England settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, about 1637-8.  He was born Oct. 27, 1775, at "Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and received an academic education in his native state, and his habit through life of reading much from well chosen books added greatly to the culture which he attained, and which made him at an early age one whose judgment and advice was frequently sought, even by his elders.  Evidence of this is found in the many letters addressed to him on various subjects by men of prominence and ability.  He married Nov. 9, 1806, MARY BUCKINGHAM HUNTINGTON, a native of Windham, Connecticut.  She was a daughter of Gurdon and Temperance (Williams) Huntington, and was born on the 29th of August, 1787.
     In the summer of 1814, Mr. Brown, with his uncle, Thomas Howe, made a journey in a chaise to Ohio for the purpose of buying land.  After stopping at the then small village of Cleveland for a few days they decided to look farther before locating and finally settled upon a township then known as "No. 7, 4th Range"—afterward called North Bloomfield—then an unbroken wilderness.  On their return to New England they made the purchase of the township of Peter C. Brooks, of Boston.  In the following summer, 1815, Mr. Brown moved his family to the new home, the first family to arrive except one which came a few months earlier.  Mr. Howe himself came in March, 1815, accompanied by several young men, who cleared a space in the wilderness and erected comfortable cabins for the reception of Mr. Brown's family in July.  Soon other families followed Mr. Howe's in 1817.  Later Mr. Howe retired from the partnership, retaining, however, some twelve hundred acres of the purchase and Mr. Brown assumed the debt, which in a few years he succeeded in discharging.  He sold a large portion of his land to settlers who came mostly from New England, but retained during his life two or three thousand acres.  His first residence was of course a log cabin, but within the first year a frame structure was added and which is still a part of the present dwelling.  More additions have been made from time to time and it is still a very attractive home.
     By Mr. Brown's efforts a postoffice was early secured, and he was active in the construction of the Trumbull and Ashtabula turnpike, which for years, or until railroads were built, was a part of the favorite route, between Lake Erie and the Ohio river.  Fine coaches daily passed to and fro, filled with passengers.  A saw mill was soon built, also a grist mill, and his small store of goods sufficed for the needs of the people for a long time.  His activities did not end here, for he served several terms in both houses of the legislature of Ohio, as he had previously served in his native state.  The title of Colonel, by which he was sometimes addressed, was given him when he was on the governor's staff in New Hampshire, not on account of any military service.  Originally a Jeffersonian Democrat, he was always an uncompromising opponent of slavery, and after he came to Ohio his farm was one of the stations of the Underground Railway to Canada.  He never united with any church, but his moral and religious principles were very strong.  As his rectitude and ability were unquestioned he retained to the last the confidence and leadership of his community.  His death occurred on Mar. 7, 1845, and his faithful wife passed away Jan. 26, 1862.
     Mrs. Brown should be named as one of the "real pioneers," for she shared with her husband the privations incident to the life of a pioneer, and these she felt most keenly, her tastes leading her to enjoy a more developed and refined civilization. But she found, among other pioneer women, much to prize in their sisterly and kindly ways and formed some lasting friendships among them.  She suffered much from homesickness during the first two years, when it was decided that she should go east for a visit when her husband went for goods for his store.  They accordingly rode to Painesville or Fairport on horseback, expecting to take a boat (a schooner) there for Buffalo, but on their arrival they found the boat had passed.  Mr. Brown then gave his wife the choice between returning to her home or going on to Utica on horseback.  She chose the latter alternative and they proceeded to Utica, whence they went on by stages.  The visit proved very satisfactory and she found on her return to the hopeful, active life of the pioneer, a pleasant contrast to the inactive life of the older settlement.
     It is due to the memory of such a woman to insert in this history some appreciative words written at the time of her death by a friend who knew her well.  He said of her: "She was a woman possessed of the highest and purest qualities of head and heart, and was beloved and respected during all the years of her long and well spent life by all who knew her.  Possessing a well balanced and vigorous mind, she united thereto a kindliness of feeling and comprehensive benevolence, wide as humanity itself; and never during her life came up to her the cry of the needy and oppressed unheard or unheeded.  To these distinguished natural gifts she added the charm of a high and refined cultivation, in so much that few indeed could rival her in the acquirements of knowledge and taste.  The remarkable powers of her mind continued up to the time of her death unimpaired and never did the high sentiments of the philanthropist and true patriot cease to animate her noble heart till its pulses were stilled by the cold hand of Death."  Her husband appreciated and was in sympathy with all these fine attributes.
     Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Brown were the parents of the following children:  Ephraim Alexander, born Dec. 1, 1807, who died Aug. 10, 1894; George Washington, born May 24, 1810, died Apr. 12, 1841; Mary, who became Mrs. Joseph K. Wing, born May 28, 1812, and died Dec. 15, 1887; Charles, born Aug. 9, 1814, who married Julia Anne, daughter of Judge Lester King, of Warren, Ohio, and died October, 1880; Elizabeth Huntington, born Apr. 12, 1816, and died June 19, 1904; James Munroe, born Apr. 2, 1818, died in October, 1867; Marvin Huntington, born Aug. 12, 1820, and died in August, 1892; Fayette, born Dec. 17, 1823, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and president of the Brown Hoisting Company; and ANNE FRANCES, born on May 30, 1826, and resides at the old homestead.  This, the youngest child, has always resided in the house where she was born, more than eighty-two years ago, and retains her faculties remarkably.  She owns two hundred and thirty acres of the nine hundred acre farm on which her father lived at the time of his death in 1845.
Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 47
  H. SEYMOUR BROWN, physician and surgeon residing at the city of Niles, was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 28, 1866, a son of Joel S. Brown, of Crawford county, who married Nancy King, a native of the same county.  The father was a farmer by occupation, and also a stock dealer.  He died at the age of fifty-eight years, and the mother at the age of forty-two years.  These worthy parents had one daughter and seven sons, all of whom are living at this time.  Doctor H. S. Brown being the sixth son and seventh child in the family.  One brother, Dr. D. S. Brown, resides in Erie, Pennsylvania; another.  Dr. S. A. Brown, of Westfield, New York, is a dental surgeon.
     Dr. H. Seymour Brown started out in life for himself when fourteen years of age, working at whatever he could find to do, including labor on a farm at eight dollars a month.  When seventeen years of age he taught school at Miller's Station, Pennsylvania.  He attended Cambridge College, Waterford, Pennsylvania, and the State Normal School at Edinboro, and took a course at the medical department of the Allegheny College at Meadville.  He also attended the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating in 1889, spending three years in the last named school.  He first located at MeKean, Pennsylvania, remained until 1891, then went to Conneaut, Ohio, remained there two years, and then came to Niles, in 1893, and has since that time been in constant practice here.
     The Doctor is a member of the Northeastern Eclectic Medical and State Medical societies.  In his fraternal affiliations he is numbered among the worthy brothers of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Niles, Lodge No. 352.  In polities he is a stanch Republican, and is active in party movements, having served on the executive board, and stands high in the councils of his party.  The Doctor was united in marriage in 1890 to Nellie, daughter of Richard Owen, of Oil City, Pennsylvania.
Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 139
  JAMES BROWN, who is a farmer residing near the city limits of Warren, is a native of Warren township, born Dec. 12, 1848, a son of James Brown, a native of County Armagh, Ireland, and whose father was Samuel Brown, also a native of Ireland, but of Scotch lineage.  He spent most of his active life in his native country, but came to America and spent his declining years at the home of his son JamesJames Brown, the father, was reared in his native country and there obtained his early education, coming to America when a young man, making his way westward to Ohio.  At that time Trumbull county was but little settled and no railroads had entered the domain, now so completely gridironed by them.  When the canal was constructed through to the lakes he was employed on that, and thus earned sufficient means with which to purchase some heavily timbered land in Howland township, on which he built a log house, which cabin was the first home his family had in Ohio, now the commonwealth so noted for beautiful residences.  Later on Mr. Brown bought another tract of land which joined, but within Warren township.  On this place stood another cabin, which had near it a small clearing which constituted all of the improvements.  He at once erected a small frame house close to the one which was built of logs, and the family occupied that for a time.  Mr. Brown was very industrious and as time went on he prospered, cleared up all of his land and erected excellent frame buildings, including house and barns, and also planted out fruit and ornamental trees.  He continued to reside there until his death, in the month of March, 1881, when he was sixty-four years of age.  He had lived to see what was a wilderness developed into a fruitful garden spot and populated with a happy and prosperous people.
     Mr. Browns wife's maiden name was Anna Mathews, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland.  She came to America when a young woman in a sailing vessel, which encountered storms and was ten weeks in making the trip.  On the way provisions and water gave out and much suffering followed.  After arriving, she remained for a time in New York state, but soon found her way to Ohio.  She survived her husband.  She bore Mr. Brown nine children: William M., Samuel, Mary, John, Anna, James and Olive, and two who died in infancy.  She was reared in the Episcopal faith, while her husband was a Presbyterian in his religion.
     The son, James Brown, attended the district schools and the high schools of Warren two years, after which he began school teaching and followed it until after the death of his father, when he returned to the homestead to take charge of the place, and later it became his property.  This place is pleasantly situated, less than one mile from the limits of the city of Warren and will rank with any farm in Trumbull county.
     James Brown married in Kansas, in 1898, Rebecca Martin, by whom was born one child—Mildred.  Mrs. Brown was born in Warren and is a daughter of Bernard and Margaret Martin.  In politics Mr. Brown is a Republican and holds the office of member of the school board.  He and his wife belong to the Presbyterian church.
Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page
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Mary B. Brown
MARY B. BROWN

Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 47

  JOHN BURWIG, who has been engaged for many years as a general farmer at Fowler, Trumbull Co., was during the early years of his life a worker in the mines and rolling mills of this locality.  He is a native of North Germany, born Dec. 12, 1856, son of John and Mary (Dau) Burwig.  Their three children were all born in Germany, namely:  Charles born in 1852, a resident of Hubbard, married Sophia Lamp and is the father of Mary, John, William, Herman, Winnie and Elmer; William, born in 1853, is also a resident of Hubbard; and John, of this sketch.  The father came to the United States in 1866 and located at Hubbard, where he engaged in the coal mining business, and died in 1893.  The mother, who is a native of north Germany, is a daughter of Charles Dau, and is still living.
     John Berwig, of this review, never enjoyed a day's schooling in his life, his father putting him to work in the coal mines when he was only ten years of age.  The boy continued this occupation until he was twenty years of age, when he became employed in a blast furnace and rolling mill, and for a period of twenty years followed this arduous and wearing occupation.  He then engaged in farming, and by dint of economy, industry and wise management has accumulated a fine property, consisting of an eighty-five-acre farm, thoroughly cultivated and substantially improved.  In Nov., 1878, Mr. Burwig married Miss Minnie Peters, daughter of Henry and Dotha (Schultz) Peters, both natives of Germany, who came to Ohio in 1875.  Mr. and Mrs. Burwig have five children:  Winnie, who was born at Hubbard Aug. 17, 1880, and married Charles Ahrens June 26, 1906, resides at Willoughby, Ohio; William August Henry, born at Leadville, Ohio, March 15, 1881, now resides at Twin Falls, Idaho; Henry William Carl, born at Youngstown, Ohio, November 21, 1886, is connected with the naval service, enlisting at the San Francisco training station on May 3, 1908; Anna Louise, born at Youngstown, Ohio, May 12, 1883, died in Dec. of that year; and Alma Amanda Ella, also a native of Youngstown, born Jul. 24, 1891.  The father is a Democrat in politics and a faithful member of the German Lutheran church.
Source:  A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 256 ok

 

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