Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 642

JAMES PARK, a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of Canfield township, and owner of 110 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated farm land, was born Apr. 16, 1842, in Ireland and is a son of David and Mary (Meharg) Park.
     David Park, a native of Drumlee District, County Down, Ireland, was a farmer by occupation.  He was one of a large family of children, but he and his sister, Mrs. Jane McKnight, were the only members who came to America, the latter of whom settled in Philadelphia, and is now deceased.  David Park married Mary Meharg whose father, James Meharg, was of Scotch-Irish descent.  Seven children were born to David and Mary Park, four of whom were born in Ireland and three in America.  In 1840, David Park started for the United States, with his wife and children, taking passage in a sailing vessel, which required six weeks to make the voyage.  Having friends in Mahoning County, Ohio, he at once came here and settled in Canfield township.  After staying with friends at Canfield for a short time he bought and located on the farm now owned by Isaac Clay.  The land was partially cleared and they moved into a log house which wa on the place, in which they resided for several yeas, and after Mrs. Park's parents came to this country, they they bought land in partnership.  David was killed in an iron ore bank when our subject was but 12 years old.  He left a family of seven children: Jane, who married William Braden, both deceased; James, Edward, deceased; Margaret, who married James Wallace; Sarah, deceased wife of A. M. Templin; Mary, deceased; and Betty, who became the second wife of a. M. Templin.
     Mrs.  Park remained a widow for some time and then married James Dickson, and both are now deceased.
     James Park was about six years old when his parents came to this country.  He was reared in Canfield township and attended the district schools a short time, having also attended school about one year or less in Ireland.  The greater part of his time, however, was devoted to working on the farm, as the family was large and of limited means.  In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 105th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Wilson, for service in the Civil War, and participated in many important battles and endured many of the hardships of army life, remaining until the close of the war.  Among the most important in which he fought were Chickamauga and Perryville, and he was with Sherman on his march to the sea, which included many serious engagements.  At the close of his service he returned to Mahoning County, Ohio, and settled in Canfield township.
      Mr. Park was married, in 1870, to Mary A. Kirkpatrick (now called Kirk), a daughter of Matthew and Mary (Wilson) Kirkpatrick, who originally owned our subject's farm.  After his marriage Mr. Park located on his present land which he purchased from his father-in-law, and it is a valuable property.  Mrs. Park is one of a family of four children: Mary A., Elizabeth J., who married George Barnes; H. R.; and John, deceased.
     Mr. Park has always followed agriculture as an occupation and is recognized as one of the most successful farmers of the township, and what he has acquired has been entirely due to his own efforts, he having started in life de pendent uix)n his own resources.  He is well known as one of the township's most progressive and public spirited men, one whose interests are identical with those of his community.  Politically he is a Republican.  He is one of the directors of the Farmers' National Bank of Canfield. Ohio.
Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 846

W. H. PARK,* president of the W. H. Park Land Company and identified with other important business enterprises at Youngstown, Ohio, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1853, and was six years of age when he accompanied his father to Youngstown, where the latter engaged in a mercantile business.
     W. H. Park was reared and educated in Youngstown, and, for all practical purposes, may be regarded as a native, as his interests have been so long centered here.  After learning something of business in his father's store, he went into the limestone business and still later organized the Crystal Ice Company and built the plant.  He operated the latter for some time and then sold out, and since then has been associated with H. G. Hamilton in extensive land deals, both in the south and in this vicinity, having been identified with the construction of several railway lines.  the W. H. Park Land Company was organized by Mr. Park and Mr. Hamilton and was incorporated with a capital of $50,000, and the following officers: W. H. Park, president, Allen Morrison, secretary, and H. G. Hamilton, R. Montgomery, Ella Morrison and W. H. Park, directors.  The company since its organization has platted Oak Hill, Willis and Dellason avenues.  Market street and Gertrude and Hillman Places and have built many houses and disposed of them.  They built the Park theater, in which Mr. Park has since sold his interest.  He is always a man absorbed in some large enterprise and just at this writing is working  to get the right of way through Youngstown for the Lake Erie & Eastern Railroad.  He has a financial interest also in the Morris Hardware Company.
     Mr. Park owns an elegant home in this city and passes the greater part of the year here, but during the hot months he, with other local capitalists, repairs to the elegant club house they have erected at Chaffey Locks, on the banks of the Rideau, in the province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada.
Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 1029

THOMAS PARROCK,* general manager of the Youngstown Foundry & Machine Works, and a representative citizen of Youngstown, was born in England in 1853.
     Mr. Parrock was reared and educated in his native country, and after reaching manhood was employed as roll turner.  When 28 years of age he came to America and located in Pennsylvania, where he followed his trade.  In 1880, he came to Youngstown and engaged with the firm of McCurdy & Company, with whom he remained until 1892, when the company was consolidated with the Youngstown Steel & Iron Company, under the firm name of Union Iron & Steel Company.  He remained with the firm as general superintendent until 1900, when he became general manager of the P. & R. Iron & Steel Company, which position he held until 1904.  He then became general manager of the Youngstown Foundry & Machine Company, in which capacity he is still serving.
     Mr. Parrock was married in England to Miss Fannie Williams.  They have four children: Harry Percy; James D.; George; and May Gladys.
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JACOB PHILLIPS, residing on his valuable farm of 65 acres, in section 21, Smith township, has developed large dairying interests here, including a profitable milk and cream route at Alliance, which requires his daily attention.  Mr. Phillips was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Feb. 16, 1843, and is a son of Nathan and Ann (Eckert) Phillips.
     The father of Mr. Phillips was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and the mother in Bucks County.  In 1854 the family came to Mahoning County and in the following year settled permanently in Smith township, where both Nathan and Ann Phillips died.  They were people of worthy character whose orderly lives brought them the respect of those with whom they became associated.  Of their children, the following survive: James, residing in Smith township; Jacob; Samuel, residing at Damascus; Albert, residing in Smith township; and Mary J., who married Abraham Greenawalt, residing at Damascus.
     Jacob Phillips has been a resident of Smith township for fifty-three years and since 1875 has resided on his present farm.  He attended the district schools in boyhood and was reared to all kinds of agricultural work, but form the age of 18 to 25 followed the trade of shoemaking.  Before adopting dairying as his main industry he was engaged for some years in raising fancy poultry.
     On June 4, 1867, Mr. Phillips was married to Emily Snode, who was born in Smith township, Jan. 29, 1846, and is a daughter of William and Sarah A. (Haines) Snode, the former of whom was born in 1810, in New Jersey, and died in 1899, aged 89 years.  Her mother still survives, almost 90 years of age, and resides with her son, Warren Snode, and is numbered among the oldest residents of Smith township.  Mr. and Mrs. Snode had a family of nine children, the seven surviving being:  George, Jehiel M., Charles and Warren, all residing in Smith township; Emma S., Mrs. Phillips; Esther, residing in Smith township; and Elizabeth C., who married Walter Jenkins, residing at Alliance, Ohio.
     Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have three children, namely: Laura, Joseph S., and Lena E.  The eldest daughter is deceased.  Joseph S. is a graduate of the art department at Mt. Union College.  The younger daughter is engaged in misisonary work and resides at Dobson, North Carolina.
     Mrs. Phillips is a member of the First Friends Church at Alliance.  Mr. Phillips is a member of the First Friends Church at Alliance.  Mr. Phillips supports the Prohibition party.  This is one of the best known and most highly esteemed families of this section.
Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 574

DAVID POTHOUR, who is engaged in the wholesale dairy business with his son-in-law, Fritz Wilson, also operates his farm of seventy-eight acres, located in Section 8, Coitsville township.  He was born on this farm Sept. 11, 1859, and is a son of David and Rachel (Mariner) Pothour, both of whom are now deceased.
     David Pothour, his grandfather, was born in Germany, and came to this country in 1800, when 19 years old, settling in Hubbard township, Trumbull County, Ohio, where he bought a farm on which he resided until his death at the age of 96 years.  David Pothour, father of the present David, was born at East Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio, and was reared on his father's farm, living there until his marriage, when he located on the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch.  He married Rachel Mariner, who was born and reared in Coitsville township and who was a daughter of Asa Mariner, who removed to that township from Hartford, Connecticut, walking the entire distance.  He was a surveyor and was the first of that calling to locate in the county.  He was married in the township in which he settled and where he spent the remainder of his life.  Three children were born to David and Rachel (Mariner) Pothour, namely: Emmet, a soldier in the Civil War, who was a member of the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in 1863 at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, of hydrophobia, having been bitten by a mad dog the summer previous to his entering the army; Nancy, widow of William Mars, who lives in Bedford, Pennsylvania; and David, the subject of this sketch.
     David Pothour died May 16, 1879, and his widow died Dec. 29, 1891.
     David Pothour was reared on his present farm, and brought up to agriculture, which he has since followed.  He is also engaged in the dairy business with his son-in-law, Fritz Wilson.  He was married Nov. 16, 1881, to Rose Emma Longstreet, daughter of Charles Longstreet, of Coitsville.  They have two children: Jessie, residing with her father, who married Fritz Wilson, and has one child, Laura Belle; and Edna, who married Edward Creed of Coitsville township.
Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 550

WILLIAM POWELL, general superintendent of the sewerage system, at Youngstown, is a careful and efficient public officer.  He was born in Wales, in 1858, and he was four years of age when his parents brought him to America and to Youngstown.
     Mr. Powell was reared and educated in this city and as soon as his age permitted, he entered the rolling mills of the Brown-Bonnell Company.  He remained with that concern from 1869 until 1893, when he was appointed to his present position, one of large importance in a city the size of Youngstown.
     On Aug. 26, 1887, Mr. Powell was married to Kate Francis, who died on Feb. 8, 1905.  She is survived by three children, namely: Francis M., William Edward and Hannah.
     Mr. Powell has been a very active member of the Republican party for a number of years and he was present at both National conventions which nominated the late President McKinley.  He is a member of the Foraker Republican Club.  Fraternally he is a Master Mason and an Odd Fellow.  He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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