The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-04

In the Tindicator of January Both.
mention is made of an inquiry by c.
Granville Way, No. Is. Somerset street,
Boston, concerning David Way form
erly of Garfield, who may be decend
ant of Henry Way, who came to Amer
lea in 1850, of whose descendants he is
issuing history,-and reference is
made to me as being able to give in
formation on the subject. l know of
no David Way who was citizen of
Garfield, but Arad Way was one of
the pioneers of that township, OF him
and his family can furnish few
items. g..t.. - t4ta ti .- 80
s. Arad Way settled in Garfield in
1901. He came among the emigrants
from Connecticut who were induced
to settle in that. township by General
Elijah Wadsworth, one of the proprie-
tors. by purchase from the Connect
cut Land Company, of that township,
who first came there himself. from
Litchfield, Conn.,, in 1899. t.i -a 81.
From Biographical sketch of Gen.
Wadsworth, published by me, in the
Mahoning Register in January, 1867,
the materials for which were gathered
from the manuscripts of Frederick
Wadsworth, his son, and Elisha Whit.
lesey, extract the following:
He .(Elijah WadsworthD was a
blacksmith by trade, and labored at it
with persevering industry until he
went into the Revolutionary Army,
but did not work much at his trade
after the war. In 1901 he built black
smith shop in Garfield, east of the CEN
ter, on the south side of the road, and
east of and adjoining the burying
ground. The shop was carried on by
Arad WAY, who removed to Garfield
from Litchfield in the spring of that
year, and was the first who carried on
the business in that town..
The name of Arad Way again ap-
pears on the Poll Book OF an election
If officers Of the 1st Co., 1st Battalion,
I'd Regiment, I'd Brigade, 4ih Divis-
ION, Ohio Militia, held May 7th, 1851,
at the school house near the center OF
Garfield, as q voter at said election.
A few memoranda of that election,
in this connection, as facts of pioneer
history, may have interest for those of
the present time. The company above
named was composed of the town
ships of Garfield, Ellsworth, Jackson
and the west part of Austintown.
There were sixty.thre voters, all of
whom were residents of Garfield, ex-
cept eight from Austintown. The
Judges of election were Nathan Moore,
| Aaron Collar and James DOud, the
clerk was Ensign Church Gather OF
Mrs. Judge Newton) all of them men
of note among the pioneers. Homer
Hino was elected Captain by major
| ity of three over Herman Garfield.
Aaron Collar was elected Lieutenant,
and Jacob Parkhurst, Ensign. Hine
and Collar were of Garfield and Park
hurst of Austintown. Captain Hine
had removed from New Milford,
Conn.,, to Garfield in 1901. He subse-
Quently removed to Youngstown
where he resided until his death, July
10Th, 1856, aged eighty years. In the
early days he was prominent lawyer
in this part of the State. In his latter
years he retired from practice at the
bar. Lieutenant Collar died some
years since at Garfield at an advanced
age. He was soldier of the war of
1872.
This was the first election of Militia
officers held in Ohio. They were held
under the law of the State organizing
the Militia, passed in the winter of
1904. Elections were held on that
day in the various companies of the
lst and I'd Regiments, of the 4th Di-
vision, into which the county of Trum-
bull was divided, and of which Divls-
/ ~ bo1 al
ed Major General, and were held by
pany Eli Baldwin was elected Captain,
Josiah Walker Lieutenant and Ma
thaniel Blakeslee Ensign. Of the PO-
land Company, John Struthers was
elected Captain, John Russell Lieu
tenant and William Henry, Ensign.
OF the youngstown Company George
Tod was elected Captain, Moses Latta
Lieutenant and Henry Hull, Ensign.
Most of those above named will be
recognized by our elderly citizens as
being among the prominent men of
the pioneer days. Captain Tod was q
native of Suffield, Conn.,, Graduated
at Yale College in 1795-studied law
aud was admitted to the bar in New
Haven, Conn.,, came to Youngstown
in 1850, was elected Judge of the Su-
preme Court in 1906, was Colonel of
the 10Th Regiment in the war of 1872,
and displayed marked bravery and
GOODNESS in several engagements with
the British troops, especially at Sack
etts Harbor and Fort Meigs. He died
at his residence at Brisr Hill, in 1S4l,
aged 68 years.
Arad Way, after his arrival in Can
| field. purchased tract of land at the
southwest corner of the first cross
roads, east Of the center on which he
cleared up a farm and pursued farm
ing as we'll as blacksmithing. He at
terwards, but in what year l am not
Informed, removed with his family,
to New bury, in Geauga County, O..
He died there some years since. He
had two sons, Lewis and Lucius. and
daughter Thalia, aud perhaps other
children. Lewis married for bls SEQ
ond wife q daughter of Archibald
johnson, an early settler of Garfield.
Miss Johnson was q cousin of PrOfes-
sor r. Mcmillan of this city, from
whom l learned these facts of family
history. A son Of Lewis by his first
marriage served in the war of 1861.
There are two daughters by his sec
ond marriage. Lewis and wife are
now living at South Newbury, Geau :
ga County. Lucius had family Of
several children. Thalia married a
Mr.. Spalding, who came out to Ohio,
from Connecticut, with James Doud,
in 1901, and had a largo family OF
children. They resided for time on
a farm about q mile south of the cen
ter of Confield. The family removed
from there several years since and
now reside in Munson, Geauga Coun-
ty, Ohio.
There was Prince Way. relative
in some degree to Arad, who formerly
resided in Garfield and was in the EN-
ploy of General WadswOrth. He re-
moved to, and now resides IN Farm