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BIOGRAPHIES
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Conneaut Twp.
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JULIUS PENFIELD, farmer, P. O. Penn
Line, was born in Madison County, N. Y., May 4, 1816; son of
Seth and Naamah (Staples) Penfield, natives of
Connecticut, who came to Crawford County in 1834, settling
in Conneaut Township. Seth Penfield was a
blacksmith by trade, at which he worked to some extent in
connection with farming. They were parents of eight
boys, five of whom are now living. He died in 1870,
his wife in 1861. Our subject, who is the fourth son,
received but a limited education and was brought up to
farming life. He married, June 8, 1841, Miss Eliza
McCann, a native of Dutchess County, N. Y., and daughter
of John and Betsy McCann. Four children have
been born to this union: John S., Elijah S.,
Adelbert H. and Sarah J., wife of Henry
Sanderson. The sons were all soldiers in the war
of the Rebellion. John S. served in the Second
Ohio Battery throughout the campaign, becoming a veteran;
Adelbert H. served eighteen months in the Second
Pennsylvania Cavalry and was in several engagements; Elijah
S. enlisted in the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving
three years, attached to the Army of the Potomac. He
participated in several engagements, and was a prisoner in
the Rebels' hands over six months; was confined in Libby,
Belle Isle and Salisbury prisons, and when exchanged was
barely alive and with difficulty survived; he was honorably
discharged in 1865 and returned home. He married in
October, 1865, Miss Sarah A. Potter, daughter of
George Potter. Two children were born to this
union: Hubert A. and Ruby L. Elijah S.
is a member of the G. A. R., P. of H. and A. O. U. W.
Our subject owns 125 acres of fine land, all of which he
cleared. In politics he is a Republican, as are also
his three sons.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 833 |
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Conneaut Twp.
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HENRY A. PENFIELD, farmer, P. O.
Conneautville, was born in Conneaut Township, this county,
July 1, 1847, youngest son of Julius and Eliza Penfield.
Our subject received a common school education. When
sixteen years of age he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-second
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving three months with
the Army of the Potomac. Having contracted disease
while in the front he was discharged for physical
disability, but in 1864, his health being re-established to
some extent, and his patriotism running high, he enlisted in
the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, and again served in the
Army of the Potomac. He was engaged in the battles of
Todd's Tavern, Beaver Dam, Ashland's Station, front of
Richmond, Hanover Ferry, Old Church Tavern, Cold Harbor,
Franklin Station, Prospect Hill, St. Mary's Church,
Jerusalem Plank Road, and Malvern Hill, at which place he
was sun-struck, which caused him to e sent to the hospital.
On return to his regiment he was present at the battles of
Ream's Station, Wyott House (two days) Boydtown Plank Road,
Stony Creek, and finally at Lee's surrender; was honorably
discharged in July, 1865, and returned home. In
February, 1867, Mr. Penfield married Miss Freelove
Fenner, a native of Conneaut Township and daughter of
Morgan L. Fenner, an old settler of this section.
To this union were born three children: Gussie, Lyda,
Byron. Our subject owns sixty-eight acres
well-improved land with a handsome residence on same built
in 1882. He is an A. F. & A. M., a R. T. of T., and
member of the G. A. R.; in politics a Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 834 |
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GEORGE POTTER, farmer; P. O. Steamburgh, was born in
Conneaut Township, this county, Sept. 7, 1812; son of
Samuel and Susannah Potter, natives of New Jersey,
former of whom came to Crawford County in 1799, his family
in 1801. They were parents of six children, all
deceased except George, who is fifth in the family.
The father of Samuel Potter was a Revolutionary
soldier and died from wounds received at the siege of
Yorktown. Samuel was a brick-maker by trade,
but chiefly followed farming and stock dealing. He
cleared about 150 out of 600 acres of land he owned.
He died in 1866, his wife in 1864. Our subject
received a limited education and was reared a farmer.
He was married in 1834 to Louise Wilder, a native of
Batavia, N. Y., sister of Hiram Wilder, of Spring
Township, this county. Five children have been born to
this union, four of whom are now living: Alonzo A.,
Franklin H., Mary J., who died in 1863 at the age
of twenty-one years; Sarah A., wife of E. S.
Penfield, and Caroline E., wife of George
Huntley. Our subject and wife are charter members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Steamburgh.
Mr. Potter is emphatically a self-made man. In
politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 835 |
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JOSEPH POTTER, farmer and carpenter
and joiner, P. O. Linesville, was born in Conneaut Township,
this county, Apr. 29, 1823; son of Clark and Nancy (Fry)
Potter, former a native of New York, latter of Centre
County, Penn.; parents of five children, four now living;
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Clark
Potter is a descendant of one of four brothers who came
here in a very early day, of English extraction. He
came to this county in 1801, with his father, Samuel
Potter, a soldier of the war of 1812, and whose father
was killed in the Revolutionary war. Samuel Potter
was born Sept. 16, 1773, died Sept. 18, 1865. Clark
Potter was a farmer and cleared a farm in Conneaut
Township. He died Jan. 14, 1852; his wife Oct. 5,
1850. Our subject, who is the eldest in the family,
settled on the farm where he now lives in Conneaut Township,
in 1853. He worked at the trade of carpenter and
joiner for forty years, in connection with farming; is owner
of eighteen acres of improved land. He was married
Sept. 16, 1849, to Sarah Wiser, widow of Alva B.
Wiser, and daughter of James and Phoebe (Meaker)
Graham, former of whom was a brother of the father of
Thomas Graham. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Potter
were born four children, three now living: Cassius
M., Sarah A., wife of H. W. Thompson, and
Joseph A. One son, Gideon L., died at the
age of twenty-three years. Our subject, wife and sons
are members of the Congregational Church. Mr.
Potter is a man of literary attainments. In
politics is a Republican. Mrs. Potter had one
son by her first husband, named Alva B., now residing
in Hand County, Dakota.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 835 |
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