Townships – TCHS

Logan, John A. (1865- 1899)

2020-09-18

Submitted by Marcia Levy Major John Alexander Logan, Jr. was born in Carbondale, Illinois in 1865. His father, General John A. Logan(1826-1886) was a General during the Civil War, a US Senator, and a Vice Presidential candidate. His mother Mary Cunningham (1838-1923) was a writer…

Warren Civic Music Association

2020-09-18

Submitted by Warren Civic Music Association HISTORY Warren Civic Music Association is the oldest community arts organization in Trumbull County and one of the first in Ohio. It is located in Northeastern Ohio, midway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh, in an area rich in history, the…

Warner, Jonathan (1865-1934)

2020-08-28

Submitted by Marcia Levy Jonathan Warner was born in 1865 in Mineral Ridge, Ohio. His parents were Jacob Warner (1806—1910) and Maria Lewis (1846). He graduated from The Rayen School in Youngstown and attended Williams College where he dropped out in his junior year to…

Liberty & Vienna Railroad

2020-08-11

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer If you were to travel to Vienna, Oh. today you would be hard pressed to find any evidence that a railroad ever entered the town. Fact is, though, that at one time two railroads entered the town, and that, for…

Mineral Ridge Railroad

2020-07-08

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Mineral Ridge is an appropriate name for the village as it was a place where an abundance of coal and iron was found. The local supply of raw materials was the reason that the iron industry flourished in the Mahoning…

Crane, Clarence (1875-1931)

2020-07-07

Submitted by Gavin Esposito Clarence A. Crane (April 5th, 1875–July 6th, 1931) was a confectioner responsible for the invention of Lifesavers candy. For a brief time, he resided in Trumbull County, owning a maple syrup refinery in Warren Born on April 5th, 1875 as the…

Mahoning Coal Railroad- New York Central

2020-07-02

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer This railroad had two lines in Trumbull County, running the entire length of the county in the following townships: Liberty, Hubbard, Brookfield, Vienna, Fowler, Hartford, Johnston, Vernon, Gustavus, and Kinsman. The Mahoning Coal Railroad and the New York…

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Lake Branch

2020-06-26

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Lake Branch and the Painesville & Youngstown Railway The B&O Lake Branch was the first narrow gauge line in the state for common carrier business, and was built within two weeks of the Denver &…

Pittsburgh Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad

2020-06-18

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Pittsburgh Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad (PRR, PC, CR, NS, OCR) As in many other cases, this railroad was a part of a consolidation of several other railroads. The beginnings of the line…

Economos, D. James (1938-2015)

2020-06-05

Submitted by the Economos Family Jim Economos was born on October 29, 1938, in Warren, Ohio, the only son of Harry and Joan Econo-mos. Jim attended Warren schools from Garfield Elementary School to East Junior High School through Warren G. Harding High School, where he…

Mountain, Carrie Green (1857?-1948)

2020-06-03

Submitted by Jean Hood Carrie Green Mountain was a former slave who obtained her freedom when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed when she was 6 or 7 years old. She was among the first black people to settle in Warren in 1879. She arrived from…

Davis, Rachel (1885-1954)

2020-06-01

Submitted by Lois Werner, Brookfield Historical Society Rachel Sophia Williams Stuart Davis Bricker Rachel was the fifth child of eight children of Welsh miner James and Sophia Jones Williams. Born June 10, 1885 into poverty she married William Stuart at age 19, had a son,…