History of LaFayette, (Onondaga County) New York United States of America

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A Short Biography of Stephen Asa Northway

Stephen Asa Northway, representative, was born in Christian or Lafayette Hollow, Onondaga county, N.Y., June 19, 1833; son of Orange and Maria (Graff) Northway, and grandson of Zenas Northway. He removed to Orwell, Ashtabula county, Ohio, with his parents in 1840, and they occupied a pioneer's cabin in the woods where he assisted in clearing a farm. He attended and taught the district school; was a student at Kingsville and Orwell academies; was admitted to the bar in 1859, and settled in practice in Jefferson, Ohio. He was married in January, 1862, to Lydia A., daughter of Anson and Harriet (Rockwell) Dodge, of Lenox, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney for Ashtabula county, 1861-65, and resigned in 1865, having been elected a representative in the state legislature for the term 1866-68. He resumed the practice of law in Jefferson in 1868, and was a Republican representative from the nineteenth Ohio district in the 53d, 54th and 55th congresses, 1893-98, and on his death in 1898, Charles Dick, of Akron, was elected to complete the term. He died in Jefferson township, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor