History of Painesville, (Lake County) Ohio United States of America

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William Holbrook Beard, painter, was born at Painesville, Ohio, April 13, 1825; son of J. H. Beard, a pioneer captain on Lake Erie, and brother of James H. Beard, the well-known artist. From his earliest childhood he showed a strong love for drawing and painting, but received little encouragement from his family. He began by drawing animals, and by persistent and intelligent study of nature he mastered many technicalities which years of instruction might not have given him. At the age of twenty-one he began to travel from place to place us a portrait-painter, and after spending a few years thus he went to New York city and took a short course of instruction from his brother. He opened a studio at Buffalo, N.Y., in 1850, and became very successful, making a specialty of animal pictures. He remained in that city for ten years, meanwhile making a journey to Europe and studying in Rome, Switzerland and Dusseldorf. In 1860 he removed to New York city, and two years later was made a National academician. He opened his studio in the Tenth street studio building. Though a painter of great versatility, Mr. Beard's happiest work is shown in his pictures of allegory and animals, many of the latter being of a humorous and satirical nature. Among the better known of his pictures are: "Kittens and Guinea Pig" (1859); "The Astronomers," "Susanna and the Elders" (1860); "Bears on a Bender" (1862); "Bear Dance" (1865); "March of Silenus" (1866); "Raining Cats and Dogs" (1867); "Fallen Land-Mark" (1867); "Death of Chivalry," and "The Good Shepherd"; "He Leadeth Me Beside the Still Waters" (1869); "Pets on a Spree," and "Dickens and his Characters" (1871); "The Wreckers" (1874); "Runaway Match" (1876); "Worn Out" (1876); "Divorce Court" (1877); "Bulls and Bears in Wall Street" (1879); "Voices of the Night" (1881); "In the Glen" (1882); "Cattle Upon a Thousand Hills" (1883); "Overboard" "A Witches' Night," "Spirit of the Storm" (1893); and "Undine," "The Coming of Day" (1894); "The Sky was Full of Forms," "Birth of the Elf" (1895); "Banished" (1895); the the "Seasons" (1895), the "Elements" (1895). He died at the home of his son Wolcott Le Cl?ar Beard, New York city, Feb. 20, 1900.

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

Samuel Huntington, governor of Ohio, was born in Coventry, Conn., Oct. 4, 1765; son of the Rev. Joseph and Hannah (Devotion) Huntington and grandson of Nathaniel and Mebetabel (Thurston) Huntington, and of the Rev. Ebenezer Devotion, of Windham, Conn. The Rev. Joseph Huntington, born May 5, 1735, was a brother of Samuel, the signer, was graduated at Yale, A.B,, 1762, A.M., 1765, was pastor at Coventry, 1763-94, received the degree of D.D. from Dartmouth, 1780, was a trustee of Dartmouth, 1780-88, and died, Dec. 25, 1794. Samuel was adopted and educated by his uncle Samuel and was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1785, A.M., 1788. He also received an honorary A.B. from Dartmouth in 1785. He was married, Dec. 20, 1791, to Hannah, daughter of Judge Andrew and Lucy (Coit) Huntington. He was admitted to the bar in 1793 and practised in Norwich, Conn., 1793-1801, in Cleveland, Ohio, 1801-05, and in Painesville, Ohio, 1805-17. He served as a delegate to the Ohio state constitutional convention of 1802; was judge of the court of common pleas, 1802-03; of the supreme court, 1803-09, and chief justice during the term; was a state senator in the first general assembly, 1803; the third governor of the state, 1809-10, and a representative and speaker in the 10th general assembly, 1811-12. In 1819 he was one of the original proprietors of Fairport, and in the war of 1812-13 was district paymaster with the rank of colonel. He died in Painesville, Ohio, June 8, 1817.

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

George Trumbull Ladd, teacher, was born in Painesville, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1842; son of Silas Trumbull and Elizabeth (Williams) Ladd: grandson of Jesse, Jr., and Ruby (Brewster) Ladd; great grandson of Wadsworth and Jerusha Brewster, of Chatham, Conn.; a descendant of Daniel Ladd who came to New England in the Mary and John, of London, in 1633, and was one of the original settlers of Haverhill, Mass., and also a descendant of Elder William Brewster, of the Mayflower. He was graduated from Western Reserve college in 1864, and from Andover Theological seminary, in 1869; was ordained to the Congregational ministry, May 26, 1870, and was acting pastor at Edinburg, Ohio, 1869-71; and pastor of the Spring Street church, Milwaukee, Wis., 1871-79. He was professor of mental and moral philosophy at Bowdoin college, 1879-81; lectured on church polity and systematic theology in the Andover Theological seminary, 1879-81, and was chosen professor of mental and moral philosophy at Yale in 1881. He was a lecturer in the Harvard Divinity school, in 1883, and a special lecturer on philosophy at the Doshisha, Kioto, Japan, before the students of the University at Tokio, and at the Summer school at Hakon?, Japan, in 1892. During the academical year of 1895-96, he served on the faculty of Harvard university, conducting the graduate seminary in ethics; and in the summer of 1896 he lectured on ethics and the philosophy of religion in Chicago university. He was president of the American Psychological association in 1893. In the fall of 1899 he lectured before the Imperial Educational society, and the Imperial university of Japan. While in Japan he was decorated by the emperor with the third degree of the Order of the Rising Sun, for his services to the country, was admitted to the Imperial audience and delivered addresses before other educational institutions, and before the Noble club. The following winter he lectured in Bombay and Calcutta, the principal cities in India, and in Colombo Ceylon. The lectures in Bombay were given under the auspices of the University of Bombay, and those in Madras at the Christian college, of Madras. On the return journey through Europe he attended the International congress of psychology as the delegate of the American Psychological association. In the autumn of 1900, he resumed his professional work at Yale university. He was twice married, first, in December, 1869, to Cornelia A., daughter of John Tailman, of Bridgeport, Ohio, who died in October, 1898; and, secondly, in December, 1895, to Frances V., daughter of Dr. George T. Stevens, of New York city. He received the honorary degrees of D.D. in 1881 and LL.D. in 1895, from Western Reserve college, and that of LL.D. from Princeton in 1896. He is the author of: Principles of Church Polity (1881); Doctrine of Sacred Scripture (1883); Elements of Physiological Psychology(1887); Outlines of Physiological Psychology (1890); A Translation of Lotte's Philosophical Outlines (1884-87); What is the Bible ? (1885); Introduction to Philosophy (1890); Primer of Psychology (1894); Psychology., Descriptive and Explanatory (1894); Philosophy of Mind (1895); Philosophy of Knowledge (1897); Outlines of Descriptive Psychology (1898); Essays on Higher Education (1899); A Treaty of Reality (1899). All these books were republished in England, several were translated into Japanese and some printed in raised letters for the blind.

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