as a physician and a citizen than Dr. Manning. Though living to more than eighty years of age, he retained his mental faculties to a wonderful degree till the time of his death.

Dr. Garlick in writing of him says:

Dr. Manning was a very quiet man, entirely free from dash and show, a man of few words, but could talk, and talk well. He was brim full of practical common sense, of which he made daily use throughout his long and useful life. He was a good surgeon possessing in an eminent degree the required qualities, being cool, and having a hand not only steady but possessed of much mechanical skill in the use of surgical instruments.

In Youngstown and its vicinity were several physicians, who, though they did not commence the practice of medicine until many years later than Drs. Dutton and Manning, still may be considered as among the pioneers. Several of them practiced medicine only a few years and then abandoned their profession for various business enterprises. Others continued to practice throughout their lives. Of the latter class was Dr. Charles C. Cooke.

Before settling in Youngstown he practiced one year in Painesville and from there removed to Ellsworth, where he remained several years. He came to Ellsworth about 1824. The date of his removal to Youngstown we do not know.

Dr. Cooke was a native of Wallingford, Connecticut, being born June 22, 1799. He remained here until about twenty years of age, when he removed with his parents to New Haven and began the study of medicine under Dr. Eli Ives of that city. He attended lec

tures and graduated from the medical department of Yale college in 1822.

Being a man of good education and ability, as well as fine address and high character, he soon attained a prominent position, which he held throughout his life.

Dr. Garlick, writing of him, says:

He was a good physician, ranking quite above the average of the medical profession. He did not make much pretension as a surgeon, though he did occasionally make surgical operations. He was

quite polished in his manners, indeed more so than any physician with whom I was ever acquainted in Youngstown. He died leaving an unblemished reputation both as a physician and a citizen.

Dr. Cooke took much interest in educational matters, and was for a considerable time a member of the board of education of the public schools. On the organization of the Rayen school, he was appointed by the court of common pleas one of five trustees of that institution. Though interested in public affairs he always declined office, preferring to devote his entire attention to his profession. He died September 26, 1863.

In a conversation with Dr. Eli Mygatt of Poland, shortly before his death, we learned the names, but scarcely more, of several early physicians. Dr. John Mitcheltree lived in Pennsylvania, some eight miles east of Youngstown, and rode frequently into Ohio.

In Canfield was a Dr. Shadrach Bostwick, who was originally a Methodist preacher. From necessity he took up pulling teeth, and later he undertook the practice of medicine. He both preached and practiced, and his fund of anecdote and wit aided him materially in both professions.

In Canfield was an accomplished physician, Dr. Benajah Ticknor. He came to Canfield in 1813, being related to Judge Canfield. He held an appointment as assistant surgeon in the navy, and only practiced, when compelled to do so, as an accommodation to his neighbors. He went on his first cruise in 1817, but returned to Canfield in 1820, which place he made his home until he retired from the navy. Later he removed to Michigan.

About 1830, there were two other physicians in Youngstown, Dr. Lemuel Wick, who married a daughter of Dr. Dutton, and Dr. J. I. Tod. Both of Both of these physicians practiced but a short time and then removed to Cleveland.

Dr. Joseph Truesdale, who began practice in Hartford removed to Poland, in 1830, where he spent most of his life. He attended lectures at Cincinnati, under the provisions of a state law, which permitted each county to send one student to the medical college established under a state charter in that city. He died in 1871.

Dr. Elijah Flower came to Brookfield in 1814, and continued in practice here until his death in 1839. He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, in 1782, and being left an orphan at an early age un

derwent many hardships. His ride was extensive, reaching into Fowler, Hartford, Vienna, Brookfield, Hubbard and Liberty, and across the line into Pennsylvania. Among those who were students under him were Dr. Beach of Fowler and Dr. Garlick. Dr. Flower was noted for his anecdotes and good humor. One story which he used to tell is worth recording. Being called to see an Irishman who was suffering from intense pain, he prescribed an application of horse radish leaves. Calling the next day he inquired of his patient how the application had acted and received the reply. "Indade Doctor, and I thought I was in the suburbs of hell." He was a member of the County Medical society which met in Warren, and was associated in its meetings with the other pioneer physicians of the county.

In Newton Falls was a physician of considerable prominence, Dr. Tracy Bronson. He settled here about 1814. Professionally he held a good position, being a well educated man. He was once county commissioner and was elected to the state legislature in 1838. We have been able to obtain no further facts concerning him.

DUDLEY P. Allen.

THE student of Western Reserve history finds frequent mention of the Walworths, father and son, and always in some honorable and useful connection. The former, Judge John Walworth, was one of the strong and venturesome men who came to the wilderness of Ohio in the early days of the present century, and gave the moral, independent and cultured bias that has been the pre dominant feature of this section of the state. New England education, courage and practical sagacity were the weapons with which such men worked, and the results have been seen in the rapid growth and commanding influence ever held by the Reserve in state and national affairs. The son, Ashbel W. Walworth, was a worthy successor of a noble sire, and added new honor to a good name. In this record of the strong men who laid such good foundations and built so well thereon, the lives of father and son fit in so well together that the story of the two can best be told as one.

The family is of English descent and can trace its line of ancestry back to Sir William Walworth, lord mayor of London, in 1381, who was knighted by Richard II. for striking down the rebel Wat Tyler. The first named of the family mentioned in America was William Walworth, a descendant of the above,

who came from London to this country at the close of the seventeenth century and settled on Fisher's island as a tenant to Governor Winthrop. The numerous incursions of Captain Kidd, the pirate, upon the unprotected islands and coasts made his residence unsafe, and he removed to Connecticut. John Walworth was one of his direct descendants, was of Connecticut birth, and was born on June 10, 1765. He was married to Julianna Morgan of New London, and in 1800 came to Ohio where he had previously located and purchased a farm at the mouth of the Grand river, now known as Fairport, four miles north of Painesville. That point then promised to be a better investment than Cleveland, the excellence of the harbor leading to the expectation that it would be of more certain growth, and might become the foundation of a great city.

Mr. Walworth has left, in a letter to his wife's mother, a full description of the perils and hardships of his trip to this new land, and in no better way can a picture of those days be given than by a reproduction of that letter here:

Connecticut Western Reserve, at the mouth
of Grand river,

BLOOMING GROVE, July 20, 1800. HONORED PARENT: I received your favor dated the twenty-seventh of March, which we perused with a perfect sensation of pleasure, but was very sorry