CANFIELD, Herman (Honorable)
Husband of Fitia nee BOSTWICK – m. 1805
Son of Samuel and Elisabeth Judson Canfield
B. 19 May 1771 in New Milford, Litchfield Co. CT
D. 20 Aug 1837 in Canfield Twp., Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co. OH at 66y 3m 1d
Burial – Aug 1837 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 06, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
History of Trumbull and Mahoning County, 1882, Vol , ps. 13-14
"Herman Canfield, Sr., brother of Judson Canfield, married Fitia Bostwick. In October, 1805, they settled in Canfield. Six (sic) children were born to them, viz: Herman, William H., Elizabeth, Cornelia, and Lora. Lieutenant-Colonel Herman Canfield died at Crump's Landing, April 7, 1862, while in the service of his country. He was a lawyer of ability and worth, served as State Senator from Medina county, and held other important positions. William H. Canfield was born in 1806, and died in Kansas in 1874. He studied law in the office of Hon. Elisha Whittlesey. In 1866 he removed to Kansas, and in 1870 was appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial district of that State, and held the position until his death."
Note: This article was written in 1927 and is not an obituary; however it reads like one and contains similar information.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 1 Apr 1927
"Herman Canfield, the youngest brother of Judson Canfield came in 1800. In 1801 he with his brother Judson brought a stock of goods to the township; he was appointed post master in 1805 and held it until 1813 when he resigned, he married in 1805 the daughter of Rev. Gideon Bostwick. Was appointed Judge in 1810 and reappointed in 1917 and held it until 1824. He had five children, two boys and three daughters, William and Herman. William was a judge in Ohio and Kansas, where he died a few years since. Herman was a State Senator and Colonel in the army where he was killed. Both were lawyers. The daughters never married. Mr. Canfield was a leading member of the church, he died upon his farm in Canfield in August, 1837. He was born in 1771."
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 18 June 1897 - Article No. 22 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Canfield in Early Times, The Changes of a Century Noted
Re: Herman - Canfield Family cont.
"Editor Dispatch:-Hon. Herman Canfield was the sixth and youngest son of Col. Samuel Canfield of New Milford, Ct., and brother of Hon. Judson Canfield, mentioned in your last week's issue. His father was a noted man in Connecticut, and among other public acts he was intrusted by the legislature of his state in checking, in its incipient stage in Connecticut, what is commonly called the "Shay Rebellion," and received the thanks of that body for his efficiency and success.
Herman Canfield was born May 19, 1771, and died in Canfield, Aug. 20, 1837, which would make him at the time of his death something over 66 years old. He commenced his yearly visits to Canfield in 1799 or 1800, returning to his home in the fall. These frequent long rides must have been toilsome, and at the same time made of him an adept in horseback traveling. While making these visits he was unmarried. In 1805 he married Fitie Bostwick, the daughter of a noted Episcopal Clergyman, and the same year took up his permanent residence in Canfield. His name has already been frequently mentioned in these sketches.
It would seem from the reading our manuscript that he had a large amount of business to transact, either for himself or as an agent for others. In all probability he acted as agent for his brother Judson, the largest owner of land in Canfield, besides large interests in lands elsewhere in various parts of the Western Reserve.
Herman Canfield owned and resided on the farm now occupied by Captain Dickson on East Main street. His residence, which was destroyed many years ago, was a good sized frame structure, standing near the road and nearly in front of the Captain's home. Mr. Canfield from 1800 up to the time of his death, became prominently identified with the social, business and religious life of Canfield and to some extent, that of Trumbull county. He was postmaster of Canfield from March, 1805, to the time of his resignation in 1813. He also held by appointment the position of Associate Judge of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county from 1810 to 1824. He, with Zalmon Fitch, established the first general store in Canfield in 1804 - a store that did a large amount of business in after years, and was among the first on the Western Reserve, and for many years the only store west of Poland for a large extent of territory in every direction.
One of Mr. Canfield's peculiarities was an inclination to sleep when not actively engaged, caused as he supposed, by prolonged vigilance at the bedside of his father during his last illness lasting several years, during which time he was subject to his call night and day and at all hours. As he traveled on horseback or in a vehicle, more miles were passed over while asleep than awake. His horse did not object to this condition of affairs and behaved with commendable propriety, so that no serious accident ever occurred.
We find by reference to the minutes of the Congregational church, that at a service held at his own house June 2, 1811, Mr. Canfield was admitted as a member at the same time his children were baptized. The same minutes show that in 1815, he, with E.P. Tanner, were elected and added as additional members to the standing committee. The minutes further show that up to his death he was an active and leading member of the church. When a boy, I remember seeing him sitting in a chair in front of the high pulpit facing the congregation during the service. I carry him in my memory as an old man of reverential appearance and lean in flesh. After suffering a long time from a fistula and enduring bravely several surgical operations, when the use of anesthetics were unknown, he died the 20th day of August, 1837, "respected in life and mourned in death." Mr. Whittlesey says of him, "He was mild in his disposition, benevolent - his habits exemplary and his judgment sound."
Mrs. Fitie Canfield, aside from being the daughter of a celebrated clergyman and author, was otherwise well connected. After the death of her mother, she with a sister, was intrusted with the care of five younger children. When the father died in 1793, the family scattered. She went for a time to live with her cousin, Hon. Elijah Boardman and afterwards with Hon. Judson Canfield until married. When she came to Canfield she found the country new and everything to prepare for housekeeping. Mr. Canfield had many men in his employ in his various enterprises - many "comers and goers." Female help was difficult to procure. All these contributed to entail on Mrs. Canfield a load of responsibility, care and personal labor such as few housewives were called upon to endure. All these, we are told "she bore with the most indefatigable, smiling industry." The forgoing quotation, I am pleased to say, was not coined by Mr. Whittlesey, but by a reverend Dr. Barkhaus, who applied the phrase first to the Rev. Dr. Bostwick, Mrs. Canfield's father, and now re-applied to the daughter. The phrase, I think, means tireless industry, accompanied with constant, happy smiles.
I have been looking in vain for a long time to see or hear of one who could work all the time when not sleeping and at the same time be constantly smiling. I am glad to say, upon truthful authority, that such persons have existed, and strange to know one of them was a man in Connecticut and the other a lady who lived in years past in our own town. It seemed a conceded point that a man will not or cannot smile when attempting to readjust an obstinate or unreasonable stove-pipe just at the point of going together, but at that point refuses all coaxing to go further; or, to take his place to the windward of a dirty, dusty carpet, well fringed with carpet tacks, and shake until he is out of breath, out of patience - his lungs mouth and eyes filled with the nauseous dust - and in this condition to be told by his wife that the carpet is not half shook, and that some old woman could do it better. How is it possible for the much-abused man to smile under such circumstances? And as for the housewife, my education has taught me not to look for winsome smiles on some occasions, such as wash days, and that interesting period of a woman's life and the horror of men – house- cleaning. What neat wife or woman will smile when the man of the house with his enormous boots well besmeared with the contents of the barnyard steps on her bright, new carpet? It is beyond conception or imagination, to smile on such occasions.
The children of Mr. Canfield and wife Fitie were William H. Canfield, Elizabeth M., Cornelia, Laura, and Herman. William studied law in Judge Newton's office and removed to Medina, where he accumulated a handsome competency in the practice of law, and lost all of it by misplaced confidence in some one or two young men he had befriended. He established a bank in Medina and entrusted these young men to manage it. The result was, someone else got all the money, and Mr. Canfield was left penniless. Before this he served one or more terms as judge of the court of common pleas in a district embracing Medina county. Disheartened by his losses he concluded to try his fortune elsewhere, and removed to Kansas, where he succeeded to such an extent as to be elected to the bench a second time. He died at a place and date unknown to his friends here. None of the three sisters married. Cornelia, when last heard from, was living in Kansas at an advanced age. Herman, the youngest of the children, was born in 1817. I remember him somewhat indistinctly when we were both young. One event that brings him to mind was sitting up with him one night during a protracted illness on his part in 1837. My recollection of him is to the effect that he was an amiable, quiet young man, with a delicate constitution. He also became an attorney and successfully practiced his profession. I am uncertain as to his location while in practice, but think it was either Medina or Sandusky. He represented his district for one or more terms in the Ohio Senate, a fellow member with Judge Newton. In the civil war he took active part in organizing the 72d regiment of O.V.I. and went to the front as its lieutenant colonel. Colonel Ralph P. Buckland commanded the regiment. The latter named obtained his law education in the office of Judge Newton, and both student and preceptor married half sisters, daughters of Mrs. Eli T. Boughton. Lieut. Col. Canfield gave up his life on the bloody battlefield of Shiloh. Col. Buckland came home after the war a brigadier-general, and afterwards represented Sandusky congressional district four years."
Husband of Fitia nee BOSTWICK – m. 1805
Son of Samuel and Elisabeth Judson Canfield
B. 19 May 1771 in New Milford, Litchfield Co. CT
D. 20 Aug 1837 in Canfield Twp., Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co. OH at 66y 3m 1d
Burial – Aug 1837 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 06, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
History of Trumbull and Mahoning County, 1882, Vol , ps. 13-14
"Herman Canfield, Sr., brother of Judson Canfield, married Fitia Bostwick. In October, 1805, they settled in Canfield. Six (sic) children were born to them, viz: Herman, William H., Elizabeth, Cornelia, and Lora. Lieutenant-Colonel Herman Canfield died at Crump's Landing, April 7, 1862, while in the service of his country. He was a lawyer of ability and worth, served as State Senator from Medina county, and held other important positions. William H. Canfield was born in 1806, and died in Kansas in 1874. He studied law in the office of Hon. Elisha Whittlesey. In 1866 he removed to Kansas, and in 1870 was appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial district of that State, and held the position until his death."
Note: This article was written in 1927 and is not an obituary; however it reads like one and contains similar information.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 1 Apr 1927
"Herman Canfield, the youngest brother of Judson Canfield came in 1800. In 1801 he with his brother Judson brought a stock of goods to the township; he was appointed post master in 1805 and held it until 1813 when he resigned, he married in 1805 the daughter of Rev. Gideon Bostwick. Was appointed Judge in 1810 and reappointed in 1917 and held it until 1824. He had five children, two boys and three daughters, William and Herman. William was a judge in Ohio and Kansas, where he died a few years since. Herman was a State Senator and Colonel in the army where he was killed. Both were lawyers. The daughters never married. Mr. Canfield was a leading member of the church, he died upon his farm in Canfield in August, 1837. He was born in 1771."
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 18 June 1897 - Article No. 22 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Canfield in Early Times, The Changes of a Century Noted
Re: Herman - Canfield Family cont.
"Editor Dispatch:-Hon. Herman Canfield was the sixth and youngest son of Col. Samuel Canfield of New Milford, Ct., and brother of Hon. Judson Canfield, mentioned in your last week's issue. His father was a noted man in Connecticut, and among other public acts he was intrusted by the legislature of his state in checking, in its incipient stage in Connecticut, what is commonly called the "Shay Rebellion," and received the thanks of that body for his efficiency and success.
Herman Canfield was born May 19, 1771, and died in Canfield, Aug. 20, 1837, which would make him at the time of his death something over 66 years old. He commenced his yearly visits to Canfield in 1799 or 1800, returning to his home in the fall. These frequent long rides must have been toilsome, and at the same time made of him an adept in horseback traveling. While making these visits he was unmarried. In 1805 he married Fitie Bostwick, the daughter of a noted Episcopal Clergyman, and the same year took up his permanent residence in Canfield. His name has already been frequently mentioned in these sketches.
It would seem from the reading our manuscript that he had a large amount of business to transact, either for himself or as an agent for others. In all probability he acted as agent for his brother Judson, the largest owner of land in Canfield, besides large interests in lands elsewhere in various parts of the Western Reserve.
Herman Canfield owned and resided on the farm now occupied by Captain Dickson on East Main street. His residence, which was destroyed many years ago, was a good sized frame structure, standing near the road and nearly in front of the Captain's home. Mr. Canfield from 1800 up to the time of his death, became prominently identified with the social, business and religious life of Canfield and to some extent, that of Trumbull county. He was postmaster of Canfield from March, 1805, to the time of his resignation in 1813. He also held by appointment the position of Associate Judge of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county from 1810 to 1824. He, with Zalmon Fitch, established the first general store in Canfield in 1804 - a store that did a large amount of business in after years, and was among the first on the Western Reserve, and for many years the only store west of Poland for a large extent of territory in every direction.
One of Mr. Canfield's peculiarities was an inclination to sleep when not actively engaged, caused as he supposed, by prolonged vigilance at the bedside of his father during his last illness lasting several years, during which time he was subject to his call night and day and at all hours. As he traveled on horseback or in a vehicle, more miles were passed over while asleep than awake. His horse did not object to this condition of affairs and behaved with commendable propriety, so that no serious accident ever occurred.
We find by reference to the minutes of the Congregational church, that at a service held at his own house June 2, 1811, Mr. Canfield was admitted as a member at the same time his children were baptized. The same minutes show that in 1815, he, with E.P. Tanner, were elected and added as additional members to the standing committee. The minutes further show that up to his death he was an active and leading member of the church. When a boy, I remember seeing him sitting in a chair in front of the high pulpit facing the congregation during the service. I carry him in my memory as an old man of reverential appearance and lean in flesh. After suffering a long time from a fistula and enduring bravely several surgical operations, when the use of anesthetics were unknown, he died the 20th day of August, 1837, "respected in life and mourned in death." Mr. Whittlesey says of him, "He was mild in his disposition, benevolent - his habits exemplary and his judgment sound."
Mrs. Fitie Canfield, aside from being the daughter of a celebrated clergyman and author, was otherwise well connected. After the death of her mother, she with a sister, was intrusted with the care of five younger children. When the father died in 1793, the family scattered. She went for a time to live with her cousin, Hon. Elijah Boardman and afterwards with Hon. Judson Canfield until married. When she came to Canfield she found the country new and everything to prepare for housekeeping. Mr. Canfield had many men in his employ in his various enterprises - many "comers and goers." Female help was difficult to procure. All these contributed to entail on Mrs. Canfield a load of responsibility, care and personal labor such as few housewives were called upon to endure. All these, we are told "she bore with the most indefatigable, smiling industry." The forgoing quotation, I am pleased to say, was not coined by Mr. Whittlesey, but by a reverend Dr. Barkhaus, who applied the phrase first to the Rev. Dr. Bostwick, Mrs. Canfield's father, and now re-applied to the daughter. The phrase, I think, means tireless industry, accompanied with constant, happy smiles.
I have been looking in vain for a long time to see or hear of one who could work all the time when not sleeping and at the same time be constantly smiling. I am glad to say, upon truthful authority, that such persons have existed, and strange to know one of them was a man in Connecticut and the other a lady who lived in years past in our own town. It seemed a conceded point that a man will not or cannot smile when attempting to readjust an obstinate or unreasonable stove-pipe just at the point of going together, but at that point refuses all coaxing to go further; or, to take his place to the windward of a dirty, dusty carpet, well fringed with carpet tacks, and shake until he is out of breath, out of patience - his lungs mouth and eyes filled with the nauseous dust - and in this condition to be told by his wife that the carpet is not half shook, and that some old woman could do it better. How is it possible for the much-abused man to smile under such circumstances? And as for the housewife, my education has taught me not to look for winsome smiles on some occasions, such as wash days, and that interesting period of a woman's life and the horror of men – house- cleaning. What neat wife or woman will smile when the man of the house with his enormous boots well besmeared with the contents of the barnyard steps on her bright, new carpet? It is beyond conception or imagination, to smile on such occasions.
The children of Mr. Canfield and wife Fitie were William H. Canfield, Elizabeth M., Cornelia, Laura, and Herman. William studied law in Judge Newton's office and removed to Medina, where he accumulated a handsome competency in the practice of law, and lost all of it by misplaced confidence in some one or two young men he had befriended. He established a bank in Medina and entrusted these young men to manage it. The result was, someone else got all the money, and Mr. Canfield was left penniless. Before this he served one or more terms as judge of the court of common pleas in a district embracing Medina county. Disheartened by his losses he concluded to try his fortune elsewhere, and removed to Kansas, where he succeeded to such an extent as to be elected to the bench a second time. He died at a place and date unknown to his friends here. None of the three sisters married. Cornelia, when last heard from, was living in Kansas at an advanced age. Herman, the youngest of the children, was born in 1817. I remember him somewhat indistinctly when we were both young. One event that brings him to mind was sitting up with him one night during a protracted illness on his part in 1837. My recollection of him is to the effect that he was an amiable, quiet young man, with a delicate constitution. He also became an attorney and successfully practiced his profession. I am uncertain as to his location while in practice, but think it was either Medina or Sandusky. He represented his district for one or more terms in the Ohio Senate, a fellow member with Judge Newton. In the civil war he took active part in organizing the 72d regiment of O.V.I. and went to the front as its lieutenant colonel. Colonel Ralph P. Buckland commanded the regiment. The latter named obtained his law education in the office of Judge Newton, and both student and preceptor married half sisters, daughters of Mrs. Eli T. Boughton. Lieut. Col. Canfield gave up his life on the bloody battlefield of Shiloh. Col. Buckland came home after the war a brigadier-general, and afterwards represented Sandusky congressional district four years."
CANFIELD, Herman (Honorable)
Husband of Fitia nee BOSTWICK – m. 1805
Son of Samuel and Elisabeth Judson Canfield
B. 19 May 1771 in New Milford, Litchfield Co. CT
D. 20 Aug 1837 in Canfield Twp., Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co. OH at 66y 3m 1d
Burial – Aug 1837 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 06, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
History of Trumbull and Mahoning County, 1882, Vol , ps. 13-14
"Herman Canfield, Sr., brother of Judson Canfield, married Fitia Bostwick. In October, 1805, they settled in Canfield. Six (sic) children were born to them, viz: Herman, William H., Elizabeth, Cornelia, and Lora. Lieutenant-Colonel Herman Canfield died at Crump's Landing, April 7, 1862, while in the service of his country. He was a lawyer of ability and worth, served as State Senator from Medina county, and held other important positions. William H. Canfield was born in 1806, and died in Kansas in 1874. He studied law in the office of Hon. Elisha Whittlesey. In 1866 he removed to Kansas, and in 1870 was appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial district of that State, and held the position until his death."
Note: This article was written in 1927 and is not an obituary; however it reads like one and contains similar information.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 1 Apr 1927
"Herman Canfield, the youngest brother of Judson Canfield came in 1800. In 1801 he with his brother Judson brought a stock of goods to the township; he was appointed post master in 1805 and held it until 1813 when he resigned, he married in 1805 the daughter of Rev. Gideon Bostwick. Was appointed Judge in 1810 and reappointed in 1917 and held it until 1824. He had five children, two boys and three daughters, William and Herman. William was a judge in Ohio and Kansas, where he died a few years since. Herman was a State Senator and Colonel in the army where he was killed. Both were lawyers. The daughters never married. Mr. Canfield was a leading member of the church, he died upon his farm in Canfield in August, 1837. He was born in 1771."
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 18 June 1897 - Article No. 22 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Canfield in Early Times, The Changes of a Century Noted
Re: Herman - Canfield Family cont.
"Editor Dispatch:-Hon. Herman Canfield was the sixth and youngest son of Col. Samuel Canfield of New Milford, Ct., and brother of Hon. Judson Canfield, mentioned in your last week's issue. His father was a noted man in Connecticut, and among other public acts he was intrusted by the legislature of his state in checking, in its incipient stage in Connecticut, what is commonly called the "Shay Rebellion," and received the thanks of that body for his efficiency and success.
Herman Canfield was born May 19, 1771, and died in Canfield, Aug. 20, 1837, which would make him at the time of his death something over 66 years old. He commenced his yearly visits to Canfield in 1799 or 1800, returning to his home in the fall. These frequent long rides must have been toilsome, and at the same time made of him an adept in horseback traveling. While making these visits he was unmarried. In 1805 he married Fitie Bostwick, the daughter of a noted Episcopal Clergyman, and the same year took up his permanent residence in Canfield. His name has already been frequently mentioned in these sketches.
It would seem from the reading our manuscript that he had a large amount of business to transact, either for himself or as an agent for others. In all probability he acted as agent for his brother Judson, the largest owner of land in Canfield, besides large interests in lands elsewhere in various parts of the Western Reserve.
Herman Canfield owned and resided on the farm now occupied by Captain Dickson on East Main street. His residence, which was destroyed many years ago, was a good sized frame structure, standing near the road and nearly in front of the Captain's home. Mr. Canfield from 1800 up to the time of his death, became prominently identified with the social, business and religious life of Canfield and to some extent, that of Trumbull county. He was postmaster of Canfield from March, 1805, to the time of his resignation in 1813. He also held by appointment the position of Associate Judge of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county from 1810 to 1824. He, with Zalmon Fitch, established the first general store in Canfield in 1804 - a store that did a large amount of business in after years, and was among the first on the Western Reserve, and for many years the only store west of Poland for a large extent of territory in every direction.
One of Mr. Canfield's peculiarities was an inclination to sleep when not actively engaged, caused as he supposed, by prolonged vigilance at the bedside of his father during his last illness lasting several years, during which time he was subject to his call night and day and at all hours. As he traveled on horseback or in a vehicle, more miles were passed over while asleep than awake. His horse did not object to this condition of affairs and behaved with commendable propriety, so that no serious accident ever occurred.
We find by reference to the minutes of the Congregational church, that at a service held at his own house June 2, 1811, Mr. Canfield was admitted as a member at the same time his children were baptized. The same minutes show that in 1815, he, with E.P. Tanner, were elected and added as additional members to the standing committee. The minutes further show that up to his death he was an active and leading member of the church. When a boy, I remember seeing him sitting in a chair in front of the high pulpit facing the congregation during the service. I carry him in my memory as an old man of reverential appearance and lean in flesh. After suffering a long time from a fistula and enduring bravely several surgical operations, when the use of anesthetics were unknown, he died the 20th day of August, 1837, "respected in life and mourned in death." Mr. Whittlesey says of him, "He was mild in his disposition, benevolent - his habits exemplary and his judgment sound."
Mrs. Fitie Canfield, aside from being the daughter of a celebrated clergyman and author, was otherwise well connected. After the death of her mother, she with a sister, was intrusted with the care of five younger children. When the father died in 1793, the family scattered. She went for a time to live with her cousin, Hon. Elijah Boardman and afterwards with Hon. Judson Canfield until married. When she came to Canfield she found the country new and everything to prepare for housekeeping. Mr. Canfield had many men in his employ in his various enterprises - many "comers and goers." Female help was difficult to procure. All these contributed to entail on Mrs. Canfield a load of responsibility, care and personal labor such as few housewives were called upon to endure. All these, we are told "she bore with the most indefatigable, smiling industry." The forgoing quotation, I am pleased to say, was not coined by Mr. Whittlesey, but by a reverend Dr. Barkhaus, who applied the phrase first to the Rev. Dr. Bostwick, Mrs. Canfield's father, and now re-applied to the daughter. The phrase, I think, means tireless industry, accompanied with constant, happy smiles.
I have been looking in vain for a long time to see or hear of one who could work all the time when not sleeping and at the same time be constantly smiling. I am glad to say, upon truthful authority, that such persons have existed, and strange to know one of them was a man in Connecticut and the other a lady who lived in years past in our own town. It seemed a conceded point that a man will not or cannot smile when attempting to readjust an obstinate or unreasonable stove-pipe just at the point of going together, but at that point refuses all coaxing to go further; or, to take his place to the windward of a dirty, dusty carpet, well fringed with carpet tacks, and shake until he is out of breath, out of patience - his lungs mouth and eyes filled with the nauseous dust - and in this condition to be told by his wife that the carpet is not half shook, and that some old woman could do it better. How is it possible for the much-abused man to smile under such circumstances? And as for the housewife, my education has taught me not to look for winsome smiles on some occasions, such as wash days, and that interesting period of a woman's life and the horror of men – house- cleaning. What neat wife or woman will smile when the man of the house with his enormous boots well besmeared with the contents of the barnyard steps on her bright, new carpet? It is beyond conception or imagination, to smile on such occasions.
The children of Mr. Canfield and wife Fitie were William H. Canfield, Elizabeth M., Cornelia, Laura, and Herman. William studied law in Judge Newton's office and removed to Medina, where he accumulated a handsome competency in the practice of law, and lost all of it by misplaced confidence in some one or two young men he had befriended. He established a bank in Medina and entrusted these young men to manage it. The result was, someone else got all the money, and Mr. Canfield was left penniless. Before this he served one or more terms as judge of the court of common pleas in a district embracing Medina county. Disheartened by his losses he concluded to try his fortune elsewhere, and removed to Kansas, where he succeeded to such an extent as to be elected to the bench a second time. He died at a place and date unknown to his friends here. None of the three sisters married. Cornelia, when last heard from, was living in Kansas at an advanced age. Herman, the youngest of the children, was born in 1817. I remember him somewhat indistinctly when we were both young. One event that brings him to mind was sitting up with him one night during a protracted illness on his part in 1837. My recollection of him is to the effect that he was an amiable, quiet young man, with a delicate constitution. He also became an attorney and successfully practiced his profession. I am uncertain as to his location while in practice, but think it was either Medina or Sandusky. He represented his district for one or more terms in the Ohio Senate, a fellow member with Judge Newton. In the civil war he took active part in organizing the 72d regiment of O.V.I. and went to the front as its lieutenant colonel. Colonel Ralph P. Buckland commanded the regiment. The latter named obtained his law education in the office of Judge Newton, and both student and preceptor married half sisters, daughters of Mrs. Eli T. Boughton. Lieut. Col. Canfield gave up his life on the bloody battlefield of Shiloh. Col. Buckland came home after the war a brigadier-general, and afterwards represented Sandusky congressional district four years."
Husband of Fitia nee BOSTWICK – m. 1805
Son of Samuel and Elisabeth Judson Canfield
B. 19 May 1771 in New Milford, Litchfield Co. CT
D. 20 Aug 1837 in Canfield Twp., Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co. OH at 66y 3m 1d
Burial – Aug 1837 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 06, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
History of Trumbull and Mahoning County, 1882, Vol , ps. 13-14
"Herman Canfield, Sr., brother of Judson Canfield, married Fitia Bostwick. In October, 1805, they settled in Canfield. Six (sic) children were born to them, viz: Herman, William H., Elizabeth, Cornelia, and Lora. Lieutenant-Colonel Herman Canfield died at Crump's Landing, April 7, 1862, while in the service of his country. He was a lawyer of ability and worth, served as State Senator from Medina county, and held other important positions. William H. Canfield was born in 1806, and died in Kansas in 1874. He studied law in the office of Hon. Elisha Whittlesey. In 1866 he removed to Kansas, and in 1870 was appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial district of that State, and held the position until his death."
Note: This article was written in 1927 and is not an obituary; however it reads like one and contains similar information.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 1 Apr 1927
"Herman Canfield, the youngest brother of Judson Canfield came in 1800. In 1801 he with his brother Judson brought a stock of goods to the township; he was appointed post master in 1805 and held it until 1813 when he resigned, he married in 1805 the daughter of Rev. Gideon Bostwick. Was appointed Judge in 1810 and reappointed in 1917 and held it until 1824. He had five children, two boys and three daughters, William and Herman. William was a judge in Ohio and Kansas, where he died a few years since. Herman was a State Senator and Colonel in the army where he was killed. Both were lawyers. The daughters never married. Mr. Canfield was a leading member of the church, he died upon his farm in Canfield in August, 1837. He was born in 1771."
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 18 June 1897 - Article No. 22 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Canfield in Early Times, The Changes of a Century Noted
Re: Herman - Canfield Family cont.
"Editor Dispatch:-Hon. Herman Canfield was the sixth and youngest son of Col. Samuel Canfield of New Milford, Ct., and brother of Hon. Judson Canfield, mentioned in your last week's issue. His father was a noted man in Connecticut, and among other public acts he was intrusted by the legislature of his state in checking, in its incipient stage in Connecticut, what is commonly called the "Shay Rebellion," and received the thanks of that body for his efficiency and success.
Herman Canfield was born May 19, 1771, and died in Canfield, Aug. 20, 1837, which would make him at the time of his death something over 66 years old. He commenced his yearly visits to Canfield in 1799 or 1800, returning to his home in the fall. These frequent long rides must have been toilsome, and at the same time made of him an adept in horseback traveling. While making these visits he was unmarried. In 1805 he married Fitie Bostwick, the daughter of a noted Episcopal Clergyman, and the same year took up his permanent residence in Canfield. His name has already been frequently mentioned in these sketches.
It would seem from the reading our manuscript that he had a large amount of business to transact, either for himself or as an agent for others. In all probability he acted as agent for his brother Judson, the largest owner of land in Canfield, besides large interests in lands elsewhere in various parts of the Western Reserve.
Herman Canfield owned and resided on the farm now occupied by Captain Dickson on East Main street. His residence, which was destroyed many years ago, was a good sized frame structure, standing near the road and nearly in front of the Captain's home. Mr. Canfield from 1800 up to the time of his death, became prominently identified with the social, business and religious life of Canfield and to some extent, that of Trumbull county. He was postmaster of Canfield from March, 1805, to the time of his resignation in 1813. He also held by appointment the position of Associate Judge of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county from 1810 to 1824. He, with Zalmon Fitch, established the first general store in Canfield in 1804 - a store that did a large amount of business in after years, and was among the first on the Western Reserve, and for many years the only store west of Poland for a large extent of territory in every direction.
One of Mr. Canfield's peculiarities was an inclination to sleep when not actively engaged, caused as he supposed, by prolonged vigilance at the bedside of his father during his last illness lasting several years, during which time he was subject to his call night and day and at all hours. As he traveled on horseback or in a vehicle, more miles were passed over while asleep than awake. His horse did not object to this condition of affairs and behaved with commendable propriety, so that no serious accident ever occurred.
We find by reference to the minutes of the Congregational church, that at a service held at his own house June 2, 1811, Mr. Canfield was admitted as a member at the same time his children were baptized. The same minutes show that in 1815, he, with E.P. Tanner, were elected and added as additional members to the standing committee. The minutes further show that up to his death he was an active and leading member of the church. When a boy, I remember seeing him sitting in a chair in front of the high pulpit facing the congregation during the service. I carry him in my memory as an old man of reverential appearance and lean in flesh. After suffering a long time from a fistula and enduring bravely several surgical operations, when the use of anesthetics were unknown, he died the 20th day of August, 1837, "respected in life and mourned in death." Mr. Whittlesey says of him, "He was mild in his disposition, benevolent - his habits exemplary and his judgment sound."
Mrs. Fitie Canfield, aside from being the daughter of a celebrated clergyman and author, was otherwise well connected. After the death of her mother, she with a sister, was intrusted with the care of five younger children. When the father died in 1793, the family scattered. She went for a time to live with her cousin, Hon. Elijah Boardman and afterwards with Hon. Judson Canfield until married. When she came to Canfield she found the country new and everything to prepare for housekeeping. Mr. Canfield had many men in his employ in his various enterprises - many "comers and goers." Female help was difficult to procure. All these contributed to entail on Mrs. Canfield a load of responsibility, care and personal labor such as few housewives were called upon to endure. All these, we are told "she bore with the most indefatigable, smiling industry." The forgoing quotation, I am pleased to say, was not coined by Mr. Whittlesey, but by a reverend Dr. Barkhaus, who applied the phrase first to the Rev. Dr. Bostwick, Mrs. Canfield's father, and now re-applied to the daughter. The phrase, I think, means tireless industry, accompanied with constant, happy smiles.
I have been looking in vain for a long time to see or hear of one who could work all the time when not sleeping and at the same time be constantly smiling. I am glad to say, upon truthful authority, that such persons have existed, and strange to know one of them was a man in Connecticut and the other a lady who lived in years past in our own town. It seemed a conceded point that a man will not or cannot smile when attempting to readjust an obstinate or unreasonable stove-pipe just at the point of going together, but at that point refuses all coaxing to go further; or, to take his place to the windward of a dirty, dusty carpet, well fringed with carpet tacks, and shake until he is out of breath, out of patience - his lungs mouth and eyes filled with the nauseous dust - and in this condition to be told by his wife that the carpet is not half shook, and that some old woman could do it better. How is it possible for the much-abused man to smile under such circumstances? And as for the housewife, my education has taught me not to look for winsome smiles on some occasions, such as wash days, and that interesting period of a woman's life and the horror of men – house- cleaning. What neat wife or woman will smile when the man of the house with his enormous boots well besmeared with the contents of the barnyard steps on her bright, new carpet? It is beyond conception or imagination, to smile on such occasions.
The children of Mr. Canfield and wife Fitie were William H. Canfield, Elizabeth M., Cornelia, Laura, and Herman. William studied law in Judge Newton's office and removed to Medina, where he accumulated a handsome competency in the practice of law, and lost all of it by misplaced confidence in some one or two young men he had befriended. He established a bank in Medina and entrusted these young men to manage it. The result was, someone else got all the money, and Mr. Canfield was left penniless. Before this he served one or more terms as judge of the court of common pleas in a district embracing Medina county. Disheartened by his losses he concluded to try his fortune elsewhere, and removed to Kansas, where he succeeded to such an extent as to be elected to the bench a second time. He died at a place and date unknown to his friends here. None of the three sisters married. Cornelia, when last heard from, was living in Kansas at an advanced age. Herman, the youngest of the children, was born in 1817. I remember him somewhat indistinctly when we were both young. One event that brings him to mind was sitting up with him one night during a protracted illness on his part in 1837. My recollection of him is to the effect that he was an amiable, quiet young man, with a delicate constitution. He also became an attorney and successfully practiced his profession. I am uncertain as to his location while in practice, but think it was either Medina or Sandusky. He represented his district for one or more terms in the Ohio Senate, a fellow member with Judge Newton. In the civil war he took active part in organizing the 72d regiment of O.V.I. and went to the front as its lieutenant colonel. Colonel Ralph P. Buckland commanded the regiment. The latter named obtained his law education in the office of Judge Newton, and both student and preceptor married half sisters, daughters of Mrs. Eli T. Boughton. Lieut. Col. Canfield gave up his life on the bloody battlefield of Shiloh. Col. Buckland came home after the war a brigadier-general, and afterwards represented Sandusky congressional district four years."
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