Ensign F. Deming
Ensign F. Deming, merchant, Ravenna, was born September 25, 1823, in Rootstown Township, this county. His father, Donald Deming, a native of West Hartford, Conn., came to this county in 1821, and married Miss Roxana Fitch, April 11, 1822, a native of Tolland, Conn., and who came to this county in 1815, at eleven years of age. To this union were born the following children: Ensign F.; Alonzo H., who died in 1849 at Maysville, Ky.; Mrs. Charlotte E. Pinney; Mrs. Olive A. Monroe; Mrs. Adelaide R. Youngman; Henrietta (deceased); Mrs. Henriettas. Whitney; and Mrs. Lorenza O. Thompson. Mrs. Deming died February 27, 1865. Donald Deming moved to Iowa, where he resided until his death, which occurred in Muscatine, August 14, 1870, in his seventy-fifth year. August 27, 1845, our subject married Miss Pluma Terry, who bore him two children: Mrs. Loretta A. Maris, and Charles A., in Salineville, Ohio. They resided on the home farm for several years. In 1861 Mr. Deming commenced business as a grocery and provision merchant in Rootstown Station, this county. In 1867 he removed to Ravenna, where he has carried on the same business ever since. Mrs. Deming is a pious member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Deming is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885