Otis S. Newcomb
Otis S. Newcomb, retired farmer, Garretsville, was born in Ontario County, N. Y., March 13, 1814; eldest child of Orrin and Pamelia (Robison) Newcomb, natives of New York and Connecticut respectively, and who had a family of twelve childrem. Orrin Newcomb, who was an early settler of Geauga County, Ohio, a farmer and shoe maker by occupation, died in 1836. His widow died in 1878, aged eighty-five years. Our subject was raised on a farm and obtained a limited education. His parents removed to Geauga County, Ohio, in October, 1818, and he grew to maturity fully acquainted with the vicissitudes of pioneer life. He entered on his career of life as a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he retired from active labor and removed to Garrettsville, where he built a fine residence in which he now resides. He was married in November, 1841, to Mary A. Wright, of Geauga County, Ohio, born in 1819 and died in 1864, the mother of five children: Selah W. (died in Perryville, Ky. , October 8, 1862); Neri, engaged in the Buckeye Works at Akron, Ohio; Wallace E. and Andrew B., farmers, and Aurie V., wife of W. S. Freeman. Mr. Newcomb married on second occasion, October, 1864, Lucy A. Chapman, who died March 2, 1884, leaving to his care two children, George A. and Gertie A. Our subject has never been a politician or office seeker, but has been content with the plain home life of a farmer. He may be considered a self-made man, and was one of the practical as well as substantial farmers of Geauga County, Ohio. He is a member of Garrettsville Lodge, F. & A. M.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885