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HISTORY 


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WITH   FAMILY    HISTORY    AND    BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 

A  STATEMENT  OF  ITS  RESOURCES,  INDUSTRIAL 

GROWTH  AND  COMMERCIAL  ADVANTAGES. 


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school  buildings,  on  Upper  and  Lower  Fourth  street,  were  erected  at 
a  cost  of  $4,000,  and  opened  in  the  fall.  "These,"  says  Mr.  Joseph  13. 
Doyle,  in  a  paper  on  the  subject,  "with  rented  rooms,  accommodated 
the  city  youth  until  1858,  when  a  material  addition  was  made  to  school 
facilities  by  the  purchase  of  Grove  academy,  a  spacious  building 
which  had  been  previously  occupied  as  a  school  for  young  men,  by 
Rev.  Dr.  John  Scott,  at  a  cost  of  $5,000.  Within  ten  years  the  growth 
of  the  city  compelled  the  further  enlargement  of  accommodations, 
the  end  of  which  was  the  erection  of  a  large  new  building  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Fourth  and  South  streets,  which  was  completed  April  1,  1870, 
at  a  cost,  including  furniture,  of  $60,000.  The  building  is  four  stories 
in  height  besides  the  attic,  and  is  a  massive  structure,  containing 
twelve  school  rooms,  with  accommodations  for  Soo  pupils,  and  is  pro- 
vided with  a  large  number  of  class-rooms.  It  is  heated  throughout 
with  steam,  and  lighted  by  gas,  and  contains  all  the  modern  improve- 
ments. The  high  school  is  located  in  this  building  and  has  a  com- 
plete chemical  and  philosophical  apparatus.  The  demand  for  room 
still  increasing,  by  a  vote  of  the  people  a  new  and  more  commodious 
building  was  ordered  on  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Dock  streets.  This 
was  completed  in  1873,  and  is  a  fine  structure  of  pressed  brick,  con- 
structed in  a  pleasing  style  of  architecture,  and  surrounded  by  taste- 
ful and  well  kept  grounds.  It  is  three  stories  in  height,  including  the 
basement,  and  contains  twelve  school  rooms,  with  accommodations 
for  700  pupils.  In  the  Sixth  ward  are  two  good  buildings  — a  frame 
of  three  rooms  in  what  is  known  as  the  rolling  mill  district,  with  ac- 
commodations for  160  scholars,  and  a  two-story  brick  in  the  Fisher 
district,  with  room  for  120  scholars. 

In  1S84  the  new  Second  ward  and  Fifth  ward  school  buildings  were 
erected,  and  at  the  present  time  the  new  Sixth  ward  school  building  is 
almost  finished  and  will  be  ready  for  occupancy  by  the  beginning  of 
the  next  school  year.  These  buildings  are  all  of  the  latest  and  best 
approved  architecture  for  structures  of  this  kind,  and  are  a  source  of 
pride  and  ornament  to  the  city.i  The  appearance  of  the  school 
houses  has  attracted  the  attention  of  strangers,  and  no  care  is  avoided 
to  make  the  instructions  given  correspond  to  the  outside  impression. 
The  course  of  study  in  the  primary  and  intermediate  departments  is 
of  the  most  approved  kind,  and  the  highest  educational  skill  is  utilized 
to  bring  out  every  dormant  faculty  of  the  pupil.  Music  is  also  taught 
during  a  portion  of  the  time,  with  the  usual  literary  exercises.  The 
high  school  was  opened  in  iS;.  i,  and  the  first  pupil  graduated  in  1S60, 
and  from  the  ever  widening  stream  which  since  then  has  poured 
forth  in  uninterrupted  flow,   has  b  :en  supplied  first-class  educational 


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This  does  not  include  new  Sixth  ward  school  building.  The  number 
of  pupils  enrolled  in  the  public  schools  of  Steubenville,  for  the  year 
18S9,  was  2,209,  of  which  1,050  were  boys  and  1,159  were  girls.  For 
the  year  ending  June,  i§88,  the  city  paid  in  teachers'  salaries  $26,072.59. 
In  connection  with  the  high  school  a  normal  school  has  been  established, 
which  is  of  the  greatest  aid  to  those  preparing  for  a  teacher's  life.  It  is 
one  of  the  essential  means  by  which  Steubenville  schools  have  attained 
their  high  standing.  In  this  county  there  is  a  special  school  district  for 
Mt.  Pleasant.  The  school  is  called  the  Mt.  Pleasant  Union  school. 
The  building  was  erected  in  1S67  at  a  cost  of  $1,100,  and  isa  two  story 
brick  building.  In  1861  the  school  was  organized  in  the  "graded  sys- 
tem," and  the  course  of  study  includes,  besides  the  primary  branches, 
physical  geography,  philosophy,  natural  philosophy,  chemistry,  higher 
arithmetic,  algebra,  geometry,  Latin  grammar.  It  includes  there- 
fore, a  high  school  department.  The  number  of  pupils  enrolled  in 
18SS,  was  249,  forty-six  of  which  'were  pupils  of  the  high  school. 
William  M.  White  is  the  superintendent.  In  Smithfielcl  there  is  also 
a  special  school  district.  The  present  school  building  was  erected  in 
1867,  and  is  a  substantial  structure.  Toronto  in  the  last  few  years  has 
been  making  rapid  advancement  in  her  educational  matters,  keeping 
pace  with  her  improvements  in  other  directions.  She  now  has  a 
graded  school  system  and  has  just  finished  the  erection  of  an  elegant 
brick  school-house.  It  is  a  handsome  structure  and  com  modious  enough 
to  meet  the  demands  of  the  increasing  population.  The  cost  of  this 
new  building  approximates  $40,000.  The  number  of  children  attend- 
ing school  in  Toronto  is  about  600,  and  ten  teachers  are  employed  in 
their  instruction. 

In  Jefferson  county  there  are  fourteen  township  school  districts. 
10S  sub-districts,  nine  separate  districts,  and  nine  sub-divisions  oi  sep- 
arate districts.  In  the  year  iSSS,  the  county  paid  $74,092.33  in  teachers' 
salaries.  Within  its  limits  are  132  school-houses,  in  which  wen- 
enrolled  8,540  scholars  for  the  year  1 8S9.  In  the  county  is  situated 
Richmond  college,  .1  short  sketch  of  which  is  here  given. 

History  0/  Richmond  College.  By  an  act  of  the  general^  assembly. 
on  January  22.  1835,  a  corporation  was  created  and  called  "  1  he  Hoard 
of   Directors  of  the    Richmond   Classical    Institute."      The    object    of 


406  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  institute,  as  briefly  set  forth  in  the  charter,  was  to  afford  instruc- 
tion in  the  liberal  arts  and  sciences.  After  securing  the  charter,  no 
effective  effort  was  made  to  establish  a  school  in  accordance  with  its 
provisions  until  1843.  At  a  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors  held 
on  July  31,  of  that  year,  it  was  firmly  resolved  by  the  directors  to 
carry  the  school  under  their  control  into  operation.  In  accordance 
with  the  above  resolution  a  committee  was  appointed  to  secure  a  suit- 
able building  and  the  service  of  a  competent  teacher.  The  basement 
of  the  old  Methodist  Episcopal  church  was  secured  by  lease  for  two 
years.  The  school  year  was  divided  into  two  sessions  of  five  months 
each,  beginning  with  the  first  Monday  in  May  and  the  first  Monday 
in  November  of  each  year.  On  October  1,  Rev.  John  R.  Dundass 
was  chosen  president  of  the  institution,  and  D.  D.  McBryar,  professor 
of  language  and  natural  science.  At  a  meeting  of  the  board  on  Janu- 
ary 6,  1845,  it  was  found  that  a  more  spacious  building  was  necessary. 
Accordingly  committees  were  appointed  to  look  out  a  site  for  the 
building  and  to  secure  subscription  for  the  erection  of  a  suitable 
house.  The  necessary  funds  were  soon  raised.  Two  lots  were  pur- 
chased from  Joseph  Talbott  and  one-half  acre  was  donated  by  Thomas 
Hammond.  On  this  site  where  now  stands  the  graded  school  build- 
ing of  Richmond,  was  erected  a  two-story  brick  structure  which  was 
used  as  the  "  Richmond  Classical  Institute."  The  building  was  com- 
pleted and  dedicated  in  the  latter  part  of  1845.  A  short  time  previous 
to  this  a  committee  had  been  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  securing 
money  with  which  to  purchase  a  bell.  The  committee  now  reported 
the  bell  in  its  place.  A  change  of  name  being  thought  advantageous 
to  the  institution  at  a  meeting  of  the  board  on  November  15th,  1847. 
the  officers  were  authorized  to  petition  the  legislature  to  change  the 
name  from  "Richmond  Classical  Institute"  to  "Richmond  College." 
During  the  next  session  this  was  done,  and  the  desired  change  made. 
and  from  that  day  to  the  present  it  has  gone  under  the  name  of 
"Richmond  College."  On  September  26,  1848,  D.  D.  McBryar 
resigned  the  presidency  of  the  college,  and  J.  R.  \V.  Sloane  was 
elected  instead. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1866,  L.  W.  Ong  and  M.  B.  Riley  took  charge 
of  the  school,  and  on  June  25,  1S68,  L.  W.  Ong  received  the  presi- 
dency. On  January  10,  1871,  B.  L.  Crew  was  elected,  and  has  since 
that  time  continued  to  hold  the  office  of  secretary.  Under  the  presi- 
dency of  L.  \Y.  Ong,  the  school  continued  until  1872,  when  steps  were 
taken  to  raise  subscription  for  the  erection  of  a  new  college  building 
and  boarding  hall.  The  old  college  building  and  grounds  were  sold 
to  the  village  of  Richmond  for  school  purposes.  A  site  was  secured 
a  short  distance  from  the  village  of  Richmond  by  the  donation  ol  one 
acre  of  ground  by  Lewis  Ong,  and  the  purchase  of  about  eleven  acres 
adjoining.  On  a  beautiful  mound  on  these  grounds,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Prof.  L.  \V.  (  )ng,  the  building  in  which  the  school  is  now  pro- 
gressing, and  the  boarding  hall  which  stands  a  few  feet  from  the 
college,  were  erected.  The  corner  stone  of  the  college  was  laid  with 
appropriate    exercises    on    August    8,     1873.     Revs.   Sloan.     Dickey, 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  407 

Marvin,  and  Watkins,  delivered  addresses  on  the  occasion.  The 
bell,  which  was  purchased  for  the  old  college  building  in  1845.  was 
now  transferred  to  the  new.  On  August  28,  1873,  the  new  college 
building  was  dedicated.  Prof.  L.  W.  Ong  continued  in  the  presidency 
until  June  5,  1S77,  when  he  was  removed  by  death,  leaving  behind 
him  a  record  unsurpassed,  and  even  unequaled  by  any  of  his  prede- 
cessors. He  was  a  man  that  was  honored  and  respected  by  all,  hav- 
ing done  such  a  grand  and  noble  work  in  lifting  the  college  out  of  its 
fallen  condition,  and  had  life  been  spared,  doubtless  the  school 
would  have  continued  to  prosper  and  seen  no  more  dark  days. 

In  1S77,  Rev.  \V.  J.  Brugh  was  elected  president,  who,  resigning  in 
1S7S,  was  succeeded  by  S.  S.  Simpson.  On  August  23,  1SS6,  Rev.S.C. 
Faris,  having  been  elected  president,  continued  the  school  for  two 
years,  when  the  property  was  purchased  and  repaired  by  Dr. 
George  \V.  Macmillan,  Ph.  D.,  who  was  elected  to  the  presidency  and 
took  charge  on  July  1,  1888,  and  who  still  holds  the  reins  of  the  college 
with  a  firm  and  steady  hand.  President  Macmillan  comes  from  a  suc- 
cessful experience  in  the  east,  and  has  shown,  in  a  little  more  than  a 
year,  that  Richmond  college  is  under  a  master's  hand.  Under  the 
present  management  the  school  is  growing,  the  students  this  year 
numbering  something  over  100,  and  the  work  done  brings  great  credit 
_  to  the  school.  Hundreds  of  young  men  and  women  have  received 
instruction  within  its  halls,  receiving  here  the  first  impulse  to  a  higher 
education,  are  now  eminent  members  of  the  different  professions, 
whilst  many  others  receiving  here  that  measure  of  education  which 
fits  them  for  the  better  enjoyment  and  exercise  of  the  more  ordinary 
duties  of  life,  now  live  honored  and  useful  members  of  societv.  The 
college  has  revived,  and  this  revival  means  life.  Let  it  lie  sounded 
at  home  and  abroad  that  Richmond  college  still  lives  with  more  vigor 
and  strength  than  ever  before,  and  let  the  echo  be  carried  back  by 
the  hundreds  from  far  and  near  who  desire  a  good  education.  May 
the  same  old  bell  continue  to  peal  forth  its  chimes  of  old  and  stir  up 
in  the  hearts  of  the  young  and  ris;ng  generation  that  enthusiasm 
which  prepares  and  befits  them  for  active  college  life.  May  the  two 
words  of  the  motto,  "  Religion  and  Science,"  go  down  through  the 
ages  as  set  forth  in  the  seal  of  the  college,  hand  in  hand,  and  may 
this  be  but  the  dawning  of  a  brighter  day  for  the  history  of  Richmond 
college. 


■40S  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 


CHAPTER    VIII. 

By  W.  M.  Trainer. 

RELIGIOUS  HISTORY  OF  JEFFERSON"  COUNTY  —  EARLY  MINISTERS  —  PRES- 
BYTERIANS—  EPISCOPALIAN  CHURCH  —  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  —  METHO- 
DIST PROTESTANT  —  CATHOLIC  CHURCH  —  UNITED  PRESBYTERIAN  — 
CONGREGATIONAL  —  GERMAN  CHURCHES  —  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH  — BAP- 
TISTS—  SOCIETY    OF    FRIENDS,    ETC. 

^^^^>ERY    much    of    the    history   of    the    planting   of  early 
W£^'/M$r     cnurcries    in    this    county     has   been    lost,    and    much 
I^Wu,  ~ "       that    remains   is    only    traditional.     The    early    church 
&ypt?    records,   if  kept,  have   long  since  been  lost.     Most  of   the 
„^©^    ministers  even  died   without   leaving  any   definite    informa- 
j£%)    tion  concerning    the  churches  of  which   they   had  charge. 
:'A^      The  earlj-  trials  and  hardships  in  the  religious  life  of  Jeffer- 
son county,  have  been  undergone  and  their  recital  is  even   unknown 
by  the  present  generation.     But  by  the  results  achieved,  we  can  safely 
conclude  that  whatever  these    trials   and   hardships   were,   they   were 
overpowered  and  mastered  by  the  indomitable-  spirit  of  our  fore-fath- 
ers.    It  can  truly  be  said  of  the  pioneer  pastor,  that  "  he  set  up  God's 
altar  in  the  wilderness."     And  as  the  ax  of  the  husbandman  cleared  a 
way  for    fruitful    fields,   so   the   labors   and  exertions   of  God's   early 
ministers   reaped  an  abundant  harvest  as  a  reward  and  crown. 
In  compiling  this  and  other  chapters,  the  writer  has  drawn    large 


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from  previously  published   accounts  for  much   valuable   information. 

Among  the  first  ministers  in  this  region  were  what  was  known  as 
"  riding  preachers."  They  would  go  around  from  settlement  to  set- 
tlement, preaching  in  one  of  the  houses,  and  very  often  in  the  open 
air.  One  of  these,  Lorenzo  Dow,  came  to  Steubenville  about  1709,  and 
preached  to  the  public  in  the  shade  of  a  large  tree  that  stood  near 
where  the  city  building  now  is.  Different  denominations  claim  pre- 
cedence in  the  establishment  of  churches  in  this  county.  The-  Epis- 
copalian and  Presbyterian  churches  were  very  early  represented  here, 
and  undoubtedly,  the  great  majority  of  early  settlers  were  of  ancestry 
from  these  two  churches.  The  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Steuben- 
ville, dates  back  to  the  beginning  of  the  century,  if  not  before. 

Early  in  the  year  179S,  the  Rev.  Smiley  Hughes  preached  to  the 
settlers  by  tin-  appointment  of  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio,  and  by  a  simi- 
lar appointment.  Mr.  James  Snodgrass  preached  in  the  town  and 
neighborhood  in  the  month  of  June,  1700.  The  Presbytery  continued 
to  send  occasional  supplies,  and  in  the  springof  iSoo  the  sacrament  i)i 
the  Lord's  supper  was  administered  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis, 
who  had  the  assistance  of  ruling  elders  from  the  opposite  side  of  the 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  4OQ 

Ohio  river.  At  this  time  the  Presbyterian  congregation  seemed  to 
have  been  considered  as  permanently  formed.  A  union  arrange- 
ment was  entered  into  between  Steubenville  and  Island  Creek 
church  for  the  suppert  of  a  minister,  and  Mr.  James  Snodgrass  was 
invited  to  preach  regularly  among  them.  In  accordance  with  this  in- 
vitation, Mr.  James  Snodgrass  returned  in  the  summer  of  iSoo.  A 
call  was  made  out  for  him  in  October,  by  the  churches  of  Steuben- 
ville and  Island  Creek,  and  in  November  he  was  ordained  to  the  full 
work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  and  installed  as  their  pastor  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Ohio.  He  continued  to  preach  steadily,  fur  the  first  year 
or  two;  for  two-fifths  of  his  time  at  Steubenville,  and  afterward  for 
the  one-half.  About  1810,  the  Rev.  William  McMillan  came  to  the 
town  to  preside  over  the  academy,  and  he  was  engaged  as  a  stated 
supply  to  the  congregation,  for  that  half  of  the  time  (when  the  Rev. 
James  Snodgrass  did  not  preach,  he  being  absent  at  his  other  ap- 
pointments). This  arrangement  caused  some  disagreeable  feelings, 
and  divisions  in  the  church.  In  the  fall  of  1S16  application  was  made 
by  some  of  the  congregation  to  have  the  pastoral  relation  dissolved. 
After  careful  deliberation  on  the  reasons  given.  there 
being  no  objections  made.  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio  pro- 
ceeded to  dissolve  the  pastoral  relation  then  existing  be- 
tween the  Rev.  James  Snodgrass,  D.  D.,  and  the  First  church  of 
Steubenville  January,  1817.  At  the  same  time  the  Rev.  William 
McMillan  ceased  to  act  as  stated  supply  to  the  same  church.  Parly 
in  the  springof  1817,  acall  wasmadeout  forMr.Obadiah  Jennings,  and 
he  having  accepted  of  it,  he  was  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio  ordained 
to  the  full  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  and  installed  pastor  ot  the 
first  church  of  Steubenville  for  the  whole  of  his  time.  Me  continued 
the  pastor  of  said  church  until  March  25,  1823,  when  the  pastoral  re- 
lations existing  between  Rev.  Obadiah  Jennings,  I).  IX,  and  the  First 
church  of  Steubenville  was  dissolved  at  his  own  request.  On  the  2d 
of  June,  1823,  a  call  was  made  out  lor  the  Rev.  Charles  C.  Beatty, 
which  he  accepted,  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  it,  and  on  October  21. 
1823,  he  was  installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  of  Steubenville.  Me  continued  to  labor  in  his 
pastoral  office  until  the  spring  of  1835.  when  owing  to  infirm  health, 
he  made  known  his  intention  to  resign  his  charge.  At  the  request 
of  the  congregation  he  consented  to  retain  his  office  until  an  arrange- 
ment could  be  made  to  supply  his  place.  The  pastoral  relation  was 
not  formally  dissolved  till  April,  1837. 

Rev.  Ephraim  I.  McLean,  in  July,  1837,  accepted  a  call  to  this 
church,  but  on  account  of  ill-health  he  was  never  installed.  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1837,  Henry  G.  Comingo  was  elected  pastor.  His  connec- 
tion with  the  church  was  severed  by  death  December  1,  1 861.  Rev. 
Henry  Wood  then  served  as  pastor  up  tn  1S67.  From  18(17  to  1875 
Rev.  T.  A.  McCurdy  was  pastor.  The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  William  L. 
Grimes,  who  served  from  1870  until  his  death,  November,  1880. 
Rev.  O.  V.  Stewart,  the  following  year,  accepted  a  call  to  the  church, 
and   is  its   present   pastor.     In   the   summer    of    1801,  the   church   was 


4IO  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

first  regularly  organized  by  the  election  and  ordination  of  Thomas 
Vincent,  John  Milligan  and  Samuel  Hunter,  as  riding  elders.  In  ad- 
dition to  these,  in  180,3,  Jonn  Rickey  and  Samuel  Meek  were  chosen 
and  ordained.  Dr.  Vincent  removed  in  1810,  and  Mr.  Rickey  soon 
after  ceased  from  infirmities  to  act  as  an  elder.  James  G.  Henning, 
David  Iloge  and  Stephen  Riggs  were  elected  ruling  elders,  Septem- 
ber 1,  1  Si  7,  and  soon  after  ordained  to  this  office.  Mr.  Meek  removed 
in  1S21,  and  Mr.  Hunter  in  1822.  John  C.  Bayless  and  Alexander  J. 
McDowell  were  elected  elders  August  5,  1822.  and  soon  after  ordained 
and  installed.  The  congregation  was  first  organized  in  1819,  but  in 
the  year  1S33  the  church  was  organized  again  under  a  special  act  of 
the  legislature.  The  first  place  of  preaching  was  in  the  grove  near 
Walcott's  factory  in  the  summer  and  the  court  house  in  the  winter. 
In  1803  the  church  erected  a  small  building  near  the  present  site  of 
the  "old  first  church."  In  1828  a  larger  building  was  erected  which 
in  after  years  was  enlarged  and  remodeled.  In  1872  the  congregation 
becoming  uncomfortable  in  the  old  building,  it  was  decided  to  erect  a 
new  building,  and  a  majority  of  the  members  residing  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  city,  it  was  therefore  decided  to  chance  the  location. 
After  some  trouble  endeavoring  to  secure  a  location  that  would  be 
satisfactory  to  the  greatest  number,  the  present  site  was  secured,  viz.: 
between  Washington  and  North  on  Fourth  street,  and  the  building 
commenced,  which  was  completed,  and  occupied  by  the  congregation, 
in  the  fall  of  1872.  It  is  an  imposing  building,  a  line  struc- 
ture, in  architectural  style  exquisite,  commodious,  and  an  ornament 
to  the  city.  In  the  rear  of  this  room  are  the  chapel  and  Sabbath 
school  rooms  and  the  pastor's  study;  on  the  second  floor,  the  church 
parlors  and  kitchen.  The  building  was  completed  at  a  cost  (includ- 
ing ground,  and  the  parsonage  adjoining),  of  about  $75,000.  Shortly 
after  its  completion,  the  old  property  on  South  Fourth  street  was  sold, 
and  is  now  the  site  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  church. 

A  number  of  churches  have  been  organized  from  this,  the  parent 
church.  In  1839  the  Free  Presbyterian,  afterward  called  the  Second 
Presbyterian  church,  was  organized  mainly  by  members  from  the  first 
church.  In  1873  Potter  chapel  was  organized  at  Mingo  Junction,  tak- 
ing twenty-one  members  from  the  first  church;  and  in  the  same  year, 
the  Old  Presbyterian  church  was  organized  with  twenty-seven  mem- 
bers from  the  first  church.  In  1875  the  First  Congregational  church 
was  organized;  fifty-two  members  of  the  first  church  entered  into  that 
organization.  On  January  1,  1838,  the  original  members  of  the  Sec- 
ond Presbyterian  church  instituted  a  separate  organization  with  Rev. 
Joseph  Chambers  as  their  first  pastor.  Their  first  house  of  worship 
was  the  building  used  by  the  Christian  congregation  on  North  Fourth 
street,  which  the)- occupied  until  June,  1871,  when  they  removed  to 
their  new  building  then  completed  on  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Wash- 
ington streets.  It  is  a  handsome  structure,  of  pressed  brick  with  stone 
trimmings,  costing  over  S43.CK.10.  and  with  a  spire  160  feet  high.  It  has 
a  seating  capicity  of  600.  Three  of  the  windows  of  this  church  are 
memorials,  the)  being  to  Rev.  Mr.  Chambers,  1 ).  L.Collier  and  Mrs.  S.  F. 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  4U 

Beatty.  A  commodious  chapel  joins  the  church  in  the  rear,  and  a 
comfortable  parsonage  is  the  property  of  the  congregation.  There 
have  been  seven  pastors  of  this  church,  the  first  being  Dr.  Beatty,  in 
1844.  and  Rev.  William  I\  Breed,  in  1847,  who  were  followed  by  Rev. 
Henry  B.  Chapin,  J.  B.  Patterson,  David  R.  Campbell,  Rev.  William 
McLane  and  Rev.  E.  D.  Ledyard,  the  present  pastor.  A  mission 
chapel  in  the  Fifth  ward,  to  which  there  is  attached  a  flourishing  Sun- 
day-school, is  under  charge  of  this  congregation.  What  is  popularly 
known  now  as  the  Old  Presbyterian  church  occupies  the  former  site  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  church.  It  was  formed  in  1872  by  the  members  of 
the  first  church,  who  desired  to  keep  the  organization  south  of  Market 
street.  This  church  erected  a  handsome  new  building  in  1877.  It  is 
called  the  Third  Presbyterian  church  of  Steubenville,  and  Rev.  James  A. 
Cook  is  the  present  pastor. 

Island  Creek  Presbyterian  Church. —  This  church  is  connected  with 
the  First  Presbyterian  church  at  Steubenville,  very  closely,  in  the  his- 
tory of  its  infancy.  The  date  of  the  organization  of  this  church  can 
not  be  given,  but  it  was  doubtless  about  the  year  1S00  or  a  little 
earlier.  Rev.  James  Snodgrass  was  its  first  pastor,  installed  Novem- 
ber 24,  1S00.  The  first  preaching  services  were  held  at  different 
points.  Sometimes  at  Pittinger's,  near  Bowling  Green;  sometimes  at 
Carr's  Ridge,  but  oftener  at  the  present  site  of  the  church.  After  the 
church  was  organized,  the  present  site  was  made  the  regular  place  for 
holding  service.  Like  many  of  the  early  churches  in  this  county, 
services  in  summer  were  held  under  a  large  tent,  and  in  winter  in 
private  houses.  In  1802  a  house  was  built  of  round  logs,  which  was 
the  first  building  of  the  church.  Ephraim  Cooper  donated  the  land 
to  the  church,  on  which  it  stands.  In  1810  the  rude  building  of  1802 
gave  way  to  a  hewed  log  house.  In  1825  this  was  burned  to  the  ground. 
Soon  afterward  a  brick  church  occupied  the  site  of  the  former  log 
church.  This  was  occupied  until  1856,  when  it  was  partially  destroyed 
by  a  storm.  It  was  then  arranged  to  build  on  the  present  site,  and 
in  1S5S  the  present  brick  structure  was  finished.  The  pastors  of  this 
church  have  been:  James  Snodgrass,  1S00  1S25,  with  a  slight  va- 
cancy in  the  year  1 S 1 6—  1 7 ;  John  C.  Sidball,  1826-1835;  Rev.  Thomas  F. 
Magill.  1S36-1S40;  Rev.  John  K.  Cunningham,  1S41-1853; 
Rev.  M.  A.  Parkinson,  1854  1865;  Rev.  W.  R.  Vincent.  1800-1S74; 
Rev.  Samuel  Forbes,  1876-1879.  Rev.  M.  A.  Parkinson,  in  18S0.  again 
became  pastor,  and  is  the  present  incumbent.  This  church  was  es- 
pecially strong  and  influential  for  good  in  the  first  half  of  this  cen- 
tury. Along  with  other  pioneer  churches,  it  did  a  lion's  share  in 
moulding  the  moral  thought  and  work  of  early  days.  Its  member- 
ship at  present  is  about   200. 

The  Presbyterian  church  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  was  one  of  the  first  churches 
organized  in  Ohio.  About  1708,  Dr.  John  McMillan,  the  great  apos- 
tle of  Presybterianism  in  western  Pennsylvania,  crossed  the  Ohio 
river,  and  founded  at  least  two  churches,  one  at  Short  Creek,  now 
Mt.  Pleasant;  the  other  at  Richland,  now  St.  Crairsville.  Tin-  spot  is 
still  pointed  out  where,  on  the  farm   now    owned    by   Robert    Finney, 


412  HISTORY    OK    THE    UTPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

where  Beech  Spring  school-house  now  stands,  near  Short  creek,  under 
the  spreading  branches  of  the  forest  trees,  with  a  tent  or  covered 
stand  for  the  minister  and  leader  of  the  singing,  was  effected  the 
organization  of  this  church.  The  first  elders  were  Richard  McKib- 
bon,  Thomas  McCune,  James  Clark  and  James  Eagleson.  This  tent 
or  meeting  place  was  three  and  a  half  miles  southeast  of  the  present 
village  of  Mt.  Plesant. 

The  first  house  built  was  a  rude  log  one,  about  one  and  a  fourth 
miles  southeast  of  the  place  where  the  organization  took  place.  It 
was  at  the  foot  of  llogue's  hill,  near  the  waters  of  Little  Short  creek, 
and  was  a  very  primitive  structure,  without  stove  or  fireplace.  At  this 
house  the  congregation  met  and  worshipped  twenty  years.  A  ceme- 
tery containinga  hundred  graves,  wasalso  made,  but  little  now  remains, 
except  here  and  there  a  dilapidated  tombstone  to  indicate  where  now 
sleep  these  silent  dead.  For  the  next  eleven  years  the  congregation 
occupied  the  Associate  Reformed  church.  This  building  was  a  hewed 
log  house  and  stood  on  a  hill  about  one  and  a  fourth  miles  north  of  the 
old  log  house  at  the  foot  of  llogue's  hill,  and  two  miles  east  of  Mt. 
Pleasant. 

The  pastor  of  this  church,  during  these  thirty-one  years,  was  Rev. 
Joseph  Anderson,  who,  after  serving  Short  Creek  and  Richland  some 
time,  as  a  supply,  was  installed  by  the  Presbytery,  August  20,  1800. 
Tie  had  been  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  ( )hio,  October  17,1798.  His 
ordination,  it  is  said,  took  place  under  a  large  tree  on  the  farm  of  the 
late  Clark  Mitchell,  and  the  honor  was  his  (Anderson's)  of  being  the 
first  Presbyterian  minister  ordained  west  of  the  Ohio.  One-third  of 
his  time  was  given  to  Short  Creek  and  two-thirds  to  Plymouth.  He- 
was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  in  [835 
at  Monticello,  in  the  same  state,  in  1847. 

In  1829  the  foundation   was  laid   for  a  new  house  in   Mt. 
and  the  building  completed   in  the  winter  of   1829  or  1830. 
known  whether  it  was  dedicated  or  not.     The  building  commit! 
sisted  of  Adam  Dunlap,  [ohn  Hoggand  William  Pickens.    T 
for  twenty-five    or  twenty-six   years.     This  building   becam 
and  it  was  determined  to  build  a  new  one,  the  present  edifi 
house  was  completed  in  1855.    The  Rev.  Benjamin  Mitchell  s 
Rev.  Anderson  as  pastor,  and   served  up  until    1877,  from  which  time- 
Rev.  \V.  S.  Pringle  has  served  as  pastor  for  this  congregation. 

The  Two  Ridge  Presbyterian  Church  was  organized  in  the  year  1802  or 
1S03,  by  Rev.  Snodgrass.  The  first  house  of  worship  was  erected  in 
the  year  1810,  up  to  which  time  the  people  met  for  worship  in  various 
places,  private  dwellings,  school-houses,  and  often  in  the  woods.  Hav- 
ing served  the  church  two  years,  Mr.  Snodgrass  was  succeeded  latter 
an  interval  of  one  yean  by  Rev.  William  McMillan.  lie  continued 
pastor  of  this  church  and  the  Yellow  creek  church  (now  Bacon  Ridge) 
for  six  years.  The  original  session  consisted  of  but  two  members, 
Messrs.  lames  Cellars  and  lames  Bailey.  Soon  afterward  Messrs. 
Samuel  Thompson,  Andrew 'Anderson  and  George  Day  were  added 
to  the  session;  and    in  the  year  1817,  Mr.  Thomas  Elliott  also.     The 


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church  being  supplied  part  of  the  time  occasionally  and  part  statedly, 
from  iSi2to  1S18  (during  which  time  a  new  house  of  worship  was 
erected,  1816).  Rev.  Thomas  Hunt  was  then  called  to  become  pastor 
of  this  and  Yellow  Creek  churches,  over  which  he  was  installed  May  21, 
1810.  About  1828,  Two  Ridge  church  employed  him  for  the  whole 
of  his  time.  He  continued  their  pastor  until  October  4,  1836.  Mr. 
Hunt  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Joseph  Kerr,  and  he,  after  a  pastorate 
of  four  or  five  years,  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  William  Eaton,  who  was 
installed  October  21,  1X44.  Mr.  Eaton's  labors  as  pastor  of  this  church 
ceased  April,  1853.  The  following  summer  a  new  house  of  worship 
was  erected,  which  constitutes  part  of  the  present  building,  having 
been  afterward  enlarged  and  remodeled.  After  an  interval  of  two 
years  Rev.  David  R.Campbell  was  installed  pastor.  The  pastoral 
relationship  between  Mr.  Campbell  and  this  congregation  was  dis- 
solved October,  1 86 1,  after  which  they  were  without  'a  pastor  for  a 
year  and  a  half,  when  they  called  Rev.  George  Fraser,  who  accepted 
the  call  and  was  accordingly  installed  in  the  summer  of  1863.  In  the 
year  1S67,  Mr.  Fraser  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Dickey,  who  had 
"formerly  been  a  member  of  this  church.  Having  served  this  church 
three  years  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  I.  M.  Lawbough,  who  continued 
pastor  for  but  eight  months.  In  April,  1S73,  Rev.  Israel  Price  became 
pastor  of  this  church  for  two-thirds  of  his  time.  Mr.  Price  leaving  in 
the  fall  of  1N77.  the  church  was  left  without  a  pastor  for  more  than  a 
year,  when,  January  Q.  1X70,  J.  C.  McCracken  was  called,  and  on  the 
6th  of  the  following  May  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor. 

The  Cross  Creek  Presbyterian  Church. —  There  is  one  Presbyterian 
church  in  Cross  Creek  township,  ami  the  exact  date  of  the  first  meet- 
ing or  who  preached  the  tirst  sermon,  cannot  be  definitely  ascertained. 
but  Rev.  Wray  was  among  the  first  preachers,  and  preached  at  the 
house  of  Thomas  Elliott,  as  early  as  1816.  Rev.  Obadiah  Jennings. 
then  pastor  of  the  first  church  at  Steubenville,  visited  and  preached 
at  the  house  of  Judge  Anderson,  as  early  as  1S20.  Meetings  were 
also  held  occasionally  at  the  old  log  school-house,  near  where  Stark 
school-house  now  stands.  Rev.  C.  C.  Beatty,  in  his  youth,  preached 
sometimes  at  the  house  of  Walter  Hanlon,  and  meetings  were  also 
held  at  the.  houses  of  Stephen  Riggs.  William  Dinsmore  and  George 
Day.     Rev.  Thomas  Hunt  was  also  among  tin-  early  preachers. 

In  1S35,  the  propriety  and  importance  of  having  a  house  ol'  worship 
erected,  was  discussed,  and  in  1837  the  first  church  was  erected.  It 
was  built  of  brick  and  was  a  good  one  for  that  time.  George  Day 
gave  an  acre  of  ground  for  the  church  and  graveyard.  The  follow- 
ing spring  a  petition  was  presented  to  Presbytery  asking  for  the 
organization  of  the  church.  The  Rev.  C.  C.  Beatty  was  appointed  to 
visit  them  ami  organize  if  the  way  was  open.  The  church  was 
accordingly  organized  with  twenty-five  members.  The  first  pastor 
was  Joseph  II. 'Chambers.  In  1S73  the  church  was  consumed  by  fire, 
but  the  congregation  erected  a  new  building  o(  brick  in  the  latter 
part  of  that  year.     J.  F.  Boyd  was  installed  as  pastor  in  1S70. 

Bacon  Ridge  Presbyterian  Church. — The  original  society  from  which 


414  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

this  sprung  was  called  Richmond  church,  and  the  meeting  house 
stood  about  the  center  of  section  25,  township  it,  range  3.  Rev. 
George  Scott  organized  the  society  in  1804.  Arthur  Latimer,  John  I\ 
McMillan,  Stephen  Coe,  Thomas  Bay,  Calvin  Moorehead,  Aaron 
Allan  and  Andrew  Dixon  were  members  at  the  time.  The  first  pas- 
tor was  William  McMillan,  I).  D.,  who  served  two  years.  The  first 
meeting-house  was  a  primitive  structure  of  rude  architecture  and 
small  size,  but  as  the  congregation  grew  in  numbers  it  was  found 
necessary  to  build  a  larger  house.  This  was  done  in  1820.  A  brick 
building  30x50  was  erected  and  stood  until  the  congregation  was  di- 
vided—  the  territory  being  too  large  and  the  membership  too  much 
scattered.  Other  churches  being  organized  contiguous  the  brick 
building  was  torn  down  and  a  new  one  put  up  on  the  northwest 
quarter  of  section  13,  township  11,  range  3  —  a  frame  structure  33x44 
feet.  The  records  of  the  church  being  lost  previous  to  1840,  the  exact 
succession  of  pastors  cannot  now  be  ascertained.  J.  R.  Dundas  was 
pastor  from  1S40  till  1844,  then  came  Cyrus  Riggs,  who  was  pastor  at 
the  time  the  "old  brick"  church  was  abandoned.  Mr.  Riggs  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Lafferty  Greer,  who  officiated  seven  years,  and  was  in 
turn  succeeded  by  Rev.  John  S.  Marquis,  who  resigned  on  account  of 
ill-health  in  1865.  William  Wycoff  was  installed  in  June,  1S66,  and 
officiated  until  October  iq,  1873.  He  in  turn  was  succeeded  by  Rev. 
W.  M.  Eaton,  whose  connection  with  the  congregation  was  dissolved 
in  October,  1868,  since  which  time  the  church  has  been  without  a  reg- 
ularly installed  minister,  but  has  depended  upon  supplies  furnished  by 
the  Presbytery,  Rev.  I.  Price  actinias  stated  supply  at  times. 

Briefly  have  we  sketched  some  of  the  earliest  Presbyterian  churches 
in  this  county.  Many  more  churches  of  this  denomination  have  been 
established  in  this  county  at  dates  subsequent  to  the  founding  of  the 
above.  In  the  county  there  are  twenty-four  Presbyteriati  churches 
with  a  membership  of  over  2,700,  and  a  Sunday-school  attendance  of 
upwards  of  3,000.  The  churches  on  the  whole  are  prosperous  and 
making  steady  growth,  although  some  of  the  country  churches  are 
weakened  by  removals. 

The  history  of  the  first  Episcopalian  church  in  Jefierson  county  is 
as  follows: 

St.  James  Episcopal  Church.— Tn  December,  1S00,  Dr.  Doddridge 
entered  into  an  agreement  with  a  number  of  individuals  living  west 
of  the  Ohio,  to  perform  the  duties  of  an  Episcopalian  clergyman,  every 
third  Saturday,  at  the  house  of  the  widow  McGuire.  The  subscrip- 
tion book,  which  is  dated  December  1,  1800,  contains  the  following 
names:  George  Mahan,  William  Whitcraft,  Eli  Kelly,  George  Ilalli- 
well,  William  McConnell,  John  McConnell,  William  McColnall, 
George  Richey,  Bejamin  Doyle,  foseph  Williams,  John  Long,  Mary 
McGuire,  John  McKnight,  Frederick  Allbright,  John  Scott,  Moses 
Ilanlon.  This  little  congregation  was,  we  conclude,  the  germ  ol  the 
present  parish  of  St.  lames  in  Cross  Creek,  as  among  the  above 
named  we  find  four  of  them  attached  to  the  petition  signed  by  that 
parish,  in   December,  1813,  to   be  sent  to   the    general    convention    in 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  415 

1S17,  asking  leave  of  that  body  to  form  a  diocese  in  the  western  coun- 
try. The  names  are:  George  Mahan,  William  McColnall,  John  Mc- 
Connell  and  Benjamin  Doyle.  We  are  not  acquainted  with  the  gra- 
dations by  which  the  congregation  at  the  widow  McGuire's  expanded 
into  the  parish  of  St.  James,  nor  how  long  services  were  held  at  her 
house;  but  from  the  pastor's  papers,  we  find  that  from  1814  until  his 
resignation  in  1823,  he  remained  rector  of  the  parish  of  St.  James  — 
the  Rev.  Intrepid  Morse  then  assuming  charge  of  it,  in  connection 
with  that  of  St.  Paul's,  at  Steubenville.  That  the  services  of  Dr. 
Doddridge  were  efficient  at  St.  James,  is  shown  by  the  fact,  that  when 
the  diocese  of  Ohio  was  organized  in  181S,  he  reported  fifty-two 
communicants,  and  over  100  baptisms  within  two  years. 

The  following  is  copied  from  the  records  of  St.  James  parish:  At  a 
meeting  of  the  congregation  of  St.  James,  on  the  first  of  December, 
1816,  the  petition  to  the  general  convention,  for  leave  to  form  a  dio- 
cese in  the  western  country,  was  signed  by  over  twenty-five  persons, 
among  them  the  original  signers  to  the  tirst  subscription  book.  The 
church  was  consecrated  in  1825  by  Bishop  Chase.  The  first  pastor  of 
the  congregation  was  Dr.  Doddridge,  who  remained  until  1S23.  The 
pastors  who  labored  after  him,  and  their  term  of  service,  were  Rev. 
Intrepid  Morse,  from  1S23  until  1S37;  Rev.  Richard  Grey,  from  1837 
until  1851;  Rev.  Humphrey  Mollis,  from  1851  until  1855;  Rev.  Charles 
Flams,  from  1855  until  1857;  Rev.  Edmund  Christian,  from  1857  until 
1863:  Rev.  Henry  A.  Lewis,  from  1863  until  1866;  Rev.  W.  E.Webb,  from 
1866  until  1868;  Rev.  T.  K.  Coleman,  from  1868  until  1870;  Rev.  Joshua 
Coupland,  from  1870  until  1875.  The  St.  James  was  the  second  Epis- 
copal church  organized  in  the  northwestern  territory,  the  first  being 
at  Marietta.  The  last  pastor  in  charge.-  was  Rev.  James  M.  Hillyer. 
This  church  has  been  somewhat  disorganized  for  the  last  two  years, 
being  without  a  pastor,  but  efforts  are  being  put  forth  at  present  to 
open  its  doors  to  its  members  regularly.  Its  membership  is  about 
forty. 

St.  Pant's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  Steubenville,  Ohio.  —  T\\<t 
parish  of  St.  Paul's  church,  Steubenville,  was  organized  on  the  17th 
clay  of  May,  A.  D.  1819,  at  the  residence  of  William  R.  Dickenson,  by 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  bishop  of  the  diocese  of  Ohio.  The 
article  of  the  association  reads  as  follows: 

"  We,  whose  names  are  hereunto  affixed,  deeply  impressed  with  the 
truth  and  importance  of  the  Christian  religion,  and  anxiously  desirous 
ol  promoting  its  holy  influences  in  the  hearts  and  lives  of  ourselves, 
our  families  and  neighbors,  do  hereby  associate  ourselves  together 
by  the  name.  styl>'  and  title  of  St.  Paul's  Church.  Steubenville,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  in  the  state  of  Ohio." 
1  he  parish  thus  organized  proceeded  to  elect  officers  for  its  govern- 
ment, and  Brice  Veins  was  chosen  senior  warden,  George  Chapman. 
junior  warden,  and  Nicholas  llutchins.  [acobC.  1  [oaglandand  Ephraim 

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416  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

rector  was  the  Rev.  Intrepid  Morse.  He  took  charge  of  it  near  the 
beginning  of  its  corporate  existence,  but  about  half  of  his  time  for  the 
first  few  years  was  given  to  the  building  up  of  other  congregations  in 
the  neighborhood.  When  he  was  absent  the  service  was  read  by  lay 
readers,  among  whom  Mr.  Edward  Wood  seems  to  have  officiated 
most  frequently.  The  congregation  had  no  church,  but  worshipped 
sometimes  in  the  room  over  the  old  market  house,  sometimes  in  the 
building  then  belonging  to  the  congregation  ot  Kramer  Chapel.  In 
1822  they  took  up  a  temporary  abode  in  the  upper  room  of  the  old 
academy,  still  standing  on  High  street,  where  they  remained  until 
their  first  church  was  ready  for  occupation.  Through  the  labors  of 
the  women  of  the  parish  the  lot  on  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Adams 
streets  was  purchased,  and  the  men  then  taking  hold  of  the  work 
money  was  collected  and  the  cornerstone  of  a  church  was  laid  by  the 
Rev.  Intrepid  Morse,  on  the  oth  of  July,  1S32.  The  address  on  the 
occasion  was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  \\  heat,  of  St.  Matthew's  church. 
Wheeling.  The  church  was  opened  for  service  on  September  13, 
1833.  and  duly  consecrated  to  the  worship  of  Almighty  God  on  Decem- 
ber S,  1833,  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  C.  P.  Mcllvain,  bishop  of  the  diocese. 
This  building  was  occupied  for  forty-six  years.  In  1879,  the  elegant 
stone  structure  now  occupied  by  this  church  was  built.  The  corner 
stone  was  laid  May  13.  1879.  The  church  has  had  but  five  rectors 
during  its  existence.  The  Rev.  Intrepid  Morse,  who  had  charge  of  it 
from  its  beginning  up  to  1865;  Rev.  Charles  Gillett,  D.  D..  from 
November  20,  1865,  to  October,  1867;  Rev.  Andrew  Hull,  1).  D.,  for 
about  two  years  ending  1S71;  Rev.  Thomas  D.  Pitts,  from  1871  to 
1880;  Rev.  R.  W.  Grange  from  1880  to  1889.  The  present  rector  is 
Rev.  Charles  D.  Williams,  installed  June  17,  1SS9.  The  membership 
at  present  is  about  175,  with  a  Sunday-school  of   125. 

We  here  give  brief  sketches  of  some  of  the  earliest  Methodist  Epis- 
copal churches  in  this  county: 

The  Holmes  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  now  an  appointment  on 
Smithfield  circuit.  Steubenville,  is  probably  the  oldest  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  organization  in  Ohio.  '  The  first  church  building  ever 
erected  west  of  the  river  by  that  denomination  was  the  original  house 
put  up  by  this  congregation  in  1803,  on  the  banks  of  Short  creek.  It 
is  called  the  Holmes  meeting  house,  after  Jacob  I  Iolmes,  a  prominent 
member  oi  the  society  and  local  minister,  who  lived  near  it.  It  was 
a  hewed  log  house,  about  twenty-six  feet  long,  with  chimney  in  the 
side.  The  fireplace  was  not  less  than  seven  feet  in  the  clear,  the 
height  of  story  nine  feet.  The  joists  were  close  together  and  covered 
with  clapboards,  formingthe  ceiling.  The  roof  was  clapboards  held  on 
by  weight  poles.  Theiloorwasof  puncheons,  and  the  seats  were  made 
by  splitting  small-sized  trees  in  two  pieces.  The  house  ranged  with 
the  creek,  and  the  door  was  in  the  end  fronting  the  southeast.  There 
was  not  one  dollar  in  money  expended  in  the  building.  The  people 
came  together,  cut  the'  timber,  hewed  the  logs,  split  the  clapboards. 
and  put  up  the  building.  Jacob  Holmes,  Charles  Moore.  Kit  hard 
Moore,  Isaac  Meek  and  Mr.  Crane  originated  the  enterprise.     There 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  417 

-was  preaching  occasionally  at  Jacob  Holmes's  and  Isaac  Meek's  before 
the  building  was  erected,  but  there  is  no  account  of  any  preaching 
earlier  than  1800.  This  church  was  abandoned  in  1810,  in  consequence 
of  the  difficulty  of  crossing  the  creek  in  times  of  high  water  and  ice, 
in  the  winter  season.  The  creek  now  runs  over  where  the  graveyard 
was,  including  nearly,  if  not  all,  the  location  of  the  church.  Some  of 
the  bodies  in  the  graveyard  were  removed  to  other  cemeteries,  while 
others  were  doubtless  carried  away  by  the  waters.  The  logs  of  the 
building  are  still  preserved,  and  canes  have  been  made  from  them  and 
presented  to  eminent  ministers. 

In  tSio  a  new  house  was  completed,  about  a  half  mile  from  the  first 
and  on  higher  ground.  The  ground,  which  was  secured  for  the  church 
and  graveyard,  was  deeded  to  Jacob  Holmes,  John  Stoneman.  Will- 
iam Storer,  Jacob  Jones,  James  Smith,  S.  Moore,  E.  Pierce,  R.  Moore 
and  John  Barkhurst.  The  house,  originally,  was  a  singular  structure. 
It  was  a  long  narrow  building;  the  pulpit  and  door  were  in  the  sides. 
The  pulpit  place  was  made  by  the  building  of  a  large  pen  of  logs  out- 
side and  connected  with  the  main  walls;  the  same  arrangement  was 
made  at  the  door,  forming  a  large  vestibule,  giving  the  house  the  ap- 
pearance of  an  ark,  with  large  wheel  houses  at  the  side.  For  several 
years  it  had  neither  stoves  nor  chimneys.  Two  places  were  made  on 
the  floor,  of  stones  and  mortar,  and  the  house  was  warmed  by  burn- 
ing charcoal  on  these  elevations.  Some  seventy  ministers  have 
preached  to  this  church.  Up  to  the  year  1829,  there  was  a  large  and 
flourishing  society,  when  the  unfortunate  division  took  place  re- 
sulting in  building  a  Methodist  Protestant  house  of  worship  a  mile 
away.  In  February,  1874,  the  trustees  agreed  to  build  a  new  and 
more  commodious  house.  It  was  commenced  in  June  and  completed 
in  November. 

The  Kramer  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. —  In  preparing  the  history 
of  any  local  church  in  Methodism,  we  meet  peculiar  difficulties,  not 
from  any  lack  of  material,  but  from  the  fact  that  our  early  work  was 
connectional  instead  of  local;  and,  consequently, the  records  are  widely 
scattered  through  "quarterly"  and  "annual  conference  minutes." 
The  plan  of  the  early  itinerants  was  to  embrace  as  much  territory  in 
a  circuit  as  could  be  traveled  around  in  four,  six  or  eight  weeks, 
preaching  each  day  ami  establishing  prayer  meetings,  and  forming 
classes  in  private  houses.  As  these  clases  grew  in  numbers  and 
churches  were  built  the  work  was  divided  until  at  last  the  station  was 
formed.  The 
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Pennsylvania,  and   the  settlements  on  both   sides  of  the  Ohio  river 
from  the  mouth  of  the  Muskingum  to  near  Pittsburgh. 

In  1810  a  class  of  twelve  was  permanently  formed,  with  Bernard 
Lucas  as  leader,  and  the  meetings  which'had  been  carried  on  for  ten 
years  previously  at  different  houses  in  the  town,  were  still  continued, 
but  with  renewed  vigor.  In  1811  Bezaleel  Wells  gave  the  church  a 
lot  on  which  to  erect  a  suitable  building.  Many  of  the  large  gather- 
ings previously  had  been  held  in  the  old  log  court  house.  In  1S21  tin: 
church  building  was  increased  by  the  addition  of  a  large  cross  build- 
ing which  gave  the  church  the  name  of  the  "  old  ship."  In  1830  the 
church  suffered  a  loss  of  membership  of  some  ninety  members  that 
withdrew  and  formed  the  Fifth  Street  Methodist  Protestant  church. 
In  1854  the  "old  ship"  was  dismantled  and  the  present  edifice  was 
erected  and  called  the  Kramer  church,  in  recognition  of  the  munifi 
cent  gift  from  Allen  Kramer,  of  Pittsburgh.  The  Kramer  church  has 
been  the  scene  of  many  large  and  successful  revivals,  and  has  always 
been  at  the  front  in  active  Christian  work.  The  Mainline  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  was  formed  from  the  Kramer  in  1844.  The  Thomp- 
son chapel  was  formed  from  it  in  1868,  by  an  amicable  division,  sixty- 
three  members  leaving  to  establish  the  new  church. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Richmond. —  About  the  year  1S00,  a 
young  Methodist  preacher  by  the  name  of  Joseph  Hall  came  to  Ohio 
and  married  Miss  Dillah  Moores,  daughter  of  James  Moores,  of 
Salem  township,  and  settled  on  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  2, 
township  10,  range  3,  where  Mr.  E.  Burchlield  now  lives.  1  le  preached 
occasionally  at  the  house  of  his  father-in-law,  James  Moores,  after- 
ward at  the  house  of  Stephen  Ford  and  Henry  Jackman  alternately-, 
until  a  small  log  church  was  built  on  the  land 'of  Henry  Jackman. 
The  first  class  was  formed  about  [80S,  of  which  the  following  persons 
were  members:  James  Moores  and  wife,  Elizabeth;  Henry  Jackman 
and  wife,  Christina;  Joseph  Hall  and  wife,  Dillah;  Stephen  Ford  and 
wife,  Ruth;  Ceorge  I  lout  and  wife,  Christina.  Judge  James  .Moores 
was  the  first  dass  leader.  During  the  year  1832,  a  church  (brick, 
40x44)  was  built  at  Richmond.  This  building,  with  some  alterations, 
stood  until  1S61,  when  it  was  replaced  by  the  present  structure  (45x66, 
brick)  at  a  cost  of  $5,000.  Location,  east  side  of  South  Sugar  street. 
There  are  at  present  205  members. 

J//.  Tal>oi  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. —  Rev.  James  B.  Finley  first 
preached  in  that  locality,  at  the  house  of  Adam  Jackman,  in  the  year 
1814,  and  organized  the  first  class.  Members  of  class:  Richard 
Coulter  and  wife,  Adam  fackman,  Mary  [ackman,  Margaret  lack- 
man,  Jane  Patterson.  Isabel  Whittaker,  George  Alban,  Garrett  Albert- 
son,  -  Strickland,  William  Xugent,  Richard  Jackman,  Jane 
Jackman,  Jane  Armstrong,  John  Crawford,  James  Crawford,  Martin 
Swickard.  Margaret  Swickard,  Jacob  Vail,  and  some  others  whoso 
names  are  not  remembered.  Richard  Coulter  was  the  leader  of  the 
class. 

Preaching  was  continued  at  the  house  of  Adam  [ackman  for  twelve 
years.    The  first  church  edifice    -a  brick  building' -  was  then  erected. 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  419 

In  this  building  the  society  continued  to  worship  for  thirty  years.  In 
the  year  1S56,  the  present  neat  and  commodious  frame  building  was 
completed  and  dedicated.  With  the  exception  of  a  brief  interval  it 
lias  always  been  connected  with  Richmond. 

Long's  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  Cross  Creek  township,  was 
organized  about  1803.  It  was  an  offspring  from  the  Episcopalian 
church  of  that  locality.     J.    B.    Finley  was  probably  its  first  minister. 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  this  county  is  strong  and  vigor- 
ous and  has  kept  pace  with  the  increasing  population.  There  are  at 
present  thirty  Methodist  Episcopal  churches  within  the  limbs  of 
Jefferson  county,  with  a  membership  aggregating  about  5,000. 

The  Methodist  Protestant  church  in  this  county  dates  back  to 
1827,  and  the  first  church  of  this  denomination  was  organized  at  Mt. 
Pleasant.  The  first  Methodist  church  built  was  a  small  brick,  built 
in  the  village  of  Mt.  Pleasant  about  the  year  1815,  at  the  east  end  of 
the  town,  on  ground  owned  by  David  McMasters,  a  local  minister. 
The  house  was  used  some  years  for  school  purposes.  About  the  year 
1S27  the  subject  of  lay  delegation  commenced  to  be  agitated  in  the 
church,  and  during  that  year  a  separation  took  place.  With  but  few- 
exceptions  the  members  withdrew  from  the  Methodist  Episcopal  or- 
ganization and  organized  non-Episcopal  societies.  They  continued 
to  occupy  the  same  church  building.  The  lot  had  not  been  leased  by 
the  society,  and  David  McMasters  dying  in  that  year,  it  was  subse- 
quently deeded  to  the  Methodist  Protestant  organization,  which  was 
organized  in  1S29  by  William  B.  Evans,  a  local  minister.  Samuel 
Pennington  was  the  first  class  leader;  Rev.  David  McMasters.  Anna 
McMasters,  Aaron  B.  Townsend,  Mary  Withrow,  Mrs.  Kurlin,  James 
Davis  and  wife,  were  some  of  the  original  members,  none  of  whom 
are  now  living.  In  1859  the  old  house  was  taken  down  and  a  new 
church  building  erected  on  the  same  site,  40x50  feet.  When  the  new 
house  was  near  completion  it  took  fire  from  a  defective  flue  and  de- 
stroyed the  roof  and  plastering,  delaying  its  completion  until  1N42. 
During  the  rebuilding  the  society  occupied  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Pile  new  house  when  finished  was  the  house  of  the  Union  Sabbath 
school,  and  was  used  for  temperance  meetings,  school  exhibitions,  and 
other  public  meetings,  and  was  replaced  by  a  new  house  40x60  feet,  in 
1 800.  on  the  same  lot.  This  structure  has  basement  and  vestibule, 
and  was  dedicated  by  Alexander  Clark  in  the  winter  of  1S69,  costing 
about  Sh.ooo.  The  society,  like  all  others,  has  hac" 
perity  and  its  seasons  of  adversity.  This  churc 
members,  and  a  Sunday-school  of  320  children,  a 
J-  IX   Murphy  is  the  present  pastor! 

1  he  Methodist  Protestant  church,  situated  on 
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the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  original  bui 
congregation  was  torn  down  in  1855,  and  the  |i 
I  his  church,  at  present,  has  a  membership  of  354,; 
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The  first  class  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  at  Toronto,  was 
organized  in  1 85 1 .  Joseph  Hamilton  was  the  first  pastor.  In  1853  a 
church  building  was  erected,  and  at  the  present  time  the  membership 
of  the  Toronto  Methodist  Protestant  church  is  300,  with  a  Sunday- 
school  numbering  300.     William  Hastings  is  the  present  pastor. 

The  Methodist  Protestant  church,  at  Empire,  has  a  membership  of 
144,  and  a  Sunday-school  of  14S  scholars  and  teachers.  S.  T.  Allen  is 
present  pastor. 

The  Smithfield  Methodist  Episcopal  church  numbers  the  largest 
congregation  of  this  denomination  in  the  county,  being  T,^,q,  and  has 
a  Sunday-school  attendance  of  over  200.  S.  S.  Fisher  is  the  present 
pastor. 

In  the  country  there  are  ten  Methodist  Protestant  churches,  five 
pastoral  charges  and  ten  Sunday-schools. 

The  Catholic  Church.  —  The  early  history  of  the  Catholic  church  in 
Jefferson  count}'  docs  not  begin  with  the  "time  when  her  membership 
became  so  numerous  here  that  public  services  were  held,  a  church 
edifice  built  and  a  resident  pastor  ministered  to  the  spiritual  wants 
of  his  people.  Pong  before  this  Catholic  church  was  making  steady 
progress  in  this  county,  even  before  the  opening  of  the  present  cen- 
tury, several  prominent  Catholics  were  found  in  the  vicinity  of  Steu- 
benville.  Amongst  these  will  be  remembered  Mr.  Tiernan,  who  was 
a  farmer,  and  whose  two  sons,  Michael  and  John,  were  afterward 
merchants  in  Steubenville.  There  was  also  a  wealthy  and  refined 
family  named  Sullivan,  owning  a  large  farm  across  the  river  in  Vir- 
ginia. One  of  the  family  was  Dr.  Sullivan,  who  practiced  medicine 
in  Steubenville.  Also  Mr.  John  Rodgers,  who  came  to  this  place 
about  1702,  and  built  a  powder  mill  on  Cross  creek  before  the  war  of 
1812.  He  also  erected  at  that  earl)'  day  a  lumber  mill  and  tlouring- 
mill  on  Cross  creek,  and  shipped  his  Hour  to  New  Orleans  in  flat- 
boats  to  find  a  market.  He  was  regarded  as  a  man  of  great  ability 
and  enterprise.  His  name  was  as  good  as  a  bond  amongst  the  busi- 
ness men  of  the  West  and  South.  Though  born  in  Ireland  he  con- 
versed with  his  Pennsylvania  German  customers  in  their  own  tongue. 
and  was  besides  a  fine  Latin  scholar.  Two  of  his  children  are  Airs. 
Davis,  of  Clinton  street,  and  Mrs.  McGuire,  whose  daughter  is 
Mrs.  Capt.  McCann,  corner  of  Seventh  and  Logan  streets,  Steuben- 
ville. Mr.  McGuire  and  Mr.  John  Brady,  whose  farm  is  at  the  head 
of  Market  street,  were  also  early  settlers.  There  was  also  a  Mrs.  But- 
ler, Old  Mammy  Butler  she  was  called,  who  lived  on  North  street. 
and  a  Mr.  Fanning,  who  was  a  cabinet-maker.  These,  with  main 
others  whose  names  are  forgotten,  were  all  in  Steubenville  and 
vicinity.  They  fondly  clung  to  the  old  faith  of  their  fathers,  and 
taught  the  same  to  their  children  ami  grandchildren.  And  thus  the 
Catholic  church  was  gradually  gaining  ground  long  before  a  building, 
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fense    of  the  Catholic   faith,   and   in  reply  to    some    local    agitation 
against  Catholicity  at  that  time. 

The  spark  of  living  faith  was  kept  alive  by  the  visits  of  the  good 
old  Catholic  missionary  priests  from  Pittsburgh.  The  first  of  these 
was  Rev.  Father  O'Brien,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Father 
McGuire.  These  good  priests  visited  these  scattered  members  of 
their  flock  down  the  Ohio  from  house  to  house,  baptized  the  children, 
joined  the  young  people  in  marriage,  offered  the  holy  sacrifice  of  the 
mass,  presented  the  gospel,  instructed  the  rising  generation,  visited 
the  sick  and  buried  the  dead.  A  few  yet  living  remember  them  well, 
and  how  the  glad  news  would  pass  from  house  to  house  when  the 
good  father  came  amongst  them.  This  continued  until  about  the 
year  1830.  Steubenville  by  this  time _  was  getting  to  be  a  lively  river 
town,  and  its  manufacturing  industries  attracted  skilled  workmen 
from  the  east,  many  of  whom  were  Catholics.  Rev.  Father  McGrady, 
an  Irish  priest  of  great  talent  and  energy,  then  residing  in  Hanover, 
Columbiana  count)',  had  by  this  time  taken  charge  of  Steubenville  as  a 
missionary,  and  seeing  the  congregation  in  Steubenville  growing 
rapidly  he  laid  the  foundation  of  St.  Pius  church,  the  first  Catholic 
church  in  Jefferson  county,  in  1832.  Inc  church  was  a  small  brick 
building,  and  occupied  the  site  of  the  present  St.  Peter's  Catholic 
church,  corner  Fourth  and  Logan  streets,  Steubenville.  Good  old 
Mr.  McGuire  deserves  special  mention  for  the  active  part  he  took  in 
raising  funds  for  the  new  church,  which  though  small,  was  then  a 
great'  undertaking.  Rev.  Father  McGrady  attended  his  charge  in 
Steubenville  every  two  weeks  till  March,  1835,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  the  Rev.  Father  JamesConlan.  About  this  time  1  [ S35J  there  were 
I  besides  the  families  already  mentioned)  the  following  Catholic  fam- 
ilies residing  in  the  town  of  Steubenville:  Mr.  Patrick  Duffy,  Mr. 
James  McLuinness,  Mr.  O'Neill,  Mr.  Owen  Connelly,  Mr.  l.McCarty. 
Mr.  John  Smith  and  Mr.  Owesney. 

During  the  administration  of  Father  Conlan  quite  a  number  of 
German  Catholics  were  added  to  the  rising  congregation,  including 
the  families  of  Mr.  John  Bord,  Mr.  fohn  Xath  ami  Mr.  Parola,  in 
1S37.  Also  the  Baslers,  Kellers  and  Mr.  Standley,  lately  deceased. 
In  fact,  by  this  time  the  congregation  was  so  numerous  that  it  is  im- 
possible to  give  names.  Rev.  Father  James  Conlan,  like  his  prede- 
cessor, resided  in  Hanover  and  Steubenville  every  two  weeks 
alternately  for  ten  years,  till  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  James  F. 
Kearney,  in  March,  1845. 

Rev.  Father  Kearney' was  the  first  resident  pastor  of  Steubenville, 
and  held  divine  services  every  Sunday  in  the  little  brick  church  of  St. 
Pius,  erected  by  Father  McGrady.  in"  1832.  He  remained  in  charge 
until  October,  1 S48,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Father 
OTarrell,  who  was  pastor  till  August  1,  1850,  when  on  his  removal 
from  Steubenville,  Father  Kearney  again  looked  after  tin-  congrega- 
tion till  December  of  the  same  year,  when  Archbishop  l'urcell 
appointed  Rev.  Fmanuel  Thienpont,  pastor  of  St.  Pius  church,  Steu- 
benville, December,  1850.     Father  Thienpont  was  a  native  of  Belgium, 


422  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

a  man  of  great  industry  and  administrative  ability,  ami  taken  alto- 
gether, as  good  a  specimen  of  the  old  missionary  priests  as  could  In- 
found  in  the  last  half  century.  Taking  advantage  of  the  favorable 
circumstances  afforded  by  numerous  public  works  connected  with  the 
building  of  the  Pan  Handle  railroad  then  through  Steubenville,  he 
took  down  the  little  church  of  St.  Pius  and  erected  on  its  site  in  kS>;. 
the  present  large  edifice  known  as  St.  Peter's  church.  A  piece  of  land 
was  purchased  west  of  the  city  and  a  cemetery  was  opened  there'. 
Father  Thienpont  continued  to  ably  manage  the  affairs  of  the  church 
until  1S65,  when  he  was  given  an  easier  charge  on  account  of  his  ad- 
vancing years.  He  died  1873,011  the  mission  in  Logan.  W.  T.  Bige- 
low  succeeded  him,  but  his  life  work  was  cut  short  by  the  small  pox 
in  1S71,  which  he  contracted  while  acting  a  hero's  part  in  administer- 
ing to  the  sick.  Father  Tuomey  was  then  in  charge,  but  he  soon 
followed  Father  Bigelow  to  the  grave,  dying  in  1873.  Rev.  Father 
J.  A.  Murray  had  charge  up  to  1876,  then  Rev.  PI.  B.  Dues  for  a  short 
time.  After  him  came  Rev.  B.  Wisman  in  1S77.  His  health  began 
to  fail  and  Rev.  M.  M.  A.  Hartnedy  took  charge  February  28,  1S79. 

Besides  St.  Peter's  church  in  Steubenville.  there  is  another  Catholic 
church  in  the  southern  part  of  the  city.  This  is  the  Holy  Name 
church  dedicated  July  20,  1885,  and  in  charge  of  Rev.  J.  I  lartley.  The 
Catholic  church  has  churches  at  other  different  points  in  the  county, 
namely:  Hammondsville,  Irondale,  Toronto,  Mingo,  and  other  smaller 
missions.  Both  the  churches  at  Steubenville  have  graded  schools 
under  the  charge  of  the  sisters  of  charity,  and  the  general  supervis- 
ion of  Rev.  M.  M.  A.  Hartnedy.  Rev.  Hartnedy  also  established  St. 
Peter's  high  school  in  1879,  which  has  graduated  fifty  scholars,  and 
where  all  the- higher  branches  of  a  liberal  education  are  taught.  The 
high  school  has  increased  in  membership  ever)'  year.  About  five 
years  ago  a  new  site  was  chosen  for  a  Catholic  cemetery  and  was  duly 
dedicated  as  such,  being  now  called  Mt.  Calvary  cemetery.  Under 
Rev.  Hartnedy's  charge,  St.  Peter's  has  undergone  much  improve- 
ment. The  entire  front  of  the  church  was  remodeled,  and  now  it 
presents  an  elegant  appearance.  In  18SS,  on  the  site  of  the  pastor's 
residence,  he  caused  to  be  erected  an  elegant  two-story  stone  build- 
ing now  called  "The  Deanery."  This  building  is  probably  the  finest 
of  its  kind  in  Ohio. 

The  United  Presbyterian  church,  Steubenville,  was  organized  in 
1S10,  and  is  among  the  oldest  in  the  city.  It  was  originally  connected 
with  the  Associate  Reformed  church,  o\k:  of  the  bodies  which,  by 
union  in  1858,  formed  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  The  first 
pastor  was  Rev.  George  Buchanan.  1  le  be 
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For  nearly  thirty  years  from  the  time  of  his  settlement  he  served  as 
pastor  of  two  other  congregations  besides  that  in  Steubenville  —  Yel- 
low Creek,  in  the  same  county,  twenty  miles  distant,  and  Hermon's 
Creek  (now  called  Paris),  in  Washington  county,  Penn.  In  1838  he 
gave  up  these  two  congregations  and  concentrated  his  labors  in  Steu- 
benville. From  an  early  period,  in  addition  to  his  pastoral  work,  he 
conducted  a  classical  school,  and  was  the  educator,  in  part,  at  least, 
of  many  who  have  attained  distinction,  among  whom  may  be  named 
the  late  Hon.  E.  M.Stanton.  "He  rests  from  his  labor.-,,  and  his 
works  do  follow  him."  The  membership  of  the  congregation  was  at 
first  very  small,  only  twenty-six  names  appearing  on  the  joint  call  of 
the  three  churches  above  named  for  Mr.  Buchanan,  and  of  these 
twenty-six  some  few  were  only  adherents  and  not  communicants.  It 
grew  steadily,  however.  There  is  no  certain  information  as  to  the 
membership  at  or  before  the  death  of  Mr.  Buchanan,  but  a  few  years 
after  his  death  it  numbered  1S0.  During  the  course  of  its  history 
many  of  the  best  and  most  influential  citizens  of  Steubenville  have 
been  connected  with  it.  Few  of  the  older  members  now  survive. 
Less  than  forty  of  those  whose  names  are  now  upon  the  roll  were  re- 
ceived during  Mr.  Buchanan's  life.  The  membership  at  present  is 
about  220.  The  long  pastorate  of  Mr.  Buchanan  has  been  followed 
by  several  shorter  ones.  Rev.  J.  K.  Andrews  was  pastor  from  Janu- 
ary, 1857,  until  October,  1863;  Rev.  J.  W.  Clokey,  from  July,  1864, 
until  December,  1S6S;  Rev.  T.J.  Kennedy,  from  January,  1S70.  until 
April,  1873;  Rev.  S.  [.Stewart,  from  February,  1874,  until  February, 
1877;  Rev.  William  S.  Owens,  from  187710  1887;  Rev.W.  R.  Harshaw, 
from  1SS7,  until  1889,  when  he  severed  his  connection  with  the  church, 
since  which  time  there  has  been  no  pastor.  The  first  place  of  worship 
was  the  old  court  house.  Here  the  congregation  assembled  until 
about  1815.  From  that  time  for  nearly  two  years,  services  were  held 
in  a  two-story  building,  used  as  a  school-house,  on  Fourth  street,  east 
side,  between  Washington  and  North,  the  site  of  which  is  now  occu- 
pied by  the  Christian  church.  The  first  building  owned  by  the  con- 
gregation was  erected,  as  nearly  as  can  now  be  ascertained  in  181 7.  It 
stood  on  the  same  lot,  in  the  rear  of  the  present  edifice,  fronting  on 
North  street. 

In  1838  a  one-story  building  was  erected  on  the  present  site.  In 
1 S50  this  building  was  remodeled  and  made  two  stories  high.  This 
building  was  torn  down  in  1882.  and  the  present  handsome  church 
erected  in  the  same  year,  and  was  dedicated  [anuary  1,  1S83.  The 
membership  of  the  church  at  this  time  is  222. 

1  he  oldest  United  Presbyterian  church  in  the  county  is  Piney  Pork, 
in  Smithtield  township.     The  first  preaching  here  was   in    1800.     The 
first  pastor  was  Rev.  Alexande 
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424  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

connected  themselves  with  the  Steubenville  Associate  Reformed  Pres- 
bytery. In  1842,  Rev.  Cloky  quitted  his  charge.  The  congregation 
then  had  no  pastor  until  1856,  when  Rev.  William  Lorimer  became 
pastor.  lie  was  released  from  his  charge  in  the  spring  of  1859.  In 
May,  i860,  Rev.  J.  M.  Jamison  became  pastor,  and  still  continues  in 
charge. 

They  at  first  preached  in  the  woods.  They  built  a  tent  between  two 
trees  and  covered  it  with  clapboards,  and  the  congregation  sat  on 
logs  and  poles  arranged  for  seats.  They  afterward  built  a  cabin  to  be 
used  in  winter.  In  1824,  they  built  a  hewed  log  house  60x30.  In 
183S,  they  built  the  present  house,  a  brick  building,  69x30.  Its  mem- 
bership in  1SS9,  was  eighty-six. 

Another  early  church  of  this  denomination  is  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  of  Richmond.  The  original  society  from  which  this  has 
sprung,  was  organized  by  Rev.  Alex.  Calderhead,  in  1805,  at  the  house 
of  Col.  John  Andrews,  on  the  northeast  quarter  of  section  6,  town- 
ship 10,  range  3.  John  Collins,  John  Johnson  and  John  Walker  were 
ordained  ruling  elders.  A  tent  six  feet  long,  five  feet  wide  and  seven 
feet  high,  of  clapboards,  was  erected  in  1S06,  on  the  farm  of  James 
McLain,  and  moved  on  a  sled,  from  place  to  place,  to  suit  the  con- 
venience of  the  preacher  or  the  congregation.  In  iSii,  Rev.  George 
Buchanan  became  pastor,  and  in  1S16,  a  hewn  log  meeting  house  24x28, 
called  "  Union  church,"  was  erected  on  the  lands  of  David  Andrews. 
Rev.  Buchanan  was  succeeded  in  1S31,  by  Rev.  Hugh  Parks,  under 
whose  auspices  a  new  church  was  built  at  Richmond  in  1S36.  This 
was  replaced  by  the  present  building,  in  1851.  Rev.  Parks  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Rev.  William  Lorimer,  in  183S,  and  he  remained  pastor 
until  1858.  Rev.  J.  II.  Peacock  was  pastor  from  1859  until  1871. 
From  that  time,  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Borland  has  been  pastor.  The  present 
membership  is  about  ninety. 

Yellow  Creek  United  Presbyterian  C/iure/i.—  The  first  preacher  of  the 
Associate  Presbyterian  denomination  who  preached  in  the  vicinity, 
was  Rev.  E.  X.  Scroggs,  in  the  year  1814.  Rev.  John  Walker  and  Dr. 
Ramsey  also  preached  at  times.  The  congregation  was  organized 
under  an  act  of  the  legislature  in  1820,  Rev.  E.  X.  Scroggs  officiating. 
Amongst  the  first  members  were  Henry  Crabs  and  wife,  Anna;  Ham- 
ilton Walker  and  wife,  Mary;  William  Kelley  and  wife,  Christiana; 
Matthew  Barr  ami  wife.  Margaret;  Samuel  Dorrance  and  wife,  Mary; 
John  Jordan  and  wife,  Mary  Ann;  Thomas  George  and  wife,  Jam-; 
John  Kean  and  wife,  Mary,  and  Sarah  Story.  Thomas  George  and 
Henry  Crabs  were  elected  riding  elders.  The  first  preaching  was 
done  in  the  house  of  Thomas  George;  next  in  a  tent,  and  1828  a  brick 
building  was  put  up,  30x40;  afterward  enlarged  to  30x60.  In  1S58  a 
frame  building  40x60,  was  erected,  which  is  still  occupied  by  the  con- 
gregation. The  succession  of  ministers  is  as  follows: 
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Patterson,  eighteen  years;  Rev.  John  F.aston,  one  y 
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from  January,  1870,  to  the  present.  The  congregation  at  the  present 
time  numbers  134  members.  1^30^32^ 

Other  United  Presbyterian  churches  in  the  county^are  tnei  oronto 
United  Presbyterian  church,  established  in  i86q,  which  now  has  a  fine 
building  and  a  membership  of  about  fifty.  The  Knoxville  United 
Presbyterian  church  organized  in  1857,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Taggart  and 
John  Donaldson,  with  a  membership  of  seventeen.  Its  membership 
now  is  about  200  and  it  erected  in  1875,  its  present  church  edifice.  The 
Grant  Hill  United  Presbyterian  church,  organized  in  1866,  in  which 
year  the  church  was  built.  It  is  situated  in  Brush  Creek  township, 
and  has  a  membership  of  sixty-eight.  Rev.  S.  W.  Clark  preached  the 
first  sermon  in  this  church. 

The  first  Congregational  church  of  Steubenville.  was  organized  in 
1875,  with  a  membership  of  forty.  Rev.  H.  M.  Tenney  was. first  called 
to  the  pastorate  of  it,  and  he  served  as  such  until  1880.  Then  W.  F. 
Blackman  was  pastor  until  1885.  Then  Daniel  Bradley  up  to  May, 
1888.  Since  then  Rev.  C.  W.  Carroll  has  been  pastor,  and  the  church 
has  made  a  steady  growth.  For  the  first  years  of  its  existence  the 
church  held  services  in  the  old  Philharmonic  hall,  on  North  Fourth 
street,  then  in  the  second  story  of  the  Odd  Fellows  building,  now 
occupied  by  the  V.  M.  C.  A.  In  1883,  the  church  purchased  ground 
and  erected  an  elegant  church  structure  on  Washington  street.  The 
church  lately  had  erected  in  the  alcove  in  the  rear  of  the  pastor's 
desk,  one  of  the  finest  pipe  organs  in  eastern  Ohio.  The  member- 
ship at  present  is  200. 

There  are  two  German  churches  in  the  city  of  Steubenville.  They 
are  both  of  the  German  Lutheran  denomination.  One  is  on  Fifth 
street  near  Market,  and  the  other  on  the  corner  of  Third  and  South. 
The  Fifth  street  building  was  erected  about  1862.  Rev.  George 
Pfuhe  was  the  first  minister.  About  1S80,  some  points  of  difference 
arising  between  different  members,  a  part  of  the  congregation  with- 
drew and  formed  a  new  church  organization  and  purchased  the  Third 
and  South  street  property.  The  Fifth  street  congregation  seems  to 
be  the  strongest,  although  the  church  was  considerably  weakened  by 
the  split. 

At  Salem  there  is  the  St.  Paul's  Evangelical  Lutheran  church,  which 
i^  the  first  of  this  denomination  organized  in  the  county.  It  was  or- 
ganized 1  Si 4,  by  Rev.  John  Rhinehart.  The  present  house  of  wor- 
ship was  built  in  1X70  in  Salem  village,  the  former  place  was  about 
one  mile  east  of  the  village.  The  present  membership  is  about 
seventv-five.     The  following  are  the  Disciple  churches  of  the  county: 

Disciples  Church  of  Smith  field—  This  church  was  started  on  Salt 
Run,  about  1831.  under  the  labors  of  Thomas  Campbell.  It  was  re- 
moved to  Smithfield  in  iS}6.  The  first  elders  were  William  Scott. 
Joshua  Carle  and  John  Cramlet,  of  whom  Joshua  Carle  is  now  the 
onh  one  living.  The  first  deacon  was  David  Carson.  Alexander 
Campbell  preached  here  occasionally  lor  a  number  o(  years.  Flder 
Young,  of  Wellsburg.  was  among  the  first  who  preached  for  the  con- 
gregation; also  Jonas  1  Iartzell,  Dr.  George  Lucy  and  Harrison  Jones. 


426  HISTORY    OF    Till:    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  first  meetings  were  held  in  the  school-house,  but  in  1838,  a  good, 
comfortable  brick  building  was  erected,  costing  over  3 1,000. 
This  house  is  still  occupied  by  the  congregation.  There  are  at 
present  about  sixty  members,  with  regular  preaching  once  a  month. 
As  there  is  no  baptistry  in  the  church,  the  ordinance  of  baptism  is 
generally  attended  to  in  Mclntyre's  creek,  some  two  miles  distant 
from  the  church.  In  1867  a  Sunday-school  was  organized,  with 
James  P.  Hopkins  as  superintendent.     This  school  is  still  in  progress. 

The  Christian  church  in  Steubenville  traces  its  origin  back  to  Alex- 
ander Campbell  who,  among  his  early  labors,  founded  a  congregation 
in  Steubenville.  The  first  authentic  records  of  the  society  arc  dated 
1841,  when  the  small  brick  church  on  Dock  street,  between  fourth 
and  Fifth  streets,  was  built.  This  was  occupied  by  them  for  thirty 
years,  when  the  church  purchased  the  Second  Presbyterian  church 
building  on  Fourth,  north  of  Washington.  This  is  the  building  now- 
occupied  by  the  Christian  church.  The  early  trials  of  this  church 
were  severe,  but  hard,  energetic  Christian  work  has  given  it  perma- 
nency, and  it  now  numbers  a  membership  of  over  225.  Rev.  A.  F. 
Bosworth  is  the  present  pastor.  Connected  with  the  church  is  a  bap- 
tistry back  of  the  pulpit,  where  the  ordinance  of  baptism  can  be  ad- 
ministed  in  full  view  of  the  congregation. 

At  Brilliant  there  is  a  prosperous  church  of  the  Christian  denomin- 
ation, which  erected  a  fine  church  building  in  18S9.  Its  membership 
is  over  150.  At  Toronto  a  society  is  formed  for  the  erection  of  a 
church  of  this  denomination,  but  no  final  steps  have  yet  been  taken. 

Christian  Chunk  at  Ncxu  Somerset, —  This  church  was  first  organ- 
ized September  ig,  1840,  by  Elder  John  Jackman,  with  the  following 
members:  Joseph  Marshall  ami  wife,  Matthias  Swickard  and  wife, 
G.  11.  Puntious  and  wife,  Daniel  Householder  and  wife,  John  bill- 
man  and  wife,  Hannah  Zeatherbery,  Jennet  McGee,  Emily  Coffman 
and  Mary  Householder.  The  first  church  officers  were  Joseph  Mar- 
shall, G.  11.  Puntious  and  Matthias  Swickard.  elders,  and  Daniel 
Householder,  deacon.  In  June,  1S41,  Peter  Householder  was  elected 
deacon.  The  first  regular  preacher  employed  was  Charles  F.  Van 
Yorhis,  for  $37.50  for  one-fourth  of  his  time.  He  was  succeeded  by 
the  following  ministers  or  elders:  John  Jackman,  Mahlon  Martin.  Fli 
Regal,  Cornelius  Finney,  Thomas'  Dyal,  I.  M.  Thomas,  J.  D.  White, 
Mason  Terry,  J.  A.  Wilson,  Robert  Atherton,  D.  O.  Thomas,  A.  Skid- 
man,  M.  P.  Hayden  and  others,  who  held  protracted  meetings  for  the 
church.  The  first  church  was  built  in  1841.  of  brick,  28x40  feet.  The 
present  membership  is  100.  The  present  pastor  is  J.  W.  Kemp.  Of 
the  charter  members  but  two  are  living,  Matthias  Swickard  and  Mary 
Householder. 

At  Unionport,  in  this  county,  there  is  a  Disciple  church  with  a  fair 
membership. 

Mount  Moriah —  Regular  Baptist.  —  This  is  the  oldest  regular  Bap- 
tist church  in  Jefferson  county.  It  was  first  organized  at  Steuben- 
ville, May  17,  1S12.  Daniel  Woodward  was  chosen  clerk,  and  Rev. 
Samuel  Yateman  was  called  to  be   its   minister,  which   call   he   cheer- 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  427 

fully  accepted.     In  the  "  Declaration  of  Principles"  set  forth  by  these 
earl}'  pioneers,  we  quote: 

"Art.  15.  .We  believe  that  pride  is  forbidden  in  the  Scriptures, 
and  that  it  is  the  duty  of  all  the  followers  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus  to 
adorn  themselves  in  modest  apparel  as  people  professing  godliness. 
"Art.  16.  We  believe  that  the  principle  and  practice  of  slave- 
holding  is  an  abhorrent  sin  in  the  sight  of  God,  and  very  inhuman  to 
man;  we  therefore  refuse  to  commune  with  slaveholders  at  the  Lord's 
table,  and  with  any  that  will  commune  with  them." 

After  a  lapse  of  two  years,  we  find  this  record:  "The  church  hav- 
ing thought  proper  to  remove  their  meetings  of  business  from  Steuben- 
ville,  met  at  the  house  of  Mordecai  Cole,  near  Cross  creek,  in  Wayne 
township,  Jefferson  county,  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1S14."  This  was 
near  where  Unionport  now  is.  Their  meetings  appear  to  have  been 
held  at  private  houses  for  some  years,  and,  though  the  country  was 
new  and  sparsely  settled,  and  all  were  busy  in  clearing  away  the 
forests  and  opening  up  homes,  they  were  not  unmindful  of  their  reli- 
gious duties,  but  promptly  attended  all  their  meetings,  many  travel- 
ing from  three  to  sixteen  miles.  The  last  record  we  have  of  this 
church  is  September  20,  1S17: 

"Church  met  at  the  house  of  Peter  Hesser,  when,  after  preaching, 
Thomas  White  and  Zachariah  Prichard  presented  letters  from  the 
Thumb  Run  church  of  Faquier  county,  Ya.,  ami  were  recieved  into 
fellowship." 

About  this  time  the  scattered  members  of  this  church  appear  to 
have  united  with  the  regular  Baptist  church  at  Hopedale,  Harrison 
county,  about  seven  miles  from  the  neighborhood  where  these  mem- 
bers lived,  where  they  continued  to  attend  worship  until  1S25,  when,  on 
account  of  the  distance  they  had  to  travel,  they  petitioned  to  be  set 
oil  to  themselves  again.  They  were  regularly  constituted  a  new 
church,  by  the  name  of  Pine  Run  church,  and  a  new  hewed  building 
was  erected  the  same  year  and  solemnly  dedicated.  The  first  sermon 
preached  in  it  was  by  Elijah  Stone,  who  was  the  first  regular  pastor. 
The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  Hipsley,  then  followed  by  John  Long, 
Thomas  W.  Greer,  Solomon  Sells,   George  Jones,   George   Wharton, 

George  C.  Sedgwick, Squibb,  Washington  Glass. 

I  he  original  members  composing  this  church  at  its  reorganization 
in  1S23,  were  James  Shockney.  and  Rebecca  Shockney,  his  wife;  Luke 
1  ipton.  and  Theresa  Tipton,  his  wife;  Thomas  Rowland  and  Deborah 
Rowland,  his  wife;  Andrew  Roloson  and  Hannah  Roloson,  his  wife  — 
eight  members  in  all. 

1  he  original  log  house  having  been  occasionally  repaired  and 
weatherboarded,  is  still  standing  in  a  good  state  of  preservation, 
though  no  regular  preaching  has  been  held  in  it  for  some  years,  It  is 
vet  the  legal  property  of  the  church. 

I  he  Pine  Run  church,  after  its  re-organization  in  1S23,  appears  to 
have  been  for  many  years  a  strong,  influential  bod)-,  with  a  tlourish- 
m-  Sabbath  school  connected  with  it.  but  a  large  and  influential  por- 
tion of  its  members  situated    in   the    neighborhood   oi   where   Mount 


428  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Moriah  church  now  stands,  became  desirous  of  building  a  new  house 
there  and  establishing  the  church  at  that  place,  which  being  opposed 
by  those  living  in  the  neighborhood  of  Pine  Run,  those  favoring  the 
removal  voluntarily  withdrew  and  built  a  new  house  and  formed 
themselves  into  a  regular  church  organization,  which  they  called 
Mount  Moriah.  A  council  was  called  to  consider  the  propriety  of  the 
action.  This  council  met  July  6,  1861,  and  after  examining  "the 
articles  of  faith,"  etc.,  of  the  brethren  and  sisters,  resolved  to  recog- 
nize them  as  a  regular  Baptist  church,  with  the  name  of  Mount 
Moriah,  and  on  Sabbath,  Rev.  YV.  R.  McGowan  preached  the  sermon. 
Rev.  J.  Davis  offered  prayer  and  gave  the  hand  of  fellowship,  and 
G.C.  Sedgwick,  the  charge  of  the  church.  The  infant  church  elected 
the  following  officers:  G.C.Sedgwick,  pastor;  S.  B.  Thorp,  clerk; 
Andrew  Ralston,  YV.  P.  Saunders,  W.  Merriman  and  G.  W.  Ral- 
ston, deacons;  John  Cole,  John  L.  Megrail  and  John  YV'alden,  trus- 
tees. The  number  that  united  as  members  on  that  occasion  was 
thirty-five. 

For  about  a  year  the  church  held  its  meetings  in  a  barn  and  some- 
times in  a  school-house,  near.  In  the  summer  of  1S62,  John  and 
Thomas  Cole  gave  the  church  an  acre  of  land,  upon  which  the  pres- 
ent house  was  built.  In  regard  to  furnishing  the  house  we  find  this 
entry  upon  the  church  records: 

"Whereas,  the  Smithfield  chapter  of  R.  A.  Masons  have  gener- 
ously donated  us  the  sum  of  $20  to  pay  for  our  lamps,  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  church  be  tendered  to  the  Chap- 
ter for  their  kindness  to  us,  and  may  Heaven  bless  them  in  all  their 
deeds  of  charities  and  labors  of  love." 

A  Sabbath  school  was  organized  and  prayer  meetings  held.  In  the 
fall  of  1S64,  the  pastor,  Rev.  G.  C.  Sedgwick,  impelled  by  a  sense  of 
duty,  resigned  his  charge  and  entered  the  service  of  his  country. 

In  November,  1S64,  Rev.  S.  D.  Ross  was  engaged  as  pastor  to  (ill 
the  vacancy.  Before  two  years  had  expired,  this  pastor  was  com- 
pelled by  failing  health  to  seek  rest  ft.mong  the  friends  of  his  youth  in 
his  northern  home.  Rev.  YV.  J.  Dunn  was  invited  to  assume  the  pas- 
torate which  he  did,  October  6,  1866.  After  serving  the  church  four 
years,  this  pastor  also  leaving  the  church  it  was  pastorless  until  1871, 
when  he  returned  and  served  one  year,  and  again  left  them.  The 
congregation,  without  a  pastor,  became  scattered,  and  the  Sabbath 
school  diminished,  until  in  the  spring  of  1875,  Rev.  G.  C.  Sedgwick 
again  took  charge  of  the  congregation  which  is  now  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  Upon  the  establishment  of  Mount  Moriah  and  a  with- 
drawal of  so  large  a  portion  of  its  members,  Pine  Run  church  is  no 
longer  able  to  keep  up  an  organization,  anil  for  some  years  its 
meetings  have  ceased. 

The  Society  of  Friends  of  Mt.  Pleasant.  Among  the  early  settlers  of 
Jefferson  count}',  the  Society  of  Friends  formed  a  considerable  por- 
tion as  to  numbers,  and  by  no  means  an  unimportant  part  as  to  influ- 
ence. These  pioneers  brought,  not  onl_\  the  indomitable  industry  and 
thrift  which  soon  transformed  the  wilderness  to  a  community  of  pros- 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  4-9 

perous  homes,  but  also  an  intensity  of  religious  fervor,  and  a  fidelity 
to  clearly  defend  convictions  of  right,  which  made  them  a  strong 
power  in  shaping  the  contour  of  thought  around  them. 

The  stream  of  immigration  (lowed  from  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey, 
Maryland,  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  —  many  coming  as  far  as 
Friends'  settlements  in  western  Pennsylvania  as  early  as  1799,  and 
waiting  there  until  the  government  was  prepared  to  dispose  of  lands 
west  of  the  Ohio  river.  Numbers  from  Xorth  Carolina  sought  this 
more  rigorous  climate  that  their  children  might  grow  up  free  from 
the  association  of  slavery.  Baltimore  yearly  meetings  had  for  a  long 
period  held  a  testimony  against  this  prevailing  evil,  and  throughout 
the  limits  of  the  society  a  strong  feeling  on  the  subject  existed  which 
bore  fruits  in  the  new  land.  The  first  Friends'  meeting  west  of  the 
Ohio  river  was  probably  held  in  the  autumn  of  1S00,  near  the  tent  of 
Jonathan  Taylor,  where  he  first  located  in  what  is  known  as  Concord, 
IJelmont  county,  about  five  miles  from  Mt.  Pleasant,  lie  had  en- 
camped in  the  forest  while  building  his  cabin  in  this  new  wilderness 
home.  The  little  gathering  consisted  of  himself,  his  wife  and  a  few  other 
individuals,  seated  under  spreading  branches  upon  newly  felled  logs. 
When  the  cabin  was  put  up  and  covered,  and  the  floor  which  consisted  of 
puncheons  partly  laid,  the  meetings  were  transferred  to  it.  The  first 
meeting  held  in  this  cabin  was  on  a  First-day  of  the  week.  It  had  been 
preceded  by  a  time  of  considerable  rain,  which  in  anticipation,  rendered 
the  accommodations  very  desirable.  The  poles  designed  for  sleepers 
on  which  to  lay  the  remainder  of  the  floor,  served  as  seats.  We  arc 
justified  in  supposing  that  meetings  for  worship  were  from  this 
time  regularly  held,  as  meetings  for  transacting  the  business  of  the 
society  were  regularly  established,  under  the  care  of  Friends  in  the 
east,  as  early  as  1S02. 

The  Stantons,  Lipseys,  and  a  number  of  other  Friends  families 
settled  near  Mt.  Pleasant  in  1S00.  Jonathan  Taylor  soon  removed 
from  Concord  to  within  a  short  distance  of  that  place,  on  what  is 
now  known  as  the  Updegraff  farm.  The  years  of  1S01-2-3,  were 
laborious  ones.  P~orests  were  to  fell,  and  the  ground  to  prepare  for 
planting  sufficient  for  present  need.  1  louses  were  to  be  built,  and  the 
pressing  wants  incident  to  pioneer  life  were  to  be  met,  but  in  1S04  a 
log  meeting  house  was  built  near  where  the  Short  Creek  house  now 
stands,  one-half  mile  west  of  Mt.  Pleasant.  The  records  of  a 
monthly  meeting,  called  Short  Creek,  open  third  month.  5th,  1S04. 
At  this  first  meeting  the  subject  of  the  pious  and  guarded  education 
of  the  youth  and  the-  state  of  schools  was  weightily  considered,  and  a 
committee  appointed  to  give  the  subject  further  solid  consideration. 
Nathan  L'pdegraff  was  appointed  to  serve  as  clerk,  Jesse  Hall  and 
Henry  Lewis  from  Short  Creek  preparative  meeting  and  James 
(  arr.  from  Plymouth  preparative  meeting,  to  serve  as  overseers. 
The  records  of  this  meeting  show  a  rapidly  increasing  membership 
by  direct  application  and  certificate  brought  by  families  nun  ing  within 
its  limits,  from  the  monthly  meetings  to  which  they  previously  he- 
longed.     So  prosperous  was' the  society,  that  in  1S06  ten  acres  of  land 


430  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

was  bought.  The  deed  was  executed  by  Ilorton  Howard,  Septem- 
ber 25,  i8o5,  and  made  "to  Nathan  Updegraff,  Aaron  Brown,  Enoch 
Harris  and  Jonathan  Taylor,  as  trustees  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
or  Quakers,  on  behalf  of  themselves  and  jointly  with  the  whole  Short 
Creek  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society."  The  consideration  money 
was  $30.  The  Short  Creek  meeting  house,  which  still  stands,  was 
built  in  1807,  on  this  land,  at  an  expense  of  $2,000.  Its  dimensions 
are  45x70.  This  lovely  spot  has  truly  come  to  be  a  city  of  the  dead. 
The  burying  ground  upon  its  summit,  which  overlooks  a  wide  ex- 
panse of  beautiful  scenery,  having  received  with  nature's  tenderness 
the  forms  of  generation  after  generation  of  those  who  have  gathered 
there  for  worship.  In  the  spring  of  1S07  Short  Creek  quarterly 
meeting  was  organized,  consisting  of  five  monthly  meetings,  viz.: 
Concord,  Short  Creek,  Salem,  Miami,  and  West  Branch.  Four  of 
these  were  in  Ohio  and  West  Branch  in  what  was  called  the  Indiana 
territory. 

Ohio  yearly  meeting  was  set  off  from  the  yearly  meeting  of  Balti- 
more in  1S12,  and  was  composed  of  Friends  west  of  the  Allegheny 
mountains.  The  first  yearly  meeting  was  held  at  Short  Creek  in  1813. 
During  the  years  18 15-16  what  is  well  known  as  the  yearly  meeting 
house  was  built  in  Mt.  Pleasant,  and  was  first  occupied  in  1S16.  It  is 
a  large  brick  building,  100x62,  and  variously  estimated  as  capable  of 
accommodating  from  1,500  to  2,500  persons.  Although  the  exclusive 
property  of  the  yearly  meeting,  it  has  been  used  by  the  society  for 
particular  meetings  since  second  month.,  1S17,  for  the  greater  con- 
venience of  Friends  residing  in  towns  or  country  homes  made  this  a 
more  centra!  point,  members  to  the  west  of  Mt.  Pleasant  still  wor- 
shipping at  Short  Creek. 

For  a  series  of  years  the-  records  of  Short  Creek  monthly  meeting 
show  a  rapid  increase  of  membership.  The  minutes  of  tenth  month, 
1813,  recommend  Friends  to  continue  their  laborwith  those  "who  are 
still  deficient  in  supporting  our  testimony  respecting  spirituous 
liquors."  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  have  the  subject  in  care. 
Marriages  in  accordance  with  established  usage  were  frequent.  The 
meeting  of  twelfth  month  20,  1S14,  records  as  follows:  "Benjamin 
Lundy  and  Esther  Lewis  appeared  in  this  meeting  and  signified  their 
intention  of  marriage  with  each  other.  They  having  consent  of  par- 
ents; George  Kinsey  and  Ansalem  Patterson  are  appointed  to  inquire 
into  his  clearness  in  other  like  engagements  and  report  to  the  next 
meeting."  According  to  custom  a  like  committee  was  appointed  in 
the  women's  meeting  to  make  similar  inquiries  respecting  the  pro- 
posed bride.  The  meeting  of  first  month  24.  1815,  records  that  "the 
committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  Benjamin  Lundy's  clearness, 
report  that  they  find  nothing  to  obstruct  his  proceeding  in  marriage 
with  Esther  Lewis.  They  are  therefore  at  liberty  to  accomplish  the 
same,"  ami  a  committee  was  appointed  in  both  the  men's  and  women's 
meetings,  to  attend  the  marriage  and  report  the  "orderly  accomplish- 
ment." From  the  meeting  of  second  month  21st.  we  further  learn 
that  "the    Friends   appointed  to  attend   the  marriage    of   Benjamin 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  43 1 

Lundy  and  Esther  Lewis,  report  that  the  same  was  orderly  accom- 
plished," and  from  that  held  the  23d  of  fifth  month,  following  that 
Benjamin  Lundy  and  Esther,  his  wife,  request  a  certificate  to  Plain- 
field  monthly  meeting,  which  was  produced,  approved  and  signed  by 
the  clerk.  On  sixth  month  20,  1815,  the  representatives  appointed 
the  preceding  month  to  attend  the  quarterly  meeting,  report  that 
they  all  attended  and  inform  "  that  it  is  recommended  to  the  monthly 
meetings  to  appoint  suitable  committees  to  assist  and  encourage 
Friends  in  making  wills  in  time  of  health."  After  due  deliberation 
such  an  appointment  was  made.  About  the  year  1S1S,  the  subject  of 
establishing  an  institution  for  the  guarded  education  of  Friends' 
children  was  agitated,  but  the  definite  steps  which  resulted  in  the 
Friends  boarding  school  of  Mt.  Pleasant  were  not  taken  until  years 
afterward. 

The  memorable  division  which  occurred  in  the  various  yearly  meet- 
ings in  America,  and  which  originated  the  two  branches  commonly 
known  as  Orthodox  and  Hicksite  Friends,  took  place  in  Ohio,  ninth 
month  and  sixth  day,  1S2S,  during  the  week  of  yearly  meeting.  The  party 
sympathizing  with  Elias  Hicks  adopted  the  simple  name  of  Friends, 
while  the  other  party  assumed  the  name  of  Orthodox  Friends;  each 
party,  however,  claiming  to  hold  the  principles  of  George  Fox  and 
other  early  ministers  and  writers  of  the  church.  The  probability  is 
that  from  the  rise  of  the  society  in  the  seventeenth  century,  there 
had  really  existed  differences  of  opinion  on  some  doctrinal"  points 
which  were  not  particularly  regarded  in  the  earlier  days,  while  still 
warm  from  the  fever  kindled  by  persecution,  and  tilled  with  the 
spiritual  health  which  the  presence  and  influence  of  the  devoted  men 
and  women  who  were  instrumental  in  the  rise  and  earl)-  prosperity  of 
the  society,  had  nourished.     But  when 

"  Full  long  its  feet  the  flowery  ways 
Of  peace  liad  trod." 

and 


"Too  cheaply  truths  once  purchase.!  dear, 
Were  made  its  avfn." 


Controversy  more  and  more  prevailed  on  points  which  have  per- 
plexed the  great  and  good  in  all  ages  of  the  Christian  church,  and 
respecting  which  widely  diverse  judgments  have  been  reached 
by  holy.  God-loving,  righteous  men.  As  is  the  universal  tendency 
where  people  arc  met  on  the  basis  of  opinion,  there  developed  two 
broad  parties,  which  were  necessarily  irreconcilable,  so  long  as  that 
spirit  prevailed,  which  in  this  age  "gibbets  men  in  sermons  and  burns 
them  in  print,"  and  a  permanent  separation  ensued.     Oftimes 


IVrhaps  from  this  cloud  which  caused  grevious  mourning  anion; 
nany  in  both  divisions  came  a  baptism  into  deep  things,  u  hicli  hrough 
;uch  a  new  nearness   to   God's   truth.     That   spiritual   comfort  is  dis 


432  HISTORY    OK   THE    UPPER   OHIO   VALLEY. 

pensed,  independent  of  theological  articles  of  opinion,  seems  patent 
since  unquestionably  these  branches  of  the  church,  both  continued  to 
receive  strength  from  an  edifying  gospel  ministry,  and  to  abound  in 
members  highly  blessed  spiritually. 

For  years  the  orthordox  branch  continued  meetings  for  worship  at 
both  Mt.  Pleasant  and  Short  Creek.  Early  in  the  year  1829  the 
branch  denominated  Ilicksite  purchased  land  one  mile  west  of  Mt. 
Pleasant  at  a  point  central  for  those  in  membership,  and  soon  occupied 
a  meeting-house  built  thereon  for  particular  meetings,  but  continued 
to  have  the  use  of  the  houses  at  Short  Creek  and  Mt.  Pleasant  when 
desired  for  quarterly  and  yearly  meeting  purposes. 

The  orthordox  yearly  meeting  of  Ohio  was  again  disrupted,  in  1854, 
into  what  are  known  as  the  Gurney  and  Wilbur  factions.  Soon  after 
this,  those  in  harmony  with  the  part  denominated  Gurney  Friends 
discontinued  the  use  of  the  house  on  Short  creek,  all  consolidating  in 
the  meeting  convening  in  the  yearly  meeting  house  in  Mount  Pleas- 
ant, and  those  denominated  Wilburites  found  it  desirable  to  discon- 
tinue their  meeting,  held  at  Short  Creek,  the  members  being  attached 
to  their  meetings  at  other  points.  The  boarding-school  property 
remained  in  the  possession  of  this  branch  until  1874.  when  the  supreme 
court  of  Ohio,  by  its  decision  settled  the  title  in  favor  of  the  Gurney 
division.  Previous  to  this  decision  the  Wilbur  Friends  had  continued 
to  hold  their  yearly  meeting  at  Mount  Pleasant,  but  soon  after  made 
arrangements  to  remove  it  to  Barnesville,  Belmont  county.  Their 
last  yearly  meeting  was  held  at  Mount  Pleasant,  in  tenth  month  ot 
1877. 

Those  who  worship  still  in  Mt.  Pleasant  appear  to  have  departed, 
in  some  measure,  from  the  plain,  simple  form  ot  earlier  years.  They 
now  send  out  ministers  into  the  world  as  evangelists,  and  have 
adopted  the  same  practice  of  singing,  praying  and  preaching  that 
other  churches  have,  and  the  general  manner  of  conducting  the 
religious  services  is  not  very  different  from  other  churches.  As  one 
of  their  ministers  expressed  himself,  it  is  now  an  aggressive  and 
progressive  church.  After  all  its  vicissitudes  and  trials  it  is  still  in  a 
prosperous  and  flourishing  condition,  having  had  an  addition  ot  forty 
members  within  the  last  year.  A  Sabbath  school  was  organized  in 
connection  with  this  church  May  3,  185S,  with  Elhvood  Ratcliff  as 
superintendent.  Early  in  its  history  care  was  extended  toward  cer- 
tain children,  who  were  prevented  from  attending  from  want  of  suit- 
able clothing,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  supply  the  wants  ot 
those  in  need.  Solicitude  was  also  felt  for  colored  children  and  a 
committee  was  appointed  in  their  behalf.  This  school  is  still  con- 
tinued. Friends  known  as  Hicksites  hold  their  meetings  regularly  in 
the  house  one  mile  west  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  built  soon  after  the  division 
of  182S.  The  meetings  appear  to  be  conducted  in  the  primitive  style 
of  Friends,  and  those  assembling  to  be  substantial,  intelligent  citizens 
of  the  community. 

The  Friends  church  in  Smithfield  township,  is  undoubtedly  the 
oldest   church   in  the  township.     It   was  organized   as  early  as  1S02. 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  433 

The  first  meetings  were  held  at  the  private  residences  of  members 
until  about  1804,  when  they  put  up  a  log  building  near  where  the 
present  one  stands.  They  used  this  building  until  1813,  when  a  good 
substantial  brick  took  its  place.  This  brick,  with  some  repairs,  stood 
until  1879,  when  it  was  torn  away  and  the  present  ample  frame  house 
was  erected.  This  last  building  cost  about  $2,000.  The  building 
committee  consisted  of  Nathan  L.  Wood,  William  M.Cope  and  Evan 
Purviance.  The  lot  on  which  this  building  stands  contains  ten  acres. 
It  was  deeded  June  7,  1S10,  by  James  Carr,  to  George  Hammond, 
Casparius  Garretson,  David  Purviance  and  Nathan  McGrew.  as  trus- 
tees for  the  society.  This  church  was  originally  called  Plymouth 
monthly  meeting,  in  1818  the  name  was  changed  to  Smithfield 
meeting.  The  congregation  at  present  numbers  about  1S0  members. 
The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  the  original  members  of  the  church 
in  1S02:  Benjamin  Townsend  and  Jemima  his  wife,  Malchi  Jolly, 
Richard  Jelks,  James  Carr,  William  Kirk,  George  Hammond,  James 
Hammond  and'  David  Purviance.  The  first  marriage  in  this  church 
was  Evan  Evans  and  Mary  Brighte,  or  Brite,  which  took  place 
April  20,  1S08.  The  lot  of  ten  acres  on  which  the  church  stands  is 
used  as  a  cemetery.  The  first  burial  was  a  child  of  Malachi  Jolly. 
The  first  grown  person  buried  there  was  Jemima  Townsend,  wife  of 
Benjamin  Townsend.  There  was  in  connection  with  this  church  a 
Sabbath  school  established,  commencing  with  about  twenty  scholars, 
that  had  increased  to  sixty  in  1879.  Evan  Purviance  has  been  super- 
intendent for  the  last  seven  years.  Joseph  Hoyle  is  assistant  superin- 
tendent and  Mary  E.  Blackburn,  secretary.  The  same  cause  that 
brought  about  the  division  in  the  churches  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
throughout  the  land  in  18:8,  that  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  two 
separate  organizations,  had  the  same  effect  in  the  Smithfield  church 
as  in  the  others.  It  divided  into  Hicksites  and  Orthodox  parties.  The 
Hicksites  organized  a  society  and  in  1829  built  themselves  a  house  of 
worship  near  the  east  end  of  Fourth  street,  where  they  met  and  wor- 
shipped until  1859,  when  by  removals  their  numbers  became  so  small 
that  they  ceased  to  hold  regular  meetings  and  dissolved  their  organi- 
zation and  sold  their  property.  Their  house  was  a  brick  buildingand 
is  now  owned  by  William  Vermillion. 

In  1854,  another  division  occurred  in  this  church.  This  division 
was  brought  about  by  a  difference  of  opinion  between  J.  J.  Gurney 
and  Thomas  Wilbur,  on  some  theological  points  not  clearly  under- 
stood by  the  writer,  and  not  necessary  to  the  purpose  of  our  work,  if 
it  was.  These  two  parties  were  distinguished  by  the  names  of  Gur- 
neyites  and  Wilburites,  more  commonly  called  "Gurneys"  and  "Wil- 
burs." The  former  of  them  being  largely  in  the  majority,  retained 
possession  of  the  property,  and  the  "Wilburs"  withdrew  and  formed 
a  separate  church  organization.  The  seceding  members,  though  very 
respectable  in  influence  and  standing  in  the  community,  were  weak  in 
numbers  and  have  as  yet  built  no  meeting  house,  though  they  contem- 
plate doing  so.  They  hold  their  meetings  at  private  residences. 
The  colored  churches  of  this  county  are  as  follows:  Two  in  Steu- 
2S— B. 


434  HISTORY    01'    THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

benville,  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  with  a  membership 
of  ninety-six,  and  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  (colored) ,  with  a 
membership  of  forty;  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Mt. 
Pleasant,  thirty-seven  members,  and  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
(colored)  with  fifty-two  members;  the  Baptist  church  at  Trenton, 
thirty-five  members;  the  Smithfield  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  forty-seven  members;  at  Mclntyre,  the  African  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  forty-nine  members,  and  the  Baptist  church  twenty- 
three  members.  These  figures  have  been  given  to  us  by  Rev.  D.  \V. 
Butler,  present  pastor  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of 
Steubenville. 


CHAPTER    IX. 

THE    PRESS    OF    JEFFERSON    COUNTY, 


[IfMjHE  ST EU BEX VI EL 
v~|4|£.>  mS  lne  oldest  newspa 


E  HERALD  justly  lays  claim  to  be- 
paper  in  the  state,  with  perhaps  a  sing! 


X .'.  t :'A,K- ',>    ul&   Lill~  em-icsi  uc»  sjjcijjci    in   un:  ^lcilc,  uaii  |jci  iicij-is  a  single 

^MH&z  exception.  It  was  established  by  Lowry  &  Miller  in  the 
pJ^Ws?  year  1806,  its  headquarters  then  being  the  one-story  frame 
SP^Sh  building  on  the  east  side  of  Third  street  immediately  above 
w8^5  Washington.  In  1814  it  was  purchased  by  James  Wilson, 
_rS^t  who  had  previously  conducted  the  Aurora  at  Philadelphia. 
ft  'k  During  the  days  of  the  whig  part)',  it  was  a  power  in  all  this 
section  of  country.  The  entire  sheet  measured  22x18  inches,  and  it 
would  hardly  fill  one  corner  of  the  present  Weekly  Herald.  About 
183S  Mr.  Wilson  became  president  of  the  Steubenville,  Cadi/  and 
Cambridge  turnpike,  and  this,  with  his  duties  as  associate  judge;  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas,  so  absorbed  his  time  that  he  gradually  with- 
drew from  active  participation  in  the  affairs  of  the  paper,  which  was 
now  run  by  his  son  Robert,  and  John  Worsted.  About  1843,  they  sold 
out  to  Nathan  Purviance,  who  kept  the  paper  but  a  very  short  time, 
when  he  disposed  of  it  to  W.  R.  Allison,  a  newspaper  man  of  large 
experience  and  recognized  ability,  who,  in  1847,  established  the  Daily 
Herald.  Mr.  Allison  retained  control  until  October  1.  1873,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  P.  B.  Conn,  the  present  proprietor.  Since  the  Herald 
has  been  under  the  charge  of  the  present  proprietor,  many  and  marked 
improvements  have  been  made.  The  weekly  edition  now  contains 
forty-eight  columns.  It  is  the  recognized  exponent  of  the  republican 
party,  not  only  for  Jefferson  county,  but  for  eastern  Ohio,  and  enjoys, 
as  it  deserves,  an  extended  circulation  and  influence.  Mr.  J.  B.  Doyle 
is  principal  editorial  writer. 

Steubenville  Daily  and   Weekly   Gazette.—  The    Weekly  Gazette  was 
established  by  C.  X.  Allen,  late   editor  of  the   Cadi/  Sentinel,  in  Sep- 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  435 

tember,  1865,  though  it  might  really  be  said  to  be  erected  upon  the 
ruins  of  other  newspaper  enterprises,  for  previous  to  1865  there  had 
been  several  unsuccessful  attempts  made  to  maintain  a  live  democratic 
paper  in  Steubenville.  The  original  Weekly  Gazette  contained  thirty- 
two  columns.  The  prosperous  times  had  the  effect  of  building  up  a 
large  and  lucrative  business  for  the  publisher,  and  in  1S6S  a  morning 
Daily  Gazette  was  established  —  a  neat,  newsy,  twenty-four  column 
sheet,  but  the  venture  failed  to  obtain  the  patronage  necessary  to  its 
continuance,  and  inside  of  a  year  the  weekly  was  once  more  left  in 
sole  possession  of  the  held,  which  it  clung  to  with  remarkable  tenacity. 
The  next  attempt  to  establish  a  daily  democratic  paper  was  under- 
taken by  C.  N.  Allen,  in  the  fall  of  1873,  whose  better  judgment  de- 
vised an  evening  edition  as  preferable  to  a  morning  paper.  This 
proved  successful,  when  the  weekly  was  next  relinquished  and  a  semi- 
weekly  substituted.  On  the  1st  of  February,  1S75,  the  Gazette  estab- 
lishment was  purchased  by  Messrs.  IT  11.  McFadden  and  \Y.  H. 
I  lunter,  of  Cadiz,  the  latter  gentleman  having  been  one  of  the  editors 
of  the  Cadiz  Sentinel.  The  new  firm  were  not  slow  to  make  them- 
selves known  and  felt  in  the  community.  The  semi-weekly  was  re- 
placed by  the  present  Weekly  Gazette,  which  was  then  the  largest 
paper  in  eastern  Ohio,  thirty-six  columns.  In  May,  1875,  the  Daily 
Gazette  was  enlarged  to  twenty-eight  columns.  Under  the  careful  and 
efficient  management  of  McFadden  &  Hunter,  the  Daily  and  Weekly 
Gazette  have  alike  flourished  and  become  the  factors  of  public  opinion 
in  Ohio  to  no  inconsiderable  extent.  The  editorials  of  the  Gazette 
are  largely  quoted  by  its  contemporaries  throughout  the  country. 
Its  editorials  sparkle  with  originality  of  thought,  earning  for  it  exten- 
sive patronage  and  influence,  ranking  it  among  the  leading  papers  of 
( )hio. 

The  Ohio  Press,  a  first-class  independent  newspaper  opposed  to 
corrupt  legislation,  and  in  favor  of  "  an  honest  government  of  the  peo- 
ple and  for  the  people,"  was  established  in  August,  1870,  by  \V.  R. 
Allison,  several  years  previously  proprietor  of  the  old" Steubenville 
Herald"  Mr.  Allison  is  extensively  known  and  widely  experienced 
as  a  journalist  in  this  community,  and  still  retains  the  editorial  chair 
on  the  Ohio  Press.  The  Press  is  an  eight-page  paper  published  every 
1  hursdav.  A  more  extended  notice  of  Mr.  Allison's  career  as  a  jour- 
nalist will  be  found  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

S/eitbeiiz'illc  Ger/uauia,  German  weekly,  appears  every  Saturday; 
independent  in  politics,  four  pages;  size  26x40.  subscription,  $2.00;  es- 
tablished by  R.  Schnorrenberg,  August,  1870;  from  April  1,  1870,  to 
April  1.  1S70.  the  firm  was  Schnorrenberg  &  Gescheider.  On  this 
date  the  former  retired,  leaving  Mr.  Gescheider  as  sole  proprietor  and 
editor  of  the  paper,  barge  circulation,  steadily  increasing  through- 
oul  this  and  adjoining  counties  as  well  as  in  the  states  of  Ohio  and 
West  Virginia.  " 

/')«  Sicnbeiiville  Sunday  Xews  may  be  said  to  have  grown  out  of 
what  wasonce  known  as  the  Sunday  Local,  which  enjoyed  a  merr\  ex- 
istence o!  some  two  to  three  years,  down  to  1879,  which  year  the  .\V,v\ 


436  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

was  started.  It  is  an  eight-page  forty-eight  column  paper,  owned  by 
the  Steubenville  Sunday  News  Co.,  for  whom  Mr.  G.  G.  Nichols  is  man- 
aging editor. 

The  Steubenville  Sunday  Life  was  established  by  George  B.  Huff, 
October  9,  1SS7.  He  is  a  young  man  of  large  newspaper  experience, 
having  worked  his  way  up  from  the  compositor's  case  to  that  of  edi- 
tor and  publisher.  The  Life  is  a  eight-column  quarto.  It  is  neatly 
printed  and  newsy;  independent  in  politics.  Mr.  Huff  is  the  son  of 
T.  A.  Huff,  well-known  among  the  earlier  citizens  of  Steubenville. 
George  B.  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Steubenville,  and  has 
at  different  times  been  engaged  in  the  capacity  of  city  editor,  or  re- 
porter on  the  following  well  known  journals:  Steubenville  Herald.  Ga- 
zette and  Press,  Leavcnzuorth  Sun,  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  Cleveland 
Leader.  His  paper  is  well  supported,  having  a  circulation  of  about 
1,800. 

Steubenville  Evening  Star. —  The  first  issue  of  the  Evening  Star  made 
its  appearance  October  14,  1SS9.  It  is  a  penny  paper.started  by  W.  \Y. 
Mackay  more  as  an  advertising  sheet,  but  was  soon  giving  consid- 
erable space  to  news.  It  is  well  supported  by  a  circulation  of  1,200, 
and  large  advertising  patronage. 

The  first  paper  published  in  Toronto  was  issued  in  18/9  by  T.  M. 
Daniels,  and  printed  for  him  by  William  B.  Jewett  on  a  small  press, 
it  being  an  eight-page  sheet,  size  of  page  about  five  and  one-half  by 
eight  inches.  It  ran  this  size  for  some  months,  when  it  was  enlarged 
to  a  three-column  folio,  and  afterward  printed  in  Steubenville.  After 
the  lapse  of  four  or  five  months  more,  it  was  again  enlarged  to  a  six- 
column  folio.  In  the  fall  of  1SS0,  Frank  Stokes  came  from  Knoxville, 
the  same  county,  and  associated  himself  in  partnership  with  .Mr. 
Daniels  in  the  publication  of  the  paper  (which  was  then  known  as 
the  Sloan s Enterprise,  the  name  of  the  town  at  that  time  beingSloan's 
Station).  A  printing  office  was  established  and  the  publication  con- 
tinued under  that  name  until  1881,  when  the  name  of  the  place  was 
changed  to  Toronto,  and  the  paper  changed  to  the  Toronto  Tribune. 
Mr.  Daniels  died  in  1884,  and  his  interest  in  the  paper  was  purchased 
by  the  remaining  partner,  who  has  continued  to  the  present  time. 
In  18S2  the  paper  was  changed  to  an  eight-column  folio,  and  in  1888 
to  a  six-page  eight-column  sheet,  since  which  it  has  been  continued 
in  the  same  form.  It  has  a  large  circulation  and  influence,  comparing 
very  favorably  with  any  of  the  local  papers  of  the  Ohio  Valley. 

The  Mingo  Nezvs  was  established  in  1S86  by  W.  C.  Smith,  a  Steu- 
benville printer,  and  run  for  some  months  as  a  six-column  folio.  He 
took  in  a  partner  in  the  person  of  Otis  W.  Yarnell,  a  printer,  of  Steu- 
benville. This  partnership  was  of  but  a  few  months'  duration,  and 
Mr.  Smith  continued  the  publication  of  the  paper  himself,  doing  the 
work  of  it  at  the  office  of  the  Steubenville  Herald.  In  iSSS  Mr.  Smith 
took  into  partnership  with  him  Mr.  Frank  Kelly,  of  Toronto,  and  the 
two  continued  the  publication  of  the  Ncxvs  about  six  months,  when 
Mr.  Smith  retired.  After  the  lapse  of  a  few  months  Mr.  Kelly  also 
grew  discouraged  in    the    up-hill   task  of  running  a  newspaper  in  a 


JEFFERSON   COUNTY,    OHIO.  437 

small  town,  and  arranged  with  the  publisher  of  the  Tribune,  at 
Toronto,  to  take  the  News  off  his  hands.  The  latter  assumed  the 
ownership  of  the  paper,  and  moved  the  mechanical  appurtenances  of 
the  same  to  Toronto,  enlarged  the  paper  to  an  eight-column  sheet, 
and  has  since  continued  the  publication,  making  a  very  creditable 
local  paper  out  of  it.  Mr.  A.  J.  Stedman,  son  of  the  Hon.  Lyman 
Stedman,  of  Brown's  Island,  has  had  charge  of  the  paper,  and  also 
looks  after  the  interest  of  the  Tribune  at  the  county  seat  —  a  bureau 
being*maintained  there  by  the  publisher  to  afford  his  papers  increased 
advantages  in  the  way  of  furnishing  county  news.  Both  papers  have 
good  circulations  throughout  the  county  and  adjoining  counties.  The 
Tribune,  having  been  established  a  number  of  years  before  the  News, 
has  a  correspondingly  wider  field  and  larger  circulation. 

Mi.  Pleasant. — The  first  paper  published  here  was  the  Philanthropist,  a 
small  quarto  size  of  eight  pages,  issued  every  Saturday  at  $5-co  a  year. 
It  was  printed  by  Charles  Osborne  and  devoted  to  the  news  of  the 
day  and  the  discussion  of  subjects  of  moral  ethics.  The  fust  number 
made  its  appearance  September  S,  1S17.  Mr.  Osborne  continued  the 
paper  until  October  S,  1818,  when  he  sold  the  establishment  to  Elisha 
Bates,  who  continued  it  under  the  same  title,  but  reduced  it  from  a 
quarto  to  an  octavo  of  sixteen  pages.  Mr.  Bates  issued  his  first  num- 
ber, December  11,  1818,  and  published  it  till  April  27,  1S22,  when  it 
suspended. 

In  1821.  Benjamin  Lundy  published  the  Genius  of  Universal  Eman- 
cipation. The  paper  was  printed  at  Steubenville,  and  Mr.  Lundy 
traveled  on  foot  from  Mt.  Pleasant  with  his  manuscript  and  returned 
with  his  printed  paper.  He  continued  it  several  months  and  removed 
it  to  Jonnsboro,  Tenn.  This  was  the  first  genuine  abolition  paper  in 
the  United  States. 

1  he  /  Wage  Banner  was  published  in  1835.  one  year,  but  none  of  the 
files  remain. 

In  1837-8  a  paper  was  published  by  Elisha  Bates,  devoted  to  moral 
and  religious  subjects,  but  it  has  shared  the  fate  of  most  of  the  others, 
its  very  name  being  forgotten.  Still  later,  the  Life  Boat  was  pub- 
lished by  John  Ik  Wolf.  It  was  a  strong  temperance  paper.  Besides 
these,  there  appears  to  have  been  several  other  periodicals  published 
at  various  times. 

On  the  1 6th  of  September,  1822,  Howard  issued  the  first  number  of 
the  Juvenile  Museum,  a  semi-monthly  magazine  of  eight  pages,  de- 
voted to  the  entertainment  and  instruction  of  youth.  With  the 
eleventh  number  it  was  changed  from  a  semi-monthly  of  eight  pages 
to  a  monthly  of  sixteen  pages.  In  the  number  for  September  27,  1823, 
appears  the  editor's  valedictory  and  the  publication  ceased.  Then 
there  was  published  from  July,  1827,  to  perhaps  1831  or  1832,  the  Mis- 
cellaneous Repository,  by  Elisha  Bates,  a  monthly  periodical  devoted  to 
moral  and  religious  subjects. 

1  he  Friend's  Expositor  was  first  issued  January  1st,  i88~,  and  is  now 
'"  »ts  4th  volume.  It  is  owned,  edited  anil  published  by  Ik  Ik  Lpde- 
grall.     It  is  not  secular,  nor  is  it  political,  but  strictly  a  religious  jour- 


43^ 


HISTORY    OF    THE    LTPICK    OHIO    VALLEY. 


nal.  Not  sectarian  at  all,  but  with  the  design  of  promoting  experi- 
mental and  practical  piety,  it  is  thoroughly  Catholic  or  universal 
in  its  tone  and  spirit.  It  is  thirty-two  pages,  small  quarto.  Circula- 
tion about  ioOO. 


CHAPTER  X. 


11  iii:rsox  cofXTV. 


fztif'J^M  ITTLE  is  known  of  the  early  history  of  the  medical  pro- 
j'^<iV  1  less'on  °f  Jefferson  county.  There  are  no  records  of  any 
j&~i=^Js~$  early  medical  organization,  if  indeed  such  organization  ever 
^wjV?^  existed.  The  names  of  many  of  the  earlier  practitioners 
t<y^=^>  nave  passed  into  oblivion,  with  death  of  the  pioneer  resi- 
|dte^-3  dents  upon  whom  they  practiced  the  healing  art.  A  few  of 
(r  «^  those  who  were  more  conspicuous  are  remembered  by  the 
descendants  of  the  first  settlers.  The  present  century  has  wrought 
many  wonderful  changes  in  the  practice  of  medecine,  in  both  the  treat- 
ment of  disease  and  the  quality  of  drugs  used.  The  best  educated 
and  more  scientific  of  the  profession  have  long  since  discarded  the 
theory  that  cure  depends  upon  the  quantity  of  drugs  administered. 
The  diseases  prevalent  in  the  early  settlement  of  the  upper  Ohio  val- 
ley differ  but  little  from  those  most  common  at  this  time.  The  rough, 
hilly  and  rugged  surface  of  the  country  prevented  the  malaria  which 
was  so  common  in  many  sections  of  the  country  and  proved  such  a 
terror  to  all  new  comers.  As  to  who  was  the  first  to  offer  his  service 
and  professional  skill  to  the  people  of  Steubenville  and  vicinity,  there 
is  a  diversity  of  opinion;  and  as  the  memory  isatbestuncertain.it 
would  not  be  safe  to  accord  that  honor  without  more  authentic  and 
trustworthy  information  on  the  subject.  At  the  time  of  the  coming  of 
Dr.  William  Stanton,  1832,  now  probably  the  oldest  in  practice  in  the 
county,  Dr.  Benjamin  Mairs,  who  had  come  from  north  Ireland,  was 
engaged  in  the  practice.  He  was,  however,  preceded  by  others. 
among  whom  was  Dr.  Stanton,  the  father  of  the  great  war  secretary. 
Hon.  Edwin  M.  Stanton.  He  is  reputed  to  have  been  a  man  of  great 
natural  ability  and  very  successful  in  the  practice. 

Contemporaneous  with  Dr.  B.  Stanton  was  Dr.  Mason.  He  located 
in  Steubenville  early  in  the  century,  and  practiced  there  for  many 
years.  Dr.  Benjamin  Dickson  came  perhaps  as  early  as  [80S,  and 
deserves  to  be  classed  among  the  pioneers.  Drs.  I  tammond  and 
McGinty  were  here  at  an  early  date,  the  latter  went  to  St.  Louis.  Dr. 
Thomas  Johnson  came  in  [S34,  and  the  brother  of  Edwin  M.  Stanton 
began  the  practice  early,  but  after  a  few  years  went  to  West  Virginia, 
where   he  (.lied   many  years    ago.      Perhaps,    the    most    conspicuous  of 


JEFFERSON    COUNTY,    OHIO.  439 

those  who  may  be  classed  among  the  early  physicians,  was  Benjamin 
Tappan,  the  son  of  the  once  famous  senator  by  the  same  name,  of 
whom  mention  is  made  elsewhere.  Dr.  Tappan  was  in  both  literary 
and  professional  training  far  in  advance  of  the  physicians  of  his  day. 
After  attending  some  of  the  best  schools  of  his  native  country,  he 
went  to  Europe,  and  in  Paris  he  spent  much  of  his  time  in  the  study 
of  his  profession,  besides  devoting  much  attention  to  the  study  of  the 
languages,  in  which  he  became  proficient. 

Drs.  Shane,  Hamilton,  Lester  and  Scott  were  also  here,  but  later 
than  the  foregoing.  As  above  mentioned  Dr.  William  Stanton  is  per- 
haps longer  in  the  practice  than  any  one  in  Jefferson  county.  He 
was  born,  reared  and  received  his  literary  training  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land. He  finished  his  medical  education,  so  far  as  collegiate  instruc- 
tions go  toward  its  accomplishment,  at  Edinburg,  Scotland,  after 
which  he  emigrated  to  America,  and  began  the  practice  in  Clark 
county,  Ohio,  in  1833.  After  remaining  one  year  he  became  discour- 
aged, and  started  to  return,  but  at  Steubenville  he  met  an  old  friend 
who  induced  him  to  remain.  The  doctor  is  now  in  his  seventy-sixth 
year,  and  is  practically  retired  from  the  practice.  Dr.  Enoch  Pearce, 
although  still  active  in  the  practice,  may  be  classed  as  one  of  the  con- 
necting links  between  the  past  and  present  history  of  the  profession. 

In  the  towns  along  the  Ohio  river  that  have  in  the  last  two  decades 
become  flourishing  business  centers,  there  were  no  physicians  in  the 
early  days,  the  people  then  depending  upon  the  physicians  of  Steu- 
benville or  Wellsburg.  At  Mt.  Pleasant,  which  was  one  of  the  early 
settled  portions  of  the  county,  Drs.  William  Hamilton  and  Isaac  Par- 
ker; the  former  moved  to  Steubenville.  At  Smithfield,  Dr.  William 
Burrell  was  practicing  perhaps  as  early  as  1806  or  1807.  William  and 
Anderson  Judkins  were  also  there  at  an  early  day;  the  former  moved 
to  Steubenville  and  the  latter  to  Bloomfield.  William  Leslie  and  his 
son  John  deserved  to  be  mentioned  among  the  early  physicians  of 
Smithfield.  Drs.  Harrison,  Riddle,  Vorhees  and  Johnson  were  at 
Bloomfield,  and  Anderson  Judkins  moved  from  Smithfield  to  Rich- 
mond, and  was  perhaps  the  first  to  minister  to  the  wants  of  the  sick 
of  that  community. 

Medical  Society. —  A  number  of  the  leading  medical  men  of  the 
county  recognizing  the  necessity  of  annual,  semi-annual  and  quarterly 
meeting  for  the  discussion  of  better  methods  and  the  inter-change  of 
thoughts,  whereby  each  might  have  the  benefit  of  the  experience  and 
observation  of  all  the  others,  met  at  Steubenville  in  1S58  and  organ- 
ized the  Jefferson  Count)'  Medical  society,  by  electing  Dr.  Benjamin 
Tappan  president.  The  charter  members  of  that  society  were:  Drs. 
William  Hamilton,  of  Mt.  Pleasant;  A.  T.  Markle,  Wintersville; 
W.  S.  Bates,  of  Smithfield;  Thomas  Johnson,  Benjamin  Tappan, 
Joseph  Mitchell,  E.  Brugh  and  Enoch  Pearce,  of  Steubenville,  all 
of  whom  are  now  dead  except  the  last  named.  The  present  officers 
are:  president,  Dr.  M.  D.  Hill;  II.  W.  Nelson,  vice  president;  A.  A. 
Elliott,  secretary.  Mention  of  many  of  the  lat<<r  physicians  will  be 
found  elsewhere  in  this  work. 


ST.  M 

/ 


rAZRSVILLE  FOLK  WHO 
LONG  AGO  MOVED  FAR  AWAY 


A  rare  old  lady  of  Quaker  type,  often 
no  doubt  i.  pieced  hrd  welcome  visitor 
jng  ago  in  St.  Clairsville,  is  Mrs  Tor- 
;!1  Thomas,  now  residing:  at  the 
ideful  age  of  93  with  an  only  daugh- 
r,  Mrs  Hannah  W.  Ritchie,  in  Oak- 
id.  California  A  portion  of  each 
.r,  however,  the  Ritchie  home  is  at 
irmel-by-the-Sca,  a  quaint,  more  or 
jss  Bohemian  colony,  tome  eighty 
Biles  south  of  San  Francisco,  Terrell 
Thomas  was  a  St.  Clairsville  hoy,  born 
lere  Jen.  10,  192G,  his  parents  being 
Benjamin  and  Johanna  (Terrell)Thomas, 
>ne  a  native  of  Baltimore,  the  other 
if  Richmond,  Va.  Till  he  wes  twenty- 
vie  Terrell  Thomas  lived  in  St.  Clairs- 
ville; then  for  three  years  he  served  in 
>.  wholesale  and  retail  store  at  Balti- 
nore;  afterward,  for  some  years,  was 
jack  in  Ohio,  associated  with  his  father 
n  produce  and  in  pork  packing;  finally 
roing  to  Wisconsin  in  1854  end  becom- 
ng  there  cashier  at  first  of  a  bank  at 
Jadisou,  the  capital,  and  locating 
iter  as  a  banker  at  Baraboo,  tbit 
tate,  in  1S57.  He  became  n  man  of 
;enerous  means,  worth  upwards  of 
(100,000,  a  large  sum  in  that  early  day; 
>ut  he  was  seriously  affected  financially 
3  8  consequence  c-f  the  "hop  crash," 
hich  produced  extended  ruin  over  all 
outh-eentra!  Wisconsin  in  the  late 
ixties.  His  bank  passed  to  other  j 
lands  in  1872;  but  in  that  very  year  ha  I 
lad  an  influential  role  in  promoting  to 
ntainmeDt  the  extension  of  a  railway 
lortb  from  Madison  to  Baraboo,  forty 
liles,  now  a  part  of  the  trunk  line  of 
he  great  Chicago  &  North weas  tern 
yetem  that,  with  its  ten  thousand 
>iles  of  mam  track,  gridirons  the 
ountry  from  Chicago  far  to  the  west- 
ward. Mr.  Thomas  died  in  1888  at 
Jaraboo. 

Brothers  and  Sisters 
A  brother,   William  B.  Thomas,    was 
.ssociated  with  him  in    the    bank,    but 
»te  went  to  .McGregor,  Iowa,    then    to 
|  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis  ,-  where  he  died    in 
I  SSS  and  where  he  sleeps  apart  from  all 
'is  kin.     He  was  a  handsome    and    de- 
>ODair  bachelor,  quite  the  social    beau, 
md  soldier,  too.     Thomas    Corwin,    an- 
ther of  tr.e    biothera    and   bearing   a 
lame  of  highest  lienor  in  Ohio,    served 
lonorary  in  the  Civil  war.    and,    al 
jn  the  nineties,    accidentally    fell   from 
i  passenger  train    near    his    home    at 
'omor.a,    L'aliiornir.,     and    was     killed, 
le  left  a  widow  who  tCoiues  there  still. 

iicr  niece,  of    the    same    name,    is    the 
brilliant  and    helpful    wife  of    United 

States    Senator  iiobert   M     LaFollstte,  ! 

1  whom  she  was  a    classmate    in  the 


Miss    Ethel   and 
eeessfjl    business 


i  t  orwin  1  nomas  ur 
Anson,  the  latter  a  si 
man  at  Pomona. 

Two  other  of  these  St.  Clairsville 
brothers  v.  ere  Oil  er  arid  Charles, 
'.ioihdhd  heroically  ja  union  soldiers 
down  s  uta  early  in  the  Civil  war,  and 
with  or!  ,  .-.  of  the  itmily,  including  a 
sister  Belle,  whom  irritci  Carlos  Bacon, 
druggist  and  cranberry  grower,  rest 
in  the  sightly  iJui  ihoo  cemetery. 
Mrs.  Bacon  hied  in  the  early  eighties. 
Margaret  Thomas,  still  anothei  of  the 
St.  Clairsville  girls,  married  a  Mr 
Chupii.'i,  dying  long   ego  in   Mississippi. 

Mrs  Kamagc,    well    remembered    in 
--.     Clairsville,  was    a  half    sister 
Mri ■jOhuiiaa Thomas,  and  hir  husba 

married  Rebecca  Smith  end  whose  s 
also  Joseph,  is  today  a  capable  busir, 
man  at  .McGregor,  Iowa  This  name 
iilso  figured  c  editably  in  tli3  history 
Flushing,  Belmont  county,  fifty  yea 
or  more  ego. 

The    daughter    of    Terrell    Thomu 
Mrs  Ritchie,    is    the    widow    of    Ke 
Robert  Ritchie,  who  died  many    years 
ago,  alter  an    extended    paf 
Oakland,     preceded    by     a    period    of 
service      in    Quincy,   111, 
earlier    one    at     Baraboo, 
fairest  girl  of  all  the  parish  became  his 
bride.     One  of  her  sons,  Robert  We 
Ritchie,     is     the    distinguished      short 
story  writer.     There  are    two    R 
girls;  and  all  the  family  is  of  the 


-t;v„ 


Old    Folks  Mi;," 
in      and      Johaii 


Tho 


-  howii.,;  thdr  children,  finally  left 
it.  Clairsville  and  located  on  a  pictur- 
,  .  .  i,  m  near  what  now  is. the  vil- 
lage of  Ableman,  where  the  graceful 
Baraboo  river  pierces  the  majestic 
quarizite  bluffs  some  ten  miles  west  of 
Baraboo  In  1840  one  of  their  daugh 
tors.  Sarah  CiurK  Thomas,  while  yet 
residing  at  St.  Clairsville,  married 
Charles  Henry  Williams,  son  of  a 
Cincinnati  banker,  the  ceremony  being 
solemnized  in  a  Friends  meet- 
ing home  according  to  Quaker  cus- 
tom. Nine  years  later  Mr  Wil- 
iiums  v.as  chosen  to  membership 
in  the  common  council  at  Milwau- 
kee, wiiii.iii.r  of  necessity  he  went  to 
cave  for  valued  lands  left  by  his 
father,  of  which  there  were  other 
tracts  at  Tiledo.  He  hod  been  edu- 
cated £.s  a  civil  engineer  and  when  he 
abandoned  that  vocation  in  1S37  he  had 
rism  to  'he  p,  si. ion  of  assistant  engi- 
neer on  the  White  river  canal  in  Indiana.  I 
work  on  that  enterprise beintt  susper.d  d  J 
at  tfc-Jt  time.  MrjWilliams  wna  receiver  j 
©f  tbi.  idud  ..ffice   in    Milwaukee   unlet 


i  appointment  of  president  laylor,  .  : 
'some  time,  but  ultimately  took  his  | 
|  young  family  to  a  beautiful  farm,  ah  , 
inear  Ableman,  and  became  a  breec-rj 
jof  blooded  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  ctick- 
'ens.  This  was  in  1853,  some  seventy 
lyearsago.  Benjamin  Thomas,  father 
!  of  Terrell  Thomas  and  of  Mrs  Williams, 
died  on  his  Ableman  place  in  ISoO,  at  i 
his  wife  in  about  1SS1.  Both  rest  ::i 
the  cemetery  at  Baraboo,  which  ;  -> 
gives  sepulchre  tu  various  other  B  - 
mont  county  folk,  including  Josh- 
ua Turner  Brandenburg  (1SG4),  and  his 
wife,  Catherine  Frances  Dorneck 
Brandenburg  (1914),  old-time  residents 
of  Flushing. 

I      The     eldest    daughter    of    Benjamin 
and  Johanna,  Sarah  Clark  Thomas,  died 
in  1902  and    her    husband,    Charles    H. 
Williamson  1908,  both  at  Baraboo,    but 
they  rest  in   Milwaukee.     Mr    Williams 
hud    reached    the    remarkable    age    of 
'  ninety  less  two    months    only.     In    his 
'later  years  he  penned  numerous  ethical 
pamphlets,     especially       in    behalf     of 
juster  treatment  for  the    colored    race. 
In  his   younger    days   at   Cincinnati  he 
:  and  his   worthy  father    had  a    sympa- 
thetic interest   in    the    famous    under- 
ground    railroad    over    whose  invisible 
lines  escaping  slaves  wanly  fled  across 
Ohio  to  freedom   in    Canada.     He    was 
the  finest  possible  type   of    the    quite, 
cultured,  old-time  gentlruan.     For  from 
several  years  he  ws3    a  regent   of    the 
U.  University   of    Wisconsin    by   appoint- 
p  ment  of  Govenor  J.  M.     Rusk,    another 
notable    Ohioan.     born     down     on    the 
1      Mu.-kingum  near  McConnellsville. 
Williams  in  the  War 
Mr.  Williams  wbs  universally  known 
as  "Major"  and,  indeed,     he    acquired 
that  honorable  title  by  active  service  in 
the  Civil  war,    having  recruited  a   com- 
pany   roundabout    his  Wisconsin    farm 
immediately     after    President    Lincoln 
had  called  for  "300.000  more."    Three 
sons  of  Major  Williams     servi\ 
youngest,  Samuel    M.,  is    an 
of  the  University  of  Wisconsin, 
nearly  half  a  century  has  been    a    wen 
known  Milwaukee  attorney.     An    older 
brother    Micajah  Terrell,  is  in  busicess 
atMilwaukee.end  still  another, Charles 
H.,  retired,  resides  at    Barabjo.   but  is 
passing  the  winter  in  California. 
Abiut  the  Terrells 
Mrs  Johanna  Thomas'    maiden    name 
was    Terrell,    which    cognomen     reap 
pears  repeatedly    in  the    nomdeblatiH 
of  her    descender. is;    and    she    was    i 
sister  of  Thomas  Terrell  who  lived    fc. 
many  years  at.Mt.  Pleasant  but  died  a'l 
Western  Springs,  111.,  the  home    of  his 
daughter,  Lvdia    Jane    Terrell,    whosj 
husband  was  a  Williams  but  in  no  waj 
related  to  Charles  H  .conspicuous  e  s<J 
iweercin    th'S    genealogy:    potpourr 
A  Sterling    Sire 
II  is  safe  to    state  that  few  Belmon 
countv  families,    either  or,  the    Them* 
or  Williams  side,  are  of  finer  ancestry- 
quality  or  worth      The    Wi  lian  s    '■;  ■' 
of  Welsh  Quaker  parentage,    thefathei 
.f  Ch.ltl   s    IFrnrvbcihC  Miciirah  JV:;  i_ 


ar.  i  ;■  r 


HISTORY  OF  BELMONT  COUNTY. 


CHAPTER    I. 


By  Coi-  C.  L.  Poorn 


DUCTORY  VIEW — INDIAN  OCCUPANCY  — 
)  MEN  — HABITS  AND  CUSTOMS —  NOTED 
■TREATY    TITLES    TO    LAND    ACQUIRED    BY 


EARLY     INDIAN     HISTORY INTRi 

CHARACTERISTICS  OF  THE  Rl 
CHIEFS  —  BORDER  WARFARE - 
UNITED    STATES. 

^tfip^DEI  MONT  COUNTY  was  the  tenth  county  organized 
v-'V-^x'^  out  of  the  Northwest  Territory,  and  was  established  by 
%^&y  proclamation  of  Governor  St.  Clair,  in  1801,  before  the 
v  I  K$  adoption  of  the  state  constitution.  It  ts  a  "fine  mountain 
P$m*L  county,  as  the  name  indicates.  As  at  present  constituted  it 
^M       is  divided  into  parallel   ridges  by  three   prominent   creeks: 

*"%*  Wheeling,  McMahan's  and  Captina,  running  from  west  to 
east  through  nearly  the  entire  depth  of  the  county.  There  are  sev- 
eral smaller  streams  emptying  into  the  Ohio  river,  and  the  west  side 
of  the  county  is  traversed  from  south  to  north,  over  nearly  three- 
fourths  of  the  distance,  by  Stillwater  creek,  which,  empties  into  the 
Tuscarawas  river.  As  originally  organized  it  was  much  larger  than 
at  present,  embracing  part  of  the  territory  now  within  the  counties  o! 
Guernsey,  Monroe  and  Noble.  Its  present  boundaries  contain  an 
area  of  461  square  miles,  with  112,260  acres  of  cu  mated  land.  136,501 
acres  of  pasture  land,  S1.501  acres  of  wood  land  and  8,6b4  acres  ot 
waste  land.  The  soil  is  fertile  and  yields  bountiful  crops  to  the  tops 
of  the  highest  hills  as  the  crop  returns  elsewhere  given  clearly  indi- 
cate. Among  the  eighty-eight  counties  of  the  state  Belmont  stands 
thirteenth  on  assessed  value'  for  taxation:  twelfth  in  value  of  manu- 
facturers' stocks;  ninth  in  amount  expended  tor  public  schools;  sixth 
in  amount  of  coal  mined;  fourth  in  the  number  ot  sheep  raised;  third 
in  the  amount  of  steel  produced;  and  first  in  amount  ot  glass  and 
glassware  manufactured.  .  . 

Papula  (ion  — Its  rapid  growth  in  population  from  f6oo  in   looo-J^ 
near  60,000  in  1S90,  is  shown   in  the  following  tables 
returns  of  the  general  government: 

1 800 600 

1810 11.185 

1820 20,556 

1850 29,224 

1840 31-6-3 


the  census 


1S50 35,v* 

i860 3/. 39o 

1870 •  • -41.021 

18S0 40."58 

1890 (estimated)  58,500 


Song  ago  mov 


442 


HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 


By  townships:         1S40,  1880. 

Colerain 1 ,389  1 ,499 

Flushing 1,683  x'7°5 

Goshen 1.S23  2,208 

Kirkwood 2,280  2,026 

Mead 1,496  1,970 

Pease 2,449  8,819 

Pultney 1 ,747  10,492 

Richland 3,735  4,361 


/S-/0.  1S80. 

Smith 1-956  1,977 

Somerset 1,932  2,241 

Union 2,127  1.6S6 

Warren 2,410  4,531 

Washington 1,388  1,633 

\\  ayne 1,734  1,719 

Wheeling 1,389  1,349 

York '..    129  1,420 


It  will  be  observed  that  the  population  was  pretty  evenly  distributed 
up  to  1S40,  and  was  mostly  agricultural.  The  growth  since  is  due  to 
the  development  of  manufacturing  towns  along  the  river  and  rail- 
roads, and  Pease,  Pultney  and  Warren  townships,  with  their  manu- 
facturing towns  of  Bridgeport,  Martin's  Ferry.  Bellaire  and  Barnesville 
have  furnished  17,000  of  the  18,000  increase  of  population  in  the  forty 
years. 

The  evolution  within  ninety  years  of  a  civil  community  like  Belmont 
county,  with,  its  population,  crops,  productive  forces,  wealth,  social 
.growth,  educational  and  religious  development,  upon 460 square  miles 
of  wild,  mountainous,  wooded  lands  then  uninhabited  but  by  wild 
animals,  is  one  of  the  marvels  of  modern  history,  the  details  of  which 
read  like  romance,  but  the  deeds  of  daring  bravery,  heroic  suffering, 
uncomplained  of  hardships,  patient,  earnest  toil  that  come  to  us  as  a 
legacy  from  those  who  have  wrought  this  grand  transformation,  were 
real  and  earnest.  It  is  not  possible  in  a  work  limited  as  this  one  is, 
because  of  the  large  field  covered  by  it,  to  enter  in  detail  into  all  the 
interesting  and  frequently  thrilling  events  comprised  within  the  history 
of  the  growth  and  development  of  such  a  county,  but  it  will  be  the 
aim  to  give  in  concise  form,  enough  to  place  the  reader  in  possession 
of  sufficient  facts  as  to  the  earl)'  Indian  occupancy,  early  settlement, 
rapid  growth  and  present  condition  of  the  count)-  to  enable  him  to 
fairly  comprehend  the  character  of  the  grand  transformation  that  has 
taken  place. 

Indian  Occupancy.  —  There  is  little  authentic  history  as  to  any  per- 
manent previous  occupancy  of  the  territory  included  within  the  county, 
either  by  Indians  or  others.  There  are  a  number  of  mounds, 
remains  of  earth-works  and  fortifications  that  clearly  indicate  pre-ex- 
isting occupancy,  abandoned  long  enough  in  advance  of  any  French  or 
English  controversy  as  to  the  ownership  of  the  territory,  to  have  per- 
mitted a  complete  transformation,  by  growth  of  dense  forests,  into  a 
dark  wilderness  fitted  only  for  the  abode  of  wild  animals. 

The  student  of  curious  knowledge  ma)-  visit  the  large  mound  at 
Martin's  Ferry,  500  feet  in  circumference  and  about  twenty-five  feet 
high,  on  the  summit  of  which  he  will  find  a  large  decayed  stump,  the 
tree  removed  in  1836  by  Joseph  Templeton  and  others  who  explored 
the  mound  and  found  skulls,  teeth  and  fragments  of  bones,  covered 
with  ashes  audi  charcoal,  arrow  heads  and  a  metal  hatchet  of  copper. 
He  may  visit  other  smaller  mounds  and  the  remains  of  fortifications  in 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  443 


the  forests,  that  have  breasted  the  storms  of  centuries  and  find  abundant 
evidence  of  past  formidable  occupancy,  if  not  of  a  higher  intelligence 
and  civilization  than  was  found  in  the  Indian  occupants,  preceding 
the  white  settlements.  Upon  this  data  illucidated  and  illuminated  by 
the  reasonings  and  conclusions  of  learned  archaeologists,  he  may 
build  the  pre-existing  nation  to  suit  his  fancy.  The  limits  of  this 
work  will  allow  only  a  review  of  such  facts  as  come  within  the  period 
of  occupancy  by  Indians  preceding  the  white  settlement. 

At  the  time  of  the  first  claims  and  controversies  between  the  French 
and  English  as  to  ownership  of  the  territory  within  the  present  limits 
of  Ohio",  it  was  in  the  practical  possession  of  the  following  Indians: 
The  Iroquois,  occupying  the  east  side  of  a  line  running  from  the  lake 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Cuyahoga  river  south  to  the  Ohio,  near  the  north 
line  of  Belmont  county.  The  Wyandots  and  Ottawas,  the  lake  front 
west  of  the  Cuyahoga  to  the  Maumee  and  south  to  include  Wyandot 
and  Crawford  counties.  The  Delawares  west  of  the  Iroquois  to  the 
headwaters  of  the  Scioto  and  south  to  the  Ohio  at  Meigs  county. 
The  Shawnees  west  of  this  line  and  east  of  the  Little  Miami,  and  the 
Miamis  the  balance  of  the  territory  west  within  the  state.  On  the 
east  side  of  the  state  the  Indian  villages  and  settlements  were  gener- 
ally north  of  the  territory  included  within  the  seven  ranges,  and  these 
lands  seem  to  have  been  held  subject  to  a  sort  of  joint  occupancy  by 
the  several  tribes  for  hunting  purposes,  as  well  as  for  scalping  pur- 
poses, during  the  attempts  at  early  white  settlement. 

During  the  French  and  English,  Revolutionary  and  Indian  wars, 
frequent  excursions  were  made  through  the  county  along  a  well-de- 
fined Indian  trail  on  or  near  the  line  now  occupied  by  the  National 
road,  against  the  earlier  settlers  at  Wheeling  and  along  the  south- 
eastern side  of  the  river,  descriptions  of  which  will  be  found  in  the 
history  of  Ohio  and  other  counties  of  West  Virginia. 

Opinions  of  Indian  character  are  largely  formed  from  observations 
of  the  condition  of  the  miserable  remnants  of  tribes  that  now  infest 
western  frontiers  and  hang  upon  the  skirts  of  civilization,  corrupted 
by  the  vices  of  society  without  having  secured  any  of  the  benefits,  of 
its  civilizing  influences.  These  have  lost  that  proud  independence 
which  formed  the  main  pillar  of  their  native  character,  and  with 
spirits  humiliated  by  a  sense  of  inferiority,  their  native  courage  cowed 
by  contrast  with  the  superior  knowledge  of  their  enlightened  neigh- 
bors, their  strength  enervated,  their  diseases  multiplied,  they  are  mere 
wrecks  and  remnants  of  once  powerful  tribes  under  brave  and  able 
leaders.  Compare  the  Indian  of  the  fifteenth  century,  and  his  Jong, 
brave  contest  for  his  rights  of  domain,  with  the  barbarians  of  Britain, 
Russia,  Lapland,  Kamtschatka  and  Tartary,  and  he  will  be  found 
their  superior  in  many  respects,  but  without  allowance  for  his  sur- 
roundings, conditions  and  opportunities,  we  insist  upon  comparing 
him  with  the  nations  of  civilization  and  culture  and  in  discussing 
Indian  character,  the  peculiar  circumstances  in  which  he  has  been 
placed  have  not  been  sufficiently  considered.  He  should  not  be  ex- 
pected to  rise  above  the  circumstance  and  conditions  by  which  he  was 


444  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

surrounded,  and  the  laws  and  customs  that  come  to  him  through  the 
experience  of  successive  generations,  for  these  were  as  potent  con- 
trollers of  his  life  and  habits  as  are  those  that  come  to  us  through  the 
manners,  morals,  laws  and  religions,  by  which  we  have  been  sur- 
rounded. This  much  we  know  of  them,  and  we  may  safely  say,  they 
were  liberal,  open  handed,  true  to  themselves  and  to  each  other,  and 
sharing  with  each  other  as  long  as  they  had  anything  to  share,  so  that 
individual  suffering  from  want  was  unknown  among  them.  Of  their 
generous  character  the  following  testimonial  is  from  a  letter  by 
William  Penn,  addressed  to  the  "  Free  Society  of  Traders,"  and  con- 
tains a  brief,  pertinent  description  of  their  character  and  life: 

"They  excel  in  liberality.  Nothing  is  too  good  [for  their  friends. 
Give  them  a  fine  gun,  coat  or  other  thing,  it  may  pass  twenty  hands 
before  it  sticks.  Light  of  heart,  strong  affections,  but  soon  spent. 
The  most  merry  creatures  that  live,  feast  and  dance  perpetually. 
They  never  have  much  nor  want  much.  Wealth  circulateth  like  the 
blood,  all  parts  partake  and  none  shall  want  what  another  hath,  yet, 
exact  observers  of  property.  They  care  for  little  because  they  want 
but  little,  and  the  reason  is,  a  little  contents  them.  In  this  they  are 
sufficiently  revenged  on  us;  if  they  are  ignorant  of  our  pleasure,  they 
are  also  free  from  our  pains.  They  are  not  disquieted  with  bills  of 
lading  and  exchange,  nor  perplexed  with  chancery  suits  and  exchequer 
reckonings.  We  sweat  and  toil  to  live,  their  pleasures  feed  them  —  I 
mean  their  hunting,  fishing  and  fowling,  and  their  table  is  spread  every- 
where. They  eat  twice  a  day,  morning  and  evening.  Their  seats  and 
table  are  on  the  ground." 

It  is  not  strange  that  the  Indians,  without  a  written  language,  with- 
out knowledge,  beyond  that  secured  by  personal  observation,  and 
dependent  largely  upon  tradition,  should  be  superstitious  in  a  high 
degree.  They  commenced  no  journey,  inaugurated  no  enterprise, 
without  consultation  of  signs  and  portents,  and  like  many  fanners 
still  living  in  Belmont  county,  they  would  not  cut  poles  for  a  wigwam. 
plant  their  maize  or  perform  the  ordinary  business  of  everyday  lite, 
without  critical  attention  to  weather'signs  and  the  position  and  sup- 
posed influences  of  the  moon.  Of  this  weakness  in  the  Indian  char- 
acter, Heckwelder,  the  great  missionary  among  them,  in  his  history 
of  the  Indian  nations,  says: 

"  Great  and  powerful  as  the  Indian  conceives  himself  to  be,  firm  and 
undaunted  as  he  really  is,  braving  all  seasons  and  weathers,  careless 
of  danger,  patient  of  hunger,  thirst,  and  cold,  and  fond  of  displaying 
the  native  energy  of  his  character,  even  in  the  midst  of  tortures,  at 
the  very  thought  of  which  our  own  puny  nature  revolts  and 
shudders;  this  lord  of  the  creation  whose  life  is  spent  in  a 
state  of  constant  warfare  against  the  wild  beasts  of  the  forest 
and  the  savages  of  the  wilderness,  he  who,  proud  of  his  independ- 
ent existence,  strikes  his  breast  with  exultation  and  exclaims,  '/ 
am  a  man.'  The  .American  Indian  has  one  weak  side  which  sinks 
him  down  to  the  level  of  the  most  timid  being;  a  childish  appre- 
hension   of   an    occult   and    unknown   power,   which,    unless   he    can 


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445 


summon  sufficient  fortitude  to  conquer  it,  changes  at  once  the  hero 
into  a  coward." 

Indian  Courtship  and  Marriage. —  There  was  very  little  foolishness 
in  Indian  courtship.  No  hanging  on  the  front  gate,  no  moonlight 
serenades,  no  long  evenings  spent  in  sentimental  interview  and  social 
flatteries  and  fawning,  but  who  shall  say  there  was  not  less  contention, 
less  unfaithfulness,  less  cause  for  scandal  and  separation  than  among  us. 
Heckwelder  gives  the  following  as  an  aged  Indian's  view  of  marriage: 
"  Indian  when  he  see  industrious  squaw  which  he  like,  he  go  to  him  " 
(they  had  no  feminine  gender  in  their  vocabulary)  — "  place  his  two 
forefingers  close  aside  each  other — make  him  look  like  one  —  look 
squaw  in  face,  see  him  smile  which  is  all  and  he  say  '  Yes';  so  he  take 
him  home.  No  danger  he  be  cross;  no,  no.  Squaw  know  too  well  what 
Indian  do  if  he  cross.  Throw  him  away  and  take  another;  squaw 
have  to  eat  meat  —  no  husband  no  meat.  Squaw  do  everything  to 
please  husband;  he  do  same  to  please  squaw;  live  happy." 

The  Indian  takes  a  wife  on  trial.  He  builds  a  house  and  provides 
provision.  She  agrees  to  cook  and  raise  corn  and  vegetables  while  he 
hunts  and  fishes.  As  long  as  they  live  up  to  the  contract  and  perform 
the  specified  duties  they  remain  man  and  wife.  When  they  cease  to 
do  this  they  separate.  She  does  all  the  domestic  work  including  the 
raising  of  grain  and  vegetables,  and  when  traveling,  carries  the  bag- 
gage, without  complaining,  on  the  theory  that  the  husband  must 
avoid  labor  that  would  stiffen  the  muscles,  if  he  expects  to  be  an 
expert  hunter,  so  as  to  provide  her  meat  to  eat  and  furs  to  wear.  The 
Indian  to  clothe  his  wife  well  gives  her  all  the  skins  he  takes,  and  the 
better  he  treats  her  the  more  he  is  esteemed  by  the  community.  As 
evidence  of  his  devotion  to  her,  Heckwelder  relates  the  following:  "  I 
have  known  a  man  to  go  forty  or  fifty  miles  for  a  mess  of  cranberries 
to  satisfy  his  wife's  longing.  In  the  year  1762,  I  was  a  witness  to  a 
remarkable  instance  of  the  disposition  of  Indians  to  indulge  their 
wives.  There  was  a  famine  in  the  land,  and  a  sick  Indian  woman 
expressed  a  great  desire  for  a  mess  of  Indian  corn.  Her  husband 
having  heard  that  a  trader  at  Lower  Sandusky  had  a  little,  set  off  on 
horseback  for  that  place,  one  hundred  miles  distant,  and  returned  with 
as  much  corn  as  filled  the  crown  of  his  hat,  for  which  he  gave  his 
horse  in  exchange,  and  came  home  on  foot,  bringing  his  saddle  back 
with  him." 

Food  and  Cooking.  —  In  1762,  according  to  the  same  authority,  their 
principal  food  consisted  of  game,  fish,  corn,  potatoes,  beans,  pump- 
kins, cucumbers,  squashes,  melons,  cabbages,  turnips,  roots  of  plants, 
fruits,  nuts  and  berries.  They  eat  but  two  meals  a  day.  They  made 
a  pottage  of  corn,  dry  pumpkins,  beans  and  chestnuts,  and  fresh  or 
dried  meats  pounded  and  sweetened  with  maple  sugar  or  molasses, 
and  well  boiled.  They  also  make  a  good  dish  of  pounded  corn  and 
chestnuts,  shelbark  and  hickory  nut  kernels,  boiled,  covering  the  pots 
with  large  pumpkin,  cabbage  or  other  leaves.  They  make  excellent 
preserves  from  cranberries  and  crab  apples,  with  maple  sugar.  Their 
bread  is  of  two  kinds;  one   made  of  green  and   the  other  of  dry  corn. 


446  HISTORY    OF   THE    UTER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

If  dry,  it  is  sifted  after  pounding,  kneaded,  shaped  into  cakes  six 
inches  in  diameter,  one  inch  thick,  and  baked  on  clean  dry  ashes,  of  dry 
oak  barks.  If  green,  it  is  mashed,  put  in  broad  green  corn  blades, 
filled  in  with  a  ladle  and  well  wrapped  up,  and  baked  in  ashes.  They 
make  warrior's  bread,  by  parching  corn,  pounding  it  into  flour,  sifting 
it  and  mixing  with  sugar.  A  tablespoonful,  with  cold  or  boiling- 
water,  is  a  meal,  as  it  swells  in  the  stomach,  and  if  more  than  two 
spoonfuls  is  taken  it  is  dangerous.  Its  lightness  enables  the  warrior 
to  go  on  long  journeys  and  carry  his  bread  with  him.  Their  meat  is 
boiled  in  pots  or  roasted  on  wooden  spits  or  on  coals.  The  original 
Indian  method  of  making  sugar  is  said  to  have  been  in  this  manner: 
The  sap  from  the  maple  trees  was  gathered  and  placed  in  wooden 
troughs  made  with  their  tomahawks.  It  was  boiled  by  throwing  hot 
stones  into  the  sap  until  reduced  to  the  required  consistency. 

Noted  Chiefs. —  The  greatest  among  the  Indian  chiefs  of  which  we  have 
historic  knowledge,  was  the  grand  old  Indian  monarch,  Fontiac,  the 
great  chief  of  the  Ottawas.  It  was  by  his  pre-eminent  ability  as  a  great 
leader  and  organizer,  that  the  event  known  in  history  as  "  Pontiac's 
conspiracy,"  was  organized  in  1S73,  in  which  the  western  tribes  were 
concentrated  in  a  grand  simultaneous  attack  against  all  the  English 
garrisons  of  the  frontier.  This,  in  the  field  of  natural  hostilities,  was 
a  scheme  worthy  the  genius  of  an  educated  military  leader  of  a  civi- 
lized nation.  First,  by  extraordinary  diplomacy,  he  unites  the  hostile 
Ojibwas  and  Fottawatomies  with  the  Ottawas  and  then  directs  the 
whole  military  power  of  the  united  forces  in  a  masterly  attack  upon 
the  English  outposts.  Among  the  Iroquois,  Logan,  Red  lacket,  Corn- 
planter,  Great  Trees  and  1  lalf  Town,  were  brave,  conspicuous  warriers 
and  eloquent  talkers.  Cornstalk  and  Tecumseh,  as  warriers  and  elo- 
quent defenders  of  the  Indians  rights.  In  1774,  Cornstalk  was  king 
of  the  northern  confederacy  of  Indian  tribes,  and  the  chief  speaker  at 
the  treaty  with  Lord  Dunmore.  Mis  speech  on  that  occasion  was 
bold,  plain  and  fearless,  picturing  the  wrong  suffered  by  his  people, 
and  dwelling  with  great  force  and  eloquence  upon  the  diabolical  mur- 
der of  Logan's  family.  Col.  Wilson,  of  Virginia,  who  was  present  on 
the  occasion,  thus  describes  his  manner:  "  When  he  arose,  he  was  in 
nowise  confused  or  daunted,  but  spoke  in  a  distinct  and  audible  voice, 
without  stammering  or  repetition,  and  with  peculiar  emphasis.  His 
looks  while  addressing  Dunmore  were  truly  grand  and  majestic,  yet 
graceful  and  attractive.  I  have  heard  the  first  orators  in  Virginia, 
Patrick  Henry  and  Richard.  Henry  Lee,  but  never  have  1  heard  one 
whose  powers  of  delivery  surpassed  those  of  Cornstalk." 

The  celebrated  speech  of  Logan  comes  to  us  in  our  school  books 
and  will  be  read  and  declaimed  as  long  as  those  of  Patrick  Henry. 
Others  by  Tecumseh,  Red  Jacket  and  other  chiefs  displayed  a  high 
order  of  eloquence,  and  if  space  permitted,  would  be  given  here. 

Border  War/are. —  Very  few  battles  were  ever  fought  within  the 
limits  of  Belmont  county  between  the  Indians,  or  between  the  In- 
dians and  tin:  whites.  The  battles  of  the  Ford  Dunmore  war  follow- 
ing the  murder  of  Logan's  family  by  Col.  Cressap  were  fought,  unex- 


BKLMOXT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  447 

pectedly  to  the  English  forces  south  of  the  Ohio,  for  the  Indians 
aroused  by  the  unprovoked  murder  of  the  Indians  on  Yellow  creek  and 
Captina,  had  concentrated  their  forces  under  Cornstalk,  the  cele- 
brated Shawnee  warrior,  and  moved  so  quietly  and  expeditiously  that 
their  whereabouts  was  unknown  to  the  English  until  they  appeared 
south  of  the  Ohio,  north  of  Point  Pleasant,  where  Gen.  Lewis  had 
concentrated  his  army,  and  between  him  and  the  forces  of  Lord  Dun- 
more  by  which  he  expected  to  be  reinforced,  and  attacking  with  vigor 
kept  up  the  light  until  night,  killing  seventy-five  and  wounding  150  of 
Gen.  Lewis's  army  of  1,100  men,  and  then  retreating  across  the  river. 
The  Indians  returned  to  Chillicothe  dispirited  and  alarmed  at  the 
prospect  of  the  invasion  of  their  towns,  and  Cornstalk,  disgusted  at 
their  want  of  courage,  made  peace  with  Lord  Dunmore.  In  1777  a 
general  alarm  created  by  the  threatened  attack  by  the  concentrated 
Indian  forces  upon  border  settlements  south  of  the  Ohio,  induced 
many  to  comply  with  a  proclamation  of  the  governor  of  Virginia  to 
retire  to  the  interior,  but  at  Wheeling  where  a  government  fort  had 
been  erected,  and  a  little  village  of  twenty-five  or  thirty  houses  had 
been  established,  the  Indians  suddenly  appeared  during  the  early 
morning  of  September  1,  numbering  about  400  warriors,  and  made  a 
desperate  and  prolonged  assault  upon  the  fort,  a  full  account  of  which 
will  be  found  in  the  history  of  Ohio  county,  elsewhere  in  this  work, 
where  full  accounts  of  subsequent  attacks  upon  Eort  Henry  will  be 
detailed.  The  only  contests  within  the  limits  of  Belmont  county 
worthy  of  the  name  of  battles  were  the  attack  by  the  Indians  upon 
Capt.  Kirkwood  and  the  soldiers  in  his  cabin,  that  stood  where  the 
town  of  Kirkwood  now  stands,  made  in  the  night  time  in  the  spring 
of  1791,  and  the  battle  of  Captina  creek  in  the  spring  of  1794,  ac- 
counts of  which  will  be  found  in  connection  with  history  of  early  set- 
tlement of  the  county. 

Treaty  Relinquishment  of  Title  by  the  French,  the  English  ami  the 
Indians. —  James  I.  of  England,  by  several  charters  bearing  dates  re- 
spectively, April  10,  1606;  May  23,  1600.  and  March  12,  161 1,  conveyed 
to  Virginia  the  territory  of  the  GrV-at  Northwest,  of  which  he  knew 
little  or  nothing.  For  158  years,  until  1769,  the  colony  of  Virginia 
never  attempted  to  exercise  authority  over  the  "Territory  Northwest 
of  the  River  Ohio."  The  French  were  the  first  to  make  settlements 
along  the  St.  Lawrence  river  and  the  great  lakes.  Quebec  was 
founded  by  Sir  Samuel  Champlain  in  170S.  The  French  movements 
date  from  the  settlement  of  Quebec,  and  as  early  as  1616,  Le  Caron, 
a  Franciscan  friar,  penetrated  the  western  wilds  as  far  as  Lake  I  luron, 
and  as  early  as  1673,  had  explored  west  to  Lake  Superior  and  south 
to  the  mouth  of  the  Arkansas  river,  claiming  this  northwest  country 
as  a  part  of  the  territory  of  Louisiana,  and  when  Virginia  or  any 
other  of  the  colonies  attempted  to  exercise  jurisdiction  over  any  part 
of  it,  the  French  promptly  disputed  their  rights.  After  a  long  strug- 
gle between  the  French  and  English,  in  170;,  the  French,  by  treaty, 
ceded  their  claim  to  the  English.  By  the  'peace  of  17S3,  England 
assigned  all  her  rights  to  the  United  Colonies  whether  derived  from 


448  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  Indians  or  the  French.  By  the  terms  of  the  treaty  of  Fort  Stan- 
wix,  concluded  by  the  United  States  with  the  Iroquois  or  Six  Nations, 
on  the  22d  of  October,  1784,  the  title  claim  of  said  confederacy  to  the 
greater  part  of  the  valley  of  Ohio  was  extinguished.  In  this  treaty, 
Cornplanter  and  Red  Jacket  represented  the  Indian  confederacy  and 
the  United  States  congress  was  represented  by  Oliver  Wolcott,  Rich- 
ard Butler  and  Arthur  bee.  In  January,  1785^1  treaty  was  concluded 
at  Fort  Mcintosh,  by  which  the  Delawares,  Wyandots,  Ottawas  and 
Ghipppewas,  relinquished  all  claim  to  the  Ohio  Valley,  the  boundary 
line  between  them  and  the  United  States  to  be  the  Cuyahoga  river, 
and  along  the  main  branch  of  the  Tuscarawas,  to  the  forks  of  said 
river,  near  Fort  Laurens,  then  westwardly  to  the  portage  between  the 
headwaters  of  the  Great  Miami  and  the  Miami  of  the  Lake  or  Mau- 
mee,  thence  down  said  river  to  Lake  Erie,  and  along  said  lake  to  the 
Cuyahoga  river. 

By  a  treaty  with  the  Shawnees  at  Fort  Finney,  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Great  Miami,  January  31,  1786,  the  United  States  commission  se- 
cured the  relinquishment  of  the  Shawnee  claim.  The  treaty  of  Fort 
Homer,  by  Gen.  St.  Clair,  January  9,  1 790,  and  the  treaty  of  Green- 
ville, August  3,  1705,  by  Gen.  Wayne,  were  mainly  confirmatory  of  the 
previous  cessions,  and  the  rights  and  title  secured  to  the  Indians 
under  these  several  treaties  were  gradually  purchased  by  the  govern- 
ment. 


CHAPTER    II 

By  Col.  C.  L.  Poorman. 


EARLY  SETTLEMENT  —  CLAIMS  OF  THE  FRENCH  AND  ENGLISH  —  FIRST  SET- 
TLEMENTS IN  THE  OHIO  VALLEY  —  LEGAL  SETTLEMENTS  —  PIONEERS  OF 
THE  TOWNSHIPS  —  INDIAN  ADVENTURES  —  BATTLE  OF  CAPTINA—  MUR- 
DERED   BY    THE    INDIANS  —  HARDSHIPS    OF    THE    EARLY    SETTLERS. 

tL^j^pC  S  a  general  outline  of  the  French  and  English  claims  and 
L-KiyV  contl'ovcrsies  as  to  the  ownership  and  right  of  occupancy 
isjgb  of  the  territory  embraced  within  the  limits  of  the  state 
r/fTf^  of  Ohio,  properly  belong  to  another  part  of  this  work,  they 
~1'^§MSW  w'"  ^e  retelT<-'el  t0  m  tnc  briefest  terms  here.  France,  by 
^t§^"  r'oht  of  exploration  in  1O73,  hy  Marquette,  a  French  mis- 
/drt^j^  sionary,  accompanied  by  Monseur  Joliet,  who  passed  along 
»^*  the  lakes  to  the  headwaters  of  the  Wisconsin  river  and 
thence  down  it  and  the  Mississippi  river  to  the  mouth  of  the  Arkan- 
sas river,  claimed  all  the  territory.  Again,  in  1070,  M.  de  La  Salle, 
with  a  sixty-ton  boat  went  along  Lakes  Ontario  and  Erie  to  the  straits 
of  Michillimacinac,  thence  by  land  up  Lake  Michigan  and  southwest 
to  Peoria,  111.     In    1683,  having  returned  to   France,  he   induced  his 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  449 

government  to  fit  out  an  expedition  to  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi 
river,  which  failed,  however,  on  account  of  the  murder  of  La  Salle 
by  his  own  men,  but  a  second  expedition  under  M.  D'Iberville,  ex- 
plored the  Mississippi  river  for  several  hundred  miles  from  the  mouth 
and  several  permanent  colonies  were  established.  The  French  col- 
onies west  of  the  Alleghenies  steadily  increased  in  numbers  and 
strength  until  1725,  they  had  erected  forts  on  the  Mississippi,  Illinois 
and  Maumee  rivers,  and  along  the  lakes,  and  all  the  territory  north- 
west of  the  Ohio  was  claimed  as  within  the  territory  of  Louisiana. 

The  English  claim  was  based  upon  cessions  by  the  Six  Nations, 
who  were  in  possession  of  it  when,  by  a  treat)'  at  Lancaster,  Penn.,  in 
1744,  they  ceded  it  to  the  colonies.  Under  this  cession  the  "Ohio 
company"  was  formed  in  1748,  and  commenced  the  erection  of  a 
trading  house  on  the  Great  Miami.  In  1752  the  French,  assisted  by 
the  Ottawa  and  Chippewa  Indians,  attacked  this  settlement,  killing 
fourteen  of  the  settlers  and  destroying  the  settlement. 

After  a  long  and  stubbornly  contested  war  between  the  French  and 
English,  in  which  the  Indian  tribes  were  divided,  part  being  on  the 
side  of  each  contestant,  the  English  finally  conquered  and  by  the 
treaty  of  Paris,  in  1763,  the  entire  French  claim  to  the  Ohio  territory 
was  ceded  to  the  English.  The  following  year  Col.  Boquet,  with  a 
body  of  troops  from  Fort  Pitt,  inarched  into  the  Ohio  country  as  far 
as  the  Muskingum  river,  and  made  a  treaty  with  the  Indians  that  se- 
cured comparative  peace  until  1774,  when  Col.  McDonald,  under 
Lord  Dunmore,  marched  from  Fort  Henry,  at  Wheeling,  into  the 
Muskingum  valley,  and  destroyed  the  Indian  town  of  Wapatomica.  on 
account  of  outrages  upon  the  whites. 

During  the  Revolutionary  war,  which  commenced  a  little  later,  the 
English  did  all  in  their  power  to  keep  the  Indians  hostile  to  the 
Americans,  and  did  much  to  intensify  their  hatred  for  the  colonists, 
and  frequent  incursions  were  made  against  some  of  them,  especially 
that  of  Col.  Williams  in  17S2,  in  which  ninety-four  of  the  defenseless 
Moravian  Indians  were  butchered  within  the  present  limits  ot  Tus- 
carawas county,  and,  though  the  treaty  of  peace  with  Great  Britain 
was  signed  at  Paris,  September  3,  17S3,  ceding  the  English  rights 
to  the  northwest  territory,  including  also  the  French  claim,  the  In- 
dians continued  hostilities  until  in  17S5,  when  a  treaty  was  entered 
into  at  Fort  Mcintosh,  in  which  the  Wyandots,  Delawares.  Chippe- 
was  and  Ottawas  ceded  their  claims  to  lands  in  the  southeast  part  ot 
the  state.  Notwithstanding  this  cession  of  title  settlements  were 
not  permitted  within  the  territory,  because  of  stipulations  in  the 
treaty  against  them.  Between  17S4  and  1800  the  several  states  that 
had  secured  claims  by  royal  charter  or  otherwise,  to  lands  within  the 
northwest  territory  ceded  them  to  congress. 

In  17S5  congress  passed  an  ordinance  for  the  survey  and  sale  ot 
certain  Jands  northwest  of  the  Ohio  river.  L'nder  this  ordinance  the 
"First  Seven  Ranges"  bounded  on  the  east  by  Pennsylvania,  and 
on  the  south  by  the  Ohio,  were  surveyed,  and  the  first  sale  within  that 
territory,  which  includes   Belmont  county,  were   made   at    New  York 

2Q~B. 


450  HISTORY    OF    THE    (/ITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

1111787.  Other  sales  were  not  made  until  in  1796,  at  Philadelphia 
and  Pittsburgh.  The  total  of  these  sales  in  the  order  named  was: 
$72,974.  $5,120  and  $43,446.  being  a  total  during  the  ten  years  of 
$121,530.  All  subsequent  sales  for  this  county  were  made  at  Steu- 
benville,  where  a  land  office  was  opened  in  1801. 

The  first  authorized  permanent  settlement  northwest  of  the  Ohio 
was  made  at  Marrietta  by  the  New  England-Ohio  company,  under 
congressional  contract  and  purchase  of  land  at  the  Xew  York  sales. 
At  a  much  earlier  date  "The  Ohio  Company,"  with  Thomas  Lee, 
Laurence  and  Augustus  Washington,  and  ten  others  of  Virginia  and 
Maryland,  with  Mr.  Hanbury,  a  London  merchant,  was  granted 
5,000  acres  of  land,  principally  on  the  southwest  side  of  the  river,  to 
settle  and  trade  with  the  Indians.  The  agents  of  this  company  fre- 
quently visited  the  Indians  northwest  of  the  river  and  made  some 
treaties  with  them,  and  as  early  as  1750  George  Croghan,  an  agent  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  Christopher  Gist,  the  agent  of  this  company,  vis- 
ited the  Shawnees,  on  the  Scioto,  the  Miamis,  in  the  Miami  valley, 
and  Piqua,  the  chief  town  of  the  Pickawillanes.  All  settlements  prior 
to  the  Xew  York  land  sale  in  17S7  were  unauthorized  and  forbidden. 
Indian  hostilities  were  continued  regardless  of  treaties  for  seven 
years  after  that  sale,  and  expeditions  against  the  Indians  were  not 
always  successful,  until  the  victorious  campaign  of  Gen.  Wavne  in 
1794  resulted  in  the  grand  council  at  Greenville  in  which  that  able 
general  dictated  terms  of  peace  to  eleven  of  the  most  powerful 
tribes  of  the  northwest.  These  continued  hostilities  prevented  set- 
tlements and  very  few  permanent  ones  were  made  in  Belmont  county 
until  after  that   treaty. 

As  early  as  1760,  Col.  Lbenezer  Zane,  elsewhere  more  fully  re- 
ferred to,  with  his  two  brothers.  Jonathan  and  Silas,  after  a  long  trip 
from  Brownsville,  Penn.,  through  an  unbroken  wilderness  reached  the 
Ohio  river  at  Wheeling  by  way  of  Wheeling  creek,  and  when  he 
stood  upon  the  brow  of  the  hill  overlooking  the  Ohio,  saw  the  rich 
bottom  land,  the  magnificant  iVand  and  the  Ohio  bottoms  ami  hills 
covered  with  the  great  forests,  he  decided  to  stake  his  claim  and  pitch 
his  tent  upon  the  present  site  of  the  city  of  Wheeling,  where  he  and 
his  family,  intimately  identified  with  most  of  the  movements  for  the 
early  settlement  of  Ohio  and  the  thrilling  events  of  pioneer  life, 
lived  highly  honored  by  all  who  knew  him  to  enjoy  the  blessings  of 
civilization. 

Early  Unauthorized  Settlements. —  As  early  as  1779,  in  defiance  of 
the  ordinances  of  congress,  white  settlements  were  attempted  north- 
west of  the  Ohio.  Settlements  having  been  authorized  along  the  op- 
posite shore,  constant  incursions  were  made  upon  this  side  lor  hunting 
purposes  and  for  ginseng,  which  was  very  abundant  in  early  days 
along  the  headwaters  of  the  Stilwater,  and  finally  cabins  were 
erected  and  squatters  took  possession. 

In  that  year  Gen.  Broadhead,  who  was  in  command  of  the  west- 
ern troops,  wrote  to  Gen.  Washington  upon  this  subject: 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  45 1 

"  Pittsburg,  October  26,  1779. 

"  Dear  General: —  Immediate!)'  after  I  had  closed  my  last  (of  the 
19th  of  this  instant)  I  received  a  letter  from  Col.  Shepherd,  lieuten- 
ant of  Ohio  county,  informing  me  that  a  certain  Decker,  Cox  &  Co., 
with  others,  had  crossed  the  Ohio  river  and  committed  trespasses 
on  the  Indians'  lands,  wherefore  I  ordered  sixty  rank  and  file  to 
be  equipped,  and  Capt.  Clarke,  of  the  Eighth  Pennsylvania  regiment, 
proceeded  with  this  party  to  Wheeling,  with  orders  to  cross  the  river 
at  that  part  and  to  apprehend  some  of  the  principal  trespassers  and 
destroy  the  huts.  He  writes  me  the  inhabitants  have  made  small  im- 
provements all  the  way  from  the  Muskingum  river  to  Fort  Mcintosh 
and  thirty  miles  up  some  of  the  branches.  I  sent  a  runner  to  the 
Delaware  council  at  Coshocking  to  inform  them  of  the  trespass  and 
assure  them  it  was  committed  by  some  foolish  people,  and  requested 
•them  to  rely  on  my  doing  them  justice  and  punishing  the  offenders, 
but  as  yet  have  not  received  an  answer.     *     *     *     * 

"  I  have  the  honor  to  be,  with  perfect  regard  and  esteem,  your  Ex- 
cellency's most 

"  Obed't  humble  servant, 

"D.  Broadiiead." 
•     Directed: 

1 1  is  Excellency,  Gen'l  Washington. 

It  was  the  true  policy  of  the  colonies  to  maintain  peace  with  the 
Indians,  and  congress  did  what  it  could  to  prevent  the  irritations  that 
were  certain  to  follow  any  attempted  settlements  on  what  was  still 
the  territory  of  the  Indians,  but  more  or  less  of  them  were  persisted 
in  and  in  1785,  Col.  Ilarmer  was  instructed  to  send  a  detachment  of 
troops  from  Fort  Mcintosh  to  eject  by  force  and  destroy  the  improve- 
ments of  such  settlers.  This  detachment  was  under  Ensign  Arm- 
strong, from  whose  report  to  Col.  Ilarmer  we  append  such  extracts  as 
relate  to  any  such  settlements  in  this  county.  After  relating  his 
experience  at  Beaver,  Yellow  Creek,  Mingo  Bottom  or  Old  Town, 
Ensign  Armstrong  says: 

"  1  learned  from  the  conversation  of  the  party  that  at  Norristown, 
(by  them  so  called)  eleven  miles  further  down  the  river,  a  party  of 
seventy  or  eighty  men  were  assembled  with  a  determination  to  oppose 
me.  Finding  Norris  to  be  a  man  of  influence  in  that  country,  i  con- 
ceived it  to  my  interest  to  make  use  of  him  as  an  instrument,  which  I 
effected  by  informing  him  that  it  was  my  intention  to  treat  any  armed 
parties  I  met  as  enemies  to  my  country  ami  would  tire  on  them  if  they 
did  not  disperse.  On  the  5th  (April,  17S5),  when  I  arrived  within 
two  miles  of  the  town,  or  place  where 
opposition,  I  ordered  my  men  to  load  tin 
Xorris,  and  then  desired  him  to  go  to  the 
of  my  intentions.  I  then  proceeded  on  with  cat 
far  when  paper  Xo.  1,  was  handed  me  by  on 
replied  that  I  would  treat  with  no  party,  bu 
orders.  When  I  arrived  at  the  town  ther 
assembled,   who   had  deposited    their   arms 


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to    meet    with 

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the    presence  of 

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id    inform  them 

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■  fthep 

but   had  not  got 
arty,  to  which    1 

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were   a 
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I    had    read   to 

452  HISTORY    OF    Till:    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

them  my  instructions  they  agreed  to  move  off  by  the  iqth  inst.  This 
indulgence. I  thought  proper  to  grant,  the  weather  being  too  severe 
to  turn  them  out  of  doors.  On  the  6th  I  proceeded  to  Hoglin's  or 
Mercer's  Town  (Martin's  Ferry) ,  where  I  was  presented  with  paper 
No.  2,  and  from  the  humble  disposition  of  the  people,  and  the  impos- 
sibility (if  their  moving,  I  gave  them  to  the  iQth,  and  I  believe  they 
generally  left  the  settlement  at  that  time.  At  that  place  I  had  been 
informed  that  Charles  Norris  and  John  Carpenter  had  been  elected 
justices  of  the  peace;  and  they  had,  I  found  precepts  and  had  decided 
thereon.  I  then  proceeded  on  till  opposite  Wheeling  where  I  dis- 
possessed one  family  and  destroyed  their  buildings." 

Mr.  Armstrong's  sanguine  opinion  of  the  dutiable  character  of  those 
early  settlers  of  Belmont  county,  who  had  already  organized  civil 
tribunals  for  the  protection  of  their  rights,  based  upon  their  "humble 
disposition";  that  "they  generally  left  the  settlement,"  was  not  well 
founded,  for,  Gen.  Butler,  who  in  the  fall  of  that  year  left  Fort  Pitt 
on  a  mission  to  treat  with  the  Indians,  and  who  had  with  him  as  one 
of  the  commissioners,  "  Colonel  James  Monroe,  then  a  member  of 
congress,  and  afterward  president  of  the  United  States,"  gives  evi- 
dence that  as  late  as  October  they  were  still  there,  in  part  at  least. 
In  his  journal  of  October  2nd,  he  says: 

"Called  at  the  settlement  of  Charles  Norris,  whose  house  has  been 
pulled  down  and  he  has  rebuilt  it  again.  At  this  place  found  one 
Walter  Keam,  who  seems  but  a  meddling  character,  warned  all  these 
off,  and  requested  they  would  inform  their  neighbors,  which  they 
promised  to  do.  Col.  Monroe  spoke  to  them  also,  which  had  weight, 
as  I  informed  them  of  his  character. 

"Called  at  the  settlement  of  Captain  Hoglan,  whom  we  also  warned 
off;  his  house  had  also  been  torn  down  and  rebuilt.  We  informed 
him  of  the  impropriety  of  his  conduct,  which  he  acknowledged,  and 
seemed  very  submissive  and  promised  to  remove  and  to  tvarn  li/'s 
neighbors  off  a/so." 

It  is  possible  that  the  persistent  efforts  of  congress  had  the  effect 
to  drive  most  of  these  setllers  of  1785-6  out  of  the  northwest  or  from 
the  Ohio  borders,  but  the  identification  of  many  of  their  names  with 
the  early  legal  and  permanent  settlement  of  this  county  indicates  that 
they  never  abandoned  their  purpose  to  occupy  a  part  of  it.  John 
Mathews,  a  nephew  of  Gen.  Putnam,  who  assisted  in  the  survey  of 
the  lands  included,  in  part,  in  Belmont  count},  in  his  journal  of  move- 
ments of  the  survey,  says:  "Tuesday,  November  7,  17S7:  Discovered 
this  morning  that  we  were  two  miles  west  of  the  south  township,  and 
on  McMahan's  rivulets.  From  thence  we  traveled  in  a  north  course. 
and  struck  Indian  Wheeling  creek,  five  miles  below  the  camp,  which 
proves  that  we  were  misinformed  as  to  the  major's  situation.  When 
we  struck  the  creek  we  met  with  some  soldiers  who  informed  us  that 
Capt.  Hutchins  was  gone  to  Wheeling,  upon  which  we  proceeded  im- 
mediately to  the  river  and  crossed  over  to  Esquire  Zane's,  where  he 
found  Capt.  Hutchins." 

The  absence  of  all  reference  to  the  existence  of  an)-  settlers,  settle- 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  453 

ments  or  improvements  on  the  line  of  Little  McMahan's  creek,  the 
country  intervening  through  which  the  Indian  trail  and  Zane's  road 
were  located,  and  on  Indian  Wheeling  creek  for  at  least  ten  miles 
from  its  entrance  into  the  river,  must  be  received  as  conclusive  that 
in  1787  there  were  no  such  settlements. 

Early  Legal  Settlements. — Among  the  first,  if  not  the  first,  to  settle 
upon  lands  purchased  from  the  government  within  the  limits  of  this 
county,  was  Capt.  Robert  Kirkwood,  who  served  with  distinction  in 
the  Revolutionary  war,  in  the  one  regiment  furnished  by  Delaware, 
his  native  state.  He  served  as  a  commander  in  the  battles  oi  Cam- 
den, Holkirk's,  Eutaw  and  Xinety-six,  but  at  the  battle  of  Kutaw  his 
command  was  so  reduced  in  numbers  that  his  promotion  was  impos- 
sible. In  the  year  1789,  he  settled  on  land  entered  on  the  south  side 
of  Indian  Wheeling  creek,  where  the  town  of  Kirkwood  still  stands. 
He  built  a  cabin  and  began  to  open  up  a  farm.  A  block  house  was 
commenced  in  1790,  but  not  finished  that  year,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1 791,  about  two  hours  before  daylight,  his  house  was  attacked  by  a 
band  of  Indians  that,  without  notice  of  their  approach,  or  without 
knowledge  that  an  attack  was  premeditated,  rushed  upon  the  house 
in  the  still  hours  before  day  and  set  fire  to  the  roof.  While  Capt. 
Kirkwood  and  his  men,  for  fortunately  Capt.  Biggs,  with  a  small 
number  of  soldiers  happened  to  be  staying  with  him  that  night,  were 
engaged  in  punching  off  the  burning  roof,  the  Indians,  under  cover  of 
the  unfinished  block  house,  kept  up  a  constant  fire  upon  them.  Capt. 
Biggs,  on  the  first  alarm,  ran  clown  the  ladder  to  get  his  rifle,  and  a 
ball  coming  through  the  window  wounded  him  on  the  wrist.  The  In- 
dians soon  surrounded  the  house  and  attempted  to  cut  down  the  door 
with  their  tomahawks.  Those  within  braced  it  with  puncheons  from 
the  floor.  The  people  of  Wheeling,  having  heard  the  noise  of  the  at- 
tack, fired  a  swivel  to  encourage  the  defenders,  and  the  Indians  in- 
dignant at  this  attempt  at  intimidation,  with  yells  rushed  to  the  attack 
and  piled  brush  against  the  cabin  and  set  it  on  fire.  There  were  no 
indications  of  succor,  and  the  inmates  fought  the  flames  with  desper- 
ate purpose,  first  with  water  and'  milk  within  the  cabin  and  then  with 
damp  earth  from  the  floor  of  the  cabin,  and  the  lighting  was  kept  up 
until  day-light,  when  the  Indians,  who  feared  that  rescuers  would 
come  with  daylight,  retreated.  Their  loss  is  not  known  as  the  inmates 
knew  of  but  one  actually  killed,  an  old  man,  climbing  up  the  corner  to 
enter  through  the  roof.  Seven  of  the  inmates  were  wounded,  and 
one,  a  Mr.  Walker,  mortally,  who,  when  dying,  taunted  the  Indians 
with  bitter  accusations.  He  was  buried  next  day  at  Wheeling  with 
military  honors.  After  this  affair  Capt.  Kirkwood  removed  his  family 
back  to  Delaware,  and  accepted  the  command  of  a  company  of  Dela- 
ware troops  in  Cen.  St.  Clair's  forces  on  the  way  to  Cincinnati  to  at- 
tack the  Indians,  and  he  fell  at  the  defeat  of  St.  Clair,  in  a  brave 
attempt  to  repel  the  enemy  with  the  bayonet,  and  thus  ended  a  brave 
and  honorable  career.  His  son,  foseph  Kirkwood,  returned  in  1806, 
ami  settled  on  the   memorable  lands  entered  by  his   father,     lie  and 


454  HISTORY    OP"    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

his  young  wife,  Margaret  Gillespie,  traveled  the  whole  distance  from 
Delaware  on  horse-hack,  indicating  good  frontier  stock. 

Early  in  1793,  John  Dille  and  Samuel  Dille  settled  upon  land  always 
since  known  as  Dille's  Bottom,  which  seems  to  be  the  first  permanent 
and  continuous  settlement  of  which  we  have  record.  The  same  year 
"  Dille's  Fort  "  was  built  on  those  lands  for  the  protection  of  settlers 
that  seemed  to  have  increased  rapidly,  and  the  following  year  we 
have  record  of  the  killing  of  an  old  man,  Tate,  by  the  Indians,  a  short 
distance  below  and  in  sight  of  this  fort,  showing  that  the  Indians 
promptly  resented  all  efforts  at  this  date  to  settle  in  Ohio.  Tate,  very 
early  in  the  morning,  as  he  opened  the  door  of  his  cabin  to  go  out,  was 
shot,  and  his  daughter-in-law  and  grandson  pulled  his  body  in  and  barred 
the  door,  and  the  Indians  unable  to  force  it  open,  fired  through  and 
wounded  the  boy,  and  the  woman  was  shot  as  she  attempted  to  escape 
by  the  chimney  and  fell  in  the  fire,  but  the  boy  who  had  been  hiding 
behind  some  barrels,  pulled  her  out  and  again  hid.  The  Indians 
forced  the  door  open,  killed  a  girl  as  they  came  in,  scalped  those  they 
had  shot,  and  made  their  escape.  The  wounded  boy,  shot  in  the 
mouth,  was  not  discovered  and  made  his  escape  to  the  fort.  There 
were  twelve  Indians  in  the  party  who  escaped  unpursued,  although  it 
is  said  there  was  sufficient  force  at  the  fort  to  have  successfully 
engaged  with  them. 

The  next  authentic  settlement  was  made  in  Colerain  township,  near 
the  county  line,  a  little  south  of  Mt.  Pleasant.  The  settlers  were 
Friends  or  Quakers  who  emigrated  from  North  Carolina,  and  called 
their  settlement  "Concord."  This  commenced  in  1795,  ami  embraced 
a  large  tract  of  land.  Among  the  pioneers  in  this  settlement  were 
Horton  J.  Howard,  who  was  subsequently  for  a  long  time  editor  of 
the  Belmont  Chronicle,  and  John  S.  Williams,  who,  as  editor  of  the 
A)ncricati  Pioneer,  furnished  much  valuable  history  as  to  the  early  set- 
tlements, and  the  lives  and  habits  of  the  settlers. 

Early  settlements,  except  those  along  the  river  front,  and  along  the 
"  Indian  trail."  subsequently  *'  Zane's  road."  and  later,  the  National 
road,  were  principally  confined  to  the  streams  emptying  into  the  Ohio 
and  the  hills  along  either  side  of  them,  and  followed  each  other  rap- 
idly; and  within  the  limits  prescribed  for  this  work  it  will  only  Im- 
possible to  briefly  refer  to  them  as  occurring  in  the  several  townships 
of  the  count)'. 

Mead  Toxonship,-  As  we  have  already  seen,  the  earliest  permanent 
settlement  was  made  by  the  Dillies,  at  Dillie's  Bottom,  in  this  town- 
ship, in  1793,  given  above,  we  shall  refer  to  additional  settlements 
made  at  early  dates.  Among  these  were  Martin  Sherry  and  family, 
Major  James  Smith  and  family,  and  Leonard  Coleman,  who  settled 
near  Fort  Dillie.  Early  settlements  occurred  in  this  township  along 
the  ridge  west  from  Dillie's  Bottom,  along  which  the  "  grade  road  " 
was  very  early  constructed  and  largely  used  by  drovers  taking  horses, 
cattle  and  hogs  east  before  the  construction  of  railroads.  Among 
those  that  settled  here  before  1S00,  were  Samuel   Day,  Richard  Riley 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  455 

and  family,  and  Thomas  Dunfee  and  family,  whose  descendants  still 
occupy  the  lands  settled  at  that  early  elate.  David  McElheron  and 
family  settled  on  Pultney  Bottom  in  1796  or  1797,  and  laid  out  the  first 
town  laid  out  within  the  limits  of  the  county,  which  was  the  original 
county  seat,  of  which  more  is  said  elsewhere.  David  Lockwood,  who 
was  one  of  the  first  associate  judges  of  the  count)-,  settled  in  Dillie's 
Bottom  in  1S00. 

Pit/hicy  Township. —  Andrew  Dickson,  or  Dixon,  as  his  children 
write  it,  purchased  the  land  on  McMahan's  creek,  at  the  mouth  of 
Little  McMahan's  creek,  five  miles  west  of  Bellaire  in  1791,  but 
owing  to  Indian  hostilities,  did  not  settle  upon  it  until  after 
Wayne's  treaty  with  the  Indians,  and  came  with  his  family  in 
1796,  and  his  son,  James  Dixon,  born  in  1797.  is  among  the  earliest 
Avhite  births  in  the  county.  The  same  year  Robert  Alexander  settled 
upon  the  farm  near  by.  since  occupied  by  his  son,  Samuel  Alexander. 
Rapidly  following  these  came  Charles  Eckles,  Abraham  Workman, 
George  and  Andrew  Neff,  Samuel  Worley,  Matthew  Howell,  James 
Hutchinson,  Jacob  Worley,  John  King,  William  Merritt  and  others, 
and  settled  upon  McMahan's  creek  and  the  ridges  upon  either  side  of 
it.  Jacob  Davis  emigrated  from  Maryland  in  1802,  and  bought  part 
of  the  land  where  Bellaire  is  now  located,  from  John  Buchanan's  sons, 
who  had  purchased  from  John  Duer,  who  entered  it  in  179:. 

Pease  Tozvnshi p. — Joseph  Tilton  was,  perhaps,  the  first  permanent 
settler  upon  land  purchased  from  the  government  in  what  is  now 
Pease  township,  lie  settled  in  1796  on  land  where  Tiltonville  was 
afterward  laid  out,  near  the  Jefferson  county  line.  Joseph  Moore 
came  in  1799  and  the  Alexander,  Clark  and  Peckens  families  settled 
upon  what  is  known  as  "Scotch  ridge"  before  the  end  of  1709.  Ben- 
jamin Steele  came  from  North  Carolina  in  1S00,  William  Wiley  from 
Pennsylvania  in  1 801,  and  the  Griffins,  Johnsons,  Scotts,  Yosts  and 
Worleys,  settled  about  the  same  time  along  Wheeling  creek  and  its 
ridges. 

Richland  Township. —  In  1795  Richard  Hardesty  settled  on  what 
was  termed  "Round  Bottom,"  on  Wheeling  creek,  and  the  same  year 
William  Boggs  migrated  from  Washington,  Penn.,  and  settled  on 
section  10,  neat  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  resided  until  1853.  lie 
opened  the  first  coal  bank  in  the  neighborhood.  Elijah  Martin  and 
James  Wilson  settled  west  of  Steubenville  a  little  later,  and  in  1797, 
when  Isaac  Cowgill  removed  from  Wheeling  to  section  19,  the  west 
hall  of  which  had  been  selected  for  him  by  one  ot  the  Zanes,  he 
crossed  the  Wheeling  ferry  with  the  first  emigrant  wagon  that  ever 
crossed  it,  and  when  he  settled  on  his  land  the  two  families  above 
were  the  only  ones  known  west  of  his  lands.  I  Ie  built  the  first  hewed 
log  house  in 'the  count)',  and  died  upon  his  farm  November  20,  [S45. 
'Die  Cowgilk  still  own  most  of  the  land.  Settlements  followed  rap- 
idly along  this  ridge,  along  which  the  " Zane  road,"  the  first  in  the 
count)-,  was  constructed  under  a  government  contract,  and  Richland 
township  in  1804  had  the  largest  population  of  any  township  in  the 
county. 


456  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Warren  Tozvnship. —  Next  to  the  "  Zane  road,"  the  "  Pultney  road" 
through  Mead,  Smith,  Goshen  and  Warren  townships  was  the  earliest 
opened  up,  and  along  this  road  on  the  ridge  it  followed,  there  were 
early  settlements.  The  earliest  of  these  in  Warren  township  were 
made  by  John  Greer,  George  Shannon  and  John  Dougherty  with  their 
families.  They  came  from  Fayette  county,  Perm.,  in  the  fall  of  1S00. 
John  Greer  settled  on  section  9,  and  erected  the  first  cabin  built  in 
the  township.  George  Shannon  settled  on  section  12  and  built  a  cabin 
in  which  his  son  Wilson  Shannon  was  born  in  [802,  the  first  white 
child  born  in  Warren  township,  lie  afterward  became  a  prominent 
lawyer  at  Steubenville,  was  twice  elected  governor  of  Ohio,  once  to 
congress,  was  appointed  minister  to  Mexico,  and  afterward  governor 
of  Kansas.  In  1S01  Robert  Plummer,  the  first  Quaker,  settled  in  the 
township,  and  wintered  in  a  small  cabin  made  of  poles,  chinked  with 
moss  and  covered  with  bark.  The  next  year  he  gave  an  acre  of 
ground  for  a  township  graveyard,  on  section  10.  Here,  as  in  the  other 
townships,  after  1S00,  immigrants  arrived  very  rapidly,  and  until  1806 
they  came  principally  from  Pennsylvania  and  South  Carolina,  and 
were  Quakers.  As  early  as  1803  a  cabin  was  erected  by  James  Ver- 
non, in  which  the  first  Friends  meeting  was  held.  Ruth  Boswell 
preached  in  it.  Henry  Greer,  a  brother  of  John  Greer,  was  the  first 
settler  west  of  Barnesville.  He  came  with  his  family  from  Fayette 
county,  Penn.,  in  1804,  and  settled  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  on  the  west 
side  of  the  township.  The  same  spring  Alexander  Campbell  and 
John  Kennon,  father  of  Judge  William  Kennon,  Sr.,  settled  on  land 
that  subsequently  formed  part  of  Spencer  township,  Guernsey  county. 
A  few  years  later  they  removed  to  the  farm  in  Warren  township  sub- 
sequently owned  by  Robert  Campbell.  It  was  on  this  land  that  Judge 
Kennon  earned  the  money,  by  grubbing  and  clearing  it,  to  educate 
himself. 

Union  Toicnslii}'. —  This  township,  after  the  end  of  Indian  hostili- 
ties, settled  up  rapidly.  Among  the  first,  Jonathan  Fllis  settled  upon 
section  3,  in  1801.  He  at  an  early  date,  built  the  first  grist-mill  in  the 
township,  on  a  branch  of  Wheeling  creek.  Duncan  Morrison  came 
the  same  year,  as  did  John  Dever  also,  and  settled  upon  section  13. 
In  1S02,  David  Berry  also  settled  upon  section  13,  and  William  Dann, 
on  section  5.  In  1803,  Joseph  Gunney  settled  on  section  2,  Thomas 
Marquis,  on  section  7,  William  Marquis,  on  section  3,  Samuel  McCune, 
on  section  8,  Robert  Patterson  and  William  Boyd,  on  section  4.  Fol- 
lowing these,  within  a  year  or  two,  were  Leonard  Hart,  James  Broom- 
hall,  David  Abner,  Solomon  and  Samuel  Hogue,  Allen  Bond.  Noble 
Taj'lor,  Levi  Barnes,  Joseph  Mead.  James  Drennen,  Richard  Free- 
man, Barnet  Groves,  Nathan  Bell,  David  Conner  and  others,  whose 
names  are  still  identified  with  the  history  of  the  township. 

Wheeling  TounisJiip. —  There  is  a  great  lack  of  definite  information 
as  to  the  dates  at  which  the  earlier  settlements  were  made  in  this 
township.  There  is  evidence  that  as  early  as  1800.  John  Winters  built 
a  water  mill  on  lands  entered  by  him  in  section  25,  range  4,  township  8, 
at  the  forks  of  Crabapple,   which    indicates   settlement   at   that   date, 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  457 

and  we  find  in  official  records,  the  names  of  Alexander  and  James 
McConnell,  Robert  and  William  McCollough,  David  Rusk,  David 
Barton,  Samuel  Patton,  James  Campbell,  John  Edwards,  Peter  Snedi- 
ker,  John  Henderson,  Daniel  Merritt  and  David  Ritchie,  who  must 
have  entered  these  lands  between  1708  and  1803,  but  there  is  a  lack 
of  dates  that  makes  the  exact  time  of  their  settlement  uncertain. 

Goshen  Township. —  John  Adams,  Joseph  Dunlap,  Christian  Wyman 
and  another  named  Keeler,  were  the  first  white  inhabitants  of  Goshen 
township.  Adams  squatted  on  section  1,  on  bend  fork  of  Captina 
creek,  the  others  on  a  branch  of  Stillwater.  In  September,  1802, 
William  Philpot.  Ralph  Death  and  Joseph  Wright  entered  at  Steu- 
benville,  section  12,  where  the  town  of  Belmont  now  stands,  which  is 
believed  to  be  the  first  purchase  of  lands  in  the  township.  The  next 
settlers,  perhaps,  were  John  Gregg,  in  November,  1S02;  John  and 
George  Ewers,  in  1803;  Darling  Conrow,  in  1804.,  at  Burrs  Mills. 
These  were  followed  by  David  Fawcett,  Ezekiel  Smith,  Joseph  Dan- 
ner,  Nathaniel  McNichols,  William  Phillips,  Stephen  Gregg  and 
George  Burns,  within  a  year  or  two. 

Wayne  Township. — In  1798  George  Hall  removed  from  Washing- 
ton, Dcla.,  and  settled  upon  sections  10  and  16,  and  erected  the  first 
cabin  built  in  the  township.  1  Iall  had  been  a  sailor,  and  before  leav- 
ing Philadelphia  he  married  Letitia  Ingraham,  a  native  of  Ireland, 
and  brought  her  with  him  to  their  wilderness  home,  and  although 
they  were  for  some  time  alone,  their  nearest  trading  point  at  Wheel- 
ing, they  got  along  very  well.  In  1800  Herman  Umstead  removed 
from  Chester  county,  Penn.,  and  resided  upon  the  farm  he  then  en- 
tered, until  1862.  when  he  removed  to  Illinois.  Other  early  settlers 
were  the  Barretts,  Skinners,  Stanleys,  Millhorns,  Mechen,  More. 
Heuston  and  Wood. 

Flushing;  Township. —  Elisha  Ellis,  Samuel  Russell  and  Levi  Hol- 
lingsworth  came  to  Flushing  township  in  1804  and  were  among  the 
first  settlers.  Hannah  Ellis,  wife  of  Elisha,  says  that  her  father.  Levi 
Hollingsworth,  in  1804,  occupied  a  cabin  12x14  feet  with  puncheon 
floor,  door,  ceiling,  table  and  cradle,  with  greased  paper  for  a  win- 
dow. John  Howell,  James  Bethel  and  others  followed  the  next  year, 
and  the  settlement  grew  rapidly. 

Smith  Tozvnship. — In  1800  Caleb  Engle  settled  where  Lewis'  mills 
are  located.  The  same  year  Rice  Boggs  came  from  Washington 
county,  Penn.  William  Wilson  and  family  settled  on  section  36,  in 
1802.  George  Alben  came  to  section  18  in  1S03.  John  Warnock  with 
wife  and  family  came  in  1804.  and  settled  on  section  iS,  about  half  a 
mile  down  the  creek  from  what  is  now  Warnock's  Station,  which  was 
settled  in  1805,  by  William  Smith,  who  purchased  from  Mathers,  who 
had  entered  it.  Joseph  Miller  and  Hans  Wiley  settled  in  1805. 
David  Myers,  William  Thornborough,  fohn  Wilkinson,  [ohn  Dawson. 
lacob  Lewis,  John  Prior,  Samuel  Lucas,  fohn  Porterfield,  William 
Workman,  Samuel  McKirahan,  William  Weekly  and  Miles  Hart 
were   among  the  earliest   following  settlers. 

Somerset   Township. — This  township  being  off  all  earl)  lines  of  travel. 


458  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

was  among  the  last  to  be  settled,  and  we  have  no  authentic  accounts  of 
permanent  settlements  earlier  than  1S07  and  1S08,  and  the  names  given 
are  those  who  settled  there  within  a  few  years  following  that  date, 
and  are  Enoch  Stanton,  Borden  Stanton,  James  Edgerton,  Joseph 
Bishop,  Homer  Gibbons,  Samuel  Williams  and  Richard  English, 
nearly  all  of  them  names  still  found  in  the  township. 

Washington  Tozunship. —  This  was  the  last  civil  township  organized 
in  the  county,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  table  of  dates  elsewhere,  but  not 
by  any  means  in  point  of  settlement,  as  the  "  beautiful  Captina  "  early 
attracted  settlers,  and  they  came  as  early  as  1797.  Among  the  first 
were  the  Danfords  and  Perkinses,  and  the  latter  has  perhaps  the 
largest  list  of  descendants  of  any  family  in  that  township,  if  not  in  the 
county.  Samuel,  William  and  Ambrose  Danford  removed  from  Wash- 
ington county,  Penn.,  in  1797,  and  located  on  section  4,  where  they 
erected  a  cabin,  cleared  a  piece  of  ground  and  planted  some  corn. 
Samuel  and  William  then  returned  to  Pennsylvania  for  the  family, 
consisting  of  the  father,  Peter  Danford,  and  two  sisters.  The  father 
subsequently  entered  land  in  section  25,  now  owned  by  the  heirs  of 
his  daughter,  Nancy  Grove.  Reuben  Perkins  migrated  from  Penn- 
sylvania in  the  spring  of  1798,  and  settled  near  Captina  creek,  lie 
had  six  children  and  settled  near  the  Potts-Dorsey  mill.  There  were1 
but  three  families  in  the  neighborhood.  In  1805  he  entered  a  quarter 
of  section  28  in  Washington  township,  now  owned  by  his  grandsons. 
William  Reed,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  settled  on  Captina 
in  1805,  and  was  killed  by  the  Indians.  His  son,  Joseph  Reed,  was  a 
noted  hunter,  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1S12,  who  lived  until  1879.  Other 
settlers  rapidly  followed;  among  them,  Walter  Rin.L,r,  William  and 
Samuel  Patterson,  William  Frost,  Robert  Lindsey  and  Thomas  Arm- 
strong. 

York  Township,  as  at  present  constituted,  is  but  a  very  small  part  ot 
the  original  township.  Lying  along  the  river  and  at  the  mouth  of 
Captina,  there  is  no  doubt  but  it  was  early  occupied  by  squatters,  who 
were  traders  with  the  Indians  or  hunters  without  intention  of  perma- 
nent settlement,  as  the  early  settlers  found  a  number  of  unoccupied 
cabins  within  the  township.  In  1801  John  and  Edward  Bryson  settled 
on  section  33,  Henry  Hoffman,  on  section  27,  and  George  Lemley,  on 
section  14.  In  1802,  George  Delong  and  Levin  Okey  settled  in  May. 
Joseph  Baker,  Benjamin  McVay,  William  Swaney.  John  Brister, 
Elisha  Collins  and  John  Aldridge,  settled  in  1803.  John  Davis,  David 
Ruble  and  George  Gales,  in  1804.  Burg)'  Hunt  and  Archibald  Woods 
were  early  land  agents  in  York  township. 

Adventures  n>ith  the  Indians. —  The  must  formidable  of  the  con- 
tests between  the  early  settlers  and  the  Indians  was  that  of  1795,  known 
as: 

The  Battle  of  Captina.—  In  the  spring  of  1704,  quite  a  bloody  contest 
took  place  in  the  valley  of  Captina  creek,  at  the  mouth  of  what  is  now 
called  Cove  Run.  The  Indians  numbered  thirty  warriers  com- 
manded by  Charlie  Wilkie,  a  chief  of  the  Shawnees.  The  whites 
numbered   only  fourteen   men   under   the  direction   of    Capt.  Abram 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  459 

Enochs.  The  following  account  of  the  battle  is  by  Martin  Baker,  who 
was  then  a  boy  at  Fort  Baker,  on  the  Virginia  side  of  the  river.  The 
youngest  man  among  the  whites  was  Duncan  McArthur,  elected  gov- 
ernor of  Ohio  in  1830. 

"  One  mile  below  the  mouth  of  Captina,  on  the  Virginia  side, 
was  Baker's  Fort,  so  named  from  my  father.  One  morning  in  May, 
1794,  four  men  were  sent  over  according  to  the  custom,  to  the  Ohio 
side  to  reconnoitre.  They  were  Adam  Miller,  John  Daniels,  Isaac 
McCowan  and  John  ShoptOn.  Miller  and  Daniels  took  upstream 
and  the  other  two  down.  The  upper  scouts  were  soon  attacked  by 
Indians,  and  Miller  killed.  Daniels  ran  up  Captina  about  three 
miles,  but  being  weak  from  the  loss  of  blood  issuing  from  a  wound  in 
his  arm,  was  taken  prisoner,  carried  into  captivity,  and  subsequently 
released  at  the  treaty  of  Greenville.  The  lower  scouts  having  dis- 
covered signs  of  the  Indians,  Shopton  swam  across  the  river  and  es- 
caped, but  McCowan,  going  up  toward  the  canoe,  was  shot  by  Indians 
in  ambush.  Upon  this  he  ran  down  the  bank,  sprang  into  the  water, 
pursued  by  the  enemy,  who  overtook  and  scalped  him.  The  firing 
being  heard  at  the  fort  they  beat  up  for  volunteers.  There  were 
about  fifty  men  in  the  fort.  There  was  great  reluctance  among  them 
to  volunteer.  My  sister  said  she  would  not  be  a  coward.  This 
aroused  the  pride  of  my  brother,  John  Baker,  who,  before 
had  determined  not  to  go.  He  joined  the  others,  fourteen  in 
number,  including  Capt.  Abram  Enochs.  They  soon  crossed  the 
river,  and  went  up  Captina  a  distance;  of  a  mile  and  a  half,  following 
the  Indian  trail.  The  Indians  had  come  back  on  their  trails  and  were 
in  ambush  on  the  hillside,  awaiting  their  approach.  When  sufficiently 
near  they  tired  on  our  people,  but  being  in  an  elevated  position,  their 
balls  passed  harmless  over  them.  The  whites  then  treed.  Some  of 
the  Indians  came  up  behind  and  shot  Capt.  Enochs  and  Mr.  I  Ioffman. 
Our  people  soon  retreated  and  the  Indians  pursued  but  a  short  dis- 
tance. On  their  retreat,  my  brother  war,  shot  in  the  hip.  Deter- 
mined to  sell  his  life  as  dearly  as  possible,  he  drew  to  one  side  and 
secreted  himself  in  a  hollow,  with  ,?  rock  at  his  back,  offering  no 
chance  for  the  enemy  to  approach  but  in  front.  Shortly  afterward  two 
guns  were  heard  in  quick  succession.  Doubtless,  one  of  them  was  fired 
by  my  brother,  and  from  the  signs  afterward,  it  was  supposed  he  had 
killed  an  Indian.  The  next  day  the  men  returned  and  visited  the 
spot,  Enochs,  Hoffman  and  mybrother,  were  found  dead  and  scalped. 
Enochs' bowels  were  torn  out,  and  his  eyes,  and  those  of  I  Ioffman, 
screwed  out  with  a  wiping  stick.-  The  dead  were  wrapped  in  white 
hickory  bark,  brought  over  to  the  Virginia  side,  and  buried  in  their 
bark  coffins,  Seven  skeletons  of  their  slain  were  found,  long  after, 
secreted  in  the  crevices  of  the  rocks." 

After  the  death  of  Enochs,  McArthur  was  chosen  to  command,  and 
he  conducted  the  battle  and  retreat  with  marked  ability.  A  year  later 
a  formidable  Indian  excursion  was  discovered  between  the  mouth  of 
McMahan's  creek  and  the  mouth   of    Wheeling   creek,  on   the    river, 


46o  HISTORY    OF   THE    UTTER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

and  from  their  ambush  shot  six  mounted  soldiers  from  the  Kirkwood 
block  house. 

The  Killing  of  Six  Men  by  the  Indians.-— \x\  about  1795,  Lieut.  Dun- 
can McArthur  and  a  posse  of  men  numbering  jn  all  a  do/en,  were 
stationed  at  the  block  house  on  the  lands  of  Robert  Kirkwood,  near 
the  mouth  of  Indian  Wheeling  creek.  One  morning  they  noticed  a 
young  Indian  dodging  along  not  far  from  the  fort  among  the  trees 
He  had  been  sent  by  a  body  of  Indians  who  had  ambushed  about 
three  miles  below,  on  the  banks  of  the  Ohio  river,  to  decoy  the  sol- 
diers from  their  fort.  As  soon  as  he  was  discovered  Lieut.  McArthur 
and  his  men  started  out  to  catch  him.  They  followed  him  as  he 
ran  down  the  river  about  three  miles  to  where  the  Indians  had 
secreted  themselves,  when  fifteen  of  the  redskins  fired  into  their  com- 
pany, killing  six  of  their  number  instantly.  So  unexpected  was  the 
attack  that  the  remaining  six  were  completely  bewildered  and  fright- 
ened turned  and  retreated,  McArthur  behind.  As  he  turned  his  head 
to  take  in  the  situation  his  foot  caught  in  a  grapevine  and  he  was  sent 
sprawling  on  his  face  just  as  the  Indians  fired  a  volley  of  bullets  after 
him,  and  the  limbs  and  leaves  dropped  all  around  him.  He  regained 
his  feet  and  started  at  full  speed,  following  the  course  of  his  men.  1  Ie 
was  closely  pursued  by  the  savages,  but  being  very  swift  of  foot  they 
soon  gave  up  the  chase,  and  the  remnant  of  the  party  gained  the 
block  house  in  safety.  Later  in  the  day  they  returned  to  the  spot  in 
stronger  numbers  and  buried  their  dead.  In  relating  this  circum- 
stance to  Gen.  Weir,  of  this  county,  Governor  McArthur  laughingly 
said  that  "  it  was  that  grapevine  that  made  me  governor  of  Ohio.""'  ' 
Hardships  and  Trials  of  Early  Settlers  —  The  first  settlers  in  this 
niountamous,  densely  wooded,  though  rich-soiled  county,  did  net  find 
it  a  paradise  for  idleness.  The  giant  oak,  walnut,  beech,  maple,  pop- 
lar and  ash  trees  of  more  than  a  century's  growth,  locked  and  inter- 
twined with  grape  vine,  and  creeper,  and  bush,  could  onlv  be  subdued 
and  removed  so  that  the  rich  soil  might  be  utilized  by  earnest,  persis- 
tent labor,  rhere  were,  however,  some  favoring  circumstances;  the 
land  was  covered  over  with  the*  wild  pea  vine  and  other  forage  piants 
which  proved  beneficial  to  the  pioneer  in  furnishing  forage  for  his 
stock.  The  soil  also  yielded  liberal  crops,  with  little  labor,  that  readily 
supplied  breadstuff  for  himself  and  family,  while  the  large  numbers  of 
deer,  wild  turkeys  and  smaller  game  furnished  abundant  sport,  with 
a  plentiful  supply  of  meat.  Unnumbered  multitudes  of  wolves  bears 
panthers,  foxes  and  wild-cats,  lurked  in  the  thickets,  and  in  the  hiding 
places  in  the  deep  ravines,  to  issue  forth  at  night  and  prowl  around 
the  farmers'  premises  to  devour  whatever  could  be  reached  and  it 
was  only  by  the  greatest  vigilance  he  could  save  what  he  had  obtained. 
Of  all  the  beasts  of  prey,  wolves  were  the  most  treacherous  and 
troublesome.  At  the  hour  when  the  pioneer,  tired  by  a  tremendous 
days  labor  in  falling  timber,  splitting  puncheons  or  clapboards, grub- 
bing out  underbrush,  and  his  children  tired  and  wear)'  in  assisting  in 
gathering  brush,  carrying  chips  ami   wood,  and   helping  in   the    hun- 


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drcd  ways  in  which  nimble  feet  and  fingers  were  utilized  in  those  days, 
sought  their  beds  to  gain  strength  through  rest  and  sleep  for  the  next 
day's  toil,  those  pests  of  the  forest  would  prowl  over  the  hills,  howl- 
ing in  the  most  doleful  manner,  preventing  all  sleep,  and,  unless 
watched  closely,  carrying  off  all  the  young  pigs. 


CHAPTER   III. 

By  Col.  C.  L.  Poorman. 


CIVIL  HISTORY  —  FIRST  TOWNSHIPS  —  EARLY  ELECTION  PRECINCTS — FIRST 
PUBLIC  BUILDINGS — COUNTY  SKAT  REMOVED — COURT  HOUSES  AND 
JAILS — ROSTER    OF    OFFICERS,  ETC. 


[801,  Arthur   St.  CU 


rovernor 


of  th< 


territory  of  the  United  States  northwest  of  the  Ohio, 
issued  a  proclamation  establishing  the  county  of  Belmont, 
t$$0%l  out  of  territory  belonging  to  the  county  of  Washington 
^|>o>'  formed  in  178S,  and  the  county  of  Jefferson  formed  July  29, 
*5*^§-*-t  1 797-  A  slight  error  being  found  in  that  proclamation  a 
ty^Sr1      second  one  was  issued   November  13,  1801,  of  which  the  fol- 

v^        lowing  is  a  copy: 
"Territory  of   the  United  States,  [ 
"  Northwest  of  the  Ohio.  \ 

"By  Arthur  St.  Clair,  governor  of  the  territory  of  the  United  States 
northwest  of  the  Ohio.  Whereas,  in  my  proclamation  erecting  the 
county  of  Belmont,  bearing  date  the  7th  day  of  September  last,  a 
mistake,  to-wit:  the  word  north  instead  of  west,  in  the  description  of 
one  of  the  boundaries,  crept  into  the  press  copy.  To  rectify  the  same 
and  remove  all  doubts  about  the  boundaries  of  the  said  county  of 
Belmont,  I  have  issued  this,  my  present  proclamation,  hereby  declar- 
ing that  the  lines  of  boundary  shall  begin  (as  in  the  aforesaid  procla- 
mation is  declared)  on  the  Ohio  river  to  the  middle  of  the  fourth 
township,  of  the  second  range,  of  townships  in  the  seven  ranges,  and 
running  with  the  line  between  the  third  and  fourth  sections  of  the 
said  township  counting  from  the  township  line,  but  which  are  num- 
bered sixteen  and  seventeen  upon  the  map,  produced  west  to  the 
western  boundary  of  the  said  seven  ranges;  thence  south  with  the 
said  western  boundary  to  the  middle  of  the  fifth  township  in  the  sev- 
enth range;  thence  east  to  the  Ohio  river  when:  the  line  between  the 
ninth  and  tenth  sections  of  the  third  township  in  the  third  range  in- 
tersects the  same,  and  thence  with  the  Ohio  river  to  the  place  <>t 
beginning;  and  the  said  lines,  as  above  described,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  the  lines  and  limits  of  boundary  of  the  county  of  Belmont,  and 


462  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

are  the  same  which  were  intended  to  be  established  by  the  aforesaid 
proclamation. 

"Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  territory  at  Cin- 
r        -1     'cinnati,  the  thirteenth  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of  our 
L  "    "J      Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one,  and  of  the  Inde- 
pendence of  the  United  States,  the  twenty-sixth. 

•'Ar.  St.  Clair." 

By  the  formation  of  Guernsey  county,  by  act  of  the  general  assem- 
bly, dated  January  31,  1810,  and  by  the  formation  of  Monroe  county, 
by  a  similar  act,  dated  January  29,  1S13,  the  original  boundary  lines 
were  materially  changed  on  the  west  and  south  sides,  and  the  terri- 
tory reduced  to  the  present  limits,  with  which  this  article  will  chiefly 
deal. 

When  the  county  was  established,  the  seat  of  justice  was  fixed  at 
"  Pultney,"  located  about  a  mile  below  the  present  city  of  Bellaire  on 
Pultney  Bottom,  one  of  the  finest  on  the  river,  being  what  is  termed 
a  "second  bottom,"  and  man)-  feet  above  the  highest  floods  ever 
known  in  the  river.  The  town  was  laid  out  by  Daniel  McElherron. 
August  22,  179c).  and  was  the  first  town  laid  out  within  the  present 
limits  of  the  county,  unless  it  was  the  town  of  "  Concord,"  in  Colerain 
township,  and  both  alike  have  long  since  disappeared. 

The  first  court  of  quarter  sessions  of  the  peace,  clothed  with  pretty 
large  powers,  met  here,  November  24,  1S01,  David  Lock  wood,  Daniel 
McElherron  and  Jacob  Repshire,  composing  the  court,  which  divided 
the  count>-  into  four  townships,  as  follows: 

First  Division  into  Townships. —  The  first,  beginning  on  the  Ohio 
river  at  the  northern  boundary  of  the  county  with  that  line  due  west 
to  the  western  boundary  of  the  count}',  thence  south  nine  miles  to 
the  northwest  corner  of  the  ninth  township  in  the  seventh  range, 
thence  east  with  said  township  line  to  the  cross-line  between  the 
thirteenth  and  nineteenth  section  of  the  south  township  in  the  third 
range;  thence  east  to  the  Ohio  river  and  up  the  river  to  the  place  of 
beginning,  to  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Kirk  wood  town- 
ship. 

"  The  second,  to  begin  on  the  Ohio  river  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
Kirkwood  township,  thence  with  the  southern  boundary  of  said  town- 
ship to  the  western  boundary  of  the  county;  thence  south  with  said 
western  boundary  six  miles  to  the  northwest  corner  of  the  eighth 
township,  in  the  seventh  range;  thence  east  with  said  township  line 
to  the  Ohio  river;  thence  up  the  river  to  the  place  of  beginning,  to 
be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  the  township  of  Pultney. 

"The  third,  to  begin  at  the  Ohio  river  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
township  of  Pultney;  thence  with  said  township  line  west,  to  the  west- 
ern boundary  of  the  county,  thence  south  with  said  western  boundary 
six  miles,  to  the  northwest  corner  of  the  seventh  range;  thence  with 
said  township  line  east  to  the  Ohio  river;  thence  up  the  river  to  the 
place  of  beginning,  to  be  called  and  known  by  the  township  of  York. 

"The  fourth,  to  begin  on  the  Ohio  river  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
York  township;  thence  with   said  township  line  west  to   the   western 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  463 

boundary  of  the  county;  thence  south  fifteen  miles  to  the  southern 
boundary  of  the  county;  thence  east  with  said  boundary  line  to  the 
Ohio  river;  thence  up  the  river  to  the  place  of  beginning,  to  be  called 
and  known  by  the  name  of  the  township  of  Salem." 

The  county  was  thus  divided  into  four  parallel  townships  extending 
clear  across  the  county.  This  division  lasted  only  until  the  February 
session  of  the  court,  when  Kirkwood  township  was  divided  "  by  a  line 
running  with  the  range  line  north  and  south  between  the  fourth  and 
fifth  range;  the  western  part  to  retain  the  name  of  Kirkwood  town- 
ship, the  eastern  part  to  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Richland 
township."  Other  division  of  the  territory  of  the  townships  of  Kirk- 
wood, Pultney  and  York,  Salem  township  going  to  Monroe  county 
in  the  following  order:  Union  township,  August  15.  1S04;  Pease 
township,  1S06;  Warren  township,  January,  1S07;  Colerain  township, 
June  14,  1S0S;  Wheeling  township,  June  14,  1S0S;  Goshen  township; 
Wayne  township,  March  5,  1811;  Mead  township,  January  13,  1815; 
Flushing  township,  March  14,  1817;  Smith  township,  January  2, 
1S19;  Somerset  township,  March  16,  1819;  Washington  township,  1830. 
These,  with  Richland  and  the  three  original  townships  of  Kirkwood, 
Pultney  and  York,  constitute  the  present  townships  of  the  count)-. 

Early  Election  Precincts. —  There  were  but  two  election  precincts  in 
iSor  for  the  entire  county.  Kirkwood  township  composed  one  of 
them  and  the  election  was  held  at  the  house  of  Bassil  Israel  in 
Nowelstown,  afterward  changed  to  St.  Clairsville.  The  townships 
of  Pultney,  York  and  Salem  constituted  the  other,  the  place  of  elec- 
tion to  be  in  the  town  of  Pultney  at  the  house  of  Jacob  Repshire. 
This  division  would  indicate  that  at  that  early  date  the  greater  num- 
ber of  settlements  were  being  made  along  the  line  of  the  Zane  or 
Indian  trail,  following  pretty  closely  the  line  of  the  great  National 
road. 

In  1803,  at  the  May  term  the  court  made  each  township  an  election 
precinct,  elections  to  be  held  in  Pultney  at  the  house  of  facob  Rep- 
shire, occupied  by  the  court;  Kirkwood  to  vote  at  the  house  of  James 
Nowles;  Richland  to  vote  at  thV  house  of  John  Thompson,  at 
Nowelstown;  York  to  vote  at  the  house  of  William  Congleton,  anil 
Salem  to  vote  at  the  house  of  Robert   Latte. 

The  number  of  election  precincts  was  increased  as  new  townships 
were  formed  and  population  increased  until  in  1800  there  are  thirty- 
four  in  the  county:  seven  in  Pultney,  five  in  Pease,  two  each  in 
Colerain,  Flushing,  Goshen,  Kirkwood,  Mead,  Richland.  Warren 
and  Somerset,  and  one  each  in  Smith,  Knion,  Wayne,  Washington. 
Wheeling  and  York  townships. 

The  First  Grand  Jury.  -The  following  persons  constituted  the 
grand  jury  at  the  November  term  of  court  1801,  the  first  in  the 
county.  Notlev  Hayes,  Patrick  White,  John  King,  Anthony  Riger, 
Joshua  Martin  Sherry,  Thomas  Dufneld,  William  Push,"  George 
Barnct,  Peter  Buzzard,  John  Wall.  Abraham  Emerine,  Richard 
Hardesty,  John  Lamb,  Robert  Gifrin,  Henry  Leep,  Samuel  Barnes, 
Andrew    Miller,   Archibald    Smith  and    Andrew  —    — .     According 


464  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

to  the  records  of  this  court  during  its  sessions  in  1S01,  it  appointed 
"Charles  Hammond  to  act  as  Prosecutor  until  he  should  be  legally 
appointed  by  the  Attorney  General,"  which  was  done  in  1802.  The 
court  also  ordered  that  a  road  should  be  opened  from  the  town  of 
Pultney  to  Nowelstown,  Jacob  Coleman,  surveyor.  A  license  was 
also  granted  for  the  "  Zane's  road  "  from  the  river  at  the  north  of 
Indian  Wheeling  creek  through  the  county  on  nearly  the  site  of  the 
present  National  road.  At  the  February  term,  1802,  an  indictment 
against  Jacob  Repshire,  one  of  the  magistrates  the  preceding  year, 
for  "assault  and  battery"  was  quashed,  two  such  indictments  having 
been  formed  against  him  in  the  fall  of   1S01. 

Constables  and  Siipervisors  Appointed. —  At  this  term  of  the  court,  the 
following  persons  were  appointed  to  act  as  constables  and  supervisors: 
Kirkwood  —  Constables:  William  Congleton  and  Thomas  Richards. 
Supervisors:  Thomas  Richards,  William  Boggs,  Joshua  Matcher  and 
James  Knowles.  Pultney  —  Constables:  Philip  Dover  and  Joseph 
Lashley.  Supervisors:  Jacob  Repshire,  Esq.,  ami  1  >avid  Wherry. 
York  —  Constable:  Samuel  Dille.  Supervisors:  John  Dille,  Ephraim 
Bates  and  Michael  Moore. 

First  Public  Buildings. —  The  November,  term  of  the  court  for 
1801,  was  held  at  the  house  of  Jacob  Repshire,  one  of  the  judges. 
Upon  the  court  journal  for  this  session,  there  is  the  following  entry  as 
to  a  new  court  house:  "That  there  be  built  on  the  public  grounds  in 
the  town  of  Pultney.  a  brick  house  35  feet  square,  two  stories  high. 
The  first  story  to  be  12  feet  in  the  clear  and  the  second,  S  feet  in  the 
clear.  The  same  to  be  occupied  as  a  court  house  for  this  count}-." 
Jacob  Repshire,  David  Eockwood  itwo  of  the  judges)  and  Samuel 
Dille,  were  appointed  to  purchase  materials  to  the  amount  of  S500.00 
for  court  house.  In  the  following  February,  they  were  empowered  to 
make  additional  purchases  of  material  and  employ  additional  work- 
men, if  necessary,  for  the  speedy  completion  of  the  building  and  com- 
plete the  same.  They  were  also  ordered  to  erect  a  house  24x15  feet, 
of  hewn  logs,  with  shingle  roof,  strongly  built,  with  a  large  partition 
across  the  center,  to  be  occupied  as  a  "goal."  The  latter  was  built  by 
Richard  Buttler,  ami  on  May  26,  1S02,  he  was  given  an  order  for 
$165.00,  for  building  it.  August  25,  1802.  the  court  ordered  to  be 
erected  in  the  town  of  Pultney,  a  pound,  66  feet  square.  "  To  be 
built  of  posts  and  rails,  of  good  oak  timber,  and  have  a  sufficient  gate 
hung  on  good  iron  hinges,  and  fastened  with  a  good  lock  and  key." 
Pound  to  be  used  for  the  =afe  keeping  of  estrays. 

Proceedings  for  the  Removal  oj  the  County  Seat. —  The  work  upon  the 
court  house  did  not  seem  to  be  pushed  as  vigorously  as  that  upon  the 
"goal  "  and  "pound."  and  early  in  1803  a  movement  was  commenced 
to  secure  the  removal  of  the  seat  of  justice  to  Richland  township. 
The  name  of  Nowelstown  was  changed  to  that  of  St.  Clairsville,  in 
honor  of  the  governor  and  in  hope  of  securing  his  interposition.  The 
first  general  assembly  under  the  state  constitution,  at  Chillicothe,  on 
April  1,  1803,  passed  an  act  appointing  John  Matthews,  James  Brown 
and  Robert  Speer,  as  commissioners  "To  examine  and  report  whether 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  465 

a  removal  of  the  seat  of  justice  in  said  county  of  Belmont  be  neces- 
sary for  the  convenience  and  accommodation  of  the  citizens  thereof," 
and  to  "  certify  their  opinion  thereon,  under  their  hands  and  seals,  and 
make  out  duplicates  of  such  certificates,  one  copy  of  which  shall  be 
left  with  the  clerk  of  the  county  court  for  the  inspection  of  the  citi- 
zens and  the  other  copy  they  shall  enclose  in  a  letter  addressed  to 
the  speaker  of  the  senate."  d'here  are  vague  reports  of  a  hilarious 
time  at  and  around  St.  Clairsville  on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  these 
commissioners,  at  which  time  it  is  also  said  Gov.  St.  Clair  made  it  con- 
venient to  be  present  at  the  town  named  in  his  honor,  ddie  report  of 
the  commission  was  favorable  to  the  removal  and  a  cop>-  was  promptly 
transmitted  to  the  "  speaker  of  the  senate,"  and  at  the  meeting  of  the 
second  general  assembly  the  following  act  found  in  Vol.  2,  Ohio  laws, 
was  passed: 

"An  act  to  establish  the  seat  of  justice  in  the  county  of  Belmont 

"Whereas,  fohn  Matthew?,,  James  Brown  and  Robert  Speer,  com- 
missioners for  Belmont  county,  in  pursuance  to  the  powers  delegated 
to  them  by  an  act  entitled,  An  act  to  provide  for  a  permanent  seat  of 
justice  in  the  county  of  Belmont,  passed  at  Chillicothe,  the  1st  day  of 
April,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  three,  have  reported  to  this 
general  assembly  that  on  examination  the)-  do  find,  that  St.  Clairs- 
ville is  the  most  proper  place  for  the  seat  of  justice  in  the  county  of 
Belmont,  therefore, 

"Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  general  assembly  of  the  state  of 
Ohio,  that  St.  Clairsville.  in  the  county  of  Belmont,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  declared  the  seat  of  justice  for  the  said  county  of  Belmont, 
and  that  all  courts  hereafter  to  be  holden  in  and  for  said  county  shall 
be  held  in  the  town  of  St.  Clairsville,  and  all  officers  are  required  to 
conduct  themselves  accordingly." 

"Passed  19th  January,  1804.  Ei.ias  Langham, 

"Speaker  of  House  of  Representatives. 
"  Nathaniel  Massie, 
"Speaker  of  the  Senate." 

The  only  thing  to  mar  this  apparently  regular  and  fairly  defined 
title  is  the  omission  by  the  general  assembly  to  provide  as  required 
by  the  constitution  of  1S02,  to  submit  the  question  to  a  vote  of  the 
people  of  the  county. 

Scat  of  Justice  Removed. —  In  April,  1S04,  the  seat  of  justice  was  re- 
moved from  Pultney  to  St.  Clairsville.  ddie  first  court  of  general 
quarter  sessions,  and  the  county  court  with  Calvin  Pease,  presiding 
judge,  held  three  sessions  at  the  house  of  William  Cough-ton.  on  the 
16th  day  of  April,  1S04,  and  Mr.  Congleton  was  paid  the  sum  of  $3 
for  preparing  rooms  for  the  court. 

First  Public  Building. —  In  history  there  is  little  said  about  the  first 
public  buildings  erected  at  St.  Clairsville,  and  little  is  known  of  them 
by  those  now  living.  On  the  journal  of  the  county  commissioners  at 
their  September  session,  1S04,  there  is  this  entry  in  relation  to  that 
subject: 

30- B. 


466  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

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^ot^T^^'T^1^  to  ^w,  entered  into  bond  tith 
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two  stones  high,  with  cupola  or  sp  re  in  the  center  of  a   ,w  r     ■ 
each   point  of  the  compass,  with  the  court  room  below  and  the^nrf 
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sionV,  'VCXa,nder  ?°^s  CJoseph  Morrison,  not  present  comn  is 
s o  ners  met  and  appointed  a  committe  of  mechanics  to  exan  ith" 
work.  James  Marshal,  of  Steubenville,  a  carpenter  and \X -L U 
&  ?eubenvillc.  "^  VPPO^ted  and  me't  at  the  con  V  W 
com;iet?inlal!  ^Vc^™^  ~"°' ^  *«  Said  »urt  house  was 
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BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  467 

the  jail  "  of  brick  like  those  used  in  the  erection  of  the  court  house, 
and  to  be  two  stories  high,"  the  first  story  to  be  nine  feet  with  an  en- 
try six  feet  wide  through  the  middle,  and  to  contain  four  rooms  — 
two  for  dungeons  and  two  for  jailor's  rooms.  The  second  story  was 
to  be  eight  feet  high,  and  divided  as  the  first  floor  —  two  for  debtor's 
rooms  and  two  for  jailor's  rooms,  to  be  completed  by  January  1,  1821, 
at  $95  for  grading,  and  $3,040  for  the  erection  of  the  building.  The 
work  was  completed  and  paid  for  according  to  contract. 

The  Third  Jail  and  Jailors  Residence. — The  third  county  jail  was 
built  in  1842  on  contract  with  Baily  &  Collins,  of  brick  and  stone,  at 
a  cost  of  $5. 902.00,  as  gathered  from  payments  in  the  treasurer's 
books,  in  the  absence  of  any  record  of  the  contract  upon  the  commis- 
sioners' journal. 

The  Present  Splendid  Buildings. —  The  present  court  house,  sher- 
iff's residence,  and  jail  (we  have  ceased  to  build  "  goal  and  goaler's 
rooms")  are  among  the  finest  in  the  state,  and  the  people,  while  they 
complain  at  the  large  sum  expended  in  their  construction,  are  justly 
proud  of  them.  The  old  buildings,  particularly  the  court  house,  was 
looked  upon  as  unworthy  of  a  large,  wealthy,  populous  county  like 
Belmont,  but  new  ones  were  not  built  because  a  fierce  county  seat 
controversy,  beginning  in  1S57,  when  railroads  began  to  change  the 
channels  of  trade,  and  continuing  almost  incessantly,  increasing  each 
year  in  intensity,  between  the  friends  of  the  present  location,  and 
those  who  thought  that  the  county  seat  should  be  returned  to  Pult- 
ney  township,  because  in  later  years  under  changed  methods  of  com- 
munication, the  majority  of  population  being  upon  the  railroads  and 
river,  would  be  better  and  more  economically  accommodated  with  the 
county  seat  at  Bellaire.  Any  movement,  under  these  conditions,  for 
a  new  court  house,  was  antagonized  by  both  sides  and  frequent  re- 
pairs were  ordered  to  keep  the  old  one  in  passable  condition.  The 
republican  county  convention  in  18S3,  passed  a  resolution  to  the  effect 
that  there  was  to  lie  no  agitation  of  the  county  seat  question  dur- 
the  next  two  years,  and  nominated  Samuel  1  lilies,  of  Barnesville,  who 
had  served  four  years  as  sheriff,  for  representative  on  that  platform. 
The  legislature  was  democratic,  and  having  been  carefully  impressed 
with  the  idea  that  it  would  make  this  county  permanently  democratic, 
a  bill  was  introduced  by  a  member  from  Cleveland,  and  rushed 
through  against  the  protests  of  both  our  senator  and  representative, 
and  without  giving  tin;  people  of  the  county  an  opportunity  to  be 
heard,  the  bill  was  rushed  through  under  a  suspension  of  the  rules, 
authorizing  the  construction  of  the  new  buildings  at  a  cost  not  to  ex- 
ceed $100,000. 

When  this  law  was  enacted  Owen  Mehan.  Nathaniel  Taylor  and 
Morris  Cope  were  county  commissioners.  Several  plans  were  sub- 
mitted of  structures  that  the  architects  thought  might  be  contracted 
for  within  the  limits  of  $100,000,  fixed  in  the  law.  The  plan  prepared 
by  J.  \V.  Yost,  architect  of  Columbus,  was  adopted  and  alter  advertis- 
ing as  required,  for  bids,  the  contracts  were  let  to  William  J.  McClain, 
Bellaire,   for  stone   work;   Doarzbach  &  Decker,  for  wood   work  and 


468  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

plastering;  Simon  Cain,  of  Cleveland,  for  brick  work;  Lane  Bros.,  of 
Newark,  for  iron  work;  and  John  V  Fisher,  of  Columbus,  for  painting 
and  glazing;  the  agregate  bids  amounting  to  $07,000. 

The  law  provided  for  a  committee  to  approve  plans  and  specifica- 
tions, which  was  composed  of  Thomas  Cochran,  probate  judge,  Leroy  C. 
Sedwick,  sheriff,  William  P.  Cash,  clerk  of  the  courts,  and  William 
Alexander,  appointed  by  the  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas. 

Work  had  but  fairly  commenced  upon  the  foundation  when  it  was 
discovered  that  the  ground  selected  was  bad,  and  additional  work 
in  securing  a  substantial  foundation  cost  about  $20,000  more  than  the 
estimates.  The  plans  were  changed,  cut-stone  was  substituted  for  brick 
in  the  body  of  the  building  and  other  changes  made  adding  greatly  to 
the  cost.  Additional  legislation  was  secured,  authorizing  the  borrow- 
ing of  an  additional  $50,000,  and  the  levying  of  taxes  to  be  used  in 
the  construction,  and  the  work  went  on  under  the  watchful  eye  of 
Mr.  T.  E.  Clark,  the  superintendent,  until  completed  and  dedicated. 
Sherrift '$  Residence  and  Jail. —  As  soon  as  the  new  court  house  was 
completed,  the  old  one,  on  the  site  of  which  the  sheriff's  residence  was 
to  be  built, was  torn  down  and  a  unique,  modern  two  story  brick  build- 
ing was  erected  as  a  sheriff's  residence.  The  old  jail  was  torn  down 
and  a  new  one,  on  modern  plans,  erected  in  a  substantial  manner,  and 
with  the  court  house  present  an  imposing  appearance  that  the  citizens 
may  well  feel  proud  of. 

Official  Statement  of  Cost  of  Present  Buildings. —  St.  Clairsyille, 
Ohio,  June,  iSSq. —  The  following  statement  exhibits  the  cost  of  the 
new  public  buildings  at  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio. 

Total  cost  of  buildings,  including  net  cost  of  site,  $272,484.50.  The 
following  items  show  the  purposes  for  which  the  above  sum  was  paid: 

Net  cost  of  site $  3^52.00 

Surveyor 58,00 

Advertising 462.23 

Arbitrators 124.00 

Building  committee 263.00 

Grading,  curbing,  paving,  etc 4,076.75 

Extra  depth  stone  foundation 14,500.00 

Stone  work  superstructure 57,135.41 

Boiler  house  and  stack,  brick  in  tunnel 12.3q1.21 

Iron  work 53.6S6.6q 

Furniture 13.270.33 

Gas  machine  and  gas  fixtures 5-3-7-59 

Roofing  and  galvanized  work 14, 103. 50 

Sheriff's  residence 11 ,090.27 

Carpenter  work iS,i  1 2.73 

Steam  heating 1 7,443.08 

Filing 3,qq8.05 

Brick  work 17,730.02 

Painting  and  frescoing 5,212.20 

Amount  paid  other  contractors,  cisterns,  etc 3,278.54 

Clock,  $1,436.10;  carpets,  $707.26 2,143.36 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  469 

Architect's  percentage $7,310.47 

Architect's  fee,  extra  trips 325-°° 

Superintendent's  wages 4,400.00 

Attorney's  fee,  McClain  vs.  Commissioners 300.00 

Treasurer's  fees SSS.19 

Total $272,484.52 

Deduct  from  total  cost  bonded  indebtedness 155,000.00 

Amount  paid  by  annual  levy $1 17,484.52 

We  have  deducted  amount  received  from  sale  of  public  property 
and  premium  on  bonds,  viz.,  $7,448.00,  from  the  amount  paid  for  new 
site,  viz.,  $11,400.00,  which  leaves  the  above  net  amount  as  cost  of  site 
to  county. 

The  cost  of  sheriff's  residence,  as  stated  above,  includes  a  consider- 
able amount  which  properly  belongs  to  cost  of  jail,  but  cannot  be 
separated,  as  it  was  contracted  for  with  the  residence, 

Morris  Cope,  /  Commissioners 

W.  C.   Berry,  •  of 

J.    C.    Israel,  \     Belmont  Co. 

List  of  Officials  Elected  to  Various  Positions. —  We  append  a  list  of 
public  officials  elected,  in  whole  or  in  part,  by  the  voters  of  Belmont 
county  since  the  organization  of  the  county,  as  far  as  they  can  now  be 
ascertained. 

Representatives  in  Congress. —  The  following  persons  have  been  rep- 
resentatives in  congress  from  the  district  in  which  Belmont  county 
was  situated,  from  the  time  of  its  organization  as  a  county:  Jeremiah 
Morrow,  of  Warren  county,  five  times  elected  representative  at  large 
for  the  state  from  1805  to  1813,  serving  in  the  Eighth  to  Twelfth  con- 
gresses; James  Caldwell,  Belmont  county,  from  1813-17;  Samuel 
Herrick,  Muskingum  county,  1817-21 ;  John  Chright,*  and  David  Cham- 
bers, Muskingum  county,  1821-23,  John  Patterson,  Belmont  county, 
1823-25;  David  Jennings, f  and  Thomas  Sherman,  Belmont  county, 
1825-27;  John  Davenport,  Belmont  county.  1827-20;  Judge  William 
Kennon,  Belmont  county,  1829-33;  Judge  M.  Ball,  Guernsey  county, 
'833-35;  Judge  William  Kennon,  Belmont  county,  1855  37;  James 
Alexander,  jr.,  Belmont  count)-,  1837  30;  Isaac  Parrish,  Guernsey 
county,  1839-41;  Benjamin  S.  Cowan,  Belmont  county,  1841-43;  Jo- 
seph Morris,  Monroe  county.  1843  47 •  William  Kennon,  Jr.,  Belmont 
count)',  1847-49;  W.  F.  Hunter,  Monroe  county,  1840-55;  William 
Shannon,  Belmont  county,  1853  -55;  Charles  J.  Albright,  Guernsey 
count)-,  1855-57;  William  T.  Lawrence,  Guernsey  count)-,  1857-59; 
Thomas  C.Theates,  Belmont  count)-,  1859-61;  James  R.  Morris,  Mon- 
roe count)-,  t86i  63;  J.  \V.  White,  Guernsey  county,  1863-65;  John  A. 
Bingham,  Harrison  county, 1865-73;  Lorenzo  1  )anford,  Belmont  county, 
'^73-79;  J-  T.  Updegraff,^  Jefferson  count)-,  1870  84;  Joseph  1).  Tay- 
lor, Guernsey  count)-,  1S84-91. 

•Join,  Chright  resigned;  tDavid  Jennings  resigned.         t  J.  T.  Uvxlegraff  died  in  1SS4. 


4JO  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Staic  Senators. —  Under  the  constitution  of  1S02  senators  and  repre- 
sentatives were  elected  every  year,  and  under  the  constitution  of  [S51 
once  in  two  years.  1.803,  William  Vance  and  Thomas  Kirker;  1804, 
William  Vance;  1S05-6,  Joseph  Sharp;  1S07-S,  Joseph  Dillon;  1808-n, 
James  Caldwell;  1813-14,  Charles  Hammond;  1815-1S,  James  Cald- 
well; 1810-24,  David  Jennings;  1825-26,  John  Davenport;  1827-2S, 
William  Hubbard;  1829-30,  Thomas  Shannon;  1831-32,  William  Dunn; 
1833-34,  James  Alexander,  Jr.;  [835-36,  George  Sharp;  1837-40, 
Thomas  Shannon;  1S41,  Chancy  Dewey;  1842-44,  Robert  H.Miller; 
1S4V-46,  Benjamin  Backall;  1S47-48,  Edward  Archibald;  1849-^2, 
Wifliam  P.  Simpson;  1S54,  David  Allen;  1856,  Charles  Warfel;  185S, 
Isaac  Holloway;  1S60,  .Marshall  McCall;  1862,  Isaac  Welsh;  1804, 
John  C.  Jamison;  1S66,  Henry  West;  1868-70,  James  B.  Jamison; 
1872-74,  Samuel  Knox;  1S76-7S.  David  Wagoner;  18S0-82,  D.  A.  Hol- 
lingsworth;  1S84-S6,  Solomon  Hogue;  1SS8,  George  W  Glover;  1890, 
J.  W.  Nichols. 

Representatives. —  Representatives  elected  to  the  general  assembly 
from  Belmont  county:  1803,  Joseph  Sharp  and  Elijah  Woods  to  the 
general  assembly,  at  Chillicothe,  March  1,  1S03,  and  Josiah  Dillon 
and  James  Smith  to  the  one  that  convened  in  December,  1803;  1804, 
Thomas  Wilson  and  John  Stewart;  1805.  John  Stewart  and  James 
Smith:  1S06,  Josiah  Dillon  and  John  Stewart;  1S07.  William  Vance 
and  John  Patterson;  1808,  Joseph  Sharp,  Edward  Bryson  and  Isaac 
Vore;  iSoq,  Joseph  Sharp,  Isaac  Vore  and  Josiah  Dillon;  1810,  Elijah 
Woods,  Moses  Morehead  and  William  Smith;  181 1,  James  Smith, 
Thomas  Mitchell  and  Joseph  Sharp;  1S1 2,  Josiah  Dillon,  Jacob  My- 
ers and  Peter  Varnel;  1813,  Moses  Morehead,  A.ibrose  Danford  and 
William  Sinclair;  1S14,  Joseph  Sharp,  Edward  Bryson  and  Thomas 
Majors;  1S15,  David  Wallace,  James  Smith  and  Thomas  Majors; 
1816,  Charles  Hammond,  Thomas  Townsend  and  Edward  Bryson; 
iSi7,  Charles  Hammond,  George  Paull  and  William  Dunn;  iSiS, 
Charles  Hammond,  George  Paull  and  William  Dunn;  1S19,  William 
Dunn,  Thomas  Shannon  and  John  Smith;  1820.  William  Dunn, 
Thomas  Shannon  and  Charles  Hammond;  1821,  William  Dunn. 
Thomas  Shannon  and  Alexander  Armstrong;  1822.  William  Dunn, 
Thomas  Shannon  and  Alexander  Armstrong;  1823,  William  Perrine, 
Isaac  Atkinson  and  John  Scatterday;  1824,  John  Davenport  and 
Thomas  Shannon;  1825,  William  Perrine  and  William  Dunn;  1820: 
William  Dunn  and  Eli  Nichols;  1827,  lames  Weir  and  Crawford 
Welsh;  1828,  William  Dunn  and  Crawford  Welsh;  1S29,  Crawford 
Welsh,  James  Weir  and  Andrew  Patterson;  1S30,  John  Davenport  and 
James  Alexander;  1S31,  John  Patton.  William  Workman  and  Will- 
iam B.  Hubbard;  1832,  John  Patton  and  William  Workman;  1833, 
Joseph  A.  Ramage  and  John  Thompson;  1834.  Joseph  A.  Ramage 
and  Solomon  Bentley;  1835,  Solomon  Bentley  and  William  Cham- 
bers; 1S36,  James  Weir;  1837,  Ephraim  Gaston  and  Isaac  11.  Green; 
1S38,  Henry   West;    1839,   Henry   West   ami   Thomas   A.   Way;    1840. 

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iam  R.  Carle;  1S44,  Benjamin  S.  Cowan  and  Peter  Tallman;  1845, 
Benjamin  S.  Cowan;  1846,  John  C.  Kerr  and  William  Hogue;  1S47, 
Miller  Pennington;  1848,  Samuel  Bigger;  1849,  John  A.  Wayer  and 
Hugh  McNeely;  1850,  Archibald  C.  Ramage  and  James  J.  Grimes; 
1851,  Archibald  C.  Ramage  and  Price  Cornwell;  1S53,  Eli  V.  Cleaver 
and  Samuel  Findley;  1855,  James  A.  Turner  and  Robert  Hamilton; 
1857,  Isaac  Welsh;  1S59,  Isaac  Welsh;  1861,  Wilson  S.  Kennon;  1S63, 
Robert  E.Chambers;  1865,  Coulson  Davenport;  iS67,Coulson  Daven- 
port and  John  Patterson;  iSbg.John  W.  Kennon  and  Thomas  M.  Nichol; 
1S71,  John  A.  Wayer;  1873,  Thomas  H.  Armstrong;  1S75,  Eli  V. 
Cleaver  and  William  Bundy;  1877,  Ross  J.  Alexander  and  Harvey  Dan- 
ford;  1879,  David  Wagoner;  1S83,  Samuel  Hilles;  1S85,  Samuel  Hilles 
and  C.  L.  Poorman;  18S7,  C.  L.  Poorman  and  A.  T.  McKelvey;  1SS9, 
A.  T.  McKelvey. 

Sheriffs.  —  1S01-03,  Jacob  Coleman  (appointed);  1803-09,  Josiah 
Hedges;  1809-12,  James  Hedges;  1812-13,  Anthony  Weir;  1813-19, 
David  Moore;  1819-24,  William  Perrine;  1S24-26,  Solomon  Bentley,  Sr.; 
1826-30,  Ezer  Ellis;  1 830-32, Solomon  Bentley,  Sr.;  1832-36,  William  H. 
Johnson;  1S36-3S,  John  Lippencott;  1838-44,  William  P.  Simpson; 
1S44-48,  Hugh  McNeely;  1848-50,  James  McConaughy;  1850-56, 
J.  C.Nichols;  1856-60,  John  S.Anderson;  1S60- 64,  Patrick  Lochary; 
1S64-66,  George  H.  Umstead;  1S66-68,  Samuel  B.  Piper;  1S68-70, 
William  H.  Hays;  1870-76,  William  C.  Cochran;  1876-78,  Will- 
iam G.Kinney;  1878-82,  Samuel  Hilles;  18S2-86,  Leroy  C.  Sedwick; 
18S6-90,  E.  O.  Foiuke. 

Treasurers. —  1S01-04,  Daniel  McElherren  (appointed);  1804-07, 
Andrew  Marshall  (appointed);  1807-12,  Josiah  Hedges  (appointed); 
1812-14,  Jeremiah  Fairhurst  (appointed);  1814-25,  Solomon  Bentley; 
1825-27,  James  Kelsey;  1827-33,  John  McElroy;  1833-39.  Jacob 
Neiswanger;  1839-43,  John  Eaton,  Jr.;  1843-45,  I.  M.  Mitchell; 
1845-49,  Eycurgus  Jennings;  1840  53,  John  Kelley;  1S53-57,  Thomas 
Johnson;  1S57-59,  John  Twinan;  1S59  61,  Isaac  1 1.  Patterson;  1861-63, 
AmosGlover;  1S63-67,  Barkley  Cooper;  1867-71,  James  Irwin;  1S71-73, 
Andrew  Porterfield;  1873—77,  William  J.  Kelley;  1877-81,  Hamilton 
Eaton;  1881  -S5,  A.  L.  Feeley;  18S5-89,  George  Robinson;  1889,  Frank 
Archer. 

Clerks  of  the  Court. — 1801-6,  Elijah  Woods,  appointed;  1806-10, 
James  Caldwell,  appointed;  1810-13.  Josiah  Hedges,  appointed; 
1813-26,  Ezer  Ellis,  appointed;  1826-34,  Peter  Tallman, Sr., appointed; 
1834-46,  John  C.  Tallman,  appointed;  1846-50,  R.  1 1.  Miller,  appointed; 
1850-51,  John  II.  Heaton,  appointed;  1S51-52,  St.  Clair  Kelley,  ap- 
pointed; 1S52-55,  John  11.  Heaton;  1S55-56,  William  R.  Carroll; 
1856-57,  David  S.  Adams,  appointed;  1857  60,  S.  W.  Gaston,  1860-63, 
David  S.  Adams;  [86^-66,  |.  F.  Charlesworth;  rS66-6o,  Joseph  R. 
Mitchell;  1869-72,  fames  B.Campbell;  1S72-7S,  Joseph  R.Mitchell; 
1878-S4,  Alexander  C.  Darrah;  1884  -90,  William  Ik  Cash;  i Sep,  Sam- 
uel F.  Da  vies. 

County  Commissioners. —  1804,  Leven  Okey,  John  McWilliams  and 
Robert  Griffin;   1806,  Leven  Okey,  John  McWilliams  and  Alexander 


4/2  HISTORY    OF    THE    UITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Boggs;  1 80S,  Leven  Okey,  John  McWilliams  and  Sterling  Johnson; 
1810,  John  McWilliams,  Sterling  Johnson  and  Peter  Tallman;  1S11, 
John  "McWilliams,  Peter  Tallman  and  Alexander  Boggs;  1S1S,  Peter 
Tallman,  Alexander  Boggs  and  Joseph  Morrison;  1821,  Joseph  Mor- 
rison, David  Xeiswanger  and  John  Nichols;  1824,  Joseph  Morrison, 
David  Neiswanger  and  John  Nichols;  1829,  David  Smith,  Isaac  Bar- 
ton, and  David  Neiswanger;  1S30,  David  Smith,  Isaac  Barton  and 
David  Neiswanger;  1833,  David  Neiswanger,  Isaac  Barton  and 
Thomas  Heaney;  1S36,  Thomas  Armstrong,  Isaac  Barton  and  Thomas 
Heaney;  1837,  Thomas  Armstrong,  Isaac  Barton  and  Isaac  Patton; 
183S,  William  Workman.  William  Cook  and  Isaac  Patton;  1839,  Will- 
iam Workman,  John  Cook  and  Isaac  Patton;  1S40,  Peter  A.  Dallas, 
John  Cook  and  Thomas  Pilchcr;  1842,  Peter  A.  Dallas,  Robert  B. 
Green  and  Thomas  Pilcher;  1843,  John  Lisle,  Robert  B.  Green  and 
William  Workman;  1844,  John  Lisle,  Robert  B.  Green  and  David 
Harris;  1845,  John  Lisle,  Robert  B.  Green  and  Stephen  C.  Gregg; 
1846,  David  Harris,  Jacob  Coleman  and  Stephen  C.  Gregg;  1847. 
David  Harris,  Jacob  Coleman  and  Stephen  C.  Gregg;  184S.  David 
Harris,  Jacob  Coleman  and  Stephen  C.  Gregg;  1849,  David  Harris, 
James  Norman  and  Stephen  C.  Gregg;  1850,  S.  C.Vance,  James  New- 
man and  Stephen  C.  Gregg;  1851,  S.  C.  Vance,  James  Newman  and 
Ira  Lewis;  1852,  S.  C.  Vance,  James  Newman  and  Ira  Lewis;  1853, 
Thomas  Majors,  James  Newman  and  Ira  Lewis;  1854, Thomas  Majors, 

Hatcher  and   Michael  Danford;   1855,  Thomas  Majors. — 

Hatcherand  Michael  Danford;  1856.  John  Majors,  John  Johnson  and 
Michael  Danford;  1857,  John  Majors,  John  Johnson  and  Michael 
Danford;  1858,  John  Majors,  John  Johnson  and  Harrison  Massie;  1850. 
J.  T.  Scholfield,  George  C.  Bethel  and  Harrison  Massie;  1800,  J.  T. 
Scholheld,  George  C.  Bethel  and  William  Wilkinson;  1S61,  J.  T. Schol- 
field, James  Alexander  and  William  Wilkinson;  1862.  Jesse  Barton, 
James  Alexander  and  William  Wilkinson;  1863,  Jesse  Barton,  James 
Alexander  and  William  Wilkinson;  1864,  Jesse  Barton.  James  Alexan- 
der and  William  Wilkinson;  1865,  Dennis  Kemp.  James  Alexander 
and  William  Wilkinson;  1S66,  Dennis  Kemp,  James  Alexander  and 
W.  M.  Campbell;  1807,  Dennis  Kemp,  James  Alexander  and  James 
Campbell;  1808,  II.  brasher.  James  Alexander  and  James  Campbell; 
1869,  II.  brasher,  James  Alexander  and  William  Armstrong;  1S70, 
H.  brasher,  James  Alexander  and  William  Armstrong;  1871,  II. 
Frasher,  William  Armstrong  and  lames  Kinney;  1S72,  B.  L.  Dngan, 
William  Armstrong  and  James  Kinney;  1873,  B.  L.  Dugan,  James 
Alexander  and  Solomon  blougue;  1874,  William  Barber,  James  Alex- 
ander and  Solomon  Hougne;  1875,  William  Barber,  I.  J.  Potts  and 
Solomon  Hougne;  1S7O,  William  Barber,  I.  |.  Potts  and  A.W.Ander- 
son; 1877,  H.  Frasher,  I.  1.  Potts  and  A!  W.  Anderson;  1878,  II. 
Frasher,  I.  J.  Potts  and  A.  W.  Anderson;  1S79,  II.  Frasher,  I.  J. 
Potts  and  Owen  Mehan;  1880,  Owen  Mehan,  1.  }.  Potts  and  William 
Alexander;  1881,  Owen  Mehan,  William  Alexander  and  Morris 
Cope;  1S82,  Owen  Mehan,  William  Alexander  and  Morris  Cope; 
1883,    Owen     Mehan,     Nathaniel    Taylor    and     Morris    Cope;     18S4, 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  473 

Owen  Mehan,  Nathaniel  Taylor  and  Morris  Cope;  1885,  W.  J.  Berry, 
Nathaniel  Taylor  and  Morris  Cope;  1886,  W.  I  Berry,  John  C.  Israel 
and  Morris  Cope;  1887,  W.  1.  Berry,  John  C.  Israel  and  Morris  Cope; 
18SS,  W.  J.  Berry,  John  C.  Israel  and  Morris  Cope;  1889,  W.  J.  Berry, 
John  C.  Israel  and'Morris  Cope;  1890,  W.  J.  Berry,  John  Israel  and 
Miles  Hart. 

County  Auditors.—  1823-25,  Peter  Talhnan;  1825-36,  William  Alc- 
Neely;  1836- 38,  G.  S.  Nagle;  1838-40,  William  Anderson;  1840-42, 
T.  Hoge:  1842-44,  William  Dunn;  1844-48,  William  Pancost;  1848-52, 
David  Allen;  1852-54,  David  Trueman;  1854-56.  J-  F.  Charlesworth; 
1856-58,  Stephen  Gressenger;  1S5S-62,  C.  L.  Poorman;  1862-66,  R.S. 
Clark;  1866-71,  R.  M.  Clark;  1871-75,  John  B.  Longley;  1875-77,. 
W  E  Stamp;  1877-81,  W.  N.  Coffland;  1881-84,  R.  R.  Barrett;  1885, 
D.  H.  Darrah,  appointed;  1S86-89,  R.  R.  Barrett;  1889-92,  Joseph 
Henderson. 

Prosecuting  Attorneys.—  1801-1804,  Charles  Hammond,  appointed; 
1804-08,  Jacob  Nagle,  appointed;  1808-15,  George  Paull,  appointed; 
1815-25,  'David  Jennings,  appointed;  1825-33,  W.  B.  Hubbard,  ap- 
pointed- 1833-37,  Wilson  Shannon;  1837-41,  William  kennon; 
1841-45,  R.  [.Alexander;  1845-49.  Carlo  C.Carroll;  1849-51.  Joseph  A. 
Ramage;  1851-55,  Isaac  E.  Eaton;  1855-59.  D.  D.  T.  Cowan;  1859-61, 
Lorenzo  Danford;  1861-65,  John  A.  Work;  1865-67,  Robert  II.  Coch- 
ran- 1867-71,  John  W.  Shannon;  1871-77,  Wilson  S.  Kennon;  1S77-81, 
Robert  M.  Eaton;  1881-87,  N.  W.  Kennon;  1887-90,  Jesse  W.  Hollings- 

Pro'bate  Judges.— 1851-57,  David  Harris;  1857-63,  Robert  Claudy; 
1863-66,  C.  W.  Carroll;  1806-69.  A.  W.  Anderson;  1S69-78,  C.  W  .  Car- 
roll";  1S78-S4,  Thomas  Cochran;   1884-90,  Isaac  H.  Gaston. 

Recorders*—  1S04,  Sterling  Johnson.  William  Paris,  G.  S.  Nagle, 
Peter  Tallman,  William  Paris."  Robert  Griffin,  M.  J.  Ward.  George 
Anderson;  1843-49,  S.  M.  Howey;  1849-55.  Felix  Martin;  1855-64. 
John  Bickham;  1865-74,  John  C.  Bolon;  1874-77.  William  Barnes; 
1877-S0,  James  Barnes;  1880-S6,  W.  B.  Hobbs;  1886-90,  John  M. 
Beckett.  ' 

Coronors  —  1S01-06,  John  Dungan;  1806-14.  Joseph  Morrison;  1814-23, 
William  Stevenson;  1823-28,  WTilmeth  Jones;  1828-30,  John  S.  Nagle; 
1830-32,  John  Scatterday;  1832-34,  Robert  McMasters;  1834-36,  W  dl- 
iam  Kinney;  1836-38,  Moses  Rhodes;  1858-40.  Joseph  Moore;  1840-41. 
Joseph  Hargrave;  1841-43,  James  Smith;  1845-45.  H.  Ferguson; 
1845-49,  Oliver  Cunningham;  1S49-53,  lames  Nichol;  1853-59,  Patrick 
Lochary;  1850-63,  George  Cr'eswell;  1863-65,  William  Wilkinson; 
1865-66,  Andrew  Grubb;  1866-70,  George  Creswell;  1870  72,  E.  B. 
Kenneday;  1S72-78,  Thomas  Garrett;  1878  82,  E.  B.  Kenneday; 
1SS2-84,  Thomas  Garrett;  1884-86,  J.  Creswell;  1886-S7.  Samuel 
Martin;   1SS7-90,  A.  M.  F.  Boyd. 

Infirmary  Directors,  when  elected: 

1842,  William  Lemon.  Alexander  Hannah  and  J.  C.  Anderson;  1845. 
Henry  West;  1844, Stephen  Pancost;  1845,  Reuben  Miller;  1S46.  George 


474  HISTORY    OF    Till:    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Vanlaw;  1S47,  Stephen  Pancost;  1848,  A.  Lodge  and  F.  R.  Phillips; 
1S49,  George  Vanlaw;  1850,  Jacob  Cosset;  1851,  Abner  Lodge;  1852, 
Baalam  Nichols;  1S53,  Hugh  Ferguson;  1854,  Baalam  Nichols;  1855, 
F.  R.  Phillips;  1856,'Hugh  Ferguson;  1857,  F.  R.  Phillips;  185S,  Hugh 
Ferguson;  1859,  Abner  Lodge;  1S60,  Oliver  Taylor;  [S61,  William 
Caldwell;  1862,  John  Taggart;  1863,  R.J.  Pollock;  1864,  William  Cald- 
well; 1865,  Baalam  Nichols;  1S66,  Nathaniel  Taylor;  1S67,  William 
Caldwell;  1 868,  William  Parkinson;  1869,  Nathaniel  Taylor;  1S70,  Jacob 
Gosset;  1871,  William  Parkinson;  1872,  William  Ramage;  1 S 7 - , 
Thomas  Lodge;  1S74,  John  Alexander  and  N.  Taylor:  1875.  Will- 
iam Parkinson;  1876,  Laban  Podge;  1877;  Nathaniel  Taylor;  1878, 
William  Parkinson:  1870,  J.  B.  Ritchey;  1880,  Joseph  Bailey;  1881, 
Levi  W.  Jones;  18S2,  J.  B.  Ritchey;  1883,  Joseph  Bailey;  1884,  John 
Sidebottom;  1885,  William  Podge;  1SS6."  B.  McConaughey;  1887, 
J.  A.  Clark;  1887,  B.  McConaughey;  188S,  William  Podge;  1889.  J.  A. 
Clark. 

Political  Covditions.—  In  the  earlier  years  there  was  but  little  politi- 
cal contention,  and  in  Ohio  parties  were  not  well  defined  until  after 
the  divisions  growing  out  of  the  presidential  election  of  1824,  in  which 
Jackson,  Clay,  Adams  and  Crawford  were  all  candidates  and  all  pro- 
fessing to  be  republicans,  and  neither  was  elected,  but  a  union  of  the 
friends  of  Clay  and  Ado  ns  in  the  house  of  representatives  resulted  in 
the  election  of  Adams,  although  Jackson  had  much  the  largest  follow- 
ing. From  that  date  the  democratic  party  appears  as  a  distinct  factor, 
and  its  lirst  national  convention  was  held  in  1830,  since  which  time  the 
parties  have  been  known,  at  different  times  as  democratic,  whig, 
republican,  free  soil,  know-nothing,  American  and  greenbacker,  labor 
reform  and  prohibition. 

Arthur  St.  Clair,  the  territorial  governor,  was  appointed  July  13, 
17S8,  and  served  until  the  close  of  1802,  when  he  was  removed  by 
Thomas  Jefferson,  and  Charles  W.  Byrd,  of  Hamilton  county,  secre- 
tary of  the  territory,  acted  as  governor  until  .March  3,  1803.  I  Ie  was 
succeeded  by  Gov.  Edward  Tiffin,  who  received  571  votes  in  Belmont 
count}',  and  resigned  March  3,  1807,  to  accept  the- position  of  United 
States  senator.  Subsequent  elections  for  governor,  with  vote  cast  tor 
each  candidate  and  the  party  each  represented,  are  here  given: 

Vote  for  Candidates  jor  Governor: 

1807  — Return  J.  Meigs,  705;  Nathaniel  Massie.  174. 

1808  -—  Samuel  Huntington,  451;  Thomas  Worthington,  810; 
Thomas  Kirker,  1. 

1S10—  Return  J.  Meigs,  448;  Return  J.  Meigs,  Jr.,  39;  Thomas 
Worthington,  495. 

1812 — Return  J.  Meigs,  1,393;  Thomas  Scott,  73. 

1814 -Thomas  Worthington,  000;  Othniel  Looker,  00. 

1816  -Thomas  Worthington.  000;  James  Dunlap,  00;  Ethan  A. 
Brown,  00. 

1818  — Ethan  A.  Brown,  [,592;  James  Dunlap.  21. 

1820 — Ethan   A.  Brown.  1.842;   Jeremiah   Morrow,    15, 

1822  —  Jeremiah  Morrow,  000;  Allen  Trimble,  00;  \V.  W.  Irwin,  00. 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  475 

1824  —  Jeremiah  Morrow,  1,268;  Allen  Trimble,  1,191. 

1826  —  Allen  Trimble,  1,037;  John  Bigger,  113;  Alexander  Campbell, 
595;  Benjamin  Tappan,  ^74. 

1828  — Allen  Trimble,  1,975;  John  W.  Campbell,  1,892. 

1830 — Duncan  McArthur  (Repub.),  1,822;  Robert  Lucas  (Demo- 
crat), 1,468. 

1832  —  Robert  Lucas  I'D.),  2,370;  Darius  Lyman  (Whig  and  Anti- 
Mason),  2,191. 

1834  — Robert  Lucas  (D.),  2,107;   Limes  Findlay  (W.),  2,2^0. 

1836  — Joseph  Vance  (W.),  2,666;  Eli  Baldwin  (D.),  2,358. 

1838  —  Wilson  Shannon  (D.),  2,670;  Joseph  Vance  (W7),  2,220. 

1S40  —  Thomas  Corwin  i\\*.)  ,3,195;  Wilson  Shannon  (D. 1,2,806. 

1842  — Thomas  Corwin  iW.),  2.770;  Wilson  Shannon  (Dd,  2,865; 
Leicester  King  (Abol.),  171. 

1844  — Mordecai  Bartley  (W.l,  3,081;   David  Todd  (D.l,  2,867. 

1846  — William  Bebb  (Wd, 2,475;  David  Todd  (D.),  1,857;  Samuel 
Lewis  (A.),  194. 

1848  — John  B.  Weller  (D.),  2,797;  Seabury  Ford  (W.),  3,169. 

1850  — Reuben  Wood  (D.J,  2,456;  William  Johnston  (W),  2,834; 
Edward  Smith  (Ad,  69. 

1S51 — Reuben  Wood  (D.),  2,562;  Samuel  F.Vinton  1  W.) ,  2,747; 
Samuel  Lewis  (A.),  196. 

1853  —  William  Medill  (D.),  1,964;  Nelson  Barrere  (W),  1,478; 
Samuel  Lewis  (Ad,  1,288. 

1S55  — William  Medill  iD. 1.1,853;  Allen  Trimble  (Know-Nothing) , 
1,003;  Salmon  P.  Chase  (Rep.i,  1.750. 

1857  —  Salmon  P.Chase  l  R.  1,1,572;  Henry  B.Payne  (D.),  2,417; 
Phil.  Van  Trump  (Am.),  950. 

iSsq  —  William  Dennison  'R.i,  2,280;  Rufus  P.  Ranney  (Do,  2,591. 

1861  —  David  Todd  (Rd, 3,025;  Hugh  J.  Jewett  (D.),  3,138. 

1S63  —  John   Brough    (R.),  3,979;  Clement    L.  Vallandigham    (Dd, 

°'  1865  — Jacob  D.  Cox  1  R.i,  5,505:  George  W.  Morgan  (D.),  5.289. 

1867 —Rutherford  B.Hayes  (R.i ,  3,412;  Allen  G.  Thurman  (D.l, 
3.971- 

1869  — Rutherford  B.Hayes  (R.I,  3,248;  George  II.  Pendleton  (D.), 
0./64. 

187 1  —  Edward  F.  Noyes  (R.),  5,899;  George  W.  McCook  (D.), 
3,6Si;  Gideon  T.  Stewart",  (Pro.),  3S. 

1873  — Edward  F.  Noyes  (Rd,  3,614;  William  Allen  (  D.) ,  3.594. 
Gideon  T.  Stewart  (Pro.),  230;   Isaac  Collins  (Lib.),  16. 

1S75  — William  Allen  (Dd,4,sSS;   Rutherford  B.  Hayes  (Rd, 4,514. 

1877  -William  II.  West  iR.  I,  4,055;  Richard  M.  Bishop  (Dd,  4,632; 
Stephen  Johnson,  15;  Henry  A.Thompson,  19. 

1S79 — Charles  Foster  (R.i,  0,000;  Thomas  Ewing  (Dd,  0,000;  Gid- 
eon T.  Stewart  (Pro.),  000;  A.  Saunder  Pratt,  000;  John  Hood 
(G.  L.) ,  000. 

1SS1  -Charles  Foster  (R.),  4,671;  John  W.  Bookwalter  (Dd. 4,527; 
A.  P.  Ludlow  1  Pro. 1,  102;  John  Seitz  (G.  Ld,  68. 


4/6  HISTORY    OF    THE    UTTER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

1883  — Joseph  B.  Foraker  (R.),  5,5:-,2;  George  Hoadley  (D.),  5,426; 
Charles  Jenkins  (Pro.),  41;  E.  Schumaker  (G.  L.),  26. 

18S5—  Joseph  B.  Foraker  (R.),  5,765;  George  Hoadley  (D.),  5,151; 
A.  B.  Leonard  (Pro.),  355;  J.  W.  Winthrop  (G.  L.j,  7. 

18S7  — Joseph  B.  Foraker  (R.),  5,991 ;  Thomas  E.  Powell  (D.),  5.507; 
Morris  Sharp  (Pro.),  441;  John  Seitz  (G.  L.i,  15. 

1889  — Joseph  B.  Foraker  (R.i,  5,820;  James  E.  Campbell  (D.), 
5,601;  John  P.  Hehvig  (Pro.),  59S;  John  II.  Rhodes  (G.  L.),  4. 


CHAPTER   IV 

By  Col.  C.  L.  Poorm.o 


INDUSTRIAL  AND  COMMERCIAL  —  COAL  OF  BELMONT  COUNTY  —  LIMESTONE, 
SANDSTONE,  CEMENTS  AND  CLAYS  —  MANUFACTURING  INTERESTS  — 
IRON  AND  STEEL  INDUSTRIES  —  GLASS  WORKS  —  STATISTICS  —  RAIL- 
ROADS,   ETC. 


Mjjj^jS^TfT  I F I  A"  characteristics  of   Belmont   count)-  expose  to  view 

^■tftygrlfy     or  easy   access   more   natural    resources   than   are  easily 

uJ'"i'xvi4LQ    found  in  leveler  counties  and  make  it  a  desirable   held 

.'  'in..  , ;  .  -i-Jl      c  i-  •  t  1    •      1        1  1  1- 

}J$2$x4s£*      f°r    manufacturing.     Its    high    lands,    500    teet    or    more 
x^'./uU    above  the  level  of  the  Ohio  river  are  divided  by  streams 
AjJs<~  1    that  on   their  way  to  that    river   pass  through  ravines  with 
<   ^$J      hillsides   from    which   crop  out    great  beds  of  stone,  clays 
coal    and    minerals   of   great   value,  and   furnish    pathways 
along  which   the   railroads  of  modern   invention   pass  with   their  im- 
mense traffic,  as  the   ridges  thus  formed   furnished   pathways   for  the 
roads  and  pikes  along  which  the  earlier  traffic  passed  in  road  wagons. 
The  "Indian  trail,  the  Zane  road"  and   then    the    National    road 
passed  in  early  thus  along  the  ridge  between  the  waters  of  Wheeling 
and  McMahan's   creeks,   and    along  this    passed    for  fifty  years    the 
trade  and  commerce  of  the   county.     The    "Grade  road"    was    for 
the  southern   half  of  the  county  what  the  Zane   and  National  road 
was  for  the  northern  half,  running  from  the  river  along  the  ridge  be- 
tween  McMahan   and  Captina   creeks,  it   was  the   great   drove   road 
along   which    most   of   the   horses,  cattle  and  hogs   of   eastern    Ohio 
passed  on  their  way  to  the  east. 

This  conformation  not  only  exposed  to  view  and  easy  access  the 
coals,  minerals,  clays  ami  stone,  but  the  streams  furnished  excellent 
water  power  for  early  mills  and  factories.  These  advantages,  coupled 
with  a  rich  and  productive  soil,  have  kept  the  county  well  at  the  front 
among    the   counties  of    the  state,  during    its    wonderful    growth    in 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  477 

population  and  wealth,  and  deserve  special  mention  in  any  history  of 
the  commercial  and  industrial  growth  of  the  county.  As  the  im- 
mense beds  of  excellent  coal,  stand  at  the  top  in  point  of  value,  it  will 
be  treated  of  first. 

Extent  and  Quality  oj  Rituminous  Coal. —  This  being  a  history  and 
not  a  scientific  treatise,  it  will  deal  with  concrete  and  well  settled 
facts,  and  not  with  theories  and  deductions.  The  geologist  may 
theorize  as  to  how  many  ages  have  passed  in  the  formation  of  strata 
of  the  earth's  surface,  and  what  special  conditions  in  those  successive 
ages  produced  a  stratum  of  coal  between  two  layers  of  sand-stone  in 
one  case,  and  in  another  case  a  stratum  of  coal  between  two  layers  of 
lime-stone,  but  we  are  satisfied  with  the  fact  that  the  coal,  sand-stone 
and  lime-stone  are  there,  and  by  the  early  settlers  were  made  avail- 
able for  building  and  commercial  purposes,  and  at  various  times  since, 
as  the  county  grew  in  population,  new  discoveries  were  made-  until  we 
now  know  of  six  well-defined  seams  of  coal,  within  the  limits  of  the 
county,  of  sufficient  size  to  be  valuable  for  fuel,  nearly  all  available, 
and  above  the  level  of  the  river.  What  is  termed  the  "  Pittsburgh 
coal  seam,  is,  at  present,  because  of  its  superior  quality,  small  res- 
idum  after  combustion  and  great  heating  power  is  most  largely 
worked  and  used. 

What  is  termed  the  "Four  Foot  Seam."  about  seventy-five  feet 
above  the  Pittsburgh  coal,  is  a  valuable  coal  of  great  heating  power, 
but  interspersed  with  "  nigger-heads"  or  sulphur  stone,  and  with  a 
larger  per  cent  of  incombustible  matter,  will  be  valuable  in  competi- 
tion with  many  other  coals  now  used  in  large  quantities,  when  the 
"Pittsburgh  coal"  is  not  a  competitor.  These  two  seams  are  co-ex- 
tensive with  the  county,  but  the  second  is  not  as  valuable  in  the  west 
side  of  the  county  as  upon  the  east  side. 

The  "  Badgersburg  coal,"  quite  thin  in  seam  at  the  river,  increases 
in  thickness  until  at  Barnesville.it  reaches  a  thickness  of  five  feet  and 
is  extensively  worked.  These  three  seams  are  now  worked,  the  first 
along  the  river  front,  up  McMahan  creek  and  its  tributaries  to  near 
Glancoe,  and  up  Wheeling  creek  to  the  west  side  of  the  county,  and 
available  with  moderate  shafting  all  over  the  county,  the  second  for 
domestic  use.  where  the  first  is  not  as  easily  accessible,  and  the  third 
in  the  western  part  of  the  county,  and  jointly  furnish  an  area  of  avail- 
able coal  within  the  county,  little  if  any  less  than  1,000  square  miles, 
averaging  more  than  four  feet  in  thickness,  of  which  not  more  than 
twelve  square  miles  in  area  has  been  mined. 

Early  coal  mining  was  for  domestic  purposes,  and  the  first  shipment 
of  coal  we  have  any  record  of  was  by  Capt.  John  Fink,  and  was  from 
the  mouth  of  McMahan  creek,  where  Bellaire  is  now  situated,  to 
Maysville,  Ky.,  in  1S32.  A  little  later  Mr.  Fink  began  to  boat  coal  to 
New  Orleans,  and  building  boats  for  this  purpose,  and  mining  coal  to 
fill  them  was  for  a  long  time  the  principal  business  of  the  people  set- 
tled about  the  mouth  of  McMahan  creek.  The  coal  mined  from 
the  hill  south  of  the  creek  was   hauled  to  the  river  in  carts  and  shov- 


4/8  HISTORY    OF    THE    UrTKK    OHIO    VALLEY. 

eled  into  boats  and  when  the  river  raised  floated  to  New  Orleans,  sel- 
ling it  to  sugar  refineries  at  as  much  as  $1.50  per  barrel,  containing 

two  and  three-fourths  bushels,  to  be  used  in  connection  with  wood  to 
make  the  heat  great  and  regular  enough  to  produce  the  best  results. 
The  coal  was  carried  out  of  the  boat  in  a  barrel  with  a  rope  bale  which 
was  swung  over  a  pole  on  the  shoulders  of  two  men 

A  few  years  later  a  family  of  English  miners  named  Heatherington, 
consisting  of  the  father  John,  and  his  four  sons  Jacob,  John,  Jr.,  Ralph 
and  Edward,  came  to  Pultney  township  and  assisted  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  coal  industry.  In  1S37  Jacob  rented  a  coal  bank  from 
Captain  Fink  and  purchased  eight  acres  of  land  on  credit  and  com- 
menced business  for  himself  mining  his  own  coal  and  wheeling  it  out 
on  a  wheelbarrow.  Me  soon  commenced  shipping  by  river,  and  fur- 
nishing steamboats  with  fuel,  finally  building  two  boats  and  towing  his 
coal  to  points  down  the  river,  and  for  many  years  mined  and  shipped 
more  coal  than  any  man  in  the  county.  He  made  money  buying  addi- 
tional  land,  increasing  in  wealth  as  the  city  of  Bellaire  grew  up 
around  him,  until  he  is  one  of  the  heaviest  taxpayers  in  the  county  and 
still  actively  engaged  in  mining,  having  two  mines,  one  for  river  ship- 
ping and  the  other  for  supplying  factories  and  families.  Peter  Shaver, 
five  miles  below  Bellaire,  on  the  Ohio  river,  was  an  early  coal  opera- 
tor, mining  for  steamboat  and  river  shipping  purposes.  The  great 
development  of  the  coal  industry  in  Belmont  county  has  occurred 
since  the  construction  of  the  Central  Ohio  railroad  in  1854,  and  the 
subsequent  construction  of  the  Cleveland  &  Pittsburgh  and  the  Cleve- 
land, Lorain  and  Wheeling  roads,  the  latter  being  in  fact  the  heaviest 
coal  shipping  road  coming  into  the  county.  The  following  figures  will 
show  the  growth  of  the  coal  industry  within  the  past  fifteen  years  in 
the  county. 

Coal  Mined. —  In  1875,  213,955  tons;  1883,  460,339  tons;  1886.  533.770 
tons;  18S7,  721,767  tons;  188c),  822,148  tons.  This  is  an  increase  of 
300  per  cent,  in  fifteen  years,  and  a  product  exceeded  by  but  five  coun- 
ties in  the  state. 

Limestone,  Sandstone,  Cement,  Clays,  Oil  and  Gas. —  In  the  exposures 
along  the  streams  emptying  into  the  Ohio  river  there  are  disclosed 
strata  aggregating  118  feet  of  limestone;  186  feet  of  sandstone;  twelve 
feet  of  cement  rock  and  1S3  feet  of  clays  and  shales. 

Limestone. — The  distribution  of  limestone  is  pretty  general  over  the 
count)-,  but  in  larger  quantities  as  the  lower  strata  are  reached  next 
the  river.  They  are  generally-excellent  carbonates,  and  make  a  good 
quality  of  quicklime  for  building  purposes.  Some  of  them  have  been 
used  at  the  blast  furnaces  of  the  county  and  neighborhood  as  (luxes 
in  the  production  of  pig  iron, and  others  have  been  ground  as  fertiliz- 
ers and  are  likely  to  be  used  in  greater  quantities  for  these  purposes 
in  the  future.     The  supply  is  unlimited. 

Sandstone. — There  is  an  ample  supply  of  sandstone,  accessible  in  all 
parts  of  the  count)-,  chiefly  used  for  home  buildings  and  paving  pur- 
poses, and  within   a    few    years,    quarried    and    shipped    beyond    the 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  479 

county  for  building  purposes,  but  being  generally  of  the  softer  and 
coarser  grades  than  found  in  some  of  the  northern  counties  of  the 
state,   they   have   not  been  produced  in  large;  quantities  for  shipment. 

Cement. — Hydraulic  limestone,  or  cement,  is  as  general  over  the 
county  as  coal,  and  crops  out  on  the  east  side  of  the  count)  about  fifty 
feet  above  the  "Pittsburgh  coal."  This  rock  was  first  tested  in  187*1 
by  C.  L.  Poorman,  who,  with  Isaac  Booth,  erected  a  cement  mill  that 
year  with  a  capacity  of  20,000  barrels  per  year.  This  mill  has  recently 
been  idle,  but  has  passed  into  the  hands  of  pushing,  energetic  'men, 
who  intend  to  increase  its  capacity  and  put  it  in  motion  again.  This 
cement  rock  is  six  feet  thick,  of  which  over  four  feet  is  first-class  hy- 
draulic lime,  and  if  care  is  taken  in  its  separation,  will  produce  a  ce- 
ment equal  to  any  in  the  country. 

On  the  western  side  of  the  county,  if  geologists  are  not  at  fault  in 
tracing  the  coal  and  other  strata  in  Belmont  count)-,  there  is  another 
cement  seam  of  nearly  the  same  size,  about  forty  feet  above  the 
one  used  at  Bellaire,  and  not  found  in  the  west.  This  cement  was 
first  manufactured  by  Thomas  C.  Parker,  who  erected  a  mill  in  [858 
about  one  mile  west  of  Barnesville.  During  the  war  the  mill  re- 
mained idle,  but  was  started  up  again  in  186S  with  a  force  sufficient 
to  produce  about  12,000  barrels  annually,  for  which  he  obtained  a 
ready  market. 

The  following  analysis  of  the  Barnesville  cement,  by  Dr.  E.  S. 
Wayne,  of  Cincinnati,  and  the  Bellaire  cement,  by  Prof.  YVormley, 
chemist  of  the  Ohio  geological  survey,  and  compared  with  the  Kings- 
ton, X.  Y..  and  Shepley,  English,  shows  their  standing: 

English.  New  York.Barncsvillc   Bellaire. 

Carbonate  of  Lime 69.00  59-?o 

Carbonate  of  Magnesia...  .20  12-35 

Oxide  of  Iron 3.70  2.35 

Oxide  of  Manganese 1.20  .... 

Silica 18.00  15.37 

Alumina 6.30  9.13 

Water,  loss,  etc x.xo  1.10 


Fire  Clay.  —  There  are  several  seams  of  what  is  called  fire  clay,  but 
none  of  them  have  yet  been  practically  developed.  A  number  of 
tests  have  been  made  by  preparing  this  clay  and  making  it  into  bricks, 
that  have  shown  very  excellent  qualities  and  satisfied  those  who  have 
made  them  that  we  have  fire  clay  of  high  qualities;  there  has  been  no 
movement  to  develop  their  production  and  use.  Within  a  recent 
period  Mr.  William  Barnard,  of  Bellaire,  has  opened  a  stone  quarry 
upon  the  top  of  the  hill  from  which  he  was  quarrying  ruble  stone  for 
building  purposes.  There  seemed  to  be  a  large  amount  of  silica  anil 
mica  in  a  part  of  the  seam,  ami  a  test  by  the  Bellaire  blast  furnace 
company  established  the   fact   that    it    made  a  much  better  lining  for 


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their  furnaces  than  any  stone  ever  used,  lasting  in  the  intense  heat  of 
the  furnace  about  twice  as  long  as  the  stone  shipped  from  Pennsyl- 
vania. This  stone  with  the  overlying  strata  of  fire  clay  about  five  feet 
thick,  is  found  along  the  river  front  the  entire  length  of  the  county, 
south  of  Bellaire,  and  will  some  day  be  utilized  for  clay  and  brick 
purposes. 

Gas  am/  Oil. —  Gas  and  oil  have  been  found  in  nearly  all  parts  of 
the  count)*  where  drilling  or  excavating  for  any  purpose  has  occurred. 
In  the  cord  mines  near  Dillie's  Bottom  both  gas  and  oil  appear  in 
small  quantities.  Gas  is  found  in  all  coal  mines  in  quantities  danger- 
ous to  life  unless  extreme  care  is  taken  in  ventilation.  At  the  coal 
mine  at  Captina,  about  ten  miles  from  the  river,  on  Captina  creek, 
oil  was  found  in  quantities  worth  taking  care  of  and  a  large  number 
of  wells  have  been  sunk  for  gas  or  oil,  and  some  of  one  or  the  other 
found  in  nearly  all  of  them.  Several  wells  have  been  drilled  within  two 
years  in  the  neighborhood  of  Glencoe,  on  the  line  of  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  railroad,  ten  miles  west  of  Bellaire,  and  a  pipe  line  laid  from  there 
to  the  river  through  which  some  oil  lias  been  pumped,  and  the  claim 
made  that  one  of  these  wells  produced  twenty  barrels  per  da}'.  ( )ther 
wells  followed,  but  there  has  been  no  such  developenient  as  warrants  the 
conclusion  that  oil  has  been  found  or  will  be  found  in  paying  quantities. 
Two  wells  have  been  sunk  at  Barnesville  for  gas.  They  were  both 
pronounced  good  wells,  with  a  capacity  to  supply  the  town,  and  are 
to  be  piped  for  that  purpose,  but  the  average  citizen  is  incredulous  and 
it  will  be  difficult  to  convince  him  that  either  gas  or  oil  will  be  found 
in  sufficient  quantities  to  pay. 

Manufacturing  Industries. —  The  early  manufacturing  in  Belmont 
county,  like  everything  else,  was  primitive  in  its  character  and  con- 
fined to  grist-mills,  saw-mills,  woolen  factories,  nail  makers  and  tan- 
neries. The  horse-mill  supplanted  the  hand-mill,  morters,  pounding 
block  and  dried  skins,  between  which  grain  was  pounded.  The  first 
hand-mill  of  which  there  is  record,  was  built  by  a  man  named  Clarke 
in  Pease  township,  in  iSoo,  which  wqs  soon  turned  into  a  horse-mill. 
In  1804,  John  Harris  built  the  first  flouring  mill  run  by  water,  on 
Wheeling  creek,  on  section  24,  in  Colerain  township,  near  where  the 
present  iron  bridge  spans  Wheeling  creek.  It  was  used  as  a  mill  for 
sixty  years.  The  same  year  George  Gates  built  the  first  mill  in  the 
south  part  of  the  county,  on  Catte  run,  and  a  little  later  Judge  Dillon 
built  one  on  Captina  creek,  where  the  Potts-Dorsey  mill  now  stands. 
In  1S05,  Caleb  Engle  built  a  log  mill  on  McMahan  creek,  near  the 
present  site  of  Lewis  mill.  About  this  period  and  subsequently  a 
number  of  mills  were  built  along  Wheeling,  McMahan,  Captina  and 
Pipe  creeks,  growing  in  size  and  capacity  as  the  country  grew  in  pop- 
ulation and  grain  production,  but  most  of  the  old  mills  have  been 
abandoned  or  remodeled,  and  most  of  the  grain  is  now  ground  at  the 
two  steam  mills  at  Bellaire,  two  at  Bridgeport,  and  one  each  at 
Barnesville,  Flushing,  Hendrysburg,  Morristown,  St.  Clairsville,  Fair- 
mont, Somerton,  Powhattan,  Captina,  Armstrong's  ami  Belmont. 

Woolen  Mills. —  The  first   fulling   mill   of  which   there   is   authentic 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  48 1 

record,  was  erected  by  John  Warnock,  on  McMahan  creek,  in  1813, 
and  is  still  in  existence  and  owned  by  John  McNeice.  In  181 7,  Sam- 
uel Berry  built  a  fulling  mill  in  Wayne  township,  and  the  next  year 
put  in  carding  machinery.  Several  other  woolen  mills  followed  on 
the  several  streams,  but  perhaps  the  most  complete  woolen  mill  ever 
erected  in  the  county  was  built  by  G.  L.  &  J.  Boger,  at  Powhattan,  in 
1850.  It  had  good  machinery  and  turned  out  excellent  cloth  and 
blankets,  but  the  business  of  manufacturing  woolen  goods  has  never 
been  much  developed  in  the  county,  although  it  is  one  of  the  leading 
wool-producing  counties  in  the  state. 

Early  Tanneries. —  Hugh  Park  established  a  tannery  in  section  18, 
Colerain  township,  in  1  709,  which  is  the  earliest  of  record,  lie  con- 
tinued the  business  for  fifty  years.  Nicholas  Rogers  started  a  tannery 
at  Morristown  at  an  early  date,  of  which  there  is  no  authentic  record. 
Others  followed  at  St.  Clairsville,  Barnesville  and  Hendrysburg. 

Distilleries. —  Distilleries  came  with  the  early  settlers,  and  have 
been  persistent  in  their  existence.  The  first  of  record,  and  there 
were  no  "  moonshiners"  in  those  days,  was  owned  by  Josiah  Dillon  in 
connection  with  a  horse  mill,  within  the  present  limits  of  St.  Clairs- 
ville, on  the  lot  afterward  occupied  by  the  Friends  meeting  house. 
Michael  Grove  ran  a  still  house  in  St.  Clairsville  at  an  early  date  also, 
and  Major  Thompson,  who  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  that  place, 
says  "distilleries  were  quite  numerous,  and  could  be  found  on  nearly 
every  other  farm."  At  present  there  are  but  three  distilleries  in  the 
county,  only  one  of  which  is  in  operation;  one  in  Pease  town- 
ship, one  in  York  township,  and  one  in  Kirkwood  township.  The 
York  township  distillery,  by  John  Rumser,  is  the  only  one  in 
operation. 

The  Iron  and  Steel  Industry. —  In  1S0S  there  were  two  cut  nail  fac- 
tories in  St.  Clairsville,  and  in  1N10,  James  Rig.urs  came  from  the  state 
of  Maryland  and  started  the  largest  factory  of  this  kind  ever  estab- 
lished in  the  county.  He  erected  a  factory  with  three  forges,  and 
over  the  entrance  had  a  sign  in  large  letters,  "James  Riggs'  Sail  Fac- 
tory." Each  forge  turned  out  daily  from  fifteen  to  twenty  pounds  of 
nails,  which  sold  readily  at  thirty  cents  per  pound.  During  the  war 
of  1812  he  did  a  large  business  and  made  money,  but  the  "cut  nail 
machine"  was  invented  soon  after,  and  the  rapid  decline  in  the  price 
of  nails  ruined  the  wrought  nail  business.  There  are  now  in  the 
county  two  nail  factories  —  the  Laughlin.  at  Martin's  Ferry,  with  102 
machines,  and  the  Bellaire  nail  works,  with  150  machines,  capable  of 
turning  out  about  17,000  kegs  of  assorted  cut  nails  per  week. 

Blast  Furnaces.  —  The  first  blast  furnace  in  the  county  was  erected 
in  1857  by  Cyrus  Mendenhall,  Moses  Mendenhall  and  George  K. 
Junkins,  near  Martin's  Ferry.  They  had  made  some  tests  of  the  ore 
found  in  the  adjacent  hills,  and  purchased  fifty  acres  of  land  on  which 
it  was  found.  This  furnace  was  the  first  built  southwest  of  Pittsburgh, 
and  east  of  Lawrence  county,  Ohio.  It  was  soon  discovered  that  the 
native  ore  needed  admixture  with  other  ores  to  produce  good  pig 
iron,  and  the  furnace  was  removed  in  1805  to  the  bank  of  the  river, 
31— B. 


4»2  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

at  its  present  site,  between  railroads  and  river.  The  furnace  subse- 
quently passed  to  the  control  of  the  Benwood,  W.  Va.,  rolling  mill, 
and  has  run  steadily,  except  when  off  for  repairs,  and  produces  about 
ioo  tons  of  mill  iron  per  day.  In  1872  the  Bellaire  blast  furnace  was 
erected  by  the  Bellaire  nail  works  company,  with  a  capacity  of  about 
sixty  tons  per  day,  but  the  furnace  has  since  been  enlarged,  and  im- 
proved machinery  and  methods  adopted  by  which  the  capacity  has 
been  increased  to  about  140  tons  per  day. 

Nail,  Iron  and  Steel  Mills.  —  The  first  nail  mill  in  Belmont  county 
was  erected  in  1S67,  at  Bellaire,  by  a  company  organized  under  the 
name  of  "  Bellaire  Works,"  the  charter  members  were:  Thomas  Har- 
ris, Jr.,  A.  L.  Wetherald,  James  B.  Gonell,  J.  P.  Harden,  G.  R.  Leasure, 
Herman  Hartenstein  and  H.  L.  Beck,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $155,000. 
In  March,  1867,  the  name  was  changed  to  Bellaire  nail  works.  B.  R. 
Cowan,  now  clerk  of  the  United  States  district  court,  of  the  southern 
district  of  Ohio,  was  the  first  president  of  this  company;  I).  J.  Smith, 
secretary.  It  was  started  with  twenty-five  nail  machines,  but  had 
scarcely  started  when  almost  entirely  destroyed  by  fire;  was  promptly 
rebuilt.  In  1872  the  capital  stock  was  increased  to  $375,000.  and  a 
blast  furnace  erected,  and  the  number  of  machines  increased  to 
ninety.  In  1875  the  capital  stock  was  again  increased  to  $^00,000,  and 
in  18S4  a  large  steel  plant,  the  first  in  eastern  Ohio,  erected  at  a  cost 
of  $200,000.  This  establishment,  when  running  full  in  all  depart- 
ments and  on  double  time  in  steel  plant,  has  a  capacity  to  produce 
50,000  tons  of  pig  iron,  75,000  tons  of  steel  billets  and  slabs,  and 
300,000  kegs  of  nails  yearly,  and  employs  600  hands  on  a  monthly  pax- 
roll  of  $35,030.  These  works  are  located  on  the  bank  of  the  Ohio 
river,  and 'the  Cleveland  &  Pittsburgh,  Baltimore  &  Ohio,  and  Cleve- 
land, Lorain  &  Wheeling  railroads  run  through  their  premises  and 
into  their  stock  yards. 

The  present  officers  are:  President,  James  Wilson;  secretary,  A.  B. 
Carter;  superintendent  steel  works,  J.  C.  Cabot;  superintendent  of 
furnace,  Edward  Jones,  Jr.;  superintendent  of  nail  department, 
William  Sharp. 

The  Laughlin  Nail  Company.— \r\  1873,  William  Clark  and  others 
organized  "The  Ohio  City  Iron  and  Xail  Co.,"  and  erected  their 
works  north  of  Martin's  Ferry,  on  the  land  of  William  Clark.  The 
mill  was  started  in  March,  1874,  with  fifty  nail  machines,  and  run  until 
May,  1S76,  when  the  low  price  of  nails  and  the  stringency  of  the 
money  market,  the  company  being  a  large  borrower,  forced  its  sus- 
pension. For  a  time  the  Benwood  nail  company  leased  and  run  the 
mill  until  sold  in  1S7S  to  the  Laughlin  nail  company,  organized  April, 
1S7S,  with  Alexander  Laughlin,  president;  W.  L.  Clessner,  secretary, 
and  A.  L.  Wetherald.  superintendent.  When  this  mill  was  purchased 
by  this  company  it  contained  but  fifty  nail  machines  —  it  now  contains 
192 — the  second  largest  cut  nail  mill  in  the  world.  The  number  of 
employes  amounts  to  about  275.  The  monthly  pa)-  roll  amounts  to 
about  $20,000.00.  The  capacity  of  the  works  is  10,000  kegs  steel  cut 
nails  per  week.     The  value  of  the  product   for   18S9  —  running  about 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  4S3 

half  time  —  amounted  to  about  $750,000.00.  The  present  officers  are 
W.  L.  Glessner,  president;  F.  M.  Strong,  secretary;  William  Lewis, 
mill  manager,  and  M.  A.  Chew,  factor)-  manager.  When  the  present 
company  nought  the  mill,  their  product  was  iron  nails,  now  the  pro- 
duct is  steel  nails,  and  the  steel  is  made  by  their  own  steel  plant 
located  at  Mingo  Junction,  Ohio. 

The  /Etna  Iron  and  Nail  Works. —  The  /Etna  Iron  and  Xail  works 
company  was  organized  in  1873,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000,  with 
W.  H.  Holloway  as  president,  W.  II.  Tallman,  secretary,  and  Levi 
Jones,  manager.  The  works  were  located  in  Pease  township,  north 
of  Bridgeport,  and  went  into  operation  in  1874,  manufacturing  small 
T  rail,  sheet  and  bar  iron.  Tin?  works,  by  careful  management,  were 
kept  running  during  the  hard  times  following  the  panic  of  1873  ancl 
ever  since,  being  enlarged  several  times,  and  now  has  a  large  trade  in 
sheet  and  corrugated  irons,  employing  a  large  number  of  men,  run- 
ning steadily  on  good  pay.  The  present  officers  are:  President, 
W.  II.  Tallman;  secretary,  John  A.  Topping;  general  manager,  B.M. 
Caldwell. 

The  Standard  Iron  Company. —  This  company  was  organized  in  1SS2, 
with  L.  Spence,  president,  and  W.  T.  Graham,  secretary,  with  a  capi- 
tal of  $200,000,  for  the  manufacture  of  sheet  and  plate  iron.  The 
works  are  located  north  of  Bridgeport,  in  Pease  township,  and  have 
been  successfully  managed.  The  present  capital  is  8330,000,  with  a 
bi-weekly  pay  roll  of  about  $]  1,000,  and  produces  annually  15.000  tons 
of  plate  and  sheet  iron  and  steel,  galvanized  iron,  corrugated  V 
crumped  and  beaded  roofing  and  siding  and  ceiling.  The  present 
officers  are:     L.  S.  Delaplain,  president, and  W.  T.  Graham,  secretary. 

The  Foundry  Business. —  The  foundry  and  machine  shop  business  is 
confined  to  the  towns  of  Barnesville,  Bellaire,  Bridgeport  and  Martin's 
Ferry,  the  latter  leading.  The  first  foundry  in  Belmont  county  was 
started  at  Martin's  Ferry,  about  the  year  1837.  in  connection  with  the 
manufacture  of  threshing  machines.  There  are  now  two  foundries 
and  three  machine  shops  in  Martio's  Ferry,  the  largest  being  known 
as  the  Ohio  Valley  Agricultural  works  of  L.  Spence.  devoted  to  the 
production  of  agricultural  machinery  and  general  machine  shop  work, 
employing  about  thirty  hands.  In  [836  Wiley  &  Griffith  manufac- 
tured the  first  threshing  machine  in  Martin's  Ferry,  and  since  then 
a  number  of  others  have  engaged  in  the  business,  including  Benjamin 
Hoyle,  Griffith,  Moore  &  Sanders,  E.  J.  Hoyle,  Griffith  &  Co.,  E.  J. 
Hoyle  &  Bros.,  Henry  Heberling,  A.  1 ).  Rice,  Hobensack  &  Reyner, 
and  White  cc  Wiley.  At  present  L.  Spence  and  Hoyle  Bros,  are 
engaged  in  the  business.  The  Mann  &  Co.  Foundry  and  Machine 
works,  Martin's  Ferry,  was  first  started  in  1837  as  a  foundry  to  make 
threshing  machine  castings  and  under  several  different  owners  con- 
tinued that  business  until  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Culbertson, 
Wiley  &  Co.,  who  enlarged  the  works,  increased  their  capacity  and 
commenced  making  heavy  castings  for  rolling  mills,  blast  furnaces, 
etc.,  and  added  a  machine  shop  for  the  construction  of  heavy  mill 
machinery.     Wiley  &  McKim  succeeded  the  above  firm  and   they   in 


4«4  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

turn  were  succeeded  by  Mann  &  Co.,  who  are  now  doing  a  good  busi- 
ness on  portable  and  stationary  engines,  mill  machinery,  etc. 

The  Belmont  Foundry  at  Bridgeport,  was  established  in  1849  by 
William  B.  Dunlevy,  sold  in  1853  to  James  Gray,  who  sold  in  1855  to 
the  present  firm,  Woodcock  &  Son,  who  have  run  the  foundry  suc- 
cessfully on  stove  and  miscellaneous  castings.  The  first  foundry  in 
Bellaire  was  erected  in  1870,  in  connection  with  the  Bellaire  Imple- 
ment and  Machine  Works,  C.  L.  Poorman,  president,  which  in  1879 
passed  to  the  /Etna  Glass  and  Manufacturing  company,  and  is  still 
running  in  connection  with  the  machine  works.  About  the  same  time 
a  stove  foundry  was  erected  in  South  Bellaire,  by  Parks  &  Co.,  that 
rapidly  increased  in  business,  was  enlarged  several  times,  was  incor- 
porated as  the  Ohio  Valley  Stove  company  in  1883,  and  was  com- 
pletely destroyed  by  fire  in  [888.  A  new  company  has  since  been 
organized  and  the  contracts  sold  for  the  erection  of  a  new  foundry  on 
the  same  grounds,  The  foundry  now  owned  and  run  successfully  by 
J.  11.  Watt  &  lb-os..  at  Barnesville,  was  erected  in  1S62,  by  Joseph 
Watt,  assisted  by  his  son,  J.  11.  Watt.  It  passed  to  the  presentm  an- 
agement,  his  three  sons,  in  [867,  and  they  have  developed  a  very  large 
business  in  the  construction  of  coal  bank  cars,  using  a  self-oiling  car 
wheel,  patented  by  the  firm.  They  now  employ  twenty  hands  on  the 
construction  of  these  cars,  and  will  this  year  enlarge  their  works  to 
meet  increasing  orders. 

The  Glass  Industry.— For  years  Belmont  county  has  been  in  the 
lead  in  the  production  of  flint  and  window  glass  in  the  state  of  Ohio, 
having  eleven  flint  glass  factories  and  six  window  glass  factories.  The 
discovery  of  gas  in  the  northwest  part  of  the  state  has  temporarily 
drawn  attention  from  this  part  of  the  state,  and  secured  the  new  fac- 
tories erected  within  the  past  two  years,  but  Belmont  county  factories 
are  all  running,  and  when  gas  fails  as  a  fuel,  will  again  take  the  lead 
in  this  industry. 

The  Excelsior  Glass  Works—  In  1849,  Knsell  &  Wilson  erected  a 
small  furnace,  the  first  in  the  county,  on  the  grounds  now  occupied  by 
the  Excelsior  Glass  works,  and  run  it  as  "  Bottle  works"  until  1852, 
when  it  passed  to  Wallace,  Giger  &  Ensel.  It  had  a  precarious  exist- 
ence, passing  in  turn  to  Dites  &  McGranahan,  and  Ilohn  &  Sonner, 
until  in  1S61.  Michael  and  James  Phillips,  of  Wheeling,  then  built  a 
new  furnace,  but  lacking  means,  James  McCluney,  of  Wheeling,  be- 
came a  partner,  and  in  1803,  Joseph  Bell,  also  of  Wheeling,  entered 
the  company  now  styled  Sweeney.  Bell  &  Co.  The  factory  was  rap- 
idly enlarged  before  1868.  until  it  had  three  ten-pot  furnaces,  and  is 
the  largest  factory  in  this  county.  In  1S7G  this  factory  passed  into  the 
hands  of  a  Wheeling  company  that  has  run  it  with  success. 

The  Belmont  Glass  Jl'orhs. —  The  second  factory  organized  in  the 
county  to  make  flint  glass  was  organized  in  1866,  in  Bellaire.  by  prac- 
tical glass  men  from  Pittsburgh  and  Wheeling,  in  the  name  of  Barm  s, 
Eanpel  &  Co..  with  a  capital  of  $10,000.  They  erected  a  ten-pot  fur- 
nace at  the  foot  of  Cemetery  Hill,  with  necessary  buildings,  and 
commenced  the  production  of  "tableware."      The  company  was  in- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  485 

corporated  in  1869  with  Henry  Fanpcl,  president,  and  Charles  Cowen, 
secretary.  A  second  furnace  was  erected  in  1872,  and  the  works 
greatly  enlarged,  and  has  been  run  with  varying  success  ever  since, 
furnishing  mure  practical  men  to  start  other  factories  here  and  else- 
where than  any  other  in  the  state.  Its  present  capital  is  $79,250,  when 
full  it  employs  160  men,  pay  roll  $2,000  per  week,  and  produces  about 
$150,000  worth  of  glassware  per  annum.  The  present  officers  are 
M.  Sheets,  president;  II.  M.  Kelley,  secretary;  Harvey  Leighton, 
factory  manager. 

National  Glass  Works. —  The  National  Glass  works,  Bellaire,  were 
organized  in  1870,  by  James  Dalzell,  Francis  Eckles,  Robert  Crangle 
and  others,  and  a  ten-pot  furnace  erected  on  lands  of  Capt.  John 
Fink,  south  of  the  creek.  In  1873  the  factory  passed  into  the  hands 
of  a  joint  stock  company,  which  failed  in  1877,  and  was  then  pur- 
chased by  Albert  Thornton  and  John  Rodafer,  and  has  since  been 
run  in  the  name  of  Rodafer  Bros.,  on  lamp  chimneys,  lantern  globes, 
and  some  specialties.  Capital,  $35,000;  hands  employed,  120;  annual 
products,  $75,000.     The  business  is  managed  by  the  three  brothers. 

Bellaire  Goblet  Works. —  This  company  was  organized  in  1876,  by 
E.  G.  Morgan,  C.  H.  Over,  Henry  Carr,  John  Robinson,  M.  L.  Black- 
burn and  \Y.  A.  Gorby,  all  practical  glass  men  from  the  Belmont 
glass  works,  except  Mr.  Morgan,  who  had  the  capital.  The  capital 
stock  was  $40,000.  A  ten-pot  furnace  was  erected  and  nothing  but 
goblets  manufactured.  These  works  were  remarkably  successful,  and 
in  March,  1870,  the  company  leased  the  Ohio  glass  works  then  recently 
suspended,  winch  they  subsequently  purchased,  and  erected  a  large 
fourteen-pot  gas  furnace  alongside  of  the  eight-pot  furnace  in  these 
works,  and  for  several  years  run  both  with  great  success.  In  1886, 
this  company  leased  their  works  here  and  erected  a  large  factory  at 
Findley,  where  they  are  now  operating,  but  both  works  here  are  oc- 
cupied by  the  Lantern  Globe  works  in  the  production  of  lantern 
globes,  for  which  a  ready  market  is  found. 

The  Bellaire  Bottle  Works.—  The  Bellaire  Bottle  works  were  organ- 
ized in  1881,  with  a  capital  of  $25,000,  and  the  works  were  erected  with 
a  ten-pot  furnace,  and  operated  by  practical  glass  workers,  Julius 
Armstrong,  president;  John  Kelley,  secretary,  and  Thomas  K.Sheldon, 
factor}' manager.  The  factor}-  has  run  steadily  since  finding  a  market 
for  its  products,  and  doing  a  fair  business,  employing  about  100  hands, 
paying  them  $1,300  per  week,  and  turning  out  about  $80,000  worth  of 
fine  prescription  and  other  bottles  annual!}'.  The  present  officers  are, 
Thomas  K.  Smith,  president;  G.W.  Yost,  secretary,  and  D.A.Colbert, 
factory  manager. 

The  La  Belle  Glass  Jf'orks. —  These:  works  are  situated  in  Pease 
township,  below  Bridgeport.  Were  incorporated  in  1872,  capital  stock, 
$100,000;  officers,  F.  1'.  Rhodes,  president;  F.  C.  Winship,  secretary, 
and  A.  H.  Boggs.  manager.  The  product  was  table  ware  of  all  kinds, 
and  introduced  a  great  deal  of  fine  cut  and  etched  ware.  It  was  des- 
troyed by  fire  in  1885,  and  again  rebuilt,  but  has  not  since  been  suc- 
cessful!}  run. 


486  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  Elson  Glass  Company.-  In  1882,  W.  K.  Elson  and  M.  Sheets, 
secretary  and  manager  of  the  Belmont  Glass  works,  at  Bellaire,  or- 
ganized a  company  as  above  named,  and  constructed  a  large  and  com- 
plete glass  factory,  with  a  sixteen-pot  furnace,  at  Martin's  Ferry,  with 
W.  K.  Elson,  president,  and  M.  Sheets,  secretary,  with  a  capital  of 
$120,000,  employing  about  175  hands,  running  steadily,  and  turning 
out  about  $150,000  worth  of  glass  ware,  of  large  variety  and  much  of 
it  of  fine  quality,  annually.  Present  officers  are,  W.  II.  Robinson, 
president;  Charles  J.  Gill,  secretary,  and  W.  K.  Olson,  manager. 

The  sEtna  Glass  Manufacturing  Company  was  organized  in  1879, 
and  purchased  the  property  formerly  occupied  by  the  Bellaire  Imple- 
ment and  Machine  works,  on  the  banks  of  the  river  at  Bellaire.  _  It 
continued  the  foundry  and  machine  shop  business,  and  in  connection 
with  it  erected  a  twelve-pot  glass  furnace,  and  commenced  the  pro- 
duction of  fine  cut  and  etched  glassware,  which  it  continued  until 
1  Sep,  when  it  discontinued  the  glass  business  and  leased  the  furnace 
to  the  Bellaire  Bottle  Company. 

The  Windozv  Glass  Business.  —  The  production  of  window  glass  was 
commenced  in  this  county  some  years  after  the  production  of  glass- 
ware. The  first  window  glass  factor)-  erected  in  the  county,  was  in 
Bellaire,  in  1S72.  Since  that  date  the  original  factory  has  been 
doubled  in  capacity  and  three  other  factories  erected  in  Bellaire,  and 
one  with  two  furnaces  at  Barnesville. 

The  Bellaire  Window  Glass  Works.  —  This  was  the  pioneer  factory. 
and  was  erected  in  1872,  by  an  incorporated  company,  with  S.  M.  Sheets, 
president;  John  Sanders,  secretary,  and  James  1  leburn,  manager.  The 
original  capital  was  $45,0-00,  subsequently  increased  to  $60,000,  and  an 
additional  furnace  erected  in  iSSo,  started  under  peculiarly  favorable 
circumstances;  this  establishment  was  very  successful.  A  labor  trouble 
in  the  old  factories  stopping  their  production,  this  factory  found  a 
ready  market  at  high  prices  and  made  large  di\  idends  to  the  stock- 
holders. This  incited  the  investment  of  capital  in  other  factories 
here  and  elsewhere,  and  created  competition  that  has  reduced  the  prices 
and  profits.  Star  YVoodbridge  in  the  secretary  and  manager,  and 
the  factory  employs  about  120  men. 

The  i'ii ion  Window  Glass  Company.  —  Among  the  new  factories 
induced  by  the  profits  of  the  Bellaire,  the  first  in  order  was  the  Union, 
organized  in  18S5,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $45,000.  Its  factory  was 
erected  in  Bellaire.  near  the  Bellaire  Xail  works.  Its  first  officers 
were  W.  C.  Stewart,  president;  C.  C.  Kelley,  secretary,  and  \V.  T. 
Blackston,  manager.  The  works  employ  about  seventy  hands,  and 
turn  out  75,000  boxes  of  glass  annually.  The  present  officers  are, 
H.  Roemer,  president;  D.  J.  Smith,  secretary,  and  John  T.  Adams, 
manager. 

The  Crystal  Windoio  Glass  Company. —  In  November,  1SS2,  this  corn- 
pan)-  appointed  a  board  of  control  to  facilitate  the  construction  of 
their  factory,  while  giving  legal  notice  for  election  of  board  of  direct- 
ors, December  50,  18S2.  The  first  officers  were  R.  \V.  Muhlman. 
president;   D.  J.  Smith,  secretary.     The  paid-up  capital  was  $50,000; 


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487 


hands  employed,  fifty-five;  averge  capacity  3.8,000  boxes  glass  annu- 
ally, worth  from  $70,000  to  $So,ooo.  The  present  officers  are  R.  W. 
Muhleyman,  president;  A.  W.  Yoegtly,  secretary.  This  entire  plant 
was  destroyed  by  fire  in  March,  1886,  and  was  promptly  rebuilt  en- 
tirely of  iron,  and  started  up  in  February,  1S87,  since  when  it  has  run 
successfully. 

The  Enterprise  Window  Glass  Company. —  This  company  was  or- 
ganized by  the  employes  of  the  Bellaire  Window  Glass  company, 
during  a  lockout  in  that  factory  in  18S5,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $45,000. 
A  ten-pot  furnace  was  erected  and  business  commenced  under  the 
following  officers:  A.  Schick,  president;  I).  B.  Cratty,  secretary,  and 
Joseph  Bates,  manager.  The  company  employs  sixty-five  hands,  and 
produces  about  30,000  half  boxes  of  glass  annually.  The  factory  runs 
steadily,  and  the  present  officers  are:  Andrew  Schick,  president ;  f.  II. 
Johnson,  secretary,  and  Joseph  Bates,  manager. 

Stamped  Iron  and  Tin  Ware. —  In  1871  the  Barnon  manufacturing 
company  was  organized  at  Bellaire  with  a  capital  stock  of  $30,000. 
The  principal  business  at  the  start  was  the  manufacture  of  lanterns 
and  plain  tin  ware,  but  the  business  has  increased  and  new  articles 
made,  until  it  has  three  or  four  times  its  original  capacity,  and  is  now 
producing  a  complete  variety  of  stamped  ware  in  steel,  iron,  tin,  and 
brass,  and  nickel  and  silver  plated  ware.  The  present  capital  is  $200,000. 
The  factory  recently  doubled  its  capacity;  employs  225  hands.  It  has 
been  one  of  the  most  prosperous  manufacturing  establishments  of  the 
count}'.  Col.  John  T.  Mercer  has  been,  and  still  is,  its  president; 
A.  P.  Stewart,  secretary, 

The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  hands  employed,  amount 
and  value  of  products  of  leading  manufactures  in  the  county: 


Name  of  Product. 

Hands 
employed. 

Tons 
produced. 

Value  of. 

Coal    mined 

'■Ill 

419 

1.850 

1.332 
200 

828,04s 
73.389 
I4.3SS 

54.831 
7,660 

$S30,coo 
1.147.613 

Nails..  .. 

Steel. 

Sheet  Iron 

^8  vOoo 

Glassware 

1,288,000 

Window  Glass 

2 1 0,000 

Stamped  Tin,  Iron  and  Steel.  .  . 

145,000 

125,  soo 

2,100 
400 


Coal  Car  Wheels. 

Steam  Engines 

60 

16,000 
10,000 

Threshing  Machines 

6,  soo 

$6,108,403 

488  HISTORY    OF    THE    LTI'KR    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  Barnesville  Windozv  Glass  Company. —  In  1873,  a  company  was 
incorporated  at  Barnesville,  with  a  capital  of  $60,000,  to  erect  a  win- 
dow glass  factoiw.  The  original  officers  were:  J.J.  Buchanan,  presi- 
dent, and  J.  M.  Lewis,  secretary,  who  are  still  in  charge  of  the  works. 
.Shortly  after  the  completion  of  the  first  eight-pot  furnace,  a  second 
furnace  was  commenced,  and  this  company  has  run  successfully,  the 
two  factories  employing  about  125  hands,  paying  monthly  about 
$8,500  in  wages,  with  an  out-put  of  about  6,500  boxes  of  glass  per 
month. 

■  'The  Railroads. —  Nothing  has  contributed  so  much  to  the  growth  of 
Belmont  county  in  population  and  wealth  during  the  past  thirty  years 
as  the  construction  of  railroads.  The  principal  increase  in  popu- 
lation and  wealth  in  the  county  during  that  period  has  been 
along  the  lines  of  the  railroads.  To  these  more  than  any  other 
cause  has  been  due  the  building  up  of  Bellaire  and  Martin's  Ferry, 
the  leading  centers  of  population  in  the  county,  as  large  manufactur- 
ing towns  and  the  growth  of  Bridgeport,  Barnesville  and  other  towns 
along  them.  All  roads  built  or  contemplated  through  the  county  or 
any  part  of  it  terminate  or  form  connections  at  Bellaire,  where  the 
great  bridge  constructed  by  the  B.  &  O.  and  Central  Ohio  compan- 
ies in  1 869-70,  crosses  the  Ohio  river.  These  roads,  in  the  order  of 
their  construction,  are  the  Central  Ohio,  now  managed  by  the  B.  &  O. 
railroad  company;  the  Cleveland,  Pittsburgh  &  Wheeling,  managed 
by  the  Pennsylvania  company;  the  B..  X.  &  C.  railroad;  the  Bel- 
laire &  St.  Clairesville  railroad;  the  O,  L.  &  W.  railroad;  the  St. 
Clairesville  Northern  railroad,  now  running,  and  the  Wheeling  ec 
Lake  Erie  railroad  and  the  Ohio  Valley  railroad  in  process  of- con- 
struction, the  latter  by  the   Pennsvlvania  company. 

The  Baltimore  &  Ohio  or  Central  Ohio.— The  Central  Ohio  railroad 
was  chartered  in  184S  by  act  of  the  general  assembly.  The  incorpo- 
rators were:  Robert  Xeil,  Samuel  Medary,  Joel  Buttles,  Joseph  Ridge- 
way  and  Bela  Latham,  of  Franklin  count}-;  David  Smith,  Daniel 
Duncan,  Adam  Seymore,  Israel  Dillie,  Albert  Sherwood,  Nathaniel  B. 
Hogg,  Levi  J.  I  laughey,  Jacob  Glessner,  George  \V.  Penny,  Jonathan 
Taylor,  A.  P.  Prichard  and  Wickliff  Condit,  of  Licking  county; 
James  Ragnet,  Robert  Mitchell,  Daniel  Brush,  James  Hamm,  Solo- 
man  Sturges,  Richard  Stilwell,  Daniel  Converse,  Levi  Claypool  and 
Solomon  Woods,  of  Muskingum  count}-. 

The  company  was  vested  with  power  "to  construct  a  railroad,  with 
single  or  double  track,  commencing  at  Columbus,  thence  by  the  towns 
of  Newark  and  Zanesville,  to  such  point  on  the  Ohio  river  as  the 
directors  might  select."  The  capital  stock  of  the  company  was  fixed 
at  $1,500,000,  with  the  privilege  of  increasing  to  Sj, 500,000;  shares 
$50  each.  The  $10,000  required  by  law  before  organization  was  sub- 
scribed by  the  incorporators,  and  a  meeting  for  organization  called. 
which  met  at  Newark,  August  26,  1847,  at  which  the  following  direct- 
ors were  elected:  Solomon  Sturges.  John  Hamm,  William  Denni- 
son,  Jr.,  George  James,  Albert  Sherwood,  Charles  B.  Goddard,  Daniel 
Marble,  Levi  Claypool,  Daniel  Brush  and  Stephen  R.  Hosmer.     Solo- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  480 

mon  Sturges  was  elected  president;  Daniel  Brush,  treasurer,  and 
David  If.  Lyman,  secretary.  The  meeting  authorized  a  survey,  and 
called  upon  the  cities  of  Newark  and  Zanesville  to  raise  money  to 
complete  the  survey.  During  the  first  year  but  little  progress  was 
made,  and  at  the  next  election  held  August  22,  1848,  a  change  was 
made  in  the  board  of  directors  and  officers,  the  following  being 
elected:  Lewis  Claypool,  Israel  Dillie,  A.  Sherwood,  R.  McCoy,  Will- 
iam Dennison,  Jr.,  James  Ra.umet,  John  Hamm,  Solomon  Sturges, 
Daniel  Brush,  C.  B.  Goddard,  S.  R.  Homer  and  John  Sullivan.  In 
September,  Mr.  Sullivan  was  elected  president;  Daniel  Brush,  treas- 
urer, and  Israel  Dille,  secretary.  This  organization  commenced  a 
vigorous  canvass  for  stock  and  stock  subscriptions  by  counties  along 
the  line,  and  the  road  was  opened  from  Zanesville  to  Newark  in  1S49, 
and  from  Newark  to  Columbus  in  [S50.  This  was  called  the '"western 
division."  The  work  on  the  "eastern  division,"  from  Zanesville  to 
the  Ohio  river,  was  pressed  by  Mr.  Sullivan  with  great  energy,  and  to 
his  efficient  management  and  remarkable  canvassing  ability  was 
largely  clue  the  collection  of  the  stock  subscriptions  from  individuals 
and  county  with  which  this  part  of  the  work  was  constructed.  The 
road  from  Zanesville  to  Cambridge  was  opened  in  1S53,  and  from 
Cambridge  to  Bellaire  in  1S54.  The  road  from  Columbus  to  Bellaire 
is  137  miles  long,  and  its  construction  cost  about  $7,000,000,  only 
$1,600,000  of  which  hail  been  subscribed  as  stock,  so  that  when  the 
road  was  built  there  was  a  debt  of  about  $5,400,000.  A  one-half  in- 
terest in  the  road  between  Newark  and  Columbus  was  sold  to  the 
P.,  C.  &  St.  L.  railroad  company  for  $800,000,  which  reduced  the 
debt  to  $4,600,000  and  the  scaling  of  the  stock  at  date  of  re-organiza- 
tion, in  1S65  the  debt  and  stock  were  fixed  at  $5,500,000,  upon  which 
the  lessee,  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad  company  now  pays  interest. 
The  bridge  across  the  Ohio  river,  at  Bellaire,  completed  in  1871,  was 
constructed  by  the  B.  &  O.  and  C.  O.  companies,  the  former  paying 
two-thirds  of  the  cost  and  the  latter  one-third  of  the  cost. 

The  Cleveland  &  Pittsburgh  Railroad. —  This  company  was  chartered 
by  an  act  of  the  general  assembly  .  passed  March  14,  [S36,  and  was 
amended  March  11,  1845.  Active  work,  however,  was  not  commenced 
until  1847,  when  the  line  was  located  from  Wellsville  to  Cleveland. 
Work  was  commenced  in  August,  1S47.  but  progressed  slowly,  for 
want  of  money,  but  the  whole  main  line  was  let  in  the  summer  of  1840, 
to  Joseph  and  Silas  Chamberlain,  and  was  completed  and  opened  for 
traffic  from  the  lake  to  the  river,  in  March,  1853.  In  the  fall  of  1853, 
the  Beaver  and  Bellaire  division  of  the  road  was  put  under  contract, 
and  on  January  1st,  1857,  opened  for  business.  The  Bayard  and  New- 
Philadelphia  branch  was  opened  for  traffic  in  1850.  At  the  first  or- 
ganization of  the  road,  Cyrus  Prentiss  was  elected  president;  Samuel 
Folzambe,  secretary,  and  William  Wadsworth,  treasurer.  In  1857,  the 
board  was  re-organized  and  J.  T.  McCullough  was  elected  president 
and  has  held  the  position  since.  At  the  time  of  the  completion  of  the 
road  the  stock  was  worth  So  to  qo  cents,  but  after  the  panic  of  1857, 
the  stock  ran  down  and  much  of  it  changed  hands  at  as  low  as  5   to  8 


490  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

cents.  The  road  now  runs  through  an  almost  continuous  town,  and 
when  leased  to  the  Pennsylvania  company,  it  was  on  the  basis  of  6  per 
cent,  interest  on  the  stock  valued  at  $1.47. 

The  Bcllairc,  Zanesville  cC~  Cincinnati. —  In  1875,  the  Bellaire  & 
Southwestern  railroad  company  was  organized  to  build  a  railroad 
through  Belmont,  Monroe,  Washington  and  Athens  counties,  from 
Bellaire  to  Athens.  The  first  division  of  the  road  was  located,  and 
the  work  of  raising  subscriptions  undertaken,  and  the  amount  sub- 
scribed on  this  division  in  1876,  was  $240,000,  about  half  the  estimated 
cost  of  a  narrow  gauge  road.  Much  of  the-  work  of  raising  this  money 
was  done  by  Col.  John  II.  Sullivan,  who  had  charge  of  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Centra!  Ohio  railroad.  This  road  was  completed  to 
Woodsfield  in  1S77,  over  a  rougher  country  than  traversed  by  any 
road  in  the  state,  at  a  cost  of  1 1,500  per  mile.  The  name  of  the  com- 
pany was  changed  in  1882,  to  the  Bellaire.  Zanesville  &  Cincinnati 
Railroad  company  and  the  road  completed,  first,  to  Caldwell,  in  Noble 
county  and  then  to  Zanesville,  in  Muskingum  count}-.  The  road 
passed  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver  in  1887,  who  ran  it,  paying  some 
of  the  debts  and  improving  the  road,  until  1S90,  when  the  re-organized 
company  again  obtained  possession,  having  paid  or  adjusted  all  the 
claims  against  it.     Hon.  S.  L.  Mooney,  of  Woodfield,   is  its  president. 

The  St.  Clairsville  <£■  Bcllairc  Railroad.  -This  was  constructed  first 
as  a  narrow  gauge  railroad  from  St.  Clairsville  to  Quincy,  or  St.  Clairs- 
ville Junction  on  the  B.  &  O.  railroad,  four  miles  west  of  Bellaire. 
After  the  serious  high  waters  of  188,;,  it  was  changed  to  a  standard 
gauge  road,  and  is  now  run  in  connection  with  the  B.  &  O.,  making 
five  trips  a  day  from  Bellaire  to  St.  Clairsville  and  return. 

The  St.  Clairsville  Northern  Railroad. —  This  is  also  a  short  line 
running  from  St.  Clairsville  on  the  north  side,  to  connect  with  the 
Cleveland,  Lorain  &  Wheeling  railroad,  on  Wheeling  creek,  and  by 
that  road  to  Bellaire.  It  also  makes  five  trips  a  day  from  Bellaire  to 
St.  Clairsville  and  return. 

The  Cleveland,  Lorain  &•  Wheeling  Railroad. —  This  road  was  com- 
pleted to  Bellaire  in  1S88.  It  was  constructed  from  Dennison,  Tus- 
carawas county,  to  Bridgeport,  Belmont  county,  in  1876.  and  has  devel- 
oped an  immense  coal  trade  along  the  Wheeling  creek  valley  west  of 
Bridgeport,  carrying  over  a  million  tons  of  coal  annually  toward  the 
lake.  Its  length  from  Lorain  to  Bellaire  is  161;  its  capital  stock, 
$5,600,000;  funded  debt,  $850,000;  gross  earnings,  $1,170,976;  oper- 
ating expenses,  $815.4X4. 

The  Ohio  1 'alley  Railroad.  -The  Ohio  Valley  Railway  company 
was  chartered  April  26,  187  1,  to  construct  a  railroad  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Ohio  river  from  Bellaire  to  Cincinnati.  The  surveys  were  made 
and  the  road  located  over  the  route  laid  out,  and  partly  constructed 
in  1S5  ,  by  the  Marietta  <S;  Cincinnati  Railroad  company.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  little  was  done  by  the  present  company,  but  three  years 
ago  the  Pennsylvania  company  became  the  owner  ot  its  franchises, 
and  the  work  of  construction  was  commenced  at  Bellaire  by  the  con- 
struction of  two  miles  of  track  from  the  C.  &  P.  railroad  depot  to  the 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  49 1 

southern  corporation  line,  and  last  year  further  work  was  done,  ex- 
tending the  line  to  Pultney  Bottom.  Contracts  have  now  been  made 
for  the  construction  of  the  road  between  Bellaire  to  Powhattan,  which 
will  be  followed  by  others,  placing  the  whole  line  under  contract. 

The  Wheeling  &  Lake  Eric  Railroad.—  This  road  running  from 
Toledo  on  the  lakes,  to  the  Ohio  river  at  Portland,  twelve  milesabove 
Bellaire,  and  now  being  constructed  to  Bellaire,  was  organized  in  1886. 
The  road  was  completed  from  Bowerston  to  the  river  in  [889,  and  will 
be  completed  to  Bellaire  the  present  year.  It  has  250  miles  of  main 
track.  Its  paid-up  capital  stock  is  83,600,000;  its  funded  debt, 
$4,000,000;  its  earnings  in  1SS8  were  $818,353;  running  expenses, 
$576,5 1  S. 

BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 

COLERAIN    TOWNSHIP. 

David  S.  Adams,  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Colerain  town- 
ship, was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  January  2,  1820,  son  of 
Dr.  David  and  Eliza  (Stewart I  Adams.  The  father  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  educated  himself  in  the  practice  of  medicine, 
and  was  a  successful  practitioneer  for  several  years.  He  remained  in 
Pennsylvania  till  his  death.  The  mother  was  born  and  reared  in 
Pennsylvania  and  was  of  a  very  noted  family.  Our  subject  grew  to 
manhood  in  Pennsylvania  ami  came  to  Ohio  in  1838.  He  received 
a  good  common  school  education.  In  1S41  he  married  Margaretta  C. 
McNeely,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza  McXeely.  lie  was  for  a 
number  of  years  cashier  of  the  old  St.  Clairsville  hank,  and  served 
two  terms  as  auditor  of  Belmont  county.  To  this  union  six  children 
were  born,  all  living:  William,  Charles,  Mary,  wife  of  E.  Dan- 
ford,  Stewart,  Ella  Eee  and  Thomas.  The  mother  was  born  and 
raised  in  St.  Clairsville.  This  wife  died  while  he  was  in  the  late  war, 
and  in  1S66  he  married  Mrs.  Isabella  Robson,  wife  of  John  Robson 
(deceased).  They  have  two  chil'dren,  Mark  A.  and  Anna.  The 
mother  was  born  in  Ohio,  W.  Va.,  and  came  to  Ohio  when  three 
years  of  age.  In  June,  [863,  he  went  out  as  a  lieutenant,  and  on  Jan- 
uary 24,  1855,  he  resigned  his  position  and  was  discharged  on  account 
of  disabilities,  lie  was  under  Col.  Wallace.  Fifteenth  Ohio  regi- 
ment. He  also  had  two  sons  in  the  war,  William,  who  enlisted  in 
1861,  Company  E,  Fifteenth  regiment,  under  Capt.  Dan  ford,  and 
Charles  D.,  enlisted  in  1862,  and  was  in  the  navy  in  what  they  called 
Mississippi  flotilla.  Mr.  Adams  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in 
politics,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  know-nothing  party  of 
Belmont  county,  lie  was  at  the  head  of  the  movement  in  St.  Clairs- 
ville, from  which  point  the  whole  count}'  was  organized.  Along  in 
the  '50's  he  was  appointed  to  till  a  vacancy  in  the  clerk's  office  oi  Bel- 
mont county  caused  by  the  death  of  William  R.  Carroll,  and  after 
serving  out  that  time  he  was  nominated  by  the  republican  party,  and 
was  elected  over  J.  R.  Mitchell   by  a  handsome  majority,  and  served 


492  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

out  his  second  term  with  credit  to  himself.  I  Ie  was  the  first  wool 
buyer  who  bought  and  shipped  wool  in   Belmont  county. 

Dr.  Isaac  G.  Cope,  a  leading  practitioner  of  Colerain  township,  was 
born  and  raised  in  Farmington,  where  he  now  lives,  lie  was  a  son 
of  Caleb  and  Mildred  Cope.  The  Cope  family  has  been  connected 
with  the  history  of  Colerain  township  since  the  year  1S04,  at  which 
time  George  Cope  removed  to  Concord  settlement  from  Frederick 
county,  Va.  A  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends  and  opposed  to  the 
institution  of  slavery,  he  sought  a  home  in  young  ami  free  Ohio.  He 
was  married  in  1790,  to  Abigail  Steer.  They  had  nine  children,  three 
of  whom  were  residents  of  this  township,  viz.:  Joshua,  George  and 
Caleb  H.  Joshua  Cope  owned  a  mill  near  the  source  of  Glenn's  run. 
It  was  the  first  and  only  mill  in  Concord  settlement.  His  residence 
was  noted  for  being  one  of  the  southern  termini  of  the  Under  Ground 
railroad;  and  in  spite  of  the  danger  attendant  upon  such  a  course,  he 
helped  many  a  forlorn  and  destitute  fugitive  on  the  way  to  liberty. 
George  Cope,  about  the  year  1829,  started  a  store  in  the  town  of 
Farmington,  which  was  for  many  years  the  only  store  in  the  place. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  especially 
noted  for  his  adherence  to  principle  and  unbending  rectitude.  Caleb  1  1. 
Cope  was  born  near  the  town  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Jefferson  Co.,  Ohio,  in 
which  town  he  pursued  the  study  of  medicine  and  commenced  prac- 
tice. In  1834,  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Farmington  and  continued 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  I  le  was  for  more  than  thirty  years  the 
onl}-  physician  in  the  township.  The  doctor  was  a  man  of  tinr  natu- 
ral ability,  and  although  in  youth  deprived  of  all  advantages  of  edu- 
cation, except  those  generally  afforded  by  early  settlers,  he  by  his  own 
efforts  acquired  a  good  education,  and  always  took  an  active  interest 
in  the  educational  advancement  of  the  country.  Our  subject  was  raised 
in  Colerain  township,  and  studied  medicine  with  his  father  and  attended 
medical  college  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  located  at  his  old  home  where 
he  began  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession,  and  has  now  a  large- 
business,  and  is  regarded  as  a  very  successful  physician.  In  1S65,  he 
married  Elizabeth  Dungan,  and  to  this  union  were  born  three  sons: 
Herman,  Ellis,  Isaac  G.,  and  seven  daughters.  Ellis  is  now  studying 
medicine  with  his  father.  The  doctor  was  raised  in  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  besides  being  one  of  the  loading  doctors  of  the  county, 
he  is  also  one  of  the  leading  citizens. 

David  Cowan,  a  farmer  of  Colerain  township,  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, 1S47,  a"d  removed  to  Wood  county,  W.  Va.,  when  six  years  of 
age,  with  his  parents,  where  he  remained  till  1865.  when  the  family 
removed  to  Ohio,  settling  in  Belmont  county.  He  was  a  son  of 
Robert  and  Margaret  (Bowels)  Cowan.  The  parents  were  natives  of 
Pennsylvania.  Robert  Cowan's  father  was  an  early  settler  of  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  remained  till  his  death.  He  was  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent,  and  when  he  crossed  the  mountains  he  carried  all  his  posses- 
sions in  a  red  cotton  handkerchief.  I  le  settled  in  a  new  country,  but  by 
hard  work  and  close  economy  he  made  a  great  ileal  of  money  anil 
died  quite   wealth)-.     He    lived   to   the  good   old    age  of    eighty-nine 


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years.  Our  subject's  father  died  when  he  was  only  three  years  of  age. 
He  received  a  good  common  school  education  through  his  own  exer- 
tions. At  the  age  of  thirteen  years  he  began  life  for  himself.  In  1872 
he  was  married  to  Aggie  R.  Dubois,  who  died  in  1876,  and  to  this 
union  was  born  one  child,  John  A.  In  1882  lie  married  Catherine 
Warner.  Their  marriage  has  been  blessed  with  four  children:  Jesse, 
Albertha,  Carrie  and  blanche,  lie  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  In  1882  he  was  elected  trustee  of  Colerain 
township,  and  has  served  in  all  seven  years,  and  acquitted  himself  with 
credit  to  himself  and  constituents.  He  began  in  life  without  anything 
but  now  owns  seventy  acres  where  he  lives,  and  a  two-thirds  interest 
in  120  acres  with  his  brother.  1  le  is  one  of  th 
township  and  is  well  respected. 

David  Hawthorne,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Be 
in   Jefferson   county,   Ohio,  January   24.  1S24, 
county  when  he  was  twenty-six  years  of  age. 
and  Martha  (Boggs)  Hawthorne.     The  fathe 

1786,  in  Ireland,  and  was  brought  across  the  sea  when  ten  weeks  old, 
and  was  fourteen  weeks  crossing.  1  le  was  a  son  of  William  and  1  lan- 
nah  (Bigham)  Hawthorne,  who  were  both  natives  of  Ireland.  He  was 
born  May  1,  1751.  She  was  born  February,  1750,  and  emigrated  to 
America  in  1786,  and  first  settled  in  Washington,  Perm.,  where  they 
remained  until  1810.  They  removed  to  Ohio,  settling  in  Jefferson 
county,  where  he  remained' until  his  death.  Our  subject's  father  was 
raised  in  Pennsylvania,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Ohio  in  1810, 
and  his  father  gave  him  too  acres  of  good  land,  but  it  was  all  in  the 
woods  at  that  time,  which  he  cleared  into  a  beautiful  farm.  He  was 
married  to  Martha  Boggs,  January,  1814.  Their  children  are:  Hugh  B., 
William,  Eliza  J.,  Samuel  J.,  David,  Hannah.  Mary  A..  Martha.  Sarah, 
Margaret  and  John  lb,  of  "these  children,  six  are  now  living:  Hugh, 
William,  David,  Mary  A.,  Margaret  and  John  B.  The  mother  was  born 
in  Belmont  countv,  1792.  The  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1S12, 
and  served  through  the  war.  Our  subject  was  raised  in  Jefferson 
county,  receiving  a  very  limited  education  in  the  pioneer  log  school, 
and  after  reaching  his  majority  he  attended  school  and  finally  began 
teachinLT.  and  followed  that  about  three  years.  In  1840  he  was  mar- 
ried to '.Margaret  1-:.,  daughter  of  Archibald  and  Elizabeth  (Lemon) 
Major.  They  have  four  children,  three  now  living:  Martha  E.,  wife 
of  George  W.  Chandler,  of  Chicago;  Rebecca  J.,  former  wife  of  W.  S. 
Barton,  who  is  now  dead;  Archibald  M.  and  Adda  Y.  The  mother 
was  born  in  Belmont  county  on  the  old  Major  homestead  farm.  Archi- 
bald M.  married  Mary  Oxley.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church,  likewise  all  the  family.  He  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace  of  his  township  fifteen  years.  He  now  owns  1  10 
acres  of  good  land  which  is  well  improved,  ami  he  has  placed  all  the 
improvements  upon  the  same,  lie  is  a  worthy  citizen  and  represent- 
ative farmer  of  Belmont  county,  and  is  well  respected  by  all  who  know 
him. 
Jacob  McMillan,  a   prosperous   farmer  of    Colerain   township,    was 


494  HISTORY    OK   THE    UPPER    OHIO   VALLEY. 

born  and  raised  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  son  of  Jacob  and 
Sarah  (Vale)  McMillan.  The  father,  horn  in  York  county,  Penn.,  in 
1796,  died  in  1884.  lie  was  a  son  of  Thomas  McMillan,  and  grandson 
of  John  McMillan,  a  native  of  Scotland.  The  mother,  born  in  York 
county,  Penn.,  in  r8oo,  daughter  of  Joshua  Vale,  a  native  of  Wales. 
Our  subject's  parents  had  five  children:  Mahlon,  deceased;  Eli,  died 
1890;  Sarah  A.,  Elizabeth,  Jacob  and  Ira  V.  Jacob  was  raised  in  Bel- 
mont county,  receiving  a  common  school  education  in  the  old  log 
schoobhouse.  lie  and  sisters  own  101  acres  of  the  old  homestead 
farm,  where  his  father  settled  and  remained  till  his  death,  lie  and 
family  were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 

Sarah  A.  McMillan,  wife  of  Eli  McMillan  (deceased),  who  was  one 
of  the  leading  farmers  of  Colerain  township,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
October-29,  1S27,  died  January  5,  1890.  Pie  was  a  son  of  Jacob  and 
Sarah  (Vale)  McMillan.  He  was  raised  until  about  twelve  years  of 
age  in  Pennsylvania,  came  to  Ohio  with  his  parents  and  settled  in 
Colerain  township,  where  he  grew  to  manhood,  lie  received  a  good 
common  school  education.  In  1865  he  married  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of 
Abncrand  Mary  ( I  )illon)  Stillwell.  The  fatherwasborn  in  Maryland, 
and  came  to  Ohio  in  a  very  earls'  day  when  St.  Clairsville  was  yet  in 
the  forest.  He  first  settled  in  St.  Clairsville,  and  for  several  years 
followed  teaming  for  a  living.  lie  began  in  life  without  anything, 
but  by  hard  work  and  close  economy,  he  accumulated  considerable 
money,  and  at  one  time  owned  over  500  acres  of  land.  I  le  lived  to 
be  nearly  ninety  years  of  age,  a  respected  and  honored  citizen.  To 
the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McMillan  eight  children  were  born: 
Sarah  V..  Mary  P.,  Ira  S.,  Isaac  X.,  Albert  E,  Ina  B.,  Edith  O.  and 
Ethel  E.,  twins.  The  mother  was  born  and  raised  in  Belmont  county. 
Jacob  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends  ami  of  the  Masonic 
order.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
was  an  exceptional  son.  His  father  bought  a  farm,  and  while  the 
other  members  of  the  family  left  home  he  remained  with  his  parents 
till  he  was  forty  years  of  age  and  paid  out  tor  the  farm  and  placed 
all  the  improvements  upon  the  same.  After  marriage  he  purchased 
sixty-two  acres  which  he  left  to  his  family,  also  five-eighths  interest  in 
sixty-two  acres  more.  They  are  living  in  a  stone  house  that  was  built 
in  1S24.     His  family  is  well  respected  by  all. 

David  K.  Naylor,  a  tanner  of  Colerain  township,  was  born  in  Smith- 
field  township,  Jefferson  county.  May  2S,  181S,  son  of  A.  O.  and  Ruth 
(Hammond)  Naylor.  The  father  was  born  in  Maryland,  son  of  John 
Naylor,  also  of  Maryland,  and  came  to  Ohio  in  1812,  ami  settled  in 
Smithfield  when  it  was  in  its  infancy.  He  bought  several  farms  and 
gave  to  all  his  sons.  He  was  a  slave  holder  in  Maryland,  but  on  com- 
ing to  Ohio  set  them  free.  He  had  in  his  family  nine  children,  five 
boys,  our  subject's  father  being  the  youngest.  The  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  George  and  Deborah  (Hutton)  Hammond,  natives  of 
Virginia,  and  was  of  Irish  descent,  and  in  1811  settled  in  Smithfield 
township,  where  he  remained  until  death.  The  grandparents  on  both 
sides  were  very  strict  Quakers.     Our  subject  was  raised  in  Smithfield 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  495 

township,  received  a  common  school  education,  beginning  in  the  old 
log  school-house.  He  first  began  life  by  working  in  a  stone  quarry.  I  le 
afterward  traveled  in  the  mercantile  business  for  five  years,  and  then 
established  a  store  in  York  where  he  afterward  lost  all  he  had  for- 
merly made.  In  1852  he  married  Margaret  Smith,  daughter  of 
Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  (Parkinson)  Smith.  Of  their  six  children, 
three  are  now  living.  Elizabeth,  Ida  M.  and  Harry  A.  The  mother 
was  born  in  Belmont  county,  where  she  lived  till  her  death,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1879.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  same  church.  After  he  lost  his  property 
in  York,  he  removed  to  Belmont  county,  and  was  then  fifty  dollars 
worse  off  than  nothing,  but  by  hard  work  and  good  management  he 
has  done  well,  and  now  owns  ninety-two  acres  of  good  land,  which  is 
well  improved,  with  good  and  substantial  buildings.  He  served  two 
years  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  resigned  his  office.  He  is  a  thorough- 
going farmer  and  a  worthy  citizen. 

Isaac  Yickers,  a  citizen  of  Colerain  township,  was  born  in  Chester, 
Penn.,  son  of  Jesse  K.  and  Margaret  (Penrose)  Yickers.  The  father 
was  born  in  Chester,  Penn.,  son  of  Thomas  Yickers,  who  was  also  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  a  son  of  Peter  Yickers,  a  native  of  England. 
Our  subject's  father  was  born  in  1795,  died  in  1SS9,  and  all  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  of  Friends.  The  mother,  born  in  Montgomery 
county,  Penn.,  daughter  of  Samuel  ami  Sarah  (Roberts)  Penrose. 
Our  subject  was  raised  in  Pennsylvania  till  thirteen  years  of  age,  and 
came  to  Ohio  with  his  father's  family,  crossing  the  mountains  in 
wagons.  He  received  a  good  common  school  education.  In  1X42  he 
married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Deborah  (\\  isenan)  James. 
To  this  union  six  children  have  been  born,  five  living:  Leander, 
Albert,  Morris,  Edwin,  Samuel  and  Willis.  Morris  died  when  three 
years  of  age.  The  mother  was  born  and  raised  in  Belmont  county. 
The)-  are  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  is  a  man  that  be- 
gan life  without,  anything,  but  by  hard  work  and  good  management  he 
has  done  well,  now  owning  115  acres,  besides  a  store  house  in  Morn- 
ing View,  where  he  does  a  general  mercantile  business.  In  1S56  he 
established  his  store  and  has  done  an  honest  and  lucrative  business 
since  that  time.  In  1S67  he  was  appointed  postmaster  at  Morning 
View,  a  position  he  has  held  since  that  time,  but  when  Cleveland  was 
elected  they  tried  hard  to  find  some  irregularity  in  the  office,  but 
failing  he  was  allowed  to  retain  the  same. 

Josiah  Watson,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Colerain  township,  was  born 
in  New  Jersey,  December  23,  1798,  son  of  William  ami  Sarah  ( Ackley) 
Watson.  The  father  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  and  was  a  militia- 
man during  the  Revolutionary  war,  belonging  to  what  was  known  as 
the  Jersey  Blues.  I  le  was  of  English  descent.  Our  subject  came  to 
Philadelphia  when  a  boy  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  where  he  grew 
to  manhood.  He  received  a  limited  education  and  was  bound  an  ap- 
prentice to  a  tailor,  where  he  served  five  years,  and  he  then  entered 
the  post-office  at  Philadelphia,  as  letter  carrier,  where  he  remained 
twelve  years,  when  he  resigned  his  position  and  came  to  Ohio  in  1837, 


496  HISTORY    OF   Till:    LITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

and  settled  on  the  farm  in  Colerain  township,  which  he  had  bought  in 

1835.  This  he  cleared  and  converted  into  a  beautiful  farm.  In  1S33 
he  married  Julia  I£.,  daughter  of  Edward  Parker.  lie  was  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  for  many  years  was  engaged  in  the  publishing 
business.  Two  children  (twins),  have  blessed  this  union,  only  one 
living,  Charles  II.,  who  has  been  connected  with  Weather]  &  Pro.,  in 
the  manufacture  of  white  lead,  where  he  has  been  engaged  for  over 
thirty  years.  Me  is  a  man  that  began  in  this  world  without  anything, 
but  by  close  economy  he  did  well  and  at  one  time  owned  106'..  acres 
of  good  land.  I  le  is  now  in  the  ninety-second  year  of  his  age  and  in 
good  health. 

Milton  Yost,  a  prominent  agriculturist  of  Colerain  township,  and  a 
descendant  of  an  old  and  influential  family,  was  born  and  raised  in 
Harrison  county,  Ohio,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Wilson)  Yost.  The 
father  was  born  near  Winchester,  W.  Ya.;  his  father,  Michael  Yost, 
was  born  November  3,  1766,  died  in  January.  iS65,was  the  son  of  John 
Yost,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  first  settled  in  Chester  county,  Penn., 
from  there  going  to  Frederick  county,  Ya.,  now  W.  Ya.  Mary  (Wil- 
son) Yost  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Atkinson)  Wilson.  John  Wilson  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  the  son  of 
Alexander  and  Nancy  (Kennard)  Wilson.  Alexander  was  an  Irish- 
man  by  birth.  To  John  and  Sarah  Wilson  live  children  were  born, 
named:  Charles,  George,  William,  Mary  and  Sarah.  They  all  reared 
families.  Charles  had  one  child:  William  C.  George  was  the  father 
of  four  children:  Charles,  Sarah,  George  and  Jane;  Mary  had  four 
children:  Rachel  Ann,  John  \\\.  Lemuel  A.  and  Milton;  Sarah  was 
the  mother  of  three  children:  Emily,  John  W. and  Catherine.  Michael 
Yost  was  the  father  of  the  following  named  children:  |ohn,  Elizabeth, 
Fannie,  Elisha,  Isaac,  Hannah,  Mary,  Flias,  Elijah,  Sarah  and  Mar- 
garet. John  Yost  emigrated  to  Ohio,  in  May,  1806,  and  settled  in 
Harrison  county,  where  he  remained  until  his  death.  I  le  was  promin- 
ently identified  with  the  educational  and  general  improvement  move- 
ments of  the  county,  having  served  for  two  terms  as  a  county 
commissioner,  and  was  a  representative  member  of  the  whig  party. 
When  the  family  moved  to  Ohio  they  bought  land  which  was  at  that 
time  in  its  natural  state.  From  this  they  made  hue  farms  and  became 
prominent  in  agricultural  circles.  Milton  Yost  received  a  common 
school  education,  and  in  October,  1S74,  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Ellen  C.Hall,  daughter  of  David  and  Amy  (Smith)  Hall.  David 
was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Patterson)  Hall.  To  Milton  and 
Ellen  Yost  seven  children  have  been  born:  Mary  Rachel,  Sarah  Amy, 
Edith  Lora,  Myra  Kate,  Florence  Wilson,  Clara  C.  and  Frederick 
Michael.  Mr.  Yost  came  to  Belmont  county  in  [886,  and  located 
where  he  now  lives.  His  farm,  consisting  of  106  acres  of  land,  is  oik: 
of  the  most  improved  farming  properties  in  the  county.  It  is  finely 
stocked,  and  under  the  highest  state  of  cultivation.  Mr.  Yost  makes 
a  specialty  of  the  dairy  business. 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  497 

FLUSHING   TOWNSHIP. 

A.  William  Beatty  is  the  leading  dealer  in  boots,  shoes  and  gents' 
furnishing  goods,  of  Flushing.  Mr.  Beatty  is  a  son  of  William  II. 
and  Mary  (Miller)  Beatty,  who  are  the  parents  of  the  following 
named  children:  Tecumseh  S.,  a  blacksmith  by  trade;  A.  William, 
Charles  L.,a  professor  in  the  New  Orleans  Commercial  college;  Dora, 
]ohn  O.,  Frank  C.  and  Birdie.  William  II.  Beatty  came  with  his 
father's  family  to  Ohio  in  1835,  his  wife  was  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  Miller,  Mary  was  born  and  raised  in  Harrison  county,  Ohio, 
while  her  parents  were  of  German  parentage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beatty 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Stillwater,  and  Mr. 
Beatty  was  an  elder  in  the  same  for  many  years,  being  one  of  the 
leading  men  in  the  church,  but  is  now  a  member  of  the  Nottingham 
Presbyterian  church.  I  lis  wife  dying  August  22,  1S79,  in  her  thirty- 
fourth  year,  Mr.  Beatty  some  time  after  took  to  himself  in  marriage, 
Margaret  McCleary, by  whom  he  has  had  one  child:  Fannie.  Mr.  Beatty 
was  for  several  terms  trustee  of  Flushing  township.  1  le  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany H,  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-fifth  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  under 
Capt.  Bell,  and  serving  with  the  true  purpose  of  a  patriot  he  received  his 
honorable  discharge  from  service  in  June,  1S65.  1  le  is  a  member  of  the 
Mitchell-Bethel  post  of  the  G.  A.  R.  He  has  a  farm  of  120  acres  in 
the  highest  state  of  cultivation,  and  is  very  successful  in  all  his  enter- 
prises. A.  William  Beatty  spent  his  boyhood  on  his  father's  farm,  ac- 
quiring a  good  education,  having  graduated  from  the  Delaware 
Business  college  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  he  taught  for  some  time  in  the 
public  schools.  Receiving  a  call  from  the  New  Orleans  Business  col- 
lege, he  spent  one  year  in  that  college  as  superintendent  ot  the  com- 
mercial and  penmanship  department,  and  assistant  principal  of  the 
mathematical  department.  Retiring  from  the  vocation  of  teacher,  he 
returned  home  and  engaged  in  the  business  in  which  he  still  continues, 
having  met  with  the  most  gratifying  success,  being  recognized  as  one 
of  the  leading  business  men  of  tiie  county  in  his  line.  Mr.  Beatty 
married  Miss  Laura  Lafferty,  July  11,  18S9.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  Lafferty.  The  former  was  an  old  settler  of  1  larri- 
son  county,  he  died  March  29,  1S86;  the  mother  is  still  living.  Mr. 
Beatty  is  a  member  of  Morefield  lodge  of  Knight-,  of  Pythias,  also 
of  the  order  of  the  Sons  of  Veterans,  Camp  No.  290. 

Among  the  old  and  influential  citizens  of  Flushing  is  Alfred  Bethel, 
who  is  the  son  of  James  and  Mary  Bethel,  both  natives  of  Virginia. 
They  came  to  Ohio  in  1790,  where  James  bought  a  land  lease.  They 
were  among  the  first  settlers  and  became  well  known  throughout  the 
community.  They  were  both  members  of  the  Rock  Hill  Baptist 
church.  The  father  died  about  1850,  and  Lhe  mother  followed  him 
about  the  year  1857.  Their  children  were:  Sarah,  deceased;  Lucinda, 
Edward,  deceased;  Benjamin,  deceased;  Alfred;  Abner,  deceased; 
Elizabeth  Ann,  deceased;  Mary;  Eliza  Jane,  deceased;  Francis  M.. 
deceased;  and  James  S.  Alfred  Bethel  was  born  in  1819,  having  been 
32-  B. 


4Q8  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

reared  on  his  father's  farm  and  receiving  the  best  education  that 
the  schools  of  that  day  afforded.  He  was  married  when  twenty-three 
years  of  age  to  Margaret  McCall.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCall  are  the  par- 
ents of  eight  children:  John  A.,  Mary  E.,  deceased;  James  O.  and 
Nancy,  deceased;  Jesse  13.,  Thomas  F.,  and  a  pair  of  twins  that  died 
in  infancy.  The  four  living  children  are  all  established  in  homes  of 
their  own  and  all  have  bright  prospects  in  life.  John  A.  answered 
his  country's  call  enlistingin  the  Xinty-eighth  Ohio  infantry,' and  after- 
ward going  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  where  he  entered  the  marines  under 
Capt.  Fisher,  serving  for  thirty-one  months  with  much  courage  and 
efficiency;  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Vicksburg  one  year  after 
the  close  of  the  war.  Mr.  bethel  has  served  his  township  as  a  trus- 
tee for  several  terms  with  great  credit  to  himself  and 
much  benefit  to  the  community.  Although  now  in  his 
seventieth  year,  yet  he  is  well  preserved  and  gives  promise 
of  living  for  years  to  come.  Mrs.  Bethel  is  also  well  along  in  years, 
being  sixty-seven,  but  like  her  husband,  she  is  still  in  the  enjoyment 
of  good  health  and  bids  fair  to  live  for  many  years  yet. 

James  Bethel,  an  extensive  agriculturist  of  blushing,  is  on(- of  five 
living  children  who  were  born  to  William  and  Elizabeth  Bethel.  The 
children  are:  Susan.  Jane,  James,  Sarah,  now  Mrs.  Hall,  and  John  A. 
William  Bethel  came  from  Stafford  county,  Va.,  in  1812;  one  of  his 
brothers,  Thomas,  who  fought  in  the  war  of  1S12,  settled  with  him  in 
Belmont  county,  lie  worked  hard  all  of  his  life,  having  cleared  sev- 
eral farms,  and  died  about  1865,  after  living  a  life  of  usefulness. 
James  Bethel  lived  with  his  father  until  he  was  twenty-six  years  of 
age,  being  obliged  to  carry  his  part  of  the  family  burden.  In  1846,  he 
espoused  Miss  Caroline  Bethel.  He  worked  for  others  for  three  years 
before  he  bought  a  farm  of  his  own.  he  then  bought  1  iS  acres  of  land, 
going  into  debt  for  the  same.  By  hard  work  and  the  exercise  of 
much  energy,  he  has  not  only  paid  off  the  debt,  but  has  added  i(i<> 
acres  to  the  original  property,  and  has  some  money  invested  in  other 
enterprises.  lie  is  a  man  who  holds  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his 
neighbors  in  an  unusual  degree.  Four  children  have  been  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bethel.  Two  sons  reside  in  Flushing  and  are  comfort- 
ably situated  on  their  father's  farm.  Mrs.  Bethel  was  a  member  of 
the  Disciples  church  until  her  death,  December  11,  1SS3.  She  was  a 
woman  of  many  fine  qualities,  and  her  death  caused  much  sorrow  in 
her  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 

David  Branson  is  a  son  of  Smith  ami  Jane  (Frame)  Branson,  the 
former  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Maryland. 
They  were  married  in  Flushing,  and  always  resided  there.  They  had 
nine  children;  seven  of  them  are  now  living:  Lydia,  wife  ot  John 
Hoge,  a  resident  of  the  state  of  Iowa;  David;  Rachel,  wile  ot  Israel 
Sidwell,  a  citizen  of  this  county;  Asa,  now  living  in  Iowa;  Elizabeth, 
also  a  resident  of  Iowa;  Mary  Jane,  wife  of  Nathan  Steer,  a  resident 
of  Belmout  county;  and  Smith,  a  citizen  of  Flushing.  David  was 
brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  and  having  received  a  common 
school  education,  he  worked  for  his  father  upon  his   farm   and   in   the 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  499 

grist-mill,  situated  on  Wheeling  creek,  which  was  run  by  his  father  in 
connection  with  his  farm.  This  mill  was  at  first  operated  on  rather 
a  small  scale,. but  as  the  needs  of  the  community  increased,  the  busi- 
ness of  the  mill  increased  also.  David  was  of  great  service  to  his 
father,  being  able  to  do  most  that  is  required  about  a  mill.  He  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  B.  Holloway,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Martha  1  lolloway.  The  I  lolloway  family  was  from  Virginia;  Martha, 
mother  of  Mrs.  Branson,  whose  maiden  name  was  Bye,  was  a  native 
of  Maryland;  her  family  migrated  to  Ohio,  and  it  was  in  that  state, 
that  Mr.  Holloway  and  Mrs.  VYarheld  were  married  April  29,  1813. 
Mrs.  Branson  was  one  of  six  children:  Daniel,  born  March  4,  1814, 
died  April,  1873;  Eliza, born  May  5,  1816,  died  April  8,  1842;  William, 
born  December  23,  1S1S,  now  a  resident  of  Bridgeport.  Ohio,  and 
president  of  the  bank  of  that  place;  Martha,  born  December  1 1,  1820, 
died  in  1825;  Jacob,  born  March  6,  1823;  Mrs.  Branson,  born  April  10, 
1827;  and  there  is  also  a  half-brother,  John,  and  two  half-sisters,  Mary 
and  Maria  Warfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Branson  have  been  made  happy 
by  the  birth  of  six  children:  Martha  I!.  Hobson,  wife  of  Dr.  J.  A. 
Hobson,  born  August  24,  1851;  Anna  Eliza,  born  January  23,  1S54, 
wife  of  Henry  Hall;  Mary  Ellen,  born  August  14,  1856;  Lizzie  M., 
born  January  14.  [859,  wife  of  Nathan  R.  Smith;  Emma  J.  Branson, 
born  November  21,  1862;  and  Myra  D.,  born  March  3,  1869.  Mr. 
Branson  has  served  his  township  and  county  in  various  honorary 
positions,  and  is  at  present  the  president  o(  the  blushing  &  Union- 
town  Pike,  being  one  of  the  original  projectors  of  that  road.  He  is 
also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the.  bank  of  Flushing,  and  at  present  a 
director.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Branson  are  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  ami  the  entire  family  have  birthrights.  Mr.  Branson  has 
495  acres  of  land  under  the  highest  cultivation,  and  now.  that  he  has 
retired  from  active  life,  he  can  live  comfortably  from  the  fruits  of  his 
energetic  labors,  lie  is  one  of  the  most  influential  and  one  of  the. 
most  highly  respected  of  Belmont  county's  citizens. 

Isaac  Clevenger  was  born  in  Maryland,  about  the  year  1791.  mov- 
ing to  Ohio  with  Ids  father's  family  when  a  young  man.  In  1S1S  he 
was  married  to  Rachel  Howell,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  child- 
ren: Thomas,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  George  Latham;  Catharine,  deceased; 
James  A.,  deceased,  and  Isaac  M.,  deceased.  Isaac  was  in  Company  B, 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  regiment  Ohio  volunteer  infantry 
serving  with  the  true  devotion  of  a  patriot.  In  1845  Mrs.  Clevenger 
died, and  some  time  after  Mr.  Clevenger  espoused  Miss  Catharine  Smith. 
Their  one  child  is  Galen  S.,  who  is  a  Baptist  minister,  now  located  in 
South  Dakota.  Thomas  Clevenger,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
born  in  Belmont  county,  where  he  obtained  a  fair  education,  working 
on  his  father's  farm  during  the  summer,  and  attending  school  in  the 
winter  season.  When  twenty-eight  years  of  age  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Isabel  Morrison,  the  ceremony  taking  place  December  25,  1NG7. 
Mrs.  Clevenger  is  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Chandlers)  Mor- 
rison. The  former  was  born  in  Ohio,  about  the  year  1825,  son  of  Al- 
exander  Morrison,  an    American    by   birth,   but    of   Scotch   descent. 


500  HISTORY    OK   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Martha  Chambers  was  born  in  Ohio,  daughter  of  Alexander  Cham- 
bers, but  like  her  husband,  she  was  of  Scotch  parentage.  Three  children 
have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clevenger:  Ora  V.,  born  October  n. 
186S;  Eva  L.,  born  October  $o,  1872,  and  Wilfred  M.,  born  January  24, 
187S.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clevenger  and  their  two  daughters  are  members 
of  the  Nottingham  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Clevenger  has  178 
acres  of  very  line  farming  land,  situated  on  what  is  known  as  the 
"Trail  Fork,"  in  a  very  beautiful  and  fertile  valley,  lie  dues  a  gen- 
eral farming  business,  and  besides  is  a  most  successful  stock-raiser, 
having  some  very  tine  breeds.  The  family  has  been  prominently 
identified  with  the  settlement  and  growth  of  Belmont  county,  and  its 
different  members  are  among  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  the 
county. 

James  B.  Collins,  a  successful  farmer  and  fine  stock-raiser,  is  an 
only  child  of  George  P.  and  Minerva  (Dunn)  Collins.  The  father 
was  horn  in  Morefield,  Harrison  Co.,  Ohio,  about  the  year  1833;  hav- 
ing acquired  a  good  education,  he  was  married  when  twenty  years  of 
age.  Afcer  his  marriage  he  lived  on  a  farm  and  operated  a  saw-mill 
in  connection  with  his  farming,  continuing  thisforsome  time;  he  then 
moved  with  his  family  to  Belmont  county,  locating  at  Belmont  Ridge. 
In  February,  1865.  lie  ottered  his  services  to  Ids  country  by  enlisting 
in  Company  11,  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-fifth  regiment  (duo  volun- 
teer infantry,  under  Capt.  Bell;  lie  served  until  the  following  Septem- 
ber, when  he  received  his  honorable  discharge,  lie  was  one  of  four- 
teen children  born  to  George  and  Eliza  C.  Collins.  J  lis  grandmother 
was  born  in  1803,  and  died  March  23,  iSqo.  Minerva  (Dunn)  Collins 
was  a  daughter  of  James  and  Harriet  (Pong)  Dunn,  of  Irish  descent. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Collins  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  Mr.  Collins  is  also  a  member  of  Post  No.  15,  G.  A.  R. 
Fie  is  a  resident  of  Harrison  county,  where  he  is  operating  a  farm 
with  much  success,  although  now  well  along  in  years.  James  IP  Col- 
lins was  born  and  raised  on  a  farm  in  Belmont  county.  He  obtained 
a  common  school  education,  and  October  3,  1878,  took  unto  himself 
in  marriage  Miss  Jennie  Price,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Agnes  (Bethel1) 
Price.  John  Price  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  and  his  wife,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Bethel,  was  a  native  of  Harrison  county.  The  union  has 
been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  three  children:  an  infant,  born  March  24, 
1SS0,  died  when  but  a  few  hours  old;  Lawrence  \Y.,  born  January  28. 
1SS2,  and  an  infant  born  January  24,  iSqo.  Mr.  Collins  is  a  member 
of  the  Sons  of  Veterans.  "  The  farm  and  stock  owned  by  Mr.  Collins 
are  unsurpassed  in  quality  by  anything  of  their  kind  in  the  county. 

Frank  M.  Cowen  is  a  son  of  one  of  the  most  distinguished  lawyers 
who  has  ever  practiced  at  the  Belmont  county  bar.  Judge  D.  IX  I  . 
Cowen,  his  father,  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  Sprague  Cowen,  a  noted 
jurist  and  statesman,  of  the  same  county,  judge  Cowen's  father  and 
mother  were  natives  of  Washington  county,  N.  Y.,  whence  they  re- 
moved to  Ohio  in  1825,  settling  in  Harrison  county,  where  Judge 
Cowen  was  born  January  20,  1826.  A  few  years  later  his  family  re- 
moved to  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  where  his  early  education  was  acquired 


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in  the  public  school  and  at  Brooks  institute,  of  that  place,  his  father 
being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  latter  institution.  I  lis  classical  train- 
ing was  received  under  the  tutelage  of  Doctor  McBane,  of  Cadiz, 
Ohio;  later  he  studied  medicine  and  surgery  with  his  uncle,  Dr.  Syl- 
vanus  Wood,  of  Cadiz,  and  Dr.  John  Alexander,  of  St.  Clairsville. 
He  did  not  study  medicine  with  the  intention  of  practicing  it,  how- 
ever, but  with  the  idea  of  gaining  a  broader  and  more  comprehensive 
education,  and  as  preparatory  to  the  practice  of  law.  11  is  chosen  pro- 
fession was  the  law,  and  under  the  wise  guidance  of  his  eminent 
father,  and  his  father's  partner,  Hugh  J.  Jewett,  afterward  president 
of  the  Erie  railroad,  he  was  fitted  for  the  bar,  being  admitted  to  the 
bar  by  the  supreme  court  of  Ohio,  January  20,  1.S47.  After  his  admis- 
sion to  the  legal  ranks.  Judge  Cowen  began  to  practice  at  St.  Clairs- 
ville, and  soon  attained  a  high  standing  at  the  bar  of  Belmont  count)-, 
which,  since  its  organization,  has  been  in  high  repute  on  account  of 
the  great  number  of  exceptionably  able  men  who  have  practiced 
there.  Notable  among  which  are  such  men  as  William  Kennon,  Sr.; 
William  Kennon,  Jr.;  John  M.  Goodenow,  Ex-Governor  Wilson 
Shannon,  W.  B.  Hubbard,  Carlo  C.  Carrol,  Benjamin  S.  Cowen. 
Hugh  J.  Jewett,  and  many  others  of  marked  ability.  In  time  Judge 
Cowen  came  to  be  the  recognized  leader  of  this  association  of  leaders, 
and  practiced  in  all  of  the  courts  of  that  section  and  in  the  supreme 
court  of  Ohio.  Soon  after  the  commencement  of  hostilities  between 
the  Xorth  and  South  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant  colonel  of  the 
Fifty-second  regiment  of  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  of  which  Daniel 
McCook  was  colonel.  That  officer  being  assigned  to  the  command 
of  a  brigade,  the  command  of  the  regiment  devolved  upon  Colonel 
Cowen.  He  participated  in  all  of  the  engagements  in  which  his  regi- 
ment was  involved,  until  the  sad  news  of  his  wife's  failing  health 
forced  him  to  resign  his  commission  and  return  to  her  to  whom  he 
owed  his  first  allegiance.  Tendering  his  resignation  he  was  honorably 
discharged  in  February,  1 S63.  On  his  return  home  he  was  made 
chairman  of  the  military  committee  of  Belmont  county,  of  which 
Judge  William  Kennon,  Judge  Kelley  and  Benjamin  S.  Cowen  were 
members.  Mr.  Cowen  was  the  prosecuting  attorney  of  Belmont 
county  from  1852  to  1S5S,  he  also  served  as  clerk  and  mayor  of  St. 
Clairsville,  and  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  and  the 
board  of  school  examiners  from  1S54  to  tS62.  at  which  time  he  re- 
signed to  enter  the  army.  Judge  John  Okey  resigning  as  common 
pleas  judge.  Colonel  Cowen  was  made  his  successor,  serving  the  re- 
mainder of  the  term.  Judge  Cowen's  superior  abilities  were  recog- 
nized by  his  selection  as  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention  of 
1S75,  receiving  a  majority  of  2,500  votes  in  a  county  about  evenly 
divided  politically.  Judge  Cowen  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife- 
being  Hannah  Frances  Martin,  and  his  second  espousal  being  to  Anna 
Martin,  her  sister.  He  was  the  father  of  twelve  children,  from  its 
organization  he  was  the  president  of  the  First  National  bank  of  St. 
Clairsville.  April,  18S4,  this  distinguished  man  passed  away  to  his 
eternal    rest,  his  death    causing  a  sorely  felt   vacancy  in    the   county. 


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[STORY    OF   TIIK    UPPEK 


Frank  M.  Cowen  was  born  February  4,  1855,  in  Belmont  county,  and 
his  boyhood  days  were  passed  in  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  attended 
the  common  schools  until  lie  was  fourteen  years  of  aye,  at  which  time 
he  went  to  live  with  an  untie,  Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
That  gentleman  receiving  the  appointment  of  assistant  secretary  of 
the  interior,  Mr.  Cowen  was  given  a  first-class  clerkship  in  the 
Pension  bureau,  at  Washington  city,  which  office  he  filled  acceptably 
until  he  resigned  for  the  purpose  of  attending  college.  He  entered 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  university  at  Delaware,  Ohio.  After  leaving  col- 
lege, Mr.  Cowen  returned  to  St.  Clairsville,  and  on  the  completion  of 
the  study  of  law,  and  his  admission  to  the  bar,  entered  into  a  partner- 
ship with  his  father.  He  remained  there  until  the  opening  of  the 
Flushing  bank  in  1884;  he  then  removed  to  Flushing  with  his  family, 
having  accepted  the  position  of  cashier  of  that  institution.  He  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Kate  Meyer,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Katherine  Meyer.  Their  marriage  has  been  crowned  by  the  birth  of 
one  child,  a  bright  little  girl,  who  was  born  May  30,  1881.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Cowen  are  both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of 
Flushing.  Mr.  Cowen  is  a  member  of  the  town  council,  president 
of  the  Gallaher  tool  manufacturing  company,  and  secretary  of  the 
Building  and  Loan  association  of  Flushing,  and  in  those  as  well  as 
in  his  position  of  cashier  of  the  bank,  he  holds  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  community  at  large,  being  a  financier  of  much  ability. 
This  building  and  loan  association,  organized  by  the  efforts  of  Mr. 
Cowen  and  other  gentlemen  in  the  spring  of  '88,  by  limiting  its  divi- 
dends to  a  low  rate,  and  by  a  system  of  rebating  excessive  earnings 
to  its  borrowers  originated  by  Mr.  Cowen,  certainly  is  one  of  the 
most  liberal  and  equitable  institutions  of  that  character  in  the  state,  and 
its  beneficial  results  are  already  felt  and  appreciated  in  that  community. 
While  living  at  St.  Clairsville,  he  was  town  clerk  and  secretary  of 
their  building  association,  and  he  was  also  honored  by  his  associates 
with  the  position  of  captain  of  the  St. .Clairsville  Light  Guards,  which 
company  in  a  competitive  drill  at  Marietta,  in  the  summer  1S7S.  re 
ceived  the  second  prize  for  proficiency  in  drill;  their  captain  after- 
ward received  a  letter  from  the  late  lamented  General  Cooke,  of  the 
United  States  army,  a  judge  at  that  drill,  congratul 
command  for  their  admirable  discipline  and  exhib' 
in  high  terms  of  the  Ohio  National  Guard  in  gener; 
Abijah  B.  Fisher  is  one  of  the  rising  young  farmer 
of  Belmont  county,  having  a  fined)'  improved  farm 
which  he  operates  after  the  most  approved  and 
His  stock  is  of  the  finest  breeds  and  is  gaining  hii 
tation.  Mr.  Fisher  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Eve 
maiden  name  was  Lacker.  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Lisher 
of  Belmont  county,  Mr.  Fisher  being  an  old  and  re 
citizen  of  that  county.  Abijah  lived  on  his  fathc 
his  schooling  from  tin-  common  schools  in  the  vie 
January  4,  1SS1,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Derotha 
of  John  and  Sarah  Wilkins,  who  were  born  inYirgi 


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Ohio  in  their  childhood.  Four  children  have  come  of  this  marriage: 
Charley  S.,  born  August  21,  1882;  Ethel  R.,  born  January  10,  1884; 
Elsie  A.,  born  January  1  1,  18S6,  and  John  W.,  born  September  :,  1.887. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fisher  are  both  active  communicants  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  Mr.  Fisher  is  a  class  leader  and  trustee, 
being  one  of  the  most  aggressive  church  workers  in  the  community. 
John  Wilkins  was  born  in  Virginia,  but  removed  to  Ohio  in  his  child- 
hood; his  wife,  Sarah  McCollough,  was  born  in  Ohio.  John  Wilkins 
enlisted  in  the  late  war  and  died  in  the  hospital  at  Nashville,  Tennes- 
see, in  April,  1864. 

Mrs.  Rachel  Fisher  is  a  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Phcebe  (Kirk)  Hol- 
lingsworth,  natives  of  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania,  respectively.  Isaac 
Hollingsworth  came  to  Ohio  with  his  parents  when  he  was 
four  years  old;  the  family  'located  in  Flushing  where  Isaac 
received  as  much  schooling  as  was  obtainable  in  those  days  to 
people  in  moderate  circumstances.  When  he  was  thirty  years 
of  age  he  married  Miss  Phcebe  Kirk,  and  they  founded  a 
home  in  Flushing  township.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hollingsworth 
were  members  of  the  Hicksite  Society  of  Friends.  By  hard  work 
the  husband  accumulated  a  good  property  which  he  left  his  widow  on 
his  death,  May  2,  1S74.  The  wife  died  February  5,  1877.  '1  die  man 
and  wife  lie  side  by  side  in  the  Friends'  cemetery  at  Flushing. 
Rachel  was  born  December  12,  1835,  living  with  her  parents  until 
her  marriage  in  October,  1876,  to  Samuel  Fisher,  a  son  of  Barreck 
Fisher,  of  Frederick  county,  Va.  Samuel  Fisher  came  to  Ohio  with 
his  widowed  mother  and  commenced  farming  upon  the  same  property 
where  his  widow  now  lives.  lie  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  town- 
ship, having  been  township  trustee,  and  also  a  member  of  the  board 
of  the  Uniontown  pike.  He  left  a  farm  in  the  highest  state  of  culti- 
vation, the  property  consistingof  nearly 400  acres.  He  wasalso  a  very 
successful  sheep  raiser.  His  death  occurred  February  3.  1S86,  and 
the  sad  event  cast  a  gloom  over  the  entire  community,  as  his  life  of 
probity  and  kindness  had  won  him  many  friends. 

Edward  E.  Hobson  is  one  of  six  children  born  to  Stephen  and  Mar- 
garet Hobson.  The  former  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  ami 
the  latter  in  Belmont  county,  same  state.  The  father  died  in  July, 
1S87,  at  the  age  of  fifty-seven  years.  Their  children  are:  Rebecca, 
died  in  18S9;  Edward,  Joseph,  a  prominent  physician  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio;  Alice,  died  in  1886;  Mary  and  Clarence,  both  living  with  their 
mother.  Edward  E.  was  born  March,  i860,  and  was  raised  in  Flushing, 
where  his  father  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for  twenty- 
five  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Hobson  we're  members  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends,  and  the  family  were  members  of  the  same  by  birth- 
right. Edward  obtained  a  good  education,  spending  two  terms  at  the: 
Friends  college,  of  Barnesville,  in  connection  with  other  schooling. 
After  leaving  college  he  entered  his  father's  store  and  continued  in 
this  business  until  1N80,  since  which  time  he  has  been  engaged  exclu- 
sively in  the  wool  business.  Mr.  Hobson  has  been  buying  and  selling 
wool  more  or  less  since  187S,  but  since-  he  has  given  his  time  solely  to 


504  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

this  interest,  he  has  increased  his  business  until  in  the  past  year  In- 
bought  the  enormous  quantity  of  135,000  pounds  ol  wool.  In  May, 
1885,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Alma  Mills,  a  daughter  of  Elias 
and  Mary  (Brown)  Mills.  Two  children  are  the  issue  of  this  union: 
Harold  A.,  born  April  3,  1SS6,  and  Francis  II.,  born  June  30,  1889. 
Mr.  Ilobson  is  thoroughly  informed  in  all  the  details  of  his  business. 
and  is  rapidly  coming  to  the  front  as  one  of  the  largest  wool  dealers 
of  the  state.  Mrs.  Ilobson  is  a  communicant  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  of  Flushing,  and  both  she  and  her  husband  are  promi- 
nent in  the  cultivated  circles  of  Flushing  and  vicinity. 

John  A.  Ilobson,  M.  IX,  is  one  of  six  children  born  to  Thomas  and 
Unity  Ilobson;  the  former  was  born  1812  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio, 
and  spent  his  early  life  in  teaching  school  in  the  old  pioneer  log  school- 
house  in  Jefferson  count)-,  Ohio,  llis  ambition  was  to  become  a 
physician,  and  at  one  time  he  had  all  his  arrangements  made  for  com- 
mencing the  study  of  his  chosen  profession,  but  the  sickness  ol  his 
father  compelled  him  to  abandon  his  project.  The  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Dorothy  Johnson,  and  was  born  in  Loudon 
count>',  Ya.,  in  1811.  She,  with  her  father  and  mother  and  her  twin 
sister,  rode  on  horseback  from  Loudon  count)- to  Columbiana  count)-, 
Ohio,  in  the  year  1812,  the  parents  each  carrying  one  of  the  chil- 
dren. The  family  were  Quakers  as  far  back  as  they  can  be  traced. 
Their  children's  names  are:  Benjamin  J.,  Mar)-  C,  wife  of  Thomas 
Conrow,  a  resident  of  blushing  township:  Sarah  Ann,  who  resides 
with  John  Movie,  an  uncle,  of  Columbiana  county,  Ohio;  Dorothy, 
widowof  John  Stratton,  the  organizerof  thelarge  grist-mil!  at  Flushing; 
since  his  death  she  has  been  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  Friends'  semi- 
nary, at  Barnesville,  being  the  principal  of  the  same;  John  A.,  and  Be- 
linda, wife  of  foseph  Binns,  a  resident  of  I  larrisville,  (  >hio.  Dr.  Ilobson 
was  born  in  1849  in  Jefferson  count)-,  Ohio.  Mis  boyhood  was  spent 
in  the  common  schools  and  in  working  upon  his  father's  farm.  When 
he  was  four  or  five  years  of  age  his  father  removed  to  Washington 
county  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  entered  the  Friends'  seminary 
at  Mt.  Pleasant.  Having  chosen1  medicine  as  his  vocation  in  life,  he 
studied  for  three  years  with  Smith  Branson,  M.  D.,  of  Chester  Hill, 
Morgan  count)-,  Ohio;  lie  then  entered  the  Miami  medical  college  at 
Cincinnati,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1872;  at  two  different 
times  he  was  a  student  at  the  New  York  Polyclinic.  After  leaving 
college  he  settled  at  Plymouth,  Ohio,  remaining  for  one  year, he  then 
removed  to  Flushing,  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  and  hash)- his  undoubted 
skill  and  integrity  won  for  himself  an  enviable  reputation  and  prac- 
tice. In  1873  he  married  Miss  Martha  II.  Branson,  by  whom  In-  has 
had  four  children:  Mary  Bertha,  born  April  20,  1874,  died  February  25, 
1877;  Emma  Gertrude,  born  August  10.  1876;  Anna  Sarah,  born 
November  4.  1878,  and  James  David,  born  November  17,1884.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hobson  art:  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  the  for- 
mer is  also  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  society;  he  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Belmont  County  Medical  society,  in  the  re-organization 
of  which  he  was  prominently  identified.     lie  has,  since  the  comple- 


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tion  of  the  C,  L.  <!v  W.  R.  R.,  served  as  surgeon  of  the  road  with  sat- 
isfaction. 

Hon.  Isaac  Holloway  was  born  in  the  southern  part  of  Virginia,  earn 
Fredericksburgh,  Stafford  county.  December,  1805,  being  one  of  two 

children  born  to  Nathan  and  Anna  Holloway.  Air.  Holloway  was 
reared  on  the  paternal  farm.  Had  few  school  privileges.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  he  came  on  horse-back  across  the  mountains  into  Ohio, 
locating  in  Flushing  township.  In  that  day  this  was  a  long  and  tedi- 
ous journey,  and  the  end  of  it  was  considered  a  great  ways  west.  Mr. 
Holloway  taught  school  until  he  entered  the  mercantile  business  at 
Rock  Hill.  By  strict  honesty  and  a  determined  purpose  to  win  he 
came  to  be  one  of  the  most  respected  citizens  of  the  township.  After 
some  time  spent  in  business  at  Rock  Hill  he  removed  to  Flushing, 
which,  at  that  time,  was  a  very  small  town,  here  he  opened  a  general 
store  and  continued  the  mercantile  business  until  his  death.  He  also 
was  quite  extensively  interested  in  land  investments,  being  successful 
in  this,  as  well  as  in  other  enterprises.  Mr.  I  lolloway  had  accumulated 
a  large  property  at  the  time  of  his  death.  When  he  srarted  teaching 
he  was  possessed  of  just  i2'_>  cents,  and  like  nearly  all  self-made 
men,  so-called,  he  was  systematic  in  all  his  arrangements,  regular  in 
his  habits,  and  economical  in  his  expenditures.  He  served  in  the 
Ohio  state  senate  in  the  sessions  of  1858  and  '59,  and  major  of  Ohio 
militia.  For  thirteen  years  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  his  de- 
cisions were  never  reversed.  He  died  July  23,  1885,  being  sick  only  a 
short  time.  In  May,  1850,  he  was  married  to  Ann  Fli/a  Norton,  who 
now  survives  him,  residing  ill  the  comfortable  home  which  he  left  her 
in  Flushing.     By  a  previous  marriage  Mr.  Holloway  had  three'  child- 

''•     ren,  they  are:   Mrs.  Atkinson,  Otho  and  Xathan,  the  latter  a  resident 
of  Canton;  Ohio.     Mr.  1  lolloway's  parents  were  members  of  the  Bap- 

v-  1    tist  church,  and  he  was  reared  under  that  pursuasion. 

Daniel  Wheeler  Huff;  is  one  of  nine  children  born  to  Daniel  and 
Nancy  (Vanpelt)  Huff.  The  children  are:  Juliet,  deceased;  Mary, 
wife  of  Lewis  Wood,  of  Spiceland,  Ind.;  Sarah,  wife  of  Samuel  Bran- 
son, living  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  John,  deceased;  Mahlon,  who  went 
west  about  i860,  and  has  not  been  heard  from  since  1885;  Aaron; 
Phoebe,  deceased;  Jesse,  a  resident  of  Belmont  county,  and  Daniel. 
Daniel  I  luff,  Sr.,  was  a  son  of  Daniel  Huff  who  moved  to  Ohio  from 
South  Carolina  with  his  family  about  the  year  1790,  settling  in  High- 
land county;  his  wife,  Nancy,  was  a  daughter  of  John  Vanpelt,  who 
came  from  Virginia  and  settled  in  Belmont  county.  Ohio.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Huff  were  married  in  Highland  county,  where  the  former  died 
in  1866;  the  latter  died  in  1875  at  Spiceland.  Ind.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Huff  were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  One  of  the  sons  ren- 
dered valiant  service  to  his  country  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  1  lighland  county  in  1842.  and 
his  boyhood  was  spent  on  the  farm  and  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
township.  When  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  married  Miss  Rachel 
Cannon,  the  ceremony  taking  place  February  11,  [864.  Mrs.  1  lull  is 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Lydia  (Mercer)  Cannon,  the  father  was  born 


5°6  HISTORY    OK   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

in  Harrison  county,  where  he  lived  during  his  lifetime;  the  mother 
was  born  and  lived  in  Ohio  all  her  life.  Mr.  Cannon  was  born  Janu- 
ary 16,  1799,  and  died  in  1855;  his  wife  was  born  June  7,  1807,  and  died 
in  18S7,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huff  are  the  parents  of  six  children- 
Charles  S.,  born  March  16,  1865;  William  E.,  December  25,  iK6--' 
Whiticere,  March  24,  1869;  Sarah,  March  14,  1872;  Grace  M.,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1874;  and  Lydia  K.,  May  20.  1877.  Mrs.  Huff  is  an  active 
member  ot  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  while  Mr.  Huff  holds  a 
birthright  from  the  Society  of  Friends.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huff  have  a 
host  of  friends,  and  are  thoroughly  respected  by  all  with  whom  they 
come  in  contact.  Mr.  Huff  is  a  very  successful  liveryman  and  dealer 
in  horses.  All  ol  the  children  live  at  home  with  the  exception  of 
William,  who  married  Miss  lola  Shepherd, and  has  a  home  of  hisown. 

Frank  M.  Judkins,  the  senior  partner  in  the  firm  engaged  in  the  pub- 
lication of  the  Flushing  News-Advertiser,  is  a  son  of  J.  P.  and  Eliza- 
beth Judkins,  was  born  September  4,  1848.  He  was  married  Febru- 
ary 25,  1S69,  to  Miss  L.  Ada  Hollingsworth,  daughter  of  Elihu  and  L.  A. 
Holhngsworth.  They  have  four  children:  Clyde  H.,  the  oldest,  is  the 
junior  member  of  the  Advertiser  firm,  and  a  member  of  the  class  of 
'91.  m  the  classical  department  of  Scio  college.  Anna  Maude,  the 
second  child,  is  a  member  of  the  class  of  '90  in  the  Flushing  high 
.school.  She  is  also  an  elocutionist  of  some  merit.  The  other^chikl- 
ren.  Wheeler  E.  and  Rae  D.,  boys  of  sixteen  and  fourteen  years,  are 
members  of  the  high  school,  and  during  vacation,  can  "set  "'the  news- 
paper with  ease  and  dispatch.  Their  home  is  on  Spring  street.  Mr. 
Judkins  has  succeeded  in  making  his  journal  one  of  the  best  local 
papers  in  the  county,  wielding  a  strong  influence  for  morality  and  the 
material  prosperity  of  the  community. 

Thomas  W.  Kirk,  an  enterprising  merchant  of  Rock  Dili,  Belmont 
Co.,  Ohio,  is  the  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  lane  Kirk.  The  former 
Avas  born  m  1837,  and  married  October  1.  "1858,  being  the  father  of 
seven  children:  Anna  L.,  born  August  19.  1859;  Thomas  W.,  born 
February  15,  1S62;  Flora  L.,  born  January  17.  1866,  died  March  25, 
1873;  James  E.,  born  September  2=,,  1871,  died  March  5,  187 3; 
George  13.,  born  January  9,  1S76;  Chester  C,  born  August  i,  187S,  and 
Robert  J.,  born  September  4,  1880.  Thomas  W.  was  brought  up  in 
his  father's  family,  attending  school  in  Flushing,  and  later,  graduating 
from  the  Zanesville  Business  college.  He  married  Miss  Louie  E. 
Judkins.  April  20,  1887.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  E.  and  Lucinda 
(Vance)  Judkins.     One  child   has  come  of  this  mariage,  Brenton  S., 

V?rr,  °,VCml)er  l~'  t8S8,  Mr'  a,ul  Mrs-  Kirk  are  active  members  of 
the  Flushing  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  are  very  popular  with 
their  many  friends  and  acquaintances,  Mr.  Kirk  being  regarded  as 
one  of  the  most  promising  young  business  men  in  the  county.  Mrs. 
Kirk's  grandfather  came  to  Ohio  from  Virginia  at  a  very  early  date, 
living  to  be  eighty-five  years  of  age;  he  and  his  wife  now  sleep  side 
by  side  in  the  Rock  Hill  cemetery.  The  family  have  been  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  settlement  and  growth  of  Belmont  county. 
Mr.   Kirk    is   a    member   of   Flushing  lodge,  Xo.  201,  of  the  K.  of  P., 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  507 

Uniform  Rank,  No.  92,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity, Flushing  lodge,  No.  298. 

George  S.  Latham,  horn  August  21,  1823;  Robert  A.,  born  Novem- 
ber 26,  1S07,  died  November,  1865;  Sarah,  born  March  14,  1809, 
widow  of  Alexander  Johnson;  Lucinda,  born  September  18,  1810, 
wife  of  Rev.  Lewis  II.  Davidson;  Mary,  born  May  8,  1 812,  widow  of 
C.  G.  Kenned}-;  Anne,  born  July  2,  1814;  Fanny,  born  Februarys, 
1817,  died  in  1853;  John,  born  April  12,  1819,  a  prominent  resident  of 
Harrison  county,  Ohio,  having  represented  his  district  in  the  state 
legislature,  and  also  having  served  as  count)'  commissioner,  and 
Elizabeth,  born  May  30,  1S21,  died  in  1865,  these  arc  the  children 
which  were  born  to  John  and  Lucy  Latham.  The  father  was  a 
native  of  Virginia,  as  was  also  his  wife;  they  came  to  Ohio  and  settled 
in  Belmont  county,  about  a  mile  from  the  place  where  George 
Latham  now  resides  in  Flushing  township,  in  the  year  1814.  Mr. 
Latham  commenced  to  work  on  a  farm  after  his  settlement  in  Ohio, 
continuing  in  this  until  he  had  saved  enough  to  buy  property  of  his 
own.  I  le  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  lived  his  whole  life  as  a  man 
of  integrity  and  purity.  Mr.  Latham  passed  to  his  reward  in  1835; 
his  widow  survived  him  until  1876,  when  she  too  was  laid  to  rest,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  ninety-eight  years.  She  drew  a  pension  from 
the  government  as  the  wife  of  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812.  John 
Latham  married  Lucy  Ross,  January  1,  1S07.  George  Latham  was 
reared  on  the  farm  with  his  mother,  receiving  a  good  common  school 
education.  Arriving  at  the  years  of  manhood  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage September  4,  1845,  to  Elizabeth  Clevenger,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Clevenger,  of  Flushing  township.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Latham  have  had 
two  children,  Rachel  Anne,  born  May  20,  1847,  sne  's  now  the  wife  of 
William  Junkins.  of  Butler,  Harrison  county,  and  Taylor  J.,  born 
March  7,  1850,  died  March  14,  1875.  Mr.  Latham  and  his  family  are 
members  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Rock  Hill,  and  are  held  in  high 
esteem  by  the  community  in  which  they  live.  Mr.  Latham  has  served 
with  distinction  as  a  township  trustee  for  years,  and  is  accounted  one 
of  the  most  successful  agriculturist-' in  the  county. 

Frank  Mead  is  a  prosperous  farmer  and  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Flushing  township,  of  which  he  was  a  trustee  for  four  years,  In-  has 
also  served  with  great  credii  to  himself  as  land  appraiser  of  the 
township,  and  has  always  been  true  to  himself,  to  his  friends  and  to 
the  political  faith  which  he  holds.  He  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the 
republican  party.  Mr.  Mead  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  and 
was  raised  on  his  father's  farm  in  that  county.  He  obtained  a  very 
good  education,  graduating  from  the  Iron  City  college,  of  Pittsburgh. 
After  leaving  college  he  taught  school  lor  eight  terms,  ami  when 
twenty-nine  years  of  age  was  married  to  Miss  Parley  M.  Collins, 
daughter  of  Zachafiah  and  Rachel  Collins.  The  former  was  born  in 
Maryland,  and  the  latter  was  of  English  extraction.  Mr.  Collins  died 
November  12,  1884.  His  widow  still  survives  him.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Collins  were  communicants  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and 
raised  their  family  in  that  faith.      Frank  Mead's  parents  were  Joseph 


508  HISTORY    OF -THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

and  Phoebe  G.  (Nichols)  Mead.  The  father  was  born  on  July  2,  1S11, 
and  died  August  1,  1884,  he  was  a  son  of  John  Mead,  a  native  of 
Loudon  county,  Ya.;  the  mother  was  born  May  14,  1821,  and  died 
August  24,  1881.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Nichols, 
both  natives  of  Virginia.  Their  children  are:  William  T.,  Joseph  J.. 
Charles  E.,  deceased;  Mary  E.,  deceased,  was  the  wife  of  Isaac  \V. 
Haines;  Cornelia  M.,  wife  of  Leander  Vickers;  Frank  J.,  Phoebe, 
Alice,  Pineous  E.  and  Archie  R.,  deceased.  Thsse  parents  were 
married  about  1839.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Mead  are  earnest  com- 
municants of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  Flushing,  and  are 
very  influential  people  in  the  community.  Mr.  Mead  has  a  finely  cul- 
tivated farm  of  ninety-eight  acres  and  carries  on  a  general  farming 
business.  His  children  are:  Maud  R.,  born  October  22,  1883,  and 
Lulu  Alice,  born  December  11,  1S85. 

Morris  Family  History.— The  first  member  of  this  family  that 
came  to  eastern  Ohio  was  Daniel  Morris,  who  came  to  Cadiz,  Ohio, 
from  West  Liberty,  \V.  Va.,  then  a  part  of  the  "old  Dominion."  in 
181 1,  and  built  a  cabin  at  the  corner  of  what  is  now  Marion  and  War- 
ren streets,  where  he  resided  until  1846,  when  he  removed  to  Monroe 
county,  Ohio,  where  he  died.  The  second  member  was  John  Mor- 
ris, Sr.,  son  of  James  Morris,  who  resided  in  West  Virginia,  opposite 
Marietta,  Ohio,  who  came  to  Cadiz,  Ohio,  in  1813,  he  also  being  from 
West  Liberty,  W.  Va.  He  resided  with  his  brother  Daniel  until  [816, 
when  he  married  Charlotte  Huff,  daughter  of  Joseph  I  luff, of  whom  we 
shall  treat  later,  and  moved  to  a  farm  one  mile  northeast  of  New 
Athens,  Ohio,  now  owned  by  Robert  McFarland,  where  he  resided 
until  1826.  During  this  residence  there  was  born  to  them  five  child- 
ren, namely:  Alexander,  Joseph,  Margaret,  John  (now  living  at  Mar- 
quette, Neb.),  and  a  daughter  who  died  in  infancy.  During  iS26_he 
sold  his  farm  and  purchased  another  from  the  heirs  of  Nicholas  Smith, 
situated  two  miles  west  of  New  Athens.  Here  he  removed  in  the 
early  autumn  of  1826.  During  this  residence  there  were  born  five 
more  children,  namely:  Mary  Ann.  Prudence  R.,  Philip  nod- 
ridge,  Charlotte  and  Elizabeth.  He  continued  to  reside  here  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  April  4.  1865,  caused  by  paralysis.  His 
widow  resided  sometimes  with  her  children  ami  sometimes  at  the  old 
home,  until  her  son  Joseph  removed  from  his  farm  near  Mushing,  to 
a  farm  near  1  lopedale,  Ohio,  in  1879,  when  she  removed  with  him  and 
remained  there  until  her  death,  December  S,  1884,  aged  eighty-eight 
years,  ten  months  and  five  days.  The  third  member  of  this  family 
connected  with  this  history,  was  Morgan  Morris,  brother  of  John  and 
Daniel,  who  came  to  New  Athens  township,  Harrison  Co.,  Ohio,  in 
1815,  and  there  resided  until  his  death;  his  descendants  living  in  the 
same  township  at  this  time,  1S90.  Joseph  Huff,  father  of  Charlotte 
Morris,  was  born  in  Virginia  about  1765,  and'at  the  age  of  four- 
teen ran  off  from  home  and  entered  the  American  army,  and  acted 
as  a  scout  until  the  war  closed,  ami  in  the  same  position  in  the  Indian 
wars  of  the  northwest  territory,  and  again  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
was  an  inveterate  hater  of  Indians  and  snakes,  having   acquired  his 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  509 

hatred  for  the  red  men  by  his  brother  Jack  and  his  entire  family  be- 
ing massacred  near  old  Warren  block  house  in  the  northeastern  cor- 
ner of  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  and  he  declared  vengeance  on  them 
and  kept  his  word.  When  Harrison  county  was  surveyed  by  Daniel 
Morris,  Muff  furnished  the  men  with  wild  meat,  for  which  service 
the  government  gave  him  a  quarter  section  of  land  where  Cadiz  now 
stands.  Me  died  three  miles  west  of  Westchester,  in  1841.  Joseph. 
eldest  son  of  John  Morris,  was  born  near  New  Athens,  Ohio,  March  16, 
1822,  being  the  third  child  of  John  Morris.  Sr.;  he  removed  with 
his  father  to  the  Smith  farm  in  1826,  and  remained  with  his  father 
until  March  9th.  1843,  when  he  married  Mary  Brock,  daughter  of 
George  S.  Brock,  when  he  removed  four  miles  west  of  New  Athens, 
on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  John  Morris,  eldest  son  of  Morgan  Mor- 
ris. Mere  he  resided  eight  years,  during  which  time  were  born: 
John  A.,  January  n,  1844,  now  living  near  Kennon,  Belmont  county, 
"Ohio;  Mary  E.  Charlotte,  June  27,  1847,  now  living  near  New 
Athens,  Ohio;  George  S.  Brock,  October  21,  1850,  now  living  in 
Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  being  one  ol  the  leading  physicians  of 
that  place.  During  April,  1857,  he  removed  to  the  farm  now 
owned  by  Jacob  Harris,  near  Flushing,  Ohio,  and  there  resided  two 
years,  and  then  again  removed  one  mile  west  to  the  farm  now  owned 
by  his  son  John  A.,  near  Kennon,  Ohio,  and  during  this  residence 
Luke  Y.  was  born  June  12,  1S54,  died  February  28,  1885,  at  blushing, 
Ohio,  and  in  1866,  he  again  removed  to  the  Harris  farm,  where  (  )cto- 
ber  2S,  1S73,  his  faithful  companion  departed  this  life,  aged  forty-seven 
years,  eight  months,  and  twenty-four  daw  After  her  death  he  resided 
mostly  with  his  son  John  A.,  until  February  14,  1875,  "hen  he  married 
Emma  Moore,  daughter  of  Cryus  Moore,  and  again  began  farming  at 
his  old  home,  where  he  continued  until  1879,  when  he  traded  farms 
with  Jacob  R.  Harris,  of  New  Hopedale,  and  removed  to  his  present 
home,  where  he  now  resides  (1S90)  being,  at  this  time,  sixty-eight 
years  of  age.  John  AT,  eldest  son  of  Joseph  Morris,  was  born  near  New 
Athens,  Ohio,  resided  with  his  father,  working  on  the  farm  insummer 
and  attending  school  in  winter  until  August,  [862,  when  he  enlisted  in 
the  war  of  the  rebellion,  serving  in  Company  15,  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-sixth  Ohio  Volunteer  infantry,  being  with  the  army  of 
the  Potomac,  Sixth  corps;  being  in  several  battles  until  the  Wilder- 
ness fight,  when  he  was  wounded  in  the  left  eye,  May  12,  1S64,  during 
Grant's  Banking  movements  at  Spottsylvania  Court  I  louse,  Va.  After 
being  wounded  he  remained  at  different  hospitals  for  about  one 
month  when  he  was  sent  home  on  furlough,  where  he  remained  but  a 
short  time,  then  reported  to  commanding  officer  at  Camp  Chase,  Ohio, 
then  was  sent  to  Camp  Dennison,  Ohio,  when  being  unfit  for  active 
field  service,  he  was  detailed  as  clerk  at  Kelton  Barracks,  Cincinnati. 
Ohio.  In  the  winter  of  1S64  and  1S65  lie  acted  as  sergeant  major  of  a 
portion  of  the  Thirty-seventh  Iowa  volunteer  infantry,  well  known  as 
the  "gray  beard  "  regiment;  then  by  special  detail  from  Gen.  Willich 
as  clerk.  In  May,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out.  After  remaining  on 
the  farm  a  year  or  two,  and  attended   a  mercantile  school   at  Colum- 


5IO  HISTORY    01-'   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

bus,  Ohio;  then  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Rock  Ilill  two 
years.  On  October  28,  1869,  he  married  Margaret  Avers,  daughter  of 
Philander  C.  Ayers,  and  since  that  time  has  resided  at  his  present 
residence  near  Kennon,  Ohio.  Meredith  1).  Morris,  only  child  of 
John  A.  Morris,  was  born  near  Rock  Ilill,  Kennon  postofhee,  Ohio, 
June  15,  1871,  began  attending  school  at  the  age  of  eight  years,  and 
continued  to  attend  the  country  school  until  fourteen  years  of  age, 
when  he  began  attending  Flushing  high  school  and  continued  two 
years,  when  he  attended  the  Belmont  county  teachers'  examination, 
and  secured  a  certificate  to  teach,  fie  shortly  afterward  began  teach- 
ing at  Egypt,  Kirkwood  township,  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  where  he 
taught  eight  months,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time,  being  offered 
better  wages  by  No.  1  school  board  of  Flushing  township,  accepting 
this  has  continued  up  to  the  present  time. 

James  Parks,  one  of  Belmont  county's  substantial  farmers,  and  a 
justice  of  the  peace  of  Flushing  township,  is  one  of  five  children  born 
to  John  B.  and  Annis  (Gillaland)  Parks.  The  children  are:  James, 
William  G.,  deceased;  Hiram  X.,  a  carpenter  of  Uricksville;  Adam  G., 
also  a  resident  of  Uricksville,  where  he  is  foreman  of  a  tile  factor)-; 
Sarah  E.,  deceased.  The  father  and  mother  were  married  in  Lafay- 
ette county,  Penn.,  about  the  year  1838.  After  marriage  he  worked 
at  the  carpenter's  trade  until  1845,  when  he  moved  with  his  family  "o 
Harrison  county,  Ohio,  where  he  bought  a  farm.  I  le  lived  there  until 
1S60,  when  he  removed  to  Belmont  county,  living  there  for  five  years; 
he  then  settled  in  Moreiield  village,  where  he  remained  until  his  death, 
December  30,  1S76.  The  mother  still  survives  him,  living  with  the 
children.  Kir.  and  Mrs.  Parks  were  members  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  brought  their  family  up  in  that  faith.  Mr.  Parks'  father,  James, 
was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  coming  to  Ohio  in  1S00.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Boyd,  also  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  James  Parks,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  was  born  January  3,  1840,  working  on  his  father's 
farm  in  the  summer  season;  he  attended  the  common  schools  during 
the  winter  months.  January  2,7,  1862,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Phebe  Alkire.  A  short  time  after  his  marriage  he  left  his  bride 
and  gave  his  services  to  his  country,  then  involved  in  the  civil  war. 
He  enlisted  for  three  years  in  Company  B.  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
sixth  regiment  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  fighting  in  their  ranks  until 
he  was  badly  wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Mayo,  1S63. 
He  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  hospital  March  to,  1S65. 
Returning  from  the  war  he  entered  the  mercantile  trade  at  Belmont 
Ridge.  Continuing  in  this  for  some  time  he  bought  a  farm  and 
enga.ged  in  farming,  fames  II.,  William  II..  Emma  J.,  Sarah  E., 
Mary  P.,  Charles  II.  and  Anna  I!.,  are  the  issue  of  his  marriage.  The 
mother  died  December  4,  iSSo,  much  beloved  and  mourned  by  all  who 
knew  her  as  a  friend.  For  his  second  wife  Mr.  Parks  chose  Sarah 
Fisher,  daughter  of  Samuel  ami  Eve  Fisher.  This  union  has  been 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  one  child,  Olive  R.,  born  July  23,  1SS4.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Parks  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  which 
Mr.  Parks  has  been  a  class-leader  for  fifteen  years.     He  is  also  a  mem- 


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ber  of  G.  A.  R.,  post  No.  315,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  very  highly 
thought  of  in  the  community. 

John  W.  Price  is  one  of  the  leading  agriculturists  and  citizens  of 
Holloway,  Ohio.  Mr.  Price  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  October  16, 
1849,  on  Ids  father's  farm,  and  attended  the  common  schools  of  his 
township  during  his  earl)-  life.  Reaching  the  years  of  manhood,  he 
married  Lucinda  J.  Brewer,  October  25,  1876.  Corella  lb,  born 
June  2,  1880,  is  the  fruit  of  this  marriage.  Mr.  Price  is  a  progressive, 
energetic  farmer,  and  has  met  with  very  gratifying  success.  lie  and 
his  wife  are  influential  members  of  the  Stillwater  Presbyterian  church. 
Mrs.  Price  is  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Brewer,  of  Belmont  county.  She 
was  born  Ma)-  29,  1853.  She  is  descended  from  an  old  and  honorable 
family.  Her  paternal  grandfather  was  Daniel  Brewer,  who  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  being  of  Dutch  descent.  The  maternal  grandfather 
was  Peter  Sncdeker,  who  was  also  of  Dutch  descent.  Airs.  Price's 
father  died  March  26,  1865.  His  wife  still  survives  him,  residing  with 
a  daughter  in  Belmont  county. 

Henry  Stanton  is  a  descendant  of  an  illustrious  family.  The  emi- 
nent lawyer,  citizen  and  statesman,  E.  M.  Stanton,  secretary  of 
war  during  the  trying  days  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  was  his 
cousin.  Edmond  and  Sarah  (Hoyle)  Stanton  were  his  parents.  The 
former  was  a  native  of  Belmont  count)-,  Ohio.  His  great-grand- 
mother migrated  from  North  Carolina  with  her  family  of  five  sons 
about  the  year  1S04  or  1805,  her  wagon  being  the  first  to  cross  the 
Ohio  river  at  Portland,  above  Wheeling,  \V.  Va.,  and  the  first  that 
came  over  that  route  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio.  Henry  Stanton's 
father,  who  was  a  farmer,  was  married  about  the  year  1842,  and  was 
the  father  of  six  children,  who  were:  Nathan,  died  in  infancy;  Re- 
becca, wife  of  Robert  Smith,  lived  in  Jefferson  count)-;  Tabitha,  who 
is  the  wife  of  John  F.  Davis,  now  living  in  Philadelphia;  Henry;  Ben- 
jamin, who  lives  near  Barnesville;  and  Daniel,  also  living  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Barnesville.  The  father  died  in  1851,  and  the  mother  in  1884. 
Henry  was  reared  by  his  stepfather,  Ezekiel  Bundy,  on  a  farm,  his 
father  dying  when  he  was  but  four  years  old.  I  le  received  the  aver- 
age education  given  in  the  common  schools,  and  attended  the  Friends 
seminar)-  at  Mount  Pleasant  for  two  winters,  afterward  learning  the 
machinist's  trade,  at  which  he  worked  for  three  or  four  years,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  time  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Davis  Stan- 
ton Planing  Mill  Company,  of  Barnesville,  being  connected  with  this 
company  for  four  years.  He  then  went  into  the  coal  business  in 
Barnesville,  and  in  1870  moved  to  Flushing,  where  he  has  since  been 
engaged  in  the  milling  business  with  Charles  Stratton.  having  by  hon- 
esty and  fair  dealing  built  up  a  profitable  business.  March  8,  1S71,  he 
married  Miss  Mar)-  Bailey,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  Bailey,  of  Belmont 
county.  One  child,  which  died  in  infancy,  is  the  result  of  this  mar- 
riage. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanton  .ire  members  of  the  Wilberite  branch 
of  the  Society  of  Friends. 

Charles  Stratton  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  D.and  Ellen  (Stanley)  Strat- 
ton.    The  former  was  a  native  of  Salem,  Columbiana  county,  and  the 


512  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

latter  of  the  same  place.  B.  1).  Stratton  was  a  cabinet-maker  during 
the  early  part  of  his  life,  but  afterward  engaged  in  the  milling  busi- 
ness. The  grandfather  of  Charles  was  a  native  of  New  Jersev.  B.  I). 
Strattondied  in  1879;  his  widow  survives  him,  living  near  Salem  with 
one  of  her  children.  Seven  children  were  born  to  these  parents: 
Ruth  Ann,  wife  of  Joseph  11.  Branson,  of  Media,  Penn.;  Abigail, 
married  Elisha  Llewellyn;  John  F.,  who  married  Dorothy  1  Iobson, 
died  in  1S78;  Charles,  Abram,  married  Hannah  D.  Brantingham,  lives 
in  Media,  Penn.;  Mary  Ellen  and  Sina.  The  latter  is  teaching  school 
in  Chester  county,  Penn.  Charles  obtained  a  good  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Friends  seminary  in  Chester  county,  Penn., 
attending  the  latter  school  during  one  winter.  Having  acquired  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  milling  trade,  he  started  in  the  business 
for  himself  when  twenty-five  years  of  age.  In  connection  with  his 
brother,  John  F.,  and  his  brother-in-law,  Joseph  11.  Branson,  he  built 
one  of  the  best  mills  in  the  county.  Since  the  death  of  his  brother, 
Mr.  Stratton  has  been  associated  in  business  with  Henry  Stanton,  and 
has  met  with  the  most  gratifying  success.  August  22,  1889,  Mr.  Strat- 
ton was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  French,  of  Salem,  Ohio. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  David  and  Eliza  M.  French.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stratton  are  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 

Jsaac  J.  Walker,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  I.  J.  Walker  &  Son. 
the  leading  furniture  dealers  and  undertakers  of  Flushing,  Ohio,  is  a 
son  of  Joel  and  Mary  (Moris)  Walker.  The  parents  were  married 
December  12,  1S20,  at  Newton,  Delaware  county,  Penn.,  and  in  1841, 
came  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio.  These  parents  had  eight  children, 
six  boys  and  two  girls.  Isaac  was  born  while  the  family  lived  in  York 
county,  Penn.,  in  1823.  Living  on  his  father's  farm,  he  received  a 
good  common  school  education,  and  afterward  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade,  then  served  his  time  as  an  apprentice  at  wagon  making  under 
the  instruction  of  Mr.  Casley,  of  Pleasant  Grove,  \fter  learning  his 
trade,  Mr.  Walker  came  to  Flushing,  and  at  once  went  to  work  at  his 
trade.  May  5,  1851,  about  two  years  after  his  removal  to  Flushing,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Angeline  Cannon,  l>y  whom  he  has  had  three 
children,  they  are:  John  C,  born  October  25,  1853,  married  Septem- 
ber 10,  1870,  to  Annie  E.  Bethel,  now  located  in  Kansas,  is  a  graduate 
of  the  Scio  college  and  a  minister  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church; 
Joel  P.,  born  September  7,  1857;  Mary  P.,  born  September  1,  1S63, 
married  to  Dr.  J.  E.  Barricklow,  September  10,  1883.  Mr.  Walker  has 
always  been  one  of  the  substantial,  popular  men  of  the  town.  After 
he  gave  up  the  wagon  business,  Mr.  Walker  engaged  in  the  furniture 
and  undertaking  business,  taking  his  son  Joel  into  partnership  with 
him.  'Phis  firm  came  into  existence  in  1SS0,  and  has  since  di^nc.  the 
largest  business  in  its  line  in  that  section  of  the  county.  The  son  is  a 
practical embalmer,  holding  a  certificate  from  Prof.  John  Sullivan,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  whose  lectures  he  attended  in  1888.  The  mother 
passed  to  her  reward,  May  2,  18X8,  leaving  the  great  vacancy  that  the 
loss  of  a  true  mother  and  wife  always  occasions  in  a  home.  She  was 
a  most  estimable  woman,  and  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Methodist 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.      ■  5 1 3 

Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Walker  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
For  four  terms  he  has  had  the  honor  of  filling  the  important  office  of 
town  treasurer. 

John  V.  Webster,  M.  D.,  is  an  eminent  physician  and  surgeon  of 
Belmont  county.  I  lis  preliminary  education  was  derived  from  the 
old  log  school-house  which  stood  near  his  father's  house.  He  after- 
ward entered  Hopedale  college  in  Harrison  count)-,  and  in  1870 
graduated  with  honor  from  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons.  After  graduation  he  came  to  Flushing  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  with  his  brother-in-law,  Dr.  Shooley.  Dr. 
Webster's  undoubted  skill,  and  consequent  success,  has  brought  him 
a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  is  at  present  the  proprietor  of  a 
drugstore  in  Flushing,  which  he  runs  in  connection  with  his  practice- 
In  iSS2  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  Flushing  township,  being  the  can- 
didate of  the  democratic  party,  he  was  elected  by  a  good  majority  in 
a  strong  republican  district.  Dr.  Webster  was  born  January  13,  1846, 
being  the  son  of  Naylor  and  Jemima  Webster,  both  natives  of  Chester 
county,  Perm.,  the  father  being  of  English  descent,  and  the  mother  of 
Scotch-English  descent.  These  parents  had  ten  children,  eight  of 
whom  are  living:  Abigail,  Sarah,  Hannah,  |ohn,  Mary.  Lydia, 
George,  Isabella,  living;  Mary  Ann  and  Samuel,  deceased.  The 
parents  came  to  Ohio  at  an  early  date,  about  1810  it  is  thought, 
although  the  exact  date  is  not  known.  Dr.  Webster  was  united  in 
marriage'  to  Miss  Minnie  Ik  Whitaker,  daughter  of  Hiram  and 
Alicenda  Whitaker,  who  were  natives  of  Virginia  and  Ohio,  respect- 
ively, in  1865.  Mrs.  Webster  was  born  in  1851.  One  child  has  been 
born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Webster:  Ella  T.,  born  June  11,  i860.  Both  the 
doctor  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
of  Flushing.  Mrs.  Webster  is  one  of  the  most  efficient  religious 
workers  in  the  community,  being  very  prominont  in  both  church  and 
Sunday-school  work.  Dr.  Webster  is  also  a  member  oi  lodge  Xo.  291, 
K.  of  P.,  and  of  lodge  208  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  being  a  past 
worshipful  master  of  the  same,  and  is  a  Knight  Templar. 

GOSHEN  TOWNSHIP. 

John  W.  Bently,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Uni 
county,  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  pioneei 
1  lis  grandfather  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  i 
father,  William,  and  mother,  Martha  Bently,  ' 
county,  W.  Va.,  where  John  W.  was  born  Febr 
he  was  twelve  years  of  age  they  removed  to  B< 
William  Bently  purchased  185  acres  of  land. 

and  the  mother  in  1884.  They  had  five  children  who  are  living: 
Mary,  wife  of  John  G.  McConnell,  of  Muskingum  county:  Solomon. 
who  married  Emily  Smith,  and  now  resides  in  Union  township;  \\  ill- 
iam,  who  married  Mary  Evans,  of  Marshall  county,  W.  Ya..  and  lives 
near  Barnesville;  John  W.  anil  Thomas,  who  married  Elizabeth 
Mitchell,  of  Richland  township.  fohn  W.  was  reared  .is  a  farmer, 
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and  is  now  the  owner  of  the  homestead.  A  part  of  the  house  he  occu- 
pies was  built  in  r S  i  5 ,  and  is  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  He  has 
been  an  industrious  and  hard  working  man.  and  has  the  esteem  and 
good  words  of  all.  lie  was  married  in  1874  to  Martha  A.  Gatts.  of 
Moundsville,  W.  Va.,  who  was  born  in  1S37,  of  parents  who  were 
natives  of  Virginia.  By  this  union  he  has  two  children,  Cora  M.  and 
John  II. 

Robert  W.  Bone,  ex-soldier  of  the  republic,  and  a  worthy  citizen  of 
Goshen  township,  Belmont  county,  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  Bone,  who 
was  born  in  Hampshire  county,  England,  in  [814.  In  1830,  the  latter 
came  to  America,  shipping  at  Portsmouth  on  a  sailing  vessel,  and 
making  a  trip  of  six  weeks  to  New  York.  From  there  he  proceeded 
to  Deersville,  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  and  he  subsequently  learned  the 
shoemaker's  trade  at  Cadiz,  where  he  lived  four  years.  He  then  set- 
tled at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Jefferson  county,  and  became  foreman  of  the 
shop  of  John  Hog.  There  he  was  married,  in  1837,  to  Leonora  Evans, 
whose  parents,  of  Welsh  descent,  came  from  Virginia,  in  1814.  Ben- 
jamin Bone  finally  went  into  business  with  Livermore  &  Spencer,  and 
at  the  end  of  two  years  opened  a  shop  of  his  own,  in  1852,  and  man- 
aged the  same  until  his  death,  December  1,  1877.  There  were  eleven 
children  in  his  family,  all  of  whom  are  living;  except  Hannah,  de- 
ceased, viz.:  Sarah  A.,  Josephine,  Robert  \Y.,  Pinkney,  Benjamin  P., 
Alfred  P.,  Nora,  Belle,  William  IP,  Mary.  Robert  "W.  learned  the 
trade  of  his  father,  but  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  he  entered 
the  Union  service,  first  on  the  receiving  ship  "  ClaraDolson,"  and  after- 
ward was  on  the  gun-boat "Tuscumbia,"  participating  in  the  running  of 
the  batteries  at  Vicksburg,  and  battle  of  Grand  Gulf.  In  January, 
1864,  he  re-enlisted  in  Company  P,  One  Hundred  and  Fourth  Ohio 
volunteer  infantry,  one  o(  the  finest  regiments  the  state  sent  out,  and 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  Buzzard  Roost,  or  Rock}-  Face  Ridge,  Re- 
saca,  Dallas,  New  I  lope  Church,  Atlanta,  Eutaw  Creek.  I  le  was  then 
in  the  Hood  campaign,  at  the  battles  of  Columbia,  five  days'  contin- 
ual fighting,  Franklin  ami  Nashville,  and  then  followed  Hood  to  the 
Tennessee  river,  took  a  boat  and  came  to  Cincinnati,  whence  he  went 
to  Alexandria,  and  by  ship  to  Fort  Fisher,  where  he  participated  in 
the  capture  of  Port  Anderson,  after  which  he  was  in  the  battle  of  Old 
Town  Creek, and  at  Wilmington, where  his  division  captured  an  entire 
brigade  of  confederates.  He  then  joined  in  the  movement  for  the 
relief  of  Gen  Cox,  at  Rinston,  and  then  at  Goldsborough  united  with 
Gen.  Sherman,  whence  they  proceeded  to  Raleigh,  and  from  there  the 
One  Hundred  and  Fourth  regiment  moved  to  Greensborough,  and 
was  at  Johnston's  surrender.  1  le  was  then  transferred  as  mail  messen- 
ger to  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-third  regiment.  On  Jul}-  17,  1S65, 
he  was  mustered  out  at  Salisbury,  X.  C,  and  discharged  at  Camp 
Chase,  Ohio,  after  which  he  returned  to  Mt.  Pleasant  and  worked  at 
his  trade  eleven  months.  In  Jul}',  1S66,  he  enlisted  in  the  regular 
arm}-,  and  served  twenty-five  months.  In  1867  he  had  command  of  a 
squad  of  men  who  went  to  Texas  and  brought  the  remains  of  Gen. 
Griffin,  and   Lieut.  Griffin,  his  son,  and  Col.  Taylor,  who  died  of  yel- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  5  I  5 

low  fever,  to  New  York.  In  August,  1868,  he  was  discharged  for 
disability,  and  came  to  Belmont  count)',  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided. He  was  married,  in  1871,  to  Iluldah  Dunn,  by  whom  he  has 
five  children:  Mary  L.,  Nettie  M.,  Frank  L.,  Harry  L.  and  Clara. 
Mr.  Bone  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  the  Ma- 
sonic order,  and  of  Robert  I  lilies,  G.  A.. R.,  post  No.  220,  at  Barnesville. 

James  A.  Burson.a  prominent  farmer  of  Goshen  township,  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  the  same  township  August  9,  1844.  1  le  is  the  son 
of  Cyrus  Burson,  who  was  born  in  Loudon  county,  Ya.,  in  1S1S. 
He  came  to  this  count}  in  1838  and  located  on  section  16,  where  he 
lived  seven  years,  then  going  to  his  native  place,  but  in  1859,  again 
making  his  residence  in  Belmont  county.  lie  was  married  to  Ann  C. 
Ecton,  of  Maryland,  and  they  had  eight  children:  fohn  \Y..  who  mar- 
ried Nellie  Davis,  of  Richmond,  Ya.,  and  is  a  government  clerk  at 
Washington;  Mary  E.,  wife  of  John  Dunn,  of  Warren  county,  Iowa; 
Hampton  C,  of  Warren  county,  Iowa;  Margaret  T.,  widow  of  Sam- 
uel Wright,  of  Iowa;  Faiinie,  wife  of  Berry  1  Iammontree,  a  railroad 
superintendent  living  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Howard,  living  with  his 
parents.  James  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  married  to  Martha 
Jane  Stewart,  who  was  born  August  4,  1843,  daughter  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Evans)  Stewart.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  Capt.  Charlesworth's 
company  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Ohio  regiment,  and  seved  three  years. 
He  was  in  the  battles  of  Bull  Pasture,  Cross  Keys,  Rapidan  River, 
Second  Bull  Run,  Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg,  etc.  At  Bull  Run  he 
was  taken  prisoner,  and  was  confined  two  months  in  Libby  prison  and 
five  and  a  half  months  at  Belle  Isle.  At  the  latter  prison  he  was  lost 
to  the  search  of  his  parents,  but  a  brother,  John,  who  was  in  the  confed- 
erate army,  found  him  in  an  almost  naked  condition,  and  assisted  him 
to  the  Union  lines.  I  le  was  discharged  at  1  lilton  I  leads  in  1S65.  He 
was  one  of  the  last  500  men  exchanged  during  the  rebellion.  Return- 
ing home  he  was  engaged  in  farming,  an  occupation  in  which  he  has 
prospered,  and  now  has  a  comfortable  home.  I  le  and  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  Christ's  church,  in  which  he  is  an  elder.  They  have  three 
children:  Harrv  C;  Hattie  S.,  wife  of  William  McKelsey,  and 
Frank  II. 

One  of  the  prominent  earl)'  settlers  of  Belmont  cOunty  was  Samuel 
Dunn,  who  was  born  February  15,  1805,  in  Maryland.  After  coming 
to  Belmont  count)-  he  took  a  contract  on  the  construction  of  the  Na- 
tional pike,  and  after  the  completion  of  his  work  contracted  for  the  sup- 
ply ol  material  for  the  repair  of  the  road,  and  was  overseer  of  a  gang  of 
men  until  1S50.  He  then  settled  in  Goshen  township,  and  purchased  a 
farm  of  108  acres  two  miles  south  of  Belmont,  where  he  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  days,  dying  in  1857.  lie  married  Catherine  Vail 
and  the\-  had  seven  children:  Nancy,  wife  of  John  W.  Fields,  a  large 
fanner  of  Logan  count)-,  Kas.;  Mary,  wife  of  Joseph  Henderson,  of 
West  Virginia;  Jemima,  deceased;  Samuel,  deceased;  Iluldah,  wife 
of  Robert  W.  Bone;  Taylor,  deceased;  and  Stephen.  Stephen  Dunn 
is  now  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Goshen  township,  lie  was 
born   in   Union   township,   November  4,    1838,   and   was   reared   as   a 


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farmer,  which  is  his  present  occupation.  During  the  war  he  engaged 
in  buying  horses  for  the  government,  and  afterward  he  was  occupied 
for  eighteen  years  in  shipping  stock  and  in  the  meat  trade.  1  le  then 
bought  his  farm  of  forty-five  acres  and  has  added  to  it  until  he  now 
has  a  well-improved  property  of  120  acres.  He  was  married  to  Louisa 
jane  Hedges,  who  was  born  October  15,  1840.  the  daughter  of  Darius 
Hedges,  and  his  wife,  Harriet  Casey.  Mr.  Dunn  has  seven  children 
living:  Charles,  who  married  Estella  Graham;  Etta,  wife  of  Jesse 
Ramsey;  Harry,  a  jeweler  of  Wheeling;  Archie,  Alva,  Daisy  and 
Olive.  Mrs.  Dunn  died  March  16,  1S85.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  has  been  steward,  class- 
leader  and  exhorter,  and  is  now  district  class-leader,  and  has  been 
an  Odd  Fellow  since  1864,  and  has  passed  the  chairs  of  Belmont 
lodge,  Xo.  277. 

Jeremiah  Field,  a  venerable  citizen  of  Belmont,  Belmont  county. 
Ohio,  was  born  in  Lancaster  county.  Penn.,  May  iq,  1 818.  He  is  the  son 
of  Vincent  Field,  who  was  born  in  the  same  county,  August  20.  1788, 
of  Irish  and  German  descent.  Jeremiah  Field  was  reared  m  Lan- 
caster count)'  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  then  in  com- 
pany with  his  father,  his  mother  having  died  several  years  previous. 
he  came  to  Ohio  in  the  fall  of  1837.  They  came  first  to  Belmont 
countv.  but  subsequently  removed  to  Guernsey  county,  where  the 
father  purchased  a  tract'of  160  acres  of  wild  land.  Alter  living  there 
six  years  he  sold  that,  and  bought  eighty  acres  partially  improved  in 
Belmont  county.  In  later  years  he  kept  hotel  in  Belmont  at  about 
the  time  that  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  road  was  extended  through  the 
county.  Two  other  children  were  born  to  Jeremiah  Field's  parents, 
a  brother  and  sister,  now  deceased.  He  also  has  a  half-brother,  now 
a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  in  Kansas.  On  February  2,  1841,  Mr.  Field 
was  married  to  Mary  Bush,  of  Harrison  county,  who  was  born 
December  11,  1S1S,  and  eight  children  were  born  to  them,  six  of 
whom  are  living:  Cassandra,  Christina,  Sarah  E.,  Caroline  A.. 
Isaiah  A.,  William  lb,  all  of  whom  are  residents  of  Belmont.  Mr. 
Field's  first  occupation  in  youth'  was  as  an  apprentice  to  a  carpenter 
for  three  years,  and  he  subsequently  followed  that  trade  six  years, 
afterward  engaging  in  farming  until  his  health  failed,  since  when  he 
has  led  a  retired  lite. 

Joseph  L.  Heed,  a  native  of  Belmont  county,  born  August  14,  1845, 
is  now  one  of  the  successful  farmers  of  that  district,  having  his  resi- 
dence in  Goshen  township.  His  grandfather,  Jonathan  Heed,  of  Eng- 
lish descent,  emigrated  to  Belmont  county  from  Pennsylvania  in  an 
early  day.  His  son,  Thornton,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  mention. 
was  a  prominent  farmer  and  stock  dealer.  1  le  married  Mary  Ann 
Irwin,  of  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  who  was  of  Irish  descent,  and  they 
have  had  five  children.'  One  of  these.  Jonathan,  was  a  volunteer  in 
the  Forty-third  Ohio  volunteers,  and  was  taken  sick  at  Pulaski,  Term., 
and  there  died.  The  father  of  these  children  died  in  1850.  Joseph  L. 
Heed  received  a  common  school  education  in  his  youth,  and  was  for 
a  time  engaged  in  teaching.     His  life  occupation,  however,   has  been 


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farming,  in  which  he  has  done  well,  having  now  a  good  farm  of  over 
eighty-two  acres  in  good  condition  and  a  comfortable  home.  Me  is 
a  worthy  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  has  passed  the  chairs  in 
his  lodge.  He  is.  in  politics,  a  republican,  and  lie  lias  held  some  of 
the  township  offices.  Mr.  Heed  was  married  to  Eliza  Jane  Porter- 
field,  of  Belmont  county,  whose  parents  still  live  in  the  count}-,  and  by 
this  union  he  has  live  children:  Dora  M.,  Anna  M.,  Charles  C, 
Albert  L.,  Royal.  Mrs.  Heed  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church. 

Nathan  Humphrey,  a  highly  esteemed  citizen  af  Goshen  township, 
Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Union  township,  that  count)-,  April  S, 
1S36.  He  is  the  son  of  William  Humphrey,  of  English  descent,  and 
his  wife,  Eliza  Jones,  who  died  when  her  son  Nathan  was  a  small  boy. 
The  father  is  still  living  upon  a  farm  near  Barnesville.  These  parents 
had  seven  children:  James  of  this  county,  Robert,  Love,  Eliza  Jane, 
wife  of  Mr.  Snellen,  the  last  three  residents  of  Iowa;  John  and  Xathan. 
Nathan  engaged  in  farming  in  his  youth,  and  when  the  war  broke  out 
he  became  a  volunteer  in  Company  E,  Ninety-eighth  regiment  of  Ohio 
volunteers,  under  Capt.  Cordner  and  Col.  Webster.  I  Ie  was  wounded 
at  Perrysvilie,  Ky.,  and  after  King  in  the  hospital  five  weeks,  was 
honorably  discharged  in  the  fall  of  1862.  He  lost  his  arm  in  his 
country's  cause,  and  receives  a  pension  of  $45  per  month.  On  his 
return  home  he  engaged  in  farming  and  now  owns  a  pleasant  place  of 
fifty-six  acres,  well  improved,  with  a  good  residence.  He  and  family 
are  members  of  the  Christian  church,  and  he  is  in  politics  a  strong 
republican.  Mr.  Humphrey  was  first  married  to  Ruth  Palmer,  of 
Monroe  count}-,  Ohio,  by  whom  he  had  four  children:  Chatwood, 
George,  William  and  Herman.  His  present  wifeisSarah  Jane  Jump. 
daughter  of  early  settlers  of  the  county,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has 
these  children:     Laura,  Alice,  Sarah  E.  and  Nettie. 

Thomas  B.  Jackson,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Belmont,  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  and  a  gallant  ex-soldier,  was  born  at  Centreville,  Bel- 
mont county,  August  g,  1S36.  He  is  the  oldest  son  of  John  Jackson, 
who  was  born  in  Washington  count)-,  Penn.,  in  1S09,  and  brought  by 
his  parents  to  Ohio  when  eleven  years  of  age.  He  followed  the 
trade  of  cabinet-maker  at  Centerville  until  his  death,  October  21,  1876. 
By  his  wife.  Rosanna  Pierce,  of  Williamsport,  Penn.,  he  had  five 
children:  Thomas  B.,  Malvina,  Geraldine,  Mary,  Yashti  and 
John  McM.  The  mother  died  August  28,  1S52.  Thomas  B.  enlisted 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years  in  Company  F,  Fifteenth  regiment 
Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  October  25,  1861,  under  Capt.  Amos  Glover 
and  Col.  Moses  R.  Dickey,  and  served  honorably  tour  years  and  one 
month.  He  was  with  his  regiment  in  twenty  battles,  and  was  under 
fire  fix- e  times  as  often.  He  participated  in  the  battles  of  Shiloh, 
siege  of  Corinth,  Stone  River,  where  he  was  captured  December  31, 
1861,  and  confined  in  Libby  prison  twenty-one  days.  On  being 
paroled  and  sent  to  Annapolis,  he  and  John  Piper  and  Lafayette 
Hess  marched  200  miles  over  the  mountains,  took  train  ami 
reached  home  in    February,    1803,   surprising  those  who  had  thought 


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him  killed  at  Stone  River.  Being  exchanged  he  reported  for  duty, 
joined  his  command  in  June,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Liberty  Gap, 
Tenn.,  June  25,  1863,  where  his  company  lost  ten  killed  and  wounded 
and  he  was  commended  for  bravery  by  his  captain,  lie  was  at  the 
battle  of  Chickamauga,  and  with  his  comrades  withstood  the  terrible 
night  charge  of  September  19,  1863.  fie  was  in  Chattanooga  during 
the  siege,  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Orchard  Knob,  was  on  the  skir- 
mish line  in  the  battle  of  Mission  Ridge,  and  was  one  ot  the  first  two 
men  to  reach  the  rebels'  main  works  on  the  summit.  He  was  next  at 
Knoxville,  Tenn.,  then  at  Strawberry  Plains,  where  he  re-enlisted  as 
a  veteran.  After  his  furlough  of  thirty  days,  he  returned  to  participate 
in  the  Atlanta  campaign,  and  was  in  the  memorable  fights  of  Rocky 
Face  Ridge,  May  5-9,  1S64;  Resaca,  May  12--16;  Cassville,  May  19-22; 
Pickett's  "Mills,  May  27;  the  almost  incessant  battle  at  Kenesaw 
Mountain  from  June  9  to  50;  Peachtree  Creek,  July  20,  Atlanta, 
July  22;  Lovejoy  Station,  September  2-6;  Franklin,  Tenn.,  Novem- 
ber 30;  Nashville,  December  15-16.  He  then  went  with  his  command 
to  San  Antonio,  Texas.  En  route  he  camped  on  Jackson's  old  battle 
ground  below  New  Orleans,  went  by  way  of  the  Gulf  to  Indianola, 
and  marched  the  night  of  July  10,  1S65,  to  Green  Lake,  during  which 
movement  hundreds  of  men  died  for  want  of  water.  He  was  dis- 
charged at  San  Antonio,  Texas,  November  21,  1865,  was  paid  of  at 
Columbus,  and  arrived  at  home  December  31,  broken  down  in  health. 
He  determined  to  qualify  himself  for  teaching,  and  took  a  commercial 
course  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  receiving  his  diploma  from  A.  Holbrook. 
He  taught  school  some  fifteen  years  in  West  Virginia  and  Ohio,  and 
being  a  good  mechanic,  devoted  much  of  his  leisure  time  to  cabinet- 
making  and  carpentry.  Being  active  in  politics  as  a  republican  he 
received,  in  1883,  the  republican  nomination  for  auditor  of  Belmont 
county,  but  was  defeated  with  the  state  ticket  and  much  of  the  county 
ticket,  on  account  of  a  prohibition  amendment  to  the  constitution 
being  advocated  by  the  party.  Mr.  Jackson  subsequently  engaged  in 
ofhee  work,  book-keeping  and  insurance,  and  on  June  23,  1889,  took 
out  a  patent  on  a  fire  place  heater  of  his  own  invention,  intended  to 
secure  the  advantages  of  a  hot  air  furnace  capable  of  heating  several 
rooms  from  an  ordinary  grate.  Mr.  Jackson  is  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R.  post  at  Barnesville.  He  was  married  October  11,  1S71,  to 
Henrietta  E.  Fletcher,  and  the)-  have  had  two  children:  Florence  W. 
and  Clarence  W.  Mrs.  Jackson  and  son  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

John  kinder,  a  respected  resident  of  Belmont,  was  born  in  Muskin- 
gum counts-.  Ohio,  January  2S,  1S20,  the  son  of  George  and  Margaret 
(Shepherd)  kinder,  early  settlers  of  that  county.  1  lis  father  was  born 
in  Westmoreland  county,  Penn.,  in  1788,  and  came  to  Muskingum 
county  in  1812.  He  and  his  brother  James  each  bought  320  acres  of 
land,  and  about  three  years  later,  George  Linder  was  married  and 
made  his  home  in  a  little  log  cabin  in  which  the  subject  of  this  men- 
tion was  born.  The  father  lived  there  several  years  and  then  removed 
to  Guernsey  counts-,  in  i8;2,  whence  in  1S36,  became  to  Goshen  town- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  5IQ 

ship,  Belmont  count}-  (where  he  resided  ten  years,  and  then  removed 
to  Richland  township,  Belmont  county),  where  he  bought  a  farm  of 
182  acres,  and  resided  there  until  his  death,  in  1873.  His  wife  died 
some  yearsbefore,  being  then  in  her  seventy-fourth  year.  They  had 
eight  children,  of  whom  three  are  living:  Artemisia,  who  married 
Benjamin  Watkins,  of  Guernsey  county,  and  now  resides  on  the  home- 
stead in  Richland  township;  Kesiah,  who  lives  with  the  latter;  and 
Jacob.  Jacob  was  married  in  1S68,  to  Rosanna  Egy,  who  was  born  in 
this  county  in  1S34,  of  parents  who  immigrated  from  Pennsylvania, 
and  they  have  one  daughter,  Mary.  Jacob  binder  began  his  career 
by  teaching  school,  and  two  years  later,  began  clerking  in  a  general 
store  at  St.  Clairsville.  and  remained  there  fifteen  years,  after  which, 
he  dealt  in  stock  for  several  years,  and  then  in  1869,  bought  a  farm, 
on  which  he  resided  four  years.  He  then  removed  to  Belmont,  but 
in  1S85,  bought  his  present  farm  of  eight}-  acres,  upon  which  he  has  a 
pleasant  and  comfortable  home.  He  also  owns  property  in  Belmont, 
where  he  still  resides.  His  wife  and  daughter  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Clark  H.  Mayhew,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Belmont,  Belmont  count}-, 
was  born  in  Smith  township,  of  that  county,  February  rg,  1830.  He 
is  the  son  of  Amos  Mayhew,  who  was  born  at  Winchester,  Va.,  August  4, 
1793,  and  was  there  married  to  Lorinda  Hall,  the  mother  of  the 
subject  of  this  mention.  In  1822  they  removed  to  Belmont  county, 
and  took  part  in  the  pioneer  life  there.  The  father,  who  was  of  Eng- 
lish descent,  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  During  the  war  of  1812  he 
served  in  the  army  of  his  country,  and  was  stationed  at  Baltimore  at 
the  time  of  the  death  of  the  English  general,  Ross.  His  wife,  a  na- 
tive of  Dartsville,  \Y.  Va.,  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
in  early  life,  but  after  marriage  joined  the  Methodist  Protestant 
church.  Clark  B.  Mayhew,  son  of  the  above,  was  reared  and  educated 
in  Belmont  count}-,  where  he  has  always  made  his  home.  By  trade- 
he  is  a  shoemaker,  and  of  well-known  skill  in  that  calling.  He  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  In  politics  he  is  a  prohibi- 
tionist, having  previously  been  independent  in  his  part}-  action.  His 
life  is  without  reproach  and  he  is  highly  respected.  On  December  30. 
1862,  he  was  married  to  Jennie  Adams,  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  and 
they  have  two  children,  Harry  and  Virgil,  both  of  whom  are  engaged 
in  cigar  making. 

William  Nichols,  a  native  of  Loudon  county,  Va.,  now  a  retired 
farmer  and  prominent  citizen  of  Belmont,  was  born  in  the  year  1814, 
the  son  of  Isaiah  Nichols.  The  latter  a  native  of  the  same  county, 
started  in  [S25  with  his  family  .for  Belmont  count}-,  but  died  on  the 
way  at  the  foot  of  the  Allegheny  mountain-,.  Their  money  was  kept 
in  a  bandbox  in  the  wagon,  but  was  all  lost  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
The  family  then  returned  to  their  home,  and  two  years  laterthc  children 
were  brought  by  the  mother,  Sarah  (Hollingsworth)  Nichols,  to  Bel- 
mont count}-,  where  she  bought  a  farm  of  thirty  acres,  with  a  log 
cabin  and  barn.  In  this  family  there  was  one  daughter  and  three 
sons,  of  whom  but  one  other  than  William   survives,  viz.,  Isaiah,  who 


520  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

lives  on  the  homestead.  William  Nichols  was  reared  on  the  farm, 
and  in  1S40.  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Dillon,  who  was  born  in  De- 
cember, 1821.  Her  parents  also  came  from  Loudon  county,  Va.  Mr. 
Nichols  began  married  life  as  a  farmer  on  rented  land,  and  then 
bought  a  farm  of  fifty-six  acres,  which  he  sold  in  1882  and  came  to 
Belmont  and  purchased  a  home  which  he  has  since  occupied.  Me  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  is  highly  esteemed. 
Me  has  one  child,  Minerva  D.,  wife  of  Oliver  Wright,  by  whom  she 
has  two  daughters. 

James  V.  Stillwell,  postmaster  at  Pleasant  Grove,  Belmont  county, 
and  for  many  years  a  merchant  at  that  place,  was  born  in  this  county, 
February  20,  1S24.  He  is  the  son  of  Elias  Stillwell,  who  came  to  Bei- 
mont  from  Hancock  county,  Md.,  in  the  early  part  of  this  century, 
and  settled  near  the  place  now  known  as  Kidd's  Station.  Here, 
twelve  years  after  the  birth  of  his  son  James,  Elias  Stillwell  died,  and 
left  his  wife  and  family  dependent,  in  great  part,  upon  the  exertions 
of  his  twelve-year-old  son.  His  early  years  were  consequently 
actively  employed,  although  he  found  time  to  obtain  a  common  school 
education.  In  1850  he  opened  a  store  at  Pleasant  Grove,  and  he  has 
there  ever  since  continued  in  business,  Inning  occupied  the  same 
building  since  1858.  He  has  been  prominent  in  township  affairs,  hav- 
ing served  as  township  trustee,  and  has  filled  the  positions  of  school 
director  and  commissioner  of  the  Bridgeport  free  turnpike.  He  is 
now  acceptably  discharging  the  duties  of  postmaster  at  Pleasant 
Grove.  He  is  a  republican  in  politics,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Stillwell  was  married  May  4.  1848,  to 
Mary,  daughter  of  James  McAvoy,  then  a  farmer  ol  Colerain  town- 
ship. Eight  children  have  been  born  to  this  union,  one  of  whom  is 
deceased.  One  daughter  is  the  wife  of  a  prominent  farmer  of  Cole- 
rain  township,  another  resides  in  the  state  of  Washington.  John  is  a 
wealthy  commission  merchant  and  mine  owner  in  Denver,  Col.  Elias 
is  a  merchant  at  Peublo,  and  Henry  is  also  in  the  west. 

Benjamin  White,  a  venerable  resident  of  Belmont,  Belmont  county, 
is  one  of  the  few  worthy  pioneers  living  who  have  witnessed  the  won- 
derful development  of  the  country  during  the  present  century.  He 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania  (Fayette  county) ,  April  7,  1 806,  the  eldest 
son  of  John  White.  The  latter,  who  was  of  Irish  ancestry,  died  when 
his  son  was  four  years  old.  His  wife  was  Mary  M  inton.  who  came 
with  her  parents  from  Sweden  in  an  early  day.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren besides  Benjamin  viz.:  John,  a  resident  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Ohio, 
and  William  Y..  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  who  lives  in  Washington 
county,  Iowa.  Benjamin  White  began  working  in  childhood  on  a 
farm,  and  at  sixteen  years  of  age  was  apprenticed  to  a  tanner  for 
four  years.  Subsequently  he  carried  on  his  employer's  business  four 
years  and  then  engaged  in  the  business  on  his  own  account,  though 
with  little  capital,  and  is  now  carrying  on  the  tannery  business  for  his 
son  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  1  Ie  is  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church,  of  which  he  has  been  an  elder  for  many  years.  He  has  been 
thrice  married;  first  to   Rebecca  Sidwell,  by  whom  he  had   four   chil- 


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dren,  of  whom  two  arc;  living,  Rebecca  and  John.  The  second  wife 
was  Margaret  E.  Phipps,  of  Smithfield,  by  whom  the  following  chil- 
dren are  living:  Lydia  A.,  John,  Regina,  Albert,  William  and  Ben- 
jamin. His  present  wife  is  Elizabeth  Stonebraker.  William  11. 
White,  son  of  the  above,  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  September  6, 
1841.  In  his  twentieth  year  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Twenty-fifth 
regiment  Ohio  volunteers,  under  Col.  Jones,  and  Capt.,  afterward 
Col.,  Charlesworth,  and  left  for  the  front  in  June,  1861.  lie  served 
gallantly  three  years,  participating  in  the  battles  of  Cheat  Mountain, 
Green  Brier,  Camp  Baldwin.  Bull  Mountain,  Freeman's  Ford,  and 
the  second  Bull  Run,  and  then  after  being  detained  some  time  in 
hospital  at  Alexandria,  was  with  his  regiment  at  Chancellorsville, 
and  at  Gettysburg,  where  he  was  wounded.  lie  was  then  sent  to 
Camp  Chase,  and  transferred  to  the  invalid  corps  at  Indianapolis, 
where  he  was  mustered  out  in  June,  1864.  Returning  to  Belmont 
county,  he  was  in  1S67,  married  to  Laura  J.  Widdoes,  of  this  county,  and 
they  have  five  children:  Clayton  L.,  Anna  L.,  Lizzie  ].,  Dora  M.,  and 
Walter  G.  Mr.  White  is  engaged  in  business  as  a  tanner,  and  is  also 
occupied  as  a  mason.  lie  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  has  been  class-leader,  and  both  are 
highly  esteemed  by  the  community. 

PEASE   TOWNSHIP. 

William  A.  Allen  was  born  in  1S58,  on  the  farm  where  he  now  resides 
in  Belmont  county,  Ohio.  Was  the  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Greenlee) 
Allen,  both  natives  of  Ohio.  John  Allen  was  the  son  of  John  and 
Martha  J.  (Gifnn)  .Allen,  who  came  from  Scotland  to  America  some 
time  before  the  Revolutionary  war.  William  has,  since  his  birth,  been 
living  on  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father,  where  he  still 
resides.  His  education  has  all  been  received  from  the  common  schools 
of  the  county.  lie  was  married  in  18S8  to  Miss  Annie  Warrell,  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Margaret  J.  (Mealy)  Warrell.  of  Washing- 
ton, Penn.  They  are  not  as  yet  blessed  with  any  children.  Mr.  Allen 
by  industry  and  perseverance,  bids  fair  to  follow  in  the  tracks  of  his 
worth)-  father.  John  Allen,  father  of  William,  was  born  iSi4.  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Belmont  county,  on  a  part  of  which  his  son  still  resides. 
His  lite  was  principally  spent  on  the  farm  of  his  father,  and  in  the 
early  part  of  it  got  an  education  from  the  common  schools.  He 
married  in  1S48.  a  Miss  Sarah  Greenlee,  born  1822,  a  native  of  this 
county,  and  a  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  Greenlee,  who,  from  all 
the  facts  obtainable,  were  from  over  the  sea.  By  his  first  wife  he  was 
father  of  seven  children,  only  one  of  whom  is  living:  Margaret  A., 
Martha  J.,  James,  John, one  died  in  infancy,  William,  Lizzie  B.  William 
is  the  only  living  representative  of  this  family.  .Mrs.  Sarah  Allen  died 
in  1861  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  at  her  death  the  family  lost  a 
kind  mother  and  loving  parent,  and  the  community  a  good  citizen. 
John,  the  father  remarried  in  1877,  a  Margaret  McGregor,  daughter 
of  James  McGregor,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.     There  were  no  child- 


522  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

ren  by  the  second  marriage.  The  second  wife  died  after  a 
short  illness.  John  Allen  died  in  1886,  and  in  his  death  the  family 
lost  a  loving  relative,  and  the  community  one  of  her  best  citizens. 
hie  was  always  a  strong  supporter  of  all  educational  matters,  and  a 
man  who  was  always  respected  and  looked  up  to  by  his  neighbors. 
The  son,  William,  has  by  industry  and  good  management,  maintained 
the  family  name  and  honor  and  is  already  recognized  as  a  man  of 
much  ability  and  resource  in  the  community  in  which  he  lives,  lie 
with  his  wife  occupy  the  home  of  his  ancestors  and  has  a  tine,  well 
improved  farm  and  a  pleasant  residence. 

John  Armstrong,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  one  of  the  pioneer  business 
men  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  was  born  near  Enniskillen,  count}-  of 
Fermanagh,  Ireland,  February  15,  1S06.  Mis  parents,  Andrew  and 
Mary  Armstrong,  were  married  about  1S04,  and  had  five  children,  of 
whom  John  is  the  only  survivor.  The  father  emigrated  to  Canada, 
and  soon  afterward  died  there.  John  Armstrong  was  reared  in  Ire- 
land, receiving  a  limited  schooling,  and  was  engaged  in  farming  until 
he  was  about  thirty  years  old,  when  in  1837  he  came  to  the  United 
States.  Me  landed  at  New  York,  but  not  finding  employment  there, 
he  went  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  found  various  employment  until  he 
secured  the  position  of  porter  in  a  carpet  store,  where  he  remained 
for  some  time  working  up  to  the  position  of  book-keeper.  Me  came 
to  Wheeling  in  1845  and  was  engaged  as  a  book-keeper  for  two  years, 
with  Prior,  Clark  &  Co., after  which,  in  iS^^.he  embarked  in  business 
in  the  Fifth  ward.  Me  conducted  this  quite  successfully  for  ten  years, 
and  since  then  has  not  been  actively  engaged  in  business.  He  has 
made  judicious  investments,  however,  and  is  interested  in  various 
manufactories,  being  a  stockholder  in  the  Standard  Iron  works,  the 
Benwood  and  /Etna  works,  and  also  has  an  interest  in  the  Ohio  Val- 
ley and  National  banks  of  Wheeling.  In  1S70  he  came  to  Martin's 
Pern-,  which  has  since  been  his  residence,  and  in  iSSMic.  in  company 
with  William  R.  Ratcliff  and  others,  organized  the  Exchange  bank  of 
this  city,  of  which  he  was  elected  president.  Mr.  Armstrong  is  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  business  in  this  region,  and  his  successful  career,  ris- 
ing from  poverty  to  a  commanding  position  among  men,  is  one  highly 
deserving  of  notice.  Me  was  married  in  October,  1856,  to  Jane 
Hunter,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  they  have  two  children:  Jennie,  the  wife 
of  Dr.  Harvey,  and  Margaret.  Mr.  Armstrong  and  wife  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

W.  F.  Bayha,  of  the  firm  of  Bayha  Brothers,  was  born  in  Fulton, 
W.  Va.,  in  1S60.  Me  learned  the  blacksmith,  carriage  ironer  and 
horse-shoer's  trades  in  the  city  of  Wheeling,  where  he  worked  for  ten 
years  prior  to  the  estsblishment  of  the  factory  at  Bridgeport,  Ohio. 
Mis  brother.  Andrew  A.  Bayha,  also  a  skilled  carriage  maker  ami 
wood  worker,  was  born  in  Fulton  in  1S63.  Me  acquired  his  knowl- 
edge of  the  business  in  Wheeling,  becoming  an  expert  workman. 
After  working  in  Wheeling  for  eight  years  he,  on  November  1,  1XS7, 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother.  Since  this  dale  they  have 
operated  the  wagon  and  carriage  shops  on  Main   street  in   the 'city  of 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  523 

Bridgeport.  This  firm  manufactures  on  quite  an  extensive  scale  for 
so  youny  a  concern,  and  Lids  fair  to  become  a  very  large  house.  They 
manufacture  all  sorts  and  kinds  of  wagons,  buggies  ami  carriages  to 
order,  and' also  carry  a  large  assortment  of  manufactured  vehicles. 
They  at  present  employ  ten  skilled  workmen  in  their  shops.  Besides 
the  manufacture  of  carriages,  Bayha  Brothers  have  a  large  trade  in 
horse-shoeing.  They  make  a  specialty  of  the  latter  industry,  shoeing 
horses  on  scientific  principles.  They  also  carry  on  a  general  repair- 
ing and  jobbing  business  in  all  departments.  Enterprising  and  pro- 
gressive as  they  are,  it  is  only  a  question  of  time  until  they  will  be 
obliged  to  enlarge  their  works,  to  employ  more  men  and  to  extend 
their  business  generally,  providing  the  same  energy  and  wisdom  is 
employed  in  the  future  as  has  been  in  the  past. 

Joseph  Bird,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  general  manager  of  the  blast  fur- 
nace at  that  place,  was  born  at  Briber  Ilill,  Staffordshire,  England,  in 
April,  1827.  Me  is  the  son  of  Stephen  Bird,  who  was  an  iron  worker 
by  occupation,  and  did  a  great  deal  of  work  by  contract,  employing 
workmen,  and  also  owned  and  managed  a  small  farm.  I  le  died  from 
cholera  in  1S32.  lie  was  twice  married  and  had  twelve  children. 
His  second  wife,  the  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
Maria  (Shakspeare)  Shakspeare.  Joseph  Bird  had  no  edu- 
cational advantages  in  his  childhood  and  when  quite 
young  began  working  at  an  iron  furnace,  and  continued 
to  be  so  employed  until  he  came  to  the  United  Stales  in 
1851.  He  landed  at  New  Orleans  after  a  voyage  of  three  months, 
and  then  came  up  the  Mississippi  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  found  em- 
ployment at  Brennan's  iron  mills  a  short  time.  Proceeding  then  to 
eastern  Pennsylvania,  he  settled  in  the  Lehigh  valley,  where  he  re- 
mained some  five  years.  Subsequently  he  went  to  Rochester,  X.  Y., 
where  he  blew  the  first  furnace  in  that  city,  thence  went  to  Pittsburgh 
and  remained  two  years,  and  in  1S75  came  to  Steubenville,  Ohio, 
which  was  his  residence  until  1S79,  when  he  settled  at  Martin's  Ferry, 
and  entered  the  employment  of  the  Benwood  iron  company,  as  manager 
of  the  blast  furnace  at  this  place.  He  is  an  acknowledged  master  of 
his  important  business  in  all  its  many  details,  and  is  a  competent  and 
successful  manager.  He  was  the  first  to  make  iron  exclusively  from 
cinders,  and  though  the  process  he  discovered  was  no  source  ot  great 
profit  to  him,  he  was  the  means  of  bringing  about  a  great  change 
in  iron  working.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  he  is  in  politics  a  republican.  Mr.  Bird  was  married  in 
1850  to  Susannah  Scriven,  who  started  with  him  from  England,  and 
died  on  ship  board  and  was  buried  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  In  1 S52 
he  was  married  to  Mary  Jones,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  they  have  had 
ten  children,  of  whom  these  survive:   Man    J..    1  lanna   and   Clara. 

Benjamin  F.  Brady,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  leading  dry  goods  mer- 
chant, is  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  February  7,  i S  13. 
He  is  the  son  of  Robert  Brady,  a  native  of  Cannonsburgh,  Penn.,  who 
there  learned  the  tailor's   trade,  and    after    coming    to   Ohio,  when   a 


524  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

young  man,  followed  it  at  Knoxvillc,  until  his  death,  about  1855. 
About  the  year  1S41  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Clare,  a  native  of 
Ohio,  who  is  still  living  at  Knoxville.  To  this  marriage  were  born 
seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  living,  benjamin  F.  Brady  was 
reared  at  Knoxville,  and  after  his  school  days  were  over,  was  engaged 
in  clerking  in  various  stores  at  that  place  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
rebellion.  In  1S61  he  enlisted  under  the  first  call  in  Company  I, 
Twentieth  Ohio  regiment,  and  served  three  months  in  West  Virginia. 
He  then  re-enlisted  in  the  Second  Ohio  for  three  years,  and  served 
in  the  army  of  the  Tennessee,  participating  in  the  battles  of  Lookout 
Mountain,  Stone  River,  Mission  Ridge,  and  other  important  engage- 
ments. After  the  battle  of  Perrysville,  he  was  promoted  from  the 
ranks  to  second  lieutenant,  and  after  Stone  River,  to  first  lieutenant, 
as  which  he  was  mustered  out  in  the  fall  of  1S64.  After  the  war  he 
resided  at  various  places  until  1875,  when  he  opened  a  general  store 
at  Irondale,  Ohio,  which  was  his  place  of  abode  until  1882,  when  he 
came  to  Martin's  Ferry.  Since  then  he  has  conducted  a  dry  goods, 
notions  and  millinery  business  with  much  success,  and  is  known  as  an 
active  and  popular  business  man.  lie  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
and  G.  A.  R.  fraternities,  and  in  politics  has  been  active  as  a  repub- 
lican. Mr.  Brady  was  married  in  1872  to  Catherine  McDonald,  of 
Hammondsville,  and  they  have  one  child,  Elizabeth.  Mrs.  Brady  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

George  W.  Chessell,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  succe>sful  business  man. 
was  born  at  Belmont  in  184;,.  His  grandfather,  George  Chessell. 
Sr.,  a  native  of  England,  came  to  the  United  States  ami  set- 
tled near  Smithfield,  Jefferson  county,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of 
a  blacksmith,  which  he  followed  for  many  years.  1  le  is  still  living,  a 
resident  of  Hendrysburg,  Belmont  county.  His  son,  George 
the  father  of  George  \\\,  was  born  in  England.  He  was  married  to 
Ann  Davis,  who  died  in  1SS7,  ami  by  this  union  had  twelve  children, 
five  of  whom  survive.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  educa- 
tion at  Hendrysburg.  At  the  agje  of  eighteen  years  he  enlisted,  in 
1861,  in  Company  K,  Fifteenth  Ohio  regiment,  with  which  he  served 
four  years  and  two  months.  During  this  period  he  passed  through 
many  great  battles,  such  as  Shiloh,  Stone  River,  Chickamauga  and 
Chattanooga,  and  saw  much  severe  service.  I  le  was  mustered  out  as 
quartermaster  sergeant,  at  San  Antonio,  Texas,  in  1865.  On  his  re- 
turn to  Ohio  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  at  Hendrysburg. 
until  1874.  when  he  was  appointed  postal  clerk  on  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  road,  running  from  Columbus  to  Grafton,  and  afterward  from 
Newark  to  Chicago.  He  remained  in  the  employment  of  the  govern- 
ment until  November,  1888.  On  July  23,  1880,  he  had,  in  company 
with  M.  F.  Faip,  purchased  the  Gem  laundry  at  Martin's  Ferry,  ami 
to  this  business  he  has  since  given  his  attention.  This  institution  is 
well-known  for  the  excellence  of  its  work,  and  is  quite  popular 
throughout  the  surrounding  country.  Mr.  Chessell  is  a  member  of 
the   Masonic  order,  the    I.  O.  O.  F.  and   the    Knights  of    Pythias.     In 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  525 

politics  he  is  a  republican.  1  Ie  was  married,  in  1866,  to  Sarah  J.  1  logue, 
of  Jefferson  county,  and  they  have  three:  children:  Alma,  George  \Y. 
and  Harry  E. 

Matthew  A.  Chew, general  superintendent  of  the  nail  department  of 
the  Laughlin  nail  company's  works,  is  a  native  of  Pittsburgh,  born 
March  14,  1857.  I  le  is  a  grandson  of  Richard  Chew,  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, who,  before  coming  to  America  in  1826.  was  a  soldier  in  the 
British  army.  After  coming  to  this  country  he  followed  his  trade  as 
a  nailer  until  his  death  in  1835.  His  son,  .Matthew  J.,  the  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Trenton,  X.  J.,  and  received  his 
education  in  the  Catholic  schools  at  Pittsburgh.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  a  nailer  at  New  Castle,  Penn.,  and  in  1858  came  to  Wheeling, 
where  he  was  engaged  with  the  Belmont  iron  company.  In  1S64  he 
became  a  stockholder  in  the  Belmont  iron  company  and  removed  to 
Ironton,  Ohio,  but  in  1866  he  returned  to  Wheeling  and  was  employed 
in  the  old  Top  mill.  1  lis  death  occurred  in  1878.  By  his  marriage  to 
Annie  Adams,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  survives,  he  had  eleven 
children,  seven  of  whom  are  living.  Matthew  A.  Chew,  when  four- 
teen years  old,  spent  three  months  as  an  apprentice  with  Bell,  Atchi- 
son &  Co.,  nail  manufacturers,  and  then  completed  his  trade  with  his 
father.  After  this  he  worked  uninterruptedly  at  his  trade,  with  the 
exception  of  seven  months  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Joseph  Graves, 
at  Wheeling,  until  1885.  At  the  time  of  the  strike  in  that  year  he  was 
elected  national  secretary  of  the  the  I".  X.  X.  and  R.  association,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  until  the  close  of  the  strike  in  1S86.  He  then 
purchased  a  half  interest  in  the  iVetcs  Letter,  at  Wheeling,  and  was 
connected  with  that  paper  until  July,  18S8.  Resuming  his  trade,  he 
worked  at  the  Spaulding  nail  works  at  Brilliant  Ohio,  until  Novem- 
ber, 1889,  when  he  was  tendered  his  present  position.  He  is  widely 
known  for  his  skillfullness,  energy  and  enterprise.  In  polities  he  is  a 
republican.  Mr.  Chew  was  married  in  August,  1878,  to  Annie, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Graves,  of  Wheeling,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Ella  B. 

William  Clark,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  an  old  resident  of  that  place  and 
vicinity,  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  born  at  Kirkrubert,  August  13,  1820. 
His  father,  Hugh  Clark,  came  to  America  with  his  family  in  18:2.  and 
for  five  years  resided  in  Washington  count}',  Penn.,  being  then  en- 
gaged in  brewing.  In  1827  Ik:  came  to  Wheeling,  and  became  a  part- 
ner of  Henry  Moore,  for  many  years  a  prominent  business  man  of 
that  city.  In  1842  he  dissolved  this  partnership,  having  some  time  be- 
fore acquired  a  tract  of  land  on  the  island,  where  he  then  engaged  in 
gardening  until  1852,  when  he  turned  over  the  business  to  his  eldest 
son,  William,  and  made  a  trip  to  Scotland.  Returning  in  1854,  he  died 
December  25,  1856.  By  his  marriage  to  Mary  Manson,  a  native  of 
Scotland,  and  a  descendant  of  fohn  Maitland,  one  of  the  conclave 
who  adopted  the  confession  of  faith,  together  with  shorter  ami  larger 
cathecisms,  and  all  the  solemn  leagues  which  have  successfully 
governed  the  great  Presbyterian  church  all  these'  years,  since 
the  sixteenth  century.     He  had   six  children,  three  of  whom  survive. 


526  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  mother  died  about  1867.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  edu- 
cated at  Wheeling,  and  then  aided  his  father  until  as  lias  been  stated 
he  took  entire  charge  of  the  gardening  business  on  Wheeling  Island. 
This  he  conducted  until  1859  when  he  come  to  Martin's  Ferry,  and 
farmed  and  gardened  until  1874.  In  that  year  he  and  others  organ- 
ized the  Ohio  City  Nail  company,  of  which  he  was  elected  president. 
To  this  enterprise  he  donated  twenty  acres  of  ground,  the  present  site 
of  the  nail  works,  also  gave  100  acres  of  coal  in  return  for  stock. 
About  three  years  later  the  company  made  an  assignment,  and  the 
works  were  afterward  bought  by  the  Laughlin  Xail  company.  Mr. 
Clark  was  one  of  the  greatest  losers  in  the  old  company,  to  the  amount 
of  about  $120,000.  He  has  throughout  life  been  enterprising  and 
liberal  in  his  relations  to  the  public.  In  1873  he  donated  to  the  county 
the  land  on  which  the  (  >hio  valley  free  pike  was  built,  and  to  the  old 
Wheeling  steel  company,  of  which  he  was  a  director,  he  gave  eight 
acres,  now  the  site  of  the  Elson  Class  works.  In  1872  he  made  an 
addition  to  the  town,  known  as  Clark's  addition,  now  mostly  built  up. 
He  has  also  been  interested  in  hanking,  and  with  George  II.  Jenkins, 
John  Armstrong  ami  others,  organized  the  Ohio  City  bank,  now 
known  as  the  Exchange  bank,  of  which  he  was  vice  president.  For 
several  years  Mr.  Clark  has  led  a  retired  life.  (  )f  the  Presbyterian 
church  he  is  an  active  member,  has  been  elder  for  several  years,  was 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  of  the  First  church  of  Wheel- 
ing some  time,  and  actively  engaged  in  other  Sunday-school  work, 
and  for  many  years  superintended  a  mission  school  and  almost  en- 
tirely supported  it  financially  and  otherwise,  and  in  1883  was  a  com- 
missioner to  the  general  assembly  of  the  church  at  Saratoga.  In 
politics  he  is  a  republican.  Mr.  Clark  was  married  September  jo. 
1849,  to  Margaret  G.  Culbertson,  who  died  in  May.  1870.  To  this 
union  eight  children  were  born,  of  whom  there  are  living:  Clara  G., 
Mary  M.,  Sarah  A.,  Thomas  C.,  who  is  now  a  minister  of  the  gospel 
of  a  Presbyterian  church  near  Poughkeepsie,  X.  Y.;  Martha  A.,  and 
Phcebe  R.  In  1875  Mr.  Clark  was  married  to  Annie  E.,  daughter  of 
Edward  Mansfield,  of  Jefferson  county,  Ohio. 

Judge  John  S.  Cochrane,  a  distinguished  citizen  of  Martin's  Ferry, 
was  born  in  Belmont  couht\-,  Ohio,  September  o,  1S41.  His  family  in 
this  country,  prominent  in  the  early  settlement,  is  descended  from 
William  Cochrane,  who  was  a  native  of  England,  and  a  cousin  of  Sir 
Thomas  Cochrane,  earl  of  Dumdonald,  a  British  admiral.  William 
Cochrane  came  to  America  about  1765,  and  settled  near  West  Eiberty 
on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Jacobs  and  Dexton  farms,  which  he 
acquired  possession  of  by  tomahawk  right.  lie  lost  his  life  at  the 
hands  of  the  Indians  during  that  savage  raid,  one  incident  of  which 
was  the  famous  leap  of  the  frontiersman,  McCullough.  lie  was  shot 
after  a  desperate  chase,  just  as  he  was  in  sight  of  the  block  house  at 
West  Liberty.  His  companion,  William  Boggs,  was  captured  but 
made  his  escape  and  returned  to  his  home  at  Wheeling,  where  some 
of  his  descendants  are  still  living.  William  Cochrane  had  three  sons, 
Thomas,  James  and  Robert.     The  latter,  grandfather  of  Judge  Coch- 


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.is,  prt-siuHnioi  tne  uiiiu  me  in 
nee  &  Trust  Company,  Cincinnati  . 
latter  was  born  i:i  North  Carolina' 
'62.  ne-ir  this  pic-,  where,  on  the 
i  of  his  grandfather,  was  fought  the 
iutionary  battle  of  Guilford  Court1 
ie.  His  gri-r.dmother  was  Sarah 
2h,  and  from  this  historic  patron- 
comes  Lynchburg,  Virginia,  also, 
ch  law."  This  Micajah  Terrell 
.arus  early  baccme  a  Cincinnati 
T,  and  in  ISIS  married  Hannah 
s,  a  Baltimore  girl,  then  visiting, 
ions  in  Zanesville.  She  was  a  I 
ter,  and  the  Friends  ceremony  pre-  j 
d.  In  1S20  Mr.  Williams,  chosen 
mblyman  from  Hamilton  county, 
re-elected  in  1S22  3  and  in  1824  was 
ated  to  the  speakership.     He  had  a 

Canalization  of  Ohio,  and  was  one 
vo  supervisors  under  whom  were 
tructed  tne  canal  from  Cleveland 
ie  Ohio  river  at  Portsmouth  and 
that  from  Cincinnati  to  Dayton    In 

he  came  within  a  single  legislative  ! 

of  being  chosen  United  States: 
i tor,  Thomas  Ev/ing,  whig,  nosing! 
When,  during  the  .lackson  admin-: 
ition,  the  United  States  Bank  v/as 
ished.  Mr.  Witlian  -  c:  rrie  Itbrough 
legislature  an  act  under  which  the 
.  Life  &  Trust  ei  .  ;  ii  y,  of  wrl  ich 
iscaxe  president,  was  orpenized  I 
;veloped  into  a  powerful  institution! 

suffered  embarassmunt  in  the 
oric  panic  of  1S57.     This,    however,' 

ten  years  after  he  had  retired 
n  the  presidency.  In  18:il  Wil- 
is was  appointed  by  President 
-son  surveyor  general  of  the  North- 
t  Territory  and  served  till  1835, 
in  he  bought  extensively  of  lands  in 
waukee  —  a  circumstance  that  later 
ught  his  son,  and  also  the  Thomas' 
Wisconsin. 

ot.viths:anding  a'l  his  varied  rela- 
is  to  Milwaukee,  official  and  per- 
:1,  Mr.  Wil.iums'  only  visit  there 
,  for  two  weeks  in  1S42  when  the 
■ulati.n  was  about  2.1100,  and  long 
ore  it  had  become  famous  for  imj 
ercge  or  for  anything  in  particular. 
>m  such  a  sire  sprung  these  line  char- 
era  woo,  with  the  respected  Terrell 
omi.s  Kip,  so  pleasantly  adorns  this 
abling  tale. 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  527 

ran?,  was  born  in  1770,  and  reared  near  West  Liberty,  but  when  quite 
a  young  man  he  crossed  to  Ohio  about  the  beginning  of  this  century 
and  settled  near  Burlington.  Belmont  count}-,  where  he  acquired  a 
large  tract  of  land,  which  he  resided  upon  until  his  death  in  1S60. 
Of  his  sixteen  children,  four  are  living.  His  son,  Robert,  Jr.,  father 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Belmont  county  in  1814,  and 
passed  his  life  on  a  farm  near  Martin's  Ferry,  being  one  of  the  lead- 
ing citizens  of  that  vicinity.  He  died  in  1S63,  from  fever  which  he 
contracted  in  a  southern  hospital  while  trying  to  save  the  life  of  his 
son,  Watson,  then  a  prisoner  of  war.  He  was  married  about  1835  to 
Susannah  Davis,  by  whom  he  had  thirteen  children,  eleven  of  whom 
were  reared.  Six  of  the  seven  sons  served  in  the  Union  arm)-,  but 
all  escaped  death,  though  two  were  severely  wounded.  When  the 
father  went  south  he  left  the  large  farm  in  charge  of  his  wife  and  four 
daughters,  in  the  midst  of  a  severe  winter,  and  they  were  compelled 
to  haul  feed  through  fifteen  inches  of  snow  to  save  their  live  stock, 
with  but  slight  assistance  from  others.  Their  heroic  efforts  sufficed, 
however,  to  prevent  any  loss  until  the  arrival  of  one  of  the  sons,  who 
secured  a  discharge  and  came  home.  They  managed  the  farm  until 
it  was  sold.  The  widow  of  Robert,  Jr.,  is  still  living.  Judge  Coch- 
ran^ was  reared  in  Belmont  county,  and  at  twenty  years  of  age,  he 
enlisted  in  Company  K,  Fifteenth  Ohio  regiment,  in  the  fall  of  1861, 
with  his  brother,  R.  H.  Cochrant,  elsewhere  mentioned.  After  one 
year's  service  he  came  home  and/administered  on  the  estate  of  his  de- 
ceased father.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  determined  to  adopt  the 
profession  of  law.  and  studied  three  years  with  I  Ion.  William  Kennon, 
judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  Ohio.  He  then  began  the  practice  at 
St.  Clairsville,  but  soon  afterward  removed  to  Sedalia,  Mo.,  where  he 
followed  his  profession  with  success  for  ten  years.  He  was  elected 
prosecuting  attorney  ami  served  one  term,  and  in  186S  was  elected 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  a  position  he  tilled  with  credit 
until  1S72.  In  1S76  he  removed  to  Wheeling,  and  practiced  there 
until  1SS2,  when  he  removed  to  Martin's  Ferry,  where  he  is  still  in  the 
practice  of  law.  I  le  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  public  affairs, 
and  has  been  public-spirited  and  enterprising.  In  the  republican 
part}-  he  lias  been  quite  prominent,  ami  in  iSSS  was  elected  by  his 
party  as  elector  for  the  seventeenth  congressional  district.  Judge 
Cochrane  is  now  president  of  the  Electric  Light  company  of  this 
place.  1  le  was  married  in  1867  to  Mattie  W.  VVeldin,  of  Wheeling. 
He  and  wife-ftire  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Honor,  the  Maccabees  and  the  National 
S  Union  fraternities.  t\v  f  0  ,,,  v  •?  ''  /\j(  r  ;,,';  j  1  i  •,«.<,  y  b  <  ' 
r  W.  B.  Crawford,  postmaster  ana  grocer  of  Blaine,  Belmont  county, 

Ohio,  is  a  son  of  William  F.  and  Harriet  Crawford,  of  "horn  mention 
is  made  elsewhere  in  this  book.  Mr.  Crawford  was  born  April  5, 
1852.  His  early  life  was  passed  in  Bridgeport,  where  he  received  a 
common  school  education.  After  obtaining  his  schooling  he  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business,  first  with  his  brother  in  Bridgeport.  After 
remaining  with  his  brother  for  five  years   he   sold    his  interest   in  the 


5?S  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

business  and  removed  to  Richland  township,  where  he  entered  the 
dairy  business.  Four  years  later,  Mr.  Crawford  returned  to  Pease 
township,  and  operated  a  farm  for  three  years.  Subsequently,  in  18S7, 
he  established  the  grocery  business,  which  he  now  conduct's,  having 
met  with  marked  success.  I  le  was  appointed  postmaster  at  Blaine! 
July  10,  1889,  and  took  charge  of  the  office  July  23,  1889.  Mr.  Craw- 
ford has  been  a  school  director  of  the  township,  serving  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  In  1881,  he  married  Miss  Fannie, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Catherine  Simpson.  Mrs.  Crawford  was 
born  March  3,  1863;  the  mother,  Catherine  Simpson,  was  born,  De- 
cember 25,  1843,  and  tlie  father  November  27,  1841.  The  following 
named  children  have  been  born  to  them:  Carl  E.,  born  March  19, 
1882;  Gertrude,  born  March  20,  1884;  Harriet  C,  born  April  10, 
1885;  David  R.,  born  July  29,  1887,  and  Francis  11.,  born  December  3, 
1SS9.  Mr.  Crawford  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  of  Bridge- 
port, and  Mrs.  Crawford  is  a  regular  communicant  of  the  Presby- 
terion  church.  W.  B.  Crawford  is  a  man  who  has  gained  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  and  is  regarded  as  a  businessman 
of  much  foresight  and  ability. 

Rev.  Dr.  Frank  S.  De  Mass  was  born  in  Washington  count)-,  Penn., 
October  1,  1821.  The  family  was  originally  German,  being  known  by 
the  name  of  Von  I  lass,  and  having  three  distinct  branches.  The  fam- 
ily were  Protestant  Huguenots,  emigrated  to  Holland,  and  in  1772 
some  portion  of  them  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania. 
Gen.  John  Philippy  1  lass,  of  Revolutionary  memory,  was  an  immediate 
ancestor  of  the  subject  of  our  notice.  Dr.  De  I  lass  was  educated  at 
Washington  college,  Penn.,  and  was  licensed  as  a  Methodist  preacher 
in  1S43.  His  first  appointment  was  at  Leesburg,  Ohio,  in  connection 
with  the  Pittsburgh  conference.  He  was  ordained  deacon  in  1845,  and 
elder  in  1S57.  In  1845  he  was  stationed  at  Murrysville,  Penn.;  in  1846, 
Weston,  Ya.;  in  1S47-48,  Wheeling;  in  1849  '50,  agent  of  Allegheny 
college;  in  1851  ^^,2,  Wesley  college,  Pittsburgh;  1S53  -'54,  secretary  of 
"'bract  Society,"  in  Methodist  church;  in  1855-56,  Trinity  church, 
Pittsburgh;  in  1S57— '58,  again  secretary  of  Tract  Society;  in  1859-60, 
Seventh  street.  New  York;  1S61-62,  Washington  street,  Brooklyn. 
He  was  appointed  to  the  Pacific  Street  church,  Brooklyn,  in  [863,  and 
three  years  later  went  to  the  Metropolitan  church,  in  Washington 
city,  where  he  remained  three  years.  Among  the  attendants  at  this 
church  were,  President  Grant,  Vice-president  Colfax,  Chief  justice 
Chase  and  many  other  distinguished  individuals.  Two  years  were 
then  spent  with  Trinity  church,  Cincinnati,  and  two  subsequent  years' 
travel  in  Europe,  Egypt  ami  Palestine.  In  the  Holy  band  he  secured 
a  rare  manuscript  of  the  Book  of  Moses,  found  in  a  tomb  supposed  to 
date  a  century  before  Christ.  April  1.  1872,  he  was  appointed  to  the 
Lexington  Avenue  church,  New  York.  He  received  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
from  Michigan  university,  in  1870.  Dr.  De  Hass  enjoyed  consider- 
able reputation  as  an  eloquent  speaker.  Various  sermons  at  camp 
meetings  were  spoken  of  as  grand  in  the  extreme.  On  one  occasion 
he  chained  the  attention  of   10,000  persons   for  one   hour  and  twenty 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  529 

minutes.  He  attended  the  general  Sunday-school  convention  held  in 
London,  in  1862,  and  at  one  of  the  sessions  made  a  speech  of  marked 
beauty  and  power.  His  publications  are  principally  sermons.  At  the 
time  of  his  appointment  to  the  consulate  at  Jerusalem,  Dr.  De  Mass 
was  pastor  of  the  Lexington  Avenue  Methodist  church,  New  York  city, 
which  charge  he  resigned  soon  after.  A  gentleman  of  high  social  cul- 
ture and  of  varied  learning  and  accomplishments,  he  was  amply 
qualified  for  all  the  requirements  of  his  office  and  made  a  worth}-  rep- 
resentative of  our  country  abroad.  In  addition  to  his  consular  du- 
ties Dr.  De  Hass  devoted  his  leisure  hours  to  biblical  researches  in 
and  around  Jerusalem.  After  his  return  from  the  Holy  Land  and  the 
last  years  of  his  life  were  spent  principally  in  travel.  Some  ten  years 
before  his  death  he  came  to  Martin's  Ferry,  where  he  owned  some 
property,  and  on  account  of  his  mother  living  here.  Three  years 
before  his  death  symptoms  of  cancer  began  to  appear  on  the  lower 
part  of  his  face,  and  was  ultimately  the  cause  of  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred Decembers,  1S89.  He  never  took  an  active  part  in  politics, 
but  was  ever  identified  with  the  republican  party.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order. 

James  II.  Drennen  is  a  native  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  was  brought 
up  on  a  farm  from  his  fifth  to  his  fourteenth  year,  at  which  time  he 
went  to  Pittsburgh  to  serve  an  apprenticeship  to  a  cabinet-  and  chair- 
maker  whose  place  of  business  was  corner  of  Third  and  Smithfield 
streets.  In  1837116  went  to  Mt.  Pleasant,  Jefferson  Co.,  Ohio,  to  work 
at  his  trade.  There  he  married,  ami  purchasing  a  farm  in  Pease 
township,  three  miles  distant  from  Martin's  Ferry,  where  he  continued 
to  reside  till  the  care  of  the  .Yctus  requiring  all  his  attention,  he  re- 
moved to  Martin's  Ferry,  w  here  he  has  since  resided.  Since  he  has  had 
control  of  the  AVa\>,  the  place  has  grown  from  a  village  of  i.Soo,  to  a 
city  of  7,000  to  8,000  inhabitants;  from  one  railroad,  the  Cleveland  & 
Pittsburgh,  it  has  two  in  operation,  and  another  nearly  completed,  which 
will  open  up  additional  communications  with  the  entire  country,  and 
give  several  other  railroads  acces.*,  to  the  city  and  the  east  via  the 
splendid  railroad  bridge  connecting  the  city  with  Wheeling,  which  will 
be  completed  in  June.  During  the  existence  of  the Xcics,  manufactur- 
ing of  iron  anil  glass  has  been  firmly  established  in  the  little  city 
where  it  is  published,  for  which  that  paper  is  certainly  entitled  to  a 
due  share  of  credit,  as  it  has  always  given  prominence  to  all  enter- 
prises which  Mr.  Drennen  believed  would  tend  to  building  up  the  town 
of  his  adoption.  While  the  <Vczos  has  never  been  a  partisan  sheet,  it 
has  always  contended  for  a  protective  tariff,  and  while  Mr.  Drennen 
remains  in  control,  it  may  be  depended  on  to  favor  any  policy  which 
will  create  and  foster  a  diversified  industry. 

George  Duncan,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  prominent  attorney,  was  born 
in  Allegheny  county,  Penn.,  May  11.  1S41.  He  is  the  son  of  Thomas 
Duncan,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  was  reared  in  Allegheny 
county,  and  learned  the  tradcof  wool-carding.  1  le  became  the  owner 
of  a  carding  mill  about  ten  miles  north  of  Pittsburgh,  on  the  Alle- 
gheny road,  which  he  operated  about  forty  years.  Disposing  of  this 
34-13. 


530  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

in  1862,  he  purchased  a  farm  on  which  he  resided  until  his  death, 
November  19,  1S64.  Me  was  married  in  1838,  to  Nancy  Herdman,  by 
whom  he  had  six  children,  of  whom  three  besides  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  are  living.  The  mother  also  survives.  George  Duncan  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Allegheny  county, 
and  in  the  Valley  academy,  and  when  about  nineteen  years  old  began 
the  study  of  law  with  Thomas  Howard  and  John  D.  Mahon,  of  Pitts- 
burgh. Removing  subsequently  to  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  he  com- 
pleted his  studies  with  J.  D.  King,  and  in  November,  1865,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Mahoning  county.  While  pursuing  these 
professional  studies  he  had  followed  teaching  in  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio.  Beginning  the  practice  in  Columbiana  county,  in  1867.  he 
remained  there  seven  years,  and  then  went  to  Norwalk,  Ohio,  which 
was  his  residence  until  he  removed  to  Martin's  Ferry,  in  the  spring  of 
1878.  Mere  he  has  attained  a  creditable  place  in  his  profession,  and 
is  widely  known  as  a  learned  and  successful  lawyer.  Mr.  Duncan  was 
married  in  1865,  to  Maggie  Hall,  of  Allegheny  count)-,  by  whom  he 
has  three  children:  Thomas  M.,  Nannie  V.,  and  Lottie. 

William  K.  Elson,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  one  of  the  most  enterprising 
manufacturers  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  was  born  in  Stark  countv, 
Ohio,  November  27,  1833.  lie  is  the  son  of  John  aiM  Harriet  Elson, 
the  former  of  whom  died  when  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  hut  nine 
months  old.  In  1S37  the  latter  came  to  Wheeling  with  his  mother, 
and  in  that  city  attended  the  then  indifferent  schools  until  he  was 
twelve  years  old,  after  which  he  entered  the  employment  of  Barnes, 
Hobbs  &  Co.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of  a  glass  blower,  and  be- 
came a  master  of  that  craft,  lb'  did  not  leave  the  employment  of 
this  company  until  he  was  about  twenty- nine  years  of  age,  when,  in 
1863,  in  company  with  John  Oesterling,  Peter  Castle.  lames  Leisure 
and  others,  he  started  a  small  factor)-  at  Wheeling,  which  has  since 
developed  into  the  Central  Glass  works.  I  Ie  remained  with  this  glass 
manufacturing  company  until  January,  1878,  when  he  became  associ- 
ated with  the  Belmont  glass  house,  of  Bellaire,  and  remained  there 
five  years.  In  1881,  he  joined  with  M.  Sheets  and  others  in  the  or- 
'ganization  oi  the  Elson  Glass  company  at  Martin's  Ferry,  of  which 
he  has  acted  as  president,  and  now  holds  the  position  of  general 
manager.  W.  II.  Robinson  is  now  president  of  the  company.  Mr. 
Elson's  residence  at  Martin's  Ferry  began  in  1885,  and  though  a  com- 
parative!)- recent  comer,  he  is  accorded  a  prominent  [dace  in  business 
and  social  circles,  and  is  highly  esteemed  by  all.  His  political  affil- 
iation is  with  tli*-  republican  party.  Mr.  Elson  was  married  in  1855, 
and  has  three  children.  Mrs.  Elson  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

Henry  Floto,  president  of  tin-  Northwood  Glass  company,  of  Mar- 
tin's Ferry,  was  born  in  Brunswick,  Germany,  in  1830.  He  is  the  son 
of  Lewis  and  Caroline  (Frohme)  Floto,  natives  of  German)-.  The 
father,  who  died  in  1850,  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  also  engaged 
in  farming.  The  mother  is  still  living  in  German)-.  Henry  Floto  re- 
ceived a  limited  education    in   Germany  and   learned   the   craft   of  a 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  531 

glass-blower,  at  which  he  was  engaged  until  he  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1S63.  He  found  employment  at  Steubenville  about  one 
year,  then  worked  at  McKee's  Glass  works  at  Pittsburgh,  afterward 
at  various  places,  and  in  r866  came  to  Martin's  Ferry  and  entered  the 
employment  of  Sweeney  &  McCluny.  Soon  afterward  he  and  his 
brother  purchased  the  bakery  establishment  of  J.  Ensley,  and  this  he 
still  conducts.  I  Ie  is  also  a  stockholder  and  president  of  the  North- 
wood  Glass  company.  1  Ie  has  been  highly  successful  in  business,  and 
is  one  of  the  most  enterprising  men  of  the  town.  No  less  than  thir- 
teen residences  and  other  buildings  have  been  erected  by  him  in  Mar- 
tin's Ferry,  and  he  is  active  in  the  public  interests.  Mr.  Floto  also 
owns  large  tracts  of  land,  in  Tennessee.  He  was  married  in  i860  to 
Margaret  Roller,  of  Steubenvile,  and  nine  children  have  been  born 
to  them:  George,  Hattie,  Frank,  Henry,  Christian,  Emma,  William, 
Minnie  (deceased  1,  and  Charles.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran, 
and  his  wife  of  the  Catholic,  church. 

E.  W.  Gilmore  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  in  the  town  of  Smithfield, 
Jefferson  county,  that  state.  His  parents,  John  and  Elizabeth,  were 
both  natives  of  Maryland.  In  1869  he  moved  to  Bridgeport,  Ohio. 
Some  five  years  after  his  removal  to  Bridgeport,  he  entered  the 
grocery  business,  and  still  occupies  the  stand  where  he  commenced 
trading.  The  business,  urged  on  by  his  thrift  and  foresight,  has 
steadily  increased,  year  by  year,  until  at  the  present  time  he  ranks 
among  the  leading  grocers  of  Bridgeport.  Mr.  Gilmore  is  a  member 
of  Belmont  lodge,  K.  of  P.,  of  Bridgeport.  Politically,  he  is  a  "  liberal  " 
democrat. 

Thomas  L.  Glessner,  president  of  the  Laughlin  Nail  company,  is  a 
native  of  Zanesville,  Ohio,  and  a  son  of  Jacob  Glessner,  one  of  the 
pioneer  publishers  of  eastern  Ohio.  Jacob  Glessner  was  born  in 
Somerset  county,  Penn.,  where  he  learned  the  printer's  trade.  In 
1S34  he  removed  to  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  and,  in  company  with  his 
brother,  purchased  the  .S7.  Clairsville  Gazette,  which  they  published 
about  five  years.  He  then  went  to  Zanesville,  and  published  the 
Aurora,  the  leading  democratic  organ,  for  six  years,  after  which  he 
established  a  family  journal,  known  as  the  Zanesville  City  Times, 
which  he  conducted  for  over  twenty  years.  In  1S67  he  sold  the  paper 
and  purchased  the  Zanesville  paper  mill,  which  lie  managed  until 
1S86,  since  when  he  has  been  retired  from  business.  While  at  St.  Clairs- 
ville he  was  married  to  Miss  Laughlin,  of  Wheeling,  and  five  children 
have  been  born  to  them,  of  whom  one  is  deceased.  Thomas  L. 
Glessner,  after  receiving  his  education  at  Zanesville,  entered  the 
Benwood  Iron  works,  and  there  remained  six  years,  having  charge  of 
the  Benwood  office.  In  1S7S,  in  company  with  his  uncle,  Alexander 
Laughlin,  he  purchased  the  Ohio  City  Iron  and  Nail  works,  at  Mar- 
tin's Ferry,  and  organized  the  Laughlin  Xail  company,  of  which  he 
acted  as  secretary  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Laughlin  in  [8S5,  when  he 
assumed  his  present  position.  The  works  were  partially  destroyed 
by  fire  in  1 S82  and  again  in  1SS6,  but  each  time  were  rebuilt  and  en- 
larged, and  they  are  now  the  second  largest   nail  works  in  the  world. 


532  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Mr.  Glessner  is  also  president  of  the  Laughlin  and  Junction  Steel 
company,  which  built  and  operates  the  Bessemer  Steel  works  at  Mingo 
Junction.  lie  has  been  a  resident  of  Wheeling  since  1872,  and  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  its  foremost  citizens.  He  and  wife  are  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  is  in  political  matters  a  republican. 
He  was  married  in  1879.10  a  daughter  of  George  R.  Taylor,  elsewhere 
mentioned,  and  one  child,  Mary,  has  been  born  to  this  union. 

C.  F.  Handel,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Wurtemberg. 
Germany,  August  2S,  1840.  Four  }-ears  later  his  parents  came  to  the 
United  States  and  settled  at  Pasco  Station,  Ohio.  Learning  the 
printer's  trade  in  Wheeling,  he  removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where 
he  worked  at  his  trade  until  the  outbreak  of  the  late  war.  I  [ceding  his 
adopted  country's  call,  he  was  among  the  first  to  enroll  himself  on  the 
roster  of  the  Ninth  regiment  of  the  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  whose 
fortunes  he  bravely  followed  through  the  trying  scenes  of  the  battles  of 
Rich  Mountain,  Fairfax  Ferry,  Mills's  Springs,  Shiloh,  Perryville, 
Chickamauga  and  Resaca.  Having  been  honorably  discharged  in  the 
year  1864,  he  went  to  Xew  York,  where  he  followed  his  trade  forone  year, 
after  which  he  returned  to  Ohio  and  established  a  grocery  business  at 
Pasco,  his  father's  old  home.  Mr.  Handel  remained  at  Pasco  until 
1 871,  then  removed  to  Wheeling,  where  he  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Klein  &  Handel,  wholesale  dealers  in  notions.  In  1883  he 
again  moved,  this  time  to  Bridgeport,  Ohio.  He  established  a  gro- 
cery house  here  which  he  still  presides  over,  and  under  his  guidance 
does  an  increasingly  prosperous  buisness.  Mr.  Handel  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Breidenstein  in  1870.  Miss  Breidenstein  was  the  daughter 
of  Caspar  Breidenstein,  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  honored  of 
Bridgeport's  pioneers.  Two  sons,  Willie  and  Albert,  are  the  result  of 
this  union.  The  qualities  that  made  him  a  true,  courageous  soldier, 
a  successful  business  man  and  an  upright  citizen,  won  him  the  regard 
of  his  fellow  townsmen,  and  in  1SS6,  their  vote  placed  him  in  the  city 
council.  A  member  of  the  republican  party,  yet  respected  by  all 
parties.  The  family  are  members  of  the  German  Lutheran  church  of 
Wheeling. 

Joseph  T.  Hanes,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  prominent  business  man,  was 
born  at  that  place,  July  7,  183c).  His  father,  James  Hanes,  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  came  to  Martin's  Ferry  in  1855,  aiu'  was  one  or  the 
first  settlers,  erecting  one  of  the  first  dwelling  houses.  His  occupa 
tion  was  marble-cutting,  which  he  followed  until  his  death  in  1862. 
In  1827  he  was  married  to  Rebecca  Hadsell,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
who  died  July  iS,  [SSo,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  These  parents  had  eight 
children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  received 
his  education  in  the  old  log  school-house  on  Lucas  street,  and  in  the 
Union  school,  and  then  took  a  commercial  course  with  the  intention 
of  starting  a  commercial  school,  but  this  was  prevented  by  the  war 
of  the  rebellion.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  Company  G,  of  the  Fifteenth 
Ohio  regiment,  and  served  until  1S65.  He  was  captured  at  the 
battle  of  Chickamauga,  and  for  over  sixteen  months  was  confined  at 
Andersonville    and  other  military  prisons,    at    one   time  almost  suf- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  533 

fering  death  from  scurvy.  When  exchanged  in  November,  1864,  He 
was  completely  broken  down  and  required  crutches  to  move  about. 
After  the  war  he  took  up  his  father's  business,  which  he  carried  on 
until  1874,  when  failing  health  compelled  him  to  abandon  it  and  he  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business.  In  this  he  does  a  considerable  busi- 
ness and  is  also  interested  in  building  associations,  one  of  which, 
the  Franklin,  he  started  in  1879.  He  also  acts  as  a  notary  public  and 
insurance  and  steamship  agent.  He  has  taken  an  active  interest _  in 
politics  as  a  republican,  and  has  been  influential  in  municipal  affairs, 
having,  as  councilman,  been  instrumental  in  securing  water  works 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  of  the  Masonic,  Odd 
Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  National  Union  fraternities.  Mr. 
Hanes  was  married  in  1869  to  Anna  Clykcr,  of  Wheeling,  by  whom 
he  has  had  three  children,  Gertrude  C.,-  Lyman  S.,  and  James  W., 
deceased. 

Charles  A.  H.  Helling,  of  Martin's  berry,  Ohio,  secretary  of  the 
Northwood  Glass  works  of  that  city,  was  born  in  Derenthal,  province 
of  Brunswick,  Germany,  March  24,  1847.  He  is  the  son  of  Henry 
and  Sophia  Helling,  who  came  to  this  country  about  1849.  I  hey 
remained  at  Wheeling  some  two  years,  and.  then  came  to  Martin  s 
Ferry,  their  subsequent  residence.  Henry  Helling  was  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  his  day,  being  for  many  years  the  leading  coal  dealer 
of  Martin's  Ferry,  and  interested  in  nearly  all  the  enterprises  of  the 
place.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ohio  City  Nail  mill  company,  now 
known  as  the  Laughlin  Nail  mill  company,  the  Buckeye  (Mass  com- 
pany the  Martin's  Ferry  Stone  company,  and  was  one  oi  the  organiz- 
ers of  the  old  Ohio  City  bank  known  as  the  Exchange  bank  at 
present,  and  of  the  Northwood  Glass  company.  In  other  business 
channels  he  also  acted  as  a  public-spirited  man,  and  was  one  ol  the 
organizers  of  the  German  Lutheran  church.  He  died  May  27,  1889, 
but  his  wife  survives.  They  were  the  parents  of  live  children, 
one  of  whom  is  deceased.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  after  attend- 
ing the  schools  of  Martin's  Ferry  in  his  youth,  went  into  busi- 
ness with  his  father  as  book-keeper, 'a  position  he  held  until  Janu- 
ary, iSSS,  when  he  took  the  position  of  shipping  clerk.  In  1889  he 
was  elected  secretary  of  the  company  which  he  now  efficiently  serves. 
He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  German  Lutheran  church.  1  le  was 
married  December  10,  1S72,  to  Kate  Dorsch,  of  Martin's  berry,  who 
died  in  1873,  leaving  one  child,  Charles  G.  In  October,  1874,  Mr. 
Helling  was  married  to  Annie  Burk,  daughterof  Frederick  Burk,  born 
in  the  ^Province  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany.  They  have  three  sons 
and  three  daughters,  one  son  having  died. 

William  !•:.  ilcrvey,  M.  D.,  a  successful  physician  and  surgeon  ot 
Martin's  Ferry,  was  born  in  Ohio  county,  W.  Va.,  October  2,  1855. 
He  is  a  grandson  of  William  Hervey,  one  of  the  early  residents  0 
the  state^of  West  Virginia,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  an  influential 
citizen.  Thomas  II.  Hervey,  son  of  the  latter,  and  the  father  ol  Dr. 
Hervey,  was  born  in  Ohio  county.  He  followed  farming  and  stock- 
raising  ami  was  a  prosperous  and  worthy   man.     By   his   marriage  in 


534  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

185 1  to  Rachel  A.  Maxwell,  he  had  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are 
living.  Dr.  llervey  was  reared  in  Ohio  county,  and  was  educated  at 
the  West  Liberty  Normal  school,  the  academy  at  Cannonsburgh,  Perm., 
and  at  the-  Washington  and  Jefferson  college,  where  he  was  gradu- 
ated. In  1S79  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  under  Dr.  J.  T.  Carter, 
of  Triadelphia,  and  in  the  following  year  he  entered  the  medical  col- 
lege of  Ohio,  at  Cincinnati,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1882.  He 
opened  an  office  at  Martin's  Ferry  in  the  same  year,  and  has  since 
then  been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice.  He  is  held  in  high  regard 
as  a  physician  and  as  a  citizen.  The  doctor  was  married  in  October, 
1886,  to  Jennie,  daughter  of  John  Armstrong,  elswhere  mentioned. 
The}'  have  one  child,  Margaret  A.  Dr.  llervey  and  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

James  L.  Higgins  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  Ohio,  April  20th,  1854,  of 
Irish-American  parentage;  his  father  being  a  native  of  Ireland,  and 
his  mother  a  native  of  Ohio.  Mr.  Higgins's  earl)-  life  was  passed  in 
the  public  schools  of  Bridgeport.  He  filled  various  situations  satis- 
factorily until  the  year  1 881,  when  an  opportunity  for  entering  the 
grocery  trade  offered  itself,  which  he  accepted.  Having  succeeded 
to  the  business  of  Joseph  Waterman,  he  brought  to  it  the  energy  and 
uprightness  which  hail  always  characterized  him,  and  which  have 
made  him  the  successful  business  man  that  he  is.  He  has  since 
added  to  his  grocery  business  by  establishing  a  line  of  transfer  wagons, 
which  are  run  in  connection  with  the  C.  <X  P.  railroad.  Mr.  Higgins 
is  an  acceptable  member  of  the  following  secret  orders:  K.  G.  E., 
Washington  castle  Xo.  5,  of  Bridgeport;  Belmont  lodge,  Xo.  ioq, 
K.  of  P.;  and  also  the  Knights  of  Labor  and  Knights  of  Maccabees. 
In  politics  he  is  a  republican.  In  1885  Mr.  Higgins  was  married  to 
Azelia  Rosa,  of  Wheeling,  a  communicant  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal  church.     Two  sons,  Arthur  ami    Paul,    have   blessed  their  union. 

One  of  the  most  skillful  machinists  of  Bridgeport  is  Thomas  Hill. 
Mr.  Iliil  is  an  Englishman  by  birth,  having  been  born  in  that  coun- 
try, July  6,  1840,  in  Dunstairs,  Elton  township,  Lancashire.  His  par- 
ents were  John  and  Rebecca  Hill,  also  natives  of  England.  John  Hill 
was  born  in  the  year  1817,  and  his  wife  1S19.  They  reared  a  family 
of  four  sons  and  two  daughters,  one  of  the  daughters  is  now  deceased. 
Thomas  Hill,  the  principal  of  this  biography,  lived  in  England  until 
he  had  reached  manhood.  He  learned  the  machinist's  trade  in  his 
native  land.  May  24,  1S61,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Sarah  A. 
Leach,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Leach,  both  English  born. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  ami  one  son  emigrated  to  this  country  July 6,  1863. 
After  their  arrival,  Mr.  Hill  worked  at  his  trade  in  Massachusetts  for 
three  years,  then  returned  to  England,  but  in  one  year  came  back  to 
the  United  States  and  look  up  his  resilience  in  Bridgeport,  Ohio. 
Until  the  springof  1870  Mr.  I  lill  was  employed  in  the  shops  of  Spence, 
Wiley  &  Gray,  machinists  of  Martin's  Eery.  At  this  time  he  started 
the  shop  which  he  now  occupies.  Mr.  and  MrsMIill  have  had  five 
sons  and  six  daughters,  seven  of  these  children  are  now  living.  Mr. 
Hill  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order.  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  Sons 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  535 

of  St.  George;  he  is  also  an  active  and  influential  communicant  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  is  very  prominent  in  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work.  He 
is  always  read}'  to  give  of  his  means  and  time  to  any  public  improve- 
ment, or  to  aid  the  needy  and  afflicted. 

Stephen  Hipkins,  Jr.,  proprietor  of  the  Novelty  .Model  works,  of 
Martin's  Ferry,  was  born  in  England,  Jul)-.  1S41.  His  father,  who 
bore  the  same  name,  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  after  coming  to 
this  country,  followed  his  trade  for  a  number  ot  years,  being  for  some 
time  in  the  employment  of  the  Ohio  Central  railroad,  and  afterward 
in  business  for  himself.  He  resided  successively  at  Philadelphia, 
Zanesville,  Ohio,  and  Bellaire,  living  in  the  latter  place  from  1859  for 
fifteen  years.  Since  then  he  has  resided  upon  a  farm.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  England  to  Eliza  Brown,  who  survives,  and  they  had  ten  chil- 
dren, seven  of  whom  are  living.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
eight  years  old  when  he  came  to  this  country,  and  when  about  fourteen 
years  old,  became  an  apprentice  in  iron  working  with  1 1.  &.P.  Blandey, 
of  Zanesville,  and  after  removing  to  Bellaire,  entered  the  employment 
of  the  Central  Ohio  railroad,  and  completed  the  trade  of  locomotive 
machinist.  He  served  as  a  foreman  with  the  company  until  1S01  or 
1862,  and  then  was  engaged  a  year  at  Zanesville,  after  which  he  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  Cleveland  &  Pittsburgh  road  at  the  YVellsburg 
shops.  Soon  afterward  he  removed  to  Bellaire  and  established  a 
shop,  in  connection  with  which  he  made  glass  moulds  for  the  Belmont 
glass  company,  an  occupation  to  which  his  attention  was  turned  while 
working  for  some  years  with  George  Barnes,  who  was  employed  in 
that  manner.  After  working  at  Wheeling  lor  Hobbs,  Brockunier  & 
Co.,  he  came  to  Martin's  Ferry,  to  take  charge  of  the  mould  depart- 
ment of  the  Buckeye  Glass  works.  This  position  he  resigned  in  1884 
and  engaged  in  a  limited  way  on  his  own  account  in  the  manufacture 
of  glass  moulds,  with  the  assistance  of  his  sons.  By  haul  work  and 
perseverance  this  business  has  grown  to  be  the  largest  of  the  kind  in 
the  valley  outside  of  Pittsburgh.  The  reputation  of  his  goods  is 
wide  spread,  and  they  have  a  ready  sale.  He  is  a  public-spirited  cit- 
izen, takes  an  active  part  in  municipal  affairs,  having  been  a  member 
of  the  city  council,  and  now  holding  the  office  of  president  of  the 
water  works  board,  and  in  politics  he  is  an  earnest  republican.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  of  the  Masonic, 
Knights  of  Honor,  Odd  Fellows,  and  G.  A.  R.  fraternities,  having 
been  qualified  for  membership  in  the  latter  by  service  in  Company  I, 
One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  Ohio  infantry.  Mr.  Hipkins  was  mar- 
ried in  1862  to  Maggie  H.  Heatherington,  of  Bellaire,  and  they  have 
eight  children:  Bertie,  George,  Howard,  Emma,  Jessie,  Laura,  and 
Frank  and  Flora,  twins. 

Robert  T.  Howell  is  the  son  of  one  of  those  old  stalwarts  whose 
footsteps  can  lie  traced  upon  the  pages  of  pioneer  history  so  long  as 
men  remain  true  to  the  past,  and  do  not  forget  the  teachings  of  their 
fathers.  David  E.  Howell  came  to  this  country  from  Wales,  at  the 
time  when  the  infant  Republic  was  most  in  need  of  true  sons.  Ib- 
settled  in  Bridgeport  in  its  early  days,  where  he  engaged  in  the  wagon 


53^  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

and  carriage  business,  afterward  becoming  a  grocer.  lie  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace  of  Pease  township,  for  twenty-eight  years,  and 
was  postmaster  at  Bridgeport  for  eight  or  nine  years.  lie  married 
Susan  Marders,  a  native  of  Mississippi,  by  whom  he  had  thirteen 
children.  After  a  life  of  usefulness  and  probity,  he  died  in  the  city 
of  his  adoption,  having  lived  there  for  forty-five  years.  Mrs.  I  lowell 
is  still  living.  Robert  Howell  came  into  this  world  November  22, 
1841.  After  receiving  a  practical  education  in  the  Bridgeport  com- 
mon schools  he  became  connected  with  his  father  in  the  hardware 
business,  the  name  of  the  firm  being  D.  E.  Howell  &  Son.  He  con- 
tinued with  his  father  for  six  years,  when  he  sold  his  interest  to  him 
-and  went  into  the  produce  business,  engaging  in  this  for  some  fifteen 
years,  after  which  he  entered  the  insurance  and  real  estate  business, 
which  he  continues  to  the  present  time.  In  1S85  Mr.  Howell  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace  of  Pease  township,  which  position  he  still 
occupies.  On  May  7,  1867,  he  married  Rebecca  L.  Worthington,  ? 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  X.  C.  Worthington,  a  Methodist  minister  of 
Bridgeport,  at  that  time,  now  located  in  Muskingum  county,  Ohio. 
Five  children  have  come  to  bless  their  lives,  all  of  them  living. 
W.  W.  holds  a  position  with  theWarfield  Grocery  company,  of  Ouincy, 
111.;  Charles  W.,  Frank,  Maggie  and  Susie  still  remain  at  home.  Mr. 
Howell  is  a  member  of  Bridgeport  lodge,  Xo.  1S1,  F.  X  A.  M.;  Bel- 
mont chapter,  Xo.  141,  also  of  Bridgeport  lodge,  Xo.  109,  K.  of  P. 
He  served  his  country  bravely  during  her  struggle,  as  a  member  of 
Company  A,  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  Ohio  volunteer  infantry 
Politically,  he  is  a  staunch  republican.  Mrs.  Howell  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a  worth}-  companion  of  her 
husband's  life. 

John  C.  Kehrer,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was  born  in  Wurtemburg,  Ger- 
man}-, in  1831,  the  son  of  John  Kehrer,  who  was  a  gardener  and  grape 
raiser,  by  occupation.  He  died  in  1853,  and  his  wife  1851.  Mr.  Kehrer 
received  good  educational  advantages  in  German}-  up  to  his  four- 
teenth year,  when  he  was  apprenticed  for  three  years,  to  a  stone  mason. 
Subsequently  he  followed  his  trade  in  that  country  two  years,  as  a 
journeyman,  and  then,  in  1840,  came  to  the  United  States.  On  land- 
ing, he  came  directly  to  Wheeling,  and  followed  his  trade  there  until 
1858.  He  then  took  a  tour  through  the  west,  visiting  all  the  large- 
cities,  and  on  his  return,  crossed  to  Martin's  Ferry,  and  in  partner- 
ship with  others,  purchased  a  tract  of  thirty-one  acres,  upon  which  he 
began  the  culture  of  grapes.  As  soon  as  the  vineyard  was  producing, 
they  provided  a  cellar,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  Scheele  X  Kehrer, 
began  the  production  of  wine.  This  was  the  first  wine  cellar  in  the 
valley,  and  the  qualities  of  the  soil  for  wine  production  was  not  yet 
known.  The  experiment  has,  however,  under  the  skillful  manage- 
ment of  Mr.  Kehrer.  proved  to  be  an  entire  success,  and  the  product 
of  their  vineyard  finds  a  ready  market  in  all  the  cities  of  the  land. 
The  firm  now  has  about  fifteen  acres  of  land  devoted  to  vineyard,  and 
produces  four  to  five  thousand  gallons  of  wine  per  year.  Mr.  Kehrer 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  competent  wine  producers  of  the  val- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  53J 

ley,  and  as  a  citizen,  he  is  highly  esteemed.  lie  is  a  member  of  the 
German  Lutheran  church,  has  been  a  Mason  since  1856,  and  is  a  re- 
publican. He  was  married  in  1851,  to  Matilda  Cook,  of  Wheeling. 
and  the)'  have  had  six  children:  Jeannette,  Albert,  Matilda,  Emma, 
Lizzie  and  Clara,  the  two  latter  being  deceased. 

Robert  Kirkwood,  the  subject  of  the  following  sketch,  was  born 
near  Newark,  Del.,  in  1756.  His  ancestors  were  Scotch,  but  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  a  branchof  the  family  removed 
to  the  north  of  Ireland.  In  this  Scotch  settlement,  near  Derry,  about 
1 73 1 ,  lived  two  brothers,  William  and  Robert  Kirkwood,  both  born 
in  Ireland.  These  are  the  first  names  in  the  connection  that  have 
come  down  to  us.  William,  some  ten  or  twelve  years  the  senior,  died 
in  Ireland,  leaving  a  widow  with  two  children.  Robert,  the  younger 
brother,  the  father  of  our  subject,  when  a  very  young  man,  concluded 
to  emigrate  to  America.  He  set  sail  about  1732,  with  the  widow  and 
children  of  his  brother  William,  and  landed  in  Xewcastle,  Del.,  some 
time  in  the  year.  They  soon  made  their  way  to  a  farm  two  miles 
northwest  of  Newark.  Mr.  Kirkwood,  though  in  reduced  circum- 
stances at  the  time  of  his  arrival,  by  dint  of  industry  and  economy 
became  in  a  few  years  the  owner  of  this  farm  on  which  lie  had  found 
his  first  American  home.  He  married  a  Miss  McDowell,  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Their  family  contained  an  only  son,  and 
he  was  given  his  father's  name  —  Robert.  With  a  view  to  his  prepa- 
ration for  the  Christian  ministry  he  was  given  a  classical  training 
in  the  Newark  academy,  But  the  commencement  of  hostilities  with 
Great  Britain  aroused  the  patriotism  of  the  youthful  student;  he  en- 
listed in  the  Delaware  regiment  commanded  by  Col.  Hazlett,  and 
was  made  a  lieutenant  at  the  early  age  of  twenty.  Kirkwood  was 
with  the  army  of  Washington  at  New  York,  participated  in  the  Long 
Island  campaign,  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Princeton,  Trenton  and 
Brandywine.  After  the  death  of  Col.  Hazlett,  who  fell  at  Princeton, 
he  was  appointed  captain,  an  office  in  which  he  served  until  the  close" 
of  the  war.  It  has  been  asked  why  a  soldier  of  Capt.  Kirkwood's 
merit  was  never  promoted  to  a  higher  rank.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  in 
the  disastrous  battle  of  Camden  the  Delaware  regiment  was  reduced 
from  eight  to  two  companies,  and  required,  therefore,  no  higher  office 
than  a  captain.  The  soldiers  who  had  been  under  Hazlett's  command 
were  taken  to  South  Carolina  by  Gen.  Gates  in  17^0.  Capt.  Kirkwood 
bore  an  honorable  part  in  the  battles  of  Camden,  the  Cowpcns,  Guil- 
ford, and  others.  "  During  all  that  southern  campaign,"  it  has  been 
said,  "  he  was  the  first  in  the  British  lines,  ami  also  in  their  works. 
Nine  of  the  enemy's  fortifications  were  successively  taken,  and  in 
them  our  hero  was  always  the  first  to  place  a  foot.  For  his 
great  services  he  repeatedly  received  thanks  from  Generals  Greene, 
Morgan,  and  Smallwood.  I  lis  individual  exertions  obtained  a  pecu- 
liar renown  for  what  remained  of  the  Delaware  regiment.  At  the 
close  of  the  war,  Capt.  Kirkwood,  through  the  influence  of  Washing- 
ton, was  brevetted  a  major.  1  le  returned  to  his  native'  state  and  was 
received  by  his  fellow-citizens  with  distinguished  honors.     I  lis  friends 


53$  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

in  Delaware  numbered  almost  the  entire  population."  Major  Kirk- 
wood  married  a  Miss  England,  and  their  residence  was  for  some  time 
at  Cantwell's  Bridge,  now  Odessa,  Del.  About  1788  or '89,  he  re- 
moved to  Ohio,  immediately  west  of  Wheeling,  Va.  lie  was  said  to  1 
have  been  the  first  white  man  to  fix  his  home  in  that  section  of  what 
was  then  the  northwestern  territory.  I  lis  house,  built  chiefly  by  his 
own  hands,  was  a  log  cabin,  covered  with  bark.  lie  was  exposed  to 
the  attacks  of  neighboring  Indians,  who,  as  he  soon  learned,  were 
designing  to  make  him  a  captive.  On  being  informed  of  their  inten- 
tions, he  secured  the  assistance  of  a  few  soldiers  from  Wheeling. 
Armed  with  muskets,  they  awaited  the  attack,  which  was  made  near 
midnight.  The  Indians,  finding  the  door  barred,  set  fire  to  the  bark 
roof.  At  Kirkwood's  order  the  roof  was  knocked  off  with  the  butts 
of  their  muskets,  the  assailants,  seen  by  the  light  of  the:  burning  roof. 
were  fired  upon  and  pursued.  Several  Indians  were  killed,  the  rest 
fled,  and  the  major  with  his  party  escaped  unhurt.  During  the  first 
3'ears  of  Washington's  administration  great  depreciations  were  com-  j 
mitted  by  the  Indians  in  many  parts  of  the  northwest  territory.  To 
repel  these  savages  and  afford  protection  to  settlers,  an  army  was 
raised  in  1791  and  placed  under  the  command  of  Gen.  St.  Clair.  In 
the  memorable  defeat  of  that  year  (November  4),  Kirkwood  fell, 
mortally  wounded.  All  we  know  of  his  last  moments  is  stated  by 
Col.  Slough,  a  fellow  officer,  in  a  letter  written  thirty  years  after  the 
event,  lie  said:  "  Capt.  Kirkwood  had  been  sick  for  several 
days  previous  to  the  4th  of  November,  but  was  always 
ready  for  duty.  At  the  dawn  of  day.  that  morning,  after  the  ad- 
vanced guard  was  attacked  and  driven  in,  1  saw  him  cheering  his  men, 
and  by  his  example,  inspiring  confidence  in  all  who  saw  him.  \\  hen 
he  received  the  wound,  I  cannot  say.  I  was  at  a  distance  from  him, 
and  busily  engaged  in  attending  to  my  own  duty.  About  8  o'clock, 
I  received  a  severe  wound  in  my  right  arm,  just  above  the  elbow.  As 
it  bled  very  much,  and  our  surgeon  was  in  the  rear.  I  was  advised  to 
go  and  have  it  dressed.  On  my  way  to  re-join  my  company,  I  found 
my  friend  Kirkwood,  lying  against  the  root  of  a  tree,  shot  through 
the  abdomen,  and  in  great  pain.  After  calling  to  the  surgeon,  and 
commending  him  to  his  care,  I  saw  no  more  of  him  until  the  retreat 
was  ordered,  I  then  ran  to  him,  and  proposed  having  him  carried  off. 
He  said,  "  No,  I  am  dying;  save  yourself,  if  you  can,  and  leave  me  to 
my  fate.  ...  I  sec  the  Indians  coming,  and  Cod  knows  how  they 
will  treat  me."  Some  weeks  after  the  battle,  the  ground  was  visited 
by  American  soldiers,  to  make  such  disposition  as  was  possible,  of  the 
killed,  left  on  the  field.  The  body  of  Maj.  Kirkwood  was  recognized 
by  a  pair  of  Indian  moccasins,  known  to  have  been  in  his  possession. 
Many  years  afterward,  as  the  present  writer  was  informed  by  Hon. 
John  M.  Clayton,  the  people  of  I  )elaware  would  have  given  his  remains 
an  honorable  burial  in  his  native  state,  but  their  identification  was  no 
longer  possible.  Maj.  kirkwood  left  but  two  children,  a  son,  Joseph  R., 
and  a  daughter,  Mary.  The  latter  married  Mr.Whitely,  of  Delaware. 
1  Ierson,  Robert  Kirkwood  Whitely,  was  educated  at  West  Point,  and  be- 


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came  a  captain  in  the  United  States  army.  The  sun.  Joseph  R.  Kirk- 
wood,  married  Miss  Gillespie,  a  descendant  of  Rev.  George  Gillespie, 
the  first  pastor  of  White  Clay  Creek,  and  headof  Christiana  churches 
near  Newark,  Del.  They  removed  at  an  early  day,  to  Bridge- 
port, Ohio.  Their  only  son  died  in  infancy,  so  that  the  name  of  Kirk- 
wood,  in  this  branch  of  the  family,  is  now  extinct.  The  name  in 
another  branch  is  by  no  means  rare.  The  numerous  descendants  of 
daughters,  however,  bearing  the  names  of  Alexander,  Allen,  Large 
and  McConahey,  are  well-known  and  highly  respected  in  the  upper 
Ohio  valley. 

Kcehnline  Bros,  is  one  of  the  very  best  firms  doing  business  in  the 
vicinity  of  Bridgeport,  The  business  was  founded  by  John  M. 
Kcehnline,  who  was  born  in  Wurtemberg,  Germanv,  in  1816.  Com- 
ing to  America  in  1838  he  located  at  Bellaire,  Ohio,  where  he  carried 
on  a  coal  and  ice  business  for  four  years,  shipping  coal  to  the  south- 
ern markets.  Moving  to  Marshall  count)-,  YY.  Ya.,  he  remained 
there  until  1863,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time  he  went  to  Bridge- 
port, Ohio,  where  he  died  in  1875.  While  living  at  Bellaire  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Klemm.a  native  of  Baden,  Germanv. 
They  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  four  of  them  surviving: 
Elizabeth,  now  the  wife  of  X.  Zimmer;  Henry,  William  and  [ohn. 
William,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  the  junior  member'  of  the 
firm  of  Kcehnline  Bros.  He  was  born  April  j,  1858.  in  Marshall 
county,  W.  Ya.  After  obtaining  a  good  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bridgeport,  he  worked  for  his  father  in  the  coal  and  ice 
trade  until  the'  death  of  the  latter.  In  1878  the  firm  of  Kcehnline 
Bros,  was  formed,  and  still  exists,  doing  a  very  large  coal  and  ice 
business  at  Bridgeport.  November  17,  1S80,  he  married  Miss  Rachel 
box,  ol  the  same  city.  Mr.  Kcehnline  is  a  prominent  member  of 
Belmont  lodge,  Xo.  109,  K.  of.  P.,  of  Bridgeport,  and  an  acceptable 
member  of  the  Lutheran  church.  Three  different  times  this  ener- 
getic, successful  young  business  man  lias  been  honored  by  an  election 
to  the  Bridgeport  council,  of  which  he  is  a  member  at  the  present 
time.  A  thorough  republican  in  politics,  yet  he  has  always  conducted 
himself  with  such  uprightness  and  wisdom  that  those  of  all  parties 
honor  and  respect  him.  John,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  was 
born  March  14,  1841,  in  Marshall  county,  W.  Ya.  He  was  educated 
in  Marshall  count)-  schools,  and  has  done  his  share  towards  making 
the  reputation  of  the  firm  what  it  is. 

August  E.  Koehrsen,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  prominent  hardware 
dealer  and  roofer,  was  born  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  August  28, 
1804.  the  son  of  Peter  E.  and  Emma  (Walters)  Koehrsen.  His 
father  served  seven  years  as  an  apprentice  to  the  trade  of  cabinet- 
maker, which  he  followed  in  Denmark  until  1865 
the  United  States.  He  resided  successively  in  X< 
sey,  at  Richmond,  Ya.,  and  then  came  to  Wheeling 
until  1S71,  when  he  made  his  home  at  Martin's  E 
since  lived,  being  engaged  with  the  Buckeye  Glass  coi 
marriage,    which  occurred   in    1857,  he   had   sev 


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540  HISTORY' OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

whom  arc  living.  Their  mother  died  at  Wheeling,  February  6,  1871. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  at  the  age  of  sixteen  began  an  apprentice- 
ship of  two  years  with  James  Clayland,  of  Bridgeport,  as  a  roofer, 
and  then  worked  as  a  journeyman  four  years.  In  May,  1887,  he  estab- 
lished a  small  business  at  Bridgeport,  borrowing  the  money  with  which 
to  buy  the  necessary  tools.  lie  remained  there  until  January ,  1889, 
when  he  removed  to  Martin's  Ferry,  where  his  business  has  steadily 
prospered  and  increased  until  he  now  occupies  the  three  floors  of  his 
business  site.  Mr.  Koehrsen  is  one  of  the  most  successful  young 
business  men  of  the  place,  and  has  the  good  will  of  all.  He  was 
married  December  24,  1S84,  to  Mar)-  E.,  daughter  of  William  E. 
Freese,  deceased,  of  Terre  Haute,  Ind..  and  they  have  had  two  chil- 
dren: Newton  S.  and  Charles  ().,  the  latter  having  died  in  infancy. 
Mrs.  Koehrsen  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  order  of  the  Golden  Eagle. 

Charles  W.  Kuckuck,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was 
born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  December  1,  i860.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  received  his  early  education  at  Martin's  Ferry,  and  subse- 
quently attended  the  business  college  at  Wheeling.  Before  attending 
college  he  was  engaged  with  the  Buckeye  &  Union  Glass  Co.,  as 
shipping  clerk,  and  alter  completing  his  education  he  engaged  in  the 
hat  business,  purchasing  the  busines  then  conducted  by  Mr.  Swartz. 
This  business  he  has  since  continued,  and  enlarged  by  the  addition  of 
clothing  and  furnishing  goods,  and  his  establishment  is  now  conceded 
to  be  the  leading  clothing  and  hat  establishment  in  the  city.  His 
enterprise  and  sagacity  in  trade  have  fairly  earned  for  him  a  leading 
position  among  the  business  men  of  the  place,  and  his  public  spirit  has 
made  him  one  of  the  town's  valued  citizens.  In  1SS9  he,  in  company 
with  Messrs.  Ong  and  Swart/,  began  the  erection  of  one  of  the  largest 
business  blocks  in  Martin's  Ferry,  a  part  of  which  is  in  use  as  an  opera 
house.  Mr.  Kuckuck  takes  an  active  part  in  fraternity  matters  and  is 
a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  American 
Mechanics  and  Foresters. 

John  W.  banc,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was 
born  near  Williamstown,  Wood  county,  W.Va.,  January  15,  1861.  He 
is  the  grandson  of  Samuel  Lane,  who  settled  in  Upshur  county, 
W.  Ya.,  in  an  early  day,  and  engaged  in  stock-raising,  dying  in  1886, 
and  the  son  of  Perry  Lane,  who  was  reared  as  a  farmer  at  the  home 
of  his  father,  in  Upshur  county,  and  is  engaged  in  that  calling  in 
Wood  count)-,  where  he  settled  about  1856.  The  latter  was  married 
about  1S00,  to  Susan  Mail,  and  seven  children  were  born  to  them,  of 
whom  one  is  deceased.  John  W.  Lane  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  at  his  home,  and  at  the  commercial  college  at  Parkers- 
burgh.  At  seventeen  he  became  an  apprentice  of  Cole  Bros.,  plumb- 
ers, machinists  and  steam  fitters,  of  Parkersburgh,  and  served  four 
years.  He  then  worked  at  his  trade  one  year  in  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  railroad  shops  at  that  place,  after  which  he  was  engaged  at 
Wheeling  and  Pittsburgh  until  1S67.  In  the  latter  year  he  established 
his  present   business   at   Martin's   Ferry,  starting  in   partnership  with 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  54 ' 

his  brother,  O.  B.  Lane,  who  remained  a  partner  until  July,  1889. 
since  when  the  business  has  been  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch.  His  well-known  skill  and  talent  for  business  has  led 
to  the  building  up  of  a  large  and  lucrative  trade.  Mr.  Lane  is  a 
member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  in  politics  is 
democratic,     lie  was   married  in  June,  1SS5,  to    Mary   E.  Murray,  oi 

William  B    Lewis,  manager  of  the  Laughlin   Nail  mill,  of  Martin's 
Ferry    was    born   at   Wheeling,    W.   Va.,  August,  1842.     His    father, 
Thomas  E.  Lewis,  a  native  of  Monmouthshire,   England,  was  a    mill- 
wright by  trade,  and  on  coming  to   the  United  States   in    1825,  first 
settled    in     Baltimore,  where    he    resided  several  years.     Removing 
then  to  Wheeling,  he  erected  the   iirst  two  rolling  mills  at  that  place, 
the  old  Top  mill,  and  the  mill  which  stood    where    the    Baltimore  & 
Ohio  passenger  depot  now  is.     In  1850  he  took  a  contract   for  remov- 
incr  a  rolling "mill  from  Cincinnati   to  St.  Lous,  but   died  in  Cincinnati 
May  11,  1850.     He  was  married  in   1838  to    Emily  I  yson.  a    native  of 
Fredericksburg,  Ya..  daughter  of  lames  and  Mary  Tyson,  a  soldier  of 
the  war  of  1S12.     She  is  still  living  with  her  son.     1  he  children   born 
to  this  marriage  were  six  in  number,  and  three  are  now  living.      1  he 
subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  education   in   the   night  schools  at 
Wheeling,  and   when  only  seven   years  old  began  work  in    the  lop 
mill   where  he  continued  until  the  mill  was  destroyed  by  tire  in    1852. 
He  found  employment  in  various  mills  until  he  was  twenty-one  years 
old,  when  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  and  until  1873  was   manager  oi  the 
Cincinnati  Railway  Iron  works.     At  the  time  of  the  panic  he  went  to 
San  Francisco,  where    he  was    engaged   in   rail   making  two   years. 
Durincr  that  period  he  had  partly  contracted  with  the  I  hinese  govern- 
ment For  the  running  of  a  rolling  mill  in  that    country,  but   the  death 
of  his  wife  compelled  him  to    give    up    the    project      Returning  to 
Moundsville  in    1S76    he    remained  there  until  1878,  when  he  entered 
the  employment  of  the  Laughlin  Nail   company  as    a  roller.     In  1884 
he  became  a  member  of  the  joint.stock    company  which    erected  the 
rollino-    mills    at    Brilliant,  and    he  was  manager  of  the  forge  depart- 
ment of  that  establishment  until  January,  1SS9,  when  he  accepted  his 
present  position  with  the    Laughlin    company.     Mr.  Lewis  is  one  oi 
the  most  skillful  iron  workers  of  the  country,  and  as  a  manager  he  is 
very  highly  valued.     In  social  and  public  affairs   he    takes    an    active 
part.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  ol  the 
I   O  O    F    and    Knights  of   Honor   and  National  Union  fraternities 
and  has  served  the  community  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  schoo 
board.     Mr.  Lewis    was    married    in    1805    to    Camilla  Carpenter,  ol 
Wheeling,  who  died  in  1878.     By  this  union  he  had  hve  children.  \\  ill- 
iam  F.,  who    represents  his  father's  interests    in    a    furniture  store  at 
East  Liverpool;  Laura  C,  deceased;  Thomas  E.;  Emma,    deceased; 
and  John,  deceased.  .. 

D.'S.  Loe,  the  well-known  citizen  and  grocer  of  \\  est  Wheeling, 
Ohio,  was  born  in  Old  Philadelphia,  Pcnn.,  February  22  1S32.  His 
parents  were  Robert  and  Catherine  Loe,  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  who 


542  HISTORY    OF    THE    UTKR    OHIO    VALLEY. 

came  to  Ohio  in  1838,  and  settled  on  a  farm  owned  by  John  Fink, 
where  they  resided  for  about  two  years,  they  then  removed  to  Bellaire 
and  remained  there  for  a  short  time.  Finally  taking  a  farm  on  Gravel 
Hill  the  father  and  his  six  sons  operated  a  farm  there  for  several 
years.  1 ).  S.  Loe  was  the  recipient  of  an  average  common  school  ed- 
ucation, such  as  was  obtainable  to  the  young  of  those  days.  I  Ie  went 
to  the  "Old  Stone  School-house  "  just  below  the  present  citv  of  West 
Wheeling,  situated  on  Whiskey  run.  After  leaving  school  Mr.  Loe 
became  a  brick-layer,  having  acquired  the  trade  from  his  elder 
brother.  For  several  years  the  Loe  brothers,  six  of  them,  followed 
the  brick-layer's  trade  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  Mr.  Loe  worked  in  the 
Riverside  mill  for  nine  years  after  abandoning  brick-laying,  and  dur- 
ing all  these  years  he  lost  but  twenty-four  days  from  his  work.  In 
1883  he  embarked  in  the  grocer)-  business  and  has  since  continued  in 
this  business,  having  met  with  much  success.  lie  is  classed  among 
the  enterprising  citizens  of  the  place,  and  can  be  relied  upon  to  aid 
any  movement  promising  benefit  to  the  community.  Mr.  Loe  and 
Miss  Janes  Boyles  were  joined  in  marriage  in  the  year  1852  and  their 
union  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  five  sons  and  three  daughters,  one 
son  and  one  daughter  being  deceased.  Mr.  Loe  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  and  his  wife  and  sons  are  communicants  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Conrad  Long,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  successful  business  man,  was 
born  at  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Germany,  in  .April.  1S36.  Before  he 
was  two  years  old,  his  father  and  mother  died,  and  he  was  left  in  the 
care  of  other  relatives.  At  fourteen  years  of  age  he  was  apprenticed 
to  £.  tinner,  with  whom  he  worked  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old, 
when  in  the  year  185  \,  he  came  to  tin-  United  States,  in  the  company 
of  an  uncle  and  aunt,  who  settled  in  Virginia.  I  Ie  came  on  to  Wheel- 
ing, and  entered  the  employment  ol  George  W.  Johnson,  with  whom 
he  remained  two  years.  He  then  made  his  home  at  Martin's  Ferry, 
in  1856,  and  for  one  year  was  in  the  employment  of  Mr.  Dunlevy, 
whose  business  he  subsequently  purchased.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
tinners  in  Martin's  Ferry,  and  laid  the  first  tin  roof  in  the  town  and 
in  eastern  Ohio.  His  services  were  consequently  in  great  demand  at 
various  neighboring  places,  and  he  built  up  a  large  business  in  tinning, 
to  which  he  gave  his  personal  attention  until  18S4.  His  business 
grew  rapidly  from  the  start,  and  in  1S59,  he  purchased  a  lot  on  Wash- 
ington street,  and  in  tSSo  erected  a  business  block  on  Washington 
street  on  the  site  of  his  old  shop.  To  this  he  added  a  large  store- 
room in  1887.  His  hardware  stock  has  been  enlarged  until  he  now 
has  one  of  the  leading  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  valley,  and 
also  carries  a  large  line  of  agricultural  implements.  In  1884  his  stock 
was  considerably  damaged  by  the  flood,  but  he  has  since  repaired  his 
losses.  Beginning  as  a  poor  orphan  boy  in  a  foreign  land  his  career 
is  one  highly  deserving  of  consideration.  Mr.  Long  is  a  member  of 
the  I.  O.  O.  I'".,  lodge  and  encampment,  and  in  politics  is  a  democrat. 
He  was  married  in  1858,  to  Kate,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Clark,  and 
granddaughter  of  Elizabeth  Zane.    They  have  six  children:  Capitola 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  543 

Charles,  Howard,  Louise,  Mattie  and  Elizabeth  Z.  Mrs.  Long-  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Alexander  Lyle  was  born  in  Mercer  county,  Penn.,  December  13, 
1848,  the  son  of  Alexander  and  Janette  (McCarty)  Lyle,  natives  of 
Scotland,  who  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  the  year  1847,  and 
settled  in  Mercer  county,  Penn.,  where  they  lived  for  several  years, 
subsequently  moving  to  Ohio.  Alexander,  Sr.,  was  a  contractor  on 
the  C.  &  P.  railroad.  After  the  completion  of  the  road,  he  was  chosen 
foreman  of  the  river  division,  a  position  he  filled  for  man)'  years. 
Finally,  retiring  from  railroading,  Mr.  Lyle  purchased  a  farm  where 
he  resided  until  his  death,  February  15,  1885.  Alexander,  Jr.,  attended 
the  common  schools  of  Belmont  count)-  until  fifteen  years  of  age,  at 
which  time  he  began  working  in  the  Belmont  Rolling  mills,  and  was 
occupied  in  this  pursuit  for  twenty  years.  After  leaving  the  mills  he 
was  employed  in  various  capacities,  but  returned  to  his  trade  and 
worked  in  the  mills  at  Brilliant,  Ohio,  for  one  year.  Abandoning  the 
iron  mills  once  more,  he  established  a  grocer)-  business  October  12, 
1SS7,  purchasing  the  business  from  Parks  Loe.  January  1.  1875,  he 
took  Anna  Retta  W'orls  to  be  his  wife.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Milton 
Worls.  One  son  and  one  daughter  have  been  born  to  them,  named: 
Harry  A.  and  Anna,  respectively.  Mr.  Lyle  is  a  Mason.  Mr.  Lyle 
has  so  conducted  himself  in  his  business  and  private  life  as  to  com- 
mand a  large  circle  of  warm  friends,  and  to  gain  the  respect  of  all.  His 
business  prosperity  full)-  attests  his  ability  and  integrity. 

William  B.  McClure,  M.  I).,  a  successful  physician  of  Martin's  Ferry, 
was  born  at  Pittsburgh,  Jul)-  4,  1N4X.  He  is  the  grandson  of  Judge 
McClure,  one  of  the  pioneer  lawyers  of  Allegheny  count)-,  and  judge 
of  its  court  for  a  considerable  time.  This  distinguished  gentleman 
lived  to  be  about  one  hundred  years  old,  and  was  hale  and  heart)-  at 
that  age,  his  death  being  caused  by  the  breaking  of  a  limb.  Alexan- 
der P.  McClure,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  at 
Pittsburgh,  and  was  there  educated.  P"or  a  long  time  lie  was  engaged 
in  civil  engineering,  particularly  underground  surveying  for  drainage, 
but  the  later  years  of  his  life  were  spent  at  McKeesport,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  He  died  in  18S0.  1  lis  wife 
was  Margaret,  daughter  of  William  B.  McClure,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  for  many  years  clerk  of  the  court  of  Allegheny  count)-.  I  le 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  commissioners  which  let  the  contract 
for  the  building  of  the  second  court  house  of  that  count)-,  which  was 
burned  several  years  ago.  Alexander  McClure  and  wife  had  six  child- 
ren, who  are  all  living.  Dr.  McClure  received  his  early  education  at 
McKeesport,  graduating  from  the  school  there  in  1868.  He  then 
studied  medicine  two  years  with  Dr.  Hall,  of  Pittsburgh,  after  which 
he  practiced  three  years  as  a  disciple  of  the  old  school  of  medicine. 
At  the  end  of  that  time  he  began  study  under  Dr.  E.  \V.  Dean,  the 
leading  homeopathist  of  Braddoeksfield.  and  subsequently  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  homeopath)-  in  Allegheny  count)-.  In  1880  he  en- 
tered the  Pulte  medical  college,  of  Cincinnati,  and  graduated  in  1882. 
After   practicing   a   time    in  Allegheny  county   he  came  to    Martin's 


544  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO   VALLEY. 

Ferry  in  1883,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  one  of  the  leading 
practitioners  in  his  school  of  the  profession,  and  has  an  extensive 
clientele.  The  doctor  is  active  in  social  and  public  affairs,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  -church,  and  of  the-  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
American  Mechanics  and  the  Maccabees  fraternities,  and  in  politics 
is  a  republican.  He  was  married  in  1875,  to  Rebecca  M.  Fleming,  of 
Pittsburgh,  and  they  have  three  children:  Ray  F.,  George  C.  and 
William  A. 

Dr.  James  McCum  McConahey  came  to  Bridgport,  Ohio,  about 
1840,  and  was  the  first  resident  practitioner  of  Bridgeport.  He  came 
to  Bridgeport  immediately  after  having  graduated  from  the  old  Miami 
medical  college  of  physicians  and  surgeons.  His  marriage  to  Cath- 
erine Steele  Kirkvvood,  took  place  in  May.  1845.  The  result  of  this 
marriage  was  five  sons  and  one  daughter;  two  of  the  sons,  George  G. 
and  Robert  Kirkwood,  and  the  daughter,  Mary  M.,  survive.  Mrs. 
McConahey  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Kirkwood,  who  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  characters  of  Kirkwood.  His  father  was  Col.  Robert  Kirk- 
wood, commander  of  the  Delaware  troops  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
He  was  killed  inaction,  at  the  battle  in  which  St.  Clair  was  defeated. 
While.  Dr.  McConahey  resided  in  Bridgeport  he  did  more  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  town,  than  almost  any  other  man,  and  was  repeatedly 
requested  to  accept  some  of  the  offices  of  prominence,  local  and  state, 
but  he  preferred  to  follow  his  profession.  His  public  spirit  led  him 
to  assist  in  any  legitimate  enterprise  for  the  good  of  the  community, 
but  his  modesty  kept  him  from  accepting  any  other  reward  for  his 
labors  than  the  esteem  and  good-will  of  his  neighbors.  Dr.  McConahey 
was  also  very  active  in  religious  matters,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to 
suggest  the  building  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  magnani- 
mously mortgaged  his  own  personal  effects  to  secure  money  with  which 
to  aid  in  the  erection  of  this  edifice.  His  property  was  seized  by  the 
sheriff,  to  satisfy  this  mortgage,  and  he  only  recovered  it  by  paying 
a  large  portion  of  the  church  debt.  He  was  a  sufferer  from  white 
swelling,  from  his  boyhood,  and  while  his  own  pain  was  great,  he 
never  was  heard  to  complain,  and  was  ever  ready  to  alleviate  the  suf- 
ferings of  others,  to  his  own  physical  detriment,  lie  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Belmont  County  Medical  society,  and  was  the  co- 
editor  of  its  journal  for  several  years.  His  fame  as  a  physician  was 
not  confined  to  the  town  in  which  he  lived,  his  services  being  sought 
by  the  sick,  all  over  the  county  and  in  the  city  of  Wheeling.  His 
death  occurred  June  0,  1S70.  aged  sixty-one.  and  was  a  great  calamity 
to  the  neighborhood.  He  left  a  host  of  friends  ami  acquaintances. 
his  funeral  being  one  of  the  largest  ever  held  in  Bridgeport.  I  lis  wife 
died  May  50,  iSSt.  George  G.  McConahey,  a  native  of  Kirkwood, 
Ohio,  born  January  6, 184S,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  in  the 
Kinsley  institute,  of  Wheeling,  and  was  graduated  from  Washington 
and  Jefferson  college  in  1S69.  After  studying  law  for  one  year,  cir- 
cumstances beyond  his  control  compelled  him  to  abandon  this  project 
and  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  teaching.  At  present,  Mr.  McCon- 
ahey is  teaching  in  sub-district    No.   12,  of  Pease  township,    Belmont 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  545 

county  Ohio,  near  Martin's  Ferry,  this  being  his  third  year.  Mar- 
garet E.  Payne,  daughter  of  Mahlon  and  Jane  Payne,  became  his  wife 
in  1882.  Mrs.  McConahey  was  born  November  16,  1859-  Hie  result 
of  this  union  is  two  daughters:  Felicia,  born  August  9,  1886,  and 
Lucia,  now  deceased,  born  July  12,  1883.  Mr.  McConahey  is  un- 
doubtedly a  successful  teacher,  his  record  is  unstained  by  any  dis- 
honorable or  mean  act,  either  in  private  or  public  life. 

A  popular  liveryman  of  Martin's  Ferry,  Ohio,  is  G.  1  .  McCue,  who 
is  a  native  of  Tuscarawas  county,  Ohio,  where  he  was  born  Septem- 
ber 16,  1854,  the  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Gardner)  McCue. 
The  father  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  April  24,  1824.  and  his 
wife,  in  Tuscarawas  county,  in  April.  1824.  Robert  McCue's  father 
was  James  McCue,  an  Irishman  by  birth,  having  immigrated  to  this 
country.  He  was  a  very  prominent  man  in  his  day,  having  been  the 
colonel  of  the  muster  of  Jefferson  county  during  the  war  ol  181 2,  he 
was  also  at  one  time  the  wealthiest  man  in  the  county.  His  ultimate. 
financial  failure  was  caused  by  the  dishonesty  of  his  so-called  friends. 
James  McCue  raised  a  family  of  ten  sons  and  four  daughters,  five  oi 
the  children  are  still  living.  Robert  McCue  now  resides  near  Alt. 
Pleasant  Ohio,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  production  of  tine  fruits 
'  and  berries.  1  lis  seven  children  are  living.  G.  T.  McC  Lie,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  also 
at  Rehobeth,  Jefferson  count)-.  Alter  leaving  school  Mr.  McCue 
worked  for  a  man  by  the  name  of  James  Russell,  remaining  with  him 
for  seven  years  or  more.  August  2,  1880,  he  took  Miss  Samantha  \  . 
Carter  to  wife.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Nelson  and  Mary  Carter,  and 
was  born  June  9,  1855.  After  his  marriage  he  engaged  in  farming  in 
Jefferson  county.  March  8,  iSS6,  Mr.  McCue  and  his  brother  estab- 
lished a  livery  business  in  Martin's  Ferry,  which  they  conducted  unti 
March  10,  1S90,  at  which  time  he  purchased  his  brother  s  interest,  and 
now  operates  the  business  himself.  1  le  is  noted  tor  his  stylish  driv- 
ing horses,  and  also  for  his  fairness  to  all.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCue  had  one- 
child,  lessie  IT.  born  May  17.  1887.  He  is  a  prominent  member  ot 
the  I  O.  O.  F.  lodge  of  Martin's  Ferry,  and  both  he  and  his  witeare 
consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  are  much 
respected  by  tin/  community  at  large. 

Daniel  Z."  McSwords,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  well-known  retired  drug- 
gist, is  a  representative  of  one  of  the  early  families  of  this  region  1  Le 
fs  the  grandson  of  Archibald  McSwords.  a  native  ol  north  Ireland, 
who  came  to  America  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  with  British 
troops,  but  as  soon  as  possible,  after  landing,  joined  the  continental 
army,  and  served  in  its  ranks  until  independence  was  secured  I  hen 
coming  west,  he  settled  in  Virginia  and  was  engaged  lor  several  years, 
in  the  manufacture  of  iron  at  Mooresficld.  Subsequently  he  came  to 
Brooke  county,  W.  Va..  and  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising 
until  his  latter  years,  which  were  spent  with  his  son  at  Martin  s  i'erry. 
He  died  in  1S55.  While  at  Mooresficld,  he  was  married  to  a  Ali^s 
Moon-,  who  died  in  181s,  the  same  year  of  the  birth  ol  their  only  son. 
Anion,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.     Anion  McSwords  t»e- 


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B. 


546  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

came  in  youth,  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store,  at  Wheeling,  and  several 
years  later,  went  to  Wellsburg,  where  he  conducted  a  general  store 
and  acquired  an  interest  in  the  glass  works  there.  About  1850,  he  re- 
moved to  Bridgeport  and  engaged  in  merchandise  there,  and  on 
Wheeling  Island,  and  several  years  later,  he  embarked  in  the  same 
business  at  Martin's  Ferry,  in  company  with  .Mr.  Cable,  in  partner- 
ship with  whom  he  also  conducted  a  meat  market  and  a  slaughter- 
house. Before  settling  at  Bridgeport  he  had  also  been  engaged  in 
trading  on  the  river,  between  Wheeling  and  New  Orleans.  Being 
greatly  interested  in  the  culture  of  small  fruits,  he  spent  his  declining 
years  upon  a  farm  near  the  Ferry,  and  was  not  engaged  in  business 
for  some  fifteen  years,  before  his  death,  April  16,  1874.  lie  was  mar- 
ried in  1837,  to  Indiana,  daughter  of  Daniel  Zane,  a  relative  of  the 
celebrated  Elizabeth  Zane,  and  three  children  were  born  to  them: 
Orville  C,  Alexis  A.  and  Daniel  Z.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  September  3,  1840.  lie  was  educated  at  Martin's  Ferry,  and  at 
the  West  Libert>-  academy,  and  then,  in  1S47,  engaged  in  the  drug 
trade  at  Wheeling.  Subsequently  he  removed  to  Martin's  Ferry  and 
conducted  the  same  business  here  until  February,  188S,  since  when  Ik; 
has  been  retired.  His  was  one  of  the  leading  drug  establishments  of 
the  place,  and  Mr.  McSwords  was  decidedly  successful  in  business. 
Me  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  influential  men  of  the  town,  and 
is  socially  popular.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Senior  Order  of  American  Me- 
chanics, the  Maccabees  and  Foresters.  Mr.  McSwords  was  married 
in  1883,  to  Laura  Bamhill,  of  Bellaire. 

William  Mann,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  prominent  manufacturer,  was 
born  at  Coatbridge,  Lanarkshire,  Scotland.  October  28,  1845.  His 
parents,  James  L.  and  Elizabeth  (Walken  Mann,  were  both  natives 
of  the  sjiire  of  Fife,  Scotland,  and  the  father  was  for  over  twenty-five 
years  engaged  with  the  Summerlea  Iron  company  of  Coatbridge,  in 
the  blacksmithing  and  carpentry  department.  I  le  brought  his  family 
to  the  United  States  in  1870,  and  was  occupied  for  a  short  time  in 
farming,  but  at  present  resides  at  Little  Falls.  1  lis  wife  died  in  1880. 
Thej'  had  six  children,  five  of  whom  are  now  living.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  received  his  education  at  his  home  in  Scotland.  I  le  served 
an  apprenticeship  of  five  years  in  pattern  making  in  the  Summerlea 
Iron  works,  and  then  took  a  position  in  the  Atlas  foundry  and  machine 
shops,  where,  after  six  months'  experience,  he  waspromoted  foreman, 
a  position  he  held  for  three  years,  and  until  his  immigration  to  Amer- 
ica. Soon  after  reaching  this  country,  he  became  engaged  with  the 
firm  of  D.  M.  Ford  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  and  soon  afterward  removed 
to  Pittsburgh,  where,  for  three  years,  he  held  a  position  with  Dixon, 
Marshall  &  Co.  Coming  to  Mai  tin's  Ferry  in  about  1874.  he  entered 
the  employment  of  Culperston,  Wiley  &  Co..  as  pattern  maker,  and 
remained  with  that  house  until  1870,  when  he  leased  the  works,  and 
embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account.  Subsequently  he  became 
the  sole  owner  of  the  works,  now  the  largest  foundry  and  machine 
shop  in  Martin's  Ferry.      Besides  this   important  property,  Mr.  Mann 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  547 

is  a  stockholder  in  other  larger  manufactories,  and  is  widely  known  as 
a  successful  and  prosperous  business  man.  1  lis  success  in  life  is  owing 
to  his  own  industry  and  business  skill,  as  he  began  in  this  country 
without  capital.  He  is  a  public  spirited  citizen,  and  active  in  social 
enterprises.  He  and  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Janet  McGilvray, 
are  active  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  In  politics  he  is  a 
republican. 

Ebenezer  Martin,  founder  of  Martin's  Ferry,  born  November  q,  1791, 
on  what  is  now  the  site  of  the  Benwood  blast  furnace,  died  Janu- 
ary 15,  1S76,  was  one  of  the  most  widely  known  pioneers  of  eastern 
Ohio.  He  was  the  son  of  Absalom  Martin,  a  native  of  New  Jersey, 
who  assisted  in  the  earliest  government  surveys  of  Ohio,  and  received 
therefor  a  grant  of  640  acres  near  the  site  of  Martin's  Ferry,  on  the 
west  side  of  the  river.  During  the  war  of  the  revolution  he  "had  been 
a  gallant  soldier,  and  he  held  the  rank  of  captain.  He  settled  upon 
his  grant  in  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century  and  died  there  in  1800. 
In  1789  he  was  married  to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Zane,  and 
they  had  two  children,  a  daughter,  who  died  young,  and  Ebenezer,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  The  spirit  of  the  latter  may  be  judged  by  the 
fact  that  he  traveled  on  horseback  from  his  Ohio  home  to  Princeton, 
X.  J.,  to  obtain  an  education.  On  his  return  home  he  took  charge  of 
the  farm  and  continued  to  manage  it  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  and  after  his  father's  death  also  conducted  the  ferry  which  the 
elder  Martin  established  over  the  Ohio  river,  and  retained  control  of 
this  until  1840,  when  he  sold  it  to  Hugh  Nichols.  In  1835  he  laved 
out  the  town  which  was  known  until  recent  years  as  Martinsville,  but 
now  as  Martin's  Ferry.  He  devoted  his  life  to  the  care  of  his  prop- 
erty, and  devoted  considerable  time  to  fruit  raising,  having  one  of  the 
best  orchards  in  the  valley.  To  this,  such  was  his  charity  and  kind- 
ness, all  poor  people  had  free  access.  His  faith  in  human  nature  was 
imposed  upon  by  main  dishonest  rogues,  and  most  of  his  property 
had  passed  out  of  his  hands  before  his.death.  His  good  deeds  were 
beyond  number,  and  all  mourned  his  death.  His  religious  affiliation 
was  with  the  Methodist  church,  to  which  he  gave  a  lot  when  he  platted 
the  town,  and  in  politics  he  was  a  whig  ami  afterward  a  republican. 
Mr.  Martin  was  first  married  in  [S09,  to  Hannah  McLaughlin,  a 
daughter  of  Elizabeth  Zane,  and  by  this  union  he  had  nine  children. 
of  whom  one  survives:  Catherine  E.  In  iS.s7.  his  first  wife,  having 
died,  he  married  Minerva,  daughter  of  Isaac  Zane,  and  they  had  ten 
children:  Isaac,  Rebecca  V.,  wife  of  Mr.  Van  Pelt,  of  Lansing,  Mich.; 
Ebenezer,  of  Lake  Harbor,  Mich.:  Edith  M.,  deceased;  Leonidas.  of 
Lake  Harbor,  Mich.;  Antoinette,  of  the  same  place;  Annie  M..  wife 
of  William  II.  Wood;  Lucian  lb,  of  Fostoria,  Ohio,  and  two  who  died 
in  infancy.  Three  of  the  sons  by  the  first  marriage  were  soldiers  in 
the  war  of  the  rebellion.  Absalom  died  in  a  hospital  at  St.  Louis; 
John  M.,  a  transport  pilot,  and  Ephraim,  who  died  from  disease  con- 
tracted in  the  service.  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  also  served  in  tin-  First  Virginia 
regiment. 

John  P.  Maywood,  manager  of  the  1  lotel  Maywood,  of  Martin's  Ferry, 


54S  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

was  born  in  Philadelphia,  May  30,  1832,  the  son  of  William  and  Dor- 
cas (Paul)  May  wood,  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  His  grandfather, 
William  May  wood,  a  native  of  county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  came  to  Amer- 
ica previous  to  the  revolution  and  settled  at  Philadelphia.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  war  of  1812.  William  Maywood,  born  at  Philadelphia 
about  1785,  was  a  bricklayer  by  trade,  and  was  extensively  engaged 
in  contracting  in  that  and  other  cities.  He  also  served  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  died  while  engaged  in  building  at  Pittsburgh,  in  1832.  His 
wife  died  in  1830.  Of  their  four  children,  three  arc;  now  living.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  _  received  his  education  at  Philadelphia,  and 
then  served  an  apprenticeship  of  five  years  in  carpentry,  a  trade  which 
he  followed  until  recent  years.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion  he 
was  one  of  the  first  to  enlist  in  Baker's  regiment,  which  afterward 
became  the  Seventy-first  Pennsylvania,  and  he  served  while  with  the 
army  of  the  Potomac,  in  all  its  battles  until  the  battle  of  Antietam, 
when  he  was  wounded  in  the  hip,  and  discharged  from  active  service. 
Afterward  re-enlisting  as  a  carpenter  he  was  promoted  to  overseer 
and  aided  in  the  construction  of  all  the  bridges  between  Nashville 
and  Atlanta.  Returning  home  after  the  close;  of  the  war  he  followed 
his  trade  until  1888,  when  he  took  charge  of  the  old  Hanover  hotel  at 
Martin's  Ferry,  the  name  of  which  he  changed  to  Hotel  Maywood. 
This  he  has  made  an  inviting  and  well-kept  establishment.  Mr.  Max- 
wood  was  married  in  1862,  to  Caroline,  daughter  of  Joseph  Kim,  a 
well  known  pioneer.  She  died  in  1S71,  leaving  three  children: 
Joseph  J.,  Jennie  F.  and  Maggie  P.  She  was  a  devoted  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  In  1874  he  married  Rebecca  Woler.  his 
present  wife.  Mr.  Maywood  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
and  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  the  democratic  party. 

Thomas  J.  Meats,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  a  prominent  manufacturer, 
was  born  at  Wellsville,  Ohio,  August  9,  1848.  His  father,  Thomas 
Mears,  a  native  of  Ireland,  came  to  America  in  1830,  and  settled  at 
Montreal,  Canada,  which  he  left,  however,  two  years  later  to  come  to 
the  United  States.  His  occupation  at  that  time  was  road  contracting. 
Going  to  Defiance  in  1839,  he  secured  the  contract  for  diggingapart 
of  the  Maumee  canal,  on  which  he  was  occupied  two  years.  He  then 
made  his  residence  at  Wellsville,  and  graded  two  miles  of  the  Cleve- 
land &  Pittsburgh  railroad  from  that  place  to  Yellow  creek,  also 
graded  the  road  through  Martin's  Ferry.  Another  of  his  works  was 
the  pike  road  from  Martin's  Ferry  to  -Ml.  Pleasant.  He  died  while 
working  c>n  the  contract  for  railroad  construction  through  Martin's 
Ferry.  By  his  marriage  to  Jane  Callahan,  who  survives,  he  had  four 
children.  The  subject  of  this  sketch,  after  receiving  his  education  at 
Martin's  Ferry,  learned  the  cooper's  trade,  which  he  followed  about 
ten  years.  In  1873  he  started  a  small  factory  in  company  with  Will- 
iam Houge,  George  Watson  and  John  Bowen;  but  this  enterprise  wa 
short  lived.  In  the  following  January  he  again  embarked  in  the  busi 
ness  in  company  with  I ).  Park,  on  the  site  of  the  works.  In  1878  th 
works  were  destroyed  by  tire,  but  immediately  rebuilt.  On  the  de; 
of  Mr.  Park  in  1881.  Mr.  Mears  became  sole   proprietor,  at    which 


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BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  549 

still  remains.  His  establishment  is  the  most  extensive  manufactory 
of  casks,  barrels,  kegs  and  boxes  in  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  and  its 
prosperous  development  is  the  most  eloquent  commentary  upon  the 
business  ability  of  its  founder.  Mr.  Mears  has  still  other  important 
interests,  being  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Northwood  Class  works, 
and  a  director  of  the  same,  a  stockholder  in  the  Crystal  Class  works 
of  Bridgeport,  also  in  the  Junction  Iron  works  at  Mingo  Junction,  the 
Elson  Class  works,  and  he  manages  a  factory  at  Bellaire  in  connec- 
tion with  his  factory  at  this  place,  and  owns  a  general  store  on  Wash- 
ington street.  His  investments  at  Martin's  Ferry  are  many  and 
important,  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  ot  the  notable  and  influential 
men  of  the  place,  lie  has  taken  no  active  part  in  politics,  though  he 
has  served  upon  the  council  and  as  township  clerk.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Catholic  church  of  Wheeling.  Mr.  Mears  was  married  in  iSSj 
to  Emma,  daughter  of  William  Watson,  of  this  place,  and  they  have 
four  children:   Emma,  Jane  P.,  Inez  A.  and  Lucy  B. 

Samuel  Milligan  is  one  of  ten  children  born  to  George  and  Mary 
(Pasters)  Milligan,  his  birth  occurring  October  3,  1820,  on  Short  creek, 
Jefferson  Co.,  Ohio.  George  Milligan  was  born  in  Ireland.  Emigrat- 
ing to  the  United  States  at  an  early  date,  he  settled  in  Jefferson 
county,  where  he  raised  his  family  of  four  sons  and  six  daughters, 
three  of  the  sons  and  four  daughters  survive.  Samuel  Milligan  at- 
tended the  common  schools  of  Jefferson  county,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  entered  the  butcher  trade  at  Warrenton,  Ohio.  Mr 
Milligan  moved  from  Warrenton  to  Martin's  Ferry,  where  he  entered 
the  meat  business,  but  subsequently  was  engaged  in  boating  on  the 
Ohio  river, continuing  in  this  occupation  until  1853, when  he  returned  to 
Martin's  Ferry  and  again  embarked  in  the  meat  business,  which  he  still 
conducts.  His  marriage  to  Mary  Allender  took  place  in  July,  1S53, 
shortly  after  his  return  to  this  city.  Mrs.  M  illigan's  parents  were 
Robert  and  Margaret  Allender.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milligan  have  been 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  five  sons  and  seven  daughters,  seven  of  these 
children  are  still  living,  forming  a  very  happy  home.  Mr.  Milligan  is 
a  member  of  the  Martin's  Ferry  lodge  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  is  held 
in  high  esteem  by  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  His  business 
is  one  of  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  and  has  been  made  so  only 
by  the  honesty  of  its  owner  and  by  his  business  ability. 

Matthew  C.  Mitchell,  ex-mayor  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was  born  near 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Belmont  county,  July  22,  1S40.  Of  that  county  Thomas 
Mitchell,  his  grandfather,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers,  purchasing  at 
an  early  day  a  large  tract  of  land  at  Scotch  Ridge,  from  the  govern- 
ment, and  farming  there  until  his  death,  about  1850.  John  P. 
Mitchell,  a  son  of  the-  latter,  was  born  in  1S02,  and  was  reared  upon 
the  farm,  where  he  lived  ami  engaged  in  agriculture  until  1S73,  when 
he  died.  By  his  wife,  Mar)-  M.  Theaker,  to  whom  he  was  married  in 
1839,  and  who  is  still  living,  he  had  five  children,  two  of  whom  are 
living,  besides  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  latter,  after  attending 
the  common  schools,  entered  successively  Haysville  and  (  )berlin  col- 
leges, ami  after  completing  his  studies  there  he  accepted  a  position  in 


550  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  United  States  patent  office,  under  the  commissioner,  Thomas  C. 
Theaker,  his  mother's  brother.  He  remained  there  until  1869,  and 
then  returned  home  to  take  charge  of  the  home  farm.  In  1S76  he 
removed  to  Martin's  Ferry,  and  embarked  in  the  grocery  business  in 
which  he  was  successfully  engaged  until  1876.  Having  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  municipal  affairs,  and  being  a  public-spirited  and  popular 
citizen,  he  was  elected  in  1878  to  the  offices  of  justice  of  the  peace 
and  mayor.  The  former  office  he  held  six  years.  The  mayor's  office 
he  has  occupied  ever  since,  excepting  two  years  in  which  he  was  com- 
pelled to  give  his  attention  to  his  private  affairs.  During  this  period 
he  acted  as  assistant  manager  of  the  stove  foundry,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  directors.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  was  again  elected 
mayor.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  leader  in  the  republican  party,  and 
was  one  of  the  delegates  to  its  last  state  convention.  In  18.89,  he 
served  as  chairman  of  the  senatorial  convention  of  Belmont  and 
Harrison  counties.  At  the  centennial  exposition  at  Columbus  he 
represented  Belmont  county  as  commissioner.  He  is  prominent  in 
several  fraternal  organizations,  being  a  Knight  Templar  in  the 
Masonic  order,  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Odd  Fellows.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Mr.  Mitchell  was  married  September  20,  1S77,  to  Mary  E.  Kennon. 
granddaughter  of  Judge  William  Kennon,  and  daughter  of  Ellis 
Kennon.  By  this  union  he  has  five  children:  E.  Kennon,  Ellen  S., 
Mary  T.,  Sarah  B.,  and  Ruth  M.  He  tendered  his  resignation  as 
mayor,  to  take  effect  March  31,  1890,  to  accept  the  position  of  post- 
master to  which  he  was  appointed  by  the  president,  March  7,  1S90. 

Rockwell  B.  Mitchell,  the  present  mayor  of  Bridgeport,  was  born 
in  Bridgeport,  Ohio,  January  6,  1S57.  His  early  youth  was  spent  in 
the  public  schools  of  Bridgeport,  and  also  at  the  Cannonsburg  academy, 
at  Cannonsburg,  Ohio.  After  leaving  school  he  worked  on  a  farm 
some  time.  Nothing  suiting  him  better  than  the  useful  occupation  of 
a  farmer,  lie  has  always  been  connected  with  farming  more  or  less. 
Mr.  Mitchell  has  figured  prominently  in  the  politics  of  his  section, 
having  been  elected  to  fill  the  responsible  position  of  township  treas- 
urer, and  serving  two  terms  as  corporation  treasurer  of  Bridgeport, 
also  two  terms  as  assessor.  In  the  spring  of  1S8S,  the  democratic 
party  nominated  him  for  mayor  of  his  native  city.  The  good  esteem 
in  which  he  was  held  by  his  fellow  townsmen  was  attested  by  his 
election.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Belmont  lodge  No.  109,  K.  of  P., 
also  Golden  Eagles,  Washington  Castle  No.  5,  American  Mechanics. 
and  Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  His  father,  Vincent  Mitchell,  was  also 
a  very  prominent  man  in  his  time.  He  was  a  native  of  York,  Peiin., 
as  was  also  his  first  wife,  Nancy.  Both  of  them  were  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent.  Vincent  Mitchell  received  a  very  liberal  education.  After 
leaving  school  he  worked  upon  a  farm  until  he  accepted  a  situation 
with  his  brother  as  a  clerk  in  the  hitter's  general  merchandise  store, 
in  which  capacity  he  continued  until  he  purchased  the  business.  He 
carried  on  the  business  for  some  twenty-five  years,  at  the  expiration 
of  which  time  he  sold  out   his  store  and  mined   to    Bridgeport,  Ohio. 


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551 


xj  h«  with    others     built     and  started  a   foundry  uncles  the  firm 

which  place  he  settled  at  a  very  early  elate.  y  1*  distinction 

England  by  parliament,      ren  ^ildren  ^e re  t»rn  »  farkwood 

Joseph  Kirkwood    four  of  J^  "er£  "JlVdSeateS  Sarah  E.,  who 

Mitchell  and  Josephme  k.rkjvocd  se  |n  „    these^i  ^.^    -w 

Walfer.  and  Rockwell  B.,  the  l?rc^"\X°ivU  yS  "  church .  and 
Mrs.  Mitchell  are  active  members  of   ''":  ' '"'> l« ',       ;    ;1  ,aml!v 

^M^^"i££^  ^  &  branch  of  the 

Mitchell  family.  _i;„  r  K,K;nocc  men  of   Mar- 

county!  his' grandfather,  Thomas   Montgomery    a  na  >ve  oMreland. 

was  one  of  the  early  settlers.     He  made  Jus  1 ome^t  at .  11 

town   Va    but  afterward  removed  to  Marshall  count),  \\nc 

Wheeling.     About  1859  he  was  married  to  Eh/a  be  1    hi  a  k  '  , 

die!!  in  18SS,  and  they  had  ten  children    two  of  vrho  n  a„    dece*  ^ 
The   subject    of    this   sketch   was  educated  at    ^^fl^»  twentv- 

parents  removed  when  he  was  six  months  old      bnti ^*  ^ 

three  years,  he  was  occupied   as   a  coopei,  and  lie    men  ci      „ 
farming   which  he  followed  until    18S4.  jh en  he  came   to    Main 
Ferrv  and  erected  the  first  business  house    in  that  pari  , 

known  as  "  the  orchard."     1  [ere  he  began  on  a  small  scak,  a u  c     >_ 
and  provision  store,  out  of  which  his  entcipr        and   t.  I ;  hm,.nls 

ness  has  developed  one  ot   the   most   successful  retail     -        . 


552  HISTORY    OF   THE    UTTER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

of  the  city.  Since  coming  to  the  city  he  has  thoroughly  identified 
himself  with  its  affairs,  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  its  most  valuable 
citizens.  1  Ie  has  particularly  devoted  himself,  and  with  much  suc- 
cess, to  the  advancement  of  that  part  of  the  city  in  which  he  is  lo- 
cated. In  1887,  he  was  elected  to  the  board  of  education  from  the 
Third  ward,  and  through  his  efforts  the  new  school-house  was  located  in 
that  ward.  In  188S  he  was  elected  to  the  city  council  from  the  same 
ward.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church,  and  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  In  1864  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery enlisted  in  Company  I,  Fifth  Ohio  cavalry,  and  served  until 
the  close  of  the  war,  under  Kilpatrick,  in  Sherman's  inarch  to  the  sea. 
Mr.  Montgomery  was  married  in  1867  to  Elizabeth  Caswell,  of 
Wheeling,  and  they  have  two  children,  Robert  C.  and  Howard   D. 

Harry  Xorthwood,  general  superintendent  and  manager  of  the 
Northwood  Glass  works  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was  born  in  Staffordshire, 
England,  in  i860.  He  is  one  of  nine  children  of  John  Northwood,  of 
Wordsley,  Staffordshire,  one  of  the  leading  glass  manufacturers  of 
England,  and  one  of  those  who,  in  1870,  produced  the  work  which  re- 
ceived the  grand  prize  of  the  Legion  of  Honor.  He  is  a  very  skillful 
and  artistic  glass  carver,  and  at  one  time  produced  a  vase  which  was 
valued  at  $25,000,  and  was  sold  to  Tiffany  &  Co.,  New  York.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  entered  the  glass 
factory  as  an  apprentice  and  served  seven  years  in  that  capacity.  He 
then  came  to  the  United  States,  on  a  venture,  hardly  expecting  to  re- 
main, but  coming  on  to  Wheeling,  he  entered  the  employment  of  the 
Hobbs  Glass  company  as  manager  of  the  etching  department,  a  posi- 
tion he  held  for  eighteen  months.  He  then  held  the  position  of  de- 
signer for  the  La  Belle  Glass  works,  of  Bridgeport,  until  the  hood  of 
1884,  when  he  went  to  Phillipsburg,  and  lor  a  year  was  engaged  with 
the  Phoenix  company.  The  La  Belle  works  by  that  time  were  again 
in  operation,  and  he  accepted  the  general  management  of  the  same, 
fillingthat  place  until  the  establishment  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1887. 
In  December  of  that  year,  in  company  with  Henry  Helling,  Henry 
Fdoto,  William  Mears  and  Thomas  Meats,  he  organized  the  North- 
wood  Glass  company,  now  one  of  the  important  manufacturing  corpo- 
rations of  the  valley.  Possessed  of  unusual  mechanical  skill  and 
knowledge,  as  well  as  tact  as  a  manager,  Mr.  Northwood. has  already, 
though  comparatively  young,  achieved  notable  success  in  life.  He  is 
active  and  enterprising  in  social  affairs,  and  public  spirited,  and  is  one 
of  the  lessees  of  the  opera  house,  a  favorite  institution  of  the  place. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  the  Masonic  fraternity  and 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  is  a  republican.  He  was  married,  in  1882,  to 
Clara  E.Beaumont,  of  England,  and  they  have  two  children:  11.  Clar- 
ence and  Mabel. 

Albert  R.  Ong,  M.  D.,  physician  and  druggist,  of  Martin's  Ferry, 
was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  near  Smithfield,  October  0,  1847. 
He  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  ami  best  known  families  of 
Jefferson  county.  His  father,  Moses  Ong.  was  born  in  that  county 
December    20,    1 S 10,    ami   in     1831    was  married    to    Anna    Cain,    by 


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whom  he  had  fourteen  children,  ten  of  whom,  besides  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  survive.  The-  mother  died  in  i S7.4,  but  the  father,  whose 
life  has  successfully  been  devoted  to  farming  and  stock-raising,  is 
still  living,  aged  seventy-nine  years.  Dr.  Ong  received  his  early 
schooling  in  Jefferson  county,  and  subsequently  entered  Allegheny 
college,  at  Meadville,  Penn.,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1872.  Soon 
afterward  he  was  called  to  the  chair  of  mathematics  and  astronomy 
and  the  vice-presidency  of  Richmond  college,  Jefferson  county,  a 
position  he  held  for  three  years.  Then  determining  to  adopt  the 
profession  of  medicine,  he  pursued  the  study  under  Dr.  Clancy,  of 
Smithheld,  with  whom  he  remained  three  years.  In  1875-6  he  at- 
tended the  Ohio  medical  college,  of  Cincinnati,  and  in  1876-7  he  at- 
tended at  the  Columbus  medical  college,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
1877.  In  the  same  year  he  began  the  practice  at  Smithheld,  but  in 
the  following  year  removed  to  Martin's  Ferry,  and  here  purchased  a 
small  stock  of  drugs  and  opened  on  a  limited  scale  a  drug  store  which 
he  has  developed  into  one  of  the  finest  establishments  of  the  kind 
in  this  region.  Abandoning  his  practice  during  the  past  few  years, 
he  has  devoted  his  efforts  entirely  to  business,  in  which  field  his  tal- 
ent for  affairs  has  made  him  eminently  successful.  As  a  citizen  he 
is  highly  popular.  An  evidence  of  his  public  spirit  is  the  opera  house 
block,  the  finest  building  of  the  city,  erected  by  him  and  Messrs. 
Swartz  and  Kuckuck.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  pension 
examining  board  since  removing  here.  Dr.  Ong  was  married  April  9, 
1SS4,  to  Catherine  Anderson,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  and  they  have  one 
child,  Frances  H.  Mrs.  Ong  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  of  the  Ma- 
sonic and  Knights  of   Pythias  fraternities. 

Capt.  William  II.  Orr,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was  born  near  Abingdon, 
Washington  Co.,  Va.,  181 5,  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  Orr.  His 
father  came  to  this  land  from  Ireland,  his  native  country,  about 
1770,  with  his  parents,  and  settled  in  Virginia,  where  he  farmed  until 
the  outbreak  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  con- 
tinental army  and  served  until  independence  was  achieved.  _  He  died 
about  1820.  Three  children  were  born  to  him,  of  whom  William  II. 
is  probably  the  only  survivor.  Capt.  Orr  was  reared  upon  the  farm 
of  his  parents,  and  at  seventeen  years  of  age  began  an  apprenticeship 
at  carriage  making,  which  lasted  six  years,  after  which  he:  followed 
the  trade  as  a  journeyman  for  a  considerable  period,  also  engaging 
in  stock  dealing,  traveling  over  the  greater  part  of  the  south.  He  re- 
moved to  \\  heeling  in  1848,  but  soon  crossed  to  Martin's  Ferry,  and 
found  employment  in  his  trade  with  Wells  Brothers,  wagon  builders. 
Two  vears  later  lie  entered  the  employment  of  Doyle  ec  Griffith, 
manufacturers  of  threshing  machines,  and  when  Mr.  I  loyle  established 
a  separate  business,  he  went  with  him  and  held  the  position  ol  lore- 
man  over  seventeen  years.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion  Capt. 
Orr,  though  he  had  been  reared  in  a  slave  state,  promptly  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  Union,  and  was  the  first  man  at  Martin's  Ferry  to 
open  a  recruiting  station  for  three-year  enlistments,     lie  signed  the 


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roll  September  2,  1S61,  the  first  on  the  list,  and  soon  had  forty  men 
for  the  First  Virginia  regiment,  who  were  organized  in  Company  C, 
with  him  as  first  lieutenant.  At  his  first  battle,  at  Winchester,  under 
Gen.  Shields,  he  was  severely  wounded,  his  shin  bone  being  split  by  a 
bullet.  In  the  spring  of  1862,  Capt.  Millhouse  was  captured,  and 
Lieut.  Orr  succeeded  to  the  command,  and  served  as  captain  until  his 
discharge  in  1S64,  at  expiration  of  period  of  enlistment.  The  record 
made  by  Capt.  Orr  as  a  patriot  and  soldier,  is  one  highly  deserving  of 
commemoration.  On  his  return  to  Martin's  Ferry,  he  resumed  his 
position  with  Mr.  Hoyle  for  one  year,  and  in  1866  he  was  appointed 
United  States  inspector  and  gauger  of  spirits,  a  position  he  held  for 
two  years.  Being  elected  mayor  of  Martin's  Ferry  in  1S6S,  he  served 
two  years,  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  established  a  bakery, 
which  he  conducted  until  he  was  wrecked  by  the  great  tlood  of  1SS4. 
Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  busi- 
ness. He  also  acts  as  health  officer  of  the  city,  managing  trustee  of 
the  cemetery,  as  which  he  was  elected  in  iS8o,  and  is  secretary  of  the 
Ohio  State  Saving  and  Loan  company.  He  has  lived  a  life  character- 
ized by  industry,  patriotic  devotion  and  public  spirit,  and  is  highly 
esteemed  by  all.  The  religious  and  other  organizations  with  which 
he  is  affiliated,  are  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  the  C.  A.  R.  and 
D.  of  R.,  and  the  republican  party.  He  was  married  in  1852  to 
Jane  A.  Waters,  and  they  have  had  three  children:  Alice  W.,  Eva  J., 
and  Marian,  now  deceased. 

David  Park,  one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was 
born  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  in  1815,  and  is  the  only  survivor  of 
ten  children  of  Robert  and  Margaret  (Reynolds)  Park.  The  father, 
a  farmer  by  occupation,  died  in  1862,  and  the  mother  died  in  1828. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  a  limited  education  in  Ireland,  and 
assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  until  he  was  about  eighteen  years  old, 
when  he  spent  two  years  as  a  clerk  in  a  store.  In  1838  he  came  to  the 
United  States  and  settled  at  Pittsburgh,  where  he  began  as  help  in  a 
wholesale  grocery  house,  working  his  way  up  to  a  position  in  the 
office.  After  working  there  four, years  he  was  assisted  by  a  member 
of  his  firm  to  establish  a  small  store  at  Martin's  Ferry  in  1842.  He 
started  on  a  lot  now  owned  by  Conrad  Long,  and  continued  to  do 
business  on  Washington  street  until  1881.  His  business  gradually  in- 
creased, ami  his  devotion  to  trade,  and  talent  for  the  occupation, 
enabled  him  to  become  one  of  the  leading  grocers  of  the  city.  He 
took  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs  also,  and  for  thirteen  years 
served  the  township  as  treasurer,  and  for  nine  years  was  a  valued 
member  of  the  school  board,  serving  at  the  time  the  old  Union  school 
was  established.  He  has  also  served  on  the  city  council.  Though 
never  an  active  politician,  he  has  been  a  steadfast  member  of  the 
democratic  party.  Lor  some  time  he  has  been  retired  from  business, 
and  as  one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  the  town,  is  resting  from  an  act- 
ive and  prosperous  career.  He  was  married  in  183S,  a  few  months 
before  immigrating,  to  Eliza  Mclvor,  of  county  Tyrone,  by  whom  he 
had   ten   children:     Sarah    P.,    Eliza,   wife   o(  Rev.  13arnatz,  lately  of 


.  BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  555 

Wheeling;  John  R,  David,  William  II.,  Ross,  Mary  M.,  Fred  J.,  sec- 
retary of  the  North  Wheeling  Glass  works,  and  two  who  died  in 
infancy.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Park  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Oliver  C.  Parker,  a  well-known  citizen  of  Martin's  Ferry,  was  born  in 
Pease  township,  Belmont  count)-,  March  24,  1829.  His  father,  Joseph 
Parker,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  eastern  Ohio,  was  a  native  of  North 
Carolina,  and  a  son  of  Jacob  Parker,  who  was  born  in  the  same  state,  and 
passed  his  life  there.  Joseph  Parker  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
in  1805,  crossed  the  Ohio  and  settled  in  Jefferson  county,  near  Harris- 
ville,  whence  he  removed  several  years  later  and  settled  near  Martin's 
Ferry,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  days,  dying  in  1S55,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-seven  years.  lie  was  married  October  21,  1801,  to 
Maiy,  daughter  of  James  Judkins,  of  North  Carolina,  and  by  this 
union,  had  ten  children,  of  whom  but  two  are  now  living.  His  wife 
died  in  1871,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  The  subject  of  this  par- 
agraph, received  his  boyhood  education  in  the  then  limited  schoolsof 
Pease  township,  and  then  engaged  in  farming,  which  he  carried  on 
successfully,  until  he  was  compelled  by  a  sunstroke,  received  in  1872, 
to  retire  from  active  affairs.  He  was  one  of  the  most  enterprising 
and  thorough  farmers  of  the  county,  and  is  now  a  prosperous  and 
highly  esteemed  citizen.  During  the  term  of  four  years,  he  served 
the  people  of  the  township  acceptably  as  trustee.  In  politics  he  is  a 
republican.  Mr.  Parker  was  married  in  1864,  to  Martha  J.  Van 
Pelt,  who  died  in  1S77,  and  in  1S79,  he  re-married,  his  bride 
being  Mar)'  K.,  daughter  of  Dr.  S.  B.  West,  elsewhere  mentioned. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  To  this  marriage  there 
is  one  child,  Simon  W. 

Perhaps  no  family  has  figured  more  prominently  in  the  settlement 
and  growth  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  than  the  Rhodes  family.  Among 
the  most  worth)-  and  noted  citizens  of  Bridgport,  the  decendants 
of  this  family  take  rank.  In  about  1800,  Moses  Rhodes  moved  from 
Virginia,  to  Canton,  Ohio,  now  Bridgeport,  with  his  aged  father. 
Moses  Rhodes  was  born  near  Morefield,  Va.,  in  1784,  and  died  in 
Bridgeport  in  1S71.  While  living  here  he  married  Nancy  Martin, 
the  daughter  of  Col.  Martin,  who  was  one  of  the  most  prominent,  as 
well  as  one  of  the  wealthiest,  men  of  what  was  then  Virginia,  now  West 
Virginia.  He  was  a  public  man.  and  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia 
senate  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Nancy,  his  daughter,  was  left  an 
orphan  at  the  age  of  twelve  years  and  was  taken  into  the  family  of 
her  guardian,  Presley  Martin,  who  was  a  half-brother  of  her  father. 
Col.  Martin.  Presley  Martin  was  also  a  noted  politician  and  citizen 
of  the  vicinity  in  which  he  lived,  his  home  being  at  New  Martinsville, 
which  town  he  laid  out  and  which  was  named  in  his  honor.  Nancy 
Rhodes  died  in  her  seventy-third  year.  Moses  Rhodes  was  among 
the  first  to  open  a  tavern  in  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  having  established 
one  in,  what  is  now,  Bridgeport,  at  a  very  early  date.  He  also  owned 
a  ferry,  and  a  boat-yard,  and  speculated  in  produce  which  he  bought 
for  the  New  Orleans  market  and  carried  down  the  river  on  a  Hat- 
boat.     Several  times  he  made  this,  then,  perilous   trip,  walking  back 


556  HISTORY    OF   THE    ITIT.K    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  entire  distance  to  Bridgeport,  carrying  his  silver-money  on  his 
back  in  a  sack.  The  return  route  lay  through  the  territory  of  the 
Chickasaw  and  Chocktaw  Indian  nations  in  the  states  of  Mississippi 
and  Tennessee,  The  sturdy  pioneer  on  two  different  occasions  sailed 
from  New  Orleans  to  New  York,  returning  on  foot  to  Bridgeport. 
Later,  he  erected  the  Rhodes  block,  and  two  warehouses  in  that  town, 
and  for  years  conducted  a  large  grain  and  produce  business,  also  run- 
ning a  lumber  yard  at  the  same  time.  In  1852  he  retired  from  active 
business  with  an  ample  fortune,  owning  considerable  real  estate  in 
Bridgeport  and  vicinity,  and  there-after  lived  a  quiet  and  retired  life 
until  his  death.  In  politics  he  was  an  old  line  whig,  and  always  took 
a  decided  interest  in  public  affairs.  Although  the  Rhodes  family 
were  originally  Quakers,  he  became  an  acceptable  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  in  which  faith  he  died.  His  estimable  wife  was  a 
communicant  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  This  happy  mar- 
riage was  blessed  by  seven  children,  three  of  whom  are  living.  Martin 
died  in  1828;  Elizabeth  P.  and  Caroline  S.,  the  wife  of  Christian 
Ogleby,  died  in  1S75.  Lucinda,  is  the  widow  of  Luther  1  Iarrah, 
a  member  of  one  of  the  first  families  of  Belmont  county;  Charles, 
who  died  in  1865,  and  Mary,  now  the  wife  of  William  Thomas,  of 
Pultney  township,  Belmont  county,  and  Elizabeth,  who  married  Will- 
iam B.  Kern  of  Middlebourne,  W.  Ya.,  she  died  in  1861.  It  was  of 
such  stock  that  Ebene/.er  Rhodes,  the  principal  of  this  biographical 
sketch,  came.  He  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  June  26,  1818,  and  has 
since  resided  there.  It  has  been  his  privilege  to  see  the  place  grow 
from  a  mere  hamlet  to  an  important  city,  throbbing  with  industry, 
the  seat  of  several  large  iron  mills  and  other  manufactories,  several 
of  which  he  has  been  active  in  establishing  and  maintaining.  He 
received  a  good  education  in  the  common  schools,  and  afterward  in 
Franklin  college  at  Athens,  Ohio.  Early  in  life  he  became  connected 
with  his  father  in  the  commission  business,  and  under  his  wise  tutelage 
laid  the  foundation  for  a  practical  business  education.  Upon  the 
retirement  of  Moses  Rhodes,  his  father,  he  and  his  brother-in-law, 
Ogleby,  succeeded  to  the  business.  Soon  afterward  they  gave  up  the 
commission  business  and  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grocery  trade. 
Eight  years  later  Mr.  Ogleby  retired  from  the  firm,  and  Charles 
Rhodes  became  a  partner.  About  four  years  later,  Charles  was 
obliged  to  discontinue  business  on  account  of  poor  health,  at  which 
time  W.  S.  Wartield  was  taken  into  partnership.  Some  time  after,  Mr. 
Rhodes  bought  Mr.  Warfield's  share  and  took  his  son  Charles  into  the 
firm.  In  1875  he  turned  the  business  over  to  his  sons,  C.  M.  and  O.  T. 
Rhodes.  Several  years  later  Mr.  Rhodes  obtained  an  interest  in  the 
Diamond  flour  mill,  which  he  now  owns  exclusively.  This  mill  is  one 
of  the  most  valuable  properties  in  eastern  Ohio.  He  owns  considera- 
ble real  estate  in  Bridgeport,  and  has  been  identified  with  the  various 
improvements  in  that  city  and  vicinity,  being  one  of  the  originators 
of  the  First  National  bank,  and  for  twenty  years  its  president,  lb- 
was  also  for  several  years  president  of  the  La  Belle  Glass  works,  also 
one  of  the  builders  and  directors  of  the  /Etna  Iron  works.     The  citi- 


KELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  557 

zens  of  his  native  town  honored  him  for  twenty  years  by  making  him 

a  member  of  their  school  board,  two  years  of  which  he  was  its  presi- 
dent. Mr.  Rhodes  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Tuscarawas  Valley 
railroad  from  the  beginning  to  its  completion.  On  August  3,  1843,  he 
took  Caroline  Townsend.  of  New  Brighton,  to  wife.  She  also  descended 
from  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  Quaker  families  of  west- 
ern Pennsylvania.  She  was  laid  to  rest  September  17,  iSSS.  _  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Rhodes,  eight  children  have  been  born,  seven  of  whom  sur- 
vive. He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of 
Bridgeport,  and  no  one  excels  him  as  a  good,  and  loyal  citizen,  and  an 
earnest  promoter  of  every  good  and  moral  movement  for  the  improve- 
ment of  his  fellow-men.  .  _ 
Charles  Seabright  is  one  of  the  prominent  contractors  of  Martin  s 
Ferry.  He  handles  some  very  large  contracts,  and  is  also  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Spence,  Baggs  Company's  stove  foundry.  Mr.  Sea- 
bright  was  born  in  Germany.  December  25,  1825,  and  lived  thereuntil 
1849,  at  which  time  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  and  settled  in 
the  city  of  Wheeling,  YV.  Va.  There  he  followed  the  trade  of  a  stone 
mason  for  two  years,  and  in  18=51  came  to  Martin's  Ferry,  and  en- 
gaged in  contracting.  Mr.  Seabright  has  been  a  contractor  ever  since, 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  months  spent  in  the  meat  business. 
June  lS,  1S50.  he  espoused  Louise  Myer,  also  a  native  of  Germany. 
Louis,  Charles,  William,  Emma,  Amenia,  Louise  and  Lizzie  are  the 
children  of  this  marriage.  The  mother  died  in  1S84,  leaving  a  home 
bereft  of  a  tender  mother  and  a  loving  wife.  Mr.  Seabright  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F..  and  also  of  the  K.  ol  P.  lodges 
of  Martin's  Ferry,  and  is  a  communicant  of  the  Lutheran  church.  No 
man  in  the  city  "is  more  ready  to  aid  any  deserving  charitable  or 
municipal  enterprise  than  Charles  Seabright.  1  le  is  a  public  spirited, 
progressive  business  man  and  citizen. 

Hiram  W.  Smith,  vice  president  of  the  Commercial  bank  ol  Mar- 
tin's Ferry,  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  March  23.  1S21. 
He  is  the  son  of  Henry  and  Barbara  (Lverlyi  Smith,  who  had  four 
children,  of  whom  Hiram  W.  is  the  only  survivor.  The  father  was 
born  in  England,  and  came  to  the  United  States  at  an  early  day  in  the 
settlement  of  the  Ohio  valley,  locating  in  Washington  county,  Penn., 
which  was  his  home  until  death,  which  occurred  in  1839,  in  his  fifty- 
fourth  year.  He  was  in  early  life  a  school  teacher,  but  became  one 
of  the  "pioneers  of  the  coal  business  on  the  Monongahela  river,  con- 
tinuing in  that  trade  during  the  remainder  of  his  lite.  1  he  subject 
of  this  sketch  when  but  fifteen  years  of  age,  having  received  a  slight 
education  in  the  public  schools,  became  engaged  in  the  coal  trade  with 
his  father  and  brothers.  In  1S3S  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brothers,  lehu  P.  and  Lewis  E.,  under  the  title  of  Smith  &  Pros,  and 
they  continued  in  business  until  the  death  of  Lewis  in  iS/  2,  alter  which 
Mr."  Smith  and  his  surviving  brother  kept  up  the  business  until  [870. 
when  the  latter  died,  and  Mr.  Smith  disposed  ol  their  steamers  and 
barges  and  leased  their  mines.  During  a  good  portion  ot  the  time 
while  in  the  coal  business,  Mr.  Smith  acted  as   captain   and    pilot  be- 


558  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

tween  Pittsburgh  and  New  Orleans,  and  gained  an  extensive  knowl- 
edge of  the  lower  river.  Having  been  a  director  in  the  First  National 
bank  of  Bridgeport,  Ohio,  from  its  organization,  and  acquired  some 
knowledge  of  banking,  in  1872,  in  company  with  James  A.  Gray,  he 
established  the  Commercial  bank  of  Martin's  Ferry,  of  which  he 
served  fifteen  years  as  cashier  before  being  elected  to  his  present  posi- 
tion. In  1SS6  George  II.  Smith  and  James  A.  Dixon  became  partners, 
George  II.  Smith  was  chosen  cashier,  and  Dixon,  assistant  cashier. 
Mr.  Smith  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  business  of  the  town,  popular  with 
all,  and  prominent  in  the  various  avenues  of  social  activity.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  town  council.  He  and 
wife  are  active  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Smith  was 
married  in  1844,  to  Martha,  daughter  of  George  Sharpless,  who  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Belmont  county,  and  by  this  union  had 
eight  children,  six  of  whom  survive.  This  wife  died  in  1S65,  and  in 
1867  he  was  maried  to  Angeline  Lash,  and  widow  of  Platoff  McNeely, 
by  whom  he  has  two  children:   Finest  J.  and  Howard  F. 

Thomas  J.  Smith,  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Pease  town- 
ship, Belmont  county,  was  born  in  that  county  in  1824.  the  son  of  Col. 
James  M.  Smith,  one  of  the  early  settlers.  Col.  Smith  was  born  in 
Loudon  county,  Va.,  in  1790,  the  son  of  Thomas  Smith,  of  English 
descent,  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  revolution.  Col.  Smith  was  a 
farmer  and  a  cooper  by  occupation.  He  served  one  year  in  the  war 
of  1S12,  and  then,  in  1813,  came  to  Belmont  county,  settling  within  a 
mile  of  Burlington,  where  he  lived  upon  a  farm  until  his  death  in  1873. 
He  held  the  rank  of  colonel  in  the  state  militia  of  Ohio.  lie  was 
married  in  iSoq,  to  Mary  Berry,  who  died  in  1875,  and  bv  this  union 
had  eleven  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living.  The  subject  of 
this  mention  was  reared  upon  the  farm  of  his  parents,  and  became 
engaged  as  a  farmer,  raising  with  his  brothers,  large  quantities  of 
grain,  which  they  disposed  of  by  trading  along  the  river.  In  1S54  he 
turned  his  attention  to  gardening,  which  he  followed  until  1870,  when 
he  purchased  the  stock  of  goods  at  Burlington,  then  owned  by  Good- 
hue Bros.  This  he  added  to,  and  has  since  conducted  business  on  a 
larger  scale  than  before  known  in  the  place,  meeting  with  consider- 
able success,  and  acquiring  a  reputation  as  a  skillful  business  man. 
Burlington  is  one  of  the  oldest  trading  [joints  on  the  river,  a  store 
having  been  established  here  over  sixty  years  ago.  In  1SS1  a  post- 
otfice  was  established,  known  as  Don,  of  which  fohn  ].  Smith  was 
postmaster  until  July,  188S,  since  when  the  subject  of  this  mention 
has  held  the  office.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  of  the  democratic  party.  He  was 
married  May  23,  1854,  to  Lucinda  Jump,  a  representative  of  one  of 
the  pioneer  families,  ami  they  have  had  eight  children:  Mary  F... 
John  J..  Emery  I...  deceased;  Amanda  J.,  deceased;  Louisa.  Kate  E., 
Theresa  1..,  deceased,  and  James  \V. 

J.  11.  Tilton  is  a  leading  citizen  of  Pease  township,  Belmont  county, 
Ohio.  Mr.  Tilton  was  born  May  S,  1846,  the  son  of  Joel  and  Cynthia  A. 
(Hartzell)     Tilton.     Joel    Tilton  was  born    March     10,    1815,   in  the 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  559 

stale  of  Ohio,  Jefferson  county.  Cynthia  Hartzell  first  saw  the  light 
in  Somerset  county,  Penn.,  November  4,  1811.  Joel  Tilton's  father 
was  Joseph  Til-ton,  who  was  born  near  the  headwaters  of  the  Buffalo, 
in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania.  His  wife,  Mary,  was  also  a  native  of 
the  same  place.  Joseph  came  to  Ohio  with  his  parents  in  1775,  and 
settled  in  Warren  township,  Jefferson  county,  Ohio.  Here  he  went 
to  work  in  the  woods,  and  by  great  toil  and  energy  he  acquired  one 
of  the  finest  farms  in  the  county,  consisting  of  640  acres.  He  was  ex- 
posed to  all  the  hardships  incidental  to  a  pioneer  life,  often  after 
laboring  all  day  in  clearing  his  land  he  would  be  obliged  to  keep  watch 
at  night  for  the  approach  of  hostile  Indians.  The  Yorkville  coal 
works  are  now  situated  on  this  farm.  Joseph  and  Mar}  Tilton  were 
the  parents  of  twelve  children.  The  father  died  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
three  years  three  months  and  eleven  days.  His  first  permanent  resi- 
dence still  stands  as  a  monument  to  the  enterprise  of  this  man;  it  is 
over  one  hundred  years  old.  Joel,  the  youngest  child  born  to  these 
parents,  was  raised  in  Jefferson  county,  ami  was  educated  in  the  old 
pioneer  log  school-house.  His  father  deeded  his  brother  and  himself 
a  part  of  the  old  homestead  in  Belmont  county,  the  deed  being  dated 
December  10,  1838,  the  witnesses  being  Dr.  S.  B.  West  and  John  Zane. 
The  instrument  was  drawn  up  by  John  Beazle.  He  was  married  to 
Cynthia  A.  Hartzell,  December  21,  1834,  and  their  marriage  was 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  named:  Noah  J., 
born  May  3.  1S36;  Mary  McKin,  now  living  in  Kansas  City,  was 
born  August  19.  1838;  Indiana  (Darrah)  was  born  March  10,  1S41, 
now  a  resident  of  Jefferson  county;  Joseph  was  born  November  2, 
1843,  nves  ncar  Bethany,  W.  Va.;  John  II.,  born  May  8,  1846;  Fran- 
cis II.,  born  November  28,  1848,  lives  near  Tiltonsville;  George  W., 
born  June  25,  1S51,  he  lives  on  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  J.  West. 
The  dividing  line  between  Belmont  and  Jefferson  counties  runs 
through  his  house,  so  that  he  can  vote  in  either  county-  Joel  Tilton 
died  February  3,  1873.  His  son,  John  11.,  was  appointed  administra- 
tor of  the  estate.  The  wives  of  Joel,  Noah  J.,  and  John  1 1.,  reside  on 
the  Joel  Tilton  homestead,  and  the  sons,  John  and  Noah,  operate  the 
farm.  The)-  raise  large  crops  of  grain,  and  are  prosperous  and 
thorough  agriculturists.  The  family  stand  very  high  in  the. 
community. 

One  of  the  early  pioneers  and  physicians  of  Bridgeport,  Ohio,  is 
Dr.  John  M.  Todd,  who  was  born  in  Fayette  county,  Penn.,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1826,  son  of  Samuel  P.  and  Susan  (Kerr)  Todd,  natives  of 
New  York  and  New  Jersey,  respectively.  The  father  was  one  of 
the  early  physicians  of  Belmont  county.  Ohio,  having  practiced  at 
St.  Clairsville  at  a  very  early  date.  Samuel  and  Susan  Todd  had 
eight  children  born  to  them,  all  of  whom  are  living,  six  boys  and  two 
girls.  He  died  at  Uniontown,  Penn.,  May  30,  1840,  at  the  age  of 
forty-four  years.  Mrs.  Todd  died  at  Claysville,  Penn.,  February  23, 
1884,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education  which  he  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  of  Washington  county,  Penn.     At   the  age  of  eighteen  years. 


560  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

he  began  the  study  of  medicine,  but  before  he  completed  the  study- 
he  entered  the  Mexican  army  under  Capt.  George  W.  McCook,  of 
Steubenville,  and  shared  the  fortune  of  occupation  under  Gen. 
Taylor.  After  returning  he  continued  his  studies  under  the  prccep- 
torship  of  R.  F.  Biddle,  of  Monongahela  City,  until  he  received  his 
finishing  training  in  the  Jefferson  medical  college,  at  Philadelphia. 
In  1852  he  began  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Holliday's  Cove,  Han- 
cock county,  W.Va.,  remaining  here  until  1855,  when  he  moved  to  the 
county  seat,  remaining  there  for  four  years,  when  he  left  because  of 
the  want  of  educational  advantages,  lie  then  moved  to  Xew  Lisbon, 
Ohio,  where  he  remained  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion, 
when  he  took  the  commission  of  surgeon  in  the  field  regiment,  Sixty- 
fifth  Ohio  volunteers,  serving  until  1865.  Having  resigned  on  ac- 
count of  a  severe  injury  received  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  came  to  Bridgeport 
and  engaged  in  his  practice  and  also  the  drug  business,  he  having 
continued  the  practice  until  the  present  time.  Dr.  Todd  has  been 
surgeon  of  C.  &  1'.  R.  R.,  in  which  capacity  he  has  served  for  twenty- 
three  years.  He  was  married  April  17,  1855,  to  Mary  b.  Wilson, 
daughter  of  Alexander  Wilson,  of  Monongahela  City,  Penn.,  a  very 
prominent  citizen  of  that  city.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children, 
both  daughters,  Ida  Y..  who  married  Frank  1'.  Zimmer,  of  one  of  the 
prominent  families  of  Wheeling,  September  19,  1SS3,  now  residing  at 
Omaha,  Neb.,  and  Eva  May.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  Dr.  Todd  is  a  member  of  the  Branum  post. 
No.  271,  G.  A.  R.  Dr.  Todd  has  acted  as  postmaster  of  Bridgeport 
for  eight  years,  beginning  with  Grant's  last  term.  He  is  an  active 
republican  in  politics. 

G.  W.  Tweedy,  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Martin's  Ferry,  Ohio. 
was  born  in  Mt.  Pleasant  township, Jefferson  county, (  )hio,  February  2. 
1842.  His  parents  were  William  and  Sarah  (Worrel)  Tweedy,  both 
Ohioans.  Mr.  Tweed)  received  a  common  school  education  in  the 
Jefferson  county  schools.  August  S.  1S62,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B, 
Fifty-second  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  and  for  nearly  three  years  he 
endured  all  the  hardships  and  dangers  incident  to  a  soldier's  life.  I  le 
was  mustered  out  of  service  in  June,  1865,  and  at  once  returned  to  his 
home,  where  he  engaged  in  tilling  the  soil.  Subsequently  he  embarked 
in  the  livery  business  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  and  continued  in  this  until  the 
spring  of  1800.  I  le  then  sold  his  business  and  came  to  Martin's  Ferry, 
where  he  now  operates  a  large  livery  and  feed  establishment  on  Wal- 
nut street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.  He  was  married  September  20, 
1867,  to  Miss  1  lannah  1.  Ong,  bv  whom  he  has  had  three  sons  and  one 
daughter,  they  are:  William  A'.,  I.ibbie  M.,  George  W.  and  an  infant 
yet  unnamed.  Mrs.  Tweedy  is  the  daughter  of  Abram  and  Eliza- 
beth Ong,  and  was  born  September  27,  1S47.  Mr.  Tweedy  has  met 
with  fair  success  in  his  business,  and  is  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  and, 
although  a  shrewd  business  man,  he  is  just  to  all. 

The  Hon.  David  W'agener,  proprietor  of  the  Buckeye  Paper  mills, 
was  born  in  Franklin  county,  Penn.,  October  10.  1827.  His  parents 
were   John    and    Elizabeth    W'agener,   both    Pennsylvanians.     David 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  56 1 

"Wagener  was  reared  in  Pennsylvania,  living  there  until  he  had  reached 
the  age  of  sixteen  years.  While  still  living  .in  Pennsylvania,  Mr. 
Wagener  learned  the  saddle  and  harness  business.  Coming  to  Ohio 
in  1843  he  worked  in  the  paper  mills  during  the  evenings  and  at  the 
carpenter's  trade  in  the  day  time.  In  the  spring  of  1844  he  and  his 
brother  came  to  West  Wheeling  and  built  the  paper  mill  now  owned 
and  operated  by  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Mr.  Wagener  figured 
very  prominently  in  the  politics  of  his  state,  having  been  elected  to 
the  Ohio  state  senate  in  1877,  taking  his  seat  as  senator  in  187S.  He 
served  for  two  years,  and  after  two  years  of  retirement,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  house.  I  lis  term  of  office  expiring,  Mr. 
Wagener  retired  from  political  life,  and  has  since  given  his  undivided 
attention  to  his  business.  He  was  a  prominent  stockholder  in  the 
Wheeling  Street  railways,  and  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the 
Wheeling  Hinge  factory.  Miss  Jane  Clemens  became  his  wife  in 
184S.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ann  Clemens.  Five  children  are 
the  fruit  of  this  union.  Mr.  Wagener  is  an  influential  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  one  of  the  most  progressive  and  broad- 
minded  men  in  the  community.  His  public  and  private  career  give 
evidence  of  great  ability  and  of  strict  integrity.  As  a  senator  his 
vote  and  influence  was  invariably  cast  on  the  side  of  morality  and 
public  improvement.  As  a  business  man  he  is  regarded  with  the  ut- 
most confidence  by  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  A  fine 
specimen  of  a  true  American  citizen  and  representative  of  the  people. 
Van  Wagener,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  North  Wheeling,  May  3.  1853.  of 
American  parentage,  his  father,  David,  being  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  his  mother,  Jane  Clemens,  a  native  of  Ohio.  Both  of  the  latter 
are  still  living.  David  Clemens  was  an  early  settler  of  West  Wheel- 
ing, where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  wrapping  paper. 
In  his  youth.  Dr.  Wagener  attended  the  public  schools,  rounding  up 
his  preparatory  education  at  the  Lindsay  Institute,  afterward  enter- 
ing the  noted  old  college  at  Washington,  Perm.  After  leaving  college 
he  went  into  his  father's  paper-mill  as  a  paper  maker,  which  he  con- 
tinued for  two  years.  As  surely  as  water  will  find  its  level,  so  surely 
will  the  well  balanced  man  find  the  position  best  suited  for  him  to  fill; 
the  young  man  was  eminently  fitted  for  the  profession  of  medicine, 
both  on  account  of  his  education  and  natural  abilities,  so  he  left  the 
mill  to  take  up  the  study  of  medicine,  which  he  began  under  Dr. 
W.  S.  Fischer,  of  Bridgeport,  with  whom  he  remained  for  three  years. 
Having  received  a  thorough  preparation  in  his  chosen  profession,  at 
the  Ohio  medical  college,  from  which  institution  he  graduated,  the 
young  medical  student  attended  a  course  of  lectures  at  Bellevue  hos- 
pital, Xew  York,  in  the  years  of  1870  and  '77.  Locating  in  the  thriv- 
ing city  of  Bridgeport,  Dr.  Wagener  at  once  began  to  build  up  the 
enviable  reputation  and  practice  which  he  now  possesses  in  no  small 
degree.  He  is  at  present  the  county  physician,  and  also  the  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  river  division  of  the  C.  el  P.  railroad.  I  le  is  an  hon- 
ored member  of  the  Belmont  County  Medical  society,  also  of  Belmont 
lodge,  Xo.  109,  K.  of  P.,  of  Bridgeport,  and  of  the  Charles  L.  Plinny 
36— B. 


562  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Lent,  No.  140,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  In  1S79,  Ada  S.  Harrah, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Lucinda  V.  Harrah,  became  his  wife.  Dr.Wagener 
is  a  useful,  honored  citizen  of  Bridgeport.  The  democratic  party  re- 
ceives his  vote  and  influence. 

Henry  Warwood,  of  Martin's  Ferry, was  born  in  Staffordshire,  Eng- 
land, February  25,  1823,  the  son  of  William  Warwood,  a  skillful  tool 
maker  who  was  employed  during  his  active  life  in  the  Brades  Steel 
works,  one  of  the  oldest  factories  of  the  kind  in  England.  He  died 
in  185S.  By  his  marriage  to  Sarah  Harrison,  whose  death  occurred  in 
the  same  year  as  his  own,  he  had  nine  children,  of  whom  three  are 
deceased.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  a  limited  education 
during  his  childhood  in  England,  going  to  night  school  while  em- 
ployed in  the  factory  where  he  began  work  at  nine  years  of  age. 
Coming  to  the  United  States  in  1848,  he  remained  at  Pittsburgh  some 
time  in  the  employment  of  the  Lippincotts,  but  was  compelled  by- 
failing  health  to  give  up  that  situation.  Then  starting  a  small  tool 
factory  at  Brown's  Coal  works,  he  worked  there  until  1854,  when  he 
came  to  Martin's  Ferry,  and  started  in  the  same  business  on  a  small 
scale,  in  the  block  where  the  postoffice  is  now  situated,  on  the  site 
now  occupied  by  Thorngate's  hardware  store.  He  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  garden  rakes  and  miners'  tools,  being  among  the  first 
to  manufacture  rakes  in  this  country.  The  excellence  of  his  work 
soon  gave  him  a  widespread  reputation,  and  his  business  increased 
until  in  1S68  he  purchased  property  on  First  street  and  erected  a 
large  factory.  He  has  for  some  time  abandoned  the-  manufacture  of 
garden  rakes,  and  now  produces  miners'  tools  exclusively,  and  these 
are  sold  in  every  part  of  the  United  States  where  mining  is  carried  on. 
His  coal  pick  is  regarded  among  miners  as  the  standard  of  excellence. 
He  is  in  all  respects  a  self-made  man,  and  his  remarkable  success  is 
wholly  due  to  his  talent  as  a  business  man,  skill  as  a  workman,  and 
the  honesty  of  his  goods.  He  ami  wife  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  ami  in  politics  he  is  a  republican.  During  the  war  he 
was  actively  engaged  in  recruiting  men  for  the  Union  army.  Mr. 
Warwood  was  married  in  1840  to  Mary  Bradshaw,  a  descendant  of 
John  Bradshaw,  a  distinguished  family  of  England,  and  they  have 
four  children:  William,  Sarah  J.,  Maria  and   Emily   11. 

Dr.  Simon  B.  West,  deceased,  one  of  the  pioneer  physicians  of  Mar- 
tin's Ferry,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county.  Ohio,  in  1812,  the  son  of 
Henry  West,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that  county.  1  )r.  West  spent 
his  early  years  on  the  farm,  and  began  the  study  of  medicine, about 
1S33,  with  his  brother.  Dr.  1  Ienry  West,  then  practicing  at  Bridgeport. 
He  completed  his  professional  studies  at  the  Ohio  medical  college,  at 
Cincinnati,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1830.  Coming  to  Martin's 
Ferry  in  the  same  year,  he  began  a  practice  which  he  continued  in  for 
exactly  fifty  years,  then  retiring,  and  devoting  to  rest  his  remaining 
years,  which  were  terminated  by  death  in  1885.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  eminent  men  in  his  profession  in  this  region,  and  is  also  remem- 
bered as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  of  the  citizens  of  Martin's  Ferry, 
ever  ready  to  aid  in  enterprises  for  the  advancement  of  the  material 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  563 

and  social  interests  of  the  place,  lie  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Ohio  City  Nail  company,  and  interested  in  various  other  projects.  Dr. 
West  was  married  in  July,  1838  to  Mary  Zane  Martin,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Martin,  and  she  died  in  1882.  Of  their  eight  children  there 
is  but  one  survivor,  the  wife  of  Oliver  C.  Parker. 

Brady  O.  Williams,  M.  D.,  a  leading  physician  of  Martin's  Ferry, 
is  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  born  in  Wetzel  county,  November  13, 
1S47.  He  is  the  son  of  Francis  E.  Williams,  who  was  born  in  West 
Virginia,  August  18,  1S09,  whose  life  was  mainly  devoted  to  farming, 
though  in  his  earlier  life  he  was  occupied  in  selling  produce  on  the 
river.  This  gentleman,  a  worthy  and  highly  respected  man,  died 
May  iS,  1880.  By  his  marriage,  in  1844,  to  Ann  J.  O'Neill,  also  a 
native  of  West  Virginia,  who  died  August  29,  1878,  he  had  ten  chil- 
dren, of  whom  five  survive  besides  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Dr. 
Williams  in  his  childhood  attended  the  schools  at  his  home,  New 
Martinsville,  and  afterward  studied  at  Mt.  Union  college,  Ohio.  lie 
then  spent  three  years  as  a  school  teacher,  during  the  same  time 
reading  medicine  with  Dr.  R.  II.  Cummins,  of  Wheeling.  During 
the  winters  of  1871-2  and  1872-  3,  he  attended  medical  lectures  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  March,  1873.  In  May  of  the  same  year  he  opened  an  office  at  Mar- 
tin's Ferry,  where  he  has  since  remained.  In  the  years  of  practice 
since  elapsed  Dr.  Williams  has  gained  an  honorable  reputation  as  a 
skillful  physician,  abreast  with  all  the  advancement  of  his  profession, 
and  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  patients.  Me  has  taken  a  due  in- 
terest in  social  and  municipal  affairs,  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  has  served  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  school  board. 
The  doctorwas  married  in  1881  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Caroline  V. 
Grove,  of  St.  Clairsville,  and  they  have  three  sons:  Brady  G.,  Phil  F. 
and  J.  Forest. 

Joel  Wood,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  one  who  has  by  the  promotion  of 
various  important  enterprises,  rendered  this  part  of  the  Ohio  valley 
great  service,  was  born  in  Smithfield,  Ohio,  August  22,  1814.  lie  is 
■  the  grandson  of  William  Wood,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  was 
for  some  time  a  resident  of  Frederick  count}-.  Md.,and  settled  in  Jef- 
ferson county,  Ohio,  about  1810,  becoming  the  first  merchant  of  Smith- 
field.  About  [S15  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  his  death  occurred 
June  3.  1844.  This  well-known  ami  worthy  pioneer  was  the  father  of 
eight  children,  all  now  deceased.  1  lis  son.  Joel.  St\.  the  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Maryland,  and  there  received  his 
education,  lie  soon  alter  removed  to  Ohio  and  engaged  in  business. 
He  died  in  1814.  By  his  marriage  in  1804.  at  New  Market.  Frederick 
Co.,  Md.,  to  Elizabeth  Poultney,  who  dn-,\  February  8,  1X44,  he  had 
five  children,  all  of  whom  are  deceased  but  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  |oel  Wood. 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  spent  his  early"  years  in  Smithfield,  <  >hio, 
receiving  such  education  as  the  various  private  schools  afforded,  there 
then  being  no  public  schools  provided  bylaw.  During  1829  and  1830 
he  attended  the  boarding  school  of  Joseph  Gibbons  at  Mt.  Pleasant. 


564  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Ohio,  and  in  1831  and  1S32,  the  school  or  college  of  John  Gummerre, 
at  Burlington,  N.  J.  The  years  following,  before  locating  in  Martin's 
Ferry,  were  spent  in  teaching  school  and  in  merchandising  in  Balti- 
more, Md.  On  the  4th  day  of  July,  1837,  he  came  to  Martin's  Ferry 
and  went  into  the  mercantile  business.  On  the  30th  day  of  August, 
1837,  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Carr  McGrew,  granddaughter  of 
James  Carr,  first  settler  and  proprietor  of  Smithfield,  Ohio,  in  Friends 
meeting  house  at  Smithfield,  according  to  the  customs  of  Orthodox 
Friends,  of  which  society  they  were  members.  About  the  year  1843 
he  sold  out  his  mercantile  business  and  engaged  extensively  in  the 
nursery  and  fruit  growing  business  until  1852,  when  he  became  inter- 
ested in  railroad  enterprises,  and  was  appointed  right-of-way  solicitor 
for  the  Cleveland  ec  Pittsburgh  railroad;  remained  with  that  road  as 
their  representative  in  Martin's  Ferry,  until  1871.  In  that  year  he 
associated  with  himself  [oseph  Bell  and  Chester  Hubbard,  of  Wheel- 
ing, and  several  other  gentlemen  of  Ohio,  and  organized  the  Wheel- 
ing &  Lake  Erie  railroad  company.  Elected  as  its  first  president,  he 
served  in  that  capacity  for  five  years,  and  afterward  as  a  director  for 
many  years,  lie  was  the  pioneer  of  this  road,  which  is  now  building 
into  Martin's  Ferry,  and  it  will  lie  a  monument  to  his  forethought  and 
enterprise.  Mr.  Wood  has  always  been  prominently  identified  with 
the  material  advancement  of  Martin's  Ferry,  being  an  early  advocate 
of  plank  roads  and  turnpikes,  lie  was  also  one  of  the  incorporators 
and  a  director,  continuously  until  1 8qn,  of  the  Wheeling  &  1  larrisburg 
railway,  subsequently  called  the  Wheeling  Bridge  &  Terminal  rail- 
way company.  From  early  life  he  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the 
cause  of  public  schools,  and  in  the  moral  reforms  of  the  day;  espe- 
cially those  of  anti-slavery  and  temperance.  Soon  after  coming  to 
Martin's  Ferry,  he  was  made;  a  member  of  the  board  of  education 
and  inaugurated  the  first  steps  which  resulted  in  the  establishment  ol 
the  union,  or  free  school  system,  in  1853,  and  which  position  he  held 
for  over  thirty  years.  While  yet  a  very  young  man  his  interest  was 
deeply  enlisted  in  freeing  the  slaves,  and  in  1 S 3 7  he  became  a  member 
of  that  hated  organization,  the  abolitionists,  and  at  once  took  an  active* 
part  in  the  work.  1  le  cast  his  first  vote  for  James  G.  Birney.  Was 
made  one  of  the  vice  presidents  of  the  Ohio  Anti-Slavery  society,  and 
was  sent  as  a  delegate  from  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  to  the  national 
convention  held  held  in  Buffalo,  X.  Y.,  in  1848,  where  was  formed  the 
Free  Soil  party,  and  Martin  Van  lh.iren  nominated  tor  president. 
Both  before  and  after  coming  to  Martin's  berry,  he  was  the  agent  of 
the  "Underground  Railroad,"  and  helped  many  slaves  to  gain  their 
freedom,  oftentimes  at  great  personal  risk.  In  1X30  he  become  inter- 
ested in  the  temperance  work;  took  an  active  part  in  the  Washing- 
tonian  movement,  and  has  been  ever  since  interested  in  all  move- 
ments for  the  suppression  of  the  liquor  traffic.  For  the  past  ten  years 
he  has  been  identified  with  the  prohibition  party,  and  was  a  delegate 
to  the  national  convention  held  at  Indianapolis  in  May.  iSXN,  which 
nominated  Clinton  B.  Fisk  for  president.  Five  children  were  born  to 
Mr.  Wood:     George   R.,  Mary   C,   William    II.,   Oliver    Russell   and 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  565 

Lucy  J.,  the  first  and  the  last  being  deceased.  Mr.  Wood  has  always 
enjoyed  the  highest  standing  for  honesty  and  integrity.  Although 
starting  in  life  with  little,  he  has  by  strict  integrity  and  attention  to 
business,  accumulated  a  considerable  portion  of  this  world's  goods. 

William  II.  Wood,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  general  agent  of  the  Cleve- 
land, Lorain  &  Wheeling  railroad,  was  born  at  Martin's  Ferry,  in 
1847,  the  son  of  Joel  Wood,  a  notice  of  whom  appears  in  this  chap- 
ter. Mr.  Wood  received  a  thorough  education,  preparing  for  college 
at  Martin's  Ferry,  and  pursuing  his  collegiate  studies  at  Earlham  col- 
lege, Richmond,,  Ind.  On  his  return  home  he  entered  the  employ- 
ment of  the  Cleveland  &  Pittsburgh  railroad,  and  was  in  the  service 
of  that  company  twelve  years.  When  his  father  resigned  the  position 
of  agent  at  this  place,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  appointed  to  the 
position,  which  he  held  until  1875,  when  he  resigned.  He  then  gave 
his  attention  until  1886  to  the  manufacture  of  brick,  and  since  the  last 
named  year  has  held  the  position  of  agent  for  the  Cleveland,  Lorain  & 
Wheeling  road.  He  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  as  a  rail- 
road man,  and  is  thoroughly  informed  in  all  the  details  of  the  busi- 
ness. His  courtesy  and  efficiency  render  him  one  of  the  most  popular 
of  railroad  officials.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  is  in  politics  a  prohibitionist,  and  he  is  affiliated 
with  the  Knights  of  Honor,  National  Union  and  1.  1'.  A.  fraternities. 
Mr.  Wood  was  married  in  1870,  to  Annie  Martin,  daughter  of  Ebene- 
zer  Martin,  noticed  elsewhere,  and  to  this  union  four  children  have 
been  born;  Roy  G.,  Charles  M.,  Alice  L.  and  Archie. 

PULTNEY    TOWNSHIP. 

Judge  A.  W.  Anderson  was  born  in  1817,  in  Richland  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  Ohio,  where  his  early  life  was  spent  on  his  father's  farm, 
and  in  acquiring  an  education  from  the  schools  of  the  count)'.  In 
1847  he  removed  to  Bellaire,  Ohio,  where  he  entered  in  business  with 
his  brother.  He  served  as  postmaster  under  Presidents  Pierce  ami 
,  Buchanan,  and  was  afterward  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  which  office 
he  held  for  fifteen  years.  Served  as  a  probate  judge  one  term  in 
1S70,  and  in  1S76  was  elected  county  commissioner,  but  retired  from 
active  public  life  in  1S79.  Was  united  in  marriage  in  1851  to  Miss 
Jane  McGregor,  a  sister  of  Robert  A.  and  James  McGregor.  Was  a 
strong  supporter  of  the  democratic  party,  but  took  no  active  part  in 
any  politics.  Early  in  life  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and,  with  his  wife,  was  always  a  ston^  supporter  of  that  organization, 
and  was  one  of  the  first  to  promote  the  affairs  of  that  church  in  Bel- 
laire. As  a  citizen,  he  was  always  honorable  and  upright,  and  in  his 
death,  the  city  lost  one  of  her  steady  friends.  As  a  parent  and  hus- 
band, none  couldhave  been  more  devoted,  ami  the  sympathies  of  the 
entire  community  are  with  the  family  in  their  bereavement.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Anderson  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  three  of  whom  are 
living.  Sarah  M.,  deceased;  Lucy  P.;  James  O.  deceased;  Jessie  P.; 
Addison  Alexander,  deceased;  Andrew.     Jessie  P.,  now   Mis.  Wood- 


566  HISTORY    OF   THE    U1TER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

bridge,  lived  with  her  parents  until  1SS1,  when  she  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Mr.  Dudley  Woodbridge,  a  native  of  Marietta,  but  a  resident 
of  Bellaire.  With  him  she  resided  until  his  death  in  1882,  when  she 
returned  to  her  father's  house.  One  daughter  was  the  fruit  of  this 
marriage,  Elizabeth  D.  Susie  and  Andrew  are  both  still  single,  but 
are  are  engaged  in  educational  work  at  Poland,  in  Mahoning  county, 
near  Youngstown,  where  Andrew  holds  the  position  of  principal  of  the 
Union  school,  and  under  him  his  sister  teaches. 

William  G.  Allen  was  born  October  4,  1866,  in  the  house  he  now 
occupies.  He  was  the  son  of  William  and  Margaret  (Griffin)  Allen, 
who  were  natives  of  this  country,  William,  Sr.,  being  the  son  of  John 
and  Martha  J.  (Griffin)  Allen.  His  wife,  Margaret,  was  _  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Isabelle  Griffin,  natives  of  Scotland.  Will- 
iam G.  Allen's  life  was  spent  at  all  times  at  home  on  the  farm,  the 
earl)-  part  being  spent  in  acquiring  an  education  at  the  common 
schools  of  the  county.  At  present  he  resides  with  his  cousin  on  the 
homestead  farm  which  he  operates,  and  makes  by  industry  and  per- 
severance, a  good  substantial  citizen  in  his  community.  William 
Allen,  Sr.,  was  born  in  1S07,  near  the  residence  now  occupied  by  his 
son.  His  whole  life  was  spent  on  the  farm  occupied  by  the  son.  He 
was  married  first  in  1836  to  Miss  Jane  Workman,  with  whom  he  lived 
until  her  death  in  April,  1861.  hie  was  the  father  of  five  children, 
three  of  whom  are  still  living:  John,  born  February,  1837;  Martha, 
born  July,  i838;James,  born  January,  1841;  Abraham  \Y.,  born  March, 
1846;  Mary  J.,  born  August,  1847.  John,  Mary  and  Abraham  W.  are- 
still  living',  John  W.  living  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  with  his  wife  and  family, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  editing  the  Presbyterian  Banner,  and  preach- 
ing the  gospel  of  that  faith.  Abraham  lives  in  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
where  he,  with  his  wile  and  family,  is  engaged  in  real  estate  and  not- 
ary public.  Mary  is  married  to  James  Dixon,  a  native  of  Belmont 
county,  and  with  her  husband,  lives  at  present  in  Bellaire,  where  her 
husband  is  living  the  life  of  a  retired  farmer,  and  is  a  good  sub- 
stantial citizen.  Mr.  William  Allen.  Sr.,  remarried,  after  the  death 
of  his  first  wife,  in  April,  iS6i,a  Miss  Margaret  Griffin,  of  this  county, 
in  January.  iSb;v  By  the  second  marriage  Mr.  Allen  was  the  father 
of  two  children,  but  one  of  whom  is  still  living:  Isabel,  born  August  15, 
1864;  William,  born  October  4.  1866.  Isabel  died  October  16, 
1885.  Isabel  was  married  January,  1884,  to  Mr.  Charles  T.  Crymble, 
a  son  of  Joseph  Crymble,  native  of  this  state.  She  only  lived  one 
year  after  marriage.  The  second  wife  of  Mr.  William  Allen. Sr.,  died 
September  22nd,  1887,  at  the  old  homestead  where  she  had  toiled  and 
labored,  and  when  she  left  this  world  for  a  better  one,  left  behind 
many  warm  personal  friends,  as  well  as  one  who  lost  a  kind  and  affec- 
tionate mother.  William  Allen,  Sr.,  died  December  25,  1874.  on  the 
homestead  farm,  and  in  his  death  the  children  lost  a  kind  and  loving 
father,  the  wife  a  loving  husband,  and  the  state  one  of  her  best 
citizens. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  (Mernttl  Alexander  was  born  in  1S33.  in  I'uhney 
township,  in  Belmont  county,  near  Bellaire;  was  the  daughter  of  Rob- 


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crt  and  Eveline  (Milligan)  Merritt,  who  were  both  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia. Robert  being  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Long)  Merritt, 
of  that  state.  Eveline  being  the  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Ruth  (Brown) 
Milligan, of  Virginia,  but  descendentsof  old  Ireland.  Mrs.  Alexander's 
early  life  was  spent  at  the  home  of  her  father,  on  the  farm,  until  her 
marriage,  in  attending  the  district  schools  and  acquiring  useful  knowl- 
edge of  housework.  Was  married  in  1854  to  Samuel  Alexander, 
a  native  of  this  count)-  and  state.  Immediately  after  her  marriage,  in 
1854,  she,  with  her  husband,  removed  to  a  farm,  near  her  present 
residence,  where  they  resided  for  some  seven  years,  when  the)-  re- 
moved to  the  farm  where  the  widow  still  resides  and  where  the 
remaining  days  of  Mr.  Alexander  were  spent  in  farming.  They  are 
the  parents  of  nine  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living:  Ida  J. 
McKelvey,  Eva  B.  Wythers,  Robert  L.,  Annie  E.  Kratz,  Sarah  A. 
Nichol,  James  A.,  Wilber  M.,  Lula  I),  (deceased) ,  Andrew  B.  But 
two  of  the  children  are  unmarried,  the  two  younger  sons,  one  of 
whom  still  remains  on  the  farm  with  his  mother.  Mrs.  Alexander  is 
a  member  and  strong  supporter  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr. 
Samuel  Alexander  was  born  Eebruary  18,  1S27.  in  this  county  and 
state,  where  he  was  raised  and  where  he  died.  Me  was  the  son  of 
Robert  and  Jane  (Dixon)  Alexander,  descendants  of  Scotland 
and  Ireland  respectively.  Mis  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm  with 
his  father,  and  in  acquiring  an  education  from  the  common  schools. 
Until  his  marriage,  he  remained  at  home,  when  he  went  to  an  adjoin- 
ing farm,  where  he  remained  until  the  death  of  his  father  in  1S62, 
when  he  removed  to  tin-  farm  now  occupied  by  his  widow,  and  where 
he  remained  until  the  time  of  his  death  in  August,  1882.  Was  identi- 
fied with  all  educational  movement,  and  road  matters.  Was  an  elder 
in  the  Coalbrook  Presbyterian  church,  and  was  always  prominently 
identified  as  a  strong  worker  and  supporter  of  that  organization. 
When  he  died  in  1882,  he  left  behind  him  a  host  of  warm  personal 
friends  and  admirers,  who  with  the  members  of  the  family  who 
survive  him,  sincerely  mourn  his  decease. 

Frank  B.  Archer,  a  prominent  young  business  man  and  treasurer 
elect  of  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  was  born  in  Bellaire,  May,  1858.  His 
parents,  Rudolph  and  Elizabeth  Archer  came  to  Belmont  county, 
locating  in  Bellaire,  his  two  brothers,  John  and  James,  accompanying 
him.  He  was  by  trade  a  cooper,  and  followed  the  same  for  some 
years  after  his  coming  to  Bellaire.  Me  afterward  engaged  in  coal- 
boating  for  some  years,  and  the  latter  part  of  his  life  gave  his  atten- 
tion to  teaching  music,  having  acquired  quite  a  reputation  as  a  vocal- 
ist in  that  vicinity.  For  a  time  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Archer  &  Gunning,  pioneer  merchants  of  Bellaire.  He  died  in  Sep- 
tember, 1858.  His  wife  and  three  children  still  survive  him.  Frank 
Archer  obtained  a  limited  educe 
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$4.50  to  $5  per  day,  this  lad  had  in  the  meantime  been  supporting  the 
family  from  his  earnings  as  an  apprentice.  In  1888  he  discontinued 
the  glass  business,  since  which  time  lie  has  been  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness with  John  Davis.  They  bought  the  business  from  M.  E.  Pier- 
son  and  have  built  it  up  until  it  now  is  one  of  the  most  lucrative 
agencies  in  the  valley.  Mr.  Archer's  sterling  integrity  and  marked 
ability  have  won  him  the  recognition  of  the  voters  of  the  county.  I  Ie 
has  been  township  treasurer,  was  elected  to  the  city  council  in  18S7, 
of  which  body  he  is  now  the  president,  and  in  1889  was  nominated 
for  county  treasurer  by  the  republican  party,  of  which  he  has  been  a 
firm  and  loyal  member  for  a  long  time,  lie  was  elected  by  a  large 
majority  to  the  latter  office.  In  1879  Mr.  Aicher  espoused  Lucy  F. 
Horn,  daughter  of  Thornton  A.  Horn,  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of 
Bellaire.  Four  children  have  been  born  to  them,  they  are:  Thorn- 
Ion  A.,  Earle  \\\,  Harry  S.  and  Arthur  A.,  these  children  are  all  liv- 
ing and  form  a  very  interesting  family.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archer  are- 
members  of  the  Christian  church  of  Bellaire,  of  which  his  father  was 
an  organizer.  Mr.  Frank  B.  Archer  is  one  of  the  most  promising 
men  in  the  county  and  is  so  regarded  by  its  residents.  If  his  life  be 
spared  he  will  in  all  probability  become  prominent  in  the  politics  of 
the  state. 

Thomas  Ault,  proprietor  of  the  Bellaire  City  Mills,  comes  from  a 
family  of  millers.  His  father,  Michael,  was  a  native  of  Washington 
county,  Penn.,  he  was  the  son  of  Michael,  Si\,  who  came  to  this  coun- 
try from  Germany  about  1772,  settling  in  Washington  county,  Penn. 
He  learned  the  miller's  trade  from  his  father  who  had  been  a  miller 
in  Germany,  and  who  at  one  time  owned  the  old  "Ten  Mile  Mill"  in 
Washington  count)-.  Ault,  Sr.,  came  to  Ohio  in  1808,  and  erected  a 
mill  at  Glenco,  Belmont  county,  operating  the  same  until  his  death  in 
1844.  He  left  nine  children,  three  of  them  are  still  living.  Michael 
Ault,  Jr.,  was  born  in  1807,  attending  the  schools  of  Belmont  county 
in  his  youth.  He  soon  went  to  work  in  the  mill,  and  subsequently,  in 
1830,  became  its  owner,  operating  it  until  i860,  when  he  turned  his 
attention  to  farming,  which  he  still  follows.  He  was  married  to  Cath- 
erine James,  by  whom  he  had  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  survive. 
His  wife  died  in  1SS0.  Mr.  Ault  still  lives  on  his  farm  near  Glenco, 
and  although  now  in  his  eighty-third  year,  he  gives  promise  of  spend- 
ing many  years  on  this  earth  in  peace  and  retirement.  Thomas  Ault 
was  born  in  Belmont  county  in  1834,  and  after  acquiring  a  suitable 
education,  he  learned  the  miller's  trade,  and  in  i860,  in  company  with 
his  brother  Alexander,  took  charge  of  the  mill  at  Glenco,  running 
the  same  for  eight  years,  at  the  expiration  of  this  time  Mr.  Ault  took 
a  farm  and  continued  in  this  work,  also  dealing  in  wool,  until  1882,  at 
which  time  he  came  to  Bellaire  and  purchased  the  mill  that  he  now 
runs  so  successfully.  This  mill  was  built  by  his  brothers,  Alexander 
and  Shanon,  in  186S.  In  1887  the  property  was  partially  destroyed  by 
fire,  anil  when  Mr.  Ault  rebuilt  it  he  remodeled  it,  making  it  a  com- 
plete roller-mill.  Mariah  Trimbel  became  his  wife  in  1855.  and  has 
borne  him  five  children,  they  are:     Allie  M..  wife  of   Dr.  McMasters, 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  5°9 

a  prominent  physician  of  Wheeling;  Jennie  A..  Estella  L.,  Lizzie  A. 
and  Austin  M.,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years.  Air.  and  .Mrs 
Ault  are  acceptable  communicants  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
are  highly  respected  throughout  the  city  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Ault  is 
quite  extensively  interested  in  the  First  National  bank,  and  has  made 
a  success  of  all  his  business  enterprises.  Politically,  Mr.  Ault  is  a 
firm  democrat.      .  ...  ,  .      , 

William  G.  Barnard  is  one  of  the  representative  citizens,  and  is  the 
leading  coal  dealer  of  Bellaire,  Ohio.     Mr.  Barnard  is    a  descendant 
of  an  old  and  illustrious  family,  the  family  having  been  very  promi- 
nent in  the  early  settlement  of  the  United  States,   and  several   01   its 
members  were  noted  soldiers  during  the  stuggle  for  independence, 
and  also  in  the  later  wars  that  have  occurred  in  this  country.     It  is  an 
undisputed  fact  that  this  branch  of"  the   family  is  in  the  direct  line  of 
the  family  which  sprung  from  one  of  the  Pilgrims  who  came  over  in  the 
Mayflower.    Thomas  Barnard  was  born  near  Salisbury.  England.    I  lis 
early  life  was  passed  in  England,  and  he  was  variously  engaged  until 
1819,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States  with  the  purpose  of  engaging 
in  gardening,  he  being  an  expert  gardener.     Going  to  Baltimore  he 
remained  there  but  a  short  time  on  account  of  the  unfavorableness  of 
the  climate  to   his  project,  which  was  to  raise  celery  and  cauhflower 
on  a  larcre  scale,  and  to  raise  these  exclusively.  About  this  time  there 
was  being  organized  a  colony  to  go  to   Indiana,  and  I  homas  Barnard 
was  secured  by  the  leaders  of  this  scheme   to   accompany  them    and 
become  their  nurseryman,  and   with  this  object   in   view  he   came  to 
Wheeling  W.  Ya..  with  his  family,  coming  in   advance  of  the  rest,  he 
was  expected  to  wait  there  for  them.     While  in  Wheeling  he  got  out 
of  funds  and  was  obliged  to  apply  to  Xoah  Zane  for  assistance.      1  he 
colony  failing  to  put  in  their  appearance  he  finally  entered  the  employ 
of  Noah  Zane,  taking  charge  of  his  farm  on  \\  heeling  Island.      1  he 
farm  was  worked  oil  shares,  and  besides  this  the  employe  was  to  have 
ten  acres  of  land  for  his  own,  which    he  used   as  a  garden.     At  this 
time  steamboat  navigation  was  becoming  a  success  on  the  Ohio  river 
and  he  furnished  the  boats  with  a'large  amount  of  produce      laving 
upon  the   island   until  1831,  Thomas  then  removed  to  St.  Clairsville, 
and  afterward  took  up  his  residence  near  the   Big  bridge,   where   he 
died  February  16,  i8s4-     William    G.   Barnard  came  to  America  with 
his  parents  and  secured  a  limited  education  in   \\  heeling.     \\  hen  hi* 
father  removed  to  St.  Clairsville,   Mr.  Barnard  took  charge  ol    Mr. 
Zane's  farm,  which  he  worked  for  about  three    years   at  this  time   he 
was  taken   into  partnership  with    Mr.  Zane.     He  held   the  property 
through  the  changes  which  the  land  went  through  under  four  differ- 
ent owners.     In  iSso  he  came  to  Bellaire,  and  purchased  a  small    aim 
and  for  eighteen  years  operated  the  same.     In    1S0S  he.  with  others, 
built  the  Bellaire' Nail  mill,  and   was   president  ol    this   company    tor 
six  years,  and  is  still   a  director.      In  1872  he  went  to   Illinois  and  was 
engaged  in  the  coal  business  there,  also  being  interested  in  the  rail- 
nxuf  enterprises  of  that  state,  and  at  one  time   Mr.   Barnard    had  the 
control  of  the  Tammy  &  Chester  railroad.     Although  he  is  still  inter- 


5JO  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

ested  in  western  property,  lie  makes  his  home  in  Bellaire.  Mr.  Bar- 
nard first  gave  his  attention  to  coal  in  1832,  at  that  time  opening  a 
bank  at  St.  Clairsville,  but  soon  abandoned  that  mine.  In  1848  he 
opened  his  coal  banks  at  Bellaire  and  these  are  still  operated  by  him. 
tie  paid  the  mortgage  on  the  lower  part  of  the  city  and  gave  the  city  its 
successful  start  by  his  liberality  and  enterprise.  In  March,  1837, 
Elizabeth  S.  Phippen,  who  was  also  born  in  England,  became  his 
wife.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnard  are  active  and  influential  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Bellaire.  His  political  faith  is  founded 
upon  the  principles  of  the  republican  party.  Perhaps  no  other  one 
man  has  done  more  for  the  city  of  Bellaire  than  William  G.  Barnard, 
always  ready  with  his  time,  money  and  influence  to  enhance  its  inter- 
ests he  is  regarded  as  a  true  citizen,  and  as  one  who  is  ever  loyal  to 
his  friends  and  their  interests. 

Rev.  Lewis  William  Barr,  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church 
of  Bellaire,  is  a  native  of  Ohio  county,  born  at  West  Liberty.  Janu- 
ary 15,  1857,  the.  son  of  John  M.  and  Jane  (Durbin)  Barr.  His  father 
was  born  near  West  Alexander,  Penn.,  the  only  son  of  Samuel  and 
Jane  (McMurray)  Barr,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  LaGrange, 
Ireland,  and  came  to  America  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years.  These 
grandparents  died,  she  in  1865  and  he  in  1871,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
three  years.  John  M.  Barr,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  is  now  residing 
near  Potomac,  Ohio  county,  but  his  wife  died  in  1X70.  Of  their  live 
children,  the  fourth  born  was  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  district  school  near  his  farm  home,  and  then 
in  the  fall  of  1S7O  entered  the  State  Normal  school  at  West  Liberty, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  June,  1S77.  He  taught  school  in  Ohio 
county  during  the  following  three  winters,  and  then  entered  Waynes- 
burgh  college,  of  Greene  county,  Penn.,  where  he  was  graduated 
bachelor  of  arts  in  June,  1881.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  began 
a  three  years'  course  in  theology  at  the  Western  Theological  semi- 
nar}' at  Allegheny  City,  which  was  completed  in  April,  1SS4.  In  the 
meantime,  during  the  summer  of  1SS2,  he  had  been  a  member  of  the 
faculty  of  Shield's  Normal  academy  at  Punxsutawney.  Penn.,  being 
professor  of  languages,  astronomy,  higher  mathematics  and  book- 
keeping, and  on  April  25,  18S3,  he  had  been  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
presbytery  of  Washington.  During  the  last  year  of  his  theological 
studies  he  was  the  pastoral  supply  at  New  Bethlehem  and  Leather- 
wood  churches,  of  Clarion  county,  Penn..  and  on  April  ^4,  18S4.be 
was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  those  two  churches.  I  Ie  re- 
mained there  until  October  1,  1S86,  when  he  accepted  a  call  to  his 
present  charge.  Here  he  has  labored  zealously  in  the  cause,  and  has 
displayed  much  ability  as  a  pulpit  orator.  In  the  pulpit  he  selects 
such  subjects  as  have  present  interest,  and  treats  them  in  a  brilliant 
manner.  On  April  17,  iSSq,  Mr.  Barr  was  married  to  Margaret  B., 
daughter  of  William  Harvey  and  Ellen  iWhitel  Hicks,  of  Mounds- 
ville.  Her  mother  died  when  Mrs.  Barr  was  but  live  years  old.  and 
she  was  brought  up  by  her  grandparents.  Xachariah  ('..and  Margaret 
White,  and  of  their  children,  only  two  others  of  the   family  survive: 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  57  I 

John  Fleming  White,  a  graduate  of  1  [arvard  college,  and  chemist  of 
the  Buffalo  (N.  Y.)  Chemical  works,  and  Margaret,  wife  of  Rev. 
James  Clayton  Carver,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  West 
Liberty,  W.  Va.  March  t,  1890,  Rev.  Barr  was  unanimously  chosen 
pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Bellaire,  Ohio,  where  he  is 
given  a  large  field  of  usefulness. 

One  of  the  most  skillful  and  successful  of  Belmont  county's  young 
physicians,  is  Dexter  W.  Boone,  M.I).  Dr.  Boone  was  born  in  Roane 
county,  W.  Va.,  in  the  year  1858.  He  is  the  son  of  D.  G.  Boone.  The 
mother  was  Mary  J.  1  Parson)  Boone.  D.  G.  Boone  was  a  native  of 
Green  county,  Penn.,  and  his  wife,  of  West  Virginia.  The  former 
was  a  son  of  Joseph  Boone,  also  of  Pennsylvania.  There  is  every 
reason  to  suppose  that  this  family  is  a  branch  of  the  same  stock  from 
which  the  famous  and  valiant  Daniel  Boone  came.  Joseph  was  a 
blacksmith  in  Pennsylvania  until  some  time  about  1850,  when  he  moved 
to  Roane  county,  W.  Va.,  where  he  remained  some  years,  lie  then  re- 
moved to  Tyler  county,  W.  Va.,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1870.  Two 
of  the  four  children  born  to  him  still  survive.  D.  G.  Boone  received 
his  early  schooling  in  Pennsylvania,  after  which  he  prepared  himself 
for  a  civil  engineer,  and  also  acquired  a  knowledge  of  blacksmithing. 
Subsequently  he  came  to  West  Virginia  with  his  parents  and  taught 
school  in  this  state,  also  giving  lessons  in  surveying,  The  call  lor 
volunteers  in  1861,  brought  from  him  a  patriotic  response,  and  he  be- 
came in  that  year,  a  member  of  the  Home  guards  at  Spencer,  Roane 
county,  W.  Va.,  and  shortly  after,  he  met  his  death,  while  bravely  at- 
tempting to  protect  the  town  from  the  ravages  of  bushwhackers.  His 
marriage  took  place  about  the  year  1855,  and  he  became  the  father  of 
a  daughter  and  one  son,  the  latter  being  Dr.  Dexter  Boone.  The 
wife  was  married  a  second  time,  and  with  her  husband,  moved  to 
Clay  county,  Mo.,  where  she  now  resides.  Dexter  Boone  started  out 
at  the  earl)-  age  of  sixteen  years,  to  seek  his  fortune,  having  spent 
some  time  in  the  schools  of  his  native  county.  For  about  three  years, 
he  was  absent  from  home,  having  lived  in  the  states  of  Kansas,  Ne- 
braska and  Missouri  during  that  time.  Returning  to  his  home  in 
1878,  he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine,  under  the  tutelage  of  1  )r.  J.  S. 
Boone,  of  Powhatten,  with  whom  he  remained  for  three  years,  he  then 
in  1S81,  entered  the  Columbus  Medical  college,  and  was  graduated 
therefrom  with  honor,  in  the  year  1SS3.  Dr.  Boone  first  began  the 
practice  of  medicine  at  Sardus,  Monroe  count)-,  Ohio,  subsequently 
in  1880,  he  entered  the  Xew  Xork  Polyclinic,  completing  his  course 
in  about  three  months.  In  18S6,  the  young  doctor  settled  in  Belmont 
county,  locating  at  Bellaire,  and  was  soon  accepted  as  a  thoroughly 
equipped  and  progressive  physician,  and  has  since  met  with  unusual 
success  in  his  practice.     In  political  faith  he  is  a  republican. 

Philip  Brailly.  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  I'.  Brailly  cc  Son,  was 
born  in  Beaumont,  departement  of  Seine  et  Oise,  France,  in  1830. 
He  was  educated  in  his  native  land  and  afterward  served  an  appren- 
ticeship to  his  father;  he  then  entered  the  Royal  School  of  Paris,  tak- 
ing a  course  in  drawing  and  architecture,  graduating  in   the  same  m 


5/2  HISTORY    OF   THE    LITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

1845.  Following  his  trade  in  France  for  four  years,  he  then  came  to 
this  country  in  1849,  and  located  at  Xaovoo,  111.,  remaining  there  for  ■ 
three  years,  he  then  went  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and  engaged  in 
stair  building,  but  soon  went  to  Alexandria,  and  worked  at  his  trade. 
After  working  in  Richmond,  Va.,  and  several  other  places,  Mr. 
Brailly,  in  1850  came  to  Bellaire,  and  opened  a  shop  which  he  oper- 
ated until  after  the  war.  In  1869  he  erected  a  factory  for  the 
manufacture  of  caskets,  which  he  still  owns.  The  firm  is  about  to  in- 
troduce the  manufacture  of  carriages  to  the  exclusion  of  the  casket 
manufacturing.  In  1S76  Mr.  Brailly  patented  a  metallic  corner  for 
caskets,  and  now  manufactures  them,  he  has  also  patented  an  im- 
proved brake  for  wagons  and  carriages,  and  is  making  his  arrange- 
ments to  enlarge  the  works  so  as  to  comprehend  the  manufacture  of 
the  different  articles  in  which  he  is  interested,  but  his  specialty  will 
be  the  making  of  carriages  and  hacks.  In  1851  Barbara  A.  Xoel 
became  his  wife,  and  their  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  four 
children:  Ernest  E.,  Charles  B.,  Matilda  E.  and  William  X.  Charles 
is  deceased.  Mrs.  Brailly  was  a  resident  of  Xauvoo.  111.  She  died 
in  1SS8,  leaving  the  family  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  devoted  wife  and 
loving  mother.  Mr.  Brailly  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church, 
and  has  always  been  deeply  interested  in  politics,  being  prominently 
identified  with  the  republican  party.  Me  has  made  a  host  of  friends 
since  his  coming  to   Bellaire. 

William  II.  Brown,  the  efficient  and  popular  mayor  <il  Bellaire,  Ohio, 
was  born  near  Smithfield,  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  in  the  year  1S44. 
His  parents  were  Carrett  and  Susan  (Long)  Brown,  both  natives  of 
Ohio.  The  father  was  a  son  of  Stephen  Brown,  a  pioneer  of  eastern 
Ohio,  who  came  to  Jefferson  county  in  its  early  days.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  that  county  until  his  death,  which  occurred  about  1835. 
Garrett  Brown  was  born  in  1800,  in  Jefferson  county,  he  attended  the 
schools  of  that  county,  afterward  learning  the  trade  of  a  millwright, 
and  also  that  of  a  carpenter,  following  them  until  his  demise  in  1840. 
He  was  a  nephew  of  the  celebrated  Rev.  George  Brown,  a  founder  of 
the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  being  very  widely  known.  He  was 
a  brother  of  Arthur  Brown,  one  of  the  early  pioneer  preachers  of 
Ohio.  Garrett  Brown  married  Susan  Long,  daughter  of  David  Long, 
an  early  settler  of  Jefferson  county,  Ohio.  Eight  children  came  to 
this  marriage,  five  of  them  still  living.  Four  of  the  sons  rendered 
most  loyal  service  in  the  Union  army  during  the  late  war,  three  of 
them  enlisting  in  Iowa  regiments.  The  eldest  son.  David,  was  killed 
in  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  in  the  first  day's  fight,  the  others  came  out  of 
the  war  with  their  lives  and  with  distinction.  The  family  was  scat- 
tered, when  the  children  were  yet  young,  by  the  death  of  the  parents, 
both  of  them  dying  within  a  few  days  of  each  other  of  typhoid  fever; 
this  happened  in  1S46,  and  the  children  were  raised  by  relatives. 
William  was  educated  in  Harrison  county,  having  been  given  to 
Samuel  Snedeker,  a  farmer  of  that  county.  He  assisted  him  on  the 
farm  until  he  was  seventeen  years  old.  the  South  seceding  a*  this  time, 
he  enlisted  in  the  latter  part  of    1S01.  under  Capt.  J.   Ferguson,   of 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  573 

Bloomfield,  in  Company  G,  Forty-third  Ohio  regiment,  serving  three 
years  and  six  months.  He  did  his  duty  in  the  battles  of  Island  Xo.  10, 
the  siege  of  Corinth,  and  the  battle  of  Corinth,  October  4.  1802, 
where  his  hat  was  shot  through.  The  regiment  was  under  the 
command  of  Col.  Gurby  Smith,  and  the  regiment  was  in  the  famous 
Ohio  brigade,  fie  was'  in  all  of  the  battles  of  Sherman's  march  to  the 
sea.  After  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Brown  returned  to  Harrison 
county,  and  spent  some  years  in  finishing  his  education,  attending 
Hopcdale  college.  Leaving  college  he  was  engaged  as  a  traveling 
salesman  until  1882,  when  he  was  made  assistant  postmaster  of  Bel- 
laire,  under  George  M.  Wise,  and  in  1S86  he  was  elected  to  the  mayoralty 
of  Bellaire,  a  position  which  he  still  holds,  this  being  his  second  term. 
In  1876  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  lone  Bufnngton,  who  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Moundsville,  W.  Va.,  "sister  of  Col.  Bufnngton,  now  com- 
mander of  the  arsenal  at  Springfield,  Mass..  and  an  inventor  of  note. 
One  child  has  been  born  into  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown, 
Adelbert  R.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  also  of  the 
K.  of  P.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican.  William  H.  Brown  started 
life  without  money  or  influential  friends,  yet,  it  is  not  too  much  to  say, 
that  there  has  never  been  a  mayor  who  has  done  such  noble  service 
for  the  improvement  and  advancement  of  the  city  of  Bellaire.  The 
money  for  public  improvements  has  been  raised  in  other  ways  than  by 
burdensome  taxation  during  the  administration  of  Mr.  Brown,  and  he 
is,  to-day,  one  of  the  most  popular,  and  deservedly  so,  of  the  citizens 
of  Bellaire. 

Joseph  Clements,  a  leading  grocer  of  Bellaire,  is  one  of  five  children 
born  to  James  and  Mary  Clements.  The  parents  are  residents  of  Ire- 
land, the  father  being  engaged  in  farming  in  that  country.  Three  of  the 
children  have  emigrated  to  this  country.  Joseph's  birth  occurred  in 
1852,  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland.  His  life  previous  to  his  coming  to 
the  United  States  was  spent  in  obtaining  as  much  of  an  education  as 
was  possible,  and  helping  his  father  on  the  farm.  In  1870  he  sought 
a  new  home  in  America,  coming  direct  to  Bellaire,  Ohio.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  Mr.  Clements  established  the  business  which  he  now  con- 
ducts. He  started  on  a  very  small  scale,  but  has  since  enlarged  his 
trade  and  accommodations  until  at  the  present  writing  he  does  one  of 
the  largest  businesses  in  tin-  city,  and  indeed  in  the  county.  1  le  mar- 
ried Ellen  Clements,  who  is  also  a  native  of  Ireland,  in  1870,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  six  children;  Mariah  E.,  Anna  M..  Maggie  M.. 
Ella  B.,  Charles  J.  and  Vere  J.,  all  of  whom  are  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Clements  are  very  active  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
of  Bellaire.  He  has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  the  politics  of  his  adopted 
country  and  was  recently  a  candidate  of  the  republican  party  for  coun- 
cilman from  the  Third  ward  of  the  city  of  Bellaire.  Mr.  Clements 
has  always  given  his  aid  to  any  ami  all  enterprises  of  merit,  and  is  at 
present  largely  interested  in  the  Enterprise  Window  Glass  works,  ol 
Bellaire',  and  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  First  National  bank,  and  the 
Hollar  Savings  bank.  He  has  made  many  friends  since  his  coming 
to  Bellaire,  and  is  deservedly  popular.     In   his  prosperity'  in  the   new 


574  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

country  he  has  not  forgotten  his  native  land,  having  been  back  to  see 
the  dear  ones  in  Ireland  since  his  departure,  and  he  is  intending  another 
visit  to  the  "  Emerald  Isle"  the  coming  summer. 

William-C.  Cochran,  ex-sheriff  of  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  was  born 
in  Belmont  counts'  in  1X34.  His  parents  were  James  and  Nancy 
(McCord)  Cochran,  natives  of  Ohio  and  West  Virginia,  respectively. 
James  was  the  son  of  James,  Sr.,  who  was  a  brother  of  Robert  Coch- 
ran, the  grandfather  of  the  eminent  Judge  John  S.  Cochran,  whose 
biography  appears  elsewhere  in  this  book.  James,  Jr.,  first  saw  the 
light  of  day  in  Pease  township,  in  the  year  iSoi.he  received  a  limited 
education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  after  which  he  began 
farming,  which  he  followed  to  the  time  of  his  demise  in  1854.  lie  was 
a  man  of  prominence  in  the  community  in  which  he  lived,  having 
held  several  offices  of  public  trust  during  his  lifetime.  His  marriage 
resulted  in  the  birth  of  thirteen  children,  of  which  there  were  six  boys 
and  seven  girls,  ten  of  the  children  are  now  living.  The  wife  died 
in  1887,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  William  C.  Cochran  obtained  his 
schooling  from  the  common  schools  of  Pease  township,  afterward  spend- 
ing some  years  at  farming,  he  then  learned  the  cooper's  trade,  work- 
ing at  it  for  about  fourteen  years,  the  last  three  years  of  which  time 
he  was  manager  of  the  keg  department  of  the  Wood  Iron  works. 
Leaving  this  company  he  erected  a  saw-mill  near  Ileatherington's 
Coal  works,  operating  the  same  for  two  years.  In  1872  Mr.  Cochran 
sold  the  mill  and  was  elected  sheriff  of  Belmont  county,  holding  this 
highly  coveted  office  for  two  terms.  In  1878  his  brother  Thomas  was 
elected  probate  judge.  Mr.  Cochran  married  Miss  A.  M.  Davis,  in 
1S55,  she  is  a  native  of  Bellaire,  and  daughter  of  Jacob  Davis,  founder 
of  the  City  bathers'  Union.  Four  children  have  come  to  bless  their 
home:  Martha  J.,  Amanda  M..  Emma  V.  and  Theodore  C.  The  first 
two  named  are  dead.  After  the  term  of  his  office  expired  Mr.  Coch- 
ran was  engaged  for  a  short  time  in  the  livery  business.  In  1880  he 
took  charge  of  the  keg  works  of  the  Bellaire  Nail  company,  and  still 
holds  this  position.  In  connection  with  his  son  Theodore  he  estab- 
lished a  wharf-boat,  at  Bellaire,  in  1880,  and  they  now  conduct  this 
enterprise  meeting  with  success.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order,  being  a  Knight  Templar.  He  is  also  one  of  the  leading  repub- 
licans of  the  county. 

Joseph  W.  Cooper,  M.  D.,  born  December  11,  (S6i,  is  the  son  of 
John  and  Sarah  I  Hedge)  Cooper,  natives  of  Belmont  count)',  Ohio, 
and  Ohio  county,  W.  Va.,  respectively.  John  Cooper  is  the  son  of 
Francis  Cooper.  The  latter  was  a  pioneer  of  Belmont  county,  Ohio, 
who  subsequently  removed  to  Brooke  county.  W.  Va.,  remaining 
there  until  his  death.  I  le  was  the  father  oi  a  large  family  of  children, 
having  been  twice  married.  John  Cooper,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears 
elsewhere,  was  born  December  t.  1831,  at  Scotch  Ridge,  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  and  is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  Mis  preliminary  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  his  native  state  and  in  Pennsylvania.  Subse- 
quently he  studied  medicine  under  the  tutelage  of  Dr.  West,  of 
Martin's  Perry,  Ohio,  and  then  entered  the  Ohio  Medical  college,  and 


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was   graduated    therefrom.      After    his   graduation    Doctor   Cooper 

Toseoh  Cooper  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  a  student  in  Bethany 
iolle-e  For  wo  years,  and  in  1SS0  began  the  study  of  medicine  with 
hi  father  Two  yeas  later  he  entered  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  Michigan,  and  remained  there  for  two  years  when 
he  entered  tS  efferson°Medical  college.  Dr.  C  ooper  was  graduated 
from  flatter  institution  in  the  year  1884,  and  immediately  located 
at  Wellsburg.  but  in  December,  1885,  came  to  lJcllau  Ohio  hi 
January,  1888,  he  was  united   in  marriage  with  Miss  L.  A.  vioore, 

WA Ser  character  of  Belmont  county.  Ohio,  was  Ralph  Crozier, 
wimSS  September  9,   1869.     He  was  an   Irishman  by  birth,  having 

ffrc'oz^  followed  his  trade,  as  a  weaver  Following  tte  voca- 
for° about  seve'n  years',  a.  tie  expiration  of  wine :h  tnue    «  urned  to 

died    in    infancy,    are    now   deceased..    Mis.    C        er    died    mi    ,9 
May   2d.     Ralph,     William   and    David  established    a      nek     mi   n 
Bellaire.  in  1S69,  and   this  business  is  still   conduc  ed  1      K.  1         -      ■ 
William.     They  manufacture  building  and  pa 1  ing _bi  ck  on  ^     O  ex 
tensive  scale.     Richard  Crozier  was  born  while    he  f  m    >,  les  de  dm 
Monroe  county,  his  birth  occurring  in  uSji.     *  1.  C  roziers    ^ 
was  spent  in  Belmont  county,  where  he  at  en ^h^m^^°°^. 
He  began  working  when  quite  young  in  t he  1  nu  k- w     I.  «      _ re  I  h 
mained  until  1858,  when  he  connected  with  his  three  I    .         >.       1 
ness        \t  the  close   of   the   war   he    entered    into   a    pa.  t  k      1       «i n 
"oseph  Mitchell,  this  firm  establishing  the  hrst  bnck>yarc  1  wh    h 
started  after  the  war.     In  .S69  this  firm   was    ^hed   and  let h 
a«ain  entered  the  business  conducted  by  his  b»  others,  rcma  11  m     x  it 
them  until  he  started  the  meat  and  grocery  busing   n;  h       _ hi    1. 
still  encaired.     W.  S.  Dunfee  was  taken  into  the  business,  in  us\.anu 


576  HISTORY    OF   THE    U1TKK    OHIO    VALLEY. 

has  since  been  connected  with  him.  In  November,  1871,  Mr.  Crozier 
married  Nancy  J.  Dunfee,  by  whom  he  lias  had  six  children:  Cath- 
arine E.,  James  \\\,  Anna  L.,  Louisa  M.  and  Maggie  J.f  and  one  who 
died  before  christening.  Mr.  Crozier  is  an  ardent  supporter  of  the 
democratic  party,  and  is  a  successful  business  man,  having  gained  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  the  citizens  of  Bellaire. 

Samuel  O.  Cummins,  a  prominent  hardware  dealer  of  Bellaire,  is  a 
native  of  Wheeling,  YY.  Va.,  in  which  city  he  first  saw  the  light  of  day 
in  the  year  1S50.  I i is  parents  were  Robert  II.  and  Ann  M.  (Ott) 
Cummins.  The  father  was  a  Pennsylvanian,  and  the  mother  a  native 
of  Virginia.  Robert  was  the  son  of  James  Cummins,  who  was  born 
in  Westmoreland  county,  Penn.,  in  the  year  17S6.  He  came  to  Ohio 
when  that  state  was  yet  in  its  infancy,  and  remained  there  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1866.  His  wife  was  Mary  Hazlett,  who  was 
born  in  1792,  and  who  bore  him  six  children.  She  died  in  the  year 
1880.  Robert  II.  Cummins  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  in 
1817.  I  lis  education  was  derived  from  the  schools  of  that  county. 
He  afterward  went  to  Philadelphia  and  began  the  study  of  medicine, 
graduating  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1841.  Dr.  Cum- 
mins began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Wheeling,  where  he  re- 
mained all  his  life.  He  was  married  in  Wheeling  to  Ann  M.  Ott. 
Six  children  came  of  this  marriage,  all  of  them  living  but  one.  Dr. 
Cummins  died  in  1873,  and  his  wife  after.  Samuel  O.  Cummins 
was  educated  in  the  Wheeling  city  schools,  after  leaving  school  he 
engaged  in  business  with  Ott,  Son  &  Co.,  as  clerk  in  their  hardware 
store,  remaining  with  them  until  1872,  at  which  time  Mr.  Cummins 
removed  to  Bellaire  and  established  the  hardware  house  of  which  he 
is  still  the  principal.  Anna  E.  Birdsong,  of  Bellaire,  became  his  wife 
in  the  year  1875.  R.  Perry,  Thomas  A.  and  Hester  M.,  are  the  issue 
of  this  happy  union.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  several  manufactories  in 
the  city.  Eew  men  have  met  with  more  success  in  so  short  a  time  in 
this  city,  and  he  is  considered  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  the  com- 
munity. 

James  B.  Darrah,  secretary  of  the  Belmont  Savings  and  Loan  com- 
pany, first  saw  the  light  of  clay  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1829.  His  par- 
ents were  Robert  and  Mary  A.  (Milligan)  Darrah,  both  of  Irish 
birth.  Robert  was  a  farmer  in  Ireland  until  1820,  when  he  came  to 
this  country,  first  living  in  Baltimore,  but  soon  moving  west  and  lo- 
cating in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  After  remaining  there  but  a  short  time 
he  came  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  and  lived  here  until  1S60,  when  the 
family  removed  to  Jefferson  county.  He  died  in  Jefferson  county  in 
1876.  While  living  in  Baltimore  he  married  Mary  Milligan.  and  they 
were  the  patents  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  survive  him.  The 
mother  passed  away  in  1887.  fames  attended  the  schools  in  Belmont 
county  for  a  time  and  then  started  his  business  career  by  buying  and 
selling  produce.  When  twenty-one  years  old  he  began  to  work  at  the 
carpenter's  trade  ami  followed  this  until  a  few  years  ago.  Erom  1855 
he  was  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  in  Bellaire.  but  in  1885 
the  Belmont  Savings  and  Loan  company  was  formed  by  J.  B.  Darrah, 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  577 

William  J.  McCain,  J.  W.  Coulson,  P.  Whealan,  David  Darrah,  J.  E. 
Robeson,  J.  F.  Anderson.  James  B.  Darrah  was  elected  secretary  of 
this  company  at  that  time  and  still  fills  the  office,  having  shown  great 
ability  in  his  management  of  the  affairs  of  the  company.  lie  was 
first  married  to  Mary  Henry  in  i860,  she  died  eight  years  after,  and 
in  time  he  was  married  to  Carrie  E.  Meyer,  a  former  resident  of 
Cambridge,  Ohio.  Mr.  Darrah  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
and  the  K.  of  P.  In  1880  he  was  the  democratic  candidate  for  sheriff 
of  Belmont  county,  and  despite  the  fact  that  his  party  was  in  the 
minority  Mr.  Darrah  lacked  but  a  few  votes  of  being  elected.  Few 
men  in  the  county  have  made  a  more  marked  success  than  he.  Start- 
ing, as  he  did,  without  money  and  with  but  few  friends,  he  has 
achieved  a  position  in  the  financial  and  social  portion  of  the  com- 
munity which  any  man  might  envy.  This  has  been  secured  only  by 
persistent  effort,  and  by  the  exercise  of  integrity  and  ability. 

Benjamin  F.  Day,  the  manager  of  the  Bellaire  Stamping  works,  was 
born   in    1848,  in  West  Virginia,  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Hester  H. 

(Deaton)  Day,  both  Virginians.  The  father  was  born  in  the  year , 

and  received  a  somewhat  limited  education  in  the  district  schools,  after 
which  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith.  He  followed  this  trade 
until  within  a  very  few  years,  having  given  his  attention  to  farming 
since   abandoning   his   trade.      He  was   married    to  the  mother  of  the 

subject  of  this  biography   in  the  year .     Who  bore  him   fifteen 

children,  eleven  of  whom  are  now  living.     The   mother  passed  to  her 

reward   in   the  year .     Benjamin    Day  was  graduated   from  the 

Roanoke  college,  having  been  prepared  for  his  collegiate  course  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town.  Having  left  college,  Mr.  Day  served 
an  apprenticeship  of  three  and  a  half  years  to  a  tinner.  In  January, 
1S70,  he  came  to  Bellaire  and  entered  the  employ  of  Baron  &  Bro. 
This  firm  was  the  founder  of  the  Bellaire  Stamping  works.  Subse- 
quently the  firm  was  changed  and  the  works  merged  into  the  stamp- 
ing company,  at  this  time  Mr.  Day  was  retained  as  manager,  and  he 
still  holds  that  position,  having  filled  this  office  for  over  fifteen  years. 
Lovena  Van  Scyoc,  who  was  a  resident  of  Washington  county,  Penn., 
became  his  wife  in  1877.  To  this  union  four  children  have  been  born: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Day  are  active  and  earnest  communicants  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church,  and  are  very  useful  members  of  the  commu- 
nity. Mr.  Day  is  the  stockholder  in  the  company  of  which  he  is  the 
manager,  and  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  those  interested  in  this 
company.  Politically  Mr.  Day  is  a  very  loyal  member  of  the  prohi- 
bitionist party,  and  although  he  has  no  desire  for  political  fame,  yet 
renders  much  service  to  the  cause  which  he  espouses. 

John  Dubois,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Dubois  &  McCoy, 
owners  and  operators  of  the  Bellaire  Planing  mills,  was  born  in  Bel- 
mont county,  Ohio,  |une  4,  1S38.  His  parents,  John  and  Elizabeth 
iBugelosi  Dubois,  'were  both  natives  of  county  Antrim,  Ireland. 
They  emigrated  to  this  country  in  the  year  1 S34.  coming  to  Belmont 
county,  where  the  father  began  to  work  at  his  trade  of  a  blacksmith 
in  the  vicinity  of  St.  Clairsville.  Here  they  lived  for  some  years,  the 
17-B. 


578  HISTORY    01     T1IK    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

father  in  time  giving  up  his  trade  and  turning  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing, having  bought  a  tract  of  land  near  St.  Clairsville,  remaining  there 
until  his  death  in  1880.  lie  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years, 
having  lived  a  useful  life,  and  having  won  the  respect  of  his  neigh- 
bors. John  and  Elizabeth  DuBois  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
four  sons  and  five  daughters,  all  now  dead  but  John  and  Joseph. 
Mrs.  DuBois  died  in  1857.  John,  the  son,  obtained  a  common  school- 
ing in  Belmont  count)-,  and  then  engaged  in  fanning  until  1876,  in 
which  year  he  moved  to  Bellaire  ami  opened  a  lumber  yard,  having 
been  obliged  to  abandon  farming  on  account  of  failing  health,  lie 
operated  the  lumber  yard  for  four  years,  at  the  expiration  of  which 
time  the  firm  of  DuBois  &  McCoy  was  formed.  They  built  the  Bel- 
laire Planing  mill,  of  which  he  has  since  been  the  general  manager. 
Mr.  DuBois  married  Maggie  J.  Frazier,  of  St.  Clairsville,  in  1S61. 
This  union  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  seven  children:  James  F., 
John  A.,  Samuel  E.,  Joseph  M.,  Lawrence  L.,  David  D.  and  Charles  M., 
the  last  named  is  deceased.  Mrs.  DuBois  went  to  her  rest  Octo- 
ber 30,  iSSq.  She  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
in  which  society  she  was  ever  active.  A  woman  of  great  power,  char- 
itable, always  ready  to  relieve  the  sufferings  of  others,  she  passed  to 
the  presence  of  her  God  in  the  full  assurance  of  her  reward.  Mr. 
DuBois  is  a  true  republican.  Besides  having  charge  of  the  mill,  he 
also  manages  the  old  home  farm,  and  is  largely  interested  in  the  Bel- 
laire Window  Glass  company,  of  which  he  has  been  president  for  two 
years.  His  integrity  and  ability  have  won  for  him  the  regard  of  all 
with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 

James  Fitton,  the  well-known  plumber  of  Bellaire,  Ohio,  was  born 
in  Rochdale,  England,  in  1836,  in  the  month  of  December,  the  2gth 
day.  lie  is  the  son  of  James  and  Mary  Fitton,  both  of  English  birth. 
James  Fitton,  Sr.,  was  a  cotton  spinner  in  England  until  1S47,  when 
he  came  to  the  United  States,  and  settled  in  Harper's  Ferry,  where 
he  died  in  1840.  1  le  was  the  father  of  seven  children,  three  of  whom 
survive  him.  His  wife  died  in  Wheeling  in  [S6S.  James,  Jr.,  attended 
the  schools  in  England  until  he  was  eight  years  old,  he  then  worked 
in  the  cotton  mill  with  his  father  until  the  family  came  to  this  coun- 
try. He  worked  in  the  mills  at  Harper's  Ferry  until  his  father's 
death.  The  family  moved  to  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  in  1850,  and  Mr. 
Fitton  continued  to  work  in  the  cotton  industry  until  1S52,  when  he 
began  a  five  years'  apprenticeship  to  a  plumber.  After  finishing  his 
apprenticeship,  he  worked  for  William  Hare,  of  Wheeling,  for  seven- 
teen years,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time  he  established  a  business 
at  Cadi/,  Ohio,  but  subsequently,  in  1S72,  came  to  Bellaire.  Mr.  Fit- 
ton  has  been  connected  with  the  plumbing  business  in  Bellaire  ever 
since  his  coming  here,  ami  has  built  up  a  very  large  business,  he  hav- 
ing always  dealt  fairly  and  honestly  with  his  patrons.  He  was  mar- 
ried May  2s.  iSv.  to  "Miss  Anna  M.  Trisler,  of  Wheeling,  and  eiuht 
children  have  been  born  to  them:  Mary  A..  Alice  | ..'  Martha  b... 
Henry  R.,  Lillian  A..  Maggie  and  James  P..  and  Laura,  who  died  in 
infancy,  the  others  are  living,  forming  a  most  interesting  family  circle. 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  579 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fitton  are  earnest  communicants  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  Bellaire;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F., 
the  Masonic  order  and  the  K.  of  II.  Although  he  has  never  desired 
office,  he  is  a  very  constant  worker  for  the  republican  party.  Mr. 
Fitton  and  family  are  among  the  best  citizens  of  Bellaire,  and  arc  so 
regarded  by  the  community  at  large. 

A.  T.  Garden  was  born  in  Wheeling,  in  1828.  His  early  life  was  spent 
at  home  with  his  parents  and  in  acquiring  an  education  at  schools  of 
the  place.  At  about  the  age  of  nineteen  or  twenty,  he  left  school  and 
engaged  in  the  tannery,  with  his  father  assisting  in  the  management 
of  the  same.  Mr. Garden, Sr., left  the  tannery  business  about  the  year 
1S50,  and  about  1853  Mr.  Garden,  Jr.,  opened  a  mercantile  house  on 
Eleventh  street,  where  he  handled,  for  the  retail  and  wholesale  trade, 
leather  and  shoe  findings.  Continuing  this  business  for  four  or  five 
years  he  retired  from  this  and  went  with  his  father  to  a  farm  near 
Wheeling,  where  he  remained  until  about  1869.  The  senior  Mr.  Gar- 
den dying  in  or  about  1S67,  Mr.  Garden,  Jr.,  removed  from  the  farm 
back  to  Wheeling,  where  the  family  resided  until  1S87,  when  they  re- 
moved to  Ohio,  where  they  now  reside  in  Pultney  township,  near  Bel- 
laire. I  le  was  married  in  October,  1852,  to  Miss  Mary  Bankard.a  native 
of  West  Virginia,  a  daughter  of  James  Bankard,  who  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Stockton,  Bankard  ci:  Co.,  window  glass  manufacturers, 
who  owned  a  factory  for  the  manufacture  of  window  glass,  one  of  the 
first  in  the  town.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Garden  are  the  parents  of  four  child- 
ren, three  of  whom  are  still  living:  Alice,  deceased;  Julia,  John  B., 
David  A.  Julia  was  married,  in  1875.  to  Mr.  John  M.  Sweeney,  a  son 
of  A.  J.  Sweeney.  John  B.,  in  1865,  to  Mary  R.  Sweeney,  daughter  of 
A.  J.  Sweeney,  of  Wheeling.  Julia  and  her  husband  now  reside  in 
Wheeling,  where  her  husband  holds  the  position  of  junior  partner  in 
A.  J.  Sweeney  &  Son,  Foundry  and  Machine  shop.  John  B.  now  re- 
sides in  his  father's  place,  but  holds,  in  Wheeling,  the  position  of  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Wheeling  Electric  Light  company.  He  has 
two  children,  both  of  whom  are  now  living:  Allen  J.,  Gertrude.  Mr. 
Garden  has  paid  but  little  attention  to  politics,  though  always  inter- 
ested and  identified  with  enterprises  for  the  public  good.  Mr.  Gar- 
den has  been,  by  industry  and  honesty  and  integrity,  successful  in  all 
his  business  dealings,  and  now  lives  a  retired  life  in  his  pleasant  home 
on  the  bank  of  the  Ohio,  near  Bellaire.  David  Garden,  the  lather  of 
the  present  generation,  was  born  in  January,  1805.  in  Scotland,  where 
he  remained  until  about  thirteen  years  old.  when  hi--  parents  came  to 
ihr  United  Stales  landing  in  Philadelphia,  in  1818.  where  he  remained 
sonie  two  years  engaged  in  a  tannery.  About  1S20  his  father.  David 
Garden,  Sr.,  removed  from  Philadelphia  to  Virginia,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  flour  mill  and  small  tract  of  land.  They  remained  here  for 
about  two  years,  when  they  removed  to  Wheeling,  and  purchased  a 
small  tract  of  land  in  what  was  known  as  Jonathan  Zane's  addition 
to  \\  heeling,  and  on  this  land  erected  the  tan-yard  known  as  the 
David  Garden  tan-yard.  This  was  one  of  the  first  tan-yards  in  the 
city,  and  the  only  one  of  any  importance   for  many  years.     Here  the 


580  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

fnmily  remained,  and  the  grandfather,  David  Garden,  Sr., died  in  1830. 
After  the  father's  death,  in  1830,  the  business  was  carried  on  by  David 
Garden,  Jr.,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  To  obtain  this  pro- 
perty the  father,  David,  Jr., bought  the  interest  controlled  by  the  other 
heirs.  David  Garden,  Jr.,  was  married,  in  1827,  to  Miss  Alice  God- 
frey, a  daughter  of  George  Godfrey,  native  of  England.  By  her  he 
had  five  children,  three  girls  and  two  boys,  the  only  living  represen- 
tative being  the  present  owner  of  the  Garden  estate.  Was  for  some 
time  a  member  of  the  city  council,  but  paid  no  active  attention  to 
politics  more  than  to  vote  the  democratic  ticket.  Was  a  good  sub- 
stantial man,  and  in  his  death,  in  1S67,  the  community  lo>t  one  of  her 
best  citizens.  1  lis  wife  lived  her  life  out  alone  after  his  death,  and 
died  surrounded  by  her  family  and  friends,  in  1879,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-nine  years. 

John  Garrett  enlisted  in  Company  1 1,  Sixty-first  Ohio  regiment,  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  and  was  elected  captain  of 
his  company.  Captain  Garrett  served  with  much  valor  and  efficiency 
during  three  years  and  three  months,  not  having  been  absent  from 
his  regiment  for  a  single  day  during  that  time.  He  was  first  in  the 
arm)'  of  the  Potomac,  but  was  afterward  transferred  to  the  army  ol 
the  Cumberland.  That  he  was  at  the  "  front "  will  be  readily  seen 
from  the  fact  that  he  was  in  the  thick  of  the  fight  at  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  was  also  a  participant  in  the  second  battle  of  Hull  Run 
and  many  other  very  important  actions,  as  well  as  in  innumerable 
minor  engagements  and  skirmishes.  Captain  Garrett  was  at  the 
siege  of  Atlanta  and  was  at  one  time  distinguished  by  having  the 
command  of  his  regiment.  With  the  arm)'  of  the  Potomac  he  was 
in  the  battles  of  Freeman's  Ford,  Cedar  Creek,  Fredericksburg, 
Chancellorsville;  in  the  army  of  the  Cumberland,  first  fight  on  Rac- 
coon Mountains,  helped  to  take  Lookout  Mountain,  fought  from  Snake 
Creek  Gap  to  Atlanta,  and  at  Peach  Creek,  where  the  Sixty-first  lost 
a  little  more  than  half  of  their  numbers  and  all  field  officers  captured. 
Captain  Garrett  took  command  of  the  regiment  and  commanded  it 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  and  went  through  with  Sherman  to  Savan- 
nah. Then  went  through  the  Carolinas  and  was  in  the  last  fight  that 
Sherman  had  at  Bentonsville,  X.  C.  As  has  been  before  mentioned 
he  was  with  his  regiment  every  day  during  his  long  service,  and  this 
despite  the  fact  that  he  was  three  times  wounded.  Having  returned 
from  the  war  he  quietly  settled  down  and  began  working  at  his  trade 
of  a  blacksmith,  being  a  shining  example  of  that  great  body  of  men 
who  could  fight  so  well  and  then  quietly  disperse  to  their  homes  and 
resume  their  wonted  occupations.  A  line  example  of  an  American 
citizen  and  soldier. 

William  X.  Gill,  manager  of  the  J.  S.  Gill's  Sons  Glass  Pot  factory, 
was  born  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  in  1S51.  lie  is  the  son  of  James  S. 
Gill  ami  Charlotta  Gill.  1  lis  father  was  an  Englishman  by  birth,  com- 
ing to  this  country  in  the  forties,  locating  at  Wheeling,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1S66,  when  he  came  to  Bellaire,  ami  in  company  with 
Henry  Faupel,  George   Barnes,  and   others,  organized  a  company  tor 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  5S1 

the  manufacture  of  table  ware,  under  the  firm  name  of  Barnes, 
Faupel  &  Co.  This  company  was  afterward  merged  into  the  Belmont 
Glass  company,  which  he  was  a  director  of  until  1SS4,  when  he  sev- 
ered his  connection  with  that  company  and  established  the  house  of 
J.  S.  Gill  Glass  Pot  company,  which  he  successfully  conducted  until 
his  death  in  April,  1889.  He  was  married  while  living  in  Wheeling  to 
the  mother  of  the  subject  nf  this  sketch,  by  whom  he  had  six  children. 
The  mother  and  two  children  are  dead,  the  former  dying  in  1888. 
William  Gill  received  a  fair  education  in  the  Wheeling  schools,  after 
which  he  learned  the  glass  blower's  trade.  He  came  to  Bellaire  with 
hi?  parents  and  worked  here  at  his  trade  for  some  years,  also  work- 
ing at  Martin's  Ferry  for  some  time.  In  October,  1SS4,  he  accepted 
the  position  of  general  manager  of  die  Belmont  Glass  company,  and 
held  that  position  until  January,  iSgo,  when  he  became  connected 
with  the  pot  works,  being  compelled  to  take  the  management  of  the 
same  on  account  of  the  death  of  his  father.  He  was  married  in  [S73 
to  Alice  Hammond,  of  Bellaire.  Three  children  have  come  to  brighten 
their  home:  Ohle  E.,  Clara  C.  and  Charles  W.  1  Ie  has  always  taken 
an  active  interest  in  politics,  being  identified  with  the  republican  part)-. 
Mr.  Gill  is  one  of  the  most  successful  glass  men  in  the  Ohio  valley, 
and  is  widely  and  well  known  throughout  the  community. 

Isaac  X.  Grafton,  the  pioneer  undertaker  and  furniture  dealer  of 
Bellaire,  Ohio,  was  born  in  Jefferson  count)',  Ohio,  in  1827.  I  le  is  the 
son  of  Jacob  and  Ellen  1  Peck  1  Grafton.  The  father  was  a  Virginian, 
and  his  mother  a  native  of  Maryland.  Jacob's  father  was  Robert 
Grafton,  also  a  Virginian.  Robert  came  to  Jefferson  count)-  in  the 
earl)-  days  of  that  county,  being  one  of  the  pioneers.  He  was  killed 
by  lightning  in  1820,  leaving  eight  children,  allot'  whom  are  now  dead. 
Jacob  was  born  about  1S02.  After  obtaining  the  usual  amount  of 
education  possible  in  those  days  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade, 
but  never  followed  it  to  an)-  extent.  When  a  young  man  he  moved 
to  Island  Creek  township,  Jefferson  count)',  where  he  took  a  farm  and 
gave  his  attention  to  tilling  the  soil.  Remaining  in  Jefferson  county 
for  a  few  years  he  sold  his  property  And  went  to  Columbiania  count)-. 
Here  he  lived  for  fifteen  years,  at  the  end  of  which  period  he  returned 
to  Hancock  count)-.  W.  Va.,  and  later  to  Jefferson  count)-.  Ohio,  where 
he  died.  I  Ie  was  married  to  Ellen  Peck  previous  to  Ins  moving  to 
Jefferson  county.  She  bore  him  nine  children.  Mrs.  Grafton  passed 
away  in  185 1,  in  Virginia.  Five  of  her  children  still  survive  her. 
Having  obtained  all  the  schooling  possible,  I.  X.  Grafton,  the  princi- 
pal of  this  biography,  served  an  apprenticeship  of  four  vcars  in  Fair- 
view,  W.  Va.,  under  John  J.  Halstead.  He  followed  diis  trade  for 
some  time,  and  in  1850  accepted  a  position  with  the  C.  X  P.  railroad 
company,  in  whose  employ  he  remained  for  six  years.  He  afterward 
worked  at  carpentry  tor  several  years,  and  in  about  1865  started  into 
the  business  which  he  still  conducts,  having  met  with  the  most  grati- 
fving  success.  Rebecca  |.  Henerv,  of  [efferson  county,  became  his 
wife  in  1847.  and  four  children  were  born  to  them:  [ohn  B..  Xancv  A.. 
William  M.and    an    infant  that   died    before    it  was   christened.      Mr. 


582  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

and  Mrs.  Grafton  arc  active  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  lie  is  also  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  the  Masons,  the 
Druids,  Golden  Eagle,  Senior  O.  A.  M.,  and  several  other  orders.  Al- 
though he  has  not  taken  any  active  part  in  politics,  yet  he  is  a  thorough 
republican.  The  children  are  all  deceased.  He  has  sold  his  furniture 
business,  and  now  gives  his  time  exclusively  to  undertaking,  being 
himself  a  practical  embalmer. 

William  Greenlee  was  born  in  April,  1827,  on  the  farm  now  occu- 
pied by  the  surviving  members  of  the  family,  was  the  son  of  lames 
and  Jane  Greenlee,  who  came-  from  Pennsylvania  to  Ohio,  about  1815, 
and  settled  on  a  part  of  the  land  now  owned  by  the  present  Mrs. 
William  Greenlee.  They  were  members  of  Rock  Hill  Presbyterian 
church,  and  strong  supporters  of  that  organization,  and  in  their  death  the 
community  lost  two  of  her  best  citizens.  They  were  the  parents  of 
ten  children,  only  one  of  whom  is  now  living:  Alexander,  Ann,  Jane, 
Margaret,  Matthew,  Sarah,  James,  William,  Mary  and  Elizabeth. 
Matthew  is  still  living  with  his  family,  who  reside  in  Colerain 
township,  Belmount  county.  William  Greenlee's  earl)-  life  was  spent 
at  home  on  the  farm,  assisting  his  father  in  its  management,  and  ac- 
quiring an  education  from  the  schools  of  the  county.  He  was  married 
in  i860,  to  Mary  Johnson,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Jane  (Camp- 
bell) Johnson,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  America  in  1839,  and 
located  on  a  farm  in  Richland  township,  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio, 
and  which  is  now  occupied  by  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Greenlee,  Thomas 
Johnson.  They  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  still 
living:  Anna  Belle,  October  20,  1S61;  Mary  Lorena,  July  23,  1863; 
James  Alexander,  May  7,  i860;  John  J.  Lane,  November  10.  1872; 
Thomas  Homer,  November  12,  1S74;  Matthew  Henry.  November  12, 
1880.  Anna  Belle  died  at  the  age  of  two  years,  November  27,  18S3. 
Mar)-  Lorena  died  August  6,  1885,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two.  James 
Alexander  still  resides  on  the  farm.  He  was  married  October,  1880, 
to  Miss  Lizzie  Knox,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (King)  Knox, 
natives  of  this  county.  John  J.  Lane  Greenlee  is  attending  college  at 
Worcester,  Ohio,  where  he  has  been  for  nearly  two  years.  The  two 
younger  are  still  on  the  farm  laying  the  foundation  of  their  later  life 
in  educational  and  physical  development.  William  Greenlee  died  in 
May,  1885,  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  in  his  death  the  wife  lost  a 
loving  husband,  the  children  a  kind  father,  and  the  community  one  of 
her  best  citizens.  They  were  both  members  and  strong  supporters  of 
the  Rock  Hill  Presbyterian  church,  and  Mrs.  Greenlee  is  still  a  strong 
supporter  of  their  doctrines,  but  since  the  building  of  the  Coalbrooke 
church  have  turned  their  support  to  that  organization. 

Jacob  1  leathcrington,  the  pioneer  coal  dealer  of  Belmont  count)', 
was  born  in  count)-  Durham,  England,  March  7,  1814.  He  is  the  son 
of  John  and  Rebecca  iDeut)  1  leathcrington.  both  natives  of  Eng- 
land. John  was  a  miner  in  the  English  coal  mines  until  his  coming 
to  the  United  Slates  in  1820.  lie  located  in  Patterson,  Penn..  enter- 
ing the  employ  of  Buckley  \-  Polls,  for  the  purpose  of  exploring  the 
country  in  the  vicinit)  for  a  possible  bed  of  coal    which    was   though! 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  583 

to  exist  there.  Me  located  the  first  bed  of  coal  in  that  country  at 
Tomockway.  Remainingin  Pennsylvania  until  1832,  he  then  removed 
to  West  Wheeling,  then  known  as  Whiskey  Run,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death,  some  time  about  1837  or  1838.  He  was  aged  forty- 
seven  years  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In  [830  he  brought  his  family 
from  England;  the  family  consisted  of  i\\c  boys  and  four  girls.  The 
daughters  are  all  dead,  with  the  exception  of  one  who  resides  in  Cali- 
fornia. Four  of  the  boys  still  survive  their  father.  1  lis  wife  followed 
him  to  the  grave  about  1850.  Jacob  Heatherington  began  to  work  in 
the  coal  banks  of  England  when  but  seven  years  of  age,  continuing 
to  be  so  employed  until  his  coming  to  the  United  States,  when  he 
worked  with  his  father  until  his  death.  When  his  father  died  Jacob 
and  his  brothers  took  charge  of  the  coal  bank  at  West  Wheeling,  re- 
maing  in  partnership  for  about  one  year.  He  then  worked  for  five 
years  for  Capt.  Fink  mining  coal,  at  the  end  of  that  period  he  had 
saved  $500  which  he  immediately  invested  in  land.  In  1839  he  came; 
into  possession  of  a  mule  which  he  named  Jack.  This  mule  and  the 
land  bought  with  his  hard  earned  savings  was  his  capital  with  which 
to  start  his  coal  mine.  The  assets  proved  of  value  for  he  has  made 
a  large  fortune  from  that  land,  the  mule  which  he  kept  until  he  was 
forty  years  old,  probably  earned  his  master  as  much  money  as  any 
mule  that  has  ever  lived.  It  is  not  out  of  place  to  say  that  Jack  re- 
ceived as  decent  a  burial  as  his  master  could  give  him.  Mr.  Heather- 
ington was  married  May  8, 1835,  to  Eliza  Armstrong,  of  West  Wheeling. 
John,  Alexander,  Martha,  Hamilton,  Wilbur,  Ella,  Albert,  Perkin  and 
Scott,  are  the  children  that  have  come  to  bless  their  home.  John  and 
Hamilton  both  served  their  country  in  the  hour  of  her  need,  the  lat- 
ter entered  the  service  as  a  bugler  and  left  it  as  a  captain.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Heatherington  are  active  members  of  the  Christian  church.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  has  always  been  a  public  spirited  man,  aiding 
ever}-  enterprise  of  public  benefit  with  his  money  and  influence.  He 
is  an  ardent  republican,  although  not  a  politician. 

A  leading  business  man  of  Bellaire,  and  one  who  was  a  pioneer  of 
Belmont  county,  Ohio,  is  Charles  Henry,  a  native  of  Bavaria,  Ger- 
man)-, where  he  was  born  October  31,  1820.  His  parents  were  Chris- 
topher and  Katherine  (Stuber)  Henry,  both  natives  of  the  same 
province  in  which  their  son  was  horn.  Christopher  1  lenry  was  a  mine 
overseer  in  the  coal  and  quicksilver  mints  of  German}',  which  he  fol- 
lowed until  his  demise  in  1852.  Of  the  five  children  born  of  this 
marriage  all  are  now  dead  with  the  exception  of  Charles  and  one 
other  son.  Mrs.  Henry  died  in  1833.  Mr.  Henry  was  a  scholar  in  tin- 
schools  of  his  native  land  (.luring  his  younger  days,  and  afterward 
worked  in  the  mines,  and  there  was  occupied  as  a  time-keeper  on  the 
government  pikes.  In  1852  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States, 
remaining  in  Xew  York  city  for  a  time,  he  then  went  to  North  Caro- 
lina, and  was  engaged  there  in  the  copper  mines  until  1854.  In  the 
latter  year  Mr.  1  lenry  came  to  ( )hio,  making  the  journey  ^n  foot  over 
the  mountains,  having  several  companions  on  the  trip.  They  olten 
had  to  sleep  at  night  in  the  woods  with  the  trees  for  their  only  shelter, 


584  HISTORY    OF    THE    UI'l'EK    OHIO    VALLEY. 

not  finding  any  habitation  to  put  up  at  night  ,  and  often  could  not  be 
accommodated  for  love  nor  money.  Arriving  in  Wheeling,  W.Va.,  he 
remained  there  for  sometime,  then  made  his  way  to  Pittsburgh.  In 
1854,  having  made  but  a  short  stay  in  the  latter  place,  he  moved  to 
Bellaire,  and  entered  the  employ  of  a  Mr.  Horn,  then  engaged  in  the 
coal  business.  In  i860,  Mr.  I  lenry  leased  a  tract  of  land  of  Col.  Sullivan, 
and  was  engaged  in  the  coal  mining  business  for  several  years,  having 
subsequently  purchased  the  land.  In  1887  he  embarked  in  the  wall- 
paper and  stationery  trade,  also  carrying  a  large  stock  of  paints  and 
oils,  but  he  disposed  of  the  latter  part  of  his  business  sometime  after. 
In  1856  he  was  married  to  Mary  Bender,  of  Wheeling,  and  by  her  he 
had  ten  children:  Theodore  C.,  Charles  F.,  Merman  A.,  Otto  C, 
Mary  C,  William  F.,  Edmund  C,  Albert  C,  Catherine  C.  and 
Emilie  S.,  all  living  but  Albert  and  Emilie.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  are 
communicants  of  the  German  Protestant  church.  lie  has  been  a 
member  of  the  school  board  for  over  twelve  years  and  re-elected  for  an- 
other term,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  city  council  and  was  town- 
ship trustee.  He  has  always  been  prominently  identified  with  the 
republican  party. 

Frederick  Hoffman,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer  business  men  of 
Bellaire,  was  born  in  Meltonsburg,  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  in  the  year 
1848,  January  24.  I  le  was  the  son  of  George  and  Margaret  I  Ioffman, 
who  were  both  of  German  birth.  George  Hoffman  located  in  Mel- 
tonsburg in  1840,  in  which  year  he  came  from  France.  Moving  to 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  1S61,  Mr.  I  Ioffman  remained  in  that  city  until  his 
death  in  1877.  He  died  at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  leaving  children 
who  now  survive.  His  wife,  and  two  children  born  to  them,  died  be- 
fore the  husband  and  father;  the:  wife's  demise  occurred  in  i860. 
George  Hoffman  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  his  life  was  such 
that  his  death  was  a  calamity.  Frederick  Hoffman  attended  the 
schools  in  the  cities  of  St.  Paul  and  Wheeling,  having  begun  his  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  Monroe  county,  Ohio.  Removing  with  his 
father  to  St.  Paul,  he  remained  there  hut  a  short  time;  returning  east 
and  settling  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  he  entered  the  employ  of  Johh 
Arbenz,  as  a  clerk.  Mr.  Hoffman'  worked  with  him  several  years 
at  Wheeling,  at  this  time  the  firm  established  a  branch  house  at 
Bellaire,  and  he  was  made  manager  of  the  same.  In  1872,  forming,  a 
partnership  with  Solomon  Arbenz,  they  bought  the  business  from 
John  Arbenz,  and  conducted  the  business  as  a  firm  for  about  six  years, 
at  which  time  Mr.  Hoffman  purchased  his  partner's  share  in  the  busi- 
ness, which  he  operated  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  happened 
October  26,  188}.  In  187;  he  was  married  to  Carrie  Boeshor,  a 
native  of  Wheeling.  Alberta  M..  William  G.,  Laura  P..  and  Fred  ( ). 
are  the  children  of  this  union.     After  her  husband's  death,  Mrs.  1  loff- 

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great  loss,  not  only  to  his  family,  but  also  to  the  community,  as  he  was 
e\rer  a  public  spirited  citizen. 

Marion  Huffman,  a  leading  druggist  and  citizen,  and  one  of  the 
most  prominent  churchmen  of  Bellaire,  is  a  native  of  Belmont  county, 
Ohio,  having  been  born  near  the  city  of  Bellaire  in  1855.  lie  is  the 
son  of  John  B.  and  Mar)-  (Cummings)  Huffman,  who  were  both  born 
in  Ohio.  John  was  the  offspring  of  Joseph  Huffman,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Belmont  county.  I  le  was  for  man)-  years  engaged  in  op- 
erating a  ferry  between  Pultney  Bottom  and  a  point  on  the  Virginia 
side  of  the  Ohio  river.  He  was  also  a  farmer,  owning  a  farm  above 
Bellaire  on  what  was  then  called  Whiskey  Run.  Joseph  was  a  founder 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Belmont  county,  in  which  church 
he  was  ordained  a  preacher.  1  le  was  a  member  of  the  quarterly  confer- 
ence that  licensed  Bishop  Simpson  to  preach,  and  was  ever  a  warm  friend 
of  that  eminent  clergyman  and  statesman.  When  nineteen  years  of 
age  he  was  married  to  Sarah  Brooks,  and  became  the  father  of  eleven 
children,  all  dead,  with  the  exception  of  one  daughter  now  living  on 
a  farm  which  he  entered  in  Mead  township.  I  le  was  first  cousin 
to  Gen.  Scott.  John  Huffman,  his  son,  first  saw  the  light  of  day  Sep- 
tember, 3.  1813,  in  Belmont  count)',  Ohio.  Having  acquired  a  good 
education  he  was  engaged  for  several  years  in  teaching  school,  after- 
ward giving  his  attention  to  farming.  Like  his  father  he  was  an 
ardent  church  worker,  and  was  licensed  a  preacher  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  gained  quite  an  extended  reputation  as  an  or- 
ator. His  last  years  were  spent  on  a  farm;  Ids  death  occurred  <  )cto- 
ber  11,  1866.  April  11,  1837,  he  was  married,  his  wife  being  a  first 
cousin  to  the  famous  Gen.  Custer.  Seven  children  were  born  to  this 
union,  five  of  them  living.  The  mother  passed  away  April  23.  1SX1. 
Marion  Huffman's  earl)'  training  was  derived  from  the  Belmont 
county  schools,  and  finished  at  Mount  Union  college.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  various  occupations  until  1879,  at  which  time  he  established 
his  present  business.  In  iSSj  he  was  married  to  Stella  B.  Langrehr, 
of  Bellaire.  Mrs.  Huffman's  grandfather  was  captured  on  the  Ger- 
man coast  and  sold  into  slavery  to  the  Brazilians,  afterward  becoming 
one  of  Dom  Pedro's  body-guard.  One  son  lias  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Huffman:  Anson  T.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huffman  are  active,  influen- 
tial communicants  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  he  being  one  of 
the  organizers  of  that  church  in  Bellaire.  1  le  is  also  a  member  ol  the 
Order  of  Druids,  holding  the  office  of  district  deputy,  and  is  an  ardent 
democrat.  Mr.  Huffman  has  made  much  of  his  life,  having  been  sue  - 
cessful  both  in  his  business  and  in  his  social  relations  to  his  fellow- 
men. 

Joseph  F.  Hutchison  was  born  in  iSjo.  February  22,011  the  farm  lie- 
now  occupies  and  within  a  short  distance  ol  his  present  residence. 
His  early  life  was  spent  at  home  on  the  farm,  assisting  his  lather  in 
the  management  of  the  property  and  acquiring  an  education  Irom 
the  common  schools.  In  after  years,  by  dim  of  much  stud)-,  he  be- 
came more  than  an  average  scholar.  Was  married  in  September, 
1S48.   to    Miss    Eliza    ].   Bell,  a  daughter  of  E.  and  Martha  iStewartl 


5S6  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Bell.  Mrs.  Hutchison  is  a  native  of  Ohio.  Since  his  marriage  he  has 
always  lived  on  the  farm,  and  in  connection  with  farming  lias  ope- 
rated by  lease  his  available  coal  lands.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hutchison  are 
the  parents  of  ten  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living:  James  F., 
Susan  E.,  Martha  J.,  Fannie  lb,  William  R.,  Ella  Lb,  Jessie  L.,  Joseph 
(deceased),  and  two  others  who  died  at  birth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hutch- 
ison are  both  strong  supporters  and  workers  in  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  which  was  in  its  infancy  in  the  United  States  organized 
and  made  a  success  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  1  lutchison's  ancestors. 
Has  been  for  two  years  a  justice  of  the  peace.  Is  a  public  spirited 
man  and  a  valuable  addition  to  any  community.  Mrs.  1  lutchison  died 
July  21,  1880,  and  in  her  death  one  of  the  community's  best  citizens 
departed  this  life.  She  left  a  sorrowing  family  who  were  joined  by 
the  sympathetic  neighbors  in  the  testimonials  of  sorrow.  The  ances- 
try of  the  I  lutchison  family  dates  hundreds  of  years  back  in  the  old  world 
(Scotland),  and  can  be  traced  with  accuracy  back  until  the  time  of 
the  persecution  in  the  seventeenth  century,  in  Scotland,  at  which 
time  two  Scotchmen  by  the  name  of  Hutchison  were  driven  from 
Scotland  into  Ireland.  One,  returning  to  Scotland  to  look  after  the  in- 
terests and  effects  of  the  family,  was  taken  sick  and  died,  unmarried 
and  without  issue.  The  other  married  and  settled  in  Ireland,  and 
from  him  sprung  the  present  generation.  This  man,  the  great-grand- 
father of  the  present  generation,  married  in  Ireland,  and,  with  five 
sons  and  one  danghter,  came  to  America  and  settled  near  Oxford, 
Penn.,  then  a  village,  now  a  city,  in  or  near  the  year  1740.  The 
grandfather  of  the  present  generation,  Samuel  Hutchison,  was  born 
about  1726  in  Scotland,  and  came  with  his  father  to  America,  and 
lived  and  died  on  a  farm  adjoining  his  father's,  but  owned  by  himself. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the-  Revolutionary  war,  and  fought  at  Branch  wine 
and  Trenton,  with  much  credit.  Served  the  seven  years  and  came 
home  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  on  his  farm,  when  he  (.lied 
in  or  about  [813.  Was  the  father  of  nine  children,  five  boys  and  four 
girls,  all  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  James  Hutchison,  the  father  of 
Joseph,  was  born  March  13,  1770,  and  was  the  oldest  of  the  family  of 
"Samuel  Hutchison,  the  grandfather  of  Joseph.  Early  life  was  spent 
at  home.  Was  married  November  29,  17QC),  to  Miss  Susan  Matt, 
who  was  born  February  15,  177c),  in  Chester  county,  Penn.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  John  Matt,  also  a  descendant  of  Scotland,  but  came 
from  Ireland  to  America.  James  Hutchison  came  from  Pennsylvania 
to  Ohio  after  his  marriage,  in  [S03,  settling  first  near  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for  nine  years,  when  he 
removed  to  Belmont  county,  settling  in  April,  t8i2,  on  the  property 
now  occupied  by  his  son  Joseph.  Here  he  remained,  and  lived  and 
died,  and  raised  a  family  often  children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living: 
Samuel.  John,  James  R.,  William,  Eliza,  Jane,  Joseph,  Susan  (^de- 
ceased'), and  two  who  died  in  infancy.  Jane,  now  Mrs.  Patterson,  a 
widow  of  a  Presbyterian  minister,  now  resides  in  Iowa.  Mr.  Hutchi- 
son was  a  man  of  upright,  moral  principles,  who  was  a  recognized 
leader  of  all  matters  of  importance  in  his  communil)  .  and  in  his  death, 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  587 

May  17,  1855,  the  community  lost  one  of  her  best  citizens  and  one 
who  was  sincerely  mourned  by  all  who  knew  him.  Mis  wife  died 
December  6,  1S60,  only  surviving  him  live  years.  '1 'here  were,  in  the 
very  earliest  clay  of  which  we  have  record,  a  large  family  of  the  name 
of  Hutchison,  but  they  were,  during  the  persecution  in  Scotland,  all 
exterminated,  except  the  two  mentioned. 

George  S.  Jennings,  a  very  prosperous  grocer  of  Bellaire,  Ohio,  is 
an  Englishman  by  birth,  having  been  born  in  Staffordshire,  in  1842. 
The  parents,  Charles  and  Hannah  Jennings,  were  born  in  England, 
and  the  father  still  resides  in  that  country.  Mrs.  Jennings  died  in 
September,  18S5.  Charles  Jennings  is  a  retired  builder  and  con- 
tractor, in  which  business  he  was  engaged  until  about  ten  years  ago, 
when  he  retired  from  active  business,  and  is  now  spending  his  old  age 
in  the  enjoyment  of  a  considerable  estate  which  was  acquired  during 
his  younger  days.  Twelve  children  were  the  issue  of  the  marriage  of 
Charles  and  Hannah  Jennings,  and  eleven  of  them  still  survive. 
George  S.  Jennings  did  not  have  the  advantage  of  a  very  extensive 
education,  being  obliged  to  grapple  with  the  affairs  of  this  life  when 
but  ten  years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  went  to  work  in  a  foundry, 
where  he  learned  the  moulder's  trade.  Subsequently  Mr,  Jennings 
was  employed  in  an  iron  mill  as  a  boiler,  and  was  so  occupied  until 
his  immigration  to  America  in  1S68.  Coming  directly  to  Wheeling, 
W.  Ya..  he  remained  in  that  city  four  years,  and  then  took  up  his 
abode  in  Bellaire,  obtaining  a  situation  in  the  Bellaire  Xail  works  of 
that  city.  Mr.  Jennings  has  devoted  his  energies  to  the  grocery  busi- 
ness since  1885,  he  having  been  interested  in  that  business  since  1878. 
Besides  his  extensive  grocery  business  he  holds  stock  in  the  Bellaire 
Nail  works,  Bellaire  Union  Window  Glass  company,  the  .Etna  Glass 
works,  and  he  was  formerly  a  stockholder  in  the  old  Washington  mill, 
of  Wheeling.*  In  1867  Mr.  Jennings  took  Ellen  Rawlings  to  wife.  She- 
was  also  of  English  parentage.  Mrs.  Jennings  went  to  her  rest  in 
June,  1886,  leaving  seven  children  to  mourn  her  loss.  The  children 
are:  George  \\\,  deceased;  Charles  W.,  deceased;  Eleanor  A.,  de- 
ceased; Nellie  II.,  deceased;  Lizzie,  .Maud  M.  and  Arthur  W.  living. 
Mrs.  Jennings  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Church  of  England,  of 
which  denomination  Mr.  Jennings  is  also  a  communicant.  Since  com- 
ing to  Bellaire  Mr.  Jennings  has  been  quite  active  in  politics,  being  a 
loyal  democrat;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
George  S.  Jennings  grocery  house  is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  in 
Belmont  county,  and  its  owner  is  among  the  best  known  and  most 
popular  citizens  of  Bellaire. 

William  Johnson  (an  Irishman  by  birth) 
Scotland,  ami  settled  in  Virginia,  on  Short 
where  he  died.  I  Ie  was  married  about  1795 
tive  of  Scotland.  By  her  he  had  two  childre 
deceased.  After  the  father's  death  the  moth 
citizen  of  Ohio,  with  whom  she  lived  until  1 
deeded  her  sons  her  interest  in  the  propt 
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son,  the  son  of  William,  was  bom  in  Virginia,  in  1800.  I  le  lived  there 
until  his  mother's  marriage  to  Mr.  Allen,  and  then  removed  to  Ohio, 
taking  possession  of  the  farm  now  operated  by  his  son.  Having  re- 
ceived a  fair  education  in  the  common  schools,  he  married  Miss  Jane- 
Gordon,  a  native  of  Maryland,  in  1S21,  by  whom  he  had  three  chil- 
dren: Martha,  now  the  wife  of  J.  Y.  Ashenhurst,  of  Belmont  county; 
James,  born  in  1823,  and  William,  horn  in  1825,  was  drowned  in  Wheel- 
ing creek  in  1849  while  bathing.  1  lis  wife  died  in  [825,  and  two  years 
later  he  married  Miss  Nancy  Pattison,  of  West  Virginia.  She  died  in 
1854.  His  third  wife  was  Mrs.  Nancy  A.  McGaw,  whom  he  married 
in  1859,  and  who  now  resides  in  Bellaire.  Mr.  Johnson  was  a  man  of 
much  local  prominence.  He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church,  and  was  a  staunch  democrat.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  1874,  and  was  a  great  calamity  to  the  community  at  large. 
James  Johnson,  the  present  incumbent  of  the  Johnson  homestead,  was 
born  November  29,  1825.  His  early  life  was  passed  in  the  schools  and 
on  the  farm.  December  31,  1850,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  Gor- 
don, daughter  of  James  and  Martha  (Nichol)  Gordon,  natives  of 
Maryland  and  Ireland,  respectively.  Since  his  marriage  Mr.  Johnson 
has  operated  the  farm  which  has  come  down  to  him  from  the  past 
generations  of  his  family.  Under  his  wise  supervision  the  property 
has  greatly  increased  in  value.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  are  the  parents 
of  six  children:  William  A.,  James  G.,  Martha  J.,  John  A.,  A.  Ross. 
Elmer  Nichol  (deceased).  Mr.  Johnson  has  secured  to  his  children  a 
liberal  education.  Both  himself  and  wife  art;  active  and  earnest  com- 
municants of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  of  High  Ridge.  Mr. 
Johnson  is  one  of  the  substantial,  progressive  farmers  ol  the  com- 
munity, and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  all. 

Edward  Jones,  superintendent  of  the  blast  furnace  of  the  Bellaire 
Nail  works,  was  born  August  12,  1840,  in  England.  When  but  one 
year  old  was  removed  with  his  parents,  Edward  and  Mary  (Wood  I 
Jones  to  America,  first  locating  at  Mt.  Savage,  Allegheny  county,  Md., 
removing  from  there  to  Wheeling  in  1848.  While  here  Mr.  Jones  was 
engaged  in  acquiring  an  education.  Mr.  Jones,  Sr.,  being  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  the  son  Edward  learned  that  trade  under  him,  and  at 
the  age  of  twenty  started  out  for  himself.  At  this  age  he  left  home 
and  engaged  in  different  occupations,  and  in  1865  Mr.  Jones  formed, 
with  others,  the  company  which  built  and  operated  the  Bellaire  Nail 
works.  Mr.  Jones  has  since  that  time  been  prominently  identified 
with  this  corporation;  was  made  one  of  the  directors  in  1874,  and 
since  that  time  has  served  in  that  capacity.  In  1807  they  built  the 
nail  factory,  and  in  1873  built  the  blast  furnace  which  was  started 
September  7.  The  steel  works  were  built  in  1883  and  1884,  and  started 
soon  after  completion.  Mr.  Jones  has  since  1867,  been  an  industrious, 
hard-working  citizen,  and  has  always  been  prominently  indentified 
with  this  company.  The  enterprise  has  been  successful  and  fairly 
profitable,  owing  to  the  energy  and  perseverance  of  its  managers. 
Mr.  Jones  was  married  November  10,  1862,  to  Miss  Margaret  Dins- 
more,  a  native  of  Maryland,  daughter  of  Robert   and    Isabella    (Mc- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  5°V 

Connel)  Dinsmore,  natives  of  Scotland  and  Ireland  They  are  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Edward  D.,  Herbert,  Clarence, 
Clyde,  Edith,  Edna;  and  Ida  and  Mary  deceased.  Edward  is  mar- 
ried and  works  at  the  factory  of  his  father.  Mr  Jones  has  been 
prosperous  and  successful  through  life,  and  healthy,  happy  and 
contented,  surrounded  by  his  wife  and  family.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity  and  Odd  Fellows.  He  has  been  of  rather 
more  than  average  prominence  in  Masonic  circles,  having  held  offices 
of  distinction  in  this  order.  .    . 

Rees  Jones  was  born  in  Wales,  in  the  year  1814;  after  obtaining  a 
scant  schooling  in   his   native  country,   he    learned    the    blacksmiths 
trade.     In  1842  he    came  to   the   United   States,  and    settled    in  x\ew 
York  state,  but  soon  came  to   Pittsburgh,  where  he  was  a  blacksmith 
in  the  employ  of  the  Kensington  Iron  works  until   his  death   in   1852. 
He  married  Mary  Gregg  before  coming  to   this  country,  and  by  her 
had  seven  children,  the 'wife  and    three   of  the  children  still  survive 
him      William  D.  Jones  is  a  son  of  the  above,  his   birth   occurred  in 
Herkimer  county,  "X.  V.,  in    [843.     Whatever    schooling    he    had  was 
obtained  before  he  had  left  the  years  of  boyhood,  for  when  nine  years 
old   he  began  to  work   in  a  rolling-mill  in  Pittsburgh.     Remaining  in 
the' rolling-mill  but  a  short  time  he  then  went    into  a  -lass  factory,  in 
which  work  he  has  since  been  engaged.     I  laving  followed    his  trade 
in  different  cities,  in  the  fall  of  1880,  Mr.  Jones  entered  the  employ  oi 
the  Bellaire  Goblet  company,  as  a  pressman.     Subsequent}-,  in    Jan- 
uary, 18S4,  he  was    tendered    the    position    of   genera     manager  and 
superintendent    of   the    Lantern    Globe    works,    which    he    accepted. 
Durino-  the  late  war  Mr.  Jones  rendered  valiant  service  in  C  ompany  1\ 
Twelfth    Pennsylvania    regiment    volunteer    cavalry,    enlisting  June, 
1861,  and  serving  for  three  years.     He  was   in  the  following  engage- 
ments: Gettysburg,  Mechanicsville,  Gaines    Mill,  Charles  C  ity,  Cross 
Roads   Malvern  Hill,  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  and  was  in  the  tight 
which  the  Union  army  won  before  Washington.     In  the  second  battle 
of  Bull  Run  he  was  wounded  [n  the  right  arm.     Receiving  an  honor- 
able discharge  from  further  service  in    June,  1S64,  lie    returned   to   his 
trade.     In  1864,  soon  after  his   return  from    the  war    Mr.  Jones  was 
married  to  Margera  A.  McAlespy,  a  Philadelphia  lady.     Six  children 
have  blessed  this  marriage,  they  are:   Margera  G    k  ranci,    ...  Ella  M., 
Bertha,    John    F.,  and    William    L.     Francs    P..  Ella  and  Bertha  are 
deceased,  as  is  also  the   mother  who   died    m    1885.     Mr.    Jones    is   a 
member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  has  always  taken   an   active   and  promi- 
nent  part  in  the  republican  party's  proceedings  m   this  county,     lie 
has  proven  himself  to  be  a  man  of  energy,  integrity  and   ability,  hav- 
ing operated  the  affairs  of  the  company  which  he  manages  with  mucn 
skill  and  shrewdness.  , 

Harry  M.  Kelly,  secretary  of  the  Belmont  Glass  company    and   th 
youngest  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  glass  men  in    the   <   hio   \  al- 
ley, was  born  in  Muskingum  county,  (duo,  m  1864, thesonol  James  A. 
and   Martha    (Peairs)     Kelly,   who   were  both   natives  of  that  county. 
lames  was  the  son  of  Albert  Kelly,  a  native  oi   that   part   of    \  lrginia 


59°  HISTORY    OF    THE    t'lTKK    OHIO    VALLEY. 

which  is  now  the  state  of  West  Virginia.  He  came  to  Muskingum 
count}'  at  an  early  date,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that 
county.  He  was  a  farmer.  James  received  but  a  limited  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  his  native  county,  and  then  followed  in  his 
father's  footsteps  as  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  lie  died  in  1871.  His  widow 
and  six  of  the  nine  children  born  to  them  still  survive.  Harry  Kelly 
attended  the  common  schools,  afterward  entering  Muskingum  college, 
he  also  took  a  commercial  course  in  the  Eastman  Business  college,  of 
Poughkeepsie,  X.  Y.,  after  which  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Apple- 
ton  Publishing  company,  of  Cincinnati,  with  whom  he  remained  but  a 
short  time.  In  1884  he  came  to  Bellaire,  accepting  the  position  of 
assistant  book-keeper  of  the  .Etna  Glass  company,  but  was  soon  com- 
pelled to  relinquish  this  place  on  account  of  the  strike  of  that  year. 
After  being  forced  from  his  position  by  the  strike,  Mr.  Kelly  con- 
nected himself  with  the  Ik  &  O.  R.  R.  company,  serving  that  com- 
pany as  ticket  agent,  collector  and  freight  clerk,  for  two  years.  In 
January,  1SS7,  he  was  tendered  the  position  of  book-keeper  for  the 
company  of  which  he  is  now  the  secretary.  Mr.  Kelly  kept  the  books 
and  also  acted  in  the  capacity  of  traveling  salesman  until  August,  1S89, 
when  he  was  elected  to  till  the  place  vacated  by  W.  F.  Sniveh'.  The 
Belmont  Glass  company  is  one  of  the  oldest  glass  works  on  the  Ohio 
side  of  the  river,  having  been  organized  in  1S66,  under  the  name  of 
Barnes,  Faupel  &  Co..  and  was  not  incorporated  until  two  years  later, 
when  it  became  the  Belmont  Glass  company.  Mr.  Kelly  is  a  K.of  1'.. 
and  a  loyal  republican.  Although  a  young  man.  he  tills  the  responsi- 
ble office  he  holds  with  as  much  ability  as  any  man  in  a  similar  posi- 
tion in  the  (  )hio  valley. 

Carolu i  C.  Kelly,  cashier  of  the  Dollar  Saving,  bank,  of  Bellaire. 
and  also  a  prominent  citizen  of  that  city,  was  born  in  Belmont  county, 
Ohio,  in  the  year  1842,  the  son  of  John  and  Rachel  (Judkins)  Kelly. 
The  father  was  a  Pennsylvanian,  the  mother  a  native  of  Ohio.  His 
grandfather  came  to  Ohio  from  North  Carolina  in  1800.  His  father 
was  born  in  Chester  county.  Penn.,  in  1800,  and  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade.  He  removed  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  in  1S34,  and  located  in 
Barnesville,  where  he  resided  until  1850,  when  he  was  elected  treas- 
urer of  the  county,  holding  that  office  for  four  years,  when  he  came 
to  Bellaire,  where,  in  company  with  Daniel  Feck,  J.  II.  Heaton  ami 
C.  C.  Carroll,  he  purchased  what  was  then  known  as  the  Rodefer 
farm.  This  land  now  comprises  a  large  portion  of  the  city  of  Bellaire, 
known  as  the  Rodefer  addition.  This  company  of  men  had  the  con- 
trol of  this  tract  until  1S57.  at  which  time  they  sold  it.  Mr.  Kelly  then 
embarked  in  the  wholesale  grocery  trade,  and  carried  on  this  business 
until  his  death  in  1S71.  bight  children  came  to  his  marriage,  four  of 
them  now  living,  ddie  widow  still  survives  at  the  age  of  seventy-six 
years,  lie  was  one  of  the  principal  developers  of  the  city  and  was  a 
large  property  holder.  Carolus  Kelly  learned  telegraphy  after  leav- 
ing school,  and  was  in  the  employ  of  the  C.  cv-  P.  and  B.  &  O.  rail- 
roads for  a  number  of  years.  In  1S71.  with  several  others,  he 
organized  the  First  National  bank,  of  which  he  acted  as  book-keeper 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  591 

for  four  years.  In  1874  Mr.  Kelly  severed  his  connection  with 
the  bank  and  was  engaged  in  the  coal  business  for  some  time,  after 
which  he -was  connected  with  the  First  National  bank  of  Bridgeport. 
Six  years  later  he  was  prominently  identified  with  the  organization  of 
the  Union  Glass  company,  and  was  made  secretary  of  the  company, 
having  held  his  office  with  credit  to  himself  and  with  benefit  to  its 
stockholders.  After  resigning  his  position  with  the  latter  concern 
Mr.  Kelly  was  appointed  cashier  of  the  Dollar  Savings  bank,  of  Bel- 
laire,  and  has  since  been  the  cashier  of  the  same. 

Henry  C.  Kemple.  a  prominent  citizen  of  Bellaire,  and  one  of  the 
most  expert  dentists  in  Belmont  county,  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in 
Wheeling.  \Y.  Va.,  November  11,  1S44.  He  is  the  son  of  Charles' "and 
Eliza  (Hukill)  Kemple, natives  of  the  states  of  New  Jersey  and  Penn- 
sylvania, respectively.  Charles  is  the  son  of  Jacob  Kemple,  who  was 
born  in  New  Jersey,  and  came  to  Virginia  about  1820,  locating  at 
Wheeling,  where  he  was  a  cooper.  He  died  near  Wheeling  about 
1S67  or  1S6S.  Five  of  the  ten  children  born  to  him  are  still  living. 
The  wife  died  in  1840.  Charles  Kemple  was  born  in  the  year  1S11. 
Having  received  a  limited  education  before  coming  from  New  Jersey, 
when  still  young  he  began  to  work  with  his  father  at  coopering. 
Working  at  his  trade  until  1845,  when  he  turned  his  attention 
to  farming,  and  was  engaged  in  this  occupation  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  His  marriage  to  the  mother  of  the  subject  of 
this  biography  took  place  in  1S30,  and  nine  children,  six  of 
whom  are  now  living,  was  the  result  of  this  union.  The  mother 
is  still  living,  having  reached  the  advanced  age  of  eight)"  years. 
Henry  C.  Kemple  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  schools 
of  Marshall  county.  W.  Va.,  afterward  finishing  at  the  university  at 
West  Liberty.  In  1858  he  was  apprenticed  to  1  lout  &  Taylor,  machin- 
ists, and  was  employed  in  this  vocation  when  the  war  broke  out.  1  le 
enlisted  in  May,  1S61,  in  the  First  Virginia  regiment.  Company  II. 
Remaining  with  this  regiment  during  the  ninety  davs  they  enlisted  for, 
at  the  expiration  of  which  time  he  re-enlisted  for  the  remainder  of 
the  war  in  Company  K,  same  regiment.  Mr.  Kemple  was  in  ten  im- 
portant battles  during  the  war,  including  the  battles  of  Winchester, 
Bull  Run,  Cedar  Mountain,  and  was  taken  captive  in  one  battle  and 
was  held  a  prisoner  for  five  months,  during  which  time  he  was  con- 
fined in  different  rebel  prisons,  amomg  them  being  tin;  famous  Ander- 
sonville.  He  was  exchanged  in  November,  1864.  and  served  his  country 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  Wheeling, 
and  engaged  in  milling,  but  afterward  took  up  the  study  of  dentistry 
with  Dr.  j.  M.  Surgison,  of  Wheeling.  In  1871  he  entered  the  Phila- 
delphia medical  college  Dr.  Kemple-  first  practiced  at  Clarington, 
Ohio,  but  in  1887  came  to  Bellaire.  December  28,  [863,  he  married 
Lottie  B.King.by  whom  he  has  had  four  children:  Minnie  A.,  Fred  C, 
Nellie  and  Rhea.  He  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  P.,  and 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  is  an  active  republican. 

A  well-known  citizen  and  business  man  of  Bellaire  is  George  Kern, 
the  son  of  Christian  and    Elizabeth   Kern,  natives  of    Germany,  in 


592  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

which  country  George  Kern  first  saw  the  light  in  the  year  1837.  His 
father  was  a  farmer,  and  George  was  occupied  on  the  farm  and  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  land  until  1853,  in  which  year  he  with  his  mother 
and  three  brothers  immigrated  to  the  United  States  in  the  search  of 
a  home  in  that  favored  land.  He  was  one  of  six  children,  one  of 
whom  is  now  deceased,  as  is  also  the  mother,  who  died  in  the  year 
18S3.  Christian  Kern  passed  away  in  1845,  before  the  emigration  of 
the  family.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  first  went  to  Baltimore,  but 
remained  there  only  a  short  time;  he  then  moved  to  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.,  and  there  worked  at  the  trade  of  a  baker  until  1856,  at  the 
expiration  of  this  time  Mr.  Kern  changed  his  residence  to  Bellaire, 
and  has  since  been  a  citizen  of  this  city.  In  the  course  of  a  year 
after  his  removal  to  Bellaire  he  formed  a  partnership  with  J.  Zilch, 
the)-  carrying  on  a  bakery  business  for  two  years.  Purchasing  his 
partner's  interest  in  the  bakery,  Mr.  Kern  has  since  conducted  it  with 
much  success.  In  the  past  live  years  he  has  given  his  attention  to  the 
insurance  business  to  some  extent.  His  marriage  to  Catherine 
Rccder  took  place;  in  1850,  and  eleven  children  have  come  to  bless 
their  union,  the  childrens'  names  are:  Lizzie,  Annie,  Peter,  Andrew, 
Louisa,  Catherine,  Maggie,  George  W.,  William,  Rosa  and  August. 
This  large  and  interesting  family  are  all  living  with  the:  exception  of 
two  daughters,  Annie  and  Catherine.  He  and  wife  are  members 
of  the  German  Reform  church,  and  Mr.  Kern  is  also  a  member  of 
the  orders  of  I.  (  ).  O.  P.,  Red  Men  and  Druids,  lie  has  served 
the  people  of  Bellaire  as  a  councilman  for  five  years,  and  has  been 
township  trustee  for  eight  years,  having  been  elected  to  these  offices 
on  the  democratic  ticket.  Since  his  coming  to  Bellaire  .Mr.  Kern 
has  not  only  accumulated  a  considerable  property,  but  has  also  won 
an  enviable  name  in  business  affairs. 

Carl  Puniest  Kurtz  is  a  prominent  physician  and  citizen  of  Bellaire. 
Dr.  Kurtz  is  a  native  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  where  he  was  born 
1841,  son  of  Jacob  and  Caroline  Kurt/.  Jacob  was  a  farmer  in  Ger- 
many during  his  life,  and  died  in  iNu\  He  was  the  father  of  three 
children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter.  Dr.  Kurtz  was  educated  in  his 
native  land,  finishing  his  schooling  in  a  gymnasium  of  Wurtem- 
berg. In  1856  he  began  the  study  of  medicine,  and  continued  it 
until  1S50,  when  the  Italian  war  broke  out,  and  he  entered  the 
German  army  as  a  surgeon's  mate,  serving  for  six  years.  In  1862  he 
was  promoted  to  the  position  of  assistant  surgeon  of  a  cavalry  regi- 
ment, and  passingthe  examination  of  the  state  board,  he  began  the  prac- 
tice of  surgery  in  Wurtemberg,  where  he  remained  until  1865,  when 
he  was  honorably  discharged,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he,  in  com- 
pany with  his  mother,  brother  and  sister,  came  to  this  country.  They 
first  located  in  Newark.  X.  J.  After  having  acquired  a  sufficient 
knowledgeof  the  English  language.  1  )r.  Kurtz  entered  the  university  of 
Pennsylvania,  at  Philadelphia,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  March, 
1869,  having  completed  his  medical  education.  After  his  graduation 
he  began  to  practice  in  Pittsburgh,  but  remained  there  but  a  short 
time,  he  then  went  to  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  where    he   resided    until 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  593 

1S70,  at  which  time  he  came  to  Bellaire.  His  mother  died  in  Wheel- 
ing in  1881.  The  sister  who  came  over  with  him  is  now  Mrs.  Geisler, 
of  Detroit,  Mich.  I  lis  brother  went  west  shortly  after  landing  in  this 
country  and  entered  the  United  States  army,  afterward  settling  in 
New  Mexico,  all  trace  of  him  has  since  been  lost.  Dr.  Kurtz  married 
_Miss  Mattie  Eaton,  in  1868.  She  was  a  resident  of  Harrison  county, 
Ohio,  living  in  the  vicinity  of  Hopedale.  Two  children  have  been 
born  to  this  union:  Nannette  M.  and  Daniel  E.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Kurtz 
are  members  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,  of  Bellaire.  He  is  a 
Mason  and  also  a  member  of  the  Belmont  county  and  the  Ohio  State 
Medical  and  American  Medical  societies.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the 
Alumni  association  of  the  university  of  Pennsylvania,  has  been  sur- 
geon of  the  B.&  ( ).  railroad  since  1872,  and  surgeon  of  the  B.,  Z.  N  C. 
railroad  since  its  inception.  From  1879  to  1880  he  was  surgeon  of  the 
Second  regiment  of  National  Guards  of  Ohio.  Dr.  Kurtz  is  a  man  of 
undoubted  skill  and  ability,  and  has  an  enviable  record  as  a  physician 
and  surgeon. 

Charles  J.  La  Roche  is  a  prominent  and  successful  young  business 
man  of  Bellaire.  He  was  born  in  Wheeling.  \Y.  Ya.,  May  6,  1S64. 
His  parents  were  Anton  and  Barbara  La  Roche;  the  father  was  a 
native  of  Germany,  and  the  mother  of  Ohio.  Anton  La  Roche  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  old  country,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  willow  ware,  and  followed  this  until  the  year  1S52, 
when  he  came  to  this  country  and  took  up  his  abode  in  Baltimore,  Md.. 
and  established  a  factory  there,  he  also  conducting  the  business  in  the 
fatherland  at  the  same  time.  While  on  a  visit  to  Germany  he  was 
drafted  in  the  army,  and  though  he  escaped  his  property  was  seized 
by  the  government.  In  1S55  he  abandoned  his  business  in  the  east 
and  came  to  Wheeling  and  carried  on  a  business  there  until  about  the 
year  1870.  when  he  came  to  Bellaire  and  has  since  remained  here, 
conducting  his  former  business.  In  1861  he  espoused  the  mother  of 
the  principal  of  this  sketch  and  by  her  had  eleven  children,  only  one 
of  them  now  being  alive.  Charles  La  Roche  derived  his  early  educa- 
tion from  the  Bellaire  schools.  After  leaving  school  he  learned  .ulass- 
engraving,  and  worked  at  this  for  some  years.  When  quite  young  Mr. 
La  Roche  began  the  study  of  music  and  was  leader  of  an  orchestra 
when  but  eleven  years  old.  He  was  a  music  teacher  for  several  years 
and  was  very  successful  in  his  work.  In  1885  with  M  rs.  M.  J.  Kelly- 
he  started  a  music  store  in  Bellaire.  They  continued  in  partnership 
for  about  two  years,  he  then  purchased  Mrs.  Kelly's  interest  and  has 
since  conducted  the  business  alone.  Mr.  La  Roche  is  a  member  of  th 
Catholic  church,  and  although  never  having  been  prominently  identi- 
fied with  any  political  party  he  is  a  loyal  democrat.  Mr.  La  Roche 
is  an  enterprising  young  business  man  and  has  great  ability  for 
conducting  a  business  of  this  nature  on  account  of  his  marked  musical 
talent. 

Samuel  11.  McGregor  was  born  December  2,  [843,  in  the  house  now 
occupied  by  himself  and  family.      1  lis  early  life  was  spent  in  acquiring 
an   education    from    the  common   schools.     His  father  dying  in    1S51, 
sS—  B. 


594  HISTORY    OF   THE    LITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  farm  was  rented  for  a  time  until  1S59,  when  Samuel  took  the  en- 
tire charge  of  the  place,  and  managed  the  property  under  the  super- 
vision of  his  mother.  In  1864  he  took  a  trip  to  the  west,  visiting  the 
friends  in  Illinois,  and  returning  in  about  three  months.  During 
this  time  the  farm  was  managed  by  Samuel  and  a  brother,  R.  E., 
until  about  1S71  or  '72,  when  the  mother  purchased  the  whole  farm 
from  the  heirs.  From  1S71  or  '72  until  1885,  the  farm  was  operated 
by  the  two  brothers,  when  Samuel  purchased  the  farm  from  the  heirs, 
the  mother  having  <.lied  in  18X5.  Since  that  time  he  has  lived  here  on 
the  homestead  farm,  and,  with  a  sister,  has  managed  the  estate.  Mr. 
McGregor  has  made  a  valuable  addition  of  183  acres  to  the  home- 
stead farm,  and  now  owns  a  very  valuable  property.  Mr.  McGregor 
has  not  been  interested  in  politics,  but  has  held  some  unimportant 
offices  of  trust  in  regard  to  educational  matters  and  roads.  Samuel 
has  never  married. 

Alexander-McGregor,  father  of  the  present  resident  on  the  home- 
stead, was  born  July  6,  1S04,  in  Maryland,  and  was  a  son  of  fames 
and  Elizabeth  (Gordon)  McGregor,  natives  of  Scotland,  who  emi- 
grated to  America  some  time  during  revolutionary  times.  Alex- 
ander McGregor's  early  life  was  spent  principally  in  acquiring  an 
education  from  the  limited  resources  at  that  time  at  command.  But 
in  late  years  in  educating  himself,  and  in  the  mathematical  depart- 
ments, became  very  proficient.  In  about  1817,  he,  with  his  father's 
family,  came  to  Ohio,  and  the  father  purchased  the  farm  now  occu- 
pied by  his  descendants,  together  with  some  additional  property. 
Alexander  was  employed  on  the  farm  by  his  father,  and  on  the  death 
of  his  father,  the  property  reverted  to  him,  and  here  he  lived  until 
his  death  in  August,  1851.  lie  was  married  in  [837,  to  Miss  Eliza 
Harris,  a  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Sarah  (Gill)  Harris.  Mr.  Harris 
was  a  native  of  New  Jersey.  The  Miss  Eliza  was  born  in  Wheel- 
ing in  1S1S.  He  was  the  father  of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are 
still  living:  Reuben  J.,  born  February  27.  1840;  Sarah  E.,  born  De- 
cember 30,  184  1 ;  Samuel  II.,  born  December  2,  1S43;  Robert  Ik,  born 
August  2:,  1845;  Joseph  \k.  born  February  18,  1847;  Margaret  A., 
born  January  tq,  1840;  Alexander,  born  August  23,  1851.  Reuben  J. 
attended  Washington  college,  and  when  near  the  time  for  his  gradu- 
ation, left  that  institution,  and  taught  school,  and  soon  after  the  out- 
break of  the  war,  enlisted  August  13th  in  Company  Ik  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-sixth  Ohio,  under  Capt.  Kirk.  He  saw  much  sharp 
fighting  and  had  many  narrow  escapes.  Was  employed  as  sergeant 
in  signal  corps  under  McClellan,  at  Antietam,  afterward  in  Tennessee, 
under  Burnsides  and  Foster.  Returning,  he  went  west,  and  was 
employed  in  many  important  railroad  surveys.  He  remained  in  the 
west  until  his  death  at  Manitowoc,  Wis.,  in  1S70,  at  which  time  he  held 
the  position  of  government  inspector  of  improvement  on  lakes  and 
rivers.  Sarah  Elizabeth  was  married  in  November,  186(3,  to  Mr.  An- 
drew Xeff.  a  resident  of  Ohio,  with  whom  she  resided  until  his  death 
in  1871.  By  him  she  is  the  mother  of  three  children,  all  living:  Mary. 
Nelson  and  Maggie.  She  now  resides  with,  and   keeps  house  for,   her 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  595 

brother.  Robert  lived  on  the  homestead  until  his  marriage,  when  he 
went  to  Minnesota,  engaging  in  the  hardware  business  in  Windom, 
Minn.  He  was  married  in  1878,  to  Miss  Mary  B.  Shields,  a  native  of 
Ohio,  by  her  he  had  one  child,  which  is  dead.  Joseph  Nelson  left  the 
farm  at  an  early  age,  going  to  Bellaire,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
business  of  drugs;  left  here  about  187 1,  when  he  went  to  Windon, 
where  he  entered  a  drug  firm  as  partner.  At  present  he  holds  the 
position  of  cashier  of  the  Windon  National  bank.  He  married  in 
1S74,  Mary  Evans,  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  By  her  he  had  four  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  are  still  living:  Reuben,  Lizzie  and  Maggie. 
Margaret  and  Alexander  McGregor  died  when  still  children.  1  he 
grandfather  and  grandmother  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  all 
of  whom  arc  now  deceased:  Lucinda,  born  17S9;  James,  1791;  Mar- 
garet, 1794;  Mary,  1796;  Elizabeth,  1799;  Jane,  1S00;  Alexander, 
1S04;  Robert,  1806,  and  John,  1810.  The  family  ancestry,  as  far  back 
as  can  be  traced,  show  them  to  be  a  race  remarkable  for  sturdiness 
and  industry. 

William  J.  McClain,  the  leading  contractor  and  builder,  and  a  rep- 
resentative citizen  of  Bellaire,  was  born  July  12,  1S49,  in  county 
Tyrone,  Ireland.  Joseph  and  Jane  (Ellison!  McClain  were  his  par- 
ents, they  were  natives  of  the  same  county,  the  father  having  been 
born  in  the  year  1801.  After  obtaining  as  much  of  an  education  as 
was  possible'  he  went  to  work  as  a  stone-mason,  afterward  becoming 
a  contractor,  being  engaged  in  this  work  until  his  demise  in  1807. 
Joseph  was  the  father  of  nine  children,  six  sons  and  three  daughters. 
"Six  of  these  children  survive  their  parents,  the  mother  having  fol- 
lowed her  husband  to  the  grave  in  the  year  rSS:>,  dying  in  her  son's 
home  at  Bellaire.  When  fifteen  years  of  age,  up  to  which  time  he 
had  been  engaged  in  acquiring  an  education,  William  McClain  began 
work  with  his  father  as  a  stone-mason,  and  was  engaged  in  this  pur- 
suit in  Ireland  until  [S66,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and 
located  in  Belmont  county,  first  working  for  John  Duboise.  After 
remaining  with  Mr.  Duboise  for  some  time.  Mr.  McClain  began  con- 
tracting, his  first  contracts  being  in  Bellaire.  I  lis  success  was  not 
very  flattering  at  the  outset,  as  he  was  unable  to  collect  the  money  lor 
several  different  contracts  which  he  had  completed  in  a  satisfactory 
manner.  Through  the  kindness  of  Messrs  Houge  N  Cowan,  then 
engaged  in  banking  in  the  city,  Mr.  McClain  was  enabled  to  continue 
in  his  business,  they  having  loaned  him  the  the  sum  of  S300  without 
security.  From  this  time  he  had  a  very  prosperous  season  until  1S7,;, 
when  he  invested  all  of  his  capital  in  the  Pittsburgh,  Wheeling  N 
Kentucky  railroad,  and  the  property  that  had  been  accumulated  dur- 
ing his  residence  in  this  country  was  all  lost  in  this  railroad.  Continu- 
ing in  his  business,  he  in  time  regained  his  losses  and  in  1NS0  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  or  land  near  Bellaire,  at  is  what  is  now  known  as 
McClainsville,  were  he  opened  a  stone  quarry.  Mr.  McClain  soon 
after  founded  a  town  known  as  McClainsville.  This  quarry  lias  proved 
a  very  wise  investment,  he  having  built  some  of  the  finest  buildings 
in  Bellaire  and  surrounding  towns,  and  is  also  the  builder  of   the  Bel- 


596  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

mont  county  court  house  and  jail,  and  the  Orphans'  Home,  jail  and 
sheriff's  residence  of  Monroe  county.  Mr.  McClain's  reputation  as  a 
builder  gained  for  him  the  building  of  the  Broad  Street  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  of  Columbus.  In  1X70  he  took  Sarah  J.  Braiden  to 
wife,  and  by  her  has  had  eight  children:  James,  William  J.,  Samuel, 
Bessie,  Lillie  B.,  Sadie,  Richard  and  Ora  M.,  all  living  but  James  and 
Lillie.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McClain  are  members  of  the  hirst  Presbyterian 
church,  and  the  former  is  also  a  Mason,  and  a  member  of  the 
I.  O.  O.  F.  His  political  faith  is  founded  upon  the  principles  of  the 
republican  party. 

Robert  Merritt  was  born  in  March,  iSoq.  in  Berkely  county,  Va. 
He  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  when  but  eighteen  months 
old.  Was  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  (  Long)  Merritt,  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia, who  came  to  Ohio  in  1S10,  and  settled  near  the  farm  now  occu- 
pied by  the  son's  widow,  Mrs.  Robert  Merritt.  Here  they  lived  and 
died.  William  Merritt  was  a  man  much  respected,  and  looked  up  to 
by  his  neighbors,  and  with  his  .imod  wife,  made  excellent  neighbors. 
He  died  in  January,  1835,  his  wife  following  him  some  five  or  six  years 
later,  in  February,  1840.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children, 
all  of  whom  have  passed  away:  Mary,  Robert,  Harriet,  James,  Sarah 
Ann,  Elizabeth,  Benjamin  Anderson.  Robert  came  with  his  parents 
to  Ohio,  in  1S10,  from  Maryland,  and  with  them,  settled  on  the 
farm  near  the  one  now  occupied  by  his  widow,  llis  early  life  was 
spent  at  home  on  the  farm  and  in  acquiring  an  education  from  the 
common  schools.  He  was  married  October  iS,  1831,  to  Eve- 
line Milligan.  a  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Ruth  (Brown)  Milligan,  both 
natives  of  Virginia,  the  daughter  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  born 
near  Wheeling.  Hugh  Milligan  came  to  West  Virginia  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  or  sixteen,  and  located  near  Wheeling,  where  heVspent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  married  in  1S11,  to  Mis^  Ruth  Brown,  a 
native  of  West  Virginia,  and  by  her  had  nine  children,  six  of  whom 
are  still  living:  Sally  A.,  deceased;  William,  deceased;  John,  Josiah, 
Hannah;  Peggy  Jane,  deceased;  Mary,  Eliza.  Eveline  married  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  and  with  him.  in  1S31,  removed  to  the  farm  of  Mr.  Mer- 
ritt's  father,  where  they  remained  until  1843,  when,  having  previously 
completed  the  present  home,  he,  with  his  wife  and  family,  removed 
to  the  place  now  occupied  by  his  survivor.  They  are  the  parents  of 
ten  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living:  Mary  Ann,  Eliza  R.; 
James  L.,  deceased;  Anna  Jane;  William,  deceased;  Hugh  Milligan; 
Sarah  Eveline,  deceased;  Josiah,  Benjamin  Anderson,  Robert  Mitchell. 
Mr.  Merritt  has  nvwv  paid  much  attention  to  political  matters, 
though  at  all  times  a  strong  democrat.  He  was  a  member  with  his 
wife  of  the  Rock  Hill  Presbyterian  church,  and  a  strong  supporter 
and  worker  in  that  organization.  In  his  death  July  26,  1SS4, 
the  wife  lost  a  loving  husband,  the  sons  and  daughters  an  indulgent 
father,  and  the  community,  one  of  her  best  citizens.  1  lis  wife,  Mrs. 
Robert  Merritt,  still  survives  him,  and  surrounded  by  her  children  and 
grandchildren,  lives  happily  in  the  home  of  her  husband.  Of  the 
children,  all  but  one  are  married,  Robert  M.,.who,  at   present,  resides 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  597 

in  California.  Mrs.  Merritt  is  the  mother  of  seven  children  living-, 
twenty-nine  grandchildren  and  eleven  great-grandchildren.  Her 
daughter,  Eliza  Stroman,  wife  of  Alfred  Stroman,  deceased,  lives  with 
heron  the  "homestead  farm.  Mrs.  Stroman  has  had  two  children: 
Willie  E.,  deceased;  .Anna  E.  Anna,  who  in  1888,  married  Frank  O. 
Alexander,  of  Missouri,  but  a  native  of  this  state,  now  lives  with  her 
mother  and  grandmother,  and  is  the  mother  of  two  children:  John  D. 
and  Eveline  M. 

Samuel  Moore,  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  Bellaire,  was  born 
in  Staffordshire,  England,  in  1S47.  lie  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Eliza  (Downing)  Moore.  The  parents  both  came  from  very  old 
English  families,  their  genealogy  having  been  traced  back  for  over 
500  years.  William  Moore  was  the  manager  in  charge  of  the  Chance 
Bros'.  Glass  works  for  over  thirty-four  years,  and  was  still  holding 
that  position  at  the  time  of  his  death  on  February  25,  1S81.  He  was 
the  father  of  fourteen  children,  having  been  twice  married.  The 
mother  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  bore  him  seven  children,  all  of 
them  survive  her,  her  death  having  occurred  in  1S51.  Samuel  Moore 
was  educated  in  England,  and  served  an  apprenticeship  of  seven  years 
as  a  glass-blower.  He  followed  his  trade  in  England  until  1871,  when 
he  came  to  the  United  States,  locating  at  Berkshire.  Mass.  After  one 
year  spent  in  the  latter  place  Mr.  Moore  traveled  for  ten  years  as  a 
salesman  in  the  eastern  states.  In  1SS0  he  came  to  Bellaire,  Ohio, 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  Glass  works.  Having  remained 
with  the  Union  Glass  company  for  two  years,  Mr.  Moore,  in  1SS3, 
organized  the  Crystal  Glass  works,  being  associated  in  this  work  with 
J.  Adams,  T.  Hamilton  and  others.  I  Ie  was  made  the  manager  of  the 
company  at  its  inception,  and  was  a  director  in  the  same  for  over  five 
years,  and  although  he  is  not  connected  in  an  official  capacity  with 
the  company  he  still  retains  his  stock.  In  1SS1,  he  purchased  the  gro- 
cery which  he  now  operates.  When  the  Crystal  Glass  works  were  des- 
troyed by  tire  in  1884,  Mr.  Moore  gave  his  entire  attention  to  the 
grocery  trade  until  1887,  when  he  became  connected  with  the  Enter- 
prise Glass  company,  in  whose  employ  he  still  remains,  his  grocery 
business  being  managed  by  Mr.  T.  Gregg.  He  was  married  to  Sarah 
Rudge,  a  native  of  England.  Five  children  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and 'Mrs.  Moore:  Ada  M.,  Hannah.  Maggie  M..  William  1  I.  and 
Ella  M.,  all  are  living.  1  le  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  hirst  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  which  he  is  a  trustee.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Buckeye  Building  and  Loan  association,  of  which  he  was  an  ap- 
praiser for  some  time,  and  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Bellaire  Gas  & 
Oil  company,  and  has  taken  quite  an  active  part  in  politics,  being  identi- 
fied with  the  republican  party.  Mr.  Moore  is  a  broad  minded,  progress- 
ive business  man.  and  a  good  citizen,  taking  hold  of  anything 
which  in  his  judgment  will  benefit  the  community  at  large. 

Edmund  G.  Morgan  was  one  of  the  most  useful  ami  enterprising 
citizens  that  Bellaire  ever  had.  lb-  was  born  in  Winchester,  Va.,  in 
1823.  His  parents  were  both  Virginians.  After  his  father's  death 
the  family  mined  to  Wheeling,  W.  Va.      Remaining  there   but    a    few 


5qS  history  of  thi:  upper  oiiio  valley. 

years  he  crossed  the  river  and  settled  in  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  about  the 
year  1834.  I  It* re  he  received  his  schooling  and  .studied  law,  but  pre- 
fering  business,  went  into  the  drug  trade,  then  into  the  dry  goods 
business  with  his  father-in-law,  R.  E.  Carothers.  Being  satisfied  that 
St.  Clairsville  was  not  as  promising  a  location  for  business  as  some  of 
its  sister  towns,  he  came  to  Bellaire  in  185S,  and  established  the 
first  wholesale  grocer)'  in  Bellaire.  The  next  enterprise  toward 
which  he  turned  his  attention,  was  the  coal  business.  In  connection 
with  his  father-in-law  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  adjoining  the  city 
and  opened  a  coal  bank.  This  business  is  still  conducted  by  his  son, 
George  E.  Morgan.  Mr.  Morgan  immediately  identified  himself  with 
every  enterprise,  which  promised  in  any  way  to  benefit  the  city  in 
which  he  lived.  He  was  largely  interested  in,  and  was  president  of, 
the  Belmont  Glass  company  and  Goblet  company.  At  the  time  of  the 
organization  of  the  B.,  L.  &  C.  R.  R.,  Mr.  Morgan  was  one  of  the  most 
active  in  securing  its  existence,  and  shortly  after  its  completion,  was 
elected  president  of  the  same,  which  office  he  held  for  several  years. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bellaire  Street  R.  R.  I  le 
was  a  member  of  the  city  council  for  several  terms,  also  of  the  school 
board.  He  lived  to  do  much  good,  and  dying,  left  a  name  unbe- 
smirched  by  any  mean  actions.  Not  a  church  member,  yet  one  of 
the  most  liberal  contributors  to  churches  and  charitable  institutions 
of  Bellaire.  Mr.  Morgan  was  a  Mason  and  a  democrat.  George  E., 
son  of  above,  soon  after  his  father's  death,  took  charge  of  the  coal 
business,  and  still  owns  it.  Is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  is  a  democrat.  He  is  one  of  Bellaire's  leading  citizens  and  an 
enterprising  young  man. 

The  most  popular  hotel  man  in  Bellaire,  Ohio,  is  Ezekiel  C.  Mor- 
ris. Mr.  Morris  was  born  in  Marion  county,  YY.  Ya.,  January  28,  1S28. 
He  is  the  son  of  Richard  and  Susannah  (Stull)  Morris,  both  natives 
of  Virginia.  Richard  was  the  son  of  Zadoc  Morris,  a  native  of  Dela- 
ware, who  came  to  Virginia  at  an  early  date,  locating  near  Cassville. 
Here  he  remained  until  his  death,  wdiich  occurred  in  his  ninetieth  year, 
about  1840.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  Richard  Morris  was 
born  in  1784,  in  the  state  of  Delaware,  coming  to  Virginia  with  his 
parents.  He  obtained  but  a  limited  education,  and  gave  his  attention 
to  farming,  which  he  followed  all  his  days,  dying  in  1872.  He  was  the 
father  of  twelve  children,  eleven  of  whom  are  still  living.  The  mother 
died  in  1859.  Ezekiel  was  educated  in  Virginia,  after  leaving  school 
he  served  an  apprenticeship  of  four  years  as  a  tanner,  under  ex-Gov- 
ernor Pierpont.  Until  the  year  1854  Mr.  Morris  was  engaged  in  the 
tanner's  trade,  the  last  three  years  of  his 
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business, being  a  born  hotel-keeper, he  has  improved  his  house  in  Bel- 
laire  until  it  is  now  considered  one  of  the  best  hotels  in  eastern  Ohio. 
In  1S52  he  married  Caroline  Bruneau,  a  native  of  Virginia.  They 
have  had  two  daughters:  Alice  L.  and  Mar}-  O.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mor- 
ris always  give  of  their  means  for  the;  advancement  of  any  and  all  de- 
serving charitable  enterprises,  and  are  among  the  most  popular 
residents  of  Bellaire.  Mr.  Morris  is  an  ardent  republican,  and  was 
formerly  a  Whig.     I  Ie  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order. 

One  of  Bellaire's  best  physicians  and  most  successful  citizens,  is 
Robert  \Y.  Muhleman,  M.  D.,  who  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Ohio, 
in  1S53.  Mis  parents,  Fred  and  Elizabeth  (Zink)  Muhleman,  were 
both  natives  of  Switzerland,  from  which  country  they  emigrated  to 
America  about  1S30,  going  direct  to  Monroe  count}',  where  the  father 
engaged  in  farming,  remaining  in  this  business  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1SS4.  He  was  married  in  Monroe  count}-,  Ohio,  in  1843. 
This  marriage  was  blessed  by  the  birth  of  eight  children,  all  of  whom 
survive  the  father.  Mrs.  FVed  Muhleman  still  resides  on  the  farm  in 
Monroe  county.  Dr.  Muhleman,  the  principal  of  this  biography,  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  in  the  Monroe  county  schools,  after- 
ward attending  Baldwin  university,  at  Berea,  Ohio.  After  attending 
college,  he  returned  to  his  home  and  taught  school  for  a  number  of 
years,  during  the  years  of  1873-4  he  was  superintendent  of  public 
schools  at  Barnesville.  Monroe  Co.,  Ohio.  In  the  vacations  he  had 
been  applying  himself  to  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  tutelage  of 
Dr.  S.  A.  "Muhleman,  of  Wheeling.  In  1S76  he  entered  the  Pulte 
Medical  college,  of  Cincinnati,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1S77. 
The  same  year  he  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Bellaire,  and  has 
remained  there  since,  having  acquired  a  very  large  practice.  In  1S79, 
Dr.  Muhleman,  in  company  with  C.  C.  Cratty,  C.  C.  Kelley,  II.  Roemer 
and  several  others,  organized  the  Union  Glass  company;  in  1SS2,  he, 
with  D.  J.  Smith,  S.  R.  Hamilton  and  John  Shannafelt,  organized  the 
Crystal  Window  Glass  company,  of  which  he  was  made  president,  and 
he  holds  this  position  at  present.  He  is  also  largely  interested  in  the 
Bellaire  Window  Glass  company,  in  which  he  holds  the  office  of  vice- 
president.  Dr.  Muhleman  invested  very  largely  in  Wichita.  Kansas, 
property  in  the  year  1S77,  and  in  this  enterprise  has  met  with  the  suc- 
cess which  follows  business  tact  and  thrift,  lie  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Bellaire,  being  one  of  it^>  most  efficient 
members.     In  politics,  he  is  a  loyal  democrat. 

Robert  E.  Xeal  is  one  of  the  pioneer  characters  of  Bellaire.  He  is 
a  native  of  Belmont  county,  having  first  seen  the  light  of  day  at  I'nion- 
town,  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  June  is.  1S31.  Mr.  Xeal's  parents  were 
George  and  Mary  1  Haves)  Xeal.  both  of  Irish  descent,  and  both  born 
in  Pennsylvania.     George  Xeal  was  a  cabinet-maker    and  gunsmith. 


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learned  the  trade  of  tailoring,  but  did  not  work  at  it  many  years.  1  It- 
next  gave  his  attention  to  the  livery  business  in  Bellaire,  where  he 
went  in  1854.  lie  has  since  remained  in  this  business.  I  le  was  united 
in  marriage,  and  the  union  was  crowned  by  the  birth  of  three  children: 
Mar)',  Robert  F.  and  William,  all  of  them  survive  their  mother,  who 
has  passed  away.  Mr.  Neal  married  a  second  time,  lie  is  a  Mason 
and  an  ardent  democrat.  Mr.  Xeal  probably  has  as  large  a  trade  as 
any  man  in  the  county.  I  Ic  has  gained  the  reputation  of  being  a  man 
square  in  his  dealings  with  everybody,  and  of  doing  everything  in  his 
power  to  accommodate  those  who  give  him  their  patronage.  At  all 
times  keenly  alive  to  his  business  interests,  yet  never  overstepping 
the  strictest  bounds  of  honesty.  He  is  always  ready  to  give  of  his 
means  to  any  deserving  cause,  and  has  supported  everything  that 
would  tend  to  benefit  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 

Alexander  Xeff  is  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  prosperous 
farmers  and  stock-raisers  in  Belmont  county.  Mr.  Xeff  is  the  descend- 
ant of  an  old  and  influential  family.  I  lis  birth  occurred  in  Pultney 
township,  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  February  nth,  1848.  Like  most 
farmer's  sons,  he  was  reared  on  the  farm,  attending  school  in  the  win- 
ter and  working  during  the  summer  months.  I  lis  schooling  was  ob- 
tained in  the  district  school  known  as  the  "  Bald  Knob"  school-house, 
and  al  the  select  school  at  Centreville,  Ohio,  taught  by  S.  1 1.  Wallace. 
Mr.  Xeff  taught  school  for  a  short  time  when  he  was  nineteen  years 
of  age.  1  lis  marriage  to  Lizzie  J.  Wallace,  of  Utica,  Licking  Co., 
Ohio,  was  solemnized  February  27th,  1884.  Mrs.  Xeff  was  born  in 
Knox  county,  near  1  Lint's  Station,  (  )hio.  1  ler  parents  came  from  Ire- 
land when  very  young,  their  parents  settled  in  Knox  county.  Mr. 
K<^\'(  was  real  estate  assessor  in  18S0,  ami  made  the  decennial  ap- 
praismcnl  of  lands  in  Pultney  township.  1  le  has  always  been  a  demo- 
crat. Mr.  Xeff  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  is  clerk 
of  the  session  of  Coalbrook  church,  St.  Clairsville  presbytery,  lie 
has  been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising  all  his  life,  and  has 
made  a  marked  success  in  this  line,  being  recognized  as  one  of  the 
leading  agriculturists  of  the  township.  Mr.  Xeff's  parents  were 
born  in  Pultney  township,  near  Xeff's  Siding,  on  the  B.  X  O.  rail- 
road. The  mother  was  born  April  23d,  1814,  and  died  April  20th, 
18S3.  The  father  died  October  2Qth.  1852.  Their  marriage  took 
place  April  1st,  1845.  Their  parents  came  from  the  state  of  Maryland 
about  1801,  or  1802,  and  settled  at  McMahon's  Creek,  in  Belmont 
county.  Ohio.  They  were  of  Scotch-Dutch-Irish  descent.  In  religion 
they  were  Covenanters. 

Andrew  James  \t-((  was  born  March  4,  1850,  on  the  farm  he  now 
occupies,  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Jane  (Alexander)  Xeff,  natives  of 
Ohio.  Ills  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm  and  in  acquiring  an  edu- 
cation at  the  common  schools,  he  also  spent  one  term  at  the  select 
school  at  Bethel.  His  father  dying  in  1852,  Mr.  Xeff  and  his  two 
elder  brothers,  John  W.  and  Alexander  Xeff,  were  left  the  entire 
charge  of  the  farm  ami  support  of  the  family.  In  188;  Andrew 
bought  the  homestead  farm    from  the  remaining   heirs,  and  has  since 


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that  time  operated  it  for  himself.  lie  was  married  in  1883  to  Mary  A. 
Brannen,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  I  larriet  Branncn,  residents  of  (  )hio. 
They  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  both  living:  Herbert  B.  and 
Hazel  J.  lie  never  pays  any  attention  to  politics,  more  than  to  vote 
the  democratic  ticket.  Both  Mr.  Neff  and  wife  are  members  and 
strong  supporters  of  the  Bethel  Presbyterian  church. 

Theodore  XelT,  a  representative  farmer  of  Pultney  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  Ohio,  was  burn  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  in  1857.  I'ntil 
twenty-eight  years  old  he  was  engaged  in  assisting  his  father  in  farm- 
ing, and  obtaining  an  education.  In  1S7S  he  married  Miss  Nancy  J. 
McKelvey,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  McKelvey,  a  resident  of  Meade 
township.  At  his  father's  death  in  18S3,  the  home  farm  was  left  to 
him.  Two  years  later  he  bought  another  farm  adjoining  the  home 
farm.  In  1886  he  again  bought  another  farm  in  Pultney  township, 
and  removed  to  it,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  now  engaged  in 
growing  fine:  fruits  and  vegetables  for  the  markets.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Neff  are  the  parents  of  the  following  named  children:  Edna  1  ">.. 
Jacob  Harris  and  Carrie  L.,  all  living.  Mr.  Neff  has  paid  but  little 
attention  to  politics  beyond  the  affairs  of  the  county  and  township. 
He  was  elected  assessor  of  York  township  on  the  democratic  ticket, 
and  has  always  been  identified  with  all  enterprise  relating  to  schools 
and  public  roads,  and  is  now  secretary  of  the  Enterprise  Farmers' 
Alliance  in  this  county.  Gerge  Neff,  "father  of  the  subject  of  this 
mention,  was  born  in  June,  1811,  in  Richland  township,  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  lie  was  a  son  of  Conrad  and  Elizabeth  (Feeley) 
Neff,  natives  of  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania,  respectively.  Conrad 
Neff  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  After  leaving  Maryland  he  settled 
in  Pennsylania,  and  was  married.  Alter  three  years'  married  life  his 
wife  died,  leaving  two  children,  one  boy  and  one  girl,  1  lenry 
and  Hannah.  Thence  he  moved  to  Ohio,  where  he  married  Miss 
Feeley.  By  his  second  wife  he  had  eleven  children,  eight  sons 
and  three  daughters,  five  of  whom  survive,  they  are:  Susan,  Conrad, 
William.  Benjamin  and  Jacob.  Those  who  are  deceased  are: 
Henry,  George,  Mary,  Peter,  Thomas,  Ann  and  Hannah.  At  Conrad 
Neff's  demise  the  old  homestead  was  left  to  his  wife  during  her  life. 
and  on  her  death  it  was  sold  to  the  youngest  son,  Jacob,  who  still 
owns  and  resides  on  it.  The  proceeds  were  divided  among  the  heirs. 
Besides  the  home  property,  Conrad  left  a  large  amount  of  land. 
During  his  lifetime  he  gave  each  son  a  farm,  George's  land  being 
situated  in  York  township.  George  XelT  was  married  in  1840,  to 
Miss  Martha  Williams,  daughter  of  Ezra  Williams,  a  native  of  the 
county  of  Cork.  Ireland,  but  a  resident  at  the  time  of  Belmont  county, 
Ohio.  Ezra  William-,  was  married  to  Miss  Armclia  Thompson,  who 
was  born  in  the  first  log  cabin  that  was  built  where  the  city  of  Bridge- 
port now  stands.  Of  the  three  children  born  to  Mr.  ami'  Mrs.  XelT, 
Theodore  is  the  only  living  representative.  The  children  wore: 
Sarah  Elizabeth.  Ezra  and  Theodore.  George  Neff  and  wife  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  '  lie  died  December  17, 
188;.  and   his  wife  passed  awa\  September  jo,  1878.     The  Neff  family 


602  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

have  always  been  one  of  the  most  respected  families  in  the  count)-, 
always  being  industrious,  economical  men;  none  of  the  name  were 
ever  known  to  go  to  law  with  his  fellow  man. 

The  popular  and  successful  manager  and  shipping  clerk  of  the  Bel- 
mont Glass  company,  of  Bellaire,  Ohio,  is  Alexander  Ogle.  Mr. 
Ogle  has,  by  unflagging  energy  and  devotion  to  his  employer's  inter- 
ests, worked  his  way  from  a  general  assistant  around  the  company's 
works  to  his  present  responsible  position.  lie  was  horn  in  the  city  of 
Bellaire  .March  5,1848,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Julia  (McElycene) 
Ogle,  natives  of  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania,  respectively.  Mr.  Ogle  re- 
ceived his  schooling  in  the  Bellaire  city  schools,  afterward  working 
upon  the  river  for  a  short  time.  He  was  variously  engaged  until  the 
secession  of  the  southern  states,  at  which  time  he  became  an  assistant 
in  one  of  the  departments  of  the  Union  army,  being  with  the  Seventy- 
seventh  Ohio  regiment  of  volunteers.  Me  served  until  the  close  of 
the  war  in  this  capacity,  being  too  young  to  enlist  as  a  regular  soldier. 
Mr.  Ogle  was  with  Sherman  on  his  march  to  the  sea,  and  also  at  Pitts- 
burgh Landing,  and  participated  in  several  other  important  engage- 
ments. After  the  war  he  returned  to  Bellaire,  and  when  the  erection 
of  the  works  of  the  Belmont  Glass  company  began  Ik;  entered  the 
employ  of  that  company,  and  lias  remained  with  them  up  to  this  time. 
Catherine  Lilly,  of  this  city,  became  his  wife  in  Jul)-,  1870,  and  has 
borne  him  three  children:  Bertha  M.,  Ora  O.  and  Alexander  F.  Mrs. 
Ogle  and  her  daughters  are  members  of  the  Christian  church,  of 
which  they  are  active  communicants.  Mr.  Ogle  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  espouses  the  principles  incorporated  in  the 
platform  of  the  republican  party,  ami  has  ever  been  an  active  and 
faithful  follower  of  this  organization.  Mr.  Ogle  has  gained  many 
friends  in  his  business  and  social  career,  and  is  held  in  the  highest 
esteem  by  the  people  who  know  him  best.  A  man  of  much  force  of 
character  and  of  strict  integrity. 

Benjamin  F.  Ogle  was  born  in  February  28,  1822,  in  Mead  town- 
ship, Belmont  count)-,  Ohio,  and  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth 
(Fletcher)  Ogle,  natives  of  Virginia  and  Xew  Jersey,  respectively. 
His  early  life  was  spent  at  home  acquiring  an  education  from  the  lim- 
ited resources  at  that  time  at  command,  and  in  assisting  his  foster 
parents  on  the  farm.  At  about  the  age  of  fourteen,  becoming  tired 
of  the  quiet  and  disagreeable  life  led  here,  he  ran  away  and  from  that 
time  forth  carved  his  way  alone.'  From  here  he  worked  at  different 
occupations  until  about  185(3,  when  he  engaged  in  boating  on  the  Ohio, 
from  the  source  to  its  mouth  ami  on  many  of  its  tributaries.  Here 
he  worked  at  many  different  phase's  of  steam-boat  life  until  finally 
having  by  industry,  patience  and  perseverance,  acquired  a  knowledge 
of  the  channels  of  the  stream  over  which  he  had  been  boating,  he  was 
employed  as  pilot  on  the  Ohio,  between  Pittsburgh  and  Louisville,  in 
1859.  His  life  as  pilot  was  begun  in  a  very  humble  way,  but  by  the 
industry  and  perseverance  which  have  always  marked  his  career  he 
soon  rose  in  his  profession  until  in  or  about  1840,  when  he  was  con- 
sidered one  of  the  hest  pilots  on    the  Ohio,  and    from    that  time   until 


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BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  603 

the  time  of  his  retirement  held  many  places  of  trust  and  great  re- 
sponsibility. On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  Mr.  Ogle  was  engaged 
on  the  steamer  "Unis,"  between  Pittsburgh  and  Louisville,  under  Capt. 
].  McClure,  of  Wheeling,  but  after  the  outbreak  was,  by  reason  of  his 
knowledge  of  the  river  channels,  made  a  government  pilot,  and  while 
here  in  this  position  saw  many  important  engagements  and  had  many 
narrow  escapes.  He  was  engaged  in  piloting  dispatch-boats,  gun- 
boats, transports,  etc., and  necessarilysaw  much  fighting.  He  was  from 
the  opening  to  the  close  of  the  war  engaged  in  the  government  ser- 
vice, and  some  of  the  more  important  engagements  in  which  he  par- 
ticipated were,  Fort  Donnelson,  Pittsburgh  Landing,  Yicksburg, 
Arkansas  Post,  and  many  smaller  engagements.  At  the  close  of 
the  war  Mr.  Ogle  again  returned  to  the  service  of  the  different  steam 
companies  operating  on  the  Ohio.  In  1S85,  having  been  for  many 
years  in  the  boat  service  and  having  acquired  a  small  competency, 
Mr.  Ogle  retired  from  active  life  and  now  resides  in  Bellaire,  Ohio, 
with  his  wife  and  son.  Mr.  Ogle  was  married  in  May,  1845,  to  -VEss 
Julia  McElvaine,  a  daughter  of  James  McElvaine  and  Mary  (Yinzandt  i 
a  descendant  of  Scotland,  but  a  native  and  resident  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  a  farmer  of  Lawrence  county.  They  are  the  parents  of  three 
daughters  and  two  sons,  all  of  whom  are  still  living:  Cordelia  A.,  now 
Mrs.  Hibbard.of  Barnesville;  Alexander  O,  married  and  living  in  Bel- 
laire; Mary  A.,  now  Mrs.  Mary  Lille,  of  Bellaire;  Ella  Y..  now  Mrs. 
Shoemacher,  of  Massilon,  Ohio;  Theodore  ].)..  still  un-married  and 
resides  at  home  with  his  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ogle  are  members  of 
the  Disciple  church  of  Bellaire.  and  are  strong  workers  for  its  inter- 
ests. Benjamin  (  >gle,  Sr.,  was  born  in  the  east,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  engaged  on  the  Ohio  in  flat-boating,  and  on  one  o\  these 
trips  met  his  death.  His  death  occurred  some  three  or  four  months 
previous  to  the  birth  of  his  son.  and  after  the  birth  of  the  son  he,  the 
son,  was  bound  out  to  a  farmer  residing  near  them,  and  it  is  a  praise- 
worthy thing  to  notice  that  Benjamin  Ogle,  Jr.,  has  risen  from  what 
we  term  poverty  and  obscurity  to  a  position  of  independence  and  re- 
spectability, solely  through  his  own  exertions.  After  the  father's 
death  the  mother  re-married,  and  thus  severed  her  connection  with 
the  Ogle  family.  The  ancestry  of  the  family  dates  back  main  years, 
but  owing  to  limited  ways  can  not  be  accurately  followed.  The  grand- 
father was  the  man  who.  with  a  relative,  settled  at  Dillic's  Bottom,  in 
Mead  township,  and  the  present  family  are  direct  descendants  of 
Gov.  Ogle,  who  reigned  over  the  extensive  territory  ol  Maryland,  in 
1735.  and  many  years  ago  the  family  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
in  America.  Another  was  governor  of  Delaware  in  1750.  both  ol 
whom  secured  their  commissions  from  King  George  of  England. 

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the  carpenter's  trade  with  his  father,  and  worked  at  cabinet-making 
from  1X45  to  1848,  in  Allegheny  City,  hie  came  to  Belmont  county  in 
1S50.  lie  was  educated  at  the;  public  schools,  and  at  night  schools 
while  working  at  the  trade.  He  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in 
1854,  and  auditor  of  Belmont  county  in  185S,  and  was  re-elected  in 
i860,  lie  recruited  a  company  for  the  Forty-third  Ohio  volunteer 
infantry  in  1S61,  and  served  as  its  captain  until  July,  1862,  when  he 
was  detailed  by  Governor  Todd  to  recruit  for  the  Ninety-eighth  Ohio 
volunteer  infantry,  and  was  appointed  lieutenant  colonel  when  organ- 
ized, and  after  the  death  of  Col.  George  Webster,  killed  at  Perrysville, 
in  command  of  the  brigade,  was  made  colonel  of  the  regiment  which 
he  had  commanded  in  the  battle  of  Perrysville,  where  every  other 
field  officer  in  the  brigade,  and  thirty-eight  soldiers  of  the  regiment 
were  killed,  and  100  soldiers  of  the  regiment  were  wounded.  Served 
with  the  regiment  until  it  was  reduced  to  less  than  200  men  for  duty. 
After  returning  to  St.  Clairsville  he  edited  the  Belmont  Chronicle, 
which  he  had  purchased  in  i860,  and  having  .studied  law,  graduated 
at  the  Cincinnati  law  school,  and  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law 
in  the  supreme  court  of  the  state,  and  practiced  with  marked  success 
for  two  years,  but  preferred  newspaper  work  to  the  practice  of  the 
law.  In  1870  he  removed  to  Bellaire,  and  organized  the  Bellaire  Im- 
plement iv  Machine  works,  which,  for  want  of  sufficient  capital,  and 
because  of  the  great  depression  in  business  alter  the  panic  of  1873, 
failed  a  few  years  later.  In  187S  he  commenced  the  publication  of 
the  Bellaire  Tribune,  as  a  weekly  paper.  He  started  the  Evening  Tri- 
bune in  1880,  as  a  daily,  and  enlarged  both  since,  making  the  former  a 
semi-weekly,  both  of  which  are  running  successfully.  I  le  was  elected 
to  the  house  of  representatives  of  the  general  assembly  of  the  state 
in  1885,  and  was  re-elected  in  1887,  serving  the  first  time  as  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  privileges  and  elections,  which  investigated  the 
Cincinnati  election  frauds,  and  in  the  second  term  as  a  leading  mem- 
ber of    the  financial  committee. 

William  M.  Reed,  one  of  the  most  successful  boot  and  shoe  dealers, 
and  one  of  the  well-known  citizens  of  Bellaire,  was  born  in  county 
Deny,  Ireland,  in  1835.  He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Reed,  both 
natives  of  Ireland.  John  Reed  was  an  expert  engineer.  Coming  to 
this  country  in  1845,  he  located  at  Pittsburgh.  Penn.,  remaining  there 
until  his  death  in  l86S.  His  death  was  caused  by  a  fall  while  helping 
to  save  the  property  of  the  company  for  which  he  was  working.  He 
left  seven  children,  five  of  them  still  living.  William  Reed  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Pittsburgh  schools,  and  then  began  working  in  a  rolling 
mill,  having  worked  at  the  trade  of  a  nailer  while  so  employed.  In 
1808  he  went  to  Steubenville,  Ohio,  remaining  there  four  years.  While 
in  Steubenville,  Mr.  Reed  bought  some  stock  in  the  Bellaire  Xail 
r  coming  to  Bellaire,  he  commenced  work  for 
tarried  Josephine  Krouskope  in  1S60,  having  had 
■r,  nine  of  the  children  are  still  living.  Moth  Mr. 
lembers  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,  of 
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K.  of  P.  In  [888  Mr.  Reed  opened  a  small  boot  and  shoe  store  on 
Gravel  Hill,  but  in  1890  he  moved  his  business  to  his  present  location 
in  the  business  part  of  Bellaire.  For  eight  years  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council,  and  for  some  time  was  president  of  that  body. 
Me  is  a  republican.  Since  coming  to  Bellaire,  Mr.  Reed  has  not  only 
made  a  marked  business  success,  but  he  has  also  become  very  popu- 
lar with  his  fellow-citizens,  having  commanded  their  respect  and 
esteem  by  sterling  integrity  ami  a  strict  observance  of  the  laws  which 
should  govern  the  dealings  of  man  and  man.  I  le  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  substantial  men  of  the  city,  having  given  his  aid  at  all  times 
to  every  public  improvement  which  in  his  judgment  would  benefit  the 
community. 

One  of  the  leading  grocers  and  politicians  of  Bellaire,  is  Jacob  Rietz, 
a  native  of  Germany,  having  been  born  in  Bavaria,  in  1841.  1  lis  par- 
ents were  Jacob  and  Margaret  Rietz.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and 
lived  in  Germany  until  1846,  when  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States. 
They  took  up  their  abode  in  Washington  county,  Ohio,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  farm.  For  a  number  of  years  Jacob,  Sr.,  was  engaged  in  the 
lumber  trade  on  the  Muskingum  river,  having  met  with  success  in  his 
enterprises  he  is  now  living  a  life  of  retirement,  having  raised  five 
children  who  are  now  living  and  blessing  the  parents  who  gave  them 
life.  Jacob  Rietz,  of  Bellaire,  is  the  son  of  the  above  named.  After 
obtaining  a  fair  schooling  in  Washington  county,  he  assisted  his  father 
in  the  lumber  business  until  he  was  about  twenty-five  years  old,  he 
then  spent  some  years  in  boating  and  various  other  occupations,  and 
in  1875,  came  to  Bellaire,  entering  the  employ  of  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  railroad  company,  as  a  machinist,  lie  remained  with  them  for 
two  years,  and  in  1877,  opened  a  small  grocer}'  store  on  the  lot  where 
he  now  conducts  one  of  the  largest  trades  in  the  city.  Miss  Caroline 
Schromm,  of  Lowell,  Ohio,  became  his  wife  in  1S6S,  and  has  borne  him 
four  children:  Albert  J.,  Nora,  William  1  I.  and  Clarence  E.,  all  are 
living  but  the  last  named,  who  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rietz 
are  communicants  of  the  German  Reform  church,  and  the  former  is 
also  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.*  Always  having  taken  a  patriotic 
interest  in  politics,  Mr.  Rietz  was  placed  in  the  city  council  by  the 
democratic  party  in  1888,  and  has  conducted  himself  to  his  own  credit 
and  the  benefit  of  the  city.  Mr.  Rietz  has  been  very  successful  in 
business  and  is  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  Bellaire,  taking  much 
interest  in  anything  which  promises  to  be  of  aid  to  the  municipality. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  stockholders  of  the  Dollar  Savings  bank 
of  Bellaire. 

Albert  I).  Rodefer,  senior  member  of  the  firmoi  Rodefer  Brother-,. 
glass  manufacturers,  of  Bellaire.  Ohio,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Bell- 
aire in  1841,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Horn)  Rodefer.  John  Rode- 
fer was  the  son  of  John  Rodefer,  Sr.,  a  native  of  Ohio.  In  1706  John 
Rodefer.  Sr.,  came  to  Wheeling,  W.  \  a.,  and  engaged  in  his  trade  of 
a  blacksmith.  Soon  after  coming  to  Wheeling  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Barbara  Bennett,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Bennett,  the  famous 
Indian  scout  and  trailer.     After  his  marriage  he  moved  on   to  a  farm 


606  HISTORY    OF    THE    UITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

on  Wheeling  creek,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming-  and  distilling 
until  about  the  year  1833.  Having  purchased  a  tract  of  133  acres  (if 
land  which  now  constitutes  the  very  center  of  the  city  of  Bellaire,  he 
lived  there  until  he  disposed  of  it  in  1853,  he  then  moved  to  what  is 
now  known  as  Pultney  Bottoms,  and  lived  thereuntil  his  death,  which 
occurred  about  the  year  1858.  I  le  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
eight  years,  and  his  wife  died  the  following  year,  having  reached  her 
eighty-sixth  year.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  all  of 
whom  are  now  dead  with  the  exception  of  two.  John  Rodefer,  Jr., 
was  born  June  16,  1810.  I  lis  early  life  was  passed  on  a  farm  in  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  was  also  interested  in  river  transportion,  makingsev- 
eral  trips  to  New  Orleans.  In  1833  ne  came  into  Ohio,  where  he  died 
February  7,  1888.  His  wife  was  Mary,  the  daughter  of  S.  L.  Horn, 
who  was  of  a  roving  spirit,  having  been  born  in  .Maine,  he  made  the, 
then  perilous,  trip  to  Ohio  at  an  early  date.  He  was  under  Commo- 
dore Perry  in  his  great  battles  on  the  lakes,  and  finally  met  his  end 
in  Missouri.  The  marriage  ceremony  of  John  Rodefer  and  Mary 
Horn  was  solemnized  in  1S40,  to  whom  seven  children  were  born,  five 
of  these  children  still  survive  the  mother,  who  died  in  18S5.  Albert  1  ). 
Rodefer  attended  the  schools  of  his  native  city,  finishing  his  school- 
ing in  the  commercial  college  of  Wheeling.  When  twenty-two  years 
old  he  went  west  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Western  Fur  com- 
pany, being  occupied  in  boating  on  the  Missouri  river.  During  the 
winter  months  he  was  engaged  in  teaming  across  the  prairit-s  for  the 
same  company.  For  some  time  Mr.  Rodefer  carried  the  money  for 
paying  the  soldiers  at  the  forts  along  the  Missouri  river,  very  often 
carrying  large;  sums  of  money  through  a  country  where  his  life  would 
not  have  been  worth  a  moment's  purchase  had  it  been  known  that  he 
had  money  on  his  person.  In  1S73  he  returned  to  his  native  state 
and  the  following  year  entered  the  employ  of  the  National  Glass 
company,  as  shipping  clerk,  and  remained  with  them  until  they  sus- 
pended business  in  1S76.  In  the  following  year  in  company  with  his 
brothers,  Thornton  A.  and  John  F..  Mr.  Rodefer  purchased  the  busi- 
ness, which  has  since  been  operated  under  the  name  of  the  National 
Glass  works,  he  being  the  general  manager  of  the  same.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Margaret  Cochrane,  a  resident  of  Belmont  county,  Mr.  Rode- 
fer had  three  children,  Lillie  J.,  now  living  in  San  Francisco,  wife  of 
R.Hall;  Kate  C,  and  one  that  died  in  its  infancy.  Mrs.  Rodefer 
died  in  Maw  1S66.  Mr.  Rodefer  married  for  his  second  wife  Rebecca 
McElroy,  by  whom  he  has  had  three  children:  Lucy  lb,  Mary  M. 
and  Albert  b...  now  dead.  Mrs.  Rodefer  is  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church,  in  which  society  she  is  an  active  worker.  Few  men  have 
had  a  more  varied  experience  in  life,  and  few  men  have  held  them- 
selves above  the  temptations  of  a  business  career  more  successfully 
than  has  Albert  D.  Rodefer.  He  is  one  of  the  most  influential  and 
most  highly  esteemed  men  of  Bellaire.  He  is  a  democrat,  believing 
firmly  in  the  principles  and  platform  of  that  organization. 

Andrew  Roeder,  one  of  Bellaire's  most  prominent   anil   prosperous 
citizens,  is  one  of  twelve  children  born  to  Hcnryand  Louisa  (Loeffert) 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  6oj 

Roeder.  The  parents  were  natives  of  Germany,  and  came  to  this 
country  in  1853,  bringing  their  family  with  them.  The  father  was  a 
farmer  in  his- native  land,  and  when  he  arrived  in  the  United  States, 
he  locared  in  Baltimore-,  Md.  In  1858,  he  came  to  Bellaire,  Ohio,  and 
made  his  home  with  his  children,  who  resided  there,  hisdeath  occurring 
in  1863,  his  wife  followed  him  to  the  grave  in  1SS0.  Andrew  Roeder 
was  born  in  Kreis  Schuechtern,  Province  Hessen,  German)',  in  1833, 
coming  to  America  when  sixteen  years  old.  His  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  schools  of  his  native  land.  Going  at  once  to  Baltimore, 
he  there  learned  the  cooper's  trade,  working  at  it  until  1S6S.  In  1857, 
Mr.  Roeder  came  to  Bellaire  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  B.  &  O. 
railroad,  as  a  cooper.  In  1S68,  he  accepted  a  position  as  state  police- 
man on  the  B.  &  (  ).  railroad,  which  he  held  until  1885.  lie  was  then 
elected  justice  of  the  peace,  an  office  that  he  still  holds.  Mr.  Roeder 
and  son,  have  also  become  interested  in  the  insurance  business,  and 
now  carry  on  one  of  the  largest  agencies  in  the  county.  He  married 
Catharine  Menges,  in  1S54.  Mrs.  Roeder  was  a  native  of  the  city  of 
Baltimore,  Md.  Eleven  children  are  the  fruit  of  this  union:  Catharine, 
Gust,  Maggie,  Charles  and  Minnie,  are  living,  the  others  died  in  in- 
fancy. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roeder  are  members  of  the  German  Reform 
church,  and  are  very  prominent  members  of  the  best  circles  of  Bellaire. 
Mr.  Roeder  is  a  Mason,  and  a  member  of  the  U.  A.  of  IX  He  has 
always  been  actively  engaged  in  politics,  being  very  prominently 
identified  with  the  republican  parly  of  Belmont  count)-.  He  was  the 
first  man  elected  to  the  office  of  constable  in  Pultney  township  by  that 
party,  and  has  served  the  public  in  various  offices  of  trust  and  respon- 
sibility for  twenty-five  years.  Mr.  Roeder  is  quite  largely  interested 
in  the  Etna  Manufacturing  company,  and  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the 
Bellaire  Savings  bank.     A  public  spirited,  progressive  man. 

Nathan  H.  Rowles  was  born  in  Belmont  county.  Ohio,  in  1S2S,  the 
son  of  Azariah  ami  Sarah  (Henderickson)  Rowles,  both  natives  of 
Maryland.  Azariah  was  the  son  of  Hezekiah  Rowles,  who  was  also 
a  native  of  Maryland.  The  family  can  easily  be  traced  back  to  the 
landing  of  William  Penn,  ami  it  is  found  to  have  been  one  of  the 
supporters  of  that  famous  man's  creed.  Hezekiah  was  the  father  of 
three  sons,  two  of  whom  came  to  Ohio,  one  of  them  settling  in  Har- 
rison county,  and  the  other,  the  fatherof  Xathan,  locating  in  Belmont 
count)".  Azariah  was  born  in  the  year  170-.  His  early  life  was  passed 
in  Maryland,  where  he  learned  the  cooper's  trade  at  an  early  age. 
He  followed  his  trade  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  and  was  a  patriot 
and  a  man  of  much  power.  I  Ie  served  his  country  during  the  war  of 
1812,  and  twelve  years  later  came  to  Ohio,  settling  in  Colerain  town- 
ship, Belmont  county.  Herehediedin  1S46.  His  marriage  took  place 
in  Maryland  about  the  year  1S19,  and  resulted  in  the  birth  of  nine 
children,  five  sons  and  four  daughters.  Six  of  these  children  still  sur- 
vive. The  mother  joined  her  husband  in  the  eternal  sleep  in  the  year 
185S.  Xathan  II.  Rowles  did  not  obtain  a  very  extended  education 
as  he  was  obliged  to  begin  work  when  fifteen  years  old.  At  this  time 
he  began  to  learn  the  blacksmith  trade,  which  he  has  followed  almost 


608  HISTORY    OK   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

continuously  since.  Mr.  Rowles  owned  a  blacksmith  shop  in  Bellaire 
from  1854  to  1858,  having  settled  there  at  the  former  date.  In  1858 
he,  in  company  with  T.  Garrett,  established  a  general  merchandise 
store,  which  he  operated  until  i860,  when  he  returned  to  his  trade. 
November  12,  1850,  Mar)-  S.Garrett,  sister  of  Capt.  T.  Garrett,  be- 
came his  wife.  A  family  of  five  children  have  grown  up  about 
him,  and  are  all  still  living  to  call  him  blessed.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rowles 
are  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  In  1804 
Mr.  Rowles  answered  his  country's  call  and  enlisted  in  Company  D, 
One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  Ohio  regiment,  becoming  captain  of  his 
company.  He  fought  gallantly  in  the  battles  of  Snickersford,  Win- 
chester and  several  others  of  equal  moment.  From  1874  to  1876  Capt. 
Rowles  served  the  city  as  city  marshal,  doing  effective  work;  he  is  a 
republican.  Of  such  men  as  this  the  true  free  land  is  composed. 
The  backbone  of  any  country  is  formed  by  the  men  who  idl  its  trades 
and  who  till  its  soil. 

John  W.  Sanders  was  the  pioneer  window  glass  manufacturer  of 
Bellaire.  He  was  born  in  Waynesburg,  Penn.,  in  January,  1839.  the 
son  of  Malthers  M.  and  Mary  (Jackson)  Sanders,  both  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. The  father  was  a  tailor,  and  lived  in  many  places  in  the  Ohio 
valley,  being  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in  business  in  Bellaire. 
He  is  now  a  resident  of  Grand  Island,  Neb.  Dr.  Sanders, 
of  Grand  Island,  Neb.,  is  the  only  child  who  survives  out  of 
the  six  children  which  were  born  to  him.  The  wife  died 
in  July,  18S7.  John  was  the  recipient  of  a  common  school  education, 
having  attended  the  schools  of  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  his  parents 
having  moved  to  that  count)-  when  he  was  quite  young.  At  seven- 
teen years  of  age  he  went  into  business  with  his  uncle,  John  Jackson, 
at  Clarington,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  lor  several  years.  He  then 
began  business  for  himself  in  company  with  James  Messerly,  going 
into  the  general  merchandise  trade.  In  the  fall  of  1800  he  disposed 
of  his  interest  in  the  business,  and  the  following  year  Mr.  Sanders 
came  to  Wheeling  and  entered  the  dry  goods  trade  with  II.  Brues. 
In  1872  he  moved  to  Bellaire  and,  Vith  Stephen  Sheets,  organized  a 
stock  company  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  window  glass.  The 
concern  was  known  as  the  Bellaire  Window  Glass  company,  of  which  he 
was  made  secretary.  Serving  in  this  capacity  for  some  years,  he  was 
subsequently  elected  president,  and  acted  as  general  manager  and 
president  of  the  company  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred 
March  28,  1884.  While  in  Wheeling  he 
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and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Mr.  Sanders  was 
for  some  time  a  member  of  the  Bellaire  city  council,  being  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  republican  party  in  that  body.  A  man  who  star  ed 
almost  empty-handed  in  life,  yet  one  who  made  a  success,  and  died 
possessed  of  a  fortune,  and  what  is  better,  possessed  of  the  hearts  of 
his  friends  and  the  respect  of  the  community  in  which  he    had  lived. 

One  of  the  pioneers  of  Belmont  county,  and  one  of  its  leading 
benefactors,  is  Charles  \Y.  Satterfield,  who  was  born  in  Morton  count)-, 
W.  Va.  Having  acquired  a  fair  education.  Mr.  Satterfield  first  be- 
came a  clerk  in  a  general  merchandise  store,  afterward  becoming  an 
extensive  shipper  of  produce,  his  market  being  in  the  east.  He  was 
for  some  years  an  express  messenger  on  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  rail- 
road. He  came  to  Bellaire,  and  was  engaged  on  the  B.  &  O.  R.  R. 
company's  bridge  at  Bellaire,  which  was  then  in  the  course  of  con- 
struction. In  his  young  days  Mr.  Satterfield  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade,  and  since  his  coming  to  this  city,  has  followed  the  contracting 
and  building  industry.  He  was  married  to  Sarah  Amos,  a  native  of 
West  Virginia,  hour  sons  ami  eight  daughters,  four  of  them  now 
deceased,  are  the  fruit  of  this  marriage.  His  three  sons,  Erastus  F., 
William  S.  and  Joseph  M.,  are  now  conducting  an  extensive  business 
in  Bellaire,  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  M.  Satterfield  <N:  Co.  J.  M.  Sat- 
terfield was  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  employ  of  the  Baron  Hard- 
ware company,  and  in  1S8S,  in  connection  with  his  brothers,  succeeded 
to  the  business  then  carried  on  by  the  Ohio  firm.  William  1  ).  was 
born  in  1858.  His  early  life  was  passed  in  West  Virginia,  where, 
when  but  twelve  years  of  age,  he  began  to  work  in  an  iron  mill,  sub- 
sequently having  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Bellaire  Xail  works  for 
over  thirteen  years.  He  came  to  Bellaire  in  October,  1SS3,  and  was 
taken  into  the  employ  of  the  Spaulding  Iron  company,  at  Brilliant, 
Ohio,  being  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the  same.  Remaining 
with  them  until  January  30,  1800,  Mr.  Satterfield  at  that  time  returned 
to  Bellaire  and  gave  his  full  attention  to  the  business  in  that  city.  He 
was  married  in  October,  1888,  to  I  lallie  Closon.  of  this  city.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Satterfield  are  communicants  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of 
Brilliant,  Ohio.  1  Ie  is  also  a  member  of  the  K.  of  1'.,  anil  is  also  a 
loyal  republican. 

Peter  Sellars  was  a  native  of  eastern  Virginia,  where  he  was  born  in 
1813,  in  Rockingham  county.  1  le  was  a  carpenter.  Coming  to  Wheel- 
ing in  1838,  he  worked  at  his  trade  there  for  some  time,  then  opened 
a  repair  shop  for  clock  and  watches.  He  moved  his  business  to  Bel- 
laire in  18(17,  anil  lived  there  until  his  death  in  1885.  In  1S37  he  mar- 
ried Nancy  H.  Colter,  a  native  of  Belmont  county.  Ohio,  by  whom  he 
had  seven  children;  his  wife  and  four  children  are  still  living,  the 
mother  having  reached  the  ripe  age  of  seventy-two  years.  James  W. 
Sellars,  son  of  Peter,  one  of  the  oldest  photographers  of  Belmont 
county,  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va- 
in 1840,  where  he  attended  school  for  some  time,  after  which  lie  spent 
some  years  as  pressman  in  the  Gazcffc  office  in  that  city.  The  paper 
was  then  under  the  management  of  lames  A.  Bingham.  After  leaving 
39-B. 


6lO  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  Gazette,  Mr.  Sellars  was  for  several  years  an  employe  in  a  rolling 
mill.  Spending  some  years  in  travel  he,  in  i860,  began  to  study  the 
art  of  photography  under  Charles  Griffen,  of  Wheeling.  Mr.  Sellars 
first  began  business  for  himself  at  Wheeling,  but  soon  came  to  Bel- 
laire,  and  has  since  resided  in  this  city.  Maggie  b.  Giffen  became 
his  wife  in  1863,  and  the  marriage  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  five 
children:  Laura  B.,  Annie  E.,  Daisy  M.,  James  II.  and  Edith  E. 
Daisy  and  Edith  are  deceased.  Mrs.  Sellars  is  a  native  of  Belmont 
county.  Both  she  and  her  husband  are  members  of  the  Disciples 
Church,  of  Bellaire.  Annie  E.  is  now  the  wife  of  Louis  Battell,  sec- 
retary of  the  Goblet  works,  of  Finley,  Ohio.  Mr.  Sellars  is  identi- 
fied with  the  republican  party,  although  only  as  a  voter  of  that  ticket, 
as  he  has  never  cared  to  connect  himself  actively  with  politics.  Me 
has  made  a  success  of  his  business,  being  one  of  the  best  artists  in  the 
Ohio  valley,  and  commands  the  respect  of  the  people  of  the  com- 
munity. 

John  B.  Shannafelt  is  one  of  the  largest  railroad  contractors  in  the 
state  of  Ohio.  His  home  is  at  Bellaire,  Belmont  count)-,  Ohio.  Mr. 
Shannafelt  was  born  near  Nugers  Town,  Md.,  in  the  year  181  2.  His 
parents  were  Henry  and  Sarah  Shannafelt,  both  natives  of  Germany. 
The  father  was  a  farmer  in  Germany,  and  came  to  this  country  about 
the  year  1S07,  locating  in  Washington  county,  Md.,  where  he  purchased 
a  tract  of  land,  remaining  there  until  his  death  in  1S15.  He  was  the 
father  of  two  children:  William  b.,  who  became  the  superintendent 
of  the  Cumberland  &  Mount  Savage  railroad,  meeting  his  death  while 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  overseeing  the  task  of  replacing  a 
derailed  engine  on  the  track,  and  John  B.,  the  subject  of  this  biography. 
The  mother  died  in  1817.  John  was  unable  to  attend  school  in  his 
boyhood  and  all  the  education  that  he  acquired  has  been  gained  by 
dint  of  hard  work  and  associating  with  others  who  have  had  more 
advantages  in  that  line.  When  but  a  small  boy  he  was  employed  on 
the  Government  Water-Works  at  Washington.  D.  C.  He  removed 
to  Elliott's  Mills,  Md.,  and  began  working  in  taking  out  granite  rock 
for  the  road-bed  on  the  Baltimore  road,  which  has  since  become  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad.  He  was  employed  in  running  a  horse 
car  from  Frederick  City  to  Baletown,  a  distance  of  sixty-four  miles, 
when  locomotives  were  as  yet  unknown.  1  le  continued  in  the  employ 
of  the  Baltimore  road  until  1S52,  when  he  became  a  railroad  contractor. 
In  1S40,  he  went  into  the  southern  states  and  took  large  contracts  for 
the  building  of  roads  in  those  states.  He  has  built  roads  in  seventeen 
different  states  of  the  Union.  In  1S54  he  came  to  Bellaire,  at  which 
time  he  was  engaged  in  building  the  Central  Ohio  railroad.  Mr. 
Shannafelt  afterward  moved  his  family  to  l'eltsburg  in  1 S 5 7 ,  and 
began  the  construction  oftheC.tS:  1'.  railway.  When  the  war  broke  out 
he  enlisted  in  the  First  Virginia  artillery,  serving  with  them  until  1865. 
He  was  in  seventeen  hard  fought  battles,  ami  participated  in  twenty- 
six  skirmishes.  1  le  was  severely  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Freeman's 
Ford  while  trying  to  save  his  captain's  life,  he  was  also  wounded  in 
the   battle  of   Gettysburg.     After   the   close  of  the   war  he  returned 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  6l  I 

home  and  resumed  his  business,  and  has  since  continued  in  it  with 
increasingsuccess.  January  15,  1840,  he  was  married  to  Frances  Keller, 
who  was  a  resident  of  Frederick  City,  Md,  Nine  children  have  come 
of  this  marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shannafelt  are  both  earnest  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Shannafelt  is  a  republican, 
and  has  filled  several  important  otfices,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
equalizing  board  of  the  state  of  Ohio.  A  man  who  has  made  a  marked 
success  of  his  life,  both  financially  and  as  a  citizen  of  good  repute. 

David  J.  Smith,  secretary  of  the  I'nion  Window  Glass  company, 
of  Bellaire,  is  the  son  of  1  Ion.  David  Smith,  who  was  one  of 
the  early  and  leading  citizens  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  who  was 
widely  and  favorably  known  in  his  day  throughout  the  state  of  Ohio 
as  an  able  editor  and  a  wise  jurist.  Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Columbus, 
in  1S20,  and  lived  in  that  vicinity  during  his  boyhood  days,  receiving 
the  education  usually  gotten  in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio.  In  early 
manhood  he  came  to  Wheeling.  W.Va.,  which  place  was  his  home,  with 
one  or  two  short  intervals,  till  1867.  In  1852,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Martha  M.  Gorrell.  Mrs.  Smith  died  in  1877.  leaving  two  chil- 
dren, Mary  F.  and  William  lb,  both  of  whom  now  live  in  Bellaire. 
In  1867,  Mr.  Smith,  with  others,  organized  the  Bellaire  Xail  Works 
company,  and  located  it  at  Bellaire.  On  its  organization,  he  was 
elected  secretary  of  the  company,  which  position  he  filled  for  some 
six  or  seven  years.  As  this  company  has  grown  into  one  among  the 
very  large  concerns  of  the  Ohio  valley,  Mr.  Smith  feels  a  pride 
in  the  fact  that  he  and  his  comrades  who  were  in  it  during  its  in- 
fancy and  weakness,  planted  seed  that  has  grown  so  famously.  After 
leaving  the  Bellaire  Xail  works,  Mr.  Smith  engaged  in  the  lumber 
trade.  This  he  continued  for  several  years,  when  he  formed  a  co- 
partnership with  Julius  Armstrong,  under  the  firm  name  of  Armstrong 
&  Smith;  this  firm  operated  a  planing-mlll,  and  dealt  in  lumber,  and 
continued  until  August.  18S0,  when  their  mill  was  burned.  They 
then  sold  out  their  yard  stock  and  quit  the  business.  In  1883,  he,  in 
connection  with  others,  got  up  the  Crystal  Window  Glass  company. 
On  its  organization,  he  was  elected  secretary,  which  position  he  held 
for  a  little  more  than  a  year.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  window  glass  business,  at  the  Enterprise  and  I'nion  Glass  com- 
pany's works.  As  will  be  seen  from  the  foregoing.  M  r.  Smith  has 
been  identified  with  many  of  Bellaire's  most  extensive  manufacturing 
establishments,  and  has  been  one  who  -  as  far  as  his  ability  per- 
mitted —  has  helped  to  build  up  Bellaire  to  the  fair  position  she  now 
occupies.  Mr.  Smith  is  an  ardent  republican,  being  one  of  the 
800  men  in  Virginia,  who  voted  for  Lincoln  in  18(10,  and  he  still 
believes  in  that  grand  old  party. 

One  of  Bellaire's  most  prominent  attorneys  and  citizens  is  Joseph  B. 
Smith.  Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Columbiana  county.  March  :u.  1820. 
I  lis  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Columbiana 
count).  '  He  afterward  taught  school  for  some  years,  the  first  school 
that  he  taught  being  in  Clearfield  county,  Perm.,  near  the  spot  where 
William   l'enn    placed    the  boundary  line  of  his    purchase    from    the 


6l2  HISTORY    OF    THE    LITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Indians.  Mr.  Smith  first  began  the  stud)'  of  the  law  in  1849,  under 
Judge  Clark,  of  New  Lisbon,  Ohio,  with  whom  he  remained  for  two 
years,  he  then  taught  school  for  one  year  in  Kentucky,  after  which, 
in  1S51,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Cincinnati.  He  first  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Columbiana  count)-,  at  Ilanoverton, 
where  he  remained  for  some  six  years,  he  then  went  to  Brown  count)', 
Kan.,  and  was  elected  from  the  fourth  district  to  the  state  senate.  In 
the  following  year  he  returned  to  Ohio,  coming  to  Bellaire  soon  after 
his  return,  and  began  the  practice  of  the  law  in  Belmont  count)-.  In 
the  past  he  has  been  an  active  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  republican 
party,  having  run  on  that  ticket  for  prosecuting  attorney.  Although 
still  loyal  he  has  retired  from  aggressive  political  work.  In  1850 
Eliza  R.  Preston  became  his  wife.  Mrs.  Smith  was  also  a  native  of 
Columbiana  county.  Four  children  were  born  to  them:  Hartwell  S., 
Willie  L.,  Ulysses  J.  and  Ledria  M.  Mrs.  Smith  died  in  July,  18S3, 
and  Mr.  Smith  was  again  married  in  1884  to  Mrs.  H.  A.  Watson, 
daughter  of  John  II.  Heaton,  of  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Smith  are  active  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Few  men 
make  more  of  a  success  in  the  practice  of  the  law  than  Mr.  Smith, 
his  services  are  in  demand  in  several  of  the  largest  cities  of  the  state, 
and  he  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  most  eminent  lawyers  of  the 
Belmont  count)-  bar.  P.  W.  and  Sarah  (Trotter)  Smith  were  the 
parents  of  the  above.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  tin- 
mother  of  Pennsylvania.  P.  W.  was  the  son  of  Robert  Smith.  He 
was  the  father  of  ten  children,  all  dead  but  one.  P.  \V.  Smith  was 
three  years  old  when  he  came  to  the  United  States.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Pennsylvania,  and  afterward  went  to  Columbiana  count)-, 
Ohio,  where  he  taught  school.  Robert  came  to  this  country  in  1790, 
locating  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  until  1812,  when  lie 
moved  to  Columbiana  county,  remaining  there  until  hisdeath  in  1854. 
P.  W.  Smith  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  on  a  farm.  November, 
1823,  he  was  married.  He  was  the  father  of  eight  children,  five  of 
them  living.  The  oldest  son  is  Gen.  R.  W.  Smith,  of  Chicago.  The 
mother  died  February  22,  1S75,  and  the  father  October  12,  1 S 7 5 . 
His  sister,  Sarah  W.,  has  since  died  in  Iowa,  and  his  brothers,  John  C. 
and  James  T.,  in  California. 

George  YY.  Walters,  senior  partner  of  the  hardware  firm  of  George 
Walters  &  Co.,  is  a  son  of  George  and  Isabella  (Little)  Walters,  the 
former  one  of  the  partners  of  the  Wheeling  Wagon  &  Carriage  com- 
pany, and  was  born  November  11,  1S40.  Until  about  the  age  of  fif- 
teen he  remained  at  home,  acquiring  an  education,  spending  about 
three  years  at  Harding's  Business  college.  About  the  age 
of  fifteen  he  entered  on  his  mercantile  life  in  Wheeling,  first  with  (  )tt, 
Son  iS:  Co.,  as  shipping  clerk,  then  as  book-keeper,  and  finally  as 
traveling  salesman.  He  remained  with  this  firm  until  the  latter  part 
of  1S71,  when  he,  with  S.  O.  Cummins,  formed  the  firm  of  Cummins  & 
Walters,  hardware  dealers,  in  Bellaire,  and  with  him  he  remained 
until  January  1,  1SS3.  He  and  his  brother.  Charles  Walters,  then 
formed  the  firm  of  George  Walters  &  Co.,  hardware  dealers,  first   lo- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  613 

eating  in  the  Gorby  building,  continuing  here  for  three  years,  when 
they  purchased  a  building  of  J.  11.  Grafton,  and  after  enlarging  the 
same  commenced  business  at  that  place,  where  they  have  since  re- 
mained, lie  was  married  in  1S74  to  Miss  Minnie  Wilson,  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  Wilson,  of  Centreville,  Ohio.  By  her  he  has  one  son, 
Charles  W.,  born  in  1876.  1  1c  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity 
of  Bellaire,  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Honor.  Both  he  and 
wife  are  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  Bel- 
laire, Ohio.  1  le  has  paid  some  attention  to  home  politics,  serving  the 
city  as  councilman,  lie  was  elected  as  trustee  of  the  Bellaire  water 
works  in  1887,  and  his  term  expiringin  1S90,  he  was  re-elected  for  three 
more  years.  During  all  his  service  as  chairman,  Mr.  Walters'  man- 
agement has  caused  $5,000  debt  to  be  paid.  He  is  one  of  the  direc- 
tors of  the  Enterprise  Window  Glass  company  and  Bellaire  Glass 
works,  besides  owning  some  real  estate  in  different  parts  of  the  city. 
He  has  always  been  successful  in  all  his  dealings,  and  is  one  of  the 
pushing,  enterprising  men  who  has  helped  make  Bellaire  what  she  is. 
Levi  Wells  was  a  Pennsylvanian  who  came  to  Ohio  in  the  year 
182:2,  locating  in  the  vicinity  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  on  Short  creek.  Here 
he  began  working  at  his  trade  of  a  blacksmith,  having  learned  his 
trade  of  his  father.  As  far  back  as  the  family  can  be  traced  they  are 
found  to  have  been  blacksmiths,  this  useful  trade  being  handed  down 
from  father  to  son.  Levi  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1S1  J,  and  was 
severely  wounded  duringone  of  its  fierce  conflicts.  He  remained  at  Mt. 
Pleasant  until  1840,  when  he  sold  his  business  to  his  oldest  son,  and 
removed  to  the  neighborhood  of  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  died  in  1S60. 
Of  thirteen  children,  five  of  them  still  survive  him.  Henry  Wells,  his 
son,  was  born  in  1S14,  and  came  with  his  father  to  Ohio.  As  soon  as 
he  was  old  enough  he  began  working  at  his  father's  forge,  following 
the  trade  until  1850.  He  purchased  his  father's  business  and  con- 
ducted it  for  two  years;  he  then  removed  to  Bridgeport,  Ohio,  in  1857, 
operating  a  shop  there  until  1850,  at  the  expiration  of  this  period  he: 
entered  the  stove  business  at  Martin's  Ferry,  which  was  conducted 
by  his  brothers,  lie  took  charge  of  these  works  until  [S62,  when  he 
began  filling  government  contracts  for  hay  and  grain,  continuing  in 
this  until  1865.  Moving  back  to  Martin's  Ferry  he  again  assumed 
control  of  the  stove  works,  keeping  this  position  until  1874.  1  lis  death 
occurred  January  4,  1880.  Mr.  Wells  married  Margaret  McConahey 
in  1845.  She  bore  him  three  children,  dying  in  1853,  three  weeks 
after  the  birth  of  her  son,  Thompson  W.  Wells,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  Mr.  Wells  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Presbyterian  church, 
having  been  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church  of  that  denomination 
in  Bridgeport,  and  was  one  of  the  first  elders.  Thompson  W. 
Wells,  M.  1).,  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio,  Febru- 
ary 0,  1853.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  Martin's  Ferry  public 
schools  and  was  finished  in  the  Franklin  college,  in  1  larrison  county, 
( >hio.  After  leaving  college  I  >r.  Wells  began  to  stud)-  medicine  with 
Dr.  K.  F.  Turner,  of  Wheeling,  in  [872.  remaining  with  him  one  year. 
He    then   entered    a    medical  college  of    Philadelphia,  Perm.,  and  also 


614  HISTORY    OF    THE    UTPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

studied  at  the  same  time  with  Dr.  McFarland,  of  that  city.  He  was 
graduated  with  honor  March  10,  1873,  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Bearsville,  Monroe  Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for 
ten  years.  In  1886  Dr.  Wells  came  to  Bellaire,  where  he  now  resides 
and  practices.  Esebell  Smith  became  his  wife  in  1S74,  and  has  borne 
him  four  children:  Ellen  E.,  Mabel  T.,  Malcom  M.  and  Palma,  all 
living.  Mrs.  Wells  is  a  native  of  Belmont  county.  Dr.  Wells  is  a 
Mason,  and,  although  he  has  never  taken  any  active  part  in  politics, 
he  is  a  firm  supporter  of  the  republican  party.  Dr.  Wells  is  consid- 
ered one  of  the  first  physicians  in  Belmont  county,  and  has  met  with 
much  success  in  his  treatment  of  the  physical  ills  of  humanity. 

Harry  G.  Wilson,  the  popular  and  efficient  superintendent  of  the 
Bellaire  Water  works,  and  a  prominent  citizen,  was  born  in  184c;  in 
Belmont  county,  Ohio.  His  parents  were  John  and  Sarah  (Pryor) 
Wilson,  both  of  Maryland.  John  was  the  son  of  William  Wilson,  who 
came  from  England  to  this  country  at  a  very  early  (.late,  locating  neat- 
Baltimore,  Md.,  and  afterward  coming  to  Belmont  county,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death  in  1S55.  John  migrated  to 
Ohio  with  his  parents,  and  after  obtaining  some  schooling  he  turned 
his  attention  to  tilling  the  soil,  and  followed  this  occupation  up  lo  the 
time  of  his  demise  in  1S54,  meeting  his  death  while  returning  home 
from  the  mill,  by  a  tree  falling  upon  him.  The  mother  died  in  1863, 
had  eleven  children,  nine  of  them  still  surviving  their  parents.  Four 
of  the  sons  were  soldiers  in  the  Union  army  during  the  war  of  the 
rebellion,  and  they  brought  much  credit  to  the  family  name,  fighting 
valiantly  and  with  distinction.  Harry  Wilson  was  educated  in  the 
Belmont  county  schools,  and  then  worked  in  a  photograph  gallery  for 
some  time.  Having  acquired  the  mysteries  of  this  art  he  went  to  Mis- 
souri, when  but  eighteen  years  of  age,  engaging  in  photography  there. 
Returning  to  Belmont  county,  Mr.  Wilson  entered  the  employ  of 
George  D.  Callan.  as  a  clerk  in  his  grocery  store.  !  le  remained  in  the 
latter  situation  for  two  years,  and  he  then  became  a  clerk  for  A.  Richard- 
son, and  afterward  worked  for  Lon<?  &  Swayer  as  book-keeper.  In 
1S73  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  city  water  works,  and  still  holds 
thatposition,  also  that  of  superintendent.  Mr.  Wilson  married  Mary  J. 
Coulter,  of  Belmont  county,  in  iSoq.  Mr. and  Mrs. Wilson  are  earnest 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  1  lis  political  faith  i>  founded 
upon  the  principles  of  the  democratic  party.  Although  Superintend- 
ent Wilson  came  to  Bellaire  a  poor,  unknown  lad,  yet,  by  strict  integ- 
rity and  faithfulness  to  whatever  has  been  intrusted  to  him,  he  has 
risen  to  be  the  incumbent  of  one  of  the  most  important  ami  honorable 
offices  in  the  gift  of  the  city,  and  commands  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  the  community  at  huge. 

James  Wilson,  president  of  the  Bellaire  Xail  company,  and  one  of 
the  most  prominent  and  useful  citizens  of  Bellaire.  was  burn  in  Ire- 
land, county  Antrim,  in  iS:o.  He  is  the  son  of  |ohn  ,\nJ  him-  Wil- 
son, the  father  was  a  farmer  in  Ireland,  following  this  occupation  until 
his  death,  w  hich  occurred  in  1S60.  1  le  was  the  lather  of  ten  children, 
seven  of  whom   are  still   living,   six  of  them    in    Ireland,     lames  re- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  615 

ceived  only  a  limited  education  before  coming  to  this  country.  Me 
worked  on  a  farm  until  his  emigration  to  the  United  Stales  in  1841. 
He  came  direct  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  making  his  home  with 
Alexander  Branum,  who  resided  near  Bridgeport.  During  the  seven 
years  he  remained  with  Mr.  Branum  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade. 
He  continued  working  at  his  trade  for  about  twenty  years,  the  greater 
portion  of  which  time  was  spent  in  Wheeling,  W.  Ya.  Upon  the  out- 
break of  the  rebellion.  Mr.  Wilson  enlisted  in  Company  1 ),  First  Vir- 
ginia infantry,  for  three  years,  or  until  the  war  should  close.  1  Ie  was 
soon  made  a  first  lieutenant  and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Slaughter 
Mountain,  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  and  several  other  important 
engagements.  He  remained  with  the  regiment  until  [S63,  when  he 
resigned  and  returned  home.  After  returning  to  Wheeling  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Joseph  Bell  &  Co..  who  were  in  the  foundry  business, 
he  remained  with  them  for  four  years,  at  the  expiration  of  which 
time  the  Bellaire  Nail  company  was  organized,  with  the  following 
officers:  B.  R.  Cowan,  president:  D.  J.  Smith,  secretary,  and  James 
Wilson,  traveling  agent.  Mr.  Wilson  held  this  position  until  1SS7, 
when  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  president.  The  company  when 
first  started  had  but  twenty-five  machines.  A  blast  furnace  was  added 
and  in  1884  a  steel  department  was  establiished,  by  the  erection  of  a 
steel  plant.  It  is  now  one  of  the  largest  industries  in  the  Ohio  valley, 
and  its  success  is  due  in  great  part  to  the  wise  efforts  of  James  Wil- 
son. Mr.  Wilson  changed  his  residence  from  Wheeling  to  Bellaire 
when  he  became  connected  with  the  nail  company,  and  has  since  re- 
sided there.  In  1847  he  was  married  to  Miss  Thoburn,  a  resident  of 
Belmont  county.  One  child  is  the  issue  of  this  marriage,  she  is  now 
the  wife  of  Prof.  Nelson,  of  Delaware,  Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson 
are  active  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Wilson 
has  always  been  prominently  identified  with  politics,  having  been  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  republican  party  in  the  state  ot  \\  est  Vir- 
ginia. He  was  a  delegate  to  the  convention  which  nominated  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  for  president  of  the  United  States. 

RICHLAND   TOWNSHIP. 

Dr.  John  Alexander,  a  veteran  physician,  who  has  practiced  medi- 
cine at  St.  Clairsville  during  half  a  century,  is  still  an  active  and  hon- 
ored member  of  this  professon.  He  was  born  near  Belfast,  Ireland, 
of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  left  his 
native  land,  and  came  to  the  United  States,  landing  at  Baltimore.  He 
was  first  employed  as  a  teacher  in  country  schools,  and  then,  in 
the  course  of  extensive  travels,  came  to  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  be- 
came acquainted  with  Dr.  Carroll,  of  that  city.  The  doctor,  noticing 
that  the  young  man  was  very  studious,  loaned  him  his  books,  and  finally 
directed  "his  efforts  to  the  study  of  medicine,  in  which  the  voting  stu- 
dent was  soon  deeply  interested.  This  early  love  i>\  book-  ha-  never 
left  him,  for  the  veteran  doctor  has  one  of  the  finest  libraries  in  the 
county,  and  his  table  is  always  amply  supplied  with  the  current  meili- 


6l6  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

cal  literature.  In  this  way  he  remains  abreast  of  his  profession  with 
all  its  wonderful  advancement  in  his  half-century  of  practice.  Young 
Alexander  studied  his  profession  also  in  the  Medical  college  of  Ohio, 
teaching  meanwhile  at  intervals,  to  obtain  the  needful  means.  In 
1832  he  embarked  in  the  practice  at  Flushing,  and  in  the  autumn  of 
1839  he  made  his  home  at  St.  Clairsville.  His  practice  in  those  days 
was  of  an  arduous  character,  partaking  much  more  of  dangerous  and 
devoted  service,  irrespective  of  remuneration,  than  is  known  in  present 
times.  His  calls  came  from  all  parts  of  the  wild  and  extensive  coun- 
try, and  to  reach  the  suffering  he  was  compelled  to  ford  streams  at 
day  or  night,  travel  unfrequented  and  dangerous  roads,  and  often  risk 
his  life,  by  the  falling  of  his  horse  and  other  causes,  his  legs  and 
arms  were  broken  on  seven  different  occasions  while  he  was  making 
professional  visits.  His  self  treatment  on  one  occasion  of  the  kind 
illustrated  his  remarkable  courage  and  skill  as  a  surgeon.  His  frac- 
tured bones  having  been  united  improperly  by  the  physician  who  had 
been  called  to  his  assistance,  he  requested  the  former  to  re-break  the 
limb  and  perform  the  operation  anew,  and  upon  the  refusal  of  that 
person,  he  called  on  his  friends  for  the  necessary  appliances,  and  sit- 
ting up  in  bed,  himself  renewed  the  fracture,  and  set  the  limb  in  a  way 
that  insured  proper  recovery.  Physically,  his  great  exertions  and  many 
accidents  have  had  their  effect,  but  he  is,  nevertheless,  still  remark- 
ably active,  and  enjoying  good  health,  finds  himself  able  to  do  much 
business  and  answer  the  frequent  demands  upon  his  long  experience 
and  remarkable  insight  into  the  mysteries  and  ailments  of  the  human 
frame.  It  is  pleasant  to  note  that  the  doctor's  practice,  besides  being 
extensive,  has  also  been  lucrative,  and  that  the  gratitude  of 
the  people  of  the  county  has  followed  him  through  his  entire  ca- 
reer. For  over  thirty  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  was  wedded  in  1S42  to  Lucy,  daughter  of  Gen. 
Hoey,  of  Washington  county,  Penn. 

Conrad  Ault,  a  venerable  farmer  of  Richland  township,  is  a  native 
of  Washington  county,  Penn.  He  was  born  April  10,  1S09,  the  son  of 
Frederick  and  Mary  Ault,  and  when  he  had  grown  to  the  age  of 
twelve  years,  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Richland  township,  where 
he  grew  to  manhood  on  the  farm.  His  education  was  received  under 
the  disadvantages  of  pioneer  life,  but  naturally  intelligent  and  active 
in  mind  as  well  as  body,  he  had  become  well  informed  on  a  wide 
range  of  topics,  and  has  served  his  district  six  years  as  school  director. 
He  is  comfortably  situated  on  a  good  farm  of  seventy-one  acres.  Mr. 
Ault  was  married,  in  1837,  to  Jane  Campbell,  who  was  born  in  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1809,  and  died  in  1853.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Campbell.  Seven  children  were  born  to  this  wife,  three  of 
whom  are  living:  Eliza  and  Lucinda,  twins,  and  Rebecca.  In  1S55 
Mr.  Ault  was  married  to  Louisa  Kinney,  the  daughter  of  Marshall 
and  Elsa  Kinney.  Three  children  were  born  to  this  union.  Marion  [., 
Neutellas  and  Joseph  M.  Mr.  Ault  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Daniel    Ault,    of     Richland    township,    well-known    as    one   of   the 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  617 

well-to-do  fanners  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  that  town- 
ship April  10,  1820.  1  le  is  the  son  of  Philip  Ault,  a  native  of  York 
count}-,  Perm.,  who  there  married  Elizabeth  Lowe,  of  German  de- 
scent, and  in  [801,  removed  to  Richland  township.  He  settled  upon  a 
farm  in  Richland  township,  and  there  lived  until  his  death.  Daniel 
Ault  was  reared  on  the  old  homestead,  and  educated  in  the  common 
schools.  The  schooling  then  received,  however,  he  has  supplemented 
by  wide  and  varied  reading,  and  he  is  now  one  of  the  well-informed 
men  of  the  county.  Beginning  his  career  as  a  farmer  without  means 
he  now  has  a  well-improved  farm  of  160  acres,  and  a  comfortable 
home.  Among  his  neighbors  he  is  influential  and  popular.  For  three- 
years  he  has  held  the  position  of  assessor  of  the  township  and  as 
school  director,  he  has  served  twenty  years,  and  more.  In  1844,  Mr. 
Ault  was  married  to  Lucinda  Wilkinson,  daughter  of  William  and 
Anna  (Billingsley  1  Wilkinson,  by  whom  he  had  three  children:  Eliza- 
beth A.,  Addie  and  William  E.  She  died,  and  in  1854  he  was  mar- 
ried to  her  sister,  Ruth,  who  was  born  in  1S30.  They  have  had  ten 
children,  nine  of  whom  are  living:  Mary  B.,  wife  of  Charles  \\  inans, 
died  in  1886;  Philip,  Emma,  Ella,  Mora,  Jennie  May,  Am  fro,  Daniel  P., 
Nina    R.  and  1  lenry. 

Joseph  Ault,  a  well-known  farmer  of  Richland  township,  is  a  son  of 
Philip  and  Elizabeth  (Lowe)  Ault,  early  settlers  of  the  township,  lie 
was  born  in  the  house  where  he  now  lives  in  18J5.  and  here  was 
reared  and  educated  in  the  duties  of  the  farm  and  in  such  educational 
ways  as  the  old  log  school-house  afforded.  Though  the  schools  of 
his  day  were  primitive,  he  made  such  good  use  of  them  that  he  was 
the  favorite  of  his  school  district  in  later  years  as  director,  and  after 
he  had  served  sixteen  years,  his  neighbors  elected  his  sun,  1  lenry  1  I., 
to  his  place,  and  the  latter  is  serving  his  third  term.  He  began  his 
career  as  a  farmer  with  little,  but  is  now  comfortably  situated,  and  he 
owns  133  acres  of  the  old  homestead.  In  politics  Mr.  Ault  has  always 
been  a  democrat.  In  1S51  he  was  married  to  Anna  15.  Wilkerson,  a 
native  of  Belmont  county,  and  a  daughter  of  William  Wilkerson.  To 
this  union  five  children  have  beert  born:  Henry  11..  Louisa,  Agnes. 
Mary  and  Joseph  W.  Mr.  Ault  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 

John  F.  Baldwin,  of  Loydsville,  who  has  his  home  upon  his  hand- 
some farm  of  fifty-eight  acres  at  the  south  line  of  Loydsville,  was 
born  in  Washington  county.  Penn.,  in  1S30.  When  he  was  quite 
young  his  parents  died,  and  his  life  in  his  childhood  and.  youth  was 
one  of  struggle  and  privation.  In  1855,  he  was  married  to  Mary  Alli- 
son, by  whom  he  had  two  children,  of  whom  one  Andrew,  is  living. 
His  second  marriage  occurred  in  180S,  to  Margaret  Richer,  who  died 
in  1870,  and  in  1S72,  he  was  united  to  Priscilla  White,  by  whom  he  had 
one  child:  Mary  E.  In  1855,  Mr.  Baldwin  removed  to  Ohio,  and  set 
tied  in  Harrison  county.  On  August  15,  1S62,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany C.  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  regiment  Ohio  infantry, 
under  Col.  R.  M.  Lyons,  and  served  in  his  command  in  all  its  engage- 
ments until  he  received  an  honorable  discharge,  January  7.  i8(>5-    <  >n 


6lS  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

May  6,  1864,  during  the  second  day's  fight  in  the  Widerness,  he 
received  a  wound  in  his  left  arm,  which  caused  its  amputation,  and 
for  this  injury  he  now  receives  a  pension  of  $45  a  month.  His  career 
has  been  an  honorable  one,  and  he  has  always  met  the  call  of  duty. 
He  and  his  wife  are  highly  esteemed  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  she  belonging  to  the  Hicksite  branch,  and  he  is  a  comrade  of 
Drummond  post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  St.  Clairsville. 

Henry  Beam,  a  well-known  and  popular  resident  of  Richland  town- 
ship, was  born  in  that  township,  February  10,  1818.  He  is  the  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Margaret  (Taylor)  Beam,  the  former  of  whom  emi- 
grated from  Pennsylvania  to  Ohio  with  his  parents  at  an  early  day  in 
the  settlement  of  the  northwest  territory.  The  father  of  Benjamin 
died  on  the  way  to  this  country.  Benjamin  was  a  prominent  man, 
and  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Henry  was  born  in  a  little  log 
cabin  on  the  farm  which  his  brother,  Washington,  now  occupies,  and 
was  reared  there  going  to  school  in  the  log  cabin  devoted  to  that 
purpose.  Growing  up,  he  began  an  independent  career  without  as- 
sistance, and  by  manly  and  industrious  habits,  has  prospered,  having 
now  a  farm  of  seventy-seven  acres,  well  improved,  and  a  comfortable 
home,  which  is  still  shared  by  his  wife,  who  has  been  the  partner  of 
his  life  since  1854.  Her  maiden  name  was  .Mary  J.  Powell,  and  she 
was  born  in  Belmont  county,  in  1S30,  the  daughter  of  Levin  and 
Mahala  (Whaley)  Powell.  She  is  a  devoted  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beam, 
but  one  of  whom  survives,  fohn  \\\,  who  was  married  in  1SS0  to 
Ella  Bogg. 

Washington  Beam,  of  Richland  township,  who  was  born  April  26, 
1823,  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  is  one  of  the  most  industrious 
farmers  of  the  county,  lie  has  a  good  farm  of  seventy-eight  acres, 
which  is  well  improved,  and  to  the  cultivation  of  his  land  and  the  du- 
ties of  good  citizenship  he  has  devoted  his  life,  never  having  traveled 
more  than  sixty  miles  from  the  land  which  was  his  birth  place  and  the 
scene  of  his  labors.  His  father.  Benjamin  Beam,  a  native  of  New  Jer- 
sey, came  to  Ohio  with  his  parents  when  quite  young.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  war  of  1S12.  He  married  Margaret  Taylor,  who  lie- 
came  the  mother  of  Washington  Beam.  In  1851  Mr.  Beam  was  mar- 
ried to  Amanda,  daughter  of  John  Barker,  and  by  this  union  he  had 
nine  children,  of  whom  six  are  living:  Julia  A.,  Margaret,  Mary  O., 
John  H.,  Joseph  and  Minnie.  Mrs.  Beam's  father  was  a  son  of  John 
and  Rachel  (Jordon)  Barker,  and  is  of  German  descent.  1  ler  mother, 
Judith  A.,  was  a  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Bell)  Sluirley,  the 
former  of  whom  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Shurley,  a  native  of  Virginia. 
Judith  A.  Barker,  who  was  reared  in  Kentucky,  is  still  living,  in  her 
eighty-se ven th  year. 

Solomon  Bentley,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  in  St.  Clairsville,  in  1826.  He  is  tin-  son  of  Solomon  Bentley, 
who  was  born  in  Jefferson  count),  Va.,  was  a  grandson  of  Solo- 
mon Bentley,  the  first  of  the  three  of  that  name,  who  was  born 
in    the    Old     Dominion,     March    10,    17^4,    di\d    died   November    2, 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  6lu. 

[838.  He  was  the  son  of  William  and  Margaret  Bentley.  The 
wife  of  the  first  Solomon  was  Rebecca  Wood,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Catharine;  Wood,  and  the  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  mention  was 
Margaret  Nichol,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Anna  Xichol.  The  first 
Solomon  Bentley  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  his  son, 
the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  served  in  the  war  of  1812 
with  such  gallantry  that  he  was  promoted  major,  a  title  by  which  he- 
was  afterward  known.  Maj.  Bentley  came  to  St.  Clairsville  in  or 
about  1804,  and  established  a  blacksmith  shop,  which  he  continued 
until  1829,  when  he  bought  and  removed  to  the  farm  his  son  now 
occupies.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  public  men  of  the 
county,  a  leader  in  the  whig  party,  and  was  never  unsuccessful  in  any 
candidacy  for  office  except  once,  when  the  county  was  strongly  demo- 
cratic and  he  made  no  contest.  He  served  on  the  board  of  equaliza- 
tion, and  held  the  offices  of  recorder,  sheriff,  two  terms,  auditor, 
treasurer,  commissioner,  and  representative.  He  was  born  July  25, 
17S3,  and  died  May  7.  [865.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  on 
the  farm  he  now  "holds,  and  on  February  12,  1S50,  was  married  to 
Ellen  Thompson,  who  was  born  in  1826,  the  daughter  of  James  and 
Margaret  (Clark)  Thompson.  By  this  union  he  has  had  eleven 
children,  nine  of  whom  are  living:  Anna  M.,  James  T.,  Elizabeth  E., 
Sarah  ].,  Agnes  B.,  David  Ross,  Samuel  E.,  Solomon  M.  and 
Frank  T.  Mr.  Bentley  and  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian church,  of  which  he  is  an  elder.  In  1S70  he  served  as  land 
appraiser.  Mr.  Bentley  is  a  successful  farmer  and  owns  a  fine  farm 
of   163  acres. 

Among  the  enterprising  farmers  of  Richland  township,  Dunham  M. 
Berry  is  highly  deserving  of  mention.  He  is  a  native  of  Belmont 
count)',  born  in  1828,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Jane  (Martin)  Berry.  His 
father  was  born  and  reared  in  Maryland,  and  came  to  Ohio  in  1708 
with  his  parents,  John  ami  Elizabeth  (Ham)  Berry,  the  former  ot 
whom  was  born  in  England  and  came  to  the  colonies  before  the  revo- 
lution. Three  of  his  sons,  Daniel,  John  and.  Thomas,  served  among 
the  continental  troops.  The  subject  of  this  mention  was  reared  in 
Belmont  county,  and  since  his  youth  has  given  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing. He  is  the  owner  of  a  tine  farm  of  120  acres  one-half  mile  north- 
west of  St.  Clairsville,  which  is  handsomely  improved.  In  1852,  Mr. 
Berry  was  married  to  Martha  A.  Xorris,  who  was  born  in  Belmont 
county  in  1832,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Ann  (Smith)  Xorris. 
Of  their  twelve  children,  eleven  are  living:  Anna,  Alvin,  Jacob  and 
William,  twins,  Jane,  Julia,  Elizabeth,  Lucy,  Isaac,  Thomas  and  ]esse. 

Hiram  Boroff,  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  St.  Clairsville 
now  retired,  was  born  at  that  place  in  1823.  He  is  the  son  of  1  [emv 
Boroff,  a  native  of  I  Iagerstown,  Md.  The  latter  was  well  educated  in 
English  and  German,  ami  then  taught  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith, 
which  he  followed  for  mam'  years.  He  was  married  at  Martin's 
Ferry,  to  Flizabeth  McCarty,  and  in  1814  or  1815,  they  came  to  Ohio 
with,  their  family,  and  settled  at  Warren,  whence  soon  afterward,  they 
removed  to  St.  Clairsville.      He  was  a  partner  of  William  brow    for   a 


620  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

short  time,  in  the  blacksmith  shop,  but  soon  became  sole  proprietor, 
and  continued  so  until  1840,  when  he  turned  over  the  shop  to  his  son. 
Hiram,  who  like  all  his  four  sons,  had  been  taught  blacksmithing,  and 
made  good  mechanics.  The  father  then  engaged  in  the  grocery  busi- 
ness during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Hiram,  above  named,  received 
his  education  in  the  common  schools,  and  from  study  at  home.  At 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  he  began  work  as  a  blacksmith,  and  at 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  busi- 
ness. He  was  so  engaged  until  1849,  when  he  contemplated  joining 
the  gold  seekers  who  were  journeying  to  California,  but  was  detained 
by  his  father  turning  over  to  him  the  whole  business,  as  has  been 
stated.  He  followed  this  business  twelve  years,  until  the  sickness  of 
his  brother,  who  was  conducting  the  grocery,  turned  his  attention  to 
that  trade,  a  half-interest  in  which  he  purchased  upon  his  brother's 
recovery.  They  did  a  flourishing  business  until  1883,  when  he  sold 
out  to  his  brother,  and  has  since  then  engaged  in  no  branch  of  busi- 
ness, but  has  had  his  time  occupied  by  attending  to  his  property  in- 
terests. Mr.  Boroff  is  an  enterprising  and  valuable  citizen,  and  has 
always  worked  for  the  welfare  of  the  town.  During  the  construction 
of  the  St.  Clairsville  &  Northern  railroad,  he  was  one  of  the  main 
supporters  of  the  enterprise  and  gave  liberally  of  time  and  means  to 
its  advancement.  He  also  was  indefatigable  in  his  efforts  for  the 
cause  of  his  town  during  the  conflict  between  Bellaire  and  St.  Clairs- 
ville, over  the  location  of  the  county  seat.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
notable  land  holders  of  the  county,  having  459  acres  of  valuable  land. 
aside  from  his  dwelling  place.  His  success  in  life  has  been  due  to  his 
own  untiring  industry  and  business  capacity,  and  from  the  honor  and 
credit  of  it,  no  one,  such  is  his  standing  in  the  eyes  of  those  who  knew 
him,  has  any  desire  to  detract. 

William  Boyd,  one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  Belmont  county,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  February  2,  1S01.  He  remained  at  the  home  of  his 
parents.  James  and  Margaret  (Emockt  Boyd,  until  July  11.  1823,  when 
he  sailed  from  Belfast,  and  after  an  eleven  weeks'  voyage,  landed  in 
Maine.  He  then  proceeded  to  Pittsburgh,  and  thence  to  Shepards- 
town,  where  he  remained  until  1825.  There  he  was  married  to  Mar- 
garet McFarland,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  came  with  her  father  to 
America  in  1812.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Boyd  rented  land  for  two 
years,  and  then  bought  fifty-eight  acres  of  new  land.  This  he  settled 
on  and  began  to  clear,  and  by  years  of  skillful  husbandry  he  amassed 
considerable  property,  first  adding  eighty  acres  to  his  land,  and  finally 
increasing  it  to  240  acres.  He  began  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder, 
having  worked  on  first  coming  to  the  United  States  for  $5  per  month 
as  a  weaver.  About  1S39  he  experienced  an  accident  which  rendered 
him  unfit  for  fanning.  While  going  through  a  clearing  one  day  he 
stopped  near  a  log  heap  to  cut  away  a  small  stump,  when  one  ol  the 
logs  became  loosened  and  rolled  over  him.  inflicting  serious  and  per- 
manent injuries.  Barring  the  results  of  that  accident,  he  is,  despite 
his  great  age,  in  excellent  health.  1  le  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian church,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  session  and  an  elder  for 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  62  I 

fifty-seven  years.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican.  Nine  children  were 
born  to  him  and  wife,  of  whom  six  are  living,  Andrew  Mc,  William, 
Ann  Jane,  Margaret,  Isabel,  and  Catherine. 

William  Boyd,  Jr.,  son  of  the  above,  is  one  of  the  progressive  farm- 
ers of  Belmont  county.  lie  was  born  in  February,  1842,  and  was 
reared  on  the  old  homestead  farm,  lie  remained  with  his  parents 
until  he  was  thirty-two  years  old,  when  in  1874,  he  was  married  to 
Emily,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Harriet  (Shahani  Brannen,  both  na- 
tives of  Ohio.  She  was  born  in  1853.  In  1862,  Mr.  Boyd  enlisted  in 
Company  15,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  Ohio  volunteer  infantry, 
and  served  one  year,  when  he  was  taken  sick  and  honorably  discharged 
on  account  of  disability-  He  then  settled  on  the  farm  where  he  now 
lives,  surrounded  with  the  comforts  of  life.  He  has  a  good  farm  of 
ninety-six  acres,  and  a  great  variety  of  stock.  He  is  well-known 
and  influential  as  a  citizen.  By  his  marriage,  above  mentioned,  Mr. 
Boyd  has  two  children,  Joseph  B.  and  Hattie  11.  He  and  wife  are 
both  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 

George  Brown,  the  oldest  jeweler  of  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  and  one 
of  the  prominent  business  men  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land, October  13,  1816.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  1  lis  father,  James  Brown,  was  a  weaver  by  trade.  In  1818 
he  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Jane  Welch,  and  four  children.  They  landed  at  Baltimore.  From 
"there  he  came  to  Harrison  county,  near  New  Athens,  Ohio,  and 
settled  in  the  woods  in  a  log  cabin,  which  was  the  home  of  the  family 
for  several  years.  He  then  moved  to  New  Athens,  and  kept  a  hotel 
for  several  years.  Afterward  he  bought  a  house  and  forty  acres  of 
land  adjoining  the  town.  He  died  in  Xew  Athens  in  1S56,  in  the 
seventy-sixth  year  of  his  age.  His  wife,  who  was  a  devoted  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  died  in  Xew  Athens  in  [862. 
Of  their  seven  children  four  are  now  living:  Joseph  Brown,  oi  Flush- 
ing, Ohio;  George  Brown,  of  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Margaret 
Rankin,  of  Farmersville,  Mo.,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Hughes,  of  Xew 
Athens.  George  Brown  received  his  education  in  tin-  pioneer  log 
cabin  and  Xew  Athens  college.  In  1834  he  went  to  Steubenville, 
Ohio,  and  learned  the  watch,  clock  and  jewelry  trade  with  Arundel 
Hill,  where  he  remained  until  1S41.  In  September  of  1841,  he  came 
to  St.  Clairsville  and  established  the  watch  and  jewelry  business. 
known  now  as  George  Brown  X  Son,  and  is  the  most  prosperous 
jewelry  store  in  St.  Clairsville.  He  was  one  of  the  organizer:;  and 
has  been  connected  with  the  National  bank  for  twenty-five  years,  and 
has  been  its  president  four  years.  He  is  considered  one  of  the  solid 
men  of  the  town.  In  1844  Mr.  Brown  was  married  to  Mary  W.  Sut- 
ton, who  died  in  1855,  leaving  one  child.  J.  Ella  Johnson,  three  child- 
ren having  died  within  one  month  previous.  In  1850  Mr.  Brown  was 
married  to  S.  J.  Sutton.  Their  three  living  children  are:  J.  Ella, 
George  V.  and  Anna  L.,  and  one  grandson,  William  Bark  ley 
Johnson.  Mrs.  Brown  is  a  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Eleanor  iMcW'ill- 
iams)   Sutton. 


622  HISTORY    OF   THK    UrrER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Thomas  Burtoft,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Richland  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  was  born  at  West  Wheeling,  September  2,  1846,  son  of 
Charles  and  Drusilla  (Walker)   Burtoft.     His  father,  a  son  of  George 

Burtoft,  a  native  of  England,  was  born  in  that  country  in  1813,  and  in 
1839  came  to  America.  He  lived  at  Bellaire  a  short  time  and  then 
removed  to  West  Wheeling,  where  he  established  a  lime  kiln  which 
has  been  in  operation  since  with  slight  interruption.  He  came  to 
America  without  money  or  education,  but  by  industrious  application 
acquired  both,  and  became  a  valued  citizen  of  the  county.  In  18=54  he 
removed  to  a  farm  near  Wheeling,  and  in  185S  to  the  Abraham  Lash 
farm  between  St.  Clairsville  and  Bridgeport,  and  thence  in  1862  to 
the  farm  north  of  St.  Clairesville,  where  he  died  in  1865.  His  wife 
was  born  near  Bedford,  Penn.,  in  1816.  and  came  to  Ohio  with  her 
parents  about  1821.  Thomas  Burtoft  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  and  the  business  college  at  Wheeling,  and  in  1864 
enlisted  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  regiment  Ohio 
volunteers,  and  though  then  hardly  more  than  a  boy  served  faithfully, 
never  missing  roll-call  and  being  one  of  the  very  few  of  his  command  who 
were  able  to  stack  arms  after  the  forced  march  from  Boliver  Heights 
through  the  pleasant  valley  of  Maryland.  After  the  war  lie  remained 
at  home  until  1870,  when  he  made  an  extended  and  protracted  tour 
through  the  west,  spending  one  year  in  Iowa,  four  in  Texas  and  live 
in  Arizona.  Then  returning  to  West  Wheeling  he  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business,  at  which  he  was  engaged  five  years.  He  was  also 
the  first  postmaster  of  the  town,  serving  two  or  three  years.  In  1883 
he  was  married  to  Caroline  Kelsey,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
(Boyles)  Kelsey.  Her  father  was  a  son  of  James  Kelsey,  Sr.,  who 
came  to  this  country  about  the  year  1800,  and  settled  three  miles  west 
ol  Bellaire.  Here  Mrs.  Burtoft's  father  was  reared  and  given  an  edu- 
cation much  above  the  average  of  those  times.  He  was  the  tax  col- 
lector in  the  days  when  it  was  customary  to  ride  through  the  country 
and  convey  the  collected  taxes  in  saddlebags.  He  also  served  as  a 
justice  of  the  peace  forty  years,  an  office  which  his  father  held  before 
him.  He  died  in  this  count}-  in  18S5.  After  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Burtoft  they  made  a  tour  of  nine  months,  to  the  Yellowstone 
park,  and  through  Oregon  to  Glacier  bay,  Alaska,  returning  by 
steamer  to  San  Francisco,  and  thence  by  Los  Angeles  and  Galveston 
to  Xew  Orleans,  and  thence  home  by  the  river.  He  then  purchased 
a  beautiful  place  of  127  acres,  upon  which  he  has  erected  one  of  the 
most  handsome  and  completely  appointed  dwellings  in  this  region. 
Mr.  Burtoft  is  a  member  of  the  Masonicorder.  of  the  degree  of  Knight 
Templar,  and  also  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 

Samuel  Campbell,  a  well-known  livery  man  of  St.  Clairsville,  was 
born  in  Wheeling  township,  Jul)  23,  1S3S,  the  son  of  John  and  Maria  L. 
(Irwin^  Campbell.  His  father  was  born  in  1800,  a  son  of  William  and 
Mary  (Smith)  Campbell,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Scot- 
land. John  Campbell  was  reared  in  Belmont  county,  and  followed 
the  carpenter's  trade  until  his  marriage,  after  which  he  engaged  in 
farming  until  his  decease,  which   occurred  in  1803.      By  his   first  mar- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  623 

riage  he  had  one  son.  the  subject  of  this  mention.  The  mother  of  the 
latter  was  born  in  1816,  and  died  in  1845-  In  1S47  the  father  was  mar- 
ried toCynthia  McCullough,  and  by  this  union  had  five  children  three 
of  whom  are  living:  Sarah,  W.  V.,  and  Robert  M.  Samuel  Camp- 
bell was  reared  on  a  farm  near  Flushing,  where  he  received  his  early 
education  in  the  common  schools,  afterward  attending  hranklm  col- 
lege during  two  terms.  In  1869  he  was  married  to  Isalme  M.  Sharp, 
who  was  born  in  1839,  in  Wheeling  township,  the  daughter  ot  \\  ill- 
iam  and  Caroline  (Harrah)  Sharp,  and  they  then  began  house-keep- 
ing on  a  farm  near  Loydsville,  which  he  cultivated  until  1SS4  At 
that  date  he  removed  to  St.  Clairsville  and  established  the  livery 
business  he  has  since  conducted  with  much  success.  1  le  and  wile  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  are  highly  esteemed  in  the 

communitv.  ,  ,  T1.  ,  ,       ,    t 

Robert  Carlile,  one  of  the  prosperous  farmers  of  Richland  town- 
ship, Belmont  county,  is  a  native  of  Ireland.  Me  is  the  youngest  ot 
eleven  children  of  "John  and  Mary  (Marrowj  Carlile.  and  of  these 
children  three  others,  lames,  John  and  Elizabeth,  survive.  Robert 
was  reared  in  his  native  land,  and  in  1S4S  he  emigrated  to  America. 
Settling  first  at  St.  Clairsville.  he  was  employed  in  farm  work  at  bioo 
per  year,  and  was  so  engaged  for  two  and  a  half  years.  In  1851  he 
was  married  to  Helen,  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Mary  (Martin) 
Marrow  Her  parents  were  natives  of  Ireland,  and  resided  there 
until  their  death.  She  came  to  America  in  1S47,  and  made  her  home 
in  St  Clairsville.  By  this  marriage  there  were  born  tour  children, 
two  of  whom  are  living:  John  T.,  who  now  resides  with  his  parents, 
and  Huo-h  H.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  111  \\  ashington 
state  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carlile  are  both  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  are  highly  respected  for  their  good  qualities  of  heart  and 
mind  as  well  as  for  those  traits  which  have  made  their  career  in  lite 
one  of  success.  When  they  were  married  they  began  house-keeping 
on  rented  land,  and  it  was  not  until  twelve  years  were  past  that  they 
bought  fortv  acres  north  of  St.  Clairsville.  Four  years  later  he  rented  a 
large  farm'  on  the  Warnock  pike",  and  nine  years  after  that  he  sold 
the  fortv  acres  he  first  bought  and  purchased  192  acres  where  he  now 
resides.'  This  is  land  of  fertile  qualities,  and  is  supposed  to  be  under- 
laid by  bountiful  supplies  of  oil  or  gas,  as  there  is  an  01  well  at  the 
distance  of  a  mile  and  a  hall".  There  are  also  underneath  it  immense 
beds  of  coal.  . 

One  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Belmont  county,  in  early  times,  war, 
William  Chambers,  who  came  to  the  county  in  1S12,  and  settled  in 
Richland  township.  He  was  a  leading  politician  on  the  side  ol  the 
democratic  party,  and  filled  several  township  ofhees,  and  served  with 
credit  in  the  legislature  as  representative  of  the  county  in  iS.«.  1  le 
lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  He  was  a  son  o  Alexander  and 
Rachel  (Mays)  Chambers,  who  emigrated  from  Ireland  with  thru 
family  in  170'S.  In  the  next  year  they  settled  in  Jetferson  count  v.  and 
had  their  home  in  a  log  cabin  in  the  woods,  about  two  miles  east  ol 
the  site  of  Mt.  Pleasant.     In  the  year  1S00  this  ancestor   hired  out   to 


624  HISTORY    OF   T1IK    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

chop  wood  at  $8  a  month,  and  at  about  the  end  of  that  period,  finding 
himself  in  urgent  need  of  salt,  had  to  pay  $7  for  fifty-six  pounds.  The 
family  there  passed  through  all  the  hardships  of  the  life  of  frontiers- 
men, having  to  go  fifteen  miles  for  what  corn  they  had  ground.  Will- 
iam Chambers  married  Jane  Vincent,  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  to  them 
was  born  in  1825,  William  Chambers,  who  at  present  resides  on  the 
land  his  father  cleared  in  Richland  township.  1  le  was  reared  in  this 
county  and  in  1855  was  married  to  Adaline  Anderson,  who  was  born 
in  1825,  on  the  Richland  township  farm  of  her  parents,  Joshua  and 
Sarah  Anderson.  They  have  one  child  living,  John  W.  Mr.  Cham- 
bers and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
he  is  an  elder,  and  was  one  of  the  building  committee  for  the  erection 
of  the  new  church  at  St.  Clairsville.  He  was  also  a  contributor  to- 
ward securing  the  public  buildings  at  the  present  county  seat.  I  le  is 
prominent  in  township  matters,  having  held  several  offices  and  served 
as  trustee  four  years.  His  farm  of  1 15  acres  is  a  valuable  and  pro- 
ductive one. 

Col.  James  F.  Charlesworth,  of  distinguished  military  career,  and 
one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  St.  Clairs- 
ville, November  25,  1826,  the  son  of  Richard  and  Jane  (Porter) 
Charlesworth.  His  father  was  one  of  the  business  men  of  the  early 
days  of  the  town,  having  removed  thither  from  Baltimore  about  1820. 
James  F.  engaged  in  business  with  his  father  after  completing  his  ed- 
ucation at  Granville  college  in  1844.  but  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war 
with  Mexico,  he  and  his  younger  brother,  Richard  W..  left  home, 
which  was  then  at  Pa  Salle,  111.,  and  enlisted  in  Company  H,  First 
regiment  mounted  rifles,  in  the  regular  army.  The  brothers  enlisted 
without  their  father's  knowledge,  but  he,  acceding  to  their  wishes, 
forwarded  his  consent.  Col.  Charlesworth  saw  active  service  in  Mex- 
ico, under  Gen.  Scott,  and  received  a  slight  wound  at  Control  as.  The 
colonel  of  his  regiment  performed  the  functions  of  mayor  of  Mexico 
city  after  the  entrance  of  the  United  States  troops,  and  the  regiment 
was  detailed  for  police  duty  there  during  nine  months,  anil  until  after 
peace  was  declared.  He  then  returned  to  Pa  Salle,  111.,  but  having 
decided  to  study  law,  he  remained  there  but  a  short  time,  coining  then 
to  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  began  the  study  under  Gen.  Weir.  I  le  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1851,  and  was  engaged  in  the  practice  until  it 
was  interrupted  in  1854,  by  his  election  to  the  office  ol  auditor  ot 
Belmont  county,  as  which  he  served  two  years.  1  lis  competitor  for 
this  position  was  David  Allen.  In  1857  he  purchased  the  Independent- 
Republican,  of  St.  Clairsville.  which  he  edited  and  published  until  the 
outbreak  of  civil  war  called  him  again  to  the  field.  1  le  raised  the 
first  three  years'  company  for  the  government  which  was  entered  on 
the  records  of  the  state  adjutant  general,  and  of  this  was  commis- 
sioned captain  July  12,  1801.  His  previous  military  services  made  him 
at  that  da )',  when  the  north  was  deficient,  comparatively,  in  military 
men,  of  exceptional  value  to  the  country.  Going  into  the  field,  he 
was  active  in  the  struggle.  In  the  fall  of  1801  he  received  a  slight 
wound   at   Allegheny  Summit,  Va.,  and  on  the  10th  of   May  following 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  625 

he  was  promoted  major  of  his  regiment.  Soon  afterward,  June  8' 
1862,  he  was  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cross  Keys.  A  minnie 
ball  entered  the  abdomen  about  two  inches  to  the  right  of  the  umbil- 
ical cord,  and  came  out  at  the  same  distance  from  the  spinal  column. 
This  wound,  ordinarily  fatal,  caused  the  paralysis  of  the  colon,  but 
his  life  was  fortunately  spared.  On  July  30th,  following,  he  was  pro- 
moted lieutenant-colonel,  and  on  May  iS,  1863,  he  resigned,  further 
service  being  impossible.  His  resignation  received  the  following  en- 
dorsement from  Brig.-Gen.  N.  C.  McLean,  at  the  headquarters  of  the 
hrst  division,  eleventh  army  corps,  at  Brooks  Station,  Va.,  May  13, 
1863:  "Approved  and  respectfully  forwarded.  Whilst  regretting 
the  resignation  of  Lieut. -Col.  Charlesworth,  I  approve,  as  I  personally 
know  him  to  be  disabled  by  an  honorable  wound."  The  ball  which 
passed  through  his  body  on  the  battle-field,  Col.  Charlesworth  still 
possesses,  it  having  been  picked  up  on  the  spot  where  he  fell,  and  the 
vest  which  shows  the  direction  of  the  wound  he  still  treasures,  as  a 
memento  of  honorable  service.  On  his  return  home  he  entered  upon 
the  duties  of  clerk  of  the  Belmont  courts,  to  which  he  was  elected 
while  in  the  army  by  a  majority  of  over  1,000  votes,  over  1).  S.  Adams, 
a  worthy  and  popular  man.  In  1864  he  also  served  as  colonel  of  the 
First  regiment  of  Belmont  county  militia.  On  the  expiration  of  his 
term  as  clerk,  he  was  appointed  master  commissioner  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas,  a  position  he  held  nine  years.  Among  other  promi- 
nent services  it  may  be  mentioned  that  during  the  troubles  incident 
to  the  building  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad,  then  called  the 
Central  Ohio,  Col.  Charlesworth.  was  at  the  request  of  Sheriff  J.  C. 
Xichols,  appointed  ami  commissioned  a  captain  to  organize  the  cele- 
brated Washington  Guards,  which  were  on  duty  during  three  or  four 
years.  Also,  during  the  famous  contest  between  St.  Clairsville  and 
Bellaire  for  the:  county  seatship.  Col.  Charlesworth  was  prominent 
among  the  advocates  of  St.  Clairsville,  and  by  laboring  at  the  state 
capital  with  the  legislature  for  several  weeks,  he  and  his  associates 
succeeded  in  having  the  magnificent  county  buildings  erected  at  their 
present  site.  lie  is  very  prominent  in  the  Grand  Arm)  of  the  Re- 
public, and  is  now  the  commander  of  the  Belmont  county  battalion. 
In  the  Masonic  order  also  he  is  conspicuous  as  a  member  of  Belmont 
lodge,  Xo.  16,  Chapter  Xo.  17.  and  Hope  commandery,  No.  26,  K.  T. 
In  politics  he  is  prominent  as  a  democrat,  being  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  which  nominated  James  E.  Campbell  for  governor,  and 
vice-president  of  the  state  central  committee,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Ohio  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home.  Col.  Charlesworth  was  married 
fuly  4.  1S55,  to  Laura  A.,  daughter  of  William  Tallman,  deceased. 

Robert  Clark,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Richland  township,  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  1833,  the  son  of  Hugh  and  Deborah  (.Eckles) 
Clark.  The  father,  a  native  of  county  I '•own.  Ireland,  was  born 
Jul)-  4,  1802.  and  immigrated  to  America  in  1821,  settling  in  Ohio, 
where  he  remained  until  his  death  in  184(1.  lie  was  married  in  1 S27 
to  Miss  hckles,  who  was  born  in  Pultney  township  in  1800.  and  by 
this  union  had  eleven  children,  four  of  whom  are  living:  Robert 
40— B. 


626  history  of  Tin:  urPER  oino  valley. 

John,  Drennen  and  Isabella.  After  his  marriage  he  came  to  the  land 
which  his  son  Robert  now  occupies,  and  this  he  cleared  and  cultivated. 
To  purchase  it  he  went  in  debt,  but,  by  unceasing  toil,  paid  for  this 
original  tract  and  added  to  it  until  he  had  240  acres.  But  hard  work 
broke  down  his  constitution,  and  he  died  at  the  age  of  forty-four 
years.  Robert  Clark  grew  to  manhood  on  the  old  homestead,  and 
attended  the  log  school-house  of  olden  times,  walking  two  miles  for 
such  education  as  he  could  there  obtain  in  the  winter  season.  In 
1856  he  was  married  to  Nancy,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza  Sissel, 
who  was  born  in  Steubenville  in  1832.  To  this  union  six  children 
have  been  born,  of  whom  four  are  living:  Charles  F.,  William  II., 
Robert  E.  and  Laura  B.  Mr.  Clark  is  the  owner  of  156  acres  of  the 
homestead  farm,  and  is  comfortably  situated.  He  ranks  among 
the  leading  citizens  of  this  township. 

Thomas  E.  Clark,  contractor  and  builder  of  St.  Clairsville,  was 
born  at  Morristown,  Ohio,  in  1836.  His  father,  John  Clark,  was  the 
son  of  James  and  Hannah  J.  Clark,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  came  to 
America  in  the  year  1800,  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania.  James  was  a 
brave  soldier  of  the  war  of  1S12.  John  Clark  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania about  1S08,  and  when  a  child  removed  with  his  parents  to  Ohio, 
settling  on  a  farm  near  Cadiz  in  Harrison  county.  Xot  long  after- 
ward they  removed  to  within  a  mile  of  Morristown,  where  John 
Clark  learned  the  vocation  of  a  brick  and  stone  mason,  which  he  fol- 
lowed through  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  an  influential  man, 
and  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  several  years.  About  1833  he  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Heed,  by  whom  he  had  nine  children,  eight  of 
whom  are  living:  Thomas  E.,  John,  James  A.,  Elizabeth,  Amelia. 
Catherine,  Sarah  J.  and  Loretta  A.  The  parents  were  members  of 
the  Baptist  church.  Thomas  E.,  the  eldest  child,  at  seventeen  years 
of  age  began  to  learn  the  trade  of  his  father,  and  after  four  years' 
apprenticeship  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  worked  one  summer. 
He  then  came  to  Belmont  county,  where,  on  December  0,  1S59,  he 
was  married  to  Anna  E.  Smith,  who  was  born  at  Uniontown,  Perm., 
in  1835,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  Smith.  Immediately  after 
this  marriage  he  moved  with  his  wife  to  Cadiz,  where  tiny  lived  four 
years,  coming  then  to  St.  Clairsville,  which  has  since  been  their  home. 
He  continued  to  be  occupied  with  his  trade  until  1870,  when  he  as- 
sumed the  management  of  the  National  Hotel  at  St.  Clairsville, 
which  he  conducted  until  1885.  He  then  resumed  contracting. 
Among  the  many  buildings  erected  by  him  may  be  mentioned  that  of 
the  bank  of  St.  Clairsville,  the  school  building,  the  infirmary,  Judge 
Cowan's  residence.  Troll's  business  house  and  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church.  In  the  famous  contest  over  the  location  of  the  county 
seat  he  was  a  tireless  worker  for  the  cause  of  St.  Clairsville,  and 
when  the  tight  was  decided  he  was  appointed  by  the  commissioners 
to  superintend  all  the  buildings.  Under  his  careful  and  able  super- 
vision the  court  house,  sheriff's  residence  and  jail,  with  sidewalks. 
fence,  gas  and  water  works,  were  completed  for  $283,000,  and  they 
are  admitted   to  be  among  the  most  economically  built    in  the  state. 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  627 

For  this  acceptable  result,  Mr.  Clark  deserves  a  large  share  of  the 
praise.  By  his  marriage  above  mentioned,  Mr.  Clark  has  five  child- 
ren living:  John  \\'.,  Charles  E.,  Mary,  Emma  and  Loretta  A.  The; 
wife  and  daughters  are  members  of  the  Methodist   Episcopal  church. 

William  J.  Clark,  of  Richland  township,  is  a  son  of  Alexander  and 
Eleanor  (Downs)  Clark,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  America  in 
1801,  and  settled  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn.  They  started  with 
three  children,  two  of  whom  died  during  their  thirteen  weeks'  voyage 
to  this  country.  In  Pennsylvania,  ten  children  were  born  to  them. 
One  of  these  children,  Alexander  D.  Clark,  who  received  his  first 
schooling  in  a  pioneer  log  cabin,  and  rose  to  be  a  doctor  of  divinity, 
was  graduated  at  Xew  Athens,  with  the  first  honors,  in  a  class  of 
twelve,  which  included  Rev.  David  Craig,  A.  M.,  Edgar  Cowan,  LL.  D., 
Rev.  William  Davidson,  I).  I).,  and  Samuel  Armer,  M.  I).,  LL.  D., 
and  among  his  fellow  students  were  Joseph  Ray,  M.  IX,  1  Ion.  William 
Kennon,  Sr.,  lion.  William  Wilson  Shannon,  Hon.  John  A.  Bingham, 
A.  E.  Ross,  LL.  13.,  William  Lawrence,  LL.  lb,  and  Rev.  George  C.  Yin- 
cent,  D.  lb  William  J.  Clark  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1S1S,  and 
brought  by  his  parents  to  the  farm  on  which  he  now  lives  when  six  years 
old,  and  was  there  reared,  and  pursued  his  early  studies  seated  on  the 
puncheon  seats  of  the  log  school-house.  But  his  main  education  has 
like  his  material  property  been  gathered  by  industrious  application 
through  all  the  years  that  have  followed.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial 
and  valued  citizens  of  his  township.  During  eight  years  he  has  served 
as  school  director  of  his  district.  When  the  county  seat  tight  was  on 
he  lent  all  his  aid  and  influence  to  the  cause  of  St.  Clairsville.  In 
1859  Mr.  Clark  was  married  to  Elizabeth  King,  a  native  of  Belmont 
county,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  (Blackburn)  King,  and 
by  this  union  has  had  six  children,  five  of  whom  are  living:  Thomas  A., 
Samuel  I*.,  John  1  1.,  Carrie  J.  and  Lizzie  E.  Mr.  Clark  and  wife  are 
members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 

Thomas  A.  Clark,  eldest  son  of  the  above,  was  born  September  10. 
1S60,  ami  was  reared  on  the  old  homestead.  On  September  16.  1SS6. 
he  was  married  to  Luella  McFarland,  who  was  born  June  7,  1S61, 
daughter  of  Andrew  J.  and  Margaret  McFarland, of  whom  mention  is 
made  in  this  work.  By  this  union  he  has  had  one  child,  Zilla  A.,  who 
is  deceased.  Mr.  Clark  is  one  of  the  leading  young  farmers  of  the 
county,  has  an  excellent  and  well-kept  farm  of  160  acres,  with  a  fine 
two-story  frame  dwelling,  which  stands  on  a  beautiful  hill  of  100  feet 
elevation  above  its  surroundings. 

William  E.  Clark,  the  second  son  above  named,  is  one  of  the  pro- 
gressive young  farmers  of  Belmont  county,  and  has  his  home  upon  a 
farm  of  141  acres,  which  he  has  handsomely  improved.  I  Ie  was  born 
September  11,  1864,  was  reared  on  the  old  farm,  and  given  a  good 
common  school  education.  On  September  7,  1SS2,  he  was  married  to 
Lizzie  G.  McFarland,  who  was  born  in  1850,  the  daughter  of  Andrew  J. 
McFarland,  who  is  elsewhere  mentioned.  To  this  union  have  been 
born  three  children:  Margaret  I...  June  4,  1SS4;  Francis  lb,  April  jo, 
1SS6,  and  Samuel  Mc,  July  11,  18S9'. 


628  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Samuel  C.  Clark,  son  of  the  above-named  Alexander  and  Eleanor 
Clark,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1817,  and  came  to  this  county  with 
his  parents  in  1824.  He  was  reared  on  the  old  homestead,  and  re- 
ceived the  meager  schooling  of  his  days.  In  1850  he  was  married  to 
Frances  A.  Bennett,  a  native  of  England,  and  daughter  of  Capt.  [ohn 
Bennett,  of  Blairsville,  Penn.  During  the  war  of  the  rebellion  Mr. 
Clark  participated  in  the  pursuit  and  capture  of  the  guerrilla,  John 
Morgan.  lie  is  one  of  the  influential  men  of  Richland  township,  of 
which  he  has  served  efficiently  as  trustee  for  four  years.  1  )uring  the 
long-continued  contest  over  the  proposed  change  of  the  county  seal 
he  was  active  in  the  cause  of  St.  Clairsville  and  donated  liberally  of 
time  and  money  for  the  cause.  In  brief  he  is  an  enterprising  and 
valuable  citizen,  and  as  the  possessor  of  a  valuable  farm  of  550  acres, 
he  is  widely  known  as  one  of  the  solid  men  of  the  county.  Mr. 
Clark  has  five  children:  John  A.,  William  E.,  Lizzie  E.,  Lucy  J.  and 
Bruce. 

William  X.  Coffland,  who  is  well-known  as  one  of  the  influential 
men  of  the  democratic  party  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Goshen 
township  of  that  county,  in  March,  1848.  Fie  is  the  soil  of  George  \Y. 
and  Martha  A.  (Wadsworth)  Coffland,  the  former  of  whom  was  born 
in  Belmont  count)-,  the  son  of  James  and  Margaret  Coffland,  and  the 
latter  was  also  born  in  Belmont  county,  being  the  daughter  of  John 
Wadsworth.  William  X.  Coffland  graduated  from  the  commercial 
college  at  Pittsburgh  in  1867,  and  immediately  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Hunter.  He  was  subsequently  in  business  two 
years  at  Xcwcastle.at  Rockhill  six  months,  and  then  at  East  Richland 
formed  a  partnership  with  J.  YV.  McFarland,  and  conducted  a  general 
store  until  1873,  when  he  became  deputy  auditor  of  Belmont  county, 
under  W.  E.  Stamp,  and  held  that  position  during  two  terms.  In  1S77 
the  law  having  been  changed  so  as  to  make  the  term  of  the  auditor 
three  years,  he  was  nominated  by  the  democrats,  and  elected  1>\  a 
majority  of  1,315.  He  was  afterward  re-elected  and  served  six  years 
with  notable  efficiency.  After  leaving  this  office  he  engaged  in  mer- 
chandise and  wool  buying,  and  is  now  devoting  his  entire  attention  to 
the  wool  business,  at  East  Richland.  In  1889  Mr.  Coffland  was  nom- 
inated against  his  desire  as  senator  for  Belmont  and  Harrison  coun- 
ties, and  without  any  effort  on  his  part  ran  about  200  ahead  of  his 
ticket,  though  there  was  a  democratic  gain  in  the  district  ot  about 
1,000  on  tin;  whole  ticket.  In  1870  Mr.  Coffland  was  married  to 
Anna  M.,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  l  bitzrandolph  l  Lochary, 
the  former  of  whom  was  an  early  merchant  of  St.  Clairsville,  and  one 
of  the  original  stockholders  of  the  bank.  To  this  marriage  four  chil- 
dren have  been  born:  Sherwood  M..  Margaret,  Mary  and  Beatrice. 
Mr.  Coffland  is  a  Mason  of  the  rank  of   Knight  Templar. 

Alexander  C.  Danford,  of  Richland  township,  was  born  in  Belmont 
county,  November  21,  1831,  the  son  of  Michael  and  Mercy  tPanloreb 
Danford.  His  father  was  born  and  reared  in  Belmont  county,  ol 
which  he  was  a  prominent  citizen,  serving  as  commissioner  in  185.} 
and  i8s7.     Michael  was  the  son  of  William   and    Elizabeth  (Moore) 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  629 

Danford,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  181  2,  and 
died  at  Sandusky,  Ohio,  in  1812.  He  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent. 
Mercy  Danford,  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  mention,  was  a  daughter 
of  Ambrose  Danford,  who  was  born  in  Maryland;  when  fifteen  years 
old  he  crossed  the  mountains  with  two  half-brothers,  Samuel  and 
William,  and  settled  on  the  Bend  fork  of  Captina  creek,  when  the 
country  was  a  wilderness.  The  boys  reared  a  cabin,  and  Ambrose 
was  left  to  guard  it  while  the  brothers  returned  to  the  old  home  for 
their  father  In  [812  and  1813  he  was  elected,  by  the  whigs,  repre- 
sentative of  Belmont  county.  1  Ie  was  a  leading  politician.  Beginning 
poor  he  grew  to  be  one  of  the  richest  farmers  in  the  county,  owning 
at  the  time  of  his  death  2,200  acres  of  land.  Alexander  Danford  was 
reared  in  pioneer  times  and  was  educated  in  the  old  log-house  ol  those 
days,  studying  his  letters  from  a  slip  pasted  on  a  paddle.  I  le  is  now 
one  of  the  county's  progressive  and  enterprising  farmers,  and  has 
taken  the  lead  in  introducing  fine  stock.  lie  was  the  first  to  bring 
Leicester  sheep  to  this  count)-,  buying  them  in  Canada  during  the 
Fenian  trouble,  first  brought  on  Shropshire  sheep  in  1876,  and  first 
introduced  Jersey  cattle  in  1868.  He  is  influential  as  a  citizen,  has 
served  as  infirmary  director  seven  years,  is  a  member  of  the  I.O.( ).  F. 
and  of  the  Masonic  order,  Royal  Arch  Degree.  October  8,  185;,,  Mr. 
Danford  was  married  to  Nancy,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Martha 
(Ward)  Frost,  who  was  born  July  26,  1838.  They  have  four  child- 
ren: Martha  {.,born  September  3,  1854;  Miriam  L.,born  November  15, 
iSsj;  Mercy,  born  January  21,  1863,  and  Michael  D.,born  January  16, 
1869. 

Hon.  Lorenzo  Danford,  well-known  among  the  senior  members  of 
the  l>ar  of  Belmont  county,  has  for  many  years  been  prominent  in  the 
public  affairs  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley.  He  was  born  in  Belmont 
county.  October  18,  1829,  the  son  of  Samuel  Danford.  a  prosperous 
farmer  of  the  county,  who  was  a  conspicuous  figure  in  his  day,  and 
served  the  people  in  various  official  positions.  At  the  farm  home  of 
the  latter,  Mr.  Danford  was  reared  and  received  his  rudimentary 
education  in  the  neighboring  school,  then  studied  at  the  Waynes- 
burg,  Penn.,  college,  and  at  twenty-three  years  of  age  entered  the 
law  office  of  Carlo  C  Carroll,  as  a  student  of  law.  1  le  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1854.  beginning  at  that  date  a  long  and  successful  career 
as  a  jurist.  Almost  at  the  same  time  he  embarked  in  that  career  as 
a  public  man  which  has  made  his  name  one  of  the  familiar  ones  oi  the 
country's  history.  During  the  closing  days  of  the  whig  party  he 
espoused  its  cause  with  great  vigor,  and  was  one  of  the  candidates 
for  elector  of  the  Fillmore  ticket  in  Ohio,  in  [856.  Soon  afterward 
he  became  a  zealous  member  of  the  new  republican  party,  and  in 
1857  he  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  lor  Belmont  count} .  To  this 
office  he  was  re-elected  in  [S59,  but  before  the  expiration  of  the 
second  term  he  found  a  more  urgent  duty  before  him  as  .1  patriotic 
citizen,  and  resigned  his  office  to  shoulder  a  musket  ,is  .1  private 
in  the  Seventeenth  Ohio  volunteer  infantry.  At  the  expiration  ol 
the  three  months'  service,   he  assisted   in  raising  a   company   lor  the 


630  HISTORY    OK   Till".    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Fifteenth  Ohio,  of  which  he  was  chosen  second  lieutenant.  He  was 
subsequently  promoted  first  lieutenant  and  then  captain,  as  which  he 
served  until  August  1,  1864,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  impaired 
health.  In  political  life  meanwhile  he  had  been  active  as  a  republican 
and  had  been  one  of  the  electors  of  the  state  of  Ohio,  casting  the 
voice  of  that  state  for  Abraham  Lincoln.  After  the  close  of  the  war 
•he  remained  true  to  his  party,  and  in  1S72  was  nominated  for  con- 
gress, from  the  sixteenth  district,  and  was  elected.  lie  served  in  the 
forty-third  congress,  and  subsequently  in  1874,  was  re-elected,  and 
again  chosen  in  1876,  but  after  his  third  term  in  congress  he  declined 
further  honors  in  that  direction.  lie  hail  the  distinction  of  succeed- 
ing to  the  seat  filled  by  John  A.  Bingham,  and  the  trusts  reposed  in 
him  were  ably  and  honorably  filled.  As  a  congressman,  an  orator 
upon  questions  of  politics  and  statesmanship,  and  as  a  lawyer  of 
breadth  and  power,  he  is  one  of  the  distinguished  men  of  eastern 
Ohio.  Since  his  retirement  from  congress  Mr.  Danford  has  devoted 
himself  to  the  practice  of  law,  which  is  so  extensive  as  to  fully  absorb 
his  attention.  In  the  criminal  practice,  his  fame  is  particularly  wide- 
spread as  one  of  the  foremost  in  that  branch  of  his  profession.  Mr. 
Danford  was  first  married  on  October  7,  1S5S,  to  Annie  H.  Cook,  of 
Jefferson  county,  who  died  October  24,  1S67.  On  October  27,  1870,  he 
was  married  to  Mai)-  M.  Adams,  of  St.  Clairsville. 

A.  C.  Darrah,  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  St.  Clairsville,  was  born 
at  that  place  June  4,  1849,  the  son  of  William  Darrah.  lie  received 
a  liberal  education  in  the  town  schools  of  that  day,  and  afterward  was 
engaged  in  teaching  in  the  common  schools  for  several  terms.  De- 
ciding to  adopt  the  profession  of  law,  he  entered  the  law  office  of 
Danford  &  Kennon,  to  pursue  his  studies,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years  he  was  sufficiently  advanced  for  admission  to  the 
bar.  He  continued  to  teach,  however,  to  assist  him  in  the  strug- 
gles of  a  young  attorney,  during  the  winter  seasons  until  he  was 
twenty-three  years  of  age.  At  this  time,  in  1872.  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Martha  M.,  daughter  of  David  Harris,  the  first  pro- 
bate judge  of  Belmont  county.  Mr.  Darrah  soon  became  prominent 
in  public  affairs,  and  in  1875  ne  was  elected  by  the  democratic  party 
as  justice  of  the  peace  of  Richland  township,  as  which  he  served  until 
1S78,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  position  of  clerk  of  the  courts  of 
Belmont  county.  This  office  he  tilled  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the 
public  during  one  term,  and  was  then  re-elected,  and  he  held  the 
office  two  terms,  proving  to  be  a  most  efficient  public  servant.  Mr. 
Darrah  is  one  of  the  most  enterprising  citizens  of  Stcubenvillc.  and 
has  rendered  the  town  great  service,  particularly  in  connection  with 
the  St.  Clairsville  &  Northern  railroad.  In  18S0 "the  town  began  the 
building  oi  this  road,  and  completed  it  on  the  narrow  gauge  plan. 
With  this  construction  the  road  proved  a  failure,  and  lay  idle  one 
winter.  In  1882  Mr.  Darrah  interested  himself  in  the  matter,  and  or- 
ganized a  stock  company  which  obtained  a  lease  of  the  road  for  thirty 
years.  The  track  was  then  changed  to  standard  gauge,  and  an  active 
business    was  begun   with   Mr.    Darrah  as  president  of  the  company. 


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Its  subsequent  history  has  been  one  of  unqualified  success.  All  the 
indebtedness  of  the  road  has  been  paid,  and  its  gross  earnings  will 
now  amount  to  about  $7,000  per  year.  Since  the  completion  of  the 
road,  the  company  of  which  he  is  president,  has  also  been  engaged  in 
the  mining  and  shipping  of  coal,  of  which  their  average  product  is 
about  6,000  tons  per  annum.  In  social  life  Mr.  Darrah  and  his  estim- 
able family  are  highly  esteemed.  By  his  marriage  above  mentioned, 
he  has  three  children,  Homer  C,  Gertrude  and  Charles  D. 

A  notable  early  settler  of  Belmont  county  was  William  Denham,  a 
native  of  Ireland,  who  emigrated  in  1789,  setting  sail  from  Belfast, 
May  15.  The  receipt  for  .-^5,  8s,  3^,  which  he  paid  as  passage  money 
to  Capt.  Mark  Collins,  of  the  ship,  "  St.  James,"  is  still  preserved  by  his 
descendants.  His  ship  was  six  weeks  getting  within  sight  of  land, 
and  a  storm  then  kept  them  out  from  shore  for  three-  weeks  longer. 
William  proceeded  to  South  Carolina,  where  he  was  married  to  Re- 
becca Sargent,  a  native  of  that  state.  Soon  afterward  they  came  on 
horseback  through  Kentucky  to  Ohio,  and  settled  in  Belmont  county. 
On  the  way  one  of  the  party  became  very  sick  and  one  of  his  friends 
thereupon  went  out  to  hunt  for  game  for  food  for  him  and  happened 
to  see  an  Indian.  Returning  to  camp  he  reported  the  fact,  and  there 
was  a  rapid  mounting,  in  which,  remarkably  enough,  the  sick  man  was 
the  first  in  the  saddle  with  his  gun  ready  for  battle.  After  their  ar- 
rival in  Belmont  count)",  John  Denham,  son  of  the  above,  was  born, 
October  22,  1S02.  I  le  received  the  benefit  of  the  pioneer  schools,  and 
was  reared  to  a  life  of  industry.  1  le  was  apt  and  intelligent,  and, 
though  never  apprenticed  to  any  trade,  following  farming  all  hi--  life, 
he  was  a  natural  mechanic  and  framed  all  the  buildings  he  erected. 
He  was  influential  among  his  neighbors,  and  atone  time  held  the  rank 
of  captain  in  the  Ohio  militia.  He  died,  leaving  to  his  heirs  a  valuable 
farm  of  160  acres.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  to  whom  he  was  married 
April  22,  [S30,  is  now  the  oldest  living  member  of  the  St.  Clairsville 
United  Presbyterian  church.  She  was  born  in  West  Virginia,  April  2, 
1813,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Morrison)  Giffen.  Her 
father  was  born  in  Scotland,  1774,  and  came  to  America  with  his  par- 
ents when  two  years  of  age.  He  and  wife  were  in  Fort  I  lenry  at  the 
time  of  the  siege  of  1782,  when  Elizabeth  Zane  performed  her  famous 
exploit  of  carrying  powder  past  the  Indians.  Mrs.  Denham's  mother, 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (.Henry")  Morrison,  was  on  one  oc- 
casion in  the  fort  when  the  Indians  drew  out  all  the  men  but  one,  who 
was  too  old  for  battle,  into  an  ambush,  and  killing  them,  left  the 
women  and  the  one  man  to  defend  the  garrison.  The  heroic  women, 
of  which  Elizabeth  Morrison  was  one.  by  loading  the  guns  rapidly, 
with  the  old  man's  assistance,  managed  to  repulse  the  savages.  John 
Denham  and  wife  had  twelve  children,  of  whom  eight  are  living: 
Sophia  [.,  William,  Elizabeth  A.,  wife  of  Samuel  Wiley;  Emily,  wife 
of  loseph  A.  I  [all;  May,  Mary  R.,  Sarah  A.,  wife  of  William  1  [all;  |o- 
seph  11.  and  Maria. 

Joscpa  11.  Denham  was  born  and  reared  on  the  old  homestead. 
On  March    11,  187;,  he   was   married   to    Louisa   Ault,  who    was  born 


632  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

January  5,  1854,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann  (Wilkerson)  Ault. 
They  have  had  nine  children,  of  whom  eight  are  living:  Charles  A., 
John  M.,  Joseph  C,  Alary  R.,  David  \\\,  Frank  I..  Clara  L.and  Mar- 
tha F.  Mr.  Denham  and  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian church,  and  are  highly  regarded. 

The  first  white  child  native  to  Pultney  township,  Belmont  county, 
was  James  Dixon,  born  in  1797,  whose  son,  Henry  Dixon,  is  now  one 
of  the  influential  people  of  the  count)-.  James  was  the  son  of  Andrew 
and  Rachel  (Dulap)  Dixon,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Ireland 
in  1744,  and  came  to  America  in  1764.  He  first  settled  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, but  in  a  short  time  removed  to  West  Liberty,  W.  Va.,  and 
thence,  soon  afterward,  to  the  territory  now  included  in  Pultney  town- 
ship. He  died  there  in  1S00.  He  was  drafted  for  service  in  the  con- 
tinental army  during  the  revolution,  but  excused  by  order  of  Gen. 
Washington.  The  mother  of  Henry  Dixon  was  Elizabeth  Xeff,  a 
native  of  West  Virginia,  of  German  descent.  Mr.  Xeff  received  his 
early  education  in  the  pioneer  schools  of  the  country,  and  was  occu- 
pied in  labor  on  the  farm  of  his  father.  He  settled  in  Belmont 
county  a  poor  man,  and  he  lived  for  many  years  in  one  of  the  log 
cabins  characteristic  of  those  days,  with  his  nearest  neighbor  at 
Bridgeport,  five  or  six  miles  away.  He  was  compelled  to  go  to  West 
Liberty  to  mill,  and  when  the  river  was  impassable,  the  only  recourse 
was  to  pound  corn  for  food.  The  land  that  this  worthy  ancestor 
gained  the  title  of  was  afterward  owned  by  his  son  James,  and  here 
the  subject  of  this  mention  was  reared.  The  mother  of  the  latter  was 
Elizabeth  Xeff,  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  and  of  German  descent. 
Mr.  Xeff  received  his  education  in  the  pioneer  schools  of  the  county, 
and  was  occupied  in  youth  upon  the  farm  of  his  father,  which  subse- 
quently became  his.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  ninety-seven  acres  of 
good  land,  and  is  in  prosperous  circumstances.  In  1857  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Xarcissa  Thompson,  who  was  born  in  Pease  township  in  1835, 
the  daughter  of  James  and  Sidney  (Petit)  Thompson.  Her  father 
was- a  native  of  Pease  township,  ami  a  son  of  Thomas  Thompson,  of 
Ireland.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixon  have«one  son.  James  A.,  now  a  promi- 
nent physician  of  Bellaire.  Mr.  Dixon  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  are  highly  esteemed. 

Andrew  Douglass,  a  venerable  citizen  of  Richland  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  was  horn  In  Ireland  in  iSi;v  son  of  Hugh  and  Elizabeth 
(Agnew)  Douglass,  both  of  whom  spent  their  lives  in  their  native 
land.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  Andrew  came  to  America,  ami  at 
once  proceeded  to  Ohio,  where  he  found  employment  as  a  laborer. 
He  continued  to  be  so  employed  until  1835,  when  he  bought  and 
settled  on  a  part  of  his  present  farm.  I  le  purchased  some  seventy- 
eight  acres  at  first,  slightly  improved  with  an  old  log  cabin,  to  which 
he  brought  his  young  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Eliza  Tate,  ami 
to  whom  he  had  been  united  in  [S33.  The  story  of  the  years  that 
followed  is  one  of  unremitting  industry,  that  sort  of  patient  life  which 
lays  the  foundations  of  the  prosperity  "of  counties  ami  states.  A  true 
pioneer,  he  can  remember  when  he  worked  at  So  per  month,  or  mowed 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  633 

for  fifty  cents  per  daw  and  cradled  wheat  at  $i  per  day.  By  good 
business  principles  he  succeeded,  and  now  has  281  acres  of  valuable 
land,  well  improved.  He  gives  considerable  attention  to  sheep  rais- 
ing as  well  as  agriculture,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  the  Southdown 
breed.  By  his  wife,  above  named,  who  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1805, 
he  has  seven  children:  Hugh,  John,  Randall  B.,  Mary  J.,  William, 
Emma  E.  and  Margaret.  1  le  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 

William  Estep,  M.  D.,  one  of  the  oldest  physicians  in  the  practice 
in  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  son  of 
John  and  Sarah  Estep.  The  father  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer,  in 
straitened  circumstances,  and  at  an  early  age  William  was  called 
on  to  assist  his  father  in  the  smithy.  He  had,  however,  when  eight 
years  old,  decided  to  be  a  physician  when  he  had  grown,  and  he  would 
assume  that  character  in  his  childish  games,  and  when  called  on  to 
help  his  father  he  would  manage  to  work  so  poorly  that  finally  in  ex- 
asperation the  father  drove  him  from  the  forge  with  an  injunction 
never  to  return,  lie  at  once  entered  Franklin  college  and  attended 
three  years,  when  a  lack  of  funds  compelled  him  to  stop  his  studies. 
He  then  worked  awhile  until  he  had  money  enough  to  complete  his 
course  and  in  the  same  way  managed  to  gain  his  medical  education. 
In  1840  he  settled  at  Loydsville,  and  began  a  practice  which  has  ever 
since  continued.  In  this  protracted  period  he  has  always  had  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  the  community.  He  is  now  one  of  the 
directors  of  Franklin  college.  In  1S62  he  enlisted  in  September  as 
surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  Ohio  regiment,  and 
served  two  years,  when  he  was  compelled  by  sickness,  terminating  in 
heart  disease,  to  accept  an  honorable  discharge  at  Annapolis  in  1804. 
He  was  captured  at  Martinsburg,  Va.,  and  was  a  prisoner  of  war  for 
seven  weeks.  He  is  one  of  the  authors  of  the  law  for  the  board  of 
pension  examiners,  and  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  board  in 
June,  1888.  The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  and  was 
a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  In  his  practice  he  has  instructed  many 
pupils,  who  have  all  made  a  success  of  their  profession.  Dr.  Estep  is 
a  lover  of  fine  horses,  and  has  done  more  to  introduce  thoroughbreds 
than  any  other  man  in  Belmont  count}.  He  has  now  a  very  fine  im- 
ported Cleveland  bay  stallion,  and  has  kept  other  horses,  among  them 
Sir  Charles,  two  Morgan  horses,  a  Xorman,  a  Clydesdale.  Hiatoga, 
Harry  Clay,  Bayswater  and  Judge  Spofford. 

Amos  Fawcett,  an  influential  farmer  of  Richland  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  Ohio,  was  born  in  1826,011  the  farm  which  he  now  occu- 
pies. The  first  of  his  family  in  this  country  was  Thomas  Fawcett,  a 
native  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  the  province  of  Pennsylvania  in  1750. 
and  thence  removed  to  Virginia.  He  was  the  first  to  be  interred  in 
the  Mt.  Pleasant  cemetery  of  Frederick  county,  Va.  His  wife  was 
Martha  Clevinger.  Their  son,  Thomas,  married  Rachel  Vale,  and 
had  ten  children:  Joel.  Rebecca,  Simeon,  Levi 
Edward,  Thomas,  and  a  Thomas  who  died 
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tied  upon  in  1814,  and  Amos,  the  subject  of  this  mention,  with  the 
other  children,  enjoyed  such  educational  advantages  as  the  old  log 
schoobhouses  afforded.  In  [848  he  was  married  to  Charity  Sutton, 
daughter  of .Zachariah  and  Nancy  (King)  Sutton.  She  is  a  native  of 
Richland  township,  and  is  a  granddaughter  of  Jonathan  Sutton,  of 
whom  mention  is  made  on  another  page  of  this  work.  To  this  union 
five  children  have  been  born:  Zachariah,  .Mary  E.,  Esther,  Harry  II. 
and  John  A.  Mr.  Fawcett  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  trustees.  He  has  a 
valuable  farm  of  112  acres,  finely  improved. 

Francis  13.  Ferrel,  prominent  among  the  farmers  of  Richland  town- 
ship, was  born  in  the  year  1820,  in  the  little  log  cabin  which  was  the 
home  of  his  parents,  on  the  farm  which  he  now  owns.  1  Ie  is  the  son 
of  James  and  Sarah  (Boggs)  Ferrel,  the  former  of  whom  was  born 
in  West  Virginia,  the  son  of  Joseph  Ferrel,  and  came  to  Ohio  early  in 
the  century,  and  settled  in  Richland  township.  His  wife  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  and  Margaret  (Caldwell)  Boggs.  Her  grandfather 
was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  and  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  Mr.  Fer- 
rel, the  subject  of  this  mention,  was  reared  on  the  old  farm,  and  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  country  schools.  Beginning  with  this 
slender  foundation  he  has  by  a  liberal  patronage  of  books  and  papers, 
become  well-read  and  thoroughly  informed,  hie  is  now  one  of  the 
influential  citizens  of  the  county,  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
to  which  his  wife  also  belongs,  and  his  farm,  one  of  the  best  of  the  re- 
gion, includes  154  acres  of  valuable  land.  In  1S40,  Mr.  Ferrel  was 
married  to  Martha,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Nancy  (Mowery) 
Holmes,  of  this  county,  and  to  them  ten  children  have  been  born,  of 
whom  the  following  are  living:  William,  Charles,  James,  Francis  F. 
and  Emma.  His  first  wife  died, and  in  1S71,  he  was  married  to  Mary  E., 
daughter  of  Amos  and  Anna  Roscoe,  of  this  county,  by  whom  he  has 
three  children  living:     Irena,  Maude  and  Garfield  L. 

James  W.  Frasier,  a  leading  liveryman  of  St.  Clairsville,  is  a  de- 
scendant of  two  of  the  earl)-  families  in  eastern  Ohio.  His  father, 
William  P.  Frasier,  was  born  in  Loudon  county,  Ya.,  December  31, 
1815,  the  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Evans)  Frasier,  who  came  to  Ohio 
in  181 3,  with  their  family  and  settled  in  the  woods  in  Belmont  county. 
The  father  remained  upon  the  farm  until  1800,  when  he  moved  to  St. 
Clairsville  and  embarked  in  the  hotel  business,  at  which  he  was  occu- 
pied for  nineteen  years.  He  then  sold  his  hotel  and  retired,  and  his 
death  occurred  in  December,  1885.  In  1844  he  was  married  to  Nancy, 
a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Colley)  Woodmansee.  Her  father 
was  born  in  New  Jersey,  January  31,  1700,  and  the  mother  was 
born  October  10,  1800.  They  were  married  October,  1819,  ami 
by  this  union  had  ten  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living:  Nancy, 
Eii/a,  Sina  S.,  Harrison,  Galena,  Thomas),  and  Kate,  and  three  dead, 
Peter.  Lewis,  Menerva.  After  their  marriage  they  remained  with  Mr. 
Woodmansee's  parents  about  five  years,  and  then  in  1824  came  to 
Ohio,  and  settled  near  Mt.  Pleasant.  Five  years  later  they  removed 
to  a  farm  on  the  old  National  pike, about  four  miles  east  of  St.Clairs- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  635 

ville,  where  Mr.  YYoodmansee  was  for  thirty-five  years  engaged  in 
keeping  a  hotel.  I  Ie  kept  one  of  the  finest  houses  in  the  county,  and 
built  the  large  two-story  brick  building  used  for  the  hotel.  In  1864 he 
sold  out  and  bought  a  little  farm  near  St.  Clairsville,  which  was  his 
home  until  his  death  in  1879.  He  was  a  memberof  tin:  Masonic  order 
and  with  his  wife  was  associated  with  the  Presbyterian  church.  She 
is  still  living,  in  her  eighty-ninth  year,  and  makes  her  home  with  her 
daughter  Nancy.  James  YY.  brasier,  the  subject  of  this  mention,  was 
engaged  with  his  parents  in  the  hotel  business,  and  then  embarked 
in  the  livery  business,  which  has  continued  to  be  his  principal  occupa- 
tion. In  1870  he  was  married  to  Emma  Pattern,  who  was  born  and 
reared  in  St.  Clairsville,  and  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Arabella 
(Sharpless)  Patton.  To  this  union  two  children  have  been  born,  of 
whom  one  survives:  John  P.  Mr.  Prasier  is  one  of  the  successful 
and  popular  business  men  of  St.  Clairsville. 

William  Pulton,  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  October  6,  1845,  in  Pultney  township,  the  son  of  Andrew  and 
Margaret  (Gay)  Pulton.  Mr.  Fulton  was  reared  in  this  county  and 
was  given  the  educational  advantages  of  its  excellent  common  schools 
in  his  youth.  lie  was  reared  on  the  farm  of  his  parents,  and  naturally 
chose  the  same  vocation  as  his  own,  and  not  unwisely,  as  he  is  now 
reckoned  as  one  of  the  best  farmers  of  the  township,  and  has  a  good 
farm  of  seventy-nine  acres,  which  he  has  improved  handsomely.  Ik- 
was  married  September  5,  1876,  to  Anna  P.  Workman,  who  was  born 
in  this  county  in  1847.  the  daughter  of  Amos  and  Hannah  iMilligan) 
Workman.  Their  home  has  been  blessed  with  five  children:  Edgar  R., 
Inez  Mary,  Albert  P..  Mary  P.  ami  Hannah  X.  Mr.  Fulton  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  with  which  his  wife  is  also 
affiliated. 

Hon.  Isaac  IP  Gaston,  judge  of  the  probate  court  of  Belmont 
county,  was  born  at  St.  Clairsville,  July  6,  1S5S,  and  is  descended  from 
a  family  conspicuous  in  the  history  of  Belmont  county  since  the  dawn 
of  the  century.  His  great-grandfather,  Dr.  Alexander  Gaston,  a  na- 
tive of  Washington  county,  Penn.*  settled  on  a  farm  near  St.  Clairs- 
ville in  1800,  and  died  at  Morristown  in  1825.  After  removing  to 
Morristown  his  practice  covered  the  territory  reaching  to  Frecport, 
Middlebourne  and  Woodsfield.  Dr.  Ephraim  Gaston,  Judge  Gaston's 
grandfather,  was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  physiciansof  his  time. 
His  professional  life  covered  a  period  of  forty  years,  commencing  in 
1828.  He  was  one  of  those  rare  men  who  practiced  for  the  love  oi 
the  profession,  rather  than  for  the  money  produced  by  it.  Earl}-  in 
his  professional    life   he  was   persuaded  to   represent    the  peop' 


term  in  tin-  legislature,  but  he  gladly  returned  te 

>a  profess. 

on  which  he 

afterward  greatly  adorned,  and  clung  to  it  with 

iidelitv  ar 

id  zeal  until 

compelled  to  abandon  it  on  account  of  cataract  ol 

'  the  eves. 

dviim  about 

two  years  afterward.     Samuel   \\  .   Gaston,  fat 

her  of"   |u. 

Ige   Gaston, 

was  born  at  Morristown  in  1831.     In  early  man] 

lood  he  ta 

audit  school 

at    Wheeling,    improving   his   time    meanwhile 

reading  tli 

10  law.     lb- 

located  at  St.  Clairsville  in  1855,  and  the    follow 

ing   year 

was   elected 

636  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

clerk  of  the  courts.  He  was  a  fine  scholar  and  a  matchless  orator. 
He  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-one,  the  most  brilliant  and  promis- 
ing young  man  of  his  time.  Mr.  Gaston  married  Margaret  F.  Haz- 
lett,  of  Morristown,  July  9,  1857,  who  has  the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
her  only  child  leading  a  life  of  usefulness  and  honor.  Mrs.  Gaston 
resided  at  Morristown  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  and  |udge 
Gaston  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schoolsof  that  town. 
He  entered  Washington-Jefferson  college  in  1876,  and  was  graduated 
from  that  institution  in  1879.  Thence  he  entered  the  law  office  of 
Hon.  L.  Danford,  and  in  1884  was  elected  probate  judge,  and  re- 
elected in  18S7.  When  first  elected  he  was  the  youngest  man  ever 
chosen  to  that  office  in  this  part  of  Ohio,  but  its  duties  were  dis- 
charged with  such  dignity  and  ability  that  at  his  second  election  his 
majority  was  more  than  doubled.  Judge  Gaston  is  a  stalwart  repub- 
lican. He  takes  much  interest  in  public  affairs,  and  occupies  an  influ- 
ential position  in  the  councils  of  his  party. 

Selden  George,  by  birth  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Belmont  county,  and 
the  son  of  early  settlers,  Traverse  and  Esther  (Sinclair)  George,  was 
born  February  14,  1819.  He  was  one  of  two  sons,  and  was  reared  on 
the  farm,  assisting  his  parents  in  the  work  of  early  days  on  the  farm, 
and  attending  school  somewhat  in  the  pioneer  log  school-house.  His 
life  has  been  an  industrious  and  useful  one,  working  at  home  with  his 
father  until  the  hitter's  death  December  6,  1859  (he  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1779).  He  now  owns  100  acres  of  the  old  homstead  and 
fifty-four  acres  adjoining,  and  is  in  prosperous  and  comfortable  cir- 
cumstances. October  7,  1847,  Mr.  George  was  married  to  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Susan  (Lucus)  Pryor,  and  by  this  union  were 
born  two  children,  William  L.  and  Susan  E.  The  mother  was  born 
in  Smith  township,  August  8,  1824,  ami  died  Jul)-  5,  1889.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  George  has  served 
on  the  school  board  about  twenty-five  years,  and  has  nearly  always 
held  the  position  of  clerk. 

Seldon  T.  Haines,  an  energetic  farmer  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  in  Columbiana  county,  April  12,  1845,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
(George)  Haines.  His  father  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  was  the  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Rachel  Haines,  both  natives  of  Xew  Jersey,  who  came 
to  Ohio  about  1802.  Seldon  T.  accompanied  his  parents  to  Guernsey 
county,  whither  they  removed  when  he  was  quite  young,  anil  they 
remained  there  until  he  was  twelve  years  old,  when  they  came  to  Bel- 
mont county,  and  settled  where  he  now  lives.  Here  the  father  died 
in  his  seventy-third  year.  Seldon  T.  was  reared  on  the  farm,  and  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education.  In  his  nineteenth  year  he 
answered  the  call  of  his  country,  and  enlisted  in  December,  18(13,  in 
Company  11,  Ninth  Ohio  cavalry,  under  Capt.  Stough,  and  served 
with  Gen.  Kilpatrick's  forces  in  the  march  through  Georgia.  1  lis  ser- 
vice was  a  gallant  one,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  honorably 
discharged  in  August,  1805,  at  Lexington.  V  C.  lie  is  now  doing 
well  as  a  farmer,  owning  over  fifty  acres  of  the  homestead  farm.  In 
December.    187?.   Mr.    Haines   was   married   to   Isabella,   daughter  of 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  637 

William  and  Nancy  (Cash)  Satterthwaite,  and  by  this  union  he  has 
four  children:  Wallace  E.,  Mary  A.,  Laura  B.,  and  William  S.  Mrs. 
Haines  was  horn  in  this  county,  July  1,   1846. 

Robert  Hall,  a  native  of  Hall's-turn,  Ireland,  born  February 8,  1813, 
was  married  in  this  country  to  Ann  McMullen,  who  was  horn  in 
Armagh  count)',  October  15,  1800.  In  1841,  they  came  to  America 
with  those  of  their  children  then  born,  poor  in  property,  but  endowed 
with  energy  and  perseverance  that  made  them  successful  in  the  new 
land  they  sought.  They  came  on  the  good  ship  "  Columbus,"  which 
landed  at  Xew  York  on  Christmas  eve,  and  came  on  to  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  where  they  made  their  home  for  four  years,  and  where 
the  remainder  of  their  children  were  horn.  They  then  removed  to 
Monroe  count)-,  Ohio,  where  they  had  been  two  or  three  years,  when 
the  father  was  killed  by  the  explosion  of  a  steamboat  boiler.  Ten  or 
eleven  years  later,  the  mother  and  children  removed  to  Wetzel  count)', 
W.  Va.,  where  they  lived  eleven  years,  coming  then  to  the  farm  in 
Richland  township,  Belmont  count)',  Ohio,  where  the  mother  died  in 
1886.  The  parents  were  both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  To  them  were  born  five  children,  as  follows:  Joseph  A., 
October  15,  1838;  Robert  S.,  February  11,  1840;  Margaret  A.,  Aprils, 
1841;  William  Q.,  Junes,  1842;  John  M.,  May  16,  1S45.  Margaret 
and  John  are  deceased.  Joseph  A.,  the  eldest  child,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land and  came  to  this  country  when  three  years  of  age.  lie  was 
reared  on  the  farm,  and  in  earl)'  manhood,  in  the  year  1S62, answered 
the  call  of  his  country  and  enlisted  in  Company  E,  (  )ne  1  lundred  and 
Sixteenth  Ohio  volunteers,  and  served  with  his  company  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  being  always  on  duty,  except  three  months,  when  he- 
was  a  prisoner  of  war  in  Libby  prison,  and  two  months  while  disabled 
by  a  wound.  From  this,  lie  has  always  suffered  since,  but  receives  a 
pension  of  only  S2  a  month.  Mr.  1  lall  was  married  February  6,  1870. 
to  Emily  Denham,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Giltin)  Denham. 
He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 

Robert  S.,  the  second  horn  of  the  children  of  Robert  and  Ann  1  lall, 
was  reared  on  the  farm  and  has  given  his  entire  attention  during  his 
life  to  agriculture,  and  with  some  success.  With  his  two  brothers  he 
owns  22Q-'4  acres  of  very  valuable  land  in  Richland  township,  and  ranks 
among  the  most  substantial  and  influential  men  of  the  count)'. 

William  (J.  Hall,  the  youngest  of  three  brothers,  who  own  jointly 
a  farm  of  22Q<4  acres  in  Richland  township,  spent  his  youth  in  Mon- 
roe count)',  whence,  in  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  (hie  1  lundred 
and  Sixteenth  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  the  same  company  in  which 
his  elder  brother  served.  After  serving  with  his  company  a  year  and 
seven  months,  he  was  put  on  detached  duty,  in  the  pioneer  corps,  ami 
he  served  in  that  arm  of  the  troops  from  April,  [864,  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  With  the  exception  of  three  weeks  in  the  hospital  with 
measles,  he  was  always  at  his  post  of  duty,  and  conducted  himself  as 
becomes  a  brave  citizen  soldier.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  \\  est 
Virginia,  ami  resumed  farming.  After  coming  to  Richland  township 
he  was  married  in   1877,  to  Sarah  A.  Denham,  who  was  born   in   this 


638  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

township  in  1848,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Giffen)  Den- 
ham.  Mrs.  Ilall  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 
He  is  prominent  as  a  landowner  and  as  a  good  citizen. 

Alexander  C.  Hammond,  a  progressive  fanner  of  Richland  town- 
ship," was  born  in  the  township  of  Wheeling,  September  5,  1837.  I  le 
is  the  son  of  Robert  Hammond,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  the 
son  of  Robert  and  Jane  (Castle)  Hammond.  The  senior  Robert 
Hammond  was  a  native  of  county  Down,  Ireland,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Seceder church,  of  Ireland.  He  came  to  America  at  an  early 
day,  and  after  residing  in  Pennsylvania  several  years,  removed  to 
Ohio,  settling  in  Wheeling  township.  The  maiden  name  of  the 
mother  of  the  subject  was  I  lannah  Clark.  Mr.  Hammond  was  reared 
on  the  farm  in  Wheeling  township,  and  after  attending  the  common 
schools  spent  one  year  at  Athens  college.  In  1S64  he  enlisted  in 
Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  Ohio  infantry,  under 
Capt.  A.  W.  Lee,  and  after  a  service  of  too  days,  received 
an  honorable  discharge  at  Columbus  in  September,  1864.  He  enlisted 
as  a  private,  but  was  soon  promoted  to  first  corporal.  In  1S70,  Mr. 
Hammond  was  married  to  Maggie  G.  Thompson,  who  was  born  in 
1842,  and  died  in  1875.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  B.  and  Eliza 
Thompson.  To  this  union  one  son  was  born,  Harry  E.  Beginning 
his  career  as  a  farmer  with  thirty  acres,  he  now  owns  100  acres  of 
good  land,  well  improved,  with  a  two-story  brick  dwelling  and  other 
improvements. 

The  Hardesty  family  is  one  of  the  most  notable  among  the  pioneers 
of  the  valley  of  the  upper  (  >hio.  Their  ancestors  removed  to  this 
region,  then  the  Indian  frontier,  soon  after  the  war  of  the  revolution. 
Richard  Hardesty  and  his  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Mary  Lamb. 
in  about  1703,  removed  to  Wheeling  to  obtain  protection  from  the  red 
men,  and  Richard  had  been  a  brave  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  revolu- 
tion, and  was,  by  his  service,  entitled  to  land  in  the  northwest  territory. 
In  1705  they  crossed  the  river  into  Ohio  at  the  site  of  Martin's  Ferry, 
and  having  lost  their  horses  to  the  Indian  marauders  near  there,  they 
made  their  way  with  ox  team  and  sled,  being  compelled  to  cut  their 
way  much  of  the  distance  to  a  place  known  by  the  hunters  as  "  Round 
Bottom,"  in  what  is  now  Richland  township.  There  were  no  neigh- 
bors to  their  little  home  nearer  than  St.  Clairsville,  and  but  few  cabins 
there.  Richard  lived  there  to  the  age  of  ninety-seven  years,  He  had 
three  sons,  Robert,  Samuel  and  John.  The  latter,  who  was  born  at 
Martin's  Perry,  in  1701,  is  supposed  to  be  the  first  white  child  born 
in  Belmont  county.  All  the  sons  served  in  the  war  of  iSl2,  and  dur- 
ing that  period  of  conflict,  Robert  took  part  in  the  battleof  Kirkwood 
Cabin.  On  January  5,  1809,  Robert  was  married  to  Nancy  McMillan. 
Their  son.  John  I  Iardcsty,  one  of  the  honored  representatives  of  this 
pioneer  family,  was  born  in  Richland  township,  January  jo,  [S20.  Me 
received  a  limited  education  in  the  log  school-house  of  his  day.  On 
June  16.  1S64,  he  was  married  to  Mary  J.  Coats,  a  native  of  Belmont 
county,  and  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  Coats.  To  this  union  live 
children  have  been  born:      Robert,  Samuel,  Ada  Luella,  William  Ross 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  630 

and  John  G.  Mr.  Hardesty  is  one  of  the  leading  land  owners  of  the 
county,  having  225  acres  of  valuable  land. 

Alexander  G.  1  lawthorn,  a  prominent  business  man  and  postmaster 
at  Loydsville,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  in  June,  1846,  the  son  of 
William  and  Mary  A.  (Lemon)  Hawthorn.  The  father  was  born 
and  reared  in  Jefferson  county,  and  lived  there  until  1852,  when  he 
removed  with  his  family  to  Harrison  county  and  settled  on  a  farm, 
where  he  now  resides.  In  the  latter  county  the  subject  of  this  men- 
tion was  reared  from  his  sixth  year.  On  December  17,  1S63,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  B,  Ninety-eighth  Ohio  infantry,  and  served  with 
his  company  in  all  its  engagements  until  he  was  wounded  on  August  7, 
1864,  before  Atlanta.  A  piece  of  shell  which  weighed  a  little  over 
three-quarters  of  an  ounce  entered  his  jaw,  and  was  so  imbedded  that 
he  carried  it  for  seven  years  before  it  was  removed.  It  almost  en- 
tirely destroyed  his  hearing,  but  for  this  great  injury  he  is  allowed 
only  the  insignificant  pension  of  $4  a  month.  Mr.  Hawthorn  was 
discharged  at  Columbus,  in  September,  1865,  ami  on  his  return  home 
engaged  in  farming  in  Jefferson  county  for  two  years,  after  which  he 
embarked  in  general  merchandise  at  Adena.  After  doing  business 
there  four  years  he  removed  to  Loydsville,  and  opened  a  dry  goods 
and  general  store,  and  has  an  extensive  custom.  He  is  one  of  the 
worthy  citizens  of  the  place,  and  his  recent  appointment  as  postmaster 
gave  general  satisfaction. 

Peter  \Y.  Helpbringer,  a  well-known  and  successful  farmer  of  Rich- 
land township,  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  1840,  the  son  of  John  and 
Tamazin  (Wolf)  1  lelpbringer.  His  grandfather,  Frederick,  the  first  of 
the  family  in  America,  came  to  America  about  the  year  1800.  from  Oer- 
many,  his  native  land.  1  le  settled  in  Virginia  and  there  raised  a  family, 
among  whom  was  John,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  mention. 
John,  in  about  1S30,  removed  to  Ohio,  and  made  his  home  in  Guern- 
sey county,  afterward,  however,  in, 1846,  removing  to  Smith  township, 
Belmont  county.  He  then  settled  on  a  farm,  on  which  he  remained 
until  1882,  when  he  and  wife  made  their  home  with  their  son,  Peter  W. 
He  was  a  successful  fanner,  and  also  conducted  a  (louring-  and  saw- 
mill. He  lived  to  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  His  wife  was  the 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Clarissa  (Ridgeway)  Wolf,  of  Scotch-Irish  tie- 
scent.  She  and  her  husband  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church.  Peter  W.  was  reared  on  the  farm,  ami  has  engaged  much 
of  his  time  in  the  mills  of  his  father.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  and  at  Huff's  Commercial  college,  at  Pittsburgh. 
In  1878  he  bought  of  his  father  what  was  known  as  the  Helpbringer 
mill,  and  after  thoroughly  refitting  it  continued  to  operate  it.  On 
April  22,  1880,  was  married  to  lane  L.,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Ma- 
tilda (Hall  1  Neff.  He  and  wife  commenced  house-keeping  on  the 
Helpbringer  farm,  and  continued  to  operate  the  mill  until  the  spring 
of  1882,  when  he  rented  the  mill  to  \V.  T.  Miunamever,  and  com- 
menced to  erect  the  buildings  on  the  farm,  where  he  now  resides,  in 
Richland  township,  near  Glencoe,  on  B.  &  ( ).  R.  R.,  finishing  and  oc- 
cupying them  in  October,  1883.    In  the  years  that  have   elapsed,  how- 


64O  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

ever,  he  has  been  prosperous  in  his  undertakings,  and  now  has  310 
acres  of  valuable  land,  well  improved,  and  has  a  comfortable  and  pleas- 
ant home,  which  has  been  blessed  by  the  presence  of  five  children, 
four  of  whom  survive:  Albert  S.,  Clara  M.,  Ralph  E.  and  an  infant 
son,  lames  Nelson.  Mrs.  Helpbringer  was  born  in  1850,  in  Smith 
township,  and  she  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of 
which  Mr.  Helpbringer  is  a  member. 

John  Henderson,  one  of  the  worthy  pioneers  of  Belmont  county, 
was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  September  14,  1815.  He  is 
the  son  of  Andrew  Henderson,  son  of  Martin  I  lenderson.  1  lis  father 
came  to  Ohio  in  1815  and  settled  in  Harrison  county,  but  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  made  his  home  in  Belmont  count)',  buying  a  section  of 
land  in  Wheeling  township,  from  A.  Patterson.  This  tract  was  in  a 
very  wild  condition,  with  no  improvements  but  a  log  cabin,  and  in  re- 
claiming and  improvement  of  this  farm  the  senior  Henderson,  as  well 
as  his  son,  endured  many  hardships  and  saw  many  a  day  of  untiring 
toil.  1  lere  John  I  lenderson  was  raised,  availing  himself  of  such  edu- 
cational advantages  as  were  offered  in  those  days.  Growing  up  as  a 
farmer,  he  passed  through  the  days  of  the  sickle  and  flail  into  the 
modern  period  of  improved  agricultural  implements.  Yet.  after  tak- 
ing up  with  the  cradle  he  used  it  until  he  left  the  farm  in  1870.  In 
the  latter  year  he  removed  to  Wooster  to  educate  his  children,  and 
four  and  a  half  years  later  came  to  St.  Clairsville,  which,  has  since 
been  his  home.  He  still  owns  103  acres  of  the  old  homestead  farm, 
and  has  one  of  the  handsomest  residences  in  Steubenville,  which  is 
one  of  the  attractions  of  the  city.  In  1S47,  Mr.  I  lenderson  was  mar- 
ried to  Mary  J.  Hammond,  who  died  not  many  months  later.  In  1853 
he  was  married  to  Marv  A.  Willis,  who  was  born  in  Guernsey  county 
in  1830,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (McCannon)  Wallace.  By  this 
union  he  has  had  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  living:  Samuel  M.. 
Ella  J.,  Ulysses  M.,  John  W.,  Willis  II.  and  David  E.  Mr.  Hender- 
son has  given  all  his  children  a  good  education,  three  having  at- 
tended the  university  at  Wooster,  and  one  being  now  at  Athens 
college. 

Joseph  A.  Henderson,  a  prominent  young  man  of  Belmont  county. 
who  received  in  November,  1889,  the  high  compliment  of  an  election 
as  auditor  of  the  county,  in  opposition  to  the  usual  political  majority, 
is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  this  region.  His 
grandfather,  Andrew  Henderson,  came  to  Belmont  county  before  the 
admission  of  the  state  into  the  Union.  He  was  the  son  of  a  native 
of  Ireland.  Andrew  settled  in  Wheeling  township,  where  his  son 
John  was  born,  in  1810.  The  latter  married  Margaret  Shepherd,  who 
is  of  a  family  prominent  in  early  times,  her  great-uncle  being  a  colonel 
in  the  war  of  1812.  To  theseparents  Joseph  A.  Henderson  was  born 
September  15.  1858.  He  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  educated  in  the 
common  schools.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  began  teaching 
in  the  common  schools,  and  after  following  that  vocation  live  years, 
he  entered  the  Lebanon  Normal  college,  lie  attended  one  term 
there  and  another  at    Hopedale,  and    then   he   took   up  the   stud)-  of 


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stenography.  After  this  he  resumed  teaching,  and  achieving  a  repu- 
tation for  thorough  work,  was  in  1882,  appointed  school  examiner  for 
Belmont  county.  He  served  on  the  board  of  examiners  four  years, 
and  in  1883  accepted  the  position  of  deputy  auditor  under  Ross  Bar- 
rett, which  he  held  until  his  election  as  auditor.  In  1887  he  was  ap- 
pointed court  stenographer  for  the  district  of  Belmont  and  Monroe 
counties,  and  has  discharged  the  duties  of  that  position  in  connection 
with  the  deputyship.  His  election  in  1SS9  as  auditor,  by  a  majority 
of  171  on  the  democratic  ticket  in  the  face  of  an  opposing  majority 
of  356  on  the  general  ticket,  is  a  high  compliment  indeed.  He  was 
one  of  two  county  officers  elected  on  his  ticket.  Mr.  Henderson  was 
married  January  21,  1885,  to  Iona  Metcalf,  who  was  born  in  1S63, 
daughter  of  Oliver  G.  and  Mary  A.  (Hamilton)  Metcalf,  ami  he  has 
two  children,  William  C.  and  Lawrence  O.  1  le  and  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
order  and   Knights  of  Pythias. 

A.  II.  Hewetson,  M.  D.,  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  that  county  October  5,  1837,  the  son  of  Joseph  and 
Isabella  (Hanna)  Hewetson.  "His  parents  were  both  of  Scotch  birth, 
and  were  married  in  that  country.  The  father  was  a  graduate  of  both 
the  art  and  medical  departments  of  the  university  of  Edinburgh,  and 
after  leaving  college  was  for  two  years  an  assistant  in  the  Dumfrie- 
shire  infirmary.  He  then  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  \\  ig- 
tonshire,  but  after  a  residence  there  of  four  years  he  and  wife  came 
to  America.  They  settled  two  miles  south  of  St.  Clairsville,  where 
the  father  intended  to  engage  in  farming  exclusively,  but  he  was  soon 
called  upon  to  practice  his  profession.  Dr.  A.  H.  I  lewetson  attended 
the  common  schools  in  childhood  and  youth,  and  then  received  his 
medical  education  at  Miami  college,  at  which  he  received  his  degree. 
In  1S58  he  began  practicing  at  St.  Clairsville,  and,  except  four  years 
at  Allegheny  City,  has  spent  all  the  subsequent  time  at  this  place.  He 
occupies  a  high  rank  both  professionally  and  socially.  On  June  26, 
1S60,  he  was  married  to  Mary  Ross  Templeton,  of  this  county,  and 
they  have  four  children:  Josephine,  Halle  Lincoln,  William  and 
Sarah  Ik  The  eldest  son  is'a  physician  at  Omaha.  Neb.,  and  demon- 
strator of  anatomy  at  the  Omaha  medical  college. 

Christopher  Hinkle.  well-known  as  one  of  the  aged  surviving  pio- 
neers of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  but  was  brought 
by  his  parents  within  the  limits  of  this  county  one  month  later.  He 
was  born  January  ib.  1804.  a  son  of  Christopher  and  Sarah  I  Keyset-) 
Hinkle.  His  father,  a  miller  by  trade,  and  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
came  to  Ohio  in  1S02,  a  poor  man.  By  industrious  application  to  his 
trade  he  accumulated  enough  to  bin-  fifty-four  acres  of  land,  in  which 
"there  was  not  a  stick  amiss,"  which  he  cleared  into  a  farm,  on  winch 
he  reared  a  family  of  nine  children.  Six  of  these  are  now  living,  live 
of  them  being  over  eighty  years  old  ami  one  seventy-two.  The  father 
was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812.  He  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-lour 
years  and  his  wife  at  the  age  of  seventy.  Their  son,  whose  name  lirst 
appears  above,  was  reared  in  the  pioneer  days  of  the  county,  receiv- 
41-B. 


642  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

ing  his  education  in  the  log  school-house  of  winters,  and  working  on 
the  farm  in  summer.  At  nine-teen  years  of  age  he  began  to  serve  an 
apprenticeship  at  the  carpenter's  trade,  at  which  he  worked  as  a  jour- 
neyman for  ten  years.  In  1829  he  was  married  to  Margaret,  daughter 
of  John  and  Martha  ( Coffin  1  Allen,  both  of  Scotch  descent.  She  was 
born  in  1809,  and  is  still  living.  lie  then  began  housekeeping  on  the 
farm  of  his  wife's  father,  but  two  years  later  bought  the  wood-land 
tract  which  he  has  since  made  into  his  present  farm,  and  there  reared 
his  family  in  a  little  Io.l;-  cabin.  To  pay  fortius  land  he  sold  160  acres 
which  he  had  bought  before  marriage,  by  working  at  his  trade,  and 
he  continued  to  add  to  his  new  home  until  he  accumulated  350,  acres 
of  fine  land,  which  he  now  has  well  improved  and  supplied  with  good 
buildings.  I  lis  life  has  been  one  of  enduring  industry,  but  though  now 
in  his  eighty-sixth  year,  he  is  still  in  the  healthful  possession  of 
strength  and  faculties  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  well-spent  life.  By  his 
marriage  he  had  nine  children:  Martha,  deceased;  John  A.,  Sarah  A., 
Isabel.  William,  James,  Margaret,  deceased;  Andrew  and  Mary  J. 
He  and  wife  are  venerable  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 

W.  D.  Hoff,  a  well-known  attorney  of  St.  Clairsville,  was  born  in 
Barbour  county,  \V.  Va.,  the  son  of  ILL.  and  Ann  Hoff.  He  was 
reared  in  his  native  state,  and  came  to  Ohio  in  1857,  for  the  purpose 
of  obtaining  an  education.  He  attended  the  McNeely  school  at  I  lope- 
dale  about  two  years,  and  the  Eclectic  institute  at  Hiram  one  year. 
In  the  spring  of  1S61  he  returned  to  Virginia,  and  commenced  the 
study  of  law.  He  took  a  part  in  the  local  work  of  organizing  the  re- 
stored and  loyal  government  of  Virginia,  and  in  August,  1S62,  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  the  Fifteenth  Virginia  regiment.  He  was  during  his 
term  of  service  at  one  time  a  prisoner  of  war,  and  had  the  unpleasant 
distinction  of  being  held  in  close  confinement  at  Libby  prison  as  a 
hostage.  Mr.  Hoff  was  mustered  out  as  lieutenant  in  June.  1S65.  He 
resumed  the  study  of  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  West  Vir- 
ginia in  the  summer  of  1806.  In  the  following  autumn  he  went  to 
Stockton,  Mo.,  and  there  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  until  1880. 
During  his  residence  in  Missouri,  he  met  with  success  in  his  profes- 
sional career,  and  was  honored  with  various  positions  of  trust.  Re- 
turning to  Ohio  in  1880,  he  was  a  resident  of  Cadiz  a  short  time,  and 
then  removed  to  St.  Clairsville.  where  he  has  since  made  his  home 
and  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  becoming  one  of  the  in- 
fluential citizens  of  the  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity and  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Mr.  Hoff  was  married,  in  1S70,  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Lewis,  a  merchant  of  Georgetown.  Ohio,  and  they 
have  four  children:  Lewis.  Eldridge  G.,  Luella  and  Carl  1\  Mrs. 
Hoff  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  friends. 

James  Hutchison,  an  old  and  highly  regarded  farmer  of  Richland 
township,  is  a  son  of  David  Hutchison,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers. 
The  latter  was  born  in  Chester  county,  lYnn.,  and  remained  in  that 
state  until  1803,  when  he  came  to  Ohio  and  settled  in  the  woods  of 
Richland  township,  using  the  bed  of  his  wagon  as  a  shelter  until  he 
could  erect  a  rude  log  hut.      Previously  he  was  at  Wheeling  when  the 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  643 

only  buildings  there  were  the  court-house  and  two  dwelling-houses. 
Me  was  a  son  of  Robert  and  Nancy  Hutchison,  natives  of  Ireland, 
who  left  that  country  in  the  time  of  religious  persecution,  and  coming 
to  this  country  in  1740,  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  where  the  father  re- 
sided until  his  death.  David  Hutchison,  son  of  the  above,  married 
Jane  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  this  country  at  the 
age  of  thirteen  years.  They  had  eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  are 
living:  Rebecca,  Nancy,  James,  Jane,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Joseph  and 
John.  James  Hutchison  went  through  the  early  toil  of  the  pioneer, 
"and  obtained  his  education  in  the  old  log  schoobhouse.  by  the  light 
which  straggled  through  its  little  windows  of  greased  paper.  But 
these  surroundings,  stern  and  unlovely  as  they  were,  developed  sturdy 
and  independent  characters,  and  among  the  worthy  men  who  remain 
to  us  from  those  days,  none  are  more  highly . esteemed  than  Mr. 
Hutchison.  As  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  he  is  active  in 
good  works,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  session  for  thirty-seven 
years,  and  in  every  way  is  a  good  and  valuable  citizen.  1  lis  land 
possessions  are  extensive,  including  325  acres,  and  his  later  years  are 
passed  in  comfort. 

John  S.  Hutchison,  a  successful  farmer  of  Belmont  count)-,  is  a  son 
of  David  and  Jane  Hutchison,  of  whom  mention  is  made  in 
another  connection.  He  was  born  in  1825  on  the  farm  he  at  present 
owns,  on  which  he  was  reared,  and  resided  until  the  year  1SS0,  when 
he  erected  the  handsome  two-story  residence  of  stone  in  which  he 
now  resides.  He  began  his  education  in  the  rude  school-house  of 
pioneer  days,  but  being  a  liberal  patron  of  books  and  papers  has  be- 
come a  well  read  and  highly  intelligent  man.  He  began  his  career 
as  a  farmer  as  a  renter,  but  after  his  father's  death,  bought  out  the 
other  heirs  to  the  homestead,  and  now  owns  280  acres,  of  which  180 
is  the  same  that  his  father  bought  in  1805.  and  lived  on  during  the 
rest  of  his  life.  Mr.  Hutchison  was  married  in  1S66  to  Sarah  J.  Rose, 
who  was  born  in  1838.  the  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Kel- 
sey)  Rose,  of  Guernsey  county.  To  thjs  union  have  been  born  four 
daughters,  Lizzie  J.,  Mary  R.,  Ella  M.  and  Eva.  Mr.  Hutchison  and 
wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  on  the  build- 
ing committee  for  the  church  in  St.  Clairsville,  and  donated  liberally 
to  that  enterprise,  besides  giving  liberally  of  his  time.  Mr.  1  lutchison 
has  served  as  school   director  of  his  town  about  ten  years. 

George  Jepson,  a  leading  grocer  of  St.  Clairsville,  is  a  son  ot  John 
Jepson,  who  was  in  the  same  trade,  a  successful  business  man  ot  the 
city  for  many  years.  John  Jepson  was  born  in  Lancashire,  England, 
in  1704,  and  was  married  in  that  country  to  1  lannah  1  [lint,  with  whom 
and  family  he  immigrated  to  this  country  in  1823.  They  settled  first 
at  Utica,  N.  V.,  where  he  followed  his  trade  as  a  weaver,  until  1833, 
when  they  removed  to  Belmont  county,  ami  settled  on  a  farm, 
the  Hump  rev  property,  which  he  tilled  until  1844,  when  he  was 
severely  injured  by  an  accident  in  the  raising  of  a  barn.  1  le  then  re- 
moved to  town,  and  was  engaged  in  the  groccn  business  until  1880. 
He  died  in  18S4.     lie   was   successful  in  business,  and   amassed  con- 


644  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

siderable  property,  and  was  withal  an  honest  and  good  man.  Of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  he  was  an  elder,  and  his  estimable  wife  was 
also  an  active  member.  Of  the  eleven  children  born  to  them,  four 
survive:  Nathaniel  11.,  a  jeweler  at  Washington,  Ind.;  Hannah  E., 
George,  and  Samuel  L.,  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.  George  Jepson  was  born  .August  28,  1839.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  began  working  in  his  father's  store,  and  remained  there 
until  1S62,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army,  in  Company  13,  Ninety- 
eighth  regiment  Ohio  infantry,  lie  served  with  his  company  three 
months,  when  he  was  detached  for  duty  in  the  adjutant  general's 
office,  where  he  remained  until  discharged  June  1,  1865,  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  lie  did  honorable  service  to  his  country,  and  was  with 
Sherman  in  the  march  to  the  sea.  On  his  return  home  he  resumed 
the  grocery  business,  in  which  he  has  since  been  successfully  engaged. 
In  1871  Mr.  Jepson  was  married  to  Rebecca  E.  Grove,  by  whom  he 
has  two  children,  Nellieand  Lucy.  Mrs. Jepson  isa  daughter  of  John  A. 
Grove,  who  was  born  at  Oldtown,  Va.,  in  1700,  the  second  son  of 
Michael  and  Elizabeth  (Booker)  Grove,  with  whom  he  came  to  Bel- 
mont county  in  an  early  day,  and  built  the  third  house  in  St.  Clairs- 
ville.  lie  began  a  prosperous  business  career  as  a  clerk  in  a  dry 
goods  store.  lie  was  for  forty  years  a  devoted  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  of  which  his  wife  was  also  a  member.  I  lis 
death  occurred  in  1873.  I  lis  wife  was  Caroline  V.  Anderson,  who  was 
born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  in  1816,  daughter  of  |ohn  A.  and 
Rebecca  (Byers)  Anderson,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  minister  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  in  Pennsylvania,  for  over  thirty-five  years. 

James  Johnson,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  in  1829.  Ten  years  later  he  came  to  the  United 
States  with  his  parents,  William  and  Jane  Johnson,  with  whom  he 
remained  until  their  death,  in  the  meantime  receiving  an  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  the  county.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  Richland  township,  and  has  served  four  years  as  school  director. 
Mainly  through  his  own  industry  and  good  business  talents,  but 
assisted  also  by  his  father,  he  has  acquired  a  fine  farm  of  147  acres, 
pleasantly  situated,  and  substantially  improved.  In  November,  i860. 
Mr.  Johnson  was  married  to  Nancy  J.  McFarland,  who  was  born  in 
1839,  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Margaret  1  Marshall  1  McFarland. 
To  this  union  have  been  born  six  children:  Anna,  Mary,  Ella  and 
Bella  (twins),  Thomas  and  William.  He  and  wife  are  members  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  church,  and  are  highly  regarded  by  the  com- 
munity. 

John  Johnson,  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  in  [824.  He  is  tin.;  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(McFadden)  Johnson,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Ireland. 
and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1840.  He  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and 
Jane  ( Richmond)  Johnson,  natives  of  Ireland,  and  was  a  member  of 
"the  Seceding  church  in  that  land.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  the  mother  of 
the  subject  of  this  mention,  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  1  Kerrl 
McFadden.     She  is  now,  though  in  her  eighty-ninth  year,  in  apparent 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  645 

good  health.  John  Johnson  came  to  America  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  years,  having  received  his  education  in  his  native  land,  lie 
landed,  in  this  country  quite  a  poor  man,  but  since  then  his  undertak- 
ings have  been  crowned  with  success,  and  he  has  now  196  acres  of 
valuable  land,  and  a  comfortable  home,  l^e  was  married  in  1853,  to 
Elizabeth  Giffen,  who  was  born  in  York  township,  Belmont  county, 
in  the  year  1832,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Isabel  (Reed)  Giffen. 
To  their  union  have  been  born  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  living: 
Jane,  Margaret,  klizabeth,  Robert  and  Thomas.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John- 
son are  consistent  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 

Thomas  Johnson,  a  prominent  and  successful  farmer  of  Belmont 
county,  came  here  with  his  parents  from  Ireland,  his  native  land,  in 
1839,  being  then  sixteen  years  of  age.  lie  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Jane  (Campbell)  Johnson,  who  came  to  this  country  with  a  capital  of 
about  $400,  with  which  they  made  a  first  payment  on  sevenlv-three  acres 
of  land  which  they  occupied,  and  lived  there  first  in  a  little  primitive 
frame  house.  They  prospered  and  added  eight)-  acres  more  to  their 
farm,  upon  which  they  lived  during  the  remainder  of  their  days.  Both 
were  devoted  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  The 
father  died  in  1854  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  Ten  children 
were  born  to  them,  of  whom  five  survive:  Thomas,  James,  Jane, 
Mary  and  Isabel.  In  the  early  days  of  their  farm  life  in  this  county, 
the  bulk  of  the  work  fell  upon  the  sturdy  shoulders  of  the  eldest  son, 
the  subject  of  this  mention.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until  their 
decease.  In  1S54  he  met  with  an  accident  which  disabled  him  for 
life.  A  vicious  horse  that  he  was  holding  seized  him  by  the  wrist  and 
crushed  both  bones.  In  1859  Mr.  Johnson  was  married  to  Isabel 
Boyd,  who  was  born  in  Richland  township  in  1834,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Margaret  Boyd.  To  this  union  ten  children  were  born: 
William,  Margaret  J.,  Robert  J.,  John  A.,  Thomas  !•".,  Samuel  Ik. 
Alexander  C.  Mary  I..  Emma  1.  and  Harry  E.  He  and  wife  are  both 
members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  He  has  prospered 
in  his  undertakings,  and  is  now  one  of  the  leading  farmers  of  the 
county,  influential  and  respected,  and  owns  154  acres  of  valuable 
land. 

Newell  K.  Kennon,  a  prominent  young  attorney  of  Belmont  county, 
was  born  in  St.  Clairsville,  April  8,  1855.  I  le  is  a  son  of  William  Ken- 
non, Jr.,  who  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1S02,  and  came  to  Belmont 
county,  with  his  parents,  when  a  child.  lie  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  the  county,  and  afterward  studied  law  with 
Hon.  William  Kennon,  at  St.  Clairsville.  In  1X33  he  was  admitted  to 
practice,  and  four  years  later  was  elected  .prosecuting  attorney,  an 
ofhee  he  held  until  1X41.  Though  a  pronounced  democrat,  and  in  a 
county  and  district  that  was  largely  whig,  he  was  elected  to  the  thir- 
tieth congress,  and  served  with  distinction  in  1X47  and  1841).  Subse- 
quently he  was  elevated  to  the  Bench,  and  served  as  judge  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas  of  the  district  comprising  Belmont  ami  Monroe  coun- 
ties, from  186s  to  1867,  when  on  account  of  poor  health  he  resigned  his 
commission,  "i  le  died  on  the  [Qth  of  October  of  the  year  last  named. 


646  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

He  was  a  lawyer  of  remarkable  ability  and  strength,  and  during  his 
connection  with  the  Belmont  county  bar  had  few  if  any  equals  in  the 
courts  to  which  his  practice  called  him.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Kirkwood,  and  a  granddaughter  of  Robert  Kirk- 
wood.  Theirson,  Newell  K.,  the  subject  of  this  mention,  began  his  school 
clays  at  St.  Clairsville,  and  in  1874  began  an  attendance  which  lasted 
three  years,  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  college,  at  Delaware,  Ohio.  After 
completing  his  studies  there  he  decided  to  enter  the  profession  of  law 
and  with  that  purpose  began  to  study  with  Judge  R.  E.  Chambers,  an 
eminent  lawyer  of  St.  Clairsville.  On  his  twenty-fourth  birthday  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  began  a  career  as  a  lawyer  which  has 
been  both  brilliant  and  lucrative,  and  a  credit  to  his  name,  which  is 
so  prominent  in  the  history  of  the  legal  profession  of  the  upper  Ohio 
valley.  In  1885  Mr.  Kennon  was  elected  to  the  office  of  prosecuting 
attorney  of  Belmont  county,  by  a  majority  of  one  vote,  he  being  the 
only  successful  candidate  on  the  democratic  ticket,  in  the  face  of  an 
adverse  majority  of  400  or  500. 

William  Kennon,  LL.  D.,  born  in  Fayette  county,  Penn.,  May  15, 
1793,  died  at  St.  Clairsville,  November  2,  1881,  was  a  jurist  and  a  leg- 
islator, whose  fine  attainments  adorned  the  legal  profession  of  Ohio 
and  the  law-making  bodies  of  the  state  and  nation.  I  Ie  came  to  Ohio 
in  1S04  with  his  parents,  who  settled  on  a  farm  near  Barnesville. 
There  he  attended  the  common  schools,  and  by  further  private  study 
prepared  himself  to  take  up  the  profession  which  he  had  chosen. 
After  attending  Franklin  college  two  years  he  entered  the  law  office 
of  William  B.  Hubbard,  then  the  ablest  practitioner  at  St.  Clairsville, 
where  he  studied  until  1X24.  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Chil- 
licothe.  He  then  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Hubbard,  and  rap- 
idly acquired  a  lucrative  practice  and  an  enviable  reputation  for 
ability  and  manly  honor.  So  rapid  was  this  advancement  that  in  1S2S 
he  was  nominated  by  the  democratic  party,  of  which  he  was  a  mem- 
ber, to  congress.  He  was  elected,  and  in  1830  re-elected,  and  though 
defeated  in  1832,  by  James  M.  Bell,  was  again  elected  in  1834,  serving 
until  1837.  His  service  in  this  capicity  was  brilliant  and  valuable,  and 
he  took  an  active  part  in  the  discussion  of  the  important  questions  of 
the  day.  In  1842  he  went  upon  the  bench,  having  been  elected  judge 
of  the  common  pleas  court  of  the  district  comprising  Monroe,  Bel- 
mont, Guernsey,  Jefferson  and  Harrison  counties.  To  this  position 
his  habits  of  mind  ami  fairness  and  decision  of  character  peculiarly 
adapted  him,  and  during  his  service  as  judge,  which  covered  seven 
years,  he  had  no  judgments  reversed  by  higher  courts.  Among  his 
most  notable  public  services  was  that  as  a  member  of  the  constitu- 
tional convention  of  1850.  to  which  he  was  elected  a  delegate  ni  ]><  I- 
mont  and  Guernsey  counties.  ]  le  served  as  chairman  of  the  judicial"} 
committee,  ami  was  a  member  of  the  commission  appointed  to  frame 
a  code  of  civil  procedure,  the  work  oi  which  was  ratified  by  the  legis- 
lature without  amendment.  In  18^4  Indue  Kennon  was  appointed  b\ 
Gov.  William  Medill  to  the  supreme  "court  to  fill  the  unexpired  term 
of  William  B.  Caldwell.     I  le  held  the  office   under  that   appointment 


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■one  year,  and  was  then  elected  to  the  office  of  supreme  judge,  but  lie 
resigned  the  place  two  years  later  and  resumed  his  practice  at  St. 
Clairsville.  In  1870  he  was  retained  by  the  contestants  in  the  cele- 
brated contest  over  the  will  of  Alexander  Campbell,  deceased,  in  the 
circuit  court  of  Brooke  county,  W.  Va.,  in  which  Judge  Jeremiah 
Black  and  James  A.  Garfield,  were  counsel  opposing  him.  The  ven- 
erable Judge  Kennon  made  special  preparation  for  this  case,  making 
greater  effort  than  he  could  then  endure,  and  during  the  excitement 
incidental  to  a  proposition  by  Judge  Black  to  adjourn  the  case,  he  was 
stricken  with  paralysis,  a  blow  from  which  he  never  fully  recovered. 
Judge  Kennon  was,  prior  to  the  civil  war,  in  politics  a  democrat,  and 
also  a  strenuous  advocated  of  the  preservation  of  the  Union;  after  the 
war  he  remained  with  the  republican  party  during  his  life.  For  a 
quarter  of  a  century  he  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  .Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  to  which  also  belonged  his  wife.  She,  Mar)-  Ellis 
by  maiden  name,  is  still  living  in  November,  1889,  at  an  advanced 
age. 

Hon.  Wilson  S.  Kennon,  a  present  distinguished  citizen  of  St. 
Clairsville,  is  the  only  surviving  child  of  the  above.  I  le  was  born  at 
St.  Clairsville,  December  15,  1826.  After  attending  the  common 
schools  he  entered  Bethany  college  in  1846,  where  he  remained  three 
years.  He  then  entered  the  law  office  of  his  father,  and  soon  after- 
ward became  his  partner,  continuing  as  such  until  1S61.  When  the 
war  broke  out  he  and  his  father  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Union, and 
he  was  elected  to  the  legislature  in  1S61  by  the  Union  party,  he  being 
the  first  man  to  carry  the  county  against  a  democrat  for  that  office  for 
many  years.  After  lie  had  served  a  short  time  he  resigned  to  enter 
the  army,  but  was  called  by  Gov.  Todd  to  the  duties  of  secretary  of 
state  of  the  state  of  Ohio.  After  serving  out  the  term  he  applied  to 
Secretary  Stanton  for  a  commission  in  one  of  the  Ohio  regiments,  but 
was  appointed  by  the  secretary  a  paymaster  in  the  army,  with  the 
rank  of  major  of  cavalry.  In  that  position  he  served  four  years,  and 
then  resigned,  remaining  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  embarked  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  partnership  with  Judge  John  \Y.  Okey  and  I  km. 
Milton  Sayler.  After  five  years'  residence  in  that  city  he  was  called 
home,  his  father  having  been  stricken  with  paralysis.  In  the  fall  of 
1S71  he  was  elected  by  the  republicans  as  state's  attorney,  an  office  to 
which  he  was  three  times  elected  in  succession.  1  le  had  also  served, 
prior  to  that,  four  years  as  master  commissioner  in  chancery. 

John  C.  Kintner,  of  St.  Clairsville,  is  widely  known  , is  the  owner  of 
some  famous  horses,  and  as  a  breeder  and  dealer  in  thoroughbred 
running  and  standard-bred  trotting  horses.  1  le  was  horn  in  Carroll 
county,  Ohio,  in  1S54.  and  was  there  reared  to  manhood.  In  1870  he 
went  to  Cincinnati  and  became  the  traveling  agent  for  a  company  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  buggies,  with  whom  he  remained  lour 
years.  Ik'  then  removed  to  Mansfield,  Ohio,  where  he  organi/cd  a 
company  for  the  manufacture  of  carriages  and  buggies,  o!  which  he 
was  president  until  iSS_\  At  the  latter  date  he  soid  out  his  interests, 
having  become  very  much  interested  in  the  breedingof  thoroughbred 


648  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

horses,  and  came  to  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  engaged  in  his  present 
business,  in  connection  with  which  lie  conducts  a  livery  stable.  His 
farm,  two  and  a  half  miles  from  the  city,  is  the  home  of  a  number  of 
fine  specimens  of  horse-flesh,  and  is  known  far  and  wide  among  the 
lovers  of  that  favorite  animal.  The  principal  attraction  is  his  great 
race  horse,  Irish  King,  a  magnificent  runner,  son  of  the  celebrated 
Longfellow,  out  of  a  sister  to,  and  a  relative  of,  Ten  Broeck.  During 
his  day  on  the  turf,  Irish  King  met  and  defeated  some  of  the  best 
running  horses.  Other  animals  here  are,  Longglen,  Bonnie,  Hurrah, 
Lithesome,  Mollie  R.,  Bessie  B.,  Pctronilla,  King  Scotland  among  the 
runners,  and  the  trotters  are  represented  by  Dr.  George.  Mr.  Kint- 
ner  intends  closing  out  his  trotting  stock,  and  will  keep  only  thor- 
oughbreds. Mr.  Kintner,  the  genial  proprietor  of  this  farm,  is  a  son 
of  John  C.  and  Eliza  (Fish)  Kintner,  who  are  now  living  in  Carroll 
county.  On  December  1,  1SS0,  Mr.  Kintner  was  married  to  Frankie  E., 
daughter  of  William  S.  and  Jane  (Allen)  Campbell,  and  they 
have  two  children,  Jennie  and  John  C.  Mrs.  Kintner  was  born  in 
J863,  in  the  house  which  is  now  their  home.  Mr.  Kintner  has  served 
as  infirmary  director  for  two  years.  Me  and  wife  are  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  is  a  Mason  of  the  degree  of  Knight 
Templar. 

William  Knox,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Richland  township,  Belmont 
county,  was  born  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  July  24,  1826.  lie  is  the  son 
of  (ames  Knox,  who  was  born  in  1801,  in  county  Derry,  Ireland.  The 
latter*s  parents  were  William  and  Eliza  (Johnson!  Knox,  who  were 
people  of  great  influence  in  Ireland.  James  Knox  was  married  to 
Nancy  Flemings  in  1S22.  and  one  week  later  they  sailed  for  the  United 
States.  They  first  settled  at  Wheeling,  but  soon  afterward  removed 
to  Marshall  county,  W.  Va.,  where  they  made  their  home  upon 
a  farm,  and  raised  a  family  of  nine  children,  of  whom  four  are  living: 
Elizabeth,  Hannah  M.,  John  and  William.  The  father  retired  from 
the  farm  after  living  there  a  considerable  period,  and  removed  to 
Wheeling,  where  he  died  in  1SS1.  The  mother  then  lived  with  her 
son  until  her  decease  in  1SS5.  Thsy  were  both  members  of  the  Se- 
ceding church  in  Ireland,  in  behalf  of  which  "the  grandfather, William, 
took  part  in  the  war  at  the  time  of  the  persecution  in  that  land.  The 
subject  of  this  mention  was  reared  in  Marshall  county.  In  1858  he 
was  married  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Eliza  (Blackwood) 
King.  She  was  born  in  1835.  To  this  union  eleven  children  have 
been  born,  eight  of  whom  are  living:  Andrew  K.,  a  minister  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church;  Mima.  James  T.,  Lizzie  B.,  John,  Mary, 
Carrie  and  Maggie.  Mr.  Knox  and  wife  are  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church.  They  are  widely  known  and  highly  regarded, 
the  Knox  family  being  considered  one  of  the  leading  ones  of  the 
county. 

Albert  Lawrence,  a  well-known  attorney  of  St.  Clairsville,  was  born 
at  Washington,  Guernsey  Co..  Ohio,  September  15,  1S54,  (A  a  family 
distinguished  in  the  history  of  Ohio.  His  father,  William  Lawrence, 
was  born   Septembers,  1814,  at   Washington,  Ohio,  and    in  1S35  was 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  649 

graduated  at  Jefferson  college,  Perm.  He  then  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile pursuits,  and  in  1842  was  nominated  by  the  democrats  of  his  county 
for  representative  to  the  general  assembly.  The  vote  was  very  close 
and  he  was  defeated  by  one,  which  it  was  ascertained  was  cast  against 
him  by  a  negro,  not  then  entitled  to  the  franchise,  but  Mr.  Lawrence 
refused  to  contest,  and  in  the  succeeding  election,  being  renominated, 
he  was  successful  by  a  majority  of  eighty.  He  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1 851,  which  framed  the  pres- 
ent constitution  of  the  state.  In  1855  he  was  the  democratic  nominee 
for  senator  for  Guernsey  and  Monroe  counties,  and  was  successful, 
though  this  was  the  era  of  "  Know-Nothing"  ascendancy,  and  he  was 
one  of  the  lonely  five  democrats  in  the  senate.  In  1S56  he  resigned 
his  senatorship  to  accept  the  nomination  for  congress  from  his  dis- 
trict, and  was  triumphant  by  a  majority  of  2,000  votes,  although  the 
district  had  given  a  majority  of  2,000  adversely  in  the  previous  elec- 
tion. He  served  one  term  with  distinction,  and  was  tendered  a  re- 
nomination,  but  declined,  as  Noble  county  asked  the  privilege  of 
selecting  the  candidate.  Thrice  he  has  been  on  the  electoral  ticket 
of  the  state,  first  in  184S,  when  he  was  elected  and  cast  his  vote  for 
Lewis  Cass,  and  in  1872  and  1884.  In  1867  he  was  nominated  and 
elected  to  the  state  senate  again,  contrary  to  his  desires,  and  in  1885 
he  was  elected  to  the  same  office.  During  the  administration  of  Gov. 
William  Allen  he  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  prison  directors  of 
the  state.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
By  his  wife,  Margaret  E.  Ramsey,  who  was  born  at  Carlisle,  Perm., 
March  25,  1820,  he  had  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  fixing: 
William, 'connected  with  the  Zancsville  Signal;  James,  attorney  at 
Cleveland,  and  attorney-general  of  Ohio  under  Gov.  Hoadley,  though 
only  thirty-three  years  of  age  at  his  election;  Mary  and  Albert.  The 
latter,  with  mention  of  whom  this  sketch  opened,  after  going  through 
the  preparatorv  school,  entered  Kenyon  college,  where  he  studied  two 
years.  He  then  finished  his  collegiate  course  at  Wooster  university, 
being  graduated  in  1877.  In  January  of  the  following  year  he  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  White  &  Campbell,  and  in  1870  he 
went  to  Cleveland,  where  he  finished  his  studies  preparatory  to  his 
admission  to  the  bar,  which  occurred  in  1880,  in  the  supreme  court. 
He  opened  an  office  at  Cleveland  and  remained  there  until  January, 
1885,  when  he  came  to  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  is  in  the  enjoyment  ol 
a  lucrative  practice.  He  has  twice  been  elected  city  solicitor,  an  otfice 
he  now  fills,  and  is  also  master  commissioner  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas.  He  is  an  earnest  advocate  of  the  principles  of  the  democratic 
partv,  and  when  he  had  been  a  resident  of  the  county  but  two  years, 
led  his  ticket,  which  was  unsuccessful,  as  candidate  for  representative. 
Mr.  Lawrence  was  married  April  10.  188;.  to  Kale  \\'..  daughter  of 
Gen.  II.  II.  Dodge,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Benjamin  M.  Loper,  of  Richland  township,  is  one  of  the  progres- 
sive farmers  ..f  the  county,  ami  though  having  started  out  at  his  mar- 
riage without  any  property  and  in  debt  $i<  o,  he  now  has  a  fine  farm  ol 
fifty  and  one-half  acres  and    is   surrounded  with  the  comforts  of  life. 


65O  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

He  was  born  in  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  December  18,  1842,  the  son 
of  Joseph  M.  and  Sarah  (Sommers)  Loper.  His  father  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  the  son  of  Benjamin  Loper.  The  latter  removed  to  Rich- 
land township  when  Joseph  was  a  small  boy.  He  hired  a  man  to  haul 
his  goods  from  Bridgeport  to  the  farm,  where  Henry  Pickering  now 
lives,  and  then  had  just  fifty  cents  left,  which  was  preserved  and  is 
now  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson  Benjamin.  The  latter  was 
reared  until  fifteen  years  of  age  in  Harrison  county.  August  15,  1S62, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Ninety-eighth  Ohio  infantry,  under  Captain 
Cordner,  and  served  gallantly  with  his  regiment  in  all  its  engagements 
except  that  of  Chickamauga,  at  which  time  he  was  on  the  sick  list. 
He  marched  with  Sherman  through  Georgia,  and  returning  to  Ohio 
at  the  close  of  hostilities  was  mustered  out  at  Cleveland,  June  S,  1865. 
He  is  notable  as  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  and  was  among  the  first  to 
introduce  the  noted  breed  of  sheep,  National  Delain,  in  Belmont 
county.  In  i860  Mr.  Loper  was  married  to  Emma  Lott,  was  born  in 
Harrison  count)-,  October  4,  1846,  the  only  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Dorothy  (Peterman)  Lott.  natives  of  Reading,  Perm.  By  this  union 
he  has  four  children:  Joseph,  Edwin  M.,  Charles  C.  and  Minnie  May. 
Mr.  Loper  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Disciple  church,  of  which  he 
is  a  deacon. 

Andrew  McFarland,  a  well-known  citizen,  was  born  in  this  county 
October  17,  1824.  He  was  the  son  of  William  McFarland,  a  promi- 
nent man  in  the  early  history  of  eastern  Ohio,  of  whom  detailed 
mention  may  here  appropriately  be  made.  William  McFarland  was 
the  son  of  Robert,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  his  mother,  Eliz- 
abeth, was  a  daughter  of  Malcolm  Ferguson,  and  both  their  parents 
were  born  in  Scotland, but  were  expelled  from  that  country  during  the 
reformation.  William  came  to  America  from  Ireland,  his  native 
land,  with  his  parents,  in  178c),  and  settled  in  Washington  county, 
Penn.,  where  he  remained  until  1800,  when  he  came  to  Ohio,  and 
cleared  a  farm  in  Colerain  township,  Belmont  county.  William  at- 
tended school  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Jefferson  county,  walking  a  distance  of 
three  miles,  and  was  compelled  by  poverty  to  borrow  a  book  of  a 
neighbor  boy  in  order  to  study  surveying.  This  convenience  being 
soon  refused  him  on  account  of  his  superior  progress,  his  father  made 
a  trip  to  Washington,  Penn.,  to  obtain  him  a  book  of  his  own.  At 
the  age  of  thirteen  years  hi'  began  teaching  school,  and  he  was  thus 
engaged  during  the  winter  months  for  about  eight  years.  Soon  be- 
coming prominent  and  well-known,  he  was  elected  to  the  legislature 
in  1S43,  as  [he  representative  of  Harrison  county  and  the  nominee  ol 
the  whig  party.  In  1845  he  was  appointed  by  the  governor  associate 
judge  with  Thomas  Lee,  and  he  served  in  that  capacity  at  the  time 
that  Messrs.  Cowan  and  K  nnon  were  president  judges.  Having 
prospered  as  a  fanner,  and  accumulated  considerable  property,  ho 
became  one  of  the  early  stockholders  of  the  bank  of  St.  Clairsville, 
and  at  the  organization  of  the  Harrison  National  bank  at  Cadi/,  he 
was  one  of  its  directors,  as  which  he  remained  until  his  death.  By  a 
robbery   of    this    bank    in  1S66,  he  suffered  a  loss  of  $14,000.     During 


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the  war  he  served  as  deputy  provost  marshal  of  this  district,  and  sent 
four  sons  and  two  sons-in-law  to  the  field,  all  of  whom  returned  save 
Capt.  J.  S.  Crcady,  who  fell  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  in  defense 
of  his  country.  William  McFarland  was  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  and  an  elder,  and  also  an  elder  in  the  associate 
organization,  prior  to  the  Union.  Andrew  McFarland,  son  of  the 
above  by  his  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Henderson,  was  taken  in  A.  I). 
1825,  by  his  parents,  to  New  Athens,  Harrison  county,  when  he  was 
one  year  old.  1 1c  attended  Franklin  college  over  three  years,  and 
was  engaged  in  teaching  in  1846-47.  He  then  took  up  the  study  of 
medicine,  with  Dr.  Mills  as  his  preceptor,  and  after  reading  with  him 
three  years,  he  went  in  1852  to  Wheeling,  and  continued  his  studies 
with  Dr.  S.  P.  Hullihan,  until  1856,  from  which  time  he  has  had  a 
home  practice  until  the  present  writing.  Dr.  McFarland  was  after- 
ward connected  with  the  school  board  of  Athens  township,  of  Harri- 
son county,  for  thirteen  years,  and  of  Franklin  college  from  1871  to 
1S87.  After  his  marriage  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  wool  grow- 
ing. In  1S64,  he  enlisted  in  Company  H,  One  Hundred  and  Seven- 
tieth Ohio  regiment,  and  as  soon  as  he  reached  the  front,  was  sent  to 
the  hospital  to  care  for  sick  and  wounded,  at  Fort  Mansfield,  and.  for 
awhile  to  Fort  Sumner,  and  the  remainder  of  his  time  was  in  actual 
service.  In  1S80,  he  sold  his  farm  and  stock,  and  made  his  home  in 
St.  Clairsville,  Ohio.  He  is  now  one  of  the  prosperous  and  success- 
ful citizens  of  St.  Clairsville.  He  is  the  manufacturer  and  proprietor 
of  a  catarrh  remedy  which  is  in  great  demand,  and  an  .Esculapian 
compound  for  pains,  etc..  and  also  a  cough  medicine  which  is  quite 
popular.  Mr.  McFarland  was  married  in  1S58,  to  Margaret  A.Smith, 
daughter  of  Joseph  B.  Smith,  and  has  three  children:  Elizabeth  G., 
wife  of  William  I-:.  Clark:  Louella  M..  wife  of  Thomas  A.  Clark,  and 
William  S.,  a  graduate  of  Franklin  college,  also  o(  a  medical  college 
of  Baltimore,  and  the  Polyclinic  of  Xew  York,  ami  now  practicing 
medicine  at  Colorado  Springs.  The  mother,  who  was  born  in  Wheel- 
ing township,  Belmont  county,  October  11,  1836,  died  in  May,  1873.  at 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  In  rS»/5  he  was  married  to  Martha  tCoel 
Lyons,  widow  of  Capt.  Richard  Lyons,  who  fell  at  the  Wilderness. 
She  was  born  at  Wintersville  in  1S31,  and  is  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church. 

Among  the   prominent    farmers    of    Richland    township,  is    Elijah 
McFarland,  whose  grandparents,  William  and  Margaret  McFarland, 
natives  of  Ireland,  settled  in  Belmont  count)' many  ye 
they  came  to  this  state-,  their  son   William,  the   father 
seven   years  of  age.      In  early  manhood  William   n 
Sutton."  the  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.     Eli 
was  born  in  the  year  [833.     He  was  reared  on  the  fa 
present  occupies,  and  received  his  education  in  the   h 
characteristic  of  those  days  of  privation.    1  lis  efforts  ti 
been  along  the  lines  of  industry  and  good  citizenship,  an 
attended    him,  so  that  he  now   has  a  line  farm  of   [50  acres,  whii 
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school  director  in  his  community.  In  1856  Mr.  McFarland  was  mar- 
ried to  [ane  Gable,  who  was  born  in  1833,  the  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Margaret  Gable.  To  this  union  twelve  children  have  been  born,  of 
whom  ten  are  living:  William,  Mary,  Joseph,  Levi,  Lucy  E.,  Van- 
Dorn,  James,  Albert,  Emma  and  Bertie.  Mrs.  McFarland  is  a 
devoted  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

James  McFarland,  an  old  and  highly  esteemed  resident  of  Richland 
township,  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1S06,  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Nancy 
(McFadden)  McFarland,  both  natives  of  count)'  Tyrone.  These 
parents  were  members  of  the  Seceder  church  in  Ireland,  and  in  1812 
came  to  America,  settling  first  in  Philadelphia,  where  the  father 
worked  in  a  factory  for  four  years.  He  and  family  then  removed 
to  Wheeling  township,  Belmont  county,  and  made  their  home  upon 
the  farm  of  sixty-one  and  a  half  acres,  which  they  sold  fifteen  or 
twenty  years  later.  They  then  bought  a  farm  of  100  acres  near  Bel- 
laire,  where  the  father  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days.  James 
McFarland  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  was  twenty-one  years 
old,  assisting  them  and  attending  the  pioneer  schools.  On  Jan- 
uary S,  1835,  he  was  married  to  Susan  Porterfield,  who  was  born 
October  3,  1 8 1  o,  and  died  April  0,  1871.  They  began  life  together 
with  little  property,  but  by  years  of  patient  industry,  became  prosper- 
ous, and  Mr.  McFarland  has  now  an  excellent  farm  of  115  acres,  and 
is  comfortably  situated.  lie  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church.  To  his  marriage  were  born  five  children, 
as  follows:  Nancy,  April  21,  1836;  John,  March  28,  1S3S;  Andrew, 
November,  1S40;  George.  November  5,  1842,  and  Margaret, 
October  3,  184S.  George  enlisted  in  Company  B,  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-sixth  regiment  Ohio  infantry,  under  Capt.  William  Kirk. 
and  served  gallantly  during  three  years  of  the  war  for  the  Union.  He 
received  a  gun-shot  wound  in  the  ankle,  for  which  he  received  a  small 
pension. 

A.  T.  McKelvey,  a  distinguished  citzen  of  Belmont  county,  Ohio, 
was  born  in  1S44,  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage,  near  Belfast,  Ireland.  He 
was  brought  to  America  by  his  parents  in  1S50,  and  they  made  their 
home  at  Wheeling,  where  he  grew  to  manhood,  and  obtained  a  com- 
mon school  education.  At  sixteen  years  he  entered  the  service  of  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph  company,  with  which,  he  was  associated  in 
its  military  and  commercial  service  for  ten  years.  For  a  considerable 
period  during  the  exciting  days  of  civil  war  he  held  the  responsible 
position  of  manager  of  the  Wheeling  office,  which  was  for  two  years 
the  headquarters  office  of  the  army  of  West  Virginia.  All  the  im- 
portant messages  relating  to  the  military  plans  and  movements  ol 
McClellan's  first  campaign  and  subsequent  campains  in  West  Virginia 
were  either  transmitted  from  or  repeated  at  this  office,  so  that  his  du- 
ties were  not  only  responsible  ami  arduous,  but  in  relation  to  tin1  gov- 
ernment of  a  highly  confidential  character.  Mr.  McKelvey's  health 
was  greatly  impaired  by  the  close  confinement  and  long  hours  of  ser- 
vice which  the  stres.-,  of  war  entailed,  and  in  1S70.  he  was  obliged  to 
resign  his  office  and  seek  restoration  of  health.      In  that  year  he  pur- 


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chased  a  fruit  farm  near  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  where  he  lias  since  re- 
sided. Since  1875  Mr.  McKelvey  has  been  prominently  identified 
with  the.  agricultural  interests  of  Belmont  count)-,  having  been  for  a 
number  of  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  the  count)' agricultural 
society,  and  for  two  terms  president  of  that  organization,  lie  was 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Belmont  Count)'  banners'  club, 
and  has  served  that  association  both  as  president  and  secretary.  He 
has  also  been  active  in  promoting  the  cause  of  agriculture  through 
the  instrumentality  of  farmers'  institutes,  and  like  organizations.  In 
the  church  he  is  an  active  worker,  also,  and  for  thirteen  successive 
years  he  has  been  chosen  superintendent  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Sunday-school  of  St.  Clairsville.  In  [886  Mr.  McKelvey  was  elected 
to  represent  Belmont  count)-  in  the  general  assembly  of  Ohio,  and 
upon  the  expiration  of  his  first  term  lie  was  nominated  and  elected  a 
second  time.  Mr.  McKelvey  was  married,  in  April,  1809,  to  Julia  S. 
Irwin,  of  Wheeling,  and  they  have  five  sons.  Mrs.  McKelvey  is  a 
granddaughter  of  Hannah  Fawcett,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  Zane,  one 
of  the  heroic  defenders  of  Fort  Henry  during  its  memorable  siege, 
and  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley. 

John  McXieee,  an  aged  and  respected  citizen  of  Belmont  county, 
was  born  in  Ireland,  June*  17,  181S,  the  son  of  James  and  Belle  (Boyd) 
McNiece.  He  came  to  America  from  his  native  count)-  of  Tyrone, 
with  his  parents,  starting  April  14,  1839,  and  landed  in  Xew  York, 
May  27.  The  parents,  not  having  enough  money  to  take  all  their 
children  with  them  west,  left  John  in  Xew  York  while  they  and  four 
children  proceeded  to  Ohio.  He  found  employment  in  a  milk  stable 
at  Sio  per  month,  and  then  began  hoeing  cabbage  at  Si  2,  anil  in  two 
months  had  enough  to  enable  him  to  join  his  family.  1  le  began  work 
on  the  national  pike,  and  was  engaged  for  three  years.  In  1843  he 
was  married  to  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (  Dixon  1  King, 
and  immediate])-  afterward  he  rented  land,  which  he  worked  until 
1S46,  when  he  became  an  independent  land  owner,  purchasing  sixty- 
six  acres,  upon  which  he  settled  and  which  he  found  but  slightly  im- 
proved. In  1S5S  he  traded  this  land  for  130  acres,  giving  S3. 400  ad- 
ditional consideration,  and  in  1S71  he  went  to  York  township  and 
bought  22b  acres  for  $10,225.  Selling  this,  he  bought  196  acres  in 
Smith  township  for  $12,000,  to  which,  in  1872,  he  added  ten  acres  for 
$1,000.  In  the  following  year  he  lost  his  house  and  contents  by  fire, 
and  subsequently  he  purchased  twenty-four  acres  of  land  for  $4,500. 
In  1885  he  sold  a  portion  of  his  land  in  Smith  township,  and  bought 
ri2'_>  acres  in  Richland,  where  he  now  lives.  His  life  has  been  a 
prosperous  and  successful  one.  and  he  now  ranks  among  the  solid 
men  of  the  county  and  its  influential  people.  Forsix  years  he  served 
as  justice  of  the  peace  in  Smith  township,  and  has  acted  as  school 
director  twenty  years.  His  first  wife.  Mr.  McXieee  lost  in  1858,  and 
December  27.  1859,  he  was  married  to  Caroline  Gladden,  who  was 
born  in  1833.  and  died  ]ulv  24,  1807,  leaving  three  children,  Mary  lb. 
Nancy  E.  and  William  Thomas.  On  April  27,  1800,  Mr.  McXieee 
was   married   to   Belle   Bigger,    who  was  born    September    17,    1837. 


654  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

They  have  six  children,  Samuel  W.,  Margaret  R„  Robert  J.,  Sarah  E., 
John  G.,'and  Martha  Jane.  lie  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church. 

Jesse  B.  Magee,  a  venerable  old  settler  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  November  15,  1S19,  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives.  lie  is  a 
son  of  Jesse  Magee,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1780,  and  came 
to  Wheeling  when  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  where  he  became  the 
first  apprentice  at  the  trade  of  cabinet-maker  in  that  town.  In  1802 
the  elder  Jesse  came  to  St.  Clairsville,  and  conducted  a  cabinet  shop 
until  180S,  when  he  went  upon  the  land  which  his  son  now  owns,  and 
cleared  him  a  farm,  which  he  tilled  until  his  death  in  1S66.  He  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Coleman,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sallie  (Mc- 
Cullough)  Coleman.  Jacob  Coleman,  a  native  of  Virginia,  removed 
in  1777,  with  his  wife  and  two  children,  from  Kentucky  to  Short 
Creek,  coming  up  the  river  in  a  pirogue  and  keeping  the  center  of 
the  stream  to  avoid  the  Indians.  A  short  time  later  they  removed 
to  Ohio  and  lived  in  Richland  township  several  years,  then  going  to 
Indiana,  and  making  their  home  near  the  site  of  Terre  Haute,  where 
he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He  was  the  first  sheriff  of  Bel- 
mont county,  and  was  at  one  time  surveyor,  engaged  in  marking  out 
the  roads.  During  the  revolution  he  served  through  the  war,  and  at 
one  time  he  was  surprised  by  Indians  while  out  milking  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  received  seven  bullets  in  his  body,  but  his  remarkable  consti- 
tution enabled  him  to  survive.  Jesse  Magee,  Jr.,  now  a  leading  citi- 
zen, was  married  in  1N47,  to  Catherine  B.  Lauck,  who  was  born  in 
1823,  the  daughter  of  Simon  and  Mary  (Becki  Lauck,  the  latter  of 
whom  was  a  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Beck.  Of  their  five  children 
born,  three  are  living:  Coleman  L.,  Francis  A.  and  Mary  E.  He 
and  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist   Episcopal  church. 

John  Marshall,  a  leading  farmer  and  stock-dealer  of  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  Monongahela  county,  \Y.  Ya.,  in  [S26,  the  son  of 
Hezekiah  and  Athe  (Xeali  Marshall.  The  father  was  born  in  Marx- 
land  in  1700,0!"  Irish  parents.  During  the  war  of  the  revolution  his 
father's  team  was  pressed  into  the  use  of  the  army,  and  he  accompa- 
nied it,  and  at  the  battle  of  Trenton,  he  received  a  wound  in  the  thigh, 
for  which  he  afterward  received  a  pension.  After  the  war  he  settled 
in  West  Virginia  in  the  woods,  and  was  engaged  in  many  skirmishes 
with  the  Indians.  He  and  his  father  were  hardy  frontiersmen  and 
suffered  the  hardships  and  experienced  the  horrors  of  Indian  warfare. 
On  one  occasion  the  red  men  burned  down  their  house  with  all  its 
centents  and  killed  his  brother-in-law  and  his  sister,  leaving  an  arrow 
sticking  in  each  breast  of  the  latter.  Undaunted,  1  lezekiah  Marshall 
continued  to  hold  possession  of  his  frontier  post,  and  though  suffering 
many  hair-breadth  escape's  survived  the  thrilling  scenes  through  which 
he  passed.  In  this  West  Virginia  home,  John  Marshall  was  reared  to 
the  age  of  sixteen  years,  receiving,  meanwhile,  nin 
ing  of  the  most  primitive  kind.  In  1S47  he  was  n 
Cowan,  who  came  to  this  country  at  fifteen  year: 
the  daughter  of  William  Cowan,  a  shepherd,  who  died  in  Scotland. 


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He  and  wife  then  started  out  for  themselves  with  a  capital  of  just  $75, 
and  he  hired  out  for  $144  a  year,  boarding  himself,  at  farm  work,  and 
was  so  engaged  for  four  years,  and  during  this  time,  he  and  wife 
made  their  start  in  life.  The  partner  of  his  early  struggles  died 
June  20,  1866.  By  her  he  had  four  children,  two  of  whom  are  living: 
William  and  Elizabeth.  Mis  second  marriage  was  to  Elizabeth 
Huth,  who  was  born  in  1842  at  Wheeling,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Caroline  (Flocher)  Huth,  who  kept  the  William  Tell  house  at  Wheel- 
ing thirteen  years.  Mr.  Marshall  now  owns  a  farm  of  ioo  acres,  well 
improved. 

Owen  Meehan  was  born  in  the  year  1S34,  in  county  Monaghan,  Ire- 
land, and  was  a  son  of  Owen  and  Mary  Meehan,  natives  of  that 
county.  His  early  life,  until  about  the  age  of  thirteen,  was  spent  in 
Ireland,  acquiring  an  education  and  assisting  his  father  on  his  farm. 
The  family  remained  in  Ireland,  but  the  son,  Owen,  removed  to 
America,  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  locating  first  on  a  farm  in  Xew  York, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years,  when  he  removed  to  West  Virginia, 
locating  in  Rollisburg,  where  he  worked  for  about  two  years  when  he 
removed  to  Wheeling,  and  engaged  in  the  machine  shops  for  the 
B.  &  O.  railroad  company.  He  was  engaged  here  a  short  time  when 
his  uncle.  Patrick  Meehan,  who  had  a  contract  for  building  some  of 
the  bridges  for  the  C.  O.  division  of  the  B.  &  O.,  died,  and  Owen  was 
obliged  to  take  the  work  through  to  completion.  On  the  completion 
of  the  C.  O.  division,  he  entered  service  under  Col.  John  A.Sullivan,  at 
that  time  president  of  the  Central  Ohio  railroad,  having  supervision  of 
his  private  affairs.  Leaving  his  service  he  entered  the  B.  &  O. shops  at 
at  Bellaire,  taking  charge  of  night  force  of  repair  work.  During  the 
time  Mr.  Meehan  was  employed  here  he  was  instrumental  in  saving 
the  company  many  dollars  worth  of  property.  One  night,  the  shops 
taking  tire  when  there  were  many  engines  and  coaches  contained  by 
them.  Mr.  Meehan,  with  but  one  engine  at  command,  and  at  consider- 
able risk,  saved  all  the  property  but  one  yard  engine,  which  was  par- 
tially destroyed  and  quite  seriously  burned  during  the  tire.  After  he 
had  recovered  from  his  injuries  he  went  on  the  road  as  a  locomotive 
engineer,  running:  between  Bellaire  and  Columbus,  in  which  capacity  he 
was  employed  for  nine  or  ten  years.  Retiring  from  this,  he  went  into  coal 
mining  in  186'j,  under  the  firm  name  of  Stewart,  Ball  ex  Meehan.  In 
186S  Ball  retired  from  the  firm,  and  since  that  time  Stewart  &  Meehan 
have  continued  the  business,  in  which  they  have  been  successful.  Mr. 
Meehan  was  married  in  1873  to  Miss  Margaret  E.  Douglas,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  Douglas,  of  Richland  township,  Belmont  county.  Ohio. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  were  six  in  number,  four  of  whom  art- 
living,'  namely:  Minerva  D.;  William,  deceased;  Pli/a,  deceased; 
John  E.;  Mary  Etta.  Mr.  Meehan  has  paid  some  attention  to  poli- 
tics in  his  home  affairs,  having  been  trustee  of  the  township  and  on 
the  board  of  county  commissioners  for  some  six  years.  Mr.  Meehan 
is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church,  while  Mrs.  Meehan  belongs  to  the 
Presbyterian.  Mr.  Meehan  is  also  interested  in  many  business  enter- 
prises in  Bellaire,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the    Bellaire  Gas 


656  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Light  and  Coke  company,  which  lias  since  been  changed  to  Bellaire 
Gas  and  Electric  company,  of  which  Mr.  Meehan  is  president,  also 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  .'Etna  Glass  and  Manufacturing  com- 
pany, of  Bellaire,  of  which  he  has  always  been  a  director,  and  for  the 
last  three  years  has  served  as  president  of  the  organization.  He  is 
identified  with  some  minor  enterprises  and  an  owner  of  considerable 
real  estate  in  different  parts  of  the  city.  Mr.  Median's  father,  Owen 
Meehan,  Sr.,  died  in  his  native  country,  Ireland,  in  1879,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  one  hundred  and  five  years. 

James  W.  Mellott,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Richland  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  is  of  French  descent,  being  a  great-grandson  of  Samuel 
Mellott,  a  native  of  France,  who  settled  in  Virginia,  many  years  ago. 
His  son,  John,  came  to  Belmont  count)-  in  an  earl)'  da)-,  and  entered 
a  quarter  section  of  land,  where  he  settled  in  a  log  cabin,  and  sub- 
sisted on  the  wholesome  pioneer  fare  while  he  cleared  away  the  forest. 
Being  a  cripple,  he  did  not  take  part  in  the  war  of  1812,  but  had  the 
duty  of  providing  wood  for  all  the  women  in  the  neighborhood,  whose 
husbands  were  in  the  field.  The  land  which  he  entered  is  still  in  the 
Mellot  family.  He  married  a  Miss  Workman,  and  one  of  their  sons. 
William,  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1799,  is  the  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  mention.  His  mother's  maiden  name  was  Mary  A.  Ault.  She 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Frederick  Ault.  who 
took  part  in  the  defense  of  the  fort  at  Wheeling,  at  the  time  Elizabeth 
Zane  performed  her  heroic  feat  of  carrying  powder  past  the  enemy's 
lines,  and  he  often  told  of  how  Miss  Zane  insisted  on  going,  although 
there  were  several  other  volunteers  for  the  hazardous  adventure.  Mr. 
Mellott  was  born  in  1S34,  and  reared  on  the  farm  of  his  parents.  The 
education  he  received  in  the  old  log  school-house,  he  supplemented  at 
the  Barnesville  academy,  and  he  then  engaged  in  teaching,  which  was 
his  profession  for  twelve  years.  He  now  has  150  acres  of  the  old 
Mellott  homestead,  to  which  he  has  added  eighty-six  acres  adjoining, 
making  a  very  convenient  ami  valuable  farm,  which  he  has  very  neatly 
adorned  and  improved.  Mr.  Mellott  was  married  in  1 800,  to  Han- 
nah I.  Merritt,  who  was  born  in  1S3S,  the  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Mary  E.  tMilligani  Merritt.  To  this  union,  two  children  have  been 
born:  Mary  E.,  wife  of  Dr.  John  A.  Clark,  and  Robert  W.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mellott  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

David  H.  Milligan,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  St.  Clairsvillc 
Gazette,  was  born  in  Belmont  count)-  in  1853,  the  son  of  George  \\  . 
and  Margaret  (Cunningham  I  Milligan.  He  was  reared  in  Belmont 
county,  attending  the  common  schools  in  childhood,  and  afterward 
attended  Franklin  college  three  years,  and  Mt.  Union  college  one 
year.     Returning  then   to    Belmont   count)-,  he   entered  th 


of  Peter   Tallman.   where   he  stud'u 

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until  1SS5,  when  he  accepted  a  deputyship  in  the  clerk's  office,  a  posi- 
tion he  held  until  September  1,  1880,  when  he  embarked  in  the  news- 
paper business  as  one  of  the  proprietors  of  tin.-  A'/.  Clairsvillc  Gazette, 
the  leading  democratic  paper  of  Belmont  county,  which  shows  promise 
of  increased  influence  under  their  energetic  management. 

George  E.  Steenrod,  who  is  associated  witli  Air.  Milligan  in  the 
ownership  and  management  of  the  St.  Clairsvillc  Gazette,  was  born  in 
1S60,  a  son  of  Daniel  Steenrod.  I  le  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  given 
the  advantages  of  the  common  schools,  after  which  he  pursued  a 
course  of  study  and  became  a  graduate  of  Columbus  business  college. 
After  completing  his  studies  he  accepted  a  position  in  a  wholesale 
grocery  store  in  Steubenville,  where  he  remained  two  years,  after 
which  he  returned  to  Belmont  county,  and  was  engaged  upon  the 
farm  until  the  fall  of  1880,  when  in  company  with  Mr.  Milligan,  he 
purchased  the  St.  Clairsvillc  Gazette. 

Col.  Joseph  R.  Mitchell,  cashier  of  the  First  National  bank  of  St. 
Clairsville,  was  born  in  York  county,  Penn.,  in  1830,  the  son  of  David 
and  Martha  (Dinsmore)  Mitchell.  The  father  was  a  native  of  York 
county,  Penn.,  where  he  followed  the  trade  of  blacksmith ing  and  also 
was  engaged  in  farming.  lie  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Mitchell,  a  na- 
tive of  Ireland,  whose  wife  was  of  Scotch  descent.  During  the  war 
of  1812  David  Mitchell  started  with  other  volunteers  to  the  relief  of 
Baltimore,  but  his  services  were  rendered  unnecessary  before  his  ar- 
rival there.  Col.  Mitchell  was  reared  and  educated  at  his  Pennsyl- 
vania home,  attending  an  academy  there,  and  in  1849  he  came  to 
Ohio,  and  taught  school  three  years  near  Cincinnati,  lie  then  re- 
moved to  Morristown,  where  he  taught  school  about  two  years,  and 
engaged  in  business,  also  serving  subsequent  to  1853,  as  postmaster  at 
that  town,  under  the  administration  of  President  Pierce.  In  1856  he 
removed  to  St.  Clairsville,  and  was  appointed  by  S.  W.  Gaston,  then 
clerk  of  the  courts,  as  his  deputy,  and  this  position  he  filled  during 
the  entire  term  of  his  principal.  In  the  spring  of  i860  he  removed 
to  Bridgeport  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business,  but  the  peril  of  his 
country  soon  called  him  to  different  scenes.  In  July,  1802,  he  re- 
cruited Company  B,  of  the  Ninety-eighth  Ohio  regiment,  which,  as 
captain,  he  led  to  the  front.  During  the  next  year,  his  bravery  and 
meritorious  conduct  led  to  his  promotion  successively  to  major  and 
then  to  lieutenant  colonel.  He  was  always  at  his  post  of  duty,  ex- 
cepting three  weeks  of  illness  in  a  hospital,  and  participated  in  many- 
severe  engagements,  among  which  may  be  mentioned,  Perrysville, 
Chickamauga,  Mission  Ridge,  Resaca,  Rome,  and  the  battles  of  Sher- 
man's march  to  the  sea.  After  receiving  an  honorable  discharge  in 
Washington,  in  1865,  he  returned  home,  and  in  the  ensuing  fall  was 
elected  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Belmont  county.  This  office  he  filled 
with  an  efficiency  that  has  seldom  been  equalled,  and  after  his  first 
term  he  was  twice  re-elected  to  the  clerkship.  Including  the  period 
of  his  service  as  deputy  he  was  engaged  in  the  duties  of  this  office 
twelve  years.  A  year  after  finally  retiring  from  the  office  he  accepted 
the  position  of  cashier  of  the  First  National  bank  of  St.  Clairsville, 
42— B. 


658  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

in  which  post  he  lias  won  the  favor  of  the  public  and  contributed  in 
no  slight  degree  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  extensive  business  of  that 
institution.  Col.  Mitchell  was  married  September  21,  1870,  to 
Cecilia  A.  Grove,  daughter  of  John  A.  Grove,  of  this  county,  and  by 
this  union  has  live  children:  Carrie,  Mary,  Rodney,  Blanche  and 
Cecilia.     He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Henry  Morgan,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Richland  township,  resid- 
ing in  the  suburbs  of  St.  Clairsville,  is  a  native  of  Wheeling  township, 
where  his  ancestors  settled  in  181 1.  He  is  a  son  of  Amos  Morgan, 
who  was  born  in  Baltimore  count)'.  Md.,  a  son  of  Philip  and  Susan 
Morgan,  the  former  of  English,  and  the  latter  of  German,  lineage. 
These  latter  emigrated  to  Ohio  in  the  same  year  as  did  Henry  and 
Margaret  (Hooker)  Gittinger,  who  went  from  the  same  county  in 
Maryland,  and  the  two  families  made  their  home  in  Wheeling  town- 
ship in  1811.  Catherine,  daughter  of  the  Gittingers,  became  the  wife 
of  Amos  Morgan,  and  the  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  mention. 
Henry  Morgan  was  reared  in  Wheeling  township,  and  after  finishing 
his  education  in  Franklin  college,  was  a  teacher  for  four  years.  In 
1872  he  was  married  to  Anna,  daughter  of  Mahlon  L.  and  Adaline 
(Barnes)  Hatcher.  Her  father,  a  son  of  Mahlon  and  Phcebe  1  Hager- 
man)  1  Iatcher,  and  grandson  of  Joshua  and  Jane  (  Richerick)  Hatcher, 
was  an  attorney  of  the  Belmont  county  bar  from  1852  until  1S60,  at 
the  time  of  his  death.  Mrs.  Morgan's  mother  was  born  in  this  county, 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  (Thompson!  Barnes,  the  former  of  win  mi 
was  a  son  of  David  Barnes,  a  native  of  England;  and  the  latter  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Talbott)  Thompson,  who  came  from 
Ireland  in  the  last  century.  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Morgan  have  had  these 
children,  eight  of  whom  are  living:  Nina  II.,  Henry  St.  Clair;  Lizzie, 
deceased;  Etta,  Edwin  I ).,  Clarence,  Ray,  Adda  IT,  Esther  W.  and 
M.  L.  Mr.  Morgan  and  wife  are  membersof  tin-  United  Presbyterian 
church,  of  which  he  is  the  present  treasurer.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  building  committee  for  the  erection  of  the  church  at  St.  Clairsville. 

Louis  Murclaugh,  proprietor  of  the  St.  Clairsville  mills,  was  born 
in  Jefferson  county,  in  1838,  the  son  of  Isaacand  Eliza  Murdaugh,  the 
former  of  whom  was  a  miller  by  occupation,  and  was  so  engaged  dur- 
ing the  greater  part  of  his  life.  Lewis  was  reared  in  Jefferson  county, 
until  his  thirteenth  year,  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to  this 
county.  Two  years  later  he  found  employment  in  tin-  mill  on  the 
Burleigh  place,  and  has  ever  since  been  engaged  in  that  business.  In 
1871  he  went  to  the  west  and  followed  his  trade  as  miller  for  four 
years,  and  on  his  return  he  took  charge  of  the  Morristown  mill.  After 
an  engagement  thereof  ten  years' duration  he  came  to  St.  Clairs- 
ville, ami  bought  his  present  property,  which  was  then  a  buhr  mill. 
He  soon  rebuilt  the  establishment  and  added  all  the  modern  improve- 
ments, and  the  roller  process,  and  is  now  making  flour  which  is  in 
great  favor  and  is  the  peer  of  any  produced  in  the-  state  of  ( )hio.  I  le 
is  an  influential  citizen,  is  a  member  of  the  town  council  o\  St.  Clairs- 
ville, and  is  highly  esteemed  by  all.  1  le  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.      Mr.      Murdaugh  was  married    in  1862  to    Mag- 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  6=iQ 

gie  Bigger,  daughter  of  Shannon    Bigger,  who  is  now  in   his  eighty- 
third  year. 

About  the, year  1810  Henry  Neff.  a  native  of  Allegheny  count)-, 
Md.,  son  of  John  Neff,  of  German  descent,  settled  in  Belmont 
county,  and  began  the  work  of  clearing  a  farm  in  the  wilderness. 
Soon  afterward  he  was  called  to  the  seiwice  of  his  country,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  war  of  1812,  being  one  of  the  soldiers  betrayed  by  the 
surrender  of  Gen.  Hull.  In  1820  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Blocher, 
a  native  of  Cumberland,  Md.,  and  they  had  three  children:  George, 
John  A.  and  Sarah  Jane,  of  whom  the  second  is  the  only  survivor,  the 
father  died  in  May,  1830,  at  the  age  of  fifty-one  years.  "John  A.  Neff, 
now  one  of  the  substantial  farmers  of  Belmont  count)-,  was  born  in 
Richland  township,  1825,  and  reared  in  the  log  cabin'  home  on  the 
farm  entered  by  his  grandfather,  which  is  now  part  of  his  possessions. 
He  attended  school  and  afterward  taught  four  winters  in  the  pioneer 
schoobhouses  of  his  count)-,  and  taught  one  winter  also  in  Bedford 
county,  Penn.  Learning  the  trade  of  a  brickmaker,  he'  bundled  up  his 
wardrobe  in  a  cotton  handkerchief,  in  1842,  and  walked  to  Mt.  Ver- 
non, Knox  count)-,  where  he  worked  about  six  months,  and  then 
walked  home  125  miles  with  seven  dollars  cash  and  the  balance,  that 
had  not  been  traded  out  in  a  note.  He  had  previously  worked  two 
days  picking  brush  for  an  old  German,  who  paid  with  one  fish  hook, 
so  that  Mr.  Neff  is  well  acquainted  with  the  wages  of  labor  in  the 
"golden  age"  that  is  past.  After  returning  from  Mt.  Vernon  he  and 
J.S.  Anderson  hulled  clover  seed  for  quite  a  number  of  farmers  in  the 
surrounding  neighborhood.  In  the  spring  of  1843  ne  went  to  Cum- 
berland, Md.,  where  he  finished  his  trade  of  making  and  burning  com- 
mon and  hand-pressed  brick,  lie  spent  four  years  in  Maryland, after 
which  he  made  and  burned  a  great  many  kilns  of  brick  in  Belmont 
count)',  Ohio  and  West  Virginia.  Monuments  of  his  burning  of  brick 
number  over  thirty  farm-houses,  seven  churches  and  quite  a  number 
of  school-houses,  the  school-houses  in  St.  Clairsville  and  Morristown, 
the  brick  to  rebuild  the  burnt  block  in  St.  Clairsville  that  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire  in  1866,  and  the  brick  for  the  Belmont  county  infirm- 
ary. He  now  has  a  splendid  farm  of  320  acres,  with  a  substantial 
two-story  brick  house.  From  1842  to  1884  he  carried  on  the  manu- 
facture of  brick,  and  the  material  for  the  building  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  school-house  and  many  other  structures  were  sup- 
plied from  his  yards.  He  is  a  leading  member  and  trustee  and  stew- 
ard of  the  Methodist  church,  of  which  his  wife  is  also  a  member,  and 
he  has  served  on  the  school  board  for  thirty-five  years,  and  as  trustee 
of  his  township  one  term.  Mr.  Neff  was  united  in  marriage,  in  1851. 
to  Elizabeth  Giffen,  who  was  born  April  5.  1830,  daughter  o(  Alexan- 
der and  Mary  (Hinklel  Giffen,  and  of  the  seven  children  born  to 
them,  six  are  living:  Alice,  wife  of  [oseph  Frazier.  and  mother  of  one 
child;  George  A.,  who  married  Martha  Gerard,  and  has  one  child; 
Emmet  M..\vho  married  Neva  Fozeman.and  has  two  children;  Mary. 
wife  of   Newton  Warnock,  and    mother  of  one   child;  Sarah,  wife  of 


66o  HISTORY    OF   THE    UI'PER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

George  Fulton,  two  children;  and  John  \\\,  who  is  now  attending  the 
commercial  college  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

John  W.  Neff,  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Richland  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  was  born  in  that  count)',  April  5,  1846,  the  son  of  Andrew 
and  Jane  Neff.  Both  parents  were  natives  of  Ohio,  the  mother  hav- 
ing been  born  in  Belmont  count}'  in  1814,  the  daughter  of  Robert 
Alexander.  Mr.  Neff  was  reared  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  common  schools.  On  March  12,  1873,  he 
was  married  to  Mary  I7,.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lucinda  McKelvey 
(Creamer)  McKelvey.  She  was  born  in  1847.  To  this  union  four 
children  have  been  born:  Lizzie  Ella,  Harry  A.,  Andrew  T.  and 
Olive  1).  Mr.  Neff  is  the  owner  of  290  acres  of  valuable  land,  which 
is  among  the  best  improved  in  the  county.  In  connection  with  agri- 
cultural pursuits,  Mr.  Neff  is  extensively  engaged  in  fruit  culture, 
having  recently  planted  upon  his  farm  the  finest  varieties  of  fruits 
indigenous  to  this  section  of  country,  lie  also  conducts  a  planing- 
mill  and  grist-mill,  in  the  operation  of  which  he  has  met  with  deserved 
success.  As  a  citizen  he  is  leading  and  influential.  The  residence 
and  other  buildings  of  Mr.  Neff  are  widely  known  as  among  the 
finest  and  best  appointed  in  this  part  of  the  state,  and  are  a  credit  to 
the  architectural  progress  of  the  county. 

William  Neff,  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Belmont 
count)',  was  born  April  1,  1821,011  section  20  of  Richland  township. 
He  is  the  son  of  Conrad  and  Elizabeth  (Fuly)  Neff,  worth}' citizens 
of  an  earl)'  da}'.  He  was  reared  on  the  farm  which  he  now  occupies, 
and  received  his  schooling  in  the  little  log  structure-  which  sufficed  in 
pioneer  times,  attending  when  there  was  notwork  at  home  to  demand 
his  time.  He  has  devoted  his  life,  since  the  days  when  he  assisted  in 
the  toilsome  clearing  away  of  the  forest,  to  the  tillage  of  the  soil  he 
aided  to  redeem  from  a  state  of  nature,  and  with  such  persistency  has 
he  labored  that  he  has  never  gone  out  of  his  county  except  to  Wheel- 
ing. His  life  has  been  one  of  industry,  and  the:  fruits  of  it  he  is  now 
enjoying  in  a  valuable  farm  and  comfortable  surroundings.  On  Octo- 
ber 3,  1850,  Mr.  Neff  was  married  to  Sarah  Stewart,  and  the)-  have- 
had  two  children,  of  whom  one,  Mary  Jane,  survives.  He  and  wife 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is  one 
of  the  trustees. 

David  Neiswanger  was  one  of  the  pioneer  farmers  and  famous  hun- 
ters of'deer  and  bear  in  Belmont  count)'  in  the  early  years  of  the 
present  century.  He  was  born  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn.,  the  son  of 
Christian  Neiswanger,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  emigrated  in  1720. 
and  built  himself  a  log  cabin  in  the  woods,  of  what  is  now  Lancaster 
county.  David  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  181  2,  and  as  a  commissary, 
by  appointment  of  his  intimate  friend,  Brig. -Gen.  Lewis  Cass,  fur- 
nished over  Si. 500  worth  of  provisions  to  the  arm)-,  for  which  he  never 
obtained  any  recompense.  On  May  26,  1780,  he  was  married  to  Mary 
Harr,  ami  in  1802,  with  his  family,  he  came  to  Belmont  county,  where, 
after  traveling  a  few  months,    he   settled    in    Richland    township,   and 


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bought  eighty  acres  of  wild  land,  which  he  cleared  and  lived  upon 
until  1S40.  lie  was  a  prominent  man.  and  served  four  or  five  terms 
as  county  commissioner.  He  was  engaged  in  business  as  a  butcher. 
to  some  extent,  but  his  regular  trade  was  weaving,  which  he  followed 
in  connection  with  farming.  His  eldest  daughter,  Elizabeth,  learned 
the  same  trade,  and  atone  time,  in  r8n,  obtained  silk  worm  eggs 
from  New  York,  and  grew  cocoons  and  made  thread  from  which  she; 
wove  a  silk  dress,  which  is  still  in  existence.  When  the  family  came 
to  Ohio,  the  Indians  were  yet  hostile,  and  troublesome,  stealing  horses 
and  goods,  and  on  one  occasion,  when  he  was  out  buying  cattle,  he  was 
obliged  to  swim  his  horse  across  the  Muskingum  river  in  the  floating 
ice,  to  escape  the  redskins.  To  David  and  Mary  Xeiswanger,  children 
were  born  as  follows:  Elizabeth,  April  13,  1793,  died  March  iS,  1X66; 
Christopher,  July  3,  1792,  died  January  21,  1852;  Mary,  fuly  3,  1704, 
died  August  21,  1833;  David,  October  20.  1795,  died  September  2, 
1828;  John,  August  22,  1797,  died  August  25,  1873;  facob,  August  21, 
1799,  died  May  22,  1852;  Abraham,  died  in  infancy;  Christiana.  July  21, 
1S02;  Joseph,  February  16,  1804,  died  January  31,  1838;  Ann,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1806.  died  October  7,  1876;  Abram,  Mai 
April  3,  1810;  Samuel,  November  12,  1812,  died  J 
oldest  son  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  181  2.  Majo 
now  one  of  the  prominent  and  substantial  citizens 
ship,  was  reared  in  his  county,  and  in  early  manhood  gave  his  atten- 
tion to  the  study  of  law,  which  he  pursued  in  the  office  of  ex-Gov. 
Shannon,  but  at  his  father's  decease,  he  abandoned  the  profession  and 
took  charge  of  his  father's  estate,  which  was  of  extensive  proportions. 
In  185(1,  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  of  Richland  township,  and 
he  has  served  in  that  position  almost  continuously  for  thirty-six  years. 
Maj.  Xeiswanger  was  the  founder  of  the  Belmont  County  Agricul- 
tural society,  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  state,  ami  hi'  was  made  a  corpo- 
rator by  an  act  of  the  legislature,  in  1840.  of  the  State  Hoard  of  Agri- 
culture, as  which  he  served  several  years.  He  is  now  the  only  survivor 
of  the  corporators  of  that  body*.  He  also  served  as  president  of  the 
Belmont  County  Agricultural  society  in  1853-4,  1850,  1872 -3-4.  In 
1S63,  Maj.  Neiswanger  was  appointed  and  served  a  term  in  the  army 
of  the  Potomac,  as  superintendent  of  horse  department.  On  January  1  t. 
1S45.  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  S.,  who  was  bom  June  18.  1823, 
daughter  of  Barker  and  Rebecca  1  Wilson  I  Askew,  the  latter  of  whom 
came  to  Ohio  in  1817,  from  Delaware,  and  was  one  of  the  early  tan- 
ners of  the  county.  The  following  children  have  been  born  to  this 
union:  Mary  E.,  Xovember  5,  184;;  Ida  B..  Mav  9.  1847;  Charles  S., 
April  14,  1849;  Annie  O,  December  21.  18,1;  Lewis  C  |anu.ir\  2. 
1855;  Gertrude  A..  August  31,  1857;  George  M..  March  15.  1SO0:  Ed- 
mund L.,  April  18,  1804. 

''John  W.  Nichols,  one  of  the  prominent  vounger  lawvers  ol  St. 
Clairsville,  and  senator-elect  from  Belmont  and  Harrison  count:.-. 
was  born  in  Belmont  county,  in  <  )ctobei\  iS=;6.  I  le  is  tin-  son  ol  Na- 
than B.  and  Sarah  E.  illogei  Nichols,  both  natives  of  Virginia,  who 
came  to  Ohio  with  their  family  in    i8;ci.     His    lather   came    to   Ohio 


662  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

with  his  parents  when  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  was  reared 
in  this  county,  receiving  his  education  in  the  common  schools  and 
Brooks  institute.  In  1849  he  went  to  California,  during  the  gold  ex- 
citement, making  the  trip  overland  with  three  yoke  of  oxen.  He 
spent  but  one  year  there  and  then  returned  to  Belmont  county, where 
he  was  married.  Settling  on  the  farm  which  has  since  been  his  home, 
he  has  been  engaged  in  agriculture,  and  has  been  highly  prosperous, 
now  owning  over  1,000  acres  of  land.  He  is  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and  influential  farmers  of  the  count)-.  I  lis  son,  John  XV.  Nichols, 
the  subject  of  this  mention,  received  his  earl)-  education  in  the  schools 
of  the  count)-,  and  then  spent  two  years  at  1  Iopedale  college,  and 
afterward  two  years  at  the  Ohio  state  university  at  Columbus.  On 
his  return  from  the  university  he  decided  to  study  law,  and  entered 
the  office  of  Judge  Cowan  for  that  purpose.  Under  the  guidance  of 
that  learned  attorney  he  advanced  rapidly,  and  in  1883  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  In  the  following  year  he  opened  an  office  at  St.  Clairs- 
ville,  and  has  since  been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice.  lie  has 
also  taken  a  deep  interest  in  public  affairs,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
republican  party,  is  one  of  the  foremost  in  the  political  fray.  As  the 
candidate  of  his  party  for  the  position  of  state  senator  for  the  counties 
of  Belmont  and  Harrison,  he  was  elected  in  November,  iSSq.  Mr. 
Nichols  was  married  in  1SN4  to  Lina  H.  Hoge,  of  Illinois,  and  by  this 
union  has  three  children:  Charles  and  Wilbur  K.,  and  Fred  II.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends  and  his  wife  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 

Thomas  M.  Nichol,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Belmont  county,  is  a 
descendant  of  Thomas  and  Isabelle  (Cooke)  Nichol,  one  of  seven 
brothers,  of  county  Derry,  Ireland.  Their  son,  John,  who  was  raised 
at  Nichol  Hill,  Ireland,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1  789,  first  settled 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  thence  moved  to  Colerain  township,  Belmont 
county,  in  1800.  He  built  'he  stone  house  on  the  National  road  four 
miles  west  of  Bridgeport,  which  stands  to  this  day.  In  Ireland  he 
married  Anna  Woodburn,  and  on  coming  to  this  country  their  son 
William  was  thirteen  weeks  of  a,L,re.  The  latter  was  reared  in  this 
country  and  was  married  to  Hiatt  Mitchell.  Thomas  M.,  the  son  of 
the  latter,  is  the  subject  of  this  mention.  He  was  born  in  this  county 
in  1S17,  and  was  given  a  good  education  for  his  day,  finishing  in  a 
select  school,  after  which  he  taught  two  terms  of  school.  Mr.  Nichol 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  and  being  an  enterprising 
and  popular  citizen,  has  been  honored  by  several  public  trusts.  He 
has  served  as  trustee  of  his  township  several  terms,  and  as  infirmary 
director  several  years.  He  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  but  re- 
signed this  office.  During  two  years,  1868  to  1S70,  he  served  as  rep- 
resentative of  Belmont  count)-  to  the  state  legislature,  but  losing  his 
health  while  at  the  capital,  refused  to  l)e  a  candidate  for  a  second 
term.  His  lauded  interests  are  extensive,  comprising  b  10  acres  of 
valuable  land.  In  [S43  Mr.  Nichol  was  married  to  Margaret  Creamer, 
who  was  born  in  Belmont  count)-,  in  1 821.  daughter  of  Adam  a\h\ 
Elizabeth    (Barnett)    Creamer,  the   former  of  whom  was  a  native  of 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  563 

and  social  interests  of  the  place.  lie  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Ohio  City  Nail  company.and  interested  in  various  other  projects.  Dr. 
West  was  married  in  Juh'.  1838  to  Mary  Zane  Martin,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Martin,  and  she  died  in  1882.  Of  their  eight  children  there 
is  but  one  survivor,  the  wife  of  Oliver  C.  Parker. 

Brady  O.  Williams,  M.  1).,  a  leading  physician  of  Martin's  Ferry, 
is  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  born  in  Wetzel  county,  November  13, 
1S47.  lie  is  the  son  of  Francis  E.  Williams,  who  was  born  in  West 
Virginia,  August  18,  1809,  whose  life  was  mainly  devoted  to  farming, 
though  in  his  earlier  life  he  was  occupied  in  selling  produce  on  the 
river.  This  gentleman,  a  worthy  and  highly  respected  man,  died 
May  iS,  1889.  By  his  marriage,  in  1S44,  to  Ann  J.  O'Neill,  also  a 
native  of  West  Virginia,  who  died  August  20,  1878,  he  had  ten  chil- 
dren, of  whom  five  survive  besides  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Dr. 
Williams  in  his  childhood  attended  the  schools  at  his  home.  New 
Martinsville,  and  afterward  studied  at  Mt.  Union  college,  Ohio,  hie 
then  spent  three  years  as  a  school  teacher,  during  the  same  time 
reading  medicine  with  Dr.  R.  II.  Cummins,  of  Wheeling.  During 
the  winters  of  1S71-2  and  1872-3,  he  attended  medical  lectures  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  March,  1S73.  In  May  of  the  same  year  he  opened  an  office  at  Mar- 
tin's Ferry,  where  he  has  since  remained.  In  the  years  of  practice 
since  elapsed  Dr.  Williams  has  gained  an  honorable  reputation  as  a 
skillful  physician,  abreast  with  all  the  advancement  of  his  profession. 
and  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  patients.  He  has  taken  a  due  in- 
terest in  social  and  municipal  affairs,  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  has  served  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  school  board. 
The  doctorwas  married  in  1881  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Caroline  V. 
Grove,  of  St.  Clairsville,  and  they  have  three  sons:  Brady  G.,  Phil  F. 
and  J.  Forest. 

Joel  Wood,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  one  who  has  by  the  promotion  of 
various  important  enterprises,  rendered  this  part  of  the  Ohio  valley 
great  service,  was  born  in  Smithfield,  Ohio,  August  22,  1814.  lie  is 
.the  grandson  of  William  Wood,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  was 
for  some  time  a  resident  of  Frederick  county.  Md.,and  settled  in  Jef- 
ferson count}',  Ohio,  about  1S10.  becoming  the  first  merchant  ot  Smith- 
field.  About  [S15  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  his  death  occurred 
June  3.  1S44.  This  well-known  and  worthy  pioneer  was  the  lather  oi 
eight  children,  all  now  deceased.  His  son,  Joel.  Sr.,  tin-  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Maryland,  and  there  received  his 
education.  I  Ie  soon  after  removed  to  (  )hio  and  engaged  in  business. 
He  died  in  1S14.  By  his  marriage  in  1S04,  at  New  Market,  Frederick 
Co.,  Md.,  to  Elizabeth  Poultney,  who  died  Februarys,  1844,  he  had 
five  children,  all  of  whom  are  deceased  but  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Joel  Wood, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  spent  his  early  years  in  Smithfield.  Ohio, 
receiving  such  education  as  the  various  private  schools  afforded,  there 
then  being  no  public  schools  provided  bylaw.  During  1820  and  1S30 
he  attended  the  boarding  school  of   Joseph   Gibbons  at  Mt.  Pleasant. 


664  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    V4LLEY. 

struggle  is  now  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  Jacob  Parkinson 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Mar)-  Keller,  and  one  of  their  sons,  William 
Parkinson,  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  latter  was  reared  and 
educated  in  Jefferson  county,  and  has  devoted  his  life  with  much  suc- 
cess to  the  pursuits  of  agriculture.  I  le  is  now  the:  owner  of  500  acres 
of  valuable  land  which  is  well  improved.  Mr.  Parkinsonwas  married 
in  1852,  to  Mary  Lynn,  who  was  born  in  Belmont  county  in  1831 ,  the 
daughter  of  James  and  Isabel  Lynn.  To  this  union  have  been  born 
four  children:     Jacob,  James  L.,  Mary  B.  and  Daniel  K. 

Isaac  H.  Patterson,  deceased,  of  St.  Clairsville,  was  one  of  the  lead- 
ing druggists  of  eastern  Ohio,  and  prominent  in  the  community  and 
county.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Patterson,  who  was  born  in  Lancaster 
county,  Penn.,  in  1771.  Before  the  close  of  the  century  the  latter  was 
married  to  Grizella  Ilazlett,  and  they  moved  afterward  to  Washing- 
ton county,  and  thence  in  1S04,  to  St.  Clairsville,  where  John  Patter- 
son engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  partnership  with  Thomas 
McCall.  He  was  very  prominent  in  public  affairs,  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature  as  a  representative  in  1807,  and  as  a  senator  from  1814 
to  1818,  and  was  a  member  of  the  lower  house  of  congress  in  1823-5, 
at  the  time  when  the  election  of  president  was  thrown  upon  that  body. 
He  voted  for  Adams,  and  his  brother,  Thomas  Patterson,  in  congress 
from  his  Pennsylvania  district,  voted  for  Jackson.  Mr.  Patterson  was 
president  of  the  Belmont  bank  of  St.  Clairsville,  for  nearly  twenty 
years.  He  died  in  1X48,  full  of  years  and  honors.  His  son,  Isaac  H., 
was  born  in  St.  Clairsville,  June  20,  1821,  on  the  same  town  lot  which 
was  the  place  of  his  decease,  July  31,  1S87.  After  finishing  his  edu- 
cation at  Franklin  college  he  went  to  Philadelphia  to  learn  the  busi- 
ness of  a  pharmacist.  In  1847  he  returned  to  his  native  town,  having 
thoroughly  learned  his  trade,  ami  had  some  experience  of  an  educa- 
tional nature  as  an  employe  of  the  custom  house.  In  1850  he  embarked 
in  the  drug  trade  at  Wheeling,  and  during  his  residence  there,  which 
lasted  seven  years,  also  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  bottles  with  a 
partner,  Mr.  Ouarrier.  While  at  Wheelinghe  was  married  to  Sarah  W. 
Jacob,  daughter  of  John  Jacob,  and  by  this  union  he  had  three 
children,  John,  James  and  Anna.  From  1857  until  his  decease  Mr. 
Patterson  resided  at  St.  Clairsville,  ami  gained  a  widespread  reputa- 
tion as  one  of  the  most  skillful  and  competent  druggists  of  the  state.  He 
was  called  to  various  public  positions,  being  for  many  years  treasurer 
of  the  school  funds  of  St.  Clairsville,  and  for  two  vears.  1861-3,  treas- 
urer of  Belmont  county,  also  president  of  the  St.  Clairsville  railroad. 
All  trusts  reposed  in  him  were  discharged  with  scrupulous  fidelity,  for 
he  was  a  man  of  remarkable  rectitude  and  manly  honor,  lb'  took 
much  interest  in  collecting  and  preserving  the  facts  of  early  local  his- 
tory, and  the  work  of  writers  of  this  day  are  much  aided  by  his  re- 
corded recollections. 

Cabin  W.  Patton,  an  energetic  farmer  of  Richland  township,  who 
owns  a  farm  of  160  acres  in  one  of  the  handsomest  locations  in  the 
county,  was  worn  in  Wheeling  township,  in  1847.  the  son  of  William 
and   Anna    t Clark  1    Patton.      1  lis  father  was  born  in    Ireland   in  170,0, 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  665 

and  came  to  America  with  his  parents  when  about  three  years  of  age. 
They  settled  at  Wheeling,  and  remained  there  several  years,  going 
then  to  Belmont  county,  and  making  their  home  there  the  remainder 
of  their  days.  The  father,  Samuel  Patton,  was  a  native  of  Ireland, 
and  a  member  of  the  Seceder  church.  William  Patton  was  one  of 
the  first  abolitionists  of  Belmont  county,  and  was  so  strong  and  con- 
sistent in  his  principles  that  he  refused  to  become  naturalized  or  vote 
until  after  slavery  was  abolished  by  the  emancipation  proclamation. 
Almost  the  first  occupation  of  Calvin  Patton  was  as  a  soldier.  Ik- 
enlisted  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  Ohio  infan- 
try, in  1S63,  with  three  other  brothers,  and  received  an  honorable  dis- 
charge at  Columbus,  in  October,  1S63.  December  28,  1876,  he  was 
married  to  Dora  P.  Troll,  daughter  of  Conrad  and  Emma  (Steen- 
rodl  Troll.  She  was  born  in  1S54.  By  this  union  he  has  one  child, 
John  T.  Mr.  Patton  suffered  a  severe  loss  by  the  great  tornado  of 
"April  15,  1SS7.  Plis  two-story  brick  dwelling  was  demolished,  a  new 
barn  was  torn  down,  and  another  large  barn  and  several  other  build- 
ings were  torn  to  pieces,  and  his  orchard  swept  away.  Mis  wife  and 
child  in  the  house  at  the  time  escaped  by  going  to  the  cellar,  and  five 
head  of  horses  and  a  man  in  the  barn  aiso  escaped  injury  in  a  very 
remarkable  way.  Ten  young  iambs  in  the  pasture  were  taken  up  and 
never  afterward  heard  of,  and  a  large  watering  trough  was  carried 
over  the  town  of  St.  Clairsville,  ami  dropped  two  miles  beyond. 

Henry  F.  Pickering,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  in  Colerain  township  in  1827,  son  of  Elijah  and  Rebecca  S.  Pick- 
ering. His  father,  who  was  a  sonof  John  and  Mary  (Carpenter)  Pick- 
ering, was  born  in  Virginia  in  iSoi,  and  came  to  Ohio  with  his  parents 
n  1802.  They  settled  in  Colerain  township,  where  Elijah  was  reared, 
iamid  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life.  He  married  Rebecca  S.  Fox. 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Anna  (Miller)  Fox,  the  former  a  native  of 
England,  and  the  latter  of  Philadelphia.  She  was  born  in  Virginia 
and  afterward  resided  in  Maryland.  Her  father  was  one  of  the  first 
draughtsmen  in  the  military  service  of  the  colonies,  and  served 
through  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  was  appointed  by  Washington  his 
first  secretary  in  the  navy.  A  plate  which  he  brought  from  England, 
made  in  1 701,  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  He  was 
the  first  man  to  use  coal  in  Wheeling  for  domestic  purposes,  and  was 
a  resident  of  that  locality  at  the  time  of  the  great  earthquake.  He 
lived  to  be  eighty-six  years  of  age.  Elijah  Pickering  was  the  father 
of  seven  children,  live  of  whom  are  living:  Henry  P.:  Anna  M..  now 
the  wife  of  D.  Pickering;  Sarah  P..  wife  of  William  11.  Senmon. 
of  Ohio;  losiah  F.;  John  C:  and  Francis  1 ).  a. id  Alexander  1  P.  both  de- 
ceased. Elijah  Pickering  hauled  most  of  the  material  for  the  stone  bridge 
over  Wheeling  creek  at  Kin/ie  Mills,  and  laid  in  Baltimore  four  days 
because  he  could  not  get  out  on  account  of  the  crowd  of  people  who 
were  in  the  city  to  see  Gen.  Lafayette.  1  lenry  P.  Pickering  was  reared  in 
this  count)',  and  received  his  education  in  the  early  log  school-houses. 
In  186:2  he  was  married  to  Hannah  K,  Cook,  who  was  born  March  1  1. 
i8;_\  in  the  state  of    Delaware,   the   daughter  of  Caleb   and    Hannah 


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twnT-11  fShtwasatruc!  and  fa>'thful    wife,  and  gave   to   him 

two .children,  of  whom  one  Laura  C,  was  married  to  John  Ely 
of  Harrison  county  Ohio,  and  died  on  December  15,  1886  Joseph 
H.  survives.  Her  husband  gives  the  following  account  of  the  sfck 
ness  and  death  of  Mrs.  Hannah  K.  Pickering!  "  Being  of  a  quiet 
unassuming  disposition  from  a  child,  the  impress  of  truth  was  earlv 
stamped  upon  her  mind,  and  a  desire  begotten  in  her   heart  to  make 

Sfd  £d  which  h"'  Wh,Ch  ]  tHink  l  haT  "°  r,?ason  to  do'ot  thaTshe 
did,  and  which!  have  every  assurance  she  fu  y  enjoyed  in  her  hst 
days  and  hours  of  life.     When  she  was  first  attacked\v    h  tl  is  dreaded 

o at  leastbf  emed>,tS  m^lfeSt  quite/  desire  that  shc  might  recover 

or  at  least  be  spared  the  offensive  and  painful  torture  to  which  most 
victims  of  this  disease  are  subjected,  although  there  appeared  to  be  a 
calm  resignation  to  the  Divine  will,  and  a  great  decree o ^patience 
manifested  through  all  these  years  of  affliction.  During  t^e  latter 
part  of  the  second  year  of  her  treatment  her  sufferings  wire  the  mos 
severe  She  became  so  benumbed  or  paralyzed  in  her  limbs  and 
body  that  she  was  void  of  all  natural  feeling,  and  was  entirely  heb 
less  for  several  weeks.  All  hope  of  her  recovery  at  this  time  was 
despaired  of  by  her  friends  and  neighbors.  It  was  a  freq  ent^emark 
SeSrHow^LIrd-t0,iS?ei!,er'tiiatshe  WaS  thc  embodiment  o"  pa 

n  mSic-  skil  T'in1,  h0yr  °f  %Xre?kyi  she  trusted  not  S(>  ™<* 
m  medical  skill  as  in  the  wisdom  of  God  —  having  a  firm  reliance  in 

hat  w«arn°eiS J^L  '*  ^  %d°  ex-ceedi»gly  Abundantly  above  all 
dear  children  WH  °''  ^  M  She  ^  Her  Petition  in  be"half  <>i  her 
o-lorV  1        '  r  ~a  Ve  WOU!d  SPare  her  to  them  a  little  longer.     All 

glon  be  to  God,  who  hears  the  humblest  cry  of  the  weakest  child 
He  favored  her  petition  and  raised  her  up,  and  in  the  spac"e  of  a  few 
months  she  was  so  far  recovered  as  to  be  able  to  resume  her  house- 
hold cares,  and  contribute  to  the  comfort  and  care  of  her  family  In 
the  latter  part  of  the,  eighth  month,  ,S79,  she  was  take v id  m wee 
belt  which  .Pre/ed  heavily  upon  her  physical  strength  and  she 
began  gradually  declining  from  day  to  day;  however  she  sti  com 
tinned  to  pursue  her  daily  routine  of  duty  and    care  for  he  ■  famHv 

wasmLbTto116  ?iddle  °f  *e  tW?,fth  m°nth-  from  which  t  ml  Tl  e 
wfth  he during lT  anXPhys>cal  labor.  It  being  my  privilege  to  be 
\utn  her  during  all  her  affliction  and  at  her  last  earthly  pDri.mW  shc 
frequently  spoke  to  me  of  the  condition  of  her  mind-  of  Tier  resfcm£ 

Se  sfcVnio^llyiathe' ?rU\  °!  the  Perfect   -1-,.   and  sweet 
e    os    Ml       I       )   ^"al  days  before  her  decease,   she   requested 
oosme    1  e ,  \         f  dotlT  XVer°  in  readiness.     With  calm  com- 

for  the  rW™ eof  fancies  ot  clothing  that   would  be    neede-' 
01  tlK  ch.ldre  1,  and   told  me  to  have   them   prepared   this  week- 
sceming  to  rea  ,ze  the  nearness  0f  the  close.     She'  s„V!,' ,  1     "  \L 
though  she  had  a  very  troublesome  cough,  ; 
cultyol  breathing.     During  the  last  few  day 
but  a  few  words  at  a  time.     So  calm  and  rest 
all);  that  she  could  speak  of  death  and  give 
without  any  apparent  emotion.     It   was Ta  so, 


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her  to  have  the  company  and  atttention  of  her  brother-in-law,  Dr. 
Garretson,  of  Salem,  Ohio,  who  spent  the  last  few  days  of  her  life 
with  her.  On  the  seventh  day  afternoon  her  brother  and  two  sisters 
came,  whom  she  was  very  glad  to  see,  but  was  too  weak  to  talk  to 
them,  saying  maybe  she  would  rally  up  a  little  so  she  could  talk  to 
them  after  a  while.  She  seemed  to  grow  weaker  and  weaker  until 
about  10  o'clock  seventh  day  night,  when  I  came  to  her  bed-side,  took 
her  by  the  hand  and  said:  'Mother,  has  it  come  to  this,  that  we 
must  part?'  The  grace  of  God  was  wonderfully  manifested,  as 
strength  and  voice  returned,  and  she  was  enabled  to  answer  in  a  clear, 
audible  voice:  '  Yes,  Henry,  it  has  come  to  that.  The  time  has 
almost  come  when  I  will  have  to  leave  you  all.'  After  talking  to- 
gether for  little  time,  answering  some  inquiries  and  giving  some  ad- 
vice, she  said:  'I  want  thee  to  be  a  father  to  thy  children;  to  give 
them  good  advice  and  consider  well  the  counsel  thee  give  them.  Put 
thy  trust  in  thy  heavenly  Father,  and  the  same  power  that  has  sus- 
tained me  will  sustain  and  comfort  thee  through  all  the  trials  and 
cares  of  life.'  On  looking  up  to  her  children,  who  stood  by  the  lied 
weeping,  she  said:  '  Dear,  dear  children,  don't  weep  for  me.  I  am 
going  to  leave  you,  and  1  know  you  will  miss  me.  but  I  am  not  afraid 
to  die.  I  feel  that  I  am  going  home,  and  I  want  you  to  be  good  chil- 
dren and  prepare  to  meet  me.'  Then,  addressing  the  children  separ- 
ately, she  gave  them  each  a  little  good  advice  —  saying  of  Joseph,  he- 
had  always  been  a  good  bit  of  a  mother-boy,  '  1  know  he  will  miss 
his  mother,  but  I  want  thee  to  be  a  good  boy  and  get  ready  to  meet 
me  again.'  Her  brother  coming  to  the  bed-side,  she  looked  up  at 
him  and  said:  '  Well,  Enos,  has  thee  anything  to  say  to  me?'  He- 
answered  he  believed  not,  only  he  was  sorry  to  see  her  suffering  so. 
She  replied:  'I  am  not  suffering,  and  I  cannot  say  that  I  have  been 
sick.  My  disease  has  been  very  peculiar.  I  have  just  gradually  weak- 
ened away.  My  strength  is  failing  very  fast,  and  I  feel  that  my  time- 
has  almost  come.'  Then  after  addressing  some  remarks  to  others, 
she  said:  T  have  such  perfect  peace  of  mind.'  Her  manner,  her 
voice  and  expression  continued  the  true  fullness  ot  the  words  she 
spoke.  When  she  had  concluded  speaking,  she  said:  '  Now  lay  me 
back  and  let  me  rest.'  After  she  had  lain  quiet  for  some  time,  she 
took  me  by  the  hand  and  bade  me  an  affectionate  farewell;  then  she 
kissed  her  two  children  and  bade  them  farewell,  and  then  extended 
her  hand  to  all  around  her  bed,  saying  to  each  one — 'Farewell.' 
Mine  eyes  could  not  refrain  from  weeping,  but  my  soul  praised  the 
Ford,  and  as  I  bowed  down  and  bade  her  the  last  farewell  on  earth. 
I  said.  •  By  the  grace  of  God  1  will  meet  thee  in  Heaven.'  She  re- 
tained consciousness  to  the  last.  She  was  a  devoted  member  ol  the 
Society  of  Friends." 


The  date  of  her  death  was  first  month  25th. 
ering  was  married  to   Anna    Thorp,  daughtc 


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668  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

(Foulk)  Thorp.  Her  father  was  born  in  Delaware  in  17S1,  and  came 
to  Ohio  in  1822,  settling  near  Morristown.  In  1834,  he  removed  to 
Morgan  county,  and  cleared  two  farms  in  succession.  Thomas 
Thorp  was  the  father  of  eleven  children:  Sarah  A.,  deceased;  Sam- 
uel F.,  deceased;  James,  deceased;  Ellenor,  deceased,  who  was  mar- 
ried to  William  B.Thompson;  Jabez,  now  of  Warren  county,  Ohio;  Han- 
nah, wife  of  James  Picket;  Elizabeth,  deceased;  Jesse,  deceased; 
Mary  W.,  wife  of  Joseph  Mendenhall;  Thomas,  of  Clark  county, 
Ohio;  Ann  F.  Mr.  Pickering  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Friends' 
church,  as  were  their  ancestors,  and  they  hold  official  positions  in 
the  church.  He  has  preserved  many  relics  of  his  family,  and  has  a 
powder  horn  and  shotgun  which  are  over  200  years  old,  and  were 
brought  to  America  from  England  in  1707.  He  died  second  month 
18th,  1877,  in  his  ninety-fifth  year  and  three  months. 

John  Charles  Pickering,a  well-known  farmer  of  Richland  township, 
was  born  in  Wheeling  township  in  1836,  to  the  union  of  Elijah  Pick- 
ering and  Rebecca  S.  Fox,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Virginia. 
His  father  was  born  near  Winchester,  Va.,  in  1S01,  and  was  the  son 
of  John  and  Mary  (Carpenter)  Pickering,  the  former  of  whom  was  a 
son  of  Samuel  Pickering,  a  native  of  England.  Rebecca  S.  Fox  was 
a  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Anna  (Miller)  Fox,  the  father  being  a  na- 
tive of  England  and  the  mother  of  Germany.  The  subject  of  this 
mention  received  a  common  school  education  in  his  childhood,  and 
was  reared  as  a  fanner,  which  has  been  his  occupation  through  life.  He 
has  charge  of  the  homestead  farm,  and  is  skilful  and  energetic  in  his 
methods.  Mr.  Pickering  was  married  in  1872,  to  Cecelia  Hatcher, 
born  in  Belmont  county  in  1S47,  the  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Jane 
(Craigi  Hatcher,  both  natives  of  Loudon  county,  Ya.  Her  father 
was  a  son  of  Noah  and  Rachel  ^  Beans')  Hatcher,  who  were  both  born  in 
Virginia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pickering  have  three  children:  Ellis  11.. 
Estella  and  Lorain.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Society  ol 
Friends,  of  which  he  is  a  trustee.  He  is  a  leading  citizen,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  school  boardifor  fifteen  years.  In  his  farm  en- 
terprises he  makes  a  specialty  of  the  breeding  of  short-horn  cattle. 
Mr.  Pickering  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church. 

Robert  Pogue,  deceased,  who  was  in  his  day  one  of  the  leading 
farmers  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  March  1.  [S24,  the  son  of  George 
and  Nancy  (Davis")  Pogue.  ami  died  April  25,  18S2.  He  was  reared 
on  the  farm,  ami  followed  that  vocation  through  life.  He  was  an 
estimable  ami  enterprising  man.  and  owned  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
](>o  acres  of  valuable  land.  I  le  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal  church,  to  which  his  widow  adheres.  I  le  was  married  in  1S70, 
to  Anna  G.  Rankin,  who  was  born  in  1842,  in  Belmont  county. 
the  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Campbell)  Rankin.  Her  father 
was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  ami  came  to  Ohio,  first  settling  in  Bel- 
mont county,  where  he  remained  one  year  and  then  removed  to  Noble 
count}',  where  he  settled  in  the  woods  and  cl< 
died  in  1S7S.  and  he  now  makes  his  home  with  Mrs 
estimable  lady  now  occupies  the  property 


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BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  66g 

John  Pollock,  a  prominent  attorney  of  St.  Clairsville,  is  of  a  family 
which  were  early  settlers  of  Ohio.  His  father,  Robert  Pollock,  came 
with  the  family  of  his  parents  from  Maryland,  llis  grandfather 
removed  to  this  state  from  Pennsylvania,  early  in  the  third  decade 
of  the  present  century,  and  settled  in  Harrison  county.  There 
Robert  Pollock,  the:  father  of  the  subject  of  this  mention,  was  born  in 
1824.  The  latter,  about  1834,  removed  with  his  parents  to  Belmont 
county,  and  was  there  raised  on  a  farm  with  the  advantages  of  a  com- 
mon school  education.  He  became  a  machinist  and  was  so  engaged 
about  ten  years,  then  going  on  a  farm  and  following  agriculture  until 
the  present.  John  Pollock,  son  of  the  above,  by  his  wife,  Mary 
Jane,  was  reared  in  this  count)-,  and  after  going  through  the  common 
schools  continued  his  education  during  two  years  at  Franklin  college. 
and  three  at  the  Washington  and  Jefferson  college,  Pennsylvania,  at 
which  latter  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1878.  On  his  return  to  St. 
Clairsville  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Hon.  Lorenzo  Danford,  and 
18S0  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1881  Mr.  Pollock  opened  an 
office  in  St.  Clairsville,  ami  has  since  been  actively  engaged  in  the 
practice  with  considerable  success.  He  also  gives  much  attention  to 
politics,  being  one  of  the  republican  leaders  of  the  county,  and  at  the 
present  time  chairman  of  the  central  and  executive  committees  of 
Belmont  county.  In  April,  1NS7,  Mr.  Pollock  was  married  to  Ella 
Finney,  a  native  of  this  county,  and  by  this  union  the)-  have  one  child, 
Harry. 

Among  the  well-known  residents  of  Belmont  county  (.luring  the 
early  decades  of  the  present  century,  was  John  Porterfield,  a  native  of 
Ireland,  who  came  to  America  in  1801,  and  first  settled  in  Lancaster 
county,  Penn..  where  he  remained  until  about  1S08,  when  he  came  to 
Ohio.  He  lived  for  one  year  in  Harrison  count)-,  and  then  settled  in 
Belmont  county,  which  was  his  abiding  place  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  came  here  a  poor  man,  but  accumulated  considerable 
property,  owning  at  one  time  240  acres  of  land.  He  married  Marga- 
ret Robb,  who  was  born  at  Lancaster,  Penn.,  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Monica!  Dunlap)  Robb,  of  a  family  supposed  to  have  an  interest  in  a  valu- 
able estate  left  by  a  bachelor  who  owned  eight)-  acres  within  the  present 
limits  of  Philadelphia.  Their  son,  John  Porterfield,  born  in  this  count), 
in  February  14.  1814,  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  educated  in  the  pio- 
neer schools.  At  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  began  an  independent 
career,  and  for  seventeen  years  worked  by  the  month  on  a  farm  in 
Illinois.  By  close  economy  he  saved,  during  this  time,  Si  .500.  with 
which  he  returned  to  his  native  county.  In  1851  he  was  married  to 
Catharine  Kerr,  a  native  of  Belmont  county,  daughtar  of  Robert  and 
Sarah  Kerr.  She  had  but  one  child  who  died  young,  and  she  died 
also  in  1852.  In  1855  he  was  married  to  Sarah  McFadden,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  McFadden,  ami  by  this  union  he  has  had  two  child- 
ren, both  of  whom  are  living,  lames  P.  and  May.  Mr.  Porterfield  ami 
wife  are  both  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  1  le  is  now 
one  of  the  solid  and  prosperous  men  of  the  count)-,  having  320  acres 
of  excellent  land,  with  handsome  and  commodious  buildings,  and  be- 


670  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

sides  his  agricultural  interests  conducts  a  dairy  with  forty-five  or  fifty 
cows. 

William  I).  Porterfield,  a  well-known  and  successful  teacher  of  Bel- 
mont county,  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  early  families  of  the 
county,  the  Porterfields,  who  are  elsewhere  mentioned,  lie  is  a  son  of 
Andrew  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Glasgow)  Porterfield,  the  former  of  whom 
was  a  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Robb)  Porterfield.  William  D.  was 
born  in  1861,  in  Richland  township,  and  received  a  good  common 
school  education,  after  which  he  completed  a  full  college  course  and 
received  a  diploma.  After  finishing  his  school  clays  he  attended  col- 
lege at  Ada,  Hardin  count}-,  after  which,  in  1883,  he  began  teaching. 
This  has  since  been  his  vocation,  in  connection  with  farming,  and  as 
a  teacher  he  displays  peculiar  adaptation  for  successful  and  valuable 
work.  Mr.  Porterfield  was  married  in  1886  to  Myrtle  P.  Bear,  who 
was  born  in  Montgomery  county,  the-  daughter  of  Henry  Bear.  By 
this  union  he  has  one  child,  Clarence  W  Mr.  Porterfield  and  wife  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  owns  sixty-five  acres  of 
the  old  homestead  farm. 

Louis  B.  Potts,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Glencoe,  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  1855,  a  son  of  1.  J.  and  Mary  (Bryson)  Potts,  two 
worthy  and  estimable  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  His  father 
was  engaged  in  farming  and  also  conducted  a  flouring-mill  and  store, 
and  in  assisting  him  in  these  duties  Louis  found  occupation  in  his 
youth,  and  acquired  the  rudiments  of  his  business  training.  This 
business  education  was  evidently  founded  on  the  correct  principles, 
for  he  has  prospered  in  all  his  undertakings,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  tradesmen  of  the  county.  In  1876,  he  embarked  in  general 
merchandise  at  Dover,  and  remained  there  nine  years,  serving  during 
that  period  for  one  term  as  treasurer  of  York  township.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  he  removed  to  Glencoe,  where  he  is  now  doing  a  good 
business;  in  the  fall  of  1889,  he  erected  the  handsomest  two-story 
dwelling  in  the  village.  Mr.  Potts  was  married  in  1S77,  to  Mary 
Welsh,  a  native  of  Monroe  county,  but  raised  in  Belmont,  and  daugh- 
of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Armstrong)  Welsh.  By  this  union  he  has  four 
children:  Ralph  W.,  Clarence  T.,  Zella  M.  and  Beulah  M.  Mrs. 
Potts  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Henry  Rehm,  a  leading  farmer  of  Richland  township,  was  born  in 
Hesse,  Germany,  in  1S35,  and  came  to  America  in  1857,  when  twenty- 
two  years  of  age.  He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Catherine  tXubb) 
Rehm,  natives  of  Hesse,  his  father  being  a  son  of  John  Rehm.  After 
coming  to  this  country,  he  remained  at  Wheeling  several  years  and 
was  there  married  in  1807  to  Catherine,  daughter  of  George  Gtt. 
She  is  also  a  native  of  Hesse,  born  in  1N42.  In  1874  Mr.  Rehm  re- 
moved to  Richland  township,  settling  on  the  land  he  now  lives  upon. 
While  at  Wheeling  he  had  charge  of  the  Reiman  brewery  for  several 
years,  but  since  coming  to  Ohio  he  has  been  engaged  in  farming,  in 
which  by  good  management  and  economy  he  has  been  notably  suc- 
cessful. He  now  has  a  good  farm  of  100  acre's,  with  a  handsome 
two-story  brick  dwelling,  and  other  valuable  improvements.     I  lis  sue- 


BELMONT  COUNTY.  OHIO 

671 


and  Henry  tnzaucth,  Anna,   Lena,   George,    Powell 

to  a    farmer,   and   was   reared   rh,,,  f„  V  He-was  bound  out 

to  remove  vestwa d^nd  ir ?  t%.  S""""*?'  H^0^  he  was  lnd"c^ 

responsible  office:  he  ha fiflS ^  o  the  satishcti'^'of  rh^'""?-    ,T'!is 

Ian      h;  1  n  1       !        'C,  L'nte,rpnst's  for  the  benefit   of  the  „  n 
Hed    to    Marv    I*  i?    "  *'?  ^  S>'mpath>'"     Mr"  Robinsonw^mar 
£M.^?4   1ToStunion  fi  ^ ife  hte  ffl?^ 

RHbr Ben-ami' ^ffij^  &^*  4^  ^ 
dent  judge  of  the  th1?d  cireu  t  of  Ol^  senat°r  a»d- second  presi- 
Windham  Co.,  Con,      Febr  a  y  -s  °"  Thi     t^"   *    Woo.d?^k. 

named    Roxbury       His    fa  1     •«■  ■  ■    ,'  V  ■ town  ,was  onS>nally 

stances  who  intended  that  Is  son  sh  uldT^  l*"  ?^nU\  circum" 
try.  This  intention  was  Swart e  by  So  o^3 £ ^^7*" 
came  surety  lor  a  neighbor,  and  by    he  defaul  to    tl ,K S  ■  "" 

E  gW  ™a>:  !  le  died  wl,„  Ben  jam  v  ei  1 t  y^Tf 
iea\ing  his  family  in  stra  tened  ciivnm<r.n,.  .  1 ,  *  )<-.>us  out 
at  the  Brooklyn  academy,  id "after hS  "rad  nln  IenJar",n  ?tu<  "•<> 
tion  he  read  law  with  l,,,N     1»  V  ,?iaci,nto      lmin   th>*  mstitu- 

mitted  to  the  bar  of  tl  fe  etf's;°fI.1"tforll  Conn  and  was  :,,|- 
^-ta.Washington'com^^^ 


672  HISTORY    OF   THK    Ul'PER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  practice  of  his  profession.  I  lis  profound  learning,  his  skill  and 
care  as  counsellor,  his  power  for  rapid  analyzation  and  conclusive 
argument,  at  once  commanded  not  only  professional  but  public  atten- 
tion, and  he  carved  his  way  quickly  to  the  front  rank  of  the  jurists  of 
the  day.  In  1810  he  was  elected  by  the  republicans  of  the  legislature 
to  succeed  Cabin  Peas  as  president  judge  of  the  third  circuit,  and 
was  the  second  incumbent  of  that  judicial  office.  Shortly  after  he 
moved  from  Marietta  to  St.  Clairsville,  and  in  the  year  181  2  he  went 
to  Connecticut,  where  he  was  married  and  brought  his  wife  to  (  )hio. 
She  died  in  1817,  and  in  1825  he  was  again  married.  He  lacked  the 
gifts  of  an  orator  and  failed  to  make  that  impression  of  substantial 
ability  as  successfully  in  open  court  as  in  chambers,  lie  was  not  dis- 
tinguished as  an  advocate,  but  as  a  consulting  attorney  he  had,  per- 
haps, few  superiors  in  the  country.  In  1815  he  was  elected  by  the 
legislature  to  the  United  States  senate,  and  resigned  the  office  of  judge 
after  Having  ably  filled  it  for  five  years,  to  enter  upon  his  new  duties. 
Being  very  popular  with  his  large  constituency  in  Ohio,  he  was  twice 
re-elected  to  the  United  States  senate,  and  during  his  career  in  that 
body  he  rendered  valuable  if  not  brilliant  services  both  to  his  state 
and  the  nation.  1  le  was  president  of  the  caucus  held  in  Washington 
that  nominated  William  II.  Crawford,  of  Georgia,  for  the  presidency 
at  the  time  when  Clay,  Adams  and  Jackson  were  in  the  field.  At  that 
period  .Martin  Van  Buren  and  Judge  Ruggles  were  political  friends, 
and  quite  an  extensive  correspondence  was  carried  on  between  them 
during  the  campaign.  The  judge  was  for  a  long  time  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  claims  in  the  United  States  senate,  and  was  favor- 
ably spoken  of  in  1840  for  the  vice  presidency,  being  strongly  sup- 
ported by  several  journals  throughout  the  country.  When  fifty  years 
of  age  he  retired  from  political  life  and  gave  his  attention  to  his  farm, 
and  more  especially  to  the  cultivation  of  fruit,  lie  was  instrumental 
in  introducing  to  the  growers  of  that  section  some  of  the  choicest  var- 
ieties. T;or  a  time  after  the  expiration  of  his  last  term  as  senator,  he 
was  president  of  the  Hank  of  St.  Clairsville.  He  died  after  a  brief 
illness  at  his  residence  at  that  place  on  September  2,  1S5-7.  Judge 
Ruggles  enjoyed  in  an  eminent  degree  the  confidence  of  the  senate, 
and  was  greatly  respected  in  his  professional  and  private  career.  He 
was  a  firm  believer  in  the  great  truths  of  Christianity,  and  exerted 
wherever  he  went,  or  wherever  he  was  known,  an  excellent  moral  in- 
fluence. He  was  liberal  in  his  views  and  generous  in  his  impulses, 
and  contributed  to  the  advancement  of  all  worthy  improvements  in 
the  interests  of  the  well-being  of  his  fellow  citizens.  When  he  died 
the  state  lost  an  able  man  and  society  a  beloved  member. 

William  Satterthwaite,  of  Richland  township,  prominent  among  the 
old  citizens  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  October  21,  181  [.on  the  farm 
which  was  also  the  birth  place  of  the  noted  statesman,  William  Win- 
dom.  He  is  a  son  of  Joseph  W.  and  Anna  (Van  Law)  Satterthwaite, 
natives  of  New  Jersey,  who  came  to  Ohio  before  1S00,  and  settled  in 
the  woods,  going  through  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life.  Amid  such 
scenes   William   Satterthwaite  was   reared,  receiving  his  education    in 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  673 

the  log  school-house  that  was  the  abode  of  learning  in  that  day. 
In  1834  he  was  married  to  Nancy,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  A. 
(Bealle)  Cash,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Maryland.  Her  father 
was  a  son-of  William  and  Keziah  (Nichol)  Cash,  the  former  of  whom 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  revolution.  1  ler  mother's  father  was 
Gen.  Strieker,  a  distinguished  officer  of  the  same  war.  After  his  mar- 
riage Mr.  Satterthwaite  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business  at 
Loydsville,  and  continued  the  same  until  1852,  when  he  retired  and 
assumed  the  management  of  the  farm  where  he  now  lives.  Here  he 
and  wife  have  1S0  acres  of  valuable  land,  left  to  Mrs.  Satterthwaite 
by  her  father,  and  a  comfortable  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Satterthwaite 
have  had  ten  children,  of  whom  nine  are  living:  Mary.  Anna  E., 
Henry,  Adda,  Isabel,  Samuel,  Wallace,  George  and  Emmet.  Mr.  Sat- 
terthwaite is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  his  wife  is  af- 
filiated with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Adam  Scales,  a  well-known  farmer  of  Richland  township,  was  born 
on  the  old  homestead  farm,  September  15,  1S28.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  and  Jane  (Ogle)  Scales,  who  were  both  natives  of  Ireland.  His 
"father  was  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Love)  Scales.  The  latter  em- 
igrated to  this  country  in  an  early  clay,  and  died  at  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Ohio,  in  1S10,  but  the  former  died  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  in  17S3. 
Mr.  Scales  was  reared  on  the  farm  which  was  his  birthplace,  and 
when  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-four  years  he  was  engaged  for 
seven  months  in  teaching.  He  then  resumed  farming,  at  which  he 
has  ever  since  been  engaged  with  much  success.  1  le  has  a  line  farm  of 
130  acres,  than  which  none  is  more  handsomely  improved  in  Richland 
township,  which  is  famous  for  her  well-kept  farms.  Mr.  Scales  has 
served  as  school  director  of  his  township  for  six  years.  He  is  one  of 
the  influential  men  of  the  community.  On  May  20,  1 S 7 5 ,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Clara  McXiece,  a  native  of  Belmont  county,  and  by  this  union 
has  three  children:  Monedo  J.,  Winona  B.  and  Edwin  M.  Mrs. 
Scales  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Prominent  in  the  history  of  the  upper  (  >hio  valley,  are  the  descend- 
ants of  Charles  C.  Schumacher,  a  native  of  Wurtemburg.  Germany, 
who  was  impressed  with  others  of  his  countrymen  in  the  army  of 
Napoleon,  when  the  latter  was  marching  to  Russia.  He  accompanied 
the  French  army  to  Moscow,  and  was  a  witnes  of  its  defeat  and  dis- 
astrous retreat.  He  afterward  served  his  regular  time  of  six  years 
in  the  German  army,  and  on  September  7,  184S,  with  his  wife, 
Maria  M.  Sinner,  and  their  three  sons:  John  Christopher,  Jacob 
Frederick  and  Carl  William,  sailed  on  the  ship  Junita,  from  Antwerp. 
Thej- reached  New  York,  November  23,  and  Wheeling,  December  13, 
1S48.  1  [ere  he  and  his  two  older  sons  were  engaged  as  architects  and 
contractors  until  1855,  when  the  father  retired  to  his  farm  in  Belmont 
county,  and  engaged  in  viniculture.  John  C.  worked  with  his  father 
until  his  retirement,  and  while  engaged  on  the  suspension  bridge  at 
Wheeling,  contracting  rheumatism  which  caused  him  great  suffering 
until  his  death,  in  1S7S.  Jacob  F.  became  one  of  the  most  eminent 
divines  of  the  Lutheran  church,  was  stationed  at  Buffalo,  and  is  now 
43-B. 


674  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  vice  consul  of  the  United  States  to  Syria.  Charles  W.  was  born 
in  Wurtemburg,  April  22,  1831.  He  was  finely  educated  in  his  native 
land  in  Greek,  Latin.  French  and  German.  On  leaving  school  he 
adopted  the  vocation  of  a  butcher,  which  he  followed  in  Germany, 
traveling  also  in  France  and  Switzerland.  Becoming  old  enough  to 
be  impressed  in  the  army,  and  being  dissatisfied  with  the  form  of 
government,  he  joined  his  parents  when  the)'  came  to  America.  On 
reaching  Wheeling  he  established  a  meat  market  in  the  Second  ward 
market  house,  and  did  an  extensive  business  until  1855,  when  he- 
removed  to  Belmont  county,  and  settled  on  Little  McMahon  creek, 
where  he  planted  the  third  vineyard  in  the  county.  During  the  war  he 
established  himself  at  Chicago,  and  in  connection  with  \Y.  Hazlewood 
at  Pittsburgh,  and  John  Darrah,  at  Washington,  they  did  an  exten- 
sive' business  furnishing  cattle  to  the  government.  After  the  war  he, 
with  his  family,  moved  to  Beach  Mill,  two  and  one-half  miles  east  of  St. 
Clairsville,  when  he  established  a  meat  market  at  St.  Clairsville,  and 
with  his  son  Charles,  also  did  an  extensive  shipping  business  to  the 
eastern  markets.  lie  died  in  his  fiftieth  year,  and  was  mourned  as  a 
most  worthy  and  valuable  citizen.  By  his  wife,  Christina  Bayha,  he 
had  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  living:  Charles  C,  W'illiam, 
Jacob,  David,  Louisa.  Joseph,  Emma  and  Benjamin.  Charles,  Will- 
iam and  Louisa  are  residents  of  this  county.  Charles  C,  who  is  now 
the  leading  meat  dealer  of  St.  Clairsville.  was  born  at  Wheeling,  in 
1851.  In  1S74  he  was  married  to  Carrie  Snyder,  of  Wheeling,  and  of 
their  four  children,  three  are  living:  John  W.,  Bessie  and  Carl.  He 
and  wife  and  two  oldest  children  are  members  of  the  First  l'resbyterian 
church  of  St.  Clairsville.  In  1SN4  Mr.  Schumacher  bought  the  mar- 
ket which  he  now  conducts;  and  has  since  met  with  much  success 
in  its  management. 

Leroy  C.  Sedwick,  ex-sheriff  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Ohio 
in  1845,  the  son  of  Rev.  George  C.  and  Hannah  C.  (Lamb)  Sedwick.. 
He  came  to  Belmont  county  with  his  parents  when  he  was  seven 
years  of  age.  and  spent  Uve  years  on  the  farm  of  his  father  and  when 
he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army.  He 
first  became  a  member  of  Company  H,  light  artillery,  and  served  in 
that  command  about  one  year.  He  then  returned  home  and  assisted 
in  organizing  Company  K.  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth 
regiment  Ohio  volunteers.  He  was  elected  second  lieutenant  of  this 
company,  and  was  subsequently  for  his  soldierly  qualities  promoted 
to  first  lieutenant,  as  which  he  was  mustered  out  in  1N05.  Few  men 
had  a  more  honorable  record  for  patriotism  and  bravery,  ami  he  was 
on  this  account  deservedly  popular  among  all  his  comrades.  From 
1865  to  1S7Q  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits.  In  civil  life  he  is 
no  iess  highly  regarded,  and  his  history  is  not  wanting  in  proof  of  the 
esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  his  fellow  citizens.  In  1882  he  was  the 
republican  candidate  for  sheriff  of  Belmont  county,  and  he  received 
a  majority  of  400,  running  over  500  votes  ahead  of  his  ticket,  being 
the  only  republican  elected,  and  was  re-elected  in  1SS4  :\n^\  again  ran 
far  ahead  of  his  ticket.      His  service  in  this  office  covered  a  period  of 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  675 

eight  years,  four  as  chief  deputy  under  Sheriff  Willis  and  four  as 
sheriff,  and  was  characterized  by  efficiency  and  fidelity  to  the  interests 
of  the  public,  and  he  was  the  only  sheriff  the  county  ever  had  who 
never  let  a  prisoner  escape  from  his  custody.  At  its  close  he  removed 
to  his  farm,  where  he  now  lives,  hie  has  10S  acres  of  valuable  land, 
well  improved,  and  in  addition  to  the  tillage-  of  the  same  he  conducts 
a  large  dairy.  In  1866  Mr.  Sedwick  was  married  to  Sarah  Maycock, 
daughter  of  John  and  Emily  (George)  Mavcock.  They  have  nine 
children:  Nellie  L.,  Alvin  L.,  Ira  B.,  E.  May,  Mary  Bird,  Lulu  L„ 
Sadie  E.,  Grace  C.  and  Chester  C.  Mr.  Sedwick  and  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  regular  Baptist  church. 

John  W.  Shannon,  one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  St.  Clairsville, 
was  born  at  that  place  on  June  29,  184;?,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Sharplessi  Shannon.  His  mother  was  born  in  Belmont  count)-, Ohio, 
December  10,  1S11,  and  was  the  daughter  of  William  Sharpless.  who 
was  born  about  1765.  I  Ier  grandfather.  Thomas  Sharpless,  was  born 
at  Chester,  Penn.,  August  29,  173S,  and  died  in  1797.  The  ancestry  is 
further  traced  as  follows:  Thomas  was  the  son  of  Daniel,  born  De- 
cember 24.  1  7 10.  died  in  1775.  lie  was  the  son  of  John,  who  was  born 
at  Blackenhall,  Cheshire,  England.  November  16,  1606,  who  was  the 
son  of  John,  who  was  born  in  Wybernbury,  Cheshire,  August  15,  16:14. 
and  emigrated  to  America,  becoming  the  first  of  the  family  in  this 
country.  He  died  in  1085.  John  Shannon  was  reared  at  St.  Clairs- 
ville, at  the  home  which  he  now  occupies,  and  here  he  received  his 
primary  education,  to  which  he  added  by  attendance  at  Washington 
and  Jefferson  college.  Having  decided  to  follow  the  profession  of 
law,  he  entered  the  office  of  Judge  Cowan  in  1S62,  and  after  three 
years'  study  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1805.  He  began  the  practice 
at  Bellaire,  and  his  talent  as  an  attorney,  early  manifested  in  his 
career,  as  well  as  his  tact  and  ability  for  public  affairs,  soon  made  him 
prominent.  In  1867  he  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  for  Belmont 
county,  on  the  democratic  ticket,  and  two  years  later  was  re-elected, 
filling  that  office  two  terms  with  .fidelity  to  the  trust  reposed  in  him. 
After  his  election  he  returned  to  St.  Clairsville,  which  has  since  been  his 
home.  In  February.  1877,  he  was  appointed  master  commissioner  of  the 
county,  and  this  place  he  held  until  [SS3.  He  has  also  served  on  the 
board  of  education  for  about  twelve  years,  displaying  in  that  capacity 
a  just  appreciation  of  the  needs  of  the  community  and  proper  meth- 
ods of  development  of  the  schools.  His  practice  is  extensive  and 
absorbing  in  its  demands  upon  his  time,  but  in  the  ways  already  men- 
tioned and  many  others,  he  continued  to  manifest  the  interest  of  a 
good  citizen  in  those  public  measures  which  tend  to  the  improvement 
of  society.  Mr.  Shannon  was  married  on  December  19,  1871,  to  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Aaron  F.  and  Nancy  (Thornburgh)  Ramsey.  She 
was  born  October  6,  1847.  By  this  union  he  has  five  children:  Vincv  R.. 
born  December  4.  187^;  Mary  M..  born  fulv  1.187;;  fohn  \\\.  born 
April  23,  1877:  Aaron  R..  born  September  2S.  [881:  Wilson  K..  born 
February  3.  1883.  Mr-,. -Shannon  is  a  devoted  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.   .    . 


676  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  Sidwells,  prominent  and  highly  respected  people  of  St.  Clairs- 
ville  and  vicinity,  arc  descendants  of  three  brothers,  who  came  to  this 
continent  from  England,  where  their  home  had  been  at  Letcomb 
Regis,  many  years  ago.  One  of  the  brothers  died  soon  after  reach- 
ing this  country,  another  never  married,  and  the  third  married  and 
left  a  family.  A  Richard  Sidwell,  who  died  in  England,  left  a  large 
estate,  which  according  to  a  copy  of  the  will  once  in  the  posession  of 
a  Richard  Sidwell,  of  Pennsylvania,  was  bequeathed  to  his  American 
relatives.  This  latter  Richard,  was  a  cousin  of  the  grandfather  of 
Plummer  Sidwell,  a  venerable  citizen  of  St.  Clairsville.  Plummer 
Sidwell  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  in  1818,  the  son  of  Eli  and 
Sarah  (Purviance)  Sidwell.  I  lis  father  was  born  in  Maryland,  and 
was  a  son  of  Henry  Sidwell,  and  his  wife,  Sina  Plummer,  both  natives 
of  Maryland.  Sarah  Purviance  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  a 
daughter  of  James  Purviance.  Mr. Sidwell  is  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  being  trustee  of  the  cemetery.  He  is  highly  esteemed  by 
the  main-  with  whom  he  is  acquainted,  and  his  long  residence  in  the 
state  has  enriched  his  memory  with  many  reminiscenses  of  the  past. 
He  has  prospered  in  life-,  through  honest  living  and  fair  dealing. 
and  possesses  157  acres  of  land  near  St.  Clairsville,  and  fort}-  near 
Glencoe.  Elma  Sidwell,  a  daughter  of  Eli  and  Sarah  Sidwell,  above 
named,  was  born  also  in  Jefferson  county,  where  she  grew  to  the  age 
of  fifteen  years.  In  1S40,  she  came  with  her  parents  to  Belmont 
county,  where  she  has  since  lived.  In  her  early  days  she  experienced 
all  the  privations  of  a  pioneer  life,  and  obtained  her  education  by 
walking  two  miles  every  day  to  the  log  schoobhouse  which  was  near- 
est their  home.  She  now  has  a  comfortable  home  at  St.  Clairsville, 
where  she  is  highly  regarded.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends.  Phcebe  Sidwell,  daughter  of  Eli  and  Sarah  Sidwell,  was 
married  in  1852,  to  Aaron  Foulk,  who  is  one  of  the  oldest  living  pioneers 
of  Belmont  county.  I  le  was  born  in  Bucks  county,  Perm.,  October  2b, 
1804,  the  son  of  Issachar  and  Jane  (  Barton!  Foulk.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  Bucks  county  also,  and  was  the  son  of  William  and  Priscilla 
(Eester)  Foulk,  of  Welsh  descent.  Mr.  Foulk  came  to  Belmont 
county  with  his  parents  when  he  was  five  years  of  age,  and  he  was 
reared  in  this  county.  I  le  was  first  married  in  1834.  to  Esther  George, 
daughter  of  Travis  and  Esther  (St.  Clair)  George,  and  by  this  union 
had  one  son,  George.  Mr.  Foulk  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
Society  of  Friends. 

John  S.  Smith,  of  Richland  township,  was  born  in  1834,  the  son  of 
Joseph  and  Rebecca  (McMillan)  Smith.  His  father  was  born  in 
Washington,  Penn.,  in  1804,  the  son  of  John  Smith,  who  was  a  native 
of  Chester,  Penn.  The  latter  was  a  soldier  in  tin-  war  of  iSu,  and 
afterthat  struggle  was  over  removed  to  Indiana  and  settled  on  a  farm 
near  where  Terre  Haute  now  stands,  but  had  been  there  but  a  lew 
weeks  when  he  died.  John  S.  Smith  was  reared  in  Belmont  county. 
aad  after  receiving  a  common  school  education,  had  procured  a  license 
to  teach  when  there  was  a  demand  lor  his  services  on  behalf  of  his 
country,  and  in    1802  he  enlisted  in   Company  G,  Ninety-eighth  Ohio 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  677 

volunteer  infantry  under  Capt.  Hugh  Ferguson.  He  served  in  tin- 
battle  of  Perrysville,  but  was  soon  broken  in  health,  and  became 
unfit  for  duty  much  of  the  time.     lie   remained   with   his   regiment, 

however,  until  the  close  of  the  war,  receiving  his  discharge  at  1  1  arris- 
burgh,  Perm.,  in  July,  1865.  lie  now  receives  a  pension  of  $22  per 
month.  Returning  to  Richland  township,  he  was  elected  justice  of 
the  peace  and  held  that  ollice  two  terms.  He  then  removed  to  Union 
township,  and  became  railroad  and  express  agent  at  Lafferty Station, 
and  while  holding  that  position  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  but 
declined  to  serve.  His  father  becoming  an  invalid,  Mr.  Smith  re- 
turned to  Richland  township  four  years  later,  and  took  charge  of  the 
farm,  and  when  his  father  died  three  years  afterward,  he  bought  and 
moved  upon  the  farm.  In  1SS2  he  was  married  to  Isabell  Clark, 
daughter  of  Hugh  and  Deborah  (Eccles)  Clark,  the  former  of  whom 
is  a  cousin  of  John  C.  Breckenridge.  She  was  born  in  this  county  in 
1S45.  They  have  two  children:  Yellie  C.  and  Viola  May.  Mr.  Smith 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  of  the  G.  A.  R.  I  le  has 
in  his  possession,  among  other  relics  of  the  olden  time,  a  will  made 
by  James  Rowland  in  1762. 

Daniel  Steenrod,  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  prominent  families 
in  the  settlement  of  the  Ohio  valley,  is  now  one  o(  the  leading  farm- 
ers of  the  township  of  Richland.  His  grandfather,  Daniel  Steen- 
rod, a  native  of  Duchess  count)-,  X.  Y.,  came  to  Ohio  county, 
W.  Ya.,  when  five  years  of  age,  and  there  grew  to  manhood.  I  le  was 
one  of  the  notable  people  of  the  early  days  of  Wheeling,  and  though 
beginning  his  career  without  a  dollar,  was  worth  $200,000  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  His  wife's  maiden  name  was  Emma  Gater.  Their 
son,  Edward  G.,  married  Eliza  J.,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Talbert)  Thompson,  natives  of  Ireland,  and  one  of  their  sons,  Dan- 
iel, is  the  subject  of  this  mention.  Daniel  Steenrod  was  born  in 
Greene  county,  Perm.,  in  1N2S.  At  six  years  of  age  he  lost  his  father 
by  death,  and  he  then  came  to  Ohio,  where  he  remained  until  his 
sixteenth  year.  I  le  then  returned  to  Virginia,  where  he  was  reared 
to  manhood.  In  [856  he  was  married  to  Sina  S..  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Hannah  (Colley)  YVoodmansee,  by  which  uninn  he  had  three 
children:  Harry  L.,  now  a  citizen  of  Dakota;  George  E.,  editor  and 
proprietor  in  connection  with  David  Milligan,  of  the  S/.  C/airsvil/c 
Gazette,  and  Anna  C.  Mrs.  Steenrod  was  born  in  1S34,  in  Belmont 
county.  She  and  her  husband  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  Mr.  Steenrod  has  served  on  the  school  board  of  his  district 
for  nine  years,  lie  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order.  Mis  landed 
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Daniel  Boone,  and  settled  in  Kentucky,  where  he  fought  with  that 
famous  hunter  in  several  of  his  skirmishes  with  the  Indians.  1  le  was 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  revolution,  and  was  subsequently  one  of 
the  first  settlers  near  Wheeling,  living  there  at  a  time  when  he  had  no 
neighbor  within  six  miles,  and  he  was  compelled  to  frequently  seek 
shelter  from  the  Indians.  Edward  Stewart  came  to  Ohio  in  1803, 
settled  upon  leased  lands,  in  the  woods  of  Harrison  county.  In  the 
war  of  1812  he  lost  his  life,  and  left  his  widow  with  four  children: 
William,  Robert,  John  and  Elizabeth.  After  the  death  of  the  father, 
the  family  sold  off  the  personal  property  and  paid  for  the  land.  Left 
an  orphan  at  the  tender  age  of  live  years,  .Mr.  Stewart  suffered  many 
of  the  blows  of  adversity,  doubly  hard  in  the  wilds  of  the  frontier. 
The  mother  and  children  removed  to  Virginia,  whence  about  ten 
years  later  they  returned  to  Ohio,  and  settled  in  Belmont  county.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-three,  Mr.  Stewart  became  a  hired  hand  a't  $S  a 
month,  and  continued  at  that  price  three  years.  In  183-  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Ann  Bell,  who  was  born  in  1S12,  and  then  leased  a  farm,  and 
raised  tobacco  four  years.  lie  then  went  to  Logan  county.  Ohio,  but 
returning  to  Belmont,  bought  120  acres  of  land,  which  he  cleared  and 
tilled  successfully.  In  1S57  he  bought  and  settled  on  the  farm  which 
he  now  occupies.  His  present  possessions  include  215  acres  of  valu- 
able land.  As  has  been  shown  by  this  brief  sketch,  his  career  has 
been  one  of  unpromising  beginnings,  and  solid  and  honorable  success 
achieved  by  persevering  industry.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church.  Nine  children  have  been  born  to  them 
during  their  happy  married  life,  which  has  covered  a  period  of  fifty- 
seven  years.  The  surviving  children  are:  John  E.,  Robert.  James, 
Craig,  Margaret  [.,  Anna  B.  and  Mary  B.  Three  of  the  sons  were  in 
the  late  war  of  the  rebellion;  one  was  out  four  years  and  six  months, 
one  out  three  years,  the  other  one  not  so  long.  All  returned  safely 
home.  Two  of  them  are  United  Presbyterian  preachers,  and  two  of 
them  are  farmers.     The  daughters  are  married  and  doing  well. 

James  A.  Stewart,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  in  Belmont  county,  Eebruary  13,  1842,  a  son  of  John  Stewart, 
mention  of  whom  is  made  in  this  work.  1  le  was  reared  on  the  farm 
and  received  a  common  school  education,  which  he  completed  after 
returning  from  the  army  by  attending  Hopedale  Normal  school.  In 
1862  he  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  republic,  becoming  a  member  of 
Company  B.  Ninety-eighth  Ohio  infantry,  and  served  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  always  being  at  his  post  of  duty.  He  served  in  the  com- 
pany of  Capt.  J.  R.  Mitchell,  in  all  its  engagements  except  when  on 
detached  service.  He  was  with  Sherman  in  his  march  to  the  sea.  and 
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orably  discharged  in  Texas  in  i86>  In  1S70  Mr.  Stewart  was  married 
to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  13.  fohnston  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
Boyd.  She  was  horn  in  Logan  county,  December  8,  1848.  By  this 
union  lie  had  nine  .'children,  of  whom  eight  survive:  Lida  M  'Will- 
iam B.,  John  Black,  Elizabeth  A.,  Sarah'  J.,  Emma  \\\,  Mary  E.  and 
Ruth  B.  Me  and  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
of  which  he  was  trustee  during  the  erection  of  the  church  at  St.  Clairs- 
ville.  He  is  a  member  of  Drummond  post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  chaplain 
of  the  same. 

John  E.  Stewart,  of  Richland  township,  was  born  in  the  same  in 
1834,  the  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Belli  Stewart.  In  childhood  he  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Wheeling  township,  where  he  grew  to  man- 
hood and  received  his  education.  Though  his  schooling  was  limited, 
the  subsequent  extensive  reading,  and  varied  experience,  has  made 
him  one  of  the  intelligent  and  progressive  men  of  the  county.  In 
September,  1S60,  he  was  married  to  Mary  |„  daughter  of  Christopher 
H inkle,  an  account  of  whom  is  given  in  these  pages.  Four  years 
later  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  regi- 
ment Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  as  a  corporal,  and  served  in  that  rank 
until  his  discharge  in  1N65.  Mr.  Stewart  is  influential  and  popular, 
and  has  served  in  a  public  capacity,  as  trustee  of  Wheeling  township, 
and  as  school  director  six  years.  He  has  a  fertile  farm  of  ninety-five 
acres,  and  a  comfortable  residence  and  other  substantial  buildings. 
Mrs.  Stewart  was  born  in  Richland  township  in  October,  1S36,  and 
she  and  her  husband  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 
Two  children  have  been  born  to  them,  of  whom  one  is  "living,  Rosa  A. 
She  is  the  wife  of  William  Daniel,  and  has  two  children:  Henry  and 
Anna  Belle. 

John  Stewart,  prominently  connected  with  the  coal  mining  industry 
of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Washington,  Penn.,  in  1827!  the  son 
of  John  and  Ann  (Patton)  Stewart.  His  father  was  born  in  Guernsey 
county,  Ohio,  in  1S03,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (McCord)  Stewart, 
but  resided  during  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  and  died  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. John  Stewart  was  reared  in  his  native  state,  and  on  October  io, 
1S54.  he  was  married  to  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Cadick)  Cochrane,  who  were  pioneers  of  Martin's  Ferry.  In  April, 
1S64,  Mr.  Stewart  removed  from  Pennsylvania  with  lbs  family,  to 
Belmont  count)-,  and  purchased  170  acres  where  he  now  resides. 
Here,  in  rS66,  he  began  coal  mining,  opening  the  now  famous  Frank- 
lin coal  works,  under  the  firm  name  of  Stewart,  Ball  \-  Median  This 
mine  was  opened  May  31,  1S66,  and  work  was  continued  by  the  origi- 
nal firm  until  January,  1873.  when  Mr.  Hall  withdrew,  and  Mr.  Stewart 
and  Owen  Median  continued  the  business,  and  they  constitute  the 
present  firm.  The  product  of  this  mine  has  averaged  about  200 
tons  per  day,  and  employment  is  given  to  from  fifty  to  seventy-live 
men.  This  coal  is  superior  to  any  other  mined  in  'Belmont  county, 
and  has  been  shipped  extensively  all  over  the  west.  It  is  especially 
adapted  to  locomotive  use.  and  for  this  purpose,  is  used  by  the  Balti- 
more &  Ohio  Railroad  company.     In  1808,  Mr.  Stewart  laid  out   the 


68o  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

town  of  Stewart ville.  of  which  he  was  appointed  postmaster  in  1874. 
and  still  holds  that  position.  This  village  is  known  as  Franklin 
Station,  on  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad.  By  his  marriage  above 
mentioned,-  he  had  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  living.  Mr. 
Stewart  is  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  county,  everywhere  well- 
known  and  highly  regarded,  and  his  financial  prosperity  is  a  notable 
witness  of  his  integrity  and  good  business  ability. 

Lewis  Sutton,  one  of  the  early  and  prominent  settlers  of  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  Peapack,  X.  J.,  in  1793.  His  father,  Jonathan 
Sutton,  and  his  mother,  Hannah  (Hayden)  Sutton,  were  born  in 
New  England.  They  were  of  English  descent,  and  removed  to  Xew 
Jersey  on  account  of  the  blue  laws.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  In  1S07  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Ohio,  purchasing  a  farm 
two  and  one-half  miles  south  of  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  died  in 
1831.  The  farm  has  ever  since  been  owned  by  some  of  his  family. 
Lewis  Sutton  learned  the  wheel-wright  trade,  which  he  pursued  while 
a  young  man.  Afterward  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  John 
Patton,  and  started  a  store  in  St.  Clairsville,  and  continued  in  that 
business  some  years.  In  1S17  he  married  Eleanor  McWilliams,  who 
was  born  near  St.  Clairsville,  in  1700,  while  as  yet  Ohio  was  a  terri- 
tory. Her  father,  David  McWilliams,  and  her  mother,  Mary  (Wil- 
son) McWilliams,  were  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  and 
moved  to  the  place  where  St.  Clairsville  now  stands  when  the  only 
road  was  a  pathway  through  the  forest,  which  had  been  trodden  by 
the  Indians.  He  helped  to  raise  the  first  house  in  St.  Clairsville, 
and  had  also  helped  to  raise  the  first  two  houses  in  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.,  and  purchased  a  farm  adjoining  and  west  of  the  town.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Eirst  Presbyterian  church,  which 
was  the  only  church  in  St.  Clairsville  for  a  number  of  years.  He  re- 
mained a  ruling  elder  in  that  church  until  his  death  in  1845.  ^n  '§44 
Lewis  Sutton  purchased  a  farm  of  214  acres,  two  and  one-half  miles 
east  of  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  died  in  April,  iSSj.  His  family  con- 
sisted of  six  children:  Mary  W\,  William  Van  Dorn.  Ellen  M..  and 
Sophia  H.  died  previous  to  him.  The  only  remaining  ones  are  Mrs. 
George  Brown,  of  St.  Clairsville,  and  David  M.  Sutton.  David  M., 
the  only  surviving  son,  now  owns  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead. 
In  1S64  he  was  married  to  Mary  R.,  daughter  of  William  and  Elea- 
nor (Brown)  McMechan.  Their  family  consists  of  three  children: 
LuEllen   M.,  William  Van  Dorn  and   Lewis  M. 

One  of  the  early  settlers  of  Belmont  county  was  Zachariah  Sutton, 
a  native  of  New  Jersey,  and  son  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Hayden) 
Sutton.  Richard  Sutton,  now  a  venerable  resident  of  this  count)-,  is 
a  son  of  the  marriage  of  Zachariah  Sutton  to  Nancy  King,  who  was 
born  in  Maryland,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Dorothy  (Hall)  King. 
Richard  was  married  in  1848  to  Nancy  Harvey,  who  was  born  in  Bel- 
mont county  in  182Q,  the  (-laughter  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  (Thomp- 
son 1  Harvey.  By  this  union  he  has  had  eleven  children,  ten  of  whom 
are  living:  Ira  R..  Mary;  lames,  deceased;  John  \'..  Nancj  E.,  Mar- 
garet. Richard.   I).,  Chester,   Ida,    Bertha  and  William.     Mrs.  Sutton, 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  6Sl 

dead  for  a  number  of  years,  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Sutton  received  a  good  education  in  his 
youth,  and  after  he  was  through  attending  school  in  the  log  house 
used  for  that  purpose  he  taught  two  terms  in  that  primitive  academy. 
He  has  served  his  township  as  assessor  in  1871  and  during  one  term. 
As  a  farmer  he  has  been  prosperous  and  his  farm  one  of  the  finest  in 
the  township,  embracing  1  79  acres.  This  land  is  underlaid  by  valuable 
deposits  of  coal,  and  perhaps  oil  or  gas. 

One  of  the  early  settlers  of  Belmont  county  was  Zachariah  Sutton, 
whose  son,  Richard  Sutton,  was  born  in  this  county,  April  14,  1826. 
He  married  Nancy  Harvey,  April  6,  1S4S,  and  five  years  later  re- 
moved to  Richland  township,  buying  land  which  covered  rich  beds  of 
coal.  Their  son,  John  Y.  Sutton,  an  enterprising  young  farmer  of 
Richland  township,  was  born  in  that  township  November  29,  1858. 
He  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  received  a  common  school  education. 
In  1879  he  was  married  to  Sarah  J.  Giffen,  who  was  born  in  October, 
1861,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  J.  Giffen.  By  this  union  he 
has  three  children:  Minnie  R.,  Roobey  R.,  and  Cora  E.  Mr.  Sutton 
and  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Fresyterian  church.  Mr.  Sutton 
owns  a  farm  of  102  acres,  with  good  improvements,  which  is  probably 
underlaid  with  rich  veins  of  gas  or  oil.  He  leased  the  land  for  the 
purpose  of  boring,  to  the  Standard  Oil  company  in  1S85,  and  in  Sep- 
tember, 1S89,  they  began  to  sink  a  well,  which  it  is  hoped  will  be 
profitable. 

John  Taggart,  a  venerable  and  well  known  citizen  oi  Belmont 
count>',  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio.  May  8.  1808.  His  grand- 
father, John  Taggart,  was  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  August  12, 
1756,  and  in  1  775  emigrated  to  America,  landingat  Baltimoreon  May  0, 
after  a  voyage  of  about  twenty-  weeks.  On  October  15,  1777,  he 
was  married  to  Sarah  McCartney,  also  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  to 
them  ten  children  were  born:  James,  June  27,  1778;  John.  June  8. 
17S0;  William,  March  7,  17873;  Samuel,  September  3,  1785;  Jane,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1787;  Joseph.  January  12,  1789;  Margaret.  May  1,  1792; 
Sarah,  December  25,  1705;  Isaac!  August  12,  1770.  and  Nancy  in  170/3. 
The  father  and  mother  were  members  of  the  Seceding  church  in  Ire- 
land, and  the  subject  of  this  mention  still  treasures  the  family  Bible 
they  brought  over  with  them.  The  ancestor.  John  Taggart,  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolutionary  war.  James  Taggart,  the  oldest  son  of  the 
above,  was  born  in  York  county,  l'enii.  He  served  in  the  war  of  1812. 
He  married  Catherine-  Stett,  and  one  of  the  children  of  this  union  is 
John,  the  subject  of  this  mention.  When  he  was  two  years  old  his 
parents  removed  to  Belmont  county,  and  settled  upon  the  farm  he 
now  occupies.  The  first  money  he  earned  was  $6,  the  pay  for  chop- 
ping twenty-four  cords  of  wood  within  100  yards  of  his  present  resi- 
dence. On  March  15,  187,2,  he  was  married  to  Nancy  Roberts,  who 
was  born  in  Canada,  fune  14.  181 2.  daughter  of  Hzekiel.  and  Anna 
(Dovlc)  Roberts.  Her  father  was  born 'in  177s,  in  Pennsylvania,  son 
of  Cadwallader  and  Mary  (Schumacherl  Roberts,  of  Welsh  descent. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taggert  have  had  eight  children:  Joseph. horn  March  10, 


6S2  HISTORY    OF   THE    LITER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

1833;  Catherine,  died  in  infancy;  Atwell  M.,  born  September  9, 
1837;  James,  September  10,  1839;  Mary,  May  15,  1S42;  Wilson  S., 
Novembers,  1848,  and  Agnes,  March  1,  1854.  Mr.  Roberts  and  wife 
are  botli  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  lie  began  keeping 
house  $40  in  debt,  but  his  industry  and  business  tact  have 
made  him  a  prosperous  man,  now  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  good  farm  of 
1S0  acres,  with  handsome  buildings.  lie  and  wife  have  journeyed  to- 
gether fifty-eight  years  of  their  lives,  and  it  is  the  wish  of  all  who 
know  these  venerable  people,  that  they  may  be  spared  many  more 
seasons  of  comfort  and  happiness.  She  is  now  the  only  living  mem- 
ber of  her  family.  Mr.  Taggart  has  been  a  life-long  democrat,  having 
cast  his  first  vote  for  Andrew  Jackson.  He  has  for  three  years  held 
the  office  of  infirmary  director,  having  been  elected,  although  the  polit- 
ical majority  of  the  county  is  largely  against  him. 

Joseph  J.  Taggart  was  born  in  Richland  township,  of  which  he  is 
now  a  venerable  and  honored  resident,  October  19,  1S23.  His  grand- 
father was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  emigrated  to  America  about  1773. 
settling  in  York  county,  Penn.  His  maternal  grandfather  was  a  sol- 
dier of  the  revolution,  and  was  with  Washington  when  he  crossed  the 
Delaware  river  and  at  Valley  Forge.  In  1800,  taking  with  him  his  large 
family  of  children,  he  removed  to  Jefferson  county,  (  )hio,  and  shortly 
afterward  came  to  Belmont  county.  His  son,  Isaac,  the  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  mention,  was  bom  in  Chester  county,  Penn.  He  and 
his  brother  served  during  the  war  ot  1812  in  Capt.  Campbell's  com- 
pany for  six  months.  He  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine  years.  His 
wife's  maiden  name  was  Margaret  McCaughey.  Joseph  J.  Taggart 
was  reared  on  the  farm  at  which  he  was  born,  and  received  the  edu- 
cation common  to  his  early  days.  On  January  6,  1852,  he  was  married 
to  Margaret  Wells,  who  was  born  in  182Q  in  Jefferson  county,  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  and  Ellen  I  Clemens  1  Wells,  and  by  this  union  had  eight 
children,  five  of  whom  are  living:  Alexander,  William,  Lena  M., 
Addie  and  Plattoff.  Mr.  Taggart  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  which  he  has  been  an  elder  for  ten  years.  He  is 
influential  and  popular  and  has  efficiently  discharged  the  duties  of 
township  trustee  for  twelve  years  in  succession.  In  November,  18S9. 
he  was  elected  land  appraiser  on  the  democratic  ticket,  without  oppo- 
sition. His  farm,  which  is  handsomely  improved,  includes  seventy- 
seven  acres  of  land. 

Samuel  Taylor,  a  worthy  citizen  of  Richland  township,  is  a  native 
of  county  Armagh,  Ireland,  born  in  1830,  the  son  of  William  and 
Hannah  (Robinson)  Taylor.  He  remained  in  his  native  country 
until  [Ssi,  when  he  crossed  the  ocean  in  a  voyage  of  thirtv-one  days, 
and  landed  at  New  York.  He  found  work  as  a  hod-carrier,  being  a 
very  poor  man.  and  many  a  day  carried  a  hod  on  a  bleeding  shoulder 
which  he  could  not  afford  to  rest  to  heal.  In  1853  54  he  made  rails 
at  50  cents  a  hundred,  when  (lour  was  $8  ; 
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sold  his  land  at  a  profit  of  $1,600,  and  purchased  a  farm  of  fifty-five 
acres  at  S 100  an  acre,  and  upon  this  he  now  resides.  He  also  owns 
forty-three  acres  in  Wayne  township,  and  two  houses  and  lots  in 
St.  Clairsville.  His  honorable  and  industrious  career  has  made  him 
many  friends.  In  1852  Mr.  Taj'lor  was  married  to  Mary  Courtney, of 
county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  who  was  born  July  12,  1S33,  and  died  Au- 
gust 16,  1867.  By  this  union  he  had  seven  children,  of  whom  five  are 
living:  William,  Cornelia,  Mary,  George  and  Samuel.  In  August, 
186S,  Mr.  Taylor  married  Eliza  J.  Kyle,  of  county  Tyrone,  born  in 
1835,  and  of  the  four  children  born  to  them,  three  are  living:  Ella, 
Lizzie  and  Lola.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  of  which  he  served  as  sexton  at  St.  Clairsville  for 
eighteen  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  of  Royal 
Arch  degree. 

Samuel  M.  Thompson,  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  St.  Clairsville, 
was  born  November  o,  1829.  His  father,  James  Thompson,  was  the 
son  of  Samuel  and  Agnes  (McCaskey)  Thompson,  both  natives  of 
Ireland,  who  emigrated  from  that  land  when  James  was  a  small  boy, 
and  settled  in  Lancaster  county,  Perm.,  where  the  latter  grew  to  man- 
hood. In  1823  James  was  married  to  Margaret  Clark,  and  six  children 
were  born  to  them,  four  of  whom  are  now  living:  Agnes  J.,  wife  of 
David  Brow;  Ellinor,  wife  of  Solomon  Bentley;  Mary  A.,  now  a 
resident  of  Oakland,  Cal.  James  Thompson  devoted  his  lite  to 
farming  in  Lancaster  county,  Fenn.,  and  died  in  183S.  His  wife,  who 
is  still  living,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  was  born  in  Lancaster  county 
in  1803,  the  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Ellinor  1  Downs)  Clark.  They. 
who  were  both  natives  of  Ireland,  were  married  in  that  land  and 
came  to  America  in  1700,  and  settled  in  Lancaster  county,  and  thence 
removed  to  Belmont  county  in  1828.  Both  are  deceased,  the  father 
passing  away  at  the  age  of  ninety  .years.  After  the  death  ol  his 
father,  Samuel  M.  Thompson,  with  his  mother,  accompanied  his  grand- 
father to  Ohio  and  settled  in  Belmont  county,  where  the  latter  died 
in  1850.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  by  attendance 
at  Madison  college,  in  Guernsey  county,  during  two  years.  In  No- 
vember, 1851,  he  was  married  to  Pleasey,  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy 
(Clemens)  McDowell,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. The  mother,  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 
died  in  1850,  and  in  1S6]  he  was  married  to  Sarah  J.,  daughter  ol 
Robert  and  Sarah  (Taggart)  Kerr.  1  lor  father,  a  son  of  Robert  and 
Margaret  [McDowell)  Kerr,  was  a  native  of  Scotland.  He  came  to 
Pennsylvania  in  1818,  and  five  years  later  removed  to  Belmont  county, 
where"  he  lived  until  his  death.  Ma\  10,  1870.  at  eighty  years  oi  age. 
I  le  was  a  teacher  in  this  county  for  about  twenty  years.  His  wile 
was  a  native  of  Ireland.  Mrs.  Sarah  Thompson  had.  been  previously 
married  to  Thomas  E.  Kellev.  deceased,  in  1840.  She  and  her  hus- 
band are  members  of  the  bnited  Presbvterian  church,  of  which  he  is 
an  elder.  Throughout  his  life  Mr.  Thompson  has  played  the  part  o[ 
a  worthy  and  valuable  citizen.  In  18(14  he  served  in  Company  E.  of 
the  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  regiment  Ohio  volunteers.   "When 


684  HISTORY    OF    THE    ITTKK    OHIO    VAI.I.KV. 

the  site  of  the  public  buildings  of  the  county  was  in  dispute,  he  was 
one  of  the  foremost  workers  for  his  town,  and  aided  greatly  in  secur- 
ing the  location  at  St.  Clairsville.  He  is  one  of  the  prominent  land 
owners  of  the  county,  owning  thirty  acres  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  St.  Clairsville,  and  139  acres,  beautifully  situated  on  an  elevation 
overlooking  the  city. 

Frederick  Troll,  deceased,  was  one  of  the  prominent  business  men 
of  St.  Clairsville.  lie  was  born  in  Landau,  Waldeck,  Germany,  July  13, 
1822,  and  when  he  was  fourteen  years  old  was  apprenticed  to  a 
cabinet-maker,  with  whom  he  served  three  years,  thoroughly  learning 
the  trade.  This  he  worked  at  during  several  years  in' the  cities  o? 
Hamburg,  Berlin  and  Vienna,  and  then  in  1844  sailed  for  America, 
and  reached  Xew  York  after  a  voyage  of  over  nine  weeks.  He 
worked  at  Xew  York  in  a  brick-yard  for  a  short  time  to  obtain  means 
to  continue  his  journey,  and  then  proceeded  to  Philadelphia,  where  he 
found  more  congenial  employment  for  two  years  in  a  piano  factory. 
At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came  to  St.  Clairsville,  ami  after  clerking 
for  some  time  with  his  brother  he  became  his  partner  in  the  dry  goods 
business.  In  1867  he  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account,  deal- 
ing extensively  in  dry  goods  and  notions.  He  was  very  successful  as 
a  business  man,  and  at  his  death,  in  January  31,  18S6,  left  to  his  sons 
Albert,  Charles  \Y.,  Louis  and  George,  a  "valuable  business,  which 
they  still  conduct.  They  have  widened  the  scope;  of  the  establish- 
ment and  give  attention  to  merchant  tailoring,  and  are  also  the  most 
extensive  wool  dealers  in  Belmont  county.  .Mr.  Troll  was  a  very  in- 
fluential citizen,  and  was  very  far-sighted  and  enterprising  in  working 
for  the  advantage  of  his  town.  Much  credit  is  due  to  him  for  the 
erection  of  the  new  county  buildings  at  St.  Clairsville,  as  when  every- 
one else  had  given  up  hope  in  securing  them,  he  continued  to  hold 
secret  meetings  of  enthusiastic  friends  of  the  town  in  his  store,  and  by 
constant  hard  work  they  finally  saw  success  crown  their  efforts.  He 
donated  liberally  to  these  buildings,  and  was  also  a  liberal  contributor 
to  the  railroad.  All  of  his  success  in  life  was  due  to  his  own  earnest 
and  unremitting  efforts  and  his  fine  business  tact.  He  came  to  the 
count)-  a  poor  boy  without  resources.  Mr.  Troll  was  married  May  10, 
iS52,to  Mary  Troll.a  native  of  Germain,  and  they  had  nine  children. 
all  of  whom  are  living. 

William  B.  Waddell,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Richland  township,  was 
born  in  1820,  in  Belmont  county,  the  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Cash) 
Waddell.  The  father  was  born  in  West  Virginia  in  1777,  and  was  a 
son  of  Moses  and  Ellen  (Carter)  Waddell,  who  were  natives  of  the 
same  state,  ami  the  former  of  whom  was  a  son  of  Alexander  Waddell, 
who  emigrated  from  Ireland.  James  Waddell  was  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  181 2,  in  company  of  Cain.  Daniel  Connor,  under  Gen.  Harri- 
son, and  for  several  years,  drew  a  pension  for  his  services.  1  le  was  a 
baker  by  trade,  and  cooked  while  in  the  service.  William  R.  was 
reared  amid  the  hardships  of  pioneer  days,  getting  his  schooling  by 
walking  two  ami  a  half  miles,  to  the  little  log 'school-house,  with 
greased  paper  windows  which  was  their  best  academy  of   learning. 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  685 

His  parents  were  poor  and  he  had  to  labor  early  and  late  to  help  them 
through.  In  1847,  he  was  married  to  Ellen  Lucas,  and  soon  after- 
ward, they  removed  to  Guernsey  county,  where  he  began  farming,  and 
by  close  economy,  saved  enough  to  buy  a  small  farm,  which  subse- 
quently he  sold,  and  bought  a  larger  tract,  and  by  so  continuing,  and 
engaging  successfully  in  the  culture  of  tobacco,  he  was  able  in  the 
spring  of  1855,  to  buy  and  settle  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives.  He 
now  owns  287  acres  in  Richland  township,  well  improved,  and  is 
reckoned  among  the  substantial  and  prosperous  men  of  the  count)-. 
Notwithstanding  his  life  of  toil,  he  is,  at  the  age  of  seventy  years, 
still  in  excellent  health.  1  lis  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Elisha  and 
Susan  (Ault)  Lucas,  and  was  born  in  Smith  township,  in  1827,  and  died 
April  7,  1885,  leaving  one  son,  Frank  S.  The  latter  was  born  in  Kirk- 
wood  township,  May  30,  1852.  After  attending  the  Hopedale  Nor- 
mal school  two  years,  and  the  college  at  New  Athens,  eighteen  months, 
he  graduated  from  iron  City  Commercial  college,  and  began  teach- 
ing, at  which  he  was  engaged  five  years.  In  the  school  year  of  1873-4, 
he  taught  the  grammar  grade  of  the  St.  Clairsville  school.  He  was 
married  in  November,  1877,  to  Mary  B.  Parkinson,  who  was  born  in 
1859,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Lynn)  Parkinson,  and  he  has 
five  children:     Pearl,  Mabel,  William  \Y..  Paul  and  Wayne. 

Benjamin  Watkins,  a  worthy  and  honored  old  citizen  of  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  Guernsey  county.  Ohio,  Jul)'  28,  181  2,  the  son  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Worley)  Watkins.  Thomas  Watkins,  a  na- 
tive of  Delaware,  came  to  Ohio  about  1800,  and  in  the  war  of  1812 
was  a  soldier  under  Gen.  I  Iarrison.  He  was  a  son  of  Peter  and  Sarah 
(Cotton)  Watkins,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Wales.  Peter 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  lost  his  life  on  ship-board 
during  a  naval  battle.  He  had  a  large  estate  in  Delaware  on  what 
was  called  Goose-neck  Bend.  Benjamin  Watkins,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Guernsey  county.  He  began  his 
own  career  without  capital,  but  his  energy  and  industry  sufficed  to 
give  him  success,  and  a  comfortable  share  oi  the  world's  wealth.  In 
1838  he  was  married  to  Artemesia  Linder,  who  was  born  in  Muskingum 
county,  Ohio,  in  1S19,  the  daughter  of  George  and  Margaret  (Shep- 
herd) Linder,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  of 
German  descent,  and  the  latter  of  Brooke  county,  Va.,  of  Welsh  de- 
scent. Benjamin  Watkins  anil  wife  had  four  children,  of  whom  there 
is  but  one  survivor,  John  Watkins.  The  latter,  an  intelligent  and  en- 
terprising farmer,  was  married  in  187c;,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Walden 
and  Elizabeth  (Scott)  Worley,  and  they  have  two  children,  of  whom 
one  is  living,  Walden.  Mr.  Watkins  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Henry  C.  Welday.  a  capitalist  of  St.  Clairsville.  and  one  of  the 
heaviest  stockholders  of  the  bank  of  St.  Clairsville,  was  born  in 
Jefferson  county,  in  1823,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Nancy  (Smith)  Wel- 
day. His  father  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  came  to  Ohio  at  ten 
years  of  age,  in  1802,  with  his  father,  Abram  Welday.  The  latter,  a 
native  of  Germain-,  came  to  Pennsylvania  about  time  of  the  close  of 


6S6  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER   OHIO   VALLEY. 

the  war  of  the  revolution,  and  remained  there  until  he  came  into  Ohio, 
hauling  his  goods  in  wagons,  and  cutting  their  way  through  the 
woods.  Settling  upon  land  in  Jefferson  county,  they  cleared  a 
piece  of  ground  for  their  log  hut,  which  was  afterward  replaced  with 
a  hewed  log  house.  The  seven  children,  five  of  whom  were  boys, 
took  an  active  part  in  this  work  of  settlement.  Henry,  the  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  mention,  shared  in  this  labor,  and  received  the 
limited  education  that  was  available.  Me  was  naturally  bright  in 
mind,  however,  and  in  following  his  trade  of  carpenter,  he  would  go 
into  the  woods  and  hew  out  the  timber,  and  make  everything  fit  for 
its  place  by  mental  calculation,  lie  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1S12, 
and  afterward  drew  a  pension  and  received  a  land  warrant,  the  land 
which  he  secured  with  the  same  afterward  being  sold  to  a  lawyer  at 
Cadiz.  He  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  Henry  C.  Welday 
was  reared  on  the  farm  and  given  a  common  school  education,  which 
he  improved  upon  with  a  commercial  course  at  the  Iron  City  college. 
Pittsburgh.  He  studied  much  at  home,  and  beginning  at  nineteen 
years  of  age,  taught  two  terms  of  school.  Afterward  he  began  farm- 
ing on  his  father's  land,  and  in  1850  bought  the  farm,  upon  which  he 
remained  five  years.  His  father  then  gave  him  $5,000.  He  sold  his 
farm  and  traveled  two  years  in  the  east  and  west  in  1857-8.  In  1864 
he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  bank  of  St.  Clairsville,  and 
built  the  entire  block  in  which  that  institution  is  situated.  On  May  4, 
1S4S,  Mr.  Welday  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Scott,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Andrew  and  Jane  Scott.  Her  father  was  a  Methodist  Episcopal  min- 
ister for  many  years,  ami  also  represented  the  county  of  Jefferson  in 
the  legislature  in  the  session  of  1848- q.  About  1867  he  died  of  can- 
cer. Mr.  Welday  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  he  is  steward  ami  trustee. 

John  White,  a  well-known  farmer  of  Belmont  county,  who  has  for 
six  consecutive  terms  held  the  office  of  trustee  of  Richland  township, 
was  born  in  Wheeling  township,  at  Fairpoint,  in  1833.  He  is  the  son 
of  Thomas  and  Nancy  J.  (Bickham)  White.  He  was  reared  on  the 
farm  and  received  his  schooling  in'  the  primitive  school-houses  which 
were  peculiar  to  the  days  of  his  youth.  In  1850  he  was  married  to 
Mary  Mellott,  who  was  born  in  April,  1841,  the  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Ault)  Mellott.  To  this  union  five  children  were  born,  of 
whom  three  are  living:  John  B.,  William  T.  ami  Xora  M.  Their 
mother  died  November  25,  1SS1.  On  June  20,  1883,  Mr.  White  was 
married  to  Xancy.  daughter  of  James  and  Susan  McFarland,  an  ac- 
count of  whom  is  given  in  this  work.  She  is  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  and  he  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  White's 
services  have  long  been  in  demand  by  the  people  of  the  communities 
in  which  he  has  resided.  In  1807-8  he  was  trustee  of  York  township, 
and  after  his  removal  to  Richland  township  ho  was  appointed  trustee, 
and  served  in  that  capacity  six  months,  when  he  was  nominated 
and  elected  to  the  same  position.  In  this  function  he  gave  such  gen- 
eral satisfaction  that  he  was  re-elected,  and  he  was  successively  called 
upon  until  he  had  served   six  terms.     A  seventh  time  he  was  nomin- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  687 

ated  without  his  consent  for  justice  of  the  peace  and  elected,  and 
after  Ids  election  and  he  got  his  commission  he  resigned.  In  1883  he 
was  nominated  for  infirmary  director,  but  was  defeated  with  the  rest 
of  his  ticket.  Mr.  White  has  a  good  farm  of  130  acre-,,  and  is  pros- 
perous and  successful. 

William  White,  deceased,  in  his  lifetime  one  of  the  enterprising 
farmers  of  Richland  township,  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1S14,  and  died 
at  his  home  in  this  township.  He  came  to  this  continent  with  his  par- 
ents, James  and  Elizabeth  (McDoll)  White,  and  settled  in  Belmont 
county,  where  he  was  reared  amid  the  privations  and  discomforts  oi 
pioneer  days.  He  devoted  his  life  to  agriculture  and  met  with  much 
success,  and  being  a  good  business  man,  husbanded  his  earnings  in 
such  a  manner  that  he  left  his  family  a  large  estate,  including  126 
acres  which  they  now  occupy  in  Richland  township  and  a  halt-interest 
in  104  acres  near  Bellaire.  In  all  respects  he  was  a  good  and  worthy 
citizen.  Mr.  White  was  married  June  14,  1838,  to  Eliza  Keyset",  who 
was  born  in  1S20,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Margaret  (Workman) 
Keyser.  To  this  union  were  born  ten  children, of  whom  nine  are  liv- 
ing: Margaret  E.,  Elizabeth  J.,  Charles,  Sarah  Ann,  Mary,  Martha  V., 
Angeline,  William  and  Nancy  T.  Mrs.  White,  who  survives  her  hus- 
band, is  an  estimable  lady,  and  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  of  which  her  husband  was  also  a  member.  At  one  time  he 
held  the  office  of  assessor  of  Wheeling  township. 

Robert  Wilkins,  a  leading  citizen  of  Belmont  county,  was  born  in 
1S16,  a  son  of  James  and  Lydia  I  Boggs)  Wilkins,  the  former  of  whom 
was  of  Welsh,  and  the  latter  of  Irish,  descent.  His  father  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Westmoreland  county,  Penn.,  and  there  grew  to 
manhood,  and  learned  the  saddler's  trade.  At  this  occupation  he 
worked  for  some  time  in  Pennsylvania,  and  then  came  to  Belmont 
county,  some  time  before  the  beginning  of  the  present  century.  He 
entered  a  section  of  land  on  a  part  of  which  Belmont  now  stands,  and 
remained  there  until  1S05.  when  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  160 
acres,  which  he  purchased,  one-fourth  mile  north  of  St.  Clairsville. 
Here  he  lived  until  his  death  111*1851.  He  was  an  active  and  influen- 
tial politician,  and  was  a  fearless  and  effective  advocate  of  the  prin- 
ciples, first  of  the  whig, and  then  of  the  republican, party.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  reared  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  and  in 
1S38  he  was  married  to  Margaret  Murray,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who 
came  to  this  county  with  her  parents.  To  this  union  were  born  six 
children,  four  of  whom  are  living:  Lydia,  John  M.,  Ella  and  Robert  M. 
Mr.  Wilkins  has  a  tine  farm  of  150  acres,  one  of  the  best  improved  in 
the  county,  and  also  has  205  acres  in  Morgan  county.  1  Ie  gives  much 
attention  "to  stock-raising,  and  is  one  of  the  leading  sheep  growers. 
He  is  an  enterprising  citizen,  ami  contributed  liberally  to  the  contest 
on  behalf  of  St.  Clairsville  for  the  possession  of  the  county  seat. 

One  of  the  well-known  families  during  the  early  period  of  the  set- 
tlement of  Belmont  county  was  that  of  which  Joshua  Worley,  now  a 
leading  citizen  of  the  county,  is  a  representative.  He  is  a  son  of 
Jacob  Worley,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1772.  and  when  about 


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HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPE 


sixteen  years  of  age  came  to  Ohio,  with  his  father,  Joseph  Worlev 
and  his  family  I  hey  erected  the  first  cabin  where  Bridgeport  now 
stands  and  settled  in  the  woods  among  the  hostile  Indian's  and  wild 
animals  A  considerable  number  of  years  later,  Joseph  Worlev 
removed  to  Marion  county,  Ohio,  leaving  here  facob  and  an  older 
brother.  The  latter  entered  lands  and  cleared  the  same,  acquiring 
valuable  and  extensive  farms.  .At  the  time  of  the  Hardesty  Hoods  in 
l8i9l  Jacob  \\  orley  hved  on  McMahan  creek,  and  suffered  much  from 
the  calamity  Jacob  married  Mary  Holtz,  a  native  of  Germany. 
1  heir  son,  Joshua,  was  reared  in  Pultney  township,  and  in  184s  was 
married  to  Margaret  Greenley,  who  was  horn  in  Belmont  county  in 
which  she  died  in  1852.  To  this  union  two  children  were  born,  fames  A 
who  died  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  and  .Mary  [.,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Francis  McCann,  and  has  two  children  living:  fames  and 
Kena:  She  died  in  1880.  In  1854,  Mr.  Worley  was  married  to  Susan 
Lucas.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  Ib- 
is an  influential  citizen,  and  lias  served  officially  as  township  trustee 
two  terms  in  Smith  township  and  three  in  Richland.  Me  has  a  valua- 
ble and  extensively  improved   farm  of  1S5  acres. 

John  F.  Young,  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Richland  township  was 
born  in  Morgan  county,  Ohio,  November  14,  1842.  His  father  fames- 
Young,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  in  December,  1813,  and  came  to 
Ohio  with  his  parents  when  nine  years  of  age.  fames  grew  to  man- 
hood on  the  (arm  of  his  parents,  John  and  Catherine  Young,  of  Ger- 
man descent,  and  was  then  married  to  Lydia  A.  Hulse.  After  this 
event  he  and  his  wile  moved  to  Morgan  county,  where  they  remained 
ten  years.  Subsequently  he  returned  to  Pennsylvania  where  he 
died  in  1880.  John  F.  Young,  in  1862,  when  twenty  years  of  ao-e 
responded  to  the  call  oi  his  country,  and  enlisted  in  Company  Y, 
iMitieth  Ohio  volunteer  regiment.  He  served  gallantly  until"  his 
honorable  discharge,  in  July.  .865.  at  Camp  Dennison,  Cincinnati 
Me  served  with  his  command  in  all  its  engagements,  and  was  in  the 
held  continually,  except  about  four  months,  when  disease  and  acci- 
dent compelled  him  to  remain  in  a  hospital.  On  returning  home  he 
determined  to  apply  himself,  first  to  obtaining  a  good  educa- 
tion, and  entered  Washington  and  fefferson  college  in  1S65  where 
he  was  graduated  in  1868,  in  the  scientific  course.  He  then  turned 
his  attention  to  the  profession  of  law.  and  read  law  for  three  years 
in  the  office  of  Alexis  Cope,  being  admitted  to  the  liar  of  Belmont 
county  in  1870.  From  1870  to  1872  he  taught  in  the  country  schools 
to  aid  him  in  his  progress,  and  in  the  latter  year  he  began  the  prac- 
tice at  Bellaire.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bars  of  West  Virginia  and 
Kentucky,  and  had  good  success  in  his  chosen  calling  until  1877 
when  he  retired  from  the  same.  In  December,  1877,  he  was  married 
to  Mary,  daughter  of  Amos  dnd  Charity  Fawcett,  elsewhere  men- 
tioned ami  in  the  same  year  Mr.  Young  removed  to  the  old  home- 
stead farm  where  he  now  resides,  a  place  of  1  50  acres  handsomely 
improved,  where  he  enjoys  a  comfortable  and  happy  home.  He  is 
one  of  the  influential  men  of  the  county. 


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Joseph  Cowgill,  says  his  grandfather,  Isaac  Cowgill,  was  born  in 
Bucks  county,  Penn.,  April  23,  1760.  He  removed  to  Loudon  county, 
where  he  married  Miss  Sarah  Fred  in  1784.  In  1797  he  migrated  to 
Ohio  county,  Va.,  and  settled  in  Wheeling.  He  farmed  the  land  upon 
which  Benwood  is  situated.  In  1799, he  came  to  Richland  township  and 
bought  the  west  half  of  section  15.  This  land  had  been  selected 
for  him  by  one  of  the  Zanes,  a  particular  friend  of  his,  and  who  was 
well  acquainted  with  all  the  lands  in  this  locality.  Mr.  Cowgill's  was 
the  first  emigrant  wagon  that  was  ferried  across  the  new  ferry  at  the 
island.  Prior  to  this  time  the  ferry  was  below.  He  built  one  amongst 
the  first  hewed  log  houses  in  the  county.  The  only  settlers  known 
west  of  him  were  Elijah  Martin,  who  lived  where  Mr.  S.  \V.  Coffland 
now  lives,  and  James  Wilson,  where  Henry  F.  Pickering  now  resides. 
He  was  the  father  of  eight  children:  Joseph,  Isaac  (1st),  Amy,  Ann, 
Sarah,  Ralph,  Isaac  (2d),  and  Abraham,  all  of  whom  were  residents 
of  Belmont  county.  All  died  here  except  Joseph,  who  died  in  Guern- 
sey count>-.  Mr.  Isaac  Cowgill  departed  this  life  November  29,  1S45, 
aged  eighty -five  years,  his  wife  having  died  November  6.  1801.  Two 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  upon  which  he  settled  is  still  in  the 
name  of  the  Cowgills.  Mr.  Cowgill  and  wife  were  of  English  extrac- 
tion, and  held  the  religous  views  of  the  Friends  or  Quakers. 


B.  R.  Ault,  a  well-known  resident  of  Centerville,  Belmont  Co.,  Smith 
township,  Ohio,  was  born  in  that  county  October  7,  [831,  and  is  the  son  of 
William  and  Margaret  (Rose*  Ault,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native 
of  Ohio,  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Ault  was  reared  in  Smith 
township,  and  educated  in  the  local  schools.  In  May.  1S53,  he  was 
married  to  Isabel,  daughter  of  Emanuel  and  Rachel  Denoon,  born 
February  6,  1S37.  This  wife  died  June  18,  1S67,  leaving  four  sons 
and  one  daughter,  who  survive.  In  April,  1S70,  Sir.  Ault  was  married 
to  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  William  P.  and  Rosella  (Ervin)  Pickeral, 
and  by  this  union  two  sons  have  been  born:  B.  F.,  June  19, 
1871,  and  George  F.,  bprn  September  to,  1S73.  In  the  year  1858  Mr. 
Ault  removed  to  Centerville  and  erected  a  carriage  factory  and  black- 
smith shop,  which  he  has  conducted  from  that  time  until  the  present, 
with  much  success.  He  takes  much  interest  in  the  science  of  meteor- 
ology, and  is  the  weather  observer  at  Centerville,  for  the  state  weather 
service,  and  the  chief  signal  office  at  Washington.    1  ).  C. 

One  of  the  conspicuous  names  in  the  history  of  Belmont  county  is 
that  of  Michael  Ault,  Jr.  1  lis  lather,  a  native  of  Washington  county, 
Penn.,  in  1S14.  accompanied  by  his  wife  ami  seven  children,  emigrated 
to  Richland  township,  Belmont  county,  settling  where  Glencoe  now 
is.  There  he  erected  a  grist-mill,  and  conducted  the  same  until  within  a 
fewyearsof  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1848.  The  seven  children  born 
to  them  were  as  follows:  Elizabeth,  |ohn,  Adam,  Mary.  Sarah, 
Michael  and  Daniel.  Three  of  these  "are  still  living:  Mary,  aged 
eighty-seven;  Michael,  aged  eighty-two,  and  David,  aged  seventy- 
44-  B. 


6gO  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPFER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

eight.  Michael  Ault  is  now  one  of  the  venerable  citizens  of  the  town- 
ship. I  Ie  was  horn  in  the  first  decade  of  the  century.  I  lis  life  lias 
been  devoted  to  farming,  milling  and  shipping  of  various  merchan- 
dise. Before  the  death  of  his  father,  he  built  a  large  frame  mill  to 
take  the  place  of  the  log  building  which  had  been  fitted  up  by  his 
father  many  years  before,  with  mill-stones  brought  down  the  river  on 
a  flat-boat  from  his  old  mill  in  Pennsylvania.  The  second  mill  is  still 
running.  Michael  Ault,  Jr.,  did  a  very  large  business  with  this  mill, 
having  between  October,  1847,  and  May,  1S4S,  made,  packed  and 
shipped  10,000  barrels  of  flour,  besides  grinding  country  prists,  ship- 
ping Hour  to  the  east  and  down  the  Ohio,  and  also  dealt  in  live  stock, 
making  trips  to  Baltimore.  In  1S69,  he  sold  the  mill,  but  still  resides 
on  the  old  home  farm  with  his  two  daughters  and  his  brother,  Daniel 
(his  wife  having  died  in  18S0),  and  is  still  active  and  able  to  attend  to 
business.  Michael  Ault  was  married  March  10,  1831,  to  Catharine 
Ijams,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Catharine  [jams,  and  five  sons  and 
five  daughters  have  been  born  to  them,  of  whom  eight  are  living. 
Thomas  Ijams  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  serving  seven 
years  under  George  Washington.  He  was  a  native  of  Maryland, 
moved  from  there  to  Washington  county,  Penn.,  and  finally  made  his 
home  near  Glencoe,  where  he  died.  Mr.  Ault  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  is  one  of  the  township's  most  esteemed 
citizens. 

John  Baugh,  one  of  the  old  and  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  Smith 
township,  was  born  in  the  state  of  Virginia,  at  an  early  day  in  the 
present  century,  and  when  quite  young  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  what  is  now  West  Virginia,  but  shortly  afterward  they  removed  to 
St.  Clairsville,  which  was  his  home  for  four  years.  1  hiring  that  time 
he  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmithing.  Mr.  Baugh's  ancestors  were 
valiant  in  the  defense  of  their  country,  his  grandfather  serving  in  the 
war  of  the  revolution  under  Washington,  and  his  uncles  in  the  war 
of  1812.  Though  he  himself  did  not  take  part  in  the  civil  war,  he  was 
a  firm  supporter  of  the  union.  In  his  business  ventures  he  lias  been 
prosperous,  and  he  is  now  comfortably  situated,  with  a  good  farm  of  over 
100  acres.  Mr.  Baugh  was  married  March  t;v  1833,  to  Mary  Camp- 
bell, a  native  of  Ireland,  by  whom  he  had  five  children,  "three  of 
whom  survive,  James,  William  and  Mary.  He  was  married  the  sec- 
ond time  to  Anna  Toughel,  also  a  native  of  Ireland,  March  :S,  1S43, 
and  she  survives.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Premillenial  church,  and 
she  of  the  Presbyterian. 

Moses  Boggs,  a  venerable  and  respected  citizen  of  Smith  township, 
was  born  in  Richland  township.  Belmont  county,  May  j8,  1800.  He  is  a 
son  of  Rice  Boggs  and  his  wife,  Theodosia  Stephenson.  His  father 
was  born  in  Delaware,  and  removed  thence  to  Pennsylvania,  and  from 
there  to  Ohio  in  an  early  day,  becoming  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the 
state.  After  an  industrious  and  adventurous  life  he  passed  away  at 
the  age  of  ninety-three  years.  Moses  Boggs  was  educated  in  the'old 
log  school-house  of  his  day,  with  its  slab  seats  and  greased  paper  lights, 
ami  as  he  grew  up  he  adopted  the  vocation  of  a  farmer,  which  he  has 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  6qi 

since  followed  in  connection  with  stock-raising  and   dealing,  and  with 

such  success  that  he  has  accumulated  property  and  has  a  comfortable 
home  during  his  declining  years,  Mr.  Boggs  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  1  le  is  liberal  in  his  relations  to  church  and  com- 
munity, and  has  many  friends. 

Edward  Bryson,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Centerville,  Belmont  county, 
was  born  August  4,  1832,  a  son  of  Isaiah  and  May  Bryson,  who  were 
early  and  well-known  settlers  of  the  county.  Isaiah  Bryson  was  born 
May  14,  180,3,  and  his  wife,  November  20,  1805,  and  they  were  united 
in  matrimony  December  3,  1829.  Eight  children  were  born  to  them, 
as  follows:  Barbara  J.,  October  29,  1S30;  Edward  \\\,  August  4,  1832; 
Mary  E.,  June  18,  1834;  Caroline,  August  11,  1836,  died  January  30, 
1S70;  Indiana,  January  9,  1839;  Leander  B.,  March  20,  1841;  John  A., 
April  5,  1843;  Emeline  Y.,  October  20,  1S46,  died  April  17,  1865.  The 
father  died  July  11,  1889,  and  his  wife,  October  15,  1847.  The  subject 
of  this  mention  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Belmont 
county,  and  at  Moundsville,  \Y.  Va.,  and  afterward  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Moundsville.  Subsequently  he  followed  the 
same  business  at  Armstrong,  six  years,  and  was  then  at  Centerville 
six  or  seven  years  in  partnership  with  his  brother.  His  next  residence 
was  at  Belmont,  where  he  was  engaged  seven  years  at  milling,  and 
six  in  mercantile  business.  Returning  to  Centerville  in  1888,  he  has 
erected  a  spacious  store-room  in  connection  with  his  dwelling,  which 
he  intends  to  stock  with  groceries,  hardware,  and  a  complete  general 
line  of  merchandise.  Mr.  Bryson  was  married  March  10,  1872,  to 
Melvina  H.  lackson.  by  whom  he  has  three  children:  Xettie,  born 
November  2,  1S76,  died  March  26,  1S85;  Arthur,  born  October  2q, 
1879;  Archie,  born  February  26,  1SS2,  died  July  26,  1882.  Mrs.  Bry- 
son is  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Methodist  church. 

J.  A.  Bryson,  a  well-known  business  man  of  Centerville,  is  a  son  of 
the  above  named  Isaiah  and  Mary  Bryson,  and  was  born  on  Captina 
creek,  April  5,  1843.  He  received  his  education  at  Moundsville.  WW  a., 
and  when  he  had  reached  his  nineteenth  year  he  enlisted  in  the  union 
army  as  a  member  of  Company  A,  Twelfth  Virginia  infantry,  August  1 1, 
1862,  and  served  gallantly  during  the  remainder  of  the  war,  receiv- 
ing an  honorable  discharge  June  16,  1805.  l"pon  his  return  to  Mounds- 
ville he  engaged  in  merchandise  for  a  short  time,  and  then  in  the  year 
1866  was  occupied  in  gardening.  He  removed  to  Centerville,  Ohio, 
in  the  fall  of  that  year,  and  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business,  in 
which  he  has  continued  until  the  present.  1  le  is  a  leading  and  enter- 
prising citizen,  and  at  present  is  serving  as  postmaster,  to  which  office 
he  was  appointed  September  5,  1885,  and  as  township  treasurer,  as 
which  he  is  filling  his  third  term.  Mr.  Bryson  is  a  member  ofG.A.R. 
post,  \o.  505.  February  25,  1875,  he  was  married  to  Martha  A.  Hu- 
kill,  who  was  born  May  16,  1853,  and  they  have  had  three  children: 
Franklin,  born  January  16,  1876;  Harry,  deceased,  born  May  q.  1878. 
and  Lawrence,  born  August  29,  1888.  Mrs.  Bryson  is  a  member  of 
the  Concord  Presbyterian  church. 

William  M.  Clifford,  one  of   the  old   citizens    of    Smith    township, 


6g2  HISTORY    OF    THE    ITI'KR    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Wheeling  township,  December  i,  1820. 
the  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Stewart)  Clifford.  The  father  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  January  is.  1786,  and  emigrated  to  Ohio  in  1800. 
He  had  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  of  whom  this  subject  is  the  only 
survivor.  William  was  educated  with  the  meager  advantages  of 
pioneer  days,  and  on  October  15,  1S45.  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth!. 
Foster,  born  January  24,  1829,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Martha 
(Montgomery)  Foster.  To  this  marriage  four  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters have  been  born,  of  whom  one  son  is  deceased.  Mr.  Chtiorct  s 
occupation  through  life  has  been  carpentry.  In  the  spring  of  1889,  he 
removed  from  his  farm  to  a  home  in  Centerville.  He  is  the  present 
trustee  of  the  township,  and  is  serving  his  sixth  year  as  such.  k.  H. 
Clifford,  son  of  the  above  is  a  popular  teacher  at  Centerville.  He  was 
born  in  Smith  township,  March  17,  1848,  and  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  and  at  the  Lebanon  Normal  school.  He  began 
teaching  in  1866,  and  has  ever  since  been  engaged  in  the  profession, 
and  with  the  exception  of  a  few  terms  entirely  in  Smith  township, 
teaching  fourteen  terms  in  one  district.  He  was  married  September  1  2, 
1872,  to  Esther  Mayhugh,  who  was  born  April  13,  1854,  and  they 
have  three  children:  Harry,  born  July  1,  1873;  Luella  M  born  Janu- 
ary 19  1876"  Angie  E.,  born  February  2,  1SS6.  Mr.  Clifford  was 
elected  clerk  of  the  township  in  1874,  and  served  live  years  and  was 
re-elected  in  1884.  Mrs.  Clifford  is  a  daughter  of  \\  illiam  Mayhugh, 
who  was  born  September  23,  1828,  and  was  married  October  22.  1S52, 
toAncreline  daughter  of  Lloyd  and  Esther  (Matson)  Poster.  Airs. 
Clifford  is  the  only  child  of  this  union.  Mr.  Mayhugh  s  occupation 
has  been  that  of  a  carpenter  until  recent  years,  when  a  failure  of  eye- 
sight compelled  him  to  desist,  and  he  is  now  engaged  in  carrying  the 
mail  from  Centerville  to  Warnock.  He  and  wife  were  engaged  m 
the  hotel  business  and  in  keeping  a  grocery  at  Centerville  during 
eleven  years.  .  .  . 

Robert  M.Fulton,  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Smith  township, 
was  born  in  Belmont  county,  February  11.  1841,  a  son  of  John  and 
Jane  (Alexander)  Fulton.  These  parents,  who  were  both  natives  ot 
Ireland,  emigrated  to  the  United  States  about  the  year  1S12,  and  set- 
tled on  Wheeling  creek,  where  they  reared  a  family  oi  six  sons  and 
four  daughters,  of  whom  three  sons  and  two  daughters  survive.  Ro- 
bert M.  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools  oi  tins  town- 
ship, and  worked  upon  the  farm  until  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war, 
when,  on  June  4.  1S61,  he  enlisted  in  Company  A.  1  wenty-htth  Ohio 
infantry  and  served  until  after  the  close  of  the  war,  receiving  an  hon- 
orable discharge  June  iS.  1866.  On  his  return  to  this  county  he  en- 
gaged in  merchandise,  and  continued  in  that  here  until  iSM.and  then 
went  to  Kansas.  Returning  to  Ohio,  in  [SS6,  he  opened  a  general 
store  at  Marbletown,  which  he  is  still  conducting.  Mr.  bultonwas 
married  September  2s.  iS7i,to  Lucy  J.Wiley, who  was  born  March  28, 
1848,  and  died  January  29.  1S83.  To  this  marriage  were  born  one  son 
and  five  daughters,  one  of  the  latter  of  whom  is  deceased.  On 
March    13    1884,  Mr.  Fulton   was  married   to    Mary  B.  Warnock,  who 


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was  born  April  3,  1844,  the  daughter  of  Robert  Warnock,  and  they 
have  had  two  daughters,  one  of  whom  survives.  Mr.  Fulton  and  wife 
are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  is  a  comrade 
of  the  G.  A.  R.  .  . 

John  C.  Gay,  an  enterprising  young  farmer  of  Smith  township,  15el- 
mont  county,  Ohio,  was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  now  resides,  De- 
cember 9,  1859.  He  is  the  son  of  Thomas  Gay,  who  was  born  in  1823, 
and  on  March  iS,  1856,  was  married  to  Mary  J.  Boyd,  who  was  born 
in  Ireland  in  1S40,  and  came  to  the  United  States  about  1852.  Thomas 
Boyd  had  five  sons  and  three  daughters, all  of  whom  survive.  Rachel 
was  born  January  4.  1859;  John  C.  was  born  as  above  stated;  Will- 
iam X.  was  born  August  14,  1861;  Eliza  was  born  September  7,  1863, 
and  Thomas  B.  was  born  September  18,  1865.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  township, 
and  has  spent  his  life  in  agricultural  pursuits.  Since  the  death  of  the 
father,  the  sons  and  mother  have  continued  to  manage  the  home 
farm,  making  the  raising  of  stock  a  specialty.  They  are  prosperous, 
and  have  the  esteem  of  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  All  the  family  have 
membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Concord,  near  Centerville, 
Ohio.  . 

George  Green,  a  citizen  ol  Smith  township,  was  born  in  Germany, 
August  15,  1856,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Catherine  (Romer)  Greeen, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  fatherland.  The  father  was  born 
May  20,  1824,  and  with  his  family  came  to  the  United  States  in  1S67, 
stopping  first  at  Pittsburgh  for  a  short  time.  lie  then  proceeded  to 
Wheeling  and  remained  three  months,  after  which  he  came  to  Bel- 
laire,  Ohio,  where  he  made  his  residence  two  years.  He  then  settled 
on  the  National  pike,  five  miles  from  Bridgeport,  and  remained  there 
until  the  lime  of  his  death,  May  10,  1877.  George  Green,  the  subject 
of  this  mention,  remained  at  home,  engaged  in  gardening,  until  Oc- 
tober 5,  1 8S0,  when  he  was  married  to  Linda  Hubbs,  who  was  born 
and  raised  in  Marshall  county,  W.  Va.  He  then  removed  to  Mead 
township,  where  he  resided  two  years  before  making  his  home  at 
Jacobsburgh,  where  he  still  regains.  Mr.  Green  and  wife  have  three 
sons,  Frank  Burton,  born  August  19,  1SS1;  George  Henry,  born 
April  :S,  1883,  and  Edgar  Elwood,  born  March  15  1885.  Mrs.  Green 
iber'of  the  Presbyterian  church,  at  Wegee. 


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February  12,  1SS4,  leaving  one  daughter.  On  June  22,  1887,  he  was 
married  to  Sadie  V.  Ault,  and  they  have  one  son.  Mr.  Haines  is 
one  of  the  prominent  young  men  of  the  county,  and  is  well-liked  by  all. 

Miles  R.  Hart,  of  Smith  township,  a  member  of  the  board  of  com- 
missioners of  Belmont  count)-,  was  born  in  that  township  June  3.  1840, 
the  son  of  Robert  and  I  lannah  1  lart.  The  father  was  born  in  Greene 
county,  Penn.,  June  29,  1806,  and  was  a  son  of  Miles  Hart,  who  emi- 
grated to  Ohio  in  1S14.  The  latter  was  an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  for  man)'  years  a  justice  of  the  peace.  Robert  was  mar- 
ried January  3,  1839,  to  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  and  Rachel 
(Smith)  Gordon,  who  were  natives  of  York  county,  Penn.,  and  emi- 
grated to  Ohio  in  1816,  and  settled  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  the 
subject  of  this  mention.  Robert  and  Hannah  Hart  had  six  children, 
three  sons  and  three  daughters,  and  five;  survive.  Miles  R.  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  of  Smith  township,  and  after  he  had  left 
school  he  made  a  trip  to  Missouri,  and  while  there  was  engaged  in 
teaching  for  several  months.  On  his  return  to  Ohio  he  followed  the 
carpenter's  trade  for  a  year,  and  then  engaged  in  farming,  which  has 
since  been  his  vocation,  in  connection  with  stock-raising  and  wool 
growing.  He  has  been  prominent  for  several  years  in  public  affairs, 
and  in  1882  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  as  which  he  served  three 
terms,  also  holding  the  position  of  notary  public,  to  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Gov.  1  loadley  in  1885,  and  reappointed  by  Gov.  Foraker  in 
iSSS.  Though  a  democrat  in  politics,  and  opposed  by  a  republican 
majority  of  over  Soo,  he  was  successful  in  the  fall  of  1889  as  the  dem- 
ocratic candidate  for  the  commissionership,  and  assumed  the  office  on 
the  first  Monday  of  January,  1S90.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the: 
Concord  Presbyterian  church,  in  which  he  is  a  ruling  elder. 

James  Hogan,  a  popular  teacher  of  Smith  township,  Belmont 
count)-,  was  born  January  10,  1865,  a  son  of  William  and  Mary 
(Scott)  Hogan,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  emigrated  to  this  country 
about  the  year  1S45.  They  were  married  in  Belmont  count)-  in  the 
year  1856.  The  father  was  engaged  upon  the  railroad  as  section  boss 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  continued  at  that  until  compelled  by  ad- 
vanced age  to  retire  from  the  same.  James  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  the  township,  and  in  the  springof  1.884  began  teaching, 
at  which  he  has  since  been  engaged.  He  has  met  with  success  in  his 
profession,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  most  promising  men  in  his 
line  of  work.  IK:  and  his  parents  are  members  of  the  Catholic- 
church. 

Daniel  Holahan,  an  estimable  citizen  of  Smith  township,  is  a  native 
of  Ireland,  born  in  the  year  1824.  1  Ie  was  well  educated  in  his  native 
land, by  the  church,  and  became  classical  assistant  at  the  Queen's  col- 
lege, at  Limerick.  On  coming  to  this  country  in  1833,  he  was  here 
only  three  weeks   when    he   entered  St.    Joseph's   college,    at    Buffalo. 

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1  Ie  then  crossed  to  Ohio,  and  has  resided  in  Smith  township  for  the  past 
twenty-three  years.  I  Ie  bought  the  farm  he  now  lives  on  in  1879.  Mr. 
Holahan  was  married  June  7,  1857,  to  Honora  Keehan,  of  Steuben- 
ville,  and  they  have  had  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  the  eldest  of 
whom,  a  girl,  died  in  1883.  The  youngest,  a  daughter,  is  a  student  of 
stenography  at  Duff's  college,  of  Pittsburgh.  The  sons  are  telegraph 
operators,  and  one  is  engaged  as  a  train  dispatcher  at  Allegheny  City, 
Penn.     Mr.  1  lolahan  and  family  are  members  of  the  Catholic  church. 

\Y.  J.  Kelsey,  of  Smith  township,  one  of  the  most  prominent  farm- 
ers of  the  region,  is  a  son  of  Robert  Kelsey,  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Belmont  county.  Robert  was  born  in  Ireland,  in  1K07,  and  in  1S11 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents,  who  made  their  home 
across  the  river  from  Wheeling.  On  .May  31,  1S31,  Robert  was  mar- 
ried to  Rachel  Livingston,  who  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1799,  and  they 
had  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  of  whom  the  former  survive.  Robert 
farmed  for  many  years  a  farm  which  he  purchased  from  James  Kel- 
sey, an  uncle,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneers.  I  le  died  January  25,  iS6S, 
and  his  wife  died  August  12,  18S3.  \Y.  J.  Kelsey  was  born  August  10, 
1834,  and  reared  on  tin-  farm,  and  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  the  township.  1  le  has  devoted  his  life  to  farming  and 
stock-raising,  at  which  he  has  been  notably  successful.  He  has  a  line 
herd  of  Spanish  Merino  sheep,  and  is  an  extensive  grower  o\  wool, 
and  breeder  of  tine  sheep.  April  29,  1S69,  Mr.  Kelsey  was  married 
to  Elizabeth  A.,  (.laughter  of  Archibald  and  Elizabeth  iGrimes)  Ram- 
age,  and  they  have  three  children:  Robert  Archibald,  born  March  19, 
1870;  Rachel  Adella,  born  January  13,  1873,  and  Louise  May,  born 
March  1,  1S7S.     Mrs.  Kelsey  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Among  the  worthy  early  settlers  of  Ohio  was  Jacob  Lewis,  who  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1760.  He  was  married  in  the  year  1S00  to 
Mary  Bundy,  of  North  Carolina,  and  a  year  or  two  later  they  migrated 
to  Ml.  Pleasant  township,  Jefferson  county,  where  they  lived  until 
1822,  when  they  purchased  and  moved  upon  the  Lewis  mill  property, 
in  Smith  township.  He  died  in  1S29,  and  his  wife  in  1S59.  Five  chil- 
dren were  born  to  them,  one  of  whom,  Ira  Lewis,  was  born  in  Jeffer- 
son county,  March  30,  1808.  He,  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  took 
charge  of  "the  mill,  and  in  [848  tore  away  the  old  log  mill  and  built 
the  present  frame  structure,  and  conducted  the  grist-  and  also  the 
flour-mill,  until  his  death  July  1,  1SS9.  He  was  one  oi  the  leading  cit- 
izens of  the  county,  owned  several  farms,  and  was  elected  in  1S52  as 
county  commissioner.  He  was  married  in  1S29.  to  Elizabeth  Gregg, 
who  died  September  id,  1878,  and  they  had  two  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters. T.  E.  Lewis,  a  son  of  the  above,  was  born  June  4,  1S32,  in  Smith 
township,  and  is  now  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  the  county,  lie 
received  his  education  after  leaving  the  common  schools,  a  t  Mi .  Pleas- 
ant and  West  Alexander  college",  and  then  engaged  in  the  milling 
business  and  in  farming,  in  both  of  which  he  has  met  with  much  suc- 
cess. .Near  his  residence  is  the  station  of  Lewis'  Mill,  on  the  L  ,\  O. 
railroad,  named  in  honor  of  Ira  Lewis.  Mr.  Lewis  was  married  Sep- 
tember  22,  1850,  to  Mary  A.  flapper,  who   was   born  at    Barnesville, 


696  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

June  16,  1832.  They  have  three  sons:  W.  I).,  a  farmer  residing  near 
the  old  homestead;  Clinton  II.,  in  business  in  California;  Walter  C, 
deputy  treasurer  of  Belmont  county.  Mr.  Lewis  and  wife  were  reared 
in  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  are  deserving  of  the  high  esteem  in 
which  they  are  held  by  all. 

Joseph  Lester,  a  veterinary  surgeon  of  considerable  note  and  abil- 
ity, now  a  resident  of  Smith  township,  was  born  in  county  Armagh, 
Ireland,  April  10,  1853.  He  was  educated  in  his  native  land  and  there 
became  engaged  as  a  veterinary  surgeon,  having  up  to  the  present 
time  given  eighteen  years'  study  to  the  diseases  of  animals.  In  June, 
1874,  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and  after  a  residence  of  two  and 
a  half  years  in  the  city  of  Wheeling,  came  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1SS5,  took  possession  of  his  present  residence. 
Mr.  Lester  devotes  much  attention  to  the  practice  of  veterinary  surg- 
ery, and  meets  annually  with  a  distinguished  Indiana  practitioner. 
He  is  also  the  owner  of  a  fine  Lnglish  horse,  "Messenger,"  which  is 
one  of  the  most  valuable  in  this  region.  Mr.  Lester  was  married 
March  26,  1SS4,  to  Emma  L.  McKeen,  of  Belmont  county,  and  they 
have  one  son,  now  deceased,  and  three  daughters:  Eva  May,  fenny 
and  Olive.  Mr.  Lester  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
his  wife  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

E.  II.  Lucas,  one  of  the  prominent  farmers  of  Smith  township,  was 
born  near  where  he  now  resides,  April  27,  1S37.  He  is  a  son  of  Elisha  II. 
Lucas,  son  of  Samuel  and  Eleanor  Lucas.  Elisha  II.  Lucas,  Sr.,  was 
born  in  Green  county,  Penn.,  June  16,  1801,  and  came  to  Ohio  in  his  boy- 
hood, and  afterward  entered  a  farm  near  the  present  home  of  his  son. 
About  the  same  time  Susanna  Ault,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Elizabeth 
Ault,  came  to  this  count}- with  her  parents,  who  settled  near  St.  Clairs- 
ville.  She  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  January  15,  1802, 
and  in  1825  she  was  married  to  Elisha  Lucas,  to  whom  she  bore 
eleven  children,  three  sons  and  one  daughter  of  whom  survive. 
Elisha  Lucas  died  December  9,  1864,  and  his  wife  September  24,  1873. 
E.  II.  Lucas  was  reared  as  a  fanner,  and  has  devoted  his  life  to  that 
vocation.  He  has  been  prominent  in  local  affairs,  and  has  served  his 
township  as  justice  of  the  peace,  assessor  and  township  trustee.  On 
January  19,  1865.  he  was  married  to  Caroline  Myers,  who  was  born 
August  12,  1842,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Charity  Myers,  the  for- 
mer of  whom  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  in  1805,  and  the 
latter  in  the  same  count)'  in  1804.  Jacob  Myers  died  in  1876,  and 
Charity  in  1885,  and  of  their  eight  children,  three  sons  and  three 
daughters  survive.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lucas  are  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Protestant  church,  at  Centerville. 

Samuel  C.  Lucas,  a  high]}'  esteemed  citizen  of  Smith  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  was  born  October  10,  1832,  the  son  of  Enos  and  Mary 
(Ault)  Lucas.  Samuel  Lucas,  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this 
mention,  was  one  of  the  worthy  pioneers  of  Belmont  county,  well- 
known  and  prominent  in  his  day.  Samuel  C.  Lucas  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  the  county,  and  was  reared  as  a  farmer,  in 
which  vocation  his  life  has  been  spent.     1  le  has  prospered  in  this  call- 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  697 

ing,  and  is  one  of  the  well-to-do  men  of  the  county.  In  1861,  Mr. 
Lucas  was  married  to  Lucy  L.  Warnock,  daughter  of  William  War- 
nock.  She  was  born  March  4,  1843.  To  this  union  have  been  born 
ten  children,  six  sons  and  four  daughters.  Mr.  Lucas  and  wife,  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Warnock. 

Albert  McAllister,  of  Jacobsburgh,  Ohio,  a  well-known  and  highly 
respected  citizen,  was  born  at  Loydsville,  Belmont  county,  July  12, 
1850.  lie  is  the  son  of  Charles  and  Barbara  (Schultz)  McAllister, 
the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn.,  in  1800, 
and  the  latter  was  born  near  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio.  The  subject  of 
this  mention  was  educated  at  Loydsville,  and  upon  the  close  of  his 
school  days,  he  enlisted  in  the  Sixth  United  States  cavalry,  and  served 
five  years,  being  during  that  time  with  General  Sheridan  through  the 
National  Park.  At  the  expiration  of  his  enlistment  he  received  an 
honorable  discharge,  and  he  subsequently  spent  seven  years  in  the 
west.  Five  years  ago  he  established  himself  at  Jacobsburgh.  and  en- 
gaged in  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith,  opening  a  shop  which  has  been 
quite  successful  and  popular.  Mr.  McAllister  was  married  March  23, 
18S5,  to  Caroline  E.  Marshall,  whose  parents  were  natives  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  removed  to  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  at  an  early  date.  By 
this  union  he  has  two  daughters,  Grace  Afton,  born  March  20,  1S86, 
and  Lizzie  May,  born  September,  1887.  Mr.  McAllister  is  a  Master 
Mason  of  the  Centerville  lodge,  and  Mrs.  McAllister  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church. 

Wilson  McCloud,  a  well-known  business  man  of  Centerville,  Bel- 
mont county,  is  a  native  of  Smith  township.  lie  was  born  Decem- 
ber 2;,  1S46",  a  son  of  Elias  and  Margaret  (Mobely)  McCloud.  When 
only  three  years  old  he  was  bound  out  to  a  Dr.  Wilson,  with  whom 
he  lived  until  his  twenty-fifth  year.  Me  was  then  married  to 
Alsie  J.  Jarrett,  and  they  resided'  upon  the  farm  of  Dr.  Wilson  for 
eight  years  thereafter.  The)-  then  in  1SS0  removed  to  Olivet,  and 
thence  a  year  later  to.  Centerville,  where  he  has  since  resided.  In 
18S5  Mr.  McCloud  took  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  store  of  A.  May- 
hugh,  a  position  he  still  holds.  '  He  is  active  and  enterprising,  and  is 
popular  socially.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Weyer  lodge,  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  his  wile  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Protestant  church.  She  was  born  September  9,  1S54, 
the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Sarah  (Kaufman)  Jarrett,  and  is  the 
mother  of  two  children:  John  A.,  born  June  19,  1872,  and  Cora,  born 
September  15,  1S76. 

Robert  McConnell,  a  venerable  and  highly  esteemed  citizen  of 
Smith  township,  was  born  in  Wheeling,  in  181 1.  the  son  of  William 
and  Barbara  (Wolf)  McConnell,  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  Robert 
was  well  educated,  completing  his  literary  studies  at  Jefferson  college 
at  Cannonsburgh,  Penn.,  and  after  leaving  college  lie  entered  upon 
the  study  of  law.  1  Ie  engaged  in  the  practice  of  that  profession  at 
Wheeling,  anil  shortly  afterward  removed  to  Indiana,  and  was  occu- 
pied with  his  profession  two  years  at  Merom.  In  1837  he  moved  10 
Elizabethtown,  Marshall   county,  W.  Va..  and  there  continued  in  the 


69S  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

practice  until  1845.  He  then  removed  to  the  town  of  Texas  in  the 
same  count)-,  and  five  years  later  again  settled  at  Elizabethtown, 
where  he  remained  until  April,  iSS8,  when  he  removed  to  Marbletown, 
Ohio,  where  he  is  leading  a  retired  life.  In  1870,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Buskirk.  of  Ohio,  and  both  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

Hiram  McGaughey,  well  known  as  one  of  the  prosperous  farmers 
of  Smith  township,  was  born  March  14,  1817,  and  is  a  son  of  William 
and  Ann  (Boyd)  McGaughey.  His  lather  was  born  in  Maryland, 
October  21,  1774,  and  was  married  in  his  native  state,  coming  from 
there  1S10  to  Ohio.  He  was  a  resident  of  St.  Clairsville  for  a  short 
time,  and  then  purchased  a  farm  in  Smith  township,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  in  August,  1834.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1S12. 
serving  throughout  that  struggle.  By  his  wife,  who  died  two  years 
before  his  decease,  he  had  four  sons  and  eight  daughters.  Hiram. 
one  of  these  children  of  the  pioneer  home,  was  reared  amid  the  scenes 
of  early  settlement,  with  such  schooling  as  was  possible,  and  he  has 
ever  since  followed  the  vocation  of  farming,  which  he  then  learned. 
He  was  married  April  24,  1845,  to  Elizabeth  Watt,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Jane  Watt,  natives  of  Hartford  county,  Md.,  who  settled 
near Jacobsburgh,  Belmont  county,  in  1816.  To  this  union  six  chil- 
dren were  born,  of  whom  two  daughters  survive.  Thomas  Watt  died 
in  July,  1X27,  and  his  wife,  August  2g,  iSSq,  at  the  age  of  ninety-five 
years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McGaughey  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  near  Centerville,  of  which  he  has  been  a  deacon  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  is  at  present  trustee. 

Robert  McGaughey,  a  worthy  resident  of  Smith  township,  and  son 
of  the  above  named  William  and  Ann  McGaughey,  was  born  April  12, 
1832,  in  this  county.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
Smith  township,  and  from  his  earliest  years  has  been  engaged  in 
agriculture,  at  which  he  has  been  industrious  and  persevering  and  suc- 
cessful. He  was  married  April  io,  1883.  to  Marv  A.  Feeley,  who  was 
born  January  29,  1832,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Ann  iXeffi 
Feeley.  Her  father  and  mother  were  natives  of  this  count)-,  and  the 
former,  who  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  died  June  3,  1885.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McGaughey  lived  and  farmed  upon  the  old  homestead,  where 
Hiram  McGaughey  now  resides,  until  1875,  when  the)-  moved  to  their 
present  place  of  business.  The)-  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  are  highly  esteemed  by  all. 

James  X.  McMaster,  M.  D.,  of  Centerville,  a  well-known  member 
of  the  medical  profession  of  Belmont  count)-,  is  a  native  of  that 
county,  born  at  Jacobsburgh,  December  30.  1844.  Heisasonof  Sam- 
uel McMaster,  who  was  burn  in  Pennsylvania,  December  20,  1813,  the 
latter  of  whom  was  a  son  of  Robert  McMaster.  also  a  native  Pennsyl- 
vanian,  born  August  10,  1793.  On  November  >.  1S35,  Samuel  Mc- 
Master was  married  to  Sarah  A.  Gregory,  and  to  this  union  were  born 
seven  sons  and  five  daughters,  of  whom  the  following  survive: 
William  W.,  of  Richland  township;  John  W.,  of  Wichita,  Kas.; 
Thomas    L  of  Lamp's,    Ohio;  Alexander  W.,  of    near    facobsbunrh; 


BELMONT- COUNTY,  OHIO.  6QQ 

Emma  S.  Kramer,  of  Jacobsburgh,  and  Dr.  lames  X.  McMaster.   The 

latter  was  reared  upon  the  farm  until  1S62,  when  he  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  the  Ninth  Ohio  cavalry,  and  served  valliantly  for  three 
years,  lie  participated  in  the  campaigns  in  the  southwest,  and  in 
Sherman's  famous  movement  to  Savannah  ami  through  theCarolinas, 
after  which  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Lexington,  in  North 
Carolina,  in  September,  1S65.  Returning  home,  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing and  reading  medicine,  and  after  previously  attending  the  Starling 
Medical  college  at  Columbus,  he  was  graduated  in  medicine  at  the 
Medical  college  of  Ohio,  at  Cincinnati,  in  1S70.  He  began  the  prac- 
tice at  Glencoe,  Ohio,  in  partnership  with  Dr.  William  Piper,  but  soon 
after  his  marriage  to  Susan  F.  Neff,  which  occurred  November  28, 
187 1,  he  removed  to  Centerville,  where  he  has  acquired  an  extensive 
and  lucrative  practice.  In  addition  to  his  practice,  the  doctor  per- 
forms the  duties  of  notary  public,  as  which  he  was  commissioned  by 
Govs.  Hoadley  and  Foraker.  1  Ie  is  one  of  the  charter  members  of 
W.  Meyer  lodge.  No.  541,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Centerville.  and  its  secre- 
tary, and  is  surgeon  ot  Hess  post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Armstrong.  He  and 
wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is 
recording  stewart  for  the  circuit.  By  his  marriage  above  mentioned, 
the  doctor  has  three  children:  Elva  Lenora,  born  April  24,  187^; 
William  Henry,  born  September  17,  187s;  Samuel  E.,  born  Septem- 
ber 22,  1881. 

A.  Mayhugh,  well-known  as  a  prominent  business  man  of  Center- 
ville, Belmont  county,  was  born  August  10.  1S41,  the  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Elizabeth  (Ruble)  Mayhugh.  In  his  youth  Mr.  Mayhugh  re- 
ceived a  limited  education,  and  early  in  life  turned  his  attention  to 
mercantile  pursuits.  He  became  engaged  as  a  huckster,  and  contin- 
ued at  ltfor  sixteen  years,  at  the  end  of  that  period  busying  himself 
with  various  occupations  for  some  eight  years.  I  Ie  then  resumed  the 
huckster  business,  and  in  18S1  opened  a  grocery  store  in  Centerville, 
starting  on  a  small  scale,  lie  was  successful' from  the  outset,  and 
was  soon  compelled  to  move  to  more  ample  quarters,  and  he  now  has 
the  most  extensive  establishment  and  the  largest  trade  at  Centerville 
and  throughout  the  surrounding  territory.  '  Everything  found  in  a 
first-class  general  store  is  kept  on  hand.  In  the  summer  seasons  Mr. 
Mayhugh  entrusts  his  store  to  his  assistant,  Wilson  McCloud,  and' 
runs  a  notion  wagon.  He  is  a  worthy  and  respected  citizen,  and  he 
and  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian  church.  I  Ie  was  first  married 
in  1861,  to  Man-  F.  Mayhugh,  by  whom  he  had  three  daughters  and 
in  1876.be  was  united  to  Friscilla  Ward,  who  died  January  1,  1882. 
In  June,  1NS5,  he  was  married  to  Louisa  Perkins,  by  whom  he  has 
a  son  and  a  daughter. 


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bee  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  received  a  common  school  education. 
Choosing  early  in  his  life  the  vocation  of  a  farmer,  he  has  devoted 
himself  to  that  with  much  success  during  life.  On  May  30,  1S60,  he 
was  married  to  Martha  I.,  daughter  of  of  William  ami  Sarah  Ogilbee, 
and  to  this  union  have  been  born  nine  children,  four  sons  and  five 
daughters,  six  of  whom  survive.  Mr.  Ogilbee  and  wife  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

James  A.  Ramsey,  a  popular  citizen  and  prosperous  farmer  of  Smith 
township,  and  a  resident  of  Jacobsburgh,  was  born  August  6,  1835. 
He  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Ellinor  (Nichols)  Ramsey,  the  former  of 
whom  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  in  1S03,  and  the  latter 
in  1S07,  and  the  parents  of  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  county 
Tyrone,  Ireland.  James  A.  Ramsey,  the  subject  of  this  mention,  was 
reared  on  the  farm,  and  trained  to  that  vocation,  and  his  education 
was  obtained  in  the  common  schools  of  Jacobsburgh.  Arriving  at 
majority,  he  entered  upon  the  career  of  a  farmer,  and  in  1866  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Nancy  J.  Jackson,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Belleville)  Jackson,  natives  of  Hampshire  county,  Va.  Mrs. 
Ramsey  was  born  in  the  year  1839.  By  this  marriage  she  is  the 
mother  of  six  daughters:  Elizabeth,  Viola,  Mary  E.,  Lora  J.,  Nora, 
and  one  deceased. 

R.  D.Sutton,  a  native  of  Belmont  county,  and  one  of  its  energetic 
and  successful  farmers,  residing  in  Smith  township,  near  Glencoe. 
was  born  March  8,  1864,  the  son  of  Richard  and  Nancy  (Harvey) 
Sutton.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  on  leaving  which 
he  devoted  himself  to  agriculture,  in  which  he  is  still  engaged.  He 
also  gives  much  attention  to  the  breeding  of  sheep,  and  has  a  fine 
herd  of  National  Delaine  Merinos,  to  which  he  is  justified  in  attach- 
ing a  high  value.  Though  a  young  man,  Mr.  Sutton  holds  a  high  rank 
among  the  farmers  and  stock-raisers  of  his  township.  I  le  was  married 
March  6,  18S4.  to  Mary  .\.  Giffin,  who  was  born  July  7.  1865,  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  J.  (Aulti  Giffin.  By  this  union  Mr. 
Sutton  hastwo  daughters,  Edna  F.,  born  Mav  -:.  1885,  and  Blanche  [., 
born  April  2,  i8Sq.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church  at  St.  Clairsville. 

William  T.  Taylor,  a  well-known  resident  of  Smith  township,  who 
is  by  occupation  a  farmer,  and  has  devoted  himself  to  that  pursuit  all 
his  life,  with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent  in  mercantile  pursuits 
at  Jacobsburgh.  was  born  in  Mead  township,  May  24,  1S46,  and  is  a 
son  of  Frazier  and  Lucy  (Remley1)  Taylor.  His  father  was  a  native 
of  Jefferson  county.  Ohio.  The  subject  of  this  mention  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  Mead  township,  and  reared  as  a  farmer. 
In  1872  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Josephine  N.  Johnson,  on  May  2. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  Sterling  and  Elizabeth  (Dunlapl  Johnson,  both 
of  whom  are  natives  of  Belmont  county,  Ohio.  Seven  children  have 
been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor,  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  six 
of  whom  are  living:  Samuel  Burt,  William  T..  Alpha.  Josie  1  >.,  1  ler- 
man  and  Kenneth.  Mr.  and  Mrs. Taylor  are  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  of  Jacobsburgh,  and  are  highly  esteemed. 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  701 

William  Warnock,  Sr.,  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  Belmont  county, 
is  a  son  of  John  Warnock,  a  notable  pioneer,  who  was  born  in  1707, 
near  Winchester,  Va.,  the  son  of  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  served  in 
the  British  army  seven  years.  John  Warnock  was  married  about  1796, 
to  Isabella  Gilkison,  of  Virginia,  and  in  1804,  with  his  wife  and  four 
children,  he  came  to  Belmont  county,  and  settled  on  section  11,  Smith 
township,  one-half  mile  below  VVarnock's  Station.  There  they  made 
their  home  in  a  little  log  cabin,  and  began  the  work  of  clearing.  He 
was  successful  in  business  and  amassed  a  comfortable  property  and 
built  himself,  in  1831,  a  good  brick  house.  In  1806  he  built  the  first 
saw-mill  on  McMahan  creek,  and  established  a  fulling  mill  on  the 
creek  in  1814  or  1815,  in  which  he  subsequently  put  carding  and  spin- 
ning and  weaving  machines,  and  these  were  in  operation  until  a 
recent  period.  Me  died  in  1840,  and  his  wife  in  1S47.  They  reared  a 
family  of  ten  children.  William  Warnock,  born  in  West  Virginia, 
September  25,  1S01,  was  three  years  old  when  the  family  came  to 
Ohio,  and  he  was  reared  among  the  hardships  and  deprivations  of  a 
pioneer  life.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  became  engaged  in  his  father's 
woolen  mill,  and  remained  in  that  occupation  until  1S32.  lie  was 
then  in  mercantile  business  two  years,  and  then  purchased  the  grist- 
mill and  farm  at  Warnock.  which  he  operated  many  years.  He  has 
been  one  of  the  township's  prominent  men.  has  served  as  trustee 
eight  or  ten  years,  and  lias  been  selected  in  eleven  instances  to  settle 
up  estates  of  decedents,  some  of  which  are  quite  complicated.  His 
career  has  beon  a  successful  one,  and  he  now  owns  260  acres  of 
valuable  land,  including  part  of  the  village  of  Warnock.  He  is  a 
member. of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  which  his  father  estab- 
lished at  that  place.  Mr.  Warnock  was  married  in  1828,  to  Jane 
Poak,  of  West  Virginia,  by  whom  he  had  ten  children,  of  whom  John, 
William,  Sarah.  Lucy  and  P'rancei  are  living.  Their  mother  died  in 
1871,  and  on  March  24,  1874,  he  was  married  to  Nancy,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  .Ann  (Ferguson)  Dunn,  born  in  county  1 'err)-,  Ireland, 
in  1819. 

A.  P.  White,  a  prominent  and  successful  teacher  of  Belmont  county, 
was  born  March  5,  1840.  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret  E. 
(Phipps)  White,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  at  Brownsfield,  Penn., 
in  April,  1806.  Prof.  White  received  his  first  education  at  Belmont, 
and  subsequently  attended  the  Barnesville  academy,  then  under  the 
direction  of  Profs.  William  S.  Alder  and  Samuel  Davenport.  He 
then  became  a  student  at  Hopedale  college,  in  Harrison  county,  then 
presided  over  by  Edwin  Regal,  and  after  leaving  this  institution  he 
began  teaching  at  Jacobsburgh.  and  afterward  was  the  principal  of 
the  Belmom  school  for  several  years.  Sometime  later  he  was  treas- 
urer of  the  Belmont  Glass  works  for  about  two  years,  and  was  then 
salesman  in  a  grocery  and  queensware  store  at  Bellaire  for  eighteen 
months.  He  became  superintendent  of  the  Bellaire  schools  and 
served  one  year,  and  was  then  the  principal  of  the  First  ward  school 
of  that  city  for  three  years,  after  which  he  went  to  Quaker  City,  and 
was  principal  of  the  school  one  year.     On   closing  this  engagement 


702  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

he  went  to  his  farm  near  Lewis'  Mills  and  remained  there  some  time 
but  subsequently  removed  to  Belmont,  and  for  five  years  held  the 
position  of  principal  of  the  school.  He  is  now  residing  on  his  farm, 
and  teaching  a  school  in  the  vicinity.  Mr.  White  was  married  De- 
cember 20,  1863,  to  Ermina  J.  1  loge,  who  was  by  this  union  the  mother 
of  six  children.  She  died  March  15,  1877.  Of  the  children,  Alvin 
Lincoln,  a  graduate  of  Bethany  college,  is  a  civil  engineer  of  Wheel- 
ing; the  other  children  are  Albert  Bushrod,  Ernest  Milton,  Charles 
Lloyd,  Ada  I  loge  and  Clara  Leona.  On  September  24,  1870,  Mr. 
White  was  married  to  Caroline  Virginia  Wilkinson,  by  whom  he  has 
one  daughter,  Julia  Elizabeth.  Mr.  White  and  wife  and  four  eldest 
children  are  members  of  the  Disciple  church  of   Belmont. 

Job  Dillon,  one  of  the  firm  of  Dillon  Bros.,  proprietors  of  the  Na- 
tional Mills,  I  lendrysburg,  Ohio,  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one 
of  eight  children,  born  to  lob  and  Catharine  Dillon.  The  children 
were:  Levi,  deceased;  John,  deceased;  Nancy,  deceased;  David,  de- 
ceased; Peter  O,  deceased;  Benjamin  F.  and  Job,  our  subject;  Han- 
nah, deceased.  The  father,  Job  Dillon,  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  but 
moved,  in  1S03,  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1S16.  His  wife,  Catharine 
(Colley)  Dillon,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  near  Union.  She  died  in 
1861.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dillon  were  life-long  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  fob  Dillon,  seventh  child  of  Job  and  Catharine 
Dillon,  was  born  in  June,  1815.  The  years  of  his  boyhood  were  spent 
upon  the  farm,  but  at  the  age  of  twenty-five,  he  began  the  carpenter's 
trade,  which  he  carried  on  successfully  for  twenty  years,  then,  upon 
the  death  of  his  brother,  returned  to  the  farm  where  he  worked  five 
years.  At  the  end  of  this  period  he  began  his  present  business,  that 
of  milling.  The  business  is  owned  by  J.  Dillon  &  Pro.,  who,  by  their 
close  attention  to  business,  and  fair  dealing  with  their  customers, 
have  succeeded  in  establishing  one  of  the  best  mills  in  Kirkwood 
township.  They  have  just  put  in  the  patent  roller,  manufactured  by 
Todds  &  Sanley,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the 
state  ot  Ohio.  Mr.  Dillon  served  his  township  as  trustee  for  nine 
years,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  and  much  liked  by  all  his 
friends. 

William  Eaton  is  the  only  living  representative  of  nine  children 
born  to  John  and  Catherine  (Eckels)  Eaton.  The  children  were: 
Joseph,  born  January  4,  1805,  died  February  8,  1825;  John,  born  Octo- 
ber 18,  1S06,  died  December  10,  1848;  Jeanet,  born  November  4.  1S0S, 
(the  wife  of  Robert  Miller) .  died  December  f  1,  1S26;  Mary,  wife  of 
Joseph  Rodgers.  born  February  1,  1S11;  Benjamin,  born  April  21, 1814, 
died,  May  1^;,  1877;  Daniel,  born  July  5,  1S10,  died  November  4,  1861; 
William,"  born  December  16/1S1S;  Isaac  E.,  born  December  22.  1S20, 
died  in  1882,  in  Leavenworth  City,  Kan.;  David,  'horn  March  2,  1S24, 
died  May  28,  1S47,  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  Mexican  war,  and  met  his 
death  at  the  front.  The  father  of  these  children  was  born  April  o, 
1781,  in  Pennsylvania.  In  1814  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Morris- 
town,  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio.     I  le  died  Jul}-  t  1.  1843.     A*  tnc  tune  ol  ms 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  703 

death  he  was  standing  behind  the  counter  in  his  hotel,  his  demist-  be- 
ing caused  apoplexy.  The  mother  was  born  December  11,  17S0,  and 
died  March  1,  1863,  having  reached  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-three 
years.  .Mr.  ami  Mrs  Eaton  were  devout  members  of  tin;  Presbyterian 
church,  the  latter  being  one  of  the  first  members,  at  a  time  when  ser- 
vices were  held  in  the  woods,  before  they  had  any  church  building. 
John  Eaton  established  a  hotel  on  what  is  now  the  "Old  State  road," 
when  the  township  was  unsettled,  there  being  but  three  houses  in 
Morristown  at  the  time,  hie  was  postmaster  of  Morristown  during 
the  last  twenty-five  years  of  his  life.  William  Eaton  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  old  log  schoobhouse  at  Morristown.  which  was  the  only 
school  in  the  vicinity  in  that  clay.  When  he  was  twelve  vears  of  age 
he  was  taken  into  his  father's  store  and  remained  there  for  sixteen 
years.  December  1,  1846,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Atwell,  a  daughter  of  Thompson  and  Nancy  Atwell,  who  were 
natives  of  Loudon  county,  Va.  They  came  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  in 
1826,  and  here  reared  six  children,  viz.:  William,  born  August  12,  1826,  he 
went  to  California  in  iS4gand  was  not  heard  from  until  January,  1889, 
he  was  then  in  Mexico;  Elizabeth,  born  February  2,  1828;  Jesse,  born 
January  30,  1831,  died  in  Nevada  in  1SS7;  Thomas  E.,  born  June  20, 
1833,  died  December  30.  1888;  Susan,  born  August  iq,  1836.  the  wife 
of  Edward  Harris,  now  living  in  California;  Mary  Jane,  born  Febru- 
ary 1,  1839,  wife  of  Andrew  Ewers.  The  father  was  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1707,  and  died  March  3,  1861;  the  mother  died  June  2g,  18S1. 
William  Eaton  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for  six  years 
after  his  marriage,  he  then  turned  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock- 
raising,  and  has  been  very  successful  in  this  pursuit.  The  children 
that  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eaton  are:  Robert  M.,  horn 
April  23,  1849,  he  is  one  of  the  brightest  young  men  that  Belmont 
count}-  has  produced;  he  was  prosecuting  attorney  of  Belmont  county, 
being  elected  in  1880,  he  served  two  years,  and  after  that  became  one 
of  St.  Clairsville's  most  prominent  lawyers;  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1871.  In  1886  he  moved  to  Atchison,  Kan.,  and  has  met  with 
such  success  in  his  new  home  that  in  1888  he  was  elected  judge  of  the 
district  court;  Charles  A.,  born  August  16,  1851,  lives  with  his  parents; 
Mary  B.,  born  February  23,  1854,  is  the  wife  of  John  C.  Tomlinson,  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Tomlinson  &  Eaton,  lawyers;  Ruth  E.,  born 
April  18,  1838.  died  (  )ctober  3,  1S60.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eaton  are  consis- 
tent members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  are  held  in  the  highest 
esteem  by  their  large  circle  of  friends.  Mr.  Eaton  is  one  of  the  rep- 
resentative agriculturists  of  the  county. 

John  V.  Fisher  is  the  only  child  of  Archibald  and  Eliza  Ann  (Vance') 
Fisher.  The  former  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  about  1S00. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  one  of  the  noted  Latin  schools  of  Scot- 
land. He  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1S26,  coming,  with  his  parents, 
direct  to  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  Soon  after  his  arrival'  in  Wheeling,  Mr. 
Fisher  embarked  in  the  printing  and  book-binding  business.  A 
great  part  of  all  the  printing  done  in  the  upper  Ohio  valley  was 
turned  out  of  his  printing  establishment  in  that  day.    Air.  Fisher,  the 


704  HISTORY    OK   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

subject  of  this  mention,  has  several  very  interesting  old  almanacs 
which  were  published  by  him.  Archibald  Fisher  married  Eliza 
Vance  in  1836,  and  they  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  book  trade,  continuing  in  this  business  until  lus 
death  in  1848.  His  wife  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  about  the  year 
1808,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Paxon)  Vance.  Mary 
(Paxon)  Vance  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  of  Scotch  parentage.  Will- 
iam Vance  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Nicholson  regiment  during  the  war 
of  1S12.  He  had  the  distinguished  honor  of  hearing  the  Star  Span- 
gled Banner  sung  the  first  time  it  was  ever  produced.  His  sword, 
which  he  carried  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  also  one  which  belonged  to 
Andrear  Ferrea,  having  been  made  in  the  twelfth  century,  are  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  John  Fisher.  John  V.  Fisher  was  born  in  Wheel- 
ing, W.  Ya.,  September  28,  1837.  His  parents'  death  occurred  while 
he  was  attending  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state;  he  then  went 
to  live  with  his  paternal  grandfather,  who  resided  in  Wheeling,  and 
remained  with  him  until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.  By  this  time 
Mr.  Fisher  had  obtained  a  good  education,  and  went  to  sea  on  a 
whaling  vessel,  sailing  to  the  Indian  Ocean.  After  a  two-years'  cruise 
the  good  ship  "Corthian"  put  in  at  New  London,  Conn.,  with  a  cargo  of 
4,500  barrels  of  oil;  her  commander  was  Captain  Rogers.  Mr.  Fisher 
returned  to  \\  heeling  after  his  long  voyage,  and  after  remaining  for 
a  time,  removed  August,  1S59,  to  Morristown,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  drug  business.  In  the  same  year  of  his  coming  to  Morristown  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Lippincott,  the  youngest  daughter  of 
John  and  Charity  Lippincott,  who  come  from  one  of  the  oldest  fam- 
ilies of  Belmont  county.  The  following  children  were  born  to  them: 
Agnes  (deceased);  Mary,  the  wife  of  Frank  Amos,  of  Columbus, 
Ohio,  she  was  a  graduate  of  Monroe  seminary,  of  Michigan;  her 
marriage  occurred  June  15,  18S7;  she  died  July  10,  1SS7,  of  heart 
trouble;  Virginia  Belle,  a  bright  and  highly  cultivated  lady,  and  barl 
Vance.  Mrs.  Fisher  and  daughter  are  earnest  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Fisher  is  a  member  of  Ha/en  Masonic 
lodge,  and  also  a  charter  member  of  the  Morristown  lodge,  K.  of  P. 
He  is  a  democrat. 

A.  J.  Ilogue,  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  Morristown,  Bel- 
mont count)',  Ohio,  was  born  in  I  nion  township,  Belmont  county, 
Ohio,  in  1832.  Like  most  farmer's  sons,  Dr.  Ilogue  attended  the 
district  schools  in  the  winter  and  worked  on  the  farm  in  the  summer 
season.  When  he  had  reached  the  age  of  eighteen  years  his  parents 
moved  to  Loydsville,  and  he  became  a  scholar  in  the  village  schools. 
After  completing  his  preliminary  education  he  taught  school  for  sev- 
eral terms,  and  then  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  under  the 
tutelage  of  Dr.  V  II.  Jones,  of  Loydsville,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  three  years.  At  the  expiration  of  this  time  he  entered  the  Cin- 
cinnati medical  college.  After  remaining  in  college  for  five  months 
Dr.  Hogue  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  winter  of  1855,  at 
Malaga.  After  two  years  he  removed  to  Burns  Mills,  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  and  practiced  there  until    his   removal    to  Morristown 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  705 

in  185Q.  When  his  country  called  for  volunteers  to  defend  its  cause, 
he  proffered  his  services,  and  was  soon  made  surgeon  in  charge  of  the 
Refugee  hospital  for  women  and  children.  He  remained  in  this  ca- 
pacity until  he  was  honorably  discharged  in  May,  1865,  at  Clarks- 
ville,  Tenn.  I  lis  marriage  to  Miss  Eliza  Harper  was  solemnized  in 
1856,  and  their  union  has  been  attended  by  the  happiest  relations. 
In  August,  1889,  Dr.  Hogue  admitted  G.  C.  Watson  into  partner- 
ship. Dr.  Watson  is  a  physician  of  rare  ability,  and  his  presence  in 
the  firm  has  been  attended  with  the  most  gratifying  results.  Dr. 
Hogue  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  examiners  of  Belmont  county, 
have  been  appointed  to  fill  this  responsible  position  by  the  Belmont 
Medical  society.  He  has  filled  various  different  positions  of  trust  in 
the  township,  and  is  a  member  of  1  Iazen  lodge  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. G.  C.  Watson,  above  mentioned,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Starl- 
ing Medical  college,  having  been  a  member  of  the  class  of  1889. 
He  is  the  son  of  John  K.  and  Annie  (Culvertson)  Watson,  who  were 
residents  of  Concord,  Muskingum  county,  Ohio.  The  father  died  in 
1S85,  and  the  mother  in  iSSi.  They  were  both  earnest  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  were  useful  members  of  the  community 
in  which  they  lived.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  super- 
intendent of  the  Concord  high  school.  Dr.  Watson  is  a  physician 
of  much  promise. 

John  C.  Israel,  a  leading  agriculturist  of  Kirkwood  township,  Bel- 
mont Co.,  Ohio,  is  one  of  five  children  born  to  Robert  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  Israel.  The  children  are:  Sarah  Elizabeth,  deceased; 
John  C;  Xoble  J.,  deceased;  Joseph,  deceased,  and  Clara  Ann.  These 
parents  were  both  members  of  the  Christian  church,  and  were  very 
highly  respected.  The  father  is  still  living  in  Morristown;  the  mother, 
who  was  the  daughter  of  Xoble  Taylor,  of  Union  township,  died  in 
February.  1856.  John  C.  Israel,  the  principal  of  this  memoir,  was 
born  in  1833,  on  the  farm  which  his  grandfather  settled  in  1S01,  and 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Israel,  lie  taught  school  for  some  time  when  a 
young  man,  and  then  began  his  li,fe  work  as  a  farmer.  In  September, 
1856,  he  espoused  Elizabeth  Ann  Pryor.  She  died  in  February,  1858. 
Some  time  after  lie  married  a  second  time,  by  this  marriage  he  had 
two  sons:  Eugene  L.  and  Robert  S.  Mr.  Israel's  second  wife  died, 
and  he  then  married  Maria  Gregg,  November  22,  i8;_\  by  whom  he 
has  had  two  children:  Emmet  G.  and  Albert  G.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Israel 
are  worth)-  members  of  the  Christian  church.  Eugene  E.  Israel  is  a 
graduate  of  Pittsburgh  Mercantile  college,  and  Robert  entered 
Bethany  college,  will  graduate  in  June.  1890.  Mr.  Israel  has  filled 
most  of  the  township  offices,  and  is  now  serving  his  second,  term  as  a 
county   commissioner.     Is  vice-president  of  the   First  National  bank, 


Batesville,  Ohio.     His   large  farm  of  377  acre 

>s  is  in  the  highest  stal 

of  cultivation.    He  mak<-s  a  specialty  of  raisii 

ig  grain  and  stock.     1  1 

live  stock  is  of  the  finest  breeds,  and  has  gair 

ied  for  him  an  enviabl 

reputation  as  a  stock-raiser.      Mr.  Israel  is  an 

energetic  farmer  and 

useful  citizen. 

William  B.  Kirk,  the  prosperous  merchant 

and  wool  dealer  of  Mo 

45-B. 

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OHIO    VALLEY. 


ristown,  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  is  a  representative  of  a  very  old  and 
influential  family.  His  great-great-grandfather's  name  was  Alfancy 
Kirk,  who  was  born  in  Scotland  and  came  to  this  country  in  early  man- 
hood; the  great-grandfather's  name  was  Adam  Kirk,  who  was  a 
physician.  Mis  three  sons  were  William,  Adam  and  Caleb.  All  that 
is  known  of  the  latter  is  that  he  owned  a  large  flour-mill  on  the 
Brandywine.  William,  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
and  his  brother  Adam,  left  Chester  county,  Penn.,  in  1706,  and  moved 
to  Fayette  county,  Penn.  After  a  residence  in  the  last  named  county 
of  sixteen  years,  they  came  to  Belmont  county,  ( )hio.  In  a  few  years 
Adam  took  up  his  abode  in  the  western  portion  of  the  state,  and  noth- 
ing further  is  known  of  him  or  his  family,  except  that  a  part  ot  his 
sons  went  to  Indiana.  William  Kirk  remained  in  Belmont  county 
until  his  death  in  the  year  1842.  His  eight  children  were:  Hannah, 
Samuel,  Mary,  Isaac,  Robert,  Phebe,  Edith  and  William.  The  latter 
died  when  twenty-two  years  of  age.  The  mother  of  these  children 
was  Edith.  Robert  lived  to  be  eighty-two  years  old.  Samuel  died  in 
his  eighty-sixth  year  and  Isaac  in  his  eighty-seventh  year.  Samuel 
was  the  father  "of  William  B.  Kirk.  He  was  born  June  2,  1792. 
About  1S16  he  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Rachael  Jones,  a  native  of 
Jerfferson  county,  Va.  Six  of  their  children  reached  maturity.  They 
were:  Levi,  Sarah  A.,  Edith,  William  B.,  Samuel  and  Lydia  II. 
William  B.,  Sarah  A.  and  Lydia  11.,  still  survive.  William  Ik  Kirk 
was  born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  fuly  8,  1822,  on  a  farm  within  a 
mile  of  the  village  of  Flushing.  1  le  obtained  his  education  by  his  own 
efforts,  working'  hard  during  the  day,  he  would  study  at  night  by  the 
light  of  a  fireplace,  getting  what  help  he  could  from  his  father.  He 
taught  school  for  seventeen  years,  his  first  charge  being  near  the 
town  of  Athens,  Ohio.  November  27,  1S45,  he  took  Miss  Ann 
Jinkins  to  wife.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  Jinkins,  the 
former  a  native  of  Virginia,  who  came  to  Ohio  with  his  parents  when 
a  mere  lad.  Margaret  (Barlow)  Jinkins  was  born  in  Maryland,  and 
came  to  Ohio  with  her  parents  when  a  small  child.  The  father  died 
in  his  eighty-seventh  year,  and  the  mother  at  the  advanced  age  of 
ninety  vears.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  B.  Kirk  are  the  parents  ot  five 
children:  Cyrus  H.,  born  September  iS.  184b;  John  J.,  born  Febru- 
ary 16,  1S40;  Samuel  A.,  born  March  20.  iSsi,  died  November  5,  185;/, 
Ralph  W.,  born  April  22,  1858,  and  Llwilla,  born  March  9,  1802. 
August  7,  1802.  Mr.  Kirk  entered  the  Union  army  as  captain  of  Com- 
pany B,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  regiment  of  the  Ohio  vol- 
unteer infantry,  lie  was  honorably  discharged  for  disability,  June  24. 
1S63.  Captain  Kirk  has  several  highly  complimentary  oiticial 
documents  in  his  possession,  setting  forth  his  efficiency  as  an  otticer 
in  the  service  and  petitioning  his  admittance  as  an  officer  to  the 
Invalid  Corps.  They  are  signed  by  the  following  distinguished 
officers:  Lieutenant  Colonel  William  Harlan.  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-sixth  regiment  Ohio  volunteer  infantry;  B.  F.  Smith,  colonel 
commanding  the  Third  brigade,  Third  division,  Third  army  corps; 
and  Brigadier  General  B.  F.  Kelley.     Mr.  Kirk   was  prevented   from 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  707 

further  service  however,  by  the  ravages  of  disease.  Hut  his  valor  and 
patriotism  are  fully  evidenced  by  his  bravery  and  patriotism  during 
the  term  of  hard  service  in  which  lie  was  engaged.  Mr.  Kirk  has 
been  honored  by  his  fellow  townsmen  by  being  elected  as  clerk  of  the 
township,  and  also  as  a  justice  of  the  peace.  After  the  war  he  embarked 
in  the  mercantile  and  wool-buying  business,  and  has  since  continued 
with  much  success.  Mr.  Kirk  is  a  believer  in  the  doctrines  laid  down 
by  Swedenborg,  but  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Robert  Hallis  post,  of  Barnesville.  of 
the  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  F.  &  A.  M.,  Hazen  lodge. 
No.  251,  and  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  Me  has  been  Master  of  the  Masonic 
lodge  for  many  years,  and  has  tilled  all  the  chairs  in  lodge  No.  196 
of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  Cyrus  1 1.  Kirk  married  Kate  Shepherd,  and  his  four 
children  are:  Estella,  James  \\\.  Anna  C.  and  MaryL.  Estella  is  the  wife 
of  Warren  Cowen,  whom  she  married  January  22,  iSqo.  John  [.married 
Emma  Lynn,  by  whom  he  has  had  three  children:  Irena,  Gertrude 
and  John  \Y.  Ralph  \Y.  married  Maggie  E.  Davis.  His  children 
are:  Willis  D.,  Ross  L.  and  Hazen.  Elwilla  is  the  wife  of  Ross  W. 
Lindsley,  of  Cambridge,  Ohio.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children: 
Ida  B.,  James  Kirk  Lindsley.  Mr.  Eindsley  is  a  prominent  boot 
and  shoe  merchant  of  Cambridge. 

Ralph  \Y.  Kirk,  an  enterprising  young  merchant  of  Morristown, 
son  of  the  above  mention,  is  successor  to  his  father  in  business.  By 
his  unwearied  industy,  he  has  made  his  business  a  thriving  one,  and 
himself  one  of  the  representative  merchants  of  Morristown.  His  wife, 
Mrs.  Margaret  Kirk,  is  an  active  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  they  are  always  both  interested  in  whatever  movement  will  bring 
benefit  to  the  community  in  which  they  live.  Mr.  Kirk  was  educated 
at  Mt.  Union  college,  having  there  taken  a  complete  business  course. 

William  T.  McCreary  is  one  of  ten  children  that  were  born  to  Hugh 
and  Rebecca  McCreary.  The  children  were:  John,  the  eldest  son, 
born  July  20,  1825:  George  Irwin,  born  August  26,  1826;  Huldah. 
deceased,  born  January  25,  1828;  James,  born  July  11,  1830;  Nelson, 
born  January  8,  1832;  Andrew,  born  [uly  26,  1833;  Hugh,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1835;  Joseph,  born  March  26,  1837;  William,  born  March  3, 
1839;  Rebecca  Jane,  born  February  10,  1842.  Hugh  McCreary,  the 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  also  one  of  ten  children,  and 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  September  19,  1S01.  When  quite  a  small 
boy  his  parents  settled  on  a  farm  near  Washington.  Guernsey  count)', 
Ohio,  where  Hugh  raised  his  family  and  lived  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  January  16,  1873.  Rebecca  McCreary,  the  mother  of  Will- 
iam, and  a  daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth  Irwin,  was  born  in  1S03. 
Her  parents  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  but  came  to  (  )hioat  a  very 
early  day  and  settled  near  Washington,  Guernsey  Co.,  Ohio.  Mrs. 
McCreary  is  still  living  with  one  of  her  sons  in  Guernsey  county.  She 
is  in  her  eighty-seventh  year,  and  remarkably  active  "for  one  of  her 
years,  having  ridden  from  Mi 
twenty-one  miles,  when  eight) 
mention,  William  T.  McCreai 


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708  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

which  his  father  entered,  near  Washington,  Guernsey  county.  Mis 
education,  which  is  very  practical,  was  obtained  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  neighborhood.  At  the  age  of  twenty-three  and  about  the 
height  of  the  gold  excitement,  he,  with  a  company  of  friends,  embarked 
for  San  Francisco,  going  from  New  York  by  water.  From  thence 
the  party  went  up  the  Columbia  river  to  work,  and  after  spending 
eight  years  in  which  he  was  moderately  successful  in  a  financial  way, 
in  prospecting,  mining,  packing  and  ranching,  and  one  summer  in  the 
mines,  he  joined  a  company  of  seventy-six  and  started  lor  Idaho.  At 
that  time  the  country  was  very  wild  and  new,  and  after  three  years' 
experience  in  fighting  Indians,  he  returned  to  the  scenes  of  his  child- 
hood. Finding  his  'father  in  declining  health,  he  and  one  of  his 
brothers  took  the  management  of  the  old  farm.  In  connection  with 
this  successful  management,  Mr.  McCreary  bought  timber  for  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad.  This,  he  continued  to  do  for  eight  or 
ten  years,  when  he  bought  a  merchants'  tlouring-mill  at  Byesville, 
Guernsey  county,  which  under  his  excellent  management  has  become 
one  of  the  finest  merchants'  flouring-mills  on  the  old  state  road.  Mr. 
McCreary  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elenor  McKelvey.  Decem- 
ber a,  1S74.  Five  children  were  the  result  of  this  union,  viz.:  Zelena 
May,  Robert  13.  and  Hugh  I].,  twins,  Charles  D.,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  one  year,  and  a  baby  which  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCreary 
are  Presbyterians  in  their  belief,  Mr.  McCreary  being  an  elder  in  that 
church.  The  people  of  his  township  have  evinced  their  confidence 
in  his  sterling  qualities  by  electing  him  trustee,  six  years  in  succession. 
He  is  democratic  in  his  views. 

J.  O.  McKelvey  is  a  leading  farmer  and  stock-raiser  of  Belmont 
county,  Ohio.  Mr.  McKelvey  was  born  in  Mead  township,  Belmont 
Co.,  Ohio,  February  11,  1S54.  His  parents  were  Samuel  and  Lucinda 
(Creamer,  McKelvey.  The  former  was  born  in  Tyrone  count).  lie- 
land,  March  18,  1800,  and  in  184 1  emigrated  to  this  country,  settling 
in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  where  he  was  of  great  seiwice  in  building 
the  old  national"  pike  road, .built  by  the  government.  Lucinda 
Creamer  became  his  wife  in  1842.  By  her  he  had  five  sons  and  four 
daughters,  all  of  whom  survive.  The  mother  was  born  in  1830,  and 
died  July  n,  1885.  J.  O.  McKelvey  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
district,  and  March  Jo,  iSS6,  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  B.  King.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  King,  and  was  born  Septem- 
ber 13,  i860.  Having  received  a  good  education  she  taught  for  ten 
successive  terms  in  Belmont  county,  and  is  a  lady  of  much  culture 
and  refinement.  This  marriage  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  two 
sons:  lames  C.born  January  1,  1S87,  and  George  E., born  November  1  3. 
18S8.  "  Mr.  McKelvey  took  possession  of  his  farm  March  6,  1SS7, 
and  now  has  as  fine  a  property  as  there,  is  in  the  county,  having  157 
acres  of  rich  farming  land,  which  is  finely  situated  ami  worked  in  the 
latest  and  most  approved  way.  His  specialty  is  tine  stock,  his  cattle 
and  sheep  are  not  surpassed  in  the  state,  and  it  is  but  justice  to  say 
that  he  has  the  finest  breed  of  sheep  in  the  county.  This  farm  was 
stocked  at  a  great  expense  and   everything  about   the   property  evi- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  709 

dences  the  skill  and  progressiveness  of  its  owner.  In  iSSS  he  was 
elected  to  till  the  responsible  position  of  township  treasurer,  having 
been  true. to  his  trust  he  has  been  kept  in  office  ever  since.  He  has 
also  served  as  a  school  director  of  his  district,  and  is  a  man  much  re- 
spected and  beloved  by  his  large  circle  of  friends. 

Rev.  William  G.  Major  was  one  of  ten  children  born  to  John  and 
Sarah  Major.  His  father,  John  Major,  was  born  in  Maryland,  and 
came  with  his  parents  to  Kirkwood  township  about  1810.  Here  he 
lived  until  his  death,  which  occurred  about  1854,  the  exact  date  is  not 
known.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Major  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  and  highly  respected  by  all  who  knew  them.  Mr.  Will- 
iam Major,  the  subject  of  this  mention,  was  born  in  1829  in  Kikwood 
township  and  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  the  farm.  About  the  time 
he  was  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  was  made  class-leader,  which  office  he  discharged  faith- 
fully for  about  twenty  years,  when  he  was  licensed  to  exhort  before 
that  church.  Through  the  influence  of  some  persons  his  license  was 
taken  from  him  and  he  was  notified  by  the  conference  that  there  was 
a  charge  against  him.  As  he  was  prevented  from  being  present  by 
sickness,  the  case  was  tried  in  his  absence  and  decided  against  him. 
After  persistent  effort  to  re-open  the  case  where  he  would  have  an  op- 
portunity to  defend  himself  against  what  he  claims  was  a  false  charge 
he  was  refused.  He  and  his  friends  used  every  effert  to  have  the 
decision  reversed,  but  the  conference  did  not  reconsider  the  matter. 
Mr.  Major  then  left  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  went  to  the 
Methodist  Protestant,  where  he  was  taken  in  as  an  ordained  minister. 
Mr.  Major  and  his  brother-in-law  held  a  meeting  in  Hendrysburg 
and  gathered  together  fifty-two  charter  members,  and  built  a  beauti- 
ful little  church,  which  gave  him  license  to  preach  and  be  a  member 
of  what  is  known  as  the  Belmont  circuit.  Mr.  Major  was  married 
January  22,  1 S52,  to  Martha  Sheppard,  and  to  them  have  been  born 
nine  children,  viz.:  Thomas  \Y.,  Arminda  E.,  Adaline  L.;  .Mice  O.; 
Sarah,  deceased;  Albert  E.;  Silas,  deceased;  Etta,  May  W.  and  Rosa. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Major  have  a  very  interesting  family  and  enjoy  the 
pleasure  of  having  a  large  circle  of  friends.  Mr.  Major  has  a  finely 
cultivated  farm  of  22b  acres,  on  the  old  state  road,  and  makes  a  busi- 
ness of  general  farming. 

Samuel  Pollock  was  born  January  n,  1S1S.  He  was  one  of  the  lead- 
ing citizens  of  Morristown,  Belmont  county.  Ohio,  and  his  death, 
which  occurred  March  20,  1882,  not  only  caused  a  mournful  vacancy 
in  his  family,  but  was  also  a  calamity  to  the  community  in  which  he 
lived.  His  widow  and  the  following  named  children  survive  him: 
James  \Y.,  Margaret  G.,  Mar)'  E..  |ohn  C.,  a  prominent  lawyer  of 
Windfield,  Kan.,  Nancy,  Joseph  S.,  and  William  11.  Mr.  Pollock  was 
a  devout  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  he  was  an 
elder.  His  marriage  to  Jane  Scott  took  place  October  21.  1S51.  Mrs. 
Scott,  who  still  resides  in  Morristown,  is  the  daughter  of  James  and 
Mary  Scott.  The  lather  was  born  at  sea,  while  the  family  were 
voyaging  to  America.     On  this  voyage,   his  only  brother  died.     Mr. 


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ylO  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Scott  followed  the  life  of  a  sailor  for  three  years,  and  then  settled  in 
Chester  county.  Perm.,  where  he  was  married.  After  his  marriage, 
he  moved  to  Ohio.  Six  of  the  twelve  children  born  to  him  are  still 
living:  James  Scott's  father,  although  born  in  Scotland,  wasasoldier 
in  the  Irish  rebellion,  and  in  an  engagement  with  Queen's  Light 
Horse  cavalry,  was  taken  prisoner,  and  kept  in  confinement  for  some 
time.  After  his  release,  he  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Philadel- 
phia, and  was  there  married  to  Miss  M.  Whistler.  After  living  in 
Pennsylvania  for  about  fifteen  years,  he  came  to  Belmont  county, 
Ohio,  where  he  died  in  1857.  I  lis  wife  was  a  descendant  of  one  of 
the  pioneer  families  of  Manhattan  Island.  She  died  at  an  advanced 
age.     Her  death  occurred  August  22,    1S61. 

Ambrose  Steger,  the  prominent  merchant  of  Morristown,  Belmont 
county,  was  born  in  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  April  0,  1S31,  the  son  of 
Sylvester  and  Agnes  Steger,  who  were  the  parents  of  six  children: 
Michael,  Bonapart.  Andrew,  Nicholas,  Ambrose  and  Theresa.  Mr. 
Steger  and  his  brother  Nicholas  were  the  only  ones  of  the  family 
who  came  to  America.  Ambrose  Steger  emigrated  to  this  country  at 
the  age  of  twenty-four,  in  1855.  He  came  direct  to  Wheeling,  where 
he  found  his  brother  who  had  preceded  him.  bur  some  time  he 
worked  at  anything  which  was  obtainable,  and  by  dint  of  economy 
and  hard  work,  managed  to  embark  in  the  produce  business,  in  which 
he  continued  until  1S62,  when  he  moved  to  Morristown,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business.  His  father  died  in  1842  and  his 
mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Heitsman,  died  in  1853.  When 
thirty-one  years  of  age  Mr.  Steger  was  united  in  marriage  to  Susan- 
nah Schlientz,  who  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio.  Their  ten 
children  are:  John  M..  Sylvester,  Charlie,  William.  1  larvey  X.,  billy, 
May,  Clarence  A.,  Edgar  X.,  Frank  I),  and  Harry  V.,  all  living. 
John  M.  married  Miss  C.  Hoover,  by  whom  he  has  had  one  child: 
Lawrence  H.  John  Steger  is  the  proprietor  of  a  large  and  nourish- 
ing cigar  factory  in  Morristown,  and  the  whole  family  til!  positions  of 
trust  and  esteem  in  the  community.  Mr.  Ambrose  Steger  has  met 
with  much  success  in  his  business  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial, enterprising  business  men  of  the  township. 

WARREN    TOWNSHIP. 

John  Albrecht,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Reed  X  Albrecht,  tanners, 
is  a  native  of  Bavaria,  Germany,  where  he  was  born  September  2  5, 
1S51.  1  lis  father  and  mother.  Balthaser  and  Elizabeth,  emigrated  to 
this  country  in  1852,  settling  at  Marietta.  Ohio,  where  the  father 
went  to  farming.  He  died  there  in  1S60.  The  mother  was  again 
married  to  Michael  Wagner  and  still  resides  in  Marietta.  Twelve 
children  were  born  of  the  first  marriage,  six  of  whom  are  living: 
Balthasar,  John.  Andrew,  1  fenry.  Martha.  Mary,  and  our  subject.  By 
the  second  marriage  she  had  one  son.  Lewis,  who  now  lives  in  Pitts- 
burgh, Perm.  John  went  to  school  at  Marietta,  and  learned  the  trade 
of  tanner  in  that  place  and  in  Pittsburgh.    In  1882  he  went  to  Barnes- 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  7  I  I 

ville,  to  become  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Reed  &  Albrecht,  which  he 
still  continues.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Bickert,  became  his 
wife  in  1874.  They  are  the  parents  of  a  fine  family  of  five  children: 
Katie,  John,  William,  Edward  and  Charley.  Mr.  Albrecht  is  an 
active  democrat,  which  party  he  now  represents  in  the  city  council, 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  democratic  central  committee.  He  is  a 
member  of  Warren  lodge,  Xo.  76.  K.  of  P.  I  lis  religious  beliefs  are 
founded  upon  the  faith  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

Valentine  Ault  is  one  of  seven  children  which  we're  born  to  George 
and  Margaret  Ault.  The  children  were:  Andrew;  Mary  Ann,  wife 
of  Davis  Weir;  Valentine;  Margaret,  deceased;  Catherine,  who  lives 
in  Virginia;  Hannah,  who  is  the  wife  of  Louis  Sumptor,  at  Warnock 
Station;  and  three  children  who  died  when  quite  young.  George 
Ault,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  one  of  the  old  settlers  of  Belmont 
county,  having  settled  near  St.  Clairsville  about  the  year  1S00.  Mr. 
Ault  was  of  Dutch  descent.  He  died  in  1875.  Mrs.  Ault,  the  wife  of 
George,  died  in  j S34,  with  the  cholera.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ault  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Lutheran  church.  Mr.  Valentine  Ault,  who  is  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  July  29,  181S,  near  St.  Clairsville.  He  spent 
most  of  his  boyhood  days  on  the  farm  of  his  father,  but  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  left  home  and  learned  the  carpenter'--  trade  with  his  brother- 
in-law.  He  followed  this  trade  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty- 
five.  By  thrift  and  industry  he  had  managed  to  accumulate  a  sum 
with  which  he  rented  a  farm  and  then  took  a  lease  for  five  years.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  he  rented  a  farm  for  two  years,  but  remained  but 
one  year,  when  he  removed  to  the  farm  of  his  father-in-law,  and  re- 
mained thirteen  years,  having  bought  the  farm  in  the  meantime. 
In  1S04  he  sold  this  farm  and  bought  one  near  Barnesville,  and  it  is 
here  that  he  now  resides,  having  by  his  own  hard  work  made  for  him- 
self and  children  a  nice  home.  Mr.  Ault  married  Margaret  Ault,  and 
this  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  followingchildren,  viz.:  Elizabeth  Tir- 
zah,  deceased;  Joseph,  who  is  in  Washington;  Anna,  who  is  living  at 
home;  Marion,  who  keeps  the  far,n  in  order;  Arabella,  deceased;  Mary 
Etta,  who  is  at  home;  Arlington,  who  has  just  returned  from  Washing- 
ton; a  baby  which  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ault  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  Barnesville,  and  have  been  since 
their  marriage. 

One  of  the  most  prominent,  if  not  the  most  prominent,  business 
man  of  Barnesville,  Ohio,  is  fohn  Bradfield,  who  was  born  in  1S13, 
in  the  count}'  of  York,  England.  In  1S27  he,  in  company  with  his 
father  and  mother,  Joseph  and  Isabella  Bradfield.  and  his  several 
brothers  and  sisters,  came  to  America.  The  children  were:  Joseph, 
Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  John.  The  family  came  direct  to  Balti- 
more, and  from  there  to  Belmont  countv,  <  >hio,  settling  upon  a  farm 
about  four  miles  north  of  Barnesville.  His  education,  which  was  re- 
ceived in  England,  was  limited,  but  being  a  lover  oi  books.likc  many 
another  self-made  man.  he  has  by  improving  his  spare  moments,  in- 
formed himself  upon  all  of  the  leading  topics  of  the  ,\a\.  Mr.  Brad- 
field remained  ^n  his  father's  farm   until  iS;S,  when  he  began  to  buy 


712  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

and  ship  leaf  tobacco.  Meeting  with  great  success  in  this  his  first 
business  experience,  he  remained  in  it  for  three  years,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  which  time  he  bought  out  the  firm  of  James  Barnes  &  Sons, gen- 
eral merchants.  He  has  continued  in  this  business  until  recently, 
running  it  in  connection  with  the  tobacco  trade.  From  time  to  time, 
as  his  several  sons  have  become  of  age,  he  has  taken  them  into  the 
firm.  The  privations  of  his  youth  have  stood  him  in  good  stead,  as 
from  them  he  learned  the  lesson  of  economy,  and  self-reliance.  In 
the  spring  of  1S80,  Mr.  Bradfield  retired  from  the  general  merchan- 
dise business,  turning  it  over  entirely  to  his  sons,  who  have  inherited 
their  father's  sagacity  to  a  considerable  degree.  The  firm,  in  con- 
nection with  the  First.  National  bank,  are  building  one  of  the  finest 
business  blocks  of  its  size  in  the  state,  at  a  cost  of  $50,000.  The  First 
National  bank  is  another  monument  to  this  honorable  citizen's  enter- 
prise and  wisdom.  He  was  its  president  from  its  inception,  in  1864, 
until  the  year  1S75,  at  which  time  he  retired,  his  son  Edward  then 
taking  the  office  of  cashier.  Besides  having  organized  the  bank,  the 
Gas  company  of  Barnesville,  owes  its  beginning  to  him.  lie  has  been 
the  president  of  the  latter  organization  for  some  eight  or  ten  years. 
The  company  has  lately  contracted  to  take  and  control  the  electric 
light  plant.  Mr.  Bradfield  is  pre-eminently  a  public-spirited  man, 
one  who  lias  always  favored  and  aided  any  and  all  legitimate  enter- 
prises that  would  tend  toward  building  up  the  town,  and  bettering 
the  condition  of  its  citizens.  With  his  large  fortune,  and  many  per- 
sonal attainments,  it  is  no  wonder  that  political  offices  have  been  ten- 
dered him;  the  senatorial  prize  has  been  cast  in  his  way,  but  he  has 
steadfastly  refused  to  connect  himself  in  any  way  with  politics.  In 
1843  he  married  Anna  L.  Shannon,  daughter  of  Thomas  Shannon,  a 
brother  of  Ex-Governor  Shannon.  Four  boys  and  two  girls  have 
blessed  this  marriage.  They  are:  Thomas,  Edward.  John  W.,  Anna. 
Charles  and  Kate.  Mrs.  Bradfield  was  born  and  raised  in  Barnes- 
ville. In  1SS9  Mrs.  Bradfield  passed  away  to  reap  the  reward  of  a 
devoted  wife,  and  a  wise,  affectionate  mother.  Mr.  Bradfield  was 
one  of  the  principal  organizers  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Barnes- 
ville, of  which  both  he  and  his  wife  were  charter  members.  The 
town  of  Barnesville  perhaps  owes  more  of  its  prosperity  to  John 
Bradfield  than  to  any  other  one  man. 

Hon.  William  Bundy,  one  of  Warren  township's  early  settlers  and  a 
man  of  considerable  influence, was  one  of  eleven  children,  viz.:  Mary. 
deceased;  Ezekiel,  deceased;  Eli,  deceased;  Charity,  deceased;  John, 
living  in  Barnesville;  Nathan,  deceased;  Sarah,  deceased;  William. 
our  subject;  Dempsey,  deceased;  C,  deceased,  and  Elizabeth,  born 
to  William  and  Sarah  Bundy.  William  Bundy.  the  father  of  our 
subject,  was  born  in  1780  in  North  Carolina,  and  came  to  Belmont 
county  about  1807,  and  settled  on  the  farm  near  Barnesville  now  oc- 
cupied by  William  Bundy.  William  Bundy,  Jr.,  remained  here  until 
Ids  death  in  1828.  His  wife,  Sarah  (Overman)  Bundy,  was  also  a 
native  of  North  Carolina.  The  Bundys  are  of  Scotch  descent.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.   Bundy  were  members  of  the  Society  of   Friends,  and  have 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  7  1  3 

been  by  birthright  as  far  back  as  can  be  remembered.  Mr.  Bundy, 
our  subject,  was  born  near  where  he  now  lives  in  1S19.  and  spent  his 
boyhood  days  on  the  farm.  He  received  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  his  neighborhood.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  married  Miss 
Prudence  Word,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Allen,  who  died  when 
about  twenty-two  years  of  age.  Mrs.  Bundy  lived  but  about  eigh- 
teen months  after  her  marriage.  In  three  years  he  was  again  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Asenath  Doudna,  a  daughter  of  [oel  Doudna,  who 
was  a  native  of  North  Carolina.  By  this  union  nine  children  were'born 
to  Mr.and  Mrs.  Bundy,  viz.:  Prudence,  deceased; T.Clarkson;  Almedia, 
deceased;  Evaline,  deceased;  Charles,  deceased;  Dillwyn,  Rebecca  H.[ 
and  one  child  that  died  in  infancy.  The  family  are  all  members  of 
the  Society  of  Friends.  In  1S75  Mr.  Bundy  was  elected  representa- 
tive by  the  republicans.  Although  the  county  was  democratic,  he 
served  them  so  well  that  all  parties  were  satisfied.  On  September  22 
1889,  he  suffered  a  great  affliction  in  the  death  of  his  devoted  wife,  his 
companion  of  forty-two  years.  M  r.  Bundy  lives  on  his  pleasant  farm  of 
365  acres  of  well-cultivated  land.  He  is'  liked  by  all  his  neighbors, 
and  is  well  spoken  of  by  all  who  know  him. 

James  Edgerton  is  one  of  thirteen  children,  ten  of  whom  lived  to 
reach  manhood  and  womanhood,  the  followingof  whom  are  stili  living, 
namely:  Eunice  T.,  wife  of  John  Thomasson;  fames;  Joseph,  a  resi- 
dent of  Iowa;  Nathan,  who  lives  near  the  city  of  Philadelphia;  Mary, 
wife  ot  Allen  T.  Lee,  of  California.;  fesse,  a  resident  of  Columbiana 
county,  Ohio;  Walter,  who  lives  in  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  and  Rachel, 
wife  of  Charles  Cope,  of  Columbiana  county.  The  above  are  chil- 
dren of  Joseph  and  Charity  Edgerton,  the  "former  born  in  Wayne 
count}'  in  1707,  and  came  to  Ohio  about  1804  with  his  parents, settling 
near  Captina  creek,  where  he  erected  a  rlouring-mill  in  an  early  day. 
Joseph  Edgerton  remained  in  Belmont  county  until  the  spring  of 
1865,  at  which  time  his  death  occurred.  Charity  Edgerton  was  tTe 
daughter  of  John  and  Miriam  Doudna,  who  moved  to  Ohio  from 
North  Carolina  about  the  year  1,804.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgerton  were 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  are  remembered  as  very  sub- 
stantial people  in  the  community  where  they  resided.  Mrs.  Edgerton 
died  in  Belmont  county  in  1854.  fames  Edgerton  was  born  in  Bel- 
mont county.  Ohio,  in  1S28,  and  received  his  early  educational  train- 
ing in  such  schools  as  the  county  at  that  time  afforded.  He  subse- 
quently attended  a  boarding  school  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  conducted  by  the 
Friends,  where  he  obtained  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  higher 
branches  of  learning.  When  twenty-four  years  of  age  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mary  Ann  Williams,  daughter  of  William  and  Re- 
becca \\  llhams.  Mr.  Williams  was  a  native  of  Bucks  county,  Penn., 
born  in  1810.  He  came  to  Belmont  county.  Ohio,  in  1819.  and  died 
here  in  the  year  1870.  Mrs.  Williams  was  born  in  1814,  and  departed 
this  life  in  1874.  To  James  and  Mary  Edgerton  have  been  born  ten 
children,  namely:  William  I)..  Rebecca,  foseph  S.,  Thomas  D  (who 
was  drowned  in  1885),  Caroline,  Mary  |.,  Sarah  T.,  Walter  1 
James  \\  .  and  Anna  E.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgerton  ami  all  of  their  ch'il- 


7 14  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

dren  arc  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  as  such  arc  highly 
esteemed  in  the  community  where  they  reside.  Mr.  Edgerton  lives 
within  two  miles  of  the  city  of  Barnesville,  where  he  is  extensively 
engaged  in  fruit  culture,  making  a  specialty  of  raspberries  and  straw- 
berries, large  quatities  of  which  he  ships  every  year  to  Chicago,  Phil- 
adelphia and  other  points. 

Dr.  James  Sykes  Ely  is  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  Belmont 
count)',  Ohio.  He  first  saw  the  light  of  da)-  August  22,  1832,  near  Dar- 
lington, Hartford  county,  Md.  He  is  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Sarah 
(Brown)  Ely,  who  are  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  His  pa- 
ternal ancestors  came  from  England  to  America,  in  the  year  of  the 
foundation  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  under  the  auspice^  of  that 
famous  Quaker,  William  Penn.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Maryland, 
but  in  1832  moved  to  Ohio.  He  was  a  cabinet-maker  and  carpenter 
by  trade,  and  worked  at  his  trade  for  several  years  after  he  came  to 
Morristown,  where  he  had  located.  In  about  1838,  he  removed  to 
Loydsville,  where  he  entered  the  general  merchandise  trade,  in  which. 
he  remained  the  rest  of  his  life.  Dr.  Ely's  early  education  was 
meager,  a  short  time  spent  in  the  common  school,  and  a  still  shorter 
period  in  a  seminar)',  was  all  the  schooling  he  was  able  to  obtain. 
After  he  reached  the  age  of  twelve,  his  studies  were  pursued  with 
great  ardor  and  perseverance  at  home,  without  the  aid  of  a  preceptor. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  he  began  the  stud)"  of  medicine  under 
the  supervision  of  Dr.  C.  Schooley,  then  at  Loydsville,  afterward  at 
Martin's  Ferry,  Ohio.  At  the  end  of  three  years  he  had  finished  the 
standard  course,  as  it  was  then  termed.  Deterred  by  his  extreme 
youth  from  entering  at  once  on  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession, 
he  went  to  teaching  temporarily.  In  1856,  he  located  at  Somerton, 
Ohio,  and  in  1802  attended  a  course  of  lectures  at  the  medical 
college  of  Ohio,  graduating  in  the  following  June.  Upon  a  call 
being  made  for  surgeons  to  serve  in  the  Union  arm)-  he  at- 
tended the  examinations  held  at  Columbus,  and  was  commissioned 
November  iS,  1862,  an  assistant  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-sixth  regiment  of  Oriio  volunteers.  Joining  the  regi- 
ment at  Cumberland,  Md.,  on  November  14,  1862,  when  the  forces 
Avere  driven  out  of  Martinsburg,  \'a.,  he  volunteered  to  remain  to  care 
for  the  wounded  Union  soldiers,  and  consequently  fell  into  the  hands 
of  the  enemy,  by  whom  he  was  paroled  and  kindly  treated.  While  at 
Martinsburg,  two  corps  of  Lee's  army  passed  through  en  route  to 
Gettysburg,  and  he  there  counted  250  pieces  of  artillery  in  their  train. 
On  their  return  he  had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  the  enemy  curse  Gen. 
Lee  for  their  defeat.  Following  the  fortunes  of  his  regiment,  he  re- 
ceived a  commission  as  surgeon  February  8,  1804.  In  the  ensuing 
March  he  passed  the  examination  of  the  United  States  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers. The  examination  was  extremely  rigid,  consuming  a  week's 
time.  As  a  result  of  this  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  United  States  volunteers  by  the  president,  April  21,  1804.  The 
Wilderness  campaign  being  at  hand,  he  withheld  his  acceptance  of  the 
commission  and  remained  with   his   regiment.     Subsequently  he  was 


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assigned  to  the  operating  staff  of  his  brigade,  and  there  found  inces- 
sant and  exhaustive  work.  Upon  the  arrival  of  the  army  at  Cold  I  [ar- 
bor, he  reported  to  the  headquarters  of  the  army  of  the  Potomac,  was 
mustered  in  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  United  States  volunteers,  and 
was  detailed  for  duty  with  the  department  of  field  hospitals  of  White- 
house,  Va.  In  the  latter  part  of  June,  1864,  these  hospitals  were  re- 
moved to  City  Point.  Va.  Dr.  Ely  was  there  on  duty  for  a  time  with 
the  Sixth  Army  Corps  hospital,  ami  also  with  the  Fifth  Army  Corps 
hospital.  December  22,  1864,  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Cavalry 
Corps  hospital,  principally  to  accomplish  its  re-organization.  Early  in 
January  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Depot  Field  hospital  of  the 
Sixth  army  corps,  and  retained  that  position  until  Lee's  surrender, 
at  which  time  all  the  hospitals  at  that  place  were  broken  up.  On 
May  26,  1865,  having  remained  until  the  last  moment,  he  transferred 
all  the  remaining  hospital  inmates  aboard  the  hospital  steamer  " Con- 
necticut," in  charge  of  J,  B.  I  lood,  surgeon  of  United  States  volun- 
teers, for  transit  to  Washington.  August  12,  1865,  he  was  ordered  to 
take  charge  of  the  City  General  hospital  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  where 
he  was  eventually  mustered  out,  October  16. 1865.  I  Ie  then  returned  to 
his  home,  and  November  7,  1S65,  removed  to  Barnesville,  Ohio,  where 
he  now  resides.  After  returning  home  he  received  a  brevet  promotion 
from  the  United  States.  In  186S  he  was  appointed  United  State-,  ex- 
amining surgeon  for  pensions,  a  position  he  held  until  the  inaugu- 
ration of  President  Cleveland.  He  refused  the  importunities  of  his 
friends  of  both  parties  to  make  the  application  for  continuance  in  this 
position.  Originally,  he  was  a  member  of  the  free  soil  party,  but  since 
the  advent  of  the  republican  party  he  has  been  one  of  its  warmest 
supporters.  In  1S54,  he  married  Emily  E.  Hogue,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Hogue,  originally  of  Loudon  county,  Ya.,  but  resided  near  Loydsville, 
Ohio.  Her  mother's  maiden  name  was  Mary  1  lolmes,  also  of  Loudon 
county,  Ya.  Three  boys  have  come  of  this  union:  Ernest  S.,the  only  liv- 
ing one,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Cincinnati  school  of  pharmacy.  January  18, 
iSSS,  Miss  Lucretia  M.  Wood,  of,  near  Winchester,  Ya.,  became  his 
wife,  Laura  V.  is  their  child.  When  Dr.  Ely  first  came  to  Barnesville, 
he  was  in  very  moderate  circumstances,  but  by  close  application  he- 
has  built  up  a  large  business.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Peoples'  National  Bank,  and  was  made  president  of  the  same,  he  still 
occupies  this  position.  He  has  been  in  the  drug  business  ever  since 
his  location  here.  Pie  is  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Gas  company, 
and  was  its  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  doctor  has  the  entire  confi- 
dence of  his  fellow-townsmen,  and  has  always  been  one  of  Barnes- 
ville's  representative  men.  He  is  a  Mason,  and  also  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R.,  1  lilies  post,  No.  220. 

Joseph  Gibbons,  an  old  and  highly  respected  citizen  of  Belmont 
county,  is  a  son  of  Homer  and  Martha  Gibbons,  the  former  a  native 
of  Loudon  count)',  Ya.,  and  the  latter  of  New  Jersey.  I  Iomer  Gibbons 
came  to  Ohio  in  an  early  day  and  settled  in  Jefferson  county,  where 
his  marriage  subsequently  occurred.  Mrs.  Gibbons  moved  to  Ohio 
about  the  year  1S00,  and  also  settled  in  Jefferson  county,  locating  near 


716  HISTORY    OF    THE    ITTl'.K    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Mt.  Pleasant.  The  following  are  the  names  of  the  children  born  to 
Homer  and  Martha  Gibbons:  John,  deceased:  Mary,  deceased; 
Enoch,  deceased;  Sarah,  deceased;  Homer,  Joseph,  Jesse,  Samuel  B., 
James,  William  and  Robert.  Joseph  Gibbons,  whose  name  introduces 
this  biography,  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio.  September  27, 
1811,  and  spent  his  early  years  on  his  father's  farm.  He  early  chose 
agriculture  for  his  life  work,  and  in  1836,  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Penina,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Williams,  who  came  to 
Ohio  from  South  Carolina,  about  the  beginning  of  the  present  century. 
Mr.  Gibbons  experienced  all  the  vicissitudes  and  hardships  incident  to 
pioneer  life,  and  by  strict  attention  to  business  has  succeeded  in 
accumulating  a  handsome  competence.  He  is  now  retired  from  active 
life,  having  reached  the  good  old  age  of  seventy-nine  years.  Mrs. 
Gibbons  was  born  in  the  year  1816,  and  departed  this  life  on  the  16th 
da)7  of  February,  iSSS.  The  following  are  the  names  of  the  children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gibbons;  to-wit:  Elama,  born  October  23,  1838; 
Eli  W.,  born  June  27,  1S40;  Edmund,  born  July  28,  1842;  Samuel  and 
Homer,  twins,  born  1844;  James  S. and  Mary  PL,  twins,  born  March  19, 
1847;  Joseph  B.,  born  February  6.  1850;  Anna  and  Martha,  twins,  born 
June  26,  1852;  Elizabeth,  born  September  11,  1854;  Lavina  H.,  born 
August  28,  1S60;   Edward  V.,  born  April  15,  1852. 

Peter  Giffen,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  November  12,  1842, 
in  Paisley,  Scotland,  near  Glasgow.  His  father,  James  Giffen,  died 
when  Peter  was  an  infant,  and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Giffen,  with 
her  only  child,  took  voyage  for  America  to  join  her  father  and  brother. 
Her  father  and  all  of  his  sons  were  weavers,  better  known  as  "  the 
Paisley  weavers."  One  of  the  sons  wove  a  Paisley  shawl  for  the 
world's  fair  held  in  London  in  1850-51,  this  shawl  was  afterward  pre- 
sented to  Queen  Victoria.  The  mother  and  son.  after  landing  in  Xew 
York,  went  direct  to  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  Here  the  mother  learned 
tailoring,  and  labored  industriously  to  support  herself  and  boy.  She 
was  a  devout  Christian  woman,  being  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  a  worker  in  the  Sabbath  school  and  president  of  the  Mission- 
ary society  for  several  years.  Mrs.  Giffen  died  in  i860  at  the  home 
of  her  son,  where  she  spent  the  declining  years  of  her  life.  In  1862, 
when  nineteen  years  of  age,  Mr.  Giffen  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Fifty- 
second  regiment  Ohio  volunteer  infantry.  He  was  engaged  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Perrysville  and  the  Kenesaw  Mountain,  where  his  regiment  lost  ■ 
many  men.  He  received  an  honorable  discharge  at  Camp  Dennison, 
June  22,  1S65,  after  having  served  his  country  almost  three  years. 
Upon  his  return  home  he  attended  school,  at  the  end  of  one  year  he 
began  teaching,  which  he  continued  to  do  until  1872.  October  3,  1868, 
Mr.  Giffen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Catherine  Smith,  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Christenia  Smith.  Six  children  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Giffen,  viz.:  Flora,  deceased;  Anna  E.;  George  M.;  Arthur, 
deceased;  Willie  and  Earnest.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Giffen  are  devoted 
Christians,  having  been  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  for 
years.  Mr.  Giffen  is  an  elder  in  the  church  and  lias  been  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sabbath   school   twelve  or  thirteen   years.     Mr.  Giffen   is 


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interested  in  several  industries,  he  has  an  interest  in  the  drug  firm  of 
Giffen,  Beam  &  Co.,  at  Powhattan,  and  is  connected  with  the  linn  of 
Giffen,  Branson  &  Co.,  of  Barnesville.  In  1886  lie  was  appointed  su- 
perintendent of  the  Belmont  County  Orphan's  Home,  where  he  made 
his  service  so  valuable  that  he  has  been  reappointed  from  year  to 
year.  Mr.  Giffen  is  a  member  of  1  lilies  post,  G.  A.  R.,  No.  220;  also 
a  member  of  F.  &  A.  M.,  Friendship  lodge,  of  Barnesville,  O.  He  is 
well-to-do,  and  much  respected  by  all  who  know  him. 

The  senior  proprietor  of  the  Barnesville  Republican  is  T.T.  1  [anion, 
who  is  a  native  of  Bloomtield,  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  having  been 
born  there  December  17,  182S.  "He  is  the  son  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth (Duvall)  Hanlon.  The  father  was  born  in  Orange  county,  N.Y., 
and  the  mother  in  Wellsburg,  Vu.,  now  West  Virginia.  The  former 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  but  was  engaged  in  farming  most  of  his 
life.  He  gave  his  son  all  the  education  that  his  limited  resources 
would  permit  of,  sending  him  to  the  township  schools  during  his  boy- 
hood. Mr.  Hanlon  learned  the  merchant  tailoring  business,  and  after- 
ward engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  He  came  to  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  in  1849,  first  locating  at  the  mouth  of  Pipe  creek,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years,  he  then  removed  to  Bellesville,  Ohio,  con- 
tinuing in  the  same  business  there  for  two  and  a  half  years.  From 
there  he  went  to  Malaga,  where  the  business  was  carried  on  for  seven 
years  and  a  half.  After  living  ami  keeping  store  in  Xew  Castle,  Ohio, 
for  one  and  a  half  years,  Mr.  Hanlon  sold  out  and  returned  to 
Malaga.  He  came  to  Barnesville  in  the  fall  of  1862,  first  engaging  in 
the  mercantile  business,  which  was  continued  up  to  1 S 7 4 ,  when  he 
went  into  the  paper-jobbing  trade,  later  adding  a  printing  house,  under 
the  firm  name  of  T.  T.  Hanlon  &  Sons.  In  1S83,  they  founded  the 
Barnesville  Republican,  and  in  iSS^the  firm  name  was  changed  to  1  lanlon 
Brothers  &  Company.  Mr.  Hanlon  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Warren 
Gas  and  Oil  company,  also  a  charter  member  of  the  Barnesville 
Glass  company.  In  1852  he  married  Miss  Agnes  Waters,  daughter  of 
George  Waters,  of  Loudon  county,  Va.  She  died  in  1858.  Two  sons, 
W.  W.  and  O.  O.,  survive  her.  Elizabeth  Hyde  was  united  to  him 
in  the  bonds  of  matrimony  in  i860,  and  by  her  he  has  had  one-  child, 
Agnes  Amelia.  Mr.  Hanlon  is  an  active  republican,  and  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  William  Hanlon,  his 
father,  was  a  well  educated  man,  and  was  for  some  time  a  professor 
in  the  Steubenville  schools.  He  was  a  prominent  democrat,  ami  a 
member  of  the  free  soil  party,  and  afterward  a  republican.  He  was 
loyal  to  his  country,  having  sent  four  sons  into  the  I'nion  army,  viz.: 
William  II..  E,  Tappan,  Samuel  Marene  and  Oliver  Smith  Hanlon. 
Samuel  was  killed  at  Peach  Tree  Creek,  Georgia,  ami  Oliver  S.  died 
at  Fayetteville,  W.  Ya.  Senator  Benjamin  Tappan  was  an  own  cousin 
of  his.  His  wife's  father  was  Col.  Duvall,  who  emigrated  from  Fred- 
erickstown,  Mil.,  and  he  became  a  loyal  citizen  of  the  state  of  Ohio. 
1  Ie  was  a  colonel  under  Gen.  William  H.  1  larrison. 

Jacob  Heed  was  born  January  3,  [S27,  in  Loudon  count)',  Ya.  His 
parents,  Abraham  and  Mary    (Crem)    Heed,    were   also   horn    in  that 


718  HISTORY    OF    Till:    ITTI'.R    OHIO    VALLEY. 

county,  afterward  migrating  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  when  Jacob 
was  but  two  years  of  age.  They  located  upon  a  fai  in  near  Lewis's  mill, 
and  remained  there  a  number  of  years,  from  there  they  went  to  Mor- 
ristown,  where  they  lived  up  to  the  time  of  their  death,  the  father  dy- 
ing in  1S76,  and  the  mother  in  1828.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wile. 
he  married  Mrs.  Rebecca  Hughes.  The  first  Mrs.  Heed  was  the 
mother  of  twelve  children.  The  only  ones  known  to  be  living,  are: 
Harvey,  of  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  and  Jacob;  Albert,  who  when  last 
heard  from,  was  a  prominent  attorney  of  Idaho,  is  supposed  to  be  liv- 
ing. Mr.  Heed's  second  wife  bore  him  five  children:  Huldah,  widow 
of  [.  Morton,  residing  in  Wisconsin;  Franklin,  twin  of  Hulcla,  lives  in 
Nebraska;  Louisa,  wife  of  David  Osborn,  a  leading  merchant  of 
Nashville,  Tenn.;  Amanda,  now  Mrs.  Dr.  1  lollinsworth,of  Terre  Haute, 
Ind.,  and  John  and  David,  both  employed  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  Texas.  Mrs.  Wvcd  died  in  1875.  Jacob  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Belmont  county,  afterward  learning  the  brick-laying 
trade,  which  he  followed  for  thirty  years.  In  1878,  he  established  a  cigar 
manufactory  in  Barnesville;  commencing  with  one  employe,  by  thrift 
and  integrity,  his  business  has  assumed  very  large  proportions,  so  that 
he  now  employs  150  people.  His  factory  is  larger  than  all  the  other 
factories  in  the  county.  The  firm  of  Heed  Bros,  was  formed  in  1886, 
Mr.  Heed  and  his  three  sons,  constituting  the  company.  He  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  Warren  Oil  and  Gas  company,  of  which  he  is  a 
director,  and  has  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  township,  representing  the 
republican  party,  and  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  town  council,  is 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  1.  <).().  F.,  and  the  K.  of  P. 
Miss  Annie  Gallagher  became  his  wife  in  1S48,  three  sons  have  been 
born  to  them:  John  II.,  born  in  Temperanceville,  in  1850,  married 
Lizzie  Barnes,  their  two  children  are:  Willie  and  Howard;  Albert, 
also  born  in  Temperanceville,  married  Lizzie  Bulger,  they  have  two 
children,  Harry  and  Blanche;  ami  Charles,  who  was  born  in  Barnes- 
ville, February  4,  186S.  His  wife  was  Miss  Maud  Hibbard.  The 
latter  son  is  a  member  of  K.  of  P.,  also  of  Barnesville  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M. 
The  leading  furniture  and  undertaking  business  of  Barnesville, 
Ohio,  is  conducted  by  F.  W.  Hibbard,  who  is  also  one  of  Barnes- 
ville's  most  active  and  public-spirited  men.  Mr.  Hibbard  is  a  native 
of  Barnesville,  having  been  born  there  January  26,  1844.  He  gradu- 
ated from  the  Hopedale  school,  in  Harrison  county,  taking  the  col- 
lege-preparatory course  with  the  expectation  of  entering  some  east- 
ern college,  but  he  changed  his  plans  and  left  school  in  1805.  His 
father,  Hiram  Hibbard,  was  born  in  Tuscarawas  county,  Ohio,  in 
1821,  removing  to  Cadiz,  Ohio,  he  served  a  six  years'  apprenticeship 
as  a  cabinet-maker.  In  1S43  he  came  to  Barnesville,  and  established 
a  cabinet  shop,  which  he  afterward  enlarged  and  conducted  a  furni- 
ture business  in  connection  with  the  other.  I  le  died  April  5,  1S68,  at 
which  time  he  held  the  office  of  township  treasurer,  which  he  had 
filled  for  many  years.  His  death  left  a  vacancy  in  a  large  circle  of 
friends  who  loved  and  respected  him  for  his  sterling  integrity.  In 
1843  he  took  Sarah   Hamilton,    daughter   of    Francis    Hamilton,   of 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  7  I  9 

Harrison  county,  to  wife.  By  her  he  had  six  children:  E.  T..  a  stock 
farmer  of  Hastings,  Neb.;  Mary  F.,  wife  of  William  Reed,  of  Mar- 
tin's Ferry;  Nellie,  widow  of  George  McClelland,  former  editor  of 
the  Barnesville  Enterprise;  John  II.,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  with  the 
Ohio  Natural  das  &  Fuel  company,  married  Miss  Alice  Beeson, 
step-daughter  of  YV.  P.  Huntington,  a  banket  of  Columbus;  Jessie  L., 
and  F.  \V.  Mrs.  Hibbard  married  a  second  time,  ami  died  in  March, 
18SS,  having  survived  Robert  Thompson,  her  second  husband.  In 
1865  Mr.  Hibbard  entered  the  freight  department  of  the  Central 
Ohio  division  of  the  B.  &  O.  railroad  at  Bellaire,  Ohio,  where  he 
remained  until  October,  1867,  when  he  returned  to  Barnesville  and 
entered  into  partnership  with  his  father.  After  the  death  of  the  lat- 
ter he  continued  the  business  under  the  firm  name  of  1  libbard  &  Son, 
and  paid  his  mother  her  share  of  the  profits  until  1S72,  when  he 
moved  his  business  from  the  old  stand  into  a  frame  building  which 
stood  upon  the  site  of  his  present  magnificent  edifice,  which  was  com- 
pleted in  r888.  It  is  not  surpassed  by  any  building  of  its  size  and 
cost  in  the  state.  Since  moving.  Mr.  Hibbard  has  conducted  the  bus- 
iness under  his  own  name.  His  specialty  is  undertaking,  having 
every  facility  for  carrying  on  this  business  in  the  most  approved  man- 
ner. Mr.  Hibbard  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Barnesville  Glas^  com- 
pany, the  Warren  Gas  &  Oil  company,  and  has  served  one  term  as 
a  member  of  the  town  council,  and  if  he  had  the  disposition  to  do  so. 
could  be  constantly  in  public  office,  and  is  also  a  member  of  Barnes- 
ville lodge,  No.  185,  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  of  the  Warren  lodge, 
No.  76,0!'  the  K.  of  P.,  and  of  the  Robert  I  lilies  post,  No.  220,  of 
the  G.  A.  R.,  having  served  during  the  late  war  in  Company  H,  One 
Hundred  and  Seventieth  Ohio  National  Guard.  Fie  is  secretary  of 
the  board  of  the  "  Soldiers'  Relief  Commission  "  of  Belmont  county. 
In  1S66  he  was  married  to  Miss  Delia  A.  Ogle,  at  Bellaire,  Ohio. 
Seven  children  were  born  to  them,  they  are:  Maud  O.,  now  the  wife 
of  Charles  Heed;  Claude  S.,  associated  with  his  father:  Gale  11., 
book-keeper  and  correspondent  for  her  father;  Blanche  P..  Grace  C, 
Fay  F.  and  Madge  D.  Caleb  Hibbard,  grandfather  of  the  above, 
was  born  in  Chester  county,  Penm,  in  i7Si,and  settled  in  Tuscarawas 
county,  Ohio  in  1S10,  near  Westchester,  where  he  purchased  property 
and  also  in  Barnesville.  A  part  of  the  land  in  the  latter  town  is  now 
owned  by  F.  W.  Hibbard.  He  was  a  watch-  and  clock-maker  by 
trade,  his  grandson  still  has  a  clock  in  his  possession  which  was  made 
by  him.  1  le  married  Matilda  Stowe,  who  was  a  relative  of  John 
Ouincy  Adams,  and  also  of  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe.  Mr.  Caleb 
Hibbard  was  a  Quaker,  and  was  one  of  the  first  of  his  family  to 
break  away  from  its  restraints,  he  having  been  compelled  by  them  to 
serve  an  apprenticeship  of  seven  years  at  cabinet-making. 

Nathan  1  lilies  was  a  native  of  Chester  county,  Penn.  In  1S37,  he 
and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Cole)  1  lilies,  who  was  born  in  Cecil  county,  Md., 
moved  to  Salem,  Columbiana  Co.,  Ohio,  here  he  worked  at  his  trade 
of  tanner  and  currier,  after  a  time  taking  the  contract  to  build  tan- 
neries, ami  place  them  in  working  order.     Belmont  county,  Ohio,  be- 


720  HISTORY   OF   THE    UTTER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

came  his  home  in  1843,  at  which  time  he  settled  in  Loydsville,  that 
county.  After  running  a  tannery  there  for  some  time,  his  health 
failed  him.  forcing  him  to  retire  from  active  work.  A  few  years  be- 
fore his  death,  he  moved  to  Barnesville.  His  death  occurred  in  1873, 
Ids  wife's.in  1881.  Mr.  I  lilies  was  a  member  of  theSocietyof  Friends, 
and  was  for  a  time  treasurer  of  Richland  township,  Belmont  county. 
Six  of  their  children  grew  to  maturity.  Skipworth  C,  of  Barnesville; 
William,  also  of  Barnesville;  Rachel  A.,  who  became  .Mrs.  R.  A.  Dar- 
rah,  of  St.  Clairsvilie;  George  E.,  a  druggist  of  Barnesville;  Robert 
and  Samuel.  Nathan  1  lilies  was  a  man  who  commanded  the  respect 
of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  rearing  a  family  which  has  be- 
come an  honor  both  to  him  and  the  community.  His  son,  Robert, 
fought  in  Company  B,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  Ohio  volun- 
teers, and  gained  a  first  lieutenancy  by  his  bravery.  He  was  mortally 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  and  soon  after  died,  but  his 
glorious  death,  and  patriotic  services,  are  perpetuated  in  the  Robert 
Hilles  post  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  of  Barnesville. 

The  Warren  mills  is  one  of  the  great  industries  of  Belmont  county, 
Ohio.  Skipworth  C.  Hides,  the  proprietor,  is  an  enterprising,  practical 
miller.  September  9,  1820,  he:  was  born  into  this  world,  in  Pennsylva- 
nia. Shortly  after  his  birth,  his  parents  moved  with  him  to  ("ceil 
county,  Md.,  but  again  returned  to  Chester  county,  I'enn..  in  1S34, 
from  there  they  went  to  Ohio,  where  he  received  a  fair  public  school 
education;  afterward  his  father  sent  him  to  Kirk's  academy  at  Salem, 
Ohio.  In  1845,  having  graduated  from  the  academy,  he  started  in 
business  as  a  miller,  in  which  he  has  since  been  engaged.  Hishrst 
experience  was  at  the  St.  Clair  mill,  Loydsville.  From  there  he  went 
to  the  Patterson  mill,  situated  on  Wheeling  creek,  where  he  remained 
for  eight  years.  The  Buckeye  null,  between  Bridgeport,  Ohio,  and 
Martin's  Ferry,  employed  him  for  four  years  as  their  head  miller.  At 
the  expiration  of  this  time  a  partnership  was  formed  with  Isaac  Mur- 
daugh,  they  operated  a  null  at  Morristown  for  three  years.  Novem- 
ber 25,  1861,  the  firm  of  Hilles  Bros.  &  Hogue  came  into  existence. 
At  this  time  the  Warren  mills  at  Barnesville  were  purchased.  One 
year  later  Mr.  1  logue  sold  his  interest  to  Joseph  Meade.  The  firm 
was  further  changed  by  the  death  of  Mr.  1  lilles's  brother,  Robert,  who 
was  killed  in  1S63  while  in  the  service  of  his  country.  From  1803  to 
1866,  the  mill  was  operated  by  S.  C.  Hilles  and  a  man  by  the  name  of 
Harper,  at  the  expiration  of  this  time  Mr.  Harper  retired,  and  since 
that  time  the  firm  has  been  S.  C.  Hilles  &  Bro.  Mr.  Hilles  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  First  National  bank,  the  Warren  Gas  and  Oil  company, 
being  a  charter  member  of  the  two  latter  organizations,  he  is  also  a 
director  of  the  People's  Building  and  Loan  association.  During  the 
war  of  the  rebellion  he  was  a  member  of  the  departmental  corps, 
being  honorably  discharged  in  18O4.  Mr.  Hilles  was  with  the  corps 
during  the  famous  Morgan  raid,  and  also  in  several  other  campaigns. 
Mr.  Hilles  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife  was  Miss  Agnes  N. 
Morton,  a  native  of  Belmont  county.  She  died  in  1852,  four  years 
after  their  marriage;  one  daughter  survives  her,    Miss   Mary  Agnes 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  72  I 

Hilles.  In  [858  he  was  again  married,  this  time  to  Miss  Mary  A. 
Hoge,  daughter  of  Abncr  Hoge  and  Sarah  (Milner)  Hoge,  of  Loyds- 
ville,  Ohio.  Mrs.  Hllles's  parents  were  both  horn  in  Loudon  county, 
Va.  Of  this  second  union,  seven  children  have  been  born:  Sarah 
Emma,  wife  of  Edgar  Ward;  Clara  L.,  now  Mrs.  Charles  J.  Bradficld; 
Annie  C,  Waller  H.,  George  Wilber,  Charles  S.  and  Edmonia  Ma)'. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hilles  are  members  of  the  Friends  church.  His 
neighbors  have  honored  him  by  electing  him  for  several  terms  to  the 
town  council,  as  a  representative  of  the  republican  party.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  Barnesville  lodge,  Xo.  1S5,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Sharon  en- 
campment, Xo.  1 10,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

The  Hon.  Samuel  Hilles  was  born  in  Chester  county,  Perm.,  in  1S36. 
He  was  brought  to  Ohio  at  the  age  of  one  year,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Belmont  county.  Learning  dentistry,  he  followed 
the  profession  for  one  year,  and  on  August  30,  1861,  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany E,  Fifteenth  Ohio  regiment,  from  which  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged in  1864,  having  been  promoted  to  a  first  lieutenancy  for 
distinguished  conduct  on  the  field  of  battle.  He  fought  in  the  battles 
of  Shiloh,  Libert)'  Gap,  Chickamauga,  was  present  at  the  siege  of 
Corinth,  and  was  wounded  in  the  battles  of  Chickamauga  and  Stone 
River,  being  taken  captive  at  Stone  River.  Having  received  his  dis- 
charge, he  went  to  Barnesville  and  started  a  grocery  business  'here. 
After  two  years  in  Barnesville,  he  moved  to  Loydsville,  where  he- 
opened  a  general  store,  and  at  the  expiration  of  a  year  a  partnership 
was  formed  with.  Dr.  II.  W.  Baker,  with  whom  he  practiced  dentistry 
until  1870,  at  which  time  he  went  to  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  practicing  there 
for  four  years,  then  returning  tp  Barnesville,  was  elected  superintend- 
ant  of  the  Gas  works,  and  in  1878  was  elected  sheriff  of  the  county, 
which  office  he  filled  for  iwo  terms.  Having  retired  from  that  posi- 
tion, Mr.  Hilles  was  sent  to  the  state  legislature  in  the  fall  of  1885,  to 
represent  the  republicans  of  his  district,  being  re-elected  in  1885,  he 
served  with  great  credit  to  himself  and  his  constituency  until  his  re- 
tirement in  18S7.  Since  that  time  he  has  lived  in  retirement  on  his 
fruit  farm.  Mr.  Hilles  is  a  member  of  the  Robert  Hilles  post  of  the 
G.  A.  R.,  Friendship  lodge,  of  F.  &  A.  M..  and  also  of  the  Barnes- 
ville lodge  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  In  1864  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Lizzie  Lee,  daughter  of  William  Lee,  of  Union  township.  Bel- 
mont count)-.  Their  children  are:  Lee,  Dewey,  William.  Anna  and 
Mary:  The  entire  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of 
which  Mr.  Hilles  is  a  trustee. 

One  of  the  leading  drug  stores  in  Barnesville,  Ohio,  is  owned  by 
George  F.  Hilles.  He  was  born  in  Loydsville,  Ohio,  on  Novem- 
ber 14,  1S45.  His  boyhood  was  spent  in  that  place,  and  his  education 
obtained  from  the  common  schools.  In  March,  1864,  he  enlisted  in 
the  Signal  Corps  of  the  United  States  army,  serving  until  March.  1S06. 
The  young  private  rendered  valiant  service  on  the  Atlanta  campaign, 
then  accompanied  the  Fourth  Army  Corps  to  Xew  Orleans  and  into 
Texas.  At  the  close  of  the  war,  he  engaged  in  the  pike-road  con- 
tracting business;  afterward  moving  to  Barnesville,  in  1800,  he  became 
46-13. 


722  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

a  clerk  in  the  drug-store  of  fudkins  &  Harlan,  remaining  with  them 
for  seven  years,  at  which  time  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
W.T.  Harlan  &  Co.  This  firm  continued  for  two  years;  Mr.  1  lilies 
then  purchased  the  entire  interest,  and  has  since  conducted  a  success- 
ful business,  lie  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  People's  Na- 
tional bank,  and  has  been  the  vice  president  of  that  prosperous 
institution  since  its  organization,  lie  was  also  the  president  of  the. 
Fair  association,  and  has  been  the  president  of  the  People's  Building 
and  Loan  company  since  its  inception.  In  1S75.  Miss  Ella  Fred  be- 
came his  wife,  and  has  borne  him  five  children:  F.Waldo,  Howard  C, 
Henry  L.,  Georg-anna  and  Robert.  Mrs.  I  lilies  is  a  daughter  of  L.  L. 
Fred,  once  a  prominent  citizen  of  Barnesville. 

John  \Y.  Hingeley,  postmaster  and  a  prominent  merchant  at  Barnes- 
ville, Ohio,  was  born  in  Alleghaney  county,  Penn.,  in  the  city  of  Bir- 
mingham,  PAbruary  10,  1852.  His  parents  were  Ezra  and  Anna 
(Warwick)  Hingeley,  natives  of  Warwickshire,  England,  who  came 
to  this  country  about  1850.  The  father  is  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  who  has  filled  some  of  the  most  prominent  stations 
in  the  Pittsburgh  and  east  Ohio  conferences.  For  four  years  he  was 
presiding  elder  of  the  New  Philadelphia  district  and  was  delegate  to  the 
general  conference  of  1884,  and  is  at  present  located  at  Ravenna, 
Ohio.  The  Rev.  E.  Hingeley,  D.  D.,  is  a  York  and  Scottish  Rite 
Mason.  The  principal  of  this  biographical  sketch  was  reared  and. 
educated  in  the  cities  of  Steubenville  and  Pittsburgh.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  became  a  clerk  in  a  mercantile  house,  serving  in  that 
capacity  for  ten  years,  afterward  representing  the  firm  as  a  traveling 
salesman.  In  the  month  of  April,  1877,  he  came  to  Barnesville,  and 
purchased  the  building  and  business  then  owned  and  operated  by  R.  T. 
Cheney,  and  has  since  conducted  a  large  business  in  groceries  and 
queensware.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the'  Warren  Gas  company,  of 
which  he  is  a  director,  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Children's  Home, 
was  the  secretary  of  the  board  of  education  at  the  time  the  magnifi- 
cent new  school-house  was  erected,  and  he  is  also  an  honored  member 
of  the  following  orders:  Friendship  lodge,  No.  So.  of  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  of  the  Barnesville  Chapter,  No.  60.  Mr.  Hingeley  was  appointed 
postmaster  November  15,  18S6.  and  has  filled  the  responsible  position 
with  great  efficiency  ever  since.  He  is  a  democrat.  Miss  Anna 
Mackall  became  his  wife  December  iS,  1877.  Their  children  are: 
Ezra  Mackall,  Benjamin  Mackall,  John  West,  and  Joseph  P.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hingeley  arc  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  of  which  Mr.   1  lingeley  is  a  steward. 

Isaac  R.  Pane. — The  parents  of  Mr.  Pane  came  to  Barnesville, 
Ohio,  from  Maryland  in  the  year  1833,  am'  were  married  by  Esquire 
Panther  Laws,  at  the  1  lenry  T.  Barnes  farm,  about  a  mile  out  of  town, 
on  the  25th  of  September,  1834.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
in  Barnesville,  October  20,  1842.  His  first  school  experience  was  in  a 
little  old  brick  school-house  that  stood  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
the  present  school  lot.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  completed  the  pub- 
lic school  course,  and  entered  the  office   of  the  Intclligcuccr,  where  he 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  723 

learned  to  set  type.  He  left  his  case  in  the  composing  room  of  the 
Torchlight,  a  paper  published  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  August  5th,  [S62,  to  en- 
list in  Company  II,  Ninety-fourth  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  and  served 
at  the  front  until  the  close  of  the  war.  The  Ninety-fourth  was  part 
of  Gen.  Thompson's  famous  Fourteenth  corps,  participating  in  Rose- 
crans  Tennessee  campaign,  and  battle  of  Chickamauga,  the  starving 
process  at  Chattanooga,  until  Bragg's  siege  was  raised  by  the  success- 
ful battles  of  Lookout  Mountain  and  Missionary  Ridge.  During  the 
summer  of  1864  the  regiment  was  under  Sherman  in  the  campaign 
from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta,  ending  in  the  capture  of  the  latter 
place  after  very  desperate  fighting,  afterward  taking  part  in  Sherman's 
famous  "  March  to  the  Sea."  Resting  about  a  month  at  Savannah, 
the  active  work  began  again,  and  the  march  through  the  Carolinas 
was  made  through  deep  swamps,  with  the  rain  constantly  pouring  in 
torrents  upon  the  armies.  The  regiment  took  part  in  the  final  grand 
review  at  Washington,  and  was  mustered  out  June  5,  1S65,  only  238 
being  left  of  the  1,000  men  who  had  marched  gaily  forth  nearly  three 
years  before.  Mr.  Lane  was  married  February  iS,  1868,  to  Miss  Mary  A. 
Warfield,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Warfield,  who  was  well  known  as 
a  leading  surgeon  and  citizen  of  eastern  Ohio.  Dr.  Warfield  served 
during  the  war  as  surgeon  of  the  Seventy-seventh  Ohio  volunteer  in- 
fantry brigade  and  division  surgeon.  A  fine  family,  consisting  of 
three  boys  and  one  girl,  has  grown  up  about  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Lane. 
Rufus  H.  entered  the  United  States  naval  academy,  Maw  1887.  and 
will  graduate  therefrom  in  1891.  Fred  W.  is  a  student  at  the  univer- 
sity of  Wooster,  and  will  take  a  medical  course,  having  selected  medi- 
cine and  surgery  as  his  profession.  Jessie  W.  and  Isaac  Randall  are 
attending  the  public  school.  Mr.  Lane  has  filled  various  positions  of 
trust.  lie  attended  the  national  encampment  of  the  G.  A.  R.  at  San 
Francisco  in  iS-%,  as  one  of  the  delegates  from  Ohio.  He  served 
three  years  as  trustee  of  the  Belmont  county  children's  home,  two 
years  in  the  town  council,  six  years  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation, of  which  body  he  has  been  president  during  the  last  four  years, 
and  two  years  as  commander  of  Post  220,  G.  A.  R. 

Hon.  John  W.  Laughlin,  one  of  Belmont  county's  most  influential 
citizens  and  successful  farmers,  was  born  in  Washington,  C  iuernscy  Co.. 
Ohio,  18,37.  He  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  the  farm  attending  the 
common  schools,  and  prepared  himself  for  the  Miller  academy. which 
at  that  time  had  quite  a  reputation  as  an  educational  institution.  In 
1858  he  went  to  Jefferson  college,  at  Cannonsburg,  Penn.,  now  known 
as  Washington  and  Jefferson  college,  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
[S61.  In  January,  1S62,  he  entered  the  army  in  First  Regiment  <  )hi<> 
cavalry,  Company  B,  serving  as  a  private,  going  through  all  the  pri- 
vations incident  to  such  a  life,  when  he  was  made  captain  of  Com- 
pany K,  First  regiment  Ohio  volunteers.  For  a  while  he  commanded 
two  companies  as  Gen.  Howard's  escort.  After  serving  three  years 
and  nine  months,  he  was  honorably  discharged  .it  Columbus,  Ohio.  In 
November,  1805,  Mr.  Laughlin  was  married  to  Miss  Maggie  Cowden, 
a  daughter  of  David  and  Margery  Cowden,  who  were  natives  of    Ire- 


724  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

land.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cowden  had  four  children,  two  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing: Mrs.  Laughlin,  and  one  brother,  W.  X.  Cowden,  who  was 
president  of  the  Ohio  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  and  is  now  secre- 
tary of  the  Ohio  Wool  Growers'  association.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laughlin 
have  had  ten  children,  viz.:  Emma  E.;  Thomas  O,  who  is  at  "  \Voos- 
ter  University,"  and  is  studying  for  the  ministry,  he  will  finish  the 
course  in  June,  1892;  David  A.  and  Albert  \\\,  twins,  who  will  he  grad- 
uated at  the  Barnesville  high  school  in  1890;  Anna,  who  died  when 
quite  young;  James  X.,  deceased;  John  C,  Palmer  H.,  Leila  J.,  Les- 
ter M.  While  living  in  Guernsey  count)-,  in  the  fall  of  1873,  ne  was 
elected  state  senator  by  the  democrats.  In  1885  he  was  nominated 
for  representative,  elected  and  served  with  such  satisfaction  to  his 
constituents,  that  thej-  wish  to  nominate  him  for  their  next  represent- 
ative. Mr.  Laughlin  was  appointed  trustee  of  the  children's  home 
by  the  county  committee,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Robert  I  lilies  post. 
G.  A.  R.,  Xo.  220,  and  post  commander  of  that  lodge  of  Barnesville. 
Mr.  Laughlin  lives  on  a  good  farm  about  one  and  one-half  miles  west 
of  Barnesville.  There  are  two  good  gas  wells  very  near  his  land  and 
the  indications  are  that  any  part  of  his  farm  may  be  gas  producing. 
He  owns  several  other  farms.  He  is  interested  in  general  farming 
and  extensive  stock-raising.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laughlin  are  members  ol 
the  Presbyterian  church,  he  being  an  elder  in  that  church. 

E.  P.  Lee,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Barnesville  Enterprise,  one 
of  the  leading  local  papers  of  eastern  Ohio,  was  born  in  Berks  count)', 
Penn.,  August  16,  1842.  lie  is  a  son  of  James  and  Lydia  Lee.  promi- 
nent members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  of  that  count)-.  lie  gradu- 
ated with  honor  from  Westtown,  the  well-known  Friends  college,  near 
Westchester,  Penn.,  in  1861.  After  leaving  college  Mr.  Lee  engaged 
in  teaching  school  in  Berks  county,  Penn.,  and  also  in  Columbiana 
county,  Ohio.  He  afterward  attended  Crittenden's  Commercial 
college,  in  Philadelphia,  from  which  he  graduated.  Moving  to  Barnes- 
ville, in  1867,  he  entered  the  First  National  bank,  as  its  book-keeper, 
afterward  being  promoted  to  the  responsible  position  oi  cashier. 
After  remaining  in  the  bank  for  nine  years,  Mr.  Lee  engaged  in  the 
nursery  business  for  a  short  time.  In  1878  he  became  connected  with 
the  Barnesville  Enterprise,  as  its  foreman  and  local  editor,  continuing 
in  this  position  up  to  October,  1888,  when  he  and  his  wife  purchased 
the  paper,  and  have  added  largely  to  its  popularity  and  influence.  In 
1S69,  Miss  Octa  M.  Dove  became  his  wife.  Mrs.  Lee  is  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Maria  Dove,  both  natives  of  Mar)  land,  anil  among  the 
early  settlers  in  Barnesville.  Mrs.  Lee  assists  her  husband  in  his 
editorial  work,  as  associate  editor  of  the  Enterprise.  She  is  a  writer 
of  acknowledged  ability  and  has  acquired  a  reputation  in  her  chosen 
work.  This  happy  marriage  has  been  crowned  by  the  birth  of  two 
children:  Laura  D.,  who  died  in  1883,  and  Charles  E.,  who  resides 
with  his  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lee  are  active  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church,  ami  Mr.  Lee  is  a  member  of  Friendship  lodge. 
No.  80.  F.  X  A.  M.,  and   Barnesville  chapter,  Xo.  69. 

Levi  B.  Lee,  son  of  John  E.  and  Elizabeth  (Benson)  Lee,  is  a  native 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  725 

of  Maryland,  horn  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  in  the  year  1839.  The 
father  was  horn  in  Baltimore,  about  the  year  1S13,  and  was  by  occu- 
pation, a  book-binder,  lie  moved  to  Ohio  in  1840,  settling  in  Guern- 
sey county,  where  lie  engaged  in  agriculture,  and  where  his  death 
occurred,  March  25,  1875.  Mrs.  Lee  was  born  in  Hartford  county, 
Maryland,  October  S,  1S20,  and  is  still  living  in  Belmont  county.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lee  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children,  namely:  Har- 
riet A.,  deceased;  Levi  B.;  Rachel  X.,  wife  of  Frank  Spencer;  fohn  E., 
deceased;  Martha  L.,  deceased;  Eliza  ].,  wife  of  H.Thomas;  Mary  A., 
deceased;  Phebe  E.,  wife  of  Anson  Mead;  Sarah,  wife  of  J.  C.  Lur- 
cher. Levi  B.  Lee  was  raised  to  agricultural  pursuits  in  Guernsey 
county,  received  a  common  school  education,  and  on  attaining  his 
majority,  began  life  as  a  farmer.  In  his  business  transactions,  Mr. 
Lee  has  met  with  well  deserved  success,  and  from  a  very  humble 
beginning,  has  succeeded  in  accumulating  a  sufficiency  of  this  world's 
goods,  owning  at  this  time,  a  fine  farm  of  204  acres,  the  greater  part 
of  which  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  In  connection  with 
farming,  Mr.  Lee  has  given  considerahle  attention  to  stock-raising, 
and  is  justly  considered  one  of  the  representative  men  of  the  com- 
munity. November  29,  1864,  was  solemnized,  his  marriage  with  Miss 
Narcissa  Redd,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Ann  (Sinclair)  Redd.  Mr. 
Redd  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  born  in  1801,  and  died  in  the  year  1S61. 
Mrs.  Redd  was  a  daughter  of  James  and  Catharine  Sinclair.  She  de- 
parted this  life'  on  the  12th  of  February.  1S44.  The  marriage  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lee  has  been  blessed  with  the  birth  of  three  children,  viz.: 
AldenA.,  born  September  29,  1865;  John  B.,  born  June  14,  1872;  Cor- 
liss E.,  born  April  21,  187O.  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Lee-  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  church,  belonging  to  the  Burton  Station  society. 

Dr.  Benjamin  II.  Mackall,  one  of  the  prominent  physicians  ol 
Barnesville,  Ohio,  is  a  son  of  John  T.  ami  Sarah  (West)  Mackall, and 
was  born  in  1844.  The  father  was  one  of  the  early  practitioners  of 
Belmont  county.  The  family  has  been  eminently  connected  with  the 
medical  profession  of  the  county  for  over  half  a  century.  The  father 
of  John  T.  Mackall,  Benjamin  II.,  was  born  in  1770,  and  was  a  promi- 
nent farmer  of  his  day.  John  T.  was  born  on  the  family  estate  in  Bel- 
mont county,  February  21,  1818.  Haying  obtained  a  good  common 
school  education,  he  began,  in  1835,  to  read  medicine  with  Dr. 
Hoover,  of  Barnesville.  By  close  application  and  faithful  stuely  he' 
became  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  his  section  of  the  state.  In 
1843  he  was  married.  Benjamin  II.,  Mary,  John  \Y.  and  Anna,  are 
the  children.  The  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  John  West,  a 
pioneer  minister  of  Ohio.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Mackall  were'  members  ot 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church;  the  former  wasalsoa  Mason.  Benja- 
min Mackall.  his  only  brother,  is  now  one  of  the'  oldest  citizens  of  the 
county,  and  was  postmaster  at  Barnesville  lor  over  eighteen 
years,  at  two  different  times,  having  been  appointed  to  'hat  office 
in  1S35,  at  which  time  he  succeeded  his  father,  who  had  held 
the  position  for  four  years.  In  1S45  he  resigned  the  postmastership 
to  become  a  candidate  for  state  senator,  holding  this  office   for  two 


7^6  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

years.     He  was  nominated  without  having  been  informed  that  he  was 

to  be  so  honored.  lie  has  also  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  town,  and 
has  been  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  over  thirty  years.  I  lis  first  presi- 
dential vote  was  cast  tor  Andrew  Jackson,  and  despite  the  fact  that 
the  town  is  republican  by  a  large  majority,  he  has  always  been  easily 
elected  to  any  place  he  has  been  a  candidate  for,  his  fellow  towns- 
men respecting  him  for  his  democratic  principles,  and  as  a  man  fitted 
to  discharge  public  duties.  Out  of  seven  men  who  voted  for  Jackson 
in  Warren  township  in  1824,  he  is  the  only  one  living,  lie  is  a  Royal 
Arch  Mason,  a  Knight  Templar,  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Dr.  benjamin  II.  Mackall,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  educated  at  the  Barnesville  institute.  In  1867  he  entered 
the  Ohio  Medical  college,  at  Cincinnati,  but  was  obliged  to  remain 
home  during  the  following  year  on  account  of  the  ill  health  of  his 
father.  Until  the  fall  of  1869  he  attended  to  his  father's  practice,  at 
this  time  he  again  entered  college  and  graduated  with  honors  in  the 
spring  of  1870.  Settling  in  barnesville,  lie  at  once  commenced  upon 
the  duties  attendant  upon  a  large  practice.  Dr.  Mackall  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  order,  also  a  K.  of  P.  He  is  not  only  a  skillful 
physician,  but  also  an  honored,  progressive  citizen  of  the  town  in 
which  he  lives. 

Rev.  C.  E.  Manchester,  the  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  at  Barnesville,  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio,  was  born  in  Colebrook 
River,  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.  He  was  a  son  of  Daniel  E.  and  Juline 
(Case)  Manchester.  The  father  was  a  manufacturer  of  wooden- 
ware,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  legislature  for  several 
terms.  C.  E.  Manchester  lived  in  his  native  state  until  he  was  ten 
years  old.  His  father  died  when  he  was  but  eight  years  of  age.  Mrs. 
"Manchester  married  a  second  time,  and  in  1855  removed  with  her 
husband  to  Ohio,  settling  on  a  farm  near  Wellington.  Lorain  county; 
on  this  farm  the  young  man  lived  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age, 
when  he  removed  to  town.  I  lis  early  schooling  was  received  from 
the  common  schools  and  a  seminar}'  which  he  attended  for  a  short 
time.  When  but  sixteen  years  of  age,  in  1S61,  he  answered  his  coun- 
try's call  for  defenders,  and  enlisted  in  Company  I),  Twenty-third 
regiment  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  under  Capt.  Lovejoy.  He  remained 
with  this  company  until  1804.  at  which  time  he  was  transferred  to 
Company  K.  After  bravely  and  faithfully  discharging  every  duty  as- 
signed him,  he  received  an  honorable  discharge,  July  8.  1804.  at  Col- 
unbus,  Ohio.  On  returning  home  from  the  army,  he  went  into  the 
general  produce  business  with  his  brother,  at  Wellington.  Ohio;  in 
the  meantime,  by  constant  home  study,  he  was  preparing  himself  lor 
college.  Having  remained  in  this  business  but  one  year,  he  entered 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  university  at  Delaware,  Ohio.  I  [ere  he  remained 
for  three  years,  at  the  expiration  of  this  time  he  was  obliged  to  give 
up  his  studies  on  account  of  failing  health.  In  1S6S,  returning  home, 
he  embarked  in  the  newspaper  business,  helping  to  establish  the  //"<•/- 
liiiglou  Enterprise.  In  i860  he  founded  the  Xo:o  London  Titties,  at  Xew 
London.  Ohio.     After  having  edited  this  paper  for  eighteen   months, 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  727 

he  went  to  Charleston,  W.  Va.,  and  engaged  in  a  paper  there  with  the 
Hon.  G.  W.  Atkinson.  Giving  up  journalism,  lie  entered  the  minis- 
try. May  28,  1868,  he  married  Miss  Emma  A.  Case,  daughter  of 
John  S.  and  Diantha  l  Blaire)  Case.  Mr.  Case  was  a  tanner,  residing 
at  Wellington,  Ohio.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Manchester  are  the  parents  of  five 
children:  William  C,  Frank  S.,  Charles  E.,  Jr.,  and  two  others 
deceased.  In  1871,  he  became  a  member  of  the  West  Virginia  con- 
ference, and  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Charleston  circuit.  Remain- 
ing here  for  one  year,  he  was  sent  to  Clifton,  W.  Va.,  where  he 
officiated  for  three  years.  Wheeling  was  his  next  residence;  lie  was 
pastor  of  the  Thompson  church  for  two  years.  At  Parkersburgh, 
where  he  lived  three  years,  he  completed  one  of  the  finest  churches 
in  the  state,  costing  over  $40,000.  When  the  conference  was  changed 
in  1880,  the  doctor  was  appointed  presiding  elder  of  the  Charleston 
district.  The  latter  position  was  resigned  on  account  of  his  being  un- 
able to  stand  a  great  amount  of  necessary  horseback  riding.  At  this 
time  he  was  returned  to  the  Thompson  church  at  Wheeling.  Sick- 
ness in  his  family  made  it  imperative  that  they  should  leave  Wheel- 
ing, which  he  did  one  year  later,  securing  a  transfer  to  the  east  Ohio 
conference;  he  preached  at  Burton  two  years,  then  was  sent  to  Cleve- 
land, being  stationed  at  the  Euclid  Avenue  church,  where  he  began 
the  erection  of  the  beautiful  stone  structure  which  has  since  been  com- 
pleted. After  a  pastorate  of  two  years  at  the  Scoville  Avenue  church 
in  Cleveland,  he  was  forced  to  leave  the  lake  regions  on  account  of 
rheumatism.  He  has  since  been  in  charge  of  the  church  at  Barnes- 
ville,  where  he  has  met  with  his  usual  flattering  success.  In  1SS6,  the 
degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  bestowed  upon  him  by  the  Baldwin 
university.  Under  his  wise  pastorate,  a  very  tine  church  edifice  is 
being  constructed  at  Barnesville.  When  it  is  finished  it  will  have  cost 
at  least  $26,033.  Dr.  Manchester  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
and  also  of  the  G.  A.  R. 

Rev.  James  R.  Mills,  1).  D.,  is  presiding  elder  of  the  Barnesville 
district  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Clarksburg,  Va.,  became 
the  place  of  his  nativity  in  1S34.  He  is  of  Irish-American  parentage, 
his  father,  James,  having  been  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  came  to  this 
countryat  the  age  of  eighteen,  settling  in  Pittsburgh,  Penn.  The  mother, 
Delilah  (Jones)  Mills,  was  born  in  this  country.  James  Mills,  Sr.,  was 
ordained  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  1  S3 1 .  and  in 
1834  was  stationed  at  Clarksburg.  Having  been  an  itinerant  for  eight 
years,  he  took  the  relation  of  local  preacher,  retaining  the  same  until 
the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1870.  The  principal  of  this 
biography  went,  with  his  parents  to  Washington  county,  Penn.,  when 
but  three  weeks  of  age.  The  family  remained  there  until  1844,  when 
they  removed  to  Philadelphia.  Staying  there  but  one  year,  they  re- 
turned to  Washington  count}',  where  they  lived  until  1 S 50,  at  which 
time  they  again  moved,  this  time  to  Pittsburgh,  Penn.  The  father 
was  very  extensively  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business, 
owning  eight  different  stores  at  different  places.  In  1850  he  enleted 
the  wholesale  grocery  trade,  in  which  business   he  was  assisted  l>y  his 


72S  HISTORY    OF    Till".    ITI'KK    OHIO    VALLEY. 

son  until  1858,  when  the  latter  entered  Allegheny  college,  at  Mead- 
ville,  Penn.  From  this  institution  he  graduated  in  1862,  with  the 
highest  honors  of  his  class.  Immediately  entering  the  ministry,  he 
has 'since  performed  all  parts  of  that  work,  from  a  nine'  weeks'  charge 
to  presiding  elder.  From  1SS0,  to  1884,  he  was  presiding  elder  of  the 
Cambridge  district,  afterward  becoming  a  pastor  for  two  years.  He 
was  stationed  at  Massillon  for  one  year,  but  his  health  failing  him,  he 
was  made  presiding  elder  of  the  Barnesville  district.  In  1867,  Eliza 
A.  D.  Thoburn  became  his  wife  and  helper.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
Matthew  and  Jane  (Lyle)  Thoburn.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by 
seven  children,  six  of  whom  are  living:  Wilbur  T.,  Edwin  S.,  Ger- 
trude, James  R.,  Jr.,  Isabella  and  Victor  G.  Mrs.  Mills  was  born  near 
St.  Clairsville,  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio.  Dr.  Mills  is  an  uncompromising 
prohibitionist.     He  is  a  worthy  servant  of  a  great  church. 

William  Stanton  is  a  member  of  an  old  and  highly  respected  family, 
the  ancestry  of  which  can  be  traced  back  through  an  unbroken  line 
to  the  year  1600.  Mr.  Stanton's  paternal  grandfather,  I  lenry  Stanton, 
was  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  which  state  he  left  in  an  early  day, 
emigrating  with  his  mother  to  Ohio.  Joseph  Stanton,  father  of  Will- 
iam, was  born  near  Mt.  Pleasant,  Ohio,  about  the  year  rSi2,  and  in 
1832  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Hodgin,  daughter  of  S.  and  Elizabeth 
Hodgin,  who  moved  to  Jefferson  count}',  Ohio,  about  the  year  1802, 
from  the  state  of  Georgia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanton  died  in  the  years 
1859  and  1S57,  respectively,  and  were  laid  to  rest  in  the  Stillwater 
cemetery,  near  Barnesville.  They  had  a  family  of  five  children,  namely: 
Eli,  deceased;  Anna,  wife  of  Nathan  Bundy;  William,  Eunice,  de- 
ceased; and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  L.  P.  Bailey.  William  Stanton  was 
born  September  15,  1839,  in  Warren  township,  Belmont  count)-,  and 
grew  to  manhood  on  a  farm,  attending  the  Friends'  boarding  school, 
at  Mt.  Pleasant,  at  intervals  in  the  meantime.  In  1S64.  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Jane  S.  Davis,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Mary 
Davis,  natives  of  Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanton  have  had  ten  children, 
whose  names  are  as  follows,  to  wit:  Eva  T.;  Mary  1  >.,  deceased;  Jo- 
seph E.;  Francis  W.,  deceased;  John  L.,  Elwood  D.,  Anna  C,  Edna  M. 
and  Ellen  D.,  twins,  and  William.  Mr.  Stanton  has  been  for  some 
years  engaged  in  the  nursery  and  small  fruit  business,  which  has 
steadily  increased,  until  he  is  now  one  of  the  leading  fruit  growers  of 
the  county.  His  ancestors  were  for  many  years  identified  with  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and  he  and  family  are  active  members  of  that 
church. 

B.  P.  Reed,  a  member  of  tin-  firm  of  Reed  &  Albrecht,  tanners,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Howard  &  Reed,  buyers  and  ship- 
pers of  leaf  tobacco,  is  a  native  of  Barnsvillc.  Ohio,  where  he  now 
lives,  having  been  born  there  December  18,  1S46.  His  parents  were 
William  and  Eli/a  (Grafton)  Reed,  both  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Penn.  They  came  to  Barnesville,  in  1S45.  and  the  father  engaged  in 
the  manufactory  of  boots  and  shoes,  and  he  also  established  the 
Enterprise  tannery,  operating  the  same  for  twenty  years,  buying  and 
sellim;-  leaf  tobacco  in  connection  with  his  other  business,      lie  was  a 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  729 

member  of  the  republican  party,  and  was  councilman  for  several 
years."  Mr.  Reed  was  an  influential  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
pal  church  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  February,  [887; 
his  wife  having  passed  away  in  1875.  Five  children  survive  them: 
Emmeline,  wife  of  II.  W.  Baker,  of  Barnesville;  J.  YV.,  a  leading 
doctor  of  Monroe  county;  William  M.,  residing  at  Xenia,  Ohio;  M.  ( I., 
living  in  Barnesville,  and  B.  P.  The  latter  obtained  his  schooling 
from  the  Barnesville  public  schools,  and  afterward  learned  his  father's 
tiade,  which  he  followed  for  twenty-five  years.  In  1887  he  began  to 
sell  leaf  tobacco,  and  now  attends  to  each  branch  of  his  business  with 
the  most  gratifying  success.  Emma  L.  Kugler  became  his  wife  in 
1870;  she  is  a  daughter  of  Charles  Kugler.  This  marriage  has  been 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  three  children:  Charles  Wesley,  Laura  May, 
and  an  infant.  Mr.  Reed  is  an  active  republican,  and  has  filled  the 
office  of  town  treasurer  three  terms,  and  was  a  member  of  the  council 
for  one  term,  besides  which  he  is  a  member  of  Barnesville  lodge, 
No.  185, 1.  O.  O.  F.,  also  encampment,  and  an  honored  communicant  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is  a  parsonage  trustee. 
He  is  a  large  stockholder  in  the  Warren  Gas  company,  and  also  in 
the  People's  National  bank. 

John  A.  Tallman  is  a  native  of  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  and  on.-  of 
six  children  born  to  James  and  Delilah.  Tallman.  James  Tallman 
was  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  in  Belmont  county  in  the  year  1804.  the 
son  of  Peter  Tallman,  whose  family  originally  came  from  England 
and  settled  in  Virginia.  The  names  of  the  children  born  to  James 
and  Delilah  Tallman  are  as  follows:  Peter,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Howell. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Wyley,  and  John  A.  Mrs.  Tallman  died  in  1S36.  B\  a 
subsequent  marriage  James  Tallman  had  the  following  children,  viz.: 
William  H.;  Delilah,  wife  of  John  G.  Robinson;  Catharine,  wife  oi 
Henry  Nagle,  and  James  O,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Bellaire.  John  A. 
Tallman  was  born  in  Union  township  in  the  year  1855,  grew  to  manhood 
amid  the  active  duties  of  farm  life  and  received  a  good  practical  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools.  On  reaching  manhood's  estate  in  1850, 
he  went  west  for  the  purpose  of  engaging  in  mining,  and  spent  live 
years  prospecting,  meeting  with  on!}'  fair  success  during  that  time. 
Returning  to  his  native  state  Mr.  Tallman  engaged  in  the  pursuit  of 
agriculture,  which  he  has  since  continued  with  encouraging  success, 
owning  a  fine  farm  near  the  city  of  Barnesville.  Shortly  after  his  re- 
turn from  the  west  he  was  married  to  Miss  Eunice  C.  Morehead, 
daughter  of  Nathan  and  Jane  Morehead,  natives  of  Pennsylvania. 
Nathan  Morehead  was  born  January  iq,  1700.  and  died  December  :\. 
1880;  his  wife  was  born  in  Washington  county,  1'enn..  in  1813,  and  de- 
parted this  life  February  ^5,  1850.'  Mr.  and  "Mrs.  Tallman  are  active 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  possess  the  confi- 
dence of  a  large  circle  of  friends  in  Belmont  county. 

Richard  II.  Taneyhill  was  born  in  Calvert  county,  Md.,  in  i8j^. 
He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Barnesville  in  iS;_\  Me  was  mar- 
ried in  [843  to  Rebecca  J.  Judkins.  daughter  of  Thomas  Judkins.  Hi. 
children  are  ten  in    number  ami  were    born    in    the    following  order: 


73°  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Henry  C,  married  to  Anna  James;  Richard  T.,  married  to  Mary  Ar- 
nold; William  S.,  married  to  Elizabeth  Trott;  Francis  M.,  married  to 
Priscilla  J.  Winland;  Mary  13.,  Eugene,  Sarah,  deceased;  Hettie,  de- 
ceased; Nettie  and  Nellie,  lie  studied  law  with  John  1  >avenport,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  St.  Clairsville  in  1S47.  and  practiced  law  in 
Williamsburg,  Noble  Co.,  Ohio,  twelve  years.  Me  has  for  several 
years  been  engaged  in  horticultural  pursuits.  I  le  was  for  two  years 
clerk  of  Warren  township,  six  years  justice  of  the  peace,  and  two 
years  mayor  of  Barnesville.  Me  is  best  known  among  historical  stu- 
dents and  archaeologists  by  his  learned  and  instructive  essays  on  his- 
torical and  archaeological  matter  contributed  to  the  magazines, 
scientific  journals,  Ohio  Valley  Historical  series,  and  other  volumes 
of  national  circulation  and  prominence.  Mis  series  of  articles  on  the 
history  of  this  portion  of  Belmont  count)',  the  mounds,  forts,  foot- 
prints, the  Leatherwood  God,  etc.,  are  the  most  painstaking,  and  ap- 
proach nearer  our  idea  of  local  history  than  any  that  we  have 
heretofore  met  with  in  all  our  experience.  Mai!  it  not  been  for  Mr. 
Taneyhill,  how  little  of  the  past  of  Warren  township  and- vicinity 
would  have  been  treasured  up?  The  series  of  articles  as  published 
in  the  Barnesville  Enterprise,  written  by  Mr.  Taneyhill,  under  the  nom 
de  plume  of  R.King  Bennett,  are  invaluable.  Me  is  the  author  of 
the  history  of  the  Logan  family  in   this  work. 

L.  F.  Wilson  is  a  son  of  William  C.  and  Esther  (Fawcett)  Wilson, 
who  lived  in  Warren  township  at  the  time  of  their  death.  William 
Wilson  at  one  time  lived  in  Barnesville,  ami  was  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  the  First  National  bank,  serving  as  its  first  cashier;  he 
was  also  once  interested  in  a  mercantile  business  there.  Mr.  Wilson 
was  a  respected  member  of  the  Friends  church.  Four  son--  survive 
him:  Charles,  of  Barnesville,  a  glass  worker;  F.  1)..  of  Geneva, 
Ohio,  fruit  farmer;  Edward,  engineer  at  the  Children's  home, 
Barnesville,  and  L.  F.  The  latter  was  born  in  Free-port,  Harrison 
count)-,  Ohio,  January  29,  1858,  and  has  lived  in  Barnesville  since  his 
fifth  year.  Mis  earl)-  youth  was  spent  in  the  township  schools.  After 
leaving  school  he  learned  the  florist  business,  having  been  engaged 
in  that  business  for  twenty  years.  Miss  Flora  M.,  daughter  of  James 
Fowler,  of  Barnesville,  became  Mrs.  Wilson  in  1S87.  1  le  is  a  member 
of  Warren  lodge,  No.  76,  K.  of  P.,  a  stockholder  in  the  I  lome  Building 
and  Eoan  association,  and  also  has  stock  in  the  People's  Building  as- 
sociation. Mrs.  Wilson  is  an  active,  consistent  communicant  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  No  man  in  Barnesville  is  more  highly 
respected  for  industry  and  sterling  integrity  than  L.  F.  Wilson. 

WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP. 

William  Alton,  a  well-known  business  man  of  Washington  township, 
Belmont  count)-,  was  born  in  Fayette  county,  Penn.,  February  22, 
1833.  His  parents  were  natives  of  the  same  state,  and  were  born 
about  1800.  Mr.  Alton  was  reared  in  Pennsylvania,  and  after  ob- 
taining his  education  he  learned  the  trade  of  carpentry,   to  which   he 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  -  -t\ 

gave  his  entire  attention  until  February  i,  1889,  when  he  purchased 
the  stock  of  goods  owned  by  J.  W.  Bright,  at  Crab  Apple  station  on 
the  13.,  Z.  ec  C.  railroad,  and  here  he  is  now  engaged  in  business,  con- 
ducting a'  general  store,  which  has  a  considerable  and  profitable 
patronage.  He  also  holds  the  office  of  postmaster,  and  agent  for  the 
railroad  company  at  that  place,  and  agent  for  the  Adams  Express 
company.  During  the  war  of  the  rebellion  he  did  gallant  service  for 
his  country,  enlisting  on  August  1,  1862,  in  Company  II,  Fifteenth 
West  Virginia  infantry,  and  serving  until  his  discharge  June  25,  1865. 
He  was  married  August  24,  1S5S,  to  Mary  E.  Rhodes,  who  was  born 
September  9,  1833,  daughter  of  Harmon  and  Anna  1  Filer)  Rhodes, 
natives  of  Frederick  county.  Md.  By  this  marriage  he  had  five  sons 
and  one  daughter,  of  whom  survive:  Harmon,  George,  Harry.  Albert, 
Howard  and  Efne.  Mr.  Alton  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church. 

Notable  among  the  business  men  of  Washington  township  during 
the  half  century  just  passed  was  Alexander  Armstrong,  who  was 
born  in  that  township  March  11,  1813.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
and  Ruth  Armstrong,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Ireland 
March  17,  1790,  and  the  latter  was  born  August  24,  1792.  Alexander 
engaged  in  business  as  the  proprietor  of  a  general  store  at  Arm- 
strong's Mills,  in  1839,  and  at  the  same  time  was  proprietor  of  a  flour- 
ing-mill  at  that  place  and  extensively  engaged  in  farming.  He  con- 
tinued to  be  engaged  in  these  vocations  until  his  death,  February  21, 
1SS4.  He  was  married  January  1,  1839,  to  Elizabeth  Welch,  who  was 
born  February  21,  1S10,  and  to  their  union  were  born  seven  sons  and 
one  daughter,  all  of  whom  survive.  I  lis  wife  died  December  21,  1SS3. 
C.  W.  Armstrong,  one  of  the  sons  of  the  above,  was  born  where  he 
now  resides,  December  5,  1841.  He  had  not  long  passed  his  school 
days  when  the  rebellion  broke  out,  and  on  the  17th  of  December, 
1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  D,  under  Capt.  Poorman, 
Forty-third  Ohio  regiment.  He  was  commissioned  sergeant  August  i . 
iS64,and  on  February  13,  1S65,  was  promoted  captain,  in  which  rank 
he  was  mustered  out  Jul)-  13,  1S65.  Among  the  important  battles  in 
which  he  was  engaged  were  New  Madrid,  Mo.;  Iuka  and  Corinth, 
Miss.;  Decatur,  Ala.;  Resaca,  the  siege  of  Kenesaw  Mountain,  Xicka- 
jack  Creek,  Ga.,  the  siege  of  Atlanta,  Savannah,  Ga.,  and  River's 
Bridge,  S;  C.  On  returning  home  he  was  occupied  on  his  lather'-, 
farm  until  the  spring  of  1806,  when  he  went  to  Glencoe,  Ohio,  and 
there  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business  four  years.  While  there 
he  was  married,  July  11,1867,  t(1  Sarah  Elliott,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  (Snodgrass)  Elliott.  She  was  was  born  in  Westmore- 
land county,  Penn.,  August  22,  1845.  In  1870,  Mr.  Armstrong  returned 
to  Armstrong's  Mills,  and  was  engaged  in  his  father's  store  until 
1882,  when  he  purchased  and  took  control  of  the  tlouring-mill  and 
part  of  the  farm  which  he  has  since  conducted.  I  Ie  is  an  active  and 
enterprising  business  man,  and  highly  regarded  for  his  integrity.  In 
the  affairs  of  the  community  he  is  active  and  influential,  and  has  been 
chosen  to  fill  some  of  the  most  important  offices  of  the  township.      He 


732  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

is  one  of  the  charter  members  of  Hess  post,  G.  A.  R.,  No.  505,  and 
he  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  To 
this  marriage  six  children  have  been  born,  of  whom  the  following 
survive:   Frank  13.,  Lizzie  Estella,  Bessie  lb,  Harry  M.  and  Gertrude. 

Julius  Armstrong,  a  well-known  merchant  of  Armstrong's  Mills, 
Washington  township,  Belmont  count),  was  born  near  his  present 
place  of  residence,  April  6,  '1840.  He  is  a  son  of  Alexander  Arm- 
strong, a  sketch  of  whom  appears  above.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  township,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-two 
years  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Fifty-second  Ohio  regiment,  with  which 
he  served  to  the  close  of  the  war,  rising  from  the  ranks  to  the  posi- 
tion of  first  lieutenant  of  his  company.  On  returning  from  the  army 
he  remained  at  home  a  short  time,  and  was  then  engaged  in  business 
with  his  brother,  C.  W.,  at  Glencoe,  Ohio,  for  four  years.  Thence 
he  went  to  Bellaire,  Ohio,  and  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  glass 
trade  until  1SS4.  At  tin:  latter  date  he  removed  to  his  present  home 
and  engaged  in  general  merchandise,  his  business  at  this  time.  lie 
is  an  energetic  and  successful  business  man,  and  highly  esteemed  by 
the  public.  Mr.  Armstrong  is  a  member  of  I.  O.  O.  F.  lodge  at  Bel- 
laire, and  the  G.  A.  R.  post  at  Armstrong's  Milk,  and  he  and  wife  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  church,  lb-  was  married  December  2:, 
1870,  to  S.  F.  Warren,  of  New  Albany,  Ind.,  daughter  of  Caleb  and 
Elizabeth  Warren,  of  that  city.  Four  children  have  been  horn  to 
them:  Walter  YV\,  who  died  December  4,  18S1;  Edna,  Clara  and 
Warren  A. 

L.  W.  Armstrong,  an  enterprising  and  popular  young  citizen  of 
Washington  township,  Belmont  county,  was  born  May  26,  185'.),  the  son 
of  Alexander  Armstrong,  who  is  mentioned  above,  lie  was  reared 
in  the  vicinity  of  his  present  residence  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  the  township.  Subsequently  he  entered 
Scio  college,  where  he  completed  his  education,  after  which  he  en- 
tered his  father's  store  ami  remained  as  clerk  one  year.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother,  '/,.  Armstrong. 
in  farming  and  stock-raising,  and  they  continued  this  association  until 
September  1,  iSSq.  Mr.  Armstrong  was  married  October  16,  1SS4,  to 
Mattie  Armstrong,  who  was  born  August  ^j,  1S53,  the  daughter  of 
James  W.  and  Sarah  F.  (Mooney)  Armstrong.  Her  father  was  horn 
in  1823,  and  died  in  iSSi.  He  had  five  sons  and  six  daughters,  of 
whom  all  survive.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  .Armstrong  are  members  of  the1 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Job  Hall,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Washington  township,  and  one  o! 
the  old  residents  of  the  county,  was  born  in  Richland  township,  about 
two  miles  from  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  April  20,  1824.      1  le  is  the  grand- 


son  of   Dennis  Hall,  one   of  the  pioneers  of  Belmont  cot 

tnty,  who  win 

born  in  Loudon  county,  Va.,  and  with  his  wife  Rachel,  a 

native  of  tin 

same  county,  and  their  children  tin  n  born,  came  to  ( )hi 
on   Wheeling  creek  in  1S05.     Rachel    Hall   died  in    [S3: 
William,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,   was  1>< 

0,  and  settle, 
!.      Their  son 
»rnin  Loudoi 

count)-,  January  0,    1795,  and  died    January  13,  1S70. 

In  earl)'  man 

BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  733 

hood  he  was  married  to  Nancy  Dillon,  who  was  born  in  Washington 
county,  Penn.,  in  1800.  1  ler  parents,  Job  and  Catherine  (Colly)  Dil- 
lon, were  also  among  the  old  settlers  of  Belmont  county,  settling  in 
the  wilderness,  and  taking  a  leading  part  in  the  development  of  the 
country's  material  and  social  development.  In  the  primitive  log 
school-houses,  with  greased  paper  windows  and  slab  seats,  the  parents 
of  Mr.  Hall,  and  he  also,  were  educated,  and  he  is  able  to  recall 
many  interresting  incidents  of  the  early  days.  He  followed  farming 
until  thirty  years  old  when  his  father  sold  out  and  removed  to  Iowa, 
after  which  Mr.  Hall  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  that  of  boss 
millwright,  which  he  still  follows.  He  is  prominent  as  a  contractor 
and  builder,  and  has  built  nearly  all  the  school-houses  in  Washington 
township  and  main"  in  Smith,  Wayne  and  Richland.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  manufactured  coffins,  and  in  August,  1SS7,  he  and  his  son, 
Omar,  engaged  in  business  as  undertakers  at  Armstrong's  Mills.  Mr. 
Hall  was  married  November  19,  1849,  to  Elizabeth  Hendershot,  who 
was  born  October  13,  1S24,  daughter  of  Daniel  Hand  Mary  (Brew- 
ster) Hendershot,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  in 
1797,  and  died  in  [8S1,  and  the  latter  of  whom  was  born  in  1S01. 
They  had  sixteen  children.  .Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hall  have  had  two  sons 
and  three  drughters,  of  whom  survive  Eunice,  Omar,  Mary  C.  and 
Viola.  Mr.  Hall  has  served  as  trustee  of  Washington  township  sev- 
eral terms.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Odd  Fellows 
lodge,  of  Armstrong  Mills.  Mrs.  Hall  is  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church. 

Alonzo  O.  1  lall,  of  Washington  township,  Belmont  county,  was  born 
January  4,  1S55,  the  son  of  Job  and  Elizabeth  I  lall,  above  mentioned. 
He  was  reared  in  his  native  township  of  Washington,  and  educated 
in  the  common  schools.  When  fourteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  as- 
sist his  father  in  contracting  and  building,  and  in  the  following  year 
began  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  has  since  been  his  occu- 
pation. He  is  also  a  partner  now  with  his  father  in  the  undertaking 
business  and  contracting  as  mentioned  above.  Mr.  Hall  was  married 
August  4,  1S78,  to  Sevilla  Cross,  S\  ho  was  born  October  29,  1850.  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Gates)  Cross.  Her  father  was  born 
October  7,  1827, and  her  mother,  August  4,  1840.  Mrs.  Hall  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Armstrong's  Mills.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hall  have  had  the  following  children:  Minnie  E.,  born 
February  12,  1S79;  Melvin  A.,  born  June  4,  1880,  died  December  28, 
1883;  Frank  D.,  born  May  7,  1882;  Grover  Cleveland,  born  October  4, 
1884,  and  Harvey  B.,born  March  27,  1887. 

S.  T.  Hoover,  proprietor  of  the  planing-mill  at  Armstrong's  Mills, 
Belmont  county,  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  near  where  is  now 
the  town  of  Cameron.  June  14,  1852.  His  mother.  Elinor  Hoover, 
who  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  May  7,  t8iu,  removed  to 
Washington  township,  Belmont  county,  when  her  son  was  a  boy.  1  le 
resided  here  until  1870,  receiving  his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
and  then  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  remained  three  years,  en- 
gaged in  various    occupations,  a  considerable  portion  of  the  time  in  a 


734  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

grist- and  saw-mill.  J.  W.  Shipman  returned  to  Zanesville,  Ohio,  and 
purchased  a  portable  saw-mill,  which  Mr.  Hoover  had  charge  of  as 
boss  sawyer  until  his  return  to  Ohio,  in  February,  1873.  He  worked 
at  the  carpenter's  trade,  saw-milling,  etc.,  until  March,  1883,  when  he 
and  C.  W.  Armstrong  purchased  a  saw-mill,  which  they  operated  until 
January,  1885,  when  they  sold  out  to  B.  F.  Wright  and  I  )avid  Howell. 
In  March,  1888,  Mr.  1  loover  began  the  erection  of  his  present  planing 
mill,  and  set  it  in  operation  the  following  August.  He  met  with  such 
success  that  he  has  erected  an  additional  building  30x50  feet,  the  first 
building  being  two  stories,  30x70,  both  built  upon  massive  stone  walls, 
on  the  bank  of  Captina  creek.  Mr.  Hoover  has  an  extensive  estab- 
lishment and  furnishes  building  material  of  all  kinds,  and  also  repairs 
and  manufactures  wagons.  Mr.  Hoover  was  married  January  29, 
1881,  to  Emily  J.  Lewis,  and  after  her  death,  was  married  a  second 
time,  to  Eliza  E.  Lewis,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife;,  on  June  24,  18S2. 
She  was  born  February  20.  1865.  ddiree  children  have  been  born  to 
them,  Lola  M.,  Carl  B.  and  Ralph  W.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoover  are 
members  of  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Henry  Kinney,  Jr.,  an  influential  citizen  oi  Washington  township, 
Belmont  count)-,  was  born  in  county  Armaugh,  Ireland,  May  23,  1S40. 
He  is  the  son  of  Henry  Kinney,  who  was  born  in  county  Armaugh,  in 
the  year  1800,  and  was  married  in  1831,  to  Mary  Gamble,  who  was 
born  in  the  same  county  in  1810.  They  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1848,  and  settled  in  Belmont  county,  where  they  have  ever  since 
resided  and  are  now  numbered  among  the  old  and  highly  respected 
people  of  the  township  of  Washington.  They  reared  a  family  of  six 
sons  and  two  daughters,  all  of  whom  survive  except  two  sons  who  lost 
their  lives  while  fighting  in  the  Union  army  for  the  preservation  of 
the  nation.  One  lies  in  the  National  cemetery  at  Nashville,  Tenn., 
the  other  at  Corinth,  Miss.  The  subject  of  this  mention  received  his 
education  partly  in  his  native  land,  and  partly  in  this  county,  and  then, 
soon  after  arriving  at  age,  on  June  16,  1861,  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army,  in  Company  E,  Thirty-sixth  Ohio  infantry.  He  was  the  first 
volunteer  from  Washington  towftship.  A  little  over  one  year  after 
his  enlistment,  he  was  transferred  to  the  regular  army  and  served 
under  Gen.  Sherman,  until  the  Hood  campaign  at  Nashville,  when  he 
was  in  the  army  of  Gen.  Thomas.  He  was  one  of  the  command  who 
went  out  from  Cincinnati  to  Dayton,  to  arrest  Vallandigham,  under 
Capt.  Murray.  After  four  years  of  gallant  and  severe  service,  Mr. 
Kinney  was  mustered  out  June  17,  1865.  On  his  return  to  Belmont 
county,  Mr.  Kinney  engaged  in  farming,  which  is  still  his  occupation. 
He  takes  an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  and  for  seven  vears  served 
acceptably  as  clerk  of  Washington  township.  I  le  now  acts  as  notary 
public  under  a  commisson  from  Governor  Foraker.  1  le  was  married 
April  16,  1S6S.  to  Dorcas  Vand; 
daughter  of  John  and  [emima 
born  March  15,  1795,  and  her  1 
Kinney  have  six  children:  Mr 
Alonzo,  Ettie  and  Katie. 


ne, 

who  was  born  May  23,  1S40,  the 

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10th 

er,  May  23,  1800.     Mr.  and  Mrs. 

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BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  735 

Morgan  Pugh,  of  Washington  township,  Belmont  county,  was  horn 
June  3,  1832,  a  native  of  the  county  of  which  he  is  now  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial and  influential  citizens.  He  is  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Pittman)  Pugh,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Belmont  county, 
and  the  latter  of  Monroe  county,  Ohio.  Mr.  Pugh  was  reared  on  a 
farm,  and  naturally  chose  agriculture  as  his  vocation  in  life.  In  this 
he  has  prospered  by  reason  of  his  untiring  energy  and  fair  dealing, 
and  aside  from  his  material  advantages,  has  fairly  earned  the  esteem 
of  his  fellow  citizens.  Me  has  served  his  township  as  school  director 
several  years,  but  only  upon  the  solicitation  of  his  neighbors  and 
friends,  as  his  natural  inclination  leads  him  to  devote  himself  entirely 
to  his  own  business  affairs.  Mr.  Pugh  was  married  in  1857  to  I  lannah 
Hofsinger,  who  was  born  May  9.  1839,  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  1  lofsinger.  By  this  union  Mr.  Pugh  had  one  son,  Cadmus, 
born  January  24,  1862,  of  whom  he  was  deprived  by  death  [uly  29, 
1864.     He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian  church. 

Richard  Shepherd,  one  of  the  leading  farmers  and  stock-raisers  of 
Washington  township,  Belmont  county,  was  born  on  the  farm  which 
is  his  present  residence  April  n.  1840.  He  is  the  son  of  Thomas 
Shepherd,  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  who  was  there  married  to 
Mary  Lazenby,  and  directly  afterward,  in  1820,  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  and  settled  in  Washington  township.  He  was  well- 
known  during  the  period  of  his  residence  and  was  one  of  the  substan- 
tial and  worthy  citizens.  He  died  in  1850,  and  his  wife  survived  until 
1S63.  In  their  family  were  nine  sons  and  four  daughters,  of  whom 
the  daughters  and  four  sons  survive.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  township,  and  then 
at  the  age  of  twenty  years  became  a  volunteer  in  Company  1  >.  Forty- 
third  Ohio  infantry.  Enlisting  December  19,  1S61,  he  served  three 
years  and  eight  months,  doing  brave  and  gallant  service.  After  his 
discharge,  July  13.  1865,  he  returned  to  his  native  place,  and  on  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1867,  he  was  married  to  Martha  J.  Sherwood,  who  was  born 
in  November,  1848.  He  has  since  devoted  himself  to  the  pursuits  of 
the  farm,  and  is  particularly  noted  as  a  large  producer  of  wool,  and  a 
raiser  of  tine  horses  and  cattle.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hess  post. 
G.  A.  R.,  of  Armstrong's  Mills,  was  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  lodge 
of  Armstrong's  Mills,  now  defunct,  and  is  a  incumber  of  the  Metho 
dist  Episcopal  church.  Mrs.  Shepherd  is  affiliated  with  the  Presby- 
terian church  of  Concord. 

John  R.Taylor,  a  prominent  and  prosperous  farmer  of  Washington 
township,  Belmont  county,  was  born  in  that  county,  June  22,  1831.  Me 
is  the  son  of  Frazier  and  Lucy  iKemley)  Taylor,  who  were  among 
the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  county,  well-known  and  highly  esteemed 
in  their  day.  Frazier  Taylor  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  (  >hio,  Au- 
gust 24,  1700.  died  February  28,  1869;  Lucy  (Remley)  Taylor,  born 
June  17,  1809  (living).  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  In 
the  common  schools  of  the  county,  and  when  he  had  grown  to  man- 
hood he  chose  farming  as  his  vocation,  to  which  he  has  since  adhered. 
meeting  with  noteworthy  success.     He  is  a  public-spirited    man   and 


736  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

one  valued  by  the  community.  He  first  worked  for  himself  in  Mon- 
roe count)',  Ohio,  and  remained  there  four  years,  after  which  he 
moved  across  the  line  into  Belmont  count)-,  where  he  purchased  a 
farm  upon  which  he  resided  eleven  years.  1  le  then  purchased  his 
present  property,  which  has  been  his  home  for  sixteen  years.  Mr. 
Taylor  was  married  December  2,  1858,  to  Julia  A.  Graham,  daughter 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Blain)  Graham,  the  former  of  whom  was 
born  in  Scotland,  and  the  latter  in  York  county,  Perm.,  January  8, 
1S00.  Mrs.  Taylor  was  born  April  25,  1840.  To  this  union  thirteen 
children  have  been  born,  of  whom  the  following  survive:  John  W., 
R.  Belle,  William  S.,  Julia  I-:.,  Sarah  A.,  Mary  A..  Emma  W.,  George  M., 
Myrta  P.  and  Anna  C.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Armstrong's  Mills. 

A.  M.  Workman,  a  leading  citizen  of  Washington  township,  Bel- 
mont count)-,  was  born  in  Mead  township,  August  8,  1N42.  He  is  the 
son  of  William  and  Charlotte  (McGaughy)  Workman.  The  father 
was  born  in  Pultney  township,  April  29,  1811,  ami  is  still  living,  one  of 
old  and  worthy  residents.  The  mother,  born  in  the  same  year  as  her 
husband,  died  January  22,  1887.  The)-  reared  four  sons  and  two 
daughters,  of  whom  there  survive:  Mrs.  Cornelia  A.  Myers,  A.  M., 
Hiram  G.  and  William  S.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  on 
a  farm  in  Mead  township,  and  was  there  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  at  a  select  school.  After  teaching  school  for  six  years,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  farming,  at  which  he  has  since  been  engaged. 
Since  September,  1871,  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Washington  town- 
ship. Mr.  Workman  has  taken  an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  and 
while  living  in  Mead  township  served  as  treasurer  and  assessor  of  the 
same.  In  1882  he  was  elected  a  justice  of  the  peace  of  Washington 
township,  an  office  which  he  still  holds,  and  discharges  the  duties  of 
impartially  and  to  the  general  satisfaction.  He  also  holds  the  office 
of  notary  public,  to  which  he  was  commissioned  by  Gov.  Eoraker, 
June  26,  1888.  Mr.  Workman  was  married  in  December,  i860,  to 
Louisa  A.  Hawthorne,  who  died  in  1874,  leaving  two  children:  Em- 
met L.  and  Edward  Everett,  in  March,  1870,  he  was  united  to 
Josephine  Hawthorne,  who  died  in  1878,  and  in  June,  1S80,  he  wedded 
Lavina  E.  Pugh,  his  present  wife,  by  whom  he  has  one  child:  Flor- 
ence 13.  He  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
Beallsville,  Ohio.  ' 

WHEELING   TOWNSHIP. 

James  Alexander  was  an  old  settler  of  Goshen  township,  Belmont 
county,  Ohio.  He  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Alexander,  and  was  born  in 
county  Antrim,  Ireland,  coming  to  this  country  when  but  nine  years 
of  age.  Upon  his  arrival  in  .America  the  young  Irishman  went  to 
work  on  a  farm,  receiving  a  common  school  education.  November  o, 
1843,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza  McCormick,  a  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander H.  and  Anna  McCormick.  Mrs.  Alexander  was  one  of  nine 
children,  those   living  are:     Mary  Rebecca,  William,  John  and  Eliza. 


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737 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCormick  are  both  Americans.  Anna,  Mary,  Sarah 
and  John  are  the  living  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander.  Oc- 
tober 22,  1 888,  James  Alexander  passed  away,  regretted  and  mourned 
by  the  entire  community.  Since  his  father's  death,  John  has  been 
operating  the  farm,  and  his  skillful  management  is  fully  attested  by 
the  fact  that  he  has  added  twenty-eight  acres  of  land  to  the  property, 
and  now  has  138  acres  of  as  finely  cultivated  land  as  can  be  found  in 
the  vicinity.  Mr.  Alexander  and  his  wife-  were  both  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  The  entire  fam- 
ily possess  those  characteristics  which  make  the  bone  and  sinew  of  the 
American  nation,  and  are  thoroughly  respected  and  beloved  by  their 
neighbors. 

Clark  Boyd,  of  Wheeling  township,  is  a  son  of  William  ami  Nancy 
(Patterson)  Boyd.  William  was  born  in  Maryland,  of  Scotch  descent. 
His  father  fought  bravely  in  the  war  of  1812,  being  only  fourteen 
years  of  age.  It  is  said  that  he  conducted  himself  with  far  more  valor 
than  many  a  man  of  more  advanced  years.  The  mother,  Nancy  Pat- 
terson, was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  came  to  this  country  with  her 
parents  in  her  youth.  Mr.  Boyd  has  never  been  married,  but  has  a 
very  pleasant  home  with  the  Misses  Mary  and  Maggie  Walker.  Be- 
sides his  own  well  cultivated  farm  of  sixty-five  acres,  and  a  stock- 
holder in  the  First  National  bank  of  Flushing,  Mr.  Boyd  manages 
the  large  agricultural  estate  of  the  Misses  Walker.  The  latter  ladies 
are  very  respected  and  highly  cultivated  members  of  the  community 
in  which  they  live. 

]ohn  Caldwell  is  one  of  thirteen  children  born  to  William  ami  Mars- 
Jane  (Belli  Caldwell.  Of  these  children  eight  are  still  living:  (ohii. 
'William  T.,  Patrick  B.,  Robert  B.,  George  A.,  Elizabeth,  Anna  B.  and 
Sarah  A.  John  was  raised  with  his  brothers  and  sisters  on  his  father's 
farm,  receiving  a  good  common  school  education.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-eight  years  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Euph<  mi  a  E. 
Hays,  a  lady  of  fine  talents  and  from  a  very  highly  connected  family. 
Mr.  Caldwell  is  one  of  the  most  popular  young  citizens  in  Wheeling 
township,  having  been  honored  by  his  fellow  townsmen  by  being 
elected  for  several  terms  a  townhip  trustee,  and  at  the  present  time 
he  is  also  land  appraiser  of  the  township.  lie  has  a  farm  of  16S  acres 
brought  to  a  state  of  the  highest  cultivation,  it  is  justly  deemed  about 
the  best  land  in  Belmont  county  for  general  farming  purposes.  Mr. 
Caldwell  has  made  an  especial  study  of  general  farming,  and  is  a 
bright,  progressive  young  agriculturist.  lie  is  as  broad-minded  in 
his  politics  as  he  is  in  his  business,  being  a  liberal  democrat.  Mrs. 
Caldwell  is  a  highly  esteemed  member  of  the  Bannock  Presbyterian 
church. 

William  M.  Campbell  is  a  very  prominent  general  merchant  of  Bel- 
mont county,  Ohio.  He  is  one  of  eleven  children  born  to  lames  and 
Margaret  1  Smith)  Campbell.  The  father  was  one  of  the  earliest  set- 
tlers in  Belmont  county.  When  he  came  here  from  Washington 
county,  Penn.,  there  were  but  three  settlements  in  all  the  region,  the 
one  where  he  lived,  where  the  Henderson  family  live,  and  the  one. 
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73?  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

where  the  Sharp  family  reside.  His  father,  when  they  moved  to 
Ohio,  took  up  a  section  of  land,  and  as  fast  as  his  sons  became  of  age  he 
settled  1 60  acres  of  this  land  on  them.  The  sons  are:  John,  William, 
James  and  David.  The  mother  was  a  Pennsylvanian  and  p-arried 
their  father  in  that  state.  William  received  a  good  commc,  school 
education,  helping  his  father  on  the  farm  and  in  the  grist-mill  during 
his  vacations.  This  mill  was  one  of  the  first  to  be  erected  in  the 
county,  having  been  established  by  his  father  about  the  year  tSiS. 
William  rebuilt  it  in  iS4^,  operating  it  in  connection  with  his  farm 
until  he  went  into  the  general  mercantile  business  at  Uniontown,  Bel- 
mont county,  Ohio.  Mr.  Campbell  married  for  his  first  wife.  Miss 
Mary  Kerr,  who  died  in  1S75,  about  thirty-nine  years  after  her  mar- 
riage. His  second  wife  was  Miss  Lucinda  Dixon,  she  passed  away 
in  18S9.  Mr.  Campbell  has  long  been  a  ruling  elder  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian church;  he  has  served  his  county  as  one  of  its  commissioners;  has 
also  been  town  treasurer  for  fourteen  years,  and  at  one  time  received 
the  nomination  on  the  democratic  ticket  as  representative  of  his  dis- 
trict in  the  state  legislature.  He  is  a  man  of  much  foresight  and 
business  ability,  a  consistent  member  of  society,  and  of  undisputed 
probity. 

Thomas  Duff  was  one  of  nine  children  born  to  James  and  Margaret 
(Larimer)  Duff.  The  parents  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Bel- 
mont county.  Their  children  were:  John,  born  May  27,  1784;  Cath- 
erine, born  March  7.  17S0;  Mary,  born  June  22,  1789;  Sidney,  born 
February  7,  1793;  Elizabeth,  born  February  15,  1705;  Martha,  born 
February  14,  1790;  Thomas,  born  February  20,  1S02;  Margaret, 
born  April  15,  1805;  William,  born  September  10,  iSoq,  and  David, 
born  April  4,  17SS.  These  children  are  now  all  dead.  The  father 
came  to  Ohio  in  1806  with  his  family,  living  there  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1835.  Thomas,  the  principal  of  this  biography,  was 
brought  up  on  the  farm,  receiving  a  common  school  education.  At 
the  age  of  thirty-three  he  married  Miss  Margaret  Blackburn,  July, 
1835.  They  have  had  fourteen  children,  five  of  whom  still  survive. 
Those  living  are:  Mary  A..  Josias,  Robert  V.,  Ella  and  Thomas.  Those 
deceased  are:  James,  William  L.,  Margaret  A.,  John  T.,  David  A., 
Sarah  E.,  Catherine,  Samuel  F.  and  Elmer  E.  Thomas  has  charge 
of  the  farm,  and  has  met  with  the  most  gratifying  success  in  his  work, 
having  one  of  the  best  farms  in  the  vicinity,  and  he  is  also  one  of  the 
leading  stock-raisers  of  this  justly  noted  stock  county.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Duff  were  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  Mr. 
Duff  was  for  many  years  a  ruling  elder  in  the  church,  and  filled  this 
dignified  office  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Malcom  Ferguson  is  one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  Wheeling  town- 
ship, Belmont  Co.,  Ohio.  His  mother,  Mary  1  Miller)  Ferguson,  died 
when  he  was  but  four  years  old.  Samuel  Ferguson,  his  father,  broke 
up  the  home  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  and  Malcom  went  to  live 
with  William  McFarland,  remaining  with  him  until  he  was  twenty-two 
years  of  age.  He  never  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  school  life  after 
he  was  twelve,  but  induced  by  his  desire  for  an  education,  he  studied 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  7  }q 

at  night,  and  by  dint  of  hard  work  and  much  study  he  has  succeeded 
in  gaining  a  very  desirable  knowledge  of  men  and  things,  having  a 
systematic,  well  equipped  mind.  When  he  was  twenty-eight  years 
old  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Patton,  two  childrr  ,  were 
the  issue  of  this  marriage:  James  P.,  who  lives  on  section  14  of 
Wheeling  township,  a  much  respected  member  of  the  community  in 
which  he  lives,  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  education;  and  Mary  M., 
deceased.  After  but  four  years  of  wedded  life,  Mrs.  Ferguson'  was 
called  away  from  this  world.  In  time  Mr.  Ferguson  married  a  second 
wife,  this  time  Miss  Julia  A.  Miller,  daughter  of  David  and  fane 
Miller,  who  were  both  natives  of  Cumberland  count)-,  Perm.,  became 
his  bride.  This  second  marriage  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  two 
children:  one  son,  William  11.,  who  is  a  minister  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church,  being  at  present  located  at  Piper  City,  111.,  where  he 
is  much  beloved  for  the  efficient  work  he  is  doing,  and  Xancy  [.,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  eight  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferguson  are  members 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  of  Unity,  having  been  connected 
with  the  church  for  almost  fifty  years.  Mr.  Ferguson  has  been  an 
elder  in  his  church  since  1852,  has  served  as  trustee  of  his  township 
for  four  years,  and  has  made  a  success  of  his  business,  having  200  acres 
of  highly  cultivated  farming  land,  which  is  finely  stocked  and  wisely 
tended.  Mr.  Ferguson  is  now  retired  from  active  life  at  the  age  of 
seventy-seven  years,  although  he  is  still  hale  and  hearty. 

Fdward  Handerschild,  postmaster  and  leading  merchant  of  Shep- 
herdstown,  Ohio,  is  a  son  of  John  and  Catherine  Handerschild,  who 
were  both  natives  of  Germany.  Mr.  Handerschild  was  born  in 
Wheeling.  W.  \"a.,  July  20,  1S54,  he  lived  with  his  parents  during  his 
youth  and  attended  the  public  schools.  June,  1S76,  Miss  Catherine 
Viola  Mclntire  became  his  wife.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Albert 
and  Carolina  Mclntire.  The  young  couple  settled  upon  a  farm  in 
Monroe  county,  where  they  lived  for  a  period  of  two  years,  then  re- 
moved to  Shepherdstown  where  they  have  since  resided.  Here  Mr. 
Handerschild  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  trade,  establishing 
the  business  in  the  spring  of  1870.  Since  1SS2  he  has  been  local 
agent  for  the  Buckeye  and  Peerless  reaper  companies.  The  great 
success  which  he  has  met  with  in  this  agency  has  induced  the  com- 
pany to  give  him  the  management  of  seven  counties  of  the  state.  He 
has  also  been  the  postmaster  at  Shepherdstown  for  eleven  years. 
Robert  I-".,  born  April  28,  1877;  Enlola  M.,  born  January  13,  1879; 
Kittie  L.,  born  March  20,  1 88 1 ;  Clara  A.,  born  July  22,  1SS3;  and 
Edna  \'.,  born  August  28,  1S88,  are  the  issue  of  this  marriage.  Mr. 
Handerschild  is  a  very  successful  business  man,  and  has  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  all  who  know  him.  He  and  wife  are  active,  earnest 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Shepherdstown. 

Henderson  Hays  was  the  eldest  son  born  to  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Irwin)  Hays,  he  was  born  March  29,  1S21.  When  but  twelve  years 
of  age  his  mother  died,  arch  7,  1S33,  leaving  a  family  of  six  small 
children  to  the  care  of  the  father,  who  himself  was  in"  very  delicate 
health;  after  much  suffering,  he  joined  his  wife  on  the  29th of  August, 


740  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

1835.  The  death  of  the  parents  scattered  the  family,  and  Henderson, 
after  spending  a  year  or  so  in  the  employ  of  his  uncle,  John  Hays, 
went  to  live  with  Goodman  Coulter,  who  at  that  time,  carried  on  a 
large  milling  business  on  Miller's  Run,  eight  or  ten  miles  distant 
from  the  city  of  Pittsburgh,  Penn.  The  boy  was  put  in  charge  of  a 
six-horse  team,  by  which  the  flour  was  carried  to  Pittsburgh,  although 
scarcely  able  to  lift  the  harness  to  the  backs  of  the  horses,  being  then 
but  fourteen  years  old.  By  his  care  and  constant  attention  to  his  em- 
ployer's interests,  he  soon  gained  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
latter  and  these  happy  relations  were  kept  up  as  long  as  he  stayed 
with  him.  On  the  13th  of  October,  1S42,  he  married  .Mr.  Coulter's 
eldest  daughter,  Olivia,  by  whom  lie  had  three  children:  Euphemia 
Elizabeth,  born  April  6,  1845,  married  John  Caldwell,  January  24,  1872; 
Cynthia  Annetta,  born  August  29,  1846,  married  John  Gillespy, 
August  23,  1876,  now  living  near  Chariton,  Lucas  county,  Iowa;  her 
husband  is  an  elder  in  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  and  was  a 
delegate  to  the  assembly  of  that  church  in  1881;  and  Mary  Teressa, 
married  Robert  E.  Dool,  December  18,  1874,  and  now  lives' in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Millersburg,  Mercer  county.  111.  Mrs.  I  lays  died  Septem- 
ber 18,  1852,  a  woman  of  great  piety  and  purity  of  soul.  March  30, 
1854,  Miss  Catharine  Downing  became  his  wife,  by  her  he  had  five 
children:  William  Goodman,  born  July  27,  1S55;  John  Downing,  born 
January  25,  1857;  Irwin  Lee,  born  October  25,  1858;  Olivia  Ella,  born 
February  8,  1852,  died  September  23,  1S63,  and  Lena  May,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2^,  1S67.  For  some  time  after  his  first  marriage  Mr.  1  lays  lived 
near  M.  Coulter,  afterward  moving  to  Ohio.  The  family  now  live 
within  a  few  miles  of  Uniontown,  Belmont  county,  within  the  bounds  of 
the  Old  Crab  Apple  church,  of  which  the)- have  long  been  consistent, 
energetic  members,  the  whole  family  being  actively  engaged  in  Sab- 
bath school  work,  and  in  all  causes  that  tend  to  make  men  better. 
The  second  Mrs.  Hays  is  the  daughter  of  John  and  Eleanor  (Lee) 
Downing,  they  were  natives  of  Ohio,  the  latter  of  Irish  descent. 
All  the  children  are  married  and  live  in  the  vicinity  of  the  paternal 
home,  with  the  exception  of  Lena  May,  who,  after  obtaining  her  edu- 
cation from  Franklin  college  at  New  Athens,  Ohio,  was  married  to 
Thomas  Ellsworth  Holliday,  August  7,  1SS9,  also  a  graduate  of  Frank- 
lin college,  he  afterward  took  a  theological  course  at  Allegheny  semi- 
nary. Idie  young  couple  were  sent  September  20,  1889,  to  Gurdasbur, 
Northern  India,  as  missionaries,  going  under  the  auspices  of  the  board 
of  education  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  church,  Rev. 
Mr.  Holliday  is  a  minister.  Soon  after  the  departure  of  his  beloved 
daughter  on  her  noble  mission,  the  father  was  called  to  his  final  rest 
and  reward,  his  death  occurring  January  1,  1890.  Mrs.  Hays,  who 
was  born  March  21,  1827,  is  still  an  active  woman,  living  on  the  old 
homestead  with  her  son  John,  who  conducts  the  farm  anil  cares  for  his 
mother.  He  is  a  young  man  of  much  promise,  and  possesses  the  con- 
fidence of  his  friends  and  neighbors  to  a  gratifying  degree. 

Asa  H.  lloge  is  a  representative  farmer  and  stock-raiser  of  Wheel- 
ing township.   He  is  a  son  of  Levi  and  Mary  (Hirst)   lloge,  who  were 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  741 

married  November  2,  1838.  Levi's  father,  William  Hoge,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Pennsylvania,  removing  to  Ohio  with  his  family  about  the 
year  1802.  lie  settled  near  Flushing,  Belmont  county,  and  was  one 
of  the  earliest  pioneers  of  the  county.  Here  he  engaged  in  the  tan- 
nery business  and  farming,  and  met  with  much  success  in  his  business 
enterprises.  When  Levi  became  of  age  his  father  gave  him  a  good 
farm.  Levi  was  the  father  of  six  children:  David,  born  October  10, 
1839;  Asa  IE,  born  February  23,  1842;  Thomas  C,  born  February  25, 
1845;  Rebecca  \\\,  born  October  22,  1847;  John  15.,  born  January  9, 
1850,  and  Joseph  S.,  born  October  18,  1852.  All  of  these  children  are 
living  except  David,  who  died  August  12,  1S50  '1  he  mother  went  to 
her  final  rest  April  27,  1855,  and  the  father,  April  15,  1857.  They  were 
both  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  lived  lives  of  such  purity 
and  honesty  that  their  children  haw:  never  had  to  blush  for  their  par- 
ents' actions.  The  father  and  mother  possessed  liberal,  broad  minds, 
believed  in  education  and  gave  their  children  every  chance  to  lit 
themselves  in  the  highest  manner  for  life.  Asa  H.,  when  a  small  boy, 
worked  on  a  farm  in  the  summer  season,  attending  school  the  rest  of 
the  year.  1  laving- obtained  a  good  education,  he  taught  school  for 
nine  years,  and  when  thirty  years  of  age,  married  Ruth  Anna  Crew, 
daughterof  Jesse  B.and  Elizabeth  1 1.  Crew;  the  former  was  a  nativeof 
Charles  City  county,  Ya.,  and  died  July  30,  1805;  the  latter  was  youngest 
daughter  of  Israel  Jenkins,  who  removed  from  Winchester,  Ya..  in 
the  year  1801,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  neigborhood  of  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant, Jeflerson  Co.,  Ohio,  living  upon  the  same  for  a.  period  of  six t \- 
years,  until  near  the  close  of  his  life,  which  terminated  in  1803.  Mr. 
and  .Mrs.  Hoge  were  married  the  28th  day  of  March,  1872;  the  ances- 
tors ol  both  as  far  back  as  the  families  can  be  traced  were  (  Quakers. 
The)'  have  three  children:  Florence  Emma,  Robert  Barclay  and 
Walter  Jenkins.  Mr.  I  logo's  farm  of  ninety  acres  is  under  a  high 
state  of  cultivation,  the  soil  being  of  the  best  quality,  the  buildings, 
and  fences  thereon,  conveniently  arranged  and  in  excellent  repair, 
and  the  results  of  his  farming  a/e  above  the  average,  while  he  takes 
special  interest  in  the  improvement  of  stock,  keeping  the  Spanish 
Merino  sheep,  thoroughbred  Short-horn  cattle,  Poland-China  hogs 
and  Plymouth  Rock  fowls. 

William  McCracken  was  born  and  raised  on  his  father's  farm,  being 
the  youngest  of  four  children.  He  had  only  a  common  school  educa- 
tion. On  May  28,  1863,  he  married  Miss  Angeline  Henderson, 
daughter  of  "William  T.  and  Jane  (Anderson)  Henderson,  who 
were  American  born,  but  of  Irish  descent.  William  T.  Hender- 
son was  a  man  of  line  intelligence,  high  moral  character,  and  a  ^o^d 
financier.  His  ancestors  owned  many  broad  acres,  and  the 
family  had  a  reputation  for  their  skill  in'  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing. Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCracken:  an 
infant,  which  died  December  14,  1804;  Maggie  A.,  William  II.  and, 
R.J.  Porter.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  McCracken  at  once  moved  to 
the  farm  which  he  now  lives  on.  He  has  met  with  gratifying  success 
in  his  business,  having  12s  acres  of  well  cultivated  land,  on  which  lie 


74-  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

does  mixed  farming.  He  and  his  wife  are  acceptable  members  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  church,  of  Unity.     Mr.   McCracken's  father 

was  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn.,  March  4,  1797,  and  came  to 
Ohio  with  his  father,  Robert,  in  1S05,  settling  in  Harrison  county. 
His  earl)-  life  was  spent  in  clearing  and  cultivating  the  land  which  his 
father  had  taken  up.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until  1826,  when 
he  married  Margaret  McCune,  daughter  of  Col.  Thomas  McCune  of 
revolutionary  fame.  His  wife  died  in  1832,  and  he  again  married, 
this  time  to  Mar)-  Porter,  November  5,  1833.  The)- had  four  children  : 
Margaret,  Jane,  Robert  and  William.  When  first  mairied  he  moved 
to  the  property  now  occupied  by  Nathaniel  Taylor,  where  he 
remained  until  1846,  when  he  removed  to  the  place  where  his  wife 
died  January  21,  1870,  and  where  he,  too,  died  June  6,  1884,  passing 
away  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-seven  years.  Both  he  and  wife 
were  consistent  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  Will- 
iam McCracken  is  educating  his  children  in  music,  his  daughter  Mag- 
gie attending  Muskingum  college  for  that  and  other  educational 
purposes. 

Thomas  Morgan  was  born  in  Lancaster  count)-,  Penn.  His  father 
was  Isaac  Morgan.  Thomas  received  a  common  school  education, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  a  cabinet-maker.  September  19,  1830,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Catharine  Allen.  The  young  couple  lived 
in  Burgettstown,  Penn..  for  two  years,  during  which  time  Mr.  Morgan 
worked  at  his  trade,  they  then  removed  to  a  farm  in  Belmont  count)-, 
where  the  family  still  reside.  Nine  children  have  come  of  this  mar- 
riage, they  are:  Moses  A.;  Isaac  X.,  deceased;  Margaret  J.,  deceased; 
William  R.,  Martin  L.,  Cassie  K..  John  W..  Camilla  F.  and  Elmer  L. 
Isaac  X.  was  a  member  of  Company  C,  Thirty-seventh  regiment  of 
Indiana  volunteers.  Mrs.  Morgan  has  in  her  possession  a  copy  of  the 
song,  "The  Old  Union  Wagon,"  which  was  dedicated  to  his  regiment, 
and  which  he  sent  home  just  before  his  death.  1  le  died  in  the  de- 
fense of  his  country,  and  now  sleeps  in  a  soldier's  grave,  honored  and 
mourned.  The  father  and  mother  were  members  of  the  Crab  Apple 
Presbyterian  church,  the  latter  is  still  an  active  member.  Mr.  Mor- 
gan was  a  justice  of  the  peace  of  Wheeling  township,  and  a  man  who 
commanded  the  respect  and  love  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  His  death 
occurred  in  October,  1868.  Mrs.  Morgan  is  a  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Moses  Allen,  and  was  reared  in  Washington  count)-,  Penn.  Although 
she  is  now  seventy-three  years  of  age,  she  is  in  the  best  of  health  and 
a  very  energetic,  capable  woman. 

Balaam  Nichols,  now  deceased,  was  one  of  the  old  settlers  of  Bel- 
mont count)-.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Nichols,  a  Virginian.  Balaam 
was  raised  on  the  paternal  farm,  living  there  until  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Abigail  Hatcher,  a  daughter  of  Mahlon  Hatcher.  After  his 
marriage  he  lived  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  purchased  nn-Vf  acres 
of  unimproved  land  and  went  to  farming  on  his  own  responsibility. 
In  1880,  after  a  life  of  integrity  and  usefulness,  he  passed  away,  leav- 
ing his  wife  and  nine  children  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  devoted  husband 
am!  an  affectionate    father.     The   children   are:    Christena    P.,  Mali- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  743 

Ion  II.,  John  G.,  Lemuel  O.,  Albert  L.,  Nancy  J.,  Adaline  M.,  Era  L. 
and  Emily  M.,  all  of  them  arc  still  living  and  filling  their  positions  in 
society  as  true  and  conscientious  men  and  women.  Mrs.  Nichols  is  a 
devout  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  she  has 
been  a  communicant  for  fifty-six  years.  The  son,  Mahlon,  took  charge 
of  the  farm  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  and  has  since  bought  the 
other  children's  interest  in  it,  now  owning  it  jointly  with  his  mother. 
He  is  a  prudent,  successful  farmer.  The  family  is  a  very  happy  and 
useful  addition  to  the  community. 

There  is  probably  not  a  more  prosperous  farmer  and  stock-raiser  in 
Belmont  count)',  than  James  B.  Patton.  Mr.  Patton  was  reared  on 
his  father's  farm,  and  by  association  with  him  gained  a  great  amount 
of  the  practical  agricultural  knowledge  which  he  possesses  to  such  a 
marked  degree.  The  father  was  one  of  the  most  enterprising  men  in 
Wheeling  township,  and  his  son  has  inherited  his  father's  ability. 
Mr.  James  B.  Patton  obtained  an  average  education  in  the  township 
schools,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  I  hinbar,  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  the 
township,  Mr.  William  Dunbar.  Carl  1).,  born  October  6,  1S6S;  Cal- 
vin C,  February  13,  1874,  and  Thomas  l)ill,  November  11,  1S77,  are 
the  children  that  have  born  to  them.  Carl  is  a  graduate  of  the  1  lope- 
dale  Commercial  college,  and  all  three,  of  the  sons  give  promise  of 
becoming  efficient  men.  Mr.  Patton  has  247  acres  of  very  tine  farm- 
ing land,  and  besides  his  large  farming  interests  he  is  extensively  en- 
gaged in  stock-raiMiiL,r,  in  the  latter  enterprise  he  has  been  very 
successful.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patton  were  both  members  oi  the  United 
Presbyterian  church,  until  death  called  Mrs.  Patton  to  the  greater 
congregation  above;  she  died  September  50,  iSSq,  the  sad  event  cast  a 
heavy  gloom  over  the  bereaved  home  ami  caused  a  felt  vacancy  in 
community  at  large. 

Thomas  L.  Patton  is  a  very  prominent  farmer  ami  stock-raiser  of 
Belmont  counay,  Ohio.  His  farm  of  188  acres  of  highly  improved 
land  bears  testimony  to  his  wisdom  and  energy.  The  horses  and 
cattle  that  are  raised  on  his  place  are  not  to  be  excelled  anywhere  tor 
the  purposes  for  which  they  are  bred.  Mr.  Patton  is  one  of  twelve 
children;  he  spent  his  boyhood  on  his  father's  farm,  and  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  In  December,  1870,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Jennie  McKee.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: Eloise,  born  December  20,  1882;  Hugh,  born  April  24.  1885; 
and  Anna  Margaret,  born  September  8,  1S89.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patton 
are  influential  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  Mrs. 
Patton  is  a  daughter  of  Capt.  H.  P.  McKee.  Capt.  McKee  was  born 
in  Knox  county,  Ohio,  in  1S30,  he  was  educated  at  Muskingum  college, 
graduating  with  credit  in  1854,  For  a  short  time  thereafter  he  was 
principal  of  the  Findlay  schools,  after  which  he  assumed  the  editorial 
control  of  the  Hancock  Jefferson  ian.  His  connection  with  that  paper 
lasted  about  two  years,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time  he  became  tin; 
editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Tiffin  Tribune.  The  presidency  of  Mus- 
kingum college  was  pressed  upon  him,  the  trustees   insisted  upon   his 


744  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

acceptance  of  the  high  lienor,  but  he  would  not  relinquish  his  own 
profession,  until  the  call  for  defenders  of  his  country  was  issued,  then 
he  laid  down  his  facile  pen  and  took  up  arms,  August  16,  1862.  Capt. 
McKee  enlisted  in  Company  I),  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-third  reg- 
iment of  Ohio  volunteers,  of  which  he  was  elected  first  lieutenant. 
As  soon  as  the  regiment  got  into  the  field.  President  Lincoln  appointed 
him  a  commissary  of  subsistence  with  the  rank  of  captain,  and  he 
served  in  this  capacity  until  his  death  in  July,  1865,  at  St.  Clairsville, 
leaving  a  wife  and  three  children.  September  9,  1856,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Maggie  Campbell,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Campbell,  of  Bel- 
mont county.  Mrs.  McKee  passed  away  November  5,  1870.  Capt. 
McKee  was  a  man  of  rare  talents  and  accomplishments,  a  brave  sol- 
dier, a  wise  editor  and  withal  a  man  of  great  kindness  of  heart. 

William  Patton,  father  of  the  above,  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in 
Londonderry  county,  Ireland,  November,  1798.  His  father,  Samuel 
Patton,  was  an  American  citizen,  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage.  1  le  was 
part  owner  of  a  merchant  vessel  which  traded  between  Xew  York 
and  Dublin.  This  vessel  was  wrecked  off  the  coast  of  Ireland  in  the 
year  1789,  the  father  saving  his  life  by  swimming  ashore.  After  the 
loss  of  his  vessel  he  remained  in  Ireland  for  fourteen  years,  mean- 
while marrying  a  Scotch  girl  by  the  name  of  Jane  Friar.  On  the  3d 
day  of  May,  1803,  six  months  after  the  birth  of  his  son  William,  he 
sailed  with  his  wife  and  child  for  America.  When  they  had  been  a 
few  weeks  at  sea  small-pox  broke  out  on  shipboard  and  a  great  num- 
ber died,  but  Samuel  and  his  family  escaped,  and  on  the  1st  day  oi 
August,  1S03,  they  disembarked  at  Philadelphia.  From  Philadelphia 
they  made  their  way  to  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  and  in  the  spring  of  1804  they 
took  possession  of  a  farm  situated  on  Wheeling  creek,  in  Belmont 
county,  Ohio.  Their  new  home  was  in  an  almost  unbroken  wilder- 
ness, Philadelphia  being  the  nearest  place  from  which  they  could  ob- 
tain salt,  drugs  and  the  general  necessaries  of  life.  William  Patton 
grew  up  to  be  a  man  of  much  worth,  taking  part  prominently  in  all  the 
public  enterprises  that  were  set  on  foot  in  his  vicinity.  He  was  a  firm 
friend  and  supporter  of  Franklin  college,  and  was  for  many  years  an 
active  member  of  its  board  of  directors,  and  was  one  of  the  men  to 
whom  the  college  buildings  and  property  was  deeded  to  hold  in  trust 
for  educational  purposes.  lie  gave  his  potent  aid  in  organizing  the 
old  bank  of  St.  Clairsville,  about  fifty-seven  years  ago,  and  ably  sec- 
onded James  McCartney  in  his  great  work  of  constructing  a  macad- 
amized road  from  Uniontown  to  St.  Clairsville.  He  was  scrupulously 
honest  in  his  business,  and  sincere  in  his  religion,  being  a  ruling  elder 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  congregation  of  Unity,  for  forty  years. 
He  loved  all  who  possessed  a  Christian  spirit,  of  whatever  denomina- 
tion. He  went  to  his  reward  May,  1873.  His  wife,  Anna,  daughter 
of  Alexander  Clark,  was  born  October,  iSn.in  Lancaster  county. 
Penn.,  married  October,  1S29,  died  June  2,  1885.  She  was  a  fitting 
consort  for  her  noble  husband,  to  which  no  greater  praise  can  be 
given  her. 

William  L.  Patton,  postmaster  and  general  merchant  of   Fairpoint, 


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His  earl)' life  was  spent  on  his  father's  far 
Patton,  Sr.,  was  a  man  of  liberal  mind.  1  le 
ton  college,  where  he  took  a  good  stand,  bi 

1874  Mr.  Patton  married  Miss  Maggie  McXary,  February  24,  1 S 7 4 ,  who 
was  a  member  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  in  the  county.  Idle)-  have 
had  four  children:  Loda  Lee,  born  November  2,  1875;  Park,  born 
December  3,  1879;  A.  Van,  horn  May  5,  [883,  and  Nellie,  October  11, 
1884.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Patton  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming  with  much  success  until  1880,  when  he  entered  the  general 
merchandise  trade  at  Fairpoint.  He  still  retains  the  management  of 
his  farm,  consisting  of  170  acres,  mostly  devoted  to  stock-raising, 
sheep  and  horses.  He  buys  grain  and  all  products  of  the  farm.  His 
college-trained  mind  has  made  him  a  practical,  shrewd  business  man, 
and  yet,  withal,  he  is  a  man  of  pronounced  integrity  and  uprightness 
in  his  dealing.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patton  are  earnest  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church. 

An  old  and  leading  farmer  of  Wheeling  township  is  James  Price, 
who  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  in  rSiS.  He  is  a  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Edwards)  Price,  who  were  natives  of  England  and 
South  Wales,  respectively.  .After  emigrating  to  America  the  young 
people  met,  and  in  1802  were  united  in  marriage,  after  which  they 
went  to  live  on  the  old  William  Bell  farm,  here  they  remained  for  two 
or  three  years,  then  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Brice  Station,  in  Bel- 
mont county,  and  lived  there  for  ten  years.  In  either  1810  or  1812 
they  located  six  miles  west  of  Flushing,  Ohio,  on  Big  Stillwater  creek, 
where  they  lived  until  their  death.  James  Price  lived  with  his  parents 
in  Flushing  township  until  he  reached  manhood,  having  received  a 
good  common  school  education.  When  twenty-six  years  of  age  he 
was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nancy  Williamson,  of  1  larrison  county, 
Ohio.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  four  children: 
Jane,  who  died  in  1872;  John  W.;  Martin  L.  and  Mary  E.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Price  are  influential  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
having  been  in  this  connection  for  many  years.  Some  five  or  six 
years  since  Mr.  Price  retired  from  the  active  duties  of  fanning,  at 
which  he  has  made  a  gratifying  success,  and  at  the  same  time  he  re- 
signed from  the  responsible  office  of  trustee  of  Wheeling  township. 
Mr.  Price  also  served  as  trustee  for  three  years  in  Flushing  and  More- 
field  townships  in  the  division  known  as  No.  10.  He  was  appointed 
in  the  year  1878,  by  Judge  Carroll,  of  Belmont  county,  as  guardian  of 
John  H.  and  Lee  H.  Downing,  minor  children  of  Alexander  Down- 
ing, deceased,  and  continued  in  this  capacity  for  ten  years,  honestly 
and  ably  controlling  a  large  fortune  of  money  and  landed  estate.  Mr. 
Price  himself  is  possessed  o(  a  large  fortune,  honorably  and  honestly 
acquired,  and  is  a  man  of  intelligence,  business  enterprise,  and  willing 
always  to  assist  in  the  promotion  of  the  public  good.  He  and  his 
worthy  and  Christian  wife  have  the  esteem  and  regard  of  all  who  know 
them.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Price  are  educating  and  caring  lor  two  bright, 


746  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

little  grandchildren:  Bessie  P.  and  William  II.,  who  survive  their 
mother,  Mrs.  Jane  Dunbar. 

Henry  Taylor  is  an  energetic,  successful  farmer  of  Wheeling  town- 
ship. Mr.  Taylor  is  a  son  of  William  Taylor;  he  was  brought  up  on 
his  father's  farm,  obtaining  his  schooling  at  the  common  schools  of 
his  native  town.  March  29,  1870,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Elvira 
Henderson,  by  whom  he  lias  had  three  children,  they  are:  Maggie  1)., 
born  March  4,  1871,  married  February  6,  iNgo.to  I).  R.  Bentley;  Will- 
iam 11.,  born  October  24,  1873,  and  Freddie  L.,  born  August  11,  1882. 
After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  went  to  live  in  an  old  log  house 
which  stands  near  Mr.  Taylor's,  Sr.,  home,  they  lived  there  until  two 
years  ago,  when  they  removed  to  their  present  beautiful  home.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Taylor  are  acceptable  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church  of  Uniontown,  and  are  both  much  beloved  and  respected  by 
all  with  whom  they  come  in  contact.  For  several  years  Air.  Taylor 
has  had  the  high  honor  of  serving  as  one  of  the  school  directors  of 
Wheeling  township. 

James  Taylor  is  one  of  the  coming  young  farmers  of  Wheeling 
township,  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio.  He  was  born  and  raised  on  tin-  farm 
he  now  operates.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Sarah  L.  Thompson.  Four  children  have  resulted  from  this 
union:  Emmett  A.,  Willie  T.,  and  Mary  M.,  now  dead,  and  Nannie  P. 
Mr.  Taylor  was  appointed  to  the  position  of  clerk  of  Wheeling  town- 
ship, and  so  acceptable  were  his  services  that  his  fellow-townsmen  in 
the  springs  of  1888  and  lSgo,  elected  him  to  the  clerkship  for  two 
years  more.  The  family  are  active,  consistent  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church,  of  which  Mr.  Taylor  is  treasurer,  having  fdled 
this  office  with  ability  for  over  six  years.  William  Taylor,  the  father 
of  the  above,  is  a  son  of  John  Taylor  and  Mary  (McNought)  Taylor, 
who  were  the  parents  of  nine  children.  In  1825  they  moved  to  the 
harm  that  William  now  owns.  This  property  was  entered  from  the 
government  by  one  William  McWilliams.it  was  cleared  by  John  Tay- 
lor and  his  sons.  The  mother  died  in  1834.  and  in  1S61  the  father  was 
laid  to  rest  by  her  side.  After  the  death  of  his  parents  William  took 
charge  of  the  farm,  having  had  the  greater  part  of  the  management 
since  1838,  at  which  time  he  was  twenty-three  years  old.  About  this 
time  he  married  Margaret  Gillespie,  by  her  he  had  three  sons:  John, 
James  and  Henry,  the  former  lived  to  be  but  six  years  old.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Taylor  were  members  of  the  Associate  Reform  church  until  its 
union  with  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  Mrs.Taylor  passed  away 
January  13,  1885.  A  man  thoroughly  respected  by  Ids  neighbors,  an 
honored  elder  of  his  church,  he  is  passing  his  later  years  in  peace 
nnd  contentment,  having  300  broad  acres  of  finely  cultivated  land  his 
old  age  is  amply  provided  for.  Since  the  death  of  his  wife,  an  estima- 
ble lady  by  the  name  of  Mrs.  Thompson,  has  taken  tin:  charge  of  his 
household  arrangements.  The  farm  is  efficiently  operated  by  the  two 
sons,  1  lenry  and  James. 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  747 

John  Watson  is  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Wheeling  township,  Bel- 
mont county,  Ohio.  I  lis  parents  were  Thomas  and  Jane  1 1  lays) 
Watson.  Thomas  Watson  was  born  at  Middle  Springs,  l'enn.,  and 
-when  a  boy  came  with  his  father  to  Washington  county,  Penn. 
Thomas'  father  came  from  Middle  Springs,  Franklin  county,  Penn  , 
and  passed  most  of  his  life  in  Washington  count)',  where  he  died. 
John  Watson  had  nine  brothers  and  sisters,  the)- are:  James,  born 
January  20,  1816,  died  November  6,  1825;  Eliza  Jane,  born  October  30, 
1S17;  Martha,  born  September  29,  1S19;  William  11.,  born  March  jo, 
1S22;  Nancy,  born  May  13,  1824;  Mary  Ann,  born  December  27,  1S20; 
John,  born  January  20.  1829;  Catharine,  born  August  7,  1831 ;  James  F., 
born  November  3,  1833;  and  Rachael,  born  November  12,  1835,  died 
September  13,  1845.  The  father  and  mother  for  a  time  alter  their 
marriage  lived  in  Cannonsburg,  the  former  pursuing  his  trade  of  a 
blacksmith,  they  afterward  moved  on  to  a  farm  where  John,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  was  raised,  receiving  an  ordinary  amount  of  school- 
ing, by  application  and  wide  reading  he  has  obtained  a  good  command 
of  language,  and  has  upon  different  occasions  addressed  audiences 
with  much  effect  upon  live  issues  of  the  day.  Mr.  Watson  was 
joined  in  wedlock  December  18,  1867,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Hammond,  of 
St.  Clairsville;  this  union  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  four  children: 
James  Hays,  William  Waddle,  Ella  Jane  and  John  Walter.  After 
his  marriage  he  lived  for  two  years  on  a  farm  in  Pennsylvania, 
then  removed  to  the  farm  he  now  owns  in  Wheeling  township, 
Belmont  countv,  Ohio.  Mrs.  Watson  is  a  daughter  of  James  and 
Jane  (Caldwell)  Hammond.  The  Caldwells  are  natives  of  Ireland. 
Mr.  Watson  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church  of  Unity,  of  which  Mr.  Watson  is  a  ruling  elder.  One  of  the 
very  finest  farms  in  the  count)-  and  one  of  the  best  reputations  for 
honesty  and  integrity  are  possessed  by  John  Watson. 

YORK   TOWNSHIP. 

J.  S.  Boone,  M.  D.,  is  a  leading  physician  of  Powhatan,  Ohio,  and 
also  a  descendant  of  a  very  illustrious  family,  one  that  has  had 
much  to  do  with  the  settlement  and  growth  of  the  states  of  Kentucky, 
Ohio  and  Virginia.  He  was  born  at  Greensboro,  Green  county,  Penn.. 
May  17.  1840.  His  parents  were  Joseph  and  Mary  (Donhaml  Boone. 
Joseph  Boone  was  born  in  Jefferson,  Green  count)-,  Penn.,  August  24, 
1704.  His  wife  was  born  at  Mapletown,  Penn.,  November  2,  1700.  James 
and  Catherine  (Williams)  Boone  were  Joseph's  parents.  The  former 
was  born  January  21.  1760.  The  original  stock  lived  at  Bradwick, 
England,  about  eight  miles  from  Exeter.  George  Boone  was  the  first 
of  the  family  to  immigrate  to  America.  He  arrived  at  Philadelphia 
with  his  wife  and  eleven  children  on  the  10th  of  October.  1717.  The 
names  of  three  of  their  sons  were:  John,  lames  ami  Squire,  the  last 
named  being  the  father  of  the  famous  Daniel  Boone,  John  Boone 
was  born  November  21,  1745.  lie  took  Sophia  Whitehead  to  wife, 
ami  by  her  had  one  son  and  one  daughter,  lames  and   Susan.     James 


74$  HISTORY    OF    THE   LTI'ER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

was  born  January  21,  1769.  I  lis  father  died  soon  after  his  son's  birth, 
and  his  widow  then  married  John  Riddle,  of  Reading,  Pcnn.  Riddle 
was  a  tory,  and  not  being  able  to  bear  the  pressure  which  was  brought 
to  bear  on  him  by  his  neighbors,  he  went  to  Canada.  Joseph,  one  of 
the  sons  of  James,  was  the  father  of  Dr.  J.  S.  Boone.  Dr.  Boone  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  Greensboro  and  Comickle,  Penn.,  and  at 
the  age  of  eighteen,  began  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  tutelage 
of  Dr.  Pricket,  with  whom  he  remained  until  the  breaking  out  of  the 
rebellion,  when  he  entered  Company  C,  First  West  Virginia  cavalry, 
and  for  nearly  four  years  he  followed  their  fortunes  with  great  valor, 
serving  under  the  "  Fighting"  Generals  Kilpatrick  and  Custer.  Pie 
was  mustered  out  of  the  service  as  a  sergeant.  After  the  war  he 
commenced  to  practice  medicine,  reading  and  practicing  until  1S71, 
at  which  time  lie  entered  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery, graduating  from  the  same  in  1872.  Pie  then  began  practicing  at 
Shiloh,  Tyler  county.  \V.  Va.,  remaining  there  until  September  1, 
1877,  when  he  removed  to  Powhatan,  Ohio,  where  he  has.  resided  and 
continued  in  his  profession,  having  built  up  a  fine  practice  and  a 
reputation  second  to  none  for  skill  and  integrity.  The  doctor  is  a 
member  of  the  State  Medical  society  of  West  Virginia,  of  the  Bel- 
mont County  Medical  society  of  Ohio,  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  of  the 
Masonic  order,  and  is  on  the  roster  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  Powhatan  post. 
February  14.  1S66,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  A.  O'Haro.  She 
was  born  in  Weston.  \\".  Va.,  August  12,  1X42.  and  died  at  Spencer, 
April  25, '1867.  Me  was  again  married,  this  time  to  Mary  F.Galoway, 
of  Tyler  county,  W.  Va.;  the  ceremony  was  perfomed  August  14,  1S69. 
Mrs.  Boone  was  born  December  11,  1841.  This  union  has  been 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  one  son,  Edgar  P.,  born  June  7,  1S70.  He  is 
now  reading  medicine  and  gives  a  promise  of  becoming  a  worthy  suc- 
cessor of  his  father.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Boone  are  active  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  of  Powhatan,  and  are  held  in  high  esteem  by  all 
who  know  them. 

G.  M.  Fowles,  principal  of  thej'owhatan  public  schools,  is  a  son  of 
Richard  and  Sarah  (Shipley)  Fo'wles.  His  father  is  an  Englishman 
by  birth,  having  come  to  the  United  States  in  1S5S.  His  mother  was 
a  native  of  Westmoreland  county,  Penn.  Professor  Fowles  is  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  having  been  born  in  Allegheny  county.  May  7,  1S6S. 
His  father  and  mother,  who  were  married  in  1S61,  were  the  parents 
of  four  daughters  and  two  sons,  Mrs.  Fowles  is  the  only  one  in  the 
family  who  is  deceased.  G.  M.  Fowles  received  his  early  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  Allegheny  county,  when  thirteen  years  of 
age  he  attended  a  Normal  school  taught  by  Miss  Hannah  Paterson, 
for  three  summer  terms,  lie  then  remained  out  of  school  until  1887. 
January  1st  of  that  year  he  entered  the  State  Normal  school  at  Cali- 
fornia, Penn.,  from  which  he  graduated  with  honor  June  14,  iSSS.  In 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  was  elected  the  principal  of  the  Powhatan 
schools,  meeting  with  much  success  during  his  first  term;  he  was  chosen 
to  succeed  himself  in  i88u,  and  he  is  still  engaged  in  this  important 
work,  having  made   for   himself,  though  yet  young,  a  very  enviable 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  749 

reputation  as  an  educator.  Professor  Fowles  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

James  A.  Giffen  is  an  extensive  agriculturist  and  sheep  raiser. 
His  birth  occurred  September  27,  1850,  in  Salem  township,  Monroe  Co., 
Ohio.  His  parents  are  John  and  Nancy  (Adams)  Giffen,  who 
are  very  estimable  people.  Until  fifteen  years  old  James  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Monroe  county.  Moving  to  Belmont  county  he 
finished  his  schooling  there,  and  when  eighteen  years  old  went  to 
work  for  his  uncle,  continuing  with  him  for  ten  years.  During  this 
time  he  saved  considerable  money,  and  at  the  death  of  his  uncle  he 
came  into  possession  of  the  farm,  containing  172  acres,  and  has  since 
added  to  his  property  until  he  now  owns  and  operates  302  acres  of 
the  most  highly  cultivated  land  in  the  township.  While  he  has  had 
great  success  in  farming  his  specialty  is  the  breeding  of  fine  sheep, 
which  have  become  famous,  and  are  a  source  of  a  large  revenue 
to  their  owner.  Mr.  Giffen  married  Miss  Jennie  Cooke,  Novem- 
ber 11,  1SS0.  She  is  the  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza  (Johnson) 
Cooke,  and  was  born  September  26,  1858.  This  marriage  has  been 
crowned  by  the  birth  of  live  children:  Lawrence  C,  born  October  10: 
1SS1;  Otto'A.,  born  February  10,  1S83;  Wilma  L.,  born  April  21,  1885; 
Clara  L.,  born  July  5,  1887.  and  Jennie  A.,  born  January  23,  1S90.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Giffen  are  acceptable  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  and  are  always  identified  with  any  movement  calculated  to 
advance  the  interests  of  their  community. 

Charles  M.  Green  is  one  of  the  leading  teachers  of  York  township. 
He  was  born  January  12,  1845,  in  the  town  where  he  still  lives.  His 
parents  were  from  New  York  state;  they  were  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Jones)  Green.  The  father  was  born  in  1806.  and  died  in  1S71;  Mary, 
his  wife,  was  born  in  1S10.  and  died  in  1S61.  Samuel  came  to  Ohio  in 
1824,  and  his  wife  about  four  years  later;  they  were  married  in  1825, 
and  reared  a  family  of  eight  children.  Samuel  Green  was  a  farmer 
and  produce  boat  trader,  while  his  father  was  a  slock  dealer,  sending 
a  great  deal  of  stock  to  the  Baltimore  markets.  Professor  Green 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  York  township,  and  also  at 
the  Waynesburgh  college,  in  Green  county,  Penn.,  and  at  Hopedale 
college,  in  Harrison  county,  Ohio.  lie  spent  several  terms  in  col- 
lege, and  commenced  teaching  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven,  and  has 
taught  continuously  ever  since,  most  of  this  time  being  spent  in  the 
schools  of  York  township.  August  21,  1885,  Miss  Louisa  Bandi  be- 
came his  wife.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Barbara  Bandi, 
and  was  born  in  1853.  Two  children  are  the  happy  result  of  this 
marriage:  Alice  Roberta,  born  May  30,  1880;  and  Howard  Stanley- 
born  April  18,  1880.  Professor  Green  is  at  present  clerk  of  the  board 
of  education,  and  also  township  clerk,  a  position  which  he  held  for 
two  years.  He  is  recognized  as  a  leading  educator  oi  Belmont 
county.  Mrs.  Green  is  a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church. 
while  her  husband  isa  communicant  of  the  Presbyterian  denomination. 

Robert  Johnson.  ]r.,  is  a  prosperous  farmer  of  York  township,  Bel- 
mont Co., 'Ohio.     lie  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  in  which  country  he  was 


750  HISTORY    OF    THE    UTTKR    OHIO    VALLEY. 

born,  January  14,  1835,  in  the  county  Antrim.  I  lis  parents  were  Robert 
and  Elizabeth  Johnson,  who  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1849,  settl- 
ing on  McMahan  creek;  they  remained  there  until  1S51,  when  he 
purchased  the  farm  where  his  son,  Robert,  Jr.,  now  lives.  The  father 
was  born  in  17S9,  and  the  mother,  who  was  Elizabeth  McFadden, 
September  29,  1S01;  they  were  married  in  October,  1821.  Their  chil- 
dren are:  Sarah,  born  July  21,  1N22;  John,  born  October  20,  1S24; 
Thomas,  born  September  15,  1826;  James,  born  November  20,  1S2S, 
died  December  12,  1886;  Eliza  J.,  born  July  14,  1831,  died  Septem- 
ber 26,  1865;  Robert,  Jr.,  born  January  14,  [S35;  Nancy,  born  April  21, 
1S3S;  William,  born  January  25,  1S41,  died  June  4,  1881,  and  David, 
born  January  7,  1843.  The  father  died  July  23,  1851,  but  his  wife  still 
survives  in  good  health  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-nine  years. 
The  subject  of  this  biography  received  his  education  in  Ireland,  and 
when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  went  to  work  for  a  Mr.  George 
Neff,  and  worked  for  him  until  1851,  when  he  removed  to  the  farm 
where  he  now  lives.  His  father  died  in  the  same  year,  and  the  sons 
remained  on  the  farm  until  the}-  married.  They  then  left,  purchasing 
property  of  their  own.  leaving  Robert  in  charge  of  the  homestead. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  C.  Hamilton,  January  12,  1871.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Hamilton,  both  natives  of 
Ireland.  Sarah  C,  was  born  in  Ireland,  January  21,1847.  Mr- and 
Mrs.  Johnson  are  the  parents  o(  three  sons  and  four  daughters: 
Robert  K.,  born  October  27,  1871;  William  H.,  born  August  28,  1873; 
John  Mc,  born  June  19,  1875;  Mary  E.,  born  February  13,  1877;  Lo- 
renia  J.,  born  February  21,  1XS0:  I.eanna  A.,  born  December  10,  1SS2, 
and  Sarah  I.,  born  January  20,  1SS8.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  most  success- 
ful farmer,  having  wonderful  abilities  in  this  direction;  he  has  also 
turned  his  attention  to  wool  culture  very  extensively,  and  has  devel- 
oped a  very  desirable  business  in  this  line.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are 
leading  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 

Yolney  Nickolaus  is  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Powhatan, 
Ohio.  His  birth  occurred  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  December  11.  1S48. 
He  is  a  son  of  Frederick  and  Rachel  (Pfefer)  Nickolaus,  who  were 
both  natives  of  Germain-,  having  immigrated  to  this  country  at  an 
early  date.  They  first  settled  in  Philadelphia,  where  they  remained 
for  a  short  time,  afterward  removing  to  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  where 
they  still  reside.  Eight  children  were  born  to  them,  seven  of  whom 
are  still  living.  Yolney,  the  fourth  son.  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Monroe  county,  and  began  an  apprenticeship  of  three 
years  in  1S66,  with  Michael  Stein  a  carriage  builder.  After  his  time 
had  been  served  Mr.  Nickolaus  remained  with  Mr.  Stein  a  short 
time  as  a  workman,  then  went  to  Bellaire,  Ohio,  where  he  worked  for 
Abraham  Marsh,  afterward  returning  to  Mr.  Stein,  he  stayed  with 
him  for  one  year,  then  lived  at  his  home  for  a  year,  and  in  October, 
1S73,  he  finally  settled  in  Powhatan  Point.  In  the  course  of  one  year 
Mr.  Nickolaus  bought  Mr.  Pish  out,  and  in  a  few  years  erected  the 
large  shop  which  he  now  operates.  He  manufactures  all  descriptions 
of  vehicles,  ami  has    by  energy  and  honesty  built    up   a   large   and 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  75  I 

profitable  business.  1  Ie  was  married  Octobers,  1S75,  to  Miss  Marx- 
Walter.  Mrs.  Nickolaus  was  born  April  20,  [S52.  Two  sons  and  two 
daughters  have  come  to  bless  their  home,  one  of  the  daughters  is  de- 
ceased: Emma,  Walter  and  Willoughby  are  the  surviving  children. 
Mr.  Nickolaus  is  at  present  the  honored  treasuer  of  York  township, 
and  he  and  his  family  are  held  in  the  highest  regard  by  their  fellow 
towns-people. 

One  of  Belmont  county's  most  favored  sons  is  John  G.  Owens,  of 
York  township.  Mr.  Owens  was  born  in  Richland  township,  Belmont 
Co.,  Ohio,  September  12,  1815.  Hisparents  were  Henry  and  Eliza- 
beth (Clark)  Owens.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  from  which 
country  he  emigrated  when  but  twelve  years  of  age.  He  remained 
near  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  until  after  Ids  marriage,  when  he  came  to 
Ohio  and  settled  in  Richland  township.  Mr.  Owens  lived  on  congress 
land  for  a  few  years,  then  entered  the  farm  on  which  John  Owens  was 
born.  John  obtained  his  schooling  in  the  old  pioneer  log  school- 
houses,  not  having  the  advantages  of  the  children  who  live  in  this  day, 
still  by  perseverance  and  a  love  for  knowledge,  he  acquired  a  good  edu- 
cation. Growing  to  manhood  he  went  to  farming  in  Richland  township, 
where  he  remained  until  about  1840.  In  1S3S  Miss  Elizabeth  Loue- 
len,  of  Mead  township,  became  his  wife,  and  two  year-,  later  Mr. 
Owens  purchased  a  farm  in  Monroe  county.  Here  he  lived  for 
twenty-one  years,  during  which  time  his  wife  died.  1  Ie  then  married 
Mrs.  Del.ong,  daughter  of  William  Philips.  Soon  after  this  they  re- 
moved to  York  township,  ami  on  the  5th  of  November,  1SS4,  his  sec- 
ond wife  died.  September  13,  iSSS,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mis-. 
Lydia  R.  Duvall,  a  daughter  of  Brice  H.,  and  Priscilla  (Simpson)  Duv- 
all.  Mrs.  Owens  was  born  June  21,  1830.  Mr.  Owens  has  figured 
quite  prominently  in  politics,  having  served  as  an  assessor  of  Monroe 
county,  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  nine  years  of  the  same  count}-, 
and  directly  after  his  coming  to  York  township  he  was  elected  land 
appraiser.  He  has  served  a  number  of  terms  as  a  trustee,  ami  was 
elected  a  justice  of  the  peace  of  York  township,  but  on  account  of 
pressing  private  business  resigned  the  honor,  but  in  a  short  time  was 
re-elected,  and  is  now  rilling  this  important  position.  1  le  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  ami  himself  and  wife  are  earnest  communi- 
cants of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  A  man  ready  at  all  times 
to  give  to  the  best  of  his  energies  to  any  public  good,  ami  one  whose 
sterling  integrity  and  uprightness  are  fully  appreciated  by  all  with 
whom  he  comes  in  contact. 

The  representative  miller  and  merchant  of  Captina,  Ohio,  was  born 
at  Captina,  February  16,  1S52.  Ilis  father  and  mother,  I.J. and  Mary  J. 
(Bryson)  Potts,  were  from  prominent  families.  I.  J.  Potts  was  born 
in  West  Wheeling,  while  his  wife  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  York  tow  n- 
ship.  They  reared  a  family  of  three  sons  and  onv  daughter,  all  of 
whom  are  living.  E.  R.  Potts  went  to  the  York  schools  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  old,  when  he  began  to  work  in  his  father's  mill,  remain- 
ing with  him  in  this  capacity  for  five  years,  he  then  purchased  the  mill 
from  his  father,  and  has  operated  it  up  to  this  time  with  great  success. 


752  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

In  1888  he  bought  the  mercantile  business  of  E.  B.  Potts,  and  has  car- 
ried this  on  in  connection  with  his  mill  and  farming  interests.  His 
store  is  a  model  of  its  kind,  everything  can  be  found  there  that  is 
usually  kept  in  the  first-class  general  stores.  Mr.  bolts  has  lived  a 
life  of  usefulness  and  his  energy  and  enterprise  have  left  their  mark 
on  the  community  in  which  he  lives.  Miss  Ella  McGrew,  a  lady  of 
many  accomplishments,  and  of  great  purity  of  character,  became  his 
wife  September  17,  1882.  Mrs.  Potts  is  a  daughter  of  Arch  and  Lydia 
McGrew,  she  was  born  August  15,  1859.  The  home  life  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Potts  has  been  greatly  brightened  by  the  birth  of  three  daugh- 
ters: Mary  D.,  Neva,  and  [ean.  The  family  move  in  the  best  circles 
of  the  county,  and  are  highly  respected  and  much  beloved. 

George  E.  Ramsay  is  a  prominent  agriculturist  of  Powhatan,  Bel- 
mont Co.,  Ohio.  He  is  a  son  of  Aaron  and  Nancy  Ramsay  (of  whom 
mention  is  made  elsewhere).  Mr.  Ramsay  first  saw  the  light  of  day 
November  12,  1861.  His  early  boyhood  was  spent  in  the  public 
schools  of  Powhatan,  later  he  attended  the  St.  Francis  college  in 
Cambria  county,  Penn.  Here  he  remained  one  year.  Returning 
from  college  his  father  gave  him  a  tract  of  land  situated  near  the  old 
homestead;  here  he  has  put  his  best  energies  and  experience,  and  the 
result  is  a  great  credit  to  his  abilities.  His  particular  attention  is  paid 
to  the  cultivation  of  wheat,  of  which  he  raises  large  crops.  His  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Lizzie  Sanford  was  solemnized  September  17,  1884. 
Mrs.  Ramsay  was  born  September  17,  1863,  and  is  the  daughter  of 
David  Sanford.  One  daughter  lias  been  born  into  their  happy  home: 
Edna  Browning,  whose  birth  occurred  February  3,  1887.  Mr.  Ram- 
say is  a  Mason,  and  both  he  and  wife  are  active  communicants  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

1.  W.  Ramsay  is  a  leading  citizen  of  York  township,  and  is  a  man  yet 
in  the  prime  of  life,  having  been  born  August  1 1,  1847.  He  is  a  son  of 
Aaron  and  Nancy  Ramsay,  and  comes  from  a  very  old  and  prominent 
family.  His  schooling  was  received  in  the  school's  of  York  township, 
and  having  been  reared  on  his  father's  farm,  and  having  a  natural 
taste  for  tilling  the  soil,  he  chose  farming  for  his  life  work.  1  le  took 
Miss  Sarah  Riley  to  wife  July  4,  1870.  Mrs.  Ramsay  is  a  daughter  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Ramsay)  Riley.  William  Riley  was  born 
September  20,  1825,  and  his  wife  was  born  February  1,  1830.  They 
were  married  October  10.  1857.  Sarah,  the  wife  of  the  subject  ot  this 
sketch,  was  born  into  this  world  October  17,  1S58.  Three  sons  and 
four  daughters  are  the  issue  of  this  union,  the)'  are:  Nancy  E.,  born 
August  22,  1877,  died  September  4,  1877;  Mary  P.,  born  July  1,  1S78; 
Amy  S.,  born  April  23,  18S0,  died  October  1,  1880:  Ida  O.,  born 
March  14,  1882;  Isaac  Aaron,  born  March  15,  18S4;  William  11.,  born 
February  14,  1886,  and  Randall  Rupert,  born  December  12,  1887. 
Mr.  Ramsay  is  a  practical  agriculturist,  and  has  met  with  the  most 
pleasing  success;  he  also  raises  the  finest  grade  of  horses,  cattle  and 
sheep.  His  farm  is  one  of  the  best  properties  in  the  county,  and  he 
is  known  for  miles  around  as  a  true  American  farmer.  He  and  his 
wife  are  both  influential  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 


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and   arc  always  ready  to  give   their  aid   to  any  legitimate  enterprise 
.which  will  in  any  way  enhance  the  wellfare  of  their  fellowmen. 

W.  A.  Ramsay  was  born  March  14,  1859.  He  is  a  son  of  Aaron  F. 
and  Nancy  (Thornbrook)  Ramsay.  The  former  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington county,  Penn.,  March  27,  1813,  the  latter  in  Belmont  county, 
Ohio,  September  12,  1S20.  Aaron  came  with  his  father,  Thomas,  to 
Belmont  county  in  1818,  being  among  the  pioneer  settlers.  Thomas 
Ramsay  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  Washington  county, 
Penn.,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  remaining  there  until  he  moved 
to  Ohio.  Aaron  F.  Ramsay  was  married  in  1844.  Four  sons  and 
four  daughters  were  born  of  this  union.  The  entire  family  is  living 
with  the  exception  of  one  daughter.  Mr.  Ramsay  lived  near  Jacobs- 
burgh  until  1857,  when  he  moved  to  a  farm  in  the  vicinity  of  Powhat- 
an. In  1S66  he  again  moved,  this  time  to  Powhatan,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  W.  A.  Ramsay  was  educated  in  the  Powhatan  schools, 
and  in  the  monastery  at  Loretto,  Penn.  Upon  his  return  from  school 
he  went  to  work  on  his  father's  farm,  and  has  since  continued  with 
gratifying  success  in  this  business,  lie  is  one  of  the  progressive, 
active  young  fanners  of  the  count)-,  and  his  future  promises  to  be  a 
very  bright  one.  August  4,  1884,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Emily  Campbell,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Josephine  Campbell. 
Emily  was  born  July  9,  1864.  One  son  is  the  result  of  this  marriage, 
Ben  A.,  born  May  21,  1 881.  Mr.  Ramsay  is  a  member  of  the  I.O.O.F., 
lodge  of  Powhatan.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ramsay  are  active  and  influ- 
ential members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

John  Ramser,  proprietor  of  the  United  States  distillery,  Xo.  1, 
Eighteenth  district  of  Ohio,  situated  at  Powhatan.  Ohio,  is  a  native 
of  Switzerland,  in  which  country  he  was  born  May  iS,  1825,  emi- 
grating to  this  country  |une  17,  1847.  He  first  located  in  Allegheny 
City,  where  he  worked  as  a  laborer  and  carpenter  until  1854,  when  he 
moved  to  Powhatan,  where  he  built  himself- a  house  and  engaged  in 
the  carpentry  trade;  he  afterward  sold  his  house  and  removed  to 
California  in  1858,  taking  his  wife  and  two  children  with  him;  they 
went  by  way  of  Panama  to  San  Fransisco.  \\  hen  he  landed,  in  San 
Fransisco  he  found  that  his  entire  outfit  had  been  stolen;  he  at  once 
went  to  work  for  a  Jew,  manufacturing  safes.  He  then  resumed  his 
old  trade,  working  at  it  until  he  had  accumulated  sufficient  money  to 
buy  another  outfit  for  himself  and  family,  when  they  started  for  the 
mines.  On  this  journey  they  encountered  many  obstacles,  the  severe 
snow  storms  hindered  them  much  and  caused  the  blindness  of  one  of 
his  children  for  several  months.  Finally  they  reached  the  mines  at 
Forest  City,  and  Mr.  Ramser  had  only  worked  for  a  few  days  when 
the  entire  town  was  burned  down.  From  here  he  went  to  the  mines 
on  Rock  creek,  where  he  worked  in  the  mines  for  two  years,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  time  he  removed  to  Sacramento  with  the  purpose 
of  going  into  the  huckstering  business.  He  crossed  the  mountains 
forty  times,  encountering  all  the  perils  and  hardships  of  a  frontier 
life.  After  some  time  spent  in  this  way,  he  moved  onto  a  ranch  and 
burned  charcoal  for  a  living.  While  here  his  wife  died.  Soon  after 
48-B. 


754  HISTORY    OF   THE    ITTER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

he  started  back  over  the  plains  with  his  five  motherless  little  children. 
The  return  trip  took  over  four  long  months  of  weary  travel.  Reach- 
ing Powhatan  he  built  a  distillery  on  Cat's  Run  in  1S67,  and  operated 
the  same  until  1SS0,  when  he  removed  to  Powhatan,  where  he  estab- 
lished the  large  distillery  now  owned  and  operated  by  himself.  By 
his  first  wife  Mr.  Ramser  had  eleven  children,  six  of  whom  are  living. 
By  his  second  wife,  who  was  Miss  Lena  Berger,  he  has  had  eleven 
children,  six  of  them  being  dead.  Mr.  Ramser  is  a  member  of  the 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  of  the  Masonic  order  of  Powhatan,  Maria  lodge. 
No.  105,  having  completed  the  degrees  of  the  latter  May,  1868.  A 
man  of  various  experiences,  yet  one  who  has  made  a  success  of  his 
life,  and  who  is  respected  by  his  neighbors. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  physicians,  and  a  vet}'  distinguished 
citizen  of  Powhatan,  Ohio,  is  Dr.  E.  X.  Riggs,  who  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington county,  Perm..  September  22,  1S46.  Id  is  parents  were  Edward 
and  Hester  (Newmeyer)  Riggs,  the  former  was  born  in  1802,  and  the 
latter  in  1809.  They  raised  a  family  of  ten  children,  nine  of  whom 
still  survive  them.  When  but  nine  years  old  Dr.  Riggs  commenced 
attending  the  South  Western  Normal  school  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
continued  there  until  seventeen  years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  began 
to  read  medicine  with  his  brother.  Dr.  I).  W.  Riggs.  and  A.  O.  Hun- 
ter, M.  D.  He  afterward  entered  entered  Bellevue  Medical  college 
in  New  York,  remaining  there  for  one  year,  he  then  attended  the  Cin- 
cinnati Medical  college,  where  he  graduated  with  honor  in  1872. 
After  his  graduation  Dr.  Riggs  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  and  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  with  his  brother  in  Allegheny  City. 
Here  he  remained  for  seven  years  meeting  with  much  success.  In  1876. 
he  removed  to  Powhatan  Point,  and  has  since  built  up  a  very  lucrative 
practice.  While  in  Allegheny  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  health. 
and  four  years  was  a  director  of  the  poor,  and  previous  to  his  removal 
to  Powhatan,  was  elected  a  member  of  the  city  council.  April  o.  1873, 
Miss  Luella  Abrams,  daughter  of  Capt.  W.  J.  and  Mary  Abrams, 
became  his  wife.  She  was  born  October  13,  1850.  They  are  the  par- 
ents of  one  son:  William  P.,  born  June  4.  1876.  For  four  years  Dr. 
Riggs  had  the  honor  of  being  a  member  of  the  board  of  pension  ex- 
aminers at  Bellaire,  Ohio,  and  for  four  years  was  township  treasurer. 
a  member  of  the  board  of  school  truscees  ot  Powhatan,  and  is  also 
one  of  the  directors  of  the  Ohio  Valley  railway  company,  he  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  lodge,  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  having  been  a 
member  of  Grand  lodge  at  the  session  of  1870.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Riggs 
are  both  very  earnest  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
the  former  being  the  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  of  that 
church. 

Philip  Wurster  is  the  leading  merchant  tailor  of  Powhatan.  Mr. 
Wurster  is  a  native  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  where  he  was  born 
March  31.  1S46.  His  parents  were  Charles  Friederich  and  Barbara 
(Frey)  Wurster.  They  reared  a  family  of  five  children.  The  father 
■was  born  in  1802  and  died  in  1856.  After  the  father's  death  in  Ger- 
many the  family  began  to  move  to  this  country.     Idle-  subject's  oldest 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  755 

brother  came  to  Wheeling  when  Philip  was  six  years  old.  He  a  few- 
years  later  was  followed  by  his  sister  Agatha.  Philip  came  with  his 
mother  and  one  sister,  arriving  in  America  in  May,  1866.  Immedi- 
ately he  made  his  way  to  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  and  engaged  in  the  mer- 
chant tailoring  business  there  for  three  years,  after  which  lie  moved 
to  Powhatan,  and  lias  since  resided  there  with  the  exception  of  six 
months  spent  in  Kanawa  county,  W.  Ya.  lie  was  married  May  11, 
1S69,  to  Miss  Rosa  Lude.  She  was  born  July  3,  1S54,  a  daughter  of 
Michael  and  Sarah  (Elder)  Lude.  The  former  was  a  native  of 
Wurtemberg,  German}'.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wurster  have  had  two  sons, 
Charles  Philip,  born  October  31,  [S/i,  and  George  Ludwig  Lewis, 
born  April  3,  1880.  Mr.  Wurster  is  a  member  and  past  grand  mas- 
ter of  the  I.  O.  C).  F.,  and  also  is  an  earnest  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 


CHAPTER    V 


CITIES  AND  TOWNS— THEIR  GROWTH  AND  ORGANIZATION — HELLAIRE  — 
ST.  CLAIRSVILLE  — BRIDGEPORT  —  BARNESVILLE  —  MARTIN'S  FERRY  — 
MORRISTOWN —  FLUSHING  —  BELMONT—  HENDRVSBURG  —  OTHER  TOWNS 
AND    VILLAGES,    ETC. 

l/i?}  .ify?'!;  I  IP  early  towns  in  Belmont  count),  with  the  exception  ot 
^^■♦S^m  Pultney,  the  original  county  town,  and  Bridgeport,  were  all 
%«^|jTKi^'  away  from  the  Ohio  river  and  along  the  ridges  or  high 
't^nT^  lan^s  m  the  several  townships.  These  towns  were  laid  out 
H\*%t?'"l  in  the  following  order:  Pultney  and  Nowelstown,  now  Si. 
V^iv^j  Clairsville,  in  1800;  Morristown  in  1802;  Bridgeport  and 
^'4yV  Uniontown  in  1S06;  Belmont  and  Barnesville  in  180S;  Flush- 
's* ing  in  1S13;  Farmington  and  Jacobsburgh  in  1815;  Somcrton 
in  181S;  Centerville  and  Hendrysburg  in  1828;  Pleasant  Grove  in 
1S30;  Sewellsville,  Loydsville  and  Steinersville  in  1S31.  Later  organ- 
izations were  Bellaire,  Boston  and  Xew  Castle  in  1834;  Martin's 
Ferry  in  1835;  Temperanceville  in  1837;  West  Wheeling  in  1838; 
Rockhill  in  1844;  Hunter  in  1S4S;  Powhatan  in  1841;;  Warnock  in 
1854;  Fairmont  and  Glencoein  1835;  Stewartsville  in  186S;  Maynard  in 
1874;  /Etnaville  (usually  regarded  as  part  of  Bridgeport)  and  George- 
town were  platted  later.  Those  since  1849  have  been  along  the  lines 
of  railroad. 


756  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Bellaire  is  the  largest  town  or  city  in  Belmont  county.  The  greater 
part  of  the  city  is  upon  a  high  bottom  above  the  reach  of  all  past 
floods  in  the  river  and  at  the  mouth  of  McMahan  creek,  one  of  the 
larger  streams  of  the  county.  The  commercial  advantages  of  its  lo- 
cation have  been  recognized  by  all  railroad  constructors  that  have 
built  railroads  in  or  through  the  county,  and  all  thus  far  built  termin- 
ate in  Bellaire. 

The  old  town  of  Bellaire  was  laid  out  in  1834  by  Jacob  Davis,  whose 
father  purchased  the  land  in  1802  and  was  one  of  the  original  settlers. 
The  first  house  built  in  it  was  put  up  by  Jacob  Davis,  in  1829,  and  the 
writer  hat!  it  torn  down  in  1S70,  when  the  buildings  of  the  Bellaire 
Implement  and  .Machine  works  were  erected.  The  town  grew  slowly 
until  the  construction  of  the  Central  Ohio  railroad  was  completed  in 
1854,  and  the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  railroad  in  1S56. 

In  1852  Col.  J.  II.  Sullivan  and  others  purchased  the  Harris  farm 
and  laid  out  the  new  city  and  called  it  Bellaire.  The  following  addi- 
tions, which  show  the  rapid  growth  of  the  city  as  well  as  anything  can, 
were  made  at  the  time  specified:  Rodeler's  first  addition,  January  30, 
J856;  Harris  farm  addition,  September  5,  18^6;  Rodefers' second  ad- 
dition. July.  1856;  Rodefer's  third  addition,  November  3,  1859;  Sulli- 
van, Barnard  &  Cowen's  addition,  October  13,  1866;  Bates'  addition, 
March  31,  1868:  Fink's  addition,  September  15,  1868;  Fink's  second 
addition,  September  25,  1869;  Sullivan,  Barnard  &  Cowen's  second 
addition,  and  Mrs.  J.  II.  Sullivan's  Rose  Hill  addition,  June  %  1869; 
Cummins'  first  addition,  December  1,  1870;  Cummins' second  addition, 
September  10,  1872;  Cummins'  third  addition,  June  28,  1873;  Cum- 
mins' fourth  addition.  October  3,1874;  Heatherington's  first  addition, 
July  11,  1871;  Bates'  addition,  July  15,  1871;  Barnard,  Cummins  & 
Hammond's  addition,  July  25,  1871  ;  Carroll,  Armstrong  &  Co.'s  addi- 
tion, February  21,  1872;  Fink's  third  addition,  June  22/1872;  Heather- 
ington's second  addition.  June  27,  1872;  Heatherington's  third  addition, 
December  5,  1872;  Barnard's  first  addition,  April  3,  1873;  Austin's  ad- 
dition, August  22,  1S73;  Horn's  addition,  February  21, '1874;  Austin's 
second  addition,  August  28,  1874;  Barnard's  second  addition,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1S76;  Cummins'  fifth  addition,  April  15,  1S78;  Barnard  & 
Cowen's  addition,  April  15,  1878;  Sullivan,  Barnard  &  Cowen's  third 
addition,  February  2; ,  1878;  Sheets'  addition.  March  21,  1S79. 

Early  Settlers  and Business  Mai. — The  following  persons  were  among 
the  earlier  purchasers  of  lots  in  Bellaire:  11.  B.Cunningham,  John 
Wallace,  R.  Wallace  and  William  Frazier,  purchased  lots  in  1834; 
George  Wheatly.Adam  Long,  Francis Hollingshead,  Hiram  McMahan, 
R.  H. O'Neal,  Robert  Tarbet  and  Jesse  Bailey.in  1S36,  and  John  Hoff- 
man, James  Dunlap,  Richard  Hawkins,  C.  S.'S.  Baron,  Amos  Worlcv, 
Thomas  M.  Davis,  Harrison  Porter  and  John  Christian  bought  soon 
after.  Amos  Worley  built  the  third  house  and  carried  on  cabinet- 
making,  Joseph  Rinc  was  the  first  coal  merchant,  Capt.  John  Fink  and 
the  Heatheringtons  entered  the  business  a  few  years  later,  Francis 
Hollingshead  was  the  first  grocer.  Joseph  McCullough  kept  a  shoe 
shop  in  the  second  frame  house  built  in  the  town.     I  Ie  was  succeeded 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  757 

by  Benjamin  Westlake.  William  Hunter  made  the  first  brick,  John 
Archer  was  the  first  cooper,  the  Longs  were  boat  builders,  John  Rees 
was  a  blacksmith,  ].  M.  Heard  a  wagon  maker,  and  a  Jew  named 
Weish,  the  first  clothier.  A  postoffice  was  established  in  1841,  and 
John  Archer  was  appointed  postmaster.  I  lis  successors  were:  Dr. 
Andrews,  John  Anderson,  A.  W.  Anderson,  William  Dunn,  Robert 
Harper,   Mrs.   II.  A.   Birdsong,  George   A.Wise,  D.W.Cooper   and 

D.  H.  Donal  the  present  incumbent. 

The  town  was  incorporated  in  1S60.  In  1S70  and  in  1873  the  corpo- 
rate limits  were  extended,  and  in  the  latter  year  the  village  charter 
was  changed  to  the  city  charter.  The  following  persons  have  served 
as  mayor:     1860-61,  John  Kelley;   1861-63,  A-  ^  •  Anderson;   1S63-6S, 

E.  B.  Winans;  1868-70,  A.  O.  Mellotte;  1870-74,  George  Crisnell; 
1874-78,  Joel  Strahl;  1878-80,  Levi  Cassell;  1SS0-S4,  D.  W.  Cooper; 
1886-90,  W.  II.  Brown;   1890 — ,  S.  S.  McGowen. 

Grozuth  and  Present  Condition. —  On  the  completion  of  the  Central 
Ohio  and  Cleveland  &  Pittsburgh  railroads,  to  Bellaire,  it  com- 
menced to  grow  rapidlv.  The  first  Hint  glass  works,  the  Belmont,  was 
organized  in  1861.  It  was  followed  by  the  National,  in  1809;  the 
Goblet  works,  in  1876;  the  Ohio  Glass  works,  in  1878;  the  Bellaire 
Bottle  works,  and  the  /Etna  Glass  works  in  1880.  Some  changes  and 
enlargements  have  occurred  in  these  factories,  but  they  are  all  in 
operation  now. 

The  first  window  glass  works  was  erected  in  1872,  by  the  Bellaire 
Window  Glass  company,  that  has  since  been  doubled  in  capacity. 
The  Union  Window  Glass  works  were  started  in  1S80;  the  Crystal 
Window  Glass  works,  in  1882,  and  the  Enterprise  Window  Glass 
works,  in  1884.  These  works  are  all  now  running.  The  Bellaire  Xail 
works  was  organized  in  i860.  It  has  been  enlarged  from  forty-five 
nail  machines  to  127  machines.  The  company  has  built  a  blast  fur- 
nace with  a  capacity  of  100  tons  of  pig  iron  daily,  and  a  steel  plant 
with  a  capacity  of  ^75  tons  in  twenty-four  hours.  The  Bellaire  Stamp- 
ing works  organized  in  1871,  as  the  Baron  Manufacturing  company, 
has  been  enlarged  until  its  present  capacity  is  three  or  four  times 
what  it  originally  was.  and  runs  the  year  round.  The  Bellaire 
Cement  works,  Barnhill  &  Co.  Boiler  works,  .Etna  Machine  works 
and  foundry,  Buckeye  Lantern  works,  the  Gill  Bros'.  Glass-pot  works. 
Dubois  &  McCoy's  Planing  mills,  Ault's  and  Stewart  ci  Ward's  Mer- 
chant Flouring  mills,  the  repair  shops  of  the  15.  cl  O.  and  the  C.  &  1'. 
railroads  and  eight  coal  mines.  These  great  manufacturing  establish- 
ments, with  the  incident  carpenters,  masons,  blacksmiths,  wagon-mak- 
ers, tailors,  shoemakers,  merchants,  butchers,  newspapers,  and  other  or- 
dinary callings  in  such  a  community,  make  Bellaire  a  live  and  pros- 
perous city. 

A  water  works  erected  in  1874,  at  a  cost  of  $ico.ooo.  and  since 
enlarged,  furnishes  the  people  with  an  abundant  supply  of  good  soft 
water. 

The  Bellaire  Gas  Light  and  Coke  company,  organized  in  1873,  has 
supplied  the  city  with  gas,  and  under  a  re-organization  in  1880.  as  the 


75S  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Bellaire  Electric  Light  and  Gas  company,  is  now  furnishing  both 
electric  lights  and  gas. 

The  Street  Railway  company,  organized  in  1S75,  passed  into  new- 
hands  in  1SS7,  and  the  road  has  hern  rebuilt  in  a  much  better  manner 
than  orgininally  constructed,  and  is  a  first-class  road  ot  great  accom- 
modation to  the  people. 

Schools. —  The  educational  facilities  are  excellent.  A  good  school 
building  in  each  ward  with  from  three  to  eight  rooms  and  a  central  or 
high  school  building,  the  management  of  which  is  elsewhere  more 
particularly  described. 

Churches.-  -There  are  in  the  city  four  Methodist  Episcopal  churches 
(two  colored),  two  Presbyterian  churches,  one  Christian  church,  one 
Catholic  church,  one  United  Presbyterian  church,  one  Episcopal 
church,  and  one  German  Lutheran  church. 

Commercial  Bttsincss.-  -The  assessed  valuation  for  taxation  of  the 
real  and  personal  property  in  the  city  is  $3,250,000,  and  increasing  at 
the  rate  of  $160,000  a  year.  In  addition  to  the  establishments  speci- 
fically named  there  are  in  the  city  two  banks,  seven  fine  drug  stores, 
nine  dry  goods  stores,  eleven  clothing  and  gents'  furnishing  houses; 
nine  boot  and  shoe  stores,  four  tin  and  sheet  iron  manufacturers  and 
stove  dealers;  three  hardware  stores,  three  toy  and  wall  paper  stores, 
two  furniture  and  chair  dealers,  three  painting  and  decorating  firms, 
six  cigar  factories,  five  livery  stables,  five  watch  and  silversmiths,  sixty 
grocers  and  provision  dealers,  seven  confectioners,  twelve  barber 
shops,  with  butchers,  blacksmiths,  marble  cutters,  news  dealers, 
masons,  carpenters,  etc. 

Newspapers. —  There  are  three  weekly,  one  semi-weekly  and  two 
daily  papers  running  apparently  successfully,  and  numerous  others 
have  been  started,  ran  a  brief  career,  and  died.  The  Independent. 
started  in  1S76,  by  a  company,  J.  13.  Longley,  editor,  purchased  by 
J.E.Anderson,  1111877,  started  a  small  daily  edition  in  1 881,  and 
enlarged  to  a  six  column  folio  in  iSqo.  The  Tribune,  a  republican 
paper  started  by  C.  L.  Poorman  in  1879,  as  a  weekly,  issued  a  six-col- 
umn daily  in  rSSi,  and  made  the  weekly  a  semi-weekly,  and  in  1885 
enlarged  the  daily  to  a  seven-column  folio.  The  Herald,  a  democratic 
paper,  started  in  1S85,  by  E.  M.  Lockwood,  was  sold  in  iSqo  to  A.  C. 
Meyer,  who  is  now  running  it.  The  Bellaire  Democrat,  a  neat  forty- 
column  quarto,  made  its  appearance  as  a  democratic  paper  in  1888, 
published  by  William  C.  Warnock,  is  the  best  patronized  democratic 
paper  ever  published  in  the  city. 

Improved  Streets  and  /vWfr.— Bellaire  has  the  best  paved  streets  of 
any  city  of  equal  size  in  the  state  and  new  contracts  an'  being  sold  for 
Still  further  improvements.  At  the  April  election  here  citizens  voted 
'  by  a  large  majority,  agreeing  to  be  taxed  with  the  people  ol  Pultney 
township  to  construct  five  macadamnized  roads  leading  from  the  city 
in  different  directions  through,  the  township,  which  will  be  of  great 
value  to  the  city  when  constructed.  All  indications  point  to  a  rapid 
and  substantial  growth  of  the  city  in  the  near  future. 

St.  Clairsville.—  The  capital  of  the  county,  St.  Clairsville,  is  situated 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  759 

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on  the  line  of  the  national  road,  eleven  miles  west  of  the  Ohio  river, 
and  560  feet  above  its  level,  on  a  site  commanding  a  magnificent  view 
of  the  rich  agricultural  country  surrounding  it.  It  was  laid  out  in 
1S01  by  David  Newell  and  called  Newelstown.  In  1S03  it  was  en- 
larged by  Mather's  addition,  and  called  St.  Clairsville,  in  honor  of 
Arthur  St.  Clair  governor  of  the  Northwest  Territory.  It  was  made 
the  seat  of  justice  for  the  county  in  1S04.  as  elsewhere  related. 

For  many  years  it  was  the  principal  trading  town  in  the  count)' and 
grew  rapidly  until  1840,  being  on  the  line  of  the  leading  road  in  the 
country  in  early  days,  and  this  became  the  national  road  in  1S2S-9. 
In  earl)-  days  a  large  trade  was  carried  on  here  in  ginseng,  furs,  grain 
and  produce  which  was  hauled  to  the  river  and  shipped  on  flat-boats 
to  New  Orleans.  In  this  way  the  people  of  the  count)- obtained  their 
money  to  meet  cash  outlays  for  taxes  and  other  items.  From  a  letter 
written  in  iSdS,  we  give  a  discription  of  this  business: 

"The  produce  collected  here  for  the  Atlantic  ports,  are  flour  Tor 
New  Orleans  market),  hemp,  flax,  bees-wax,  and  in  the  fall  of  1807, 
12,000  weight  of  snake-root  ami  6,000  weight  of  ginseng  (3,000  weight: 
of  which  being  clarified),  was  sent  to  the  ports  of  Philadelphia  and 
Baltimore." 

The  village  was  incorporated  in  January,  1S07,  and  the  following 
officers  appointed  to  serve  until  their  successors  were  elected:  John 
Patton,  president;  Sterling  Johnson,  recorder;  Samuel  Sullivan,  mar- 
shal; Michael  Groves,  William  Brown,  John  Brown  and  Josiah  Dillon, 
trustees;  William  Cougleton,  collector;  James  Caldwell,  treasurer. 
A  new  charter  was  issued  by  the  secretary  of  state  December  19,  1S1S, 
indicating  a  lapse  or  death  of  the  old  incorporation.  Since  1S40  there 
has  been  little  growth  or  development,  except  within  the:  past  three 
or  four  years,  the  new  growth  being  due  to  an  influx  of  well-to-do 
fanners  and  others  seeking  a  health)-,  intelligent  location,  tor  a  retired 
life,  and  the  business  transacted  now,  outside  of  that  connected  with 
the  courts  and  official  business  of  the  count)-,  is  less  than  twenty  years 
ago,  and  in  fact,  the  following  pen-picture  of  the  business  aspect  of 
the  place,  written  of  its  condition  in  1808,  by  a  citizen  of  the  place, 
makes  one  doubt  whether  it  has  made  much  progress  in  point  of  ma- 
terial industry  since  that  date:  "  Here  are  two  schools,  five  taverns, 
eight  stores  well  assorted  with  goods,  seven  carpenters,  three  masons, 
two  blacksmiths,  two  tanners,  or  curriers,  four  cabinet-makers,  one 
brick-maker,  two  saddlers,  one  pottery,  one  tinner,  two  manufactur- 
ers of  cut  nails,  two  clock  and  watchmakers,  four  shoemakers,  three 
tailors,  two  turners  in  wood,  one  spinning  wheel  maker  la  very  useful 
manufacture  in  a  new  country,  and  especially  at  this  time  when  every 
family  is  a  dollar  richer  for  every  cent  laid  out  in  buying  a  spinning 
wheel,  and  pounds  for  ever)' shilling's  worth  in  home  made  garments), 
one  cartwright,  two  Windsor  chair-makers,  and  one  maker  of  split- 
bottom  chairs,  two  distilleries,  one  victualer.  three  physicians,  and  two 
attorneys    -in  the  latter  the  growth  has  been  large. 

Among  the  early  merchants  and  business  men  were  these:  James 
Caldwell,  first  dry  goods  store,  in  1801,  was  president  o\  Belmont  bank 


76o  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPl'ER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

in  1816,  and  died  in  1837:  John  Winters,  merchant,  1S02;  James 
Barnes,  1803;  Peter  Yarnald,  John  Patterson  and  John  Thompson,  in 
]8o5;  Josiah  Dillon,  Samuel  Sharp  and  John  Carter  &  Co.,  in  1807; 
Joseph  Harris  and  Richard  Freeman,  in  180S;  Josiah  Hedges,  1813, 
and  Richard  Charlesworth,  1819.  None  of  these  have  left  family  suc- 
cessors in  the  business  of  the  place. 

Newspapers  — St.  Clairsvillc  Gazette,  J.  W.  Milligan,  editor,  and 
Belmont  Chronicle,  W.  A.   I  hint,  editor. 

Churches. —  Presbyterian,  Robert  Alexander,  pastor;  United  Pres- 
byterian, Thomas  Balph,  pastor;  Methodist  Episcopal,  J.  II.  Hollings- 
head,  pastor. 

Schools. —  The  schools  of  St.  Cairsville  are  among  the  best  in  the 
county,  employing  seven  teachers  in  six  rooms,  with  388  of  an  enum- 
eration, and  at  a  cost  of  $5,600.     Population  in  1880,  1,128. 

Bridgeport. —  Ma)-  q,  1S0O,  the  town  of  Canton,  now  Bridgeport,  was 
laid  out  by  Ebenezer  Zane,  of  Wheeling,  who  had  secured  the  lands 
along  Wheeling  creek  as  far  west  as  the  Scott  farm,  and  up  the  Ohio 
river  to  Burlington.  It  was  located  on  the  north  side  of  Wheeling 
creek  on  the  line  of  the  "Indian  trail,"  afterward  "the  Zane  road," 
and  since  the  National  road.  Elijah  Woods,  the  son-in-law  of  Mr. 
Zane,  was  active  in  the  early  growth  and  development  of  Bridgeport. 
In  1807,  there  were  thirteen  houses.  At  this  early  date  boat-building 
was  inaugurated  by  Moses  Rhodes,  who  built  flat-  ami  keel-boats  for 
the  river  trade,  for  carrying  the  produce  of  the  county  to  points 
above  and  below  on  the  river;  and  Bridgeport  was  the  shipping  point 
for  the  count)-  and  maintained  the  lead  in  this  line  until  the  construc- 
tion of  railroads.  Among  the  early  business  men  of  Bridgeport  were 
Thomas  Thompson  who  kept  a  tavern,  the  first  in  the  place;  Ezra 
Williams,  a  wheelwright;  Moses  Rhodes,  and  Artemus  Baker,  boat- 
builders;  Elijah  Woods,  ferryman;  Thomas  Woods  ami  Benjamin 
Bloomfield,  John  Pettis,  Ford  Scott  and  John  Scott  kept  stores  in 
1820.  Samuel  Fitch  established  a  wholesale  store  in  1825;  he  struck 
the  first  pick  west  of  the  river  in  the  work  of  the  National  road. 
This  enterprise  gave  Canton  a  substantial  growth. 

In  1844  there  was  another  impetus  to  business,  and  for  ten  years 
there  was  substantial  growth  and  development.  Among  the  leading 
business  houses  during  this  period  were:  Rhodes  &  Oglebay,  Hol- 
loway  &  Warfield,  Anderson  &  Dewey,  D.  B.  Atkinson  &  Co., 
Bell  &  Harden,  grocers,  dry  goods  and  forwarders.  The  ship- 
ping business  in  1854  amounting  to  about  $150,000.  Since  1864  there 
has  been  rapid  growth  in  business  largely  due  to  the  growth  of  man- 
ufacturing business. 

Bridgeport  proper  was  incorporated  March  14,  1S36.  The  incorpo- 
rated limits  were  extended  to  the  north  line  of  .Etnaville.  laid  out  in 
1873,  and  south  of  the  La  Belle  glass  works,  including  Kirkwood  laid 
out  January  28,  1S34,  by  Joseph  Kirkwood,  Zane's  addition  in  1831, 
and  Allen's  addition  in  1836. 

Men  Who  Served  as  Mayor.-  -  Peter  Cusick  was  first  mayor  of  Bridge- 
port, Hugh  McNeeley  followed.     James   D.  Callighan    served    from 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  76 1 

1S3S-40.  There  were  no  corporate  elections  from  1840-47,  when  Moses 
Rhodes  was  elected.  Since  then  the  following  have  served:  15.  T. 
Brown,  Novenber  17,  1X47,  to  April  12,  1848;  S.  E.  Francis,  April  1, 
1S4S,  to  May  12,  1848;  John  Gilbert,  May  12,  1848,  to  April  9,  1849; 
Lewis  G.  Smith,  April  g,  1849,  to  April  16,  1851;  John  Gilbert,  April  16, 
1851,  to  June  12,  18^2;  John  Allison,  fune  12^  18^2,  to  December,  1852; 
William  Gill,  December.  1852,  to  April  6.  1S53;  W.  \V.  Halstead, 
April  6,  1853,  to  April  3,  1854;  William  Gill,  April  3,  1854,  to  April  7, 
1S56;  William  Alexander,  April  7,  1856,  to  December  11,  1857;  A.  J. 
Lawrence,  December  11,  1S57,  to  April  4,  1859;  John  Gilbert,  April  4, 
1859,  to  April  2,  i860;  Andrew  Grubb,  April  2,  'i860,  to  April  1,  1861; 
William  Alexander,  April  1,  i86i,to  fune  14,  1864;  A.  Goudy,  fune  14, 
1S64,  to  April,  1866;  William  Alexander,  April,  1S66,  to  May.  1866; 
A.  Goudy,  May,  1866,  to  April,  1S67;  Israel  Phillips,  April,  1867,  to 
April,  1869;  William  Gill,  April,  1869,  to  April,  1870;  Israel  Phillips, 
April,  1870,  to  April,  1873;  William  Gill,  April,  1873,  to  April,  1875; 
Milton  McConoughy,  April,  1875,  to  April,  1878;  F.  C.  Robinson, 
April,  1878,  to  April,  18S4;  M.  \'.  funkins,  April,  18S4,  to  April,  1S8S; 
R.  Mitchell,  April,  1888,  to  April,  "189  . 

Moses  Rhodes  was  the  first  postmaster  appointed  in  1815,  during 
Madison's  administration.  Dr.  J.  W.  Cook  was  postmaster  under  the. 
last  administration. 

Chinches. —  Bridgeport  has  two  Methodist  churches,  one  Presby- 
terian and  one  Colored  Baptist  church. 

Mamtfac/icrcrs. —  /Ltna  Iron  &  Steel  company,  sheet  and  building 
iron;  Standard  Iron  company,  corrugated  iron;  LaBelle  Glass  Works, 
cut  glass;  Bridgeport  Iron  Works,  fruit  jars;  Woodcock  Bros.,  foun- 
dry; R.  J.  Baggs  N  Son,  doors,  sash,  etc.;  Diamond  Mills,  flour;  L.  C. 
Leech,  boards,  etc.;   Bridgeport  Machine  shops. 

Population  in  1880,  2,390;  school  enumeration,  1889,  1,210:  valuation 
for  taxation,  1889,  $1,147,104,  First  National  bank;  capital,  $200,000, 
surplus  and  undivided  profits,  $50,430.  Railroads,  Cleveland,  Pitts- 
burgh &  Wheeling,  Cleveland,  Lorain  &  Wheeling  and  Wheeling  & 
Lake  Erie. 

Barnesville. —  James  Barnes,  the  founder  of  Barnesville,  was  born  in 
Maryland  count)',  Md.,  of  English  parents,  in  1782.  He  started  life 
as  a  farmer  in  Montgomery  county.  Md.,  where'  he  laid  out  a  town, 
which  he  called  Barnesville.  In  1803,  he  concluded  to  try  the  west, 
and  came  to  Ohio,  llis  first  stopping  place  was  at  St.  Clairsville, 
where  he  opened  a  tavern  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  the  west  side  of 
the  court  house.  A  few  years  later,  he  went  into  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness on  the  corner  of  Main  and  Marietta  streets,  where  he  continued 
in  business  until  181 2. 

In  1S06,  he  entered  the  lands  where  Barnesville  now  stands,  and 
two  years  later,  Rev.  James  Rounds,  a  tanner,  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Barnes  and  started  a  tan  yard  on  the  land.  On  No- 
vember 8/  1808,  Mr.  Barnes  laid  out  the  town  of  Barnesville,  and  com- 
menced the*  sale  of  lots,  reserving  the  block  east  of  Chestnut,  fronting 
on  Main  and  Church  streets.     lie  removed  to  Barnesville  in  1812,  oc- 


762  HISTORY    OF   Till;    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

cupying  part  of  the  house  on  lot  45,  but  in  1813-14,  erected  a  house 
on  lot  17,  where  he  lived  until  his  death. 

William  Philpot,  in  1S10,  opened  the  first  store  in  the  place  on 
lot  iS.  That  year  John  and  Thomas  Shannon,  the'  former  the 
father  of  William  Shannon,  governor  of  Ohio,  did  the  work  oi  clear- 
ing ten  acres  of  ground,  on  which  the  orchard  was  planted,  a  part  of 
the  trees  of  which  are  still  standing  on  the  residence  property  of  the 
late  Kelion  1  lager.  Mr.  Barnes  was  an  active  business  man  and 
started  or  aided  in  starting  many  enterprises.  I  le  started  in  the  busi- 
ness of  purchasing  and  classifying  ginseng,  and  bought  as  much  as 
30,000  pound_s  of  it  annually.  In  1814  he  organized  a  company  and 
put  up  a  flouring-mill  and  woolen  factory,  the  mill  still  running  and 
the  woolen  factory  ran  until  1835.  It  was  the  largest  woolen  mill 
ever  run  in  the  county.  In  1823-24  Mr.  Barnes  commenced  dealing 
in  leaf  tobacco  and  1826,  erected  a  large  tobacco  house,  and  the  to- 
bacco trade  later  became  an  important  enterprise.  .Among  the  other 
early  enterprises  in  Barnesville,  was  the  nail  factory  of  James  Riggs, 
a  wrought-nail  maker  who  came  from  Ilagerstown,  Md.,  in  1810 
and  erected  a  factory  with  three  forges,  on  hit  47,  Main  street, 
where  he  turned  out  from  fifteen  to  twenty  pounds  of  hand-forged 
nails  to  each  forge  per  day,  which  he  continued  until  after  the  war  of 
1812.  when  the  introduction  of  the  cut-nail  machinery,  the  factory  was 
abandoned. 

Barnesville  is  situated  on  the  line  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio,  or  Cen- 
tral Ohio  railroad,  twenty-eight  miles  from  the  Ohio  river,  on  lands 
dividing  the  waters  of  McMahan  creek  and  Stillwater,  and  is  noted 
at  present  for  the  quantity  ami  quality  of  its  strawberry  production, 
which  was  commenced  in  i860  and  increased  so  that  in  good  years 
1,000  bushels  are  daily  shipped  during  the  fruit  season  to  cities  east 
and  west,  the  largest  quantity  going  to  Chicago. 

Municipal  Organizations. —  The  act  of  the  general  assembly,  by 
which  Barnesville  became  an  incorporated  village,  was  passed  in  the 
winter  of  1835-6.  At  tin;  spring  election  of  [S36,  Isaac  Barnes,  a  son 
of  the  proprietor  of  the  town,  was  chosen  its  first  mayor.  From  that 
time  until  1855  the  records  of  the  town  have  been  lost,  and  it  is  impos- 
sible to  supply  their  place  by  traditional  evidence.  The  officers,  how- 
ever, were  elected  annually,  and  the  following  persons  were  chosen 
mayors  of  the  village  and  very  nearly  in  the  order  of  the  names  given: 
Lewis  H.  Green,  Col.  Benjamin  Mackall  (several  terms),  Kelion 
Hager,  John  McGill  (several  terms),  Evan  Butler  and  John  McCune. 
From  1855  the  records  of  the  town  have  been  well  preserved,  and  the 
following  is  a  list  of  the  mayors  with  the  time  they  served  annexed 
to  their  names:  Benjamin  Davenport,  April,  18^,  to  April.  1S56; 
John  Davenport,  Esq.,  April,  1856,  to  April.  185S;  Stephen  Wilson, 
April  1858,  to  November  1,  1S5S;  S.  1.  Evans,  November  1,  [858,  to 
April  1,  1861;  X.  Criswell,  April  i,  1861,  to  April,  1S62;  Handel  Vance, 
April,  1S62,  to  December  1.  1802:  II.  F.  Odell,  December  1.  1802,  to 
April,  1804;  Benjamin  Davenport,  April,  1S64,  to  April,  iS66;  John  M. 
Gardner,  April,  iS66,  to  April,  1807;  James  W.Warrield,  April,  1807,10 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  763 

April,  1868;  Benjamin  Davenport,  April.  1S6S,  to  April,  [S69;  John  M. 
Gardner,  April,  1869,  to  April  1870;  R.  C.Graves,  April.  [870,  to  April, 
1871;  lames  A.  Barnes,  April.  1S71,  to  May  1.  1S71;  Michael  D.  Km,-. 
May,  1871,  to  February  16,  1874;  John  M.  Gardner,  February  16,  1874, 
to  April,  1S74;  R.  11.  Taneyhill,  April,  1874,  to  April,  1S70;  II.  \\  . 
Baker,  April.  1876.  to  April,  1890;  G.  II.  Kemp,  April.  1S90. 

Manufactures  — The  Window  Glass  company,  with  two  ten-pot 
furnaces,  is  the  largest  manufactory  in  the  place  and  employs  130 
hands;  The  Watt  Bros.  Mining  Car-wheel  company  employs  forty- 
five  hands;  George  Atkinson's  Woolen  mill,  thirteen  hands;  1  Iced 
Brothers,  manufacturers  of  cigars,  ninety  hands. 

Merchandising:— There  are  at  present  five  dry  goods  merchants, 
twenty  grocers,  four  cigar  factories,  three  boot  and  shoe  stores,  tour 
drug  stores,  two  national  banks,  two  hardware  stores,  two  furniture 
stores,  two  livery  stables,  four  hotels,  one  wholesale  leather  and  find- 
ing store,  five  butcher  shops,  nine  tobacco  packing  houses,  one  cloth- 
ing store,  one  sewing  machine  store,  with  shoemakers,  blacksmiths, 
carpenters,  stone  masons  in  full  supply.  '  ,  _ 

Churches  and  Schools.— One  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  one  Afri- 
can Methodist  Episcopal  church,  one  Presbyterian  church,  one  Chris- 
tian church  and  one  Friends  church.  The  schools  are  under  charge 
of  Henry  L.  Peck,  superintendent,  in  a  tine  central  school  building, 
containing  thirteen  rooms  so  arranged  that  the  light  tails  over  the  left 
shoulders  of  the  pupils.  The  number  of  pupils  in  the  enumeration 
was  908,  enrolled  601,  employing  twelve  teachers,  at  a  total  cost  tor 
schools  of  $0,386.  Population  in  1880.  2,435;  present  population, 
about  3,500. 

Martins  Ferry  is  situated  on  the  Ohio  river,  one  mile  above  Bridge- 
port on  the  site  of  the  first  settlement  in  the  county,  which  was  in 
1785,  and  called  Norristown,  but  was  broken  up  by  Col.  Harmer  by 
order  of  the  United  States  government,  on  complaint  oi  the  Indians 
.whose  title  had  not  yet  been  extinguished. 

In  178S  the  land  upon  which  the  town  is  located  was  granted  to 
Absalom  Martin,  who  laid  out  a  town  in  1705  and  called  it  Jefferson, 
but  failing  to  secure  the  county  seat  the  town  was  vacated  and  the 
lots  sold  re-purchased  by  him.  '  In  1835  Ebenezer  Martin,  son  oi  Ab- 
salom Martin,  born  November  9,  1701,  in  a  log  cabin,  not  far  from  the 
ferry  landing,  laid  out  and  platted  the  original  town,  first  called  Mar- 
tinsville and'  then  changed  to  Martin's  Ferry. 

The  town  was  incorporated  August  5,  1S65.  The  first  election  was 
held  December  15,  1805.  The  following  is  a  list  of  its  olficers  since 
its  incorporation: 

Mayors  — A.  D.  Rice.  1S65-67;  \V.  1 1.  Orr,  1867-69;  lames  Eagleson, 
1869-70;  J.  W.  Buckingham,  1870  72;  James  Kerr,  187:  74:  James 
Dean,  1874  70;  |.  W.  Buckingham,  187'..  1878;  lames  Kerr,  187S  So: 
W.  M.  Lupton,  1SS0-S2;  M.C.  Mitchell.  18N:  $6;  Theodore  Keller, 
18S6-SS;  M.  C.  Mitchell,  1888  90;   M.  R.  Smilev,  1800. 

Treasurers—  lames  A.  Gray,  1S65  68;  Daniel  Parks,  Jr.,  1S6S  74; 
John    L.   Yanpclt,    1874  78;    Abram    Lash,    1878  Sj;   Joseph    Mcdill, 


764  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

1882-84;  T.  J.  Irwin,  1884  86;  Thomas  Charlton,  1886-S9;  Henry 
Stingle,  1889  -9-. 

Martin's  Ferry  is  located  on  a  fine  large  bottom,  about  half  the  town 
on  a  second  bottom  about  forty  feet  above  the  first,  and  is  a  fine  loca- 
tion—  the  best  in  the  county  for  a  large  city.  Its  manufacturing 
establishments  are  principally  upon  the  first  bottom  next  the  river 
and  railroads,  and  its  dwelling  houses  largely  upon  the  second  or 
higher  level.  Its  population  was,  in  1S60,  1,220;  in  1870,  1,876;  in  18S0, 
3,812.  Its  school  enumeration  in  1888  was  1,920,  indicating  a  popula- 
tion of  between  7,000  and  8,000.  Its  recent  rapid  growth  is  due  to  the 
development  of  her  manufactures  in  iron  and  glass  which  are  given 
in  the  general  history  of  manufactures  elsewhere,  and  only  referred 
to  here  in  brief.  The  Cleveland,  Pittsburgh  ex  Wheeling  railroad,  and 
recently  the  Cleveland,  Lorain  &  Wheeling  railroad,  and  the  Ohio 
river,  furnish  excellent  shipping  facilities,  and  the  Wheeling  &  Lake 
Erie  railroad,  now  in  course  of  construction,  will  still  improve  these 
facilities. 

Manufactures. —  The  Laughlin  Xail  company,  on  nails,  employ  575 
hands;  the  Standard  Iron  works,  sheet  iron,  250  hands;  the  Benwood 
mills  furnace,  pig  iron,  55  hands:  Spence,  Baggs  &  Co.,  stove  works. 
25  hands;  L.  Spence,  steam  engines  and  threshing  machines,  25  hands; 
William  .Mann,  machine  shop  and  foundry,  25  hands;  Llson  Glass 
works,  table  ware,  330  hands;  Buckeye:  Glass  works,  table  ware,  200 
hands;  Dithridge  Flint  Glass  works,  tumblers,  etc.,  175  hands;  Nov- 
elty Glass  works,  9  hands;  J.  Kerr  &  Sons,  and  B.  bxly  &  Co.,  doors, 
sash,  etc.,  25  hands;   F.  McCord  &  Bro.,  brick,  2^,  hands. 

Commercial  Business. — The  commercial  business  of  Martin's  berry 
has  been  retarded  by  the  tendency  of  the  people  to  deal  in  Wheeling, 
almost  opposite  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  due  largely  to  the  fact 
that  nearly  all  of  the  larger  manufacturing  concerns  were  started 
with  Wheeling  capital  by  Wheeling  men.  Among  the  early  mer- 
chants were  Park  &  Dakan  in  1845,  Joseph  Jones,  Jeptha  Cowgill, 
Isaac  Lanning  and  II.  B.  Rice,  following  within  a  few  years.  In  1850 
Turner  &  Fennemore  started  in  dry  goods.  Joseph  Turner  in  1853, 
Joseph  Romea  in  1858.  Bendell,  Orr  &  Co.  were  succeeded  by  Ben- 
dell,  Orr  &  Frazier,  who  failed  in  1858.  H.  B.  Rice  was  succeeded  by 
West  &  Son.  There  are  at  present  in  the  place  a  number  of  dry 
goods  Stores,  groceries,  clothing  stores,  two  banks,  two  newspapers, 
The  Martin ' s  Ferry  ATctos,  lames  II.  Drennen,  and  the  Church  Herald. 

Churches  and  Schools. —  There  are  two  Methodist  Episcopal  churches, 
one  African  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  one  Presbyterian  church,  one 
United  Presbyterian  church,  one  Baptist,  one  Episcopal,  one  Catholic. 

The  schools  are  under  the  charge  of  Prof.  Charles  R.  Shreve, 
superintendent,  and  number  nineteen  rooms  with  twenty-one  teachers, 

the   annual   expenditure   is  about 


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lest  towns  in  the  county,  laid  out 

miles    from    the   Ohio   river.     It 

was  laid  out  April  4,    1802,  by  John   Zane  and  William    Chapline,   of 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  765 

Wheeling,  and  named  for  the  first  settler,  Duncan  Morrison,  who  was 
a  justice  of  the  peace.  The  National  road  passed  through  it.  and  it 
was  quite  a  commercial  town  at  an  early  date.  In  1806,  .Mrs.  I  lazlett 
carried  on  merchandising.  Among  the  early  business  men  were: 
Nicholas  Rodgers,  tanner;  Alexander  Morrison  and  Robert  Morrison, 
saddlers;  John  Millner,  blacksmith;  Richard  Bazwell,  shoemaker; 
William  Harvey,  tavern-keeper.  Dr.  Alexander  Gaston  practiced 
medicine  as  early  as  1S11. 

The  town  was  incorporated  January  i,  1853,  and  the  following 
officers  elected:  Mayor,  Peter  Bramhall;  clerk,  Joseph  R.  Mitchell; 
treasurer,  Steven  Gregg.     Its  population  in  1880  was  440. 

Churches. —  It  lias  one  Presbyterian  church,  one  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  one  Baptist  church  and  one  Christian  church. 

There  are  now  in  the  place  three  dry  goods  stores,  two  drug  stores, 
two  hotels,  one  grist-mill,  one  tan-yard,  two  saddle  shops,  three  shoe 
shops,  two  hardware  stores,  one  livery  stable,  one  silversmith,  two 
stock  dealers,  four  doctors,  one  dentist,  with  carpenters,  wagon-mak- 
ers, blacksmiths,  bricklayers,  stone  masons,  etc. 

Flushing. —  The  village  of  Flushing  was  laid  out  November  9,  1813, 
by  Jesse  Folke.  It  is  situated  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  county, 
on  the  ridge  dividing  the  waters  between  Wheeling  and  Stillwater 
creeks.  The  first  house  built  on  the  site  was  by  Reese  Branson,  in 
1809.  Dr.  Jesse  Bartley  was  the  first  practicing  physician.  The  first 
sermon  was  preached  by  Michael  Ellis,  Methodist,  at  the  house  of 
Jesse  Brandenburg^in  181S.  The  town  was  incorporated  February  23, 
1849,  with  a  population  of  312.  The  population  in  1870,  was  but  :oh. 
in  1SS0,  334. 

The  construction  of  the  Cleveland,  Lorain  &  Wheeling  railroad 
which  passes  under  the  town  through  a  tunnel  nearly  half  a  mile 
in  length,  has  opened  up  a  large  coal  business  on  the  west  side,  and 
given  quite  an  impetus  to  the  growth  of  the  place,  and  the  pending 
census  will  show  a  large  increase  in  population.  The  Granite  Millsot 
John  F.  Stratton,  built  in  1878,  is  one  of  the  best  flouring-mills  in  the 
county.  There  are  at  present  in  the  town  one  bank,  three  dry  good 
stores,  one  hardware  store,  three  hotels,  two  drug  stores,  one  Meth- 
odist church,  one  Christian  church,  and  just  east  of  the  town  a  Friends 
church.     There  is  a  large  Quaker  settlement   surrounding   the  place. 

Belmont. —  Belmont,  the  principal  town  in  Goshen  township,  is 
situated  on  the  line  of  the  B.  &  O.  railroad,  seventeen  miles  west  of 
Bellaire.  It  was  laid  out  by  Joseph  D.  Wright,  who  came  from  Dublin, 
Ireland,  in  180^.  lie  laid  out  the  town  in  1808.  Being  located  near 
the  center  of  the  county  its  inhabitants  believed  that  it  would  one  day 
become  the  county  seat.  Joseph  Wright  was  the  first  postmaster, 
appointed  in  1818. 

The  first  school-house  was  a  log  one  built  in  1807.  and  Joseph 
Wright  was  the  first  teacher.  The  second  school-house  was  of  hewed 
logs;  the  third,  built  in  1836,  was  a  frame;  the  fourth,  in  1861,  was 
brick,  and  the  fifth,  the  present   house,  in    1875,  is  brick.     There  are 


"66  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

two  dry  good  stores,  two  grocery  stores,  one  drug  store,  two  hotels, 
two  churches,  and  a  population  o\  about  375. 

Hendrysburg.— The.  village  of  Hendrysburg  was  laid  out  on  the 
National  pike,  which  was  built  through  this  part  of  the  count}-  in 
1825-6.  Charles  Hendry,  who  located  here  during  the  construction 
of  that  thoroughfare,  opened  a  store,  and  in  1827  erected  a  steam 
mill,  which  brought  trade  and  people,  and  a  demand  for  houses.  In 
1828,  Mr.  Hendry  had  the  town  laid  out.  and  a  number  of  lots  were 
at  once  sold.  Mr.  William  Tidball  erected  the  first  building  of  a 
substantial  character,  which  contained  dwelling  and  store  room,  in 
which  he  commenced  mercantile  business.  The  flouring-mill,  erected 
by  Mr.  Hendry,  burned  down  in  1851,  and  another,  erected  on  the 
site,  also  burned  down  a  year  after  its  construction.  In  1850,  the 
National  Flouring  mill  was  erected  by  C.  Shaffer.  In  1862  the  old 
woolen  mill  was  converted  into  a  distillery.  In  1854,  Combs  &  Mc- 
Cartney erected  the  Hendrysburg  flouring-mill  and  saw-mill,  and 
these  three  institutions,  with  the  attending  auxiliaries,  of  three  dry 
good  stores,  two  groceries,  two  wagon  shops,  two  hotels,  with  requisite 
doctors,  blacksmith,  etc. 

Other  Towns  and  Villages. —  In  addition  to  those  above  written  up 
there  are  a  number  of  smaller  towns  and  villages  scattered  through 
the  several  townships  of  considerable  local  importance  and  containinL,r 
in  the  aggregate  several  thousand  inhabitants  that  will  be  briefly 
referred  to. 

Maynard,  on  the  C,  L.  &  \\*.  railroad,  in  the  northwest  corner 
of  Colerain  township,  laid  out  since  the  construction  of  the  railroad, 
has  grown  to  be  a  village  of  300  inhabitants,  principally  engaged  in 
the  coal  mining  business.  It  has  a  postofhee,  several  stores,  a  hotel, 
and  several  other  business  houses. 

Farmington,  in  the  same  township,  was  laid  out  in  18 15  by  Daniel 
McPeak.  It  has  several  stores,  a  postofhee,  and  contains  about  150 
inhabitants. 

Pleasant  Grove,  also  in  Colerain  township,  is  on  the  Bridgepor- 
and  Colerain  pike,  about  nine  miles  from  the  Ohio  river.  The  first 
house  was  erected  in  1825,  by  John  Anderson,  built  for  a  hotel  and  sa- 
loon. There  are  two  stores,  two  shoemaker  shops,  a  blacksmith,  a 
wagon  maker  and  a  cooper,  a  good  school-house  and  a  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  about  100  population. 

Barton  and  Kidd's  Mines  are  railroad  stations  in  this  township, 
along  the  C.  L.  &  \V.  railroad  that  do  considerable  business,  the  lat- 
ter in  mining  coal,  and  each  have  postofhees,  stores,  etc. 

Fairmount  or  Burr's  Mills,  is  in  Goshen  township,  B.  &  O.  railroad. 
five  miles  east  of  Barnesville,  and  on  land  483  feet  above  the  level 
of  the  Ohio  river,  at  Bellaire.  It  was  laid  out  in  1855,  about  the  time 
of  the  construction  of  the  railroad.  The  town  is  called  Fairmount, 
the  railroad  station  Burr's  Mills,  and  the  postofhee  Bethesda.  In  1855 
a  steam  flouring-mill  was  built  by  McNichols,  Frost  &  Martin,  and 
thus  with  tin:  manufacture  of  "stogy  cigars,"  by  several    firms,  consti- 


J1EI.M0XT    COUNTY,    OHIO. 


767 


tutes  the  principal  business.  There  arc  four  stores,  two  hotels,  one 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  a  population  of  150.  The  Methodist 
Episcopal  camp  grounds  located  here  makes  it  a  place  of  considerable 
summer  visiting,  and  the  camp  meeting  each  year  draws  large  crowds. 

Sewelsville,  located  on  the  north  side  of  Kirkwood  township,  was 
laid  out  in  1831,  and  the  settlement  that  had  commenced  there  as 
early  as  1807,  had  been  called  "Union."  The  Sewelsville  postofhee 
was  opened  in  1 831,  with  Peter  Sewel  as  postmaster.  Then-  is  one 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  three  stores,  one  hotel  and  17^  popula- 
tion. 

West  Wheeling,  in  Pultney  township,  two  miles  north  of  Bellaire, 
on  the  Ohio  river,  was  laid  out  by  Martin  S.  Todd,  July  30,  183S.  It 
contains  about  250  inhabitants,  many  of  whom  find  employment  in 
Wheeling  factories  and  mills  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  The 
paper  mill  of  David  Wagoner,  and  the  burning  of  lime  furnish  the 
local  business.  In  1830  Andrew  Woods  built  a  steam  grist-mill  here, 
but  it  was  never  profitable  and  was  finally  abandoned.  This  place  was 
the  home  of  James  Kelsey,  an  early  settler  in  the  township,  who 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  thirty-eight  years. 

Ouincy  is  a  station  on  the  B.  <K:  O.  railroad  in  Pultney  township, 
four  miles  west  of  Bellaire,  the  postofhee  is  "Steele."  It  is  at  the 
junction  of  the  B.  &  O.,  and  St.  Clairsville  railroads.  It  has  one  store, 
one  woolen  factory  and  one  church. 

Loydsville  was  laid  out  in  1831,  on  the  line  of  the  National  road,  by 
Joshua  Loyd,  in  Richland  township,  six  miles  west  of  St.  Clairsville. 
It  has  three  stores,  one  wagon  shop,  one  blacksmith  shop,  two  doctors, 
a  cabinet  shop,  postoffice,  school  and  a  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
Population  about  175. 

Glencoe,  in  Richland  township,  on  the  line  of  the  B.  &  O.  railroad 
was  laid  out  in  1855,  by  G.  B.  Fulton,  contains  a  population  of  about 
100  —  has  three  stores,  two  shoe  shops  and  one  mill,  two  blacksmiths, 
and  a  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  It  is  a  shipping  point  for  a  good 
farming  community,  and  has  recently  obtained  some  notoriety  by  the 
discovery  of  oil  and  the  laying  of  a  pipe  line  to  the  Ohio  river. 

Stewartsville,  also  in  Richland  township,  is  a  station  on  the  1!.  &  O. 
railroad  seven  miles  west  of  Bellaire.  The  Franklin  coal  works  of 
Stewart  &  Mehan  are  located  here,  employing  about  fifty  miners  and 
shipping  a  large  amount  of  coal  west  over  the  B.&  O.  railroad.  The 
population  is  about  125. 

Somerton,  in  Somerset  township,  about  eight  miles  south  of  Barnes- 
villc  on  the  Barnesville  and  Woodsville  pike,  was  laid  out  by  Bor- 
den Stanton  in  1S1S.  The  first  house  was  built  by  Moses  Davis. 
Richard  Andrews  was  the  first  postmaster.  It  became  an  important 
tobacco  purchasing  town  on  Solomon  Hogue,  and  R.  C.  Miles  ac- 
cumulated wealth  in  buying  tobacco  and  selling  goods.  Theft'  are  in 
the  place  now  one  bank,  capital  $50,000.  Three  stores,  one  drugstore. 
two  hotels,  three  churches:  Methodist  Episcopal,  Presbyterian  and 
Friends.     Population,  250. 

Boston,  in  Somerset  township,  was  laid   out   in    1834,  by   Mordecai 


768  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Marpcr.  The  first  store  was  opened  by  Amos  Ridgeway,  in  1835.  It 
has  at  present,  two  stores,  a  postoffice,  hotel,  two  blacksmith  shops, 
three  shoe  shops,  one  physician,  a  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  a 
Christian  church,  and  100  population. 

Temperanceville,  on  the  west  side  of  the  same  township,  was  laid  out 
in  1837,  by  Robert  Gallagher  and  was  settled  by  Catholics,  has  a  grist- 
mill, postolfice,  two  stores  and  a  wagon  shop,  and  but  two  republican 
voters  in  the  town. 

Centerville,  also  in  Smith  township,  is  situated  on  the  "  Old  Grade 
road,"  running  east,  to  the  river  at  Dillie's  Bottom.  It  was  laid  out  in 
1828,  by  Thomas  Jackson.  It  has  three  dry  goods  stores,  one  grocery, 
one  hotel,  two  churches,  a  .Methodist  Episcopal  and  a  Methodist 
Protestant,  and  a  present  population  of  200.  The  postoffice  is  named 
Demos. 

Jacobsburg,  in  the  southeast  corner  of  Smith  township,  is  an  old 
town,  having  been  laid  out  in  1815,  by  Jacob  Calvert.  It  became  well- 
known  in  the  county  as  the  place  where  "militia  musters"  were  held 
in  the  days  of  the  "Cornstalk  militia."  At  a  later  date,  it  was  sus- 
pected of  being  the  home  of  some  persons  engaged  in  the  production 
of  counterfeit  silver  coins.  Being  off  tin-  line  of  the  railroad,  until 
the  construction  of  the  B.,  /..  &  G.  railroad,  it  has  not  kept  pace  with 
some  of  the  later  towns.  It  has  one  dry  goods  store,  one  grocery  store, 
postoffice,  wagon,  blacksmith  and  cabinet  shops,  a  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  and  a  good  school  house. 

New  Castle,  in  Wayne  township,  was  laid  out  by  William  Horse- 
man, November  28,  1834.  It  was  in  a  rich  farming  district  and  large 
quantities  of  tobacco  were  grown  around  it,  and  brought  and  packed 
here.  The  present  population  is  about  100.  and  it  contains  one  dry 
goods  store,  one  grocery  store,  one  cigar  factory,  a  school-house  and 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Huntre,  a  small  village  in  Wayne  township,  was  laid  out  in  1840,  by 
N.  Anderson,  and  was  called  after  W.  F.  I  luntre,  of  Monroe  county,  a 
congressman  from  this  district,  from  1849  to  1851.  Population  about 
sixty. 

Warnock  Station,  on  the  B.  &  O.  railroad  in  Smith  township,  is  a  set- 
tlement made  since  the  construction  of  the  railroad.  It  has  a  water 
power,  grist-mill  and  saw-mill,  two  stores,  a  postoffice  and  two 
churches,  and  about  100  population, 

Uniontown,  in  Wheeling  township,  was  laid  out  early,  but  record  is 
lost.  William  Sharp  started  a  store  as  early  as  1800.  The  business 
has  not  grown  nor  lias  the  place,  formany  years.  It  contains  a  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  a  school-house,  three  stores,  a  hotel,  black- 
smith shop  and  wagon  shop,  and  about  125  inhabitants. 

Powhatan  Point,  in  York  township,  on  the  Ohio  river,  in  thc_  south- 
east corner  of  Belmont  county,  was  laid  out  in  1840,  by  Franklin  W. 
Knox.  The  first  building,  however,  was  erected  in  i8iq,  and  used  by 
Mr.  Mallery  as  a  store  room.  In  1825  a  log  house  was  erected  for  a 
hotel  and  called  the  Point  House.  G.J.  Boger  erected  the  "Pow- 
hatan    Enterprise    Flouring    Mill    and    Woolen    Factory"     in     1856. 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  769 

There  are  now  in  the  place  four  stores,  two  hotels,  three  blacksmiths, 
two  shoe  shops,  three  groceries,  one  Methodist  and  one  Presbyterian 
church,  a  good  school,  and  other  enterprises  sustaining  a  population 
of  about  300.  Steubenville  and  Industry  are  small  hamlets  in  this 
township. 

The  population  of  Belmont  count)-  is  now  about  57,000,  and  at  least 
30,000  of  the  number  live  in  the  towns  and  cities.  The  increase  in 
population  in  the  past  thirty  years  has  been  almost  exclusively  in 
these  towns  and  cities. 


CHAPTER    V 

By  Col.  C.  L.  Pookma 


SCHOOLS  OF  BELMONT  COUNTY  —  PIONEER  SCHOOLS  —  EARLY  SCHOOL 
BUILDINGS — FIRST  TEACHERS'  INSTITUTES  —  TOWNSHIP  SCHOOL  BOARDS 
—  SEPARATE    DISTRICTS  —  STATISTICS. 

^© 

BEGINNING  with  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
,Ti  schools  of  Belmont  county,  there  has  been  as  remarkable 
a  transformation  as  in  any  other  direction.  It  is  difficult 
to  determine  what  particular  spot  has  the  honor  of  erecting 
the  first  school-house  within  the  present  limits  of  the  county, 
but  Colerain  township  seems  to  have  the  best  authenticated 
claim,  as  it  is  pretty  well  established  that  a  log  house  was 
erected  in  17019  on  the  farm  of  Archibald  Major.  According  to  Major 
Thompson,  the  first  school-house  erected  near  St.  Clairsville,  or  New- 
elstown,  was  in  1S02,  and  was  jus»  south  of  the  town  on  the  Benjamin 
Barkhurst  property.  William  Fleeharty  was  the  first  teacher.  It  was 
occupied  only  a  few  years,  and  dissensions  grew  up  over  its  manage- 
ment until  one  night  a  party  of  the  dissatisfied  gathered  at  the  cabin 
and  demolished  it,  scarcely  leaving  one  log  upon  another.  In  1804 
another  was  erected  of  logs  at  the  west  end  of  the  town.  In  iSoSthe 
Methodists  erected  a  brick  school-house  on  their  present  burial  ground 
lot,  the  first  teacher  being  Prof.  Dent,  who  was  succeeded  by  William 
Timberlake,  Sterling  Johnson,  Zadoc  Masters,  John  Taylor  and  W.  Y. 
Ellis  to  1852,  when  it  ceased  as  a  school.  The  third  school-house,  in 
point  of  date,  was  erected  on  what  was  termed  "Scotch  ridge."  Pease 
township.  In  1805  a  log  school-house  was  erected  on  section  1, 
range  5,  township  0,  Wheeling  township,  and  probably  the  same  year 
one  was  erected  on  section  1,  Union  township,  and  a  small  log  cabin 
on  section  16,  in  Wayne  township.  In  1807  a  cabin  house  was  built  in 
Goshen  township,  on  the  present  site  of  Belmont,  in  which  Joseph 
Wright  was  the  first  teacher.     Within  a  year  or  two  oi  this  date  sim- 

49- 13. 


770  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

ilar  cabins  were  erected  in  all  the  townships  and  duplicated  in  the 
thicker  settlements.  Among  the  first  school-houses  erected  by  the 
Society  of  Friends,  was  on  section  i,  in  Warren  township,  in  1806, 
and  was  taught  by  Samuel  Berry.  These  cabins  varied  in  size  from 
12x14  feet  to  18x20  feet,  and  the  first  of  them  were  substantially  alike 
and  of  the  regular  cabin  form,  constructed  of  round  logs  eight  to 
twelve  inches  in  diameter,  notched  together  at  the  corners  so  as 
to  come  pretty  close  together,  and  the  "cracks  chinked"  with 
split  wood  and  thoroughly  daubed  with  clay.  The  roof  was  of 
clapboards,  the  floor  and  door  of  puncheons,  or  split  logs,  about  two 
inches  thick;  the  latter  hung  on  large  wooden  hinges.  Light  was  ad- 
mitted through  one  or  more  holes  sawed  out  of  the  side  of  the  build- 
ing, and  covered  with  greased  paper.  The  seats  were  made  of  split 
logs,  and  the  desks,  if  any,  of  clapboards.  A  few  years  later  these 
were  followed  by  the  hewed  log,  the  frame  and  the  brick  buildings, 
until  we  have  the  neat,  cozy,  well  furnished,  frame  ami  brick  school 
houses,  from  seven  to  fifteen  in  each  township  of  the  count),  and  the 
magnificent  three  and  four  story  brick  buildings  in  our  leading  towns 
that  stand  like  great  colleges,  in  comparison  with  the  institutions  of 
ninety  years  ago. 

The  educational  requirements  were  not  very  high  in  those  earlier 
days.  A  teacher  must  know  how  to  read  and  write,  and  be  able  to 
go  smoothly  along  as  far  as  the  "rule  of  three"  in  arithmetic,  but  he 
must  not  be  deficient  in  muscle  or  courage,  because  the  children 
whose  ears  were  daily  idled  with  the  stories  of  Indian  massacre, 
fierce  conflicts  with  wild  panthers  and  bears,  and  their  ears  familiar 
with  night  barking  of  wolves,  would  have  too  much  contempt  for 
effeminancy  or  cowardice  in  a  teacher  to  take  kindly  to  his  instruc- 
tions from  the  books.  Teachers  in  the  earlier  day  were  paid  from 
$10  to  $15  per  month,  and  kept  from  three  to  four  months'  school  in  a 
year.  Among  the  earlier  teachers,  in  addition  to  those  already  given 
were  William  Simms,  James  Greeneltch,  Samuel  Fitch,  David  Long, 
John  Fleskins,  Archibald  Cole.  William  Jarvis,  James  McKay,  William 
Mitchell  and  Juday  Folke.  Prior  to  the  school  law  of  18.25,  which 
required  the  levying  of  a  tax  upon  all  property  for  taxation,  the 
schools  were  maintained  by  subscription  or  tuition  fee  and  were  prop- 
erly termed  private  schools.  Under  such  a  system,  of  course,  very 
little  progress  was  made,  and  the  teacher  and  school  of  the  rural  sec- 
tion in  1820  differed  very  little  from  the  teacher  am!  school  of 
1S04- 10. 

It  was  the  great  changes  occurring  in  other  directions,  involving 
large  and  rapid  increase  of  population  and  wealth,  requiring  broader 
culture  for  the  management  of  the  incident  business,  that  paved  the 
way  for  the  new  system,  with 
system  of  teaching,  abler  teac 
since  then  furnished  opportu 
acquire  an  education  only  witl 
earlier  days. 

First  Teachers  Institute. —  The  first  meeting  of  teachers  of  common 


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BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  771 

schools  held  iii  this  count.)- was  in  the  spring  of  1832,  at  St.  Clairsville. 
Mr.  Isaac  Hoge  was  made  chairman,  and  Mr.  Enoch  Thomas,  secre- 
tary. It  had  been  called  for  a  township  organization,  but  teachers 
from  beyond  Richland  township  were  present  and  after  some  inter- 
change of  opinions  the  conclusion  was  readied  to  make  a  county 
organization,  and  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  teachers  be  appointed  to  draft  a 
constitution  to  be  submitted  to  a  subsequent  meeting  of  the  teachers 
of  Belmont  county  for  their  consideration,  with  a  view  to  the  forma- 
tion of  a  permanent  society  of  the  teachers  of  common  schools,  and 
that  the  said  committee  prepare  and  publish  an  address  to  the  teach- 
ers and  parents  of  Belmont  county,  and  fix  the  time  for  a  general 
meeting. 

Resolved,  That  the  said  committee  investigate  what  text-books  ought 
to  be  tised  in  common  schools  and  report  thereon  to  the  general  meet- 
ing of  teachers,  as  well  as  any  and  all  other  matters  appertaining  to 
the  interests  of  common  schools,  so  as  to  procure  a  greater  uniform- 
ity of  system  in  common  education. 

Resolved,  That  the  committee  be  composed  of  the  following  gentle- 
men: Oliver  Cunningham,  James  Gardner.  Isaac  Hoge,  Jr.,  Samuel 
Hunt  and  Israel  Roberts.  Isaac  Hoge,  Jr.,  Chairman. 

Enoch  Thomas,  Secrecary. 

The  committee  met  at  St.  Clairsville,  July  7,  1S32,  and  after  consid- 
ering the  work  entrusted  to  it,  issued  a  call  for  a  general  meeting  at 
St.  Clairsville,  September  8,  1S32.  The  meeting  assembled,  as  re- 
quested in  the  call,  and  organized  by  appointing  John  B.  Case,  tem- 
porary chairman,  and  Isaac  Hoge,  Jr.,  secretary.  A  constitution  was 
adopted  and  the  following  gentlemen  selected  as  permanent  officers 
of  the  institute  for  one  year:  Dr.  John  G.  Affleck,  president;  John  K. 
Case,  Oliver  Cunningham,  John  Irwin,  Benjamin  R.  Phares,  G.  A. 
Workman,  vice  presidents;  Isaac  Hoge.  Jr.,  secretary;  Taylor  Smith, 
treasurer.  The  society  adopted  a  complete  set  of  text-books  lor  the 
common  schools  of  the  count), 'as  follows:  Lyman  Cobb'--  series,  con- 
sisting of  a  first  book  for  children,  a  spelling  book,  three  juvenile 
readers  and  a  dictionary,  the  whole  series  including  six  volume-.; 
also  Roswell  C.  Smith's  arithmetic,  Olney's  geography  and  atlas,  Kirk- 
ham's  grammar,  Whelpley's  compend  of  history,  and  1  laic's  premium 
history  of  the  United  States;  whole  set  comprising  twelve  volumes. 
The  whole  to  cost,  retail  price,  S5.O2.  When  the  labors  of  this  first 
meeting  were  about  to  close,  one  of  the  teachers  engaged  in  it,  and  1; 
is  to  be  regretted  that  his  name  has  not  been  given,  said:  "  May  the 
cause  spread  and  flourish  till  the  citizens  of  our  count)-  sfi.dl  attain 
the  highest  state  of  political,  moral,  and  intellectual  happiness,  oi 
which  human  nature  is  susceptible." 

These  teachers'  society  or  institute  meetings  have  continued  almost 
persistently  since  the  date  of  this  first  organization,  and  in  recent 
years  a  week  or  more  each  year  has  been  occupied  by  the  institute. 
The  last  one  in  this  count)-  convened  at  Flushing,  Jul)  ".;.  1SS0,  con- 
tinuing in  session  nineteen  days,  was  attended  by  seventy-nine  gentle- 


772  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

men  and  sixty-one  lady  teachers,  being  140  out  of  the  187  necessary 
to  supply  the  schools  of  the  township  districts.  The  teachers'  asso- 
ciation held  four  meetings  in  the  county  during  the  past  year,  and  is 
an  active  force  in  developing  uniform  and  better  methods  in  the  con- 
duct and  management  of  the  schools. 

The  interference  of  the  state  in  the  matter  of  education,  beginning 
with  the  law  of  1825,  and  continuing  until  our  present  excellent  school 
system  has  been  evolved,  has  driven  out  the  old  log  school-house  with 
its  greased  paper  windows  and  great  log  burning  fire-place,  as  well  as 
the  muscular  pedagogue  and  his  beech  limb  and  ferrule  accessories, 
and  has  replaced  the  first  with  neat  frame  and  brick  buildings,  pleas- 
ing to  the  eye,  and  kept  comfortable  for  the  scholars  by  well  regu- 
lated stoves  or  furnaces,  and  the  last  with  courteous,  well  educated 
gentlemen  and  ladies,  whose  life  work  in  many  cases  is  teaching. 

The  Tozvnship  School  Board. — Under  this  system  each  township  is  a 
school  district,  divided  into  as  many  school  districts  as  the  conven- 
ience of  the  people  may  require.  Each  sub-district  elects  three  local 
directors  for  the  management  of  the  school  under  the  township  board. 
One  of  these  three  is  elected  clerk  and  member  of  the  township  board, 
and  these  clerks,  to  the  number  of  all  the  sub-districts,  constitute  the 
township  board  of  education,  with  control  of  the  schools.  The  num- 
ber of  sub-districts  vary  in  different  townships,  running  from  eight  to 
eighteen,  and  aggregate  173  in  the  county,  having  183  school  rooms, 
with  $185,500,  requiring  at  least  187  teachers,  and  employing  in  part 
during  the  year  144  male  teachers  at  the  average  of  $37  per  month, 
and  eighty-two  female  teachers  at  the  average  of  $29  per  month. 
The  enrollment  in  these  schools  for  188c;  was  8,582,  and  the  average 
daily  attendance  was  5,271,  and  the  total  expenditure  of  $83,012.12,  of 
which  $S,o66.qi  was  for  sites  and  new  buildings,  and  $3,969.86  for  in- 
terest and  redemption  of  bonds,  leaving  $70,975.35  as  the  net  cost  of 
maintaining  the  schools,  for  the  year  during  which  thirty  weeks  of 
school  was  the  average  in  the  township,  and  the  cost  being  equal  to 
$13.46  to  each  pupil  in  daily  average  attendance.  The  average  on  the 
total  expenditure  would  lie  $15.75. 

Separate  Districts. —  It  is  in  the  separate  school  districts,  of  which 
there  are  nine  in  the  county,  in  the  more  prominent  towns,  that  the 
greatest  efficiency  has  been  attained,  due  largely  to  the  better  facili- 
ties for  classification  of  children  and  the  advantages  of  a  general 
supervision.  It  is  here  that  the  common  school  has,  in  fact,  be- 
come the  poor-man's  college,  and  young  men  and  young  women 
are  so  educated  as  to  be  qualified  for  almost  any  position  in  life. 
These  nine  separate  districts  are  at  Barnesville,  Bellaire,  Bridgeport, 
Belmont.  Flushing,  Martin's  Ferry,  Morristown,  Powhatan  and  St. 
Clairsville.  They  contain  nineteen  school-houses,  valued  at  $210,000, 
containing  eighty-six  primary  and  seven  high  schools,  employing  in 
the  primary  schools,  ten  male  and  seventy-eight  female  teachers,  at 
average  wages  of  $53  per  month  for  males  and  $35  for  females;  in 
the  high  schools  five  males  and  six  female  teachers,  average  wages 
$Si  for  males  and  $55  for  females.     The   total   expenditure    last  year 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    O 


73 


was  $72,117.60,  of  which  $10,436.48  was  paid  for  interest,  debt  and  new 
building,  leaving  $61,681.12  as  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  schools. 
The  enumeration  of  youth  in  these  special  district  last  year  amounted 
to  7,075.  The  aggregate  school  enrollment  is  5,563,  the  average 
monthly  enrollment  is  4,426.  and  the  average  daily  attendance  is 
3,799.  The  cost  of  education  per  pupil,  based  upon  the  total  expendi- 
ture and  the  average  monthly  enrollment,  would  be  less  than  S  16.30. 
and  based  upon  the  daily  average  attendance  would  be  $18.98  per  pupil. 
The  following  from  last  year's  returns  show  the  enumeration,  en- 
rollment, average  monthly  enrollment,  average  daily  attendance, 
average  number  of  weeks  taught  and  total  expenditure,  in  the  town- 
ships, districts  and  in  the  separate  districts: 


Enumera- 
tion. 

Enroll 

ment. 

Average 

Weekly 

Enrollment. 

Average 
I  lailv 

Attendance 

Weeks 
Taught. 

3° 

J 

Total 
Expenditure. 

Township  Districts 

City  and  Town  Di*tricls  .. 

IO,35° 
7.975 

S0S2 
5.563 

6,645 

$S3,ol2    12 

Estimates  will  disclose  the  fact  that  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  city 
and  special  district  schools,  under  general  supervision,  with  much  bet- 
ter common  school  facilities  and  the  great  advantage  of  high  school 
education  is  no  more  per  pupil  per  month  than  the  cost  of  maintain- 
ing the  township  schools.  Why  not  place  the  township  schools  under 
the  special  school  district  system? 

The  following  table  shows  the  receipts  and  expenditures  for  com- 
mon school  purposes  in  Belmont  county  for  the  fiscal  year  1889: 


— » 

Townships. 

Cities  an.l  vil- 
lages. 

Total... 

$26,31342 

15.246  55 

6,334  17 

996  55 

54,110  23 
2,771  oS 

1,961  35 

$32,514  01 
11.435  -5 
1,835  25 

$5S,82S  33 

26,679  So 

8,196  42 

996  55 

102,787  71 

3.771  oS 

5.93S  23 

Local  taxes  for  school  and  school-house  purposes 

&w,  ..s 

1,000  00 
3,976  ss 

Fines,  licenses,  tuition  of  non-residen 

pupils  and  other 



Totals 

Expenditures. 

$107,733  35 

$51,47825 

104  00 

$99.437  77 

$5 '.766  S3 
7.137  5° 
4,140  00 
650  00 
9.7S0  4S 
18,630  70 

$S3,245  oS 

4,14000 
8,71691 

Sites  and  building 

rota  So 

Contingent  expenses 

38,029  S3 

$83,012  12 

$72,11760 

tr-  ,,„  -, 

" 

Balance  or  hand  September  I    lS 

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774 


HISTORY    OF   THE    Ul 


HO    VALLEY 


BamesviirBrid^no  ?f  p'u  '"""  PMindp?'  tty  and  vi,ln~G  *ch<^  at 
oarnesvUJc,  Bridgeport,  Bellaire,  Martin's  Ferry   and   St    Clairsville 

there  is  substantia]  uniformity  of  system  in  conducting  the  details 

The    following    table  gives  an  abstract  of  the  enumeration    taken 

during  the  tun  weeks  endingon  the  fourth  Saturday  of  the 

unmarried  youth  between  the  ages  of  six  and   twenty-one  year's    and 

also   between   the  ages  of    sixteen    and    twenty-one    year      resid 

with.n  the  county  of  Belmont,  state  of  Ohio- 


Name.-,  of  Districts. 

No.  of  Boys. 

i3< 
236 
3'8 
3'9 
314 
475 
482 
489 

355 
219 
350 

306 
307 
236 
162 

No.  of  Girls 

Total. 

No.  of   Youth 

Colerair              1                                            

Flushing  township 

1           305 
ZI5 

3i3 
2S4 
25S 

464 
376 
459 

28S 

362 
1  no 
329 
277 
276 
191 
14-1 

636 
45" 

til 

572 
939 
8S8 
94S 
601 
7i7 
406 
679 
5S3 
5S3 

306 

160 

Goshen  township. 

•3° 

Kirkwcod  township 

20S 

Mead  township 

164 

Pease  township   .                                              

160 

Pultney  township 

217 

Richland  township 

Smiih  township..    

Somerset  township 

205 
317 
191 

Union  township 

Warren  township  . 

•95 
1 16 

Washington  township 

181 

Wayne  township 

.64 

Wheeling  township 

162 

York  township... 

in 

82 

Separate  Districts. 

Bamesville 

Bellaire .'."""'". 

Bridgeport.  .. 

5,212 

45S 
'.756 

57S 
86 

4.73' 

4S0 

598 
So 
4 

100 

919 
49 
91 

190 

y.943 

938 

3.346 

166 

4 

191 

1,906 

359 

84  5 

Belmont 
Fairview.  ... 

347 
36 

Flushing 

Martin's  Ferry. 

9' 
9S7 
59 
75 
169 

2 
5« 

Morristown 

426 

Powhatan    ... 

St.  Clairsville ."'.'.'.'.'.'.'.['.  ['.['.  ""  "_"" 

9 
48 

92 

4,259 

4,101 

8,360 

2,127 

9-47' 

S,S32 

j?lJ 

4.S90 

BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO. 


77S 


CHAPTER  VII. 


By  O 


'■  >OI   MAV. 


RELIGIOUS    HISTORY  —  EARLY     MEETING     HOUSES —  FIRST     CONGREGATIONS 
GROWTH    01     RELIGIOUS    SENTIMENT  —  METHODISM  IN    BELMONT  COUNTY 

—  EARLY    SOCIETIES  —  CIRCUITS  —  STATISTICS  —  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

BAPTIST    CHURCH  — CHRISTIAN     CHURCH  —  UNITED    PRESBYTERIAN 

CATHOLIC    CHURCH  —  EPISCOPAL. 


'^\;ff"e5()THIXG  connected  with  the  early  settlement,  growth 
Iv'fV  and  present  condition  of  Belmont  count)-  affords  greater 
contrast  than  the  early  and  present  condition  of  religious 
organizations.  There  is  some  controversy  and  much  spec- 
ulation as  to  which  denomination  was  first  to  organize  re- 
igious  societies  within  the  county,  but  none  as  to  the  char- 
acter of  the  earlier  houses  of  worship  and  the  simple 
manners,  habits  and  dress  of  the  pioneers  who  worshiped 
in  them. 
First  Meeting  Houses. —  Whether  the  first  meeting  house  was 
erected  at  Dillie's  Bottom  where  the  first  legal  settlement  occurred,  or 
at  Concord,  in  Colerain  township,  near  Mt.  Pleasant,  or  west  of  St. 
Clairsville  by  the  Baptists,  or  north  of  St.  Clairsville  near  the  present 
Presbyterian  cemetery,  by  the  Presbyterians,  or  by  the  Seceders  in 
Colerain  township  where  very  early  settlements  took  place  on  Scotch 
Ridge  in  Pease  township  and  north  into  Colerain,  or  at  some  other 
point,  all  that  were  early  built-in  fact  during  the  first  five  or  ten 
years  of  the  present  century,  were  of  the  same  general  character  dif- 
fering only  in  size.  Descriptions  are  not  often  given  in  later  histories 
of  the  churches  in  which  the  expression  "a  hewed  log  church  (or 
house)  was  erected."  The  following  descriptions  of  some  early 
churches  give  the  general  character  of  all  erected  at  that  early  date: 
The  first  Trinity  United  Presbyterian  church  is  thus  described: 
*'  The  first  meeting  house  was  built  in  1815,  where  the  graveyard  is 
now  located.  The  structure  was  of  round  logs,  20x25,  with  a  clap- 
board roof,  and  the  whole  of  one  end  of  the  house  occupied  by  the 
fireplace.  The  building  was  very  primitive  in  construction  and  de- 
fective in  architectural  design,  so  to  avoid  the  smoke  the  congrega- 
tion took  to  a  tent  whenever  the  weather  permitted." 

The  Salem  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  organized,  we  are  told,  in 
1S12,  "  erected  a  hewd  log  church  building  near  the  western  line  of 
section  10,  in  Kirkwood  township.  Their  benches  in  the  house  were 
small  logs  split  in  halves,  the  flat  side  shaved  smooth,  holes  bored  and 
sticks  put  in  for  legs,  which  they  used  for  seats  for  several  years,  then 
made  seats  of  boards.     Their  fireplace  was  a  box  set  in  the  middle  of 


776  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

the  house  with  dirt  in,  on  which  they  made  fire.  This  they  used  un- 
til 1S1 6,  when  they  made  a  fireplace  and  built  a  stone  chimney  in  the 
center  of  the  house." 

In  Barnesville  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  was  organized  in 
1S0S,  and  the  first  house  is  thus  described:  "  It  was  constructed  of 
huge  hewn  logs  contributed  by  the  membership  and  friends.  The 
house  was  40x36.  Two  chimneys  of  stone  were  put  up  outside  at  the 
west  corner  with  two  immense  fireplaces  on  the  inside  for  wood  fires. 
The  doors  occupied  the  east  corners  and  led  to  the  aisles  that  passed 
along  the  sides  of  the  house  to  the  fireplaces.  Between  the  aisles  were 
benches  without  backs  —  mere  slabs  split  from  large  trees  and  with 
ibur  legs  to  the  bench  to  support  it.  The  sides  and  end  of  the  room 
were  ceiled  to  the  square.  At  the  square  two  substantial  girders 
crossed  each  other  at  right  angles  and  were  fastened  into  the  top  logs 
to  support  the  walls.  There  was  no  ceiling,  so  the  whole  of  the  inside 
of  the  roof  was  exposed  to  sight.  A  little  high  circular  pulpit  decor- 
ated with  filigree  work  stood  between  the  fireplaces."  This,  perhaps, 
Avas  one  of  the  best  church  buildings  in  the  county  at  that  date,  and 
contrasts  greatly  with  the  present  magnificent  church  edifices. 

First  Congregations. —  A  primitive  worshiping  congregation,  if  one 
could  be  gathered  into  one  of  our  present  churches,  would  be  almost 
as  startling  as  Buffalo  Bill's  Wild  West  show  to  the  nations  of  Europe. 
Tow-linen,  linsey-woolsey,  and  red  flannel,  the  latter  in  later  years, 
constituting  the  Sunday  as  well  as  the  week-day  apparel  of  the  pion- 
eers, and  up  to  1S40  to  1850  the  majority  of  rural  congregations  were 
thus  appareled.  Upon  this  subject  of  dress  we  quote  from  an  early 
and  graphic  description  of  log  cabin  pioneer  life,  from  John  S.  Will- 
iams, an  early  settler  of  Concord,  Colerain  township,  who,  in  1843. 
edited  the  American  Pioneer,  published  at  Cincinnati.  This  descrip- 
tion shows  not  only  the  method  of  making  the  clothing  of  the  early 
settlers  but  their  method  of  dress: 

"One  of  my  employments  of  winter  evenings,  after  we  raised  tlax, 
was  the  spinning  of  rope  yarn,  from  the  coarsest  swingling  tow,  to 
make  bed  cords  for  sale.  Swingling  tow  is  a  corruption  of  singling 
tow,  as  swingle  tree  is  of  single  tree.  The  manner  of  spinning  rope 
yarn  was  by  means  of  a  drum,  which  turned  on  a  horizontal  shaft 
driven  into  a  hole  in  one  of  the  cabin  logs  near  the  fire.  The  yarn 
was  hitched  to  a  nail  on  one  side  of  the  circumference  next  to  me. 
By  taking  an  oblique  direction  and  keeping  up  a  regular  jerking  or 
pulling  of  the  thread,  the  drum  was  kept  in  constant  motion,  and  thus 
the  twisting  and  pulling  out  went  on  regularly  and  simultaneously 
until  the  length  of  the  walk  was  taken  up.  Then,  by  winding  the 
yarn  first  on  my  fore-arm,  and  from  that  on  the  drum,  I  was  ready  to 
spin  another  thread. 

"The  unlearned  reader  might  enquire  what  we  did  with  the  finer 
kinds  of  tow.  It  is  well  enough  to  apprise  him  that  next  to  rope  yarn 
in  fineness,  was  filling  for  trowsers  and  aprons;  next  finer,  warp  lor 
the  same  and  tilling  for  shirts  and  frocks;  next  liner  of  tow  thread, 
warp  for  sheets   and    frocks,  unless    some    of    the    higher    grades    of 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  777 

society  would  use  (lax  thread.  Linen  shirts,  especially  700,  was 
counted  the  very  top  of  the  pot,  and  he  who  wore  an  800  linen  shirt  was 
counted  a  dandy,  lie  was  not  called  a  dandy,  for  the  word  was  un- 
known', as  well  as  the  refined  animal  which  bears  that  name.  Pioneers 
found  it  to  their  advantage  to  wear  tow  linen  and  eat  skim  milk,  and 
sell  their  flax,  linen  and  butter. 

"  Frocks  were  a  short  kind  of  shirt  worn  over  the  trowsers.  We 
saved  our  shirts  by  pulling  them  off  in  warm  weather  and  wearing 
nothing  in  day-time  but  our  hats,  made  of  straw,  our  frocks  and  our 
trowsers.  It  wall  be  thus  perceived  that  these  things  took  place  be- 
fore the  days  of  suspenders,  when  every  one's  trowsers  lacked  about 
two  inches  of  reaching  up  to  where  the  waistcoat  reached  down.  It 
was  counted  no  extraordinary  sight  and  no  matter  of  merriment  to 
see  the  shirt  work  out  all  over  the  waistband  two  or  three  inches,  and 
hang  in  a  graceful  festoon  around  the  waist.  Suspenders  soon  be- 
came a  part  of  the  clothing,  and  was  a  real  improvement  in  dress. 

"The  girls  had  forms  without  bustles,  and  rosy  cheeks  without 
paint.  Those  who  are  thin,  lean  and  colorless  from  being  slaves  to 
idleness  or  fashion,  are,  to  some  extent,  excusable  for  endeavoring  to 
be  artificially  what  the  pioneer  girls  were  naturally;  who,  had  Yhey 
needed  lacing,  might  have  used  tow  strings,  and  if  bran  were  used  for 
bustles,  might  have  curtailed  their  suppers.  Those  circumstances 
which  frequently  occasioned  the  bran  to  be  eaten  after  the  flour  was 
gone,  laced  tight  enough  without  silk  cord  or  bone-sets,  and  prevented 
that  state  of  things  which  sometimes  makes  it  necessary  to  eat  both 
flour  and  bran  together  as  a  medicine,  and  requires  bran  or  straw 
outside  to  make  the  shape  respectable. 

"Not  only  about  the  farm,  but  also  to  meeting,  the  younger  part  of 
the  families,  and  even  men  went  barefoot  in  summer.  The  young 
women  carried  their  shoes  and  stockings,  if  they  had  them,  in  their 
hands  until  they  got  in  sight  of  the  meeting  house,  when,  sitting  on  a 
log,  they  shod  themselves  for  meeting:  and  at  the  same  place,  after 
meeting,  they  unshod  themselves  for  a  walk  home,  perhaps  one  or 
two  miles.  Whether  shoes,  stockings,  or  even  bonnets  were  to  be  had 
or  not,  meeting  must  be  attended.  Let  those  who  cannot  attend 
church  without  a  new  bonnet,  who  cannot  go  two  or  three  squares  be- 
cause it  is  so  cold  or  so  rainy,  or  so  sunny,  not  laugh  at  the  zeal  ot 
those  pioneers  for  religion." 

Who  will  say  that  in  those  days  of  primitive  simplicity  there  was 
not  as  much  genuine  love  of  God  and  his  cause  as  can  be  found  in  the 
fine  churches,  and  silk,  satin  ami  broad-cloth  dressed  congregations, 
that  come  with  increased  wealth  and  growing  general  intelligence/ 
And  yet,  who  will  say  that,  comparing  the  weak,  scattered  congrega- 
tion of  the  first  thirty  years  of  the  country's  history  with  the  second, 
or  the  third  thirty  years  of  that  history,  that  the  church  has  been  re- 
tarded in  its  grand  work  by  the  change  from  log  cabin  to  splcnded 
brick  and  stone  churches,  ami  from  linsey-woolsey  and  red  flannel  to 
the  finer  but  not  much  more  costly  apparel  of  the  present?  At  all 
events  the  church,  in  the  midst  of   its  dissensions   and   disagreements 


77S  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

upon  minor  matters,  has  kept  pace  in  its  growth  with  any  and  all 
other  interests  and  is  a  mighty  factor  in  the  education  and  elevation 
of  the  people. 

In  the  limited  space  allowed  for  the  presentation  of  this  subject,  it 
will  be  impossible  to  give  more  than  an  outline  of  the  work  and 
growth  of  the  several  denominations: 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. —  The  history  of  early  Methodism 
in  Belmont  county,  owing  to  the  want  of  earl)-  records  and  continued 
changes  in  jurisdiction  is  necessarily  brief.  Its  earliest  operations 
were  conducted  under  what  was  termed  "the  Ohio  circuit,"  first  ap- 
pearing in  1787.  In  1789,  Jesse  Stoneman  and  Thomas  Haymond 
were  appointed  to  serve  on  this  circuit,  and  were  followed  by  Joseph 
Bowen  and  John  Cullison  in  1800,  and  by  Benjamin  Essex  and  Joseph 
Hall  in  1S01.  There  is  but  little  record  as  to  work  done  by  these 
ministers,  except  that  at  the  latter  date  there  were  521  members  in 
the  Ohio  circuit,  but  no  information  as  to  how  man)-  lived  in  Belmont 
county. 

In  1S02  the  West  Wheeling  circuit  was  formed  within  the  bounds 
of  the  Pittsburgh  district,  with  Thornton  Fleming  as  presiding  elder, 
and  Joseph  Hall  as  preacher,  membership  304.  Ministers  succeeded 
these  in  the  following  order:  1805,  John  Cullison;  1S04,  Lashley  Mat- 
thews; 1805,  John  West  and  Eli  Town;  1806,  I).  Stephens  and  A. 
Daniels;  1807,  William  Knox,  James  Riley  and  J.  G.  Watt;  1808,  R.  R. 
Roberts  and  Benedict  Burgess. 

In  iSoq,  West  Wheeling  circuit  was  transferred  to  the  western  con- 
ference, and  Jacob  Young  and  Thomas  Church  appointed  ministers, 
and  in  1810  the  membership  was  810,  having  more  than  doubled  in 
eight  years.  Jacob  Young  and  William  Lamdin  were  the  ministers. 
In  181 1,  William  Lamdin  and  M.  Ellis.  In  181  2,  the  circuit  court  was 
restored  to  the  Baltimore  conference  with  John  Clingman  as  preacher. 
In  1813  it  was  attached  to  the  Ohio  conference  and  the  famous 
James  B.  Findley  was  preacher.  In  1814,  Barnesville  circuit  appears 
and  James  15.  Findley  and  M.  Ellis  served  that  circuit  and  the  West 
Wheeling  circuit.  As  these  two  circuits  occupied  parts  of  the  county 
with  portions  of  other  counties  it  is  impossible  from  any  records  avail- 
able to  say  exactly  what  the  work  of  either  was  with  the  limits  of  this 
count}'.  In  1824  these  two  circuits  were  made  part  of  the  Pittsburgh 
conference  district,  and  in  1876  were  made  part  of  the  Eastern  Ohio 
conference  then  established.  During  this  period  some  changes  have 
occurred  and  the  West  Wheeling  circuit  and  the  Barnesville  circuit 
have  disappeared  and  the  charges  and  circuits  have  grown  to  eighteen 
in  number,  belonging  to  the  Barnesville,  Steubenville  and  .Yew  Phila- 
delphia districts.  These  eighteen  appointments  contain  fifty-one 
churches  and  congregations,  of  which  forty-one  are  in  the  Barnesville 
district,  four  in  the  Yew  Philadelphia  district,  ami  six  in  the  Steuben- 
vill  district,  and  the  following  table  which  we  compile  from  the  official 
record  of  the  east  Ohio  conference,  shows  that  these  forty-nine 
churches  had  a  membership  of  5.780.  about  one-tenth  of  the  popula- 
tion of  the  count)-.     The)'  maintained  fifty-two  Sabbath  schools  with 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO 


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4,949  pupils,  and  held  church  property  to  the  estimated  value  of 
$152,100.  That  they  contributed  last  year  $15,864  for  support  of 
bishops,  elders  and  preachers,  other  church  collections  $8470,  for  sup- 
port of  Sunday  schools  $1,524,  making  $25,808  for  regular  church 
work,  and  $27,080  for  church  and  parsonage  improvements.  Total 
$52,888,  or  nearly  $10  for  each  member. 

The  following  table  shows  the  condition  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  in  Belmont  county,  in  18S9,  including  membership,  number 
of  churches,  value  of  church  property,  amount  paid  ministers,  col- 
lections for  church  work. 


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701 

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304 

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330 

Bellaire 

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407, 

350  '".     3,500  01 

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3 

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4 

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373 

Flushing 

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557  on 

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Hendrysburg 

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184 

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The  Presbyterian  Church. —  In  point  of  members,  influence  and  num- 
ber of  churches,  both  in  the  earlier  and  later  history  of  the  county, 
the  Presbyterian  church  occupies  position  next  to  the  Methodist 
church.  In  fact,  it  was  most  conspicuous  in  the  early  settlement  and 
the  pioneer  work  of  Christianity.  Many  of  the  early  settlers  of  Belmont 
county  were  of  the  Scotch  and  Scotch-  Irish  stock,  who  had  been  so 
prominent  in  the  formation  of  our  government.  The  forms  and 
usages  of  the  church  of  Scotland  were  brought  by  them  to  America, 
and  gave  rise  to  the  various  branches  of  the  Presbyterian  churches  in 
this  country.  The  stronghold  of  Presbyterianism  from  the  first  had 
been  in  Virginia,  Maryland,  Pennsylvania  and  Xew  Jersey,  and  so 
many  of  the  early  settlers  here  were  from  those  states.  They 
brought  their  church  forms  with  them,  and  thus  the  seed  of  Presby- 
terianism was  planted  in  this  fertile  soil,  and  has  grown  vigorously 
ever  since. 

The  first  Presbyterian  organization  in  this  county  was  effected  near 
St.  Clairsville  in  1798  when  the  country  was  almost  a  wilderness. 
Rev.  Joseph  Anderson  began  a  ministry  of  thirty  years  in  the  church 
of  St.  Clairsville  1  then  called  Richland')  in  170c)."  'The  church  of  Crab 
Apple  was  the  next  in  order  and  was  organized  in  what  is  now  Wheel- 
ing township,  in  1804.  Rev.  John  Rea  was  the  first  pastor,  a  man  of 
great  learning  and  influence  as  a  pastor  and  preacher. 


780  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  church  of  Rockhill,  in  Pultney  township,  was  organized  in  [812. 

No  settled  paster  was  over  it  for  many  years,  but  in  1834,  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Mitchell,  D.  D.,  began  a  faithful  ministry  there,  and  continued 
twenty-three  years.  1  le  had  this  church  in  connection  with  Mt.  Pleasant, 
in  Jefferson  count)7,  twelve  miles  distant,  and  over  all  that  interven- 
ing country  he  was  the  only  Presbyterian  minister,  traveling  every- 
where and  preaching  to  the  people.  Many  churches  have  been 
organized  on  that  field  in  the  last  half  century. 

The  church  of  Morristown  was  next  organized  in  1824.  Then  came 
the  following  in  the  order  of  their  date  of  organization:  Concord,  in 
1831;  Stillwater,  in  1832;  Wheeling  Valley,  in  1838;  Martin's  Ferry, 
in  1S41;  Powhatan,  1850;  Wegee,  in  1851;  Bridgeport,  in  1851;  Bethel, 
in  1857;  Barnesville,  in  1859;  Bellaire  (1st),  in  i860;  Scotch  Ridge,  in 
1S69;  Farmington,  in  1870;  West  Brooklyn,  in  1871;  Coalbrook,  in 
1875;  Bellaire  (2d),  in  1881;  Bannock,  in  1884,  and  Pleasant  Vallev, 
in  1887. 

These  twenty-one  churches  represent  the  present  strength  of  Pres- 
byterianism  in  Belmont  county.  To  gather  them  and  bring  them  to 
their  present  state  has  required  diligent  and  faithful  labor.  The  pas- 
tors have  been  faithful  and  zealous  men  and  the  membership  has 
been  composed  of  some  of  the  most  intelligent  and  best  class  of  citi- 
zens. 

New  houses  of  worship  have  been  recently  erected  in  St.  Clairsville 
and  Bridgeport,  the  unfinished  building  of  the  first  church  of  Bellaire 
has  been  completed,  and  a  movement  is  on  foot  to  rebuild  at  Rock- 
hill. 

The  twenty-one  churches  of  this  county  form  a  part  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  St.  Clairsville,  and  their  report  to  the  last  general  assembly 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  is  as  follows:  Total  number  of  communi- 
cants, 3,078;  total  number  of  persons  in  Sabbath  schools,  2,955;  con" 
gregational  expenses  for  year  ending  April,  1SS9,  $33,522;  contributions 
to  benevolent  objects  in  same  time,  $7,302.  Such  is,  in  brief,  the 
origin  and  growth  of  the  Presbyterian  churches  in  this  region  in  the 
last  ninety-two  years. 

The  Baptist  Church. —  One  of  the  oldest  churches  in  the  county  of 
which  there  is  authentic  record  was  built  by  the  Baptist  organization 
in  Richland  township,  about  one  and  one-fourth  miles  west  of  St. 
Clairsville.  It  was  a  log  building  and  said  to  have  been  built  in  179S, 
and  was  used  for  many  years  as  a  Baptist  church.  It  was  subsequently 
abandoned,  and  a  small  grave  yard  is  all  that  is  left  to  mark  the  spot. 

The  Stillwater  Baptist  church  was  organized  November  28,  1816, 
with  John  Prichard,  Nathaniel  Skinner  and  Elijah  Stone  as  elders. 
The  first  building  was  a  log  house,  which  was  at  a  later  date  replaced 
by  frame  building.  This  church  prospered  for  fifteen  years  and  the  con- 
gregation was  quite  large.  In  1831  Alexander  Campbell  pleached  to 
this  congregation  and  as  a  result  it  was  divided,  the  larger  part  of  it 
going  to  the  Disciples  or  followers  of  Mr.  Campbell.  The  church 
building  was  sold  to  the  Disciples,  and  those  who  still  adhered  to  the 
Baptist  church,  re-organized  and  built   the   church,  still    retaining  the 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  781 

name  of  "Stillwater,"  at  Rockfield,  in  Flushing  township,  where  it  has 
since  remained  a  prosperous  society.  In  1850  a  frame  church  took  the 
place  of  the  log  building  erected  in  1832.  The  present  membership 
is  about  150. 

The  Ebenezer  Baptist  church,  at  Belmont,  was  formed  by  a  part  of 
the  Stillwater  church  congregation  after  the  division  of  that  body  in 

1831.  The  church  was  organized  in  1835,  with  William  R.  McGouen, 
William  Stone  and  C.  Skinner  as  elders.  The  first  building  was  of 
logs,  which  was  replaced  in  1853  by  a  frame  church  which  is  still  in 
use. 

The  Martin's  Ferry  Baptist  church  was  organized  in  1836,  with  six 
members,  by  Revs.  G.  C.  Sedwick,  R.  S.  Sedwick  and  T.  M.  Irwin.  At 
that  date  there  was  no  meeting  house  in  the  place,  but  by  earnest 
work  this  small  congregation  succeeded  in  erecting  one  in  1841.  The 
congregation  grew  and  prospered  and  in  later  years  erected  a  much 
larger  building,  which  is  still  occupied  by  a  congregation  of  about  1  50 
members. 

The  Christian  or  Disciple  $  Church. —  This  church  organization  is  of 
modern  origin,  having  itsorigin  as  a  separate  church  in  the  teachings  of 
Alexander  Campbell.  Baptism  by  immersion  being  its  special  doctrine 
its  converts  were  largely  from  the  regular  Baptist  church,  and  its  first 
church  holding  in  this  county  was  in  the  absorption  of  the  major  part  of 
the  membership  and  the  church  property  of  the  Stillwater  Baptist 
church,  which  became  the  "  Stillwater  Christian  church."  This  congre- 
gation erected  a  church  near  Hendrysburg,  in  Kirkwood  township,  in 

1832.  In  1S40  there  were  but  eight  congregations  in  what  was  then  the 
sixteenth  congressional  district,  and  these  employed  three  ministers, 
Revs.  John  Flick,  Charles  Van  Voorhies  and  Alexander  1  Ia.ll.  These 
congregations  were  frequently  visited  by  Alexander  Campbell,  and 
his  father,  Thomas  Campbell. 

The  origin  of  the  most  of  the  Christian  or  Disciple's  churches  go 
back  to  the  date  of  the  missionary  labors  of  Alexander  Campbell, 
and  his  father,  in  1828  to  1834,  and  these  converts  have  been  as  leaven 
in  each  location  that  has  worked  until  church  organization  has  resulted 
in  church  construction.  The  Christian  church  at  Bellaire  is  the  larg- 
est in  the  county,  and  has  the  best  church  building.  James  Martin 
and  his  wife  removed  to  Bellaire.  in  1832,  ami  were  the  first  believers 
in  this  neighborhood.  In  1833  Alexander  Campbell  and  his  father 
preached  in  a  grove  on  Indian  run,  and  several  baptisms  occurred. 
John  Archer,  who  may  fairly  be  termed  thefatherof  the  church  here, 
settled  on  Trough  run  in  1835,  with  his  wife  and  his  sons. arid  exerted  an 
influence  that  added  members  to  the  young  church  rapidly.  In  1838 
the  family  removed  to  Bellaire,  and  the  cooper  shop  of  Mr.  Archer 
was  the  only  church  until  184b,  when  the  first  church,  a  one-story 
brick,  was  erected  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  the  Second  ward  public 
school  building.  The  congregation  grew  rapidly  requiring  a  larger 
building  and  the  present  fine  structure  on  Belmont  street  was  erected. 
The  church  now  numbers  350  members,  contributing  for  preaching 
and  incidentals  per  year  $1,487.94;  for  educational  purposes,   $313.21; 


782  HISTORY  OF  THE  UPPER  OHIO  VALLEY. 

for  missions,  $111.83.  The  Sabbath  school  numbers  222  members, 
contributing  annually  for  self-support,  $104.91  ;and  for  missions,  $73.13. 

The  Barnesville  Christian  church  was  creeled  in  1842.  In  1837'  the 
society  purchased  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  building  on  Church 
street.  The  congregation  now  numbers  175  members.  The  first 
Sabbath  school  was  organized  in  1852,  and  from  the  start  was  pros- 
perous. 

The  Auburn  church  near  Morristown  was  organized  in  1854,  but 
was  merged  with  the  Morristown  congregation  in  1862.  This  church 
now  has  170  members  with  a  Sunday-school  with  eighty  members,  and 
is  in  a  prosperous  condition. 

The  church  at  Hendrysburg  was  organized  in  1867,  and  erected 
their  church  building  in  1S60.  It  has  a  membership  of  about  100 
members. 

One  of  the  oldest  churches  in  the  county  is  on  Captina  creek  in 
Wayne  township,  of  which  Hon.  Harvey  Danford  is  now  a  leading 
member.  It  was  organized  as  early  as  1S33,  and  erected  a  church  edi- 
fice in  1835.  This  building  was  burned  down  in  1850,  and  rebuilt,  and 
was  partly  blown  down  in  1872.  The  present  structure  is  a  substan- 
tial brick  building  30x36  feet,  and  cost  about  $1,300.  The  church  lias 
a  membership  of  about  130  and  a  flourishing  Sunday-school.  In  1833 
a  number  of  members  withdrew  from  this  church  and  organized  a 
new  society  and  erected  what  is  now  known  as  "  The  Chestnut  Level  " 
Christian  church,  with  a  membership  of  about  sixty. 

The  United  Presbyterian  Church.— Most  of  the  churches  of  this  tie- 
nomination  in  this  county  were  organized  as  Associate,  or  Associate 
Reformed  Presbyterian  churches,  and  assumed  their  present  name 
and  connection  when  the  union  between  the  two  was  consummated  at 
the  joint  synod  held  at  Pittsburgh,  May  26,  185S. 

The  first  Associate  Reformed  organization  in  this  county  was  that 
of  the  "  Upper  Wheeling  Associated  Reformed  congregation,"  organ- 
ized about  the  year  1805,  the  first  sermon  being  preached  by  Rev. 
Alexander  Calderhead.  I  le  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  William  Taggart. 
The  first  meetings  were  held  in  a  tent.  The  first  meeting  house 
was  built  of  logs  about  two  miles  southewest  of  Uniontown,  which  was 
replaced  by  a  brick  one  in  1837.  In  1S53  Rev.  William  Taggart  re- 
signed, the  congregation  removed  to  Uniontown,  and  the  present 
structure  built.  The  church  assumed  the  name  of  United  Presbyter- 
ians, in  1830,  and  Rev.  D.  F.  Reid  continued  as  pastor  until  1S64, 
when,  a  schism  in  the  church  on  political  questions  occurring,  a  large 
number  of  members  seceded  and  re-adopted  the  name  of  "Asso- 
ciate Reformed  congregation." 

Unity  United  Presbyterian  church,  Wheeling  township,  was  or- 
ganized in  1814  by  Rev.  John  Walker,  and  the  first  meeting  house 
built  in  1815,  where  the  graveyard  is  now  located.  The  house  was  of 
round  logs  20x23.  The  next  building  was  of  hewed  logs  built  in  1S20. 
In  1833  a  brick  building  33x03  feet  was  erected  and  was  succeeded  by  a 
frame  building,  the  present  structure,  38x38  feet.  In  1S41  the  congrega- 
tion reached  2^0  communicants,  which  is  double  the  present  number. 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  ;S} 

The  congregation  at  St.  Glairsville  was  organized  in  1830,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Associate  Reform  church.  The  first  regular  minister 
was  Rev.  Hugh  Parks,  in  [831,  who  served  the  congregation  until 
1839.  He  was  succeeded  in  1842,  by  Rev.  Alexander  Young,  who 
served  very  acceptably  and  with  marked  success  until  [857.  After  two 
years  of  vacancy  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Johnson,  who  was 
installed  and  entered  upon  his  pastorate  in  June.  [859.  Under  his 
ministry  during  the  war  he  was  intensely  loyal  and  refused  the  right 
of  communion  to  those  who  were  not  so,  and  a  number  left  that  church 
on  that  account,  and  many  of  his  young  parishioners  volunteered, 
went  into  the  army  and  never  returned.  He  served  with  marked 
ability  until  1S74,  when  he  resigned  his  charge.  He  was  succeeded 
in  April,  1S75,  UV  the  present  very  efficient  pastor,  Rev.  Thomas 
Balph,  who  has  acceptably  served  the  congregation  since.  The  pres- 
ent membership  is  about  170. 

The  United  Presbyterian  church  of  Martin's  Ferry  was  organized 
with  sixteen  members  on  the  4th  of  June,  1851,  under  the  Associate 
Reform  Presbytery  of  Steubenville,  by  Rev.  T.  L.  Spear  and  Thomas 
Sweeney,  James  Waddle  and  J.  R.  Dickey  as  elders.  A  church  cost- 
ing $2,000  was  erected,  and  Rev.  D.  G.  Bradford  was  the  first  pastor 
and  served  until  1S57.  Rev.  R.  G.  Campbell  was  pastor  from  1S57, 
until  1867,  in  connection  with  the  Centerville  church,  Rev.  J.  R.  Slents 
served  from  1869,  to  [873,  and  was  succeeded  in  1S74,  by  Rev.  \Y. 
Weir,  and  he  by  Rev.  A.  E.  Brownlee,  who  is  still  in  charge. 

The  church  at  Warnock's  and  at  Belmont,  on  the  line  of  the  Balti- 
more &  Ohio  railroad,  was  organized  in  1S27.  The  church  at  War- 
nock's, built  in  1828  of  brick,  was  replaced  in  1871  by  the  present  mat 
structure.  Rev.  Joseph  Closkey  was  the  first  minister.  Rev.  Samuel 
McArthur  succeeded  him  in  August,  1S38.  In  1S53,  Josiah  Alexander 
served  the  congregation,  and  was  followed  in  1S58,  by  Rev.  William 
Grimes,  and  at  this  period  the  church  name  was  changed  from  Asso- 
ciate Reform  Presbyterian  to  United  Presbyterian.  This  pastorate 
continued  until  1862.  fn  1865,  Uhis  church  on  political  grounds,  with- 
drew from  the  United  Presbyterian  synod,  and  united  with  the  Asso- 
ciate Reform  synod  of  the  south.  Rev.  \Y.  S.  Moffat  became  pastor 
in  1867. 

The  Catholic  Church. —  The  first  Catholic  church  in  this  part  of  the 
state  was  the  St.  Francis  church  in  Beaver  township.  Noble  county, 
just  beyond  the  western  border  of  Belmont  county,  a  majority  of 
whose  members  resided  in  and  around  Temperanceville,  in  Somerset 
township,  Belmont  county.  A  log  building  was  erected  in  1S22,  on 
lands  given  by  Mr.  Gallagher,  and  was  called  St.  Dominic's  church. 
In  1S54  a  large  building  of  brick  was  erected  in  which  the  congrega- 
tion still  worship.     The  church  now  numbers  250  communicants. 

The  Bellaire  Catholic  church  wasorganized  during  the  construction 
of  the  Central  Ohio  R.  R.  in  1855,  by  Rev.  Michael  Kennedy, but  w  hen  the 
road  was  finished  it  was  found  that  the  congregation  could  not  support  a 
minister,  and  Bellaire  was  dependent  upon  Rev.  John  \Y.  Jaquet, then 
resident  at   the    Beaver  church.     In    1857  the   property  on    Belmont 


7§4  HISTORY    OK    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

street  was  purchased  and  the  erection  of  St.  John's  church  commenced, 
one  of  the  lots  having  been  donated  by  John  II.  Sullivan.  The  church 
grew  steadily  under  the  ministration  of  Father  Jacquet, until  1869,  who 
was  succeeded  by  Rev.  P.  J.  Duly,  who  built  and  paid  for  the  pastoral 
residence  in  1870.  Rev.  Thomas  YVhalen  succeeded  for  a  year,  and 
then  Rev.  P.  H.  I).  Steyel,  who  built  an  addition  to  the  church,  pur- 
chased a  bell  and  enlarged  the  school  building,  ending  his  service  in 
1S7S.  Rev.  D.  B.  Cull,  a  very  popular  clergyman,  succeeded  him,  and 
was  very  successful  until  his  death  in  1SS7.  I  le  raised  money  and  pur- 
chased the  desirable  lots  at  the  head  of  Guernsey  street,  and  raised 
money  toward  the  construction  of  a  new  church  and  school  building. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Fitz,  the  present  pastor,  who  will,  during 
the  present  year,  begin  the  erection  of  the  new  church  and  school 
buildings.  The  church  now  has  over  1,000  communicants,  and  over 
200  children  in  the  schools  taught  by  the  sisters  of  charity. 

The  Martin's  Ferry  Catholic  church  erected  in  1872,  a  frame  church, 
25x45.  It  was  a  mission  supplied  from  Bellaire  until  1875,  when  Rev. 
J.  A.  Maroney  took  charge  as  resident  pastor;  succeeded  in  1877  by 
Rev.  Joseph  Tuohy.     Rev.  Mattingly  is  the  present  pastor. 

There  are  several  small  missions  along  the  B.  &  O.  railroad,  sup- 
plied from  Bellaire  and  Beaver  churches,  that  have  in  all  500  or  400 
communicants. 

Episcopal  Chunk. —  In  1S72  "Trinity  Mission,  Bellaire,"  was  organ- 
ized by  Rev.  John  Long,  of  Wellsville,  Ohio.  The  society  rented  and 
used  for  over  six  years  a  building  on  the  corner  of  Belmont  and 
Thirty-sixth  streets,  formerly  occupied  as  a  cabinet-shop.  At  the  or- 
ganization there  were  eight  communicants.  Rev.  Jacob  Rambo  took 
charge  of  the  mission  in  1S73.  In  1S7S  a  lot  was  purchased  on  Noble 
street,  north  of  Indian  run,  and  a  neat  frame  building  25x45  feet 
erected,  costing  about  $2,150.  At  this  time  the  membership  was  forty- 
eight.  The  succeeding  ministers  were  Rev.  ]ohn  S.  Gibson  in  1SS0; 
Rev.  YY.  \V.  Walker  in  1SS2;  Rev.  \V.  S.  Campbell  in  18S7,  and  Rev. 
Charles  O'Meara  in  1890.  The  present  membership  is  about  the  same 
as  in  187S.  There  is  an  Episcopal  church  at  Martin's  Ferry  with  a 
neat  new  church  building,  and  fifty  members. 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  785 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

THE  PRESS  OF  BELMONT  COUNTY. 


%ti}H<^^  BOUT  the  beginning  of  the  year  181 2  a  paper  called  the 
}i^,vl/ry3./  Belmont  Repository  was  stance!  at  St.  Clairsville  by  Alex- 
^£^f£>k  ander  Armstrong.  The  Repository  had  four  columns  to  the 
¥^^^Ml  pagC  an<^  waS  aDout  one-fourth  the  present  size  of  the 
^^^£r%  Cazette.  In  1S1S  we  find  the  paper  still  under  the  manage- 
^T^^sT  merit  of  Mr.  .Armstrong,  but  in  August  of  that  year' its 
/^Vvv  name  was  changed  to  the  Belmont  Journal.  December  20, 
1823,  the  name  was  again  changed —this  time  called  the 
Western  Post;  and  Robert  II.  Miller  became  associated  with  Mr. 
Armstrong  in  the  publication  of  the  paper.  The  paper  continued  to 
be  printed  the  same  size  and  form  as  when  started  in  1812.  About 
the  isl  of  January,  [825,  Mr.  Armstrong  retired  and  R.  II.  Miller  be- 
came sole  editor  and  proprietor.  About  this  time  the  name  of  the 
paper  was  changed  again,  and  it  became  the  St.  Clairsville  Gazette. 
The  paper  was  also  enlarged  at  this  time  to  five  columns  on  each  page. 
We  have  been  unable  to  ascertain  the  exact  time  when  the  paper  first 
became  known  as  the  Gazette,  but  we  believe  that  Mr.  Miller  gave  it 
that  name  upon  assuming  control  in  January,  1S25.  Mr.  Miller  con- 
tinued to  publish  the  paper  until  January,  1S29,  when  George  \Y. 
Manypenny  became  associated  with  him.  On  January  23,  1S30,  the 
Gazette  was  enlarged  to  a  six-column  paper.  It  was  then  the  only 
democratic  paper  published  in  the  congressional  district,  and  theonlj 
one  in  any  of  the  river  counties  from  Marietta  to  Steubenville. 
August  27,  1830,  Miller  &  Manypenny  dissolved  partnership,  Mr. 
Miller  retiring,  and  Mr.  Manypenny  continuing  the  publication  of  the 
paper  until  March  9,  1833,  when  it  was  sold  to  Messrs.  John  Y.  and  Jacob 
Glessner.  Sometime  in  the  year  1837  the  Glessners  sold  out  to  Maj. 
John  Irons.  March  to,  1838,  the  Gazette  passed  into  the  hands  of  Dr. 
John  Dunham,  whose  editorial  connection  with  it  lasted  twelve  years, 
ending  March  15,  1850.  February  23,  1830,  Dr.  Dunham  enlarged 
the  Gazette  and  made  ii  seven  columns  to  the  page. 

From  February  23,  1830,  to  |une  25,  1841,  the  paper  was  printed  by 
Gill,  Heaton  &  Co.,  and  from  the  latter  date  to  February  26,  1847,  by 
Heaton  &  Gressinger.  During  all  this  time,  however,  Dr.  Dunham 
had  editorial  control  of  the  Gazette.  In  February,  1847,  Dr.  1  Kinham 
purchased  a  printing  nlUcr  of  his  own,  ami  on  the  26th  of  that 
month  he  became  both  editor  and  publisher  of  the  paper.  From 
March  1,  1847  to  March  2,  1849,  Alexander  Patton  was  assistant  edi- 
tor. February  26,  1847,  Messrs.  John  II.  I  Raton  and  Stephen  Gressin- 
ger began  the  publication  of  another  democratic  paper  in  St. 
Clairsville,  called  The  Citizen.  This  paper  was  published  two  years, 
SO-  B. 


.786  history  of  the  urPER  omo  yau.ky. 

and  then  (March  2,  1849)  it  was  merged  with  the  Gazette,  the  consoli- 
dated paper  being  called  the  Gazette  and  Citizen.  Mr.  I  Ieaton  retired 
at  the  time  of  the  consolidation,  and  Dunham  &  Gressinger  con- 
tinued in  charge  of  the  paper  until  March  15,  1850,  at  which  time 
Dr.  Dunham  severed  his  connection  with  it.  Stephen  Gressinger  was 
editor  and  publisher  then  until  February  21,  1856,  when  he  retired 
and  was  succeeded  by  John  11.  I  Ieaton,  January  2,  1862.  The  name 
of  Citizen  was  dropped  and  the  paper  again  became  known  as 
the  St.  Clairsville  Gazette,  which  name  it  has  retained  to  the  present 
time.  February  13,  1862,  Mr.  Heaton  sold  the  paper  to  Mr.  Gressin- 
ger, who  conducted  it  for  two  years,  and  then  on  February  11,  1S64, 
Mr.  Heaton  purchased  it  again  from  Mr.  Gressinger.  Mr.  Heaton 
then  conducted  the  Gazette  to  the  time  of  his  death.  August  23,  1.873. 
Mr.  S.  Gressinger  was  then  employed  to  manage  the  paper,  which  he 
did  until  it  came  into  the  hands  of  the  present  proprietor.  Novem- 
ber 1,  1873,  the  Gazette  was  transferred  to  Mr.C.  X.  Gaumer,  as  editor 
and  proprietor,  who  was  formerly  connected  with  the  Zancsville 
Signal,  as  editor.  In  1883,  Mr.  Gaumer  sold  the  Gazette  to  J.  M. 
Rile)',  now  a  practicing  attorney  of  St.  Clairsville,  who  conducted  it 
until  September.  1S80,  when  it  came  into  possession  of  its  present  own- 
ers, Messrs.  Milligan  &  Steenrod.  The  paper  is  a  nine-column  quarto. 
ably  edited  and  managed,  and  is  considered  the  organ  of  the  demo- 
cratic party  of  the  county.  It  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  plants  in 
eastern  ( mio. 

The  St.  Clairsville  Chronicle. —  To  give  a  detailed  historical  account 
of  the  Chronicle  and  its  predecessors  is  a  thing  almost  impossible.  It 
is  probable  that  its  legitimate  predecessor  was  established  as  early  as 
1813.  If  not  at  the  time  of  its  establisment  it  was  a  few  years  later 
called  the  National  Historian,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  twenties  and 
early  thirties  it  was  owned  and  edited  by  I  lorace  J.  I  toward.  In  1S31 
Dr.  J.  G.  Affleck,  afteward  editor  of  the  True  /line,  of  Bridgeport, 
bought  the  Historian,  which  he  edited  until  1833,  when  he  sold  to  Da- 
vid McPherson,  by  whom  it  is  claimed  by  some,  the  name  was  changed 
to  the  Chronicle.  By  whom  it  was  'thereafter  owned  there  is  some 
question,  but  it  is  positively  known  that  Wharton  Howard,  who  after- 
ward moved  to  Iowa,  was  proprietor,  and  it  is  probable  that  it  was 
from  him  that  Gen.  Cowan,  now  clerk  of  the  district  court  at  Cincin- 
nati, purchased  the  paper.  It  was  an  exponent  of  the  whig  party 
until  the  advent  of  the  new  republican  party,  since  when  it  has  advo- 
cated the  principles  of  that  party  with  marked  courage  and  ability. 
David  Thoburn  came  into  possession  of  the  Chronicle  some  time  in 
the  fifties  and  continued  as  its  editor  until  1800,  when  Col.  C.  L.  Poor- 
man,  the  present  editor  and  proprietor  of  the.  Bella  ire  7  ^rilninc,  became 
editor  and  owner.  He  soon  responded  to  the  call  of  his  country  for 
defenders  and  went  to  the  front,  leaving  J.  P.  Longlcy,  a  bright,  able 
and  versatile  newspaper  man,  in  charge.  To  those  who  know  Mr. 
Longley  it  is  not  necessary  to  say  that  it  was  during  his  management 
a  bold  and  fearless  advocate  of  the  Union  cause.  After  ten  years 
Col.  Poorman  sold  to  Wilkinson  &  Nichols,  from    whom    the   present 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  7S7 

proprietor.  Mr.  W.  A.  Hunt,  purchased  the  paper  in  1S72.  Since  that 
time  he  has  been  constantly  in  charge,  and  perhaps  no  paper  in  the 
county  bears  more  plainly  the  personality  of  its  editor.  It  is  uncom- 
promising in  its  advocacy  of  the  principles  of  the  republican  party, 
and  has  by  its  zealous  support  added  much  to  the  strength  of  the 
party  in  its  county.  As  a  writer,  .Air.  Hunt  deserves  to  be  considered 
among  those  who  have  given  the  press  in  eastern  Ohio  its  high  place 
in  the  estimation  of  the  people. 

The  first  effort  at  "periodical  literature"  at  Barnesville  was  made 
by  the  lady  students  of  Davenport  &  Adler's  "Classical  Institute," 
then  held  in  the  old  academy  building.  It  was  a  little  paper  of  four 
pages,  Sxio  inches  to  the  page,  and  was  published  weekly  during  the 
terms  of  the  institute  for  the  years  1S56  and  1S57.  It  was  printed  at 
Zanesville,  Ohio,  and  was  published  by  the  " Philliphonian  Society"  of 
the  institute.  At  first  it  was  called  The  Gleaner,  and  the  ed'itress 
was  changed  every  term.  Finally  it  was  called  the  Literary  Casket 
and  had  "Excelsior"  for  its  motto,  and  Miss  M.  L.  Talbot,  now  Mrs. 
M.  L.  Walton,  as  permanent  editress.  That  little  paper  crowns  with 
honor  every  one  connected  with  its  career.  Judging  by  the  editorials 
it  were  a  pity  that  Mrs.  Walton  did  not  continue  to  wield  the  pen. 
The  Gleaner  and  Lilcraiy  Casket  were  supported  by  the  talents  and 
purse  of  the  lady  students  of  the  institute,  and  were  circulated  gratis. 

The  Intelligencer. —  The  first  newspaper  venture  in  Barnesville 
was  made  by  E.  R.  Bartleson  &  Son,  of  Wheeling,  in  June,  1857.  It 
was  called  The  Intelligencer, and  was  a  small  twenty-four  column  jour- 
nal, and  dealt  in  everything  but  politics.  After  the  issue  of  two  num- 
bers, the  office  was  sold  to  George  McClelland  and  Thomas  Xichols, 
who  continued  its  publication  one  year.  In  September,  1S5S,  Mr.  Mc- 
Clelland resumed  its  publication,  and  till  June.  1S61,  tin-  Intelligencer 
was  the  very  mirror  of  affairs  occurring  in  this  portion  of  the  state.  It 
was  well  edited  and  occupied  a  prominent  place  in  the  ranks  of  coun- 
try journals. 

The  Enterprise. —  On  the  2Sth  of  May.  1806.  the  first  number  of  the 
Barnesville  Enterprise, 2l  seven-column  "folio,  was  published  by  George 
McClelland.  In  October,  1870,  the  paper  was  enlarged  to  twenty- 
eight  columns.  In  January,  1875.  it  was  changed  to  a  quarto,  and  en- 
larged to  31x45  inches.  Samuel  Price  became  a  partner  at  this  time. 
and  the  paper  was  conducted  by  McClelland  &  Price  until  October, 
1877,  at  which  date  the  latter  retired,  and  Mr.  McClelland  resumed 
the  management.  The  files  of  the  Enterprise  are  replete  with  inter- 
esting matter.  In  1S78  the  present  editor  and  proprietor,  Mr.  E.  P. 
Lee,  became  local  editor,  in  which  capacity  he  continued  until  iSSS. 
when  he  purchased  the  paper.  The  Enterprise'^  a  six-column  quarto 
issued  on  Wednesday  of  each  week.  So  crowded  have  become  its 
columns  of  late  that  a  two  page  supplement  is  now  regularly  issued. 
It  has  a  large  patronage.     Mrs.  P..  P.  Pee  is  assistant  editor. 

Barnesville  Republican,  now  one  of  the  influential  journals  of 
Belmont  county,  Ohio,  was  established  by  Ilanlon  Brothers  ex  Co. 
The  first  issue  made  its  appearance  June  14,  1SS3.     It  is  a  nine-column 


788  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

folio,  and  as  its  name  indicates  is  republican  in  politics,  although  it  is 
more  especially  devoted  to  the  general  interests  of  the  community. 
Mr.  \Y.  \\\,  a  son  of  T.  T.  I  lanlon,  is  the  chief  editorial  writer. 

Much  of  the  following  is  taken  from  former  publications. 

Journal/sin  in  Bcllaire. —  The  first  periodical  appearing  from  the  press 
in  this  city  was  the  Bellaire  Times.  This  paper  was  issued  by  Robert 
Duncan,  who  established  the  same  in  1855.  Duncan  was  succeeded  on 
the  Twieshy  Dr.  Joseph  Gaston,  with  Dr.  M.  W.Junkinsas  local  editor. 
In  1857  the  Bellaire  Intelligencer  made  its  appearance,  and  was  issued 
only  a  few  months.  11.  E.  Purdy  established  the  Democratic  Era, 
the  first  number  appearing  some  time  in  1858.  11  is  office  was  in 
the  old  shoe-factory  school  building.  It  lived  until  1850  and  then 
suspended.  In  1868  Daniel  Long  published  a  small  paper  which  he 
called  the  Bellaire  Advertiser.     It  lasted  until  1870. 

On  the  28th  day  of  April,  1870,  the  Independent  was  issued  from  the 
press.  It  was  established  by  a  stock  company,  and  was  conducted  and 
edited  by  John  B.  Longley,  who  retained  the  position  as  editor,  with 
the  exception  of  two  years  he  spent  in  the  office  of  county  auditor. 
During  this  period  thi.'  paper  was  edited  by  the  present  proprietor 
and  Dr.  M.  \V.  Junkins.  On  the  19th  of  November,  1877,  James  F. 
Anderson  purchased  the  office.  In  1880  the  Daily  Independent,  issued 
every  evening,  was  established.  As  its  name  indicates,  it  is  inde- 
pendent in  politics,  but  is  neutral  on  no  subject  of  public  interest.  Mr. 
Anderson,  the  editor  and  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  Pultney  township. 
where  he  spent  his  early  days  on  a  farm,  which,  perhaps,  accounts  for 
the  stand  he  has  always  taken  for  the  interest  and  protection  of  the 
farmer.  Mr.  Anderson  is  also  a  member  of  the  Belmont  county  bar, 
and  enjoys  a  lucrative  practice.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  of  his 
county  to  advocate  the  principles  of  the  republican  party.  As  a 
writer,  Mr.  Anderson  is  vigorous,  bold  and  fearless,  and  woe  unto  the 
man  or  measure  upon  whom  his  unsparing  lash  may  tall. 

Bcllaire  Tribune.  —  The  Bellaire  'Tribune  was  established  Feb- 
ruary 6.  1879,  by  Col.  C.  L.  Poorman.  At  the  date  of  its  first  issue  it 
had  a  larger  bona  fide  subscription  list  than  any  paper  in  Bellaire. 
This  was  largely  due  to  the  Colonel's  popularity  in  the  county,  he  hav- 
ing edited  the  St.  Clairsville  Chronicle  for  ten  years  during  and  after 
the  war.  There  is  now  a  daily  and  semi-weekly  edition  of  the  Tribune, 
and  both  are  very  largely  patronized  by  subscribers  and  advertisers. 
The  Evening  Daily  is  a  seven-column  folio,  republican  in  politics,  and 
is  a  vigorous  exponentof  the  principles  of  that  party.  Col.  Poorman  is 
a  writer  of  ability,  well  informed  on  all  questions  of  public  policy, 
widely  known,  and  universly  respected  for  his  opinions  on  all  ques- 
tions of  party  policy.  lie  has  been  unremitting  in  his  support  of  all 
public  improvements,  and  through  his  paper  and  otherwise  he  has 
done  much  to  improve  the  material  condition  of  his  town  and  countv. 

The  Standard,  published  by  D.  YV.  beet  and  John  D.  Xu/um  started 
in  April,  1S70,  and  continued  until  sometime  in  1872.  In  1S72,  Mary  F. 
Hoover  established  the  Belmont  City  Commercial,  but  alter  a  few 
months  suspended  until  January,  1873,  when  Hoover  and  Hall   issued 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  7S9 

the  paper.  In  June  (if  the  year  following,  Miss  I  loover  again  assumed 
sole  charge,  employing  Will  S.  Faris  as  local  editor.  In  January,  1875, 
the  paper  was  sold  to  J.  J.  Clarkson,  and  in  May  of  the  same  year 
he  suspended  publication.  Cochran  &  Gow  purchased  the  printing 
material  and  press  of  Clarkson.  and  on  the  fifth  day  of  February, 
1S76,  issued  a  neat  seven-column  paper  styled  Leader,  which  is  still  in 
successful  operation.  They  added  new  material  and  press.  On  the 
istof  July,  [876,  John  R.  Gow  purchased  his  partner's  interest,  and 
began  the  pulbication  of  a  daily  called  the  Daily  Leader,  which  he 
issued  just  a  week  on  trial,  but  Wheeling  being  so  close  with  its  dailies, 
interfered  greatly,  and  the  experiment  in  that  enterprise  was  aban- 
doned. Mr.  Cow  has  enlarged  the  Weekly  Leader  and  otherwise  im- 
proved it.     Charles  X.  Allen  was  connected  with  the  paper  for  a  time. 

In  about  18S5,  the  Weekly  Herald,  was  so  christened  l>y  Lockwood  & 
King,  and  after  a  fairly  successful  existence  and  frequent  changes  of 
ownership,  and  editorial  control,  it  was  sold  in  January,  1890,  to  R.  C. 
Meyer,  a  bright  newspaper  man  formerly  connected  with  the  St.  Clairs- 
villc  Gazette.  The  paper  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Meyer  has  been 
improved  in  ever)-   way,  and  is  well  printed,  newsy,  and  influential. 

In  September,  1875,  the  first  number  of  Bric-a-Brie,n  monthly  liter- 
ary magazine  of  eight  pages,  was  published  by  Will  S.  Faris  and 
W.  C.  Warnock.  In  February  of  the  following  year,  Mr.  Faris  sold 
his  interest  in  the  enterprise  to  his  partner,  and  in  a  few  months  after- 
ward discontinued  its  publication. 

In  the  year  1877,  Frank  M.  Barnes  and  J.  E.  Strahl.  two  practical 
printers,  published  a  tri-weekly  sheet  called  the  Free  /'/ess.  It  suc- 
ceeded reasonably  well,  but  was  only  published  for  a  few  months,  when 
a  disagreement  between  the  proprietors  made  its  suspension  neces- 
sary. 

In  1877-8,  Ben  S.  Cowen,  a  school  boy.  son  of  Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen, 
published  a  small  literary  paper  called  the  Amateur  'journal.  It  was 
very  popular,  on  account  of  the  novelty  of  its  publication.  The  edi- 
tor did  his  own  printing  in  leisure  hours. 

In  Jul)-,  1878.  Will  S.  Faris,  at  that  time  principal  of  the  public 
schools  of  the  Fifth  ward,  commenced  the  publication  of  a  forty-col- 
umn quarto-weekly  newspaper  called  the  Phonograph.  It  met  with  a 
fair  share  of  success  as  a  local  sheet,  and  also  became  somewhat  fam- 
ous abroad  for  sprightliness  and  humor.  It  was  continued  until  some 
time  in  1879,  when  Mr.  Faris  left.  Bellaire  to  accept  the  position  of  as- 
sociate editor  of  the  Wheeling  Daily  Register,  and  the  Phonograph  was 
consolidated  with  Mr.  Anderson's  Independent. 

In  1878,  Waldemar  Bille,  M.  D.,  established  the  lu-llaire  Star,  a 
Catholic  weekly,  local  in  its  character.  It  only  existed  a  very  few- 
weeks. 

The  Democrat.— Oi  the  papers  now  published  at  Bellaire  the  Demo- 
crat is  the  youngest,  having  first  made  its  appearance  March  j;v  1888, 
with  W.  C.  Warnock,  above  mentioned  as  proprietor  and  editor.  Mr. 
Warnock  is  a  descendant  of  the  Warnock  family  of  Smith  township. 
mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work,  ami    is   familiar  with   all  the  work- 


790  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER   OHIO    VALLEY. 

ing  of  a  newspaper  office,  having  filled  almost  every  position  from 
"devil"  to  editor.  The  Democrat  is  an  eight-page  five-column  sheet, 
issued  Friday  of  each  week. 

Martin's  Ferry. —  Two  attempts  were  made  to  establish  a  newspaper 
here  previous  to  1872,  both  of  which  failed.  About  1849,  David  S. 
Welling  commenced  the  publication  of  the  American  Enterprise, 
which  he  published  at  Martin's  Ferry  and  Bridgeport,  the  office, 
according  to  the  best  information  at  hand,  being  alternately  located 
at  both  places,  but  its  publication  was  unremunerative,  and  it  was 
abandoned. 

In  1871,  the  business  men  and  citizens,  feeling  the  need  of  a  home 
organ,  formed  a  joint  stock  company  known  as  the  "  Martin's  Ferry 
Printing  and  Publishing  Company."  This  company  commenced  on 
the  1st  of  Maw  1872,  the  publication  of  a  six-column  folio  called  the 
Martins  Ferry  Commercial,  with  Mr.  Parr,  of  Wheeling,  as  editor  and 
publisher.  About  the  1st  of  December,  the  establishment  was  sold  to 
John  J.  Ashenhurst  and  John  Clauser.  This  firm  was  short-lived,  Mr. 
Clauser  at  the  end  of  a  few  months  retiring. 

Mr. Ashenhurst  made  material  changes,  first  increasing  the  size  to 
a  seven-column  folio,  and  changing  the  name  to  the  Ohio  !  'alley  News, 
and  again  enlarging  to  a  six-column  quarto,  and  making  it  the  organ 
of  the  prohibition  wing  of  the  temperance  people  of  eastern  (  >hio. 
Mr.  Ashenhurst  on  the  1st  of  November,  1874,  conveyed  the  concern 
to  James  H.  Drennen  and  John  R.  Gow.  This  firm  continued  to  pub- 
lish the  News  for  about  one  year,  when  Mr.  Gow  retired,  and  J.  11 
Drennen  became  sole  proprietor  and  editor. 

The  News  is  independent  in  politics,  but  in  general  favors  the  pol- 
icy of  the  republican  party.  It  is  influential  and  is  one  of  those 
out-spoken  journals  which  has  great  weight  on  all  matters  of  public 
concern. 

Fhtshing.— The  Nezus- Advertiser,  published  by  F.  M.  and  C.  11. 
Judkins,  at  Flushing,  is  a  bright,  readable  and  reliable  paper,  giving 
the  news  of  the  neighborhood,  and  a  large  amount  of  good  general 
reading  matter.  It  was  started  May  1,  1886,  as  an  advertising 
medium,  by  C.  H.  Judkins,  then  a  boy  of  sixteen  years.  It  was  soon 
found,  however,  that  a  local  newspaper  was  needed,  and  to  supply 
this  want  the  Advertiser  was  enlarged  to  a  seven-column  folio,  which 
is  its  present  size.  It  is  a  neat,  well-printed  paper  and  ably  edited. 
The  business  men  of  the  town,  recognizing  its  excellence,  ireely 
patronize  its  advertising  columns.  The  most  prosperous  and  influen- 
tial people  of  the  district  are  its  patrons.  The  office  is  well  equipped 
for  a  general  line  of  job  printing,  and  it^  presses  are  seldom  idle. 

Bridgeport  in  the  Past. —  The  following  article  was  written  by  Dr. 
Todd  in  1876: 

"  Bridgeport  is  not  without  journalistic  fame.  For  two  years  the 
proceedings  of  the  Belmont  Medical  society  were  published  here. 
The  Belmont  Farmer  by  various  parties,  prior  to  184S.  It  was  about 
one-fourth  the  size  of  the  Intelligencer,  generally,  but  sometimes  it 
grew  beautifully  less.     It  was  intensely  whig  in  politics,  especially  un- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  7QI 

der  the  editorial  management  of  that  stern  old  patriot,  David  Allen. 
As  nearly  as  we  can  ascertain,  it  was  established  by  J.  D.  Gray,  and 
first  edited  by  William    B.  Affleck,  the  doctor's  brother. 

"Three   years   ago   the  Zevely    family   started  a  paper  called    the 

Standard,  which  lasted  only  a  few  months.  It  claimed  to  be  inde- 
pendent. 

"As  Dr.  J.  G.  Affleck  has  been  the  newspaper  man  of  our  town,  a 
brief  sketch  of  his  life  will  not  be  uninteresting.  The  doctor  was 
born  in  Drummelzier,  Scotland,  in  1S02;  came  to  America  in  1819; 
sttidied  medicine  with  Barton  and  Cook;  first  edited  the  National 
Historian  in  St.  Clairsville  from  July  16,  1831,  till  June,  1833,  buying 
out  Horace  J.  Howard,  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Affleck,  and  sold  out  to 
David  McPherson,  under  whose  administration  the  paper  changed 
its  name  to  the  Belmont  Chronicle.  He  edited  the  True  Bine  from 
Somerton  and  Bridgeport,  in  connection  with  his  brother,  from  June, 
1S40,  to  1S46.  Its  politics  were  whig.  One  number  of  August,  1846, 
contains  a  call  in  flaming  characters  for  a  'democrat  whig  conven- 
tion.' Afterward  in  Bridgeport  the  Belmont  Farmer,  the  Dog,  the 
Cocoanut, all  contained  a  series  of  reflections  on  the  follies  of  mankind, 
taking  his  characters  from  well-known  Bridgeporters.  The  portrait- 
ures are  immensely  amusing.  Then  came  his  small  sized  Belmont 
Farmer,  with  its  expressive  motto,  viz.:  'What  is  the  cursed  multi- 
tude about?'  (Goethe).  He  enlarged  it  in  1847.  with  this  motto: 
Whilst  some  doubt  of  everything,  and  others  profess  to  acknowl- 
edge everything,  a  wise  man  will  embrace  such  tenets,  and  only 
such  as  are  built  upon  experience,  or  upon  certain  and  indisputa- 
ble axioms — Epicurus.  And  now,  occasionally  he  publishes  the 
'Filial  Wares.  The  doctor's  mother  was  first  cousin  to  ex-premier 
Gladstone,  and  he  sat  upon  Latin  and  Greek  benches  with  the  great 
Dr.  Chalmers,  for  whom  he  has  an  ardent  admiration,  and  with  Pol- 
lock also,  author  of  'The  Course  of  Time.'  In  1S18,  by  imitation, 
the  doctor  visited  the  Wyandotte  reservation.  lying  between  Colum- 
bus and  Lake  Lrie,  and  surveyed  for  them  their  lands,  while  he 
helped  Rev.  lames  B.  Finley,  a  Methodist  missionary,  to  convert  the 
heathen." 

Benjamin  Lundy. —  Connected  with  the  press  of  Belmont  county 
was  the  subject  of  this  biography,  who  began  his  life  work  against  shiv- 
ery in  St.  Clairsville,  and  it  was  here  that  he  gave  to  the  world  his 
celebrated  "  Appeal  to  Philanthropists,"  which  earned  for  him  a  na- 
tional reputation.  The  following  is  taken  from  a  biographical  sketch 
written  by  R.  II.  Taneyhill:  The  pioneer  abolitionist  in  the  United 
States  was  Benjamin  Lundy,  who  began  his  labors  as  such  in 
St.  Clairsville,  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio.  He  there  formed  the  first  society 
whose  only  and  avowed  purpose  was  the  overthrow  oi  African  slav- 
ery in  the  United  States,  and  he  there  edited  the  first  newspaper  de- 
voted to  bringing  into  odium  the  monstrous  crime  of  that  slavery,  and 
to  finally  driving  it  from  the  nation.  Mr.  Lundy  was  born  in  the 
state  of  New  Jersey  on  the  4th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1  780,  at  the  town 
of    Hardwick,    Sussex    county.      Both    his    father    and    mother    were 


792  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Quakers,  and  he,  of  course,  was  born  in  the  communion  of  that  church. 
In  1S0S  he  went  to  the  vicinity  of  Wheeling,  Va.,  and  after  working  at 
several  places  west  and  east  of  that  town,  finally  settled  there  to  learn 
the  trade  of  a  saddler.  1  laving  finished  his  apprenticeship,  he  went  to 
Mt.  Pleasant,  ( )hio,  but  in  a  short  time  went  back  to  Mew  Jersey,  where 
he  was  married.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  returned  to  (  )hio,  settled 
at  St.  Clairsville,  and  set  up  the  trade  of  saddle  and  harness  maker. 
In  the  year  1815  lie  called  a  meeting  of  his  neighbors  to  be  held  at  his 
own  house  in  the  town  of  St.  Clairsville,  to  organize  an  anti-slavery 
society.  Only  six  persons  attended  that  meeting,  but  they  formed 
what  they  called  a  "Union  Humane  Society."  That  was  the  first 
abolition  society  ever  organized  in  the  United  States.  It  was  a  small 
beginning  of  a  counter-wave  to  the  flood  that  was  overflowing  the  na- 
tion. In  a  few  weeks  the  house  of  Mr.  Lundy  was  too  little  to  hold 
the  members  of  that  society, and  in  six  months  from  its  "  small  begin- 
ning" the  "Union  Humane  Society"  had  over  400  members,  and 
among  them  some  of  the  best  citizens  of  Belmont  county.  Not  satis- 
fied with  simply  organizing  an  anti-slavery  society  and  bringing  his 
fellow-citizens  into  sympathy  with  its  object,  he  began  to  write  articles 
against  the  "great  abomination."  On  his  twenty-sixth  birthday,  Mr. 
Lundy  wrote  his  first  article  upon  the  abolition  of  American  slavery. 
He  entitled  the  article,  "The  Appeal  to  Philanthropists."  That  "ap- 
peal "  contains  nearly  every  thought  ever  urged  against  African 
slavery  in  the  United  States,  and  whatever  was  afterward  said  or 
written  upon  that  subject  is  only  a  repetition  of  that  "appeal" 
or  an  elaboration  of  its  ideas.  In  addition  to  the  "appeal"  he 
wrote  several  articles  for  the  Philanthropist,  a  paper  then  printed 
and  published  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Ohio,  and  edited  by  one  Charles 
Osborne,  a  Quaker  gentleman.  The  general  bearings  of  that  paper 
were  against  slavery,  but  discussed  that  question  rather  abstractly. 
Shortly  after  he  had  written  those  articles  for  the  Philanthropist  he 
became  an  assistant  editor  on  that  paper.  So  soon  as  Mr.  Lundy 
had  assumed  the  character  of  editor,  he  did  an  act  that  happily 
illustrates  the  force  of  his  feeling  against  slavery,  and  the  dogged  de- 
termination of  his  mind  to  wrestle-  with  its  crime.  In  order  to  have 
funds  with  which  to  make  the  paper  a  more  powerful  one,  he  put  his 
entire  stock  of  harness  and  saddles  into  a  flat-boat  to  take  them  to  St. 
Louis  to  sell.  The  trip  down  the  river  was  a  slow  one,  and  he  did  not 
reach  St.  Louis  until  late  in  the  fall  of  1819.  He  found  all  business  at 
a  standstill,  and  everybody  excited  over  the  admission  of  Missouri  as 
a  state,  with  the  memorable  proviso  known  as  the  "  Missouri  Com- 
promise." A  fiery  discussion  was  going  on  in  the  newspapers  of  the 
city,  and  Mr.  Lundy,  indiscreetly,  yet  manfully,  entered  the  arena  of 
discussion  as  a  combatant  for  freedom.  That  course  inflamed  the 
public  against  him,  and  he  could  get  no  sale  for  his  goods  only  at 
disastrous  prices.  Getting  out  of  them  all  he  could,  he,  to  save  all  the 
money  possible,  made  the  journey  home  on  foot,  although  it  was  the 
"dead  of  winter  of  1S20-1.  lis  said  calamities  never  come  singly, 
and  so  Mr.  Lundy  found  it  to  be  in  his  case,  for  when  he  got  back  to  Mt. 


ma. mont  county,  oino.  793 

Pleasant,  Mr.  Osborne  had  sold  out  his  establishment,  and  the  press 
and  type  shipped  to  Jonesboro,  Tenn.  But  the  loss  of  his  property, 
the  unexpected  destruction  of  the  business,  to  give  strength  and  pros- 
perity to  which  he  had  sacrificed  his  means;  with  mid-winter  upon 
him,  without  friends,  among  strangers,  and  his  money  scant,  all 
seemed  to  form  a  grand  stimulating  compound  that  gave  fresh  vigor 
to  the  energy  of  Mr.  Lundy.  lie  at  once  resolved  to  start  a  news- 
paper of  his  own,  exactly  suited  to  his  conception  of  the  needs  of  the 
tremendous  situation,  for  the  charge  of  which  he  felt  it  his  duty  to 
act.  Having  gone  on  foot  to  several  of  the  adjacent  towns,  on  the 
hunt  of  a  printer,  willing  to  print  his  paper  for  him,  he  at  last  discov- 
ered the  object  of  his  wish  at  Steubenville,  Ohio.  That  town  was 
twenty  miles  distant  from  Ml.  Pleasant,  but  Lundy,  undaunted  by 
obstacles  and  undismayed  by  his  poverty,  carried  his  manuscript  and 
selections  in  his  pocket,  to  that  town  on  foot,  had  his  paper  printed 
and  then  walked  back  to  Mt.  Pleasant,  carrying  the  first  issue  of  the 
Genius  of  Universal  Emancipation  on  his  shoulders.  He  continued 
to  be  his  own  mail  carrier,  carrying  his  manuscript  and  selections 
one  way,  and  the  Genius  of  Universal  Emancipation  the  other, 
just  as  lie  had  made  the  Genius  of  Univcrsa, 1  Emancipation  a  news- 
paper success,  he  received  a  pressing  invitation  from  the  editor  o! 
the  Philanthroptist,  then  published  at  Jonesboro,  Tenn.,  to  come 
there  and  print  his  paper  at  that  office.  Mr.  Lund)-  very  foolishly 
accepted  the  invitation.  He  went  to  Jonesboro  and  remained  there 
three  years,  publishing  his  paper,  but  an  abolition  paper  at  the  very- 
heart  of  Tennessee,  was  too  much  for  the  "hot  bloods"  ol  that 
region  to  tolerate.  He  was  often  insulted  as  he  passed  about  the 
streets,  and  threatened  with  personal  violence,  and  on  one  occasion 
two  ruffians  locked  him  in  a  room,  brandishing  pistols  in  his  lace,  de- 
claring that  "  if  he  didn't  git  out  of  thar,  they'd  Lie  the  death  of  him." 
but  he  stayed  in  Jonesboro  until  it  suited  him  to  leave  it.  The  first 
"anti-slaver)-  convention"  ever  held  in  the  United  States,  met  at 
Philadelphia  in  the  winter  of  1S23-4.  Mr.  Lundy  made  the  journcy 
of  600  miles  to  attend  its  sittings.  While  at  that  convention 
he  was  induced  to  remove  his  paper  to  the  east,  and  by  an  unlucky 
choice,  located  its  publication  at  Baltimore,  Mil.  Mr.  Lundy  left 
Jonesboro  for  Baltimore  on  foot,  with  knapsack  on  his  back,  lb- 
went  by  way  of  North  Carolina.  At  1  Jeep  Creek,  that  state,  he  made 
his  first  public  "anti-slavery"  speech,  lie  spoke  in  a  beautiful  grove 
near  "Friends'  meeting  house."  directly  after  divine  service.  He 
also  spoke  in  the  meeting  at  another  time,  and  made  speeches  at 
some  house  raisings,  ami  at  a  "  militia  muster."  While  at  I  )eep  ("reek 
he  organized  an  "abolition  society."  1  le  once  spoke  at  Raleigh,  that 
stated  As  he  went  through  Virginia,  he  made  speeches  at  several 
places  and  organized  one  abolition  society.  He  arrived  at  Baltimore 
about  the  first  of  October,  1XJ4,  and  the  first  issue  of  his  paper  was 
made  October  10,  1824,  being  No.  1,  fourth  volume.  In  the  year 
182S  Mr.  Lundy  went  to  New  England  on  a  lecturing  tour. 
Arriving    at     Boston    he    visited    the    clergymen     of     the    city,    and 


7Q4  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

eight    of     them     subscribed     for    his    paper    and     prevailed     upon 

him  to  hold  an  anti-slavery  meeting.  The  meeting  was  held 
and  largely  attended  by  the  people.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting 
several  ot  the  clergymen  addressed  the  people,  concurring  in  the  views 
of  Mr.  Lundy.  He  went  on  to  New  Hampshire  and  Maine,  lecturing 
when  he  could  get  the  privilege.  As  he  was  returning,  he  spoke  in 
the  principal  towns  of  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island  ami  Connecticut. 
He  also  traversed  a  large  part  of  the  state  of  New  York,  speaking  at 
many  of  its  prominent  towns.  It  was  on  this  tour  at  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton,  that  he  first  met  Mr.  William  Lloyd  Garrison,  who  was  then  quite 
a  young  man  and  a  boarder  at  the  house  where  Mr.  Lundy  sojourned. 
During  his  stay  at  Boston,  he  had  frequent  conversations  with  Mr. 
Garrison,  and  at  last  converted  him  to  his  views  on  the  slavery 
question.  In  a  short  time,  Mr.  Garrison  became  an  active  worker  in 
the  cause  of  abolition.  So  it  may  he  truly  said  that  Mr.  Lundy  cleared 
away  the  mists  from  before  the  face  of  that  mighty  luminary  of  uni- 
versal emancipation.  In  1829,  he  visited  Hayti  and  went  many  times 
to  Canada  to  sec  how  "  his  people  "  were  getting  along.  In  the  win- 
ter of  i8jq,  he  was  met  on  the  street  by  Austin  YVoolfolk,  a  notorious 
slave  trader  of  that  day.  and  assaulted,  and  nearly  beaten  to  death 
by  him.  YVoolfolk  was  brought  before  Judge  Nicholas  Brice,  for 
that  offense,  but  Woolfolk  was  summarily  set  at  liberty  by  "his 
Honor,"  with  the  remark,  that  "  Lundy  had  got  no  more  than  he  de- 
served." Mr.  William  Lloyd  Garrison  went  to  Baltimore,  Septem- 
ber 1,  1829,  and  become  the  associate  editorof  the  Genius  of  Universal 
Emancipation.  As  is  universally  known,  Mr.  Garrison  was  a  strong 
and  fearlesss  writer,  and  in  a  short  time,  rendered  himself  subject  to 
the  fury  of  the  "chivalry."  Subsequently  the  partnership  between 
those  gentlemen  was  dissolved  and  the  publication  of  the  Genius  oj 
Universal  Emancipation  was  transferred  to  Washington,  L>.  C;  Mr. 
Lundy  removing  to  that  city.  Mr.  Garrison  went  back  to  Boston,  and 
on  the  1st  day  of  January,  1S31,  he  issued  the  first  number  of  his  illus- 
trious abolition  paper,  the  Liberator.  From  185010  1835,  Mr.  Lundy 
was  constantly  engaged  in  providing  homes  for  slaves  set  free,  and 
gett-ing  them  to  their  homes.  He  continued  the  publication  of  the 
Genius  of  Universal  Emancipation,  at  Washington,  I).  C,  until  1.856, 
when  he  removed  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  After  his  arrival  at 
Philadelphia,  the  name  of  his  paper  was  changed  to  the  National  En- 
quirer. c\nd  in  a  short  time  to  that  of  Pennsylvania  Freeman.  In  July, 
1838,  Mr.  Lundy  started  for  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  finally  settled  at 
Lowell,  La  Salle  county,  where  he  started  the  Genius  oj  Universal 
Emancipation  once  more,  but  in  August,  1850.  he  contracted  a  prevail- 
ing disease  and  died  on  the  2 Jcl  day  of  that  month. 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  795 


CHAPTER    IX. 

By  Col.  C.  L.  Poormax. 

DICAL  —  EARLY 

PHYSICIANS     OF     BELMONT 

;OUNTY  —  FIRST     MEDICA1 

SOCIETY  —  CMC 

ILERA  EPIDEMIC  —  OTHER    EPI 

)L:M1CS  —  MEDICAL  ORGAN 

IZATIONS  —  BE 

.MONT    COUNTY     MEDICAL     So 

IIETY  -    -  MEDICO-CHIRURGI 

CAL   SOCIETY. 

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ERY  little  tangible  history  in  relation  to  the  early 
physicians  and  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Belmont 
county   is  extant.      During  the   first   twenty-five  years 


',  £Ccj^  'titer  the   organization   of  the   county  there  were  but   few 
;.]  o, ...-,,  „-0,-«  located  at  St.  Clairsville,  M""'1 
...   had   the   whole  county  for 
^V"''    field  of  operation,  and  frequently  had  calls  into  the  adjo 


->i^/-     physicians,  and  these  were  .... 
P/s^/A    town  and   Barnesville,  and   had   the   whole  county  for  t 


(    town 

*^      ing  counties. 
Fhe  first  authentic  record  within  the  county  was  Dr.  John  Hern: 


at  St.  Clairsville,  of  whom  it  is  of  record  that  'die  cut  out  tin 
'  M'  branded  in  the  hand  of  Peter  Sunderland  by  order  of  the  court 
of  quarter  sessions,  for  the  murder  of  John  Holtz."  Dr.  Hughes  and 
Dr.  Quigly  succeeded  Dr.  Herron  at  St.  Clairsville,  the  latter  practic- 
ing unlit  1822,  when  he  lost  his  eyesight  and  died  blind. 

Alexander  Gaston  removed  from  Brooke  county,  Va..  in  1800, 
and  built  a  cabin  near  Morristown.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  but  studied 
medicine  and  commenced  to  practice  in  1S00.  lie  removed  to  Mor- 
ristown in  1 S 1 1  and  soon  secured  a  large  practice,  extending  as  far 
south  as  Woodsfield.  in  Monroe  count}',  and  northwest  to  Freeport  in 
Harrison  countv.     He  died  in  1S29. 

Dr.  Carolus  Judkins  removed  to  Barnesville  in  1809,  and  was  the 
first  practitioner  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  county,  his  practice  gall- 
ing him  into  the  adjoining  counties.  His  son,  Nicholas,  born  in  1S15, 
studied  medicine  with  his  father  and  succeeded  to  his  practice. 

These  were  the  pioneers  among  physicians  that  did  most  of  the 
medical  practice  in  the  early  history  of  the  county.  They  did  not 
practice  in  thickly  populated  towns  with  paved  streets  and  nice  side- 
walks, with  neat  spring  buggies,  or  "dog  carts."  nor  yet  on  bicycles, 
but  were  called  in  all  kinds  of  weather  to  ride  long  distances  on 
horseback  through  an  uncleared  countr)  without  roads  and  cross 
swollen  streams  without  bridges,  swimming  their  horses  through 
turbulent  currents  at  the  risk  of  life  to  both  horse  and  rider,  carry- 
ing their  "saddle  bags,"  which  contained  their  drugs  and  instruments 
for  any  possible  case.  It  is  true  that  there  was  not  such  an  exten- 
sive and  elaborate  materia  mediea  as  now.  ami  the  practice  was  much 
simpler,  but  the  labor  and  drudgery  of  the-  practitioner  very  much 
greater. 


796  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  practice  of  medicine  then  was  different  in  man)-  respects  from 
the  practice  now.  The  lancet  was  of  first  importance,  and  a  basin  to 
catch  the  blood  drawn  from  the  patient's  arm,  and  bandages  to  tie  up 
the  wounded  arm  the  first  thing  prepared.  Then  followed,  frequently, 
a  careful  examination  of  the  bundles  of  roots  and  herbs  that  invariably 
hung  in  festoons  from  the  rafters  in  every  well  regulated  cabin  in  the 
country,  and  it  is  not  clear  even  now,  amid  the  claims  of  science,  that 
the  great  improvements  in  medical  practice  has  lengthened  the  aver- 
age of  human  life,  that  the  decoctions  prepared  from  these  were  not 
quite  as  efficient  in  many  cases  as  are  the  elegantly  prepared  prescrip- 
tions with  great  Latin  names  filled  by  the  present  graduated  and 
licensed  pharmacists.  In  1828  the  number  of  physicians  in  the  county 
had  materially  increased,  and  we  find  the  following  persons  were  en- 
gaged in  practice  of  medicine  in  the  county:  At  St.  Clairsville, 
Thomas  Carroll,  John  McCracken,  James  Wishart;  at  Barnesville, 
Carolus  Judkins  and  Lewis  Grategney;  Flushing,  Jesse  Barley:  Mor- 
ristown,  John  W.  Ayers  and  Ephraim  Gaston;  Uniontown,  John  Camp- 
bell; Somerton,  William  Schooley;  elsewhere,  Aaron  Hartly  and 
Nathan  Johnson. 

From  iSjS  to  1834  there  was  a  considerable  increase  in  physicians, 
among  the  number  John  Alexander,  of  Flushing,  and  1837,  St.  Clairs- 
ville; Henry  West, "of  Bridgeport,  afterward  of  St.  Clairsville;  S.  B. 
West,  of  Martin's  Ferry;  Thomas  Irwin,  of  Uniontown;  Robert  Ham- 
ilton, of  Morristown;  Dr.  Andrews,  of  Bellaire;  E.  Barnes,  of  Bridge- 
port; John  T.  Mackall,  Isaac  Hoover,  of  Barnesville;  Dr.  Plumby,  of 
Somerton,  and  Caleb  H.  Cope,  of  Farmington.  Of  all  these  there  is 
but  one  living  at  this  date.  Dr.  John  Alexander,  of  St.  Clairsville,  to 
whom  the  writer  is  indebted  for  much  of  the  information  in  this 
chapter.  His  life  is  phenomenal;  born  in  Ireland  in  May,  1799,  he  is 
now  ninety-one  years  of  age.  He  has  been  in  the  continued  practice 
of  medicine  since  1832,  his  practice  extending  over  this  and  adjoining 
counties  in  Ohio  and  to  Wheeling.  W.  \'a.,  has  been  nearly  all  done 
on  the  back  of  that  noble  animal,  the  horse,  of  which  he  has  been  a 
passionate  lover,  swimming  swollen  streams  amid  drift,  scores  of  times 
endangering  life,  and  with  limbs  broken  seven  different  times  in  that 
period,  he  is  still  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  with  an  intellect  as  bright 
and  strong  as  forty  years  ago,  and  a  head  stored  with  information 
that  he  imparts  with  such  ease  as  to  make  listening  a  pleasure.  There 
is  not  his  equal  in  the  profession  or  in  any  profession  within  the 
writer's  knowledge. 

About  the  year  1835,  or  a  little  later,  the  first  attempt  to  organize  a 
medical  society  was  made  in  this  county,  and  it  was  kept  up  with  con- 
siderable interest  for  a  number  of  years,  but  there  seems  to  be  no  one 
who  has  the  record,  or  who  knows  where  it  is.  Dr.  Evans,  of  Morris- 
town,  one  of  the  first  practitioners,  was  its  secretary,  and  its  meetings 
were  held  at  St.  Clairsville,  and  this  organization  had  shipped  to  the 
county  the  first  "subject"  for  dissecting  table  of  which  there  is  any 
information.  The  secretary  in  writing  to  the  professor  of  Anatomy 
in  the  Baltimore  Medical  college,  asked  him  to  have  the  vascular  s\  s- 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  707 

tern  injected  so  as  to  disclose  the  arteries  and  veins,  and  when  the 
professor  in  answering  assured  the  secretary  that  "the  arteries  and 
veins  were  usually  found  close  together,"  the  society  feared  that  the 
secretary  had  not  disclosed,  in  his  letter,  the  highest  order  of  ana- 
tomical information.  The  "cadaver"  came,  however,  all  right,  and 
the  first  subject  was  dissected. 

During  the  epidemic  of  cholera,  in  1833,  there  was  great  excitement 
throughout  the  county,  and  great  anxiety  in  advance  among  physi- 
cians to  learn  all  they  could  about  it,  and  for  the  purpose  of  investiga- 
tion where  it  assumed  epidemic  form  at  Wheeling,  Drs.  Thomas 
Planner,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Jefferson  county,  John  Alexander  and 
Thomas  Carroll,  of  St.  Clairsville,  resolved  to  go  there  to  investigate  it. 
They  discussed  remedies  to  be  used  as  preventives  and  differed.  Dr. 
Carroll  insisted  that  complete  salivation  was  a  good  preventive,  ami 
took  large  doses  of  calomel  until  his  system  was  thoroughly  salivated 
and  his  mouth  a  great  sore.  Dr.  Planner  had  great  faith  in  brandy 
and  used  it  copiously.  Dr.  Alexander  believed  in  the  power  of  a  good, 
healthy  system  to  resist  disease,  and  took  nothing  but  good  care  of 
himself.  1  )r.  Planner  took  the  cholera  and  died  before  he  reached 
home.  Dr.  Alexander  took  it  shortly  after  he  reached  home,  and  a 
panic  in  St.  Clairsville  closed  the  scoools,  broke  up  court,  then  in  ses- 
sion, and  well  nigh  depopulated  the  place  by  the  stampede.  Dr.  Car- 
rol] did  not  take  it  and  took  care  of  those  who  did,  scoring  a  victory 
for  his  theory  of  salivation  as  a  preventive.  About  1S35-6  scarletina 
maligna  assumed  an  epidemic  form  in  parts  of  the  county,  and  many 
deaths  occurred  in  St.  Clairsville.  Drs.  Carroll  ami  Alexander  had 
large  experience  in  this  disease,  and  while  both  practiced  bleeding  in 
their  treatment,  many  of  the  patients  of  Dr.  Carroll  died  from  gan- 
green  or  mortification  in  the  lancet  wound. 

Medical  Organizations— The  Belmont  County  Medical  Society.  -The 
second  organization  of  the  medical  practitioners  ol  Belmont  county. 
took  place  February  30,  1S47,  at  St.  Clairsville.  The  first  entry  upon 
the  journal  of  this  society  reads; 

"  In  pursuance  of  public  notice  to  that  effect  there  was  a  meeting  of 
physicians  of  Belmont  county  at  the  National  House,  in  the  town  of 
St.  Clairsville,  on  the  30th  ult.,  when  on  motion  the  meeting  was  or- 
ganized by  appointing  Dr.  Schooley,  of  Loydsville,  chairman,  and 
Dr.  Plolloway,  secretary." 

The  first  motion  after  this  temporary  organization  was  to  appoint  a. 
committee  of  three  "to  draw  up  a  fee  bill  of  rates  and  charges  to 
govern  all  members."  Drs.  William  Estep,  C.  Schooley  and 
L.  Schooley,  committee.  The  next  motion  was  for  a  committee  "to 
draw  up  a  code  of  ethics  to  govern  the  society."  Drs.  [1.  \\  est, 
J.  Alexander  and  James  McConahey,  committee.  Then  a  motion 
was  made  to  raise  a  committee  on  constitution  and  by-laws,  and  Drs. 
A.  I  lewetson,  T.  I.  1  lolloway  and  S.  Walker  were  appointed  the  com- 
mittee. The  next  day  the  committee  reported  a  constitution,  the  pre- 
amble to  which  declares  that  "we,  the  undersigned,  practitioners  ol 
physic  and  surgery,  in  the  count)-  of   Belmont  and  vicinity,  as  well  lor 


798  history  of  tiii;  upper  ohio  valley. 

the  purpose  of  promoting  harmony  and  good  fellowship,  as  of  elevat- 
ing the  cause  of  the  medical  science  and  its  collateral  branches,  asso- 
ciate ourselver  under  the  following  constitution.''  The  constitution 
has  ten  articles  ami  is  signed  by  the  following  names:  Ephraim  Gas- 
ton, Isaac  Hoover,  Beriah  L.  Steele,  Z.  T.  Bethel,  Lindley  Schooley, 
John  T.  Mac-kail,  John  Campbell,  Robert  Hamilton,  William  Schooley, 
J.  T.  Murphy,  Josephus  Walker,  Leander  J.  Dallas,  1'.  R.  Chapman, 
John  G.  Atileck,  Theodore  I.  Holloway,  fohn  Alexander,  John  A. 
Weyer,  Daniel  I..  Pratt,  William  Estep,  Hiram  G.  Judkins,  Thomas 
Irwin,  Ephraim  Williams,  Clarkson  Schooley,  P.  L.  Ramage,  William 
Milligan,  P.  11.  Mulvaney,  Henry  West,  Samuel  Livingston,  James  D. 
Coleman,  Caleb  II.  Cope,  S.  B.  West,  William  X.  Drake,  David  Tid- 
ball,  James  D.  Wright,  E.  P.  Birdsong,  John  Davis,  Harrison  Wilson. 
William  W.  Watters,  James  M.  McConahey,  I.  T.  Updegraff,  George 
Lisle,  Jesse  Bailey,  B.  T.  Cash,  William  Wilson,  Thomas  X.  Flan- 
nerty,  Joseph  Hewetson,  I.  G.  Stenlair,  [.  W.  Warheld,  Merwin  K. 
Wright,  W.  T.  Sinclair,  William  McMasters,  Israel  Weirich,  Joseph 
Gaston,  Wiloughby  Doudna,  Milton  W.  Jenkins.  The  first  officers 
elected  were:  Ephraim  Gaston,  president;  John  Campbell,  vice  pres- 
ident; Henry  West,  secretary;  Josephus  Walker,  treasurer;  John  Alex- 
ander, librarian;  censors,  Drs.  Hewetson,  Hearvy,  Estep,  Weyer  and 
Tidball. 

In  1851  this  society  published  an  interesting  volume  containing  the 
proceedings  of  the  society  from  its  origin,  its  constitution  and  by-laws, 
and  many  valuable  essays,  but  only  260  copies  were  published,  and  it 
is  almost  impossible  to  find  one  now.  The  work  was  published  by 
Dr.  J.  G.  Affleck,  of  Bridgeport. 

The  last  election  of  officers  by  this  society  occurred  at  Belmont, 
April  16,  1S67,  and  resulted  in  the  election  of  Dr.  Lindley  Schooley, 
president:  Dr.  Ephraim  Williams,  vice  president;  Dr.  Henry  West, 
secretary;  Dr.  Ephraim  Gaston,  treasurer,  and  Drs.  C.  Judkins,  I.  T. 
Mackai!  and  J.  S.  Bailey,  censors. 

The  last  meeting  of  this  association  was  held  at  Barnesville,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1850,  at  which  "  the  nature,  cause  and  treatment  of  typhoid 
fever "  was  the  special  subject  of  consideration,  and  after  what  was 
called  "a  very  animated  discussion,"  the  chairman  appointed  Dr. 
J.  Hoover  to  prepare  an  essay  on  "  Inflammation,"  and  Dr.  E.  Gaston 
one  on  "Typhoid  Fever,"  and  the  society  adjourned,  "  to  meet  in  Bel- 
mont, on  tlie  third  Thursday  of  April  next,"  and  there  the  record  ends. 
Itisgenerally  supposed  that  theapproval  of  the  war  and  conditions  con- 
nected with  it  was  responsible  for  the  suspension,  but  others  attribute 
it  to  an  attack  made  upon  Dr.  Henry  West,  for  the  recognition  of  a 
young  practitioner,  by  a  consultation  with  him,  and  the  excite- 
ment incident  to  the  controversy. 

The  Mcdico-Chirurgical  Society  of  Eastern  Ohio. —  This  organization, 
as  its  name  implies,  was  not  a  Belmont  county  affair,  but  embraced 
the  members  of  the  medical  profession  from  several  counties,  includ- 
ing Belmont,  Jefferson,  Harrison,  Guernsey  and  Monroe.  It  was 
organized  at  Bellaire   in  1S70.     Its  constitution,  by-laws  ami  code  of 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  79Q 

ethics  were  very  similar  to  those  of  the  Belmont  County  Medical  so- 
ciety, and  copied  after  those  of  the  National  Medical  association. 

Dr.  A.  11.  Hewetson,  of  Si.  Clairsville,  was  elected  its  president,  and 
Dr.  John  West,  its  secretary.  Its  meetings  were  held  regularly  for 
several  years  and  attracted  considerable  attention  because  of  its  inter- 
esting essays  and  discussions,  and  was  frequently  attended  by  leading 
physicians  of  Wheeling  and  other  places. 

Its  official  record  could  not  be  secured,  and  the  facts  given  are  from 
those  who  were  members.      Its  last  meeting  was  held  in  1883. 

Dr.  W.  S.  Fisher,  of  Bridgeport,  who  was  treasurer  of  the  organi- 
zation, furnishes  the  following  as  the  list  of  its  members: 

Doctors  A.  II.  Hewetson,  M.  W.  Junkins,  John  Alexander,  S.  T.  Sat- 
terthwait,  C.  E.Kurtz,  John  Cook,  T.C.Hoover,  A.Grafton,  Samuel 
Levingston,  X.  R.  Coleman.  John  A.  Hobson,  P.  R.  Chapman,  L.  }. 
Baker,  J.  M.  Todd,  W.  S.  Fisher,  F.  W.  Inskip,  I.  A.  Hawthorn, 
John  F.  West.  I.  G.  McCullough,  M.  Sanders,  A.  G.  McCullough, 
James  A.  Judkins,  F.  B.  Yost,  M.  D.  Hill.  George  Yost,  II.  Cape- 
hart,  B.  11.  Mackall,  George  Anderson,  Yan  Wagner,  Woodbridge, 
Addison  Schooley  and  Pierce. 

Bchiwnt  County  Medical  Society.  —  December  5,  1SS5,  in  response  to 
a  call  signed  by  Drs.  A.  H.  Hewetson,  T.  C.  Parks,  and  twenty  othei 
practicing  physicians  of  Belmont  county,  a  meeting  was  held  at  Mor- 
ristown.  at  which  Dr.  A.  J.  Hogue  presided,  and  Dr.  J.  A.  Hobson 
acted  as  secretary.  At  this  meeting  a  resolution  was  passed,  adopting 
the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  extinct  "  Medical  Cherurgical 
Society  of  Eastern  Ohio,"  and  the  new  society  was  named  the  Bel- 
mont County  Medical  society,  and  the  following  officers  elected: 
President,  Dr.  A.  J.  Hogue;'  vice  president.  Dr.  William  Estep; 
secretarv,  Lb'.  ].  A.  Hobson  and   treasurer,  J.  A.  Judkins. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  members  of  this  organization:  John 
Alexander,  A.  H.  Hewetson,  C.  C.  Whitsitt,  f.  S.  McClellan,  W.  R. 
Clarke,  |.  A.  Hobson.  G.  A.  Close,  W.  E.  Ilervev,  f.  W.Cooper,  A.  I. 
Heinlein.  T.  C.  Parks,  G.  H.  Cojvitt,  D.  S.  Walker.  |.  C.  Workman. 
John  Cooke,  ].  A.Clark,  1.  M.  Blackford.  I.  D.  Ho'bensack,  B.  A. 
Williams,  Israel  Weirich  (deceased) ,  V.  Wagener,  J.  S.  Boone,  J.  Park 
West,  G.  'P.  Anderson,  W.  S.  Fisher,  W.  F.  Thompson,  C.  E.  Kurtz. 
W.  B.  Shuttleworth,  J.  A.  Spence,  William  Estep.  D.  W.  Long,  f.  \  . 
Webster,  A.  II.  Korner,  G.  S.  Wellons,  Joseph  Piersol,  S.  T.  Gregg, 
S.  L.  West,  D.  W.  Boone. 

Thisorganization  hasmet  regularly  and  maintained  an  active  exist- 
ence. At  each  session  members  previously  designated,  deliver  ad- 
dresses or  write  essays  upon  specified  subjects,  and  discuss  current 
questions  of  interest  to  the  profession.  The  present  officers  are: 
President,  Dr.  (.  A.  Hobson,  of  Flushing;  vice-president,  J.  S. 
McClellan,  of  Bellaire;  treasurer,  G.  H.  Colville;  secretary,  A.  J. 
Heinlein,  of  Bridgeport. 


8<X>  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 


CHAPTER    X. 

By  Col.  C.  L.  Poorman. 

THE  BENCH  AND  BAR  OF  BELMONT  COUNTY —PROCEEDINGS  OF  FIRST 
COURTS  — FIRST  COURT  IN  ST.  CLAIRSVILLE  —  FIRST  JURIES  —  A  UNIQUE 
VERDICT  — SPEEDY  JUSTICE  —  FIRST  CONVICT  FROM  BELMONT  COUNTY  — 
CHANGES  IN  THE  COURTS — JUSTICES  OF  TERRITORIAL  COURTS  -JUDGES 
AND  ASSOCIATE  JUDGES  OF  BELMONT  COUNTY  —COMMON  PLEAS  JUDGES  — 
JUDGES  OF  DISTRICT  COURTS  —  BELMONT  COUNTY  BAR  —  SKETCHES  OF 
REPRESENTATIVE    MEMBERS — PRESENT    MEMBERS  OF    fill-;  BAR. 

Ui$  ([.j/  NDER    the    territorial    government  the  judicial  power  was 

'■'• \'.  f\  :  V  vested    in    the   justices   of   the    peace,    in    general    quarter 
■y^i^y    sessions   of    the    peace,    composed    of   all    the    justices    of 

^'W-'i    r'ie     peace    of    the     count)',     and    in    a     territorial     circuit 

^%K/v~    coun-     The    first    court    of   quarter    sessions  of  the  peace, 
("7r\     convened  at  "  Puitney,"    in    Pultney    township,   the   original 

f  ~H^f  county  seat  of  the  county,  on  Tuesday,  Novembei  24,  1801, 
David  Lockwood,  Daniel  McElherren  and  Jabob  Repshire, 
composing  the  court.  This  court  then  exercised  not  only  the  judi- 
cial power  of  the  county  but  also  the  civil  administrative  power,  and 
at  this  term  divided  the  county  into  townships  and  election  districts, 
licensed  tavern  keepers,  authorized  the  location  and  opening  of  roads, 
appointed  constables,  tax  appraisers,  and  treasurer,  and  examined 
and  ordered  paid  all  bills  against  the  treasury.  Charles  Hammond 
was  appointed  prosecuting  attorney,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
attorney  general  of  the  territory,  which  approval  occurred  early  in  1802. 
At  the  February  term  of  that  year,  the  court  quashed  an  indictment 
returned  by  the  grand  jury,  against  Jacob  Repshire,  one  of  the  magis- 
trates who  held  court  the  previous  year,  for  "  assault  and  battery." 
This  offense  frequently  occupied  the  time  of  the  grand  jury  and 
courts  at  that  early  date,  and  Jacob  was  indicted  twice  during  1S02, 
for  his  pugilistic  demonstrations. 

When  Ohio  became  a  state,  the  jurisdiction  of  justices  of  the  peace 
was  restricted  almost  to  the  present  limits,  and  in  1804  the  general 
quarter  sessions  gave  way  to  the  court  of  common  pleas,  which  trans- 
acted the  judicial  business,  and  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
was  created  and  given  the  civil  administration,  and  these  have  re- 
mained, with  slight  changes,  ever  since.  The  first  terms  of  the  quar- 
ter sessions  and  the  county  court  held  at  St.  Clairsville,  to  which  the 
county  seat  was  removed  in  the  winter  of   1803  4,  convened    \pril  16, 

1804.     The  journal  entry  of  the  opening  of  this  term  is  as  follows: 

"Supreme  court  held  at  St.  Clairsville,  in  and  for  the  county  of 
Belmont,  on  the  16th  da)  of  April,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  8oi 

sand  eight  hundred  and  four,  by  the  Honorables  Return  Jonathan 
Meigs,  Samuel  Huntington  and  William  Spriggs,  esquires,  judges  of 
the  same." 

At  this  term  of  the  court  the  grand  jury  indicted  Peter  Sunderland 
for  the  murder  of  John  I  lolt/..  The  "true  bill"  was  returned  April  17th, 
and  a  petit  jury  was  empaneled  and  sworn  on  the  18th,  that  on  the 
same  day  returned  their  verdict,  that,  "having  heard  the  evidence 
and  argument  of  counsel,"  they,  "upon  their  solemn  oaths  and  affir- 
mations do  say  that  Peter  Sunderland  is  not  guilty  of  the  murder  of 
John  Holtz  in  the  manner  and  form  as  in  the  indictment  is  charged 
"against  him,  but  that  the  said  Peter  Sunderland,  Jr.,  is  only  guilty  of 
feloniously  killing  and  slaying  the  said  John  Holtz."  On  the  19th 
day  of  April,  John  Sunderland  was  brought  into  court,  and  having 
nothing  to  say  against  the  verdict  or  reasons  to  assign  why  the  sent- 
ence should  not  be  pronounced,  the  judge  said:  "  It  is  considered  by 
the  court  that  the  prisoner  be  branded  in  the  left  hand,  and,  pay  the 
jury,  witnesses,  clerks  and  sheriff's  costs,  and  stand  committed  until 
sentence  is  performed."  The  prisoner  assigning  no  reasons  win- 
sentence  should  be  respited,  he  "was  taken  out  on  Main  street  by 
Jacob  Coleman,  sheriff,  and  in  front  of  the  Hamerly  property,  where 
Holtz  had  been  killed,  and  there  branded  in  the  hand  by  said  sheriff." 
This  ma)-  have  been  premature  justice,  but  it  was  speed)-,  and  under 
our  present  system  of  the  law's  delays,  special  venires,  assistant  pros- 
ecutors, long-drawn-out  technical  and  expert  testimony,  endless 
speeches,  and  debating-society  juries,  it  takes  very  many  more  than 
three  days  to  indict,  try,  convict,  sentence  and  punish  tor  "feloni- 
ously killing  and  slaying"  another. 

In'iSoq,  at  the  August  term  of  court,  a  negro  named  "Cuff."  was 
found  guilty  of  stealing.  He  had  broken  into  a  store  and  stolen 
goods  to  the  amount  of  $2.50.  He  was  sentenced  to  receive  twenty 
lashes  on  the  bare  back,  pay  the  value  of  the  goods  stolen,  and  be 
imprisoned  one  day."  The  whipping  was  duly  administered.  1  he 
first  convict  sent  from  the  county  to  the  penitentiary  was  I  nomas 
Hammond,  indicted  and  tried  in  December,  1S15,  and  sent  tor  eigh- 
teen months.  Under  the  constitution  of  1S02,  the  legislature  pro- 
vided for  supreme,  district  and  common  pleas  courts.  1  he  judges 
of  the  district  and  common  pleas  courts  were  appointed  by  the  gov- 
ernor. A  presiding  judge  and  three  associate  judges  constituted  the 
court  of  common  pleas, 'and  the  latter,  although  generally  not  law- 
yers  frequently  overruled  the  presiding  judge  in  rending  decisions. 

The  constitution  of  1S50  provided  for  the  election  ol  judges,  ami 
the  laws  under  it  divided  the  state  into  judicial  districts,  and.  the 
districts  with  subdivisions,  each  of  which  was  to  have  a  common  pleas 
judge  who  held  the  common  ideas  court  in  his  subdivision,  and  all 
the  common  pleas  judges  in  a  district  constituted  the  district  court; 
presided  over  by  one  of  the  judges  of  the  supreme  court  ol  the  state 
generally,  but  not  always,  until  relieved  from  the  duty  by  law  in  1S72. 

A  constitutional  amendment  in  18S4,  created  a  circuit  court  to  take 
the  place  of  the  district  court  making  of  it  a,  new  and  distinct  court, 
51-B. 


b02  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

and  the  legislature  divided  the  state  into  seven  judicial  circuits,  since 
increased  to  nine. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  judges  who  have  held  these  various 
courts  in  Belmont  county,  and  as  no  such  list  has  ever  been  before 
published  this  will  prove  interesting: 

Justices  of  Territorial  Courts.  —  The  courts  of  quarter  sessions  held 
at  "  Pultney,"  in  1802-1803,  were  held  by  David  Vance,  David  Lock- 
wood,  Daniel  McElherren,  William  Vance,  John  Farris,  Elijah  Mar- 
tin, Thomas  Thompson,  Sterling  Johnson,  Joseph  Sharp,  James 
Alexander,  Esqs.,  Calvin  Peas,  presiding  judge. 

Judges  and  Associates  of  Common  Picas  Courts. —  1803-9,  1  Ion.  Calvin 
Pease,  presiding  judge;  David  Lockwood,  James  Vance  and  James 
Alexander,  associate  judges;  1S10-15,  Hon.  Benjamin  Ruggles,  pre- 
siding judge;  John  Patterson,  James  Alexander  and  John  Wiley, 
associate  judges;  1815-16,  Hon.  George  Todd,  presiding  judge;  James 
Alexander,  John  Wiley  and  Joseph  Anderson,  associate  judges; 
1617-22,  Hon.  Benjamin  Tappan,  presiding  judge;  James  Alexander, 
Joseph  Anderson  and  Edward  Brison,  associate  judges;  1S23-24, 
lion.  Jeremiah  Hallock,  presiding  judge;  John  Bryson,  John  Wiley 
and  Alexander  Armstrong,  associate  judges;  1825-29,  lion.  Jeremiah 
Hallock,  presiding  judge;  fosiah  Dillon,  John  Wiley  and  Alexander 
Armstrong,  associate  judges;  1830-33,  Hon.  Jeremiah  Hallock,  pre- 
siding judge;  fohn  Wile)',  George  Sharp  and  Josiah  Dillon  in  1830-31, 
and  John  Davenport  in  place  of  John  Wiley  in  1832-3,  associate 
judges;  1634-35,  Hon.  Alexander  Harper,  presiding  judge;  George 
Sharp,  Josiah  Dillon  and  John  Davenport,  in  1834,  and  James  Alex- 
ander for  Josiah  Dillon,  in  [835,  for  associate  judges;  183630,11011. 
Corrington  W.  Searle,  presiding  judge;  James  .Alexander.  Hugh 
Rogers  and  James  Campbell,  associate  judges,  1836;  Robert  E. 
Caruthers  in  place  of  James  Alexander  in  1837-38,  and  1  [ugh  Rogers, 
James  Campbell  and  William  C.  Kirker,  associate  judges  in  1839; 
1840-47,  Hon.  William  Kennon,  presiding  judge;  George  W.  Hazen, 
William  Wilkins  and  Jesse  Barton,  associate  judges;  1848-51,  Hon. 
Benjamin  S.  Cowen,  presiding  judge-;  associate  judges,  184S,  George  W. 
Hazen,  William  Wilkins  and  Jesse  Barton;  1849-50,  William  W. 
Waters  in  place  of  George  W.  Hazen;  1851,  associate,  Robert  Mc- 
Masters  and  R.  E.  Caruthers;  1S52-56,  common  pleas  judge  elected, 
Robert  |.  Alexander;  1857-65.  common  pleas  judge  elected,  John  W. 
Okev;  1S65,  by  appointment'  on  resignation  of  J.  W.  Okey,  Daniel 
D.  T.  Cowen;"  1866  fc.7,  unexpired  term  of  J.  W.  Okey,  William  Ken- 
non, |r.;  1867-71,  unexpired  term  of  J.  W.  Okey,  John  S.  Way;  1871, 
unexpired  term  of  J.S.  Way,  deceased,  St.  Clair  Kelley;  1872-76,  un- 
expired term  of  J.  S.  Way,  deceased,  Robert  E.  Chambers;  1877-81, 
unexpired  term  of  J.  S.  Way,  deceased,  William  Okey;  1882-86,  unex- 
pired term  of  J.  S.  Way,  deceased,  St.  Clair  Kelley;  1887-  91,  unexpired 
term  of  J.  S.  Way,  deceased,  John  B.  Driggs. 

District  Courts. —  1852-53,  Hon.  Rufus  P.  Raney,  supreme  court; 
R.J.  Alexander,  Thos.  J.  Jewett  and  Richard  Stillwell;  1854,  Hon. 
Robert    Caldwell,    supreme   judge,    others    as    above;    1855,    William 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  Sc^ 

Kennon,  Thomas  Means,  R.  J.  Alexander;  1850  R  I  Alexan- 
der, S.  W.  Bostwick,  C.  VV.  Seals,  Lucius  P.  Marsh;  1S57,  s'.  \V 
Bostwick,  Lucius  P.  .Marsh;  1858,  John  W.  Okey,  S.  W.  Bost- 
wick, Lucius  P.  Marsh;  1S59,  fohn  W.  Okey,  S.  W.  Bostwick,  Na- 
than Evans,  Lucius  P.  Marsh;  r86o,  Hon.  "Milton  Intliff,  supreme 
judge:  John  \Y.  Okey,  Lucius  P.  Marsh;  1S61,  Hon.  facob  Brink- 
erholT,  supreme  judge,  John  \V.  Okey,  S.  P.  Bostwick;  1862,  G.  W. 
McElvaine,  John  W.  Okey,  Ezra  E.  Evans;  i86s,  Hon.  [.'  Brink- 
erhoff,  supreme  judge,  John  W.  Okey,  Ezra  E.  Evans;  1864, 
Hon.  Isaiah,  Scott,  supreme  judge,  fohn  W.  Okey,  Ezra  E.  Evans'; 
1865,  George  W.  McElvaine,  I).  D.  T.  Cowen,  Ezra  E.  Evans;  rS66| 
Hon.  John  Welsh,  supreme  chief  justice,  G.  W.  McElvaine,  William 
Kennon,  Jr.;  1S67,  Hon.  John  Welsh,  supreme  chief  justice,  G.  W. 
McElvaine,  Win.  Kennon,  fr.;  1S6S,  Hon.  facob  Brinkerhoff, supreme 
chief  justice,  G.  W.  McElvaine,  John  S.  Way;  1869,  Hon.  fosiah 
Scott,  supreme  chief  justice,  Moses  M.  Granger,  fohn  S.  Way  1870 
G.  W.  McElvaine,  M.  M.  Granger,  F.  W.  Woodard.  fohn  S".  WaV 
1871,  William  White,  M.  M.  Granger,  fohn  II.  Miller,' John  S.  Way 
1872-3,  F.  W.  Wood,  William  II.  Frasier,  fohn  H.Miller,  R.  E.  Cham- 
bers; 1S74,  William  H.  Frasier,  Lucius  P.  Marsh.  R.  E.  Chambers" 
1S75,  William  II.  Frasier,  John  II.  Miller,  R.  E.  Chambers;  [S76,' 
William  PI.  Frasier,  John  II.  Miller.  R.  L.Chambers;  1S77,  Will- 
iam II.  Frasier.  L.  P.  Marsh,  James  Patrick,  Jr.,  William  Okey  iN-X 
William  II.  Frasier,  L.  P.  Marsh,  William  Okey;  1870,  William  II. 
Frasier,  L.  P.  Marsh,  William  Okey;  1SS0-1,  William  II.  Frasier- 
James  Patrick.  William  II.  Pell,  William  Okey;  1SS2,  William  II. 
Frasier,  James  C.  Hance,  William  H.  Bell,  St.  Clair  kelley;  tSS^  p 
William  H.  Frasier,  fames  C.  Hance,  William  11.  ILL,  fohn  S.  Pearce, 
St.  Clair  Kelley. 

Circuit  Court.—  1SS5-90,  William  H.  Frasier,  Hamilton  P.  Wood- 
berry,  Peter  A.  Larabie. 

The  Bclnwnt  County  Bar. —  The  Belmont  county  bar  long  enjoyed 
the  reputation  of  being  among*  the  ablest  in  the  state,  and  many  of 
its  members  rose  to  distinction  in  state  and  national  affairs.  The 
names  of  Charles  Hammond,  Benjamin  Ruggles,  Wilson  Shannon, 
William  Kennon,  Sr.,  Benjamin  S.  Cowen.  'William  Kennon.  Jr., 
Thomas  H.  Genin,  Hugh  J.  Jewett  ami  others,  are  historical.  They 
\yere  not  only  able  attorneys,  who  rose  to  distinction  in  their  profes- 
sion, but  men  who  have  left  the  impress  of  their  ability  upon  the  his- 
tory of  their  state  and  country. 

For  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  Charles  Hammond  was  a  con- 
spicuous figure  in  the  legal  profession.  He  was  appointed  in  iSoi,  l>v 
the_ first  court  of  quarter  sessions  held  in  the  county,  the  first  prose- 
cuting attorney  for  the  county,  and  his  appointment  confirmed  by 
Arthur  St.  Clair,  governor  of  the  northwest  territory.  He  served 
until  1804.  and  for  many  years  afterward  he  was  the  leading  lawyer  of 
the  county.  He  was  not  onl\  a  lawyer  of  line  ability,  but  a  ripe 
scholar  and  thinker,  and  his  literary  work,  political  writings  and  sub- 


S04  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

sequent  career  as  a  journalist,  place  him  among  the  ablest  men  of  his 
time. 

Hon.  Benjamin  Ruggles  came  to  Belmont  county,  in  1812,  as  cir- 
cuit court  judge.  He  was  Lorn  February  21,  1782,  at  Woodstock, 
Conn.  His  father  died  when  he  was  eight  years  of  age.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Brooklyn  academy,  and  studied  law  with  Judge  Peters,  of 
Hartford,  Conn.  He  removed  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  in  1807.  His  fine 
legal  attainments  attracted  attention  in  the  state,  and  in  1810  he  was 
elected  by  the  legislature  as  presiding  judge  of  the  third  circuit,  to 
succeed  Calvin  Pease,  and  removed  to  St.  Clairsville,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  September  2,  1S57.  He  was  not  distinguished  as  an 
advocate,  having  none  of  the  gifts  of  the  orator,  but  as  a  consulting 
attorney  he  had  few  superiors.  In  1815  he  was  elected  by  the  legisla- 
ture to  the  United  States  senate,  and  was  twice  re-elected,  and  rendered 
valuable  if  not  brilliant  services  to  his  state  and  country.  He  was 
president  of  the  caucus  held  in  Washington,  that  nominated  Will- 
iam 1 1.  Crawford,  of  Georgia,  for  the  presidency,  in  the  contest  of  1S24, 
when  Clay,  Adams,  Jackson  and  Crawford  were  candidates.  He 
enjoyed  in  an  eminent  degree  the  confidence  of  the  senate,  was  for  a 
long  time  chairman  of  the  committee  on  claims,  and  was  favorably 
spoken  of  in  1840,  for  the  vice-presidency.  At  fifty  years  of  age  he 
retired  from  active  political  life  and  devoted  his  attention  to  his  farm. 
He  was  a  firm  believer  in  Christianity,  of  liberal  views  and  generous 
impulses,  and  greatly  respected  in  his  political,  professional  and  pri- 
vate career. 

Hon.  Wilson  Shannon  was  born  in  Belmont  county,  of  Irish  parent- 
age, February  24,  1802,  the  first  white  child  born  in  Warren  township. 
His  father,  George  Shannon,  was  frozen  to  death  in  a  great  snow 
storm  in  [803,  ami  young  Wilson  was  raised  and  educated  by  the  la- 
bors of  his  older  brothers  and  himself.  He  attended  Athens  college 
two  years,  and  the  Transylvania  university  of  Kentucky  two  years. 
He  studied  law  under  Charles  Hammond  and  David  Jennings,  at  St. 
Clairsville,  where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  William  Kennon,  Sr.,  which  was  one  of  the  ablest  law  firms 
eVer  formed  in  the  count}-.  He  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of 
the  count}'  in  1833,  governor  of  Ohio  in  1838,  defeated  by  lion. 
Thomas  Corwin  for  re-election  in  1S40.  but  again  elected  in  1842.  He 
resigned  the  position  of  governor,  to  accept  an  appointment  as 
minister  to  Mexico  under  President  Tyler.  He  returned  to  St.  Clairs- 
ville in  1845,  when  diplomatic  relations  with  Mexico  were  suspended, 
and  in  1849  went  with  twenty-five  others  to  California.  In  1851  he 
returned  to  Belmont  count},  and  was  elected  to  congress  in  1852.  At 
the  close  of  his  term  he  was  appointed  by  President  Pierce  as  gov- 
ernor of  Kansas,  but  because  of  disagreement  as  to  the  territorial 
management  under  the  great  confict  between  the  friends  of  freedom 
and  slavery  in  that  territory,  he  was  relieved  at  his  own  request,  and 
was  succeeded  by  Governor  Gear}-,  of  Pennsylvania.  lb'  removed  to 
Lawrence,  Kan.,  when  appointed  governor,  and  resided  there  until 
his  death  in  1877.      He  visited  his  old   home  at  St.  Clairsville  in  187s, 


BELMONT   COUNTY,    OHIO.  805 

and  visited  the  homestead,  and  said:  "I  want  once  more  to  own  the 
old  home  and  come  and  spend  my  last  days  with  my  old  friends  and 
neighbors,"  but  his  great  desire  was  not  gratified,  for  in  less  than 
two  years  he  passed  to  the  other  shore.  I  Ie  was  first  married  to  Eliza- 
beth Ellis,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Judge  Kennon,  by  whom  he  had  one  son, 
James,  who  died,  lie  afterward  married  Mi^s  Sarah  Osborn,  of  Cadiz, 
Ohio,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons,  and  three  daughters,  only  one  son 
and  three  daughters  survive  him.  Governor  Shannon  was  a  great 
student,  a  profound  lawyer,  a  courteous  practitioner,  a  dignified  gen- 
tleman, and  affable,  pleasing  and  entertaining  in  his  social  relations. 
Jacob  Xagle  was  the  first  resident  lawyer  at  St.  Clairsville.  lie 
came,  from  Bedford.  Penn.,  in  1802,  and  succeeded  Charles  Hammond 
as  prosecutor  in  1804.  serving  until  1808.  lie  was  a  classical  scholar 
and  eloquent  orator,  but  addicted  to  the  use  of  strong  drink  he  failed 
to  enlist  the  confidence  of  the  people,  and  other  lawyers  with  far  less 
ability  obtained  the  cases,  and  frequently  advised  with  Xagle  as  to  in- 
tricate and  difficult  points  of  law  involved. 

David  Jennings  was  a  member  of  the  Belmont  county  bar,  admitted 
in  1813.  'Appointed  prosecuting  attorney  in  1815,  and  served  until 
1825.     He  was  elected  to  congress  in  1825,  serving  one  term. 

William  B.  Hubbard  removed  to  St.  Clairsville  in  1820.  served  as 
prosecuting  attorney  from  1825  to  1853.  and  removed  to  Columbus 
where  he  accumulated  a  fortune. 

Thomas  H.  Genin,  born  in  Suffolk  county,  Long  Island,  in  1796, 
studied  law  in  New  York,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  that  city  in 
1816  at  the  age  of  twenty.  He  married  Miss  Ann  Milliard,  oi  Ran- 
dolph, X.  I. ,  that  year,  and  removed  to  St.  Clairsville  in  1817,  where 
he  died  in  1868.  He  was  master  commissioner  for  twenty-six  years, 
and  an  able  counselor  for  fifty  years.  He  was  a  literary  man  as  well 
as  a  lawyer,  and  has  written  a  number  of  papers  and  several  poems, 
including  his  "Xapolead."  He  was  buried  at  St.  Clairsville.  and  his 
nephew  has  placed  a   fine  life-sized  statue  over  his  grave.      _  _ 

William  Kennon,  Sr.,  removed  with  his  parents  to  St.  C  lairsydle  in 
1S22;  was  educated  at  Athens'  college,  studied  law  under  \\  ilham  B. 
Hubbard,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  state  in  1827.  lie  was 
married  that  vear  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Ezer  Ellis,  at  that  timeshenff 
of  the  county.'  In  1828  he  was  elected  tocongress,  was  defeated  in  1832 
by  James  M.  Bell,  of  Guernsey  county,  and  in  1834  was  again  elected 
serving  until  1S37.  In  1840  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  fifteenth 
judicial  circuit  and  served  ten  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  con- 
stitutional convention  in  1850  and  was  president  of  the  commission 
that  formed  the  present  code  of  civil  procedure.  His  great  ability  as 
a  lawyer  gave  him  a  large  and  laborious  practice,  not  only  m  this 
county,  but  in  this  and  adjoining  states,  and  it  was  while  engaged  m 
an  important  suit  at  Wellsburg,  W.  Va..  in  1S66,  that  a  partial  paraly- 
sis of  his  right  side  disabled  him  for  the  further  practice  of  law.  and 
he  lived  a  quiet  life  until  his  death  in  1888,  in  the  ninetieth  year  of 
his  age.  There  was  no  better  or  kinder  friend  to  the  students  in  the 
St.  Clairsville  schools,  and   tin-  young  lawyers  at  the  bar.  than  Judge 


So6  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Kennon,  win.)  was  ever  ready  with  his  wonderful  store  of  learning  and 
facts  to  impart  valuable  information,  and  he  lived  and  died  leaving 
fewer  enemies  than  any  other  active  aggressive  lawyer  of  the  bar. 
His  wife  and  eldest  son,  W.  E.  Kennon,  survive  him. 

James  Weir  was  born  in  Washington  count)'.  Penn.,  June  9,  1803; 
came  with  his  parents  to  this  county  in  1807  and  settled  in  Warren 
township.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  W.  lb  Hubbard,  at  St.  Clairs- 
ville,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  with  Judge  Kennon  in  18:4.  He 
formed  a  partnership  with  W.  B.  1  lubbard  and  continued  the  practice 
of  law  for  forty  years.  In  1827,  1829  and  1836  he  was  elected  as  a 
whig  to  the  legislature  of  Ohio.  He  was  passionately  fond  of  the 
game  of  chess,  and  after  he  was  so  afflicted  by  rheumatism  as  to  be 
unable  to  actively  practice  law  he  passed  many  pleasant  hours  over 
the  chess  board.  He  died  at  his  residence  from  injuries  received 
from  a  blow  by  his  son. 

Peter  Tallman  was  born  in  Union  township,  Belmont  county,  Ohio, 
August  21,  1814;  was  educated  at  St.  Clairsville  schools  and  Kenyon 
college,  studied  law  with  James  Weir  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
1835.  In  1840  he  went  into  the  merchandising  business  at  Morris- 
town.  In  1844  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Ohio  legislature.  He 
continued  the  practice  of  law  until  his  death. 

Hon.  Benjamin  S.  Cowen  removed  to  St.  Clairsville  in  1832  and 
formed  a  partnership  with  William  15.  Hubbard.  He  was  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1792,  in  Washington  county,  X.  V.,  where  he  was  educated. 
He  removed  to  Moorefield,  Harrison  count)',  Ohio,  in  1S25;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1830  and  shortly  after  appointed  prosecuting 
attorney  of  Monroe  county,  when  he  removed  to  St.  Clairsville,  where 
he  resided  until'his  death,  September  27,  1869.  In  1840  he  was 
elected  to  congress.  In  1844  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature 
and  was  the  recognized  leader  in  the  whig  party  in  the  house.  In  1847 
he  was  elected  by  the  legislature  a  judge  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas  ami  was  on  the  bench  until  1853,  when  judges  were  made  elective 
by  the  new  constitution.  He  continued  in  the  active  practice  of  the 
law  until  shortly  before  his  death,  on  his  birthday,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-six  years. 

Other  members  of  the  earlier  bar  that  attained  some  eminence  were 
the  following:  James  Shannon,  brother  of  Gov.  Shannon,  admitted 
to  practice  in  1S18,  was  said  to  be  more  brilliant  than  his  brother,  and 
practiced  several  years  with  great  success,  but  removed  to  Kentucky 
and  became  quite  an  active  politician,  and  married  a  daughter  of 
Ex-Gov.  Shelb)",  and  died  in  1832,  after  being  appointed  by  President 
Jackson,  as  charge  d'  affairs  at  Guatamala. 

Robert  J.  Alexander,  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1831,  elected  prosecu- 
tor in  1841,  and  served  until  1843.  In  1852  he  was  elected  judge  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas,  and  served  until  1857.  He  continued  the 
practice  of  law  until  his  death. 

D.  D.  T.  Cowen,  a  son  of  Hon.  B.  S.  Cowen,  was  bom  in  Moorfield, 
Harrison  county,  educated  at  St.  Clairsville  schools  and  brook's  in- 
stitute of  that    place,   studied   medicine   under  Dr.  John   Alexander, 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  807 

and  afterward  studied  law  under  his  father  and  Hugh  J.  Jewett.  He 
was  admitted  to  practice  at  Columbus,  January  20,  1847.  'n  1,s5r. 
was  elected  prosecutor,  and  re-elected  in  1853  and  [S55.  lie  was  ap- 
pointed a  common  pleas  judge,  to  serve  until  election  for  the  unex- 
pired term  of  John  W.  Okey,  in  1865.  Judge  Cowen  was  one  of  the 
few  men  of  whom  it  could  be  said,  "  he  was  intuitively  a  lawyer,"  and 
in  the  midst  of  a  practice  that  included  one  side  of  nearly  every  im- 
portant case  in  the  courts  of  the  county,  for  the  trial  of  which  he  was 
always  prepared,  he  found  leisure  for  the  enjoyment  of  recreations 
and  amusements  that  others,  less  pressed  by  cases,  could  not  find  time 
to  enjoy. 

Hon.  R.  E.  Chambers,  born  near  St.  Clairsville,  educated  at  Frank- 
lin college  in  1853,  studied  law  with  Judge  William  Kennon,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  i860,  elected  to  the  general  assembly  in  1862,  lor 
two  years,  and  did  not  return  to  the  practice  of  law  until  1S71,  when 
he  was  elected  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  for  five  years,  with 
honor,  and  at  the  expiration  of  term  continued  the  practice  of  law 
until  his  death. 

Among  the  members  of  the  bar  now  living  and  actively  engaged  in 
practice,  Judge  St.  Clair  Kelley  and  I  Ion  L.  Danford,  are  recognized 
as  leading  —  the  former  as  counselor,  and  the  latter   as  an   advocate. 

Lorenzo  Danford,  born  in  Washington  township,  Belmont  county, 
October  iS,  1829.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  finished  his 
education  at  Waynesburg,  Penn.  He  studied  law  with  Carlo  C.Car- 
roll at  St.  Clairsville,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S54.  In  1857, 
was  elected  prosecuting  attorney,  and  re-elected  in  1850.  In  1S61,  he 
went  with  the  Seventeenth  Ohio  volunteer  infantry,  as  a  private, 
and  at  the  end  of  a  three  months'  term  assisted  in  recruiting  for  the. 
Fifteenth  regiment,  and  was  elected  second  lieutenant.  He  was  elected 
to  congress  in  1872,  and  twice  re-elected,  serving  until  1870.  lie  re- 
turned to  the  practice  of  law  and  has  a  large  and  lucrative  practice. 

Oliver  [.  Sweney  is  the  oldest  living  member  of  the  Belmont 
county  bar.  He  was  born  in  Monroe  count}-,  November  14,1819; 
educated  at  Franklin  college;  studied  law  with  William  Kennon.  Jr.; 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  1855,  and  still   resides  in  St.  Clairsville. 

W.  S.  Kennon,  son  of  Judge' William  Kennon,  Sr.,  was  born  in  St. 
Clairsville,  in  1828.  Educated  in  the  common  schools  and  Bethany 
college,  read  law  with  his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  practice.  In 
1861,  he  was  elected  as  the  Union  candidate   to  the  legislature,  ami  in 

1862  resigned  to  accept  the  appointment  of  secretary  of  state,  by 
Governor  Todd.  He  was  afterward  sent  by  Governor  Todd  to  Wash- 
ington to  adjust   Ohio's  war  claims  against   the  government,  and  in 

1863  Secretary  Stanton  appointed  him  a  paymaster  in  the  United 
States  arm)-,  where  he  served  four  years.  In  1807  he'  went  to  Cincin- 
nati to  form  a  partnership  with  William  Okey  and  Milton  Taylor, 
where  he  remained  until  1S71,  when  on  account  of  the  partial  paralysis 
of  his  father,  he  came  home  and  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney, 
and  served  until  1878.  ( )n  account  of  declining  health  he  has  not 
practiced  law  for  several  years. 


80S  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Present  Members  of  (he  Bar,  St.  Clairsvillc.—  C.  J.  Sweney,  Judge  St. 
Clair  Kelley,  Hon.  W.  S.  Kennon,  Col.  lames  F.  Charlesworth,  Hon. 
L.  Danford,  Judge  C.  W.  Carroll.  ].  W.  Shannon.  A.  11.  Mitchell, 
W.S.Mitchell,  J.  R.  Mitchell,  not  practicing,  R.  M.  Davies,  James 
F.  Tall  man,  Newell  K.  Kennon,  I).  11.  Milligan,  Thomas  Cochran, 
John  Pollock,  J.  W.  Nichol,  W.  D.  llol'f,  Albert  Lawrence,  W.  V. 
Campbell,  Albert  Kennon,  Hon.  Capel  Weems,  E.  E.  Clevenger. 

Bamesvillc.  -J.  W.  Walton,  R.  H.  Taneyhill,  E.  T.  Petty,  VV.  F. 
Smith,  C.  J.  Howard,  W.  F.  Talbott,  M.  J.  W.  Glover,  Emmet  Drum- 
mond. 

Bellaire.—  J.  B.Smith,  J.  T.  Anderson,  James  C.  Tallman,  C.  L. 
Poorman,  not  practicing,  John  A.  Gallagher,  DeWitt  Danford,  D.  W. 
Cooper,  George  M.  Woodbridge. 

Bridgeport. —  Hon.  Ross  J.  Alexander,  George  Duncan,  George  C. 
McKee,  J.  C.  Heinlein. 

Martin's  Ferry. —  fudge  f.S.  Cochran,  f.C.  Gray,  Frank  R.  Sedwick, 
T.  W.  Shreve,  W.  P.  Francis. 

Flushing.—  O.  S.  Holloway,  H.  T.  Shepherd,  F.  M.  Cowen,  D.  L. 
Voorhies. 

Lawyers  admitted  to  practice  by  the  courts  in  Belmont  count)-  as 
appears  on  the  court  records  and  the  year  admitted,  from  the  organi- 
zation of  the  county:  Charles  Hammond.  1S01;  Daniel  F.  Barney, 
1803;  Jacob  Nagle,  1804;  Daniel  Church,  1804;  Robert  Purviance, 
1804;  George  Paul!,  1806;  David  Jennings,  1S13,  James  Shannon,  rSiS; 
William  J.  Thomas.  1819;  Artemus  Baker,  1821;  Seneca  S.  Salsberry, 
1823;  Daniel  Gray,  1S24;  Washington  B.Johnston,  1825;  G.W.Thomp- 
son 1826;  Peter  W.  Gate,  1827;  Charles  Morgan,  1828;  G.M.Alex, 
1828;  Robert  McClane,  1829;  Francis  D.  Leonard,  1820;  John  R. 
Mulvaney,  1S30;  Fernanda  A.  Evans,  1831;  Nathan  Evans,  1831; 
Abraham  R.  Dilworth,  1831;  Charles  C.  Converse,  1832;  Robert  H. 
Miller,  1832;  Isaac  Hoge,  1832;  James  Patterson,  1833;  William  C. 
Watson,  1833;  John  B.  Longly,  1834:  L.  J.  Milligan,  1835:  Thomas 
West.  1835;"  Gaston  Tallman,  1835;  Peter  Tallman,  1835;  Oliver  Cun- 
ningham, 1836;  Henry  Kennon,  1836;  William  Woods.  1836;  William 
Milligan,  1837;  John  Davenport,  1S3S;  George  W.  Shannon,  1838; 
E.  A.  McMahon.  1838;  Alfred  Caldwell,  1838;  William  Brown,  1S38; 
Hugh  }.  Jewett,  1830;  John  Furguson,  1S40;  Alexander  M.  Mitchell, 
1841;  Thomas  L.  Jewett,  1842;  Thomas  M.  Drake,  1842;  Henry 
Lovell,  1842;  Moses  II.  Urquhart,  1843;  James  J.  Grimes.  1843; 
John  Sells,  1843;  Lorenzo  M.  Cross,  1843;  Edmund  G.  Morgan, 
"184^;  Henry  C.  Brumback.  1844;  Sylvester  Genin,  1S44;  James  H. 
Rainey,  1844;  Oliver  J.  Swaney,  1845;  John  M.  Alges,  1845; 
Reuben  Grant.  1S4V,  Hugh  M.Ramsey.  1845;  John  G.  Leanor,  1845; 
Solomon  R.  Bonewi'tz,  1845;  }.  C.  McCleary,'  1840;  John  C.  Tallman, 
1846;  Samuel  F.  Black,  1846;  Richard  H.  Taneyhill,  1847;  John  Hib- 
bard,  1S47;  Matthew  P.  Deady,  1847;  Isaac  N.  Taylor,  1849;  lames  F. 
Charlesworth,  1S51;  William  "Wallace.  i8>i;  Ellis  E.  Kennon,  1851; 
M.  L.  Hatcher,  1852;  Joshua  Stevens.  1852;  Lorenzo  Danford.  1854; 
I.  H.  Croxton,  1854;  Andrew  J.  Lawrence.   1857;  James  A.   Mayhew, 


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1S5S;  Henry  Topping,  1850;  John  II.  Norris,  1S59;  Robert  E.  Cham- 
bers, 1859;  James  B.  Campbell,  1864;  George  II.  Umstead,  1864; 
Ira  V-.  McMullen,  1865;  fames  |.  Hawthorn,  1866;  Dewit  Danford, 
1S66;  Thomas  C.  Dugan,  1866;  Lewis  C.  Mechem,  1866;  William  \Y. 
Alexander,  kS66;  ]ames  F.  Tallman,  1866;  Joseph  St.  Clair,  1866; 
Alexis  Cope,  1866;  F.  G.  Arter,  1866;  Henry  E.  Frost,  1866;  Disney 
Rogers,  1806;  fohn  Dunham,  1S67;  L.  C.  Drennen,  1867;  W.  L. 
Bolen,  1867;  David  A.  Hollingsworth,  1867;  George  W.  Mitchell,  1868; 
Joseph  Pratt,  186S;  X.  A.  Wade,  1868;  William  L.  Ramsey,  1S68; 
James  F.  Anderson,  1S6S;  Joseph  R.  Mitchell,  [869;  X.  H.  Barber, 
1S69;  Dewit  C.  Kemp,  1869;  Thomas  Fcrrcll.  1869;  Clarence  O. 
McSwords,  1869;  Orlando  Cope,  1870;  Allen  C.  Miller,  1870;  John  F. 
Young,  1870;  James  D.  Arick,  1870;  Alex  C.  Darrah,  1870;  Isaac  M. 
Riley,  1871;  Lewis  Hoeffler,  1871;  Alfred  11.  Mitchell,  187 1;  Robert  M. 
Eaton,  1871;  Webster  Street,  1S71;  Robert  X.  Wilson,  1872;  James  C. 
Tallman,  1S73;  Samuel  Hambleton,  1873;  Daniel  L.  Crawford,  1873; 
Luke  X'oorhies,  1873;  James  Kennon,  1S73;  James  A.  McEwan, 
1S74;  Samuel  L.  James,'  1874;  Oeorge  W.  Webster,  1874;  John  O. 
Macolm,  1875;  Frank  M.  Cowen,  1877;  J.  C.  Woodward,  1S77; 
James  G.  Patrick,  1877;  Wilson  Mitchell.  1877;  John  B.  Busby,  1877; 
John  A.  Green,  1878;  Josiah  Douglas,  187S;  Alfred  H.  Evans,  1878; 
"M.  R.  Patterson,  1878;  Henry  Gregg.  1878;  T.  W.  Emerson,  1879; 
Xewell  K.  Kennon,  1870;  A.  C.  Agy,  1879;  |.  Cabin  Gray,  1879;  A. E. 
Hill,  1879. 

Since  1870  all  examinations  for  admission  to  the  Liar  in  Ohio  have 
been  before  a  committe  appointed  by  the  supreme  court  of  the  state, 
and  the  records  of  that  court  contain  the  names  of  all  persons 
admitted. 


TRAGIC  FATE  OF  VALLANDIGK/i 


iw. 


Platteville,  Wis.,  Sept.  2S.— My 
D<  :i  r  Brandenburg:  I  have  been  veryl 
much  intciested  reading-  your  ar- 
ticles recently  published  in  The 
Democrat,  especially  the  one  in  re-' 
gard  to  C.  I..  Vallandigham.  I  ms 
familiar  with  his  arrest,  trial  and  i 
banishment  His        inflammatory 

speeches  caused  a  gTeat  deal  of  trou- 
ble throughout  the  country.  In  our. 
adjoining  county  of  Lafayette  his  Tol- | 
lowers  became  so  numerous  and  vi- 
olent that  a  company  of  soldiers  was 
stationed  at  Benton  to  keep  them 
from  obstructing  the  draft.  After 
Vallandiguam's  banishment  he  went 
to  Canada    and   papers    friendly     to 


O-e/J    / 


mm  announced  that  he  was  "under 
the  aegis  of  the  British  lion."  A 
cartoonist  took  advantage  of  the 
situation  and  drew  a  cartoon  in 
which  Vallandigham  was  s.iiu.ittimr 
under  the  lion'.s  tail.  President  Lin- 
coln finally  permitted  him  to  return 
to  this  country,  and  he  took  up 
agM.ni  the  practice  of  law.  In  1S71, 
while  engaged  ,-i.s  counsel  in  a 
murder  trial,  he  war.  almost  instant- 
ly killed  by  the  premature  discharge 
of  a  revolver  while  engacrcd  in 
demonstrating  .how  the  .snooting 
might  have   been  June. 

-  M.   P.   Rindlaub. 


SlO  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

By  Hon.  A.  T.  McKelvey. 

AGRICULTURAL  RESOURCES  OF  THE  UPPER  OHIO  VALLEY  — EARLY  SETTLE- 
MENTS—  REVOLUTIONARY  VETERANS — TIDE  OF  IMMIGRATION  —  TOILS 
AND  DANGERS  —  POISONOUS  SERPENTS  —  EARLY  SETTLERS'  HOMES  — 
IMPLEMENTS  OF  LABOR  —  PENETRATING  THE  WILDERNESS  —  EARLY 
ROADS  —  SOIL  AND  CROPS  —  LEADING  INDUSTRIES—  COMPARATIVE  TABLE 
OF  YIELDS  — SHEEP  HUSBANDRY — FRUIT  CULTURE  — A  UNIQUE  CHAR- 
ACTER—  A  PHILANTHROPIST — GRAPE  CULTURE  —  OTHER  FRUITS  —  A  RE- 
VIEW—  A    PREVIEW. 


•UCH  of  the  history  of  the  agricultural  development  of 
.  the  upper  Ohio  valley  may  be  epitomized  in  a  history  of 
the  growth  of  agriculture  in  the  counties  of  Belmont, 
Harrison  and  Jefferson  in  the  state  of  Ohio.  Perhaps  no 
section  of  the  state  affords  a  finer  held  for  the  writer  of 
heroic  adventure,  for  no  class  of  people  in  the  history  of 
the  commonwealth  were  subjected  to  so  much  of  peril  and 
hardships  as  the  pioneer  farmers  of  the  upper  Ohio 
valley. 

First  Settlements.— The  first  settlement  in  this  now  prosperous  and 
populous  valley,  was  probably  made  in  1781,  near  the  mouth  of  Short 
creek,  in  Jefferson  county,  by  John  Carpenter,  who  built  a  rude  cabin 
and  cleared  a  small  tract  of  land  for  a  "corn  patch."  Returning  for 
his  family  he  was  captured  by  the  Indians,  and  was  held  a  prisoner  for 
several  months,  eventually  escapinghe  rejoined  his  family  who  accom- 
panied him  to  his  newly  established  home,  on  the  western  shore  of 
the  Ohio.  The  next  settlement  in  the  order  of  time  was  effected  by 
Capt.  Absalom  Martin,  in  17S7,  at  what  is  now  the  thriving  city  of 
Martin's  Ferry.  Two  years  later  Capt.  Robert  Kirkwood  built  a  cabin 
and  opened  up  a  farm  at  what  is  now  the  city  of  Bridgeport  and  Kirk- 
wood, opposite  Wheeling.  These  settlements  were  made  contrary  to 
the  orders  of  the  general  government  because  of  the  then  unprotected 
condition  of  the  western  border. 

Revolutionary  I'c/erans. —  The  Revolutionary  war  having  been 
brought  to  a  conclusion,  the  tide  of  veteran  soldiers,  discharged  from 
their  long  service  in  the  cause  of  American  independence,  began  to 
pour  through  the  passes  of  the  Blue  Ridge  seeking  homes  on  the  then 
far  distant  frontier  along  the  banks  of  the  Ohio.  Land  was  the  object 
which  induced  the  greater  number  of  these  people  to  hazard  their 
lives  by  an  entrance  into  the  territory  of  the  northwest  in  advance  of 
the  government's  protection.  Four  hundred  acres  of  land  and  a  pre- 
emption right  to  1,000  more  could  be  secured  by  any  settler  who  built 


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BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  8ll 

a  cabin,  however   rude,  and    raised   a   crop  of 
Carrying  their  few  earthly  possessions  upon  p 
and  children  treaded  their  weary  way  over  th 
and,  regardless   of   the   government    prohibit 
frontier   determined    to  possess   the    land  "if  tl 
way  through." 

Idle  streams   of    immigration   flowing   frc 
east,  converged  into  one   broad  current   th: 

Ohio  valley,  bearing  on  its  bosom  the  descendants  of  the  Puritan*  the 
Quaker,  the  Huguenot  and  the  cavalier,  and  thus  it  was,  that  the 
flood  of  these  diverse  types  of  colonial  days  mingling  together  in  the 
valley  of  the  Ohio,  brought  forth  that  greatest  product  of  our  modern 
civilization,  the  "Ohio  man."  Following  the  course  of  the  different 
streams  these  hardy  pioneers  penetrated  into  the  new  territory,  mak- 
ing settlements  on  Glenn's  Run.  on  Wheeling  creek,  on  Captina  creek, 
on  Short  creek,  on  McMechans  creek,  on  Stillwater  and  at  Dillie's 
bottom,  and  notwithstanding  the  complainings  of  the  Indian  tribes 
and  the  government's  forbiddance,  they  squatted  upon  the  land  and 
began  the  work  ol  improvement.  These  old  soldiers  innured  to  the 
dangers  and  hardships  of  the  bivouac  and  the  march  carried  few 
weapons  of  defense  save  their  trusty  flint-locks  and  few  implements  of 
labor,  aside  from  their  gleaming  axes.  Beneath  their  ringing  blows  our 
primeval  forests  vanished  like  the  mists  of  the  morning,  revealing  to 
the  constantly  arriving  pioneers,  fertile  fields,  rank  with  luxuriant 
crops,  to  strengthen  their  weakening  faith,  and  dispel  their  lurking 
doubts. 

The  Pioneer  s  Toils  and  Dangers. —  The  crops  cultivated  by  these 
early  settlers  were  gathered  with  infinite  toil  and  danger;  from  the 
opening  of  spring  until  the  advent  of  winter,  the  pioneer  farmer  was 
forced  to  abandon  his  cabin  home  and  seek  protection  for  his  family 
in  the  shelter  of  the  block-house  or  the  fort.  When  the  rigors  of 
winter  locked  held  and  forest  in  its  icy  embrace,  he  was  exempt  from 
the  depredations  of  his  savage  foes,  but  just  at  the  time  when  his  con- 
stant presence  upon  the  farm  was  of  the  utmost  need  when  the  spring 
was  opening  and  the  time  of  seeding  was  at  hand,  the  implacable  sav- 
ages started  on  the  war  path  and  began  their  work  of  pillage  and  de- 
stuction,  hence  it  was  necessary  for  the  farmers  to  go  out  upon  their 
farms  to  work  in  companies,  one  party  doing  guard  duty  with  their 
muskets  in  hand,  while  the  other  party  cultivated  the  growing  crops; 
thus  they  alternately  worked  and  stood  guard  until  the  shades  of 
night  forced  them  to  again  seek  the  shelter  of  the  block-house  or  the 
fort.  Not  unfrequently  while  thus  involuntarily  absent  from  their 
cabins  the  savages  would  make  a  raid  during  the  night,  pillaging  the 
home,  driving  ^{{  the  stock,  and  burning  their  scanty  store  of  grain. 
Amid  dangers  ami  discouragements  like  these,  the  intrepid  farmers 
of  a  century  ago,  aided  by  their  heroic  wives  and  children,  "  made  the 
wilderness  to  blossom,"  and  pushed  the'  frontier  a  little  nearer  the 
setting  sun  with  each  passing  year.  The  necessary  labors  of  these 
pioneer  farmers  were  performed  amid   dangers  and   difficulties   little 


8l2  HISTORY    OF   THE    UTPKR    OHIO    VALLEY. 

understood  or  appreciated  by  their  descendants  of  the  present  gen- 
eration.   The  disheartening  losses  they  sustained  by  the  wolves,  and 

bears  destroying  their  (locks  and  herds,  was  often  times  aggravated 
and  augmented  by  the  total  destruction  of  their  crop  of  corn  by  the 
multitudinous  squirrels  and  raccoons,  and  thus  it  was  that  many  fam- 
ilies, after  a  hazardous  and  laborious  spring  and  summer,  would  enter 
upon  the  longand  dreary  winter  but  illy  provided  with  the  very  neces- 
saries of  life. 

Poisonous  Serpents. —  The  country,  too,  was  infested  with  poisonous 
reptiles  that  were  a  constant  menace  to  old  and  young.  Rattle  snakes 
and  copperheads  were  so  numerous  that  there  was  scared)-  a  harvest 
field  in  which  great  numbers  were  not  found,  the  reaper  bending  over 
his  sickle  would  be  startled  by  the  warning  whiz-z-z  of  the  rattle 
snake,  and  frequently,  before  he  could  escape,  its  poisonous  fangs  had 
pierced  his  quivering  flesh  —  the  grain  was  so  rank  and  heavy,  that 
when  cut,  the  farmers  were  obliged  to  leave  it  in  little  grips  to  cure; 
these  grips  were  the  favorite  resorts  of  concealment  for  the  serpents, 
from  which  they  would  frequently  uncoil  into  thearmsof  the  binders. 
The  flax  patch  was  another  favorite  resort  of  these  deadly  serpents, 
and  as  the  flax  was  always  pulled  by  the  women,  the  terror  and  alarm 
into  which  they  were  thrown  by  the  deadly  attacks  of  the  reptiles,  can 
be  better  imagined  than  described.  The  deprivations  of  the  early 
settlers  of  the  upper  ( )hio  valley,  were  inconceiveably  great,  the  far- 
mers of  to-day,  with  their  comfortable  homes  and  well  filled  larders, 
with  overflowing  graineries  and  bursting  barns,  has  little  conception 
of  the  wants  and  deprivations  of  their  forefathers. 

The  Early  Settler s  Home  in  the  rude  log  cabin  with  its  puncheon 
floor  and  clapboard  roof,  was  built  without  the  aid  of  screws  or  nails, 
greased  paper  stretched  over  an  opening  in  the  logs,  served  in  lieu 
of  windows,  and  the  pine  knots  and  glowing  logs  that  burned  in  t he- 
great  open  fire  place,  answered  for  both  light  and  fuel  at  night.  Upon 
a  few  pegs  in  the  wall,  hung  the  scanty  wardrobe  of  the  entire  family, 
and  some  clapboard  shelves  supported  by  pins  in  the  logs,  served  the 
double  purpose  of  cupboard  and  closet.  The  scanty  furniture  con- 
sisted of  a  split  slab  table,  and  some  three-legged  stools,  a  forked  pole 
witd  one  end  fastened  to  a  joist  overhead  and  the  other  sunk  in  the 
floor,  and  cross  poles  extending  to  a  crack  between  the  logs  supported 
the  rude  lied.  Bunches  of  seeds  and  herbs  which  the  good  wife  had  col- 
lected as  simple  remedies  for  the  ailments  of  the  family,  hung  in 
festoons  over  the  high  mantel,  and  the  trusty  Hint  lock  and  powder 
horn,  were  suspended  from  a  pair  of  polished  buck's  horns.  The 
table  ware  consisted  of  a  few  pewter  dishes  with  wooden  bowls,  and 
trenchers,  and  if  these  weie  scarce,  gourds  and  hard  shelled  squashes 
supplied  the  deficiency.  The  rude  articles  of  furniture  corresponded 
with  the  plain,  but  wholesome  diet  that  made  up  the  pioneer  farmer's 
daily  bill-of-fare.  hog  and  hominy  for  breakfast,  was  followed  by 
mush  and  milk  for  supper;  roasting  ears,  pumpkins,  potatoes  and 
beans,  from  the  little  truck  patch,  varied  the  diet  in  summer,  and  wild 
turkey,  venison  and   bear's  meat  were  the  variations  in   winter.     For 


BELMONT  COUNTY,  OHIO.  813 

years,  corn  bread,  corn  pone  and  Johnny  cake  were  the  only  form  in 
which  bread  was  made,  and  sometimes  when  the.  supply  of  corn  meal 
was  exhausted,  pumpkin  meal  was  used  instead,  or  the  children 
grated  the  new  corn  upon  coarse  tin  graters,  to  minister  to  their  press- 
ing necessities. 

Implements  of  Labor. —  Before  the  days  of  the  water  mill,  the  horn- 
in)-  block  and  hand  mill  for  crushing  and  grinding  corn,  were  rude 
attachments  to  every  farmer's  home  —  deer  skin  seives  took  the  place 
of  bolting  cloth  in  these  primitive  machines,  and  the  whole  were  op- 
erated by  the  good  wife  and  the  children,  who,  in  addition,  wove  and 
spun  the  flax  and.  the  wool  that  composed  the  warp  and  woot  oi  the 
substantial  linsey  with  which  the  entire  family  were  clothed.  While 
the  needs  of  the  pioneer  farmer  were  many,  they  were  more  than 
counter-balanced  by  a  natural  ingenuity  that  developed  in  many  of 
them  a  fertility  of  resources  of  which  the  modern  farmer  has  little 
knowledge.  lie  was  a  tanner,  a  shoemaker,  a  tailor,  a  carpenter,  and 
a  blacksmith,  and  to  his  neighbors  who  could  not  exercise  the  me- 
chanic's art,  he  was  willing  to  exchange  his  hand  craft  lor  their  labor. 
The  implements  of  labor  employed  by  the  farmers  of  the  upper  Ohio 
valley  a  century  ago  were  very  simple  and  rude.  Primitive  plows 
with  wooden  mold  boards,  harrows  with  wooden  teeth  were  employed 
to  break  the  sod  and  smooth  the  virgin  soil -sickles  and  scythes 
(with  straight  handles),  reaped  the  wheat  and  cut  the  grass,  and  the 
grain  was  threshed  with  a  flail,  or  trodden  by  horses  or  cattle.  With 
these  crude  instruments  of  labor,  and  amid  dangers,  deprivations  and 
discouragements,  the  character  of  which  I  have  only  hinted  at,  our 
forefathers  began  the  herculean  task  of  felling  the  primeval  forest 
and  opening  up  its  fruitful  valleys  and  fertile  plains. 

Paid  rating  into  the  Wilderness. —  As  early  as  1S01,  these  dauntless 
pioneers  had  penetrated  into  the  interior  a  distance  of  thirty-five 
miles;  settlements  had  been  made  along  the  waters  of  the  Captina, 
in  what  is  now  Wayne  and  Washington  townships,  in  Belmont  county, 
in  1798,  and  in  Goshen,  Union,  Flushing,  Wheeling  and  Kirkwood 
townships,  in  the  same  county,  in  1S00.  The  same  year  a  little  band 
of  Friends,  principally  from  the  southern  states,  in  order  to  escape 
the  baneful  and  degrading  influence  and  association  of  slavery,  had 
crossed  the  frontier  and  effected  a  settlement  that  occupied  about 
one-half  of  the  eastern  section  of  Warren  township,  in  Belmont 
county.  Another  band  located  at  Concord,  in  tin1  eastern  part  of  the 
same  county,  and  near  the  borders  of  Jefferson  county,  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  present  town  of  Mt.  Pleasant.  The  descendants  of  these 
sterling  pioneers  still  occupy  the  lands  their  forefathers  settled,  and 
are  to-day  among  the  most  prosperous,  intelligent,  virtuous  dnd  pro- 
gressive fanners  in  the  upper  Ohio  valley. 

Early  Roads. —  For  a  number  of  years  immigration  clung  to  the 
line  of  the  Wheeling  and  Pultney  roads,  the  former  built  by  authority 
of  the  general  government  in  1S03,  and  better  known  as  the  Xane 
road,  extending' from  Wheeling  to  Chillicothe  via  St.  Clairsville,  and 
the  latter  built  by  authority  of  the  northwest  territory,  extending  from 


Si 4  HISTORY    OF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Dillie's  bottom  on  the  Ohio  river,  near   Bellaire,  to  Guernsey  count)' 
via  Barnesville. 

Prior  to  1S01  there  were  no  roads  in  the  upper  Ohio  valley  except 
the  brklle  paths  which  extended  from  cabin  to  cabin  and  connecting 
the  widely  separated  settlements.  These  bridle  paths  were  marked 
by  the  blazing  on  trees  that  served  to  guide  the  traveler  through  the 
primeval  forest.  The  principal  thoroughfare  up  to  this  time  was  the 
famous  Zane  trail,  which  extended  from  Fort  Henry  at  Wheeling,  to 
the  Upper  Muskingum,  at  what  is  now  the  prosperous  city  of  Zanes- 
ville.  This  bloody  trail  was  the  scene  of  many  hair-breadth  escapes 
and  thrilling  adventures,  the  memory  of  which  still  linger  in  the 
traditions  of  rural  homes,  to  be  told  with  ever  increasing  interest 
around  the  hearthstones  for  generations  to  come.  This  celebrated 
Indian  trail  from  constant  use,  was  worn  into  a  rut  so  deep  as  to 
become  almost  impassible.  Eventually  the  government  took  the  mat- 
ter in  hand  and  employed  Col.  Zane  to  build  the  road  above 
mentioned. 

About  the  same  time  a  road  was  built  from  what  is  now  the  city  of 
Bellaire  to  St.  Clairsville,  and  also  one  from  Martin's  Ferry  to  what 
is  now  known  as 'Tiltonsville,  at  the  mouth  of  Short  creek.  These 
probably  comprised  the-  roads  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  nineteenth  century.  To-day  there  upward  of  200  miles  of 
macadamized  roads  traversing  the  length  and  breadth  of  this  great 
valley,  over  which  t he  farmers  at  all  seasons  transport  their  products 
with  comfort  and  ease. 

Subduing  the  Forests. —  The  work  of  subduing  our  primeval  forests- 
was  marked  by  the  most  reckless  waste  of  valuable  timber,  thousands 
of  acres  covered  by  forests  of  oak.  walnut,  poplar,  beech,  sugar,  and 
chestnut,  were  utterly  destroyed.  (  )f  the  800,000  acres  of  land  in  the 
upper  Ohio  valley,  less  than  200,000  acres  yet  remain  in  timber,  and 
to-day  with  many  of  our  hills  entirely  denuded,  and  their  steep 
declivities  washed  into   deep  seams,  the  work  of  destruction  goes  on. 

The  surface  configuration  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley  is  greatly- diver- 
sified. The  land  for  the  most  part  is  high  and  rolling,  with  abrupt 
bluffs  rising  to  great  altitudes  along  the  shores  of  the  Ohio.  The 
rugged  hillsides  are  rich  in  mineral  wealth  and  enclose  beautiful  and 
fertile  valleys  that  are  swept  by  the  waters  of  the  Captina  and 
McMechan's  creek.  Short  creek.  Wheeling  creek  and  Yellow  creek. 
The  beautiful  undulating  uplands  are  watered  by  innumerable  springs 
that  afford  the  countless  tlocks  and  herds  an  abundance  of  pure  water 
through  the  most  prolonged  drouth.  A  rich  vein  of  bituminous  coal 
underlies  the  entire  surface  which  furnishes  the  farmers  a  cheap  and 
abundant  fuel. 

The  Soil  and  Crops.—  The  streams  abound  in  fish  in  great  variety, 
and  their  waters  are  clear  and  limpid.  The  soil  along  the  water 
courses  is  very  rich  and  fertile,  upon  the  uplands  it  is  mainly  a  strong 
limestone  or  clay  loam,  very  productive  and  capable  of  great  endur- 
ance. The  staple  crops  grown  by  the  early  settlers  were  wheat  and 
corn,  and  until  the  overtaxed  soil  began  to  rebel  against  the  unceasing 


BELMONT    COUNTY,    OHIO.  815 

demands  made  upon  it,  the  upper  Ohio  valley  was  recognized  as  the 
great  grainery  for  the  south  and  southwest.  From  1820  to  1845,  the 
incomparable  Wheeling  creek  valley  in  Belmont  count)-,  was  without 
a  rival  in  wheat  growing;  at  harvest  time  it  presented  the  appearance 
of  a  great  golden  sea,  waving  in  its  wealth  of  ripening  grain.  Indi- 
vidual farmers  raised  from  too  to  500  bushels  of  wheat  annually,  and 
the  ten  grist-mills  that  were  built  in  Wheeling  township,  were  kept 
running  night  and  day  to  satisfy  the  demands  made  upon  them. 

Leading  Industries. —  The  rapid  descent  of  Wheeling  creek  and  the 
excellence  of  its  water  power,  early  invited  the  construction  of  grist- 
mills along  its  shores,  and  we  learn  that  the  first  mill  operated  by 
water  power  in  the  valley,  was  built  at  the  forks  of  Crab  Apple  creek 
in  1S00;  four  years  later  a  second  mill  was  built  on  the  waters  of  Cap- 
tina,  near  what  was  known  as  Cat's  run.  The  leading  industry  in  the 
territory  watered  by  Short  creek,  as  in  the  Wheeling  creek  valley, 
was  wheat  growing.  Xo  less  than  twenty-three  mills  were  constructed 
and  in  operation  along  this  stream,  grinding  the  enormous  crops  of 
grain,  and  thousands  of  barrels  of  flour  were  annually  transported  by 
wagons  to  the  river,  and  from  thence  shipped  by  flat-boats  to  Xew 
Orleans  and  intermediate  points. 

Another  staple  source  of  revenue  to  the  pioneer  farmer  was  hog 
raising.  The  immense  crops  of  corn  grown  upon  the  virgin  soil  was 
miinly  fed  to  hogs,  and  pork  packing  became  a  leading  industry  as 
early  as  1820.  Large  slaughter  pens  were  established  in  and  near 
Smithfleld  and  Mt.  Pleasant,  Jefferson  county,  and  Uniontown  and 
other  points  in  Belmont  county,  and  the  bacon  thus  manufactured  was 
transported  in  wagons  across  the  mountains  to  Baltimore,  from  whence 
it  was  distributed  all  over  the  south.  The  cultivation  of  tobacco  in 
the  upper  Ohio  valley  began  in  1S19,  near  Barnesville,  in  Belmont 
county.  An  itinerant  Methodist  preacher  named  Price,  from  Mary- 
land, who  had  brought  some-  seed  from  his  native  state,  tried  the  ex- 
periment of  growing  it  in  the  soil  of  his  new  home.  The  result  was 
so  gratifying  that  a  large  acreage  was  grown  thereafter.  Up  to  the 
year  1825,  corn,  wheat  and  flax  had  been  the  staple  crops  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  Belmont  county,  but  when  it  was  discovered  that  the  rich 
hillsides  of  the  border  tier  of  townships  was  adapted  to  tobacco  cul- 
ture, and  that  the  crop  was  far  more  remunerative  than  grasses  or 
grain,  it  thereafter  became  the  staple  industry,  ami  soon  the  tall  log 
dry-houses  became  a  marked   feature  of  the  tobacco   farmer's   home. 

The  continued  cultivation  of  lids  exhausting  crop,  however,  has 
greatly  impoverished  much  of  the  land  in  that  section,  and  the  farm- 
ers are  turning  their  attention  to  sheep  husbandry  as  a  means  of  re- 
storing the  loss  of  fertility,  thus  the  acreage  in  tobacco  has  been 
greatly  reduced.  In  1870  the  yield  in  the  upper  Ohio  valley  was 
996,119  pounds;  in  1S80  Harrison  and  Jefferson  counties  had  practic- 
ally abandoned  tobacco-growing,  while  Belmont  hail  increased  her 
crop  to  1,679,15s  pounds;  in  1S88  the  entire  yield  in  the  counties 
named  had  been  reduced  to  93S455  pounds. 


816  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

Comparative  Tabic  of  Yields.—  The  cultivation  of  wheat  and  corn  as 
a  staple  crop  in  the  upper  Ohio  valley  continued  until  1844-5,  when 
the  gradually  decreasing  yield  as  well  as  the  radical  changes  in 
methods  of  transportation,  led  the  farmers  to  seek  for  more  diversi- 
cation  in  agriculture,  and  a  marked  change  took  place  as  the  follow- 
ing figures  will  show:  In  1850  there  were  105,666  acres  ot  wheat 
grown  in  the  counties  of  Belmont,  Harrison  and  Jefferson,  which 
yielded  an  aggregate  of  1,816,269  bushels,  or  an  average  of  about  six- 
teen and  one-fourth  bushels  per  acre.  In  the  same  year  the  acreage 
in  corn  was  57,7  58,  and  the  yield,  2, 1 69,000  bushels,  or  an  average  ol  about 
thirty-eight  bushels  per  acre.  In  a  single  decade  the  acreage  of  wheat 
had  been  reduced  to  49,906  acres,  a  decrease  of  nearly  60,000  acres, 
and  the  aggregate  yield  was  but  502,594  bushels,  or  an  average  of  but 
a  fraction  over  ten  bushels  per  acre.  The  same  year  the  area  planted 
in  corn  had  been  slightly  increased,  but  the  average  yield  had  been 
reduced  to  but  thirty-seven  bushels  per  acre.  In  1870  the  acreage 
of  wheat  was  reported  as  52,625,  but  the  average  yield  was  about  the 
same,  viz.:  ten  bushels  per  acre;  the  acreage  of  corn  was  reduced  to 
54,795,  producing  an  aggregate  yield  of  2,184,522 bushels  thus  advanc- 
ing the  average  yield  per  acre  to  thirty-nine  bushels.  1  he  acreage  ot 
wheat  continued"  to  advance  until  1880,  when  69,958  acres  were  re- 
ported, with  an  aggregate  yield  of  1,203,864  bushels,  or  an  average  ot 
about  seventeen  bushels  per  acre.  This  large  increase  is  due  in  part 
to  commercial  fertilizers  which  came  into  general  use  about  this  time, 
but  mainly  because  of  the  adoption  ol  better  methods  ot  culture  and 
the  introduction  of  new  and  improved  varieties.  I  he  same  year  the 
acreage  in  corn  advanced  to  56,969,  yielding  an  aggregate  of  2,427,932 
bushels,  or  an  average  of  forty-two  bushels  per  acre,  the  highest  aver- 
age reported  in  thirty  years.  _  . 

The  reports  for  1S88  show  a  falling  oil  in  both  acreage  and  yield; 
the  total  acreage  of  wheat  was  but  46,281;  the  aggregate  yield 
555  6^9  bushels,  or  an  average  of  about  twelve  bushels  per  acre;  the 
open  winter  of  1887,  following  the  protracted  drouth  was  probably 
the  cause  of  this  marked  reduction.  The  wheat  helds  were  bare 
nearly  the  entire  winter,  exposed  to  alternate  thawing  and  freezing. 
The  acreage  of  corn  for  the  same  year  was  52,672,  and  the  aggregate 
yield  2,2i6?976,  or  an  average   of  forty-two  bushels  and  a  traction  per 

^S/iecp  Husbandry.  -The  introduction  of  the  merino  sheep,  with  im- 
proved breeds  of  cattle  and  horses  which  occurred  about  1816  20 
seemed  to  afford  the  farmers  that  had  hitherto  cultivated  but  wheat 
and  corn  the  diversification  so  much  needed;  as  the  area  devoted  to 
the  cultivation  of  these  cereals  lessened,  the  flocks  and  herds 
increased.  In  the  brief  period  of  twenty  years  the  hill-tops  and  val- 
leys were  swarming  with  valuable  Bocks  and  herds,  and  so  rapid  was 
the  growth  of  sheep  husbandry  that  as  early  as  i860  and  1S65  it 
became  in  many  sections  of  the  upper  ( )hio  valley  a  leading  industry 
In  1870  the  clip  of  wool  in  the  counties  ot  Belmont,  Harrison  and 
Jefferson  amounted  to  1 ,871 .01  7  pounds,  and  ten  years  later,   111    1880, 


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it  had  increased  to  2,308,392  pounds.  These  industries  have  proved 
so  well  adapted  to  the  uplands  of  eastern  Ohio,  and  the  business, 
with  occasional  fluctuations,  so  profitable,  that  it  has  continued  ever 
since.  The  number  of  sheep  of  all  kinds  reported  in  1888  was 
388,528,  and  the  wool  clip  2,097,552  pounds. 

While  sheep  husbandry  in  certain  sections  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley- 
has  been  made  a  specialty,  and  the  wool  growers  of  these  sections 
have  acquired  a  well  deserved  reputation  tor  the  high  grade  of  wool 
produced,  it  cannot  be  said  to  be  the  staple  industry,  for  while  the 
value  of  the  sheep  in  the  three  counties  of  Belmont,  Harrison  and 
Jefferson  in  1888,  is  given  at  $87^,005,  the  value  of  the  cattle  is 
reported  at  $955,981,  and  of  horses  at  $1,689,421;  and  while  the  value 
of  the  wool  clip  in  the  same  counties  is  $639,541,  the  value  of  the  hay 
crop  is  placed  at  $1,175,984,  and  the  wheat  crop  at  $587,317. 

Fruit  Culture.  -  Perhaps  no  section  of  the  country  has  acquired  a 
higher  reputation  for  fruit  culture  than  the  upper  Ohio  valley.  As 
early  as  1801,  the  eccentric  johnny  Appleseed  established  his  first 
nursery  on  the  headwaters  of  Big  Stillwater,  from  thence  he  traversed 
the  entire  valley,  planting  seeds  wherever  there  was  a  settlement  and 
furnishing  stock  to  the  poor  and  needy  without  money  and  without 
price. 

.1  Caique  Cliaractcre* —  Many  of  the  choicest  apples  in  existence  to- 
day, originated  in  the  nurseries  of  Johnny  Appleseed,  and  the  fruit 
growers  of  Ohio  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  this  unique  character  for 
his  untiring  efforts  and  unflagging  zeal  in  the  cause  of  pomology. 
John  Chapman,  better  known  as  "Johnny  Appleseed,"  was  born  in 
the  vicinity  of  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1775,  and  early  became  widely  known 
throughout  the  counties  of  western  Pennsylvania,  Virginia  and  east- 
ern Ohio,  on  account  of  his  passion  for  producing  apples  from  seed. 
How  he  obtained  the  idea  of  growing  choice  apples  from  seed,  and 
opportunities  for  the  sale  of  his  trees  is  not  known,  but  it  is  enough 
to  know  that,  before  the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century,  he  was  fre- 
quently seen,  with  ax  in  hand  and  a  bag  of  apple  seeds  on  his  back, 
wending  his  way  through  the  settlements  to  the  wilderness,  there  to 
practice  his  cherished  theory,  llis  method  of  operation,  after  secur- 
ing a  suitable  situation,  was  to  clear  away  the  underbrush,  (.leaden  the 
trees,  and  then  sow  his  apple  seed.  This  done,  he  enclosed  it  with  a 
brush  fence,  and  during  the  summer  cultivated  the  young  trees  and 
looked  up  suitable  places  for  other  nurseries.  In  the  fall  he  returned 
to  the  settlements,  procured  another  stock  of  seed  and,  at  the  proper 
season,  again  wended  his  way  to  the  wilderness  and  repeated  the 
previous  year's  operations. 

The  western  country  was  rapidly  settled,  and  as  soon  as  the  pio- 
neers made  their  clearings,  Johnny  was  ready  with  his  apple  trees. 
The  price  of  the  trees  was  of  little  consequence,  and  In:  seemed  to 
derive  intense  satisfaction  in  seeing  them  transplanted  in  orchards. 
The  benevolence  of  this  eccentric   man    was   unbounded.     Uegener- 

4  From  Atlns  of  Belmont  and  Jefferson  counties. 
52-B. 


£>Ib  HISTORY    (IF   THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

ally  went  barefooted,  but  if  he  had  a  pair  of  shoes,  and  saw  any  one 
whom  he  thought  needed  them,  he  would  take  them  off  and  give  them 
to  the  person.  Among  his  many  eccentricities  was  one  of  hearing 
pain  with  the  fortitude  of  an  Indian  warrior.  I  Ie  gloried  in  suffering, 
and  would  very  often  thrust  needles  and  pins  into  his  flesh  without  a 
tremor  or  quiver,  lie  hardly  ever  wore  shoes,  except  in  winter,  but 
if  traveling  in  summer  time,  and  the  roads  hurl  his  feet,  he  would 
wear  sandals,  and  a  big  hat,  with  one  side  very  large  and  wide  and 
bent  down  to  keep  the  heat  from  his  face.  He  was  religiously  in- 
clined, and  at  an  early  day  embraced  the  doctrines  of  Emanuel 
Swedenborg.  Almost  the  first  thine- he  would  do  when  he  entered  a 
house,  and  was  weary,  was  to  lie  down  on  the  floor,  with  his  knap- 
sack for  a  pillow,  and  his  head  toward  the  light  of  the  door  or  window 
when  he  would  say  "will  you  have  some  fresh  news  right  from 
Heaven?"  and  carefully  take  out  his  old,  worn  books,  a  testament 
and  two  or  three  others,  the  exponents  of  the.  beautiful  faith  that 
Johnny  so  jealously  lived  out  — the  Swedenborgian  doctrine.  A 
prominent  nurseryman  and  pomologist,  of  Ohio,  in  an  artiele  pub- 
lished in  1S46,  thus  speaks  of  Johnny  Appleseed:  "Obscure  and 
illiterate  though  he  was,  in  some  respects  he  was  another  Dr.  Van 
Mons,  and  must  have  been  endued  with  the  instinct  of  his  theory. 
His  usual  practice  was  to  gather  his  seeds  from  seedling  trees,  and 
take  them  from  as  many  different  trees  as  were  to  be  found  within 
the  range  of  his  yearly  autumnal  rambles,  and  from  those  particular 
trees  affording  the  highest  evidence  in  their  fruit  thai  the  process  of 
amelioration  was  begun  and  was  going  on  in  them.  At  first  his  visits 
were  necessarily  extended  to  the  seedling  orchards  upon  the  Ohio 
and  Monongahela  rivers,  bul  when  orchards  of  his  own  planting  be- 
gan to  bear  his  wanderings  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  seed,  be- 
came more  and  more  narrrowed  in  their  extent,  till  the  time  of  his 
departure  farther  westward."  It  is  known  that  he  planted  a  nursery 
in  Belmont  county,  but  what  became  of  it  is  now  a  matter  of  conjec- 
ture. I  lis  greatest  nursery  was  in  the,  valley  of  the  Walhonding,  in 
Coshocton  county,  but  he  proceeded  on  up  the  Mohican,  anil  at  one 
time  had  several  large  nurseries  in  the  counties  of  Knox,  Ashland 
and  Richland.  He  continued  to  push  his  operations  farther  west  to 
the  Maumee  valley,  and  continued  to  plant  apple  seeds  in  different 
parts  of  the  country  until  old  age.  He  died  near  Ft.  Wayne,  Intl., 
in  the  spring  of  1S45,  aged  seventy-two  years. 

First  .\rurscrics.—  T\vt  first  seedling  nursery  established  in  the 
upper  Ohio  valley  was  that  of  Ebenezer  Zane,  on  Wheeling  Island. 
in  1790.  A  year  later  Jacob  Xcssley  began  the  propagation  of  fruit 
trees,  near  the  mouth  of  Yellow  creek,  but  the  first  orchard  of  grafted 
fruit  trees  was  planted  in  iSio,  upon  the  farm  of  fudge  Ruggles,  near 
St.  Clairsville.  These  trees  were  obtained  from  die  old  Putnam 
nurseries,  near  Marietta,  and  were  the  source  from  which  all  grafts 
were  subsequently  obtained  in  the  vicinity  of  St.  Clairsville. 

A  Philau thropist. —  Judge  Ruggles  was'  a  philanthropist  deeply  in- 
terested in   the   cultivation   of  fruit.     He   furnished    scions   from  his 


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young  orchard  freely  to  all  that  asked  for  them.  In  1815-20  while 
serving  his  state  in  the  senate  of  the  United  States  he  brought  scions 
obtained  from  the  original  Seckel  pear  tree  near  Philadelphia,  and  in- 
troduced the  cultivation  of  that  celebrated  pear  in  eastern  Ohio.  An 
eccentric  lawyer  named  Thomas  II.  Genin,  residing  near  St.  Clairs- 
ville,  planted  largely  of  this  choice  variety  of  pears  and  the  orchard 
is  still  living  and  producing  biennial  crops  of  excellent  fruit.  And 
thus  it  was  that  many  of  the  old  orchards  of  natural  fruit  were  con- 
verted by  means  of  top-grafting  into  thrifty  trees  that  annually  bore 
great  crops  of  choice  Greenings.  Golden  Fipins,  Gate,  Bellflower,  Pen- 
nock,  Rambo  and  other  old  time  varieties  of  apples,  that  for  beauty, 
flavor  and  productiveness,  have  never  been  excelled.  The  city  of 
New  Orleans  furnished  a  good  market  tor  the  apples  of  the  upper 
Ohio  valley,  and  the  demand  for  them  grew  so  rapidly  that  many 
farmers  were  induced  to  engage  in  the  business:  the  same  flat-boat 
that  carried  the  pioneer  farmer's  surplus  Hour  and  bacon,  completed 
their  cargo  with  immense  quantities  of  choice  apples.  The  cultivation 
of  orchards  thus  begun  has  steadily  increased  until  the  hill-tops  of 
eastern  Ohio  to-day  are  crowned  with  trees  that  in  October  are  bur- 
dened with  their  crop  of  golden  fruit.  In  1870  the  total  number  of 
bushels  of  apples  produced  in  Belmont,  Harrison  and  Jefferson  coun- 
ties was  but  511.274;  in  1S80  it  increased  to  1,153,563  bushels,  and  in 
188S  it  reached  the  enormous  figure  of  1 ,607,050  bushels,  Belmont 
county  alone  producing  854,000  bushels,  the  largest  yield,  in  propor- 
tion to  acreage,  produced  by  any  count)'  in  the  state. 

Grape  Culture. —  The  sunny  slopes  along  the  banks  of  the  Ohio 
seemed  so  well  adapted  to  the  cultivation  of  grapes,  that  in  1855-6 
large  vineyards  were  planted  and  the  business  has  been  conducted 
with  varying  success  up  to  the  present  time.  In  1872  there  were  104 
acres  in  Belmont  county  alone,  yielding  a  total  of  200,800  pounds  of 
grapes;  in  1879  there  were  under  cultivation  in  the  same  county  501 
acres  in  the  single  township  of  Pease.  About  this  time  the  mildew 
and  rot  began  its  destructive  work,  and  the  acreage  has  steadily  de- 
creased, until,  according  to  the' statistics  of  18S8.  there  were  but  111 
acres  in  the  counties  of  Belmont.  Harrison  and  Jefferson,  and  that 
mainly  upon  the  river  slopes,  which  yielded  a  total  of  450,000  pounds. 

Other  Fruits. —  Plums,  peaches  and  cherries  are  cultivated  success- 
fully in  every  part  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  but  notably  upon  the 
hill-tops,  where  the  fruit  is  highly  colored  and  comparatively  free 
from  blight  and  mildew;  extremely  cold  weather  occasionally  kills 
the  germ  of  tender  varieties  of  peaches  and  cherries.  Pear  blight 
and  curculio  are  the  inveterate  foes  of  plums  and  pears,  but  modem 
methods  and  appliances  for  killing  the  one  pest  and  preventing  the 
development  of  the  other,  has  given  the  business  a  fresh  impetus.  In 
188S  there  was  produced  in  the  counties  of  Belmont,  Harrison  and 
Jefferson,  8,558  bushels  of  peaches,  3,464  bushels  of  pears,  and  6,202 
bushels  of  plums. 

Strawberry  Culture-  -Small  fruit  culture  in  theupper  Ohio  valley  has 
become  in  many  sections  a  leading  industry,  and  hundreds  o(  acres  are 
now  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  strawberries  and  raspberries  alone. 


S20  HISTORY    OF    THE    UPPER    OHIO    VALLEY. 

The  fame  of  Barnesville  strawberries  is  as  wide-spread  as  the  na- 
tion; from  a  small  beginning  the  business  has  reached  extraordinary 
dimensions.  In  1866,  the  success  that  attended  the  venture  of  the 
berry-growers  in  shipping  to  foreign  markets,  induced  others  to  enter 
the  field,  and  in  less  than  ten  years  upwards  of  sixty-nine  acres  were 
under  cultivation  in  the  vicinity  of  Barnesville  alone.  The  business 
has  extended  to  several  adjoining  townships,  but  Barnesville  is  the 
recognized  center  of  the  berry  industy  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley.  In 
1889  there  were  340  acres  under  cultivation  in  Warren  township,  viz.: 
140  acres  in  strawberries  and  200  acres  in  raspberries,  and  the  aggre- 
gate yield  was  30,250  bushels,  as  follows:  12,250  bushels  of  strawber- 
ries and  18,000  bushels  of  raspberries;  500  acres  would  not  be  an  ex- 
aggerated estimate  of  the  land  devoted  to  small  fruit  culture  in  the 
entire  '•.alley. 

A  Review—  Thus  we  have  briefly  set  forth  a  century's  growth  of 
agriculture  in  the  upper  (  )hio  valley,  but  in  order  that  the  reader  may 
have  a  proper  conception  of  the  magnitude  of  this  magical  development, 
and  an  appreciation  of  the  almost  limitless  resources  of  this  almost  in- 
comparable valley,  we  present  for  their  consideration  the  sum  of  the 
products  of  a  single  year.  Upon  the  700,000  acres  of  land  embraced 
in  the  counties  of  Belmont,  Harrison  and  Jefferson,  devoted  to  agri- 
culture, there  was  produced  in  188S,  3,500,000  bushels  of  grain,  2,cco,- 
000  bushels  of  fruit.  2,100,000  pounds  of  wool,  77,000  tons  of  hay, 
938,000  pounds  of  tobacco,  1,100,000  pounds  of  butter,  500,00:1  bushels 
of  potatoes,  1,300,000  dozen  of  eggs,  370,000  gallons  of  milk.  21,000 
gallons  of  mollasses,  30,000  pounds  of  honey,  470,000  pounds  of  grapes. 
It  produced  and  sustained  withal  an  aggregate  of  500.000  head  of  live 
stock,  and  millions  of  fowl. 

A  Preview. —  The  historian  of  the  twentieth  century,  looking  back- 
ward over  the  age  of  electricity  upon  which  we  are  entering,  will  con- 
template with  \vond<  r  the  achievements  accomplished  by  the  farmers 
of  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  in  this  year  of  grace  1S90,  with  their  cumber- 
some appliances  of  labor,  and  their  limited  facilities  of  transportation. 
When  the  horse  has  been  discharged' from  service  upon  the  farm,  ex- 
cept to  minister  to  the  farmer's  pleasure,  the  husbandman  of  the  future 
will  harness  the  lightning  to  plow  his  fields,  to  mow  his  meadows,  to 
reap  his  wheat,  and  to  thresh  his  grain.  And  when  steam  is  almost 
forgotten  as  a  motive  power,  electric  tramways  will  have  penetrated 
into  the  sections  of  the  upper  Ohio  valley,  that  are  today  the  most 
remote  from  modern  civilization,  and  the  swift  motor  gliding  noise- 
lessly through  the  valleys  and  over  the  hills  will  bring  a  market  to 
every  farmer's  door.  When  the  farms  of  today  have  been  divided 
and  sub-divided  into  little  tracts,  and  every  rood  of  land  is  cultivated 
to  its  utmost  capacity  in  order  to  support  the  vast  population  that  will 
a  century  hence  swarm  the  streets  of  its  great  industrial  centres, 
some  inventive  genius  will  arise  equal  to  the  occasion  and  success- 
fully imprison  the  illimitable  free  nitrogen  that  invitingly  envelops  us 
today  and  impress  it  into  service  in  supplying  the  over-taxed  and 
hungry  soil  with  a  feast  of  fertility  from  its  inexhaustible  store. 


f— «-»  i— ; 

83AMDEf BURG  D3AG 

.  ABE  NGW  REUNITED 


ER  MANY  YEA3S 


••    O.   1).  Brandenburg  of  Madison   was  / 

hi  Baraboo  Saturday,  and  had  interred 
Jiere  at  that  time,  beside  his  mother, 
'the  remains  of  his  father,  Joshua 
'Turner  Brandenburg,  who  died  April 
:IG,  1864,  at.  Flushing,  Ohio:  also  the 
remains  of  a  ten-year-old  sister  who 
•died  May  12.  1SG4.  He  went  to  the 
old  Ohio  home  himself  a  few  days  ago 
to  attend  the  exhumation,  and  ths 
'relics  now  rest  in  an  enduring,  forti- 
fied concrete  receptacle  in  the  family 
lot   at  the  Baraboo   cemetery. 

^Irs.  Catherine  Dorneck  Branden- 
burg, the  widow,  who  died  June  8, 
1914,  chose  to  be  buried  in  Baraboo 
beside  a  daughter  who  had  died  in 
JLS74.  and  now,  after  a  lapse  of  more 
than  fifty-two  years,  the  family  finally 
has  been   reunited  here.    {     ■  <  , ..   ;       . 

)-   ft 


VI 


XHE  MADISOH  DEMOCRAT,    SUNDAY  MORNING,  AUGUST  22,  1920 


~TVvj  rS.ts.  ft.                                                        i 

"7^ 

"The  Great  Meteor  of  1860 

II 

A  wonderful  meteor  passed  over  a 

times      the      diameter      of    the    ball. 

portion    of   s  oj  tin:  astern      •  '-  ■  ■            i 

The    name  at   the   base   faded   n,io   a' 

after     .       i      ■     XI    s    :.    ISC    .      Scien- 

sit  el    blue    toward    the  apex. 

-       '                                    u.,    ,     -.1..,: 

Two   carpenters.  Samuel   T.    1' 

on    a    larin      al    Xew    Concord,      and 

els-  ■■•■        ■       ';         :-.-     t-.i  e-.lt;, 1     st.    ,1   ,!,        ■ 

hoiiers  had  c:    iladi  d;   and    to   ot  t<  i-3 

:.-      !    .  •:  I    t  ■  .     ,.t!-„..,-   lark    ,e"   . 

:t    >    .-:.      :      .'..-    .1    cannon 

out    of   sirtl.t,    about    ]  ;'oi    yarte-    from 

v.  In  i :      l  In  |-    stood.       They     dug     up 

fill  iw;,>-  v.    ■=  f.  ,a  only  as  it  pa  ised 

the    piece    m    the    held    (lum   a   depth 

Eron                  .  .  1   to  another. 

of  two    feel       It   was   still  warm    and 

weighed        el       pounds.         XV.h.eui'l 

The   meteor    moved     norl 

Hints,       plmvlnir      in    an      adjoining 

ly    •         ,,    .      wit!       the      hori7    n       J: 

field,   st         i    bl  icl;    object    die  p    and 

s  ..  1     t           s  e:e  i     i        t     p:  e,      t.  d     v.  -  s 

at       -.      ;       ■       v..-    v:s.i.:o    for   .-  '. 

Ol.ds.    i::i    i       I     .-,     ' 

It    ait    'i        an    .n  1    L'e:,    •      .    ...    ,  ;/.       ..  j 

a:    four    ;.    '■  .    a    second,      s'-  ientists 

entered    the    ground    IS    inc.' 

tin  -  -:!.     that     it  was  4  ;   mi 

ab            '•             ■    ,;..;;. .       It     -...  s    s  i  n 

It    v.. is      v.aini.    lad      a      siilphm  on* 

o\  .  r  a   •'  i   nn>  line  from  X.  -..  ,     :  : 

oil]     i    ,             I..-:-.-.    but    ;  rs-e-  1    o  :'.    . . :"    " 

a-  .    "      J '     .i  •       r,  a  shower  ol  ston. 

.-:•  ..     -oi    o  d,  :  li  ag  a  path  ti  •    m:  > 

ably    detached  f  i  am     the      priiicipa. 

in;    to    ti'ie       sp  ,:    ],.'    found'     ..,     s:    .:!. 

Twenty-three    detonations     cover- 

ciitiiciy'tliroiwll    a  Vet, en    ",    ,  , 

buried   itself  in  the  ground. 

diai    el            Snme'p  h  V  l  ■■    '•  11    Cro>  i 

a    litt  ■       ■■    .    ol     fc  nl     PI.        ■ 

All    the    fragments  were   irregular, 

-ov,  n  .1      v.  ;"      a    th  n       blade    crust. 

i    melt     is.      Tin  v    w.  .-  ■    a     ■  .  ■■.--■. 

Th           nain       body       howevi  r,       in 

'..".:■  .      anotl  i  -    i  ha   .■    I.        tie      color    . 

1                                      -•',    n.          r  t      ,  ~~~ 

u       ■....   'p    ,    pli   ins     and  'cronnum  : 

T        1         t.  tn  -      in   all  arc  1                   to 

v.     come    from    ti.  ,   i.e.-  aerolite. 

1           *  ■  ■'    i    weight      Urns-    over    "uo. 

co*'            '   ■                 ■     .      '.'J.  .''•'.''"'■  li 

»      .      . 

The  visit  of  this  celestial   mor.ste; 

! 

en     '•■' ut   .  -   eon  h   .•,!,.•:  -  ■  rn    a 

A-   Pal!.-.  :    '    :   -.  V.i.,  down    i  n   tin 

'. 

Ohio      .•■'■' 

may       thoic      many      years        bcfol. 

>J> 


1,  ».       Th                        •  v    lent         re  .       ■  'J 

It-    tire.     V  in  a    parts  were    ton.    from 

.,  ;v  ['.[';;:,':';.    ':,l:'-:',c)]]-:\^J^'"',r„':'-\:.'-^\ 

the     m  tin      body:     the     mom   ntum 

of   Dc  Imonl    -          ■       .         :          -a 

Corw    nl    1       :.■  -.    Con-ord. 

who   said    li-   f,  .:    •'       .   irlh   ti    - 

The    In  ei.ej.is      tram    was      like    a 

i  ix  e      n   as   1  i-      0]  a  e  n      that      1  lit 

coi  e,    «           i          '     -■       on    i 

ha:;."    an  :      .-    mo  i      about      twelve 

near  the  edge  of  the   moon." 

DEATH  IN  OHIO  OF  THE  DAUGHTER  OF  A  STOUT  OLD 

'.  ABOLITIONIST  WHO  LIVED  AND  DIED  NEAR  LOGANVILLE 

■  RBEDSBfRG,    Wis — News  comes  i~:ri    Belmont    county.     He    moved    to 

of  tin    ri<  al  h  \Yi  dnesday  at  Flushing, 

Ohio,    of     Mrs.    Mary    Conr  iw,    sister 

large  colony  from  the  bucke>e  state. 

Tor    a    time    the    Palmers    resided    in 

Palmer  who  repri  si  nted   thii    distrii  t 

Baraboo,    but    moved    bax-k    to    their 

1  farm  about  1S63.      Mrs.  Conrow.  the 

dird'e  a     iv's  'iWinullr     tarn    .-.r.m« 

da  isthte.-,     and     her     husband     lived 

Tony -years    or".    He    was   a    stout   old 

'  with   them   for  a  while  back  in  "hop 

!  times."   then    returned    to    Ohio.    Mr 

Con  row  died  more  than  3  0  years  ago 

"underground  railroad."  over  which 

.  :r-  ■-..        *!■-*.  rmr.V.er  has  been  -Kith 

)LD  G1JI0  PA?ZR  TEL)  S  0?  VALLANDJGHAM  '^'  ^  c   * 

and  i!:s  suhiT.iAr:y  EANis;r.:n;T  to  dixie 

FOR  TREASONABLE  UTTERANCES 


By    O.   T).   Brandenburg 

Canada     where      he     continued     his 

Miss    Edith    Conovi  r,    X  irtli    Mur- 

mouthings,  but  to  no  avail. 

ray    street,    Madison,    has    given    to 

the  State  11  .  toi  .      :  R ty  :    i    .py  oi 

Vail  11  digham     was     in      congress 

She   1  ,.yl  ill,   Uhio,   Dal  y  J 

when    Rib  d,     and    1  ad      h.  -          '         . 

1  v.  si    to    ISM.      Ha;    tn.iM.i  ..'•.'■■     <■'.- 

quarter    t]>       ..-.      ...          ,  .■■■       -      i   '■ 

Democrat.     Da>ton,     home     of     tho 

democratic    i  a;  d  .1  .:>■    for    pi  •- ■.  ;    1  ' 

now,   was   a    hot!  ed    of   eoj  1 

ism    d1111r.it    the    civil    war    .,1    :     the 

■  >    the   rebellion. 

s;.  i:i|...:  :,!;•..■:  .    Comti  cssuian     Clement 

f ;  .  ,:  .-;  :     in    Fori     Warren,     Boston 

L.    Valli.nd  sham. 

Two    days    before,    on    May    5,    the 

Dailv     Empire,      copperhead      oigan 

banishment  to  the  confederacy.     Dc- 

and    edited     by    \  aHandlghar.l    some- 

years    before,     contained     a      violent 

promptfy  nominated,  a  la  Berber,  101 

article     deno  .:•<  ins     thi                      < 

governor    '  >-    Mr:    :•  ■       -     '    -    < 

Yallaiuh-tham.          Th.s    The    Journal 

promptly   reprinted  0:1   iLs   lii  ■  .    1.    ;■■ 

eye     soil,     and     of     coarse    wis     b.oly 

beaten.      In    1SG4    and    1SGS    he    was 

ilCS:    till      pe'lpli       of    1             ;  •     ;-.or.     Willi 

■   -      *       10   the     democratic    na- 

the   perfidv    of    Tho    Empire. 

The  leval   people  of   Ohio  had  tol- 

■rati  ■!   t  i  -. .    t  ■                ,':;.,-•:.■.. 

si  itcs     ei   itor,     -  1   he  d  1  d   at  Leb- 

rm  n,  Oh  1      in      571.  aged   51.     Val- 

General  *Burnside.  *in    coram  1  id    01 

landigham-s   f  '    ■  :    y.  ..._  ■  -i     c.!n.-..- 

,..,,11..  .       It    developed    that   he    was    1 
■  '  ';1;,3     in  the  Order  or  ih»  S™.i  of  Li  I 


night,  surrounded  Mr.  Vailandis 
ham's  dwelling  . .  ■'  :  ig  cd  . 
from  his  family."  The  act  is  de 
nounccd  as  a  "horrible  outrage 
and  "by  the  eternal  they  v.'.l!  v. 
rue  the  day:"  It  is  I  '  r  pro 
claimed  as  a  direct  blow  to  "per 
sonal  liberty,"  the  work  of  a  "mili 
taiy       despotism" — something        Ik 


ithcr,  O.  SI.  Con- 


et    speech,    ai 


manifested   duri 

iter    day    d 
ng  the  wo- 

Troy 

only   a    few    miles    north. 

Just  the  sam 
tried    bj    court. 

to     thi      SOUl        : 

he     natu    ill)-    1 
Berkman    and 

Th 

e    Dayton     paper     publishes     a 
•eh     from    Xashville, 

.    cumber    of   .iisloval    rcsiderts 
v  •  re      ".sent      south,      todav, 

;  them    the  Honorable  Xe.il  S. 
n,  former   governor  of  Tennes- 

ily     pai  ki   1     off 

Vallai        ham 

made    h:s   way   t 

to      Russia      some 
slipped     out     soon, 

So 

we   .-ee     during    our     rebellion 
is   were    treated    as  we  are    to- 
rcating   our   revolutionary   bol- 

"*"-  n>)\  i^  \^\q 

— 

. 

TRAGIC 

FATE  OF  YALLANDIGHAM 

Democrat,  cspeci. 
Sard  10  C.  7..  Val 
familiar     uilh     lm 


a: 


olent   that  a   lonipany   of  soldiers  wae     of      a 

stationed    at    Benton    to    keep    then*.    dem< 
from     ol  stru-tm:;    the     dr.ift.     Aft,  ,  1  nng-ht 

'>.•!'!■  .  'l-i'..    har.:..|'.nv  lit    he    «|M  ! 

to   Canada    and    papers    friendly      to 


e  of  I  iw       In   is;i 

■a  ■.,    ilmo  1    11   ■•  11  :- 
•    n:,fjre  dischars.      I 
while     engaged      111 

M     T.  Jiindlaub.       I  • 


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