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JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 229 CITY OF STEUBENVILLE. William C. Abrahams, an honored pioneer citizen of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in that city, January 17, 180. He has lived 230 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. all his life in Steubenville, and he is therefore one of the oldest living native born citizens of the city. He was the son of Daniel C. and Mary (Walker) Abrahams, the former of whom was born in western Pennsylvania, July 19, 1783, and the latter was born in Brooke county, W. Va., April 6, 1785. His father was the son of William Abrahams, and his mother was the daughter of Jacob Walker. His father and mother became the parents of ten children, of whom he was the third, of whom seven were sons and of whom three, himself and one brother and one sister, are now living. His father, who by occupation was a farmer, died December 21, 1857. His mother died May 26, 1863. The subject of this sketch learned the carpenter's trade in early manhood, and his attention was given to it for a number of years. In about 1849, he engaged in the lumber business and he has given, it his entire attention ever since. He has been very successful at this pursuit, and he has accumulated considerable property. Mr. Abrahams was married at the age of twenty-three, to Eliza Jane Myers, daughter of Col. John Myers. Fourteen years after their marriage, Mrs. Abrahams died, leaving a family of six children, whose ages ranged from two years to twelve years. Their names are Alice Ann, who married John B. Davis; Sarah D., who married Dr. Francis Milligan; Eliza Jane, who married Daniel Potter; Matilda, who married John Ervin; Dorcas, who married Daniel Stone, and William F., who served throughout the war, on the Union side, and whose home is in Cincinnati. Mr. Abrahams has been a member of the First Presbyterian church ever since he was a little boy large enough to attend Sabbath school. In politics he is a republican. He has served three terms, or six years, as a member of the city council. Mr. Abrahams has led a life of great usefulness and he has not only provided comfortably for his children, but has also given liberally to the poor, to the church and to public enterprises. His life has been a pure one, well worthy of emulation. He is probably the oldest living native born citizen in Steubenville, and no one of her citizens is more universally respected and esteemed. Samuel Alexander, a coal merchant of Steubenville, was born in county Down, Ireland, October 10th, 1834. He was married in his native country, November 23, 1855, to Ellen English, who was also born in county Down, Ireland. January 16, 1864, Mr. Alexander set out for America, landing at Portland, Maine, February 2, 1864. On reaching this country he came to Steubenville, arriving on February 16, 1864, and there his wife joined him in the following year. He has resided here ever since with the exception of two years, during which he resided on a farm in Cross Creek township. His occupation has been that of a coal merchant. He and wife have had nine children, only four of whom are living. They are, Susannah, Moses, Lotta and Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander are members of the United Presbyterian church. He is a republican in politics. William R. Allison, editor and publisher of The Ohio Press of Steubenville, is one of the veterans of Ohio journalism, and through a long and useful career in his profession, has honored his calling by a steadfast adherence to lofty principles and independence of all con-   JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 231 siderations save the greatest good of the people. Mr. Allison was born at West Middleton, Washington Co., Penn., April 24, 1818. In childhood he enjoyed the educational advantages afforded by the academy at his native town, then under that efficient instructor, Prof. Sloan. In 1837 his father removed to Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio, and accompanying him there, Mr. Allison spent a short time in the dry goods trade, and was then inducted into the mysteries of printing, under Mr. Lambert Thomas, proprietor of the Guernsey Times. Two years later (1839), he was induced to buy the office, and he then made his debut as an editor and publisher of that journal, the county organ of the whig party. Not long afterward he sold the office at an advanced price, to Hon. Charles J. Albright, and subsequently bought the Cadiz Republican in 1840, a year memorable as* the great Harrison presidential campaign. In this exciting struggle Mr. Allison made a gallant fight for Harrison and Tyler, against democratic editors and leaders of greater age and experience, and aided largely in the famous local victory, which changed the county, formerly democratic, to a sure whig district, and more recently reliably republican. On the night of election hundreds of whigs from town and country, gathered at the office of the editor, then known as " the beardless boy," and cheered him heartily, for his services in helping to revolutionize — change from a democratic to a whig county—which has been whig and republican ever since.  While at Cadiz, Mr. Allison was married to Rachel A., daughter of Rezin Welch, a prominent banker of that place. During his residence here, also, he took a vigorous part in the Henry Clay campaign of 1844, devoting day and night to self-sacrificing work in behalf of the cause of the most able and popular southern statesman in the history of the nation. He did all he could to secure the election of the great Kentucky statesman; rallied voters to his support by the following enthusiastic proclamation at the head of the editorial page of his paper:                                 " Arouse, arouse, the standard flies, High sounds our bugle call;  The voice of battle's on the breeze, Arouse, Whigs—arouse, one and all." In 1846 Mr. Allison purchased and assumed editorial charge of the Steubenville Herald. The whig press throughout Ohio and states hailed this movement with approbation, as Mr. Allison's valiant endeavors for the party had aroused their admiration, and as he was entering a county which had theretofore given a democratic majority of 500 to 700, it was hoped that the vigorous paper that he would issue would have a material effect in producing a revolution in politics. The wish was gratified most amply, as the county has since then given a republican majority as high as 2,000. Besides, the congressional district which was controlled by democrats during the same time, by a majority of from 1,000 to 1,500, has become solid republican since by a majority of from 3,500 to as high as 4,000. 232 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. The Herald, when purchased and taken charge of editorially by W. R. Allison in 1846, attained at once a prominent and creditable position among the weeklies of the state, but before the first year of his management was ended, the editor projected a great advance. A telegraph line had been built from Pittsburgh to Steubenville, and Mr. Allison, in 1847, started the Daily Herald, the first daily established in • eastern Ohio. The first number was printed March 29, 1847. The editor's duties were manifold, and many a morning at four o'clock he did the work of the pressman in addition to other duties, on an old Ramage press, once in the office of the Philadelphia Aurora, owned by Gen. Duane during the war of 1812. The daily succeeded, and in 1852 was larger and more business-like in appearance, than any daily paper published at that time in Pittsburgh. Mr. Allison continued to edit and publish the Herald, daily and weekly, until September 3o, 1873, a period of twenty-seven and a half years. For more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Allison, through the medium of that influential journal, contended for the right, opposed the wrong, pleaded for the extension of freedom throughout the whole land, held up the hands of those who fought for the preservation of the Union, and throughout all that era of tremendous issues gave no uncertain sound, but labored with voice, pen and money that the right might prevail. He sold the Herald in 1873, and temporarily retired from the business, but in 1875 purchased a controlling interest in the St. Louis Dispatch, a journal which he published and edited in that city for four years, when he met with a serious financial misfortune. Induced to purchase, against his own judgment, by the officers of two banks that held large mortgages on the office, who promised to carry the debt as long as the interest was paid, but both banks during the prevalence of a protracted panic, or in the brief period of two years and three months, failed. So the accumulated profits of a life's labor were attached and appropriated to the payment of the debts of the Dispatch Company, debts incurred before he made the investment. In 1879, the term five years — he was to remain out of business here when he sold the Herald, 1873, having expired, he was induced by almost universal request and liberal patronage, to start the Ohio Press, a third paper which he established and made prosperous, something which had been frequently undertaken, not only by individuals, but by corporations abundantly supplied with capital, but always with failure. That strong hold on the confidence of the great mass of the substantial and intelligent citizens of eastern Ohio, which he had obtained in the ownership of the Herald, enabled him to still find an appreciative audience. He has, during his editorial career, published a daily paper thirty, and a weekly forty-eight, years, and during that time has evidently done more in the interests of the republican party, of the citizens of town and country, of public improvements of all kinds, railroads especially, than any other man in the city. In the cause of one improvement alone, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, he published not less than 200 columns, giving $2,000 worth of labor gratis. Some of the best and most prominent statesmen were JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 233 originally announced and their nomination to office advocated for the first time by Mr. Allison. He was the first to bring forward Hon. Benjamin F. Wade for the United States senate in 1850, advocated the claims of Judge William Johnson, who became the whig candidate for governor; and urged in 1858 the nomination to congress of Hon. John A. Bingham, who for sixteen years afterward, represented the district, which Charles Sumner adjured to " keep Bingham in congress, not only for the benefit of the country, and honor to him, but to give the district a national reputation." Mr. Allison was the last editor in Ohio to give up the whig party, and the second to champion John C. Fremont for the presidency. Notwithstanding these services Mr. Allison has had that experience somewhat common to journalists, of meeting with opposition from some whom he had necessarily offended in his profession, when friends contemplated for him some political honor. In 1862, he was supported by his county for the nomination to congress, and while unable to secure this honor, he was effective in bringing about the nomination of Gen. E. R. Eckley, of Carrollton. In 1879, he applied for a position from the administration of President Hayes, as minister resident to Central American states, in which he was encouraged by the administration, invited to Washington by ex-President Hayes, and supported by many prominent politicians, but influences of greater potency secured the neglect of his claims, upon the popular theory adopted by politicians, that it is the duty of an editor to labor to put others in office, but that he was no subject to apply for a place of honor or emolument himself. At this time, however, he had the satisfaction of receiving the recommendations of the secretary of the treasury, Hon. John Sherman, the press of St. Louis, senators and congressmen of Missouri, Ohio and New York, ex-Governor Dennison, Sen. John B. Henderson, Hon. John A. Bingham, the famous engineer, James B. Eads, and many others of eminence, to which was added a letter from that noble son of Ohio, subsequently president of the United States, James A. Garfield, referring to Mr. Allison, as " a man of conspicuous ability and devoted to republicanism," in reading which, Secretary Evarts remarked, " this letter is sufficiently creditable to get W. R. Allison a position in almost any department of the government, which with me, will have, comparatively speaking, an unrestricted influence." So, while the veteran editor, W. R. Allison, has attained quite a prominence in his profession — labored nearly half a century as editor published a weekly forty-eight years, and a daily thirty years, owing to financial failure in life, he has adopted a proverb, applicable to this age, which he frequently repeats and which should be an admonition to all, to avoid such adverse circumstances. " In homely old age and bad health — in poverty more especially, a man gets little personal respect — no credit for past services for individuals, party, town or country -- the older he is, the less he knows, the more experience the bigger the fool." Lewis Anderson, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Steubenville, is a native of that city, born October 6, 1821. He was the son 234 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. of Peter and Margaret (Macbeth) Anderson, the former of whom was born near Wilmington, Del., and the latter was born in Allegheny county, Penn. Both paternally and maternally he is of Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather was a native of Scotland. He died when his son, Peter Anderson, was yet a small boy. The latter, during his boyhood, made his home with an older brother, who, when he was a youth, apprenticed him to a shoemaker in Pittsburgh, with whom he served between six and seven years. His attention throughout his entire life, was given to his trade, at which he was very successful and by the means of which he accumulated considerable property. He was married three times, the mother of our subject being his first wife, to whom he was married in Pittsburgh in 1814. A few months after his first marriage he removed to Steubenville, where he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1871. The mother of our subject died in 1828, or when he was but seven years old. The latter has spent his entire life, thus far, in Steubenville. He is now in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and during his entire life he has resided on the same street upon which he was born, it being Third street. He received his early education in both public and private schools of the city. During his youth he learned the shoemaker's trade with his father, beginning it at twelve years of age. In 1842, or a few months before his twenty-first birth day, his father loaned him the sum of $300. With the money he started a general store, and for a period of twenty-two years he was engaged in a general retail business. From 1864 to 1869 his attention was given to the management of his farm near Steubenville, and to the purchase and sale of live stock. In the fall of 1869, he and Mr. H. K. Reynolds purchased the McKinney planing-mill on South Seventh street, and Mr. Anderson has been one of the proprietors ever since. In 1875, Mr. Reynolds was succeeded by William C. Anderson, a half brother of our subject, but that partnership was dissolved by William C. Anderson's death in 1877. Since then Mr. Lewis Anderson and his three sons have operated the property under the name of L. Anderson & Sons. Mr. Anderson was married in February, 1846, to Ella Jams, a native of Cross Creek township, Jefferson Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of Richard and Mary Ann (Wayman) lams, former residents of Cross Creek township. By occupation her father was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have had a family of nine children, as follows: Henry C., Leonard A., Mary J., Peter, Andrew, Samuel S., George, Hettie B. and Amanda E., of whom Andrew, Samuel arid George are deceased. In politics, Mr. Anderson was formerly a whig and a zealous supporter of Henry Clay. He has served two terms as a member of the city council and two terms as a member of the board of water works trustees, being president of the board during one term. May 16, 1889, he was appointed by Gov. J. B. Foraker, a member of the board of elections at Steubenville, which position he now holds. Mr. Anderson is one of Steubenville's oldest native born citizens, and no one of her citizens is more highly honored or esteemed. William J. Archer, a prominent marble dealer of Steubenville, was JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 235 born in London, Eng., May 29, 1845. His parents, John and Mary Ann (Hudson) Archer, were born, reared and married in England, where the father died, March 11, 1878, and, his mother still resides in London. Mr. Archer served an apprenticeship at London as a marble cutter, beginning when a little over thirteen years old. He was married June 4, 1867, to Anna Chapman, and in 1869 he removed with his wife to America, and first resided for three months at Cleveland, Ohio. He then lived eight months at New York city, after which he returned to Ohio and settled at Akron. In July, 1870, he removed to Steubenville, where about one year afterward he engaged in the marble business. He has conducted an establishment of that kind ever since. Mr. Archer also learned the trade of a stone mason, and since locating in Steubenville he has also given much attention to contracting in stone work. Among his principal works may be mentioned St. Paul's Episcopal church, the city hall and opera house, the Daugherty block, the Sherrard, Mooney & Co. bank block and the Congregational church, upon all of which he did the stone work. The first wife of Mr. Archer died June 8, 1876, leaving one child, Lizzie A. January 13, 1877, Mr. Archer was married to Emma Loretta Elliott, by whom he has five children: Grace, William E., Edward J., Charles H. and George E. He and wife are members of St. Paul's Episcopal church, of Steubenville, of which he is at present junior warden. In the Masonic lodge he has attained the rank of Knight Templar. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum. In politics he is an ardent republican. John Attig, who has been an esteemed citizen of Steubenville for the past fifty years, was born in Adams county, Penn., March 29, 1820. . He is the son of John and Susannah (Sultzbough) Attig, both of whom were natives of York county, Penn. His grandparents on both sides were natives of Germany. When he was a child his parents removed to Perry county, Penn., where he spent his boyhood in the village of Bloomfield. His father died at that place, but his mother survived a number of years, dying at the home of her son, John Attig, in Steubenville. The latter learned the trade of a carpenter at Bloomfield, with his father, and in about 1837 came to Steubenville, where he was engaged as a carpenter and contractor about half a century. Mr. Attig was married October 29, 1843, to Martha McCready, who was born in Washington county, Penn., May 24, 1824, daughter of David and Martha (Jones) McCready, natives of the same county. Her father was of Scotch, and her mother of English, descent. Mr. and Mrs. Attig have had six children: William, Elizabeth, Martha Ann, David S., George M. and John H., of whom the eldest died at the age of seven years. Mrs. Attig is a member of the Episcopal church. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church and of the Masonic lodge. Since 1856 he has been a devoted republican. He has served on the city council three years and on the board of equalization of Steubenville nine years. In March, 1889, he was elected street commissioner, the duties of which office he is now 236 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. performing in a very satisfactory manner. Mr. Attig is an honest and upright man, and is highly regarded wherever he is known. Thomas Barclay, a very prominent citizen and retired grocer of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., January 25, 1830. He was the son of Samuel and Sarah Barclay, who were born, reared and married in county Tyrone, Ireland, and who emigrated to America in 1826 and located in Pittsburgh, Penn. Both his father and mother died while he was a mere youth, being only twelve years of age when the former died, and fourteen years of age when the latter died. When he was a child, four years old, his parents removed to Wheeling, W. Va., where, when he was six years old, he was placed in the family of William D. Nash. A year later, or in 1837, Mr. Nash removed from Wheeling to Steubenville, and he brought with him the subject of this sketch who was then a lad seven years old. Here the latter spent his youth and here he has resided ever since. He received his early education in both public and private schools, and during his youth, when not in school, he assisted Mr. Nash in the latter's , grocery and produce store. After leaving school his whole time was occupied by his duties in the store, and he continued with Mr. Nash in the same manner until 1861. The location of Mr. Nash's store from 1840 until 1861, was on the corner of Sixth and Market streets, now occupied by the Imperial Hotel. In 1861 Mr. Nash retired from business, and in the same year Mr. Barclay engaged in a grocery and produce business on his own responsibility in a store on a corner directly opposite the hotel, and he continued in the same business upon the same location for the period of twenty-six years. During the first nine yea of that time his business was conducted in a one-story frame building. In 1870 he erected the present three-story brick block, which he occupied so long as he continued in business, and which he still owns. It will be seen that his attention throughout his entire business ' was given to the same branch of trade. He was very successful, and he is now permitted to spend his declining years in comfort. In 1886 he purchased the old Judge Dyke homestead, on North Market street, which is one of the most palatial and most desirably situated residences in the city, and which he has since occupied. Mr. Barclay was married on the 14th day of February, 186o, to Caroline B. Myers, daughter of James and Mary (Cookson) Myers, formerly residents of Steubenville. Mrs. Barclay was born in Steubenville in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Barclay have had a family of four children, as follows: Mary N., who is the wife of H. W. Tonner, a hardware dealer of Steubenville; William R., who died, aged seventeen months; Harry, who died, aged thirteen days, and Thomas R., who is a young man eighteen years of age, and who is employed as book-keeper, in Pittsburgh, Penn. Mr. Barclay retired from active business on the 15th day of August, 1887. He and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church. In politics the former is a republican. Mr. Barclay possesses an easy manner, and a kind and courteous disposition.- He is well known, both in Steubenville and throughout the adjoining country, and he is a man who commands universal respect and esteem. JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 237 John S. Bates, formerly a well-known citizen of Steubenville, but now of Cross Creek township, Jefferson county, Ohio, was born in Steubenville, August to, 1833. He is the son of John S. and Sarah (Beany) Bates, both natives of England, who were married at Steubenville. John S. was the youngest of four children and is the only one living. He was about one year old when his father died, after which his mother married James Morgan, by whom she had two children, both of whom are living. Mr. Morgan died April 1, 1855, after which she married Reasey Kennel, who is now deceased. She is still living, her home being in Steubenville, and she is now eighty- four years of age. During his youth Mr. Bates followed teaming and worked some at the brick-mason's trade at Steubenville. At twenty years of age he went to California, where he remained four years and a half, chiefly occupied in teaming. Returning to Steubenville late in 1858, he engaged in the coal business until March, 1889, when he removed to a farm in Cross Creek township, about one mile from the city. His time is now divided between farming and the coal business. Mr. Bates was married March 11, 1862, to Ann J. Moore, by whom he has six children: George Ann, John O., Lettie M., Harry M., Lizzie W. and Mary R. Mr. and Mrs. Bates are members of the Episcopal church. In politics he is a republican. Capt. Asa H. Battin, who occupies a front rank in the Steubenville bar, was born on a farm one file west of Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, March 16, 1829, His father, John Battin, was born in Washington county, Penn., son John and Ann (Raley) Battin. He located at Mt. Pleasant, Jeffers county, when he was a young man, and there learned the trade of a cabinet-maker with John Howard, to whose daughter, Sarah D., he was subsequently married. Soon afterward he removed with his wife to Columbiana county, Ohio, where he resided until his death in September, 1875. His wife died at the home of a daughter at West Liberty, Iowa, in November, 1875. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood and youth on a farm in Columbiana county in the vicinity of his birth place. His early education was obtained in the district school and in a private school under the auspices of the Quaker church, of which both his parents and grandparents were members. At eighteen he became employed as a teacher and was thus engaged for five winters in the district schools of Columbiana county. Meanwhile he took up the study of law, and in May, 1853, was admitted to the bar at New Lisbon. In April, 1854, he began the practice of his profession at Salem, Columbiana county, and in December, 1858, he removed to Wellsville, where he practiced law about ten years, except during one year of service as captain of Company K, Third regiment Ohio volunteers. He enlisted April 19, 1861, and returned home about the 1st of May, 1862. His services were chiefly performed in West Virginia and Kentucky, and his early return from the field was necessitated by ill-health. In September, 1868, he removed from Wellsville to Steubenville, where he has since practiced his profession. Mr. Battin was married in April, 1855, to Eliza Atkinson, who died in August, 1871, leaving three daughters: 238 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Gertrude A., wife of Rev. A. 0. Stone, of the Pennsylvania Methodist Episcopal conference; Etta M., a teacher in the schools of Steubenville, and Flora H., wife of W. M. Sturgeon, secretary and treasurer of the Texas-Mexico railroad, located at Laredo, Tex. In October, 1872, Mr. Battin was married to Mary E. Boyd, his present wife. He and wife are members of the First Presbyterian church of Steubenville. In politics he ,has been an ardent republican since the party was organized, but with the exception of two terms as city solicitor of Steubenville has avoided political service entirely. In Free Masonry he has attained the rank of Knight Templar and has been honored with the position of grand master of the state three terms, 1872, 1873, 1874. Mr. Battin's prominence at the bar is entirely the result of his indefatigable energy and perseverance. Wilhelm F. Becker, a leading dairyman and respected citizen of Steubenville, was born in Hanover, Germany, April 6, 1839. Both of his parents died while he was a little child and he was placed in the family of an uncle, where he remained about three years. He then lived with another family until he reached the age of fourteen, when he began to learn the tailor's trade and served an apprenticeship of three ars. For one year he followed his trade as a journeyman. At eight years of age he became a miner and he continued in that capacit nine years, with the exception of one year's service in the German army. In 1867 he emigrated to America, leaving Bremen on May 25, and arriving at New York city on the 11th day of June. After a few days he came directly to Steubenville, which has been his home ever since. For a period of ten years he continued i to labor as a miner, but in 1877 he engaged in the dairy business, and his attention has been given to it ever since, being at the present time one of the leading dairymen of Steubenville. Mr. Becker was married April 20, 1871, to Johanna Reingardt, also a native of Hanover, born May 10, 1850. She came to America at the age of twenty, leaving Bremen on May 27 and reaching New York city June 16, 1870. She came directly to Steubenville, which has since been her home. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Becker has resulted in the birth of six children: Henry W., Carrie W., Doretha W., Wilhelm F., Carl A. and August W., all of whom are living except Henry W., who died aged one year. Mr. and Mrs. Becker are members of the German Lutheran church. The former is a member of the Order of Druids, the A. 0. U. W. and in politics he is a republican. Mr. Becker is an honest, upright man and he and wife are highly respected by all. Amos W. Borden, a respected citizen of Steubenville, was born in Shenandoah county, Va., December 25, 1838. He is the son of Samuel and Susannah (Hottle) Borden, both of whom were natives of Shenandoah county. His father was the son of Frederick Borden, one of three brothers who immigrated from England. His mother was the daughter of David and Susannah (Brubaker) Hottle, both natives of Virginia. His parents had four children, three sons and a daughter, of whom he was the youngest, and of whom he and his sister are the only survivors. He was only about four years old when his father died, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 239 and when he was six years old, he accompanied his widowed mother to Steubenville, which place has been his home ever since, with the exception of one year, from October, 1858, to October, 1859, when he was a resident of Kickapoo City, Leavenworth county, Kan. His occupation throughout life has chiefly been that of a cigar manufacturer, he having learned that trade in his youth. He has also given considerable attention to the grocery business, and is now conducting a store of that kind on North Third street, Steubenville. Mr. Borden was married November 15, 1861, to Nancy J. Mahan, who died December to, 1883, leaving three children: William M., born October 16, 1862; Amos O., born April 3, 1864, and 'George W., born September 29, 1869. On March 18, 1886, he was married to Mrs. Emma Taylor, daughter of Christopher Oyer, formerly of Pittsburgh, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Borden are members of the Christian church. He is a member of the K. of P. lodge, and in politics he is a republican. G. B. Boren, a prominent contractor of Steubenville, was born in Washington county, Tenn., November 22, 1851. He is the son of Dr. Isaac Boren, who has been a resident of that county since 1818. Dr. Bor is the son of Greenberry Boren, who was born at Baltimore, Md. in 1782, a son of Absolom Boren, a native of England. The latter five sons and five daughters, John, Joshua, Greenberry, Jacob, Amon, Ruth, Dorcas, Violet, Abia, and Polly. He moved to Tennessee and settled on Brush creek, in Washington county, about 1792, in which vicinity Greenberry Boren resided until his death, January 7, 1874, in his ninety-second year. He was an honest, industrious man and was highly esteemed. He was married October 11, 1807, to Mary, daughter of Peter Ruble, of Washington county, Tenn. She ' bore to him twelve children, six of whom are living. Dr. Isaac Boren, the father of our subject, practiced medicine for forty years in the same locality. He is also a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married about 1844, to Nancy Yoakley, who was born in Sullivan county, Tenn., about 1822, the daughter of Peter and Rachel Yoakley. She bore to him six sons and three daughters, of whom all are now living. G. B. Boren, the third of those children, was reared on the plantation where he was born and where his parents still reside. His early education was received in Oakland academy, in Sullivan county, Tenn. At seventeen years of age he bade his parents good-bye and he set out for the Northwest, and finally made his way to Dayton, Ohio, arriving there with but $2 in his pocket. He became engaged with a large contracting firm and spent three years learning the brick-mason's trade. He followed his trade as a journeyman one year, and then, in 1872, came to Steubenville for the purpose of working upon the court house, then in course of construction. In the spring of 1873 he took a sub-contract for all the brick work on that structure, and this was the beginning of his career as a contractor. With Steubenville as his home, he has given his exclusive attention to contracting ever since, with the exception of the years 1875, 1876 and 1877, during which he was also a manufacturer of brick. His efforts have been attended with brilliant success, and 240 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. he now ranks as one of the leading contractors of Ohio. During the past five years the greater part of his attention has been given to street paving. He has done nearly all the work of this class in Steubenville, which is one of the best paved cities in the country. He has also paved a good portion of the cities of Bellaire and Newark, having, at the present time, a $40,000 contract in each of those cities. He has done all the sewer work of Steubenville, which, of itself, is an enterprise of no small proportions. Mr. Boren was married December 24, 1874, to Ella, daughter of Richard and Mary (Parrott) Archdeacon. Her father, now deceased, was formerly a woolen manufacturer, and later was connected with the Steubenville & Indiana railway office. Mr. and Mrs. Boren have had two children, Effie W., and Nellie M., the latter of whom died in her fourth year. Mr. Boren is member of the I. 0. 0. F. lodge, and Encampment. In politics he a democrat. He is a shrewd, enterprising business man, and his ca , thus far, has been an eminently successful one. Hon. Oscar F. Brashear, mayor of the city of Steubenville, is a native of that city, born December 25, 1842. He was the son of Thomas and Madline (Wise) Brashear, both of whom were also natives of Steubenville, the former having been born in the same house in which our subject was born, it being the third 'building erected in the city. His father, who was a tailor by trade, died November 19, 1879. His mother is still living, and at present makes her home with her children in both Steubenville and Columbus, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in Steubenville, which place has always been his home. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city, and at the early age of twelve years he took a position as messenger boy for the old Steubenville & Indiana railroad, and continued in that capacity for the same road seven years, during which time he also learned telegraphy. At nineteen he took charge of the telegraph office of the same road at Newark, Ohio, and was operator at that place two years. In 1862, owing to the close confinement which it necessitated, he retired from the business of operating, and entered the transportation department, the name of the road in the meantime having been changed to the Pittsburgh, Columbus & Cincinnati railroad. In 1864 he took charge of the joint agency at Mingo Junction, and remained there as agent of both the above road, which by this time had become the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, and the Cleveland & Pittsburgh road from July 4, 1864, until October, 1865. The Ohio river bridge now being completed, and the Pan Handle trains being run into Pittsburgh, he, in October, 1865, took charge of the Pan Handle agency in South Pittsburgh, He held that position until 1872, when, upon being solicited to take the general freight and passenger agency of Louisville, Paducah & South Western road, he accepted and held that position until May, 1875. Returning to Steubenville, he turned his attention to the butchering and live stock business in partnership with his father-in-law. The firm did a very successful business, and continued until March 1, 1886, when, owing JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 241 to ill health, Mr. Brashear was obliged to retire. However, on the same day he retired he was appointed cashier of the Royal Gas company, and held the position until April Io, 1889, when he resigned to take charge of the office of mayor of Steubenville, to which he had been elected April I, 1889. He was elected on the democratic ticket, and although the republican majority was between 700 and 800, he was elected by seventy-one majority. He had previously served as a member of the city council two terms of two years each, overcoming a republican majority of 120 the first time, and a majority of 166 the second time. His first majority was twenty-two and his second twe our. In politics he has always been a democrat, but he is in no an offensive partisan, respecting the political opinions of others. He was married in April, 1866, to Mary J. Mandel, only daughter of John B. and Leah Mandel, formerly of Steubenville. Their marriage has resulted in the birth of twelve children, nine of whom are living. Their names are: Wilhelmina, Leah M., Mary H., Brock, Katie, Alvira, Oscar, Mandel and Oliver. Those, dead are: Georgiana, John T. and another that died unnamed. Mr. Brashear is a member of the F. & A. M. and K. of P. lodges. He is a pleasant sociable gentleman and Steubenville does not contain a man who is better or more favorably known within its borders. As mayor of - the city he is discharging his duties in a highly commendable manner, and his administration promises to result in the establishment of a better state of municipal affairs than has existed for many years. Andrew S. Buckingham, clerk of the courts of Jefferson county, Ohio, was born in Wells township, of that county, January 18, 185o. He is the son of George H. and Catharine (Church) Buckingham, the former of whom was a native of Frederick county, Md., and the latter of Smithfield, Jefferson county. His father was born February 17th, 1795; he served in the war of 1812, and shortly after its close, came to Jefferson county, and for a few years was engaged in the river trade on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, but afterward engaged in agricultural pursuits in Wells township. He was married about 1841, to Catherine Church, who was born on July 16, 1816, daughter of Thomas Church, one of the early settlers of Jefferson county. They had eight children, of whom Andrew S. was the fifth. Five of the children survive. The father died November 2, 1876, and his wife now resides in Cross Creek township. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, continuing with his parents until he reached the age of twenty-two. He received a good early education, and at eighteen years of age, became a teacher, taking charge of the district school he had attended. After teaching four winters he entered Scio academy at New Market, Ohio, where he studied six months. Thence he went to Uhrichsville, where for one year he was in a grocery and provision store. For three years and two months following this, he served as an agent for the Adams express company and as freight and ticket agent for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, at that place, after which he was appointed bill clerk for the Union and Adams express companies at Columbus, Ohio. Six months later, on 16-B 242 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. account of the illness of his father, he resigned and went home, where in the fall of 1876, he resumed teaching, in his home school, and taught three consecutive winters. In the fall of 188o he accepted the position of principal of the Mingo public schools, which he held two years, teaching ten months and working in the railroad offices two months in each year. On December 13, 1881, he removed to Steubenville, and conducted his school from that place of residence, also subsequently discharging the duties of deputy clerk of Jefferson county, as which he was appointed on May 16, 1882. In April, 1883, he was appointed deputy auditor, and he discharged the duties of both deputyships until February 9, 1888. In the fall of 1887, he was elected clerk of the courts, and this office he assumed the duties of on the date last named. Mr. Buckingham was married September 26, 1878, to Winifred D., daughter of John and Sarah A. (Duff) Reese, of Steubenville township. She was born in Clarion, Penn., January 11, 1859. To this union, two children have been born, Bertha R. and Bernice E., twins, born February 10, 1880. Mr. Buckingham is a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias lodges, and in politics is influential as a republican. As an official, he is quite popular with all. William Bullock, a respected and worthy citizen of Jefferson county, Ohio, was born in Manchester, England, April 18, 1838. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Hardacre) Bullock. Our subject was the second of three sons, all of whom were born in Manchester, England. Their names were James, William and Robert. They all accompanied their parents to America in 1848. On reaching this country the family first located in Philadelphia, Penn., where it resided for one year, the father, during the time, conducting a meat market. In 1849 the family removed from Philadelphia, Penn., to Jefferson county, Ohio, and located on a farm about a mile and a half north of Steubenville, in Steubenville township. That was a time when there were no railroads leading into Jefferson county, and in consequence, the horse and wagon which the father had used in connection with the butcher business in Philadelphia, was made the means of transporting the family over the entire distance from that city to their home in the state of Ohio. Upon locating in Jefferson county, the father engaged in the butcher business in Steubenville, and conducted a meat market in that place up to the time of his death, his home, however, continued to be on the farm north of that place. Shortly after his death his surviving widow removed to Steubenville, where she spent the remainder of her life, her death occurring August 25, 1884. James Bullock, the eldest son, succeeded his father in the 'butchering business, in Steubenville, after the latter's death, and conducted the business until about 1859, when he was succeeded by his brother William, the subject of this history. James then removed to Cadiz, Ohio, where he still resides. There he followed butchering for a few years, after which he turned his attention to the live stock business, and he has dealt very extensively in this ever since. He was married to Miss Nancy Thompson, whose parents resided near Cadiz. He has four children, three sons and one daughter. Their names JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 243 are: Robert, James, Harry and Elizabeth. The three sons are engaged with their father in the live stock trade. As stated above, William Bullock succeeded his brother James in the butchering business in Steubenville, in 1859. He has conducted a meat market in Steubenville ever since, and he has also, in connection with it, been engaged in the live stock business. His younger brother, Robert Bullock, is engaged with him in both pursuits. Mr. Bullock was married in about 1863, to Sarah Moore, daughter of William and Eliza Moore, of Chester, Perin. She died leaving four children: Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah and William, of whom William died, aged eleven weeks. Elizabeth is now the wife of Thomas Kirk, of Wintersville, Jefferson Co. Mr. Bullock was married September 27, 1876, to Elizabeth Danner, daughter of John and Margaret Danner, of Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock are members of the Presbyterian church. In politics the former is a republican. Mr. Bullock is an honest man and a first-class citizen. He is very sociable and pleasant in his business relations, and his friends are numerous. Robert Bullock is not married. After her husband's death the mother of our subject raised her three little sons to be honest, upright men, and in order to get along, she gave her personal assistance to her eldest son, and helped him to prepare and market the meats. She was a good mother, and she left three grateful sons. John G. Burns, sheriff of Jefferson county, was born on a farm on the Ohio river, in Wells township, of that county, June 3, 1847. His parents, John and Susan (Mansfield) Burns, also were natives of Jefferson county. His mother died in February, 1857, and his father, who, by occupation, was a farmer, survived her until July 26, 1866. Sheriff Burns was reared to manhood on the old homestead, attending a district school in winter and laboring on his father's farm in summer Before his father's death, while yet a mere youth, he took charge Or the farm, and in the course of a few years after his death, . by purchasing the interests of the other heirs, he became the owner of the homestead, and there resided, giving his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1878. In that year he removed to Rush Run station, where, until the spring of 1879, he was chiefly engaged in dealing in horses, making his headquarters at Wellsburg, W. Va. In the spring of 1879 he removed to Wellsburg, where he continued to deal in horses until April 1, 1880, when he took a car load of horses to Denver, Col. There he remained until January 4, 1881, when he returned to Wellsburg, and soon afterward removed to Steubenville. He continued to give his entire attention to the purchase and sale of horses until 1885. In October, of that year, he was elected sheriff a Jefferson county, Ohio. He took charge of the office the first Monday in January, 1886. He was re-elected in the fall of 1887. Mr. Burns was married February 13, 1872, to Ruth, daughter of Reuben and Margaret Hall, the former of whom is an old resident of Warren township, still living on the farm upon which he was born. Mr. and Mrs. Burns are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Steubenville. He is a member of the K. of P., and in politics he is 244 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. an ardent republican. As sheriff of his county, he has given the best of satisfaction, and, as a citizen, he stands very high. Alonzo L. Cady, proprietor of the Steubenville Boiler Works, is a native of Wheeling, W. Va. He was born March 25, 1849, the son of Daniel and Matilda J. (Kline) Cady. His father, a native of Missouri, when but eleven years of age, bade good-bye to his father, mother and three brothers, and made his way to Wheeling. On the wharf at that place he was found by John Kline, who took him into his family and gave him a home until he reached manhood. He learned the blacksmith's trade with Mr. Kline, and afterward married his daughter. After finishing his trade, for a period of thirty-one years, he was in the employ of Hobbs, Taylor & Co., proprietors of extensive boiler and machine works. His first wife, who bore him seven children, died in January, 1880. Five of the children were sons, and three sons and the two daughters are still living: Alonzo L.; Eugene Cady, of Steubenville; Jamie Rees, of Pittsburgh; Ella Harris, of Steubenville, and Daniel Cady, of Wheeling. The parents of his first wife, John and Hannah Kline, were natives of Carlisle, Penn., of Hessian-Dutch descent. They located in Wheeling in a very early day. Hannah Kline was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church for over forty years. She and her husband had five children, of whom two are now living: W. W. Kline, of Wheeling, and Josiah Kline, of Vicksburg, Miss. After his first wife's death Daniel Cady married Anna Shaw, who died in 1885. He then went to Birmingham, Ala., where he again married, and where he now resides, being employed as a foreman in an iron working establishment. The subject of this sketch, at thirteen years of age, went to work in a boiler shop at Wheeling, and was employed in it three years. He then served four years as a machinist with Hobbs, Taylor & Co. For two years following this he was employed in a railroad shop. While thus engaged he was married December 24, 1871, to Mary J., daughter of Morrison and Mary J. (Ross) Chambers, natives of Marshall county, W. Va. She was born at Cameron, W. Va., July 12, 1852. Her mother died when she was but three years old. Her father served throughout the war of the rebellion, and died soon after its close. In 1873 Mr. Cady engaged in boiler manufacture at Wheeling, in partnership with his father, and the firm of D. Cady & Son continued several years. It was finally dissolved, and Mr. Cady has since been engaged in the business alone. In 1881 he removed to Steubenville, and established the Steubenville Boiler Works on the corner of North and High streets. He has had one child, Eugene Morrison, who died aged six years. He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. Charles F. Canby, a prominent and popular retail grocer of Steubenville, was born in Allegheny City, Penn., March 21, 1851. His parents, Edward and Jane Canby, both were natives of England. His father, son of George and Mary Canby, with whom he came to America, when a small boy, in early Manhood met, at Pittsburgh, the daughter of Charles and Jane Flint, who came to America with her parents when a little child, and they were married there in 1848. They JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 245 became the parents of twelve children, six sons and six daughters, of whom Charles F. was the second. When the subject of this sketch was six years old they removed to Wheeling, W. Va., where they resided until 1867, when they came to Steubenville, where they now reside. In early youth Mr. Canby had learned the trade of a nailer, in Wheeling, and he followed it two years after locating in Steubenville. He learned the trade of a stationary engineer and followed it about five years in the Jefferson Iron Works. He then learned telegraphy, but soon sought another pursuit. In 1875 he engaged in the produce business. To this was added a grocery business in April, 1879, and he has conducted the two together ever since. He was married September 18, 1873, to Emma B. Carns, daughter of Manassah Carns, an old resident of Steubenville, who died in 1884. Mrs. Canby was born in the house in which she and her husband now reside, on North Fifth street. They have two children: Flora M. and Eva J., both of whom are living. Mr. Canby and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he joined at ten years of age. He is, a member of the K. of P., the K. of H., the Fraternal Mystic Circle, and the International Progressive Association, and in politics is a republican. He helped organize the Y. M. C. A. of Steubenville, and served as its first president two years. He also aided in organizing the Thompson Methodist Episcopal chapel of Steubenville, of which he was a member and recording steward several years, until his removal to another part of the city. Since then he has been a member of Hamline Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is now a steward. James Clingerman, of Steubenville, was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 2, 1833. He is the son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Lindsey) Clingerman, the former a native of Bedford county, Penn., and the latter of Maryland. Both are now dead. In his thirteenth year he accompanied his parents to Noble county, Ind., where he resided with them on a farm from October, 1844, until the spring of 1855. In August, 1855, he came to Steubenville, and until February, 1856, he was a brakeman on the Steubenville & Indiana railway. In October, 1856, he went to Kickapoo, Leavenworth county, Kan., where he was employed in a saw-mill. In August, 1858, he returned to the home of his parents in Indiana, where he remained one year. In August, 1859, he again came to Steubenville and his home has been here ever since. He resumed the position of brakeman on the same railroad and thus continued until 1865. For eight years following 1866 he was engineer in the Clinton Paper mill. In May, 1877, he entered upon his duties as one of the engineers of the Steubenville city water works, which position he still holds. Mr. Clingerman was married October 25, 1860, to Lydia, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Hartford. They are the parents of one daughter: Evangeline S. Mr. Clingerman is a member of the I. O. O. F., the K. of P. and the National Association of Stationary Engineers. In politics he is an ardent republican. - Hugh S. Coble, treasurer of Jefferson county, Ohio, was born in Leavittsville, Carroll county, Ohio, May 23, 1850, being the son of 246 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Jacob and Jane (Sterling) Coble. His father was born in York, Penn., May 22, 1813, and his mother at Steubenville, September 9, 1812. She died September 11, 1875, and her husband survived her until March 30, 1877, both their deaths occurring in Steubenville. Jacob Coble was a dry goods merchant, and did an extensive business. When the subject of this sketch was two years old his parents rem0ved from Leavittsville to Steubenville, which place has been his home ever since. He received his early education in the public schools of that city, and at sixteen years of age he entered the store of his father as clerk, and continued with him until the latter's death, after which two years were spent settling up his father's business. He then entered the employ of Mr. Winfield Scott, as cashier and bookkeeper of a large dry goods establishment, and held that position until June, 1888. In the fall of 1887 he was elected treasurer of Jefferson county. He took charge of the office in September, 1888, but for several months preceding that date he had been employed in the office making preparations for the fall work. He was married October 2, 1872, to Mary J., daughter of Dr. 0. D. Paine, of Youngstown, Ohio. They have one child, Dwight H. Coble, who was born July 20, 1874, and is now a young man of much promise. Mr. Coble and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the K. of H., National Union, International and Bay State beneficiary societies, and in politics is a republican. He is a man of good business qualifications, and socially he is very popular. In May, 1889, he was re-nominated for the office of county treasurer, and the general satisfaction which he had given insured his re-election. John A. Collier, a highly respected pioneer citizen of Steubenville, was born in that city, October 19, 1822. His father, Col. James Collier, a native of Litchfield, Conn., born May 3o, 1789, was married in Stockbridge, Mass., May 13, 1814, by the Rev. Dr. Dwight, to Eunice Ingersoll, who was born at the latter place October 22, 1790. They had the following children: William Benton, born April 23, 1815; Edwin Dwight, born September 7, 1816, died in New Orleans of yellow fever, September 28, 1867; Thomas Green, born December 3, 1817; died from being thrown from a buggy in St. Louis, Mo., June 21, 1859; Elizabeth, born November 27, 1818, widow of Arnold Henry Dohrman, she resides in Steubenville; Frederick, born September 3o, 1820, who now resides in California; John Allen, born October 19, 1822, and James Pumpelly, born April 12, 1828, died November I I, 1870. The last three were born in Steubenville, and the first four in Ithaca, N. Y. The parents located in Steubenville about 1819, the father had served in the war of 1812, and after coming here was at one time colonel of the state militia. He was a lawyer and was eminently successful at the bar. He was a devoted whig and his influence was not only felt in the private councils of his party, but also upon the stump. He was an ardent supporter and warm friend of Henry Clay. He held the position of prosecuting attorney for two or three terms, and also served as mayor of Steubenville. He was the first president of the Union Cemetery association, and was a director of the old Steuben- JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 247 ville & Indiana railway, and when that road was built he was very influential, securing the right of way through the Pan Handle of Virginia. In 1849 he was appointed by President Taylor, the first collector of the port of San Francisco. He held that position one or two years, then returned to Steubenville, where he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring February 2, 1873, at the age of nearly eighty-four years. His wife died May 12, 1880, in the ninetieth year of her age. It is a fact worthy of note, that all the sons of Col. Collier became steamboat men. The fifth son, John A. Collier, in his youth went to Pittsburgh, and there was employed four months in a machine shop. He then finished his trade at Wheeling, in the machine shop of Martin Phillips, remaining with him three years. Then becoming a steamboat engineer he continued that capacity on the Ohio, Mississippi, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, until 1849. In that year he and his brother, Edwin Dwight, accompanied their father to California and were his assistants during the time he was collector. After returning home he, for several years, gave his attention to pqrk packing, and for two years after the close of the war, engaged in buying and selling live stock, chiefly mules, with headquarters at St. Louis, Mo. For one year following this he was engaged at mining in Montana Territory, and then went again to California, but soon afterward in response to an urgent request from his father, started home by the Isthmus of Panama. While at Acapulca, on the Pacific coast, he saw the French evacuate that city. So long as his parents were living he devoted himself to their comfort and refrained from entering into a married state. For a number of years past his attention has been given to real estate, and he was one of the contractors and builders of the Steubenville and Infirmary turnpike. Mr. Collier was married June 16, 1881, by the Rev. Yingling, to Elizabeth A. Dowly, and he has one son, Francis James Collier, born April 10, 1888. In politics Mr. Collier is a democrat. He has served in various municipal capacities and was once a candidate for mayor of Steubenville, and though not elected he succeeded in reducing the opposing majority from 700 to 800 down to twenty three. P. B. Conn, an experienced printer and publisher, has been the proprietor of the Steubenville Herald, since 1873. He was born in Beaver county, Penn., July II, 1823. The ancestor of his family in this country was Thomas Conn, a native of county Down, Ireland, who emigrated to America in 1798. His son, William C. Conn, was born in Delaware, and is now a resident of Napa, Cal., whither he emigrated in 1873. His age is now ninety-two years. He married Anna Pearson, a native of Shippensburg, Penn., who died about twenty years ago. Their son, P. B. Conn, at the age of eleven years, found employment in a dry goods store, at Pittsburgh, Penn., with Ross & McConnell, Market street, and when thirteen years old he began to learn the printer's business, to which he had been, as it were, apprenticed as a news boy. Before he had reached the age of nineteen he had worked at his trade in Pittsburgh, New Castle, Beaver and Girard, in Pennsylvania, and Zanesville, Newark and Mansfield, in Ohio.. 248 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. He then went to Vicksburg, Miss., and there and at New Orleans spent a year and a half. At St. Louis, subsequently, in connection with Dr. Reed and Charles A. Mantz, he founded the St. Louis Post, which has since been consolidated with the Dispatch and is now known as the Post-Dispatch. He severed his connection with that journal in 1848 and came to Steubenville, Ohio, where he entered the office of the Herald as a printer. On January 1st, of the following year, he again made an independent venture, purchasing the Beaver Star, Pennsylvania, which he owned for one year. Returning to Steubenville, he with two others, established the Daily and Weekly Messenger, with which he was connected two years. In 1860 he established the Steubenville Democrat, devoted to the prosecution of the war to its final settlement. During the twenty years following Mr. Conn conducted a job printing establisment and blank book manufactory, and during that time he furnished the Pan Handle railroad the greater part of its printed supplies. In 1872 he bought an interest in the Steubenville Daily and Weekly News, and in 1873 he purchased the Steubenville Daily and Weekly Herald, with which he consolidated the News; The establishment thus strengthened, is one of the foremost in eastern Ohio, and as a public organ wields a wide influence. Mr. Conn has been married three times and has living four children, two of whom were born to his first marriage and two to the last. He was first married to Hannah M. Collins, daughter of William Collins, ex-postmaster of Steubenville, subsequently to Julia Owesney, and his last marriage was to Emma Conn, of Evansville, Ind. Hon. John M. Cook, a prominent attorney of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Burlington county, N. J., March 6, 1843. He was the son of David and Margaret Cook, the latter of whom died while he was yet a small boy. Both his father and mother were natives of England, the former having been born in Nottinghamshire. Both came to America in about the year 1828, and became acquainted in Philadelphia, Penn., in which city they were married about 1835. Immediately after their marriage they located in Burlington county, N. J., where the mother died in 1854. In 1856 the father removed with his children to Allegheny City, Penn., where the former resided until his death in 1859. He was a shoemaker by trade, in connection with which he also conducted a small boot and shoe business, both in Burlington, N. J., and Allegheny City, Penn. He possessed a fine English education and was well versed in history and literature. The subject of this sketch spent his youth in Allegheny City, receiving his early education in the third ward school of that city, during the principalship of Prof. L. H. Eaton, one of Allegheny county's finest educators. After completing his public school education, for the purpose of obtaining money with which to continue his studies, he spent between two and three years as the agent of Jonathan Gallagher, a prominent oil merchant of Pittsburgh. He then entered the Allegheny academy, in which he was a student three years, receiving a knowledge of Latin and the higher branches of mathematics. In the fall of 1866 he entered the Ohio state and Union law college, of Cleveland, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 249 from which he graduated June 30, 1868. He was admitted to the bar January 7, 1869, and at once entered upon the practice of law at East Liverpool, Columbiana county, Ohio. There he soon won a lucrative practice which he resigned October 1,1872, and removed to Steubenville. Here he soon took front rank at the bar, and he is n0w not only 0ne of the leading lawyers of Steubenville, but also one of the ablest attorneys of eastern Ohio. Mr. Cook was married December 23, 1874, to Elizabeth A. Little, daughter of James and Mary S. (Reynolds) Little, who were respectively natives of Washington county, Penn., and Cecil county, Md. Mrs. Cook was born in Steubenville, July 25, 1846, her parents having located in that place several years previous. Mr. Cook and wife are the parents of three children, as follows: Homer C., born in October, 1875; Mary G., born in May, 1877; and Ida, born in March, 1881, all of whom are living. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Cook is a member of Steubenville lodge, F. & A. M., No. 45; Union Chapter, No. 15; Steubenville Commandery, N0. 11 ; and Steubenville lodge, K. of P., No. 1. He served as master of Meridian lodge, F. & A. M., before its consolidation with Steubenville lodge, three years, and he has served as eminent commander of his commandery six years. Politically he is an ardent republican, casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. He takes an active part in politics, and occupies a prominent place in his party's affairs, having served five years as chairman of the county central committee. Notwithstanding this fact he generally refrains from permitting his name to be mentioned in connection with any public office, for the reason that he fully appreciates the fact that successful law practice and official service will not go together. In October, 1879, however, in view of the fact that the office is within the scope of his profession, he allowed himself to be nominated for the office of prosecuting attorney. He was elected, and in 1881 he was re-elected, serving in all five years, in a manner which gave satisfaction to the public, and reflected great credit on himself. Mr. Cook is a very earnest and successful practitioner and a safe counsellor. Though his practice is general in its character, he possesses much ability in the criminal branch of the law, and, did its exclusive practice justify, there is every reason to believe he would win for himself a reputation as a criminal lawyer of a very high order. He is one of the defendant's counsel in the noted case of the State 0f West Virginia vs. Van B. Baker, now in the supreme court 0f appeals of that state, and has been selected by the counsel for the defense, in connection with Col. W. W. Arnett, of Wheeling, W. Va., to argue the case in that court. D. M. Corbett, a popular retail grocer of Steubenville, was born in Mead township, Belmont Co., Ohio, July 19, 1859. His parents, Samuel and Eliza (Long) Corbett, were also natives 0f that county, his father being the son of James Corbett, and his mother the daughter of Jacob Long, both of whom were early settlers of Belmont county. He spent his boyhood on a farm, and at thirteen years of age bade good-bye to his father and mother and went out into the 250 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. world to do for himself. Ever since that time he has depended entirely upon his own exertions. He first went to Bellaire, where, for three years, he was employed in a glass factory. Then going to Vermillion county, Ind., for one year, he was a clerk in a general store in the village of Eugene. During the year following this he was employed as clerk in a wholesale and retail grocery of Wheeling, W. Va. Returning to Bellaire, he entered the employ of J. H. Lashley, for whom he clerked in a grocery store four years, after which, in 1880, he became proprietor of one of the leading retail groceries of Bellaire. At the end of two years he took in as a partner his brother, James W. Corbett, and two years afterward sold out to the latter, who is still conducting the store. In December, 1884, our subject removed to Steubenville, and about the middle of January, 1885, he engaged in business at this place, and he is now one of the leading retail grocers of Steubenville. Mr. Corbett was married September 25, 1879, to Anna Belle, daughter of James H. and Eliza C. (Staley) Dunning, then of Bellaire, but now of Brilliant, Ohio. Mrs. Corbett was b0rn January 28, 1862. They have five children: Everett Mc., Laura B., Bertha D., Pearl E. and J. Wilbur. Mr. Corbett and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. In politics, he is a democrat. Robert M. Cummings, collector of the Steubenville city water works, was born in Leesville, Carroll county, Ohio. He is the son of Anthony and Edy Maria (Robey) Cummings, the latter of whom died when he was a very small child. His father died in 1857 when Robert was a youth. His paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, and his wife was a native of Scotland. Mr. Cummings' boyhood was chiefly spent spent at Leesville, and in Harrison c0unty, Ohi0. Coming to Steubenville, for a few years, he was engaged in the grocery business as a member of the firm of William H. Beatty & Co. He then returned to Leesville, and, for a few years, was engaged in the dry goods business, after which he again came to Steubenville, where he has since resided. He was in the employ of the P., C. & St. L. railway, first as clerk, and later as assistant secretary, and for a few years following this he was deputy auditor of Jefferson county. He then became a clerk in the office of the Alakanna Iron Works, and in April, 1883, became collector of the city water works, which position he has held ever since. He has been twice married, his first wife being Mary E. Teer, and his present wife being Isabella F. Sunderland. In politics Mr. Cummings is a republican. He is a first-class book-keeper and accountant, and a worthy and honorable citizen. James F. Daton, who is one of the ablest members of the Steubenville bar, and also one of the leading attorneys of eastern Ohio, was born in the village of New Alexandria, Jefferson Co., Ohio, in the year 1842. He is the son of Jerome D. and Rebecca (Porter) Daton, the former of whom is now a grocer of Steubenville, but the latter of whom is now deceased. Their son, James, spent his early life in his native town attending the village school until he was fifteen years old. JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 251 At that age he entered Madison college, of Uniontown, Penn., which he attended one year. He then entered Allegheny college, of Meadville, Penn., in which he completed a full classical course. After this he commenced the study of law and, preparatory to its practice, he completed a course in the Cleveland Law college, and was admitted to the bar in 1863, but prior to this he had served a few months in the First West Virginia cavalry, and was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C. Soon after his admission to the bar he was elected prosecuting attorney of Jefferson county, and served in that capacity from 1864 to 1868, having been re-elected in 1865. During the year 1864 he served as a first lieutenant in the 157th Ohio National Guard for three months, and during this period of service he was detailed as judge advocate in several important trials at Fort Delaware. He was mustered out with his regiment at Columbus, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of law at Steubenville. He had not been long in the practice-of law until he took a front rank at the bar, and he has since rose steadily in his profession until now he is recognized as one of the ablest and most successful lawyers in eastern Ohio. While his practice has been general in its character, he possesses much natural ability for the criminal branch of the law, and were he to give it his exclusive attention, there is every reason to believe he would attain a rank among the best criminal lawyers of the country. He has been employed in a number of important cases, both civil and criminal, in which he has shown himself to possess a legal ability of a very high 0rder. His political affiliations have been entirely with the republican party. He is one 0f his party's most active local workers and during the campaigns his influence is not only sensibly felt in the councils of his party, but also upon the stump. As a political orator he is very successful, and he has rendered his party most effective is widely services in that capacity. Mr. Daton   is widely known, and both his social and professional standing is beyond reproach. Jerome D. Daton, a well known grocer of Steubenville, was born in Lancaster county, Penn., May 13, 1819, son of John and Elizabeth (Dunlap) Daton. His parents, natives of the same county, when he was but one year old, removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, and located first in Wayne township. When he was ten years of age, they removed to the village of Smithfield, where the father died in 1839, and the mother in 1850. Their son Jerome, received his early education in a district school and in the village school at Smithfield. At sixteen, he began to learn the saddler's trade, at which he worked with Enoch Dye, in Smithfield, two years. At eighteen he went to Wellsville, where he continued as an apprentice, two years. He then worked as a journeyman fifteen months in Pittsburgh, and six months in Wheeling, after which he located in New Alexandria, and embarked in the saddlery and harness business. For a period of fourteen years, he conducted an establishment of that kind. Then engaging in merchandise, he conducted a general store in New Alexandria for fourteen years. In 1840, he was appointed postmaster at that place, and he served in that capacity for fifteen consecutive years. In 1844, he was elected a 252 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. justice of the peace, and he was subsequently twice re-elected, serving altogether, nine years. During the same period, he served the school board six years, and as overseer of the poor, four years. He was married in New Alexandria, August 29, 1839, to Rebecca, daughter of William Porter. On the 1st day of April, 1862, Mr. Daton removed to Steubenville, where he has since been engaged in the grocery business. He and wife have had four children: John, died in 1840, aged six months; James F., a prominent attorney of Steubenville; Lavina J., died November 4, 1884, aged thirty-four years, and Joanna, wife of Charles Gallagher, cashier of the Steubenville National bank. Mrs. Daton died November 4, 1874. For over fifty years Mr. Daton has been a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and for over forty years has affiliated with the Masonic order. In politics he has been a republican since the party was organized. William Day, one of Steubenville's most worthy and honored citizens, was born in Kent, England, near the city of Canterbury, April 15, 1820. He is the son of Thomas and Rachel Day, with whom he came to America when he was about six years old. The family landed at Norfolk, Va., and after residing in that place about one year removed to Wheeling, W. Va., and about two years later to Belmont county, Ohio, where they resided about three years. William Day was the third of five sons, only two of whom are now living. He learned the trade of a glass blower, beginning at about ten years of age, and serving an apprenticeship of about nine years, five being spent with the firm of Richie & Wheat, and four with Plunkett & Miller, both of Wheeling. During five years following this he was chiefly engaged at steamboating on the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. During three years of the time, he and two of his brothers owned and managed a store boat. After quitting river life he worked for one year at his trade in Wheeling. On March 27, 1847, he located at Steubenville, where for a period of ten years and two months he worked at his trade with Beatty & Stillman. On July 4, 1857, he engaged in the grocery business in a room sixteen by eighteen feet square on the corner of Third and South streets. He has been engaged in business there ever since, but this room has developed into a large general store forty-two by fifty-six feet, and he enjoys a large patronage. He was married September 18, 1847, to Diana, daughter of Thomas Hill, of Wheeling, who has borne to him six children: Alfred, Sarah, William, Mary, Ida May and Belle Morse, of whom Sarah and Ida May are deceased. Parents and children are members of the Episcopal church. Mr. Day was christened in a church in Kent county, England. For twenty-eight years he served as a warden and vestryman in his church, and for thirty-two years he served as superintendent and teacher in the Episcopal Sabbath school. Mr. Day possesses a genial and agreeable nature, and he is withal a pleasant, courteous and companionable man. Capt. John S. Devenny, one of Steubenville's most distinguished and highly respected pioneer citizens, was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., April 24, 1810. He is the son of John and Martha JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 253 (McLure) Devenny. The father was born in county Derry, Ireland, in 1767, and coming to America with an uncle in early manhood, was married in 1802 to Miss McLure, who was born in Westmoreland county about 1775. They had eight children, of whom John S. was the fifth born, and the only one living. His father died in 1863 and his mother several years previous. When he was five years old, in 1815, his parents re-moved to Steubenville, where they spent the remainder of their lives and where he has resided ever since. In his youth he became a machinist, and shortly before his eighteenth birthday he took up the vocation of a steamboat engineer, and continued in that capacity until 1837. In that year he was promoted captain of a steamboat, and he served as such until the fall of 1864. From June, 1861, until the fall of 1864, he was captain of a government steamer. In March, 1865, he was appointed by President Lincoln, supervising inspector of steam vessels for the Seventh United States district, which position he held about twelve years. Since 1877 he has led a quiet, retired life. Mr. Devenny Was married in May, 1836, to Jane Armstrong, who died June 24, 1840, leaving one son, William A. Devenny, who died in May, 1889, being, at the time, a resident of New Orleans. On December 24, 1841, Mr. Devenny was married to Julia M. Wheelock, who was born at Southbridge, Mass., in 1818, and came to Steubenville with an uncle in 1838. She died July l0, 1883, leaving no children. Mr. Devenny is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and of the Masonic lodge, having joined the latter, May 19, 1831. He is of the rank of Knight Templar. In politics he is a republican. About the year 1754, Edward McFeely, then in the service of the British government, came from Dublin to America. During Braddock's ill-fated expedition against Fort Du Quesne in 1755, he was wounded, and he subsequently returned to Ireland and married a young lady of Londonderry. Her mother had experienced the siege of Londonderry in the preceding century, and her relatives had fought with King William at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. After their marriage Mr. McFeely and wife returned to America and settled in Huntingdon county, Penn., where he lost his life several years later through the caving in of a well. On August 3, 1775, a son was born to them, who afterward was married at Harper's Ferry to Elizabeth, daughter of Elijah Hawk, who had been a commissary officer of the continental forces in the war of the revolution. Of their children, Enoch, born in 1799, died of yellow fever on the steamer Washington during a trip from New Orleans to Louisville, in 1817; Elijah was born in 1801; Eli in 1802; John in 1803, and died many years later in Iowa; Gabriel, born in 1805, died in Steubenville in 1888; Iram, born in 1806, died in 1835; Silas, born in 1811, died in New Orleans in 1837; James, born in 1813, now resides at Minerva, Stark Co., Ohio. Eli came with his parents to Steubenville, October 20, 1814. He learned woolen manufacturing with B. H. Wells & Co., and followed that during his long and busy life, also devoting some time to minor public offices. His wife was Elizabeth, second daughter of John Ward, a pioneer of Steubenville, and from the date of their marriage, 1823, until her