1050 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY who still resides on the old homestead, and after marriage they moved to West Virginia where they lived until 1873, when they came to this part of Jefferson County. James M. McConnell was born at a place in West Virginia, just across the Ohio River from Steubenville and he was five years old when he was brought to Island Creek Township, where he has lived ever since. Since the ending of his school days he has been engaged in farming and stock raising and has proved himself a competent man in this line, his well cultivated acres and fat, sleek stock showing the amount of interest he takes in his vocation. He finds time however to perform every duty of good citizenship. He believes very thoroughly in the public school system and advocates improvements in every way. His views have met with the approval of his fellow citizens and they have kept him a member of the school board for a long period and for two years he was president of this body. He has served also in other township offices and was assessor of Island Creek and Cross Creek Townships, then known as Wintersville Precinct, for two terms. On May 18, 1904, Mr. McConnell married Miss Maud S. Roberts, of Cross Creek Township, a daughter of H. O. and Carrie (Crawford) Roberts, and four sons have been born to them : William Frederick, who is deceased, and Charles R. and James E. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Wintersville, Ohio. DAVID REED BUCHANAN, whose productive farm of sixty-five acres lies in Mt. Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, has lived almost all his life in this county and for a number of years has been a representative citizen of this township, but he was born at Harrisville, Harrison County, Ohio, September 26, 1845, and is a son of William R. and Abigail (Mercer) Buchanan. William R. Buchanan was born in Washington County, Pa.. and from there moved to Harrison County, Ohio, where he followed his trade of cooper. For twenty-four years he served in the office of Justice of the Peace. He died in 1873, aged eighty years. He had been twice married and of the six children born to his first union, three came to Jefferson County : Ross; Thomas, who married Lizzie Collins and Mary Ann, who was the wife of James Connley, and died near Shepherdstown. William R. Buchanan was married second to Abigail Mercer, who died about 1868, and they had three children : David Reed; Wilson, who lives at Short Creek, Ohio; and William, who is a college professor at Richmond, Va. David R. Buchanan obtained his education in the schools of Harrison County and Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County. He has devoted the larger part of his life to agricultural pursuits and both before and since his marriage was employed on a number of the farms in this section at different times, always proving himself an excellent helper in all farm work. After marriage he worked on the Theoker farm for two years, on the Parker place, in Belmont County, for three and one-half years, for two years on the Dr. McGlenn farm in Warren Township, and then rented the Edward Jones farm for three years and later became an employe there, for seven years and seven months being in the employ of Edward Jones. He also engaged in farming on Dr. Mitchell's place, and for four years was on the Joseph Kitheart place. For the past sixteen years he has carried on general farming and raised stock on the farm he now owns. Every dollar that Mr. Buchanan posesses he has earned by his own labor, with the exception of the sum of $200, which he received when he sold his coal for $26 per acre. He is a thoroughly experienced farmer and the proof of this is shown by the excellent care he gives his own land and the generous way in which it repays him. He has done considerable building since he has owned the place. On September 7, 1869, Mr. Buchanan AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1051 was married to Miss Gertrude Dessell, who was born in Germany and accompanied her parents to America, where her father died soon afterward. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan have had eight children: Abbie Jane, who is the wife of William Lawrence, residing in Mt. Pleasant Township, and has two children—Gertrude Helen and Mildred; Annie, who died when aged twenty years ; Martha Elizabeth, who married Edward Roudabush, of Cleveland ; Sophia, who married Kenworthy Hooper, of Dil- lonvale' and has five children—Annie, Helen, David, William and Jessie; Nellie, who lives at home ; Oliver David, residing at Amsterdam, who married Ola Watkins, daughter of John Watkins, and has one child, Zana; Samuel, who resides at Adena, and James Alexander, who ,is employed in the Westinghouse shops at Wilmerding. Mr. Buchanan is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Mt. Pleasant. In politics he is a Republican. For ten years he served as township trustee. S. E. McCOY, superintendent of the Tri-State Traction. Company, of Steubenville, Ohio, is a well known citizen and to some extent is a factor in Republican politics in Jefferson County. He was born at Steubenville, in 1869, and is a son of the late James D. McCoy. The father, also a native of Jefferson County, was engaged in the mill business during the greater part of his active life. S. E. McCoy grew to manhood at Steubenville and attended the schools here through boyhood and then learned the cooper's trade, at which he worked for three years and then entered the employ of the Steubenville Street Railway Company and remained through the different changes of owners until 1905, when he came to the Tri-State Traction Company, in his present capacity. In his political opinions, Mr. McCoy entertains those advocated by the Republican party and at different times he has served on important political committees both in city and county. In 1889 Mr. McCoy was married to Miss Louise Stuck, of Wheeling, W. Va., and they have four children : Jean Louise, James D., and Eldora and Elnora, twins. Mr. McCoy and wife are members of the Third Presbyterian Church at Steubenville. ROBERT WILKINSON, who, for thirty-five years successfully managed his farm of 183 acres, which is situated in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was a man of sterling character and one whose death was a loss to his community. He was a native of Ohio, born in Columbiana County, August 28, 1838, and was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Edgers) Wilkinson, both of whom were natives of Ireland. Robert Wilkinson spent his early years in Columbiana County. Shortly after his marriage, in 1865, he settled on his farm in Knox Township, Jefferson County. He was a man of excellent business judgment and he raised grain and produce together with fine stock and made it profitable, carrying on all his operations in a practical, common sense way. His neighbors looked upon him as a man of good judgment and they elected him township treasurer for some time and on public matters pertaining to the best interests of his section, his advice was always solicited. He identified himself with the Republican party upon its organization and continued to uphold its principles. He was a leading member and liberal supporter of the United Presbyterian Church at Knoxville. On January 12, 1865, Mr. Wilkinson was married to Miss Sarah J. Watt who was born on the farm on which she still resides, June 22, 1845. Her parents were James and Jane (Manypenny) Watt and her grandfather was Henry Watt, who was a very early settler in Knox Township. Mrs. Wilkinson has one brother, John W., who lives in Island Creek Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson five children were born, namely : Grant W., residing in Knox Township ; Emma E., wife of W. E. Cooper. of Canton, Ohio ; Margaret M., wife of Osman Lee, of Island Creek Township ; 1052 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Jennie M., wife of Wilbur P. Fowler, of Knox Township and Frank, who resides in Knox Township. The father of the above family died September 25, 1900. Mrs. Wilkinson is a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Knoxville and she has a wide acquaintance both in the town and in the neighborhood in which her life has been passed and she is held in the highest esteem. JOHN M. BIGGER, a member of the firm of Kithcart & Bigger, one of the leading law firms of Steubenville, 0., has been a resident here since 1903. He is a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where his birth occurred in 1867. His boyhood was spent in Harrison, 0., and his education obtained in the common schools of Cadiz, after which he studied law with Dunbar & Kithcart, being admitted to the bar of Columbus, 0., in March, 1892. He then went to Lincoln, Neb., where for three years he was engaged in the practice of law, and was for eight years manager for Dawes Business Block Company, after which he returned to Steubenville, 0., where he embarked in the practice of law in partnership with Mr. Kithcart, operating under the firm name of Kithcart & Bigger. This firm is regarded as one of the most prominent and successful law firms of Jefferson County. Mr. Bigger is a member of the Third Presbyterian Church, of Steubenville, and is fraternally an Elk. SAMUEL L. SWICKARD, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser of Knox Township, where he owns an excellent farm of sixty-seven acres, is one of the township's well known men and a member of one of its old settled families. He was born in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 6, 1851, and is a son of Mathias and Mary A. (Maple) Swickard, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Virginia. Samuel L. Swickard grew to manhood in Knox Township. With his brothers and sisters he attended the country schools and as soon as old enough began to perform his share of the farm labor. Feeling confident that no better land of more favorable conditions for comfortable living could be found in any other section, he has elected to pass his life in Knox Township. He has a finely cultivated farm which he has well stocked and successfully carries on his agricultural industries. Mr. Swickard married Miss Amelia J. Wilson, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a daughter of the late John W. Wilson, formerly of Knox Township. Mr. and Mrs. Swickard have three children : John R., William R. and Jennie V., the latter of whom is the wife of Thomas Clark, of Island Creek Township. Mr. Swickard and family are members of the Christian Church at New Somerset, Ohio, of which he has been a trustee. Mr. Swickard is a Democrat and is ready to work for the success of his party but desires no political preferment for himself. FRANCIS V. JOHNSTON. Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, has, among its most highly regarded citizens, a number of men who have been born here and have lived useful and contented lives amid the familiar surroundings to which they have been accustomed from infancy and in large measure, all will leave these old homesteads better cultivated, stocked and improved than when they took charge. This is notably the case with Francis V. Johnston, who was born on his estate of 176 acres in Knox Township, May 3, 1837, and is a son of George and Mary (Allen) Johnston. George Johnston was a son of John Johnston, who was born in Ireland and when he emigrated to America, settled first in Pennsylvania; where he was married and when he came to Knox Township, Jefferson County, in 1802, his son George was then twelve years old. He spent the remainder of his life on the farm his grandson owns, as did the latter's' father, who died in 1875. George Johnston was one of the solid, reliable men of Knox Township, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1055 serving in the office of township trustee for a number of years and giving support to both churches and schools. In politics he was a Democrat and in his day was active in work for his party. He was one of the early members of the Island Creek Presbyterian Church. Francis V. Johnston attended the district schools in his youth and was yet young when he began to make himself very useful on the home farm. There was little machinery used in those days and much of the hard work that is now successfully completed through the help of modern agricultural implements, had to be done by long hours of patient toil. Mr. Johnston has always followed practical methods and enjoys the reputation of being a very successful farmer. On April 18, 1861, Mr. Johnston was married to Miss Elizabeth McCarty, who was born in Washington County, Pa., and is a daughter of John and Julia McCarty. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have three children: Ida M., who is the wife of Charles W. Brown, of Knox Township George E., a civil engineer who is prosperous in his business at Louisville, Ky.; and Frances J., who is the wife of J. E. Pugh, of Buffalo, N. Y. In his views on public questions, Mr. Johnston is a Prohibitionist and he has served as a member of the township school board. JAMES A. FRAZER, in association with his son, Gilbert N. Frazer, conducts a large business enterprise at Steubenville, under the firm name of the Frazer Heating & Ventilating Company, at No. 214 Market Street, and is a representative of old pioneer families of this section. James A. Frazer was born at Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio, March 4, 1847, and is a son of James and Eliza (Gray) Frazer and a grandson of James Frazer. Robert Gray, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Frazer, with his brother, James Gray, came to Steubenville from Baltimore, Md., in 1793, and the former was a leading plaster contractor of his day and the latter operated the first brickyard established here. They were men of means and enterprise and after Robert Gray had purchased much land, including what is now the Second Ward of Steubenville, together they laid it out as it is today. James Frazer, father of James A. Frazer, was a farmer and gardener, and he came to Steubenville in 1821. James A. Frazer was small when his parents took up their permanent residence in Steubenville. His first work was at glass cutting, later he helped his father in gardening and in marketing produce. In 1863 he enlisted for service in the State Guards, under Captain Prentiss, and in the spring of 1864, at Steubenville, Ohio, entered into the regular service, enlisting in the 157th 0. Vol. Inf., and was mustered out late in the same year. He then returned to Steubenville and for about eighteen months was in charge of the card room in the Steubenville Battton Factory, later was connected for three years with the Means Foundry and Machine Works, since when he has been engaged in the tin and heating business, together with other city enterprises. Since 1901 Mr. Frazer has had his son associated with him. In 1870 Mr. Frazer was married to Miss Josephine Hipsley, who died in July, 1886. They had six children born to them, James, Jessie, Mary, Earl, Gilbert N. and Benjamin. The eldest son, James Frazer, is the senior member of the firm of Frazer & Spence, engaged in a plumbing business at Mingo Junction, Ohio. Jessie is the wife of Frank Miller, of Steubenville. Mary is the wife of Joshua Aldrich, of this city. Earl and Benjamin are both in the West, the former being connected with railroad work at San Francisco. Gilbert N. Frazer, of the Frazer Heating Ventilating Company, was born and educated at Steubenville and has been brought up in the business with which he is connected. For five years he was with the Wheeling Corrugated Iron Company, was in the business one year at Pittsburg and later at Martin's Ferry, and then came 1056 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY with his father. In the same year (1901) he was married to Miss Emma J. Culver, of Wheeling, and they have two children : Wilma E. and Angie M. Mr. Frazer and his father are both members of La Belle View Methodist Episcopal Church. He is identified with the Maccabees and his father with the Turners, Society and with E. M. Stanton Post, G. A. R., No. 166. GEORGE B. WARREN was formerly one of Knox Township,s well known and highly esteemed men. He was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 9, 1844, and died October 9, 1898, on his farm in the southern part of Knox Township, Jefferson County. His parents were Thomas Warren and wife, who moved to Jefferson County in his boyhood. George B. Warren attended the district schools in Knox Township and also Richmond College, which, at that time was in a flourishing condition but no longer exists, after which he engaged in farming and raising stock and continued to be interested in the same way until his death. He was a quiet, industrious, home-loving man, interested in all that concerned his family and community and one who did his duty both in public and private life. Mr. Warren was married October 13, 1870, to Miss Margaret B. Fitzpatrick, who was born in Allegheny County, Pa., and is a daughter of Alexander and Nancy (Hopper) Fitzpatrick. She was fourteen years of age when she accompanied her parents to Jefferson County and she grew to womanhood in Knox Township, where her father died many years ago and her mother, in 1898. Mrs. Warren has three sisters : Elizabeth G., who is the wife of George M. D. Burnett, of Wellsville, Ohio ; Annie M., who is the wife of Millard F. Gray, of Knox Township ; and Agnes E., who is the wife of John McClelland, of Wellsville, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Warren eight children were born, namely : Thomas B., who is deceased ; Myrtle F.. who is the wife of Ford Leatherberry, of Saline Township ; Walter A., who lives in Island Creek Township Elizabeth Ida, who is the wife of Charles Householder, of Toronto, Ohio; Eula Izora, who is the wife of Charles Runyon, of Knox Township ; and Harry H., Mary A. and George F., all at home. Mrs. Warren and younger children reside on the homestead farm which contains ninety-three acres and is classed with the productive and well improved ones of the township. She is a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Knoxville, in which Mr. Warren was an elder and . also a trustee, and for many years he was the leader of the church choir. He was sadly missed in church circles. In his political views he was a Democrat. Perhaps no man ever lived without at some time having had differing opinions with his fellow men, but the kind and neighborly feeling that Mr. Warren entertained was almost universally returned by those amid whom the larger part of his life was spent, and there are many who, at one time or another, found a friend in deed as well as name, in George B. Warren. ROBERT R. COX, who conducts a plumbing business at No. 141 S. Fifth Street, Steubenville, being a master plumber, doing all kinds of contract plumbing and steam and gas fitting, was born in this city in 1853 and has spent his whole life in Jefferson County. Robert Cox, father of Robert R., was born in Ireland and came to Steubenville in 1849. He was a weaver by trade and for many years engaged in manufacturing yarns, flannels and carpets. He was a worthy and useful citizen and was well known to the older residents. His death occurred in 1895. Robert R. Cox obtained his education in the Steubenville schools. His first work was in the nail department of the Jefferson Iron Works, where he continued until 1892, when he engaged in the plumbing business and has remained in this line. He has been an active, interested and useful citizen and at different times has served on the city council and as .a member of the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1057 school board. He gives support to business organizations designed to advance the interests of the city, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In 1876 Mr. Cox was married to Miss Mary M. Marion, of Steubenville, and they have five children, Carrie, Marion, Nell, Dora and Herbert. Mr. Cox and family are members of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and he belongs to the board of vestrymen. He is identified with a number of secret organizations, among them the Modern Woodmen, National Union, Mystic Circle, Protected Home Circle and the Royal Arcanum. OTTO F. ZENDE, one of the leading German-American citizens and farmers of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns 146 acres of fine land, was born in Germany, January 30, 1867, and is a son of Christopher and Bertha (Promer) Zende. The father of Mr. Zende came to America in 1875, locating at Pittsburg, Pa., where his family joined him in 1876, and they remained there for two years and then came to Steubenville, where the father opened his harnessmaking shop and continued in business. Both he and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had the following children : Charles Albert, who was born February 11, 1858 ; Theodore William, who was born April 12, 1863 ; Otto F. ; and Paul Ernest, who was born October 9, 1870. Otto F. Zende attended the public schools at Pittsburg and later at Steubenville, but when sixteen years old he started to work in his father,s harness shop. Two years later he became 'a farmer, working at first by the month and finding it both pleasant and profitable, decided to make farming his steady business. After his marriage he bought a farm from George Snider which he sold some time later and then bought his present farm, from the Buchanan heirs. He has a coal bank on his property which he works during the winter time, but during the summer does all his own farm work. He is a very practical, hard working man, takes much interest in maintaining and adding to the fertility of the land and, as his means have justified, has made many substantial improvements. Mr. Zende was married October 28, 1890, to Miss Annie V. Snider, a daughter of George and Margaret Jane (Timin) Snider, who had other children as follows : McClelland, Mary, Anderson, Elva, John and Russell. Mr. and Mrs: Zende have four children : Bertha Edna, Gertrude Elliott, Ernest Otto and Emmett Gourley. Mr. Zende and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church which stands on his farm. In politics he is a Republican. He has served one term as school director. AVERY CHARLES JONES, one of the representative citizens of Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, who, with his brother, Fred 0. Jones, owns a tract of 275 acres on which they carry on general farming and dairying, was born November 15, 1876, on a farm in Warren Township, and is a son of Charles and Sarah (Caldwell) Jones. Charles Jones, who was born on the old Jones farm on Rush Run, Warren Township, is a son of Stephen Jones, who was one of the early settlers and the owner of several hundred acres of land, which he sold to other pioneers of the township. Charles Jones was one of five children born to his parents : Charles ; Wesley, a resident of Iowa; Lamden, deceased ; Eliza, deceased ; and Thomas, of Rush Run. Charles Jones was reared on the farm and learned tailoring, which he followed for many years, but later in life located on a farm on Short Creek, Warren Township. His death occurred in February, 1907, at the age of eighty-three years, while living with our subject on his present farm, where his widow still resides. Charles Jones married Sarah Caldwell, and of their union were born the following children: Elizabeth, who married Rev. Charles Simpson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Tiltonville, Ohio ; John C., who 1058 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY is physician at Dillonvale, Ohio ; Margaret, who died young; Avery Charles ; Thomas S., who is an attorney of Steubenville, Ohio ; and Fred O., who is engaged in business with our subject. A. C. Jones was reared on a farm near his present one, attended the district schools and for two years taught the Buckeye School of Warren Township. In 1900 he and his brother, Fred 0., purchased their present farm of 275 acres in Warren Township, and here they followed general farming and supplied the mines with grain and hay until 1905. Since then they have been engaged in wholesale dairying, and keep from twenty-five to fifty registered Jersey cows. Mr. Jones is a Republican in politics and in 1902 was first elected to the Ohio House of Representatives and served three sessions as representative from this district. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Golden Eagle. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church. RICHARD M. THOMPSON, a prominent citizen of Jefferson County, Ohio, who served seven years as county commissioner and in other public offices with efficiency and credit, resides at New Alexandria, O., where he owns ten acres of finely improved land. This town was his birthplace, September 25, 1842, and he is a son of Moore and Harriet (Davis) Thompson. Moore Thompson was a son of John W. Thompson, an early settler. In his younger years he was a merchant, later a cooper and still later a farmer, in 1850 purchasing 102 acres of land in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County. He married Harriet Davis, a daughter of William Davis, and they both died on their farm and are buried in the New Alexandria cemetery. They had the following children : John W. and Mary E., both of whom died in infancy; William D., who is deceased (married Sarah Hammond and had three children, namely : Jessie, deceased ; Harry, deceased ; and Bertha, living in Chicago) ; Richard M. ; Mary E., deceased, who was the wife of Casper M. Tarr, and left one daughter, Flora May, who married Marshall McCullough. Richard M. Thompson attended the district schools when his father could spare him, after which he assisted on the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age. In 1862 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company E, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After serving six months he was taken so ill with pneumonia that he was discharged on account of disabil ity. He is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, G. A. R. In politics, Mr. Thompson .s a stanch Republican and his services to his party have frequently been recognized by election to responsible offices. The office of county commissioner is one of large importance and that Mr. Thompson should have been retained on the board for seven years indicates his high standing in his section as a man of affairs. He served one term as treasurer of Wells Township, for eleven years was on the school board, and for twenty-three years was a committeeman. On January 23, 1870, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Sarah McCann, a daughter of John and Catherine (Moore) McCann. Jam McCann was a shoemaker by trade. His daughter does not recall him, as he died when she was two years old, leaving other children, namely : William J., Samuel W., James C., and Clarissa Jane, the last named being the wife of Will iam Rabe. The mother of Mrs. Thompson was subsequently married to H. B. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson became the parents of the following children : Minnie and Brady Leroy, both of whom died in infancy; Forney A., who was married first to Frank Vance, who left one child, Winona, and was married secondly to Daniel Dubes ; Cora, who married D. Criswell, and has two children—Joseph R. and Helen; Wilbur, a traveling salesman, who married Bessie Davis and has one child, Lohman Wylie D., who married Allie Parsons, and had two children, ooth now dead and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1061 Harriet, who married Elmer B. Curtis and has two children—Frances and Orlo Moore. Mr. Thompson and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Alexandria. Mr. Thompson is a thirty-second degree Mason. He joined the fraternity in 1863 and is a member of Smithfield Lodge, F. & A. M., also of the order of American Mechanics, of New Alexandria. ALBERT G. LEE, a man of extensive and varied business interests, is a well known citizen of Steubenville, Ohio. He is connected with the Union Deposit Bank, the firm of oil operators widely known as Ferguson and Company, the Cavitt Lumber Company, and is also interested in the automobile business. Mr. Lee was born at Holliday's Cove, W. Va., and is a son of A. G. Lee (deceased), who was engaged in the mercantile business and also identified with a sewer pipe company. The elder Lee's death occurred about the year 1905. Politically he was a Democrat. Albert G. Lee, subject .of this sketch, was educated in the public schools and in 1901 was graduated from the Steubenville High School. He was in the purchasing department of the La Belle Iron Works for four years, and in 1905 began his connection with the Union Deposit Bank, with which he has since been identified. He is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, the Country Club and the Jefferson County Auto Club of which he is secretary. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Scioto Consistory of Columbus, and the Shrine at Wheeling. He also is a member of the Elks and Sons of the American Revolution. He attends the Presbyterian Church. L. L. GRIMES, cashier of the People's National Bank of Steubenville, Ohio, has been a resident of this city since early boyhood. He was born in Cadiz, Ohio, and is a son of Rev. William M. Grimes, who for a number of years was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Steubenville. L. L. Grimes attended the public schools and was graduated from Steubenville High School with the class of 1886. He was successfully engaged in the mercantile business until 1900, in which year he organized the First National Bank of Mingo. He was cashier of that institution until the organization of the People's Bank of Steubenville, since which time he has capably filled the same office with the latter concern. He takes an earnest interest in the progress and development of the community, and is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Grimes was united in marriage with Miss Mabel Mooney, a daughter of the late William H. Mooney, who was a leading citizen and banker of Steubenville. Mr. Grimes is a member of the Masons, F. & A. M., and of Steubenville Commandery No. 11, being a past officer of the Knights Templar. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. JAMES M. ELLIOTT, who has resided on his valuable farm of 138 acres since the spring of 1883, devotes his land to farming and stock raising, making a specialty of sheep, and dairy cows, mainly Jerseys. He is a representative citizen of this section and is an honored survivor of the great Civil War., Mr. Elliott was born in Brooke County, W. Va., January 9, 1843, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Marsh) Elliott, who were natives of Maryland. The parents of Mr. Elliott gave three sons to serve their country in the Civil War: James M., George. and William. George Elliott was a member of Co. A, 98th 0. Vol. Inf., going, out in 1862. In 1863 he was taken prisoner at Shelbyville, Tenn., and was confined in Libby Prison, where he died in December of that year. William Elliott served in Co. L, 1st W. Va. Vol. Cav., from 1861 to 1865. He is now deceased but for a number of years after the war operated a blacksmith shop and a store at Island Creek village and was an 1062 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY elder in the Island Creek Presbyterian Church. William Elliott, an uncle, was a veteran of the War of 1812. James M. Elliott remained in Brooke County, ,W. Va., until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to Steubenville and there learned the blacksmith trade and later went into business for himself as a member of the firm of Chapman & Elliott. In March, 1863, Mr. Elliott became a soldier, enlisting in Battery E, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, which became a part of the 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and before he returned to peaceful pursuits, more than two years had passed away. He took part in the active campaigns carried on, with more or less loss of life, in West Virginia, Eastern Virginia and Maryland, but escaped serious injury and was honorably discharged July 3, 1865. Mr. Elliott then came to Island Creek, in Jefferson County, and conducted a blacksmith shop for a short time and later worked at his trade in West Virginia, and afterward became an employe of the Acme Mowing Machine Company, at Steubenville. In 1883 he settled on the farm on which he has resided ever since, which was the old Markle farm, on which his wife was reared. The Markles were very early settlers in Island Creek Township and the grandfather of Mrs. Elliott, Abraham Markle, secured this land in 1804 and the residence, which is still in excellent repair, was erected ninety years ago. Mr. Elliott was married November 14, 1877. to Miss Margaret M. Markle, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, September 24, 1847, and is a daughter of Dr. John C. and Jane B. (Johnson) Markle. When eight months old, Mrs. Elliott was taken by her uncle and aunt, Col. Jacob P. and Maria Markle, and she was reared as a daughter by them, in the old home in Island Creek Township, built by her grandfather, Abraham Markle, a veteran of the War of 1812. Col. Jacob C. Markle was a very prominent man in Jefferson County. He held many political offices and for several years was county commissioner and during the Civil War he was commissioned colonel of militia by Governor Tod. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have had five children, namely : Jacob M., who is a wheat grower in the great Saskatchewan region of Western Canada ; George W. and Mary J., both of whom reside at home; Maria E. who is the wife of A. D. Cubbon, of Island Creek Township ; and John M., who assists his father. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at Toronto, Ohio, and he is identified with the Odd Fellows' lodge at the same place. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Elliott is a well informed man and keeps abreast of the times through good reading. He gives support to local enterprises, an example of this family trait being shown in the fact that the leading county newspaper, the Herald-Star, has been subscribed for and read for almost the whole period of its publication. In this old home may be found a number of interesting relics of other days and one, a rather rare article, is a breech-loading rifle, formerly a flint-lock, which, in imagination carries one backward to Indian times. It bears the date of June 20, 1801, and the name of A. Markle. L. H. BROWN, one of the old residents and well known business men of Toronto, Ohio, where he has been engaged in tinning, slating and roofing since 1881, was born at Holliday's Cove, on the old Ferguson farm, in West Virginia, March 23, 1849, a son of James W. and Hannah (Wilhelm) Brown. His father was a civil engineer, who died in West Virginia. L. H. Brown was twenty-one years of age when he left the farm and went to New Cumberland, W. Va., at which place he learned his trade with H. G. Filson. After spending eight years in West Virginia, Mr. Brown came to Toronto, and here he has resided to the present time. In 1883 Mr. Brown erected a comfortable frame house on River Avenue. In 1882 Mr. Brown was married in New Cumberland, W. Va., to Miss Lenora S. Foreman, who was born AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1063 in that place, a daughter of Robert P. Foreman. Two children have been born to this union, namely : Harvey F., a student in the Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, who is taking a course in civil engineering; and Fred R., residing at home. Mr. Brown belongs to the Masons and the Odd Fellows. W. P. BLUCK, a well known farmer and stock raiser of Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his finely improved farm of 202 acres is situated, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, September 26, 1860, and is a son of Thomas P. and Hannah Bluck. Thomas P. Bluck was a representative citizen of this section of Jefferson County for many years. He was a native of England and was reared and married there. When he brought his family to America he settled first in Coshocton County, Ohio, where he remained until 1869 and then came to Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, where his death occurred in September, 1891. He was survived by his widow until December, 1905. They were members of the Episcopal Church. In politics he was a Democrat. To Thomas P. Bluck and wife a large family of children was born and of these there are five survivors, as follows : Sarah, of Steubenville, Ohio ; P. T., of Coshocton County; W. P., of Island Creek Township ; Beatrice P., and Benia, both of Steubenville. W. P. Bluck was nine years old when his parents came to Jefferson County and he has ever since lived in Island Creek Township. Since leaving school he has devoted himself mainly to farming and stock raising and since oil was discovered on his land, has done some producing. In 1907 Mr. Bluck completed his fine brick residence which is probably one of the most modern rural homes in Island Creek Township. Other improvements make the place attractive and increase its value. Mr. Bluck married Miss Hannah Bauman, a native of Steubenville, and a daughter of William Bauman, of Island Creek Township, and they have two children : Frances A. and Ernest P. In his political views, Mr. Bluck is a Democrat. HON. C. W. CLANCY, M. D., deceased, for many years was a leading citizen of Jefferson County, a member of the Ohio Legislature and a physician of high standing at Smithfield, in which place he located at the close of his long period of service in the Civil War. He was born in Morgan County, Ohio, in April, 1832, and was a son of William and Sarah Clancy. C. W. Clancy was reared on his father's farm and continued in agricultural pursuits until he was twenty-eight years of age, when he went to Cincinnati and there studied medicine and later settled for practice at New Alexandria, in Jefferson County, Ohio. He remained there for one year and was winning the confidence of the people in his professional ability, when his future was changed by the opening of the Civil War. In 1861 he enlisted and was commissioned captain of Co. B, 52nd O. Vol. Inf., and later became lieutenant-colonel of the regiment and continued in the service until the close of strife, when he was honorably discharged. He came then to Smithfield and resumed the practice of his profession and was a valued citizen of the place during his whole subsequent life. His death occurred on March 7, 1892. He was active in public affairs and was a leader in Republican politics. In 1887 he was elected to the State Legislature, in which he served ably for two terms, retiring from public life with no stain on his name as a statesman. Dr. Clancy was married first to Hannah' Martin, who died in 1881. On February 1, 1883, he was married to the estimable lady who survives him. She was Miss Amanda W. Carter and was born at Bloomfield, Ohio, a daughter of John W. and Mary (Carr) Carter, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Jefferson County. Mr. Carter conducted a saddlery business at Bloomfield for many 1064 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY years and died there. His widow passed away at Smithfield. Dr. Clancy belonged to the Masonic fraternity at Steubenville. Both he and Mrs. Clancy were active in social life and both were members of the Methodist Protestant Church, with which body Mrs. Clancy is still identified. JAMES E. MILLER, M. D., who has been established at Steubenville, 0., since April, 1902, and is in the enjoyment of a substantial practice, was born at Fairview, W. Va., in 1868. Dr. Miller attended the public schools and later the State Normal School at Edenbora, Pa., for one year, after which he entered the medical department of the Western Pennsylvania Medical College, now the University of Pittsburgh, and was graduated in the class of 1894. He located first at Richmond, in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was engaged in general practice for five years and then moved to Cadiz, in Harrison County, three years later coming to Steubenville. This city has a- large number of able medical men but Dr. Miller has easily advanced to a front rank among them and occupies a place in the confidence of the public, both personally and professionally. He is a member of the Jefferson County and the Ohio State Medical Societies. In 1894 Dr. Miller was married to Miss Nora Wilson, of Fairview, W. Va., and they have one daughfer, Elizabeth. They are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, Dr. Miller being a ruling elder in the same. Fra- ternally he is identified with the Masons and the Maccabees. J. WILLIAM COATES, of Coates Bros., the only merchants in Steubenville dealing exclusively in sporting and athletic goods, is one of the energetic and enterprising business men of the city. He was born in Wheeling, W. Va., but was in his boyhood when the family moved to Ironton, Ohio. Mr. Coates was reared at Ironton and lived there until he was twenty-six years of age when he located at Steubenville. He was connected with iron industries for ten years, and in 1899 he established his present business enterprise, with his brothers, Wilson R. and George D. Coates, as partners. They are located at No. 137 N. Fourth Street and carry a complete general stock of sporting and athletic goods, newspapers and periodicals. Mr. Coates has a number of other business interests, is a. member of the Chamber of Commerce, and always has taken an active part in furthering the best interests of Steubenville. ROBERT L. ERVIN, superintendent of the public schools of Steubenville, and one of the leading educators of the State of Ohio, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1868. Prof. Ervin was reared in Jackson County and was educated at the Ohio State University and Yale University. He began his work as a teacher in the country schools. For fourteen years he was associated with the Wellston schools, first as teacher in the grades and then as principal, assistant superintendent, and later, superintendent. From there he went to Defiance, Ohio, where he was principal of the public schools and also occupied the chair of History and Economics in Defiance College. Mr. Ervin then entered Yale University and there won his degree of A. M., receiving it in 1907; also D. Sci. (Hon), June, 1910, from Defiance College. During the time he was in the East he thoroughly studied the school systems of many of the eastern cities, visiting New York, Boston, Hartford and \Springfield, Mass. In 1907, he accepted the responsible office which he still holds at Steubenville, coming well qualified and achieving a very large measure of success in the years he has been here. In June, 1910, he was unanimously chosen for a term of two years, ending September, 1912. He is a born educator, an enthusiast in his profession and gives his best efforts to the building of the schools of which he has charge, continually raising the standards AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1067 and through his example, encouragement and thorough methods training students to reach them. The schools at Steubenville under his jurisdiction have an en7 rollment of ninety-two teachers and 2,900 pupils. He is a member of the State and the National Educational Associations and all their sectional branches. He not only is a welcome contributor to educational journals, but is also an author, his Teachers, Outline of American History, being a standard work. In 1894, Prof. Ervin was married to Miss Mary Stewart, who, at that time also was a teacher. They have two children: Orne L., and Karlene E. The family belongs to the Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Ervin being on its official board. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Masons, having attained the 32nd degree in the latter fraternity. JAMES H. CRAWFORD, a prominent citizen of Island Creek Township, and for many years a member of the school board, resides on his farm of 361 acres, which he devotes to general agriculture. He was born in this township, February 14, 1848, and is a son of James and Anna (Taylor) Crawford. The father of Mr. Crawford was born also in Jefferson County and was a son of James Crawford, who was of Welsh extraction but came from Maryland to Jefferson County. He secured from the Government a large body of land, a portion of which his grandson, James H. Crawford, still owns. The father of Mr. Crawford died in 1872. He was a well known and highly respected man, long serving as an official in the Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church and his judgment being consulted on all public measures in his township. Early he was a Whig, but later became identified with the Republican party. He married Anna Taylor whose ancestry was of North Ireland. James H. Crawford was reared in his native township, where he went to school through boyhood. He was a student for a short time at Richmond College, also at Harlem Springs, and later at Scio College, thus having better advantages than many country bred youths have afforded them. This knowledge he has made use of in the carrying on of his business, general farming and stock raising, and has always been able to make his undertakings profitable. Mr. Crawford was married May 23, 1877, to Miss Mattie Smith, a native of Jefferson County and a daughter of the late Thomas Smith, of Ross Township, and to this marriage seven children were born : Thomas T., who is pastor' of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bernardsville, New Jersey; Anna, who resides at home; Harvey, who is deceased ; William F., who asists his father ; Frances E., who is a teacher in Island Creek Township ; and Frederick S. and Martha M., both of whom are at home. Mr. Crawford and family are members of the Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Crawford is a steward and also one of the board of trustees. He is a man of temperate life and shows his faith, in works, always casting his vote with the Prohibition party. JAMES McCONVILLE, who deals extensively in real estate at Steubenville, Ohio, was born in 1850 at Warren Point, County Down, Ireland, and is a son of Daniel and Martha (Cochrane) McConville. Daniel McConville, Sr., came from Ireland to America about 1851 and located at Steubenville, where he became one of the leading merchants and business men, conducting both a wholesale and retail store from 1851 until 1878. Mr. McConville was strictly an upright business man, one who always took a deep and active interest in the promotion of Steubenville's welfare, and was one of the first men to erect a substantial business block. His marriage with Martha Cochrane resulted in the birth of the following children: Daniel, a resident of Washington, D. C. who was sixth auditor of the treasury under the first administration of President Cleveland, was one of 1068 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY the directors of the Ohio Penitentiary, under Governor Bishop, private secretary to Governor Hoadley during his administration, and has also served as chairman of the Democratic Committee of Ohio ; James, who is the subject of this article ; Thomas, who succeeded his father in the mercantile business, has for several years been identified with Reese-Hammond & Company, brick manufacturers of Pittsburg; Edith, who is the wife of P. P. Lewis, one of .the leading attorneys of Steubenville, Ohio ; Anna, who is the widow of John Ingham, is a resident of Allegheny, Pa. James McConville received his education in the local schools of Steubenville and at Pittsburg College, and afterwards, embarked in the dry goods business. From 1883 to 1885 he served as Mayor of Steubenville, and on the failure of the Metropolitan Bank of Cincinnati, was appointed receiver of the same by the Cleveland administration, and after settling up the bank's affairs went to Washington, where he engaged in the real estate business. Since returning to Steubenville, Mr. McConville has dealt extensively in real estate, and has been prominently identified with the Democratic party, having been their last candidate for Representative. He was, however, defeated, the Republicans of this locality being about 5,000 in the majority. Mr. McConville is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, and of the Taxation Committee. Mr. McConville was first married in 1881 to Emma C. Elliott, now deceased, and his second marriage was with Mary McCrystal, no children having been born of either union. THOMAS D. SPRUENS, whose fine farm of seventy-five acres is situated in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in this township, February 8, 1853, and has resided in his native county ever since. His parents were Blaxton and Eliza (Dean) Spruens. Blaxton Spruens followed agricultural pursuits all his life. Both he and wife are deceased and their ashes rest in the Home Cemetery in Wells Township. They had four children : Sarah J., now deceased ; William W.; Mary, who married Isaac Blackburn, and Thomas D. Thomas D. Spruens had no school advantages after he was fifteen years of age, at which time he became his father’s helper on the farm and has devoted himself to farming ever since. In 1880 he purchased his present place from William Lewis, at which time a farm-house and other buildings were on the property. Later the house burned down and Mr. Spruens then erected the present comfortable farm residence. He has made other improvements, has his land in good condition and owns some valuable livestock. On February 25, 1885, Mr. Spruens was married to Miss Mary Ruth Phillips, who died November 4, 1909, and was lain to rest in Long's Cemetery in Cross Creek Township. She was a daughter of Abel and Margaret Phillips. They had the following children : Alonzo C., Mahala, Mary, Robert, Maggie, Grant, Anna and Lizzie. In politics he is a Republican. He is one of the township's solid, reliable citizens. J. C. COPE, druggist, who has been identified with the business and social interests of Steubenville since 1896, was born near Cadiz, Ohio, in 1871, and was two years old when his parents moved to the vicinity of Bloomfield, Ohio. Mr, Cope was educated in the district schools of Jefferson County and then entered Scio College, where he was graduated in pharmacy in 1893. He was then employed in a drug store at Wheeling, W. Va., until 1896, when he came to Steubenville and bought out the drug store of W. A. Long, where he has enjoyed an excellent business and he has also become interested in the Central Drug Company, on Fourth Street, Steubenville. Mr. Cope was married in 1898 to Miss Irene Narragon, of Reed's Mills, and they have four children, Morris, Lucy, Sidney and Eva. Mr. Cope is a member of the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1069 First Presbyterian Church. He has taken the first eighteen degrees in Masonry and he has identified himself with the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.. EVAN H. PURVIANCE, building contractor and owner of three valuable farms in Jefferson County, Ohio, two of these being in Wayne Township and one in Smithfield Township, belongs to one of the old and prominent Quaker families of this section. He was born on the old home farm in Smithfield Township, November 30, 1840, and is a son of William and Sarah (Hurford) Purviance. William Purviance was born in Smithfield Township, one-fourth mile east of Smithfield, and was a son of Joseph Purviance, who was a Pennsylvanian and an early settler in this township, where he died leaving five children, all of whom are also deceased : Elmira, Elwood, Henry, Israel, and William. The last named of the above family spent all of his life in Smithfield Township with the exception of twelve years passed in Columbiana County. He came into possession of a part of the family estate and through prudence added to it and became the owner of a competency that warranted his retiring from active labor thirty years before his death, which occurred at Smithfield, when he was aged eighty-four years. He married Sarah Hurford, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, who survived him for four years, her age being the same as his own. They had two children : Evan Hurford and William, both of Smithfield. Evan H. Purviance grew up on the old home farm and was educated in the district schools, at a Quaker school at Mt. Pleasant, and later attended college at Damascus, Ohio. He was yet young when he took charge of his father's estate, the latter's health failing, and remained on the farm until 1876, when he moved to Smithfield. He followed general farming and gave a large amount of attention to stock raising and wool producing and while living in the country purchased all the farm land he now owns. After he came to Smithfield he bought his residence property and soon after went into building and contracting, and has erected forty attractive houses in Smithfield, some of them very fine residences. On October 1, 1862, Mr. Purviance was married to Miss Lydia B. Wood, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Crew) Wood, and they have had five children: Thomas, William, Charles, Samuel T. and Anna. Thomas is in the buggy business at Smithfield. He married Nellie Judkins and they have one daughter, Mary. William is deceased. Charles resides in Smithfield Township. He married Alice Kellers and they have two children; Hannah M., and Thomas W. Samuel T. is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church and is superintendent of the Childrens' Bethel at Smithfield. He married Elizabeth M. Hadley and they have two children : Evan H. and Ethel May. Anna is the wife of Rev. Robert Pelt and they reside at Columbus, Ohio and have one child, Mary E. At present Mr. Purviance and wife are united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Previously, for thirty-five years, he was superintendent of the Sabbath school of the Friends' Church at Smithfield. For some twenty years he has shown his views on temperance by being affiliated with the Prohibition party. He has been active in educational affairs and in civic improvement and has served for twenty-two years on the school board and is a member of the town council. L. W. STEINMETZ, one of the leading figures in the business life of Amsterdam, Ohio, is connected in official capacities with some of the most important enterprises of this section. He was born February 10, 1859, in Howenstine, Stark County, Ohio. Mr. Steinmetz is largely interested in the lumber industry, and in 1900 he turned his attention to the oil and gas business, organizing the Hickory Nut Oil and Gas Company, putting down the first wells in this county. This company covers all of 1070 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Carroll County's interest and two-thirds of the interest of Jefferson County, at this date. Later he organized and did the leasing throughout Carroll County for the American Oil and Gas Company. Among other interests, Mr. Steinmetz is a director in the Peoples, Bank Company of Amsterdam, but it is probable that he is best known as the organizer and president, of the Bergholz Telephone Company of Amsterdam, which was founded in 1901, and which now has a total of 1,322 cash telephones in its service, including the following : Amsterdam, 95 ; Augusta, 8; Bergholz, 135 ; Carrollton, 346; Harlem Springs, 103; New Harrisburg, 38; Kilgore, 94; Malvern, 59 ; Mechanicstown, 82 ; Norristown, 108; Perryville, 17 ; Richmond, 75; Scroggsfield, 84 ; East Springfield, 31, and Waynesburg, 47. Mr. Steinmetz was married February 20, 1901, in Jefferson County, to Maude Hess, daughter of Charles Hess, of Jefferson County, and three children have been born to this union : Charles G., who is attending school ; and Hallie and Lewis, Jr., who are at home. Mr. Steinmetz is a Republican in politics, and his religious connection is with the Christian Church. CHRIS VERWOHLT, an enterprising citizen and one of the leading farmers of Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, residing in Section 18, is the owner of 877 acres of farm land in this township, and was born January 19, 1838, in Germany, a son of Henry and Hannah (Hosper) Verwohlt. Henry Verwohlt was born and reared in Brunswick, Germany, where for some years he was engaged in operating a distillery. He married Hannah Hosper. also a native of Germany, and to them were born two sons : Henry and Chris. Henry, who came to the United States in 1853, located* at Martin's Ferry, O., where he worked as a fireman in the glass works operated by a Mr. Sweeney. During the Civil War he served in the 1st Virginia Cavalry, and his death was caused by injuries received in battle. He was survived by his widow, Mary Verwohlt, now deceased, and five children, four of whom are still living. In March, 1855, Chris Verwohlt came with his parents to the United States in a sailing vessel, which required six weeks and three days to make the voyage. Chris was about eighteen years of age when the family settled on Warren Ridge near Ray-land. He engaged in farming at Smithfield for three years for Isaac Lewis, receiving six dollars a month the first year, $120 the second year, and $150 the third year, and during this time spent but $40 of his earnings. He then rented a farm in Warren Township from Jacob Cremer for seven years, after which he rented his present farm of 248 1/2 acres from Greer & Lang, of Wheeling, for seven years. He then bought for $16,000, the land, buildings and stock, paying $8,000 in cash and the balance during the next six years. To this he subsequently added at different times, 447 1/2 acres ; fifty acres, for which he paid $6,000, and 146 acres, for which he paid $12,000. He also purchased two dwellings in Wheeling, W. Va., for $5,500, and also erected near Rayland seven dwellings which he rents. In 1891, he built his large ten-room residence, also the barns and other buildings, and carried on farming on an extensive scale. Some years ago he disposed of the coal interests on his land for $9,000. Mr. Verwohlt is one of the most progressive and substantial citizens of Warren Township, and what he has acquired has been entirely due to his own efforts, as he started out in life as a poor boy. Mr. Verwohlt was married February 23, 1860, to Christina Brandfass, a native of Germany, who came to this country at the age of seventeen, and to them has been born three children : Henry, Lena M. and Rosenna. Henry died aged two years. Lena M. was married January 24, 1884, to John W. Greenlee, and they have five children ; Christopher; Rose ; Christina, who married Ross Stillwell, has one child, Lena Jane ; Emma ; and Cleora. Rosenna died aged twenty-three years. Mr. Verwohlt was formerly identified AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1073 with the Democratic party in politics, but since President Cleveland’s first administration, has been a Republican. He has served as representative, and was for ten years trustee of the township, having been elected on the Democratic ticket. He is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. of Rayland, and is the second oldest man in the lodge there. The religious connection of the family is with the Presbyterian Church. C. W. HARRIS, secretary-treasurer of the Harris Lumber Company, at Dillonvale, Ohio, with a branch yard at Amster-, dam, was born near Rush Run, in Jefferson County, Ohio, as were also his two uncles, W. J. Harris, president of this company, and E. B. Harris, who is vice president and general manager. All are sons of Rev. William Harris, who was a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church near Cleveland. W. J. Harris was graduated from the Mt. Pleasant High School and afterward engaged in teaching school for several years before becoming identified with the Harris Lumber Company. He is a resident of Pittsburg, Pa., where he is president and general manager of the Ellwood Lumber Company of that city. He married a Miss Gumder, of Minerva, Ohio. E. B. Harris, who is vice-president and general manager of the Harris Lumber Company, resides at Dillonvale, Ohio, and is unmarried. C. W. Harris completed his education in the Steubenville Business College and then went into his present line of work at Dillonvale and for three years was assistant yard manager at that point, after which he was yard manager at Amsterdam, Ohio, for three years ; then he became secretary-treasurer of the Harris Lumber Company and removed to Mt. Pleasant, where he has other interests, being vice president of the Union Real Estate and Building Company. He married Miss Claribel Harrison, of Adena, Ohio. W. W. Scott, local manager of the Harris Lumber Company, was born in Carroll County, moved from there to Harrison County and later to Jefferson County. He married Miss Almeda L. Miller and they have had six children, five of whom survive. He gives all his time to the business at Amsterdam, having taken charge in 1909. W. J. Harris, E. B. Harris and C. W. Harris were interested in the Ellwood Lumber Company, which entered into business in March, 1893, and so continued until February 1, 1905. They then organized The East Ohio Lumber Company, changing to the Harris Lumber Company on February 1, 1909. This company are manufacturers and dealers in lumber and builders' supplies and the enterprise is one of great business importance in this section. HOMER C. COOK, treasurer of The H. C. Cook Company, printers, engravers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, directing the largest enterprise of this kind in Eastern Ohio, it being one of Steubenville's most prosperous business concerns, was born at Steubenville, in 1875, and is a son of Hon. John M. Cook, circuit judge, in Jefferson County. Homer C. Cook was reared in his native place and was graduated from the Steubenville High School, June 21, 1894. He then passed one year in Professor Rawlins' School for Boys, in Philadelphia, and later a year in Washington and Jefferson College. Mr. Cook then entered upon a business life and for eight years served as teller in the Union Deposit Bank of Steubenville. On February 1, 1905, when the H. C. Cook Company -was organized, he became treasurer, as he is also chief stockholder and in large measure the director of its business policy. He is an active, interested and useful citizen and is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. In 1899 Mr. Cook was married to Miss Margaret C. Hagan, of Steubenville, and they have three children, John M. Cook, named for his grandfather, Margaret H. and Homer Calvin. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are 1074 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY members of the First Presbyterian Church of Steubenville. He is a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason, belongs also to the Elks and is identified with the Steubenville Country Club. E. DEMARR ERSKINE, M. D., one of the leading physicians, and surgeons of Steubenville, Ohio, and a representative of one of Jefferson County's prominent pioneer families, was born in January, 1870, in East Springfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of David Erskine. Dr. Erskine was educated at Mt. Union College and the Baltimore Medical College from which he graduated with the class of 1893, and has since that time been located at Steubenville, where he is successfully engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery and is prominently and favorably known throughout the county. He has been United States Pension Examiner for the past thirteen years, is a member of the County, State and American Medical Associations, and is fraternally affiliated with the Steubenville Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen. Dr. Erskine was married October 3, 1906, to Lavisa J. Stewart, of Holliday's Cove, W. Va. WILLIAM EDMUNDS KERR, M. D., one of the leading medical practitioners of Steubenville, Ohio, who has been a resident here for the past six years, was born in Irondale, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1877, and is a son of William M. Kerr. William Kerr, grandfather of our subject, and a native of Washington County, Pa., was one of the pioneers and one of the early commissioners of Jefferson County. The father, William Kerr, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, about 1835, and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has been actively interested in local politics and served two terms as a commissioner of Jefferson County. Dr. William E. Kerr attended the common schools of the county and Mt. Union College, then taught for five years, after which he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He graduated with the class of 1903, and has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at Steubenville. He is president of the Jefferson County Medical Society, is a member of the State and American Medical Associations, and a member of the Steubenville School Board. Dr. Kerr is fraternally affiliated with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery of Steubenville, and Lake Erie Consistory of Cleveland ; K. of P. No. 1, of Steubenville ; the Elks, Modern Woodmen of America, Improved Order of Red Men, and the Royal Neighbors, all of Steubenville. Dr. Kerr is also identified with the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, the Country Club and the Y. M. C. A. OLIVER P. NAYLOR, whose well cultivated farm of 180 acres lies in a very desirable part of Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is one of the repre76A—Jeff Co. History Evers sentative men of this section and belongs to one of the substantial old families of the township. He was born near York, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 11, 1843, and is a son of John S. and a grandson of Samuel Naylor. John S. Naylor was born at Baltimore, Md., in 1800, a son of Samuel and Rebecca Naylor, who were married January 15, 1795. In 1809, Samuel Naylor and wife came to Ohio and settled in the woods, in Smithfield Township. At that time their son, John S. Naylor, was a boy of nine years and well remembered the long and unusual journey across the mountains, in the big farm wagon. He grew to manhood, married and died in Smithfield Township, a wise, good man who was universally esteemed. His death occurred in 1884. He married Jane McGrew, who died in 1862. Their family numbered nine children: Elizabeth, Anna, Rebecca, Nathan, Samuel G., William B., Oliver P. and two who died