HISTORY


OF THE


UPPER OHIO VALLEY


WITH FAMILY HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

A STATEMENT OF ITS RESOURCES, INDUSTRIAL

GROWTH AND COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES.


VOL. II.


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INDEX - iii.


HISTORICAL INDEX OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.

CHAPTER I

The Indians Occupation

18

CHAPTER II

Settlement

31

CHAPTER III

Logan, The Mingo Chieftain

37

CHAPTER IV

Jefferson County's Resources

47

CHAPTER V

The Courts, Bench and Bar of Jefferson County

74

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES JEFFERSON COUNTY

Cross Creek Township

99

Island Creek Township

107

Knox Township

133

Mt. Pleasant Township

171

Ross and Salem Township

190

Saline Township

201

Smithfield Township

207

Steubenville Township

215

City of Steubenville

229

254

279

304

Warren and Wayne Township

345

Wells Township

360

CHAPTER VI

Organization of Jefferson County

368

CHAPTER VII

Schools of Jefferson County

401

CHAPTER VIII

Religous History of Jefferson County

408

CHAPTER IX

The Press of Jefferson County

434

CHAPTER X

Medical History of Jefferson County

438



Adams. Martin 395

Adena 391

Amsterdam 394

Armstrong, Ensign 29

Auditors 374

Banks—

 Commercial 71

 Citizen's 71

 Exchange 71

 First, in Steubenville 379

 First National 72

 Miners' & Mechanics' 71

 Mt. Pleasant, The 71

 Smithfield National 72

Bar meetings 93-98

Bergholz 394

Boats, building of 69

Bouquet, Col 20

Blank book, the manufacture of 69

Block house 32

Bloomingdale 391

Brick—

 Edward Nicholson, works of 68

Nonesuch works 68

Porter, Minor & Co 68

Brown, William 38

Building and Loan Association 72

Buskirk's Battle 34

Cable, Philip 379

Calumet 383

Carpenter, John 33

Churches —

 Baptist, Regular 426

 Catholic 420

 Disciples 425

 Early 408

 Episcopal 414

 Friends 428

 Methodist Episcopal 416

 Methodist Protestant 41

 Presbyterian 411

 United Presbyterian 422

Coal 47-57

Collier, James 96

Combat, Indian 19

Copperas, Benjamin Johnson,

works of 69

Coroners 376

Cornstalk, Chief 26

Clay, fire 59

Clerks —

 Common Pleas, list of 92

 Of the court 374

Commissioners 376

Fisher, J. C. 379

Foundry —

 James Means & Co. 64

 William Kenyon 64

 W. L. Sharp & Son 64

Fort Steuben 377

Furniture, the manufacture of 66

Gas, natural 57

Gist, Christopher 19

Glass works 65

Greathouse, Daniel 41

Hammondsville 396

Hayti 391

Holmes Mill 398

Hunter, Samuel 378

Indians —

 Characteristics of 23

 Eries 17

 Senecas 24

 Shawnees 25

 Wyandots 25

Indictment, first, for murder 80

Iron 62

Irondale 396

Iron works—

 The Jefferson 64

 The Spaulding 65

Johnson boys, account of 32

Jones, David 381

Judges —

 Common pleas 86

 Circuit court 90

 District court, list of 88

 Probate 375

 Probate court 90

 Supreme court, list of 88

Jury, the first 76

Kenton, Simon 45

Knoxville 383

LaGrange 387

Limestone 62

Linton 397

Logan, Mingo Chief 17

Logan, speech of 44

Lloyd, William R. 97

McCook, George W. 97

McCoy's Station 383

Manufacturers 63

Marble works, Italian 392

Maxwell, James 27

Medical society 439

Mingo Bottom 381

Mingo, Indian village of 379

Mingo Junction 382

Pioneer-

 Houses 35

 Implements 35

Plow works, the Cloverdale 64

Point Pleasant, battle of 43

Pork packing 390

Port Homer 397

Portland 400

Pots, glass melting 65

Pottery, the manufacture of 66

Prosecuting attorneys, list of 90

Railroads, history of 69

Recorders 374

Representatives 373

Resolutions 90

Richmond 383

Richmond college 405

Riley family, massacre of 33

Ross, James 378

Ross, Joseph 30

Rush Run 400

Salem 384

Salt Works 393

Schools 401

 Steubenville Public 403

 Seminary, the Ladies' 403

Senators, state 372

Sheriffs 373

Sherman House 389

Sloan's Station 382

Smithfield, village of 389

Statistics 72-74

Steuben, Baron 377

Steubenville 377

Steubenville, first offices of 379

Survey, congressional 36

Surveyors, county 376

Sutherland, John K. 94

Tanneries 390

Tappan, Benjamin 94

Taxation 72

Terra cotta 67

Tiltonville 400

Treasurers 374

Trenton 387

Treaties, Indian 20

Townships, information of 368

 Brush Creek 394

 Cross Creek 397

 Island Creek 395

 Mt. Pleasant 384

 Ross 392

 Salem 383

 Saline 395

Courts 74

 Circuit 81

 Common pleas 75

 Quarter sessions 78

 Territorial 75

 Territorial probate 81

Court houses 77-369

Cresswell 392

Croxton 395

Croxton's Run, battle of 33

DeClown 19

Doyle, Benjamin 379

Directors, infirmary 376

East Springfield 384

England, John 378

Fairplay 392

Fire clay—

 The Ohio Valley, Co. 68

 The Freeman, Co. 68

Mills, Clinton, paper 63

Mills, early 63

Mills Exchange, the 392

Moody, Roderick S. 95

Morgan, George 21

Mt. Pleasant, village of 385

Myers, " Auver " Mike 33

Newberg 382

Nebo 394

Newspapers 434-437

New Somerset 383

Ohio company 19

Oil 57

Packets 69

Philipsburg 387

Physicians 438

Pioneers —

 Dangers 35

 Furniture 35

 Smithfield 387

 Springfield 394

 Warren 399

 Wayne 391

 Wells 387

Underground railroad, The 386

Unionport 391

Viers, Brice 379

Vote, official, for governor 370

War, Dunmore's 40

Warrenton 399

Washington, George 19-380

Wells, Bazaleel 376

Whipping post 85

White-Eyes, killing of 78

Wintersville 398

Wright, John C. 94

York, village of 330

Yorkville 400



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO.


In addition to the following list, there are many names of early settlers that appear in the Historical Index for this county, to which reference is made. These personal sketches are generally arranged in alphabetical order for each township, thus making a double index. The page at which the sketches for each township begin is first given, and afterward all of them are given without reference to the townships.

Cross Creek township 99

Island Creek township 107

Knox township 133

Mt. Pleasant township 171

Ross township 190

Salem township 190

Saline township 201

Smithfield township 207

Steubenville city 229

Steubenville township 215

Warren township 345

Wayne township 345

Wells township 360

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Abraham, William C. 229

Adams, George W. 215

Adams, John D. 133

Albaugh, Reuben 134

Alexander, Samuel 230

Allison, William R. 230

Anderson, Lewis 233

Archer, William J. 234

Arthurholt, Allen H. 134

Aten, David 135

Attig, John 215

Ault, Andrew 107

Ault, Andrew C. 107

Ault, Andrew J. 108

Ault, George 108

Ault, Jacob 107

Banfield, William 201

Banfield, William H. 202

Barclay, Thomas 236

Barkhurst, John L. 171

Barkhurst, Joshua 207

Barkhurst, William 172

Barnes, William P. 190

Barr, Charles E. 216

Bates, John S. 237

Battin, Asa H. 237

Becker, Wilhelm F. 238

Bell, William G. 108

Berry, Samuel P. 136

Betz, B. J. 136

Betz, George 136

Blackburn, James H. 137

Blackburn, William S. 345

Bluck, Thomas B.109

Bowers, Albert M. 109

Bower, Cletus 137

Bone, Benjamin F. 173

Borden, Amos W. 238

Boren, G. B. 239

Bradway, Thomas 185

Brant, John W. 202

Brashear, Oscar F. 240

Buckingham, Andrew S. 241

Buchanan, Franklin S. 216

Burchfield, John A. 110

Burns, John G. 243

Burns, Henry 110

Bullock, William 242

Butcher, Isaac 191

Corbett, D. M. 249

Crabs, John 192

craven, John 176

Crawford, Homer B. 114

Crawford, James 114

Crawford, James W. 114

Crawford, John 139

Crawford, Josiah J. 140

Crawford, Orlando Y. 140

Culp, George L. 115

Culp, John F. 115

Cummings, Robert M. 250

Daniels, John T. 141

Daniels, Thomas M. 141

Daton, James F. 250

Daton, Jerome P. 251

Davidson, Darius 115

Davis, George H. 116

Day, William 252

Dean, James 361

Dean, George A. 219

Dean, William 218

Demain, John A. 210

Devenny John S. 252

Dobbs, John 116

Dorsey, Edward B. 192

Downer, William 203

Doyle, Benjamin 254

Doyle, John B. 254

Doyle, Joseph B. 255

Duff, H. T. 203

Dunbar, Jared 255

Dunbar, O. P. 256

Duval, William G. 361

Edmiston, Joseph W. 142

Edmiston, John C. 141

Ekey, Andrew 100

Ekey, John 99

Ekey, John H. 100

Ekey,' Thomas 100

Elliott, Andrew A. 257

Elliott, George B. C. 142

Elliott, William 257

Ellis, Thomas R. 193

Evans, Evan G. 176

Fagan, James M. 143

Farmer, Frederick 219

Ferguson, Charles S. 258

Ferguson, James W. 349

Gruber, David M. 266

Hales, Andrew 149

Hales, George A. 119

Hales, John C. F. 119

Hall, Joseph 267

Hamilton, Archibald 268

Hammond, John G. 350

Hartley, James J. 268

Hartnedy, M. M. A. 269

Hastings, Bascom M. 211

Hastings, William 119

Hazlett, Hugh 120

Hazlett, James S. 120

Hellstern, John L. 271

Henderson, James M. 149

Henry, George N. 271

Hereran, Bernard 221

Hervey, David 351

Hervey, David A. 351

Hervey, David M. 352

Hervey, Ebenezer 352

Hervey, John B. 353

Hinkle, Conrad V. 149

Hill, Mackall D. 272

Hoffman, James P. 195

Hope, Adam R. 177

Horton, Thomas 178

Hout, George A. 195

Hout, John W. 195

Hunter, W. H. 273

Hull, J. H. 120

Huscroft, William G. 101

Huston, Sam 274

Irons, William M. 275

Irwin, John D. 275

Jackman, Winfield S. 150

Jacobs, William D. 121

Jenkins, George K. 179

Jenks, Mrs. John M. 121

Johnston, Smiley H. 363

Jones, Edward B. 179

Jones, William C. 364

Kilgore, John D. 122

Kithcart, John A. 276

Kithcart, William S. 180

Knagi, Frederick 150

Kneff, Benjamin 222

Laban, Frederick W. 151

Laughlin, Robert 277

Cady, Alonzo L 244

Call, Alexander 138

Call, David 99

Call, David 346

Call, James M. 347

Canby, Charles F. 244

Cariens, John R. 217

Carman, Samuel 317

Carnahan, John A. 111

Carr, David S.111

Carson, Archibald 217

Carson, Winfield S. 218

Carter, Augustus 208

Carter, Elihu 174

Carter, Joshua A. 173

Carter. Nelson 174

Cassell, John 99

Castner, Paul 111

Clark, James 112

Clark, Robert 112

Clark, William 112

Clingerman, James 245

Clohan. Lewis 360

Coble, Hugh S. 245

Cochran, George W. 113

Cole, Elijah 191

Collier, John B. 246

Collins, John W. 138

Comly, Benjamin 175

Comly, David 175

Comly, John 175

Conn, P. B. 247

Connor, Patrick 113

Cook, John M. 248

Cookson, William C. 348

Cooper, Alexander 139

Cooper, John H. 139

Cooper, John W. 114

Cope, William M. 209

Copeland, Joseph 349

Fickes, George J. 259

Fickes, Henry H. 259

Filson, Davison 260

Fisher, Benjamin H. 261

Fithen, Waid 220

Fitzpatrick, Alexander 143

Foreman, Robert P. 262

Foster, Arthur M. 263

Fleming, Henry W. 117

Floyd, James C. M. 262

Francis, Joseph 211

Franey, Elmer E. 144

Franey, John 144

Franey, R. M. 145

Franey, William B. 144

Freshwater, William Z. 145

Futhey, Peter L. 193

Galbraith, James 117

Gallagher, James 263

Garlick, William Between 264-265

Garrett, Horatio G. 265

Garrett, William H. 265

Gaston, Hamilton D. 146

Giesey, Emmet R. 194

Gilchrist, Alexander 362

Gladden, William 146

Goodlin, James O. 148

Goodwin, Finley 194

Gorman, Patrick 266

Goucher, Charles W. 146

Goucher, William B. 147

Gould, Uriah B. 100

Gowdy, Isaac M. 147

Gracey, James A. 101

Grafton, Benjamin B. 118

Grafton, Isaac 117

Grafton, Jehu L. 118

Grafton, John D. 118

Graham, John C. 220

Gregg, Melvin 148

Leas, William 196

Leonard, Andrew P. 222

Lewis, Plummer P. 277

Leyden, Alphonsus M. 122

Linton, Benjamin H. 278

Lloyd, Isaac 181

Lloyd, John 181

Lockhart, John H. 223

Loomer, John 279

Love, Matthew 204

Lowe, W. H. Between 264-265

Loyd, John 102

Loyd, William C. 223

Lyle, Joseph Pressley 353

Lyons, Abraham M. 279

Lyons, James 123

Lysle, Thomas B. 151

McAdoo, Samuel 152

McCausland, George 123

McCauslen, Thomas 280

McCauslen, William S. 281

McConnell, Joseph 102

McConnell, William 204

McCook Family 282

McCoy, George W. 152

McClinton, John 281

McCullough, David U. 124

McCullough, James B. 284

McCullough, John 103

McCullough, Samuel N. 205

McFadden, Henry Hunter 285

McFeelys, The 253

McFerren, Francis A. 153

McFerren, Walter S. 154

McGee, Obadiah J. 365

McGhie, Robert W. 153

MeGough, Robert C. 224

McGowan, David 286

McIntire, William J. 366

McKee, John 288



INDEX - v.


McKee, Samuel 287

McLaughlin, William D. 288

McMullen, William 289

McNary, Robert 354

Manly, Joshua 289

Mansfield, Frank C. 102

Mansfield, John A. 290

Markle, Jacob P. 124

Martin, Leamon W. 125

Matthews, Benjamin F. 291

Matthews, Enoch W 292

Matthews, John 292 Maude,

Benjamin 293

Maxwell, F. S. 291

Maxwell John S. 293

Medcalf, James L. 154

Mertz, Henry Ney 294

Metcalf, Rosanna 196

Miller, John Huston 295

Milner, David N. 182

Minor, Samuel D. 155

Mitchell, Thomas F. 183

Montgomery, Thomas H. 125

Mooney Frank M. 297

Mooney, Johnston 297

Moore, George 298

Moore, James M. 155

Moore, John 364

Moore, Thomas V. 355

Moreland, Daniel A. 126

Morgan, Waltman W. 224

Morris, Justin G. 299

Morrow, George W. 126

Morrow, Thomas W. 156

Hunker, Jones 299

Myers, Benjamin F. 158

Myers, George 160

Myers, James W. 157

Myers, Jay A. 157

Myers, John, Sr 158

Myers, John W. 158

Myers, Michael, Sr. 159

Myers, Michael 160

Myers, Noah 156

Myers, William, Sr. 157

Myers, William F. 160

Nicholson, Andrew J. 301

Nicholson, Charles M. 301

Nicholson, Frank 301

Nicholson, George W. 300

Nicholson, Matthew 300

Oliver, John F. 302

Ong, Abram 183

Opperman, Henry 303

Permar, Wesley 104

Pitner, Levi L. 307

Porter, Alexander L. 356

Potts, George 357

Price, L. R. 197

Priest, Henry M. 309

Prentiss, Benjamin F. 308

Pugh, George C. 127

Purviance, Thomas H. 310

Pyle, Sheridan B. 198

Queen, Samuel E. 310

Rabe, Theodore F. 311

Reed, J. Ross 357

Reid, Alexander McC. 312

Reynolds, James M. 312

Richards, Rees Griffith 313

Richards, William 315

Ricks, Richard L. 184

Ridgley, William F. 315

Risdon Nottingham 225

Roach, Jeremiah S. 226

Roberts, Charles 198

Roberts, David W. 206

Roberts, George D. 161

Robertson, John 128

Robinson, Isaac 206

Rogers, Joseph C. 128

Ruddicks, William 316

Rutledge, James A. 104

Sanborn, Henry M. 358

Sanders, Thomas Scott 130

Sanford, Orlin Mead 317

Salmon, Josiah B. 317

Saltsman, Jefferson 129

Sarratt, James F. 318

Scott, John T. 199

Scott, William M. 319

Shane, Benjamin 130

Shane, James 130

Shanley, Frank N. 319

Shanley, James J. 162

Sharon Family, The 320

Sharp, Benjamin M. 322

Sharp, Thomas A. 321

Sharp, William L. 323

Sheal, John E 321

Sherrard, Robert 325

Sheuster, Samuel 131

Simeral, William F. 327

Simpson, David 226

Slutz, Mahlon J. 199

Smith, John 162

Smith, John C. 163

Smith, Horace G. 185

Stewart, James W. 330

Stewart, 0. V. 331

Stewart, Robert B. 163

Stewart, William P. 164

Stone, James 165

Stokes, Frank 164

Stokes, William 165

Sutton, Jane 201

Swickard, Samuel 166

Tappan, Benjamin 335

Tate, T. Elriot 207

Taylor, Samuel B. 166

Thompson, Elisha 187

Thomas, George S. 335

Thomas, Isaac 186

Thomas, John C. 228

Tipton, Carrollton 359

Trainer, John H. S. 336

Turnbull, James 338

Turner, Robert H. 228

Tweed, James D. 105

Underwood, John 105

Updegraff, David B. 187

Updegraff, Jonathan T. 188

Van Tilburg, Samuel 167

Van Tilburg, Sylvester 167

Vermillion, William 212

Waddle, Oliver M. 366

Walker, John C. 167

Walker, Philip A. 339

Walker, W. S. 340

Ward, Thomas L. 168

Warden, Wesley A. 131

Warren, David T. 168

Warren, George B. 169

Warren, Thomas 168

Warren, William 168

Watson, George A. 131

Watt, William H. 169

Wable, Thomas H. 169

Webster, George P. 341

Weir, William F. 229

Welch, Benjamin 132

Wellington, William 170

Wells, Bezaleel 341

Wheeler, John 213

White, D. K. 201

White, Leonidas 106

White, William M. 189

Whittaker, James F. 359

Williams, Obadiah J. 106

Wilson, Samuel A. 171

Winning, Edward D. 367

Winterringer, Barnard 342

Paisley, James E. 205

Paisley, John H. 161

Parks, William H. 356

Parsons. Amos 304

Patterson, Robert H. 197

Payne, Benjamin F. 304

Pearce, Enoch 305

Pearce, John 306

Peeler, Susannah H. 225

Spaulding, David 329

Stafford, John W. 332

Stanton, Edwin M. 332

Stanton, William 334

Stark, James G. 104

Stephenson, James W. 200

Steuart, James E. 227

Stewart, Andrew J. 163

Stewart, Harlan W. 331

Winters, George B. 343

Winters, William 132

Wood, William H. 214

Wright, Alfred T. 132

Wright, Nathaniel D. 343

Wright, Thomas B. 344

Yeagley, William 171

Yocum, John 133

Zink, William R. 345


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HISTORICAL INDEX OF BELMONT COUNTY




Alexander, Robert J. 806

Appleseed Johnny 817

Armstrong, Ensign 451

Auditors. 473

Bar, Belmont county, the 803

Barnesville 161

 Churches and schools 763

 Early business men of 762

 Manufactures 763

 Merchandising 763

 Municipal organization 762

Bar, present members of 808

Belmont, town of 765

Bellaire 756

 Commercial business 758

 Churches 758

 Early history of 756

 Incorporation of 757

 Growth and present condition 757

 Newspapers 758

 Schools 758

 Streets and roads 758

Border warfare 446

Boston 767

Bridgeport 760

 Manufactures 761

 Mayors of 760

 Statistics of 761

Blast furnaces 481

Broadhead, D. 451

Captina, battle of 458

Cement 479

Centreville 768

Chambers, R. E 807

Cholera 797

Churches —

 Baptist 780

 Catholic 783

 Christian 781

 Episcopal 784

 First congregations 776

 First meeting houses 775

 Methodist Episcopal 778

 Presbyterian 779

 United Presbyterian 782

Cities and towns 755

Clerks 471

Coal 477

Constables 464

County commissioners 471

County organization 441

County seat, removal of 465

Coroners 473

Court, circuit 803Courts Early 800Changes in the 801Common pleas, judges of 802District 802Territorial, justices of 802Cowen, Benjamin 806Cowen, D. D. T.............-. 806

Fruit culture 817

Gas 480

Genin, Thomas H. 805

Goblet Works, The Bellaire 485

Glenco 767

Glass,AEtna Mamfacturing Co 486

Glass Works, Belmont 484

Glass. Elson company 486

Glass Works, Excelsior 484

Glass Works, La Belle 485

Glass Works, National 485

Glass, the, industry 484

Grand jury, first 463

Grape culture 819

Hammond, Charles 803

Hendrysburg 766

Homes, early settlers 812

Hubbard, William B. 805

Huntre 768

Indians, adventures with 458

 Character of 443

 Courtship and marriages 445

 Food and cooking 445

 Noted chiefs 446

 Murders by 460

Indian occupancy 442

Industries, manufacturing 480

Infirmary directors 473

Institute,.first teachers 770

Implements of labor 813

Iron and steel 481

Jacobsburgh 768

Jennings, David 805

Judges, probate 473

Kennon, W. S. 807

Kennon, William, Sr. 805

Kirkwood, Robert 453

Land sales, first 449

Limestone 478

Loydsville 767

Lundy, Benjamin 791

Manufactures 480

Manufactures, statistics of 487

Martin's Ferry 763

Churches and schools 764

Commercial business 764

Manufactures 764

Municipal officers of 763

Maynard. 766

Medical society, Belmont Cty 799

Medical society, first 796

Medico-Chirurgical society 798

Medical organizations 797

Prosecuting attorneys 473

Public buildings 464 to 468

Quincy 767

Railroads 488 to 491

Recorders 473

Representatives, congressional 469

Representatives, county 470

Review 820

Revolutionary veterans 810

Roads, early 813

Ruggles, Benjamin 804

Sandstone 478

School board, township 772

School districts, separate 772

Schools, early 769

Senators, state 470

Settlements, early 448

 Early legal 453

 Early unauthorized 450

 First 810

Sewelsville 767

Shannon, James 806

Shainnon, Wilson 804

Sheriffs 471

Sheep husbandry 816

Somerton 767

Standard Iron company 483

Stamped Iron 487

Statistics, educational 773

Stewartsville 767

St. Clair, Arthur, proclamation

of 461

St. Clairsville 759

 Churches 760

 Early history of 759

 Newspapers 760

Strawberry culture 820

Supervisors 464

Sweney, Oliver J. 807

Table of yields 816

Tallman, Peter 806

Temperanceville 768

Townships, first division into 462

Courts

 Early 800

 Changes in the 801

 Common pleas, judges of 802

 District 802

 Territorial, justices of 802

Cowen, Benjamin 806

Cowen, D. D. T. 806

Danford, Lorenzo 807

Dille's Fort 451

Distilleries 481

Early settlers, trials of 460

Election precincts 463

Fairmount 766

Farmington 766

Fire clay 479

Flushing , village of 765

Foundry, The Belmont 484

Foundries 483

Mills —

 Iron and steel 482

 Nail 482

 Woolen 480

Morristown 764

Nail company, The Laughlin 482

Nail works, The AEtna 483

Nagle, Jacob 805

New Castle 768

Newspapers 785 to 791

Nurseries, first 818

Officials, list of 469

Oil 480

Pioneers, toils and dangers of 811

Physicians 795

Political conditions 474

Population 441

Powhatan Point 768

Pleasant Grove 766

Preview 820

Township —

 Flushing 457

 Goshen 457

 Mead 454

 Somerset 457

 Smith 457

 Pease 455

 Pultney 455

 Richland 455

 Union 456

 Warren 456

 Washington 458

 Wayne 457

 Wheeling 456

 York 458

Treasurers 471

Treaty 447

Uniontown 768

Vote, official, for governor 474

Warnock Station 768

Weir, James 806

West Wheeling 767

Window Glass—

 Barnesville, Company 478

 Bellaire, Works 486

 Crystal, Company 486

 Enterprise, Company 487

 Union, Works 486

Woolen mills 480


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO.


In addition to the following list, there are any names of early settlers that appear in the Historical Index for this county, to which reference is made. These personal sketches are generally arranged in alphabetical order for each township, thus making a double index. The page at which the sketches for each township begin is first given, and afterward all of them are given without reference to the townships.



Colerain township 491

Flushing township 497

Goshen township 513

Kirkwood township 702-710

Mead township 702-710

Pease township 521

Pultney township 565

Richland township 615

Smith township 689

Union township 702-710

Warren township 710

Washington township 730

Wheeling township 736

York township 747


INDEX - vii.


Adams, David S. 491

Albrecht, John 710

Alexander, James 136

Alexander, John 615

Alexander, Mary A. 566

Alexander, Samuel 567

Allen, William A. 521

Allen, William G. 566

Alton, William 730

Anderson, A. W. 565

Archer, Frank B. 567

Armstrong, Alexander 731

Armstrong, C. W. 731

Armstrong, John 522

Armstrong, Julius 732

Armstrong, L. W. 732

Ault, B. R. 689

Ault, Conrad 616

Ault, Daniel 616

Ault, Joseph 617

Ault, Michael, Jr 689

Ault, Thomas 568

Ault, Valentine 711

Baldwin, John F. 617

Barnard, William G. 569

Barr, Lewis William 570

Baugh, John 690

Bayha, W. F. 522

Beam, Henry 618

Beam, Washington 618

Beatty, A. William 497

Bentley, John W. 513

Bentley, Solomon 618

Berry, Dunham M. 618

Bethel, Alfred 497

Bethel James 498

Bird, Joseph 523

Boggs, Moses 690

Bone, Robert W. 514

Boone, Dexter W. 571

Boone, J. S. 747

Boroff, Hiram 619

Boyd, Clark 737

Boyd, William 620

Boyd, William, Jr. 621

Bradfield, John 711

Brady, Benjamin F. 523

Brailly, Philip 571

Branson, David 498

Brown, George 621

Brown, William H. 572

Bryson, Edward 691

Bryson, J. A. 691

Bundy, William 712

Burson, James A 515

Burtoft, Thomas 622

Danford, Lorenzo 629

Darrah, A. C. 630

Darrah, James B. 576

Day, Benjamin F. 577

DeHass, Frank S. 528

Denham, Joseph H. 631

Denham, William 631

Dillon, Job 702

Dixon, James 632

Dixon, Henry 632

Douglass, Andrew 632

Brennen, James H. 529

DuBois, John 577

Duff, Thomas 738

Duncan, George 729

Dunn, Samuel 515

Dunn, Stephen 515

Eaton, William 702

Edgerton, James 713

Elson, William K. 530

Ely, James Sykes 714

Estep, William 633

Fawcett, Amos 633

Ferguson, Malcom 738

Ferrell, Francis B. 634

Field, Jeremiah 516

Fisher, Abijah 502

Fisher, John V. 703

Fisher, Rachel 503

Fitton, James 578

Floto, Henry 530

Fowles, G. M. 748

Frasier, James W. 634

Fulton, Robert M. 692

Fulton, William 635

Garden, A. T. 579

Garrett, John 580

Gaston Isaac H. 635

Gay, John C. 693

George, Selden 686

Gibbons, Joseph 715

Giffen, James A. 749

Giffen, Peter 716

Gill, William N. 580

Gilmore, E. W. 531

Glessner, Thomas L. 531

Graf ton, Isaac N. 581

Green, Charles M. 749

Green, George 693

Greenlee, William 582

Haines, Henry R. 693

Haines, Seldon T. 636

Hall, Alonzo O. 733

Hall, Job 732

Hoff, W. D. 642

Hoffman, Frederick 584

Hogan, James 694

Hoge, Asa H. 740

Hogue, A. J. 704

Holahan, Daniel 694

Holloway, Isaac 505

Hoover, S. T. 733

Howell, Robert T. 535

Huff, Daniel Wheeler 505

Huffman, Marion 585

Humphrey, Nathan 517

Hutchison, James 586

Hutchison, James 642

Hutchison, John S. 643

Hutchison, Joseph F. 585

Israel, John C. 705

Jackson, Thomas B. 517

Jennings, George S. 587

Jepson, George 643

Johnson, James 644

Johnson, John 644

Johnson, Robert 749

Johnson, Thomas 645

Johnson, William 587

Jones, Edward 588

Jones, Rees 589

Judkins, Frank M. 506

Kehrer, John C. 536

Kelly, Harry 589

Kemple, Henry C. 591

Kennon, Newell K. 645

Kennon, William 646

Kennon, Wilson S. 647

Kelsey, W. J. 695

Kelly, Carolus C. 590

Kern, George 591

Kinney, Henry 734

Kintner, John C. 647

Kirk, Ralph W. 707

Kirk, Thomas W. 506

Kir k, William B. 705

Kirkwood, Robert 537

Knox, William 648

Koebrsen, August F. 539

Koehnline Bros 539

Kuckuck, Charles W. 510

Kurtz, Earnest 592

Lane, Isaac R. 722

Lane, John W. 540

La Roche, Charles J. 593

Latham, George S. 507

Laughlin, John W. 723

Lawrence, Albert 648

Burson, James 512

Burtoft, Thomas 622

Caldwell, John 737

Campbell, Samuel 622

Campbell, William M. 737

Carlile, Robert 623

Chambers, William 623

Charlesworth, James F. 624

Chessell, George W. 524

Chew, Matthew A. 525

Clark, Robert 625

Clark, Samuel C. 628

Clark, Thomas A. 627

Clark, Thomas E. 626

Clark, William 525

Clark, William E. 627

Clark, William J. 627

Clifford, R. H. 691

Clifford William M. 691

Clements, Joseph 573

Clevenger, Isaac 499

Cochrane, John S. 526

Cochran, William C. 574

Coffland, William N. 628

Cooper, Joseph W. 574

Collins, James B. 500

Cope, Isaac G. 492

Cowan, David 492

Cowen, Frank M. 500

Cowgill, Joseph 689

Crawford, W. B. 527

Crozier, Ralph 575

Crozier, Richard 575

Cummings. Samuel O. 576

Danford, Alexander C. 628

Hall, Robert 637

Hall, Robert S. 637

Hall, William Q. 637

Handel, C. F. 532

Handerschild, Edward 739

Hanes, Joseph T. 532

Hanlon, T. T. 717

Hammond, Alexander C. 638

Hardesty, the Family 638

Hart, Miles R. 694

Hawthorn, Alexander G. 639

Hawthorn, David 493

Hays, Henderson 739

Heatherington, Jacob 582

Heed, Jacob 717

Heed, Joseph L. 516

Helling, Charles A. H. 533

Helpbringer, Peter W. 636

Henderson, John 640

Henderson, Joseph A. 640

Henry, Charles 583

Hervey, William E. 533

Hewetson, A. H. 641

Hibbard, F. W. 718

Higgins, James L. 534

Hill, Thomas 534

Hilles, George E. 721

Hillis, Nathan 719

Hilles, Samuel 721

Hilles, Skipworth C . 720

Hingeley, John W. 722

Hinkle, Christopher 641

Hipkins, Stephen 535

Hobson, Edward L. 503

Hobson, John A. 504

Lee, E. P. 724

Lee, Levi B. 724

Lester, Joseph 696

Lewis, Ira 695

Lewis, Jacob 695

Lewis, T. E. 695

Lewis, William B. 541

Linder, John 518

Loe, D. S. 541

Long, Conrad 542

Loper, Benjamin M. 649

Lucas, E. H. 696

Lucas, Samuel C. 696

Lyle, Alexander 543

McAlister, Albert 697

McClain, William J. 595

McClure, William B. 543

McClowd, Wilson 697

McConahey, James McC. 544

McConnell, Robert 697

McCracken, William 741

McCreary, William T. 707

McCue, G. T. 545

McFarland, Andrew 650

McFarland, Elijah 651

McFarland, James 652

McGaughey, Hiram 698

McGaughey, Robert 698

McGregor, Alexander 594

McGregor, Samuel H. 593

McKelvey, A. T. 652

McKelvey, J. O. 708

McMaster, James N. 698

McMillan, Jacob 493

McMillan, Sarah A. 494


INDEX - viii



McNiece, John 653

McSwords, Daniel Z. 545

Mackall, Benjamin H. 725

Major, William G. 709

Magee, Jesse B. 654

Manchester, C. E. 726

Mann, William 546

Marshall. John 654

Martin, Ebenezer 547

Mayhew, Clark H. 519

Mayhugh, A. 699

Maywood, John P. 547

Mead, Frank 507

Mears, Thomas J. 548

Meehan, Owen 655

Mellott, James W. 656

Merritt, Robert 596

Milligan, David H. 656

Milligan, Samuel 549

Mills, James R. 727

Mitchell, Joseph R. 657

Mitchell, Matthew C. 549

Mitchell, Rockwell B. 550

Montgomery, Joseph B. 551

Moore, Samuel 597

Morgan, Edmund G. 597

Morgan, Henry 658

Morgan, Thomas 742

Morris, Ezekiel C. 598

Morris Family history 508

Murdaugh, Louis 658

Muhleman, Robert W. 599

Naylor, David K. 494

Neal, Robert E. 599

Neff, Andrew James 600

Neff, Alexander 600

Neff, Henry 659

Neff, John W. 660

Neff, Theodore 601

Neff, William 660

Neiswanger, David 660

Neiswanger, Isaac 661

Nichol, Thomas M. 662

Nickolaus, Volney 750

Nichols, Balaam 742

Nichols, John W. 661

Nichols, William 519

Northwood, Harry 552

Ogilbee, Robert I. 699

Ogle, Alexander 602

Ogle, Benjamin F. 602

Ong, Albert R. 552

Orr, James 663

Orr, William H. 553

Parkinson, William 663

Parks, James 510

Patterson, Isaac H. 664

Patton, Calvin W. 664

Patton, James B. 743

Patton, Thomas L. 743

Patton, William 744

Patton, William L. 744

Pickering, Henry F. 665

Pickering, John Charles 668

Pogue, Robert 668

Pollock, John 669

Pollock, Samuel 706

Poorman, Christian L. 603

Porterfield, John 669

Porterfield, William D. 670

Potts, E. R. 751

Potts, Louis B. 670

Price, James 745

Price, John W. 511

Pugh, Morgan 735

Ramsay, George E. 752

Ramsay, I. W. 752

Ramsay, W. A. 753

Ramser, John 753

Ramsey, James A. 700

Reed, B. P. 728

Reed, William M. 604

Rehm, Henry 670

Rhodes Family 555

Rietz, Jacob 605

Riggs, E. N. 754

Robinson, George 671

Rodefer, Albert D. 605

Roeder, Andrew 606

Ro wles, Nathan H. 607

Ruggles, Benjamin 671

Sanders, John W. 608

Satterfield, Charles W. 609

Satterthwaite, William 672

Scales, Adam 673

Schumacher, Charles C. 673

Schumacher, Charles C. 674

Schumacher, Charles W. 674

Seabright, Charles 557

Sedwick, Leroy 674

Sellars, Peter 609

Shannafelt, John B. 610

Shannon, John W. 675

Shepherd, Richard 735

Sidwells, The 676

Smith, David J. 611

Smith, Hiram W. 557

Smith, John S. 676

Steenrod, Daniel 677

Steenrod, George E. 657

Steger, Ambrose 710

Stewart, James A. 678

Stewart, John 677

Stewart, John 679

Stewart, John E. 679

Still ell, James V. 520

Stratton, Charles 511

Sutton, Lewis 680

Sutton, Richard 681

Sutton, R. D. 700

Sutton, Zachariah 680

Taggart, John 681

Taggart, Joseph J. 682

Tallman, John A. 729

Taneyhill, Richard H. 729

Taylor, James 746

Taylor, John R. 735

Taylor, Henry 746

Taylor, Samuel 682

Taylor, William T. 700

Thompson, Samuel M. 683

Tilton, J. H. 558

Todd, John M. 559

Troll, Frederick 684

Tweedy, G. W. 560

Vickers, Isaac 495

Waddell, William B. 684

Wagener, David 560

Wagener, Van 561

Walker, 1saac J. 512

Walters, George W. 612

Watkins, Benjamin 685

Watson, John 747

Watson, Josiah 495

Warnock, William 701

Warwood, Henry 562

Webster, John V. 513

Welday, Henry C. 685

Wells, Levi 613

West, Simon B. 562

White, A. P. 701

White, Benjamin 520

White, John 686

White, William 687

Wilkins, Ronert 687

Williams, Brady 0. 563

Wilson, Harry G. 614

Wilson, James 614

Wilson, L. F. 730

Wood, Joel 563

Wood, William H. 565

Workman, A. M. 736

Overbaugh, Michael G. 663

Owens, John G. 751

Park, David 554

Parker, Oliver C. 555

Smith, Joseph B. 611

.Smith, Thomas J. 558

Stanton, Henry 511

Stanton, William 728

Worley, Joshua 687

Wurster, Philip 754

Young, John F. 688

Yost, Milton 496


ILLUSTRATIONS.


Calumet Fire Clay Co., works of Between 264-265

Cochran, John S. Facing 526

Connor, Patrick. Facing 113

Empire Fire Company, works of Between 264-265

Francy, John Facing 144

Francy, R. M. Facing 145

Garlick, W. H. Facing 264

Great Western Fire Clay Co., works of. Between 264-265

Miller, J. H. Facing 295

Poorman, C. L. Facing 603

Reid, Alexander McC. Facing 312

Saltsman, Jefferson Facing 129

Trainer, J. H. S. Facing 336