700 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. W. P. McNair, died October, 1882; Alice R., wife of E. H. McLain; David L., died in Iowa, August, 1883; James R., drowned in the Ohio, June, 1867. The mother of these died in 1856, at the age of thirty, and in October, 1860, Mr. Gray was married to Susan J. McClean, of this county, by whom he has five children: Anna B., wife of Thomas Gatts; Joseph M., George F., Mary E. and William P. George F. Gray is at present engaged in lumbering and merchandise with Thomas Gatts under the firm name of Gatts & Gray, and with this firm William P. Gray holds a position.. No business man in Marshall county is more thoroughly respected than W. O. Grimes, dealer in general merchandise at Glen Easton. He is the son of John and Barbara (Hubbs) Grimes, the former of Washington county, Penn., and the latter of Belmont county, Ohio. His grandfather, Isaac Hubbs, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Owing to the fact that schools were few and far between, and the teachers, in many cases, incompetent, Mr. Grimes received a limited education. His further advancement in this line was shortened by the brave step he took when but nineteen years of age, at which time he enlisted in the Third West Virginia infantry, Company I, and served with them until the discharge of the regiment in 1864. But, still faithful in his country's hour of need, he re-enlisted in Company H, Seventeenth West Virginia infantry, and with it passed through the remaining trying years of the war, participating in the following engagements: Battles of Droop Mountain, Harrisburg, McDowell, and all of the principal battles in which his regiment was involved. Mr. Grimes was an actor in the historic " Salem Raid," on which they were cut off from all supplies, and were forced to pull the heavy artillery over the mountains by hand, having no shoes for their feet, no food to satisfy the cravings of hunger, fording rivers through the ice, their feet frozen and their poor starved bodies benumbed with the biting cold. It is honor enough for one man to be able to say that he formed one of the heroes of that expedition. After the war Mr. Grimes traveled through the west for twelve years soliciting, or= ders for nursery stock, in which he was very successful. He then returned to the place of his selection, where he was married to Miss Martha Burley, the daughter of John and Susan (Ogle) Burley, old and highly respected residents of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes are the parents of four children: Susan, Charles, Elizabeth and Carton. After his marriage he operated a farm for four years, then sold out and moved to Missouri, where he worked a farm for two years. Again returning to Marshall county, he launched into the general merchandise business at Glen Easton, where he has since remained, having been very fortunate in his business. Mr. Grimes is in the prime, of life, having been born in 1842. He is an honored member of the G.A. R., post No. 77, and of the I. O. O. F., and is a staunch republican. R. W. Hall, M.. D., a leading physician of Moundsville, was born in Carroll county, Md., November 16, 1844, the son of William and Rachel A. (Mullineaux) Hall, both natives of Maryland, and the THE PAN-HANDLE - 701 father a descendant of Lyman Hall, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The father, Captain William Hall, witnessed the breaking of ground for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, helped in its completion and ran an engine on the same. In 1861 he enlisted in the Sixth West Virginia regiment as a captain of Company F, and served gallantly until 1865. He took down the first rebel flag that was hoisted in Tucker county, and was threatened with death therefor by the notorious guerilla, Bill Harper. At the close of the war, when taking some of his men to Wheeling for their pay, a railroad collision, caused such severe injuries to him that he died seven years later, December 10, 1872, at the age of fifty-two years. His wife, who survives, is a member of the Methodist church, to which he also belonged. They had two children. William H., the younger, is a resident of Mannington, of which he has been mayor. Dr. Hall came to Martinsburgh, Va., with his parents, and removed with them to Preston county in 1853. He was clerking in a store when the war broke out, and on April 1, 1862, he enlisted in his father's company. Subsequently he was promoted fifth sergeant, and afterward quartermaster sergeant of the regiment. fie participated in the battles of New Creek, Holly Meadows, Rowlesburg and others, and was wounded at Pleasant Run. Returning home, he attended college at Columbus, Ohio, then engaged for a time in the mercantile business and then took up his medical studies, which he had pursued since youth. He graduated in the class of 1874, at the university of Maryland, and he immediately began the practice at Manningtown, W. Va., whence he removed to Moundsville in 1883. Here he has achieved a high standing in his profession, and socially. He is a member of the State and the American Medical associations, of the Masonic order and the G. A. R. In 1869 he was married to Mary E., daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Erwin, of Mannington, and they have had four children: Bertie L.; Belle, deceased; William E., deceased, and Evangeline. George W. Hammond, an energetic farmer of Marshall county, was born there July 6, 1836, the son of George and Elizabeth (Darnell) Hammond, both natives of Virginia. The father was a farmer of considerable fame, having particular success in the raising of corn. He removed to Knox county, Ind., and died there in 1841, a little over fifty years old, his wife dying in 1837, at about the same age. Of the six children born to those parents three reside in Marshall county, and one, Mrs. Sarah A. Springer, at Bellaire. George W. was reared on the farm and engaged in agriculture previous to the war, but when that struggle arose, he enlisted in October, 1861, in Company D, of the First West Virginia infantry. He served in the army of the Shenandoah valley, taking part in the battles of New Market, Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Bull Run, Snicker's Ferry, and Moorsfield, and by his arduous service ruined his health. He was discharged November 26, 1865, after over three years in the service. He resumed farming, and in this calling has prospered. In March, 1864, he was married to Lizzie J. Fish, daughter of William and Sarah Fish, of Marshall county, and they have five 702 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. children: William L., a successful teacher, married to Lizzie Gibson; Ida M., Maggie, Martin, deceased; Roscoe, deceased. Mr. Hammond and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R., and in politics is a republican. H. J. Harris was born on the farm he now owns, and on which he lives, in the year 1844. He is a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Hubbs) Harris. The former died in February, 1866, and Mrs. Harris died October 18, 1886. They were early settlers of Marshall county, and were held in great esteem by the community at large. They left six children: John M., Emily, Joseph, Agnes, Elias R. and H. J. The latter first left his home to offer his life and servives to his country during the war of the rebellion. He served with Company D, First West Virginia infantry, until discharged in 1864 for total disability. He acted bravely, as it became a patriotic soldier to do, in the battles of Winchester, Fort Republic, Cedar Mountain, Second. Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, Piedmont, Lexington, Va., Lynchburg and also in many minor engagements. It is very seldom that a man receives such a wound as his and lives. At the battle of Lynchburg he received a rifle-shot wound in the head. It was an ounce ball, and entered near the front central portion of the forehead, entering the head and passing out at the right temple, carrying away a considerable portion of the skull with it. It has been a subject of much comment from the surgical profession. It is the more wonderful as he was left upon the battle-field, and was taken prisoner by the enemy, remaining in their custody until paroled some three months later. Totally unfit for further fighting, Mr. Harris soon after began farming, which he has since followed with unvarying success, being a progressive, practical farmer. November 8, 1873, he married Mary V., daughter of Thomas and Mary (Davis) Greathouse. Five children are the issue of this marriage: Sophia, Manford, Elmore, Calla and Bertha. An intelligent, useful family.. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are both members of the church of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Harris is also on the roster of Post No. 77, G. A. R. He is a republican. There is no doubt but that H. J. Harris's farm is one of the finest farm properties in that section of the state. Martin B. Helms, a highly esteemed citizen of Cameron, was born in Marshall county, W. Va., March 2, 1838. He is the son of Adam Helms, a native of Ohio, who, previous to the war, was occupied as a carpenter. In 1861 Adam Helms enlisted as a private in the Third West Virginia infantry, and was subsequently discharged on account of poor health. In the spring of 1864 he re-enlisted in Battery D, First West Virginia Light artillery, with which. he served until the close of the war. He was then occupied as a carpenter until he died at the age of sixty-five years, in February, 1881. He was married to Elizabeth Bonar, who died in the fall of 1852, at the age of thirty-five years. She bore her husband three children: Martin B., George M. and Rebecca S., who married John A. Pierce. Mrs. Pierce died in 1865, aged about twenty years. At the age of fourteen years Mar- THE PAN-HANDLE - 703 tin B. Helms began work as a farm laborer, and continued until five years later, when he began a four-years' service as a deck hand on the river. This continued until May, 1861, when, in answer to the call for 75,000 men, he enlisted for ninety days, and at the end of that time re-enlisted for three years in the First West Virginia infantry. He took part in the battles of Kernstown, M arch 23, 1862; Fort Republic, June 8 and 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, August 9; Thoroughfare Gap, August 27, 1862, second battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862. On September 11, 1863, he was captured in a skirmish at Morefield, W. Va., and thence taken to Libby prison, where he remained eight months. Here he suffered much hardship, but worse things were to follow. He was sent to Macon, Ga., and was confined in Camp Oglethorpe four months without shelter, and from there was transported to Charleston, S. C., where he was kept under the fire of the Union guns for one month. The yellow fever breaking out he and his fellow prisoners were removed to a camp about two miles from Columbia, S. C., where he was two months, and then at the asylum grounds, three months; Sherman's troops: advancing he and his comrades were hastily taken to Charlotte, where they remained four days; thence to Raleigh, for three days, and from there they went to Goldsboro, where they were paroled. His imprisonment covered a period of eighteen months, filled with untold hardships. He entered the service as private, was promoted sergeant at the battle of Kernstown, and first lieutenant to date from the second battle of Bull Run. He was discharged at Annapolis, on account of expiration of service. Since the war he has been engaged in clerking, and has been in the employment 0f E. B. Hicks for the past fifteen years, a testimonial to his efficiency and value as a business man. He was married in June, 1865, to Mrs. L. C. Anderson, and they have had two children: Willie T. and Ostie P., who died in 1876. Mr. Helms and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a member of the Masonic order, the I. O. O. F., S. B. Stidger post, G. A. R., and the National Union. In politics he is a republican. James N. Hendrix, teacher at Wood Hill, on Fairview Ridge, was born in Marshall county, March 17, 187r: He received his education at Benwood, and began actively in his profession in October, 1889. His work has been of a high order of excellence, and his life promises to be one of usefulness and honor. He is a son of Thomas and Luema (Scarlet) Hendrix. His father is one of three brothers, Jesse, Thomas and Isaac, of whom Jesse is the only survivor. Jesse Hendrix was born in Maryland, but at the age of three years removed to Mechanicstown, Carroll county, Ohio. There he was reared as a farmer, and in 1851 was married to Luema Scarlet, of Jefferson county. They removed afterward to Sistersville, W. Va., and after living there two years, made their home at Benwood. He and wife had six children: John, who was married in 1879, to Aurelia Peabody, and lives at Benwood; Elizabeth, deceased; Tobitha, deceased; Nancy, deceased; Ida, who married Oliver Williams, and James N. Thomas Hendrix was united with the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of sixteen 704 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. years, and was a class leader for thirty-seven years, and a devout Christian. He died February 7, 1889, aged sixty-four years. J. B. Hicks, ex-sheriff of Marshall county, was born in that county, July 24, 1841, the son of Josiah G. and Tamar (Burley) Hicks, natives of Virginia. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died in 1863, aged about fifty-five years, and his wife died about 1844. Of their four children three are living. The subject of this mention was reared on the farm until nineteen years of age, when he became clerk in a store, in which he has ever since controlled an interest. In August, 1863, he became orderly sergeant of Company I, Fourth West Virginia cavalry, and engaged mainly in guard duties until March, 1864. Subsequently he was engaged in merchandise until about 1878, and was then occupied in the stock business until 1880, when he was elected sheriff of Marshall county, which office he held from January I, 1881, four years, to the entire satisfaction of the people of the county. Since retirement from office he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Hicks has also served as president of the board of education of Cameron for several years, and on the school board of Moundsville, and in politics is a republican, having been secretary and treasurer of the republican central committee for about nine years. He is a member of the Masonic order and the I. 0. 0. F.; is one of the charter members and directors of the Marshall County bank, and is one of the originators of the Horse-breeders' association, for which he, as purchasing agent, has expended six to seven thousand dollars for fine stock. Mr. Hicks was married in 1861, to Sarah A., daughter of Robert and Maria (Lane) Anderson, of Washington county, Penn., and they have three children: Tamar, wife of W. D. Dunn; Dora, wife of Joseph Roberts, of this county; Clara: and an adopted daughter, Mamie. Mrs. Hicks is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Her parents are deceased; the father, August, 1883, aged sixty-seven, and the mother in 1873, aged fifty-two. W. B. Hicks, of Cameron, one of the prominent merchants of Marshall county, of which he is a native, was born January 10, 1844, the son of Robert A. and Esther (Sampson) Hicks, well-known early settlers. The father was a farmer and an enterprising citizen. He died in 1886, aged about sixty-four years, and his wife died in 1846. Five children were born to these parents, four of whom are living. Three are residents of Marshall county and one of Washington county, Penn. Robert A. Hicks was married a ,second time; about 1847, to Lavina Messicker, by whom he had seven children. She survives at the age of fifty-eight years, and six of her children are living: Albert, Harrison, Charlotte, Agnes, Margaret, Charles and Emma. The names of the children by the first marriage are: Wilson T., George W., Sarah J., W. B. and James W. The subject of this mention, before he was of age, enlisted in the Fourth Virginia cavalry, and served six months, and then re-enlisted in the Seventeenth West Virginia infantry, with which he served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged in June, 1865. ,On returning home he em- THE PAN-HANDLE - 705 barked in general merchandise and the buying of grain, and having continued in this since he was twenty-one years of age, is now one of the most prosperous merchants of the county, and carries the largest stock of goods in Marshall county. He has a comfortable home and is respected by all. In 1868, Mr. Hicks was married to Emma V. Anderson, and they have had two children: Wilson F., who died at the age of two years and a half, and Lutie. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee and steward and class leader. Brice Howard, a well-known old resident of Marshall county, of which he is a native, was born September 28, 1820, the son of Reason and Cassie (Burley) Howard, both natives of West Virginia. The father, a farmer by occupation, died about 1880, at the age of eighty-eight years, and the mother died some time before, at the age of sixty years and more. Reason was the son of Samuel Howard, who moved from Hampshire to Marshall county about 1795. He died in Blackford county, Ind., at the residence of one of his sons, in 1878, at the age of ninety-three years. His wife, Polly Biggs, died about the year 1870. Of their seven children, three survive. Brice Howard is one of eleven children of his parents, nine of whom are living. He was reared amid pioneer scenes in Marshall county, and entertains lively recollections of the days when wolves, bears, panthers and wildcats infested the forests. As a farmer he has been industrious and successful, and is now prosperous and everywhere esteemed. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics a republican. In 1844 Mr. Howard was married to Barbara, daughter of Edward and Betsey Strickland, natives of Maryland, who came to Marshall county about 1825, and were widely known as pioneers. Mr. Howard and wife have eleven children: Catherine, wife of Green Davis, of Cameron; Lucretia, wife of T. C. Pipes; Alfred, who married Miss Cooper and lives in Cameron; Lindsay, died November 26, 1853, aged two years; Frank, married to Miss Burton, and living at Newark, Ohio; George, of Cameron, married to Miss Dayton; Edward, of Greene county, Penn., married to Miss Stout; Ella, wife of Thomas Parsons, of Moundsville; Elizabeth; Cora, wife of Frank Woodburn, of Cameron; and Metta. William B. Humphreys, of Moundsville, a member of the well-known firm of Weaver & Humphreys, manufacturers of brooms, is a native of Ireland, having been born in county Tyrone, March 21, 1843. His parents, Samuel and Mary Humphreys, were of Scotch-Irish descent. The father came to America in 1848, and had reached Pitts-- burgh, when in February, fourteen -days after his arrival, he died of ship fever, at the age of about forty years. In the following July the mother and seven children came to America, and settled at Pittsburgh, where she died in June, 1863, at the age of fifty years. She was a woman of great resolution and industry and tenderly provided for her orphaned children. William B. Humphreys began work in 1852, in a glass manufactory at Pittsburgh, August 11, 1862, when he enlisted in 45—A. 706 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Young's independent battery G, of Pennsylvania volunteers, with which he served until June 22, 1865. On his return from the army he entered the oil business at Oil City, buying oil and boating it to Pittsburgh, and continued at this until 1870, when he embarked in broom manufacture. He was superintendent for Watt, Lang & Co., at Allegheny until 1877, when he came to Moundsville and became associated with A. Weaver in a firm which is one of the largest broom producers in the United States, turning out about 150 dozen per day. He is a liberal and enterprising man, popular in social life, and successful in business. He is a member of the Masonic order, the G.A.R., the A. O. U. W., and the National Union. March 10, 1870, he was married to Mary A. Logan, daughter of William Logan, of Butler county, Penn., and they have five children, Robert N., Kate, Charles W., Ellinor and Sarah. Mrs. Humphreys is a member of the Presbyterian church. Maj. Hanson W. Hunter, cashier of the Marshall County bank and ex-sheriff of the county, was born at Wheeling June 7, 1837. His father was Robert B. Hunter, a native of Ohio, a cabinet-maker and farmer by occupation, and a justice for many years. He died in Missouri at the age of sixty-three, and his wife, Artemisia Shepherd; died in 1859, leaving besides Hanson, one sop, Oscar B., who died in New Orleans of yellow fever in 1878. Hanson W. became resident of Marshall county in 1844, and in youth was engaged in clerking and in boating until July, 1861, when he assisted in recruiting Company I, of the Third West Virginia regiment, of which he was mustered in as first lieutenant. In 1862 he was promoted captain. He took part in the battles of McDowel, Cross Keys, and in August, 1862, was detailed on Gen. Milroy's staff. He was in the second battle of Bull Run, and subsequently acted as provost marshal of the second division, eighth army corps, until 1863, when he joined his regiment at Phillippi. He was in the Salem raid under Gen. Averill, and then his regiment was converted into the Sixth West Virginia cavalry, of which he was commissioned major. Going to Beverly in command of a detachment he remained there until mustered out in August, 1864. Since the war Major Hunter has become one of the prominent men of the county, enterprising and successful in business, faithful and popular as an official. He served as revenue assessor of the first district from 1872 to 1876, was deputy sheriff from 1867 to 1871, under Sheriff Henry Keltz, and in 1876 was elected sheriff, an office he held until 1881. Since that date he has served as cashier of the Marshall County bank, of which he is the principal individual stockholder. The major is a member of the Grand Army, the Knights of Honor, the Knights of Pythias, and the National Union, and politically is a republican. He has lent his aid to various enterprises for the advancement of the interests of the town, and was one of the promoters of the sinking of the coal shaft at Moundsville, in 1883, an enterprise which distributes nearly $1,500 weekly in the town. On February 22, 1865, he was married to Jane Edwards, and they have three children: Daisy, Carl and Lottie. THE PAN-HANDLE - 707 John Ingram, a notable farmer of Marshall county, and one of the or e most sheep raisers of the United States, was born in Washington county, Penn., May 17, 1819. He is the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Kick) Ingram, both natives of Chester county, Penn. The father, an intelligent and prosperous farmer, a whig in politics, and a soldier of the war of 1812 under Gen. Harrison, died at the age of eighty-four years, to which age his wife also lived. -Of their eleven children, five survived. John Ingram worked upon the farm in his youth, and after he was twenty-three years old he engaged in herding sheep in Wetzel county. Subsequently he and his brother found vacant lands in that county to the amount of 2,727 acres, which they entered and divided between them, and there summered large flocks of sheep, having as many as c00 each. Mr. Ingram has since then devoted himself to sheep-raising, and has done more than any other man in the country to improve the stock of sheep in the United States. Starting with twenty-seven sheep at a cost of $11, he bought better stock as fast as he saw it. At one time he purchased sixty-eight ewes at $35 a head and ten bucks at $45 to $325 each, and on another occasion six ewes that averaged a cut of fourteen and one-half to nineteen pounds at $T00 each, and twenty more at $80 each. These ewes yielded an average of twelve and one-half pounds at two years of age, and two bucks at nine years of age cut twenty-four and three-fourths and twenty-three and three-fourths pounds. Mr. Ingram exhibited fine wool at the Centennial exhibition of 1876, and received the following award: " International exhibition, 1876. Certificate of award. John Ingram, Poplar Springs, Marshall Co., W. Va., Wool, No. 175, group IX. United States Centennial commission. In accordance with the act of Congress, Philadelphia, September 27, 1876. John S. Campbell, secretary; A. T. Goshorn, director general; James R. Hawley, president. The United States Centennial Commission has examined the report of the judges and accepted the following reasons, and decreed a reward in conformity therewith: The undersigned having examined the product herein described, respectfully recommend the same to the United States Centennial commission of award, for the following reasons, viz.: for ten fleeces of wool (weighing 144 pounds—five ewe fleeces and five buck fleeces) of excellent Merino combing and beautiful Merino clothing wool. John L. Hays, Elias H. Cowden, Gebhard, Charles J. Ellis, Hayami A. Deminos, A. Behmer, Charles LeBoutelier." This testimonial to his achievements as a wool-raiser is highly valued by Mr. Ingram, but he is now able to show ten fleeces as much superior to those exhibited in 1876 as they were to ordinary wool at that time. Mr. Ingram is highly esteemed by all who know him. He is an enterprising man, and in politics a republican and a protectionist. He has owned as much as 2,478 acres of land, and now has 661 acres. Mr. Ingram was married in 1847 to Sarah, daughter of Samuel Allen, and they had three children: Abram, who lives near Loudensville, and Samuel and James, deceased. Their mother died in 1852 and Mr. Ingram was subsequently married to Mrs. Amanda Sharpneck, by whom he had four 708 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. children, Sarah, Siddie, Minnesota, and Daniel, deceased. This wife died in 1883, after which Mr. Ingram married the widow of John Sharpneck, one of the pioneers of Iowa. William A. Jeffers was born in Belmont county, Ohio, May 22, 1859. His parents, Granville and Susan A. (Carman) Jeffers, have been respected citizens of Marshall county, W. Va., for many years. The father has been a commercial traveler for thirty years, during which time he has represented some of the best concerns in the Ohio valley. Mrs. Jeffers has ever been a devout and active member of the church, and is a woman much beloved for her many virtues and attainments. The children that have been born to them are: Edgar, Lee, Emma L., Mary L., William A., Anna M., Minnie E., Archie P., Henry W. B., Frank E., Edna C., and one that died in its infancy. William Carman, grandfather of these children, was born May 21, 1799. He was a miller at East Richland, Ohio, for many years, subsequently becoming a commercial traveler. He and his wife, Eliza (Cooper) Carman, were life long and earnest communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother is still living, having reached the advanced age of eighty-three years, sixty-seven of which she has spent in active church work. Gehial Carman, great-grandfather of our subject, was a native of Wales, in which country he was born. Coming to America he first settled on Long Island, but afterward located in Pennsylvania, where most of his life was passed. He was a farmer by occupation and was a useful Christian man. William Jeffers, at the age of twenty-two years, embarked in the dairy business, which he has conducted until the present time, having met with success in this occupation. Mr. Jeffers has added to his dairy business by establishing a general store. Mr. Jeffers was the first postmaster ever appointed at McMechen's, and still holds this office. His store is a model of its kind, and the proprietor is noted for his strict integrity in all his dealings. Amanda Rice became his wife, October, 1883. Mr. Jeffers is a daughter of Thomas and Mattie (McCombs) Rice, who were prominent residents of St. Clairsville, Ohio. Four children have come to bless Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers's home. They are: Hope M. and Christopher R., who are living with their parents, and Ethel May, and one unnamed, are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers are both members of the church, and are held in esteem by their large circle of friends and acquaintances. James N. Jefferson, justice of the peace of Moundsville, is a grandson of James Jefferson, a soldier of the war of 1812, a Baptist minister of great notoriety in this portion of the country during the days of early settlement. He was one of the pioneers of Marshall county. His son, James Jefferson, is a prominent farmer of the same county, who by his marriage with Melinda Mundell, has eight children, seven of whom are yet living. The eldest of these is James N., the subject of this mention, born March 4, 1849. He first was engaged independently in school teaching, a profession he followed for seven years, achieving a high reputation. Subsequently he has been . occupied as a traveling salesman, as a carpenter, a craft in which he displayed THE PAN-HANDLE - 709 great proficiency, and in the fall of 1884, he was elected justice of the peace. His service was such that he was re-elected in the fall of 1888. His well-known integrity has led to the bestowal upon him of various other trusts, such as the administration of estates, and he has held various minor town offices. Mr. Jefferson was married November 29, 1877, to Mary B., daughter of A. B. and Mary R. Gordon, worthy early settlers, the mother being a daughter of Benjamin Shepherd, a notable pioneer. The father, who died in Missouri, was a contractor for several years on the B. & O. railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson have five children: Ella O., Carrie E., Elsie M., Rene B. and Ivie Parthenia. Both he and wife are members of the old school Baptist church. Thomas J. Johnson, superintendent of the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville, is a native of the state, having been born in Putnam county, November 17, 1852. His father, Robert Johnson, was a farmer by occupation, a citizen of much influence, and a member of the Catholic church. He died in 1877 at the age of sixty-eight years, but his widow, Lucinda Thacker by maiden name, survives. Of the fourteen children of these parents, twelve are living. The subject of this mention, the second born, engaged in farming at the age of nineteen, and followed that occupation for ten years. He then became chief of police of Malden, W. Va., a position he held two years, exhibiting- marked qualifications as an officer. Subsequently he was engaged in coal mining, and then as second mate of the steamers " D. T. Lane " and " Thomas Means," and after some service in the latter capacity he was appointed guard in the West Virginia penitentiary. FrOm this he was promoted to captain of the guard, and then to superintendent, displaying in every position a strict fidelity to the interests of the public, and sleepless diligence as an officer. Politically Mr. Johnson is a democrat. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and his wife is affiliated with the Baptist church. Mr. Johnson was married March 9, 1871, to Nancy, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Waters) Allen, of Marion county, Ohio, and they have four children: Joseph W., Hattie M., William, Walter and Mina. G. A. Jones, deputy sheriff of Marshall county, was born in the same September 25, 1838, the son of Jeremiah and Jane (Parry) Jones. The father, a farmer by occupation, was president of the board of supervisors under the old constitution, and justice of the peace many years. He died August, 1889, aged eighty-four years, and his wife survived until the age of seventy-four years. Their eleven children are all living in Marshall county, except two in Belmont county, Ohio. G. A. Jones was engaged in farming in his youth, and in 1858 was married to Melissa, daughter of Thomas and Ellen Riggs, respected pioneer settlers of Marshall county. On August 16, 1862, he enlisted as a non-commissioned officer of Company A, Twelfth West Virginia infantry, and served nearly three years, taking part in Sheridan 's campaign, Hunter's raid, and in the battle of Winchester. He then went with his regiment into the Twenty-fourth corps, and his brigade took Fort Gregg, the key to Petersburg. He saw Gen. Lee at the surren- 710 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. der and helped cut the first chip from the historic apple tree. Two of his brother and four brothers-in-law were in the army, and the seven served fourteen and a half years in the aggregate. Mr. Jones is a member of the S. B. Stidger post, G. A. R., of which he has been commander for several years. After returning ffom the war he resumed agriculture and continued at that until January I, 1889, when he became deputy sheriff and removed to Moundsville. To his marriage have been born nine children: Theodore N. a carpenter and painter; Lucy O., wife of George M. Longdon; Sarah J., wife of John Harsh, of Greene county, Penn.; Jerry H. Maggie P., Lemuel 0., Charles A., Eva C. and Girtie E. James R. Jones, a prominent citizen of Moundsville, was born near Cumberland, Maryland, October 20, 1844, the son of Edward and Mary (Woods) Jones, who were married in England in 1839, and immigrated to this country in 1840. They first settled at Mt. Savage, Md., but came to Wheeling in 1848, where they still reside. The father is a blacksmith by trade, and came to Wheeling to work on the suspension bridge. He learned his trade by a seven years' apprenticeship, and has reared his four sons to the same useful calling. These parents, who celebrated their golden wedding October 13, 1889, had eleven children, nine of whom are living: Edward, Mary, James R., Anna; John, deceased; Cyrus, deceased; Adelia, William, Maggie, Charles E., and Carrie Lillian. Edward is engaged as manager of the Bellaire Iron and Nail mill, William is employed in the "Etna mill, and Charles carries on the blacksmith shop where all learned the trade. James R., leaving home at twenty years, attended college two years at Waynesburgh, Penn., having previously been a student at the Linsly institute, and he then taught school for several terms and engaged in farming. He has prospered in his undertakings, and is one one of the influential men of the community. He has held the office of president of the board of education of Washington district, the past six years. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he has served as a Sunday-school superintendent some seven years, three years at the Third Presbyterian church, Wheeling, and the remainder at Fairview, Marshall county. Mr. Jones was married September 20, 1871, to Mary H. Zink, by whom he has two children: James Alton and Lula. Mrs. Jones is a daughter of Reuben and Mary A. Zink, highly esteemed old residents of Brooke county, W. Va., who celebrated their golden wedding March 13, 1884. Just four years later the father died. He was born at Baltimore, May 1, 1812, and moved in 1822 to Brooke county, afterward to Marshall county. He was a worthy citizen, holding several county offices, and was prominent in the church. Among the early settlers of the region of Marshall county, late in the eighteenth century, were George and Elizabeth Jones. They raised a goodly family, Mary, Margaret, Philip, Abram, Daniel, Jeremiah, Betsy, Sallie, Samuel, Garrett, Ann, and George W., of whom Samuel and George W. are the only survivors. Samuel, at the age of eighteen, began to preach, and he subsequently traveled on a THE PAN-HANDLE - 711 circuit. He has given much of his time to clerical duties. Rev. Samuel Jones was married in 1830, to Elizabeth Standiford, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Standiford, of Maryland, who still lives as, the helpmate of her husband. They have had eight children: Elizabeth R., wife of Housand Riggs; John G., who served in the United States army three years, and was seriously wounded at Piedmont; Mary J., wife Dr. Samuel Griffith, both now deceased; George L., who enlisted in the Twelfth regiment West Virginia, and was killed at Piedmont; Anna R., wife of William Goudy; Philip, deceased; Theodore S. and Samuel E., the subject of this sketch. Samuel E. was born in Marshall county in 1845. He has given his life to farm duties, and is now one of the prosperous people of the county, and none are more highly esteemed by those who know him. 'In religious work, and in the cause of the Methodist church he has been an active worker, having filled various offices, and taken much interest in the Sunday-school. On November 27, 1867, he was married to Martha E., daughter of Jacob T. and Mary Jane (Griffith) Cox, prominent pioneer settlers and Methodists of Marshall county. Mrs. Jones has been a member of that church since her fifteenth year. To this marriage have been born six children: Lenora 0., Lillie H., Theodore F. D., Lizzie B., Glenna F., and Chauncey W. John Kyle, a worthy farmer of Fairview Ridge, was born in Marshall county, April 20, 1820. He is the son of John Kyle, a native of Virginia, a successful farmer and old resident, who died in Meigs county, Ohio, from paralysis, at the age of seventy-five years. He and wife, Jane Pollock, were both members of the Presbyterian church. They had five children: Mary A., wife of David Meredith; John, Stephen H., and two daughters who died young. John Kyle has led the life of an industrious and enterprising farmer, is prosperous, and is well known throughout the county and everywhere respected. He served the county as overseer of the poor from 1861 to 1872, and in this official capacity discharged every duty with scrupulous fidelity. He is a member and has served as deacon for twelve years and as elder for twenty years of the Presbyterian church, to which his wife also belongs. He was married September I, 1840, to Elizabeth, widow of Hamilton Johnston, by whom she had two children: Mary, who became the wife of S. L. Bloid, and died July 7, 1874, and Elizabeth, who married Joseph Marsh. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle have seven children: Jane, wife of James Rogerson, and mother of five children; Joanna, wife of G. W. Blake, one child; Amanda, wife of Philip Cunningham, five children; Sarah C., deceased; Virginia, wife of J. W. Marsh, nine children; and Martha, wife of William Norris, five children, one deceased; Melissa, wife of John I. Campbell, five children. John W. Leach is a prosperous and prominent citizen of Benwood. He was born August 29, 1860, the son of Edward R. and Eliza J. (Conner) Leach. The father, who was of English descent, was born June 3, 1818, and the mother in 1821. ,The latter's parents were William and Sarah (Carney) Conner, who came to this state from Dela- 712 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. ware, in 1821 or 1822. Patrick Conner and Edward Carney, great grandfathers of Mrs. Leach, were both valiant soldiers in the Revolutionary war, Mr. Carney having been wounded six or seven times at the battle of Germantown. Both of these grandparents were natives of Ireland, and arrived in this country but a short time prior to the Revolutionary war. Mr. Leach's grandparents were Ambrose and Mary (Arnold) Leach, they came to America during its early. days. All of these forefathers were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Leach's father, Edward R., was a class leader in the Methodist church for many years, and was probably the first to fill that office in the church at Gravel Bottom, afterward serving in the same capacity in the brick church, at McMechen's, below Benwood. He and his goodly wife were very highly respected and useful members of that church for the greater part of their lives, and passed from labor to reward within three days of each other, her death occurring November 13, 1887, and in three days he followed her to the other and better land. John W. Leach was a nail feeder for some years in his younger days, subsequently he learned the nailer's trade, and has been engaged in this occupation for eight years, having met with abundant success. Besides this pursuit he is also interested in a mercantile business with his brother, they doing business under the firm name of Leach Bros. The latter firm conducts a very prosperous trade in groceries and dry goods. Mr. Leach espoused Mary Peabody, December 17, 1884. Mrs. Leach's father and mother are Horatio N. and Aurelia Peabody, old and well-known residents of this city, the father being one of the oldest nailers in Benwood. During the late war he was sergeant of Company K, Second regiment of the New Jersey infantry. Two bright little girls have grown up in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leach, they are: Olive L. and Nellie. For many years these worthy people have been communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church; the former having been a class leader in the same for eleven years, and is also the superintendent of the Sunday-school, and trustee and steward. Mr. Leach is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the National Union, having been the first president in this city of the latter organization. He is an ardent republican and a thorough Christian gentleman. Elisha Lindsey, deceased, born at Elizabethtown, Penn., October 30, 1803, died October 20, 1879, was a well-known and influential citizen of the county of Marshall. He was the son of Elisha Lindsey, a native of New Jersey, who was married there to Nancy Cravat, and then removed with his family later to Wheeling, where he died. Ten children were born in this family, of whom but one survives. Elisha Lindsey engaged in business as a brick-layer when of age, and subsequently manufactured brick, supplying the brick for tunnels on the Baltimore & Ohio road. During the winter seasons he also went south with fruit, and made twenty-one trips of this kind, the last being in -1870. He also, at one time, ran wood-boats at the time the steamers used wood for fuel. He did an extensive business flat-boating and trading, was enterprising and skillful in executing his plans, and in THE PAN-HANDLE - 713 his relations to the community was liberal and just. He was patriotic towards his country and gave to the army three sons, Robert F., Huston W. and Johnston, all of Company I, Sixth West Virginia cavalry, who served in the aggregate more than eleven years. January 1, 1840, Mr. Lindsey was married to Catharine, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Graham, who came to this country from Ireland in 1812, and by this union there were born eight children: Robert F., of Atchison, Kas., Huston W., of Marshall county; Cornelia, deceased; Johnston K., who has been mentioned as a brave soldier of the Union. He was captured at New Creek, but by swimming the river, escaped; Laura V., deceased; Cornelia, wife of William F., Lindsey; John K., who married Miss Blassie Martin, and has two children, Ella B. and Blair, and George who lives in Colorado. Mr. Lindsey's death was caused by an accident, the particulars of which are unknown. He was found, having been driven to Belmont, with his buggy torn to pieces, his horse hurt and himself fatally injured, October 1, 1879, and his death followed in the same month: Mrs. Lindsey is still living, highly esteemed by all. John Love, a prominent farmer of Marshall county, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, September 16, 1834, the son of George and Jane (McCracken) Love, natives of that county. The father, who was one of Harrison county's most extensive and successful farmers, died about 1879, his wife having preceded him two years. Six children were born to these parents: Robert; Mary, wife of David Lyle; John, George, Martha; Margaret, wife of Robert Henderson, and James, the latter of whom lost his life in the Union service. John Love, the subject of this mention, has devoted his life to agriculture, and is an enterprising and popular citizen. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and in. politios is a democrat. Mr. Love was first married to Eliza Taylor, by whom he had four children: Clara, who died of consumption aged twenty years; Jennie A., died November 9, 1883, of consumption, aged twenty-one; . Taylor, who died in Kansas, April 15, 1887, aged twenty-three, and Halla, wife of William Bonar, died May 9, 1886, aged nineteen. On March 12, 1869, Mr. Love was married to Mrs. Mary J. Mundell, daughter of Owen J. and Mary (Creighton) Aston, the former a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and the latter of West Liberty, W. Va. By her marriage to James Mundell, who died September 17, 1866, Mrs. Love had two children who are both deceased. Mr. Love and wife have one child, George W., a successful and popular teacher. He was married July 4, 1889, to Dessie R. Hukill, of Brooke county. E. H. McClean, a farmer and stock-dealer who resides upon a valuable farm three miles from Moundsville, in the region known as Round Bottom, was born in Marshall county, April 1847. His grandfather, Col. Archibald McClean purchased the land just mentioned from Gen. Washington, a letter from whom to the colonel is now in the possession of E. H. McClean. This ancestor was a prominent man, and published a newspaper at Elizabethtown, now Moundsville, called the Beacon. His son, Joseph, who assisted in editing the 714 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Beacon, was a farmer by occupation, and surveyor, serving as county surveyor many years and establishing the line between Ohio and Marshall county. He was also deputy for Judge J. H. Dickey in the same office. He died in 1863, aged sixty-three years, and his wife, Maria Humphrey, died in 1880, aged seventy-seven years. But one child was born to these-parents, the subject of this mention. E. H. received his education at Strickersville, Penn., at Moundsville, and at Gambier, Ohio. At the age of twenty-one years he embarked in the raising and dealing in stock, and in this he is quite successful, having a fine stock farm, upon which are found thoroughbred and trotting horses, descendants of Lexington, Holstein-Friesian cattle, Chester-white hogs, and on Mr. McClean's domain scientific and practical agriculture is not neglected. His home is in one of the most beautiful locations of the neighborhood. In 1870 Mr. McClean was married to A. R., daughter of L. T. Gray, by whom he.had one child, a daughter. Parents.and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. McClean has been a trustee since the building of McClean chapel in 1887. This was built on the farm, and named in honor of his father and grandfather McClean. David McConaughey, deceased, came from Ireland to America in 1832, and located in Ohio county, W. Va. For several years he was engaged in the mercantile business, subsequently connecting himself with the Exchange bank, of Wheeling. In the course of time Mr. McConaughey returned to the mercantile business at Haneytown. While there he bought a large tract of land on Grave creek, seventeen miles east of Moundsville, in Marshall county. The prosperous town of Cameron is now situated on a portion of this land. He built on this the large frame house now occupied by his widow and youngest children, it being the first house erected on Grave creek, with the exception of a few log huts east of Moundsville. In 1846 he married Anna, the oldest daughter of Samuel and Mary Davidson, the latter came from Ireland in. 1838, and located in Ohio. Immediately after their marriage they came to their, then new, home on Grave creek, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Death claimed this most highly esteemed man in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He had united with the Presbyterian church while living in his native country, and his wife, believing in the same religious tenets, they raised their family of eight children in that faith. The children are named as follows: Martha L., married E. P. Richardson, of the firm of Richardson & Spragg, hardware merchants of Cameron; Samuel D., married Lizzie D., daughter of Robert Hicks. She soon after died, and in a few years he married the second time, Orilla Heskett, of Belmont county, becoming his wife. He is engaged in speculating and farming, his property adjoining the old homestead; Robert A., married Anna Renner, of Springfield, Ohio. He is engaged in the dry goods business in Cameron; Sallie A., married Lindly Hoge, of Belmont county, Ohio. Six years after her marriage she died, leaving one child, Anna Pearl, who has since made her home with her maternal grandmother; James B., married Virginia Floyd, of Marion THE PAN—HANDLE - 715 county, where he is now engaged in the general mercantile business; Mary U. died in her early womanhood; David W., the youngest son and his father's namesake, inherits the old homestead where he is now living with his mother, his youngest sister, Isabella F., and his niece, Anna Pearl Hoge. David W. is still a young man, but he has obtained a reputation for business ability and probity which many an older man might well envy. When the B. & 0. railroad was completed the town of Cameron sprang into existence, the naming of the new town was left entirely with the elder David McConaughey, who christened it Cameron, in honor of his friend Samuel Cameron, who was a prominent official of the railroad. This family has been prominently identified with the settlement of this community and is held in very high favor in this section of the state. James McCuskey, one of the leading business men of Cameron district, is an extensive dealer at Cameron in hardware, builder's supplies, farming implements, etc. He was born in Ohio county, W. Va., November 18, 1833, the son of Silas and Mary (Huey) McCuskey, both natives of Virginia. His father was a farmer well-known among the settlers of Ohio and Marshall counties, and served as justice of the peace for many years. He died May 18, 1879, at the age of sixty-nine years, from injuries caused by the falling of a tree. His widow survives at the age of eighty-one years. She has been a member of the Presbyterian church since girlhood, to which denomination her husband also adhered. Eight children were born to them: James, the subject of this sketch; Minerva, wife of John Davis; John; George, who died March 23, 1868, at the age of about twenty-three years, being then an elder in the Presbyterian church; William, a minister of the Presbyterian church, who has labored in Dakota and Iowa more than twenty years; Virgil, Milton and Nancy J. At sixteen years of age James McCuskey began work as a farm laborer, then clerked four years, and after that served the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company sixteen years, as brakeman, fireman and engineer. Meanwhile he engaged in the hardware business as a partner of his brother-in-law, John Loper, and on the death of the latter, he gave his whole attention to the business, with the result that he is now one of the most successful business men of the region, and esteemed as an honest and upright man. He is a member of the Methodist church, of the Masonic order and of the I. O. o. F. He was married May 25, 1856, to Virginia P., daughter of Alfred and Matilda (Buck) Harris, natives of Virginia. The father died in April, 1889, aged ninety-six years, and the mother in August, 1877, aged seventy-nine years. They had nine children: Ann, wife of J. A. H. Walter; Elizabeth, wife of Huston Beabout; Sarah M., wife of Marion Reynolds; Virginia P.; Florence, wife of James Gillispie, deceased; Lavinia, wife of John Loper; Susan, deceased; Theodore, deceased, and Walter. Mr. McCuskey and wife have had six children: Bruce E., who married Abbie Davis, and has one child, Hoy; Bertha L., deceased; Florence V., deceased; Theodore M., who died at the age of fourteen years; Gertrude E., wife of Eugene Nowell, and May. 716 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY Galbraith S. McFadden, a substantial citizen of Moundsville, who after an adventurous life, is spending his declining years in comfortable retirement, was born in Washington county, Penn., August 25. 1825. He is the son of James, and the grandson of Thomas McFadden James was born in county Armagh, Ireland, came to this country at the age of fourteen and settled in Washington county. He was a merchant for over fifty years, the latter part of the time at Buena. Vista, Allegheny county, Penn., where he was a postmaster in Lincoln's administration, and was holding that office when he died in 1870, at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife, Margaret Stewart, died about 1884, aged eighty-eight years. Her mother, Betsey Stewart, nee Scott, who was the wife of Galbraith Stewart, a Scotchman, was a full cousin to Sir Walter Scott. Of the twelve children of James and Margaret McFadden, seven are living, two sons and five daughters. The sixth born, the subject of this mention, at the age of eighteen went to Pittsburgh to become an architect and carpenter, and after nearly two years' experience with two firms there, the first of which abused him and the last failed in business, he engaged with Henry-Shearer at Washington, Penn., at $30 per year until he was past majority. Soon afterward he went south, working one summer at Louisville on the way. At Pilcher's Point, La., he built a fine house for Shapleigh Owens, which was burned down in revenge by a slave who had been abused, and Mr. McFadden lost his tools and clothes, and was left with only $2.45, and nearly 2,000 miles from home. He walked ten miles to Lake Providence, La., and built there a house for A. B. Caldwell, now a lawyer of Wheeling, and then went into the Arkansas valley, and remained there nearly three years. Proceeding to Arkansas Post, he worked there, but was driven out on account of a letter he lost which he had received from his father expressing indignation at the cruel treatment of the blacks. He hid in a drift pile in the Arkansas river over night, and was fed by the negroes until he could get a steamer and come north, leaving his clothes, tools and horse, which he never went after. After he had been in Pennsylvania a year, in March, 1852, he and Henry Shearer, his old employer, Alfred McGowan, Solomon Altar and Thomas Morrow, all of Washington, Penn., started on an overland trip to California, which took them 100 days from Parkville, Mo., to Sacramento. He worked at his trade and engaged in saw-milling, and then came home in the winter of 1853-4. Shortly afterward he made another trip with a party and a train of provision wagons, which goods they traded for cattle at Salt Lake City, and leaving there with 312 head, got to California with 105. He went into the El Dorado country and engaged in logging two years, and did some mining. At Placerville he built a quartz-mill, with a wheel sixty feet in diameter, for the first and best revolving pestle mill in the state. In the winter of 1856-7 he returned home by the isthmus, and in the following May was married to Permelia Morton, of Moundsville. He was there engaged in farming for eleven years, also in stock-raising, introducing the first fine wool sheep into the county. In August, 1866, he was called on to prepare the plans of the West Vir- THE PAN-HANDLE - 717 ginia penitentiary, and to take charge of the institution,' of which he was superintendent four years and eight months, during which time a rigid investigation showed he was faithful to his trust, and disbursed $260,000 without the loss of a nickel to the state. Soon after resigning his position at the penitentiary he sold his farm and invested the proceeds of $18,367.67 in a rolling mill, in a coal bank and in the West Virginia Agricultural works. He lost the entire amount realized from the sale of the farm. The hotel of which he is the present proprietor he built in 1877. In 1874 he became the owner of the famous " Crave Creek" mound. The following children have been born to Mr. McFadden and wife: Richard, Thomas, Ella, Willie H., of Pittsburgh, and Lizzie. .The subject of this sketch served as delegate in the legislature from Marshall county in the session of 1877, and was one of sixteen republican members in a body of sixty-five delegates. W. M. McGinty is an example of what patience and energy will do for him who practices them. Born in Jackson county, W. Va., January I, 1850, he lived with his parents, John and Mary Jane (Bryson) McGinty, until the death of the mother in 1857, at which time he went to live with his grandfather, John A. McGinty, and later with his maternal grandfather, John Bryson, until the death of the grandmother; the child was then taken by his aunt, Nancy Ferguson, who lived near Wheeling. Here he stayed for two years, after which he cut loose from her and all other kindred at the age of eleven years. He has since fought his own way through the world. Deprived of educational advantages in early life, he was over twenty-one years old before he obtained even a common school training. Three years were spent in the common school, at the expiration of which time the young man, eager for knowledge, entered the state normal school at West Liberty. His moral courage and perseverance have accomplished thus much; he spent some years in teaching, and his labors were attended with flattering success. Mr. McGinty has been variously employed, and has acquired a practical knowledge of several trades and branches of business, such as farming, gardening, floriculture, painting and merchandising. But preferring the activity of a traveler's life, he is now employed as a solicitor of biographical notes for the publishers of this volume. His sisters, Margaret and Agnes L., who were entirely separated from him by the death of their mother, have since married; the former is the wife of R. B. Graham, of Ripley, W. Va., the latter is Mrs. N. I. Sturdevant, of Russell, Kan. The grandfather, John A. McGinty, graduated from the Queen's college in Ireland; was one of the corps of engineers who made the first survey of the state of Ohio, and was the best scholar in his section of the state. He, with most of his family, and the grandmother Bryson, are buried in Jackson county, W. Va. John Bryson went back to Ireland, where he died in 1864. These grandparents were all, except John Bryson, worthy members of the Presbyterian church. John McGinty, the father of our subject, is supposed to have been drowned in the Ohio river, about the year 1857. Mary Jane, the mother, was a woman of great personal beauty, and is remembered, 718 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. by those who knew her, as one whose life was actuated in everything she did by a noble purpose and purity of motive. W. M. McGinty was joined in marriage in February, 1878, td Miss E. V. Ransom, a child of Hiram and Mary (Snow) Ransom, who were old and highly respected inhabitants of the county. Ellen, Agnes L., Lilly, John and Carl have come to bless Mr. and Mrs. McGinty's happy home. Mr. McGinty is a Methodist in good standing, and much beloved by all who know him best. William F. Magers, a well-known farmer of Wayman Ridge, near Moundsville, was born July 22, 1844, the son of John and Nancy J. (Leach) Magers, whose eight children were, Mary A., died in 1879; William F.; John P.; Ambrose; George E.; Joshua M., died in 1881, and Eliza J., and Lizzie, died in 1887. John was a son of Joseph Magers, who had by his first wife twenty children, and by his second wife one child. William F. Magers was called upon, at the age of thirteen, by the death of his father, to help provide for the family. Five years later he enlisted as private in Company A, Twelfth regiment West Virginia, and was chosen corporal. He served three years, until June, 1865, and took part in the battles of Winchester, New Market, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snicker's Ferry, Kernstown, Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Berryville, Cedar Creek, Hatcher's Run, Fort Gregg and Appomattox, everywhere doing his duty as a faithful and fearless soldier. He also participated in Hunter's raid, and was present at Piedmont when his regiment captured the entire Forty-second Virginia regiment. Returning home he engaged in farming, a pursuit in which he has been quite successful. In 1867 he was married to Mary A., daughter of William and Sarah (Zink) Dunlap, and they have seven children, Ida B., deceased; John W.; Miles B., deceased; Effie May; Sarah J.; Texanna, and William L. R. Magers and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has served as trustee, steward and leader. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., the G. A. R., and in politics he is a republican. One of the prominent citizens of Benwood is Joseph Mahood, who first saw the light January 29, 1852, at a place \then known as Flane Four. His parents were James and Ellen (Battey) Mahood, who came to Benwood from the county Cavan, Ireland, in 1852. The father was drowned while discharging his duties as an employee of the B. & O. Railroad company, on their transfer-boat at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Mahood were members of the Episcopalian church, and were respected by all with whom they came in contact. Joseph Mahood's grandfather, Joseph Mahood, was one of the better class of farmers in Ireland, and a member of the Episcopalian church. John Battey, his maternal grandfather, was also a native of Ireland, and was a refined and useful man, having been commissioner of schools of county Cavan, and was for many years a very prominent Mason. He was charitable and upright, always using his influence for the good of those about him. Joseph Mahood, our subject, at the age of fourteen began as a packer in the nail-mills of this city, and in 1868, THE PAN-HANDLE - 719 learned nail-cutting, at which he worked until 1881, when he mastered the nailer's trade and has since followed this as his oooupation. In 1887 he was honored by an election to the city council, which office he filled for four months, at which time he was elected by council to fill the unexpired term of Square McJilton, as mayor of the city, and was subsequently chosen by the people to continue in this office, having served with dignity and efficiency. Mr. Mahood has lately been reelected mayor for two years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the National Union. He was married, April 9, 1876, to Miss Sarah J., daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Arlington) Bell. They are industrious and respected people. The father was for several years in the employ of the B. & O. railroad, as a foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Mahood are the parents of eight children, they are: James, Alverda, Sarah, Joseph, Frank, Ellen, George and Elizabeth Ann. All of them live at home and they form a most interesting family. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and enjoy the confidence and esteem of the community' at large. Mr. Mahood's popularity as mayor of the city, speaks much for his ability and probity. One of the conspicuous early residents of Marshall county was Squire Dillie Martin, a native of Virginia, born in 1804. He was a son of John B. and Millicent J. Martin, early settlers in Marshall county. Squire Martin was one of the leading farmers of his day, and was also engaged in driving the stage from Wheeling to New Martinsville, about the year 1830-31. He died in 1868, but his wife survives at the age of seventy-seven years. They had fifteen children: Loxley G., Ellen C., Mary B., Lemuel S., Samuel M., John B., Presley A. Millicent J., Virginia A., Margaret A., Columbia U., Albert E., Missouri I., Florence A and Winona M. L. G. Martin, the eldest son of the above, was born in Marshall county, October 13, 1833. After he became of age he enlisted in mercantile pursuits, at Rosby's Rock and was the first agent appointed by the B. & O. railroad company at this station. He was engaged in business until twenty years after, when he engaged in various occupations until 1878, after which he farmed until 1883. Then going to Winfield, Kas., with his family, he remained a year, and has since then been engaged in various enterprises at Moundsville. About 1850, he was taken with disease, which necessitated the amputation of a limb in 1886. Mr. Martin was married in April, 1860, to Mary L., daughter Jesse and Lucinda Neff, former residents of Belmont county, Ohio, and residents of Marshall county, W. Va., since 1847. Six children have been born to this union: Estella I., a teacher of twelve years' experience, and a musician of skill, now in the Benwood high school, and organist of the Methodist Episcopal church; C. Bell, Jessie L., M. Blanche, Archie T. and Lillie. Parents and children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a member of the Masonic order and in politics, a prohibitionist. John B. Martin, a prominent farmer near Rosby's Rock, Marshall county, was born August 5, 1842, a son of the above named Squire D. 720 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Martin. The latter died when John B. was twenty-five years of age, and he then took charge of affairs upon the farm. At the age of twenty-eight, December 15, 1870, he was married to Amanda J. Terrill, daughter of Sherman and Amanda (Potter) Terrill, the former of whom died by accidenal injury, in 1858, at the age of forty-nine years. Mrs. Martin's parents had eight children: Elizabeth, William, Mary A., John A., Rachel J. Sarah M., Amanda J., and An- drew S. The mother is living in J., county, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have two children, Cora V. and Charles T. Mr. Martin has been very industrious and successful in the management of his farm, and is classed among the substantial citizens of the region. He gives to politics but little attention but supports the democratic party. His wife and children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Presley A. Martin, of Meade district, Marshall county, is another son of the above named Squire Martin, born August 17, 1844. He was married in 1869, to Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Dr. Jesse and Maria (Biddle) Reynolds, of Marshall county, and by this marriage he has had three children: Mary L., died April 29, 1887, aged fifteen years; William S. and Jesse A. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he is an ardent democrat. The sons of Squire D. Martin are prominent farmers of the county, inheriting from that worthy ancestor those traits which enabled him to begin in Marshall county with a horse and $50, and leave to his heirs more than 1,100 acres of choice land. Few men can show a better record than Samuel M. Martin, one of the principal agriculturists in Marshall county. The date of his birth was 1840. Mr. Martin began the battle of life at the age of twenty-four, choosing the very useful vocation of farming, and he has evinced ample proof of his capabilities in that direction. When he took the farm he now operates there was but One small, dilapidated building on the whole place. A handsome home now adorns it, while the commodious barn is one of the finest in that vicinity. The very latest improved farm machinery, buildings, high grade sheep, cattle, horses, etc., mark it as among the very finest estates in the county in which it is situated. Mr. Martin took Miss Mary Allen to wife in 1865. She comes from one of the first families of the state, her father and mother, Thomas and Julia Hunt Allen, were old and prominent settlers, well and favorably known over the entire county. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were for many years exemplary members of the Baptist church, of which denomination Mr. Allen was an official for some time, and a deacon at the time of his death, which occurred in 1884. His wife had gone on before, having died in 1880. M. and Mrs. Martin are much respected and deservedly loved by their neighbors and all who know them, than which no greater praise can be given them. Politically, Mr. Martin's family espouses the principles of the democratic party. Christopher C. Mathews, postmaster and merchant at Thompson, Marshall county, and one of the prominent citizens of the county, THE PAN-HANDLE - 721 was born November 15, 1843, at Moundsville, the son of James R. and Martha M. Mathews, nee Davis, both of whom are now living. He was reared on the farm, and at the age of eighteen he became a volunteer soldier in the army of the Union. As a private in Company A, Twelfth regiment West Virginia infantry, he was mustered in August 9, 1862, and he was promoted corporal August 15, 1862, and sergeant April 12, 1864. He served nearly three years in his gallant regiment, participating in the following battles: Winchester, New Market, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snicker's Ferry, Kernstown, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Hatcher's Run, the capture of Fort Gregg and Appomattox. In these and minor engagements he was among the foremost of his command. Being discharged June 16, 1865, he was married on September 14th, to Esther J. Scott, of whose parents mention is elsewhere made. They made their home in Round Bottom, on the farm which he afterward purchased, and where they now have a pleasant home. In politics Mr. Mathews is a staunch republican. In 1881 he was appointed deputy by Sheriff Hicks, and he occupied the sheriff's residence at Moundsville during the four years following. He was a popular and efficient man in this position, and when in 1888, he was induced to become a candidate for nomination for the office of sheriff, he stood second in the 'race among the six leading men who contested for the honor. For years Mr. Mathews has served his community as a member of the board of education. Since youth he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is now class leader at McClean chapel. Socially, he is quite popular, and as a business man he is successful and influential. By the marriage above mentioned, Mr. Mathews has had three children: William B., born August 27, 1866; John I., born January 3, 1869; Madge R., born July 8, 1874. John I. died November 9, 1886. William B. Mathews, a son of the above, and one of the leading young men of Moundsville, was born in Marshall county, August 27, 1866. He began his education in the common schools and was subsequently a student in the Moundsville high school, where he was graduated in 1883. He then entered Waynesburg college, Penn., and became a graduate of that institution in 1886. He has taught school .six terms, and he is of high repute in his profession, and popular in the community as a skilful and thorough teacher. For two years he has served on the board of examiners of Marshall county, and at present he is engaged in the study of law. Mr. Mathews is captain of Gen. B. F. Kelley camp, Sons of Veterans, is in politics a republican, and is a member and steward of the Methodist Episcopal church of Thompson. In 1889 he received the appointment of notary public. Benjamin F. Meighen, attorney at law, Moundsville, W. Va. was born near Jolleytown, a small village in Greene county, Penn. Va., ber 31, 1847, and is the son of Thomas H. and Louisa (Morris) Meighen. His father was among the early abolitionists, an earnest supporter of the Union and a devoted friend of education. At the outbreak of the late war he enlisted as a private soldier in Company F, 46—A. 722 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Seventh regiment, West Virginia volunteer infantry (the " bloody Seventh ") , and served faithfully for nearly three years. Since the war he has been engaged in farming, and as a citizen is held in high esteem by the many that have known him in all the years of his somewhat protracted life. Benjamin F. Meighen attended the country schools during the winters and worked on the farm in the summers until he was eighteen years old. After a term at the Southwestern Normal college at New California, Penn., he came to West Virginia with two lady relatives, Minerva and Sallie Roseberry, arriving October 17, 1866, and near Cameron, W. Va., taught school during the following winter. He afterward taught at various places, alternating that with attending school during the summers. In the spring of 1868 he entered Waynesburgh college, Penn., where he attended during the summers (still teaching in winters) until he was graduated, September 3, 1873, with the degree of B. S. He then entered the law office of R. W. Downey at Waynesburgh, and on April 6, 1875, was admitted to the bar. In the summer of 1874 he taught a normal school at New Freeport, Penn., having in attendance under him many teachers from West Virginia and Pennsylvania. After his admission to the bar he went to Uniontown, W. Va., and taught a similar school. At this school a number of the best educators of that section received instructions. He located at Moundsville, October I, 1875, and entered upon the practice of law, forming a partnership with Robert McConnell, which continued until January I, 1885. In 1884 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Marshall county, after one of the most vigorous campaigns ever known in the county, but one other candidate on his ticket who had opposition, being elected. After holding the office four years he was re-elected by a majority increased from 407 to nearly 700, and for a term which will expire January 1, 1893. January 3, 1882, Mr. Meighen was married to Lydia F., daughter of Dr. George C. and Agnes Gans, of Moundsville. Her father was a leading physician of Moundsville for many years, and was surgeon of the Tenth regiment, West Virginia volunteer infantry, during the war. He died in the service. Her elder sister, Maria L. Gans, was postmistress. at Moundsville eighteen years; her brother, Samuel C., is agent of the Ohio river railroad at this place, and has been for years; another brother, Henry C., fought throughout the entire war in Company I, Third regiment, West Virginia volunteer infantry, afterward the Sixth regiment cavalry, and is now cashier of a bank at Owensboro, Ky.; a sister, Virginia D., is the wife of J. C. Wayman, of Chicago, and another sister, Mary E., is the wife of J. R. W. Morris, of South Dakota. Thomas Hughes Meighen, the father of Benjamin F., was born in Greene county, Penn., March 5, 1821, and his father, William, was born in county Donegal, Ireland. The family first came to America in September, 1790, in the persons of James Meighen and wife, Susan McCluskey and their children, Peter, John and William. Margaret, another daughter, married John Mulrine, and with Elsy, wife of Dennis Timony, came to America two years later. From Philadelphia they THE PAN-HANDLE - 723 moved to Fayette county, Penn. and thence to Greene county, where they located permanently. William, the father of Thomas H., married Elizabeth Hughes in 1779, and reared a family of seven sons and four daughters. The Hughes family came also from Ireland, but were originally Welsh. In this country they are very numerous, and many of them have occupied prominent positions in affairs of state, church and society. Thomas Hughes, the founder of the family in America, settled in Loudon county, Va., prior to 1739. He married his cousin, Bridget O'Neill, and reared three children, Pheline, John and Thomas. Pheline married Cintha Kaighn, and had six children, James, Thomas, Barnett, John, Elizabeth and Martha. James being the direct ancestor of the subject now being treated, we pursue only the branch of the family springing from him. He was born in 1750, and in 1772 married Cassandra Dunn, of Scotch parentage, and had nine children, Thomas, Pheline, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, James, Sarah, Thomas and Martha. The first born, Thomas, died very young, which accounts for a second Thomas in the family. James was one of the first settlers of Greene county, Penn. He located near Carmichaelstown, that county, in 1771, coming thence from Loudon county, Va. He was accompanied by his brother, Thomas, his father, Pheline, and the families of Swan, King and Heller. He was a public-spirited man, prominent in local affairs, possessed of considerable wealth, and was the first commissioner of Greene county. He died at the home of his son-in-law, Jacob Burley, near Waynesburg, in 1807. His daughter, Elizabeth, as has been seen, married William Meighen, and bore eleven children, Susannah, John, James, Mary, Peter, Phelix, Dennis, Cassander, Thomas, Hughes and Catherine. The children of Thomas Meighen are: Mary, deceased; Dennis R., farmer in Greene county, Penn.; Benjamin F., lawyer; Sarah Catherine (Mrs. J. A. Connelly) ; Elizabeth (Mrs. John Earnest) ; Cassandra (Mrs. George Wiscaron) ; Mary Magdaline (Mrs. William Carney) ; Cassandra and Mary were twins; Susan and Seba, twins, both deceased; William M., attorney at law, Moundsvile, and Thomas H., a teacher in the public schools of Marshall county. William M. Meighen, a prominent young attorney of Moundsville, was born April 23, 1860, the twelfth child of Thomas H. and Louisa (Morris) Meighen, then residents of Greene county, Penn. Mr. Meighen remained at his home until fourteen years of age, when he started out for himself on a varied business and professional career. From the outset he had his ambition fixed upon the profession of the law, but by force of circumstances was engaged temporarily in many other occupations. Beginning the study early he was employed at the age of fourteen on a case before arbitrators. His first employment, however, was as a clerk in his brother-in-law's store at Littleton, W. Va., and afterward he taught school several terms in Wetzel county, attending school himself at intervals as he earned the means, being entirely dependent on his own resources. In Marshall county he has worked in clearing the forests, tilling the soil, constructing railroads, 724 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. in iron mills, at teaching school, besides his efforts in journalism and in law. He came to Moundsville in 1885, and was soon afterward admitted to the bar, at which he has won a creditable position. He was also for two years the editor and proprietor of the Moundsville Sun, a weekly democratic paper, the subscription list of which he more than doubled during his management. In politics, Mr. Meighen is a democrat, and his powers as an enthuiastic and convincing orator were devoted to the interests of his party during the campaign of 1884, in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Mr. Meighen was married October 23, 1889, to Virginia, daughter of James and Mary (Caton) Laing, of Moundsville. George W. Miller, an active young business man of Moundsville, was born in Marshall county, W. Va., November 26, 1855, the son of Samuel and Barbara (Snow) Miller, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The father is one of the substantial farmers of the county, having also been engaged in the nursery business several years. He served in the war of the rebellion four years as a private, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. In his family have been ten children: Elizabeth, wife of John Hubbs; Michael; Lydia, wife of William Roberts; John, who served eleven months in the Union cavalry, and died at Wheeling, at the age of eighteen; Mary, deceased wife of William Grandstaff; Ella, wife of Benjamin Coogle; Hannah, deceased; George W. Josephine, deceased; Lida, wife of Newton Gaston. George W. Miller at the age of twenty-one years embarked in the nursery business, and has since been engaged in that industry, with much success. In 1878 he was married to Mary, daughter of Nathan and Matilda Cox, of Monongalia county, W. Va. Her father, who died May 8, 1884, was a Union soldier for three years, and a prosperous farmer. His mother, Charlotte Francis, is living at the age of ninety-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had five children: Charles H., William L., Elsie M. Mary B., deceased, and Sherman. Mr. Miller is a member of the M., Episcopal church. One of the most successful agriculturists of Marshall county is Robert Moore, who is a native of county Derry, Ireland. His parents were James and Jane (Dunn) Moore, who were much esteemed citizens of their parish, and exemplary members of the Presbyterian church. Their seven children were: James, Hugh, Sarah, Robert, Samuel, Joseph and one that died in infancy; James and Joseph are also deceased. Mr. Moore's grandfather, James Moore, married Miss McCrady; they lived in county Derry, Ireland, and were also consistent members of the Presbyterian denomination. Robert began active life at the age of eighteen years, at which time he came to this country and settled in Massachusetts, where he worked upon a farm for six months, then moved to Philadelphia and engaged in digging cellars and driving a cart, at which he worked one year. At the expiration of this time Mr. Moore came to Wheeling, W. Va. and worked in a foundry for some six or seven years. Moving to Marshall county, W. Va., he rented a farm and began his agricultural career. He started without money, and, indeed, owing for his pas-