(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) PAGE - 799 - MRS. CELESTA S. BACON PAGE - 800 - PICTURE OF H. D. BACON AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 801 of election, township clerk and a member of the township Board of Education. Mr. Lannin is a notable example of a self-made man. With no early advantages he has accomplished more than, three-fourths of those who have been born, according to the popular phrase. "with a gold spoon in their mouths." H. D. BACON. a representative citizen of East Palestine, was born in Staffordshire, England, March 1, 1846, is a Son of Daniel and Caroline (Cooper) Bacon and can trace his genealogy back many generations in England. Daniel Bacon was born in England, and during his early business career spent his days at the forge as a wrought-nail maker, in the days when they were manufactured by hand. He came to America about 1850, settling in Pennsylvania, where he engaged in coal mining. He continued that occupation there and in Columbiana County, Ohio. until his death. He and his wife were originally members of the Church of England, but later became Methodists. In 1839, at Wassel, England. Daniel Bacon married Caroline Cooper who was born in 1819, and was a daughter of Henry and Eliza (Snape) Cooper, the Coopers being a wealthy English family. Of the 10 children born to this union, five are now living, viz : H. D.. who was christened at Pelsel, England, Caroline. widow of James Ball, of Massillon, Ohio: Samuel, who married Harriet Parker ; Abram, who married Ida Van Fossar and resides in Section 35, Unity township, where he has a farm of 45 acres; and W. Charles, who married Alice Van Fossar and has a farm of 45 acres in Section 35, Unity township. H. D. Bacon was four years of age when he sailed for America with his parents in the sailing vessel "Susan," the voyage consuming nine weeks and three days amid very discouraging circumstances. One thing forcibly impressed upon the youthful mind of our subject, was the liking manifested for him by the captain, who asked to keep him. He was practically raised in the mines, beginning in his boyhood days, and his education was acquired in the old brick schoolhouse which he attended at night. Upon leaving the mines, he engaged for a time in the butcher business, in the meantime laying by enough to buy a piece of property. In 1881, after cutting down the bluffs, he built a home on the hillside, and he has constantly added to his possessions as circumstances would permit until he now has much valuable town and country property. He has been a very successful business man and takes rank with the foremost in his community, being accorded the respect and highest esteem of every one with whom he is acquainted. He served two terms as assessor of Unity township, elected from the East Palestine precinct. He is a progressive citizen and gives his active support to such measures as tend to benefit the public. Mr. Bacon was first married in 1872 to Mary Jane Sheets, a daughter of Thomas Sheets, one of the pioneers of this county. She died in 1873, leaving a daughter, Luella Jane, now deceased. He formed a second marital union in 1880, marrying Celesta Shafer, a daughter of Jacob and Maria (Macklin) Shafer, of Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, a granddaughter of John and Adesame (Ashbaugh) Shafer and great-granddaughter of Jacob and Catherine (Manser) Shafer. Jacob Shafer came from Maryland and purchased a quarter-section of land in Springfield township, Mahoning County, which had been entered by a man named Sidney. John Shafer, grandfather of Mrs. Bacon, was born on this farm October 15, 1798, and lived here until his death, February 8, 1879. His wife, Adesame Ashbaugh, was born August 24, 1804, and died in October, 1853. They were joined in matrimony November 20, 1823, and to them were born children, as follows: Mary, born September 9, 1824, deceased March 3, 1894: Jacob, born April 8, 1826; Catherine. born May 10, 1828; Margaret, born June 4. 1830, deceased April 4, 1849 ; Andrew, born September 29, 1832; Sarah. born November 15, 1834; Elizabeth, born November 8. 1836 ; Samuel, born February 11, 1839, deceased October 4, 1870; Maria, born March 1, 1841, deceased December 17, 802 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY 1894; John, born May 9, 1843 ; and Sophia, born August 6, 1845, deceased March 30, 1848. Jacob Shafer, father of Mrs. Bacon, is of large stature, standing six feet two inches. He was born April 8, 1826, and after his marriage located on a tract of 40 acres adjoining the old homestead. He lived there to years, then moved to a tract of 65 acres southeast of the home farm, which he bought, where he has Since lived. It was all timber land when he acquired it, and for temporary purposes he erected a rude board shanty, in which the family lived. At the time of the flood in 1862, the family were obliged to abandon the shanty and live with a neighbor until their present house was built. To Jacob Shafer and his wife were born to children, five of whom are now living, as follows : Celesta, wife of our Subject ; Allen, whose height is six feet, one inch, who is a carpenter by trade and lives at home: Mary, widow of John Pritchard,—her first husband was John Peffer; Millie, who is the wife of Thomas Peacock, of Pittsburg: and Verda, who lives at home with her parents. Mr. Shafer is a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church, to which he has belonged for the past 40 or 50 years. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have two children : Harry, who married Anna Gamble, February 14, 1905; and Elmer, who is unmarried. Both sons are employed as pressers in the pottery of the Ohio China Company. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Bacon accompany this sketch. JOHN ALEXANDER MYERS. M. D., of East, Liverpool, is a citizen who numbers among his friends the most of the old residents as well as many of the new, whose presence is eagerly sought when disease invades their households. Dr. Myers was born October 6, 1828, at Bird-in-Hand. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. and is a son of Hiram and Jane Ann (Dean) Myers. The ancestry of Dr. Myers is German and in the early days the name was spelled Moyer, an orthography still retained by some branches of the family. His father was born in 1806 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and belonged to the solid, substantial agricultural class of that Section. Originally a Democrat, he became a Whig in the times of Gen. William Henry Harrison and subsequently a Republican. Of his five children, three reached maturity, viz.: John Alexander, Henry B., of Omaha, Nebraska, now deceased; and Mary Jane, widow of George W. Vogan, of Lisbon. In 1832 the family settled at Lisbon and the father followed the shoemaker's trade in the village until 1840, when he resumed farming. For many years he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. The subject of thi sketch was mainly reared at Lisbon and spent his school days there. He began the reading of medicine with Dr. Albert Graham in 1860, but the early exciting days of the Civil War disturbed his studies and when A. J, Blocksom, the local druggist, enlisted as a soldier, the latter secured the young medical student to take charge of his store. During this time the young man improved his opportunities for study, but when Mr. Blocksom returned Mr. Myers enlisted, entering Company D, 176th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., of which company he was appointed 1st lieutenant and later was elected captain. Captain Myers continued in command of his company until the close of the war, his record testifying to his gallantry as a soldier.. After his return from the army, he passed his examination before the State Board Medical Examiners and was admitted to practice. In 1869 he was elected clerk of the court at Lisbon, and served two terms, six years and three months in this office. He took advantage. of his opportunities here and read law and to such profit that in 1875 he was admitted to practice before the Common Pleas Court. Law, however, did not appeal to him as did medicine and after one year of practice he came to East Liverpool; in 1877 and started into the drug business on the southeast corner of Sixth and Market streets, soon after removing to the Stevenson Building. where he continued in the- drug business until 1884. Since that time. Dr. Myers has carried on a private practice AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 803 Advancing years have caused him to curtail it as much as possible, but, as stated in the opening of this sketch, his old friends and patients will not let him go. For years he has been, in many homes physician, friend and adviser and he enjoys the unbounded esteem of his fellow-citizens. Dr. Myers married Hannah M. Frederick, daughter of John Frederick, of near Lisbon, and the two survivors of their three children are: Frederick W., who fills the position of secretary and treasurer of the Dundee Silica Sand Company. with office located at Massillon. Ohio and Anna 0.. her father’s companion, her mother having died January 27, 1900. Mrs. Myers was a consistent member of the First Presbyterian Church, of East Liverpool. as is Dr. Myers, who first united with the Presbyterian Church at Lisbon. In 1884 he built his fine residence on Fifth Street. his office being in the rear, facing Drury lane. Politically Dr. Myers is a Republican, taking only a good citizen's interest however, his tastes not lying in the direction of public office. He was the organizer of General Lyon Post. No. 44, G. A. R. of East Liverpool. and was its first commander. Mrs. Myers was the first president of General Lyon Post, No. 46, Woman's Relief Corps. When General Garfield Camp. No. 3, Sons of Veterans, was organized. Frederick W. Myers, the son, was made the first captain. For 40 years Dr. Myers was a member of Concordia Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Lisbon. GEORGE MILLER, a prosperous agriculturist of St. Clair township, came to Columbiana County. Ohio, in 1882. and purchased 148 acres of fertile land in section 19, St. Clair township, which farm has since continued to be his home. He is a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Cockins) Miller. born in 1845. The Millers are of German descent and first located near Baltimore, Maryland. later moving to Pennsylvania. Jacob Miller, the grandfather of our subject, owned a farm near Little Washington and there Samuel Miller was born in 1800. He was a wagon-maker and followed that occupation for a great many years at Hickory, Pennsylvania, before he purchased. the farm in Allegheny County upon which our subject was born. This property contained 160 acres and part of it extended across the line into Washington County. Samuel Miller was the father of the following children : Jacob H. deceased. who was a prominent attorney of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania: Vincent Margaret Jane, deceased: Samuel W., who is a minister of the Gospel. located at Pasadena, California : John H., a resident of Hickory, Pennsylvania: James McBride, who is a successful physician, of Beaver, Pennsylvania: James and William (twins), the latter of whom is now a leading lawyer of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Frank C., deceased, who was a physician of East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and George. George Miller received his primary education in Allegheny County. Supplementing it with a course in Duff's Business College at Pittsburg. He was reared on a farm and has always devoted his time and talents to that line of work. When he was about 22 years old he moved to East Liverpool and remained there several years. In 1882 he bought his present farm and has demonstrated to the surrounding community that he understands how to get the best results from the operation of his farm, which is devoted to general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Miller was married at East Liverpool in 1872 to Mary Isabelle Mills and has reared. a family of Seven children, namely : Mary Alexina, who lives at home; William James. who married Mamie G. Adams, whose father. is chaplain of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium, Clifton, New York ; Francis Clifford: Harry Vincent Robert Mills Margaret Elizabeth: and Antoinette. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church and zealous workers in the church and its—societies. Mr. Miller is a Republican. Mrs. Miller is a daughter of James P. and Nancy ( McIntosh) Mills; both highly respected residents of this vicinity in early times. The ancestors of James P. Mills, who were of 804 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY Scotch-Irish origin, came to America before the Revolution and cast in their lot with the Struggling colonists. General Sullivan, who was a famous officer in the American Army, was an uncle of James P. Mills' grandmother, Nancy McIntosh was a daughter of William and Sarah Alexina (McKenzie) McIntosh, the latter a native of the parish of Red Castle, Inverness, Scotland, and the former a native of Carnavora, Scotland. William McIntosh’s father, John McIntosh, was a farmer and sheep raiser and William was a Shepherd in his native land until 1833, when he came to the United States with his wife and two little children,—Nancy and Alexander M. He located in the "Scotch Settlement" near Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio. and not long afterwards bought a farm in Brush creek township, Jefferson County, moving there in February, 1835. Their family was increased by the addition of Mary, who was born near Glasgow, Columbiana County ; and John, who was born on the farm in Brush Creek township. where he Still resides. Mary died, June 26, 1903, after a long and useful life, of which the last 12 years were spent in mission work for the Freedmen's Bureau. Nancy (McIntosh) Mills, mother of Mrs. Miller. died in 1858 in her 30th year. Alexander M. McIntosh enlisted on August 20, 1862, as sergeant in Company D. 126th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and died at Martinsburg, West Virginia, February 16, 1863, from pneumonia. WILLIAM L. CALHOUN, engineer at the pottery plant of The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company, at East Liverpool, has held this position continuously since 1872, and is possibly the oldest stationary engineer in the State of Ohio. He was born February 28. 1828, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Adam and Sarah (Sands) Calhoun. James Calhoun, grandfather of our subject, was descended from one of two brothers who came from Scotland to America about 1733 and located near Scranton, Pennsylvania. The other brother went South, and was the progenitor of John C. Calhoun, the Southern patriot and statesman from South Carolina. Adam Calhoun, our subject's father, was born in Pennsylvania and died there in 1829, aged about 50 years. He married Sarah Sands, who was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. in 1787, and died in 1862. aged 75 years. She was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (White) Sands. The White family at one time owned Bedford Springs, which now forms a part of the Vanderbilt estate. Her father was a farmer and was the owner of a large farm just 10 miles from the Pittsburg market: Adam Calhoun and his wife became the parents of nine children, of whom six survived infancy and childhood, namely : Samuel, George, Andrew, Sarah, Adam and William L., Samuel Calhoun, who was a steamboat engineer, lived in East Liverpool at the time of his death in 1862, at the age of 50 years. He left four sons and three daughters : George, who was captured in the Civil war and died at Belle Isle ; John, Adam, Andrew, of East Liverpool ; Mrs. Samuel R. Jackson of East Liverpool ; Mrs. Eliza Clark. of Sistersville. West Virginia: and Mrs. Sarah Barker, of East Liverpool, whose husband, deceased in 1902, was a veteran in the Mexican and Civil wars. George Calhoun died at East Liverpool in early manhood. Andrew Calhoun, who was an engineer, died in Pittsburg in the early '40's. Sarah, who died in 1887, aged 67 years was the wife of John Baum, of East Liverpool : Adam Calhoun. who was a blacksmith and engineer, died at East Liverpool in 1880, aged about 50 years, leaving a daughter, Lucretia, who is a resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania. William L. Calhoun accompanied his mother when she moved to Liverpool township, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1833, and was there reared and received a common school education In 1851 he was licensed as a steamboat engineer, being one of the first successful applicants under the United States marine law of 1850. He followed steamboat engineering mainly until the Civil war, and in 1864 was appointed to the United States Navy as an en- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 805 gineer, being a commissioned officer. He served in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers squadron until the close of the war. With the close of the war his river work ceased. Since then he has been a stationary engineer. Prior to 1872, he worked for about three years in building oil rigs for Joseph Eddy and then worked as a millwright. Since 1872, he has been continuously employed in his present position, as mentioned above. In 1854 Mr. Calhoun was united in marriage with Margaret E. Merchant, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1835, and was reared in Tuscarawas County, where She continued to live until her removal to Wellsville in 1853. She is a daughter of William and Mary (Eakin) Merchant, and a granddaughter, maternally, of James and Nancy Eakin, the latter being a cousin to President Andrew Jackson. William Merchant was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was left an orphan when young. He worked for James Eakin, who had a contract for the construction of the Ohio Canal, and later took up a farm near Delaware, Ohio, where he lived until his death, in 1839, aged 33 years. Mrs. Merchant died in 1845, at the age of 32 years. They were parents of the following children : Mary, who died at the age of 12 years ; Mrs. Isabel Teeple, who resides near Sparta in Stark County, Ohio Elizabeth, deceased in 1870, who was the wife of Basil Rowe, a riverman of Wellsville ; Margaret E., wife of our subject ; Alfred a well-known contractor and builder, who died of injuries received at East Liverpool, in 1889, leaving three children, one of whom, Harry, is in the employ of The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company ; Rebecca J., widow of Isaac Knowles, of East Liverpool, who has a son, Willis, who resides in California. William L. Calhoun and his estimable wife have the following offspring : William A., a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this work ; John E., born in 1858, deceased at the age of four years ; George, born in 1860, who was engineer at the pottery works of the Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company at the time of his death in 1892—he left a. daughter, Jessie, who resides with her grandparents ; James A., born in 1863, who is now identified with the Deuber-Hampden Watch Works at Canton, Ohio, and has one son, Louis J. ; and Jennie, born in 1866 and deceased in infancy. In politics, William L. Calhoun was originally a Free Soiler but became a Republican upon the organization of that party, voting for Gen. John C. Fremont. He has served as water commissioner of East Liverpool. Fraternally, he is a member of and past grand of the Odd Fellows, which he joined in 1867, and is a member of General Lyon Post,. No. 44, G. A. R., of East Liverpool. Mrs. Calhoun has been a member of the Daughters of Rebekahs since 1868, being one of the first five women in East Liverpool to take the degree. She is a member of General Lyon Post, No. 46, Woman’s Relief Corps. She was one of the original lady members of the City Hospital Association, served as president several years and is on the board of directors at the present time. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun are members of the First Society of Spiritualists, of East Liverpool. WILLIAM A. CALHOUN, who has engaged in the profession of architecture at East Liverpool for a period of more than 34 years, is one of the most active and successful business men of the city. He is a heavy stockholder and director of The West End Pottery Company a member of the real estate and insurance firm of P. V. Mackall & Company ; president of the Tioga Oil & Gas Company, which is operating in the Knoxville field in Jefferson County ; and is identified with the McCoy Drilling Company. He is a man well known to the people, and enjoys the respect and confidence of the :entire community. Mr. Calhoun was born at East Liverpool. Ohio, May 17, 1856, in that part of the town then known as "Jethro." and is a son of William L. and Margaret E. (Merchant) Calhoun.. A brief sketch of the life of William L. Cal- 806 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY houn appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject was reared in his native town and received his educational training in the public schools. He began work in the potteries at the age of 11 years and continued until he was 17 years old, being employed by various concerns. He then became apprenticed to the carpenter's trade and in the mean time studied architecture. He spent two years in New Albany, Indiana, studying stair-building and architecture under J. A. W. Koontz, after which he returned to East Liverpool, where he followed the building and architectural business until 1898. During the past six years his attention has been devoted almost exclusively to architectural work, although he is still identified with various other enterprises. He maintains offices in the Ikirt Building. From June, 1895 to April 1900, Mr. Calhoun was secretary and treasurer of The West End Pottery Company. On January 29, 1899, our Subject was united in marriage with Anna F. Perry, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and accompanied her parents to Trenton. New Jersey, when she was three years old, later moving to Wellsville and East Liverpool, Ohio. Her father, Frederick A. Perry. was formerly a foreman in the potteries here, but is now a resident of Washington. D. C. This union has been blessed with one son, Eric Victor, aged four years. In politics Mr. Calhoun is a Republican. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was formerly a member of the Sons of Veterans. WILLIAM NICHOLS. who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Fairfield township, resides on his farm of 155 acres, located in sections 4 and 5, one mile northwest of the village of Columbiana. He was born on January 1, 1879, on this farm, where his father lived during his life and which his grandfather purchased on coming to Ohio from Virginia. He is a son of William Nichols, grandson of William and Mary ( Janney) Nichols and great-grandson of William and Sarah (Spencer) Nichols. The Nichols family is of English extraction and was founded in Virginia by two brothers, Isaac and William Nichols, followers of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends. After settling in Loudoun County, Virginia, they continued to reside there the remainder of their lives; their tombstones may be found in the graveyard of the Friends' Meeting House on Goose Creek. William Nichols married Sarah Spencer and had three sons— Isaac, Samuel and William—and two daughters—Mrs. Mary Piggot and Mrs. Edith Tate. William Nichols, son of the first William Nichols mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, and grandfather of our subject, was born in 1779 in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the old stone house, which was the family home. He was educated in the Friends' school in his native county and all his life followed farming. He was a minister of the Society of Friends and his religious work took him about the country a good deal. In 1833 he first came to Columbiana County and purchased about 650 acres of land, afterward returning to Virginia. He made his second trip to this county in 1834, at which time he built a Sawmill at Cherry Fork. Again returning to the old home in Virginia, he remained there until 1836, when he once more journeyed to Columbiana County, this time accompanied by his wife and children. The following year he built a grist-mill, which, with the sawmill, was operated by his son Stacey. He was a just man and devoted to his children. He married Mary Janney, who was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and was the third child born to Stacey and Hannah ( Brown) Janney. To William Nichols and his good wife were born 10 children, all of whom are deceased except Mary, the widow of Jesse M. Allen, who was one of the pioneer merchants at Columbiana. Mrs. Allen resides at Columbiana. To each of his daughters on her marriage, William Nichols gave $1,000 in money, while the sons were presented with farms. He died in June, 1860. William Nichols, the third of the name the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 807 father of our subject, was born in the old stone house in Loudoun County, Virginia, and was about 14 years old when he came to Ohio with his father. He waS engaged in farming all of his life. He married Mary A. Mather, of Goshen township, Mahoning County, Ohio. and to them was born one son, William, the subject of this article. Mr. Nichols died August 11, 1901, aged 80 years, five months and eight days. Mrs. Nichols lived to be about 50 years of age. Both were members of the Society of Friends, belonging to the Hicksite branch. In their walk and conversation they fully exemplified the teachings of their Simple faith. There were few who excelled them in uprightness and honesty, even in their own religious Society. Mrs. Nichols was an especially attractive woman and had many friends, who held her in the highest esteem. William Nichols, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools and has always followed farming, having lived all his life on the farm where he was born and reared. On August 3, 1902, he was married to Minnie Linhoss, of Dayton, Virginia. They have two children, namely : William Linhoss Nichols, the fifth in succession to bear the time honored name of William Nichols. who was born June 4, 1903 ; and Mary Virginia Nichols, born September 17, 1904. Mr. Nichols is a member of the Hicksite Friends, while his wife, who is of German descent, is a Mennonite. J. C. THULLEN. president of the Leetonia Electric Light & Power Company, of Leetonia, was born in 1850, at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, and is a son of the late Henry Thullen. Henry Thullen was born in Prussia. and came to America in young manhood, settling first in Pennsylvania. Later he came to Ohio and embarked in a hotel business in Mahoning County, which continued until his death. J. C. Thullen was educated in the schools of New Albany, Mahoning County. and then learned the trades of boiler-maker and engineer. His first important position was the superintendency of the Leetonia Boiler Works, which was established in 1871, a position he filled until 1901. He assisted in the erection of the iron furnaces at Leetonia and also was one of the builders of the Cherry Valley furnace in 1867. From 1871 to 1901, during his connection with the boiler works at Leetonia, Mr. Thullen had acquired a large interest, which he Sold in the latter year and turned his attention entirely to the affairs of the Leetonia Electric Light & Power Company, which he had organized in 1889. He installed this fine electric plant, one of the most satisfactory in this section of the country. The company was incorporated with a capital of $10,000, and Mr. Thullen has been its efficient president ever since. Mr. Thullen was married in 1870 to Mary E. Cartwright, who was born at Youngstown, Ohio, and they have three children, viz. : L. H., who is connected with the Union Switch Signal Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, at the head of the electrical and mechanical department : Carrie, who is the wife of W. Harry Schmick, cashier of the First National Bank, of Leetonia and Nanette, who is the wife of D. K. Bishop, of the Bishop-Babcock Company, of Cleveland. Mr. Thullen is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a trustee for the past 30 years. For Some 30 years he has been connected with the Masonic fraternity. Being a practical mechanic, Mr. Thullen' is well equipped for the position he holds as president of the public utility company, which contributes so materially to the comfort of the citizens of Leetonia. He is also treasurer and general manager and thus has control of both the official and the practical working of the electric plant. He is held in very high esteem in his business relations and takes his place with the representative men of the town. CHARLES BOYD, a leading attorney at Wellsville, city solicitor and a prominent figure in Republican politics, was born at Wellsville, Ohio, July 12, 1873, and is a son of William and Elizabeth ( Frazer) Boyd. The father of Mr. Boyd was born in 808 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY County Down, Ireland, in 1844, and there learned the mason's trade. In young manhood he came to America with a brother and together they went to St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. In 1866 William Boyd came to Wellsville and here formed a partnership with Jefferson Abrahams. They engaged in building and contracting. Later Mr. Boyd had other partners and did a great deal of stone work for the Pennsylvania Railroad and was engaged in completing one of the road's contracts when he was accidentally killed at Alliance, in 1879. He was a competent, reliable man and Wellsville lost a good citizen when he died. He married a daughter of Capt. Daniel K. Fraser, of Yellow Creek township. She was born in Wellsville and still resides here. Her father was born in Yellow Creek township, July 19, 1817, and died in 1902. He was a carpenter by trade but for many years followed the river as captain of a Steamboat. Before the days of railroads he was a large river trader. He also kept a store for a number of years after leaving the water. He was a director of the First National Bank and in many ways was one of the town's prominent and influential citizens. Our Subject has two sisters : Mabel and Mary. The maternal grandmother, Lexy McBane, daughter of William McBane, was born in Scotland. After completing the common and high school course at Wellsville. Mr. Boyd entered the office of W. F. Lones, a well-known attorney of Wellsville. and was admitted to the bar in 1898. He has always been active in politics and was elected by the Republican party city solicitor in 1901 and his efficiency is proven by his being retained in office ever since. GOTHAM & LOCKETT. Among many other claims to distinction, East Liverpool is known as the home of the most extensive modeling studio in the United States and one which compares very favorably with any other in the artistic centers bf the world. Reference is made to the firm of Gotham & Lockett, modelers and originators of pottery shapes, designers of the greater number of the beautiful products of the potter's art which in curve and line delight all those who are able to appreciate what is truly artistic, not only in the United States but in many foreign countries. The business was founded by the Senior partner, Thomas B. Gotham, on May 1, 1898. In the following November Frank Lockett became an interested partner. The progress made in the seven years of business association is no less gratifying than remarkable. The original location was on the corner of Sixth and Washington Street, East Liverpool, but it soon became evident that larger quarters would have to be secured and in May, 1904, removal was made to the present location between West Market Street and Broadway. The vast increase in business since that date, owing to the wider distribution and consequent appreciation of their work, has made necessary the formulating of plans which will soon be put into effect and the firm will be established in still larger and better equipped buildings. The artistic designs of this firm are sought wherever there are pottery interests, in this and European countries, and they have even been called upon to make designs for potteries in Australia. It is the custom of the various manufacturers, in need of a new design, to call upon this firm, knowing well that satisfaction will follow. It is not an unusual thing to have some of their choicest designs copied and used in other countries, this having notably been the case in England. Among the many potteries of this section of Ohio, there is not one which does not secure its designs, more or less entirely, from this firm and quite frequently wholesale china dealers call on them for especial designs for their trade. Occasions have arisen when a special order has come to them for some design of exquisite beauty and of intricate workmanship, to be used but once and then destroyed: The firm has a number of exclusive patrons of this kind. THOMAS GOTHAM was born in 1873 at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He was but 14 years old when he went into a pottery, having previously developed his natural artistic talents to some degree at the Science PAGE - 809 - BLANK PAGE - 810 - PICTURE OF F. Q. MASON AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 811 and Art School. He entered the modeling department in the pottery and worked there until, 1889, when he came to America and located at Trenton, New Jersey, where he waS engaged in artiStic designing until 1897. Shortly after making his home at East Liverpool, he embarked in his present enterprise. Mr. Gotham married Anna De Putron Lynn, of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, and they have two children, viz. : Thomas B. and Catherine A. In religious views, Mr. Gotham and family are Episcopalians. Mr. Gotham belongs to East Liverpool Lodge, No. 258, B. P. O. E. FRANK LOCKETT was born at Hanley, England, in 1874, and was educated in the Science and Art School at Hanley. Like Mr. Gotham he was but 14 years of age when he went into the modeling department of a pottery, where he was employed until 1897, when he also came to America and located at Trenton, New Jersey. For a period of 18 months he was connected with the Trenton Potteries Company. He came to East Liverpool on November 1, 1898, and associated himself with Mr. Gotham. Mr. Lockett married Maude E. Webster, of East Liverpool. They have two sons and one daughter, viz. : Thomas W., Albert J. and Mary M. Mr. and Mrs. Lockett are members of St. Stephens’ Protestant Episcopal Church. Both Mr. Gotham and Mr. Lockett are men of original ideas and thus their designs and models are entirely different from those of many other workers in their line and they have gained well-deserved recognition for work which possesses unique charm, classic beauty and artistic perfection. F. Q. MASON. manager and manufacturing chemist of The Mason Color Company, of East Liverpool, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born at Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, January 22, 1880, and is a Son of Augustus Frederick and Keziah ( Jones) Mason. Our subject has inherited professional ability from as far back as his grandparents. His grandfather, James Mason, was born at Teine, Staffordshire, England, and died in 1865. He was a color maker and was the originator of the famous Mason colors for use in potteries and glass works and in enameling. He started into business for himself as early as 1830, building the Bleak Place Color Works in 1842, which are famous all over the world, and he continued active in this business until within three weeks of his death. He married Mary Skerratt, of Hanley, Staffordshire, who was considered at that time, by competent authority as the finest color chemist in North Staffordshire. She was also a woman of business faculty, and much of the early success of James Mason must be attributed to her. He was at one time a printer at the Cauldon Place Pottery Works, of John Ridgway, where he filled the position of foreman for a period of 49 years. The only child of James and Mary Mason was Augustus Frederick, the father of our subject. Augustus Frederick Mason was born September 4, 1842, and as both his father and mother were interested in colors, he very early gained a knowledge of their composition and blending, spending his boyhood in and about his father's works. He later took a course in chemistry at the Hanley Art School, and finally succeeded to the ownership of the Bleak Hill Color Works. He is still active in the business manufacturing ceramic colors. He married Keziah Jones, a daughter of Martin Jones, of Tunstall, England. Our subject is the only one of the children who has come to America. For a number of years Augustus F. Mason was associated with that religious body known as Plymouth Brethren and he was considered one of the orators of North Staffordshire. On one occasion it is remembered how he conquered a noted infidel in a public debate before an audience of 3,000 people, the discussion lasting 13 1/2 hours. He has always been an active Gospel preacher and has been a very successful temperance worker. With his whole family, he has been a total abstainer all his life. For some years past he and his wife have been members of the Christian Church. 812 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY Our Subject was reared at Burslem where he completed the common and high School courses and in 1892 he entered Wedgewood Institute, where he took a course in inorganic chemistry and quantitative and qualitative analysis. After completing a general and special training, he entered his father's works in January, 1902, where he remained until June 11, 1902, when he set out for America with the idea of looking over the fieldS of the pottery industry in the United States, with a view to establishing a color manufacturing plant similar to his father's. His investigation resulted in the organization of the first and thus far the only color plant in the country, at East Liverpool, Ohio, in October, 1902. The business was commenced in a small way, with a capacity measured by two grinding pans but ere three months had elapsed six pans were required and at present the company is installing more machinery so as to double its facilities. It is the only American concern attempting as yet to meet foreign competition in this line. The product is sold all over the United States. Much credit is due Mr. Mason for his energy and enterprise in the matter. Mr. Mason is a man of enlightened views and as he has come to make America his home he has signified his intention of becoming an American citizen. He belongs to the class which finds a ready and enthusiastic welcome on American shores. In his political sentiments he inclines toward the Republican party his father in England being a Conservative. In religious belief he is a member of the First Christian Church of East Liverpool. He is the chorister of the Sunday-school of the First Christian Church and is the bass soloist in the "Enterprise Male Chorus," of Wellsville and East Liverpool. SIMON DENNY. whose fine home farm is situated in section 7. Butler township and consists of 100 acres, also owns 93 acres adjoining, in Knox township. Mr. Denny is one of the substantial men of this section. His birth took place in the city of Oberried. Canton of Bern, Switzerland, on November 20, 1850. He is a son of Simon and Margaret (Ruf) Denny. The parents of our subject were natives of Switzerland and came to America in 1858. Mr. Denny the elder had had experience in conducting a provision store, bakery and restaurant in his own land and he continued the same in the city of New York and later bought a farm, but died in New York: shortly after his death the family came to Columbiana County, Ohio, and our subject has resided here ever since. He is one of a family of eight children, namely : Margaret, who died aged 21 years; Elizabeth, deceased; Elizabeth (2nd), deceased ; John, of Minnesota; Simon, of this sketch; Peter, deceased; Michael, of Butler township; and Annie, wife of A. L. Snyder, of Alliance, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was seven years of age when his parents came to the United States, and here he was educated and has spent his life as a farmer and stockman. His farm in Knox township is run mainly as a dairy farm; being stocked with 25 fine milch cows. Mr. Denny has a very attractive home place, his buildings are substantial and well adapted to all purposes and an air of thrift pervades everything. All the improvements here have been made by Mr. Denny himself, who enjoys the reputation of being a very industrious as well as capable man. In addition to his several farms, he has other interests, being a stockholder and treasurer of the John Asch Cheese Company, a very important industry of the township, which has been in operation for four seasons. Here is made the famous Swiss cheese, which is considered a delicacy and is welcomed on the tables of rich and poor. Mr. Denny is a practical Swiss cheese maker, having been engaged in this business for 38 years, to years of which period he was at the head of a cheese factory as cheese maker. Mr. Denny was married in 1879 to Mary Barbara Oyster, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, March 18, 1856, and is a daughter of Henry and Amy (Stanley) Oyster, natives of this county. They have eight children: Alice L., wife of Emanuel Ramsyer, of Knox township; Edward S., of Butler town- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 813 ship; Annie Elizabeth, wife of Ellis Heasten. of Mahoning, County; and Urban P., Lottie M., Leroy A. and Arthur S. and Bertha M. (twins), all at home. This family of children is all that a loving father could desire, but a great grief fell upon the household when the beloved mother was removed by death. on May 1. 1904. She was a woman of estimable character and many Christian virtues. In times of sickness and sorrow her neighbors found her sympathetic and helpful, while her husband and children depended upon her for their greatest happiness in the home. She was a devoted member of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Denny also belongs to this religious body, of which he is an elder. Politically he is a Republican. ALBERT H. KENNEDY, city treasurer of Salem, and vice-president and general manager of the Salem Wall Paper & Carpet Company, was born at Mansfield, Ohio, January 20, 1866, and is a Son of John and Victoria (Hedrick) Kennedy. The parents of Mr. Kennedy were born in Ohio and resided at Mansfield until 1875, when they removed to Salem. They had three children : Albert H., of this sketch ; Grace, wife of William Wood, of Mansfield, Ohio; and John C., also a resident of Mansfield. Albert H. Kennedy was educated in the public Schools at Salem and began his business career as a clerk in the dry goods and carpet house of C. C. Snyder. with whom he remained for 23 years, and served two years with Converse & Company. He then accepted the position of manager of what is now the Salem Daily News Company, which he retained for two years, when he embarked in his present business. The Salem Wall Paper & Carpet Company is an incorporated concern and Mr. Kennedy has been vice-president and general manager since its organization. He has always been prominent in the ranks of the Republican party and on more than one occasion has been selected as a leader. For some years he has been a member of the Republican County Committee, has served as township treasurer and since 1900 he has been city treasurer. He is a capable and honest official who enjoys the confidence of the general public and stands well in line for future honors. In 1892 Mr. Kennedy was married to Ella Tescher, who was born in Salem, and is a daughter of Capt. John F. and Susan Tescher, natives of Switzerland. They have one son, Charles Snyder. Mr. Kennedy is interested in a number of fraternal organizations, is a Mason and Odd Fellow, is treasurer of the Royal Arcanum, is a Knight of Pythias and an Elk. JEFFERSON FISHER, now a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but a native of Columbiana County, where he lived for many years. was born at the old Fisher home, opposite Riverview Cemetery, in the outskirts of East Liverpool, Ohio. June 3, 1843, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Richardson) Fisher. Paul Fisher, the grandfather of our subject, was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it is supposed that the family originally came from Germany, although it has been settled on American Soil for many generations. Both Paul Fisher and his son, Samuel, conversed fluently in the German language. The former founded the family in Columbiana County, Ohio, coming to this section in pioneer days soon after the beginning of the last century. He had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Samuel Fisher. our subject's father, was born at Sunbury, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1807 and accompanied his parents when they came to Columbiana County and settled at Calcutta. possibly about 1813. Here he grew to manhood. securing his education in the primitive schools of the early day. In 1836 he married Mary Richardson, born December 20, 1818, a daughter of Samuel Richardson, who was also a pioneer of Columbiana County, coming here in January, 1802, and taking a farm, a part of which now forms the sites of the towns of Negley and Camp Bouquet. His wife. Mary, was a daughter of William Black- 814 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY ledge, of Washington, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Richardson engaged extensively in farming and also conducted a tannery on his place. His grandfather came to this country from England with William Penn and Settled where Philadelphia now stands. After his marriage, Samuel Fisher cultivated a rented property for two years and then moved upon the valuable tract on which he spent the remainder of his lite and where he died May 3, 1880. This farm is now included in the city limits of East Liverpool, being located on the road leading to Calcutta. The time is not far distant when the homes of great enterprises and private residences will have covered the whole extent of the farm, where, he carried on agricultural operations the greater part of his life. Many of the landmarks have already disappeared. Eight children were born to Samuel and Mary ( Richardson) Fisher, as follows : Richardson. deceased; Henry, of East Liverpool ; Jefferson, the subject, of this Sketch; George, deceased; Alfred J., of East Liverpool : Mary Catherine, wife of Clark Moore, of East Liverpool; Maria L., deceased. who was the wife of Moody Coburn, of East Liverpool : and Caroline M., deceased. Mrs. Fisher, who still survives, was for many years a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church at Longs’ Run. The subject of this sketch obtained his education in the local schools, was then engaged in teaching school for a few terms, after which he spent some time clerking in a general store. In June, 1868, he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and has continued in its employ ever Since. He spent his first two years as agent at Beaver, Pennsylvania. He was then transferred to Wellsville Ohio, where he Served six years as ticket agent and accountant, being then assigned to East Liverpool as agent in which position he also spent six years. Since then he has been accountant in the general offices of the company at Pittsburg, but makes his home in the adjacent town of Crafton. Mr. Fisher has been twice married: first, on December 8, 1872, to Josephine Virginia Bunting, who was born at Wellsville, Ohio,. July 20, 1849, and was a daughter of Samuel. and Mary (Gorrell) Bunting, the former a native of Wellsville, the latter of Philadelphia. The children of this marriage were: Helen. M., who is the wife of Dr. J. Bert George, a well-known dental surgeon of East Liverpool and Charles B., who conducts a shoe store in East Liverpool. On June 16, 1892, Mr. Fisher was married to his second wife, Alice B. Harvey. who was born at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Thockmorton) Harvey. They have one son, Samuel Harvey. Mrs. Fisher comes of Revolutionary Stock and is eligible to membership in the Daughters of the Revolution through her great-grandfather, who was a general in the Revolutionary Army and whose epaulets she has as mementoes of his patriotism. The family has been attached to the Presbyterian Church for many years. The subject of this sketch when questioned as to his present religious belief gave the pertinent answer : "By their fruits ye shall know them." He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and has held several offices in the order. His first vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln for President in 1864, but he voted for Grover Cleveland, when he was elected the second time in 1892. Mr. Fisher has in his possession a rather remarkable relic of unknown age. It is an awl made out of deer's born and tipped with a long spear. This primitive instrument was found by his grandfather in a house where all the family had been murdered by Indians.   FRANK M. BENNER, one of the leading business men of Lisbon, is the owner of the oldest established jewelry house in the county, one which was founded in 1847 and has been conducted by--a Benner, father and son, ever since. Mr. Benner was born in 1856 in Lisbon and is a son of Josiah F. and Mary A. (Miller) Benner. The Benner family was established in Columbiana County by Henry Benner, a farmer AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 815 and school teacher, the grandfather of our subject. He owned land in Center township which he developed into a fruit farm, and it is still operated as Such by a grandson. J. F. Benner, father of our subject, was born on this farm, four miles west of Lisbon, one of three children, all now deceased. In young manhood he left the farm and learned the jewelers’ trade. The present business of our subject was established at Lisbon, in 1847, by a Mr. Scott. In 1848, J. F. Benner bought the business and continued to conduct it until he retired from active life. He died in March, 1898 aged 76 years. He married Mary A. Miller, who was born and reared in Columbiana County, and still resides in Lisbon. She is a daughter of Jacob Miller, who was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day. He settled on a farm three miles west of Lisbon, where he devoted much attention to stock-raising, and made a specialty of raising horses. The only survivors of his large family are : Mrs. Benner. now 77 years of age; Mrs. Sarah Green, of Salem, Ohio; and Mrs. Luckey, of Elmore, Ohio. Frank M. Benner was reared at Lisbon and obtained his education in the schools of his native place. When he reached manhood his father admitted him to partnership in the jewelry business, in which he has continued ever since, for the past 25 years being the sole proprietor. It is one of the substantial, old, reliable concerns of Lisbon. Mr. Benner married Mary Lodge, a native of Lisbon and a daughter of the late Abel Lodge, who died here in the fall of 1904, one of the city's patriarchs, aged almost 90 years. His early youth was spent on a farm in this county, and his active business life was passed as a banker in Lisbon. Mr. and Mrs. Benner have one daughter, Ada. The family occupies one of the beautiful homes of this quiet little city, Mr. Benner owning considerable real estate, including his residence, his store building and a large interest in what is known as the Benner Block, formerly the Exchange Block. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Politically Mr. Benner is a Republican and he has, at various times, accepted public office. He has served as cemetery trustee and a water trustee and has been interested in school improvement. He is a member of the board of directors of the Columbiana County Mutual Insurance Company and of the loan association at Lisbon. Mr. Benner is very prominent in fraternal circles. As a Mason he belongs to the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Lisbon ; is a charter member of Salem Commandery, and was knighted at Youngstown before the Salem Commandery was organized. He is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Lisbon, has served two terms as chancellor commander and in other official capacities. OHIO CEMENT COMPANY. One of the industries of Eastern Ohio is the Ohio Cement Company, which is located at Lisbon, and which is in the hands of capable and energetic business men, being under the direct management of E. B. Rawson, who fills the offices of president, treasurer and general manager. C. L. Douglass, of Cleveland, is Secretary. The main offices of this company are at Lisbon. The business was incorporated in 1875 by A. G. Smith, William Dennon and others, all men of capital and business stability. The plant is located three miles west of Lisbon, adjacent to the Erie Railroad. Its exclusive business is the manufacture of hydraulic cement ; 22 men have continuous employment here. Until 1891, the late A. G. Smith was the active manager, of the business, but since 1875 he has been identified with the affairs of Lisbon. His death occurred in 1900, being survived by four daughters, viz : Mrs. C. L. Douglass of Cleveland; Mrs. Charles F. Fish, of Saratoga Springs, New York ; Mrs. Helen Evan; of Sharon, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. E. B. Rawson, Mr. Smith had much to do with building up many of Lisbon's business enterprises and he is most kindly remembered for his public spirit and for the personal influence he exerted. He was a liberal contri- 816 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY butor to benevolent institutions, and was generous in his support of the Protestant Episcopal Church, with which his family was connected. Mr. Rawson, president of the Ohio Cement Company, and son-in-law of the late Mr. Smith, was born at Akron, Ohio, and came to Lisbon from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889. Since 1891 he has had the entire management of the business. Mr. and Mrs. Rawson have two children, viz : Levi, a civil engineer at Sistersville, West Virginia ; and Mary J., who lives at home. Mrs. Rawson died December 9, 1904, at her home after a brief illness of one week and was buried in a family lot in the Erie Street Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Rawson is a Republican but takes no very active part in party matters. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. JACOB J. WEISEND, the well-known contractor and carpenter of the East End, East Liverpool, was born August 21, 1854, in Monroe County, Ohio. His parents were Peter and Barbara Ann (Seling) Weisend and his paternal grandfather was Jacob Weisend, who, with a brother and their families, came from Alsace, France, and settled in America. They lived in Monroe County, Ohio, where Jacob died in 1864 in his 84th year. Peter Weisend was a child of three years when the family came to America. He has always carried on farming, at first in Monroe and later in Bethel township, Noble County, to which township he removed in 1870. After remaining there several years, he went to Ludlow township, Washington County, where he lived until his wife's death, after which he made his home with hiS daughter, also in Ludlow township. He was a Democrat in politics. He answered the call for 100-day men in 1864 and performed guard duty, not being Sent to the front, where the fighting was going on. He married Barbara Ann Seling, whose father was a Hessian and fought under Napoleon. She was three years of age when her parents located in Noble County. She became the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom reached mature years, as follows : Mary, deceased. who was the wife of David Burkhard, of Ludlow township, Washington County ; Margaret, wife of August Vogt, of Ludlow township, Washington County ; Jacob J.; Barbara, wife of John Schneider, of Independence township, Washington County ; Peter, of Muskingum County ; Caroline, wife of Nicholas Blatt, of Wetzel County, West Virginia ; Christine, wife of Joseph Burkhard, of Muskingum township, Washington County ;. Abelone, wife of James H. Robinett, of East Liverpool ; George of Marietta, Ohio ; John, of Terre Haute, Indiana ; and Raymer S., of Marietta, Ohio. Mrs. Weisend died in. 1899 at the age of 66 years. They were members of the Catholic Church. Jacob J. Weisend grew to man's estate in Monroe County, Ohio, and learned the trade, of a carpenter. He then went to Washington County and worked at carpentering there for several years and in 1888 came to East Liverpool. In 1890 he moved to the East End. While he was, from the year he located in this city, working at his trade, he did not begin taking contracts until 1892. He has all the work he can perform and keeps from four to six men constantly employed. He has built many residences. Mr. Weisend was married to Hannah Welch. who was a native of Washington County and a daughter of Peter Welch. She died February 23, 1905, in the 44th year of her age. She was the mother of 10 children, six of whom are living, viz : Margaret ; James ; Barbara May ; Agnes; Beatrice ; and Catherine. Mr. Weisend is a strong Democrat and has taken a lively interest in politics. He served for three years as clerk of Independence township. Washington County ; and while a resident of that county was the Democratic nominee for State Senator in 1884. He was president of the first library in East Liverpool, established by the Trades Labor Council and served six years until it was absorbed by the Carnegie Public Library, when he was appointed by the City Council as director of that institution. Upon the expiration of his term, he was reappointed AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 817 by Mayor Weaver, but declined to serve. In 1901 he was nominated for mayor of East Liverpool and made a good run but failed of election as the city is strongly Republican. He served three terms as president of the Trades Labor Council and twice represented that body in the Ohio Federation of Labor. He has been organizer for the American Federation of Labor for the past 10 years. He is a member of East Liverpool Council, No. 509, Knights of Columbus, of which he has been deputy grand knight, and he is also a member of the Royal Arcanum. FRANK J. ECKSTEIN, junior member of the clothing firm of Smith & Eckstein, No. 67 East Main Street, Salem, ranks with the successful and enterprising business men of this city. He was born at North Georgetown, Columbiana County, Ohio, December 13, 1870, and is a Son of Amos and Leanda (Epperwein) Eckstein. Amos Eckstein came of German ancestry, his grandfather founding the family in Pennsylvania, where he became a large farmer and a leading member of the Lutheran Church. David W. Eckstein, our subject's grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania and came a pioneer to Ohio. He reared a family of 14 children. Amos Eckstein was born in Columbiana County and died here aged 51 years. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company D, 12th Reg., Ohio Vol. Cav. He served over three years and was wounded by a shot in the leg. Aside from this duty performed to his country, he led a quiet, agricultural life. Politically he was a Republican. The mother of our subject was born in Pennsylvania and died in Ohio. The family consisted of eight children, namely : Mary, wife of William Whinnery, of Salem ; David W., a railroad conductor : Frank J., of this sketch ; Robert C., a farmer ; Lucinda, wife of Walter Ward, of Newgarden, Columbiana County ; Edward. of Industry, Pennsylvania ; Homer, employed in the office of the Stewart Contract Company, of Pittsburg ; and Elizabeth, who is a teacher in the Columbiana County public schools. Reared to the age of 16 years on his father's farm, Mr. Eckstein gained much practical knowledge in that direction, while he also trained his mental faculties in the common and high schools. He entered upon a business career as a clerk for H. Cohen, in the clothing business, remaining two years and then worked three years in a nail-mill, subsequently entering the employ of Triem & Murphy, with whom he continued over five years, in 1901 going into business under the firm name of Smith & Eckstein, in the clothing and gents' furnishings business, his partner being Ambler Smith. In 1896 Mr. Eckstein was married to Mary J. Ward, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a daughter of James and Ella Ward. They have two bright little son, Ward and Thirl. Mr. Eckstein is a prominent Mason, a member of the Commandery and also belongS to the Elks. JOHN L. ARNOLD, Superintendent of The Potters' Mining & Milling Company, of East Liverpool, and for many years a successful contractor here, was born in Pittsburg, November 22, 1848, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Greenwald) Arnold. Jacob Arnold was born in Pittsburg and commenced to follow the river when a lad. He was engineer for many years and mate of a steamboat many years more. He finally bought a farm in Ross township, Allegheny County. Pennsylvania, and engaged in agriculture until the Rebellion, when he sold this farm and moved to Marietta, Ohio, where he continued to farm until his death in 1899 at the age of 84 years. He was made a Mason in Pittsburg. He was a Democrat in politics during his earlier years but afterward became a Whig and still later a Republican. He married Catherine Greenwald and had a family of 11 children, viz : John L. ; Jacob, deceased ; William. a resident of Marietta ; Mary, wife of Joseph Schilling, of Marietta : Frederick, also of Marietta ; Samuel. who lives in Montana ; Andrew. who died at the age of 18 : Henry. of Idaho ; Carrie, of Marietta and Susan, wife 818 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY of John Bunger, of Marietta. The mother reached the 83rd year of her age, passing away in 1901. They were Roman Catholics. The children are all Protestants, belonging to several different denominations. When John L. Arnold was 14 years of age, he was apprenticed to a carpenter of Pittsburg. After serving his time there, he went to Cincinnati and became a millwright and worked at that business, for the greater part of the time in Pittsburg until 1881. He came to East Liverpool, Ohio, in that year and for seven years Kaufman & Arnold were the leading contractors and builders of the city, his partner being George Kaufman. When The Potters' Mining & Milling Company established their plant here, to Mr. Arnold was entrusted the work of construction and this, as well as a great many other buildings, stands as a monument to his skill and good workmanship. At its completion, he was placed in charge of the business and has been its able and efficient superintendent ever, since, having about 30 men under him. It is the largest plant of this kind in the world, having a daily output of about 125 tons of pulverized flint and about 16 tons of feldspar, the product being sold to the local potteries. Mr. Arnold married Mary E. Hoskins, daughter of Washington Hoskins, of Pittsburg, and five children blessed their union, namely: Washington, who died at the age of 25 years; Irene. who died at the age of 25 years ; George, who resides in Pittsburg: John W., a resident East Liverpool ; and Lawrence, who died in his 13th year. Mrs. Arnold died in 1899, when in her 52nd year. She was a devout member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Arnold is a member of the Second United Presbyterian Church. He was one of the organizers of the East Liverpool Land Company, which developed that part of the East End known as the "Klondike" and is prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of East Liverpool Lodge, No. 379. I. O. O. F., East Liverpool Encampment. No. 107. I. O. O. F.. and the Royal Arcanum. He is a Republican and Served eight years in the City Council from the Fourth and First Wards. ISAAC B. CAMERON, late of Lisbon, Columbiana County, and Treasurer of State for two terms, but now president of the Columbus Savings & Trust Company, was born in the city of Nairn, Scotland. When he was yet an infant, his widowed mother emigrated to America to better her condition and to provide greater facilities for the education of her family, of which the Subject of this sketch was the youngest of six, believing that in so doing she would afford them more abundant opportunities for success in life. Upon arriving in this country, the family located on a farm in Jefferson County, Ohio, a short distance south of Salineville, removing thence about the year 1855 into the village. Here the children of the family were reared. Mr. Cameron attended the public schools there and graduated from the Iron City Business College of Pittsburg. At an early age he accepted a position as a bookkeeper for a local mercantile firm, with whom he remained until 1874. His marked business ability soon advanced him to a partnership in the business, which was successfully conducted until 1880, when Mr. Cameron became the sole owner, after which the business continued to grow and prosper until 1893, when he was elected treasurer of Columbiana County, by a majority the largest ever given to any candidate for any office in the county up to that time. He was reelected in 1895. The business system he introduced and enforced during the four years of his encumbency in that office established a standard and created a model worthy the emulation of all public officials. When in 1898 the First National Bank at Lisbon was declared to be insolvent, Mr. Cameron, having but a short time previously retired from the office of county treasurer, was the unanimous choice, alike of the creditors and stockholders, for appointment as receiver such was their confidence in his ability to disentangle the labyrinth of complications resulting from the reckless conduct of its affairs upon the part of its management. In this work he was engaged for more than a year, during which time he brought order AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 819 out of chaos. He succeeded in fixing the responsibility for the failure of the bank, and, although the books were miserably kept and outrageously falsified, obtained judgments in every suit brought by him, having for its object the recovery of funds belonging to the unfortunate institution, thus proving the wisdom of those interested, in their selection of him for receiver. Mr. Cameron was nominated for the office of Treasurer of State, at the Republican State Convention held in the city of Columbus, June 2, 1899, on the first ballot, a compliment which the representatives of the Republican voters of the State honored themselves in bestowing. He was elected in November, 1899, by a large majority and was inducted into office on the first Monday in January, 1900. He completely remodeled the interior of the office, and inaugurated a much needed system for expediently and safely conducting the large volume of business of the department, which aggregates in receipts and disbursements many millions of dollars annually. In order that the funds of the State might be safely cared for, and the securities required by law to be deposited with the Treasurer of State might be properly classified and securely stored. Mr. Cameron planned and had constructed in the treasurer's office a large steel vault, made by skilled workmen, and of the best material known to the art, weighing in all some 20 tons. In this vault. he had built, for the storage of bondd and other securities. steel filing-cases, all the compartments of which are so numbered and lettered that; in connection with a card index system installed by him, any security or paper of value entrusted to the treasurer's keeping may be easily located and readily produced. All of which demonstrates Mr. Cameron to be a thorough, systematic business man, well qualified to discharge in an acceptable manner the responsible duties of the positions he so ably filled. At the Republican State Convention held in Columbus in June, 1901, Mr. Cameron was nominated by acclamation for Treasurer of State for a second term, to which he was elected and which he filled with equal ability as he did the first term. He retired from the office of Treasurer of State in January, 1904; was elected Secretary and treasurer of the Columbus Savings & Trust Company in February of that year, and in January, 1905, was elected president of that institution. In politics he has always been a Republican, and has ever assumed an active share in the party work. Scarcely had he attained his majority, when he was chosen a member of the Columbiana County Central Committee, and So well was his work done there, that he waS Soon chosen chairman of the County Executive Committee, and three times honored with a reelection. While he was chairman, Columbiana County gave the Republican ticket the largest pluralities in its history. He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee in 1893 ; also a member of the 18th Congressional District Committee in 1898 and 1899. Mr. Cameron is a 32nd degree Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of the Independent Order, of Odd Fellows, a Knight of Pythias and an Elk. He was married in 1875, to Laura A. Irwin. daughter of John B. and Mary A. Irwin, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron have one child, a son, Roy MacDonald Cameron, who was born in the year 1883. WILLIAM BYE, one of the prosperous general farmers and stock-raisers of Hanover township. who owns 142 acres of fine land in section 15, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on the farm which adjoins his property on the east, December 25, 1831. He is a son of Samuel and Ruth (Morlan) Bye. Samuel Bye was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and came to Columbiana County and located in Hanover township in pioneer days. He secured 160 acres of land from the government and lived here until his death at the age of 68 years. He was survived by his widow and eight children, the five still living being : William, of this sketch ; Samuel, of Lisbon ; J. M., a physician of Canton, Ohio; 820 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY Elizabeth Ann, wife of Oliver Whiteleather and Joseph. The mother died in 1872, aged 73 years. Our subject and his brothers and sisters attended the local schools and after, the death of the father, William and Samuel worked the home farm together for some years and then divided, William taking his present farm as his portion of his father's estate. Since then he has made many substantial improvements to the buildings and has made his residence one of the finest in the district. In 1879 Mr. Bye was married to Maggie Pilmer, and they have two children : Mary, who was born March 18, 1878, and William Emerson, born November 2, 1880. Mr. Bye has always been a good citizen. In 1864 he enlisted in the 143rd Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and served until the command was mustered out. In politics he is a Republican. He is one of the county's reliable and representative men. TRUMAN W. McCAIN, a prominent manufacturing cooper of East Liverpool, the founder of the large business with which his name has been identified since 1882, is one of the city's successful and representative men. He is a Son of James and Abbie Frances (Webb) McCain. Mr. McCain comes of New England ancestry, both parents having been born in Connecticut and on both sides the record reaches to the "Mayflower." His paternal grandfather was a native of Connecticut, from which State he entered the War of 1812 in which he lost his life. James McCain, father of Truman W., was born in Connecticut in 1806. He came to Ohio and settled near Ellsworth, in Mahoning County, about the same time as did the family of Capt. George Webb. Subsequently he married the daughter of Captain Webb and they moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he entered into partnership with a Mr. Stuckrath, also a tanner, and they carried on the manufacture of leather there for Some eight or 10 years, during which period Mr. and Mrs. McCain had. several children born to them. Mr. McCain then returned to Ohio with his family and opened up a tannery in Stark County and also engaged in farming until 1858, when he took up his residence near Dry Run. but in the following year he went West and located at Jefferson City, Missouri. There he followed the peaceful avocation of farming until 1862. Had there been no Civil War he probably would have passed his remaining years on his excellent property there. But he was a man of strong convictions and he had the courage to avow them upon all occasions. He was a pronounced Union man and that was a dangerous locality in those days for a Union sympathizer to live. in. His patriotic attitude made many enemies and for the sake of his family more than from any perSonal considerations, he left Missouri and removed to Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. Although at that time too old for enlistment in the army, to which he had given three sons, Warren T., Charles C. and Francis W., Mr. McCain found many ways in which to aid the Union cause, unfortunately making himself so conspicuous that he attracted the attention of the raider, Morgan. When the latter made his famous raid through Indiana and Ohio, in passing through Dupont, Jefferson County, a peaceful town which had no means at hand with which to repulse him, he took Mr. McCain a prisoner and ordered him to be shot unless he would take an oath to never bear arms against the South. This the stern. Stanch old Unionist never would consent to and when the line of soldiers was drawn up to carry out their commanders sentence his courage never faltered. Almost at the last moment the citizens in a body succeeded in dissuading the guerrilla from his purpose. They used all kinds of arguments, calling attention to Mr. McCain's age and assuring Morgan that almost half his time he was crazy, and doubtless giving any reason that occurred to their minds at the moment. From its organization Mr. McCain was a supporter of the Republican party and cast his. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 821 vote for Gen. John C. Fremont. He was actively a promoter of the "Underground Railroad" all through the war and many a fugitive slave, before President Lincoln’s proclamation gave all men freedom, was assisted many miles on his way, concealed in the roomy old buggy of James McCain as he went to and fro attending to his business. He believed he was doing right and that was sufficient reason with him for his course of conduct. Mr. McCain remained a resident of Dupont until 1869, operating a shoe factory in connection with his tannery. In this year he removed to Kentucky but after four years there concluded to return to Jefferson County, Indiana, and 1873 found him established in the town of Madison. which he made his home for about nine years. For many years of his residence in Jefferson County he was a justice of the peace for which position his unswerving integrity and dispassionate judgment especially fitted him. In 1882 he came to East Liverpool, Ohio, and here he lived, retired from active business transactions, until his death. James McCain and wife had 14 children born to them and 12 of this large family reached maturity. The family record of the 12 is as follows : Thomas, deceased; Warren T., deceased : Lucy, who married William Van Born, lived in Dade County, Missouri—both are now deceased : Charles C.. deceased. formerly of Salem, Columbiana County ; Francis W., of Midway, West Virginia ; Henrietta, wife of W. Henry Frederick, of East Liverpool; Martha J., wife of Dennis Haycock, of Dade County. Missouri ; Mary Melissa, of East Liverpool ; Sarah, deceased ; and Truman W., Clark and A. Judson, of East Liverpool. Both father and mother of this large family were consistent members of the Baptist Church. in which the father was all his life very active, serving as trustee and for many years as an elder. Truman W. McCain, the immediate subject of this sketch, attended school during boyhood and remained with his father, assisting in the latter’s tannery, until 1868. Then he began working, in a saw and shingle mill during the period of the family's residence in Kentucky, and when the others of the family went back to Jefferson County, Indiana, settling in Madison, in 1873, he took a position with William Stapp & Company, coopers, with whom he remained in the capacity of manager for nine years. He became thoroughly acquainted with every detail of this line of business and in 1882, when he came to East Liverpool, it was with the intention of going, into the coopering business for himself. He found a good location on Railroad Street and opened a shop and in the following fall he was joined by his two brothers, Warren T. and Clark, and the firm name became McCain Brothers. In 1885 Truman W. and Warren T. purchased their brother Clark's interest and the business continued to be conducted as McCain Brothers until 1900, when our subject bought, out Warren T. McCains’ interest, since which time he has conducted the business alone. When Mr. McCain founded this great industry, he gave employment to two coopers. Now 25 men can scarcely manage the work during the busy season. The output of the factory includes boxes, crates, barrels and all kinds and sizes of packages for the potteries, from which a large patronage comes: the potteries are also furnished with cylinder blocks and lumber. The old idea was that a cooper was a man who made a barrel, but the present day understanding of the word includes skilled work unthought of in former. days. This particular factory is a leading industry at East Liverpool. In 1882 a stave-mill was built. which was destroyed by fire in 1885 : it was immediately rebuilt and is in operation at the. present time. Mr. McCain married Frances Clark, daughter of John Clark. the latter of whom was born in Ireland. settled first at Baltimore. Maryland, and later in Indiana, where Mrs. McCain was born. Of Mr. McCains’ five children. four survive, namely : Henrietta Ethel. Mary Helen, Jame Wilber and Frederick Clark. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCain are members of the Second Presbyterian Church in the East End, in which he is an elder. Politically a Republican, he has never been willing to accept office, but in fraternal life he. 822 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY has filled many important positions. He is a member of Penova Lodge, No. 880, I. 0. 0. F., is past grand of Madison Lodge, No. 72, of Madison, Indiana, has been a representative to the Grand Lodge and is a member of Ceramic Lodge, No. 286, Daughters of Rebecca. He is also a member, of Ohio Valley Council, No. 23, 0. U. A. M., of which he is past councillor; Goodwill Council, No. 13, Daughters of Liberty ; Eureka Circle, No. 86, Protected Home Circle, of which he is past president : Pan American Court, No..127, Tribe of Ben Hur, of which he is past chief ; and Buckeye Castle, No. 98, Knights of the Golden Eagle, in which he has passed all the chairs and has been a representative to the Grand Lodge. In addition, he was formerly identified with a number of temperance organizations, having always been a strong adherent of the temperance cause. EUSTACE R. RIDDLE, Superintendent of the Columbiana County Infirmary situated in Center township, was born July 3, 1865, at Wellsville, Ohio, and is a Son of George F. and Gertrude (Lodge) Riddle. George F. Riddle was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and now resides in Idaho. His wife, who was born at Lisbon, Ohio, died at Wellsville. November 11, 1881, aged 35 years. They had these children : Eustace R., of this1 Sketch ; Frank Marcellus, of Lisbon ; Leon Leroy, of Lisbon; and Mary Gertrude. wife of John Dixon, of Canfield, Ohio. Our subject has been a resident of Columbiana County all his life with the exception of one year during which he operated a bakery in Carroll County. He continued in school until he waS 16 years of age and then learned the baking business at Wellsville and later operated a bakery at Lisbon for two years with John Brandon, under the firm name of Brandon & Riddle. His connection with the County Infirmary began in 1886 when he came to the institution as baker, which position he filled until he was appointed superintendent in 1883. Mr. Riddle has authority over the whole institution and its excellent condition reflects the greatest credit upon his efficiency. It is not a very easy post to fill, but his administration of the institution's affairs has been eminently satisfactory in every way during his long term in office. Mr. Riddle was married on November 28, 1883, to Erla May Adderholt, who was born at Lisbon, Ohio, and is a daughter of Wilson Adderholt. They have two sons,—George and Charles B. Mr. Riddle has always been affiliated with the Republican party. He is one of the leading members of Mount Zion Church at Lisbon. His fraternal connection is with the Elks, holding membership in Salem Lodge, No. 305. S. P. CAMPBELL, a leading business citizen of Salem township, who, in association with Mr. Carr, owns and operates what is known all over the county as the Crystal Spring Creamery, was born June 15, 1869, in Carroll County, Ohio. Mr. Campbell was reared and educated in his native county and has devoted his life to farming and dairy interests. With the exception of one year spent in Montana and one year in Texas, he continued to reside in Carroll County until 1901, following farming and operating the Kilgore Creamery, being interested in the latter enterprise for six years. In 1901 Mr. Campbell removed to Salem township, Columbiana County, and took charge of the Crystal Spring Creamery. which he operated alone for six months and then entered into his present partnership. This creamery is one of the large industries of the township. It manufactures 1,000 pounds of butter per week and disposes of from 300 to 400 gallons of cream a week. The firm deals extensively in Jersey cattle, also, and owns a large herd for their own use. The business is carried on by experienced men and the products of this creamery find ready sale in any part of the county. Mr. Campbell was married in 1893 to Maud AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZEN - 823 James. of Carroll County. Ohio, and they have these children : Bert, Jesse, Margaret and Irene. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. As a good citizen, Mr. Campbell takes an intelligent interest in public matters and has, on various occasions, held political office. GEORGE OLNHAUSEN, proprietor of the East Liverpool Spring Water Company. of East Liverpool is also so largely interested in a number of other successful enterprises that he may be justly considered one of the city's representative business men. Mr. Olnhausen was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 26. 1848, and is a son of Frederick and Lavina (Flower) Olnhausen. The Olnhausen family from which the subject of this sketch is descended, not so very many generations ago belonged to the German nobility. The old records show that Count von Olnhausen took a large company of his retainers to Jerusalem in the days of the Crusades. Whether the doughty knight returned with his followers we have not been informed, but he left descendants who, in turn, became prominent in military affairs and it was our subjects’ grandfather. Count Frederick von Olnhausen. who was burgomaster of Stuttgart during the "Peasants' War" and who, on account of the troubles incident to the same, gave up his estates and honors and came with his family to America. He settled in what is now the south side of the city of Pittsburg. After coming to America he dropped the distinguishing title of "von" from the family name. The father of our subject. Frederick Olnhausen, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, May 26. 1815, and died in 1887. In his native land he learned the trade of butcher but never followed it after coming to America. He remained in Pittsburg until 1865 when he retired to a farm near that city and spent the remainder of his life in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. In his political attitude he was a Republican. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married a daughter of George Flower, of an old and honored Pittsburg family, and they had four children reach maturity, viz : George, of this sketch : Mrs. Helen Sheek, of Pittsburg: Martha, wife of William Kline, of Pittsburg;. and Charles, of Columbus, Ohio. The mother died in 1884. aged 60 years. Both parents, were devout members of the German Lutheran: Church, in which faith they carefully reared: their children. George Olnhausen grew up so loyal and patriotic an American citizen that at the age of 14 years he gave his parents much concern on account of his desire to enlist as a soldier for service in the Civil War then in progress. He suddenly became possessed of a strong desire to make a visit to friends in Boston, Massachusetts, and when he reached that city soon found: means to be accepted as a bugler in Company A. Second Reg., Massachusetts Vol Cav., and continued with General Sheridan's command until the close of the war, returning to his anxious parents unharmed, although on two occasions he had horses shot from under him and narrowly escaped capture by the enemy. After taking a thorough business course in Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburg, Mr. Olnhausen became bookkeeper for the firm of Reinemann. Meyran R. Seidle, wholesale jewelers, with whom he remained for 10 or 12 years. For several years he was out of business and then he became bookkeeper for C. A. Smith. the well-known oil producer of this section. with whom he remained in close business connection until 1898. In this year Mr. Olnhausen bought his present fine property on Shadyside avenue, his object being the establishing of a comfortable. enjoyable home. Mr. Olnhausen found upon his newly acquired property several valuable natural features, one of these being a remarkable spring of ever-flowing, pure, soft water. This spring has been a source of large revenue to Mr. Olnhausen. Upon being chemically analyzed, the clear, refreshing-water was proven to be entirely free from any deleterious matter, animal or vegetable, and it is as soft as rain water, this being an unusual quality in spring water. The fame of the spring went abroad and attracted people from long distances, many of whom were.. 824 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY willing to pay liberally for its water, it being claimed by many to be not only a preventative of disease but a great curative agent. So large became the demand that in 1898 Mr. Olnhausen concluded to bottle it for sale and start out a wagon, beginning with one horse. During the first year that the water was on the market, he disposed of some 10,000 gallon bottles. The second year's output was about 17,000 bottles, which by the third 3 year had reached 34,729 bottles. The business continued to constantly increase and at the end of December, 1904, the company had disposed of for that year 88,000 bottles. There is no doubt but that the sales during 1905 will approach 100,000. People are more and more awaking to the fact that typhoid fever and other dire diseases are introduced into the household through the water supply and careful heads of families, warned by intelligent medical men, are taking greater precautions than formerly. A pure, soft spring water seems the ideal drink. The second remarkable feature on Mr. Onlhausen's farm, which also he has been able to turn into a large source of revenue is something of a phenomenon. There are only one or two other plates in the United States, where similar phenomena exist. It is described as a hole in the side of the hill, which is skirted by Shadyside avenue. Through this comes a strong current of clear, cold and absolutely dry air. Noted scientists have visited the spot on many occasions and many of the university professors of Pittsburg have given considerable study to the phenomena. They agree that the primal cause must have been an earthquake at an early day creating an internal vacuum and that the air probably enters the base of the mountain at a coal bank at Walker's Station. Passing through the unknown openings in the heart of the mountain, it issues at the point above mentioned. All the strata of rock at the base of the mountain are full of large crevices and fissures giving indications of disruption at some time in the past. At the outlet of this natural, cold-air shaft. Mr. Olnhausen has erected two large cold storage warehouses, similar in appearance to those built at other points for the preservation of meats, eggs and fruits, but with this exception that not a pound of ice has ever been required to keep up the uniform temperature at 42 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year. Space is rented here to the local dealers, who utilize it for keeping their supplies fresh. Whatever its history, the phenomena is interesting. In addition to the above enterprises, Mr. Olnhausen is connected with other successful concerns. He was one of the promoters of the Pleasant Heights Land Company, which was incorporated in 1898 and of which he is president ; he also promoted the North Side Land Company, of which he is a director; and he is treasurer and director of the Sherwood Land Company, which he assisted in organizing. He is recognized as one of the able business men of East Liverpool and during hiS membership on the City Council advanced the city’s interests with the same ability with which he has handled his own. Mr. Olnhausen married Margaret L. Duff, who is a daughter of Samuel Duff. of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, an old iron master, who owned a charcoal furnace. They have two children : Samuel, who is associated with his father in the spring water business and Frederick, who is head decorator in the Globe Pottery. of East Liverpool. Mr. Olnhausen was reared, as mentioned, in the Lutheran faith, but his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Republican. He belongs to Alexander Hayes Post. No. 3, Grand Army of the Republic. of Pittsburg, being one of the charter members. THEISS BROTHERS, proprietor and operators of large flouring mills at Columbiana, have been residents of the village for the past 30 years during which time they have won an enviable reputation as the manufacturers of first-class flour. The business was started by their father, Conrad Theiss, in 1877, at which time he located in Columbiana and erected his first mill. He was born in Germany in 1820 and was there married to Rosina Mueller, by whom he had seven children, all of whom are AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 825 now living. Mrs. Theiss is now in her 78th year and makes her home with her Son Henry, who is unmarried. Conrad Theiss was 50 years old when he came to America and for Seven years he lived in Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in farming. In 1877 he built his mill at Columbiana and was assisted in the work by his sons, the company being known as Theiss & Sons. They did a very successful business and when the old mill was burned to the ground in 1884. it was at once rebuilt on a more modern basis. In 1885 a partner was taken in the business, which was conducted under the name of Theiss. Kegley & Company until 1898, the sons carrying on the business after their father's death in 1893. In 1898 the Theiss sons purchased the interest of Mr. Kegley and continued the business alone. They remodeled and improved the building and machinery until they are equal to the best, with a capacity of from 250 to 300 barrels of flour per day. Most of the output is disposed of in the Pittsburg market. Frederick and Henry have since purchased the interests of Peter and Philip. FREDERICK THEISS was born in Germany in 1864 and was educated in the common schools of America. He married Lydia Altshouse and is the father of three children,— Vera. Olive and Rosena. HENRY THEISS is also a native of Germany and received his education in America. He is a thorough man of business and stands high in commercial and fraternal circles. He is a prominent Elk, an Odd Fellow and a Mason. LEMUEL T. LAMBORN. who is the owner of "Terrace Farm." a fine property of 100 acres situated in section 14, Butler township. now resides in a comfortable home in the village of Winona, retired from all business activity. Mr. Lamborn was born February 11, 1841, and has spent his life in this county. He is a son of Clayton and Hannah (Test) Lamborn. The Lamborn family is one of those which, for generations, has held to the principles of the Society of Friends and has been of the strict body among them, known as Wilburites, which adopted the suggestions of John Wilbur, a godly man of that organization, who insisted that modern dress and falling off from the old customs of the sect must be guarded against by still closer adherence to early forms and customs. Townsend Lamborn. the grandfather of our subject, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, which is largely settled by Friends and their descendants, and where the prosperity of the people attest the value of temperance, probity and thrift, virtues which peculiarly belong to the "simple life." Robert Lamborn, father of Townsend, followed William Penn to Pennsylvania, from England, and was the founder of the family there. Clayton Lamborn was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. but was reared in Chester County, where he lived until 1835, when he came to Columbiana County, Ohio. Here he taught School for a time and later became a farmer in Perry township, owning a farm of 100 acres. He died aged 85 years, having lived a long, worthy and consistent life. He married Hannah Test, who was born in 1811 in Butler township, Columbiana County, Ohio, where she died aged 79 years. She was a daughter of Isaac B. Test, who was born in New Jersey and came here with his father. Zacharias Test, in 1803. The father entered land for himself and his three sons, Isaac B., Samuel and Benjamin, each receiving 160 acres, the most of it being in Butler township. Clayton and Hannah Lamborn had three children, viz : Martha S., who died aged 17 years : Lemuel T., of this sketch : and Margaret E., who married Thomas Harmer, of Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. Lemuel T. Lamborn our immediate subject, remained on his father's farm and attended the local schools until 21 years of age then farmed for a space of four years for an aunt, after which he worked in the roofing business for two years with C. H. Stratton, who did an extensive business over the county, including Salem and East Liverpool. When he withdrew from this business, he bought a small farm of some 40 acres in the vicinity of Winona 826 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY and lived there for eight years and then purchased the farm of 100 acres, which his son-in-law now operates. For some years Mr. Lamborn was engaged in sheep raising, but later devoted his attention to general farming and dairying. At one time his land was quite heavily timbered in some parts, but now the larger part is under cultivation. Under the good management it has received the property has been converted into one of the best farms of the township. On November 12, 1868, Mr. Lamborn was married to Nancy Crew, who was born in 1842 in Butler township, and is a daughter of Abram and Jane (Whinnery) Crew, and to them were born three children, viz : Emma. deceased. who was the wife of M. Luther Barker. of Westfield, Indiana and who is survived by a son. Lawrence La Rue: Carrie J., who died in infancy : and Clarence Larwill, who died aged nine years. Mr. Lamborn was formerly a Republican but for some years has been more in sympathy with the Prohibition party. For two years he was township assessor, has been township clerk and for Some 10 years was township trustee. CHARLES B. FISHER, one of the leading business men of East Liverpool, proprietor of "The Bostonian shoe store" in this city, was born at Wellsville, Ohio, September 21, 1876, and is a son of Jefferson and Josephine V. (Bunting) Fisher. The Fisher family is evidently of German extraction, although it has been settled on American Soil for many generations. Paul Fisher, the great-grandfather of Charles B., was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it is recorded that both he and his son Samuel conversed fluently in the German language. It was Paul Fisher, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who founded the family in Columbiana County, Ohio, to which section he came in pioneer days, near the beginning of the last century. Samuel Fisher, son of Paul Fisher, and grandfather of Charles B., was born at Sunbury, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1807, and accompanied his parents to Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio, possibly about 1813. Here he grew to manhood, receiving such instruction as was imparted in the little log school house near his father's farm, very little in comparison with what he acquired by himself in later years in association with men of affairs in this section. In 1836 he married Mary Richardson, who was born December 20, 1818, a daughter of Samuel Richardson. This lady still survives. Until the natural infirmities of advanced years made activity impossible, she was a very interested member of the Presbyterian Church at Long's Run. Samuel Richardson was a pioneer in Columbiana County. moving in January, 1802, upon his farm, a part of which now forms the sites of the towns of Negley and Camp Bouquet. He married Mary Blackledge, who was a daughter of William Blackledge of Washington, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Richard was an extensive farmer and, as was the general custom of the day, conducted a tannery on his farm. His grandfather came to this country from England with William Penn and settled where Philadelphia now stands. For the two years following his marriage, purchasing to purchasing what is known as the Fisher farm, Samuel Fisher farmed on a rented property, moving then to the valuable tract on which he spent the remainder of his life and where he died May 3, 1880. This farm is now included in the city limits of East Liverpool, on the road leading to Calcutta. During the greater part of his life he carried on large agricultural operations on this farm. many of whose landmarks have already disappeared before the encroachment of growing business enterprises. and the time is not far distant when homes of great industries and private residences will have covered the whole extent. Jefferson Fisher, son of Samuel and father of Charles B. Fisher, was born at the old home opposite Riverview Cemetery, in the outskirts of East Liverpool. Ohio, June 3. 1843. and obtained his education in the local schools. Jefferson Fisher was married in 1871 to Jose- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 827 phine Virginia Bunting, who was born in WellSville. Ohio, July 20, 1849, and was a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Gorrell) Bunting, the latter of Philadelphia. Samuel Bunting had been born near Wellsville, Ohio, where he and his wife, Mary G., built the family home and where they lived until the time of their death. To them were born To children, namely : Mrs. Clarissa Carnes, Albert R., Howard, Mary, William Calvin, Josephine Virginia, James Robert, Elwood S., Mrs. Missouri B. Baker and Ida M. Bunting. The children of Jefferson and Josephine V. Fisher were: Helen M., who is the wife of Dr. J. Bert George, a well-known dental Surgeon of East Liverpool ; and Charles B.. the immediate subject of this sketch. Mrs. Josephine Fisher contracted a second marriage in 1898 with George S. Goodwin. one of the leading pottery manufacturers of East Liverpool, and who was a son of one of the pioneers in this important manufacturing industry in the west with which the Goodwin’s father, sons and grandsons—have always been prominently identified. This relation was and continued to be a most happy one to the time of Mrs. Josephine (Fisher) Goodwin's death, February 19, 1902. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of East Liverpool and lived a consistent Christian life. She was an ornament in the best social circles in, East Liverpool and Wellsville, numbering her warm personal friends by the thousands, and being loved and esteemed by those who knew her best for her many shining virtues, as well as for her unostentatious deeds of charity and beneficence. Charles B. Fisher Spent his boyhood days attending the schools of East Liverpool, passing three years in the High School and the same length of time at Birmingham Seminary, at Birmingham, Pennsylvania. Upon his return. ready to enter upon a business career, he accepted a position in the office of The D. E. McNicol Pottery Company, and remained with that house for five years. In September, 1899, he embarked in business for himself, opening up a store for the sale of men's furnishing goods, on Washington street and a shoe and trunk store on Sixth street. The former enterprise he continued for five years but finally disposed of that stock and since then has devoted his whole attention to his present business. He has an extensive trade, carries a complete and exclusive line of foot-gear and also of trunks and all kinds of satchels and bags, his stock being the largest and his store the best arranged in the city. He makes a specialty of fine window displays which show good taste and attract much favorable comment. He is considered one of the city's most progressive and enterprising merchants. Mr. Fisher married Ora Leland Barr, who was born in Steubenville, Ohio and is a daughter of William H. Barr. One beautiful child was born to them, and it untimely death in 1905 at the age of 20 months, was a severe affliction. They occupy one of the most delightful homes in the city, where Mrs. Fisher dispenses hospitality in her own charming manner. She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Both our subject and his wife enjoy social life: he is a popular member of the Phoenix Club and other clubs of the city. GEORGE E. DAVIDSON, attorney-at-law and the present efficient city solicitor of East Liverpool, belongs to a prominent family in this section of the State. He was born at East Liverpool, Ohio, June 12, 1874, and is a son of Abram M. and Jane (Till) Davidson. The Davidson family came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. its founder in the "Buckeye" State being William Davidson, the grandfather of George E., who was an engineer on a river steamboat until within two years of his death. Abram M. Davidson. the father of our subject, was born at East Liverpool, Ohio, a son of William and Jane (Robbins) Davidson. His early educational opportunities were limited and he was little more than a child when he began to accompany his father on the river. Later he followed the river as an occupation and for four years commanded a river trading boat. When river transportation no longer was 828 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY profitable under the same conditions, he went into the business on land in addition to his water trade and established the first wharf boat in this city, at the same time carrying on a large draying business. He continued in these enterprises alone for some five years and then entered into business with his father-in-law, Caleb Till, in a grocery business, under the firm name of Till & Davidson. This became one of the leading business houses in its lines at East Liverpool, and Mr. Davidson continued to be interested until his death in 1891. He was prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of Riddle Lodge, No. 315. F. & A. M., and East Liverpool Chapter. No. 100, R. A. M. He was also an Odd Fellow. He had been reared in the Democratic party and continued his allegiance to the last. The mother of our subject was born in England, and is a daughter of the late Caleb Till, also a native of England and one of the early settlers and prominent men of East Liverpool. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson's family consisted of five sons and one daughter. the latter dying in youth. The sons were : William Caleb, formerly mayor of East Liverpool, a capitalist and leading citizen : Joseph M., deceased : George E.. the subject of this sketch : Edgar L.. of East Liverpool: and Heber C., also of this city. The mother of this family still survives, the center of an affectionate family of sons. She is a devoted member of the First Presbyterian Church, and her late husband also belonged to this religious body. He is recalled as one of the city’s men of enterprise. He built the Davidson Opera House on Second Street. and was the promoter and financial backer of many of the successful business movements here and a hearty encourager of the various city improvement enterprises. His life closed at the age of 52 years, but they had been years of usefulness and of personal and business integrity. George E. Davidson was reared and educated at East Liverpool, and when his school days ended he became associated with his father and brothers in the grocery business where he continued for to years, and then turned his attention to the study of the law. After a special course of reading with Col. H. R. Hill, Mr. Davidson entered the Ohio State University, where he completed his law course in 1899, and was admitted to the bar in the same year. He has continued to practice his profession at East Liverpool ever since, meeting with satisfying success. Politically he is a Republican and in 1903 he was elected city solicitor of East Liverpool. Mr. Davidson married Marian Hill, daughter of Col. H. R. Hill. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Masons and the Elks.   OTTO C. JUERGENS. one of the well-known business men of Salem, whose wholesale and retail tobacco and cigar factory is located on the corner of East Main Street and Broadway, is one of the most prosperous men in this industry in the city. He was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1861. and is a son of Henry E. C. and Elizabeth (Bloome) Juergens. The parents of Mr. Juergens were born in Prussia, Germany. Not much is known of the father’s ancestry as he was reared in an orphans' home. Both parents came to America about 1854, were married in Pennsylvania and then settled in Pittsburg, where the father followed the trade of blacksmith for 32 years. The mother died aged 72 years, but the venerable father still survives at the age of 78 years. The five children born to them were : Henry E. : John S.: Otto C.: Elizabeth M., wife of George Krouse. of Pittsburg : and Louis, deceased at the age of five years. Otto C. Juergens attended school in Pittsburg until he was twelve years old when he was considered about the right age to begin to earn his own living. He went into a cigar manufactory and began to learn the business—of cigar making by stripping tobacco. and continued until he had become an expert cigarmaker. From 1880 until 1883 he worked in various places at his trade, reaching Salem in the last-named year and working here for one year for James Stewart & Company. Subsequently he went into partnership with AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 829 J. G. Sorg. under the firm name of Sorg & Juergens. This business association lasted for 13 years. during which period our subject made many personal and business friends in Salem. In 1895 they removed to the present commodious quarters of our subject, the expansion of their business making necessary better accommodations. In 1899 Mr. Juergens purchased his partner's interest. He has a large and lucrative business, dealing both wholesale and retail and employing six hands. His output is a choice 5-cent and to-cent cigar and stogies. The quality is uniform and of the best and thus he has gained the entire confidence of the public. Mr. Juergens was married in 1887 to Mary Hutchinson, who was born in Salem, Ohio, and is a daughter of the late W. C. Hutchinson. They have three children. namely : Carl H.. Ethel M. and William H. Until 1885 Mr. Juergens was identified with the Republican party. but Since then he has affiliated with the Democratic party and has been something of a local leader, serving on numerous occasions as a delegate to important conventions. Aside from politics, he is looked upon as a reformer along economic lines. He is a man of intelligence and a thinker and has been a strong advocate of the theories of the late Henry George. Fraternally He belongs to the Elks and to the Royal Arcanum. FRED W. HALDI, general merchant at Homeworth, and an enterprising. self-made man, was born February 1, 1873, in Knox township, Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Magdalena (Haldi) Haldi. The parents of Mr. Haldi were born and reared in Switzerland, where the paternal grandfather, Jacob Haldi, still resides. They married there, being of the same name but no kindred, and when they sailed for America, in 1871, they left behind their son, John, who lived with his grandfather until he died at the age of eight years. When our subject was three years old, the parents became homesick and returned to Switzerland, where the mother died in 1885, aged 36 years. In the meantime a little daughter had been born, Emma, who also died in Switzerland, aged six years. Fred W. Haldi was educated in excellent French and German schools, thoroughgoing institutions that have a deserved and noted local reputation. the former being located at Palezieux village. Canton of Vaud, and the latter at Saanen, Canton of Bern. When he came to America in 1889, he settled at Cleveland, Ohio, for a while and then went to Canton, Ohio, where he took a full commercial course in a business college. He then became the manager and bookkeeper of a meat market in Cleveland. In that city he next embarked in business for himself, purchasing a well-established milk route. This he made a financial success during his five years' management of it and disposed of it to buy city property, which he later exchanged for his present store at Homeworth. Since 1903 he has been established here and his prospects for continued prosperity are excellent. He has acquired a wide circle of personal friends and in his business relations his upright methods have earned him the respect and confidence of the community. On May 6, 1903, Mr. Haldi was married to Mary Heldebrand, who is a daughter of David Heldebrand, a substantial farmer of Canton. Ohio. Mr. Haldi is an active member of the First Baptist Church, of Canton, Ohio. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. Fraternally he is a Mason. RALPH K. STOKESBERRY proprietor of the two large greenhouses at Leetonia, was born June 28, 1875, near Elkton, Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of Warren W. and Lucy (Creps). Stokesberry. Mr. Stokesberry has been a life-long resident of the county, and is known and esteemed by almost every one for his genial disposition and the many sterling qualities he possesses. John Stokesberry, the great-grandfather, was the first of the name to settle in Ohio, locat-. 830 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY ing near Elkton ; the house he first built is still standing. Henry Stokesberry, the grandfather. was among the early residents of this county and it was here that Warren Stokesberry was born, March 16, 1846. The latter was a carpenter and worked at his trade until Some eight years ago when he erected a greenhouse and turned his attention to the raising of fruits and flowers. He has lived at Rogers for many years. He was married July 9, 1874, to Lucy Creps who died February 16, 1881. In the great internal conflict which shook our nation to its c;mter in 1861, he was among those who took up arms in defense of his country as did. also, his uncle, John McConnell. Ralph K. Stokesberry worked with his father, learning the trade and when the greenhouse was built assisted in the work of building and later in caring for the plants. He continued in business with his father until 1900, then worked in a greenhouse at Calla, Ohio, until 1901, when he came to Leetonia, and. in partnership with Mr. Wolfgang, built two fine greenhouses which they conducted together about a year. He then disposed of his interest to his partner and for the following two years was employed as carpenter by the Cherry Valley Iron Company. However, having experienced the pleasures attendant upon taking charge of a greenhouse, he was dissatisfied in other pursuits and turned his attention again in that direction. He now has two large greenhouses in Leetonia where he raises all kinds of flowers and a great many vegetables, making a specialty of lettuce, which he produces in great quantities and in a state of perfection that finds it a ready market. Mr. Stokesberry is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On December 25, 1901, he was joined in marriage with Rozella B. Lesher, a popular young lady of Leetonia. Mrs. Stokesberry is of Swiss origin and traces her genealogy to John Lesher, her great-great-grandfather, who was born in Switzerland in 1757, whence he came to America where he founded the Lesher family and died in 1839. Joseph Lesher, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Stokesberry, was born in 1784 and her grandfather also named Joseph, was born November 28, 1816. When he came to this county, the whole effects of his family had to be brought in wagons, as there were no other means of transportation. Menno Lesher the father was born September 29, 1845. in Franklin County, Pennsylvania : his wife, who was formerly Rebecca Bixler was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. They have long been among the prominent residents of Leetonia. Mr. and Mrs. Stokesberry are members of the English Lutheran Church. C. C. ALEXANDER, who resides on his fine farm in section 2. Fairfield, township, was born in Unity township. this county, September 10, 1826. and is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Colson) Alexander. About 1822, Andrew Alexander came to Columbiana County, Ohio, from Baltimore, Maryland, driving a two-horse wagon with all his household possessions. A brother, John Alexander. had preceded him and was settled at Lisbon, where the newcomers remained some years. Andrew Alexander lived to the age of 94 years and seven months and is the oldest resident buried in the Columbiana Cemetery. He was one of the hardy pioneers of this section. In these days of rapid transportation we read almost with incredulity, that in his day it was no unusual matter for the farmers to take a load of produce into old Virginia and dispose of it bringing back household necessities. Mr.. Alexander made a number of these trips and on one memorable occasion stopped over to see the wonders of the city of Washington. He married Elizabeth Colson and they had seven children. Our subject was reared amidst pioneer surroundings and his education was obtained in the little log schoolhouse, which has always marked the settlements of American pioneers. Although the instruction was not very complete it was. sufficient for an intelligent youth to absorb. enough to fit himself for teaching district school and Mr. Alexander served as teacher during several winter sessions. In 1845 became to his present farm, of which 20 acres AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 831 were cleared, but the rest was prepared for cultivation through his own efforts. He is the oldest resident of the township, who haS lived continuously on his own land. He no longer is actively engaged. having a tenant. but Still resides in hiS comfortable home to which he came 60 years ago. Mr. Alexander Was married to Salutha Long. who was a daughter of Israel Long. She died in January, 1885, the mother of three children, viz : William. Elizabeth and Ida Maud. At the age of 20 years, the eldest son started out to seek his fortune, going first to Iowa. He has had many experiences and has visited many parts of the world. including China and Australia, and is now a resident of Tacoma, Washington and is secretary of the company which is building a magnificent new hospital in that city. He married and has two children. Elizabeth is the wife of P. 0. Raley and has one son. The youngest daughter is bookkeeper for the Victor Soap Company at Salem. Mr. Alexander has witnessed wonderful changes since he came to Fairfield township and his interesting reminiscences of pioneer days as he hospitably entertains his visitors, are very instructive and enjoyable. Mr. Alexander has a curiosity on his farm, this being an apple tree which has apparently forgotten its age, and is still bearing, although 80 years old. JOHN E. GAMBLE. Senior member of the firth of Gamble & Surles, contractors and builders and brick manufacturers, at East Liverpool, Ohio, is one of the city’s representative business men. He was born in Upper Canada. March 16, 1855. When Mr. Gamble was 12 years old his parents removed to New Philadelphia. Tuscarawas County, Ohio. and there he learned the trade of brick-laying and worked for some five years as a journeyman. When about 19 years old he went into business for himself. In 1873 he came to East Liverpool and in 1874 formed a partnership with Harry H. Surls, under the firm name of Surls & Gamble. This partnership continued four years, during which time the firm erected a large number of brick buildings and did a large amount of brick work in connection with the potteries. Mr. Gamble then became a partner with William H. Surles and that business combination existed some 12 years, when C. Edward Surles, a younger brother, assumed his brother's interest in the business and the firm became Gamble & Surles, as it is constituted to-day. Their brick-yard has a capacity of 15,000 fire-brick per day. Among the many buildings erected by this reliable firm may be mentioned the Davidson Opera House, which contains more brick than any other building in town. They are now building the Wasbutsky and Crook buildings, and nearly all the large pottery companies have used their brick and contracted with them for construction work. Mr. Gamble was one of the promoters and is president of the American Hydraulic Stone Company, which was incorporated in 1903. It manufactures artificial stone the sale of which has already reached large proportions. Mr. Gamble married Mary Ellen Manley, who is a daughter of Holland Manley, of East Liverpool and they have five children : William H., Bessie Ellen, Edward Luther, Gladys Mary and Grace Darling. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Gamble belongs to several fraternal organizations among which are the Mystic Circle and the Home Guards of America. He is a man of business enterprise and public spirit and stands very high in public estimation, both in his personal character and as an honorable man of business. GUSTAF F. ZELLE, one of the substantial citizens of Salem. a large property owner here, is the well-known representative of the great brewing concern of L. Schlather, of Cleveland, Ohio. He was born in Germany, June 14, 1855, and is a son of August and Augusta ( Benchus) Zelle. 832 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY The parents of Mr. Zelle were natives of Germany. The father was an iron manufacturer and a blacksmith. The mother's death took place November 18, 1874. There were four children in the family. While still a youth the subject of this sketch learned a self-sustaining trade, that of Slater, at which he worked until he came to America, in .April, 1878, landing in New York. For the first six months he followed the life of a Seaman, during which period he improved his acquaintance with the English language, and then went into business at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1889, he came to Salem, embarking in his present business, that of a wholesale dealer in beer. This business, through his energy and good management, has grown to large proportions. He has a fine plant, including a modern cold storage house, in the rear of his residence at No. 79 Franklin avenue. Three men are given constant employment and his bottled goods have a wide sale. Mr. Zelle was married . April 5, 1883, to Anna Bergman, who is a daughter of John Bergman, of Bavaria, Germany. To John Bergman and his first wife, Mary Wunderlich, were born nine children, of whom Six are living. Of these, only two, Mr. Bergman and the wife of our subject, came to America. Those in Bavaria are Christian, George Margaret, Wilhelmina. The mother of these children died in 1875. The father was married, second, to Margaret Wunderlich, a sister of his first wife. Mr. Bergman and his Second wife came to America in 1902 but returned, after a visit of three months with his daughter, as they preferred the scenes and associations of their Bavarian home. Mr. Bergman died October 4, 1903. Mrs. Zelle has made two visits to her old home in Bavaria, spending three months there in 1888 and also three months in 1896, her son accompanying her each time. Mr. and Mrs. Zelle have had three children, one of whom, Christian, still survives. The family belong to the Lutheran Church. Politically Mr. Zelle is a Republican and fraternally he is connected with German organizations. He is one of the heavy taxpayers of Columbiana County and owns both city property and farming land. PHILIP H. WHITE, one of the leading business men of Wellsville, in the line of general hardware, builders and household supplies, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, June 10, 1854, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Isleib) White. The parents of Mr. White were both born in Germany, the father in Westphalia, where he learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed after settling at Paterson, New Jersey, where he married, shortly afterward removing to Zanesville, Ohio. There he entered the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Shops and followed his trade until 1873, when he removed to Edgar County, Illinois, where he farmed until his death. He was made a Mason at Zanesville and also belonged to the Druids ; after locating in Illinois he became an Odd Fellow. Mr. White married a daughter of Jacob Isleib, of Paterson, New Jersey. She died in 1881 aged 51 years, but her mother still survives. The children of this union were :. Philip H., of this sketch Henry, deceased Charles, who lives on the homestead ; and George W., of Wellsville. Our subject was educated in the schools at Zanesville and learned the trade of tinner and coppersmith, in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops. He was 18 years old when he came to Wellsville and entered the shops of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, where he was employed to years, leaving in 1882 in order to start into business for himself. He first opened a tin-Shop in the west end of Wellsville, and the venture proved successful from the start. From time to time the business was expanded until it has become one of the leading houses in its line in the city. Although at various times he has had partners, he has always been the leading spirit of the concern. In 1883 William L. Smith. a brother-in-law of Mr. White became his partner under the firm name of White A Smith, but in September of that year Mr. Smith died, and later his brother, John S. Smith. became a partner and the firm name therefore continued unchanged. In November, 1886 the present place of business was built and occupied. The partnership continued until the death of Mr. Smith in 1896, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 833 when William Perkins entered the partnership, the firm becoming White & Perkins for the next three years. In 190 Mr. White admitted his son, G. F. White, into the firm and since that time the style has been P. H. White & Son. The business location is No. 1325 Main street, Wellsville. Mr. White was united in marriage with Margaret B. Smith, a daughter, of William and Isabel Smith, of Wellsville, and they have two children,—George F. and Mary S. The family belong to the Second Presbyterian Church of Wellsville, in which Mr. White is president of the board of deacons and very active in the Sunday-school. Politically Mr. White is identified with the Republican party, but outside of membership on the School Board he has never accepted office. For the past 10 years he has been a member of this organization. Fraternally he belongs to the Pathfinders and he is past grand in Iris Lodge, I. O. O. F. Mr. White is a man universally respected by his business associates for his business fairness and integrity and personally he is esteemed for the qualities which make him a good neighbor, firm friend and a first-class citizen. WILLIAM JOHNSTON. a retired farmer and leading business man of East Palestine, was born at Darlington, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1868 and is a son of Silas and Eliza M. (Crowl) Johnston. The an cestors of both parents were among the early settlers, the names of Johnston, Crowl. and Martin being intimately associated with the early history of Beaver County. Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather Johnston had many skirmishes with the Indians when he made his home in the new country and had to flee from them for his life. His son, James Johnston, owned the old homestead which descended to Silas and upon which our subject was born. Silas Johnston came to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1871 and bought a fine piece of land in Unity township. Most of this lies in Section 1, but 96 acres in section 12. The farm comprises 207 acres, all in one piece, and is one of the finest farms in the county. Silas Johnston married Eliza M. Crowl, daughter of Peter Crowl, who Settled near Darlington, Pennsylvania. Five children were born to them, namely : Mary Belle, who died in 1870 at the age of 12 years ; Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, a resident of Enon Valley, Pennsylvania, with whom the mother makes her home; Annie M., who died in 1886 ; Franklin, an attorney of New Waterford ; and William. The father died in 1897. William Johnston has been a resident of Columbiana County since his third year and attended college at Grove City and later, the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio. He then engaged in teaching for a period of eight years and was a very successful educator, being principal of the Petersburg (Mahoning County) schools. He then returned to the farm, which was the home of his childhood and is now owned by him, and attended to its cultivation until 1904, when he retired to the town of East Palestine, where he now resides. He still owns and is proud of this farm, which it has been his pleasure to improve until it is second to none in the county. The buildings are all modern and nearly new, while the barn is such a model in its appearance and convenience that its equal can scarce be found in Columbiana County. Everything about the place is in keeping with the buildings—trim fences, clean, well-kept yards and neat, weedless fence corners, making the place an object to arrest the attention of even the casual passer-by. Mr. Johnston has by no means given up active work, on account of taking up his residence in town. On the contrary he is a very busy man. He is vice-president and director of the First National Bank : president of the Petersburg Creamery Company ; and secretary and manager of the Unity Township Telephone Company. Mr. Johnston was married in this county to Olive Trotter, whose father, John Trotter, now deceased. served in the Civil War. They have three children : Arthur aged six years ; 834 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY Ruth, aged three; and an infant son. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston are Presbyterians. Our subject is a member of Laurel Tent, K. O. T. M., of Petersburg. PETER YOUNG BROWN, proprietor of the "Valley Home Farm” in Middleton township, was born on this place, where he has always resided. He was born July 5, 1834, and is a son of William and Mary Magdalene (Young) Brown. The records of the Brown family reach very far back, even to George Brown, the great-great-grandfather of Peter Y. Brown. This ancestor was a resident of West Nantmeal township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is described in his will as "gentleman." That document was executed April 10, 1756, and was probated May 28, 1756, his death occurring sometime between these dates. The records of that county go to show that he was the possessor of 100 acres. He and his wife Mary were the parents of four children : Jane, wife of Joshua Cope; Mary, wife of James Graham : Alexander ; and William. William Brown, Son of George and great-grandfather of our subject, was educated as a physician and is said to have served in the Revolutionary Army as such. He probably was also a surveyor, an occupation very lucrative at that time. In addition to being a personal friend of General Washington, he had a local reputation as an astronomer. and is thought to have published an almanac. William Brown was probably the first settler in Menallen township, Fayette County. Pennsylvania, whither he removed about 1778. He and his wife Mary had seven children. namely : Sarah, George, Mary, Jane, Alexander, Alice and John. Hon. George Brown, grandfather of Peter Y., was born June 29, 1773, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and was but a boy when he accompanied his parents to Fayette County. In April 1804, he came to Columbiana County, Ohio, locating on what is now the G. W. Justison farm in Middleton township. He had to blaze his course through the woods so that when he came over the path again with his family, he could find the way. The family made its appearance in the new locality in a very primitive manner, riding on horseback with the family possessions fastened on packhorses. Our subject remembers many of the incidents and adventures of this typical pioneer moving, as frequently related by his father and grandfather. George Brown became a prominent man in the little community which soon broadened and was subsequently given various testimonials of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow-citizens. In the course of time he was made associate judge and still later was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature. His death took place November 13, 1828. Judge Brown married Alice Hardesty, who was born April 20. 1770. and died November 1, 1818. They had 11 children. viz.: Agnes, William, Susan, John, Mary, Nancy, Sarah, George Hardesty, Alice, Mary and Elizabeth. Alice married James Taggart, of Unity township and became the mother of Capt. Robert Clark Taggart, a record of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mary became Mrs. Daniels and Elizabeth, Mrs. Hoffstott. William Brown, the second child of George and Alice Brown and father of our subject, was born in Armstrong County. Pennsylvania, February 27, 1793. He accompanied his parents to Middleton township, Columbiana County, Ohio, and lived on the home place until he moved to the farm across the road. About 1815 he located on the farm now owned and occupied by Peter Y. Brown, it being a part of the Section of land which his wife’s family had acquired. He made all the early improvements on this place, erecting a substantial frame house to which was added the brick addition in 1835. Some improvements have been made since it has been in the possession of our subject, but it stands very much as it did 70 years ago. a landmark in the vicinity. Its builders were those who fashioned it for a home and not for a fleeting abiding place for people. who reeked not whether the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 835 materials were stanch or the building true to line and plummet. As then, as ever since and as now, it is a fine home. The building of the commodious barn was an undertaking of 1833 but in 1878 its capacity was enlarged and now it is 46 by 110 feet in dimensions. William Brown was originally a Whig and then fell in with the views of the Free Soil party and was quite ready to become a member of the Republican party on its organization in the ‘50's. Although actively interested in public affairs and local movements, he was never an aspirant for political honors, although on numerous occasions he was elected to minor offices and served as township trustee for 22 years. He was a man of firm religious convictions and for, many years was a leading member of the Achor Baptist Church. William Brown was united in marriage with Mary Magdalene Young, who was born April 13, 1791, and died in 1868. She was a daughter of Baltzar and Elizabeth (Boose) Young. They were of German birth and Settled in York County, Pennsylvania. at a very early day. In 1803 they came to Middleton township, Columbiana County. Ohio. and first located where Mrs. Hazen now lives,—in Achor village. Mr. Young acquired a section of land. of which the present Brown homestead is a part. The Young family has been a prominent one in the affairs of this locality. Samuel and Peter Young, sons of Baltzar, were the first to agitate the idea of building a railroad west from Pittsburg to the wheat-growing counties of Ohio. Interest was soon aroused and a public meeting was called which met at the home of Peter Young in Achor in the building that is now the Achor Baptist church parsonage, the prominent men present being ; Dr. A. G. Richardson, Samuel Young, Peter Young and William Brown. The project became noised about and resulted in activity in other localities and the movement finally resulted in the building of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway. William and Mary M. Brown became the parents of to children, namely : Jacob Young, born May 16, 1814, deceased February 10, 1857: John. born October 20. 1815, deceased : Baltzar, born November 25, 1817, deceased ; Margaret, born September 7, 1819, deceased, who was the wife of Samuel Read; David, born August 24, 1822: Phebe Ann, born May 31, 1825, deceased, who was the wife of William Williams, of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania ; William Young, born July 22, 1827; Garretson Addison, born December 24, 1829, who was a probate judge in Minnesota: Elvira Harriet, born April 24, 1832, deceased and Peter Young, the subject of this record. Rev. William Young Brown. of the above family, is a Presbyterian minister residing in Philadelphia. He has a daughter who married Professor Lindsay of the University of Pennsylvania, who was appointed by President Roosevelt as commissioner of education at Puerto Rico, where he has the responsibility of establishing schools and placing teachers. Peter Y. Brown attended the old log schoolhouse of his district in Middleton township and enjoyed three terms in Beaver Academy at Beaver, Pennsylvania. He then returned to the home farm, where he has since resided. He carries on general farming and stock-raising on his farm of 325 acres and makes a specialty of blooded stock, paying particular attention to Jersey and Aberdeen Angus cattle. He is a member of the American Jersey Cattle Club. Mr. Brown has always been prominently identified with the public enterprises of the township. He was one of the original incorporators of the New York, Pittsburg & Chicago Railroad, which is now the Pittsburg, Lisbon & Western Railroad. He was also one of the enterprising spirits, who projected the present thriving town of Negley. GEORGE LOWER. formerly postmaster of Columbiana, and for a number of years an extensive stock-raiser in Eairfield township, now resides in his beautiful modern home on South Main street, Columbiana, one of the town's most highly esteemed citizens. He comes from one of the oldest families of Fairfield township, in which township, on his 836 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY grandfather's farm, he was born in 1840. He is a son of Elias and Elizabeth (Starr) Lower. Mathias Lower, the grandfather, was the first permanent settler of Fairfield township. He was born in Maryland and in 1800, or possibly in 1799, he joined a party of other pioneers from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, who came on a prospecting tour through this section of Ohio. The party “squatted" in the valley of Bull Creek long before the land was surveyed and spent 13 nights in this wilderness, subsisting on the game they killed. Subsequently they returned to their homes in Pennsylvania but came back with their families. Mathias Lower united with William Hale in purchasing Section 23, Fairfield township, the northern part of which section became his own as early as 1803. In the fall of that year the first Court of Common Pleas for the county was held in his log barn, and as the building did not afford a separate room to which the jury might retire to make up their verdict, it is related that a large log which lay in the forest near by was used as a seat for the jurors as they deliberated on the guilt or innocence of the parties brought before them. The western part of this section of land is now the property of our subject, and the eastern part, where the old buildings are still partly preserved is now owned by Ira Seachrist. This is the most historic and interesting portion of Fairfield township. The greater number of the pioneer settlers here were men of substantial character who had come from Bucks, Chester and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania, a peaceful people who were in search of favorable locations on which to establish permanent homes. William Hale above-mentioned, the co-partner of Mathias Lower, was the one under whose direction the greater part of the county was surveyed. He settled with hiS family on section 26 and lived in Columbiana County for more than 60 years, being active in his profession until 1850. He finally removed to Cedar County, Iowa, where he died June 4, 1867, aged 100 years, eight months and 28 days. Two of his brothers, John and Nathan, came with him and also settled in Fairfield township. The home of Mathias Lower was selected as the place of holding the first term of the Supreme Court of Columbiana County, on June 14, 1803. The judges present were Hon. Samuel Huntington and Hon. William Sprigg. An interesting document in this connection is the following certificate. STATE OF OHIO, COLUMBIANA COUNTY I do hereby certify that at a Supreme Court held. at the house of Mathias Lower, in the county of Columbiana aforesaid, the 14th day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, before the Honorable Samuel Huntington and William Sprigg, Esq., Judges of the said Supreme Court, that William Larwell of Pittsburgh in the State of Pennsylvania, Esquire, was admitted as attorney and counselor of this court and authorized to practice as such in the several courts of record in this State. In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said court above written. REASON BEALL, Clerk Supreme Court. This is Supplemented by the official paper and certificate which is signed by Judge Huntington. Mathias Lower at first Settled his family in Section 11, Fairfield township, remaining there until Ohio was admitted as a State. He cleared up some Seven acres of land there, but later, with William Hale, entered section 23, as noted above. He married Elizabeth Amer. Elias Lower, father of our subject, was born in 1818 and he was reared on the old homestead. His education was only that which could be obtained during the winter months in the little log schoolhouse in the clearing, but he was a man of natural ability and good mind and became well informed through reading. In 1838 he married Elizabeth Starr and they had six children, namely : George, of Columbiana : Mrs. Sarah Trucksass: Hannah, wife of Isaac Stallcup, of Kansas City ; Catherine, wife of Seth Bradfield ; Mathias, Jr., who resides unmarried on the old homestead ; and Phebe, who died in infancy. The mother of this family was born in Bucks County. Pennsylvania and died in May, 1871. Elias Lower married. :n 1874, Mrs. Caroline Rauch, widow of John Rauch and a daughter of a pioneer, John AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 837 Peters. She still survives, residing in the village of Unity, advanced in years. Elias Lower was a stanch old Jacksonian Democrat, but he was a man of such sterling character that, although he lived in a strongly Republican township, he was elected year after year to office, serving for nine years as township trustee. He was a consistent member of the Reformed Church and was a perfect type of a generation of men distinguished for their personal integrity and solidity of character. He lived to a good old age. George Lower's boyhood was passed before all pioneer conditions had passed away in Fairfield township. The log schoolhouse, with its slabs for seats and its indifferent equipment, was the scene of his early educational progress and a wonderful contrast to the stately structures and modern furnishings, which the taxes he pays assist in keeping in order for the present generation. However, those old log schools turned out a notable body of men, the most of them clear of brain and many robust of body, Mr. Lower being an example. He grew up on his father's farm, becoming a master of agriculture and giving much attention to stock-raising and fruit growing. In 1863 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company F, 143rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and was at the front for a short time. After his return from the army, Mr. Lower settled on his own land in the western part of section 23, Fairfield township, where he owns two farms, both of which he now has under rental. He devotes the greater part of his energies to the fruit business at Columbiana, being a large producer, buyer and shipper. He is considered one of the city's most capable business men. Mr. Lower was married, first, in 1868 to Henrietta Flickinger, who was a daughter of Samuel Flickinger. She died in 1871, leaving one son. George H. His Second union was with Ada Bradfield, who died in 1881, the mother of one child. Carrie, who died aged six years. On September 17, 1884, Mr. Lower was married to Minnie O. Witt, who is a daughter of John Witt, and they have one daughter,—Luella. Politically Mr. Lower is a Democrat and he has been more or less active in county, State and district politics for many years. Under President Cleveland he served four years as postmaster at Columbiana. He and his wife are members of Grace Reformed Church. HOWARD G. WHITACRE.* president of the E. G. Whitacre Boiler Company, of Wellsville,. and one of the, city's most prominent and public-spirited men, was born in Wellsville, Ohio, May 28. 1856, and is a son of Thomas, and Sarah (McCauley) Whitacre. All the Whitacres sprang from Sir Knight Simon of Whitacre or Whiteacre, or to give it the original spelling before the letters "w" and "h" came into orthographical use, Quitacre. Sir Knight Simon, at the time of the "Domesday Survey," under the direction of William the Conqueror, was found to be possessed of a tract of land in Warwickshire, which was wheat-producing land and was afterward enfeoffed to him, Sir Knight Simon was made a King's commissioner and his successors in his family held the office for over 200 years. At the present time his great property is divided into two townships, which are known as Whitacre Superior and Whitacre Inferior. The name is one familiar in many localities, but it is not definitely known from which section or branch came John Whitacre, the emigrant to this country, from whom came the subject of this sketch. With good reason it is supposed, however, that he came from Yorkshire, England. In 1672 persons to the number of 37 were discharged from the common gaol for the county and city of York having been committed on the charge of belonging to the then despised sect, the Quakers, and one of this number was John Whitacre. In 1699 the sect had grown strong enough to become a Menace to the wild, loose living of the court and people of England so that persecutions became unbearable and a goodly number decided to dare the dangers of the deep and trust to the hospitality of unknown shores in order to enjoy the rights of religious freedom. Hence a large concourse of Quakers, or Friends, 838 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY as they are now denominated, gathered from Lancaster and Yorkshire and embarked on the "Britannia," bound for America and for the State of Pennsylvania. The vessel arrived Safely at Philadelphia prior to August 25, 1699, although during the long voyage a pestilence had broken out, by reason of which 50 persons died at sea and about 20 more after landing. Among the latter number was one Thomas Wilson. He left a will which was proven November 25, 1699. He appointed as executives his friends, John Scott, late of Yorkshire, and Anthony Morris, of Philadelphia. The connection with the Whitacres came in the marriage of Jane, the widow of this John Scott, '"12th month, 1702," to John Whitacre and it is very probable that this John Whitacre was a passenger on the "Britannia." John Whitacre, Jr., son of John and Jane (Scott) Whitacre, was born May 14, 1704. He was a member of the Falls Monthly Meeting, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and he retained his membership after his marriage. He resided there until 1757 when he removed to the vicinity of the Kingwood (New Jersey) Monthly Meeting, and in 1761 to the vicinity of the Fairfax (Virginia) Monthly Meeting. His first wife whom he married in Philadelphia was Naomi Hulme. His second wife's name was Rachel. Edward Whitacre, son of John Jr., and Rachel Whitacre, was born April 26, 1761, in Loudoun County, Virginia, moved to Ohio in 1806, and died at Minerva, Ohio, in 1840. He married Martha Brown, who was born in December, 1766. Thomas Whitacre, the second child of the above marriage, and the grandfather of our subject. was born August 18, 1785. Both he and his father were buried in the Plains graveyard, on the old McKinley farm. Thomas Whitacre, son of Thomas, was born in Augusta, Ohio, in 1822, and died in 1884. He learned the trade of cabinet-maker and became a well-known manufacturer of furniture. In 1854 he located in Wellsville. Ohio, where he started the Whitacre Hotel, which was, at that time. the best hostelry in Columbiana County. He conducted this until 1860, ably assisted by his capable wife, who managed it during her husband's absence in the army. He was a lieutenant in the 100th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., but was discharged on account of physical disability. After his return he resumed hotel keeping but sold the property in 1869 and moved to Whitacre's Mills, about nine miles from Wellsville. Here he operated a farm and a grist and Sawmill until 1880, when he returned to Wellsville. Later he incorporated what was known as Whitacre & Company, for the manufacture of hardware, plumbers' and tinners' supplies, starting in a very small way, but the business grew to such proportions that by 1890 he was employing, 75 men. He continued to actively supervise the business as long as he lived. He was a man of excellent business ability and was one of the county's first-class citizens. He supported the Republican party but was no politician. Thomas Whitacre married Sarah McCauley, a daughter of Patrick McCauley. who owned a farm between Wellsville and Summitville, where she was born. She died in 1903, aged 80 years. Of the family of six children, four grew to maturity, viz : William J., now deceased Harvey H., of Wellsville: Edward G., of this sketch and Mary S., the wife of Richard Bean, of Los Angeles, California. The father of this family was a consistent member of the Disciples Church. but the mother had been reared in the Methodist Episcopal faith. Edward G. Whitacre was born May 28, 1856, as noted, coming upon the scene of life at a very important epoch in our country's history. He was but a child when his father went into the Civil War and remained with his mother in Wellsville, where he was educated in the public schools. He began his business career in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and continued with that corporation for three or four years and then went into the machine shops and learned the trade of machinist. In 1870 he was engaged by Knowles, Taylor & Knowles, potters of East Liverpool. to be their traveling representative and he continued with that great company for the next 10 years. He then became associated with his father in organizing Whitacre & Company and remained connected with this enter- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 839 prise until 1890, when the business was removed to Michigan. For one year thereafter Mr. Whitacre continued his connection with it, and then returned to Wellsville, where he organized the Page Boiler Company. This continued as such until 1900 when the business was incorporated as the E. G. Whitacre Boiler Company. The company's business is that of heating and ventilating engineers. The factory is located at Detroit, where some 50 men are constantly employed. but contracts are taken all over the country. In addition they employ about 100 men in the different construction gangs in the various States. The main office is located in the Whitacre Block on Third Street, Wellsville, one of the finest business locations in the city. This fine structure covers the entire square on Third Street from Commerce street to Lisbon street. The company manufactures hot water and steam-heating boilers, radiators and heating supplies, manufacturing 500 boilers annually. It is one of the city's important concerns. Mr. Whitacre married Addie B. Malone, daughter of Lemuel Malone of Wellsville and they have two children: Edward G., Jr., and Julia Frances, Mrs. Whitacre is a member of the Christian church. Politically Mr. Whitacre is a Republican, but has only reluctantly accepted office, being in no sense a politician. He was a member of the City Council several terms, and when the new municipal code went into effect retired as president of that body. He was one of the organizers of the Wellsville Board of Trade, of which he is Secretary. He has always been a man of public spirit and has done much to advance the city’s various utilities and increase her commerce. HENRY ALLMON.* deceased, was born on Chestnut Ridge, Carroll County, Ohio, in 1837, and died on his farm, on section 28, Washington township, Columbiana County, in 1884, from the results of an accident. He was a son of James Allmon, who was born in Virginia and came to Ohio in pioneer days, entering land on Chestnut Ridge, Carroll County. Henry Allmon left behind a widow and a highly respected family, his children being connected by marriage with many of the oldest and most honorable families of this section of the state. Henry Allmon married Mary Ann Blazer, who was a daughter of Basil Blazer, a native of Springfield township, Jefferson County, Ohio. Mrs. Allmon died May 30, 1900, survived by these four of her family of nine children : namely ; West T., Monroe A., Emmet M. and Elisa. West T. Allmon owns and lives upon the old homestead farm of 160 acres, which was formerly occupied by his father, from whom he received it. He married Evanna Borland, and they have three children : Laura, Viola and Lulu. Monroe A. Allmon married Samantha Peterson and they have two children: Sanford and Roy. Elisa Allmon married William Buck and has two children,—Harold and Hilda (twins). EMMET M. ALLMON married Lucinda Borland and they have four children: Harry W., born in 1893; Edgar L., born in 1895: Bertha Belle. born in 1898: and Grace E., born in 1901. Emmet owns 67 acres of a farm of 212 acres, situated in section 28, Washington township, which his father owned at the time of death. The other 125 acres are owned by the three other heirs. Mrs. Allmon is a daughter of Washington and Magdalena (Easterday) Borland, the former of whom was born in Harrison County, Ohio, and was a son of Samuel Borland, who came to Ohio from Washington County, Pennsylvania, and settled in North township, Harrison County, in 1821. He built a log cabin in the woods and here reared a family of five children, of whom his son Washington was the Second. Samuel Borland's wife died when Washington was a child, but he grew up into intelligent young manhood, was very studious and secured a fine education at Hagerstown Academy and later in the best schools in Ohio. He married Magdalena Easterday, and they had 10 children, five sons and five daughters,—Mrs. Allmon being the youngest—all of whom still 840 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY survive and are doing well. Mr. Borland accumulated a large estate in Monroe township, Carroll County, and generously assisted all of his children. He was an active and influential Democrat and held many offices of trust and profit in Monroe township. He was born July 1822, and died in his 83rd year. Emmet M. Allmon, like his esteemed father and father-in-law, is a stanch Democrat. He has looked after the welfare of his family’s future by associating himself with the beneficiary society of the Protected Home Circle. The whole family connection is well and favorably known in Washington township. JAMES FIGGINS.* an old and respected resident of Wayne township. where he was born in 1829, is the owner of a fine farm of 80 acres in Section 28. The parents of Mr. Figgins were John and Nancy (Wollam) Figgins. John Figgins was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and was a son of James Figgins, also a native of Westmoreland County. The latter was a Revolutionary Soldier and a member of the staff of General Stuben. For his services he was awarded a pension of $8 a month. His last years were spent with his son John on his farm in Wayne township, where he died at the age of 90 years and both he and his aged wife were buried in the Lebanon churchyard. John Figgins survived his wife and died aged 75 years. The Wollams were early pioneers of Columbiana County and our subject’s maternal grandfather was a teamster who transported goods to and from Philadelphia long before the building of any railroads over the mountains. He was a native of Pennsylvania and died in Wayne township, Columbiana County, Ohio, aged 80 years. James Figgins of this sketch was named in honor of his paternal grandfather, the Revolutionary soldier whom he can easily recall. He attended the district schools in youth and grew up a practical farmer. When ready to settle down, he bought his present farm from his father. This land was originally entered by a Mr. McCoy and Mr. Figgins has the first deed, which bears the signature of President Andrew Jackson. Mr. Figgins the elder entered a farm adjoining this one. All this land is fertile and well-improved. In 1864 our subject enlisted for service in the Civil War, in Company A, 143rd Reg.. Ohio Vol. Inf., of which he was 1st corporal and color-bearer, and was mustered out in September of the same year, having taken part in the fighting near Petersburg. He belongs to the local Grand Army of the Republic post Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Figgins was married, first, to Hannah Kirby, who was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The two children of this marriage were: Joseph and John W. The former was born at East Liverpool in 1853 and died at Allegheny, Pennsylvania. in 1903. His widow still survives, with three children.—Daniel, James and Ruth,—and lives in Iowa. John W. married Maggie Roseburg and their children are Carl. Paula and Ethel. He is chief clerk in the railroad shops at Columbus. Mr. Figgins married, second, Susan Kiper. who was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. WALTER C. SUPPLEE.* one of East Liverpool's most active and successful business men, has had a varied career in the business world. He is at the present time secretary and treasurer of the Federal Building & Loan Company, and is identified with many other important enterprises of the city. As a real estate man. he has been an important factor in the upbuilding of the East End. Mr. Supplee was born in Ohio township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1861, and is a son of William and Jennie (Rambo) Supplee. His father was born in the vicinity of Philadelphia and came across the mountains in a wagon, locating near Smith's Ferry in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith by trade but during the last 10 years of his life he was engaged as a dairy AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 841 farmer on an extensive scale, shipping his products to Pittsburg. He died about 1875, aged 68 years. In politics he was a Republican. He and his wife were parents of the following children : Mary, widow of Henry Dillon, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Samuel, deceased, who was a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Andrew, deceased; Sarah J., deceased, who was the wife of George B. Walton, of East Liverpool : W. Harrison, of East Liverpool: and Walter C. Mrs. Supplee died in 1890, aged 69 years. She and her husband were Episcopalians. Walter C. Supplee was educated in the common schools of Ohio township, Beaver County, near Smiths's Ferry, and there learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed some years. He also contracted for some years. then followed his trade in the pottery of C. C. Thompson and for three years served as special policeman at that plant. He was next appointed to the city police force, with which he was identified for seven years, most of the time as deputy marshal or assistant chief of police. He next went to Lisbon and served as deputy sheriff four years under Charles Gill. Upon the expiration of his term he was elected chief of police of Lisbon. which office he resigned at the end of one year because of ill health. Returning to East Liverpool. he settled in the East End in January. 1900. and has since engaged extensively in the real estate business. He organized the Supplee Land Company. of which he was secretary and treasurer for a time. and made of it a very successful venture. On February 24, 1902, in connection with Dr. R. J. Marshall, T. H. Fisher, William C. Thompson and Frank Allabaugh, he organized the Federal Building & Loan Company, of which he has since been secretary and treasurer. The first board of directors included the above named and S. R. Dixson, W. H. Kinney, J. H. Smith, Jr.. and W. A. Andrews. It remains unchanged at the present with the exception that C. R. Boyd has taken the place of William C. Thompson. deceased. In 1903. he organized the Midway Land Company, of which he is also secretary and treasurer. In addition he is an architect of considerable experience, a profession for which he prepared himself without school instruction. His early training at his trade gives him a practical knowledge, which has been invaluable in the work of planning buildings. Mr. Supplee has been a member of the Knights of Pythias since he was 21 and is past chancellor commander of Peabody Lodge, No. 19; and a member of Eureka Circle, No. 86, Protected Home Circle. He was a member of Company E, Eighth Reg., Ohio National Guards, enlisting as private and being advanced to captain within a year. During the riots accompanying, the coal strike in 1895, he was on duty. During the Spanish American War he organized a company at Lisbon, but they were not called out; he mustered in 102 officers and men in 24 hours. Politically he is a Republican. He was united in marriage with Cora L. Ritz, a daughter of James Ritz, and they have four children : Cornelia, Clyda A., Herman H and Charles G. Religiously, they are members of the Second Presbyterian Church of East Liverpool, of which our Subject was formerly treasurer. LAWRENCE A. CALLAHAN one of the enterprising and successful business men of Salem, an extensive wholesale dealer in tobacco and confectionery, is a native of Ohio, and was born in the village of Washingtonville, on the line of Columbiana and Mahoning counties, August 17, 1869. His parents are Absalom and Mary (Hoffman) Callahan. Both parents of Mr. Callahan were born in Mahoning county, Ohio, and they have a comfortable home at No. 38 Maple street, Salem. In his earlier years Absalom Callahan was a drover and dealer in live-stock, but for some time he has assisted his son in the latter's large business. Mr. and Mrs. Callahan have two children, namely: Lawrence A., of this sketch and Estella. the wife of C. H. King, a grocer of Salem. Since the age of to years Lawrence A. Callahan has been in business operating a news- 842 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY stand and Stationery Store in his native town even while in School. A partner attended to his business during school hours but his enterprise and business ability made the venture a success and gave his native village a first class service in this line. Succeeding well and accumulating a little capital, at the age of 12 years he added tobacco and confectionery to his stock and has been in the business ever since. By the time he was 23 years of age he had become possessed of capital sufficient to start into a wholesale business and he then came to Salem and was soon established here, at first driving his own delivery wagon and living in rented property. In contrast, he now has a trade that covers Columbiana and Mahoning counties and own an acre and a half of valuable land on Franklin avenue, where he has erected a handsome residence and barn and his substantial two-story warehouse, 22 by 60 feet, with elevator and other modern equipment. His father attends to the warehouse business, Mr. Callahan being his own solicitor. In this capacity he is a success, his personal appearance and genial address serving him well as an introduction. After that the securing of business is easy as the superior quality of his goods speak for themselves. His is a success won entirely through his own efforts, one which reflects credit and commands admiration. Mr. Callahan was married September 3, 1891. to Emi L. Longbatton, who was born at Washingtonville, Ohio. March 22, 1870, and is a daughter of John H. and Ottillia (Snyder) Longbatton, the former of whom was a native of England and the latter of Ohio. Mrs. Callahan’s mother belonged to one of the oldest pioneer families of Columbiana County. Her grandfather Snyder built the first house in Washingtonville. Her family is very well known. Our subject's grandmother was Susan Kelter also of an old family. She came to Salem through the swamps, while bear and other wild beasts were numerous. She brought the first spinning wheel here. She lived to the unusual age of 92 years, her death taking place only two years ago. In political affiliation. Mr. Callahan is a Democrat. He is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. belongs to Perry Lodge, No. 185. F. & A. M., of Salem ; Salem Chapter, No. 94 R. A. M.; Omega Council. No. 44, R. & S. M. ; Salem Commandery, No. 42. K. T.: Perfection Chapter of Rose Croix, Valley of Canton, of Canton, Ohio; Lake Erie Consistory, S. P. R. S., of Cleveland. HON. THOMAS H. SILVER. A. B., LL. B.,* president of the Silver Banking Company, at Wellsville, was born in this city, February 21, 1856, and is a Son of Dr. David S. and Nancy Elizabeth (Hammond) Silver. The paternal grandfather, David Silver, was born at Havre de Grace, Maryland, in 1784. He remained on the family plantation until about the age of 35 years, when he came to Ohio and bought a farm between Waynesburg and Canton. At that time the country was still a wilderness and Indians and wild animals still roamed through the forests. In this new country the Silvers were pioneers, the father a man of hardy enterprise and undaunted courage. the progenitor of a family which has become one of prominence in his adopted State. His political support was given to the Whig party. Dr. David S. Silver, son of the pioneer and father of our subject. was probably one of the most brilliant men Columbiana County has ever known. He was born February 12, 1811, and died in August 1877. His early school advantages were naturally limited. but he acquired enough learning to enable him to teach the local schools until his determination was formed to enter upon the study of medicine. In Dr. Gardner, of Waynesburg, he found an able preceptor and by him was prepared for the New York College of Medicine, where he was subsequently graduated and was licensed to practice about 1825. Shortly afterward, he came to Columbiana County and entered upon the practice of his profession, which he continued until 1883. In 1845 he located at Wellsville and this town continued his home until AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 843 the close of his life. In summing up the life and career of a man of such brilliant parts as the late Dr. Silver, the biographer is at a loss what feature to make the most prominent. He was at the head of his profession, his reputation being one of note all over this section. He accumulated a large fortune through his excellent business qualities, while at the Same time he was liberal and charitable to an extent only known to those intimately associated with him. Speaking the German language like the English, he had practically taught himself both, in order to gratify his desire for learning and investigation. Dr. Silver was one of the early admirers of Abraham Lincoln, seeing in the honest country lawyer much more than the mere politician and predicting for him much of the success which he later reached. In all movements of the Republican party, Dr. Silver took a deep personal interest, being in entire sympathy with its fundamental principles. He would have reached great heights as a lawyer, having the keen foresight and accurate judgment required in the law and possessing also the magnetic oratorical powers which produced desired effect upon his hearers, moving them alternately to laughter or tears. With a poetic and vivid imagination, he was a powerful temperance advocate and in this cause he was looked upon as a most effective lecturer. Dr. Silver was united in marriage with Nancy Elizabeth Hammond, who was a daughter of the late Thomas Hammond. To this union were born five children, the four who reached maturity being: Thomas H., of Wellsville; Margaret, of Wellsville; Frank Wade. who is connected with the State Bank at Durango, Colorado; and David, of Pittsburg. The last named is a distinguished physician and surgeon, a graduate of Harvard College and of the Universities of Berlin and Vienna, and is the superintendent of the orthopedic department of the General Hospital at Allegheny City. Mrs. Silver passed away two years before her husband, dying in 1885, at the age of 56 years. She was a woman of admirable character and was beloved and esteemed by all who knew her. Both Dr. Silver and his wife were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, active in all its work and generous supporters of its charities. Thomas H. Silver, our immediate subject, completed the common and high school courses at Wellsville and subsequently was graduated at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1875 he entered the senior class at Harvard College and in the following year was graduated from the Harvard Law School. Selecting Chicago as his first field of practice, Mr. Silver entered the law office of Lyman & Jackson of that city and was admitted to the Illinois bar with permission to practice before the Supreme Court. During his year of practice in the great lake city, he met with most encouraging success, but was recalled to Wellsville on account of his beloved father's failing health. Upon his return, he found himself compelled to assume charge of his father's many business interests and as these were so important financially, he considered it advisable to open a regular banking institution in order to properly take care of them. Thus came about the organization of the Silver Banking Company, in February, 1884. Mr. Silver becoming its president. His father's health was never restored to the extent that he could again resume charge of his affairs, in fact for, the last five years of his life he was an invalid. Mr. Silver has been president of the Champion Brick Works ever since their organization in 1886, and is interested in numberless other enterprises. In 1884 he erected the building in which the bank is located. This is one of the fine business structures of the city and would do credit to a much larger place. Mr. Silver is an uncompromising Republican and, if his time were not so occupied by business affairs, would probably be obliged to accept public offices which are continually being pressed upon him. In 1881 he was appointed city solicitor of Wellsville and in 1882 and 1883 he served the city as mayor. In 1889 he was elected to the Ohio State Senate, in which he served with the greatest efficiency, but positively declined a renomination. For 12 years he has served on the School Board and has 844 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY always actively supported all civic measures which promise welfare to the general public. As a business man and financier, he is known all over the State. His fellow-citizens find him a courteous, affable, educated gentleman, ever ready to give ear to the discussion of social and economic questions and to lend assistance in carrying out commendable public-spirited enterprises. On October 2, 1885, Mr. Silver was married to Susanna Moore, who was a daughter of Capt. Daniel and Harriet (Brown) Moore, of Newport, Kentucky. Mrs. Silver died in 1887, at the age of 29 years, leaving two children, viz. : Harriet Moore, who is a student at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, class of 1906; and Thomas F., Jr., who is a student in the Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, class of 1906. Mr. Silver married, second, Mary R. Reager, who is a daughter of Rev. James H. Reager, D. D., formerly of Jacksonville, Ohio, where Mrs. Silver was born, but now of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Canton, Ohio. For the past 20 years our subject has been a church trustee. He owns a beautiful home in Wellsville and both he and his wife are prominent in the quiet social life of the city. JACOB DE TEMPLE.* deceased, for many years one of the most highly respected citizens of East Liverpool, where he resided retired from business activity for some 11 years prior to his decease on November 9, 1884., was born in one of the Prussian provinces bordering on the Rhine, June 9, 1812. The De Temple family originated in France and belonged to that persecuted and heroic band of Huguenots who escaped to Germany in 1572, after the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The family became identified with the people with whom they found a welcome and home and there Mr. De Temple's ancestors continued to live and multiply until the time of his father, Mathew De Temple, who came to America in 1842. He located at Buffalo, New York, remained there until 1854 and then removed to Lewis County, New York. He was the father of 10 children, viz. : George, who died in New York ; Jacob, of this sketch; Helen; Catherine; Mathew ; John ; Nicholas ; Joseph and Emily. The only survivor is Nicholas, who resides at Darien Center, New York. The family trade of the De Temple kindred was working in iron and this it had followed for generations, becoming prominent and wealthy, and prior to its expulsion from France had owned great furnaces and busy foundries. Jacob De Temple adopted the family calling and became a skilled and reliable workman. He was well educated in his, own language, according to the excellent German law, and when he came to the United States at the age of 45 years he was an artisan who could command high prices for the class of work he was able to do. A Stranger, he had to seek employment and he went first to Buffalo and from there to the great iron city of Pittsburg, where he doubtless would have remained, had not the cholera been prevailing at that time. From Pittsburg he went to Wheeling and thence to Steubenville, Ohio. Surprised and pleased with the great agricultural opportunities offered on every side in the new country, Mr. De Temple decided to try farming for a time and. following out this idea, first rented a farm in the neighborhood of Mingo, later another at Holliday’s Grove. Here he remained three years and then moved to another farm near Brown’s Station thence to Toronto, Ohio, and Still later to Smith’s Ferry, Pennsylvania. All of his agricultural ventures proved successful and when he retired to East Liverpool, on October 1, 1873, he possessed a competency, invested in desirable land, and erected the comfortable home in which his widow still resides, at No. 290 West Third Street. Here the remainder of his life was spent and he passed away esteemed and respected by all who knew him. Jacob De Temple was twice married, his first wife dying in 1850 in the home on the Rhine. Germany. Their eight children were : Catherine, deceased ; Peter, deceased : Peter ( 2nd). deceased : Anna, deceased ; Mathew E., of the "Scotch Settlement," Columbiana Coun- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 845 ty; Elizabeth, wife of John Trumick, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania ; and Helena, deceased, formerly the wife of Jesse Smith, of Cumberland, West Virginia.. Mr. De Temple was married, second, on July 9, 1857, to Mary A. Feist, who was born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1833, and is a daughter of Sebastian Feist, once a prominent farmer of that locality. Ten children were born to this union, nine of whom reached mature years, namely : A. L., of Stockton, California ; James A., of East Liverpool ; Joseph. deceased ; Mary, deceased ; Cecelia. wife of James Johnson. of Chester, West Virginia ; Henry M.. of Buffalo, New York ; Laura, wife of Henry Crites, of East Liverpool ; Gertrude, wife of William Dougherty, of Wheeling; and George, deceased. Mathew De Temple came to East Liverpool with his father, leaving Buffalo in 1851, lived at Wheeling in 1852 and later, at Steubenville. In 1861 he enlisted for his first term of service in the Civil War, entering the First Regiment, West Virginia Vol. Inf., and was mustered out in the same year: In 1862 he reenlisted, entering the 84th Regiment. Ohio Vol. Inf., and was out that year and then a second time re-enlisted, this time entering the 129th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.. in which he served until March, 1864. He took part in the furious battle of Perryville, Kentucky, and participated in numerous skirmishes and was seriously wounded at Mulberry Gap. When he first enlisted, he was but 18 years of age, having been born March 25, 1843, but all through the hard service following he performed a brave man's duty and has a military record of which he may be justly proud. Mr. De Temple was united in marriage with Lizzie Baker, who is a daughter of George Baker, and they have reared eight children, as follows : Harry E., a resident of Wellsville. who married Dot Hall ; Ida, who is the wife of Oscar Styler ; Charles. who is a resident of Kansas ; Mary, wife of George O. Hanna, of Kansas ; Helen; Catherine, wife of Edward Jobling; Thomas H., who lives at Wellsville; and Florence, wife of Oliver French. The De Temple family belong to the Catholic Church. ROBERT HANNAY,* one of the well-known citizens and excellent agriculturists of Columbiana County, who resides on his well-improved farm of 80 acres in section 15, Butler township and also owns 33 1/3 acres in Perry township, was born at Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1845, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Watson) Hannay. William Hannay, father of our subject, was born in Scotland, a Highlander, and was 21 years of age when he came to America, well equipped with the trade of stone-mason. This he followed at first but later entered into contracting and became prominent as a railroad canal and bridge contractor. About 1854 he came to Columbiana County and bought a farm of 162 acres in Perry township on which he established the family and set his sons to work clearing land. He built the City Jail in Allegheny and other public buildings there and in other cities, was interested in the construction of numerous important canals and at the time of his death in 1863, at the age of 63 years, he was in the employ of the Fort Wayne Railroad Company. He was a Republican in his political views and in earlier days was an Abolitionist. He was a worthy member of the Methodist Church and was a liberal supporter. He donated the lumber for the erection of the Salem Methodist Church. The mother of our subject, who was a daughter of Mark and Ellen Watson, was born in Durham, England, and died in Perry township on the home farm in 1891 at the age of 78 years. She was 16 years of age when she came to Pennsylvania with her parents, who settled at Coraopolis, Allegheny County. This town was named for Cora Watson, who was a daughter of Fawcett Watson, who was an uncle of our subject. He donated a large tract of land as the site of the village and railroad station and the place was named in honor of his young daughter. Mr. Hannay is one of a family of nine children born to his parents, the five survivors being: William, of Salem ; James E., of Perry township ; John F., of Butler township; Robert, of this sketch ; and David, of Perry township, who lives on the home farm. Our subject was about 13 years of age 846 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY when he accompanied his parents to Columbiana County. He has lived in the vicinity of Salem ever since. Although his father owned a good farm, his duties kept him away a large portion of the time and the operation of the farm devolved upon his sons. In 1864 Robert Hannay enlisted in the Service of his country, entering Company F. 184th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Capt. George P. Davis and Colonel Cumminger. The regiment was sent to Nashville, Tennessee, thence to Bridgeport. Alabama and then to Chattanooga. After the fall of Richmond it returned to Bridgeport. its duty being mainly in guarding important points. Mr. Hannay was mustered out at the close of the war at Camp Chase, Columbus, and then returned to his home. He is a member of Trescott Post. No. 10, Grand Army of the Republic. at Salem. When our subject was not more than 13 years of age, He went with the firm of Henliff. Brothers and learned the trade of stone-mason. This he resumed after the close of the war and worked at it more or less until recently. During the last two years he has been mainly concerned with farming and dairying, selling his milk to the Winona Creamery. Mr. Hannay has a very pleasant home. his land is very valuable and his improvements excellent. The commodious residence he built in 1876. He has three acres in orchard. In 1870 Mr. Hannay married Lydia Ann Patterson, who was born on an adjoining farm in Butler township. and is a daughter of Robert and Lydia Ann Patterson. Mr. Patterson came here from Philadelphia and entered this land. which consisted of about 400 acres. He made his money by driving cattle, sheep and horses over the mountains, a very profitable business in his day. He was born in Ireland but married into a very prominent Philadelphia family. He had nine children. namely : John P., Susan, Margaret and William. all deceased: Robert, of Guilford County, North Carolina : Mary E., wife of John F. Hannay, of Butler township; Fannie. wife of George Little. of Butler township; Emma Jane, who died young: George, who died aged 12 years; and Lydia Ann, wife of our Subject. Mr. and Mrs. Hannay have these children : Charles, of Mahoning County: George; Nora, living at bome: John, of Pittsburg: and Homer, deceased. Mr. Hannay has lived on his present farm since 1870. His farm of 33 1/3 acres in Perry township is a part of the old homestead farm. The Hannays are all considered substantial, representative men and good citizens. TIMOTHY GEE.* one of the representative farmers and worthy citizens of Perry township. where he owns a fine farm of 100 acres in section 7, was born July 11, 1822, in the State of New York. and is a son of Reuben and Mary (Davis) Gee. The parents of Mr. Gee were probably natives of New York, but as they died in our subject’s childhood, he has few family records. With their eight children they came to Ohio as pioneers and settled in the vicinity of Berlin Centre, Mahoning County. When Timothy was only seven years old, he found himself an orphan and was taken to the home of a cousin at Alliance, Ohio, where he remained until 1838 when he was bound out, until of age, to Joseph Gouldbourn, who later was postmaster at Salem. Mr. Gouldbourn was a successful business man. carrying on a large tailoring concern at Salem, and with him Mr. Gee remained until 21 years old, completing his apprenticeship and latter marrying one of the daughters. He then started out for himself and for a number of years worked in various towns in Ohio and other States. He spent two years at Ravenna and then four years at Salem, going then to Warsaw, Illinois, where he did not remain long as the cholera was then raging in that place, but spent a summer at Knoxville. Then he bought a team and started out as a peddler, driving through Iowa and Missouri and it was while on this trip that he recalls hearing a sermon preached by Brigham Young, the Mormon apostle. After his return to Salem, he continued to work at his trade until he settled on his present farm, taking up his residence in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 847 a small log house which he has long since replaced with a commodious brick dwelling, the bricks for which he made on his own farm. He has devoted his property to, a general line of agriculture, for which by excellent location and extreme fertility it is particularly adapted. Mr. Gee was married in 1843 to Mary Gouldbourn, a most estimable lady, who died on the homestead in Perry township at the age of 64 years. They had four children, the two who reached maturity being Rachel. now deceased, and Margaret who is at home, her father’s companion and caretaker. Mr. Gee has always been a stanch Republican, voting at first for Gen. John C. Fremont. He has held numerous county and township offices. Serving for many years on the School Board and as township supervisor. The success which he has achieved in life has been entirely through his own efforts, for no one could have commenced under more disheartening conditions. This success show the possession of great resolution, industry and perseverance. For many years he was a member of the Baptist Church. WILLIAM CLOSE,* Supervisor of Washington township, where he owns a fine farm of 100 acres in Section 24, was born in this township, in 1849, and is a son of James and Mary C. (Dennis) Close. James Close was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and came as an early pioneer to Columbiana County. He took up 80 acres of government land in Washington township. which he developed into a good farm, and on this farm our subject was reared while he attended the district schools of the township. Mr. Close began his own business career by working for a railroad company in the telegraph department and later was in the bridge department. He followed this work for several seasons and then became superintendent of the coal shutes belonging to the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company. In 1878 he purchased, his first farm, a tract of 42 acres, to which he has added until he now owns 100 acres of excellent land, which he has placed under a good State of improvement. In 1871 Mr. Close was married to Elizabeth A. Johnson, and they have a family of nine children. namely : Clara, Flora Belle, George Elmer (deceased), Mary, William H., Dora Etta, Fred Norman, Alice Burdell and Jennie May. Politically Mr. Close is a stanch Democrat. In the fall of 1904 he was elected, supervisor of Washington township and has proven himself a faithful official, looking carefully after township improvements. For some 10 years he was a member of the School Board. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is known through the township as an honorable and upright man, a good citizen, kind neighbor and careful and generous husband and father.   JOHN. W. BINSLEY.* who owns a large amount of valuable property in Columbiana County. including 140 acres in Section 17, Wayne township, and 165 acres in Franklin township was born March 21, 1835, on the homestead farm in Franklin township. The parents of Mr. Binsley were of Scotch-Irish descent; they came to America from County Down, Ireland, in 1823, settling on the old farm in Franklin township among the earliest pioneers. This farm is now occupied by our subject’s sister. Miss Margaret Binsley. The father died in 1852, in his 46th year and the mother in 1903, in her 86th year. They left four children. namely : John W., of this sketch ; Sarah. wife of John McQuilkin, both she and husband being deceased; Mary, wife of John Koffel ; and Margaret. John W. Binsley was reared and educated in Franklin township. His whole life has been given over to agricultural pursuits and he is looked on as one of the leading farmers of Wayne township. In 1863 Mr. Binsley married Sarah Livingston, a daughter of William Livingston. 848 - HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY She died in 1872, leaving three children. namely : William, who married: Silvia Conlon and has three children, Lloyd, born September 23, 1894, Paul, born November 1, 1897, and Ford, born July 28, 1900; Mary Jane who married Frank Williams of Lisbon, and has one child,—Evelyn; and John Edward, who resides with his father. Mr. Binsley has occupied his present farm in Wayne township for the past 35 years. He has been interested for a long time in sheep raising, devoting a great deal of attention to this branch. He only handles the best stock and has made it a very successful industry. Politically Mr. Binsley is a Democrat. He is one of the leading members and liberal supporters of the United Presbyterian Church at Salineville.