(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 330 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER, OHIO VALLEY YELLOW CREEK TOWNSHIP. B. M. Allison, proprietor of the Model Flouring mills, of Wellsville, was born near Pughtown, Hancock county, W. Va., December 27, 1850, and is the son of Enoch and Mary (Bartley) Allison, natives of West Virginia and Ireland, respectively. His paternal grandfather was Burgess Allison, a native of Maryland, who settled in Hancock, W. Va., in the year 1800. His maternal grandfather was Andrew Bartley, who came from Ireland in an early day, and was also one of the pioneers of the above c0unty and state. B. M. Allison was reared upon a farm and early engaged in the milling business at Wellsville, Ohio, where, as proprietor of the Model mills, he earned the reputation of an expert manufacturer of flour. In 1889 he erected the Model mill at Wellsville, which from its peculiar construction and unique design, COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 331 is doubtless the most complete mill of its kind in the United States if not in the world. It is a four story structure, 24x40 feet in dimensions, and is built in sections so as to be easily taken apart and transported to a distance if necessary. It is supplied with the Smith Brothers' machinery for the manufacture of flour by the latest improved process, has a capacity of seventy-five barrels per day, and is pronounced by connoisseurs to be as nearly perfect as it is possible to construct a mill of its kind. It has been exhibited at Jackson, Mich., Buffalo, N. Y., Cincinnati, Ohio:, and other places, and can be constructed and in full operation at any Mace in three days. Mr. Allison is to be congratulated upon his success as a manufacturer of flour and his mill is certainly a very valuable addition to the town of Wellsville. Mr. Allison was married in 1875 to Mary A. Bunting, of Wellsville, who has borne him two children, a boy and girl, Harry G. and Mary E. Henry Aten, a prominent farmer of Wellsville was born in the old stone mansion he now occupies, October 3, 1814, and is the son of Henry and Mary (Morgan) Aten. Henry Aten, Sr., was a native of Maryland, born September 23, 1773, and his wife was a native of Pennsylvania, born November 29, 1782. They settled in what is now Wellsville, Columbiana county, in 1804, and improved the farm upon which the subject now resides, a part of which is occupied by the town plat. The residence in which Mr. Aten now lives, was erected in 1811, and is still in a state of good preservation, having been remodeled in 1874. The elder Aten was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his death occurred April 28, 1876, at the remarkable age of one hundred and three years. Born a subject of Great Britain under the reign of George the Third, he was permitted to see the republic grow from a small beginning to the greatest country in the world. The subject of this sketch succeeded to the homestead and has always followed farming as an occupation. He is one of the substantial citizens of Columbiana county, and also one of the oldest and is widely and favorably known throughout this part of the state. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and in politics is a supporter of the prohibition party. Mr. Aten was married January 8, 1867, to Eliza A., daughter of John and Ann (Russell) Dever, the issue of which union is five children: George McCarrell, born November 24, 1867; Carrie P. (deceased), Henry W. (deceased), Lydia J. F., born February 24, 1877, and Mary C., born September. 24, 1883. Richard Aten, a prominent and well-known retired citizen of Wellsville, was born in Yellow Creek township, Columbiana county, January 30, 1810, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Morgan) Aten, natives respectively of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The family settled in Yellow Creek township, this county, as early 332 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. as 1804, having been among the pioneers of eastern Ohio. The above parents reared a family of six children, whose names are as follows: Charles, James, Richard; Frances, wife of John M.. Chadwick; Henry, and Catherine, wife of Albert Cattlett. Richard Aten was reared on the old homestead, and in early life engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he followed until 1832, when he embarked in the general mercantile trade in Wellsville, which he carried on successfully until 1840. He disposed of his stock in the latter year, and again engaged in farming, which he carried on until 1860, when he retired from ,active life and re- moved to Wellsville where he has since resided In 1835 he married Valinda, daughter of E. Swearinger, of Yellow Creek township, a union blessed with the birth of two children, viz.: Henry and Sarah A., wife of Dr. John W. Hammond, both deceased. Mrs. Hammond died leaving two children: Harry and Frances. Mr. Aten is one of the oldest residents of Wellsville, and also one of the most highly respected. Politically he is a republican and the Presbyterian church holds his religious creed. George B. Aten, the popular and efficient postmaster of Wellsville, was born October 22, 1837. He is the son 0f James and Margaret J. (Logan) Aten. His paternal grandfather, Henry, settled in Wellsville, in 1804. James was born in Wellsville. He was a graduate of the Cincinnati college of medicine and practiced in his native town for several years. Later he entered into business and was thus engaged for about twenty-five years. His death occurred in 1864, he being fifty-two years old. His first wife was Margaret J. Logan, by whom he had two children, George B. and Frances M., who married C. R. Boyce. His second wife was Emily C. Bye. Their four children were: Frank, Mrs. P. C. Young, and two now dead. George B. Aten was educated in the schools of his native town. Upon the breaking out of the war his patriotic spirit was fired, and he enlisted April 3, 1861, in Company K, Third Ohio volunteer infantry, and served for three months; at the expiration of this time he re-enlisted in the same company, and served for three years. He was taken prisoner while the army was in Georgia, and taken to Belle Island, from which he was paroled. He never faltered at the word of command, and was ever found at his post, than which no greater praise can be given a soldier. After the war Mr. Aten engaged in farming for several years, but subsequently entered the grocery business. He was interested in the manufacture of sewer pipe for several years, with Angus Lunond, in District of Columbia. In 1877 Mr. Aten returned to Wellsville, and engaged in the grocery business. Miss Hannah E. Riggs became his wife in 1864. She is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Northcroft) Riggs, of Wellsville. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Aten three children have been born: Henry J., COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 333 Willett R. and Elizabeth C. Mr. Aten is a member of the F. 0. 0. F. and also of the G. A. R. He was appointed postmaster of Wellsville in 1886, and has since filled that position with much satisfaction. He is a man of much force of character and of undoubted ability. He is a democrat. Harmer Blackburn, a well known citizen of Columbiana county, now retired, was born in Yellow Creek township, June 27, 1815, the son of John and Eleanor (Maylone) Blackburn. John Blackburn was one of the early pioneers of Yellow Creek township, and died here a number of years ago in the vigor of young manhood. Of his children, only one, Harmer, grew to maturity. The maternal grandfather of the subject was Daniel Maylone, a native of Ireland, and a pioneer of Yellow Creek. Harmer Blackburn grew to manhood in his native township, and for some years was engaged in flat-boating on the Ohio river, between Wellsville and New Orleans. He followed this with good success, and afterward engaged in farming, which he subsequently abandoned for the mercantile business, which he carried on in Wellsville for a period of twenty-seven years. He abandoned business in 1888, and since that time has been living in retirement. His wife was Sarah Grafton, daughter of James Grafton, of Yellow Creek township, and born January 9, 1822. She was a most estimable lady, and died April 12, 1885, after a married life of forty-two years. Mr. Blackburn has taken an active part in local affairs, and has filled nearly every office in the township. He is' a democrat in his political affiliations, and in religion is a member of the Disciples church. Charles Francis Bough, the only son of Stacy P. and Mary (Todd) Bough, and the oldest of a family of one son and two daughters, was born on a farm one mile west of Wes Point, Madison township, Columbiana county, Ohio, January 17, 1859. He received his early education in the schools of his native county, continued his literary and legal studies in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and received the degree of LL. B. in 1882. He was a remarkably successful teacher in the schools of his county, was admitted to the bar March 5, 1885, but did not engage in the active practice of his profession until the spring of 1890, when he located in Wellsville, Ohio, in the office of Judge P. C. Young. Mr. Bough was married October 14, 1889, to Miss Susie M. Crawford, the fourth daughter of Daniel and Mary Crawford, of Madison township. John Boyce, third son of Robert and Christina Boyce, was born in 1833, and is now one of the leading farmers of Yellow Creek township. His early education was such as could be gleaned from an irregular attendance at the common schools. He has always devoted himself to working on the farm. His marriage took place November 27, 1862, his bride being Catherine 334 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. McBane, who was born October 25, 1834, of Scottish parents. Her father and mother were the parents of six children, two of whom are dead, Angus and Daniel. The living ones are Agnes (Van Fossan), Margery (Chisholm) , Jane (Van Fossan), and Catherine (Boyce). Our subject and wife have four living children: Emma K., Ella E., Samuel H. and John S. Mrs. Boyce is an active member of the Presbyterian church, and takes much interest in matters connected therewith. The family are popular and much esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. George W. Boyce, one of the well-to-do farmers of Yellow Creek township, was born September 28, 1828, near where he now resides. His father, Robert Boyce, was b0rn in Ireland about 1779, and came with his parents to America when but a few months old. He was married to Christina Wilhelm, and they were the parents of five sons and six daughters. After marriage they located land in section 11 of Yellow Creek township, on which he reared his large family. The father died in 1850 and the mother in June, 1878. The maternal grandparents of our subject were George and Matilda Wilhelm; who had five children, the only one living being Catherine Taggart. Our subject attended the common schools at intervals until he was eighteen years of age, at which time he began farming as a regular occupation, and has continued in that vocation ever since, prospering all the while. He was married in 1869 to Elizabeth McBane, who was born in 1843, her parents being Daniel and Elizabeth (Noble) McBane. hey were natives of Scotland and had nine children in all, six of whom still survive. Our subject and wife have three children: Addie M., Robert G., and Helen E. Mrs. Boyce is a member of the Presbyterian church of Oak Ridge. The family are highly respected and enjoy wide circle of friends. John C. Catlett, furniture dealer, was born in Wellsville, Ohio, May 30, 1841, the son of Albert G. and Catherine A. (Aten) Catlett. The father was a native of Fort Bellfonte, Md., and a son of Hanson Catlett, of Scotch-Irish descent. Albert Catlett came to Wellsville prior to 1837, clerked for a while in the dry goods house of A. G. Richardson, and after his marriage embarked in the wholesale grocery trade, in which he continued until his death in 1848. His wife was the daughter of Henry Aten, who settled in Yellow Creek township, this county, as early as the year 1807. They had two children, Hans0n Catlett and the subject of this biography. John C. Catlett was reared in Wellsville, in the schools of which he received his early educational training, and later, attended the Washington and Jefferson college. He taught school for some years, in which useful calling he met with flattering success, and embarked in his present business in 1873. Mr. Catlett is a public-spirited citizen, and served as mayor COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 335 of Wellsville, and two terms as member of the city council. He was married January 22, 1873, to Julia F., daughter of William Abbey, of Hartford, Conn., to which union three children have been born: Albert, Fred and Henry, deceased. Clement Chettle is one of the leading farmers and stock- raisers of Yellow Creek township. He was born in Cambridge, England, in 1841, and his early life was spent there. He emigrated to America in 1854, landing at New York, from which place he found his way to Pittsburg. He obtained his early education at the common, schools of Pennsylvania. In 186o he apprenticed himself to James Lemmond, in Pittsburg, for the purpose of learning the chair-maker's trade. He remained with him for three years and then went to Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked at chair-making for William Pierce & Son. He continued there for six months and accumulated $300, with which he began business for himself in 1868, at Mount Olivet, Pittsburg, as dealer in cane, perforated and wooden seat chairs of every description. In 1874 he removed to Allentown, now' the thirty-first ward of Pittsburg, Where he conducted his business until 1885. In 1888 he sold out and came to Columbiana county. Our subject was united in matrimony with Mrs. Mary Kaugh, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Linhart) McNall, the ceremony taking place January 11, 1862. They are the parents of four children: Clement, Mary Tindle, John and Minnie S., besides Adam Kaugh, a son of Mrs. Chettle by her first marriage. Our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the family enjoy a high standing in the community. James W. Clark, attorney at law, was born in Liverpool township, Columbiana county, May 15,1855, and is a son of Rev. Samuel W. and Sarah F. (White) Clark. His paternal grandparents, James and Mary (Watt) Clark, were natives of Ireland and early pioneers of Jefferson county. His maternal grandparents were James and Agnes (Fergus) White, of Washington county, Penn., but who spent their old age with their son-in-law and daughter in Columbiana county. Samuel W. Clark was a clergyman of the United Presbyterian church, and at one time was pastor of the East Liverpool and Calcutta churches. He also attained considerable prominence in politics, having represented Columbiana county two terms in the state legislature, and Jefferson county as delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1872-3. He resided in Liverpool township until 1867, at which time he removed to Jefferson county, where his death occurred in 1881. James W. Clark was reared in Columbiana and Jefferson counties, and received a liberal education at Westminster college, New Wilmington, Penn., from which he was graduated in 1877. He studied law with Battin & Andrews of Steubenville, was admitted to the bar in 1879, and at once 336 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. commenced the practice of his profession at Steubenville, where he remained until March, 1881. In April, 1882, he came to Wellsville, where he has since practiced 1n the courts of Columbiana and other counties. He has been city solicitor, and is now mayor of Wellsville. In 1881 he was married to Anna M., daughter of Robert and Rebecca Cox, of Steubenville, and has four children: Arthur, Ethel, Helen and Robert. Politically Mr. Clark is a republican, and has rendered his party valuable service. Alexander Denham, retired merchant and manufacturer of Wellsville, was born in Douglass, Lanarkshire, Scotland, May 24, 1811, the son of John and Grace (Kennedy) Denham. He was reared on his native heath and came to America in 1836, locating in Pittsburg, Penn., where for nine years he was employed on the public works of that city and elsewhere. In the spring of 1845, he located at Wellsville, Ohio, and embarked in the general mercantile business which he successfully conducted for a period of twenty-seven years. In 1874, he purchased an interest in the machine shop of Stevenson & Co., with which he was identified until September, 1887, at which time he retired from active life. He was married December 9, 1845, to Mary, daughter of John and Jane (McCully) Logan, of Allegheny, Penn., a union blessed with the birth of three children: Jane, John and Mary. Mr. Denham is one of Wellsville's most worthy citizens and a man widely and favorably known in this Oft of Ohio. He has been prominent in local affairs, and has at different times been called to fill various official positions in Wellsville. Politically he is a republican, and for a number of years has been an active member of the United Presbyterian church. He is the last charter member of the United Presbyterian church of Wellsville, formed in 1848. Rev. John C. Desmond, pastor of the Catholic church of Wellsville, was born in Cork, Ireland, in September, 1849. He received a classical education in Cork; came to America in 1871, and pursuing his studies, was ordained priest at St. Mary's seminary, at Cleveland, Ohio, in July, 1879. His first charge was at South Thompson, Geauga county. In 1882 he was assigned to Leetonia, and has been in this county almost ever since. He assumed his present charge at Wellsville in May, 1889. Rev. Mr. Desmond is popular with his congregation, and enjoys the confidence of the citizens at large. Among the successful business men of Wellsville is Albert Evanitcka, proprietor of a well known boot and shoe house, who was born in Pomerania, Prussia, October 31, 1848. He is the son of Adam and Caroline Evanitcka, who came to America in 1863 and settled in Akron, Ohio. The subject was fifteen years of age when he came to this country, and from 1863 to 1873 he resided in Akron, where he followed the trade of house paint- COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 337 ing, which he learned in that city. In the latter year he came to Wellsville and embarked in the boot and shoe trade which he has since continued, his store being among the most popular business places of the city at this time. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Amanda, daughter of Henry Bechtel, of Akron. Ohio, by whom he has one child living, namely, Arthur. Mr. Evanitcka is a member of the Lutheran church and a democrat in politics. Wallace A. Fogo, a machinist connected with the C. & P. railroad, was born in Wellsville, August 19, 1849, and is the son of Wallace and Harriet (Walker) Fogo. (See sketch of A. S. Fogo.) Mr. Fogo was reared and educated in his native town, and having decided to make mechanical pursuits his life work, entered upon ac apprenticeship to learn the machinist's trade with P. F. Geisse, with whom he remained for a period of three years. After becoming proficient in his trade, he began working at the same in Wellsville, and has continued as a journeyman from i866 until the present time. He is a skillful mechanic and thoroughly familiar with every detail of a machinist's trade. Politically, he is a republican, and socially, is one of the popular and highly esteemed citizens of Wellsville. January 11, 1888, he was united in marriage with Lizzie, daughter of David and Mary (Brighton) Jones, of New Lisbon, a union blessed with the birth of one child, Clarence B. Fogo. Andrew S. Fogo, superintendent of the water works of Wellsville, was born in Yellow Creek township, Columbiana county, June 9, 1842, and is the son of Wallace and Anna (Smith) Fogo. His paternal grandfather, John Fogo, was a native of Kilmarnock, Scotland, whose wife, Mary Fogo, was also a native of the same place. They came to America in 1819, and settled in Washington township, this county, where, with the assistance of his sons, the father cleared a farm, on which he remained until his death, August 7, 1855. The following are the names of the children of John and Mary Fogo: John, Mary, Jennie, George, David and Wallace. The maternal grandfather of the subject was Andrew Smith, a native of Scotland and an early settler of Washington township, this county. Wallace Fogo was born in Scotland, and came with his parents to this county in 1819. He was for a number of years a blacksmith, and afterward engaged in the mercantile business at Wellsville, which he carried on until his death, in September, 1885. The following are the names of the children of Wallace and Anna Fogo: John, Alexander, A. S., and Mary. By a subsequent marriage Mr. Fogo had several children, among whom were Wallace L., Mary L., and David A., drowned in the Scioto disaster. The subject of this mention was educated in the Wellsville schools, and at the age of eighteen began working at the machinist's 22-A. 338 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. trade, which he followed for a number of years, and for the past five years has been superintendent of the water works. He entered the army at the breaking out of the war, enlisting April 25, 1861, in Company K, Third Ohio volunteer infantry, with which ate served four months, and was then honorably discharged. He was married in 1864 to Henrietta, daughter of Thomas and Jane (McCloud) Grafton, of Wellsville. The following are the names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Fogo: Frank, Harry, Wallace L., Alonzo and Harriet R. William C. Fraser, a well-known contractor and builder of Wellsville, Ohio, is a son of John and Margaret Fraser, whose parents came from Scotland about 1804. His grandparents on his father's side were Duncan Fraser and Nancy Fraser, whose children were Hugh, Daniel, Isabella, John and Catharine. His grandparents on his mother's side was George Oglevie and Isabella Oglevie, whose children were Isabella, Ellen, William, Euphemia, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, George and Margaret. His grandparents came to Columbiana county in the year 1808, bought land from the government and improved and lived on it until their deaths. John Fraser, father of William C., was born in Pittsburg, Penn., and moved to Madison township, this county, at an early day and engaged in farming, which he followed until his death. John Fraser was married to Margaret Oglevie, daughter of George and Isabella Oglevie. They raised a large family, of whom the following are members: Duncan; Bell, wife of John Leach; George, William C., Alexander, Nancy, Daniel W., Hugh J., John, Charles, Thomas W., Agnes M. and Elizabeth C. William C. Fraser was born in Madison township, Columbiana county, August 30, 1842. He spent the years of his youth and early manhood on his father's farm, and having a taste for mechanical pursuits learned the trade of carpenter which has been his life work. He entered the army in 1862, enlisting September 15, of that year, in Company I, Seventy-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he served until honorably discharged, May 30, 1865. Since the war he has followed his trade very successfully and since 1873 has been a resident of Wellsville. He was seven years proprietor of the Fraser planing mill, which under the firm name of Fraser & Co. did a fair business. He has served as township trustee and member of the common council. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Wellsville, of which he is trustee, belongs to the G. A. R. and is identified with the republican party. April 2, 1874, his marriage was solemnized with Elizabeth, daughter of Evan and Isabella (McDonald) McIntosh, to which union one child, Charles Alexander, has been born. One of Wellsville's leading and successful citizens is William N. Hamilton, who was born in Calcutta, Columbiana county, COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 339 Ohio, October 14, 1836. William, Sr., was a native of Darlington, Penn., and settled in Calcutta, about 1810, where he operated a tannery for many years. He died in 1840, at the age of fifty- three years. His wife, Jane Quigley, was the daughter of Samuel Quigley, formerly of Pennsylvania, who was one of the pioneer teachers of Columbiana county. Mrs. Mary March, Mrs. Jane Harvey, Mrs. Rebecca Huston; Samuel T., deceased; Harriet, Mrs. Samuel Gaston, Mrs. Carolina Calvin, John Q. and William M., are the children that were born to them. William M. remained in his native town until sixteen years of age, at which time he located in Wellsville. Having a liking for the drug business, he learned it and embarked in business for himself, in 1856, and has since conducted a large and growing trade. His marriage to Miss Ellen R. Patterson was solemnized in 1860. Mrs. Hamilton is the daughter of Dr. John F. and Nancy C. (Mackenzie) Patterson, of Wellsville. 'Their children are Mary, who married Charles Stone; John F. and Jennie M. Mr. Hamilton and wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He has made a marked success in life and is accounted as one of the substantial business men of Wellsville. His political faith is founded on the tenets of the democratic party. J. W. Hammond, M. D., a leading physician of Wellsville, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, February 8, 1831, and is the son of Thomas and Margaret (McDonald) Hammond, natives of eastern Virginia, and among the pioneers of Jefferson county. Dr. Hammond was reared in Jefferson county received an academic education, and in 1854, began the study of medicine at Wellsville, with Dr. David Silver. He subsequently entered the Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1856, and afterward located in Wellsville, where, with the exception of two years, spent as assistant surgeon in the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio volunteers in the late war, he has since resided here in the active practice of his profession. He is fully abreast of the times in everything that pertains to his calling; is a skillful physician and surgeon, and is prominent in the councils of the medical fraternity in this part of the Ohio valley. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a liberal supporter, and is in every respect one of the most progressive citizens of Wellsville. The doctor was married in 1858, to Sarah A., daughter of Richard and Verlinda (Swearingen) Aten, of Wellsville, a union blessed with the birth of two children, Henry A. and Fannie. Richard M. Haugh, one of Wellsville's enterprising and successful business men, is the son of William and Jennet Haugh, who had eight children, as follows: Nancy, wife of Robert Welch, now deceased; Jennet, wife of Robert Taggart, deceased; John, deceased: William, deceased; Margaret, de- 340 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. ceased; Andy, a resident of Turtle Creek; Samuel, deceased; and Richard M. The latter is the principal of this mention. The father and mother were born in Scotland, and came to this country while still young. For several years the father was employed as a foreman in the Pennsylvania cotton mills, and later became head foreman in the Arbuckles mills. He was discharging the duties of the latter position at the time of his death in 1853. His wife followed him to the grave in 1870, and they are both sleeping side by side in the Hillsdale cemetery, of Allegheny, Penn. The mother was a devout member of the United Presbyterian church, and raised her family in the same faith. Richard first saw the light of day at Allegheny, Penn., in September, 1847. His boyhood was passed in the public schools of Wellsville, and in working at odd jobs until his seventeenth year, when he began to learn the machinist's trade. After working at his trade for sixteen years he had saved enough to embark in the livery business. For the first three years he continued by himself, but at the expiration of that time took a man by the name of Ward into partnership with him. During the last two years of the three in which they remained together, they were engaged in undertaking business in connection with the livery. Since dissolving this partnership, Mr. Haugh has continued to carry on the undertaking establishment, and now has a large business in both that and the livery. On the 20th of November, 1870, he was joined in marriage to Miss Mary S. Turner, and their union has been blessed by the advent of seven children to their home, viz.: William J., Flora M., Ida I., John R.; Charles T., Mary B. and Carl D. Mr. Haugh is a progressive man and his energy and industry have been rewarded by prosperity. F. M. Hawley, editor and proprietor of the Wellsville Union, is a native of Hanover township, this county, born December 30, 1852. His parents were Caleb and Hannah (Ball) Hawley, also natives of Ohio, and his grandparents on his father's side were Nathan and Hannah (Werson) Hawley, early residents of Chester county, Penn., and among the pioneers of Hanover township. His grandfather was a shoemaker by trade, and reared a family of four sons and two daughters. The father of the subject was born in Columbiana county, and was by occupation a carpenter. He also followed mercantile pursuits for some time at Guilford, and was one of the prominent men of the community in which he resided. The following are the names of his children: Graham, Leonard, Emanuel, Cicero; Josephine, wife of N. A. Crosser; Nathan, Frank M., and Mary, wife of E. J. Ingram. F. M. Hawley was reared in the village of Guilford, in the schools of which he received his elementary training, and later completed his studies in the high school of New Lisbon. He located in COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 341 Wellsville in 1879, as a teacher in the public school, and continued in that profession until April, 1882, at which time, in partnership with P. M. Smith, he purchased the Wellsville Union, of which he became sole proprietor in 1884. The paper has since been run under his editorial management, and is recognized as one of the ably conducted publications in this part of the Ohio valley. Mr. Hawley was married November 4, 1879, to Isabelle C., daughter of Martin and Isabelle (Huston) Adams, of New Lisbon. His wife dying, Mr. Hawley was afterward married, October 18, 1886, to Margaret L. daughter of William and Martha (McConnell) McDonald, of L., Virginia, to which union one child, Martha J., has been born. George A. Imbrie.—Among the live, progressive and enterprising business men of Wellsville, none are more deserving of mention than the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. Mr. Imbrie was born in Darlington, Beaver county, Penn., March 17, 1846, and is the son of George and Mary (Thomas) Imbrie, both natives of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch and Welsh lineage. The family settled in Wellsville in 1848, where the father, a well-known carpenter and contractor, followed his trade for many years, and erected many of the principal buildings of the city. He resided here until his death in 1880, at the age of eighty-four years and four months. The following are the names of his children: Margaret, James, Adaline, John, George A. Eu- phemia, Elizabeth and Carrie'. The subject was reared in A., ville from his second year, and after receiving a common school education, learned the trade of carpentering, which he followed four years, when he was appointed deputy postmaster under M. J. Crain. He served in this capacity four years, from 1861 until 1865, and then accepted a position as traveling salesman for a Pittsburg hardware house for which he sold goods six years. His next employment was a clerkship in the Cope Hardware company, in Wellsville, with which he was identified nine years, and in 1881 he embarked in the hardware trade for himself, aqd has succeeded in building up a large and lucrative business. In 1889 he erected a large three story edifice extending from Main to Front street, containing three large store rooms, two of which Mr. Imbrie 0ccupies for his own business, being the largest and finest store rooms in the city; as well as the handsomest business block. Mr. Imbrie was married in 1881 to Eva M., daughter of Jacob and Maria (Wooster) Groff, of Yellow Creek township, this county, by whom he has three children: George B., Mabel G. and Fannie 0. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church, is a republican in politics, and has held the office of township treasurer for six years. C. W. Jones, proprietor of a popular meat-market of Wells was born in Howard county, Md., October 30, 1850, and is 342 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. a son of Eli and Ellen (Davis) Jones. Eli Jones was a native of Wales, and a shoemaker by trade. He came to America in the early part of the nineteenth century, and settled in Howard county, Md., where his death occurred a number of years ago. John C. Davis, the maternal grandfather of the subject, was for a number of years a master mechanic of the B. & 0. railroad, and is remembered as a man of considerable prominence where he resided. C. W. Jones was reared in his native county and came to Columbiana county in 1874, and for some time thereafter was engaged in the butcher business with A. C. Reed. In 1883 he embarked in the business for himself and at this time is conducting one of the best meat-markets in the city. In 1880 he was united in marriage with Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Louisa Edwards, of Wellsville, a union blessed with several children, the following of whom are living: Henry, Helen and Roy. Mr. Jones has served as a trustee three years and as member of the city council one year. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a. republican in politics, and in every respect a first-class citizen. Rev. P. H. Jones, the popular pastor of the church of the Disciples at Wellsville, was born in Albemarle county, Va., October 29, 1830, and is the son of James and Lucy (Murray) Jones. He received his literary and theological education at Bethany college, W. Va., during the presidency of Alexander Campbell, and entered upon his first pastoral work at New Lisbon, this county April 1, 1856. He remained in charge of the New Lisbon church three years, and was then called to Steubenville for one year, at the end of which time he accepted the pastorate of the Hopedale church, Harrison county, where he preached with great acceptance for a period of twelve years. He then removed to Stark county, and ministered to the churches of Minerva and Marlboro eight years and in 1880, was called to his present charge in Wellsville, where under his successful pastorate, the church has already more than doubled its membership, while the attendance at Sunday-school has been trebled. Mr. Jones is a popular pulpit orator, a successful pastor, and under his ministrations in the various fields of labor to which he has been called, many have been induced to abandon the ways of sin for the higher life. Mr. Jones was married September 26, 1853, to Frances, daughter of James and Jennie (Anderson) George, of Washington county, Penn. Their wedded life has been blessed with nine children: Lucy; Jennie, wife of James M. Denning; Fannie, wife of C. 0. Maus; Susie, Harry; Lillie, wife of J. N. Ruth; Cyrus M., Albert B. and Mary. Thomas B. Kerr, the subject of this sketch, is one of the leading farmers of Yellow Creek township, Columbiana county, Ohio. He was born in 1841, in Washington county, Penn. His father, COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 343 Andrew T. Kerr was a native of Belfast, Ireland, where he was born in 1816. In 1839, he came to America, landing at Philadelphia, after ea voyage of thirty-one days. He worked a short time for a Quaker farmer, and afterward went to Pittsburg and subsequently to Washington county. He was married to Elizabeth Barr in 1840, an after marriage they lived for a year on a rented farm when they bought a farm on which they lived and reared a family of two sons and a daughter ; John L., one of the sons, died in 1861. The living children are: Thomas B., and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Whitehill, of Beaver county, Penn. Thomas Barr, grandfather of our subject, was born in Ireland in 1766, and emigrated to America about 1790. By his first wife he had three sons, after the birth of which the mother died. Being left in the wilderness of America alone, he had great difficulty in raising these sons, but by the assistance of a friend he finally succeeded in bringing them up. The trio lived to be men, and when twenty-one years of age they weighed 200 pounds each. Our subject still has in his possession a skillet used by his grandfather Barr in making corn gruel to feed these hopeful sons. Their names were Matthew, Robert and Hugh. Thomas Barr was married a second time to Sarah McClintoc, and they had a family of seven children, all deceased. Our subject attended the common schools until sixteen years of age, when he took a course at the Paris academy in Washington county, Penn., under the tutelage of J. C. Campbell and W. C. Richie. After leaving school, he began farming, in which he has been engaged ever since. He was married in 1865, to Nancy McBane, daughter of John A. McBane, of Inverness, Scotland. Mrs. Kerr's grandparents emigrated to America about the first of this century, and with a company of Scotch located on the farm adjoining the one on which out subject now resides. They were the parents of five children, only one of whom is living, Catherine McDonald. Our subject and his wife are the parents of six children: Mary A., Elizabeth, John McBane, Catherine I. Nettie 0. and Christine R. The family are members of the First I., Presbyterian church of Wellsville. Mr. Kerr was a soldier in the hundred days' service, having enlisted in 1864 in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-third regiment, Ohio National Guard, and was mustered out at Columbus in August of the same year. Mr. Kerr takes much interest in the temperance cause, and is an earnest advocate of prohibition. He and his family are highly respected by all who have learned to know them. Daniel Thomas Lawson, who has almost a world-wide reputation as the discoverer of the explosive character of water and the inventor of the Lawson Non-explosive steam boiler, was born in the Ligonier valley, Westmoreland county, Penn. His father, Thomas, was also a native of Westmoreland county, and 344 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. his mother, Ester (Moore) Lawson, was a native of Somerset county, Penn. James Lawson, the father of Thomas, was a native of Ireland, who emigrated to this country shortly after the close of the revolutionary war, and settled in Westmoreland county, Penn., where he resided until his death, at the age of ninety-one years, having raised a family of six sons and three daughters. Daniel Moore, the father of Ester, mother of D. T. Lawson, was a native 0f New Jersey, having settled near Somerset, Penn., in 1786. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war; a man of energy and extraordinary force of character. In his new home, by industry and economy, he amassed a large fortune, for the times in which he lived, and died at the age of eighty-six years, esteemed as an honest man and good citizen by all who knew him. D. T. Lawson, the principal of this biographical sketch, was reared at Somerset, Penn., and received an elementary education at the old Somerset academy. At the age of sixteen years he entered the printing office of the Somerset Whig, and soon became an expert compositor. At nineteen he was a skillful and rapid workman in all departments of a newspaper office, at at which age he left home and took a position in the office of the Democrat and. Workingmen's Advocate, in Pittsburg, Penn., of which he was promoted to the foremanship in three weeks after entering it, by the editor and proprietor, Wilson F. Stewart, Esq., who became his devoted and life-long friend. In this position, by industry and economy, he accumulated in less than a year about $500, when he entered the Allegheny college, with the purpose of bettering his education. When his means became somewhat depleted he returned to Pittsburg, and placed himself under the tuition of Prof. N. R. Smith, in the study of geology, natural philosophy and English composition. In 1838, while yet under age, he commenced the publication of the Western Emporium, the first newspaper ever published in Allegheny, Penn. In this venture he was quite successful, but from close application in both the editorial and printing departments, his eyes became injuriously affected, which caused him to change his occupation; He sold his office And list to good advantage, having secured a paying business in four months from the first issue,. and this ended his connection with the printing business. Advised by his physician to seek a change of occupation, he joined his brother, who was a contractor on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, near Cumberland, Md., where his general health was much improved, and his eyes relieved. Thence, after a brief sojourn with beloved mother and friends at Somerset, Penn., he located in Wellsville, Ohio, landing there on July l0th, 1839. Here he entered the wholesale house of Hampton, Aten & Co., as book-keeper, collector and general assistant. In 1840 he embarked in the grocery, produce, forwarding and commission busi- COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 345 ness, which grew so rapidly in a few years that his wholesale customers were spread over fifteen counties of eastern Ohio. He retired from the mercantile business in 1879, having been thirty-nine ,years in that calling, yet often engaged in other heavy undertakings. Mr. Lawson has been a close student from boyhood, spending his leisure hours on scientific, historical and biographical works, seldom wasting an hour on novels or other light matter. He has the distinction of being the only man who has ever succeeded in exploding steam boilers at will; all efforts in Europe, and America having failed, although immense sums have been spent in the effort. Mr. Lawson and Frances Ann Wells, daughter of James and Sarah (Morgan) Wells, were married April 29, 1841. Mrs. Lawson is the granddaughter of William Wells, who settled upon the land where Wellsville is located, in 1797. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson are the parents of the following named children: James W., Thomas Clifford, Charles C., William R., Sarah Ester, Frances Ann and Mary Caroline. Mr. Lawson was among the original projectors and one of the most energetic promoters of the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad. He assisted in the organization of the company, and served three years as a director. He was honored by the democratic party by the nomination for representative in congress in 1868, and again in 1878, and although leading his ticket largely, the district being strongly republican, he failed of election, which result he esteemed as a blessing in disguise. Robert Lichtenberger, funeral director, was born in Martinsburg, W. Va., December 7, 1857. His parents, Emanuel and Susan (Attick) Lichtenberger, natives of York, Penn., came to Wellsville, in 1866, where the father held the position of yard master for the C. & P. R. R., until his death, May 10, 1880. Emanuel and Susan Lichtenberger had a family of four sons, Howard, Marlett, Albert M. and Robert R. The subject of this sketch was reared in Wellsville from his seventh yeaf, and enjoyed the advantages of an English education in the town school. His first work for himself was as a clerk in a general store, in which capacity he continued three years, and then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for several years a part of the time in partnership with his brother, Albert M. For the past three years he has conducted an undertaking establishment and has also been in the employ of the C. & P. R. R., as train bill clerk since 1886. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., K. of P. and Mystic Circle. He has served as clerk of Yellow Creek township five years, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His marriage, which was solemnized October 9, 1832, with Dora, daughter of Daniel Hamilton, of West Virginia, has been blessed With the birth of one child, a son, Homer Lichtenberger. Marcus 0. Lodge, the popular city marshal of Wellsville, was 346 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. born in Salem township, Columbiana county, February 4, 1860. His grandparents on the father's side were Benjamin and Lydia (Walters) Lodge, who came from their native state, Virginia, to Columbiana county, at an early day, settling in Salem township, where the father cleared and developed a farm. The following are the names of his children: Herod, Joseph, John, William, Samuel, Frank, Allen, Laban, Lizzie and Caroline. Herod Lodge, the father of Marcus, was born in Salem township, and married Miss Lucinda Whealen, daughter of Benjamin Whealen and Christina (Burger) Whealen, natives of Pennsylvania, and among the very earliest settlers of Salem township. Herod Lodge has always been a farmer and now occupies the old Whealen homestead. The following are the names of his children: Harvey .B., Charles W., Marcus 0., Perry 0., Mary J., Jessie B., wife of John Sanzenbacher, and Ida C. Marcus 0. Lodge was educated in the common and high schools of Columbiana county, and took a commercial course at Eastman's Business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He taught school for three years in Franklin Square, and in 1882 embarked in the grocery business at Leetonia, where he sold goods for nearly three years, during a part of which time he served as marshal of that town, an office he filled in all about six years. In 1889 he was called to Wellsville and was appointed chief of police, and in the spring of 1890 was elected marshal for a term of two years, which office he is now filling. He is an efficient officer, and spares no pains in looking after the city's interests. On March 15, 1881, Mr. Lodge and Miss Susanna Greenawalt, daughter of George and Sarah (Zimmerman) Greenawalt, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, and to their union two children have been born: Myrtle and Walter. A representative business man of Wellsville is Duncan McBane, who, as the name indicates, is a native of Scotland, born near the city of Inverness, November 30, 1831. His parents were Alexander and Margaret (McIntosh) McBane. They came to America in 1832, locating in Canada, where they resided until 1847, at which time they moved to Columbiana county. The father was by occupation a carpenter, and is remembered as a very skillful workman. Duncan M,cBane, their only child, early learned the trade of stone mason and for twenty years was a contractor, a part of the time in the employ of the C. & P. railroad, for which he did much of the stone work. He became a resident of Wellsville in 1861, and for a number of years was prominently identified with the mercantile interests of the city in the dry goods trade. He also carried on the hardware business for some time, and since 1887 has been engaged in the boot and shoe trade, his house being one of the most substantial establishments of the kind in the county. He is a member of the COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 347 United Presbyterian church, a republican in politics, and a most estimable and highly respected citizen. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret McLean, daughter of Philip and Isabella (Noble) McLean, of Madison township, has borne him one son, Alexander C., whose birth occurred July 25, 1870. John McCarrell, M. D., was born in Washington county, Penn., August 14, 1821, the son of Thomas and Esther (McNary) McCarrell. Both parents were natives of the same county and state. Paternally the doctor is descended from Irish ancestry, his grandparents Lodowick and Martha (Leman) McCarrell having come from the old country to the United States, many years ago, and settled in Pennsylvania. The maternal grandparents of the doctor were James and Margaret (Reed) Mc- Nary, the former a native of York county, Penn., of Scotch- Irish descent, and the mother a daughter of a revolutionary soldier, who was an early settler of that state. The doctor is the eldest of a family of nine children, seven sons and two daughters. Of the sons, three became physicians, one a lawyer, one a clergyman of the United Presbyterian church, and one a farmer. The doctor was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Mt. Prospect academy, near Hickory, Penn., in which he fitted himself for the profession of teaching. He began school work at the age of twenty, and after teaching nearly two years, commenced the reading of medicine at Burgettstown, Penn., in the office of Dr: William Donnon, under whose instruction he continued for some time. In the winter of 1846 he at- . tended his first course of lectures at the Ohio medical college, at Cincinnati, in which institution he spent the greater part of three years, thus becoming thoroughly familiar with the theory of his profession. With the exception of $100 furnished by his father, and a small amount which he had made by teaching, the expenses of his medical course were met by borrowed money which he subsequently paid from the profits of his practice. In April, 1846, he began the practice of his profession at the town of Kendall, Beaver county, Penn., and from the first his career was a very successful one. He practiced in that country until 1866, at which time he located at Wellsville, Ohio, where he has since resided in the enjoyment of a very liberal patronage. September 8, 1846, he married Mary, daughter of John and Melissa (Ramsey) Miller, of Beaver county, Penn. The doctor has been an active member of the United Presbyterian church for fifty-five years. He is independent in thought and has the courage of his convictions on all the leading questions of the day. Prominent among the successful medical men of Columbiana county, is Dr. Samuel M. McConnell, of Wellsville, who was born in Washington county, Penn., June 7, 1844. His parents were John D. and Sarah (Morrison) McConnell, of Scotch and 348 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Irish descent, respectively. The doctor was reared on a farm in his native county and after attending the common schools for a number of years, attended a high school with the object of preparing himself for the medical profession. He began the study of medicine in 1875 with his brother, Dr. C. McConnell, of Beaver county, Penn., and afterward graduated from the University medical college of New York city, his diploma bearing the date of 1879. In that year he began the practice of his profession in Wellsville, where he now occupies a pr0minent place among his brethren of the healing art. He has built up a very successful practice, and is no less prominent as a citizen, being one of the representative men of his adopted town. His marriage with Almira J. Cully, daughter of John and Martha (Wallace) Cully, of Washington county, Penn., was consummated in the year 1882. Politically the doctor is a strong advocate of prohibition. Prof. James L. McDonald, superintendent of the Wellsville schools, and one of the popular educators of the Ohio valley, is a native of Muskingum county, this state, born September 27, 1841, the son of John and Mary (Atcheson) McDonald. He was reared in his native county on a farm, and after attending the common schools for some years, became a student of Muskingum college. Previous to completing his educational course, he taught school at intervals, in order to secure funds to prosecute his studies. After graduating, he accepted a position as principal of the schools of New Concord, Ohio, the duties of which he discharged in a satisfactory manner for four years, and then accepted a similar position at Senecaville, Guernsey county, where he taught for a period of three years. He became superintendent of the Wellsville schools in 1870, and has since discharged the duties of that position in a manner which has earned for him the reputation of one of the ablest instructors that the city has ever had. He is now serving his third term as county school examiner. Prof. McDonald is devoted to his profession, and is not unknown in educational circles throughout the state.. He is a man of liberal culture, a close student and a refined gentleman. He served for one year in the late war as a member of Company I, Seventy-eighth Ohio volunteers, enlisting in the fall. of 1861, and was honorably discharged in the latter part of 1862. He was married in the fall of 1867, to Rachel, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Mitchell) Henderson, of Guernsey county, Ohio, to which union several children have been born, the following living: Charles R., William R. and Mary L. Prof. McDonald and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. He belongs to the G. A. R., and is a supporter of the republican party. John McGaugh, a prominent farmer of Yellow Creek town- COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 349 ship, was born in 1825, in Washington county, Penn. His father, Robert McGaugh, was a native of Ireland, from which country he came to America about 1800, and located near Burgettstown, Penn. He married Mary Provines in 1818, and the fruit of that union was eight children, five of whom are still living: Mary A. (Campbell), John, Samuel, Rebecca M., and Sarah J. Our subject's grandparents on both sides were natives of Ireland. Those on the mother's side came to America about 1811, and had a family of ten children, of whom five are living, viz.: Andrew, James, Sarah, Jane (Robinson) and Rebecca (Stewart). After the ordinary terms at the county schools, our subject commenced working with his father on the farm. In 1848 he came to Columbiana county and located on part of section 16, Yellow Creek township. He has been engaged ever since in farming this place and has met with more than average success in his business. On March 30, 1848, he was joined in wedlock with Martha J. Campbell, daughter of Robert and Jane (Smith) Campbell. Her parents had eight children, the four living one's of whom are Arthur, Ebenezer, William and Martha J. (McGaugh). Our subject and wife are the parents of eight children, as follows: Robert, married to Laura Grumley, who has one child named Arthur; Mary E., wife of Robert Vance, who has three children, Homer, Arthur J. and Mary M.; Jane E., married to Henry Herbert, who has five children; John, Catherine, Martha M., Janette, Rebecca M., wife of Emory Toot, who has two children, Olive and John E; Martha A. wife of Samuel Connor, who has three children, Robert McG., Myrtle and James; Sarah A., wife of J. H. Hayes, who has three chil¬dren, Jane, Amelia and Mary; Jane and Amelia. Our subject and his family are members 0f the Presbyterian church at Oak Ridge, and they enjoy high standing in the community. Giles McGregor is of Scotch descent, although he was born in New York city, August 27, 1828. His parents, John and Margaret (McBane) McGregor, were natives of Inverness, Scotland.  In early life John was a drover in his native country. Having accumulated some money by shipping cattle to England, he emigrated to America in 1828, and settled in Yellow Creek township, Columbiana county, Ohio, where he purchased a large farm of 240 acres, most of which he cleared and improved. He resided there until 1886 when he removed to Wellsville. His death occurred in December, 1888, he having reached his ninety-eighth year. In March, 1890, his wife followed him to the grave at the ripe age of eighty-six years. Their ten children are: Margaret (Mrs. Alexander Smith), Giles, William, John, Mary (Mrs. George Elliott), Charles, Alexander, Emily M. (Mrs. David Downey) , Donald and Jane, now Mrs. Samuel Culp. William was killed at Resaca, Georgia, during the late war. Giles passed his 350 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. boyhood on the paternal farm, going to Wellsville to live when eighteen years of age, where he obtained a position as clerk in a wholesale grocery house. Having remained in this position for two years, he embarked in the lumber business April 1, 1850, and has since continued in this vocation. August 26, 1856, Miss Sophia L., daughter of Jesse and Mary (McCoy) Moore, 0f Beaver, Penn., became his wife. Their two children are: John J. and Maggie J., now Mrs. C. J. Schultz. The family are communicants of the Presbyterian church. Mr. McGregor is an ardent democrat, and one of the leading citizens of Wellsville. Norman K. MacKenzie, M. D., a successful physician of Wellsville, was born in Madison township, Columbiana county, March 4, 1818, and is a son of James and Ellen (Burress) MacKenzie, natives of Scotland, who came to America at the beginning of the present century. James MacKenzie settled in Madison township, this county, in 1807, and cleared a farm on which he resided until his death which occurred when he was ninety-nine years and three months old. He was a carpenter by trade, and served in the war of 1812 and at the battle of the Thames, served as captain of the guard, which held the prisoners taken in that engagement. He was a man of remarkable endurance, and at the time of his death, did not have a gray hair in his head, and had lost but three teeth which were kicked out of his mouth by a vicious colt when he was ninety-six years old. His children were twelve in number, as follows: Sophia, wife of Peter May; James; Mary, wife of James Stewart; Alexander; Nancy, wife of John F. Patterson; Susan, wife of Alexander McDonald; John, Norman, Ellen, William B., and Adams. Dr. MacKenzie was reared in his native township and thrown upon his own resources, at the early age of sixteen years. With the profits of his labor, he was enabled to take a two years' course at McGill's academy at Wellsville, after which he began the study of medicine, with Dr. J. F. Patterson. Subsequently he was graduated from the Ohio Medical college, after which he located in the practice of his profession in the town of Fairview, W. Va., where he resided for three years, moving thence in 1848, to the city of Wellsville. He practiced here successfully until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he enlisted in Company K, Third Ohio volunteer infantry for the three months' service, and at the expiration of that period, enlisted in the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteers, of which he was appointed surgeon. Owing to disability, he was compelled to resign before the expiration of his term of service, and returning to Wellsville, resumed the practice of his profession which he has since continued. The doctor has a large and lucrative practice in Wellsville, and surrounding country and ranks with the successful medical men of the Ohio valley. He has always taken an active part in political COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 351 affairs, formerly as a whig, and later as a republican, and in the fall of 1864, was elected to represent the twenty-first district in the state senate. In 1860 he represented his district in the electoral college, which elected Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. He has been active in the city's interests as a member of the common council, of which body he served as a member for five years, and was also postmaster of Wellsville for eight years. It will thus be seen that his life was an active one, devoted principally to the public service, and as a private citizen, he stands high socially, and commands the respect and esteem of all who know him. The doctor was married in 1845, to Lydia A., daughter of Gideon and Mary (Tritt) Gayer, of Columbiana county, to which union two children have been born, viz.: Laura F., wife of James Luke, and Austin G. The doctor is a member of the Presbyterian church, F. & A. M. and Odd Fellows fraternities. Daniel McLean is a native of Columbiana county, born in Wellsville January 31, 1859, son of Lachlan and Elizabeth (Smith) McLean. The paternal ancestors came from Scotland, in which country the grandfather, Philip McLean, a son of Charles McLean, was born. The family came to the United States in the early part of the present century, and located in Madison township, this county, about the year 1804. Here Charles McLean made some early improvements and reared his family of six children, whose names are as follows: Catherine, Margery, Daniel, Philip, Charles and Jeannette. Of these Philip was a farmer. He cleared and improved a place in Madison township, and reared the following children: Jeanette, wife of James Boyd; Catherine, wife of George Dunn; Charles, Lachlan, John N.; Isabella, wife of William Urquhart; Margaret, wife of Duncan McBane; Daniel and M. B. Lachlan McLean, the father of the subject of this sketch, was reared in Madison township, and in 1853 moved to Wellsville, where, for some time, he carried on a successful business as a contractor and dealer in general merchandise. His death. occurred in 1872. His wife was the daughter of Daniel Smith, a native of Scotland and pioneer of Jefferson county, this state. By her he had six children: Philip, Daniel; Isabella, wife of C. L. Booth; George, Charles, Lachlan (deceased). The subject of this sketch was reared in Wellsville and began life as a harness maker, at which trade he served a three years' apprenticeship at Pittsburg. In 1879 he opened a shop in Wellsville and conducted the same until 1886, when he effected a co-partnership with his brother Philip in the livery business, which he still carries on. Mr. McLean was married in 1885 to Bianca H., daughter of J. Ross and Angelina (McFeely) Hanlin, of Steubenville, a union blessed with the birth of one child, Ross H. 352 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Matthew McLane, one of Wellsville's old retired citizens, was born near Noblestown, Washington Co., Penn., August 21, 1809. His parents were William and Eleanor (Martin) McLane. The father was the son of John McLane, with whom he came from his native country, Ireland, a number of years ago and settled in Washington county, Penn., of which he was one of the pioneers. The mother was born in New York state, near Albany, but accompanied her parents to Washington county, Penn., a number of years ago, and with her husband moved to Madison township, Columbiana Co., Ohio, as early as the year 1813. William and Eleanor McLane resided upon a farm until their respective deaths, and reared the following children: John. James, Daniel, William, Samuel, Ebenezer, Martin, Thomas, David, Margaret and Matthew. Matthew was reared to agricultural pursuits in Madison township, and early learned the trade of bricklaying, which he followed from the year 1830 until his retirement from active life within a comparatively recent date. He was for many years a contractor, and many of the business houses and residences of Wellsville and other places attest his skill as a builder. He has been an h0nored citizen of Wellsville for over forty years, and during that time his fellow-citizens have learned to honor him for his many sterling traits of character. Mr. McLane's first wife was Margaret Adams, a native of York county, Penn., daughter of James and Elizabeth (List) Adams, of Wayne township, this county, by whom he had four sons: Ebenezer M., died while in the service of the United States navy, in the late war; William E. (deceased) , George T. (deceased), and Cyrus C., a resident of Wellsville. Mr. McLane's second marriage was solemnized with Mrs. Eleanor (McCune) Anderson, a native of Westmoreland county, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. McLane are members of the United Presbyterian church, and in politics he is a republican. John R. Martin, county treasurer, a native of Columbiana county, born in the town of East Liverpool, February 27, 1831, the son of John F. and Mary Martin. His father, a native of Frederick, Md., and a shoemaker by occupation, settled in East Liverpool, about 1825, and there followed his trade until 1838, when he removed to Jefferson county. which was his home until 1881. In that year he came to Wellsville, and resided here until his death, which occurred in October, 1883. He was the father of seven sons and two daughters, viz.: Nancy, wife of Thomas G. Hall, James, John R., William, Alfred, Joseph, Samuel A. and Mrs. Mary Andrews. The wife of Mr. Martin, wh0se maiden name was Mary Robbins, was the daughter of John Robbins, a native of New York, and one of the first blacksmiths 0f this county. John R. Martin settled in. Wellsville, in 1848, and served an apprenticeship of three years at the tailor's trade, after which COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 353 he worked as a journeyman until 1861, when he engaged in business for himself. He carried on a successful trade at tailoring until the fall of 1889, at which time he was elected treasurer of Columbiana county, for a term of two years; in the primary election more votes were cast for him than for both of his opponents. He is of the popular republicans of the county, and his election to the responsible office of treasurer is a deserving compliment to a worthy citizen.. Mr. Martin was married the first time to Sarah, daughter of George W. and Jane (Wilson) Garringer, of Wellsville, by which marriage he has three children living: M. Maud, wife of H. C. Again; Mary Esther, wife of J. G. Fry, and Jennie B., wife of Richard Furnace. Mr. Martin's second wife, whose maiden name was Mary V. Abrams, daughter of James and Prudence Abrams, of Wellsburg, W. Va., has borne him the following children: Lula, Jay R., Goldie and Roy. Mr. Martin is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., K. of P. and Masonic bodies and other fraternities. William G. Murdock, one of the oldest insurance agents of the Ohio valley, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in the town of Cannonsburg, Washington county, that state, February 28, 1804, the son of James and Jane (Graham) Murdock. Mr. Murdock was reared in his native county until seventeen years of age, at which time he went to Steubenville, Ohio, and entered upon a four years' apprenticeship at the saddlery trade. After becoming proficient in his chosen calling, he worked as journeyman at different places, and also followed the river to some extent until 1831, at which time he located in Wellsville, where he engaged in the saddlery business, which he continued successfully until 1850. In that year he was employed as United States census enumerator for nine townships of Columbiana county, and after completing his work engaged in the insurance business, which has occupied his attention ever since. He was a justice of the peace of Wellsville for twenty-seven years, the duties of which position he discharged in a manner highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to the people. Politically he is a democrat, and in religion a Presbyterian. Mr. Murdock was married January 17, 1832, to Nancy McClintock, of Washington county, Penn., daughter of John McClintock. Mr. and Mrs. Murdock have had four children, two of whom survive: J. Graham and John M. John Nicholson, an old and popular resident of Wellsville, is a native of Scotland, born in Murrayshire, about the year 1830. He came to the United States with his parents, William and Elizabeth (Bowers) Nicholson, in 1842, and located in the Scotch settlement, Madison township, this county, where the father worked at the shoemaker's trade for some time and in connection with that farmed to a limited extent. The family moved to Wellsville in 1848, where William Nicholson died about twenty 23—A. 354 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. years later. To William and Elizabeth Nicholson were born the following children: William, Margaret, Jane, John, David and Isabella. John Nicholson, became a resident of Columbiana county, when twelve years of age, and began life as a farmer in Madison township, and afterward engaged in gardening at Pittsburg, Penn., where he spent one season. In 1852 he located at Wellsville, and engaged in gardening, which he followed here and in West Virginia until the year 1859, at which time he went to Kansas, where he spent a part of one year during the border troubles in that state. He then returned to Wellsville, where he has resided ever since, following gardening a part of the time and for thirteen years was engaged in the dairy business. The land upon which he first located is occupied by the C. & P. R. R. shops and he has occupied his present residence since 1873. In that year he purchased sixty icres, which he cleared and improved, and in 1884 platted what is known as Nicholson's addition to Wellsville, a valuable quarter of the city now containing seventy-five residences. Mr. Nicholson has been one of the leading citizens of Wellsville, for the development of which he has used his best energies, and he is a marked example of those sound practical business qualifications which secure the c0nfidence of the people. In 1889 he donated the ground for the Model mill, one of the finest flouring mills in the United States, of which a notice will be found elsewhere. December 20, 1866, Mr. Nicholson and Ellen, daughter of William and Ellen Russell, were united in marriage. Their children are John G., Jennie B., William and Clyde. Politically Mr. Nicholson is a republican and in religion a member of the United Presbyterian church, as is also his wife. Angus Noble, M. D., one of the well known, medical men of the upper Ohio valley, was born in Yellow Creek township, in Columbiana county, June 4, 1840, the son of John arid Sarah Noble. The doctor's paternal grandfather was Angus Noble, who came from Scotland and settled in Washington township, this county, in 1817. His children were Mrs. Jeanette Bartley, Mrs. Nancy McLaughlin, John, Mrs. Elizabeth McLaughlin, Laughlin and Daniel. The doctor's father was born in Scotland in 1803, came to Columbiana county with his parents in 1817, and settled in Yellow Creek township in 1833, dying here in 1888, in his eighty-fifth year. He reared a family of children, whose names are as follows: Alexander M., Lizzie J., James (deceased), Angus, John, Eleanor, Mary A. and Sarah (deceased). pr. Noble was reared on the old homestead and received a liberal education in Washington and Jefferson college, from which institution he graduated in 1865. He began the study of medicine the same year with Dr. J. W. Hammond, of Wellsville, and subsequently entered Jefferson medical college, COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 355 Philadelphia, in which he completed the prescribed course,. graduating in 1868. B. R. Parke, M. D., a popular physician and surgeon, was born near Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio, September 20, 1842, the son of James and Amanda (McGahan) Parke. He was reared principally in Allegheny county, Penn., and received his educational training in Washington and Jefferson college. After the close of the war, in which he served three years, as a member of Hampton's battery, Independent Pennsylvania artillery, he began the reading of medicine, in 1866, with Dr. Robert McCready, of Sewickley, Penn. He was graduated from the Jefferson medical college in the spring of 1870, and entered upon the practice of his profession the same year in Allegheny City, where he remained until his removal to Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1872. He practiced in Jefferson county until March, 1880, at which time he became a resident of Wellsville, and has since enjoyed a lucrative patronage in this town and adjacent country. He was married in April, 1870, to Lida C., daughter of John Haldeman, of Steubenville, Ohio. Gen. James W. Reilly, lawyer, legislator and soldier, is a native of Ohio, born in the city of Akron, May 21, 1828, the only son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McAvoy) Reilly, who came from, Ireland to the United States about the year 1825. The family originally settled near Buffalo, N. Y., and after a short residence there, moved to Akron, Ohio, where the father became widely and favorably known as a contractor upon the public works of this state and Pennsylvania. He died in his native country about the year 1852. The subject of this sketch was educated at Allegheny college, Meadville, Penn., and Mount St. Mary's, Emmetsburg, Md., both of which institutions he attended several years, making substantial progress in his studies. Following this he was employed, respectively, as clerk on a steamboat and in the office of his father, who was at that time. constructing dams on the Ohio river and contracting on the Sandy and Beaver canals. In 1848 he located in Wellsville and executed a contract for building the streets of that village, the first substantial work of the kind that had ever been performed in the town. Having previously made choice of the law as a profession, and having devoted much of his leisure time to reading in that direction, he afterward entered the office of George M. Lee, of Wellsville, under whose instructions he finished his legal studies and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He at once began the practice of his profession in Wellsville, where he soon took rank with the foremost lawyers of the place and was for some time associated with his preceptor. In 1861 he was elected on the union ticket to represent Columbiana county in the lower house of the Ohio legislature, and while a member of that body, served 356 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. on the judiciary committee and chairman of the committee on. military affairs. In July, 1862, he was tendered the colonelcy of the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, comprising the counties of Summit, Stark, Portage and Columbiana and by the 7th of August he had recruited 2,200 men. The recruits were sent to Camp Massillon, and from there the regiment was mustered into service the latter part of the same month. Col. Reilly reported his regiment to Gen. Lew Wallace, at Covington, and thereafter took it to Lexington, Ky. While at the latter place such was the drill and discipline of the regiment, that it carried off the honors in a review of the entire force. In August, 1863, he moved his command to Knoxville, Tenn., and afterward, with Gen. Burnside's forces, it participated in the taking of Cumberland Gap, and in the siege of Knoxville, Col. Reilly commanding the reserve in that siege. While at Knoxville he was ordered to organize and command the east Tennessee troops that were then pouring into the national ranks. In the pursuit of Longstreet, Col. Reilly commanded the Eighteenth brigade, Third division, Twenty-third army corps, and passed the following autumn and winter in east Tennessee. In the spring of 1864 he went with Gen. Schofield to Dalton, Ga., and participated with his command in the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. On July 30th, 1864, upon the recommendation of Gens. Cox and Schofield, Col. Reilly was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, when with his brigade he joined in the pursuit of Hood's rebel forces in northern Alabama, thence returned to Rome, Ga. He then joined Gen. Thomas' command in 'Tennessee, and went with him to Nashville, thence to Pulaski, that state, and participated in the engagements with Hood's forces at Columbia and Franklin, in the latter of which he commanded the Third division of the Twenty-third army corps. His next service was in the fighting around Nashville, but before the final battle he left Nashville on a leave of thirty days' absence, for Ohio. At the expiration of his furlough he was ordered to report to Washington, D. C., joined his troops at Wilmington, N. C., and on his arrival was assigned to the command of the Third division, Twenty-third army corps. With it he marched from Wilmington to Kingston, near which place he made connection with the forces of Gen. J. D. Cox. He then, with the rest of the army, moved to Goldsboro, N. C., at the close of the war, having made a gallant record as a defender of the national Union. He tendered his resignation in the summer of 1865, and returning to Wellsville, resumed the practice of his profession, which he has continued successfully until the present time, being now one of the oldest members of the Columbiana bar. He was for several years attorney for the Pennsylvania railroad company, and in the general practice has been the trusted counsel in much of the COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 357 most important litigation in this part of the state. In the fall of 1866 his name was brought forward by the republican party of Columbiana county in the nominating convention of the seventeenth district for congressional honors. In 1873 he was a member from this county to the state constitutional convention, and in 1876 was appointed by President Hayes a trustee of soldiers' home in Xenia, but resigned the latter in 1878. He was for many years a director in the First National bank, of Wellsville, and has been its president since 1875. He has also served as mayor of Wellsville, besides holding other positions of trust in this county. Gen. Reilly is pre-eminently a self-made man, and as such ranks with the representative citizens of Ohio. Parks Rex, M. D., was born near Richmond, Jefferson county, Ohio, September 6, 1850, and is the son of Benjamin and Martha (Thompson) Rex, parents natives of Pennsylvania, and of English and German descent, respectively. The doctor received his literary education at Richmond college, Ohio, and Western university, Pittsburg, Penn., and began the study of medicine in 1875 with Dr. John McCarrell of Wellsville. He afterward graduated from Cleveland medical college in the spring of 1878, and began the practice of his profession in Jefferson county, where he remained until his removal to Wellsville in 1884, since which time he has been practicing in this place with very flattering success. He was married in 1881, to Emma D., daughter of Robert and Margaret (Hamilton) Gray, of Jefferson county, to which union these children have been born: Margaret Gray, Willie P. and Benjamin H. The doctor is a member of the United Presbyterian church, belongs to the Masonic and K, of P. fraternities, and politically wields an influence for the republican party. Hon. Joshua A. Riddle, a prominent business man of Wellsville, and one of the old residents of Columbiana county, was born in Washington county, Penn., August 7, 1808, and is a son of Abram and Isabella (Anderson) Riddle, both natives of the same county and state. He was reared in his native county, received a liberal education in Washington and Jefferson college, and at the age of seventeen entered upon an apprenticeship in the tanner's trade, at which he served four years. In 1829 he purchased a tannery at Steubenville, Ohio, which he operated two years, and in 1831 located in Wellsville; where he also engaged in the tannery business, which he conducted with flattering success until the destruction of his tannery by fire in 1882. Since that time he has devoted his attention to the leather business, being the principal dealer in that line in the city. Since his seventeenth, year he has been connected in some capacity with a tannery or leather store, and his success in his business ventures has been such as few have attained. Mr. Riddle was married April 17, 1832, to Mary A., daughter of Joseph Fawcett, of 358 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Allegheny county, Penn., to which union the following children have been born; Ann E., wife of S. Riddle; Henrietta, wife of A. C. Sheppard; Joseph F., Eleanor I., wife of George Dascom; Fannie and Charles (deceased). Mr. Riddle is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and on June 23, 1889, celebrated his sixtieth anniversary as a Mason. He has held many important offices in the fraternity, and is one of the best known Knight Templars in this part of Ohio. Politically he is an ardent supporter of the republican party, and as such was one of the presidential electors on the Grant and Wilson ticket. He served a term as associate judge of Columbiana county, under the old constitution, but has never been a partisan in the sense of seeking official position. Peter H. Rosenberg, a native of Armstrong county, Penn. and son of Philip and Ann (McAfops) Rosenberg, was born February 27, 1844. The family is of German descent, and was represented in this country a number of years ago by several members who settled in Pennsylvania. Mr. Rosenberg grew to manhood in his native county and state, and received his educational training in the public schools. He began life for himself as an operator in nail factory, and soon became a skillful nail feeder, which branch of the trade he followed until 1863. He came to Wellsville in the spring of 1877, in the employ of W. D. Wood & Co., as a heater, for whom he has worked for a period of eighteen years, fifteen years in McKeesport, Penn., and three years in this city. He was married in 1863, to Sarah A., daughter of George and Hannah (Cramer) Schreckengost, of Armstrong county, Penn., and has eight children living, whose names are follows: Joseph, Annie, Albert, Sarah, William, Maggie, Frank and Bessie. Mr. Rosenberg votes the republican ticket, and is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. During intervals he has been a newspaper reporter, and edited the McKeesport Paragon for two years. He was also editor of the Pottery-man's World. C. V. Shoub (picture included in the book) was born in Allegheny City, Penn., February 1, 1856, and is the son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Spahr) Shoub, natives of Germany, who came to this country about 1854. Mr. Shoub was reared and educated in his native city, and in 1875 came to Wellsville, and engaged in the rag and scrap-iron business, in which he still continues, and in which he has met with very encouraging success. Since 1880, he has kept a jobbing store for all kinds of wrapping papers and paper dealers and grocers' supplies, and has also operated a factory for the manufacture of soap, having been manager of the Wellsville Soap company since the spring of 1890. He married in 1873 Hannah E., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Baker) Rambo, of Beaver county, Penn., also oil inspector the past two years COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 339 under the. J. B. Foraker administration, ending May 15, 1890; also manager of the Wellsville Iron and Metal company. Hon. Thomas H. Silver, banker, lawyer and legislator, of Wellsville, is one of the most prominent men of Columbiana county. Mr. Silver is a native of Wellsville, having first seen the light there February 21, 1855. His father was David S. Silver, M. D. He was a native of Maryland and a graduate of the New York College of Medicine. He began the practice of his profession in Columbiana, Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1825, and remained there until 1845, when he removed to Wellsville. 'Here, Dr. Silver was actively engaged in the practice of medicine until 1883. He died in August, 1887, at the age of seventy-six, having lived a life of usefulness and honor. His wife, Nancy E. (Hammond) Silver, was a daughter of Thomas Hammond, an Englishman by birth, who emigrated to this country, and afterward became the founder of the town of Hammondsville, Jefferson county, Ohio. David and Nancy Silver were the parents of five children: Thomas H., "Margaret H., Frank, and David, Jr. Thomas H. • was reared in Wellsville, where he fitted for college. Entering Allegheny college, at Meadville, Penn., he was graduated therefrom in 1875. He then entered Harvard college, and graduated in 1876, and from the law department of the latter college in 1878. In 1884 he founded the Silver Banking company, and was made president of the same. He is also the proprietor of the Champion Brick works, which was established in 1886. Susanna, daughter of Capt. Daniel and Harriet (Brown) Moore, of Newport, Ky., became his wife October 2, 1885, and has borne him the following named children: Harriet M. and Thomas. In 1881 Mr. Silver was appointed solicitor of Wellsville; was elected mayor in 1883; has served on the school board for four years; has been president of the Wellsville Fair association from its inception in 1888, and in 1889 was elected to the upper branch of the Ohio legislature by the republican party. Although still a young man, Mr. Silver has accomplished more than ordinarily falls to the lot of man in a lifetime of the. hardest work. Magnificently equipped, both by nature and education, his success has been most brilliant. Above all it is deserved. A true representative of the true American citizen. Both himself and wife are communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church. Orville C. Sinclair, dealer in groceries, was born in Hanover, Columbiana county, Ohio, October 8, 1833, the son of Jacob and Margaret A.. (Greer) Sinclair. His paternal grandfather was David Sinclair, a native of Virginia and one of the pioneer farmers of Hanover township, where he located in a very early day. After residing in that township a number of years, he removed to the southwestern part of the state where his death afterward 360 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. occurred. The following are the names of his children: Hayden,. Barton, Levi, Lewis, Jonathan, Matilda, Jacob, Ruth and David. Jacob Sinclair was born on the homestead farm in Hanover township, and became a well-known stock dealer and butcher. He was accidentally killed several years ago by being .struck upon the temple with a stone which crushed the skull. His children were three in number: Alfred G., Orville C. and Chambelon. Orville Sinclair was reared in Ashland county, Ohio, from his eighth year and received a practical English education in the common schools. He embarked in the grocery trade at Wellsville in 1867, at his present stand since which time he. has had a very successful business career, being among the substantial tradesmen of the city at this time. He keeps on hand a full line of general groceries, and by carefully studying the demands of trade has made himself a very popular salesman. He served in the late war, first ,as a member of the home guards, and later in Company E, Fifty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he was connected for a period of three sears. His first wife was Eliza, daughter of George B. and Evaline Johnston, a union blessed with the birth of three children: George B., Harry W. and Robert E. His second wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Fassett, daughter of Stephen and Hannah Fassett, has also borne him three children:. Paul, Clyde and Carl. Mr. Sinclair is a member of of the G. A. R., F. & A. M. and 0. A. M. fraternities, served in the common council six years and is a republican in politics. William C. Smith, a prominent farmer of Yellow Creek township, was born in 1817, on the place where he now resides. He is till son of Philip Smith, who was born in 1754, in Invernesshire, Scotland. He was a tailor by trade, and emigrated to America in 1805, being nearly ninety days making the passage across the ocean. He landed at New York, thence made his way to Pittsburg, where he worked for some time in the brickyard. He married Janette Smith, and soon afterward they located a quarter- section of land in Yellow Creek township, Ohio, where they raised a family of six children, of whom the only living one is the subject of this sketch. Our subject received the usual education afforded by the country schools, and afterward set to work on the farm at which he has continued all his life, meeting with unusual success. On February 4, 1847, he united his fortunes in marriage to Janette Bailey, who was born in 1826, her father being a native of Scotland. Our subject and wife were the parents of five children: Catherine, Philip, Maggie, Alexander and William. The family are members of the Presbyterian church. Our subject's son, Philip, is prosecuting attorney of Columbiana county. He obtained his education at Mt. Union college, after COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 361 which he taught eight terms of school before he entered regularly into the law business. Alexander, another son, is an attorney in Wellsville, and William, a third son, is operating coal mines at Portland, Ohio. The family stands well and are highly respected by a wide circle of acquaintances. Philip M. Smith, attorney-at-law, is a native of Columbiana county, born in Yellow Creek township, August 17, 1852. He attended Mt. Union college during the years 1872-73, 1875-76, but did not complete the prescribed course. He read law with Judge W. A. Nichols, and was admitted to. the bar in April, 1878, at which time he located at Wellsville, where he has since been in the active practice of his profession. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1885; re-elected in 1888, and has discharged the duties of that position with commendable fidelity and efficiency. He has a large and lucrative practice in the courts of this and adjoining counties, and is one of the successful members of the Columbiana bar. He was married in 1880, at Clarksburg, W. Va., to Miss Ida McKeehan, daughter of Dr. B. F. and Emily (Martin) McKeehan. Mr. Smith's father is William C. Smith, a resident of Yellow Creek township, where he was born June 24, 1817, on the farm which he now occupies, and which he has owned all his life. The old Smith homestead was entered by the maternal grandfather of William. C. Smith, Alexander Smith, about the year 1804. It was afterward purchased by his son-in- law, Philip Smith, and from him inherited by William C. William C. has five children, viz.: Philip M., Alexander, William E., and two daughters at home on the farm. The wife of William C. Smith, whom he married in January, 1848, was Janette Baily, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Noble) Baily, who came from Scotland to tilt United States in an early day, and were among the pioneer settlers of Yellow Creek township, this county. The paternal ancestors of William C. Smith were also natives of Scotland, and both families were Scotch Presbyterians, noted for their sterling honesty, good sense, and intelligent citizenship. Samuel Stevenson, machinist and manufacturer, was born in the city of Philadelphia, Penn., December 25, 1828, and is the son of James and Hannah J. (Girvin) Stevenson, both natives of county Armagh, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson came to America about the year 1825, locating in Philadelphia, where they resided until 1838, at which time they removed to West Virginia, opposite Wellsville, moving thence to Yellow Creek township, this county, in 1839, settling upon a farm. In 1842 they moved to Wellsville, and resided there until their respective deaths occurred. Their children were eight in number, who grew to maturity, viz.: Hannah, wife of Stephen Fassett; Samuel 362 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Elizabeth, wife of John R. Stokes; Martha, wife of S. F. Briggs; Emily S., wife of A. M. Haley; Thomas B.; Susan, wife of Albert Mapel, and Mary B., wife of Jacob Nicholson. The immediate subject of this mention was reared in Wellsville from his tenth year, and when fourteen and a half years of age entered a machine shop as an apprentice to learn the machinist's trade, at which he served nearly five years. For a time he worked as a journeyman, and on attaining his majority went 0n the river as assistant engineerl for six months, when he was promoted to second engineer. After filling the latter position for some time, he passed a successful examination for first engineer, and served as such for a period of twenty years. In 1862 he accepted the position of superintendent of the machine shops of Wellsville, where he had formerly learned his trade, and was employed in that capacity until 1872, when he purchased a shop which he has since conducted with success and , financial profit. For a time Mr. Denham was a partner in the business, and later in 1888, Mr. Stevenson's two sons were admitted to a partnership, since which time the firm has been conducted under the firm name of Stevenson & Co. Under the efficient management of Mr. Stevenson the buildings have been enlarged and supplied with the latest improved machinery, and the business, which 1s already very extensive, is constantly increasing. Mr. Stevenson is a prominent and leading citizen, a member of the United Presbyterian church, and takes an active part in municipal affairs, being at this time a member of the school board and water works board of Wellsville. Politically he is a republican. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mary L., daughter of Thomas and Susan (Ramsey) Starr, by whom he has one son living: Charles G. By his second wife,.Mary A., daughter of John and Keziah (Hamilton) Ramsey, he has had ten children, viz.: John C., killed in the Scioto disaster July 4, 1885, Mary A., William G., Lula, Susan, Nannie, Jennie, Ina, Ellen and Lena. Thomas B. Stevenson, machinist, is a native of Columbiana county, and the son of James and Hannah J. (Girvin) Stevenson. He was born in Yellow Creek township, March 12, 1839, and received his education in the public and private schools, paying his tuition by acting as janitor of the buildings. His early 1nclinations led him to mechanical pursuits, and while still young he served an apprenticeship as a machinist with P. F. Geisse, of Wellsville. Prior to the late war he was associated for some time with his brother, Samuel Stevenson, and others in the manufacture of sash, doors, etc., and was connected with the planing mill about six years, after which he worked at his trade as a journeyman for four years. In 1868 he again went into the planing mill business, and erected a building on First street, COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 363 which he operated about two years, disposing of it at the end of that time, and in partnership with his brother, purchased the machine shop of P. F. Geisse, which they operated two years, and then closed out on account of the panic of 1873. Since the latter year he has done journeyman work at his trade, which has returned very handsome profits. April 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Third Ohio volunteers, was taken prisoner at Rome, Ga., in 1863, and spent one year in Libby prison, Richmond, Va., and about three months in the prison at Macon, Ga. While en route from Macon to Charleston, he succeeded in making his escape, and before reaching the Union line was compelled to undergo a great many privations and hardships. He was honorably discharged from the service by order of Secretary Stanton, August, 1864, and immediately thereafter returned to Columbiana county, which has ever since been his home. He has been a member of the council of Wellsville, served as township trustee, in both of which capacities he used his influence to further the best interests of the community. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, G. A. R., and in religion adheres to the doctrine promulgated by the Presbyterian church. His wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Davis, .daughter of M. and Elizabeth Davis, and whom he married June 15, 1865, has borne him the following children: Samuel, Hittie B., James, Edna, Elizabeth, Mary, Susie and Thomas G. M. C. Tarr, M. D., was born in Yellow Creek township, Columbiana county, March 27, 1853, and is the son of Daniel and Margaret (Bally) Tarr, whose sketch appears below. The doctor was educated in the public schools and Mt. Union college, and began the study of medicine in 1878, in the office of Dr. B. R. Parke, of Wellsville. He afterward entered the medical department of the university of New York, which he attended from 1879 until 1881, graduating in the latter year. On leaving the university he began title practice of his profession at the town of Irondale, Jefferson county, this state, where he continued four years, and in 1885, located in Wellsville, where he now has a very lucrative patronage. In connection with his profession he carries on the drug business, having for .the last two years been proprietor of the City drug store, one of the best known establishments of the kind in Wellsville. Dr. Tarr has successfully brought himself to a leading place among the well known physicians of this county, and is a gentleman in whom the citizens of Wellsville have unlimited confidence. Jessie, daughter of Joseph C. and Mary (Free) McNutt, of New Waterford, this county, became his wife in 1881, and three children have come to bless this union and make their h0me a happy one, viz.: Eva, Edwin and John. 364 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Daniel Tarr, millwright, is a native of Hanover, Ohio, born August 30, 1827, the son of Samuel and Mary (Arndt) Tarr. He was reared in Washington county, Penn., where he received a good school education, and where he also served a three years' apprenticeship at the millwright's trade, which he followed the greater part of his life. He has constructed mills in a number of states, and his skill as a master of his trade has been recognized far and wide. In 1850 he located in Wellsville, in which town and vicinity he has resided ever since. Margaret J., daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Noble) Bailey, became his wife October 7, 185r, and their wedded life has been blessed with five children: Morris C. William A., Mary M., wife of William Rose; Texanna J., wife of C., Connell, and Bertha M. Politically, he is a republican, anal with his wife, belongs to the church of the Disciples. The parents of Mrs. Tarr were natives of Scotland, and among the pioneers of Yellow Creek township, in which part of the country her grandfather, Laughlin Noble, also settled in an early day. Elias S. Taylor, general yard foreman of the Pennsylvania company at Wellsville, Ohio, is a native of Springfield, Mass., where he was born April 15, 1825, the son of Elias C. and Betsy (Bagg) Taylor. He is of the original Taylor family, members of which were among the early pioneer settlers of Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and first began life for himself by learning the details, of bridge construction. He was made foreman for the Cincinnati & Marietta railroad at Chillicothe, Ohio, and held this position for some time. Subsequently he was appointed superintendent of the construction of the Kentucky Central bridges. In September, 1854, he located in Wellsville, Ohio, where he occupied the position of foreman and superintendent of bridge construction for the C. & P. railroad, and later was given the same position with the P., F. W. & C. railroad, having charge of bridges on both roads until the year 1866, when he resigned on the P., F. W. & C. He remained in charge on the C. & P. until 1888. He was married in May, 1864, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Alexander and Esther (Kemble) Wells. Ely C. and Edwin K. are the result of this union. Mr. Taylor is one of the solid men of Wellsville, and has the respect of all who know him. He is a strong republican. James N. Turner, proprietor of the leading meat market of Wellsville, and one of the most complete establishments of its kind in eastern Ohio, is a native of Wellsville, born November 13, 1856, son of James and Margaret (Richards) Turner. The paternal grandfather, John Turner. was a native of Beaver county, Penn., as was also the maternal grandfather of Mr. Richards COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 365 James and Margaret Turner were born in Beaver county, Penn., and came to Wellsville in 1852, where the father carried on the stock business and a meat market until 1872. His death occurred in 1873, at the age of fifty years. He had the following children: Christopher C.; Mary, wife of Richard Haugh; John R.; Samuel (deceased), James M., Martha L., William D. and Charles W. The subject of this mention grew to manhood in Wellsville, attended the public schools for some years, and began business for himself in January, 1873, in partnership with his brother, Christopher, a firm which continued until 1878. At the end of that time, he engaged in the butcher business with his brother, W. D., for five years, and since April, 1888, has been in partnership with his brother, Charles W., and together, they have the largest and most commodious meat market in Columbiana county, Ohio, and as already stated, one of the best in this part of Ohio. Their building is a large structure, supplied with all modern conveniences for the business, and the slaughter house has not a superior in any town of the size of Wellsville in the state. Mr. 'Turner has been active in behalf of the city's interests as member of the common council, to which body he has been elected three successive terms. In 1878 he married Mary E. Moore, daughter of David Moore of East Liverpool. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have the following four children living: Frank B., Fred G., Lulu and Willie. David T. Wallace, a popular landlord of Wellsville, was born in Lawrence county, Penn., January 9, 1858, son of Samuel and Barbara (Bower) Wallace. The Wallace family is of Scotch descent, and was represented in this country by several members during the pioneer period of the Ohio valley. The subject's maternal grandfather was one of the early settlers of Columbiana count* and an early business man of Lisbon, where, for a number of years, he was engaged in the dry goods trade. John Wallace, the subject's paternal grandfather, was a pioneer of Lawrence county, Penn., and a man of local prominence in that part of the state. The subject's father located in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1860, and was there engaged in the coal and lumber business, and also served two terms as commissioner of Mahoning county. He moved to East Liverpool in 1863, and died there in the year 1886. David T. Wallace was reared principally in Youngstown, Ohio, in the schools of which he received his educational training, and later, spent five years as a hotel clerk and traveling salesman. He located in Wellsville in 1887, and engaged as clerk in what is now the Commercial house, serving in that capacity about two years. In April, 1887, he became proprietor of the hotel, which, with the exception of two months, he has since conducted. Mr. Wallace is a popular landlord, and 366 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. by carefully consulting the wishes of the traveling public, has made his house a favorite stopping place. He was married February 18, 1885, to Kate, daughter of Leonard and Jane (McCormick) Dobbins, of Wellsville, and two children have come to bless their home, viz.: Jennie and Bruce. Mr. Wallace is a member of the K. of P. order, and a staunch supporter of the republican party. Alexander Wells, a prominent dry goods merchant, and venerable citizen of Wellsville, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, June 3, 1808, and is the son of William and Ann (Clark) Wells. His paternal grandfather, George Wells, a native of Maryland, and of English descent, was one of the pioneers of Bedford county, Penn. The maternal grandfather was James Clark, who settled upon the present site of Wellsville in 1795, and died at the advanced age of one hundred and three years. When ninety-five years of age he could see to read easily without glasses, and it is said that he shot a squirrel from the top of a forty-foot tree without the aid of his spectacles. William Wells, the father of Alexander, was a native of Bedford county, Penn., where he was reared by his grandmother, his own mother having died when he was an infant. He came to what is now Wellsville, in 1797, and purchased 304 acres of land, a part of which is occupied by the city, and cleared a good farm. In 1797, for the better protection of his family from the Indians, he took up his residence in a block house, on the opposite side of the river, but subsequently returned to Wellsville (which was named in his honor) in 1798, and resided here until his death in April, 1852, at the age of eighty-seven years two months and five days. He was born February I. 1765, and his wife, who died May 22, 1815, was born February 19, 1765. Mr. Wells was appointed a justice of the peace July 15, 1798, by Arthur St. Clair, then governor of the Northwest territory, and served as such until the admission of Ohio as a state in 1802. He was the father of ten children, five sons and five daughters, whose names are as follows: Mary, wife of David Watts; James George; Margaret, wife of William Pritchard; William, Joseph; Ann, wife of A. P. Sherman; Sarah, wife of John Benson; Rachel, wife of Augusta Stephens and Alexander, the last two twins. In 1882, seven members of the family were living at an average age of eighty-four years eight months and twelve days. In 1889 there were but four survivors at an average age of eighty- six years six months and fourteen days. Alexander Wells, the subject of this sketch, was reared in what is now Wellsville (which was laid out in 1823), received a limited education in the indifferent schools of the period, and in 1827 entered a general store as clerk, his compensation for the first year being his board COLUMBIANA COUNTY - 367 and clothes. In 1829 he embarked in the dry goods business, in Wellsville, with his brother George, a partnership which existed until 1844, when it was dissolved, George retiring, and the subject continuing the business. He has been identified with this line of trade ever since, making a total of sixy-one years of business life, winch entitles him to the credit of being the oldest merchant of Columbiana county. Mr. Wells married September 13, 1836, Esther, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Blizzard) Kemble, of Elk Run township, this county, to which union eight children were born, who grew to maturity, viz.: William G., Kemble, Margaret, wife of E. S. Taylor; Clarke (who died at the age of six months), Homer C.; Helen, wife of Clarence R. Arnold; Alexander R., Marcellus, and Emmet H. Mr. Wells has had a successful business career, and in point of residence is the oldest citizen of Wellsville. He has been a public spirited citizen, and took an active part in promoting the C. & P. railroad, of which he was one of the first directors. He was also a director of the First National Bank at its organization. Politically, he was formerly a Whig, but joined the republican party at the latter's organization, and acted with the same until 1885, since which time he has been an earnest advocate of the prohibition party. He has for a number of years been a prominent member of the Methodist church of Wellsville. Peter C. Young is one of the foremost attorneys of Columbiana county. He was born in Middleton township, Columbiana county, May 19, 1848, the son of David and Susan (Cleaver) Young. His paternal grandfather, Baltzer Young, was a native of Germany, who emigrated to this country in 1804 and settled in Middleton township, where he cleared and improved a large farm, residing there until his death. Baltzer and Elizabeth Young were the parents of the following named children: Jacob, John, Peter, Samuel, David, George, Mrs. Margaret Hoffstot, Mrs. Mary Brown and Mrs. Elizabeth Rock. David was engaged in the milling business with his brother Peter, for sometime. He purchased his brother's business interest in 1857 and conducted it until his death, in 1874. He had three children: Mrs. Cinderella Burson, Peter C., Mrs. Martha Burson, David C. and William H. Peter C. Young, the subject of this mention, received his education in the common schools and at the New Lisbon high school. In 1869 he began the study of law with Judge J. H. Wallace, of New Lisbon, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. In the meantime he was conducting the Buckeye State newspaper at New Lisbon. After his admission to the bar he at once entered upon the practice of his profession, and since 1875 has had an office at Wellsville. He married Anna E., daughter of James and Emily (Bye) Aten, of Wellsville, in 1872, 368 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. and is the father of one child, Frances A. Mr. Young enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, during the late war, and received his honorable discharge 1n December, 1865. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and also of the G. A. R. At the republican primaries held May 1, 1890, he was nominated probate judge by a majority of 1,625. Mr. Young is a very able man and has met with great success in his profession.